The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-04-05
A TEXAS FARMER
COMES TO LAURENS
I'm Interest of Cotton Co.
Operative Association
TO MAKE TOUR
OF THE COUNTY,

Texas, TO be in This County LATTER
Part of the Week In the Interest OF
the Cotton CO-Opcratiye Associa.-
tion.
}. ID. Cohlan, said to be a real "dirt
farmer Of Ennis, Tex, is to be in this
county the latter part or the week in
the interest of the South Carolina Cot
ton Cooperative Association. Mr..
Cohlan will address several meetings
of farmers throughout the county, as
arranged by County Demonstration
Agent Vaughan and on Saturday
morning at II o'clock he will address
mass meeting Of farmers in the
opera house in this city. Preceding
his address the boil weevil film shown
some time ago at the opera house will
be shown again.
MT Cohlan will speak at Clinton in
the Casino theatre Thursday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock and again at 1880
in the evening. Friday morning at 10
o'clock he will speak at Mountvillc
and Friday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock
at Cross Hill. Friday night at 1880
o'clock he will speak at Gray Court.
Mr. Vaughan said yesterday that he
was very anxious for the farmers of
Laurens county to hear Mr.. Cohlan
and he hoped that they would bear the
dates and hours OF these meetings in
mind
II am just dirt farmer" said Mr..
Cohlan in talking to group of prom
inent men in Columbia last week." and
make no pretense at oratory."
II am delighted, however, at the or.
Aportunity ITO come to South Carolina
and tell the farmers of this state just
what cooperative marketing OF cot
ton has already meant for Texas and
what l believe it will mean for the
cotton belt when an organization has
been perfected in each state as will
be the case before the 1922 crop is
gathered. I grew 100 bales Of cot
ton last year and 1t was all turned
over to the Texas association. Under
the cooperative plan it has beenI sold
at an average Of three cents a pound
more than cotton Of the same grade
and staple has brought from the buy
ers on the streets Of my home town.
] am glad to be able to say to the farm
ers Of South Carolina that cooperative
marketing of cotton Is proving a great
success in Texas and + know it will
prove a success in this state"
Speaking OF how the new method of
financing helped him Mr.. Coghlan said
II drew 60 per cent Of the value of my
cotton or about $50 bale when +
turned my cotton over to the associa-
tion. With this $50 per bale, liqui-
dated at my bank, that slackened the
moose around my necksand it sure felt
good. In a short time I went back to
the bank and asked if my remaining
40 per cent equity was sufficient colat-
eral and the banks answer was an en-
phatic sure. Therefore I can draw
full value of my Cotton and at the
same time my cotton Is sold on the
high peaks and not as distressed cot
ton.
On the street In Texas, the grade
has always been too low, and staple
is a word hardly known. This year
| was astonished when got returns
from the association and found that
half Of my cotton was 11-16 staple.
have sold cotton for 40 years in
Texas but this is the first time I ever
knew & had so valuable a staple. The
least average premium for my staple
Is 23-4 cents. More than $2,000,O0O
were advanced to the Texas cotton
growers through the Texas associa-
tion during the past season. These
loans were made under the cooperative
cotton marketing plan which Is to be
(, followed in South Carolina"
as