The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-16
FOR GEORGIA FARMERS.

George Garbutt has been chosen presi-
dent, and Mack Marback secretary, of the
Emanuel county alliance.
The Camilla alliance has elected P. w.
Twitty president aud H. B. Tucker secre
tary for the present year.
VIM. Partridge offers to give every
white man loafing around Albany in his
shirt sleeves, "a day to go out to his
place and chop cotton.
Sumter county alliance lately held its
annual meeting in the court house at Amer
icus. and elected |. L. Page president and
q. T. Market, secretary.
Franklin county alliance has electad 7.
A. Mcfarland president and W. H. Ramp
lev secretary for the present year, with S:
NJ. Ayers as business agent.
The sub-alliances in Florida have pretty
generally Endorsed the change of the place
of meeting, by the state alliance, for the
national alliance from Jacksonville to
Ocala.
A notice in the East Point PloDboy from
Secretary J. Z. Mabel states that the Full
ton county alliance will hold its next reg
ular meeting at Sandy Spring on July II
and 1S
President James Henderson of the Jasper
county alliance asks for full attendance at
the reg liar meeting to be held at Month
cello, on Saturday next, as new officers are
to be elected for the ensuing year.
Heard county alliance held meeting in
Franklin last week, and as President T. NJ
Aubrey declined to serve any longer he
was excused with vote of thanks for past
services, and Vice President w. J. Davis
promoted to the presidency and j. E. Mooty
elected secretary.
The Randolph county alliance met in
quarterly meeting at Cuthbert, Ca, July 1,
4 iv,IO EIOY T ,a,, fAy-
ernor, and Hon. A. c. Hill for state sena-
tor. N. T. Crozier was elected president
and w. c. Gum, of the liberal, secretary,
with II. B. Mattox as business agent.
The colored alliance farmers in Alabama
| are taking action in regard to the ginning
| of cotton and the sale of cotton seed They
| hope by cooperation to remedy some of the
evils now complained Of in regard to high
| charges for ginning and low prices for
cotton seed. They want the cotton seed oil
mills not only to pay better prices for seed,
but make earlier purchases of the same.
Atlanta Journal: Georgias cotton will
be covered with cotton baggiug this year
The prospect is brighter this year than last
| for the farmers winning in their fight
against the jute trust. They won last wear.
TIE war on jute brought the price far below
trust figures, aud this season jute is being
offered at a still greater reduction in prices.
Besides this a very great percentage OF
the crop was covered with cotton, increas-
ing consumption, and demonstrating that
cotton is king and that the farmers have it
IN their power to defeat the wiles of the
Jute trust And then the farmers say that
the cotton bagging movement helped the
farmers financially. At present there are
five mills in Georgia manufacturing cotton
bagging. There will probably be more.
Two mills at Augusta, one at Dalton, one at
West Point, and one at Rosedale are turn.
ing out the bagging TO cover the cotton croE
of the state. If these cannot make it fas,
enough, other mills will be st ,rted in the
manufacture of it. Already 10, 900 yards o.
cotton bagging has been shipped to South
ern Georgia for the early crop. AS soon a
the crop blooms, and the demand for bag
ging begins, the baggiug will be ready
Every bale of Georgia cotton will be Gov
cred with cotton this year. Secretary
Burks says that the farmers will use cotton
bagging much more this year than last anc
that they Will cover nearly if not all of tn
| cron with IL