The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-16
COTTON GROWERS CONVENE.
DOUBLE BARRELLED SESSION HELD
AT AUGUSTA.

uhe Executive Committee of the
state Agricultural Society and the
American Cotton Growers Pro-
tective Association Convention in
SesSion-The Latter Adopts RcSO-
IutiOns in Favor of Raising More
Food Supplies-DOcs savannah
want the state FRirs
Augusta. Ga. March 15.-Whether At
Ianta. Savannah, Hawkinsville or some
other city shall have the state fair next
fan resolves itself into a question of the
highest bidder The longest pole will
knock down the persimmons. The state
Agricultural Society wants a guaranty
against expense and has no sentiment in
the matter.
The members of the executive committee
of the agricultural society received the
delegations from Atlanta and from Haw-
kinsviue at the Arlington hotel tonight.
Col. John NJ. Green spoke for Atlanta and
Mayor Way of Hawkinsville for his town.
Mr.. Green thought a fair in Atlanta in
November after the Nashville centennial
could be made success, and get num-
Der of the Nashville exhibits.
Mayor Way says Hawkinsville is going
10 have a fair and if she don't get the
state fair will have one anyhow. The
matter is entirely in the hands of the eX-
ecutive committee and they gave the APP
nlcants to understand they would wait for
definite and specific propositions and de-
eide the question on a business basis.
The cotton growers convention and the
State Agricultural Society held sort OF
double barrelled congress to-day. The
delegates to each took part in the sessions
of both and both sandwiched in their pro
ceedings alternately in the same hall oil
the cotton exchange building. Chairman
w. H. Warren of the local committee of
arrangements called the convention to or
der and Hector d. Lane of Alabama was
chosen chairman of the convention, with
/ Lindsay Johnson of Rome secretary.
President Thomas Barrett, Jr., OF the eN-
change. and Mayor Young then made the
welcoming speeches.
President Lane responded after which
he made a more elaborate address setting
forth the reasons for their coming togeth-
er and the objects of the convention.
committee of seven was appointed 10
draft resolutions, as follows; W. A.
Broughton, J. 0. Wadden, X. I. Nespt,
r. J. Reddng, VI. V. Calvin, ]. L. john
son and James Tobin
During the absence of this committee
N prepare resolutions the cotton growers
congress took a recess and the meeting
resolved itself into a session OF the Geor-
syia state Agricultural Society," Retiring
President Waddell announced the election
Of his successor, Hon. j. Pope Brown or
Pulaski. and the latter made his inaugu-
raj speech.
President Brown made quite an optimis
tic sneech. declaring the farmers and
farming interests of Georgia were in bet
Ter condition than he had known them in
twenty years, and he would be willing to
have them guarantee to remain unchang-
ed for the next twenty years. He pictured
as the ideal of prosperity the time when
the farmers produced anything and every
thing that was needed for food both on the
farm and in the town, and the town in
turn manufactured every article that was
needed on the farm. After sitting an
hour at which the executive committee
would receive the fair delegations at the
hotel tonight, the agricultural society ad-
journed and a second session of the Cot
ton Growers convention received the re-
port of the committee on resolutions,
which was adopted.
The resolutions urge the farmers
10 first make the cotton states
self-supporting. and then the area devoted
10 cotton will yield more profitable returns
than if they sought to increase the num-
Der Of bales. While the reduction of the
acreage to be planted in cotton for the
sole purpose of reducing the size of the
crop may be impracticable, the increase of
area painted in food crops must inevitably
bring prosperity to the cotton growers,
Irrespective of the size of the cotton crop.
There has never been a time in our his
tory that a movement looking TO the In
creased production of corn, hay. oats,
hogs and other food crops was so import
ant and necessary.
After being addressed by Mr.. Ball of
St Louis on the merits of the cylindrical
cotton bale, the convention adjourned and
the delegates went to see an exhibition of
the bale subjected to water and to fire.
The convention was finely representative
in members, and though not numerically
large satisfacto discharged the busi-
ness before 1t.