The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-09-13
THE COTTON FlASC0
Now Only simmerIng, with Tendency
OF Cooling.
Farmers Mass. Meeting at the Court
House.

Farmers Mass.Meefing at INC Co"'''
House.
Preamble ana Resolutions Adopted
Tho cotton muss is simmering down. III"
,,nlass there is o change in the course pu,,
sued by, the conflicting parties " M wn'
So he q thing of the past. Inc
soon W bnvers continue to com
c9tto" that the public welgners
Pia.h hole more weight than the colhpre ~
Eo;char. and the farmers consiu; u, rnnn
welsn.h ~ nuhlic wcighers, and insise upoh
t uoaSo cation being weighed oy them' WIZ, -
- Generally done. The shippers u eon, nresS
Inv by any other .nan stters are NOV
watchers ticket, ana linus ii"'''i'
inR GLOWING are the proceedings oi 'ne
Ano v.pMERs' MASS MEETING
,,ardav AZ the courthouse
hein y snsut to- a call previously MADE, 'ne
tormers of Dallas county mes ,or a.
The courthouse w ye w raasso,ian was
ing at II o'clock. W wv y" p oe Gochran was
called to the chair ana W. o
selected sc s.oH Hon. John H. Daniel ana nr,
by re1uesVC nchran addressed the
, a: in spirited, speeches. act,o IN
m ,st.h thew endorsed the act ion
W %ni0u the farmers in su HfI Fisher
Unblic weighers On motion o. Pa t. no the
committee of ten was a aprpOresssiye of the
cnair W W the meeting to which nine DINERS .
sense vi .a added. The 12iloWins
were sups S th. committee: W. I. Coch-
. cU,np0' chairman; A: .; r hus''r 2
II nanieI. +. NJ. Jones. w, Y. Hiam, I.D.
M.her. W. E. Cole, Silas Lago' De Kin Kin
han. James roster, Ihaz z yHneI .sv;ng T
nan. Jonr connor, J. d. HeIndon, John
Jones, >. p issac Fisher, @. f. Nash, II. b.
M S nnd w. !. Haisell. The CHAIR was
stone anu he committee. The meer,ng
aauau NJ, mon Captain w y. yea
who delivered an address "hi'n ""' "'''
received. .t.d the following:
The committee reported ,no n I've
PREAMBLE AND hESoAo
which were adopted: ,1,h dow nj
"H M,,n~rA. There was, on the l4th gay o.: oi
:. nst last mast. an election neln III
nus n oo,,t,,v fDullas), said ELECTION oeing
baid in accordance with law anu NM o,,,, n -
order Of the honorable commisslon,ILn a eiac.
If onr county, which resui,.S1 IN W;tt Smith.
ton of one s. ii. Force anu 10 combina.
sio,, NJ ce rtsin parties in the city VIZ w
S S.f. tha law and its objects aud she Cnoiue
na;oritv of our cni~ens'
o. thelei3re. We, the farmers anu GU
zens in mass meeting Assem- pieu' Wv .hoye
solemnly protest against SUN a0O s,rodncers
referred TO; and we farmers au' cpp,id like
&c this section declare that we , Wouiu In IN
IN fnture As in the past, to cullvase Ia,
,,,onv hetween the legitimate Dusiness ~" a.
nf,hs CIV and that it is not our oesn nro st.
ferest or purpose to antagonl2e W. Us ahove
crthe ta,p. Int. in view of the iacts n9oa -
referred to, we are certainly nu
least. to suspect something Wronf. a,e onr-
Resolved, That we do hereot defeat the
calves 10 do all in our power w uet u'at'we
oh;ects of said com binstion In TINS, tna' Y" as
viii not recognize their appoih'eo r,hs'
weicher made by this or any o'hoi
nation or clique. -, ocn;za any
Resolved. THAT we will not recognize any
Init The public weigners elected py VIZ t ton
ME. as proper persons to welgn our urfs;r
Resolved That we we c ID bubble weigh.
ars shoI1ld be asked to MAKE any sI is
mise with the cotton buyers. All VIC "'A -
true and honest weights: N .ho farmers
who nat ronize the Dallas cotton Inain nuiSnS
co-onerate with Us and that TO lorm p'a asI
for a more perfect co-operation a,,,,t-honse
them to meet at the Dallas coui'-N'N'O
"Wednesday the 10Th, at IL a; M nn.N
w. W. SSbAsirA"' Secretary.
AT cARRoLLT5N t.ars
p.oceed;nps of the meeting oil larl ~
held Saturday, September o. 1900 ~
rollton: ,.,h dow nj
Aranst last. an election held in our county,
dallas. said election being held in accord
ance with law, and under an order OF the
commissioners court OF our countv, wni
resrited in the election OF 5. IL. Forse,
;ntelligent and honest farmer, and
Witt Smith. an honest business man nan
of the city OF Dallas' r anu
now we, the farmers ana citizeh s;o 81 nm IN
,,,,s. meetipg assembled, declare ,thas we
would like in The future TO cultivate mar
,,onv between the legitimate business
,,on If the city of Dallas and ourselves,
and that il is not our desire, interest OF
nnrpose TO antagonizs the Interests OF the
two: but in view OF tne iac.s
49, existing between the cotton buyers
md nroducers, we, the farmers OF this W
cinitv are certainly authorized TO CONSIDER
onr own interests, and we do hereby pieuge
o,-selves seyerally to support the ABOVE
,,a,,,ed men who were elected by the people
20 weigh our cotton, ana We 20 =. 80. :
tbat no other man shan weigh oui oO''
ton. ...,. assembled. would
fespecdul4LSnSi
70 RSs ,s That We will not recosnIlkSe
any compromise between me ata PaohO "e'H"'
pesolved, That unless an aoJu men, ~ !,
M esO mater is effected ssiislac, Only !,
I'M tni' the farmers of this community ny,
, 40 we viii seek other markets Tor ou'
co,toni, That copy Of these resolu
.,das bn sent to the Dallas HERALD Tor pup
LEGATION. p.-,o, Jobn Myers,
DR. l. a. ~ W. t McKamy,
cne I'M fahson II. Moes,
Frank JhcahSa,,.o, John Huggansi
Innma- A neS James Smith,
>. heh"'s Louis Myers.
ID ASeH' Nv. Bell. secrst a'y.
RuMBLIsG REBUs.
Hon John II. Cochran who returned yes
terdsy morning from atrip through A i,..a,
Young and several other coun,e nhs 1n,v,
- = ~...orfar singular pDtuOne