The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-10-03
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all rejected resolutions went by with
out debate. The exception was the
suggestion of Mr.. J. R. Fairey that a
man be designated in each township to
report on the number >of bales being
held for 15c. The author called for a
consideration of his resolution, and
, upon its being read a number of
friends we're won, so that a committee
was appointed to remove the obJec-
tionable feature which seemed TO be
the section relating to the price. The
idea of communication seemed to
strike the convention as s happy and
practical one.
Later, Senator E. D. Smith advocat-
ed the extension of the operation OF
She resolution so as to place upon the
secretary of the Farmers union the
duty of communicating with secre-
taries~@ of other unions. Both the
Fairey and Smith ideas prevailed.
Bankers Speak.
During the afternoon session a
number of bankers addressed the con-
yention. among the speakers being
John NJ. Kinard, of Newberry; Skot-
towe Wannamaker, of st. Matthews;
e. B. Belser, Sumter and T. B. Stack
house. Their words created spirit
of cooperation. Merchants present al
the night meeting stated that they hao
never pressed their creditors into SELL
ing cotton at cheap price.
The convention consumed about SIX
hours There were more than score
of speakers who dwelt upon subjects
as they arose for debate. The attend
ance was sufficient to fill the nall OF
.the house of representatives, and the
interest at all times was unaoateo'
Commissioner Watson announced oe-
fore adjournment that he planned to
have a campaign for the education OF
cotton growers, and invited Senator
Smith and Senator John Sharp Wal
liams, of Mississippi, to take part to tell
the growers the truth about the mar
keting of the staple and a remedy Tor
the evils that result in the lowering
of the price below normal.
To Canvass State.
The following resolution was also
adopted at the night session Of the
convention: Resolved, That the coun-
ty farmers unions of the different
counties of the State be requested to
appoint a committee consisting ofSnot
less than three men in each township
in each county to canvass the far
mers of their county and ascertainl
how many bales of cotton they will|
pledge themselves to hold for: = the
agreed minimum price unless other
wise instructed by the State Farmers
union to SELL That the secretary of
the county unions be requested sto
forward reports from these commit
tees to the State secretary~a and that
the secretary and president Of the
State Farmers union be requested to
cooperate with Mr.. Watson to have
this plan carried out in all Of the cot
States. Be it further re-
solved, that the president of the State
Farmers union be requested to keep
he local unions posted as to the num-
Der of bales of cotton pledged in the
States in conformity to this
resolution. Be it further resolved,
That the chairman of this body be
md is hereby authorized to name from
ZACH county a special committee OF
BUSINESS men and bankers to repre-
emf each and every bank in said
.ounty. designating which banker is ]
o be the chairman of said commit H
ee, the duties of this committee being
$ follows: They are promptly to as
ertain from every special committee
ppointed to canvass the cotton grow
re the number of bales of cotton to
e held, promptly arrange for financ- a
as many bales Of the said cotton
S possible"