The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-07
CONTROL THE COTTON CROP.
THE STATE ASSOCIATION no co-orEE-

ATE WITH OTHER STArES--DELEGA
i TION WILL BE SENT TO MACON.
CT The Cotton Growers Association G
) South Carolina met in Columbia o
: Wednesday night, oct. 3lst, and aftc
' Il thorough discussion Of the situation
e determined TO push the work of OF
: , SO as TO control the cotton crop in co
f operation with the other cotton grow
, ing States. The association also dccid
5 ed to send full delegation TO tn,
meeting of the national association thi:
month in Macon, Ga.
There were about fifty farmers pres
cnt when the meeting was called to or
der Wy the President, j. e.. Wilborn
The secretary, }. II. Blake, was at his
post.
Mr. Wllhorn referred to the meeting
of the cotton seed oil mill men recently
held here, at which they decided to
combine for the purpose Of reducing
the price of seed. He said il was de.
termlncd to pay Sl3 per ton for seed,
which Is 10 cents per bushel, while the
former price was 80 cents per bushe.
He said the Culy way to fight such or
CARNATIONS as this was TO meet orAan-
ization with organization. Mr.. Will
born then addressed the meeting as
| follows
Gentlemen OF the Convention The
State Convention of Cotton Growers
met at Greenwood September 18th,
| 1900. 1t was then decided after ma
turc dcliberation TO organize a State
Organization and officers were duly
appointed for one year until September
II, 1901.
1t was decided 10 compactly organize
each county in this State, with a view
OF getting molc accurate report of
ginning and marketing Of the cotton,
and TO Interchange views and inforna-
ton from all the cotton States ; for the
purpose of obtaining far and Just
prices for our cotton and cotton seed
products. Upon my suggestion, an
adjournment of the Cotton Growers
Convention at Greenwood was had to
meet i'll Columbia during Fair Week at
my call Therefore, | named October
3lst, at $50 p. m. as the time of the
convention to meet in the city of CO.
lumbia at the county court house.
Each county was invited to be fully
represented by delegations, the num-
Der OF delegates not to be restricted. |
All counties are urged to organize at
once, by electmg Il president, one vice
president, secretary and treasurer, an |
advisory board or executive committee. |
The constitution and bylaws of the |
State of Georgia have been adopted as |
Tar as they apply to South Carolina
Bonded warehouses to be established |
at all local markets wherever required |
BY the books an | members of the AS |
Sociation.
Warehouse reccipts to be issued and |
negotiated al nee est bank, rs collat-
eral security fer money borrowers.
Each produ .cr shall control the in
dividual sale if he desires to dispose
Of his cOtt' before minimum price
fixed by tie Association is offered by |
the buycr--hr shall be at perfect lib
erty to do so. a fair and Just price for
cotton and cotton seed can be fixed |
and maintained in the South by united |
concert Of action, by holding back the
surplus crop, if any there may be, and
marketing the crop during the twelve
months OF the year to meet the de- |
mands of the mills in all the parts of |
the world.
Ginncrs throughout the cotton belts
Will be supplied with postal cards ad-
dire sscd to headquarters of the State |
Bureau, with request that each Satur-
day night the number OF bales ginncd |
that week Will be forwarded.
The secretaries Of county organiza-
tiOnS will be in close touch with the |
producers, and careful estimates made |
on existing crop conditions will be sent |
weekly to the State board.
The cotton grower has the cotton
better in hand to-day than he has had |
for thirty years and he is warned, that
he has no reason to become unduly |
alarmed that the mills are closing
down, to dcpl css fair price of cotton.
lou alc reminded that when cotton
sold as high as thirty cents a pound
it was manufactured.
For the past three years, have
lab )red in season and out of season,
with the cotton grower to organize in
order that he might the more intelli-
gently plant and market his crop
Many of You remember the Inter-
State Convention that | called to meet
in Atlanta December, 1897, and tie
great Disappointment we felt at the
policy of delay that was then shown.
A decrease of acreage was urged, and
from that day to this the individual
effort of the intelligent cotton grower
has been to raise his supplies for his
farm al home, thereby decreasing the
acreage. | desire to urge anew the hog
and hominy plan-make the farm self
supporting, raise cotton rs the surplus
crop. Do this and we will have the
greatest country in the world DO this
and the country home will again reach
its high place and regard in the minds
of the youth. The country home should
be the happicst and most independent
place in the world. A kind providence
has aided us IN demonstrating to the
most s optical min. that we have been
raising too much cotton.
We to-day stand in better condition
to manage the cotton situation than at
any time, since the war of 1860 IS. We
have assembled here tonight to devise
the best ways and means for The future