Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-09-26
COTTON GROWERS CONVENTION.
Call has been Issued by President J. C.
Wiborn.

Below is the text of the call for the
Cotton Growers Convention to be held
in Columbia during fair week
TIE CALL.
Tho Cotton Growers Association is
hereby called to meet in Columbia on
October 81 at $50 p. m.
A State convention Of cotton growers
met at Greenwood, September IL, 1900.
1t was then decided after due dciLera-
tion to perfect State organization and
officers were duly elected for one year
until September Is, 1901.
1t was decided to compactly organize
each County in the State with view of
getting tho moro accurate report of the
ginning and marketing of tho cotton and
to Interchange views and information
from all the cotton States, for the pur-
pose of obtaining fair and just prices for
our cotton and cotton scod products.
Upon my suggestion an adjournment of
tho Cotton Growers Convention at
Greenwood was had to meet in Colum-
bia during fair week at my call; there
fore, name October 3lst ut $50 p. M,
go viz OltiiC lol lIC SOuNcllllOn 10 meet
i'll tho city of Columbia at the County
Court House.
Lot each county be fullyrcprcscntcd by
delegations. Tho number Of delegates
is not to be restricted. All counties are
urged to organize at once by clccting a
President, one Nicc-Prcsidcnt, Secretary
and Treasurer and advising board or
Executive Committee.
The con. tuition and bylaws of the
State of Georgia have been adopted as
far as they apply to South Carolina.
PLANS.
Bonded warehouses to be established
at all local markets wherever required
by the banks and the members Of the as
SociatiOn.
Warehouse receipts to be issued and
negotiated at nearest bank-.as collateral
security for money borrowers.
Each producer shall control the in
dividual sale; if he desires to dispose of
his cotton before minimum price fixed
by the association is offered by the buyer
he shall be at perfect liberty to do so.
fair and just price for cotton and
cotton seed can be fixed and maintained
in open markets in the South by united
action, by holding back the surplus crop,
if any there be, and marketing the crop
during the twelve months Of the year to
meet the demands Of the mills in all
parts of the world.
Gilnners throughout the cotton belts will
be supplied with postal cards addressed
to headquarters Of the State bureau with
request that each Saturday night the
number of bales gnncd that week will
be forwarded
The secretaries Of the county organiza-
tions will be in close touch with the pro
duccrs and careful estimates made on
existing crop conditions will be sent
weekly to the board.
The cotton grower has the crop better
in hand to-day than he has had for
thirty years, and he is warned that il,
has no reason to become undnly alarmed
over the report that the mills arc closing
down to dcprcss fair price of cotton.
You are reminded that when cotton sold
as high as 30 cents a pound it was manu-
featured.
Let us organize, let us work, watch
and continue to labor
All parties interested in growing, mar
keting, ginning and handling of tho crop
are invited to send delegates.
The bankers, merchants and ware
house men arc invited to participate in
the convention }. G.. WIIHoRN.
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