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jpjc pernio anil jem Entered at the Postoffice at Newftrrry, S. C., as 2nd class matter, E. H. AULL. EDITOR. Friday, December IS, 1914. COOPERATIVE COTTON COMPANY. 1 attended a meeting o: the promoters of til:e proposed Cooperative Cottou company held in Columbia on Tuesday. Karvie Jordan, of Atlanta, and Mrs. Forbes, of New York, were present, and the county presidents o> the cotton associations 01 me various uouaueo and a number of others intersted in the relief of the cotton farmer, which means the relief of all business inter-. e&ts in the South. * * * It is proposed to organize a company with a capital of $100,000,000 for the purpose of financing the present j crop at a reasonable price and to take care o-f the crops of ti".:e future. Thes stock is to be taken in cotton on the basis $50.00 the bale. It is desired to raise one million dollars of the stock in South Carolina, or to pledge 20,000 tales o. the cotton as stock. This will j mean that 20.000 bales will be taken off the market in t'/.is State at once-i When the company is organized it will take off the market 2,000,000 bales of -ine entire crop or about one eighth. This cotton that is taken in stock is to i be placed in the warehouses in each county in the name of the subscriber and the certificate to be held in trust ur.til tne company is organized. The only risk the subscriber will run in the event the company is not organized is that he will be iield for five per cent of the cotton or stock for t'r.e expense of organization, or $2.r>0 per bale. V * * i Mr. Forbes was present as the representative of the Hanover National bank of New York to say that the i:,oney interest of the east and the west was willing to come to the relief of the situation if t!.:e Southern farmer was willing to help himsel-'. And if tae company was organized that the financial interests would advance money on cotton warehouse receipts when endorsed by the corporation. As soon as this two million bales was subscribed as stock money could be obtained to retire several million more bales, and a minimum price commensurate with the cost of production and a proper regard for the rights of the spinners and -manufacturers could be r" established, with no desire to oppress any interest. * * * It seems that no help can be expected from the federal or State government and that the Wade plan is useless and the only tfcing left is for the cotton farmer to help himself, and i: he Is willing to do this the money interests come in say they will help 1 m i f h a to n'ill<n or ? r> rl /-> r? A+Viir* ir i'iiii, 11 nc IO v\1111115 IU uu ov/uucLuiug for himsel*, and this proposition is made. Every stockholder is to have foe saTe right as every other stock- i holder. That is to say the farmer with only one bale as stock will have the same vote with the farmer who may ;have 20 bales in the company. It ic to foe purely Democratic. It seems to me to be a good plan and feasible, and I hope to see the farmers of South Carolina take hold of it and raise the i stock at once. Mr. Jordan stated tfcat Texas had decided to go into the company, and that he come to South Carolina because this State had taken more advanced steps along the line of doing something tJ:.an any of the other cotton States. It is expected to get the charter from Texas, as that State produces more cotton ti'.ian any of the other cotton growing States, tut he said he would just as soon have the charter from the South Carolina legislature which would meet in January. Gov. Blease, wtho was present, said 4 a *1 A n 1 rl /) s~\ r* i r\ ? nr i r? lUcii uc nuuiu uw an.* (.mug in ms po"vver to help along tfce organization, and if desired would ask the legislature to grant the charter and that ho would take pleasure in approving the act if passed. * * * But some knocker is ready to come long and say that is not worth a . It is too late. Well, it is too late to th-elp some for the present erop, but toere is just lots of i cotton in warehouses still in ti. e hands j of the farmers, and a lot more piled up in the yards of the farmers themselves. and besides there is to be nother year and another crop. | ? * * ! This in brief is as 1 understand o I preposition. The cotton will remain in t: e warehouses in the various coun| ties. The stock cotton may be held indefinitely. The company will be in position to buy some of tlie other col ton and to negotiate loans on* it and thus hold it off the market, except as desired by the spnners, and to ix the price. It will help tl e spinners, J because they can then purchase as their needs demand and will not b<~/orced to buy in such large quantities at one season of the year. E. H. A. COOPERATION AND MUTUAL HELP. We printed the other day a suggestion made by a farmer some time ago that ti/.e farmers hold a mass meeting at tine court house to discuss the labor question and agree upon some plan of action for the crop another l year. The Observer also carried the j same suggestion. If such a meeting \ is to be Leld it should be called y j some farmer. Xo one has said any- j thing in response to the suggestion I and therefore we conclude that it does j not appeal to them. confidence in one another, and there ! must be mutual help, and every one j do (his part, and we will come out all right. But if those who have the power will exercise it now, and force the more unforunate to pay, it means the bankruptcy of ti:?e whole. They might gain ^ little more property, but we do not beiieve such gain would be last-, ing or beneficial to the one took took advantage of the situation. We do not believe that any such spirit prevails, to any great extent in ' chis to>wji or county, but there are always those who are willing and anx ious to take advantage of their neighbor, in what might be called a legitimate way to make gain or themselves, and sooth their conscience with the thought that they wer acting with| in ti":eir legitimate rights. If the people of the town and the j county wouid come togetJ":-re and have; I an understanding that each was going j to help t.:e other to tide over the de-^ pression the whole county would be I ;.etter oft' and would come through witto little, if any, serious loss to any one who is willing to do the best ho can. In our opinion the merchant who has furnished supplies during tfce year j to help the farmer to make the crop J is the greatest sufferer, and it is the j duty of the farmer and of the j V . I banker to help him pull through j and keep hiiru in position to | siive heln again when help is needed, j It will do no good for tfce merchant or the banker or the farmer to say that it is the duty of the other one to do this or that. It is the duty of each to do his best, and for each to help tfie ether. It would do the town and county as a wihole more injury to have some big failures than it would the individuals who might be .forced into failure. Had you ever thought of til'.at? Then let all interests get together in a spirit &' helpfulness, and it seems to us that it would be a good idea for those who have infli^nce and power in the financial world to get togetiher and talk the situation over and agree upon some plan ol mutual helpfulness. What we want to say is that we be lieve the thing to do is for the people to get together in a spirit o>f mutual . helpfulness and the whole county will f i bo benefited. There is no need for any one to give up. Pluck up your courage ana move forward. j Have you given anything to tlr.e charity fund the young ladies are raisj ing? If not get busy and hunt them up and contribute your share. It is I purely voluntary, but it is a privilege. i ?. t <1 TRUE We merchants are up ; we are still in the ring. I ! ... I It seems to us that this is a time wi en | tnere should be a conference among ; I farmers, merchants and bankers and \ all other lines, and for every one to j I na; e a beart to heart talk over the! j situation and decide to work togen. er ! for the welfare of the whole, and hav^ I a mutual understanding of mutual help and cooperation. There must be So for fine Writ Articl* i i We will please you in qu all ki Cigars and Cigar Reta We can supply you fro: and look over our stock 1 mas. ANNE 0. R Agents for a First I OPERA T uesday George Producer of "Quo Vadis," etc, Announces the inco TRIU SPAR! 0 The perils of the Gladia 3 acts. An amazing unity of dr; lar beauty. A mammoth pie and dozens of wild be? Quo Prices 10 and 20c. I - T^e shares of c'ie proposed Co-ope i rative Cotton company are ten Cellars i ead.) and may De paid in cash or cotton. It would be better to pay them in cotton at ten cents the pound. That would retire the cotton at once from the market. We t':ope to see the farmers of South Carolina take up the stock of the 'Cooperative Cotton company at once and as sion as ine million dollars is subscribed the company will begin business. "Did anybody ever hear o: a newspaper man hanging up his stockings?"' asks the York News. Nope. But tihe editress of the Lancaster News migf'nt hang up one of hers and lend her surplus supply to sock-wearing brethren of the press gang.?Greenville Piedmont. Well, what do you .think of that? Tut, tut. 'Mr. Porter A. Whaley as president of the Commercial Secretaries asso+ ,-vf C<-\M+Vi fo 1 n o V>9e ronortl. 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