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.


was in Pomaria last Saturday. He has
been i'll for some time and his friends
were glad to see that he was strong
enough again to drive down to Po-
maria.
Mr.. John D. Shecly, of near this
place, has been quite sick for the past
few days. His condition, however,
has improved very much, and hq
hopes to be ont again in couple
days. Mr.. Shecly says that this is
the first time he has been sick in bed
in forty years.
Mr.. l.. w. McGowan, who has been
the policeman here for some months,
resigned recently to accept similar
work at his former home in Carlisle
Mr.. e. B. Feaglc was elected to sue
cced 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 has
been excellent, and there seems to be
very little for our officer to do.
Mrs. r. c.. Ligon, of Iva, Ander-
son county, is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. B. M. Settler. 1t is probable
that she 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. j.
Hentz, and they are so delighted with
her visit that they will insist on her
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.
Upon an average, the yield Of cot
ton in this vicinity will probably not
be more than rs per cent if that much,
Of what it promised 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 Obscr-
YER, were quite different. Which was
right? There is no item of news of
more interest to the farmers lust at
this time than these quotations. but
they are worthless, unless reliable.
Up to the close Of last week, about
500 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.
The farmers generally of this com
mnmty sympathizc with the purposes
of the Cotton Growers Association
and the Farmers Union, yet it is
safe to say that not half of the cot
ton will be held for Is cents. Without
warehouse facilities, and with bank
notes and lien obligations to be met,
it is, with many Of them, an impossi-
bility to hold the bulk Of their cotton
for price which they can not rea-
sonably hope to obtain before next
spring. IT is unfortunate that the
conventions which fixed Is cents rs
the minimum price could not have
been guided by little sancr wisdom.
! With l3 cents as the minimum price,
there would have been sufficient CO.
operation to make the demand immc-
diately effective, and very little cot
ton would have been marketed below
that price. The spinners themselves
would doubtless nave perceived the
rcasonablencSs Of such demand
and would probably have met il in a
cordial spirit; anyway, the claws of
the bcar-elemcnt in the stock markc
would have been effectively clipped
AS the matter stands, the present con-
dition is an impeachment of the eff
cheney of the two organizations which
made the demand, il disparages their
Influence and gives strength to the
bcar-clemcm in the cotton market.
The practical result will likely be
that a much larger portion Of the
crop will be marketed at II cents
than at Is. II is consolation to
know. however, that the South Car