The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-07-14
SUMTER FARM
ERS DRCANIZE
American Cotton Association
Meetings This Week
SPEAKING AT BETHEL
WEDNESDAY
Will Meet at Concord Today
and Rembert Friday

Sumter county Is being organized
for 100 per cent membership in the
American Cotton Association. a Sc
ries of township meetings Is being
held for the purpose of organizing.
The first or these was held Mt Bethel
and an organization was perfected.
The unit OF organization is the school
district The following officers were
elected: 8. ID. Cain. president. M. r..
Jackson. vice president, A. p. Hinson.
secretary and treasurer. Members OF
county executive committee, j. N.
Kolb. @. A. Nettles and w. E. Kolb.
The organization was formed by T..
j. Kirvin. member of the state exc
cutive committee. acting for the coun-
ty chairman. L. ID. Jennings.
There will be a meeting at Concord
Thursday and another at Rembert
Friday. At Olanto Saturday there will
be Joint meeting between Sumter
and Florence counties. j. Skottowe
Wannamaker and others will speak at
Rembert.
The meeting Wednesday was In
charge OF j. Frank williams. county
demonstration agent. who gave whole
some advice to the farmers b. c.
Hunnicutt. OF the state warehouse or
ganization made a very interesting
presentation OF the idea of community
and neighborhood warehouses FOR
storing cotton. He answered a dozen
or more questions which showed that
the people were deeply interested.
Professor wilkins OF Winthrop col
iege urged the keeping Of the proper
kind of poultry fiocks and advised the
farmers to Gull their flocks and re-
move the non-productive fowls.
William Banks of the state depart.
ment OF agriculture presented the
cause OF the American Cotton Associa-
tion. He stated that the present crop
promises to be very short. the sixth
short crop In succession. The Euro
pean mills are resuming operations
on a large scale. The cary over from
the last crop will be but 1850, 900
bales. The Germans are buying all
available steamers for trade with
America. The boil weevil is earlier
and Its ravages more destructive than
In other years. The "defiation" In the
dry goods market can be extended to
90 per cent >of the present prices and
yet permit the manufacturer good
proht upon cotton at so cents. Yet
the bears, the greatest pessimists In
the world, will keep up their terrific
raid on cotton. Therefore the farmer
must organize and must stick. They
must sell not one bale of cotton at "a
price lower than that to be fixed at the
New Orleans meeting in Septem ber
He spoke in glowing terms of the
patriotism. ability and high character
OF Skottowe Wannamaker and com
mended to the farmers that new state
president, II. Pa Hamer.
The last speaker was Henry s.
Johnson, county agent of Aiken
county. who is doing a big work there
In preparing for the boil weevil. He
made an interesting and practical
talk on cotton grading and declared
that this is one big work that the
cotton association and Clemson Col
lege Jointly will put over. 1t is desir.
able to have a cotton grader in. every
community. There will be q limited
number throughout the State at frs,
on account Of the laclo OF funds, but
their usefulness will be demonstrated
at once. He also spoke of the boil
weevil as no hr ~,en Il and gave
some good advice to the Sumter farm
ers about diversifcation. He strongly
urged the warehouse plan upon the
farmers. and declared that the storage
capacity In the State should be dou-
bled ut once.