The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-07-12
To The Farmers and Business
Men of Union County

Columbia, July 10-The statewide cam
paign to be conducted by the South Carolina Di-
vision of the American Cotton Association, tho
Extension Service of Clemson College, the state
warehouse commission and the United States
department of Agriculture, for the construction
or warehouses, the employment of cotton grad
ers and tor new members of the Cotton Associa-
oon opens on next Thursday, July IS, at Ander-
son. Three statewide meetings will be held
and they will be followed by meetings in every
county.
The first statewide meeting at Anderson
thursday will be addressed by United States
Senator Dial, A. F. Fowler, member of the Fed
eral Farm Loan Board and J. Skottowe Wanna
maker, President of the American Cotton As.o-
citation.
The second statewide meeting will he st
oranseburg on Friday, July 18th, and will be
addressed by Governor Cooper, W. H. Stone of
the Manufacturers Record, Col. T. J. Shackle-
ford' OF Georgia; and J. Skottowe Wannamaker.
Ihe third statewide meeting will be at Ker-
shaw on Saturday, July 18th, and will be .d-
dressed by A. F. Lever, }. A. Evans, Chief of the
Extension Work; and J. Skottowe Wanna
maker.
Immediately following these three meetings
four parties of three men each will invade the
state, holding three meetings in each county.
Prof. D. w. Watkins of Clemson College, will
be in charge of the first party. B. Harris will
represent the Cotton Association; r. G. Honey
cutt, the warehouse commissioner; and Messrs.
watkins and I. M. Mills the Extension Service.
A. A. Mckeown will be in charge of the Sec
oE.a party and will represent the Extension Serv-
ice; w. HI. Mills will represent the warehouse
ronmission and John G. Richards and Lowndes
j. Browning the Cotton Association. Party No.
3 will be in charge of Henry S. johnson, who,
with MIR. N. E. Winters, will represent the Ex-
tension Service; G. L. Toole will represent the
Cotton Association and J. Cliff Rivers the Ware
mouse Commission. Party No. will be in
charge of S. E. Evans, who with J. w. Shealy
will represent the Extension Service; TIL Man
ming will represent the Cotton Association and
Senator G. K. Laney the Warehouse Commits
sion.
Many of the best known men in the state
will speak during the campaign at the various
meetings.
The objects of the campaign set forth in
an address to the people of South Carolina is
sued today, follows:
every man, woman and child who has the
privilege of calling himself herself South
Carolinian is vitality interested in the campaign
to be launched by the Cotton Association, the
State Warehouse Commission, the Extension
SerVlCe OF OlemSOn NOueSe ana the " D De-
partrnent of Agriculture for the purpose OF
arousing the people to the necessity of making
the first organized effort to work out the prob
lem of the scientific marketing of their cotton
To this end three meetings will be held in prac-
. tically every county in the state. The three
problems to be discussed are fundamental.
"1. To arrange for the grading of the farm
ers' cotton by disnterested party who will be
an appointee of the State and Federal Govern
ment working under the Supervision of the Ex-
tension Service Of Clemson College and the u. S.
Department Of Agriculture and in cooperation
with the Cotton Association and Warehouse
Commissioner.
"2. To arrange for building the necessary
warehouse space to take of at least SO per
cent of normal cotton crop.
"3. To increase the membership of the Cot
ton Association in order that it may be poten-
tial factor in the economic life Of the state.
"It is unthnkable that South Carolinians
will not at recognize that this campaign is