The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-30

prime meal, and $40 in cash.
This motion was thoroughly dis
cussed by Messrs. J. E. Kelly,E.
D. Hodge, T. B. Minis, W. NJ.
Plowden. j. NJ. Davis, NJ. c.
Williams and A. P. Burgess:
The difference IN the cash and
exchange was argued as an IN
ducement to farmers putting
fertilizers on their lands, instead
of selling the seed and spending
the money for other purposes.
Mr.. E. D. Hodge upon invita-
ton addressed the convention:
and made a good sensible tax
on the necessity Of holing togeth-
er, starting q bureau of lnforma,
ton whereby the farmers could
ascertain what is doing in the
cotton world and not depend en-
tirely upon Neill and other de-
ceiviug reporters.
Captain Bradham was present
and was also invited to speak,
and as he arose he was greeted
with applause. He thanked the
convention for the honor of Sc
lectiug him as one of the lectur-
ers. and promised to engage in
the work earnestly and actively,
that he would visit every club,
and do all in his power to build
up the organization. He referred
to the many commissions he had
in war and in peace, and he re-
garded this one with much appre-
citation.
A committee of three composed
of Messrs. J. E. Kelly, W. M.
Plowden and H. B. Richardson,
Jr. was appointed to confer
with the cotton seed oil mills
in this and other sections, and
inform them Of the conventions
action with regard to cotton seed
and meal, and said committee to
report results to next meeting,
The matter Of the tobacco
trust was Brought up by Messrs.
J. M. Player, and after some
discussion it was resolved that
the chairman Of each township
club request the merchants not
to handle any trust tobacco, and
authorized said chairman t
promise the organizations sup
port to those merchants who
refuse to buy trust goods.
Messrs. J. M. Montgomery, }.
E. Kelly and J. F. Bradham was
appointed a committee to confer
with the tobacco organization OF
North Carolina, and promise sup
port to it in its fight against the
tobacco trust in that State.
It was resolved that any coun-
tv officer in the Farmers Protec.
tive and Marketing Union desir-
ING to become a candidate for
public Office must resign his office
in the organization. A motion to
have a secret sign and password
was tabled with all but two
votes.
The matter Of discrimination
against the home consumer by
the local cotton seed oil mills
was discussed at the request OF
the body by Mr.. Applet, who
had given the matter a good deal
of thought. He claimed that
the mills based their price of
of meal on the rate fixed F. 0.
B. Columbia, and when the
local buyer drove up to a local
mill he was charged the price at
Columbia together with the rate
of freight from that point to the
mill. He claimed this to be an
Outrageous discrimination against
the home farmer. The freight
is not earned by the mills, but
extorted to help the mill to meet
competition abroad; it is a case
of making the home farmer con-
tribute out Of his pocket about
s2 a ton for the benefit Of the
stock holders. He urged the
convention to not overlook this,
a most important matter, and
advised, if the mills persisted in
this wrong, and refused to save
the farmers the freight, to order
their meal so that if freight is
to be paid, let the railroads who
work for it, get it. He said chat
when the mills discovered the
farmers were determined to be
treated Justly they would treat
them right. The committee to
confer with the mills were in
structed to take this matter in
charge.
It was decided that the town
ship clubs meet on the third
Friday in October, at 4 o'clock
%. m. to transact business and
elect delegates to a county con-
ventior to be held 1st, Saturday
in November at - m. at which
time the labor and other i'm
portant matters will be dis
cussed.
We neglected to state that
after it was made clear to DR..
Woods that he was ineligible
for membership he remained a
short while longer and then left
very much out of humor with
the writer whom he threatened
to ':meet at the Philippines
well we won't go. as we cannot
speak Tagala.