The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-03-15
NEWS n TOE STATE CAPITAL.
WAREHOUSE PLANS HAVE BEEN
PUT ON BUSINESS BASIS.
Capitalists Have United Forces With
the Cotton Growers and VIII Work
for the Emancipation of the,
Southern Farmers.
By ~. d. Me- Cav.

By W H. McCaW.
Columbia, March The ware
house committee of the South Carolina
Cotton Association met here yesterday
and permanently organized by elect
ing, Z. Nv. Robertson chairman and
Mr.. H Weston secretary.
An insurance expert in the person
of Mr.. E. G. seibels and a representa-
tive Of Architect C. c. Wilson's Of
ice were called in to give estimates as
to the Insurance rates and the cost
Of erecting warehouses throughout the
State.
Mr. Seibels said that a basis rate Of
so cents could be secured for cotton
stored in well protected standard
warehouses Of the cheapest make, and
that by special arrangement even as
low as one-fourth per cent. might be
obtained. Of course the warehouses
would have to be provided with
sprinklers and be Of the most inlprov-
ed style.
The architect said that these. ware
houses could be built 40 by 100 feet
with gravel roof and best pattern for,
$1,000, the sprinkler system to cost
about 25 percent more. Such a house
would have a capacity Of 1000 bales.
A 500 bales capacity warehouse could
be built for $S0o. IL storage for any
more than I ,O0o bales is required sep
arate warehouses should be built.
The following resolution by Mr.
Burnett was adopted:
sThat it is the sense of this commit
tee that we recommend to every, COM
munity in South Carolina where the
necessity for warehouses exist TO build
these warehouses through their own
efforts, or by outside assistance il prof
fered at a cost OF from $500 to $1,000
with a storage capacity, respectively,
of from 500 to s1,ooe bales Of cotton .
Mr.. Leroy Springs, OF Lancaster, in
troduced the following, which. was
adopted:
That we urge upon the farmers the
Importance OF storing their cotton
promptly on being ginned in the
standard warehouses where they can
get negotiable warehouse receipts,
thus saving it from loss in weight and
damage and putting it in negotiable,
shape so that they will not be forced
to market it except at their own pleas
use, as it has been demonstrated by
the action Of the New Orleans con-
Jtention that reasonable prices can be
maintained irrespective Of the size Of
the crop by the judicious marketing Of
the cotton, which can only be accom-
plished by the effective warehouse sys-
tenn
On motion of Mr.. E. D. Smith this
was added to the resolution:
"Any information as to construction
or outside assistance can be obtained
by communicating with the Columbia
Office of the Southern Cotton associa-
ton.
Resolved, That copy Of this reso-
luton be fled in this Office and that a
copy be given to the press with the
request that all county papers copy
1t. 1t .
Mr.. C. L. Bemis, Of Richmond; Mr..
Bernard Cohn, Of Baltimore; M. John
Gill, of Baltimore; Mr.. II. p. Page, of
Richmond and Mr.. P. II. Gadsien, Of
Charleston, were here yesterday to
look over the Columbia Electric
Street Railway, Light and Power
company's plant. They spent the day
looking over the property from spe-
cial car. They represent the concern
that owns similar plants in Tampa,
Jacksonville, Charleston, Spartanburg
and other Southern cities, and il. is un-
derstood tnat they have on option on
the property here. There have been
rumors Of a pending deal for several
weeks, but it was not consummated to-
day.
The state has an almost forgotten
case on the docket Of the Supreme
Court Of the United States. The late
Franklin NJ. Mackey suggested that
the state was not legally liable for the
payment Of internal revenue license
on account Of the dispensaries. The
revenue department decided against
him, as did also the United States
Court of Claims. He appealed to the
Supreme Court, but before the case
was reached Mr.. Mackey diedl. Mr..
Charles A. Douglas, a former Coium-
bian, but now living in Washington,
has been appointed to represent the
state in Mr.. Maekey's stead.
Edgar Simpson, the negro accused
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