The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-11-17

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convenuor. Something might taez
! be done. He offered The following
resolution:
II view Of the magnitude O. The o.
| gacizRtioa necessary 10 meet with enE
promise OF success tae disastrous con.
!6itiocs t5at confrools the producers a
!cottoQ, involving the acLise cC2pera
!tion OF the indiv;1u2i producer frou
! North Carolina 10 Texas, and IN vie"
iof the necessity for full represeGta
tive messing al every state OF ,ae or
| gan;zation.
Resolved. That the president O
;his convention be &utbcr:zsd 70 cal
aG inters,a;es cotton growers conven
i tian tc ne held 10 Atlanta tie hsS
! Tuesday N J3rG2sy, or or eoon there
latter as practicable, .: which meeting
eSca cotton growing Stste ba r6Q1eS.
Cd 10 send as man representatives a
lii nov has members in the GnlieG
1 Safes house OF representatives., Tor thS
purpcse OF devisiaS rays aud mean:
20 avert the disaster tha! threatens.
! g That 5 delegate Ge APPOINTED
| from each congressional districtcf INT
Estate 10 represent lhis body II the salc
Ecoprenlioa.
IS That the president of this 6od5
! call uoon agricultural organization L
esch of tbs cotton growing States, CT
lin the abSencs of agricU;;uca! orga nj
Ez4tion, request the governor OF s1c2
State 20 call similar maetiEgS IN tnel'
res oecti7e States. for the purpose q
Idiscussi0s plansan5 electiag aeiae&te;
TO said Interstate cotton. gro |erS con
ventioc.
II Taat in the opinion CT this body
nothing short Of township ocganlz2
ton as the basis reaching up throUsh q
the coloty and Sts!e aod Interstate or
!ganiz s;ion, VIII prove effective II SC
great an undertaking.
| After some discussion IS 10 waich
vas the beS. p!aa 10 De pGrSued Gea.
NJ G Butler asked if ne could not say
4 word. He thought tha! tr1n MS
!eXosrienco that nothloc would oa &C
;compiished witbout TIE fornlns o. 4
icommiitae to prepare some orga4:Z ID
! business aud that he thought M. 4 /
i wsr3s' Inot;ou should be adopted.
TaiS should pa done and woUl0 40:
&c2nH;ct with Dr.. S:oksS resolution,
! rne motion OF Ar. EiEarGs was
iadop.ed, aud the following com mittee
Iaopoiated: Ao59viIie, j. & Badly
Aiken, r. & Tinmerman;' Anderson,
j. r. Gem; Birnwell, L w. You
mass; B.rG-ley, j. B Morrison ;
IChester, S. Z. Ack9own; CoIleton, K.
\. Jones; Dsrliagton, J 4. Muller;
tEige6sid. &. @. Batter; F4icf I'D, L.
WnalY; Florance, J. w. k!ag: Green
wool, J. Med. kiuard Greeovilie, N.
IL Donaldson; LtucasGer, w. g. Por-
Ter; LaGrans, J. Il. Wharton; Lexing
ton, J. Il Couots; HAnp:ou, B Z.
| Insns: ksrshaw, J ". Fi3y6; Mari
| oo,o, J. &. B.eeden; MarIon. j D /.
& H.seIaen ;Nowoercy, R. 7. =. Halter
iOiaogeblrg, l. 5. ConGor; Plckens,
| 4. L Cure.on; R;chland, J. L. Dan.
lean; Spartanoorg, J B. 81 -pp; Scm,
/: Ter, Z D. Snita; Sa,1da, w. 5. Allen ;
F.: Uni n, D ?, Duncan; Williamsburg,
iJ. [. Graham; York, a. &. Wnlee.
I; Ths Convoation tneu &1icoraed 10
resssen ole Thursday mornlng. wnlca
il did at ten O'Clock. Tne meeting
| Icpened wi5a the readIng OF the report
OF lh9 coumi.Eee appointed to nap Out
| a plan OF action. Tne committee ln
Icoroocateo IN its report TIE resolution
Iot the preceding day looking TO a
general convention Ii Alfalfa on the
1cst Tuesday Ia January, 1898, TO the
appointment OF delegates from this
| State aud recon nenCing township
| iorganiz ations. rhen or motion o:
S4us;os Batter tie committees report
IS an 31;ed Was unanimously aG0p!,
; ed as d VII Die AS follows:
"Aa7iug mad under consideration
| the resolution OF tnis association Ii
struc.lpg Il 10 prepare tae order OF
business for lhs meeting, your com
mlttee beg leave 70 report the folio ~
! lag resolution:
y. Tna: it is th7 sense Of this asso.
ciatioa that any and all e1f0rts MADE
70 advance a1u promote the Interests
CT lie PRODUCES 0. cotton, o. Ell
naCciug the price, establishing and
maintaining stability o; macksss and
securing remuneraHJn 10 the proiu-
Ger, should have and receive Ihe COR
olsI eudorsem ent AID SlpQor. of Iais
association.
3. rha! notwithstanding tae cry OF
ioger production as j1slication OF
low prices, the crop is taken and con-
Isumed; YET II order Inc more readily
to accomplish ouc purposs O.; control
ing prices, We recommend the IN
crease Of other crops and the conS5.
quent reduction of the cotton ccop
lnereby becoming less dependent on
others for supplies and more indepen-
dent n the Sala OF our cotton.
/ ''S That this maetIng should adopt
decisive measures 10 secure tbs CO
Operation Of cotton growers II all
sections OF the country n adoptipg z
some system By which prices can be
maintained, so SIS 10 give the producer
fair remuneration.
Il. Looking, therefore, 10 the furth-
erauce OF ths ABOVE recommendations
we adopt rs 2 part OF our report the
preamble AMI resolutions adopted on
yesterday By this convention, VIZ:
In view OF the magnitude Of the
ofgaalz necessary 10 meet, win
Eany promise OF success, the disastrous
EcoDdl.ions sha! confront the producer
| OF cotton, involving the active coop