The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-07
COTTON GROWERS CONVENTIONS
All the Townships Represented - Perma-
mont Organization Efrectcd-Resc-
1utions Adopted.

ganizcr called the Cotton Growers
Convention to order yesterday in the
court house at about one o'clock. He
said it was unnecessary to read the call
as 1t had been published in the papers
and of course every one read the papers.
The first business was to elect officers.
Col. Geo. JOhnstone nominated Mr.
r. II. G. Hunter for chairman and he
was unanimously elected. Mr.. Hunter
said he would rather the honor had
fallen upon some one else, but he thank
ed the convention for the honor con-
ferrcd and proceeded to business.
MIR. a. II. Kohn moved that all pre-
sent be invited to participate in the
meeting and be entitled to vote and it
was adopted.
DR.. w. G. Brown nominated Mr.. j.
S. McCarley for vicc-prcsidcnt and he
was eli G Ell. =.
Mr.. Geo. John stone nominated Mr.. r.
IL. Grcncler for secretary and T.. II.
Aull for treasurer and they were
elected.
The roll as published in The Herald
and News Of Friday was then called.
The delegates not reported in the pa
per wore from No 2 N prr M
Wicker and j. Ii. Smith: from No. II
II. =. Cromer, ID. a. Dickert and Robt
cI;n ~ ,,.
In No. 6 w. n. Fill was substituted
for b. T.. Goggans. The other delegates
remained nc ,lrn,1v nuhli.ha1 nnt
cvervbodv nrasont ,yos invited ,o ,,r
tici, n.e and M roll y,s n,d, -,
N,. u v C,ro,s ,,ra iu;,,L ho os
modc assistant secro,,,y
Mn II Kahn s.id q. ,ho,.o ,o,
no,h;nu brror, ,no ,o,., H., ,,o,1a
or,sr tho ,,owi,. r,.o,,,;o,s -. ,,;,n
in cnmn,;onco wi,h H.. ,ooro.. of
prcsidont wi,horr ,f N, St,,n o,r.,,;
zation.
Whereas, Mr.. l. G. WiIhorn prosi-
dent of the ('otton Crowo,s A,sooi,,i,,
of Smth t,orolin, has r,ouost.d .,n
n,,r,inr ,b,.;r no,,,bors ~
carry ont tbn n,,ns ,d,,,od bv ,hn A.
]onta Convention thorofnr. hr !,
Rosolvod that tba cot,on orowors of
Ncwbcr,v C,onntv in cnnvontion nc
som,lod borohv n,oaro o,,so,,,os to
corrv ont the nan ,dontod bv tho cor-
vcnion ,o bc hold in A,,ont, Decon,.
bcr a.
Can't Jno II Ranks said he d;d not
intnnd to s.v ,nvtbinn b,+ bo ala ,ot
see how any one co,ld nlodoe bim.o,f
to c,rrv ont sonoi, ;,,r thot Lo doos,,t
know nnvthinp obont and be did NOT
whv Nh Wi1hor, sbor,d
,Sl, ne t,do; :, u,,, d,> ,,o l.,o,,, -.
the Atlanta. convention will do and
wbe,hcr on not wc con endorsa ;to I1o
WIS onnoscd tn tho rcso,ntio,
Mr., Kohn. who introducoo the r.so-
lution. soid he wos not in favor of i,
himscIf and ,oroea moet bao,t;l, with
Mr., Banks He simn,v .otrorod t. nc :,
was q rcouest from the nrcsidont of tho
State oro,riz,tion and tho ,noati,o
,ould ta,,o such action on !, oo e s,,v
propcr Thc mottcr is boforc Won
Crl. Jobpstone soid i, strno,, him
pnntlnnnn ifrh
will not do TO odont the rcso,ntione ind
it will not do To toblc if. uo thon
briefly outlined the n)on of Mr. 7 ~
Roddey as published in The naners and
as he understand It. and suouostcd tbot
a committee Of five be anno;nted to ma
pare some resolutions as n substitnto
of the resolution otrerod Inv Mr. Kobn
This was done and the following conn
mitlce named: Gen, Jnbnston, A r.
Kohn. Jno. II RonlSs w A HIN
G. S. Brown.
While the committee was nreno,iny
it's rcnort q coll,,tion w.s tol-on ~, ~
dcrray the EXPENSES of q hall for The
Atlanta meeting. Mr.. Wilborn re-
oucstcd cnch countv tn send ono dol),,
The collection omountcd IN $3.50
The following resolutions were of-
fercd bv The committee and unonimone-
ly adoptcd:
Whercas this Assassination lool,s with
pleasure to any movcmcnt hovino for