The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-02-08
COTTON CONVENTION
Adopts Constitution and Plans
For Organization.
ACREAGE IS IS 70 BE REDUCED
Twenty-Five Per Cent--Each Planter
to Sign Agreement to this
Effect Officers.

W SIY'I HHi CCillCIlk " tHlS
Effect Officers.
Firmly believing it to b the
most important step III the sJlu-
tion of the cotton problem the
Southern Inter. state Cotton Grow~
ers conYcn,ion at New Orleans,
wi'hrut a dissenting vote, declared
in favor Of q 25 per cent reduce
tiction in cotton acrenge and 25
per cent reduction in commercial
Ierliiz r and backed that action
up with tho adoption Of a cnmpro~
hensive plan to secure the support
Of every farmer, big and little, in
the cotton belt. An overwhelm
ing majority Of tho delegates We're
present when tho report was re-.
ceived and acted upon. 49,
r., II. jenkins of Texas was ,e.
c>gnized to read the report Of the
committee On acreage which the
convcntiHn had voted to bo of par
amount importance.
The report follows:
"To tho Hon. Harvio Jordan,
Chairman, Iuter. statN Cotton
Growers convention.
ave, your committee on ACREAGE
and the use Of fertilizers, do rec
ommend that there shall be a re.
duction of 25 prr cent in acreage
planted III cotton IN 1905 and that
there shall DO u reduction of 25
por cent in the use Of commercial
fertilizers in growing cottru.
"We recommend tho following
plan for the accomplishment of
said reduction:
"First. That tho vice president
Of this association for euch state.
shall call meoting Of all pers ons
Interested in cotton on the 1lth
day Of February 1905. in the coun.
ty sent of each county noti aIready
organized, on the Plan hereinafter
set out at which meeting there s sylal!!4,sl
Do elected county chairy,sasIaG'fssa ~ q i
q precinct chairmanls,tss,iSs4aa.[ocb tob,o,
district e1gsse's5Jsher' small political
81. Has,ss aiSiaion of the county.
Second, That there shall be
held in each school district or OF er
small polical sub, division of the
county On the 18th day of Feb.
ruary, 1905: at J. o'clock p m, a
meeting Of all citizens Of said dis
tr'ct or otEor small polical sub
division who are interested in the
growing Of cotton, which meeting
shall elect committee OF three on
acreage and membership.
Third. Atasaid precinct meet.
ing all land owners present shall
he asked to sign the following
ng.e, mrn':
THE AGEEENIENT.
1--WE, the undersi med farmers or
land rWne,s, living in (school dis.
Ir'ct, beat Or precinct No.
c"uhty oT----, state of-----
hereby pludgo ours elves to reduce
the acreage planted by us in cotton
AMI to reduce our consumption OF
l'r|'i' Zers III growing cotton as
SIo"h oy the statements set oppc-
site 0ui names
, 'Fouth. That said committee
Oh acreage and membership shall
Immediately canvass said dist .ict
a .d ask all farmers and lond
owners | said district who do no,
attend to sign pledge, and said
committee shall return said pledge
to the chairman Of said prec;nct
Fifth The precinct chairman
shall preserve said plrdses and they
shall Immediately report to the
county chrirman, showing the
i total number IF acres planted in
cotton i'll said precinct in 1904
aud the total number to be planted
In 1905, the total amount of rerli-
tilzers used in growing cotton in
said precinct and the total amount
70 he used IN each precinct i" said
years.
'sixth. The county chairman
shall Immediately forward to the
state vice president of their respec.
1 tive states q written statement show
ling the total number of acres
fplanted in cotton in their respec.