The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-09-15
BUY -A-BALE CLUB
IS ORGANIZED
SEVERAL HAVE AGREED TO PUR-
CHASE 4 BALE.
Very Enthusiastic Meeting Held Fri.
day Morning and Club Is Organ
i1Cd.

In response to a call issued by a
rumb.r r of the citizens of the town a
Buy-A, Bale club was organized in
\rwbc~1y rr Friday Il is to be
Nnown a. the ErNlG:r!. S. c., Buy-A-
3a. e. -. ,'r .t " Finard was
elected president anu f. Fl. Aull sec
retary and treasurer.
mir. kinard stated the object Of the
meeting to be to try and see if the
plicu o. cotton cnI;; !; not be kept up
to 10 cents the pou..G He said that
Q Sort tia: ago cotton was selling at
IA cents and no wit was only about I
c1nI, and he nar.ted to interest the
peoJi,. 10 tdy 4 Ole at 10 cents and
kIld it oft he market. He said SINH
lar clubs had been organized else
where and ne wanted to organize a
Club IN NeNblrry. The movement he
said was not local but looked 20 the
east and tie west and tne north.
Merchants and bankers could get
their friends and correspondents in
other sections to join in the move
meut and in tsis way we could keep
a lot of the cotton off the market and
keep the price up to living figure.
The watchword of the hour should
be cooperation. If all the interests
would get together the situation
could be relieved.
Fred Dominick said that he would
be glad to cooperate in helping to
relieve the situation. We all realize
that there is a crisis confronting US
and tlere was need for cooperation
of all interests. He thought much
good would come out OF the move
ment to buy bale He congratu-
lated the Commercial bank on the
start that they had made in buying
a bale for each of the officers and
employees. But he was afraid that
the result OF taking only of the 50
bales that were, offered would be that
the other As would be put On the
market at a sacrifice. He thought
they had better take time and look
into the situation seriously and de-
termine what is best to be done. He
said that his law firm of Dominick &
Workman would agree to take two
bales at 10 cents and hold it off the
market and if the price advanced give
the farmer the advantage Of the in
crease in price.
Mr. Harry H. Blease said he was
somewhat of a farmer himself. His
farming was in wheat growing
but he had some experience with a
bumper crop and the ruinous results
of forcing it on the market and put
ting the price down. He said that CO.
operation was Wlat was needed. II
the bankers and lienors and men
who have claims against the farmer
will only be lenient and let the farm
ers know that they could hold their
cotton off tie market it would go a
long way in relieving the situation.
Mr.. J. E. Swearingen who was pres
sa;d l,o i,,N bao rtv
with the movement He said there
were at least 100000 farmers who
were expecting to receive IA cents
for their cotton and it would mean al
most ruin if they were forced to sell
at prevailing prices. He said the es-
tablishment of a fixed price was the
main thing and he was willing to help
all he could. He wanted to help the
honest men to meet their obligations.
On motion of Mr. H. H. Blease. it
was decided to organize. He made a
| subsequent motion which prevailed
; that the present officers, John NJ. Kin
ard and E. H. Aull be permanent Off
GERS Of the organization as president
and secretary and treasurer respec-
lively, and that an executive commit
tee in addition to the officers be ap-
pointed The following committee
was then named: John NJ. Suber, j.
B. Derrick, G. Y Hunter, J. A. Burton
and H. L. Parr, who with the officers
constitute the executive committee.
The committee will be called to meet
at once. This committee is to premul-
gate the plan and secure members.
THE following present agreed to
buy bale: Dominick and Workman
two bales; Blease and >Blease, two
bales, C. G. Blease, one bale; Marion
H Blease, one bale. The meeting