Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-09-19
Wheat Growers Convention.

ABOUT 2UU farmers wore assembled Ill
tho court house at II o'clock u. M, whom
President A. G. Latimer callod tho con
vention to ordor and introduced Mr.. w.
s. Hill, chief Of the publication division
of tho Department of Agriculture at
Washington.
Mr.. Hill in beginning his address was
modest in his claims, but let tho con-
vontion know that he had recently boon
looking up somo information rs to the
products of this State. Ho said that
any section of this country, less in fact
than is grown in any part of tho
civilized world, tho average yield
boing only s bushels pcr aero.
lIo said that South Carolina pro-
ducod about ono million bushels and
consumed six million bushels, paying be-
twoon five and six million dollars to
othor pooplo for flour. IIo spoke of
other food crops in tho production of
which this State was low in the scale.
There could DO no prosperity in such
conditions.
what his department was doing, tho
vast accumulation of business and tho
possibilities of tho future in regard to
agricultural literature. He requested
that every man in tho convention who
desired bulletins or other informa-
tion from the Department of Agricul-
turo write his address on a card, hand it
to him and ho would mako record of it
when ho returned to Washington. lie
said that the department. was ready to
help the farmers and would give any in
formation possible when applied for di-
representatives in Congress. Ho dwolt
| upon Mr. Latimors pcrsistcncy in his de-
mands at the department. for bulletins
and other information for tho farmers
of his district.
The President of the Cotton Growers
was present and gave tho Convention a
talk Hc said that tho wheat crop of
| Georgia was larger than had been grown
thoro in thirty years IIc told how the
farmers of his State wcro increasing the
yold and hoped that the people of this
State would do likewise.
In the afternoon the prizes offered for
tho best yield of wheat in tho county
wero delivered by President Latimcr, as
follows:
The best yield OH four acres, 1911
bushels, $40 to II. p Galphin, of Ninety
Six.
The second best yiold on four acres,
1861 bushels, to G. p. Roberts, of Ninety
Six.
For the best yield on one acre, j. A.
IIauptfcar, of Ninety-Six, received the
prize, $500. IIo made 81 G-l000 bush
els.
Nincty-SiX is the place to make wheat,
oats and clover and will always lead in
this county, because soil and men com
bino there to make it SO.
COTTON GROWERS CONVENTION.
When news was received Wednesday
| afternoon that President Wilb0rn, of
the Cotton Growers Association, was
delayed and could not reach Greenwood
until night, the wheat growers being also
tho cotton growers, the convention OF
wheat growers was merged into ono OF
| cotton growers and business proceeded
President IIarvio Jordan came forward
and delivered an address. He spoke
from his manuscript and while he was
eloquent and patriotic in his uttcrances,
he gave tho cotton mill men some hard
blows and declared that cotton growers
must combine to protect themselves
from cotton spectators and mill combi
nations or go down under tho opprcs
sion Of the mills.
Mr.. Jordan is earnest in his effort to
effect an organization in this State such
as they have in Georgia and Alabama
and if there is anything behind this or
ganzation contrary to the interests OF
the farmers Of the South it is not yet il
sight.
Mr.. Jordan read a telegram from At
lanta stating that the King and SibcS
mills of Augusta would close bccaus,
Of the high price of cotton, and that il
ten days the mills all over tho country
and in Europe would shut down for tho
same reason. Mr.. Jordan said the farm
crs must meet this condition Of affairs
or sell their cotton at whatever price the
manufacturers would fix.
| When Mr.. Jordan concluded President
| w. l.. burst, Of Greenwood cotton mill
asked the privilege of saying something
in regard to the mill business here liz
said that he had no intention of stopping
his mill; would lose $4,000 before ht
would shut down; had run at a loss be
fore and would do it again. He alst
said that the President of Grcndcl mill
who was present, requested him to say
that his mill would not stop.
A surprise in the convention was The
statement of II. p. Lovcland, lawyer
of Indiana, who said that the jutc bag
ging trust was selling from twelve tt
fifteen pounds of salt water in every rol
OF bagging it put on the market Mr.
Lovcland has been travelling over the
country making some Investigations ant
gave this information to tho farmers tt
act upon as they saw fit. He said the
merchants were not to blame and wcrt
as indignant over the matter as the farm
crs who suffer from tho fraud.
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock tho
convention was called to order by Prcs
dent Wilborn.
1t was the voice Of the convention that
a permanent organization known as the
Cotton Growers Protective Association
be organized in this State and the move
mcnt was begun.
j. G. Wilborn, of Columbia, was elected
President; j. A. Pctcrkin, Of Orangcburg