The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-24
TWO S0ClETIES
Organized to Help the Farmers
Have Fallen Out And
4ssDUSE EACH OTHER.

Cotton Farmers Advised to Pa, No At.
teRtioR to Harvey Jordan's' Litera.
ture Bearing en- the Cotton
Crop or Telling item
What to Do.
+ & ems ahst the Farmers Ul.sn
and shs Southern Cotton Association,
both good societies organized 10 aid
the farmer in getting an honest price
for his cotton, has fallen ous and are
abusing each instead Of pulling to.
gether as they should, which is to be
regretted. A speoial dispatch from
Aaianta to the Augusta Chronicle
ssys the meeting Of. the Georgia
Bcanch Of tie Farmers Uaion made it
pretty pla q that tiers is fight to
the death going on between that or
ganization and the Southern Cotton
Assceia 5i0n.
At the meeting Ia Atlanta en-
Thursday night OF the Farmers Un-
ion unsre was quite little discussion
li:lg .le line CT the tntsEVis9 With
President Barrett, In which he said
that MIR. Jordan and the Southern
Cotton Association had not done II ht
II not endorsing and ucg'ng tho nini-
MUM price OF cotton at IL cents. MI.
Barrett believes that the crop will bs
a short one, a. d contends that there
is every 1sason for holding 70 II cants
IS che low mark TO. marketing the
crop.
A resolution was passed by the
Ua:o3 advising all farmers particularly
In Georgia, bus generally ;hfous bout
the cotton belt, to pay no further at
tention to President Harvey Jordan
OF the Southern Cotton Association In
5ne matter Of advice issued by him on
the cotton situation. The resolutions
2aks 1t pla.r that Ar. Jordan is not
popular In his ideas en- the cotton sit.
uation with the new organization,
and theie Is little or no room left to
SsouDa tns :ac: that the UE!cn and
she Southern Cotton Association are
no longet to pull together, but 1Stner
6nst the Unlon viii make determin
ed sffort to break up the Southern
Cotton Association.
JORDAN BIT BACK.
The Atlanta Journal says President
jordan, Of tho Southern Cotton Asso-
sia3iol, replied 20 cs-tsin> criticisms
made about him and the Association
by President @. S. Bar1ets OF the
Fsrns1s Uaion. President Barrett
criticised tne Association for fixing
the miI.1um p.lss st 10 cents, when
1hs Unicn fixed +. st II cents, and for
raising tne price last December to IL
cents. He also criticised puRported
inGerMew with Jold dan In which the
ja5uer was quoted as declaring that
the s5orn Damage on the guilt coast
vas exsgEerating.
I corrected that interview Wednes.
day." SAID ny. jordan. What I
did say wes that there would be q de-
preston In the price Of cotton II it
was rus:.ed upon the Market. I said
also that exporters in Texas and the
scusb vest nsd done all in their pow
81 to boost their own prices by say
INK that the crop had been almost
enr!hilated In che Atlantic states.
so far from saying that the damage
has been over estimated, Will say
that sinae August rains, tropical
rains, tropical storms, the boil wesVl
and other causes have reduced the
crop fully 100000 bales. As for
the minimum price OF 10 cents fixed
by the Association, I would say this,
that the Association at that time was
not as thoroughly posted on the crop
as it was later, and that 1t fixed then
what is known as bread and meat
line, OF q permanent minimum price.
The Uaion In fixing II cents esSao-
lisheh fair price.
'sAs for the other Statement aoou1
the Is cent price fixed by the associa'
elon lsst December, I cannot see why
President Barrett should revive that
ancient history. AS a matter OF fact,
the Union, through e. A. Calvin, its,
president, agreed with the association
TO pledge It's members to hold tor .
price ranging from 70 ! 2 to Is cents
and I have letters from Mr.. Calvin
making that agreement.
That they did not hold for Is
csnts," said Mr.. Jordan, was due to
Tie tact that members Of the Uaion
released their cotton at II IL cents.
President Barrett, however, says tnas
the Union held out for q pr1cs OF IL
cents, when as matter OF 1sct, tne
correspondence shows that tney
agreed OF scale ranging rom IL IL
to Is cents. .
Il wish TO repeat that the salvstion
Of the farmer consists IN matae0lne
his cotton slowly. II any unusual
cause should dspEess the naarses, =
would advise the farmers not 10 sen
at sll. For the indications now point
70 the fact that there will be no bum.
Ger cop in Georgia this year. nor IN
sne south as whole. The most eon.
servstiye estimate cannot go above
II 500 600 bales, and -. .5o0,0 200 has
heen the conservative estimate OF the
vield necessary to supply the de-
mand."
Killed Her Husband.
At Chicago In the presence OF her
daughter and party Of children