The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-08-19
ARRANGBE WAREHOUSE CON.
TRACT.
Wclehcrs and warchouscmcn Formu.
late Contract to Suit Both Parties.

very interesting meeting OF the
County Board OF Commissioners was
held Wednesday at which the matter
OF a contract between the county and
the Sumter Cotton Warehouse Com
pany was the chief subject for discus.
sion. After a lengthy discussion q
contract agreeable to both sides was
formulated and signed The appro-
piration for the needy flood suffer-
ers was also discussed and provision
made for supplying them with funds,
IL they were In real need.
| The meeting was special one of
the County Board and the two matters
already mentioned were those which
had called for the session. All of
the members Of the board except Mr..
Minis were present.
Messrs. A. G. Thompson and f. o.
Ingram, cotton weighers, and Messrs.
II. c. Haynsworth, G. A. Lennon, r..
F. Haynsworth, M. Levi. H. d. Bar
nett and c. G Rowland, representing
warehouses. were present to take up
the matter OF the Cotton Weighers
contract with the Sumter Cotton
Warehouse Company with the County
Board Part Of the minutes of tho
meeting Of July 5th referring to
statements made by Mr.. Haynsworth
to the board concerning clauses In the
cotton wcighcrs' contract were taken
exception to by Messrs. Thompson
and Ingram, as they claimed that
these statements impunsed their hon
esty and made It appear that they
were guilty OF wrongdoing. whereas
they were not. They asked that these
derogatory statements be expungci
from the minutes. saying that they re-
hected on the character of the weigh
ers. The statement In te minutes tt
which the weighers took exception.
was In effect that certain clauses had
been written into the contract with
out consent or knowledge of the
warehouse company"
Mr.. H. c. Haynsworth in reply stat
ed that he had not meant to reflect
en- the character or integrity of the
cotton weighers In anyway and was
sorry to have created that impression,
but merely meant to say that the
warehouse company did not know
that certain clauses were in the con-
tract. He stated that he did not mean
to imply that any changes had been
made In the contract after 1t had been
signed by the warehouse company, or
that It had been tampered with in
amy way by the weighers SO as to
change 1t for their own interest and to
the 6etriment of the warehouse com-,
'pasny. sls..,s. ..,,,x J
Mr.. Haxnsworfh. as attorney Tor
tile company. then Went ON. TO show
that the contract slthough it. had
been signed In good faith by the rep
rtsentatives Of the warehouse COM
pany. did not embody the terms of the
agreement between the company and
the weighers, as decided on at a FORM
err board meeting. He admitted that
inadvertently he had overlooked the
clause In the contract exempting the
weighers from paying two cents a bale
on cotton weighed In their own ware
house and that 1t was because Of this
that the present situation had arisen.
He stated that he had read the con-
tract hurriedly, and that he had moi
studied 1t thoroughly on Mr.. Ingram's
statement that 1t followed out tn.
same form. as a contract previously
submitted by himself to the cotton
weighers. He stated, however. that
even II he was at fault In this par
ticular, the contract would not hold
good las It did not embody the sense
OF the agreement arrived at by the
weighers. the county board and the
warehouse company.
IT seems that the first contract was
drawn up by Mr.. Hurst with the cot
ton weighers and was turned down by
the warehouse company, as it gave
the weighers the right to use too
much Of the warehouse floor. in the
opinion of the company. The second
contract was drawn up by Mr.. Hayns-
worth for the warehouse company
and was turned down by the weigh
ers. The third contract. the one
signed and afterwards in dispute. was
then drawn up by the weighers and
consented to by the warehouse COM
pany. After a discussion by all par
ties concerned the weighers and rep
resentatives OF the warehouse COM
pany arrived at a mutual agreement
and contract satisfactory to all par