The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-20
FARMERS NANTLESSCOTTO
A Memorial From Putnam County Laid
Before the Legislature.

It Proposes That the State Commits
sioner Of Agriculture Send Out Blanks
for the Farmers 70 Sign Pledzing
Them TO Plant Only One-third Of
Their Lands in Cotton Next Year.
Other States Expected to Take SINH
lar Aotion-The Military Appropria-
ton Bill Read the Second Time.
Atlanta. Ca. Nov l9.-NIr. Jenkins Of
Putnam presented to the House Of Repre-
sentatives this morning the following
memorial from the farmers of his county
looking TO decrease in the cotton crop
for next year so that better prices may
prevail:
To the General Assembly Of Georgia:
The farmers of Putnam county realiz-
ing that prompt and practical action must
be taken to reduce the cotton crop another
year, and increase food crops, have in
mass meeting agreed upon the following
plan as the best and most business like
70 that end. Let the commissioners of az
riculture for Georgia cause to be sent TO
every militia district in the state a blank
for signatures, binding the signers TO plant
next year one-third Of their cultivatable
lands in cotton and the rest in food crops;
let these blanks be circulated simultau-
eously in every militia district and the
work for signatures be completed ten
days after II is begun, and after the list
IS signed let 1T be returned to some gen
eral headquarters for each county, after
which let the governor of the state call
. state convention of farmers for organ
1opgfppr a ON u
good faith of the agreement And in the
meantime let the governor and the com
missioner of agriculture bring the plan
TO the attention of the proper officials in
the other cotton growing states and ask
their speedy cooperation. The mass meet
ing referred to appointed the undersigned
committee 10 memorabilia the legislature
on the subject and in accordance with the
resolution for their appointment your
memorialists beg that you viii give recog-
milton and aid to the plan quickly as
possible by requesting the governor and
commissioner of agriculture to proceed
as contemplated
Mr. Tatum of Troup. one of the younger
members of the House introduced a bill
this morning to make fortune telling by
rowing bands of gypsies crime, unless IA
license is taken out for that purpose and
deposit of $500 made in each county.
The bill of Mr.. Bailey of Spalding, APP
propriating $4,000 for the military, was
read the second time. The committee
on military affairs reported favorably on
the bill and suggested its reference to the
finance committee.
Mr. Reading of Pike this morning in
troduced a bill to repeal the law making
ii a misdemeanor TO solicit emigrants in
Georgia. unless the emigrant agent has
paid a license OF $500
Mr.. Broyles of Fulton introduced
bill to make it penal for anybody to sell
or offer for sale any article of silver
marked Sterling" when it really is not
sterling.
Mr.. Shropshire Of Chattanooga intro
duced a bill creating a special and gener-
al lien for blacksmiths on the work done
by them and on the crops of those having
the work done
The resolution of Mr.. Anderson Of Jones
authorizing the formulating of a bill to
issue state bank notes to the amount OF
$4,000 was killed on second reading. 1t
labored under an adverse report from the
committee on finance.
The same fate befelI the resolution of
Mr. Bush Of Mitchell authorizing the
payment Of pension TO James Cooper.
The little pages in the Senate developed
fine lobbying qualities this morning Sat
urday a resolution was adopted fixing
the compensation of the pages at 81 per
day each. This morning a motion was
made TO reconsider that resolution in
order that the compensation might be
fixed at $50 per day Then a hurrying
10 and fro began. The little fellows
scurried over the chamber seeing their
friends and urging them to vote down the
motion to reconsider. President Nenable
called one or two up and told them IL
was against the law to lobby on the floor
of the Senate, but the vision of losing
a half dollar a day doomed up, and the
warning had no effect. They did effective
work and whipped the tight in "A gallop,
the motion 10 reconsider receiving only