The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1920-08-13
Warehouses Will BE Erected At
kershaw, Van Wyck, Heath
Springs and Elgin.
PROBABLY SOME OTHERS
Government Graders Will BE Sc
cured For Kcrshaw and S4OO
Is Raised For One At Lancaster
Meeting Held Here Tuesday Was
Enthusiastic.

An enthusiastic meeting of about
125 farmers was held in the court
house Tuesday afternoon. the meet
ing having been called by w. II.
Draffin. president of the Lancaster
county branch of the American cot
ton association. DIR. j. b. johnson.
or Rock Hill, president of Winthrop
college. and president of the York
branch OF the association was the
principal speaker. f. l.. Wright.
field representative OF the associa-
ton. explained the methods and
purposes OF the organization and of
the meetings to be held throughout
the county this and next week to or
ganiZe the township branches
The reports OF the committees ap-
pointed at the recent meetings were
then called for by President Draffin.
County Agent Howell reported for
the cotton grader committee for
kershaw. and said that arrangements
had been made to secure a govern
ment grader for that place. the peo-
pie OF Bethune. Westville. TaXahaw
and other immediate points COOP
! Grating with the people of Kershaw
IN securing this grader l.. a. Ba-
ker reported for the warehouse COM
mittee OF kershaw and said that
FUNDS had been subscribed to erect n
| cotton warehouse OF around 2OOO
bales capacity there, a meeting being
called OF the stockholders for next
| Monday. The material for ware
| house at Van Wyck has already been
purchased. according to c. r. Yoder.
and community warehouses are TO he
erected at Elgin and in the Belle
town sections. The people of Heath
Springs are also planning to erect a
Warehouse there, the committee
chairman not being present to make
report OF the progress OF the work.
The matter OF securing cotton
grader for Lancaster was then taken
up. and II was the opinion OF practi-
| " P'''0"' that one SnOuld be
secured for this place. II possible to
get one. Subscriptions toward Sc
curing grader were then called for.
and something over s4OO. 90 was Sc
cured. j. Roy Cunningham Is chair
man OF the committee for Lancaster.
and efforts will be made 70 secure
| additional funds at once
In order TO get the township units
OF the cotton association organized,
r. l.. Wright and President Draffin
announced meetings in various com.
munities as follows:
Thursday. August II. pm. at
Heath Springs.
Friday. August Is. Dry Creek. 10
a. m, school house.
Saturday. August IA, North Ian
caster, 10 n. m, school house
Monday. August 16. Dixie. , p. m.
school house.
Tuesday August II. Pleasant
valley. 10 a. m. school house.
Tuesday. August II. Van Wyck.
J p. m. school house.
Wednesday. August Is. Fork Hill.
10 a. m, school house.
| Wednesday, August IS. Taxahaw,
p. m. school house.
Thursday. August 10. Tradesyille.
3 p. m. school house.
Friday. August 20. Riverside. 10
a. m. school house.
Saturday. August 81. Lancaster
Court House at IL am. FOLLOWED
by big barbecue
The meeting at Lancaster is to be
a general rally meeting. and Presi-
dent X. c. Hamer, of the s. C. branch
OF the American cotton association
and Miss Lois Erwin. field represen-
tative. have been invited to be pres
ent.