The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-09-27
THE NEWS OF POMARIA.
Good Order Prevails Mistake in
Fixing Minimum Price Cotton
Farmers Holding, However.

r A. Cromer, Of the Reuben section
was in Pomaria last Saturday. He ha
been i'll for some time and his friend
, we're glad to see that he was stron
enough again to drive down to Pc
, maria.
Mr.. John D. Sheely, of near thi
| place, has been quite sick for the pas
few days. His condition, howeve,
has improved very much, and h,
hopes to be out again in a coupl
days. Mr.. Sheely says that this i
the first time he has been sick in be(
in forty years.
Mr.. L. W. MCGOWAN, who mas beer
the policeman here for some months
resigned recently to accept similar
work at his former home in Carlisle
Mr.. E. B. Feagle was elected to sue.
ceed him, and ne is now efficiently
performing the duties Of this posi-,
ton.
Pomaria has been very quiet this
summer. The order Of the place haz
been excellent, and there seems to be
very little for our officer to do. e:
Mrs. R. C. Iigon, Of Iva, Ander-
son county, is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. B. M. Settler. It is probable
that sne will spend the winter here.
Another visitor, who has been most
heartily welcomed to our little town,
arrived on the 10th. She is staying
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. J..
Hentz, and they are>so delighted with
her visit that they will insist on ker
staying with them permanently.
The cotton in this section has.
opened very rapidly during the last
couple weeks. Some Of the fields are
very full indeed, and the cotton was
more or less damaged. by the storm
Of Sunday night. -. i
Upon an average, the yield Of cot
ton in this vicinity will probably not
be more than Is per cent if that much,
of what it promised a month or six
weeks ago to be. Where the earlier
varieties were planted, it is not diff
cult to find entire fields in which al
most the whole crop is already open.
By. the way, Mr.. Editor, the quota
tons Of the cotton market for last
Monday as they appeared in The
Herald and News and in the Obser-
yer, were quite different. Which was
risht7 There is no item of news Of
more interest to the farmers just at
this time than these quotations, but !
they are worthless, unless reliable. |
Up to the close Of last week, about |
300 bales Of cotton had been sold at |
Pomaria. Not much has been put on
the market here since that time, due
chiefly to the recent decline in prices.
fhe farmers generally Of this COM
nunity sympathize with the purposes
If the Cotton Growers Association
and the Farmers Union, yet it is
'afe to say that not half of the cot
on will be held for Is. cents. Without
warehouse facilities, and with bank
notes and lien obligations to be met,
t is, with many Of them, an impossi-
'ility to hold the bulk Of their cotton
or price which they can not rea-
onably hope to obtain before next
pring. It is unfortunate that the ;
onventions which fixed Is cents as
he minimum price could not have
cen guided by a little saner wisdom.
With 13 cents as the minimum price,
here would have been sufficient CO.
peration to make the demand imme-
lately effective, and very little cot {
IN would have been marketed below
hat price. The spinners themselves .
'ould doubtless nave perceived the =
easonableness of such a demand,
nd would probably have met it in
ordial spirit; anyway, the claws Of
le bear-element in the stock market G
ould have been effectively clipped.
S the matter stands, the present con- {
Ition is an impeachment Of the eff s.
ency of the two organizations which =
ade the demand, it disparages their t;
fluence and gives strength to the c,
in the cotton market. l
he practical result will likely be 81
of . rouoh 1oroor ,,ortion re +bo y,