The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14
THIRD DAY.

THIRD DAY.
This mornings session of the State
Farmers Union was given to the elec-
ton of officers. and which resulted as
follows:
President-T. S. Adams, of East
Feliciana.
Vice President - S. Whited, of
Ouachita.
Treasurer R. L. Tannehill, Of
Vim.
Secretary j. W. Mcfarland, of
Claiborne.
Lecturer-T. j. Guica, DeSoto.
Assistant Lecturer-A. Severance,
Of Calcasieu.
Chaplain ROY. W. II. Bass, of
Sabine.
Door.keeper-Pat Donahoe, of St.
Landry.
Asst. Door-keeper-s. W. Wilkes,
of West Feliciana.
Sergt. at Arms-H. Il. Brown, OF
Ascension.
Messrs. Guice, Severance and Don
aloe were reelected.
On being called on after his cleo
ton President Adams made a few ap'
propriate remarks, in which he thanked
the Convention for the honor conferred
on him. Mr.. Adams is 40 years old
and was born in the Richland Distric
of South Carolina. He moved tt
Louisiana in 1858, and was membe
of the legislature in 's4 and SO; h
refused to be candidate for the SAM
Office in 'ss. He is a farmer, and ha
belonged to the Union for more thai
year; he is an earnest worker TO
its success. The gentleman was il
the late War, and was in the army il
Virginia, and was engaged in man,
hard fought battles.
The afternoon session was given t
hearing the offer of Alexandria in rel
erence to the proposed Factory, as al
so to electing an executive committee
The latter was gone through wit
first, and resulted as follows.
, Daniel Morgan, chairman, East Be
, ton Rouge Il. P, Pearson, Iberia
G. NJ. Lomax. Lincoln; G. L. Wrer
Webster; DR.. j. D. Hammond, More
house.
After this the Alexandria delegs
$ ton were admitted 1t consisted {
. Judge Blackman, J. G. White, G. "
=. Bolton, DR.. John Cassou and T. \
@ Miles, who did the speaking, beside
other citizens of Town.
i. Mr.. Bolton was the first to addre
\ the Union. After speaking of tt
9 worthy objects of the Union, ar
+ dwelling on Alexandria's location, etc
: he made known the business prop
Y sition or offer of our Town to secu
e the building of the Factory. He res
. from the proceedings of the City Con
n Gil Especial meetiug) May l0, loo
d the offer of the Town, as follows:
. Resolved, That the City of Alexandl
v will furnish the ground necessary for bu
! ding the Cotton Factory when rcquir
u by the Farmers Union.
n Resolved, That the City Council dona
e annually (S3,OO0). two thousand dolla
!. for period of Ave years, first payment
Thousand dollars to DO paid when t
! Factory is completed; provided said F;
st tory commences building within twel
n months from this date.
~ Resolved, That said Factory shall
; exempted from paying City tax for
riod Of ten years.
= j. In regard to the first payment
. $4,000 by the town, Mr.. Bolton ST
y that could be changed and made pr
able when tue factory was commend.
In addition to this Mr.. Bolton of
ed individual donations by citizens
N Alexandria to the amount of $4,000,
,e also subscription raised by Mr. III
q Tanner, in Alexandria, and who j
X member of the Union from Rapides,
N tho amount of $3.50, making gra
total of sl3,63O. Mr.. r. S. Day, S
es tho speaker, offers two acres OF Ia
" on Bayou Rapides, and Messrs. Gull
n L Ariail one acre of land in the 10y
u. part of Alexandra, near the Cot
to Compress, both being good sites fo
factory. Iu closing the speaker CO
,r. plimented the Union on its ra
growth aud strength; on the heaIthl
of ness of Alexandria and surroundin
giving his own personal experie
of here for 90 years, and concludsd
congratulating the Union on the no
lie, efforts it was making.
Dr.. Casson, all experienced phi,
an ciau, who has practiced in Alexane
IT. for fifty years, and whose reputation
learned mau is known all over
rs State, next spoke on tue heal'hfalI
u. Of this section, saving it would G