The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-27
ACRE OF FOOD CROP
TO EACH OF COTTON

Columbia, June 24.-The South
Carolina State Cotton Growers AS
sociation held it's second meeting in
The State Library this afternoon. The
following resolutions introduced by
Or. Stac.Shouse, of Dillon, were adopt-
ed:
"Be it resolved, That the South
Carolina Cotton Growers Association
meeting this day in Columbia and
having representatives of the various
counties in the State hereby requests
our delegation representing us in the
sew Orleans meeting on July lst to
support the following resolutions:
That we request the President of
The United State, through the food
administration, as a wartime neces-
Sity, to require that at least one acre
food crop be planted in 1919 for each
acre planted in cotton and that the
grain crop be fertilized pro rata with
corresponding cotton acreage and
cultivated with the same skill. We
"cquest that the President, through
he food administration, will APPOINT
I commission to determine a fai-
value for cotton and reasonable
profit. AS patriotic citizens we only
ask fair profit on this and the 1919
crop and agree to abide by any price
1Xing program which seems Just to
this board. We request that copy
Of these resolution be sent to each
commissioner of agriculture in the
cotton growing State and also copy
70 each representative in the House
ana Senate from South Carolina
Calls for Investigation.
DR.. Stackhouse introduced q fur
ther resolution, which was adopted,
hat the South Carolina representa-
tives in Congress be requested to use
their influence to have the cotton ex-
changes of the country investigated
ana to require the cotton exchanges
% give contracts providing for the
delivery of cotton bought in the
-outh at Southern points.
a resolution urging farmers to hold
cotton for 30 cents and not to sell
'or less than 32 cents per pound was
passed unanimously. The resolution
was introduced by E. w. Dabbs. of
Mayesville.
That it is the sense of the South
Carolina Cotton Growers Association
mat farmer ought not to sell his
cotton before it is produced was the
subject of resolution Introduced bv
Mr.. Frost.
Senator Smith, Congressman Lever
ara Mr. Stevenson were requestd as
part of the South Carolina delepa-
Ion to attend the joint meeting os
cotton growers and bankers which is
! TO be held in New Orleans on Julv
lst. The chairman of the meeting
was empowered to appoint the other
members of the delegation. The
South Carolina Cotton Growers AS.
sociation was organized at a meeting
IN Columbia on May 14th last. The
meeting today was the second meet.
| ing of the association. Assistant
warehouse Commissioner Thackston
goes this week on the 9th, 28th and
18th to Anderson, Greenwood and
Newberry respectively to organize
county marketing associations al
those points. DR.. Long and others will
accompany him.
Among those who attended from
Chesterfield county were the follow
ing:
Chesterfield: G. X. Lanev. C. III
Rivers, j. c. Rivers, C. C. Douglass
w. j. Tiller.
Pageland: Fl. N. Mungo, j. C. San
ders, p. M. Arant, C. w. Arant.
Ruby: J. S. McGregor, J. Sidne,
Smith, J. w. Hancock, ]. F. Crowley
Mt. Croghan: J. o. Taylor, ]. Fl
Rivers, w. III. Hendrick, H. A. Jack
son, j. w. Atkinson.
jefferson: J. w. Miller, G.. w
Gregory, Ed. Miller, j. d. Seegars.
Cheraw: r. B. Laney, ]. A. Wat.
son.