Letter 16 December 1914 M. M. C. King to T. E. Smith

Title

Letter 16 December 1914 M. M. C. King to T. E. Smith

Accession Number

2020.3.33

Accession Date

30 April 2024

Accession Creator

Robert Martinez

Depositor

Bobby Barton

Format

Paper

Storage Location

Modernization Records Box Folder #1

Text

[Page 1]
All sales subject to conditions on other side.

Arthur Barnwell, President.
Arthur Barnwell Jr. Vice President.
Mac Millan C. King, Treasurer.

The Pelham Maills

Shipping Point-Greer.
Telegraph Station - Greenville, S. C.

Yarns,
Twine,
Ball Sewing Thread,
Kitting Cotton,

Pelham, S. C. Dec. 16th. 1914

Hon. T. E. Smith, Mayor.
Greer, S. C.

Dear Sir:-

Failing to get any relief or satisfaction from the licensed
cotton weigher of cotton at Greer, S. C. I have decided to bring the
matter of cotton weighing in Greer to your attention as Mayor of the
town-On our recent purchases of cotton at Greer, we stand to-day as fol-
lows:

We are short bales of cotton Nos.470 weight 248 pounds
665 " 526
666 " 516
- " 625

We have had sent to us in error one B/C weighing 422-pounds

The following B/C have been received by us thoroughly wet

#498 Invoiced to us as weighing 536 pounds reweight 516 pounds
576 " " " 452 " " 380
577 " " " 454 " " 375
580 " " " 483 " " 435

First we submit as a general proposition that if a man is
licensed by your town to do a cotton weighing business (for which the
purchaser of cotton pay him) That he should be responsible for such
cotton until called for in a reasonable time by said purchaser.

Second - Sending us a bale of cotton in error is excusable provided
said weigher has in his possession the bale which belongs to us to take
the place of such bale sent in error-In this case I am advised that he
has such bale to take the place of bale sent us in error.

Third-

Our reweights speak for themselves, and we have asked the

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We are Not Responsible for the delivery or safe carriage in transit. Such risk must be assumed by the
buyer. In all cases where we can not get a clean receipt from the Transportation Company, the shipment is
brought back. But we are ready at all times to make or assist in collecting claims against Transportation
Companies for losses of goods, or for overcharges in freight.

[Page 2]
All sales subject to conditions on other side.

Arthur Barnwell, President.
Arthur Barnwell Jr. Vice President.
Mac Millan C. King, Treasurer.

The Pelham Maills

Shipping Point-Greer.
Telegraph Station - Greenville, S. C.

Yarns,
Twine,
Ball Sewing Thread,
Kitting Cotton,

Pelham, S. C.

T. E. S. #2

Licensed sworn weigher to come to our Mill and reweigh the said bales
above enumerated, which he says that he will do when he gets time. This
is very unsatisfactory as a general business proposition?

The weigher states to the writer over the phone that he is
running his job and knows his business, this of course is a matter of
opinion? We question it-He tells us that he has not tags and that our
wagoners take the cotton before he has had time to tag same-The answer to that is that he should refuse to allow our anyonexx elses wagons
to touch cotton until he is xxxxxxxxxx satisfied that his work is well
and completely done-for which he is paid by the purchasers.

Now we wish to call especial attention principally for ourselves
and also on behalf of the other purchasers of cotton to the fact that
it is positively a swindle for cotton to be weighed very wet and not enough knocked off for water for the bale to hold out to the original
weights of your said weigher upon the reweight.

Yours very truly,
[Illegible Signature]
Treas.

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[BACK OF PAGE 2]
We are Not Responsible for the delivery or safe carriage in transit. Such risk must be assumed by the
buyer. In all cases where we can not get a clean receipt from the Transportation Company, the shipment is
brought back. But we are ready at all times to make or assist in collecting claims against Transportation
Companies for losses of goods, or for overcharges in freight.