The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-12
ANOTHER NEW COVERING.

ANOTHER NEW COVERING.
Another new covering for cotton has
been invented to supercede Jute, ana a
bale clad in it will be on exhibition "a
front of the Exchange this moraSng.
The new material consists of an inner
Jacket of salt marsh plated, protected
~ reticulated tWel*4e-inch mesh wire
netting. The eiHVentor, who will be on
hand te~eXplain it's merits to anyone
interested, claims that the salt marsh
is wholly incombustible, while the wire
netting will protect the bale from dam
age from hooks and rough handling on
shipboard. The new bagging is said to
he very cheap, which will be quite a
recommendation for it.
BoYcorTED FOR USING JUTE. -
COLUMBUS, September 5.-The ALI
ance men Of Georgia declared war yes
terday on the Hatches Iron Wagon
Factory of Macon because the mana
gers of the concern are using jute bag
ging. The .factoryls the largest concern
Of the kind in the South, and Mr.. B. T.
Hatcher, who had the late dispute
with Mr.. G. Gumby Jordan, is the
senior member of the firm. He is baling
this wear about two thousand bales OF
cotton, and though prominently con-
nected with the Alliance is using ell
tireIy jute bagging.
7 interviewed him to-day on the sub
iect and he stated that he could not af-
ford to lose apout 81 800 by using cotton
bagging, as he is heavily in debt. He
feels the boycott intensely and he is
over to-day to endeavor to arrange the
matter.
The CITY Council of Columbus, at
their meeting last night, declined to
offer any facilities to the State Alliance
toward securing the proposed Alliance
State Exchange for this city. Notwith-
standing the determined efforts Of ALI
ance men to induce their followers to
fight the trust by the use Of cotton bag
ging, the farmers have generally been
abandoning the use of the material
during the past ten days, and adopting
jute bagging wholesale wherever they
can get it.
The members of the Farmers Alli-
ance of Muscogee County met here to-
day for the purpose of endeavoring to
terrorize the many delinquents of the
order who are using jute bagglng for
this wears crop. These members We're
denounced in unmeasured terms, and a
resolution was adopted unanimously
expelling them from the order.
The question of holding up cotton for
better prices was favorably considered.
Horace Jenkin, who keeps a public
cotton gin near this city, purchased a
few days ago considerable quantity Of
iute bagging for customers, as the
amount of cotton bagging Oh the mar
ket lust now is small. Several alliance
farmers to-day bought up the jute bag
ging from Mr.. jenkins. They the poured
a lot of tar on it and set it on fire. \
boycott against all gins using jute bag
ging was declared this afternoon.
JI-TE MEN BROUGHT TO THEIR KNEES.
[Charlotte Chronicle.
The jute bagging monopolists have
been brought to their knees. There can
be no doubt that the work of the Alli-
ances in favor of cotton bagglng has
been a serious if not fatal blow to the
;ute bagging trust.
Capt. S. B. Alexander says that the
trust has offered the Alliances that if
they will 60 back to the use ofjute bag
ging, it will be sold at 81 cents on time,
and that the jute trust will pay the
farmers s. more per ton for all their
cotton seed than is offered at any ofthe
cotton seed oil mills.
This is proof positive, that the Jute
gentlemen are in hard straits; and 1t
ought to be sufficient to encourage the
farmers in their decision to stick to cot
ton bagging.
4 FARMERS ALLIANCE EXCHANGE.
[RegIster, Sth.]
A commission was issued yesterday
for the Incorporation of the Farmers
Alliance Exchange Of Sumter County.
The capital stock is s3, 600, divided into
800 shares of $40 each, and the purpose
is to carry on a general merchandise
business. The Exchange is to be loca-
ted at Lynchburg, Sumter County.