Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-07-30
A CALL TO CITIZENS TO MEET.
Every Community Urged to be Rem
resented on August 9th,
(The State, July 27,)

august 6th, or the farmers, bankers.
merchants, business and professional
men or the State, for the purpose of
erecting the permanent organization
or the American Cotton Association
In South Carolina. The calls came
from Governor R. A. Cooper, j. S.
Wahnamaker, president Of the
American Cotton Associatin: B..
harris, commissioner Of Agriculture
for South Carolina; A. e. Padgett,
president of the South Carolina
Bankers Association; ]. Fl. Ciaffey.
president Of the South Carolina Far
mers' Union: w. G. Smith, Ware
house Commissioner; and JOS. D.
Mott, president of the Columbia
Chamber Of Commerce.
The meeting will be held at Cra-
ven Hall, beginning at noon, and It
promises to be the biggest and most
representative meeting held recently
in the State
Governor Cooper's Call.
The call issued by Governor Coop
er follows:
in order to effect the permanent
organization of the American Cotton
Association Of South Carolina, a
meeting Of farmers, bankers, mer-
chants and other professional and
business men will be held in Colum-
bia on Wednesday, August 9Th. l
urge that each county be well repre-
sented, or, better still, each town
ship.
THE temporary organization of
the cotton producers and allied in
terests has been one Of the import
ant factors in bringing about an in
nf
permanent organization, erected up
on the groundwork of it's predeces-
sor, will have the same effect.
The cotton belt has never en-
1oyed prosperity commensurate with
other sections of the country. The
economic and social life Of the South
has suffered tremendously because
cotton has not yielded a reasonable
profit to the producers. Some advan-
tage, However, has now been won.
1t must not be lost. Our progress in
education, roads, in general happi-
ness Is considerably dependent upon
the price Of cotton.
Bearing this in mind | appeal to
the people of South Carolina to CO.
operate in an effort to insure for the
present and for coming years fair
profit for the South's greatest COM
modify. Organization is essential"
a Joint Call.
joint call for the meeting was is
sued by j. S. Wannamaker, b. Har-
ris, Commissioner Of Agriculture; A.
E. Padgett, president Of the South
Carolina Farmers Union; w, G..
Smith, Warehouse Commissioners, and
JOS. D. Mott, president of the Colum-
bia Chamber Of Commerce. This call
follows:
Whereas, the organization Of the
American Cotton Association has
saved to the South sum estimated
conseryatively at $5.000,000; and.
whereas, as a result Of the organiza-
tiOn Of the American Cotton Asso-
citation every citizen in every town
ship and every county, not only in
South Carolina, but in the entire
cotton belt, will receive great bene-
fit; and,
Whereas, as a result Of the Or
ganiZation Of the American Cotton
Association, the farm will be oper-
ated on business basis, cotton will
be sold at profitable price, the pro-
ducer will be furnished with infor-
nation on supply and demand
through representatives in every
cotton consuming country in the
world, and regular crop condition
reports issued; and,
Whereas, as final result, the
bad roads Of the South will be a
thing Of the past, illiteracy will be
blotted out, and rural conditions will
be so improved that the farm will
attract and hold the white man;
and,
Whereas, as a final result of the
vast benefits that the permanent or
ganization Of the American Cotton
Association will bring to the entire
South the entire nation will in like
manner be greatly benefited: There
fore, be 1t
"Rcsolvcd, That the permanent
organization Of the American Cotton
Association, which will include the
farmers, merchants, bankers, busi-
ness and professional men in every
school district, every township, in
every county in the entire State Of
South Carolina, and throughout the
length and breadth Of the entire cot
ton belt, is Of such vital Importance
that we, the undersigned, both in
our official capacity and as citizens
Of the State of South Carolina, with
tllc htSl ihtSlcotS VI OOulH SdTOllnu,
Of the entire cotton belt and the
entire nation at heart, hereby ear
nestly urge that the citizens of each
township, each school district, and
Of each county in South Carolina,
send large and representative del
egati0n to attend mammoth mass
meeting in Columbia on Wednesday.
August 9Th, at IL o'clock noon, at
Craven Hall, for the purpose Of hear
ing addresses and discussion on this
great question-on the objects, pur-
poses and formation Of the American
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