The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-08-05
Two Congressman Will Attend
Meeting Cotton Association
on Wednesday.
TO BE HELD IN COLUMBIA
Farmers, Merchants, Bankers,
Business and Professional Men
From All Parts of State Will
Attend.

ne SOutn CarOllna cotton aSS0-
citation has received kilograms from
United States Senator Ellison d.
Smith of South Carolina and Repre-
sentative j. Thomas Heflin of Ala
bama, stating that they would be
present at the big meeting to be held
in Columbia Wednesday for the pur-
pose of perfecting the permanent or
ganization of the American Cotton as
sociation in South Carolina. A tele-
gram from A. A. Elmore stated that
he hoped to be present.
Farmers, merchants, bankers, bus
mess and professional men from all
over South Carolina will gather in CO.
lumbia for the meeting, which will be
held in Craven hall, beginning at
noon. j. Skottowe Wannamaker OF
st. Matthews, president of the Ameri-
can Cotton association, and also of
the South Carolina Cotton associa-
ton, will preside. Several hundred
representative men of the state are
expected to be present.
The plans for the permanent organ
ization of the American Cotton asso-
citation will be outlined and prepara-
tions made for a membership drive in
South Carolina. Membership drives,
under the direction of some of the
best organization experts in America
are to be conducted, it is said by OF
cials of the association in every state
in the cotton belt and it is declared
that if the plans of the association
mature, ii will be the most powerful
organization Of the kind in the world
South Carolina hopes to be the first
state to organize.
Calls for the meeting Wednesday
were issued by Governor Cooper,
President Wannamaker, b. Harris,
commissiuger of agriculture; A. Z.
Padgett, president of the State Bank
ers' association; ]. II. Claffey, presi-
dent of the State Farmers union: w.
G.. Smith, state warehouse commits
sioner, and Jos. u. Mot, president of
the Columbia chamber OF commerce.
Preliminary meetings have been
held in various counties of the state
and the machinery set in motion for
the permanent organization of the
counties. Meetings will later be held
in every county seat and in every
township of the state. All of the
meetings that already have been held
have been well attended, officials of
the South Carolina Cotton association
declare, and they say that the people
of the state have appeared very en-
thusiastic over the prospects of the
| organization. During the week end
ing Saturday preliminary meetings
and conferences were held in seven or
eight counties. President Wanna.
maker and Commissioner of Agricul-
ture Harris addressed public meet
| ings at Anderson, Greenville and
Spartanburg. State Manager b. F.
Mcleod and State Organization Di-
rector A. a. ProtZman held meetings
in several county seats.
The organization will extend down
into the townships and wards. The
county associations shall be branches
OF the state association and the state
association will be an integral part of
the American Cotton association.
The achievements of the American
Cotton association this year will be
reviewed at the meeting on Wednes-
day. 1t has been estimated that the
association saved the farmers of the
country at least $500, 100000 this
year. The statement has been made
lhy President Wannamaker and other
officials of the association that but for
the formation of the association cot
ton would have been selling at 20
cents, or possibly lower, this summer.
The association has ambitious
plans for the future. 1t proposes to
have representatives in every cotton
consuming country in the world AL
ready IL has perfected splendid sys-
tenn of crop reporters. The American
Cotton association last Tuesday night
issued its crop condition report, plac-
ing the condition of cotton at 81 per
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