The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-03-06
Meeting Of Grant Parish DrOutil
Sufferers.

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Mr.. o. C.. Watson, chairman of
the Grant parish relief committee,
rendered his resignation as a men,
Der of that committee to Hon. A.
w. Stewart, Representative, giving
as his reasons, that, being a poor
man and farmer he was unable
to devote the time necessary to do
the work. Mr.. Stewart thereupon
called a mass meeting of the
drouth sufferers to convene at
Fairfield, Grant parish, on Friday,
February Goth, for the purpose of
filling that vacancy, and for any
other business that may come up.
The mass meeting was called to
order by Mr.. Stewart at Fairfield,
Feb. 26th, and a large number of
drouth sufferers were present. MIR.
Stewart was elected chairman of
the mass meeting, and w. L.
Shackelford secretary.
On motion the resignation of
Mr.. o. G. Watson as member and
chairman Of parish drouth relief
committee was accepted.
On motion Mr.. John Pennington,
of Pollock, was elected to fill the
vacancy occasioned by Mr.. Wat
sons resignation; and the parish
committee, consisting of A. j.
Dunn, James e. Nugent, and Jno
Pennington, was requested to meet
at Pollock, Grant parish, La, on
Monday, March LIST, and organize
by electing one of their members
as chairman.
On motion Mr.. o. C. Watson was
thanked for services rendered as q
member of the relief committee,
and requested to make full re-
port to the parish committee of his
labor and work as chairman there
of at as early a date as possible.
Motion carried, that if Mr.. Pen
nington declines to accept the po-
sition on the parish committee,
that the other two members of said
committee, Messrs. Nugent and
Dunn, are hereby authorized to
elect committeeman to fill said
vacancy.
Motion carried that Hon. Uriah
Millsaps, chairman State relief
committee be notified aud request
ed to recognize this change in our
parish committee, and that hereaf-
ter when ever there is any provis-
ions, team feed, planting seed or
donations of any kind for Grant
parish, that Mr.. Millsaps consult
the chairman Of our parish COM
mittee as to shipment. That his
failure to do so in the past has
caused much inconvenience, ex-
pense and delay in distributing
supplies.
On motion Mr.. Millsaps, chair
man State committee, was request
ed to forward to Grant parish, at
once, all State donations allowed
Grant parish in free corn, shipping
same in accordance with instruc-
lions to be received from the CHAIR
man of our parish committee. This
motion met with unanimous ap-
proval.
Mr.. Stewart explained that Mr..
Millsaps had some three thousand
dollars or Whereabouts of State
funds on hand to the credit of
Grant parish, and if our people SO
desired it we could get it all in
free corn at once.
Motion carried endorsing mass
meeting and resolutions passed at
Colfax recently asking for furth-
er appropriation from the State.
That it would take between thirty
and forty thousand bushels of corn
for team feed to furnish 1000 work
stock in Grant parish until the
corn crop natures sufficient to feed
from. That a majority of our des-
titute farmers will have to have
provisions until the month of June
or July. All of which must come
free of any charge whatever. That
if the governor can not appropriate
State funds for this purpose, and
the private and other donations
within the State boundaries are
insufficient that the Governor is
hereby urged to call for AID out
side of the State or we will be
forced to do SO ourselves.
Motion carried that the parish
committee hereafter distribute corn
and supplies to the people through