The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-05
THE NEwBERRY COTTON MARKET
Tho Merchants and Citizens Take the
Matter In Hand

the Newberry market. 1t was q tenn.
perato and conservative moeting. Moth.
ing was done except to advise tho far.
mers to sell their cotton on that mar.
k IT In which thoy could get the mcst
for it. Nothing olse could be done.
Hhe farmers have been acting upon that
advice.
For some reason bost known to those
who buy here, this market has been
slightly below other markets near by
us, and as q result we have been getting
bit little cotton. The mill price here
has bcon about the export price. Out
Of courtesy or for some other reasons
other mills will not put buyers in mill
town to compete with the local mill
| buyer, and wo had tho anomaly of mills
paying moro for cotton at Prosperity
and paying freight on it than tho mil
In our own town would pay without
having tho froig It to pay. a mill then
instoad OF being an advantage to tho
cotton market in which it is located is
an actual disadvantage. We have no
quarrel with tho mill on thGt account.
1t is their business to buy cotton as
cheap as they can. But tho fact re-
| nd lot b>
| wore paying more than was being paid
here and overy bale OF cotton taken
from this town meant BUSHES taken
from it, and the merchants and all busi-
ness was suffering in consequence.
The merchants and citizens felt that
something had to be done in sclt-protcc-
tion. Tho mill was looking out for it's
| own interests and tho other interests OF
tho town had to be looked after as a
matter Of solt-prcservation.
AS a result the following merchants
and citizens have Cotton together and
determined to put buyer on the mar
ket and see to it that as much is paid
for cotton hero as Is paid by any other
town in this locality, and they moan
| business. 1t Is no bluff game. From
this date on they intcnd to make it their
business to see to it that tho top of tho
market is paid for cotton or they will
buy it.
We hope now to have the cotton and
tho trade that rightly belong tous We
do not want any moro.
| Mr.. w. A. McFall has boon solicited
as the buyer and we want the farmers
whom thoy bring thoir cotton in to sec
him before they soil and those who
want to buy should remember these
merchants whom thoy come to buy.
AS we have said, these mon have
| gone into this thing with no purpose
or intention Of making war on the mill
or any one else, but they feel that cot
| ton should be worth as much A. New
berry rs it is at Prosperity, Pomaria
OF Whitmire or any other town in this
! section, and they intend that it shall
be.
Here are the names of those NOR
| chants and citizens who have put the
| buyer III the field and their names
| should be a guarantee that they will
| do what they claim: Summer Bros.
Evans e. Wilson, M. l.. Spoarman &
Co., G. ]. Purcell g. Co., Edw. r.. Hipp,
| A. G. Jones, G. & G. S. Mower Co.,
Jno. w. Rcedcr, VIM. Johnson, Thos.
M. Neel, Newborry Grocery Co., D. c..
Flynn, r.. B. AlcCarty & Co., j. J..
Lane, Jas. II. Mcintosh, S. J. Wooten,
i. A. Schumpcrt, j. w. White, w. e.
Pelham. f. II. Aull, Robertson & Gil
det, II. G. Williams, ]. D. Davenport.
| We notice that the same trouble con-
| frOntcd Greenville and other towns in
which mills were located and they
have taken similar action. We re-
grct that the conditions were such
| here as to make this action necessary
and we cannot understand why the
mills would adopt thL plan of giving
more for cotton in other towns than
tho oncs in which they are located but
such seems to be the fact, and the mer-
chants in order to protect themselves
were forced to take action.
| ON HIS OWN ACCOUNT.
| Mr.. O. NJ. Jameson desires us to say
to his friends and customers that he
has decided to go into the cotton mar
ket on his own account and is prepared
to give tho top OF the market for cot