Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-27

i the world would require crop Of 49,
000, 900 bales and more. Referring to
/ the importance of the present conven-
ton, he said that any resolutions 1t
might pass would amount to little II
i they were not followed up with earn
est, sincere and determined work. In
1 the solution of the problem confront
ing It, the most serious since the war
between the sections, he said the con-
I,vention had the best wishes Of the
great exchange which he had the hon.
or to represent. .... -
i After naming vice presidents and
committees, the convention adjourned
until "Wednesday. .... ~.-.-
The. committee on acreage worked
to a late hour Tuesday night and on
Wednesday morning submitted it's re-
port as follows: u. .ls
ITO the Hon. Harvie Jordan. Chair
man Interstate Cotton Growers
Convention:
I'VE. your committee on acreage
and the use of fertilizers, do recon-
mend that acreage planted In cotton
in 1905 shall be % per cent, less than
In 1904 and that there shall be a re-
duction Of 25 per cent In the use Of
commercial fertilizers In growing cot
tton. a..
"Wesrecommend the following plan
for the accomplishment Of said redue-
ton:
First. That the vice president Of
this association for each state shall
call a meeting Of all persons inter.
ested in cotton on the 11th day OF
February, 1905. In the county seat OF
Eeach county not already organized,
on the plan hereinafter set out, at
which meeting there shall be elected
a county chairman and precinct
chairman for each school district or
other small political subdivision Of
Second. That there shall be held
In each school district or other small
political sub division Of the county on
the 18th day Of February. 1905 at 1
o'clock p. M, meeting OF all citi-
zens Of said district or other small
political sub division who are inter-
ested in the growing Of cotton, which
Injecting shall elect a committee OF
i three on acreage and membership.
Third. AT said precinct meeting
the farmers and land owners present
shall be asked to sign the following
agreement:
1--WE, the undersigned farmers or
land owners, living In (school dis
trict, beat or preeinct No. :, county
Of -. state Of s---7. hereby pledge
ourselves to reduce the acreage plant
ed by US In cotton and to reduce our
cotton as shown by the statements
set opposite our names.
Fourth. That said committee on
/ acreage and membership shall imme-
diately canvass said district and ask
all farmers and land owners In said
district who do not attend said meet
ing to sign said pledge, and said
committee shall return said pledge to
the chairman Of said precinct.
Fifth. Said precinct chairman shall
preserve said pledges and they shall
Immediately report to the county
chairman, showing the total number
precinct In 1904 and the total number
to be planted In 1905, the total
amount Of fertilizer used In growing
cotton In said precinct and the total
amount to be used In said precinct
In said years. r
Sixth. The county chairman shall
Immediately forward to the state
vice president Of their respective
states a written statement showing
the. total number Of acres planted In
cotton In their respective counties in
planted in 1905, and shall make like
report as to the fertilizer used and to
be used in said years.
Seventh. The vice president Of
each state shall Immediately upon re-
ceiving the reports Of the county
chairmen forward to. the president Of
this association a report showing the
number Of acres planted In cotton in
his state in the year 1904 and the
amount Of fertilizer used in said year
in growing cotton and the amount Of
cotton to be planted and fertilizer to
be used in 1905. 90 ,-n
Eighth. The president of the as
sociation. upon receiving these re-
ports, shall Immediately tabulate the
same and send copy thereof to the
county chairmen in the different cot
ton states and. territories.
Ninth. If any county not already
organized should fail to organize the
vice president Of the state In which
said county Is situated shall cause
said county to be organized as herein
provided and II any precinct should
fail to organize. the county chairman
Of the county In which such pre-
cinct Is situated shall cause such
precinct to be organized as herein
provided.
Tenth. It shall be the further du-
ty of the officers Of this association
to report the names and addresses of
| such persons who refuse to sign the
| agreement to reduce. acreage for 1905,
together with the number Of acres of
cotton planted by such persons In 1904
and the number Of acres that they
will probably plant In 1905 and to
make a like report as to fertilizers
| There were some members of the
convention who thought that the
question as to how much the acreage
should be reduced was a matter for
debate; and wanted to make the re-
| port a special order for yesterday:
but the point was raised that this
might cause division and disagree
ment, and as the convention seemed
| to be In favor Of immediate action a
vote was taken. The report of the
committee was adopted by a over
whelming majority.
The feature of yesterday mornings
session was a struggle between the
friends Of Harvie Jordan Of Georgia
and E. S. Peters Of Texas, for the as
cendancy in the permanent organiza-
ton: but the friends Of Jordan pre-
vailed and the contest Is not thought
to have left any soreness.
1t was decided that the executive
committee Of the main association
shall consist Of twenty-seven mem
bers, appointed among the states as
follows: Alabama, 3; Arkansas, Q:
Florida, /: Georgia, 8; Louisiana, 2;
Mississippi, 3; North Carolina, Q:
South Carolina, q; Tennessee. 1; Tex.
as, 5: Oklahoma, l; Missouri, /; In
dian Territory 1.
Harvie Jordan and E. s. Peters are
to be president and vice president re-
spectively Of a provisional executive
committee.
The following resolution was offered
by the resolution committee through
ex-senator McLaurin and adopted.
mThat q snecial. committee be an