Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-01-08

Owing to the heavy storm on Monday
which made may of the streams impossible
the ATTENDANCE at the convention Of farmers
and t,b,cc, growers On TueSdt, WAS not So
large as il otherwise might have been. Only
about thirty farmers ws:e in Attendance Two
calls had been isSuai one for Nae farmers 10
general to send i-legtt. TO tie ANIMAL farmers
COW, alton in Baltimore on 18th inst aai one
for the tobacco growers in particular t" send
delegates 10 meet the fillmore tobacco buyers
in con ere see on the sane day, with view OF
asreeu upon amendments = tie tobacco IN
specti,u laws As netrl AL farmers in this
sccIioa are toh ,cco growers as vel. and thr
at:en lance beng 81 sln IL, i vas determa'd
to form b.t on orEaniZ diOu. A"co' diH&tl
the formers Convention organ ri by cd'ins
Mr.. Juo. q Cntpmaa 10 the char and 'ppolnt-
i@g Mr.. Henry \ THrn"r >'rfell9r. Or ht"-
kiuS moved the appointm nj ~ committee on
resolutions to report 10 the meeting such amend
menis in ,hs pre- eat law As The Pl tnters wers
willing to couceiH, to form the basis upon
which the delegation to Baltimore would con-
iuct their conference The chair sppointsi Dr.
Peter W Hawkins. Or. W l. Bo2rman Mar
shall Chapman G. II. Albrittain and +. F.
Stamford as The committee. 7 committee
retired for consultation AMI d. iItNkius sub
nitted series of amendments 10 several sec
ions of h existing l.w, which he had pre-
pared with Gaze, the IF (; Of " hich WAS 10 pro
vide !, IN re e., etul and eN ,ct system 81 s4mp
ing qpye th- taking o.aap samples,
)ne 10 he retained a the warehouse and 20 ."
open to the inspection Of Ih- buyers and 10 be
preserved until after the Pc i'd o reclamation;
20 provide board OF arbitration to adjust all
reca nations on account OF faulty Inspections
md egulate the prompt settlement OF same and
other jIdiyious amendments suggested by his
experience in the ware house and, by request,
E NJ Cox submitted an amendment 10 the
compulsory feature Of the law, providing 'har
tfter June Isl, 1856. al growers II tobacco in
Mary land shall have thr ri! ht to send their TO
bacco cut OF the Safe. in hoEsh'ad or other
Use, for inspection OF sale in the :AatS o
other Stats or countries. aai that -ns = over
may SCI! tobacco in this State for export ar
or:herw Sc by samples taken by h.H.s=.', With
out IN any way suha.jt'ing the M 10 ;h'
State inspections These nueudmants weCr
unanimously adopted by The committee and c
por-ei to the meeting. The ameuinent. IS
reported by the committee, imposed Us ss BE-
ing very judicous and well coos.icvcd and
will doubtless lie satisfactory to tn tuyess.-
Although the report was n ,3t uua uimousiy by
;ne committee the ch4r fai,ei ~ submit il to
the meeting for adoption OF ,sj-,'i.n- \ M
jority Of the delegation TO Is sliinoss are. how
ever, favorable 10 The amendments AID shey
will be presented 'o the buyers os representing
The views Of onr painting interest o. the cues
ton Ga motion the taar WAS AUTHORIZED 20
name The delegates 10 each Of the conventions
n Brlriaore and they were named As fol oWs.
To the t,rs.rrS -ouyenri,a Jno Il Mitchell,
J T Turner Ga. II. Ao:it;eia. + 7. lIan-
iton, \ 3 Pusey, y. sanders ". J Cg2
and j G Chapman. To tne 'oh,5eo bursrs
meeting Or y. H.~hjn- Hugh Mitchell.
Henry : Turner. J " Atb.it.sjn an! pr
W. l. Boarruaa.