The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-14
.ANTI-OPTION CONVENTION
REPRESENTATIVE MEN APPOINTED
AS DELEGATES

REPRESENTATIVE MEN APPOINTED
AS DELEGATES
The Meeting to be Held at cksbu e. 1u'
dtcat,ous Poipt to L,rse ano r pres
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COLUMBIA, S. G, Nov. 9.-South
Carolina Is to have representatives at
the coming convention Of asti op Jon
lists to be held 10 Vicksburg, Miss. The
following letter was received by Gov.
ernor Tillman yesterday:
His Excellency, Bsrj r. TillmaD, Co.
lumbja, S. G. =,
Dear Sir: I have been requested by
the commercial bodies Of the citV OF
. Vicksburg to extend to you a cordial
invitation to be present at the anti.
option conven tion to be.held In said
city on Tuesday, the Goth day of No.
yember, 1894, and to request you to ap-
point two delegates for esch Congress
sior al district and dve delegates for
the State ut large to represent your
State In said convention. I am also re.
quested, through you. to invite your
Senators and Representatives IN Con
eress to be present. and torequest the
!. boards of trade and other commercial
bodies, and the authorities Of the cities
and towns of your State, to appoint
such number of delegates to represent
them as they may think proper.
The interest to be considered at this
convention are of the utmost tmpor
tance to the cotton and grain growing
States, and l earnestly hope that you
will be present, and have your State
largely represented by good men who
T are interested in the important subj oct
to he considered.
viii you kindly name the del ,gates
at your earlist convenience and notify
B. W. Griffith, E:q secretary, Vicks-
burg, Miss.
/ am, sir, your obsdient servant,
j. M. STONE, Governor.
In accordance with the request the
Governor has appointed the folio vi ng
delegates:
First Dlstrict-J. Alger Smith,
Charleston, and J. 81. Averill, Beau
fort.
Second District-Msj Harry Ham.
mond, Beech Island. and Gen. Johnson
Hagood, Barnwell.
Third District-W. L. Darst. Green
wood, and w. A. Courtensy. Nswry.
Fourth District-W. J. Murray, Co
lumbis. and l.. p. Walker, Spartan
burg.
Fifth District-W. J. Roddey, Rock
Hill; Leroy Springs, Lancaster.
Sixth District-C. S. Mccall, Ban
nettsville; J. E Ellerbe, Marion.
Seventh District-J. 81. Aycock,
WedRe6eld; J. w. Summers, Orange
burg. ....
State at Large-Alsamont Moses, T.
r. McGahan. Charleston. j. P. O'Neil],
Charleston; J. A. Crawford, Columbia,
and Geo. 81. CornelsoD, Orangeburg.
The address Issued by the committee
calling the convention reads as fol-
lows:
To the Cotton Planters, Grain Growers,
Factors, Commission Merchants,
Buakers, and all Others Interested
In the Agricultural Interests OF the
Country:
The undersigned, joint committee
OF the Vicksburg Board of Trade and
the Vtcksburg Cotton Exchange, desire
to call your earnest attention to con-
pention to De held in the city of Vicks-
burg, Miss on the Goth day of Novem-
Eber, with the view Of impressing upon
the United States Senst. the impor-
tance of passing the Hatch bill or some
kindred measure at the coming session
of Congress. We also appeal to you
for your hearty co operation, and ASK
you to use your influence with others
In your vicinity in this behalf.
The present condition Of the Hatch
bill is such, that with the proper ef-
forts by its friends In the agricultural
States, there can be little doubt of its
being passed and receiving the sigma
ture Of the President.
It passed the House by an overwhelm
Ing majority, and there Is reasonable
hope that q majority Of the Senators
are favorable to 1t in Its present form
or to 1t as 1t may be amended, to make
1t more effective.
The work In hand is to secure action
on It by said body as promptly as possi.
BILE. While two thirds Of the Senotors
may be opposed to future gambling"
there are some who are opposed to at
tempting its suppression by the Fed
eral government, and they might so
delay action on this bill, or any similar
one as to defeat 1t. It Is to guard
against this delay that this convention
Of the people is called to meet in the
centre Of the cotton belt. 1t should be
q large and influential convention, and
It tshould take such measures as will
prevent the dangerous delay to which
we have alluded
In this appeal to the people to aid in
suppress!nR this great evil which has
fastened itself on our commerce and
agriculture, We can only refer to q
few of, its worst features. Future
gambling" as 1t is universally termed,
has at present the protection Of some of
our largest trade bodies. 1t Is backed
by an unknown and vast amount of
money. 1t has invaded banking, COM
merce and agriculture to such an ex.
tent that It Is no aggeration to
state that more money is en-
ployed In gambling In some of the
exchanges In the cities than is employed
In Legitimate commerce.
Its pernicious effects are so seriously
felt that 1t ia q matter of grave doubt
whether the law of supply and demand
regulates .the price OF leading agricul-
tural products. To illustrate this we
would only refer to one exchange. For
many years the New York Cotton Ex-
change has done little except to bet on
ha prfo M