Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-11-22
Annual Meeting Of the National AssOcia.
tiOn at Yicksburg-OyerF Five
Hundred Delegates
In Attendance, Col. Ed Richardson and
Col. T.. A. Burke, President and
DirectOr-General Of the
Worlds Exposition and Cotton Centen-
NAL Among the Number-Ad-
dresses OF Welcome by
EX-Chief-Justice Simrall, Of Mississippi,
and Gov. LOwry-President More
heads Annual Address.

NIOhhbulA'J hloS., NONcDlDeI Als-IhC |
annual meeting of the National Cotton
Planters Association convened at noon to- |
day in the Operahouse, which was beau
tifully decorated with flags and notices,
namely: Progress" "All Success to the |
Worlds Exposition and Cotton Centen-
nial," "Our Grand National Highway, |
With Aid OF Uncle SAM" ''The New
South" ''Peace Has Her Victories"
"God Bless Our Whole Country"
"Vicksburg Welcomes Her Guests, " "The
School and Lyceum," 'The Pulpit and the
Press, "a Welcome to All TO Our Sunny
Land" The association was opened with
an eloquent and fervid prayer by the Rev.
c. X. Marshall, of this city, upon the con-
clusion of which Col. +. c. Morehead,
president, introduced
EX-CHTEF JUSTICE sDIRALI,S
of the Supreme Court of this State, who
| delivered the address OF welcome ON the
part OF the city to the 500 delegates and
visitors present, and in an able and intelli-
gent manner. detailed the origin, progress
and results OF this grand association. He
asserted that this association, by its inhu-
ence, had created agricultural institutions
in every Southern State, notably in Geor-
| gia, South Carolina and Tennessee, and he
hoped this convention would not adjourn
until they had sounded in tones that all
must hear, and held the importance of
| every State creating colleges of agriculture
and bringing together all the resources OF
the South at New Orleans in 1884. Where
as, ten years ago, half million of capital
was employed in this State i'll manuiac-
lures, now more than seven millions are
invested in manufacturing.
GOV. LOWRY,
on being introduced by the president, in
an elegant and dignifed manner, deliv-
cred the address of welcome on the part of
the State OF Mississippi. He was proud
that this association had its origin in Mis-
sissippi, the State at that time producing
annually more cotton than any other;
therefore it ought to manufacture its
measure. The great exposition at Atlanta
imposed upon all the importance of these
eXpositions, for on them in part depends
the development of the agricultural inter-
csts of the South, and he hoped all would
attend the great Exposition in New Or
leans in 1884, which would be the grand
est the world ever saw. The Governor ro-
ferred to the presence on the stand of Col
Ed Richardson, the president of the Ex-
position, and the largest cotton planter in
the world; also TO Director-General
Burke, of the Exposition. After referring
to our annual production of l0,000,000
bales of cotton, in this connection, he
would beg leave to say that we
have more resources, and that our
people are looking, not only for
diversity of industries, but they are
looking forward to the future and for
getting the past. The Governor closed his
remarks by extending to all hearty well
come from the whole country. Col.
| Norehead then delivered his annual adj
| dress as follows, occupying only ten
= minutes:
4 PRESIDENT MoREHEAD's SPEECH
Members of tho National Cotton Planters Asso-
$ citation of America, Delegates and Visitors to
the Association:
GENTLEMEN-As President of the Ma.
=, tional Cotton Planters Association OF
= America, it has been my custom at pre-
p vious annual conventions to make formal
and lengthy addresses, setting forth the
past and future work of our organization
Y Aiming, rs this association does to Stimu-
V late and give encouragement to every en-
> terprise and industry tending toward the
, material development and general pros
perity of our country, l have heretofore
r necessarily gone into statistics OF various
a industries in order to demonstrate theil
importance and feasibility. lnasmuch
> however, as our work for the past year has
been confined to one channel-that OF pro.
n jecting and launching a great industrial
enterprise that would fix the attention Of
the entire world on the Southland, mas
| much rs the work of the coming wear had
best be devoted to helping that enterprise
on its voyage To success; and Furthermore
inasm Rtsii rs he discussion OF that sub.
iect has been relegated to Director-Genera
Burke, shall for these reasons have but few
world to say on this occasion. My friends
we are assembled in city made famous
, as the scene of heroic valor in time o
war, and we are here to-day to take sucl
council in a good and great cause as may
5 result in giving to Vicksburg in the an
nails of peace a place no less re
! nowned. 1t was at yicksburg that tht
National Cotton Planters Association ha,
its origin; an association whose principles
taken all together | unhestatingly asser
Il are more progressive and beneficent THAI
s those OF ANY other in the entire Union. 1t i
Il matter OF reorganization that this associa
I tion, which four years ago many predicte,
= would perish in its infancy, has grow
= stronger day by day, month by montl
ii and year by year, until now it is an ac
Il knowledged power for good in the land. ]
- aims To diversity, not only agriculture an,
its kindred pursuits, but all our industries
l IL aims, through its representative conven
c ton composed of active and pro
,s gressive men who think and work
y to aid our people in all their efforts for in
~ dustrial independence; it aims TO en-
s courage home manufactures OF every de
/ scription; it aims to foster the building O
is railroads, the Improvement of our rivers
. the protection of our lands, the openin
IL OF our mines and the introduction Of new
> industries and improved methods; il aim
II to show TO the capital of the world tina
" the South is the best field for its invest
, ment; it aims to enhance the value of ou
lands and promote general prosperity b,
: inviting desirable immigration; it aims {,
Il improve the condition and thus increas'
q the efficiency of the laborer by education
and other wholesome measures-in short
- free from all jealousy and injurious ri
l. valry, eschewing animosities of all kinds
IS it cordially offers the right hand of fellow
# ship TO every institution in the land tina
will assist in the work OF enabling th'
present generation TO enjoy the fruits o
o the labors of the present generation
@ After the Worlds Exposition and Cot
4 ton Centennial had taken shape, il
y, resolution adopted by this as
u sociation in convention assembled 4
l. Little Rock, in October, 1882, tn
% opinion was unanimous that we shoul
Il bend every energy toward making it tn
crowning effort of all our work. Whe
1t YOU reflect upon the value of exposition
h as educators and industrial agents for tn,
m rapid development ola country S resources
when it is remembered that for the pas
thirty-odd years, since the worlds iirs
u great exposition was inaugurated by Prime
&c Albert, In Great Britain, the expositio
n has steadily grown in favor. with tn
m thinking, successful business men of a
nations, as a means of increasing and in
C. proving all arts and Industries, of extend
p ing trade and commerce, OF creatin
n, wealth, and showing in one compreher
N sive display Of products and resources tn
y comparative merits of continents, eountrit
u' and States; when we consider that this
le the most progressive age the wori
r. has ever known, and that AmeriC
a .iss the worlds most progressive couI
try; and when we look aroun
and view the benefits that hay
ne come to agriculturists from previous exp'
sitinnS xra ana c,iSfaina1 i'm the Ollniu