The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-11
AMBER OF COMMERCE, RCE,
ZIG BOOSTER MEETING CALLED
.s5, FOR "wednesday. Il.
Secretary sicKeand, as Charleston, ~,
Il Invited to Visit Oangeburg and
& Speak at Commercial Meeting.


pn Wednesday evening and constd;
cred, d,seVeral matters IF great impor.
& asance to the city ant county. The
Cham Der will hold another meetins
sDn Wednesday night, and it Is hoped
Shat every member will be IN a, hls II
Il Il place: Preside R.:.iH Jennings pre-
SIDED I; and Secretary J. T. Matheay
Was In his place = is,;tsi9 s. .fi'9 ~
The first business: taken up was
81 retiuest from the Columbia Cham:
!ssr: li;f Commerce; and The State that
ahe chamber urge tile mem bers 2oi
|ssthe legislature from Orangeburg to
support the measure appropriatine
$40, 900 to advertise .he resources q
she State In = conjunction with the
sralIr DADS TO induce ssttlers to come
this way. Itswas unanimously agreed
.1hat the chamber endorse the prop
sosition.
II was resolved that a meeting OF
ahe chamber be hello; on Wednesday
evening, and : that Secretary. Nc
Keand ] of the Charleston Chamber lot
Comm be invited to come up
and address the chamber on that
evening. s...a s q: q 49, ',;'
An invitation was: read from the
Southern Commercial Congress ask
ing that represent tative be sent to
She meeting OF that body to be held
In Atlanta on March. =. After some
discussion the appointing of a dele
gate was deferred.
.sl Mr.s j. w. Smoak called the atten-
don OF the chamber to the delay In
shipping goods out Of Orangeburg,
and said something ought to be done
To remedy the evil, as it was in5ur-
ing the business o. the city. The
matter was referred: to the railroad
committee. .l.3i...,.. 5lsaq.st, j,
The question of organizing a coun-
~ fair association and holding a
county fair next fall was discussed
with considerable enthusiasm, and
while no definite t,ction was taken
efforts will be male to accomplish
this very much desired end, and the
farmers of the County Union, having
pledged as individuals their support
to the enterprise, It is believed that
"a county fair next year, If rot this
year, will be held. The County Corn
Fair will be an annual occurrence,
and this year will be organized and
managed on q larger and more salts
factory plan.
Capt. J. H. ClaR.H, president OF the
County Farmers Union, came before
the chamber with>a complaint from
some OF the lfarma ars selling: cotton
here, as to deduction that had been
made last season By buyers Of cotton
where the weight Of the bale was
-uHder four hundred pounds.
ss It seems that ,oae dollar was de-
Quoted from the pstce of every such
bale. but it further appears that this
is the only point s.tSwhich such fare
is charged. The n.atter was referred
to the cotton committee Of the cham
sber. and will be Investigated. ~:
Capt. Claffy stated that the farm
s,ers were merely saEking for. fair play,
and IL the buyers could. show good
business reason for this action, the
farmers would 7 theerfully subDait;
but as light bales had been sold at
.other points in this county and no
bare exacted, the action Of the buy
,ers, here was not understood by the
farmers, and that unless the matter
lis settled, the city Of Orangeturg
would be the 1oser'. -
-eee on the complaint will be made
ito the chamber next Wednesday
evening. This is an important mat
cter and it should be thoroughly in
vestigated, as it IL calculated to hurt
the business Of The city by driving
away cotton that should be sold here.
5 IF buyers at other points do not
take off the one dollar for light bales
the farmers can't understand why
1t is done here. We have heard it
stated, that the cotton buyers Of this
city have bought cotton from the
buyers of other places where the
one dollar tare Is not exacted, and
that they paid just as much for the
cotton in the ligat bales as they did
for the cotton in the heavy bales, and
that the one dollar tare on light
bales was never mentioned.
Silver Nea to be Held.
A ".silver tea" will be held at the