The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-08
Commissioners Welcomed t( Alabama by Hon. R. R. Poole and Alderman Mcintyre. Held Morning, After
 noon and Night
 Sessions.

fifty delegates from Alabama, Virginia, North Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi. Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas and representatives of the United States Department of Agriculture. all deeply interested in the development of the agricultural resources of the South, are in Montgomery attending the fifth an- nual convention of the Association of Commissioners of Agriculture of the Cot ton States.
 Three meetings were held in the City Council Chamber yesterday. These meet ings were of intense interest to the agri- culturalists of the South. The meeting was by no means confined to the Com missioners of Agriculture. All interested in the industry were allowed on the floor and allowed to voice their sentiments in regard to this important feature of South arn development. Montgomery farmers attended all the meetings and remained through the sessions. giving close atten- ton to the speeches of men. authorities on agricultural development.
 The sessions of yesterday were mainly devoted to the organization of the con- vention, the report of standing commit tees and addresses of welcome.
 Today however, the Association will hear papers on subjects of agricultural interest and give careful study to the facts set out in these papers. The ses- sions of today will be held at the State Capitol in one of the legislative halls. The feature of the meeting yesterday was the annual address of the President of the body. Commissioner J. G. Lee of Louisiana. It was a careful thoughtful and exhaustive paper on Southern devel- opment and was heard with much inter- est by the members.
 A paper of unusual interest, which was feature of yesterdays meeting was a study on the Characteristics of the Best Varieties of Cotton" by Colonel R. F. Bedding. Director of the Georgia Expert ment Station. Colonel Readings paper was the subject of much discussion last night and all the speakers complimented the Georgia agriculturallst on the excel fence of his production.
 Three sessions of the Association will be held fin Montgomery today and the public is invited to attend these meetings. barbecue will be rendered the visitors at Jackson's Lake Friday, at which time a business session will be held. The con- vention comes to a close after the Fri- day sessions.
 Richmond. Va, and Baton Rouge, La, will ask for the next convention.
 The Association was called to order at noon by President J. G. Lee. Commis-
 
 After prayer by Rev, G. W. Patterson D. D.. pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Secretary B. W. Kilgore of North Carolina, enrolled the delegates and visitors to the convention. As each delegate was enrolled he was presented with a neat white badge bearing the name of the Association and time and place of meeting and the number of enrolment During the, meeting. the members of the Association will recognize each other by these numbers. The names of the dele gates and the visitors with their number of enrolln1 lent is as follows:
 i. J. G. Lee. Commissioner, Louisiana 2 R. R.! Poole, Commissioner, Alabama. a. G. w Koiner, Commission, Virginia. 4 E: W. Magruder. State Chemist, Virginia.
 5. c. M. Conner, Professor Agriculture, Florida.
 6. G. E. Nesom, State Veterinarian. South Carolina.
 '. J. F. Dugger. Agriculturist. Ala bama.
 8. Dr. Taht Butler. State Veterinarian North Carolina.
 g. F. R. Lloyd. Professor of Agricult- ure, Mississippi.
 1o B. B. Ross, Chemist, Alabama. H. Mcqueen Smith. Prattville.
 12,J. B. Hunnicutt, Editor Southern Cultivator. Georgia.
 1S R. J. Bedding. Director Experiment Station, Georgia.
 IA. B. C. White, United States Depart ment Agriculture.
 15. R. E. Rose. State Chemist, Florida. 16. c. P. Mcintyre, Montgomery. 17. J.. c. Adams. State Agricultural Department, Montgomery.
 1S., J. W. Huger, Montgomery.
 1s F. B. Dancy. Atlanta, Ga.
 2O E. E. Ewell, Atlanta. Ga.
 21 W. H. Dslrymple, State veterna- rian, Louisiana.
 p. H. A.'Morgan. Entomologlst, Louis- 2s. Mrs. H. A. Morgan.
 24 c. E. Bell.
 25. J. O. Lamberth. Rosebud, Ala. 2s. J. M. Jones.
 27. H. C. Fisher. Newman. Ga.
 2S. E. R. Taber. Montgomery.
 %. W. A. Gayle. Montgomery
 20. W. B. Somervlle. Alicevllle Ala. fl. A. St. z. Tennelle, Montgomery. g. NJ M. Dawson.
 B. NJ. B. Houghton, Montgomery. 34. J. D. McCarty
 s5. H. T. Bradford. Commissioner Of Agriculture, Arkansas.
 S6. J. M. Lloyd.
 37. Charles P. Jones.
 3S. w. c. Sadler. Nashville, Tenn. S9. William E. Campbell.
 40. D, Yingling.
 fl. D. Campbell.
 42 John A. Barnes. Montgomery 43. 4. R. Harvey, Montgomery.
 A. T. M. Mosey, Union Springs. 45. Gaston Troy. Montgomery.
 46. L.. c. Ramsey.
 E. George w. Truitt. Georgia. 4s. J. K. McLendon, Montgomery. 70. M. IT. Stuart. Montgomery. 5N. w. F. Vandiver Montgomery 51. Colonel B. L. Holt. Montgomery. 99 Miss N. s. Brdsong Raleigh, N. c. 100 B. w. Kilgore, State Chemist,