The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-10-07
COTTON WEIGHING.
ANDERSON G. H., Oct. 4, Is

ANDERSON G. H., Oct 4, 1870.
At meeting of the Masters of the various
Oranges, in accordance with the request
from the Town Council and Board of Trade,
to consider certain questions in reference to
the Town Weigher of Anderson twenty
three sGranges were represented, and the
Board of Trade was represented by Messrs
B. F. Crayton and John B. Watson. Maj.
3. ?. Whitner, who was elected Chairman,
briefly explained the object of the meeting,
and ]. Willett Provost was requested to act
az Secretary, after which Mr. Crayton ex-
planned the differences between the Council
and Board of Trade.
Upon motion of Il. W. Simpson, Esq, it
was resolved that the body act as individuals
and not as Masters of Oranges. 1t was then
unanimously resolved that the meeting pro-
ceed to the election of Cotton Weigher for
the town Of Anderson, who shall have pow
er to make the proper allowance or deduc-
ton for water in cotton. The election re-
suited in the selection of Mr.. J. Crawford
August next.
The following resolutions were offered by
r. w. Simpson, Esq, and adopted as the
sense of the meeting:
We, the Masters of number Of the
Oranges of Anderson County, having met
at Anderson Court House, by request of
John R. Cochran, Esq, Intendant, and B. +:
Crayton, Esq, President of the Board OF
Trade OF the town of Anderson, to designate
Cotton Weigher for the said Town, take
this opportunity for making the following
statements:
LIST. The nature of the position We hold to
our Oranges is entirely misunderstood when
it is supposed We can exercise the privileges
of our position outside of the legitimate
powers conferred by the Order.
End. That upon the matter submitted to
us wo acted as individual citizens of the
County of Anderson and not as Masters of
Oranges.
3rd. We and the members Of our Order
desire nothing more than to be permitted to
labor quietly and unmolested to advance
the moral and material prosperity of our
people-the farmers-and do not think we
can receive very material aid in this dlrec-
ton, by having extended to us the privilege
of selecting the Cotton Weigher for Ander-
son.
4th Though not germane to the subject,
we will state further, that, in our efforts to
advance our own profession, we are not neces-
sari1y selfish-instead, we delight in the ad-
vancement of all trades and professions. To
our retail merchants we are not hostile, for
they have been our friends and have assisted
us to carry on our business without which
many of us would have suffered for the Eec-
essaries of life. Again, we repeat we are not
opposed to the retail merchants, for their
calling is legitimate, and We are only opposed
to some Of the evils which have crept into
the mercantile world, outside of the retail
merchant, the principal Of which our Order
has already peaccably rectifed, and we be-
lieve the good sense Of our merchants at
home will cause them voluntarily to rectify
all the small and minor evils as already
they have proposed to do in transferring the
cost of weighing from the seller to the
purchaser.
5th. AS Anderson Court House is not the
only cotton market in the world, we have
sufficient confidence in the business capacity
of the merchants of this town, to believe
they understand their business too well to
drive off trade by causing dissatisfaction
among the farmers as to the weights or the
manner Of weighing.
9th. That in our opinion the election of a
cotton weigher for the town of Anderson
belongs exclusively to the merchants of this
place, and the Town Council have no legal
or just right to order the selection of such
weigher; and these views coincide with the
decision of the Supreme Court of this State.
A resolution Of thanks to Anderson Divis-
ion, No. 1, Sons of Temperance, for loaning
the use of their hall was adopted, when,
upon motion, the meeting adjourned.
B. F. WHITNER, Chm II.
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