The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-17
JORDAN AND SMITH
ADDRESS TIE FARMERS OF Or
ANGEBURG COUNTY.
These Two Big Cotton Association OF
fcers ere Greeted by a
Big Crowd

entertained by difareoG meGbess
The attendance on the County Asso'
cia:ion on Saturday was quite lsrge.
but q still larger crowd wss presen:
on M5Aday 10 hear addresses by the
Hon. Harvey Jordan, of Atlanta, Ga.
President OF the Southern C5tton AS
s5ciation, and tie Hon. e. D. Snltc,
Of BishopVilie, S. O., General FIELD
Agent OF the Association, who had
come ell the way from Oklahoma,
t aveltng night and day, to be here
M!1day. They we're very much fati.
gusd from their long journey, but thsy
MADE splendid speeches and Wsre sn,
Enthusiastically chsarsd and heartily en-
dorsed.
Both OF these gentlemen havs re-
GENTLY gone over tie entire cotton
belt, and they are certain that the
present cotton crop is ashort one, and
hat tbs farmers viii resljzs good
price for 1t II they will only act to
gether. They give the farmers much
:ound advice. Mr.. Jordan advises the
farmers to be mora careful In ginning
and preparing their cotton for market,
and above all 70 keep it well housed
and out OF the " asher II it was not
plscad In a warehouse. BE advise d
5ne farmers TO sell cnly about one.
tenth Of their crop monthly and IN
Shis way mainsstn a good and average
price for cotton the year round. Hs
vas sure this plan was possible II the
farmers would only work together
and help each other.
Mr. Smith addressed ths meeting
along. the same line that Mr.. Jordan
did. BE spoke OF otgsn 'zing big as
:ociation with 8 large capitol to buy
up and ksep of tue market all cotton
when the price Wss no0 right, and In
this way preventsas Quitting OF the
cotton market and maintain prices.
Mr.. Smith handled his subject mos
7l quently and convinced most OF
toose who heard him that the plan
ne advocated was entirely feasible,
and would work a revolution in the
marketing OF the cotton crop. MI.
Smith is 8 most eloquent speaker,
md generally carries mcss any crowd
ae addresses ai9n hin. No one who
comes uader the sosl OF els elcqueacs
can be Indifferent to what he says.
Some OF those who heard him thought
MS plan feasable while others thought
1t inpracsicable. It is e big subject
and would have to bs thoroughly di
gested before being put in operation.
The Orangebulg CoGuon As5octa
tion hss many Of our largest and best
farmers in it, and has done all II could
10 ksep up prices. That 1t has, IN con.
mon With ali CEnar couaty z5e0cia
lions, done much good is we'll known.
The association could sasol2tely con
troll the cotton market II all the farm
srs would jim it. Waen the Orange
ourg Cvunty Assooia tioa was ocgan.z.
ed soma two ysars ago it was sgr2ed
10 meet every month, and 1t has leVsf
missed 2 meeting. While all the meet
ings have not bsen sttenaed as taey
should be, many OF them has bsea
well attended, and many valuable
discussion have taken place at the
meetings. II eli the cotton counties
in the South were as loyal to the Cot
5on Association as o .aDgebu-g County
there would be 60 further trouo!e
sbcus the p1.cs Of cotton. The meet
ings Saturday and Monday were OF
mort interesting character ano
we're greatly snj3yed by al Who at
tended them. The notice OF the
Monday meeting was Ve:y short or
there would have been larger attend.
ance than there was.