The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
THE FARMERS MEETING.

The Clarendon Cotton Grow
ers' Association met in the court
house Monday. President E. D.
Hodge stated the object of the
meeting to be in response to a
call from President Smith OF the
State Association. The secretary
also read 4 letter from the State
organization calling for three
cents per bale from each member
of the association. Mr.. Hodge
was feeling unweil, and at his
request Hon. E. +. Plowoen
filed the chair for the rest OF
the meeting.
At the suggestion Of Captain
D. J. Bradham it was decided
that no matters foreign to the
call be discussed.
The question for the meeting
was whether or not Clarendon
would endorse the action of the
Executive Committee at Ashe-
vile fixing the minimum price
for cotton, middling basis, IL
cents. Hon. Louis Appelt sub
mitted and was requested to
read very interesting and IN
stsuctive interview from Presi-
dent Smith and also statement
from Harvie Jordan, the Presl-
dent of the Southern Cotton
Growers Association. which was
published in last Sundays State:
HOLD YOUR COTTON.
Mr. E. D. Smith, state presi-
dent of the Southern Cotton As
sociation, yesterday gave out an
luterview in which he said:
Z am just back from trip in
the eastern section Of the State
and I find that ali of the cotton
is practically open and in some
sections gathered. The out
turn is far below what was an
ticipated before picking began.
There is no top crop at all, and
the entire picking with the force
of hands now available, will, ac-
cording to the statement of the
best posted farmers, be com
pleted entirely by the 18th. of
October.
:.The out turn of the lint from
the seed is shorter than it has
been in years.
IT wish to call attention to
) the farmers Of this State to the
5 government report issued this
week, in which it is said that
there was a deterioration on
sandy lands, but that the clay
lands were green and growing.
Tkis will give some idea of the
misleading statements that are
sent in officially and unoficially
to the trade, and which help to
depress the market temporarily.
4 have travelled over the en-
tire Piedmont section with the
exception of some few patches
to small to be worthy of note.
There is a universally arrested
development. The squares have
been shed. the leaves are yellow,
: and the condition Of the cotton
generally is no better than that
in the lower section of the sandy
lands.
::Reports are coming in that
the farmers are selling their cot
ton regardless of the price
which is untrue. I am in a po-
sition to give a better estimate
. of the South Carolina crop, l
presume. than any other one
man. I hope that / am honest
enough and fair minded enough
and truthful enough not to at
tempt to deceive myself or those
who have placed confidence in
me, or trade az large; and un-
hesitatingly say that from the
present indications, this is the
smallest crop that has been made
on the same acreage in four Or
FIVE years. The final out turn
will prove what I say.
STAND TOGETHER.
ssTo the farmers in general,
aud to the members of the Cot
ton Association in particular. !
wish to say that this is the time
both for the success of the Asso-
citation and for the financial ben
left that will accrue for them to
hold their cotton. Let every
farmer lend his aid enc to anoth-
er for the purpose of withhold
ing his cotton from the market.
Il have just read telegram
from northern Texas in which a
prominent New York spot dealer
says that st,night his agent in
Texas and the territories was
able to buy 100 bales only:
against $500 same date last
year.
Throughout the States OF
Texas and the territories. Mis-
sissippi, louisiana and Arkan-
sas come the same reports. All
advices from these States indi-
cate a crop condition as bad or
worse than ours. I would ad-
wise all those within reach Of
warehouses. where rates are
reasonable, to ship their cotton,
store it. and where the interest
is not too high, borrow money
c,,fficiant to +ido than1 oyn7. tha;7.