The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-12-19
EVERY PROFESSION INTEREST
IN COTTON ASSOCIATION

! Columbia, Dec. 15.-At meeting
hOf the central committee of the
South Carolina Cotton association
here Tuesday afternoon the appoint
nent of standing committees tor the
year were announced by the presl-
ent, Col. R. M. Mixson. These COM
nittees cover every phase of activity
blamed by the association for the
coming year.
The committee on banking, legisla-
ton and warehousing considered one
of the most important in the associa-
ton, is composed Of L. l. Gulon,
chairman; J. Skottowe Wannamaker,
G. L. Toole, w. G. Smith, B. Harris,
Id. L. Bethea and R. M. Cooper.
The marketing, tare and statistics
ommittee is composed of T. L. Man
ing, chairman; D. W. Watkins and
!. S. Wolfe.
The committee on finance, organ
ization and membership is composed
of j. N. Kirven, chairman; John I.
sackey, B. F. Mcleod, J. F. Strib-
ing, E. r. Buckingham, John B. Can
vnon and j. L. Keitt.
The following were appointed on
the committee on soil improvement
and diversifcation: T. j. Kirven,
chairman; Prof. B. H. Barr, Lowndes
J. Browning, G. L. Toole, DR.. j. II.
David, J. Swinton Whaley and DR..
w. w. Long.
The committee on cost of produc-
;tion will be composed of B. F. Nc
~Leod. chairman; A. G. Smith, T. L.
Manning, P. H. Gooding, p. J.
Wannamaker, E. H. Bowen, L. D.
Jennings and w. A. Bowman.
The budget committee is composed
of John T. Mackey, chairman; I. q.
Mcleod and L. l. Guion.
The auditing committee is COM
: G. L. Toole, chairman; d.
w. Watkins, and Julian C.. Rogers.
The central committee discussed at
length and plans for the coming year
and every effort will be made to car
ry out the program which has been
mapped out.
Appeals to All.
Col. Mixson is preparing an appear
to the teachers, lawyers, doctors,
preachers and other professional men
of the state asking their assistance
in the campaign for membership. In
letter which will shortly go to them,
he declares that the movement
4saffects vitality every person in the
South"
ssThe South" says Col. Mixson, ''is
dependent on the farmer. When ad-
versity hits the farmer it hits the
whole South. None Of US have for.
gotten the gloomy days Of the fall OF
1914. when the cotton market utterly
!. collapsed, with the South appealed to
: the North to buy cotton at 10 cents
a pound as an act Of charity. Busl-
ness was stagnated. Thousands up
on thousands of men in the business
world were thrown out of employ
ment. Thousands suffered heavy cuts
in salaries. Professional men were
unable to collect what was due them.
There was hardly a man, woman or
child in the South but that was at
sE Conditions did not improve
a particle until the cotton market be-
came staple.
"It seems to me with the experience
of the 1914 feast in our minds all
Of our people would be quick to see
the necessity of everybody striving to
cooperate with the farmer in any
movement looking to higher prices
for cotton.
ssThe teachers, the lawyers, the
doctors, all, are interested in the bet
terment of the rural life of the
South. They should, and I believe,
will cooperate in this great movement
for the organization of the American
Cotton association of which the South