The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-22
OFFICERS ELECTED
DALLAS AGRICULTURAL CLUB
 BEGINS LIFE AUsPICIo SLY.
Lewis Johnson Chosen President Dallas Road Law Was Subject of Long Debate by
 the Farmers.
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 The second meeting of the Dallas coun- | ty Agricultural Club ocurred today at the court house and was attended by nearly thirty members of the organization. New officers were elected. Lewis John- son benig honored with the presidency, committees were appointed, and other i'm portant business was transacted. Hon. Calvin Young. the temporary chairman called the convention to order and until the election of Mir. Johnson. pre- sided over the meeting. Hon. D. s. Starr. the temporary secretary performed the duties of his office until he was superseded by the newly elected secretary. MT. Young called the meeting to order at noon and after MT. Starr had read the minutes of the previous meeting the rules were suspended while B. F. Ellis, w. c. Phillips, R. D. Shuptrine. A. D. Summers. R. B. Hardy. w. R. Shafer and W. A. Smith became members of the club.
 Tn answer to inquiries made by w. W. Burns. Mir. Young said that it would be impossible for him to serve the club as It's president, and Mir. Starr made the same reply in regard to the secretary shiy. Hon. B. F. Ellis was nominated for the presidency, but he declined the honor and in turn placed in nominal ton the name of Lewis Johnson, which was seconded by Hon. H. F. Reese J. l.. Benner suggested the name of Probate Judge P. H. Pitts. who refused to let his name be proposed. J. R. Crumpton suggested the name of Mir. Reese. But upon motion of Mir. Burns the rules were suspended and Mir. Johnson was elected by exclamation.
 The constitution of the club provides that 1t shall have three vice-presldents and at the suggestion of Mir. Reese It was decided that these vice-presidents should individually represent the geographical or political divisions of the county and MT. Ellis. ". c. Phillips and D. B. Edwards who were appointed by the chair to nomi-
 'te the vice-presidents reported the names of R. D. shuptrine of West Dal- las, Sam Houston of the Fork and H. V. Weedon of South Side. In this election, too, the rules were suspended and the voting was by exclamation.
 Mir. Starr nominated s. D. Palmer to be secretary and the nomination was seconded by Mir. Ellis. MT. Palmer was elected by exclamation.
 Mir. Palmer and A. D. Summers pro- posed Mir. Ellis for the portfolio of the treasury and though MT. Ellis tried to dodge the issue by nomination of Judge Pitts for the office he was elected unani- mously and by exclamation.
 S1A6S AttSs I1CHhJ LAlu& anu fbs bs Hardy, duly appointed by the chair as a nominating committee placed before the convention the names of J. R. Crumpton. J. B. Ellis. J. H. Martin, J. l.. Benner and c. Kirkpatrick as members of the executive committee and these gentlemen were elected by exclamation.
 In the meantime Messrs Burns. Reese and Shuptrine who had notified Mir. John son of his election returned with the new president who then took the chair oc- cupied by the temporary chairman. Mir. Young. Mir. Palmer relieved Mr. Starr of his duties as secretary.
 MT. Burns introduced the discussion of the new road law as proposed by the Court of County Revenues and this mat ter occupied the rest of the session which lasted about two hours. It was indeed "talkfest'' and many speeches were made.
 Another long mooted question was the meeting day and the meeting hour of the club. Finally it was voted that the club should meet at the court house in Selma at noon on the first Tuesday of each month.
 Arrangements were made for the print ing and distribution of 1000 copies of the constitution and bylaws of the club and of other literature of a sort calculated to arouse interest in the work and purpose of the club. .-l.-
 At the conclusion of the discussion. the club adjourned until its next regular convention.