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A#A ALA VABLfIHEF.%D 1865. j.UED..NOE111.4JL -N E -RY STABL SH ED 805. -NEWBERRY, S. C. TpUESDAY, N(OVEMIE 0 ~I, (1900~O. TWICE A ET 1~A~'A1 Every I The biggest 1 town. People, yl new stuff for the sells goods as ch Our purchasing goods for same r Dress Goods ai Thousands of yards and Silks for less than o stores ask for the same no merchant in upper C show a better assortr Dress Goods than we dc your winter outfit befc broken. We have enou to sell every woman and -County their fall outfit TRYING TO CONTROL THE COTTON CROP. HTATI ASSOCIATION 11RLD (1001) MEEtTINO. To Co-opierate Wit Other slatri.01o gation will be Sent to thei Natiolial Convention in Maco il h N Month. (The State, Ist.) The Cotton Growers' itsociation of South Carolina mot last night in the county court house and after ai thorough discussion of the situation determined to push the work of or ganizing the farmers of South Caro. lina so as to control the cotton crop in cooperation wit,h the other cotton growing States. The association also decided to send a full delegation to the meeting of the national associa > tion this monthI. There were about 5i0 farmers pres ent when the meeting was called to order by the president, J. C. Wi! born. The secret ary, J. R. Blake, was at his poet. Mr. Wilborn referred to the meet ing of the cotton seed oil men recent y' held here, at which they decided to combine for the purpose of reduc ng the price of seed. He said it was determined to pay $13 per ton for seed, which is 19) cents per bush el, while the former price was thirty cents per bushel. Hoe said the only way to fight such organizations as this was to meet .organization with organiz~ation. Mr. Wilborn then ad. dressed the meeting as follows: Gentlemen of the Convention: The State Convention of Cotton growers met at Greenwood September 12th, 1900. It was then decided after ma ture deliberation to organize a State organization and oflicors were duly appointed for one year until Septem ber 12, 1900. It was decided to compactly or . ganize each county in this State with a view of gett.ing a more accurate re port of ginning and marketing of the cotton, and to interchange views1 and information from all the cotton States, for the purpose of obtaining1 fair and just prices for our cotton and cotton seed products. UJpon my suggestion an adjournment of the Cotton Growers' Convention was had to meet in Columbia during Fair ' week at my call: therefore I named -Ootober 31st, at 8.30 p. in., as the )ay in the A 3tore in the towr :u know, love t, least money. eap as M power and out noney, or same i id Silks. of Dress Goods Ar ne-half the other is th goods. There is this than ,arolina who can New nent of Ladies' Styli . Come and get >re the stock is gh Dress Goods HE girl in Newberry our I be ci Sho( I AU Ball'sI time for the Convention to moot ill the city of Columbia at the county court housb. Each county was invited to bc fully reprosented by delegations, the numbor of delegates not to be re stricted. All counties are urged to organize at once by electing a prosi. dont., one vice.president, secretary and treasurer, and advisory board of executive committee. The constitution and by-laws of bhe State of Georgia have been adop. ted as far as they apply to South Carolina. PLANS. Bonded warehouses to be estab lished at all local markets wherever required by the books and members 2f the Association. WVarehouso receipts to be issued rind negotiated at nearest bank as ollateral security for money borrow. Each producer shall control the ndividual sale, if he desires to dis pose of his cotton before minimum price fixed by the Association is of rered by the buyer-ho shall be at perfect liberty to do so. A fair and ust price for cotton and cotton seed anf be fixed and maintained in the South by united concert of action, y holding b)ack the surplus crop, if ny there may be, and markoting ~he crop during the twelve months >f the year to meet the demands of he mills in all parts of the world. Ginners throughout the cotton belt svill be supplied with postal ca-ds iddressed to headquarters of the State Bureau, wit h request th)at each 3aturday night the number of bales inned that week will 1)e forwvarded. The secretaries of county organi ~ations wvill be in close touch with he producers, and careful estimates lado on existing crop conditions ~vill be sent weekly to the State na rd. The cotton growers have the cot ~on botter in hand today than they have had for thirty years, and they aro warned that they have no reason to become unduly alarmed that the mills are closing down to depress a rair price of cotton, You are re minded that when cotton sold as bigh as thirty cents a pound, it was manufactured. For the past three years I have Labored in senson and out of season reek, Every Mimnau of Newberry! 3 trade where th( Fhat's what the I .1 M let places us in a )oods for less mo O- illiery! Milli other shipment just ol: e fourth shipment of Mil fall. I am selling more I all the other millinei berry cumbined. Whei sh Hat come direct to hE Shoes! Shoes! S reiswherewedo the I )usiness continues to g )mpelled to rentanothei department grows i Vith the cotton growers to organize in order that they might the itiort intelligently plant and mar,.et the crop. Many of you remeniber the inter State Convention that I called tc meet in Atlanta December, 1807, and the great disappointment wt felt at the policy of delay that W'I then shown. A decrease of acreag< was then urged, and from that da) to this the indivtdual effort of th< intelligent cotton grower has bon t( raise his supplies for his farm al home, thereby decreasing the acro age. I desire to urge anow the hog and hominy plan--makeI le farm self-su pporting, raise cotton as th surplus crop. Do this and we wvill have the greatest country in the world. Do this and1 the country home will again reach its high p.lace and regard in the minds of the youth. The country home should be the happiest and most independent place in the wvorld. A kind p)rovidence has aided us, in dlemonstrating Io the moat skeptical mind that we have been raising too much cotton. We today stand'in a better condi tion to manage the cotton situation than at any time since the war of 1860 (i5. We have assembled here tonight to devise the best ways and means for the future handling of our cotton and( cotton seed products oni the market. A change in the man noer of marketing this great money crop is absolutely demanded. The present system of selling gives the advantage to the buyer and leavos the individual produacer ab)solutely as slay in the hands or the potter. Let us agree to have a say in selling our~ products. WVe propose to obtain within our own ranks and for the protection of the producer correct statistical infer mation in regard1 to the true condli tion of the cotton crop prior to and dunring the period of harvesting, in order to ascertain as nearly as possi ble the aclount of crops to be har vested, and the secretaries of local sub organizations in various town. ships will be kept in touch with the producers, and weekly reports mailed to headquarters, indicating existing conditions as compared with previ ous years, estimating the p)robablo amount of cotton to be harvested in such neirghborhoods. This metho Veek in the V gh Marches 4 rhe biggest Stock Ay can buy the CI >eople want. It's C position, beyond t ney. Every depa, i every day. berry in Fim low and te lened. This 6sfa-ey." linery Goods .adies' Hats Ca y stores in I you want a i aI dVtr' inled ,adqUarters. to "loilo i 1i C"' Iwest, nobbiest II) to beI h1d. 1[e! 100 Phi msh CIlls >usiness. If " " row we will " N" J" , store. Our 2 >re popular "0 Childrel's Ne will a8lso apply to cotton aerelgo in t< the spring, and the amount of fortil- t< izors actually used under tihe crop, showing the condition of the grow- h1 ing crop, during tho period of growth. ie Ginnors are expected to aid us. w FiXIN PmICE. 9 T he Association being in posses. 1. sion of theso facts and knowing the 0 amiount of cotton to bo produced, based upon the most reliable statis- 0 tics, will bo in a position to fix a fair (1 price for raw material delivered at pors. Bofore fixing te price, how over, we propose to find out the truo amount of American 3otton reqpIirod C( for consumption, And the price of W thie finished fabric oloreod--with cor rect information of amount of cotton to b)e harvested-the number of bales req(uired for consumption by mills, the price of cotton goods, and it will b)e an easy matter t.o dleter- i mine a fair price for rawv material. olITAIN1No TVini PRIciE. T1o get a just price from the buyer i of our cotton, it wvill be essential to , furnish tile suIpply conmmensulrato f with the de'mand. This can only be (lone by marketing the crop thIrouigh a longer period of timo and furnish-11 ing spinnters withI stock as neoeded. Here is where we seek and are ent i tied to tl$e aid of the banker. Cot ton plropierly housed0( and( insured is as good soecurity as a government bond. We now have an opportunity of becomling complete masters of the situation. Tihore will b)0 no suirplus 14 carried over till next year. Thel) miills in all parts of the wvorld1 are short of cotton. Never 1has thiero existed aj " grgator demand for cott on goods.t '[he mills must have raw cotton, t I whlichl will be in our possession, and1) if woe knowv and( demand its true value th it will bo paid1(. The world1 is nIOW face to faco wvith a cottoa famine, if doemands keep pace with tihe last ~ twelve months. The imills consumedl -1 11,100,000 bales du1ring thle past twelve monthli, mad1e up of 2,000,000 bales0 surplus carried over from crop "i of 1898 and( tihe S,O00,000 hiarvos:ted1t in 1899. The latest move has beon for the wa spinners to comb)ine anid shut doewn 04 for sixty days, so as to stagnatoe W tradoe and dlepress present p rices of te raw cotton. The qluestion for yo or to (dotormino is, whether you, after at knowing thn sitnation. nre preparedaw [onth, Every 3nward! in town and we :apest, and get t i positive fact th he shadow of a Lent is full up, c We do the business of I n Shoes. Our prices al mpting they actually ies and Jackets! to make this departmenit in my store trolinit. .I van show youi, at, ny til J most up to dato lineo of Clapvs ard, for this sale onlly PS. worth $1.35. JlngSwVeep for this sale onlY %v.1) wort) 1tr Longsweep, ais long as they lIast, lst openeod, as i long ats they Ilust, .2.1 . 4vr lis long, its t Ilov ist S 1.00, $.2 stitnd and deliver aind bo dictato( e by organizations miles laway. Follow citizonls, such is not your istory, anld shollld not be 3olr iol. Y, but wo should Imet. orgniization ith organizittion. For wint (if or aniziat ion compactly forimei you lre ing fleeced to the great, detrimeit hom1O1s anld fiimilies. Thel cottonl Hood Colllbination is anl. her organization thaint should ib [ilt, with, inl tho samlle mageisure, b: n(ited aictionl and wit'hl the sanli >ren they attempt to ulso against us. They Imleet and agreo to giv a 'i >rtami prico. Lot ns agroo that w ill only3 8ell for a certain-ii oou ytton Heed. As it is now, tho polito. o: sor Rob) Roy is not evenl in) vogn0 s hen t.hey takeoi or cotton seed. f Th'Ie secretary, J. lU. Blake, (lien e ad( the mi)in utes of thie laust. moet. g, wvhich woro* appihroved. Mr. J. H1. McCalla of Abbevillo as8 first to alddress thie chir . Hle il ~red with the objects of th10eiot.- y g, bu1t did1 rot see ho~w aniything b) Ii ho dono1 unless tho Southlern o, rmers aIgrod1 to) control the out put cotton).I CJongressmian A. C. Laltimo)r said had( neOver501 oon3anythig piractical poinut and1( h,ad hleard 1nothin ig praIO al1 tonight. Unless t hero was somol ing definmte in View it is usoloss to ganiz/o. Mr*. 11. M. Cross said there wais 1no e >od1 ill an organIizaItionl un110ss the mn law wero repoaletd. I This dlid not1 creante anry sensation1.a Mr. S. HL. McGhooe of (Areenvillo id1 the farmers could niot control e situat ion alone1. Theliy mnust ha IvO 0 o ooration of buIsine1ss meni aind mikers, and( hoblieheived tha~t oven I COt ton mill men01 would join them). f 103y had donio so in Geoorgia, and1( in nwood ai mi)1ll)residen.rt is 0n the y ('cuivo I Ocomm Iitteo0. The111 main oh r-t I.- to take thell crop out of thle mIds of s4JpCenlators. CJongresrumani Lt imer salid th ill men(S could orgaizo/. and1 leave14 o farmers to hold the baig. I Mr. 4J* A'.(I?lorin of Orangeburg mnted to know whati it is they want - 11 to orgarizo. HIe said1 if the wor1 il mts 10,000,000 bales and thle Uni. l 1 St.tat ('s raised only 8,000,000, oIl hvI count)1ries wol raise thle b)Ialce (1 this5 country would( 1)0 t hat mneiiil >rso ot1. wVn sannu rais aln th Month in th are enjoying th he best selectior at no other stor L a doubt, to offer hock a block. J ew I o't, buy your Capo4 "e SO meiei I am no( to ho u look compet)(ition,, pm.IalIiziIg 100 doz. LadioH' Iorsey 100 " 4 i 100 "M issies' Itld (h SQCOmd 3alos best, Drilling 2n-o, th, " l es .413d Ti(-kinlg k00) doz. Miss.eS' 11o4o (, I 100 piveos 'Jains for III $200 0 st Calicosoi '-'2ndigo TakO at daLl 01off it brill Store. otton the worl wit.H, ai hin or anlizo to buy tho crop. Ho had Ludied nid litudied anld didn'tli know -Ihat ought. to be (on1. Dr. J. P. Steppo of Spart..burg tid you could got, a few miien i. in rgan1ization for pl-ronal ronolis, itr political mllotivvS, for it little no Nrity, but you cat,1t got hLe msstS.4 of hie firm1er.s inlto it. I'olitics III S illed overy orgliniz;ition Ithe farin rS altve sitrited. If you canl got hIo farmer to raiso their own sup litii you wlll solvo the problei. 1101 they wont litve tto give iIIS Id borrow money. 'lhey wont, need nly bondedl wa'rehiouses'. Thoi farmiis. f t.his Sinto) iare be'ing (cut ny into mall tracts anid run by3 intelligent tirr. We haiv(o ani aigricuiltunrali r1lle to teachl thle boys to farim. Te cot ton m ills of' 1 hi tto r~e i >nitrolleud 1by South Catroliniuans, but11 hion thle caiilist ut8p north crack 10 whip th s1 outhern i il mon101 yelp). inaitions~ ini the north, but we( have rio lie am tnong t ho mi iili mon. What we need is an intellIigent ag cul t uratl class8 who1 will risou cot toni ita surpltus Crop. Mr. ,J. IL Blakoe san they liad an 4-ganiizait ion arulit h ie thint g to dlo wasH perfolt~et this orga.niz:itiona by3 Ctl cn I'M and apoiint. at dlegaptionl to ait iid thle Nat tina. Cot ton ( rowers' mhvtiIion ini Maeon. U'ntil t he or in izi Oin is thloronigbily peorfeted( icy are not ina posit ion to aict upon m following resiolut ion: "RIosoI ved. Thait thle Oxrecutive flnmi ttteos perfe.ct the organ iat ionf the va1rious~ counrt is anid that the mir apin))Ot. a del'egtion0 of one omn each congressional district to pr)osen)t the cottont growersi' con ~ntion~ of SouthI Carolinia in tho mnvent ion of the National Cotton row(ers' ass8ociat ion, which mee3ts at aicon on Novemb) er 20th."' Thlaiis resolut ion wvas eventual ly IOpted0(, but1 niot unrtil 4on-r)ail had ill, dliscuss!ed at some lenigth thie tuantin, laying stress uponI thle lion w and( alrguing thait the nooed1 ii rfIilled faring. As to cotton seed, we ought to go >mio anid urgo( e'very one that haus tton Reed to hold it n hna no e Year, e biggest trade in is, stylish bright, e in the Carolinas the people better .r ticket until you see our lino. (Ro l(Irsold). Noto a few of the many SI l1eq1. Iibbod V'sts for this salo 12,.',. worth 20c .t , " " 6 " t " ) ' worth 410c. II1rn- " " 4 " " 5 " 25c. "1 " " .c "I 7c. "4 " " A I c "t 100. mily wr., worth double. on's iarits for this sill, 15c. worth 20c. " 20c. worth 256c. 16 1 44" 25 . worth 33.. h 1 is sale, -3.10. vorth 5c. m Calico, -1 . worti 61c. y0u1r fiilily to SOO Miinaugh's 3ig H'S. doubt, there is colbinattion of oil mill 111en, anld tho vay to light it is to hold tho soed. The ignorant farm ers, t1ho flegroes, make tho most cot ton aind they will tako the advice of anl litolligeit man. llaj. W. It. M1auldinl was not a farmer, but ho bolievod in organiza tion. H1o called on one of the lar gost planters of nho second district, Col. L. V. Yomans, to give his VIOWs. There wor I calls for Younmans, ail aftor soina hesitation he camo forward. Col. Youninus said he had wonderd if it woro possible to or gilnizo the cotton lanters of the Unitied States. it is acknowledged that it is mosit dliflicult to organize thie agriculturald class, as1 some1 01n0 hans satid, "Thoy are the nat,ural prey of every other vocation."' TIho mill men, t he oil mlen, the ginners and thie jut mit n 111combino anmd the price of cottoni and1 cottoni seed good down aund that. of ginning and1( jnte goes Col. Youmians reviewed the situ. at ion at length, dlelivering what was really ani addiress uponl the wvorld's produlctioni of cotton, liHold~~of' his8 experienCe at the mooting in Miemphis wvhoni the Nattijonal Ootton Girower's convention was organuized, he boeing vice-president for this St,ato. Ho said the farmers west of the Mis. sissippi (lid not want ain organiza tion, as they thought they coulel drive out of thie business th3 farmerm. east of the .Mississippi. UJnless no caln get the co-operation of these western States we can accomplish practically nothing. Still he b)ehoved( ini organization and1( seconded the resoluti ions. Mr. D). I". 10fird made(1 a1 very prac tical suggestion, which was that a vote he taken on the resolutions. This was (1011 and the resolutions ad(opted. The meeting then adjourn. ed. was5 so uinwell that he gave up the chair to Mr. WV. M. Rtainsford, of Eddgoliold, who p)resided the greater part of (lie session. Mr. Wilborn will appoint the committee author ized ini the resolutions at a later day. The convention last night was comp)osed of some of the most sub stant,ial farmers of the State, men wvho are scientific farmers and in fluential citizens, and it is not im probalble that they wvill be able to carry out their ideas. The organiza tion was started this summer at GJroonwood and is intended to be a permanent thing.