The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-13
COTTON GROWERS IN SESSION.
GEORGIA COTTON PLANTERS Ass0-
CITATION FORMED.

| muiate Plnn-TO Cooperate with
| Other States in Protecting Inter-
| cAts Of Cotton Planters.
| Macon, May 12.-The Georgia State Cot
ton Planters Association was ganize9
here to-day II was the most repeesenta-
| tive gathering Of business men and plart@
ers ever assembled in G5orga Fully
1900 prominent Georgians attended ihe
/ convention. Macon was selected as this
] permanent headquarters for the associa-
| tion T.
An executive committee was appointed to
whom was given the power 10 peri ct
| plans for the future ana TO co-operats
/ with other states with view to orgariz-
ing similar associations In every cottan-
growing state This COMMITTEES is to me d
in Macon on Saturday May &c, to decide
on a plan from the many plans that are
to be submitted in the meantime. Three
excellent plans are already before them
| one from Mr.. Harvey Jordan of Jasper.
Mr.. Jordan was made president of the
new association. Mr. Pope Brown is chai;-
man of the Executive Committee and Mrs
! N. r. Hutcherson of LAGRANGE, Troups
county. Is secretary. Plans are asked
|
a success and these plans are to be sent
to Mr.. Hutcherson. lie will lay them bs-
fore the other committeeman, and the CONS
mttee win be ready to culi and combine
from the plans, one to be accepted vhtu
the committee next meets.
Ginners are invited to join the associa~
zion. After a session of several hours
the Executive Committee decided TO asls
| the convention for more time, and IL was
! granted The committee is empowered to
act in future without consulting the as
socation and all vacancies are to be filled
| by the committee, its membership being
| j. Pope Brown, Pulaski Thomas Harde-
| man, Jefferson; r.. f. Park, Bibb; L. 8.
Jones, Bibb /. b. English. Bibb; #. E.
! Galloway, Troup; ]. E. Dunson, Troupe
| r. c. McGough, Monroe; Jacob Haas.
Fulton; John II. Booker, Harris; c. p
Morton Floyd; Thomas G. Lawson, Put
nam: 3. T. Bethune Baldwin; r. j. Tay-
lor, Bbb; c. d. Hudson. Troup; w. J..
M. Preston, Jasper; ]. l.. Boynton, Cal-
houn; A. j. Holmes, Washington; Byron
| Bower, Decatur; William Paul, Dodges
c. II. Jordan. Jasper; w. A. Broughtons
Morgan; John M. Stubbs. Laurens; w, A.
Bates, Fulton; w. J. Houston, DeKalbs
| M. B. Council. DeKalb
what the Committee Reported.
The report submitted by the COMMITTEES
and adopted by the convention as as fol-
lows:
"Reallzlng that the present plan of mar
keting the cotton crop of the South dur
ing the limited time of three months has
| been unw.se, and that organization is nec-
essary among the cotton planters to Sc
| cure a plan by which cotton will be mar
| keted only as II Is required by the manu-
facturers; with this end in view, there
fore, be Ii
Resolved, first That we hereby organ
ize the Cotton Planters Association ot
| the state of Georgia.
Second. That we invite the cotton
/ planters of all the cotton growing states
to organize similar associations.
Third The officers of this association
| shall consist of a president vice presi-
dent and secretary and treasurer.
Fourth. That the business of this as
| ISOLATION shall be conducted by an execu-
tive committee of three from each con-
| gressional district, two of whom from
each district shall be planters and one of
| whom from each district shall pc cons
| nected with some business other than
| that OF planting. The officers of the as
| ISOLATION shall be officio members OF
| the Executive Committee, and the Exec
| utive Committee shall be called together
| from time to time by the president of this
association. who shall preside at the meet-
| ings of the Executive Committee.
Fifth. The president of this associa-
ton Is authorized to communicate at oncs
| with parties in the cotton growing states
| and urge the Importance of organization
Of similar associations In all such states-
To Take in other states.
sixth. When one or more organiza-
| tlons similar to this organization is per-
fected in one or more additional states
| the officers and boards of directors OF
this association are authorized 10 join
the representatives of such association for
the purpose of forming a central associa-
ton for the cotton growing states.
Seventh. The president, vice president
4 and secretary and treasurer, shall be nom
mated and elected by this meeting, and
shall serve until their successors are
elected.
Eighth. The Executive COMMITTEES
shall be nominated by the representatives
OF this meeting, assembled together I'm
district conventions, which shall report
nominations at once TO this meeting for
confirmation by this meeting
"Nlnth. This committee finds 1t impos-
sible on account OF the shortness of tino
| TO 20 further in perfecting che details
necessary for the government for the Cot
| ton Planters Association OF the state of
Georgia, and we ask two weeks additional
time In which to perfect this work and
we submit to the convention whether the
plan as perfected shall be submitted 10 a
subsequent meeting of this convention for
/ rat.hca lion or whether this committee.
| together with the new Executive Commit
| tee may perfect plan. and put the same
| Immediately into operation, this conven-
| tion ratifyng in advance the action Of this
committee, and the Executive COMMITTEES
sitting Jointly"
The Executive Committee.
! In compliance with the foregoing, the
following gentlemen were selected TO rep
resent the various congressional districts >,
and they are now members Of the Execu-
tive Committee In case Of vacancy the
remaining representatives of the district
nominate a person to Ill the vacancy and
the committee elects:
First District. Not reported.
Second District-B. B. Bower Jr., of ID =
catur Bainbrldge; j. L. Hood OF Mitcheil,
j. L. Poynton Of Calhoun.
Third District-W. c. Hamilton OF Cor
dele, NJ Y Council or Americus. J. p.
Brown of liawkinsville.
Fourth Disirict--J. Il. Dunson, Troup.
LaGrange Ca; S. L. Fleming. Marc;