Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-01-18
Doings Of the Farmers in Mass
Meeting Assembled. Acre
age to be Reduced, Etc.

Doings Of the Farmers in Mass
Meeting Assembled. Acre
age to be Reduced, Etc.
Henceforth there need be nc
apprehension about The price o
cotton. The farmers of Edgefslc
county met on Monday and "res
Diluted" the bears to their holes
the acreage to nil (if need be)
and the price to ten cents.
Seriously, we haze never seen 9
more deeply interested, more de
termined aggregation Of far
mers-representative, successful
farmers--than those who were
assembled in the court house oil
Monday last. Many from every
section of the county responded
to tie call, and there was mani.
tested in their words and depict.
ed upon their faces an earnestnees
aud determination that are rare
ly seen, which evidences the fact
that the farmers realize that they
are confronted by situation that
is worry grave.
The meeting vas called to order
by Mr., S. 3. Mays who stated the
object of their coming together,
Alr. Walter Marsh acting as tenn
porary clerk. A permanent organi-
zatiotl was effected by electlng Mr..
s. y. Williams chairman and MIR.
j. L. Minis clerk. The chairman
declared the body ready for The
transaction OF business, where
upon MIR. P. n. Lott moved that q
committee be appointed tc draft
suitable resolutions to be present
ID to The body. The chair appoint
Aessrs. P. Mott, S. 8. Mays and
j r. Blocker, who retired and
prepared he following resolutions
that were, after some discussion
pro and con, adopted unanimous
~
Whereas owing to present ruin
ously low prices of cotton the
farmers Of the south cannot posi-
bly, prosper and whereas, OH this
account we, the farmers, and cltl-
zens Of Edgeield county in con-
veutlou assembled recognize he
supreme necessity for immediate
organization and coucert Of action
10 enable us to defeat the uuscru-
puIous schemes Of the Wall street
Dear speculation led by that arch
enemy Of the cotton growers,
Theodore II. Price who by wide
publication and dissemination ct
h,s eXiravagant and palpGbly
raise estimates of IL 100000 6alee
has produced a pan;c III the cot
ton market causing the price OF
this commodity 10 decline below
the actaal cost OF produ:liu
which has entailed an enormous
loss upon the farmers and busl-
ness interests of the south gener-
ally and whereas We are fully de-
termined 10 maintain our finan-
cial independence from the pernl-
cious influence of these Wall
street shylocks who would forever
make US ''hewers of wood aud
drawers Of water by depreciatiug
the price of our cotton in order
to crafty their insatiate greed for
gain; thereby Systematically rob-
bing us the 1ull fruits of our hard
earned labors; be it therefore re-
solved:
Isl. That NO pl~dgo-oursvtves to
reduce the acreags in cotton 25
per cent this year and we further
pledge ourselves 10 REDUCTION OF
IS per cent in the use of CONNER
clal fertilizers on this crop, and
ne most earnestly recommend
that both of these provisions be
adopted by our fellow farmers
throughout the south.
2nd. We also agree and bind
ourselves to hold the cotton now
in our bands until the price is
satisfactory.
3rd. That We apppointa COM
mittee of three in each township
in EdgeGeld county to visit every
farmer (white or black IN their
respective townships, and urgeut-
ly request their signatures plelg-
ing themselves to agree to the
above; also the names Of all those
opposing this resolution.
P. N. LOTT,
S. B. MAYS,
]. r. BLOCKER.
T., tho 1icorociop of +bo fa