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-fi - i S A Parm and Home Weekly for the Carolinae, Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia. PROGRESSIVE PARMER VOL. XXI. NO. 47. THE COTTON PLANT VOL. XXIII. NO. 46. RALEIGH, N. C, JANUARY 10, 1907. Ali Sorts of Cotton Talk. I.! SOUTH CAROLINA COTTON AS- i CIATION MEETS. Large Attendance at Columbia Meet ingLien Law and Bucket Shops Condemned Division . as" to Pro posed Cotton Company. Messrs. Editors: Tfce annual Con vention of the South Carolina Branch of the Southern Cotton Association was held in Columbia on January 2d. There was a splendid attendance, rep resenting practically .every , county in the State. It was splendid I not so much for its size but fpr the fact that the men present were men. who have made a success ; not a gathering of disgruntled farmers, but of suc cessful farmers, men of education in telligence and determination to carry through what they had planned. President E. D. Smith was late in arriving, having been delayed in re turning from the funeral of his brother, Bishop Coke Smith. Reports were heard from the various coun ties at the first session and in the afternoon the election of officers was entered upon, with the result that Mr. Smith was re-elected president, Rev. E. L. Archer, of Spartanburg, Vice President; F. H. Weston, of Columbia, secretary, and F. H. Hyatt, of Columbia, treasurer. Iji selecting the two members from this State on' the executive committee of the Asso ciation there' Was a very decided dif ference of opinion, it was known that Mr. Smith strongly favors the proposition to form a gigantic hold ing corporation to control the cotton crop, while Mr. E. McIver William son, the other member opposes it. For the two positions, Messrs. Archer, Williamson, W. W. Ray and J. B. McBride were voted for, Messrs. Wil liamson and Archer opposing, and Messrs. Ray and McBride favoring the .holding company plan. Messrs. Archer and Ray were elected, one on each side. - -y . ' '';' ' . ; Another discussion arose to me morialize the Legislature to repeal the lien law. The resolution, how ever, was finally passed. The Legis lature was also asked to outlaw bucket shops and a bill on this line will be introduced by 'Secretary Wes ton, who is Senator from Richland County. ' Strong reolutioris expressing con fidence in Haryie Jordan were passed and thanking him for his work for the organization. Fourteen delegates to. the Southern Cotton Association Convention in Birmingham on Jan uary 17 th were elected. The Convention held a night ses sion at which financial : matters were discussed. In considering the matter of salaries it was proposed to pay President Smith $2,000 instead of $1,000, if he would devote his entire time to the work in this State, but Mr. Smith would not make any prom ises prior to the meeting of the Bir mingham Convention. He has been acting as field agent of the general Association, but it is understood that his salary , of $5,000 has not been paid. The matter of salaries was then left to the executive committee. This committee, as appointed by Mr. Smith, is composed of Messrs. E. M." Williamson, . of Darlington; B. F. Keller, of Cameron; R. Mays Cleve land, of Marietta; R. M. Pegues, of Kollock; W. D. Bryan, of Taft. '. . The Convention endorsed the plan to hold, a State Cottgn Congress in Columbia in February to consider the Williamson Method, as it is called. A resolution' was adopted request ing the Birmingham Convention to invite the World's Cotton Congress to meet in Columbia. The last ses sion was held in Washington in May and the next meeting will be held in October, 1907. The Congress is com posed of such organizations of cotton growers as the Southern Cotton-Association and Farmers' Union, and the European Federation of Master Spin ners, the New, England Manufactur ers' Association. The Columbia Chamber of Commerce will take up this matter and urge the selection of Columbia as the meeting place. JAS. A. HOYT. Columbia, S. C. , Weekly: $1 a Year. A. tSotitHerzi i The First of the Series of Pretty Farm Homes Designed for Progressive Farmer Readers by a Chicago Architect. The design and plan shown in this issue is of a six-room cottage, suitable for a Southern climate. The! -living room, dining room and kitchen. first floor contains a very large No -pantry has been provided. An arrangement of cupboard and shelves. around walls of kitchen servesas ! 1! a pantry. There is an open fireplace iri the giving room and the stairway leads directly from the living room to second story. Three bed rooms, The report of the North Carolina Cotton Association meeting appearB on page 4. II. THE FIGHT ON THE COTTON EXCHANGE. A Brief Explanation of the I Sensa tional Charges of Messrs. Jordan and Livingston; The sensation of last week in the cotton world was the action of Presi dent Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association and Representa tive L.F. Livingston, of Georgia, in asking the Postoffice Department to issue a fraud order against the New York Cotton Exchange. Perhaps the gist of their contention cannot be more effectively stated than by the following editorial from the Colum bia State: ; ' "Briefly, the allegation is that the New York Cotton Exchange is using the mails for fraudulent purposes, in that the quotations of futures, sent out from New York do not represent even approximately the price of spot cotton, and are therefore misleading. For instance the "future" quotation for December 28th was 163 points below the market value of spot cot ton. Yet, the theory is that the spot cotton is the basis. It is further con tended that the stock of cotton held in New York for, "deliveries" to com ply with the rules of the exchange is of very inferior quality, much of it .being unspinnable. "The complaint filed with the Post master Qeneral is strengthened by (Continued on Page 13.) I 111 I i fl 4 ; A. I , KtlCMCl I Mum IMM - . " i ' - m 1 K B i.VT I ' y'' J pk i.. .. . I. o i . i p . S' " Hi . - rkMKKMI j bath and closets have been arranged; on the second floor. The windows of the living room are of the casenient pattern, being hinged so as to' swing in, instead of being hung asj usual. The front porch and bal cony are very - important in a warm climate and in this plan they are. of ample dimensions. A plan of this kind ' would make an excellent one for a summer cottage in a northern! j district; If so used it need not be plastered nor finishedthereby reducihg the cost to a considerable extent. My estimate of the cost ofj this house is $800 outside of large cities. I will furnish any further information regarding this plan to the readers of this paper if they will write me. Index to This Week's Paper. Breeding Horses, Money in, A. C. French . . . . . ... ...... Buy Corn in the Ear, M. P. Lipe, Butter Won't Come: What to Do, J. C. Kendall .... . . Boll Weevil, What It is Doing, Zach McGhee ... . . . . . .'. Cellar for Fruit, W. F. Grabs . . . Cotton Association Meetings, North and South Carolina. . . .1, 4 Do Snakes Go Blind? C. S. Brim ley ....... . . . ... ... ... . . . Feeding Horses: How You Are Losing Money, TaCt Butler. . . . Fertilizing Tobacco, G. F. Marsh, Immigration to Virginia, Wm. G. Owens . .... . . . . . .......... Making the Farm Home Beauti- v fii Mrs. P. C. Reader. ; . V. Right Way to Sleep in Winter. . . Turkeys, South Should Supply Country, Uncle Jo. ..... . . . 11 3 2 10 2 15 1 2 13 13 6 Index to !Last Week's Paper. ' as Cabbage Plants: Setting on North j Side of Row, W. C. Geraty . . 13 Don't Get a General j Purpose Horse, J. G. Ferneyhbugh . . . . 5 Getting Better Horses, A. L. j:; 'French :-,... ........ . . .. 12- Lettuce Disease, A Serious, F. L. j Stevens . . . . . . ..... ....... . 16 Lizards, C. S. Brimley ........ .18 Making Farm Home Beautiful, p. x . j, ncauc ........... x u ew j Year Resolutions, A. M. Soule 4 production of Pork, Welton Winn 1 6 Right Way to Feed a Horse, Tait j; Butler .. . . ... ... r ........ . 1 Suggestions for January Farm I Wqrk . . .1 . 9 Torreris System, Just What It j ' Means, W. A. Montgomery . . . 6 Work ! Blood Mares, Wm. G. i Owens . ........ . . . '. . . . . . . . 3 In. . - : ' V 4 I! A v: - -1
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