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.

All eu'huSlaStic meeting OF about
! 125 farmers was held in the court
house Tuesday afternoon, the meet
ing having been called by w. H.
Drahin, president OF the Lancaster
county branch of the American cot
ton association. DIR. ]. b. Johnson,
or Rock Hill, president OF Winthrop
college. and president of the York
| branch OF the association was the
principal speaker. K. 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 s
! 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 a
cotton warehouse OF around 5000
bales capacity there, a meeting being
called Of the stockholders for next
Monday. The material for a ware
house at Van Wyck has already been
purchased. according to c. r. Yoder.
and community warehouses are to he
| erected at Eigin 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 or the progress OF the work.
The matter OF securing a cotton
grader for Lancaster was then taken
up. and 1t was the opinion OF practi-
cally all present that one should he
secured for this place. IL possible to
get one Subscriptions toward Sc
curing grader were then called for.
and something over 100000 was &C.
cured. ]. Roy Cunningham Is chair
man or the committee for Lancaster.
and efforts will be made to secure
additional funds at once.
| In order to get the township units
or the cotton association organized
f. l.. Wright and President Drafrin
announced meetings in various com.
munities as follows:
Thursday. August IL. pm. at
Heath Springs.
Friday. August l3. Dry Creek. 10
a. m. school house.
Saturday. August IA. North Ian
caster. 10 a. m. school house.
Monday. August l6, Dixie. 3 p. m.
school house.
Tuesday, August II. Pleasant
valley. 10 a. m. school house.
| tuesday. August II. Van Wyck.
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. Tradesville,
3 p. m. school house.
Friday. August 20. Riverside, 10
a. m. school house.
Saturday, August 2l. Lancaster
Court House at IL am. Followed
by a big barbecue
The meeting at Lancaster is to be
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.