The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-08-14
DILLON FARMERS MEET AUG. 21
B. +. Mcleod, State Manager, and
Prof. I'll. n. Snider Will Make
Addresses.

County Chairman David has issued
call for a meeting of farmers TO
be held at the court houseThursday,
August IA. The object Of the meet
ing is to organize Dillon county un-
der the campaign for a statewide
organization of the South Carolina
Cotton Association. Chairman David
has secured B. F. Mcleod, state man
ager of the Association and Prof. H.
N. Snider, of Wofford College, who
will make talks outlining the plans
and purposes of the association. The
meeting will be held at II o'clock on
the morning of August 14th, and ev-
cry farmer is urged to be present.
The State of Monday prints the
following interview with Mr.. Mcleod:
"The prospects for success of the
membership campaign in South Car
olina are exceedingly bright" Mr.
Mcleod said yesterday. South Caro-
line will rally splendidly to the sup
port of the cotton association, be-
cause our people know of the magni-
ficent work that it has done. We hope
to procure a minimum of $4,000 men,
bers in this state. believe we will
not be disappointed. Every farmer,
merchant, banker and professional
man in the state is asked to join and
we believe that most of them will.
The organization of the farmers, mer-
chants, bankers and professional men
of the South offers to this section the
greatest opportunity it has ever had" I"
The dues for membership in he
associations from date of application
for membership to January /, 1921,
will be 25 cents per bale of cotton
produced in 1917, and 25 cents per
900 capital invested in mercantile
and other classes of business, banks
or manufacturing plants. Profess
sional men will pay SO each. The
dues for 1921 and 1922 will be ten
cents per bale of cotton and ten cents
per $1,00 0capital per annum. The
dues will include the subscription to
The Cotton Journal, to be published
by the American Cotton Association.
The objects and purposes Of the
American Cetton Association of which
the South Carolina Cotton Association
is an integral part, are:
81. To protect the interests of the
cotton producer and to improve his
condition.
"2. To promote economic regula-
tion of cotton production to the end
that supply shall be So adjusted to
demand hat the producer shall at no
time be required to sell his product
at less than a fair and reasonable
profit.
"3. To promite intelligent diversifi-
cation of crops, and to develop mar
kets for such crops. other than cot
ton as may be profitably raised.
"a. To improve and enlarge pres
emily existing warehousing facilities
and to secure additional facilities to
the end that the producer may carry
his crop, or such part as he may de-
sire, at the minimum Of express and
physical damage and at the maximum
of security and financiability.
"5 To broaden the market for raw
cotton and to enlarge the uses for
cotton and cotton goods.
"6 To improve and increase trans
portation and distribution facilities.
"7 collect information as to
both domestic and foreign consump-
ton of cotton, the state of trade, the
exent of acreage, supply and condi-
ton of crop and all other informa-
tion of practical interest to the cotton
industry and to disseminate the re-
suits through the several suborgani-
cations to every member of every
community, together with directions
as to the course to be pursued in Or
der to secure the best results in view
of the facts disclosed.
"S To do all and singular whatso
ever may be conductive to the stabil-
ity and profitableness of the cotton
producing industry"