The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-22
W. H. Seymour Chosen as President.
 WILL HOLD THE STAPLE
Counties Assessed According
 to Production.
Earnest Body of Farmers AsseiAbie fin Montgomery, Hold Two SessionS and Complete the Work
 Before Them.

The cotton growers of Alabama yes- terday signifed their loyalty to the New Orleans plan of retiring 2,o0eeOo bales of cotton and reducing acreage for 1905 to the extent of 25 per cent by assembling in Montgomery from the majority of the counties earnest delegates in State convention.
 The convention was held in the hall of the House of Representatives sim ultaneously with conventions in all the States and Territories which are parts of the Southern Cotton Association.
 A permanent organization known as the Alabama Cotton Association. was perfected by the careful deliberations of seventy representatives of county associations. The State association Is next in gradation to the Southern As- sociation, having control of the county organizations, all in carrying on the great heroic movement for better cot ton prices inaugurated on January 24 in New Orleans.
 List of the Officers.
 w H. Seymour. who resides and maintains an office in Montgomery, of Sumter County, was elected President of the State Association. The other of- ficers who, with President Seymour, will guide the organization during 1905, are: Vice-President, J. A B. Lovett of BIount County; Secretary, Jesse Adams of Montgomery; Treasurer, Louis B. Farley. Cashier of the Mer- chants and Planters-Farley National Bank of Montgomery; and State Or Eanizer, H. r. Brooke of Luverne.
 The Executive Committee, which is an important one, consists of W. D. McCurdy of Lowndesboro. Clarendon Davis of Huntsville, and Charles Hem derson of Troy. This committee. by Il resolution at the night session, has in its hands the grading of salaries that are to be paid to the various officers or the State association.
 The revenue for executing the plans and resolutions of the New Orleans Convention is to be derived by assess ing every county in the State on q quota. basis of the bales of cotton rais- ed during 1904. The assessments for the entire State will bring into the Treasury of the Association approxi- mately $15,000.
 one-half of the aggregate assess ments is to be raised within the next thirty days. One-fourth of the amount is to be raised during the next six months and the last fourth during the nine months following the convention of yesterday.
 Other sources of revenues are a membership fee of 25 cents and a charge of 5 cents per member per month, applying to the county organ lzations. One-half of the revenue thus raised is to be retained by the county organizations, and one-half is to be sent to the Treasurer of the State or Esnization. Of the latter half one half will be sent annually to the Treas urer of the Southern Cotton Associa- tion for the maintenance of the head organization, thus leaving to the State Association one-fourth of the total revenue.
 The State Convention yesterday was absolutely devoid of all species of pol itics, Some difficulty was experienced in, the early deliberations of the body. affecting a method of permanent or- eanization. This sort of procedure was. however, not long cumbrous and the organization perfected early in the Afternoon dispatched business in g. manner that defed all claims of lag Eardness which a few have attributed to farmers.
 The Association proclaimed in em- phatic resolutions the irrevocable in- tention of all constituents to reduce the cotton acreage for 1905 % per cent. to reduce the use of fertilizers 25 per cent. and be ready to subscribe to the proposed pool of 100000 bales of the crop of 1904.
 All the delegates present yesterday were charged with the imperative du- ties of going back home and calling for County Association meetings at g. convenient date to allow canvass of the holders of cotton.
 By a resolution of the convention last night the executive committee by March 20, should be provided with list of the actual amount of cotton being held off the market and what is to be turned over to the pool.
 H. Y. Brooke. of Luverne, a mem Der of the executive committee of the Southern Association, assured the con- vention last night that W. L. Brown, of New OrleanR. the noted cotton bull, who has charge of the retirement plan, is preparing the blanks neces- sary for making the pooling transac- tions The oficial warehouses will soon be receiving cotton now that the State, county and beat organizations have been perfected throughout the South.
 A resolution was passed yesterday calling on the landlords to make their rental notes payable in food products or products other than cotton to ena- ble the tenants, particularly negroes. to cooperate with the independent planters In the movement now well under way.
 Features of the day session of the Convention were eloquent addresses by Acting Governor Cunningham and Commissioner of Agriculture R. R. Poole. So sincere were the delegates and so arduous the labors that the day session lasted from sharp noon to 4:SO o'clock in the afternon without a re- cess or an adjournment for lunch.
 List of the Delegates.
 The delegates as accredited by the Committee on Credentials. were pres ent as follows:
 Autauga-McQueen Smith. J. A. Wilkinson and W. W. WadswOrth.
 Bibb-H. E. Reynolds. Edward Cot tingham and J. T. Avery.
 Blount-J. F. Wilson and pr. J. A. B. Lovett.
 Bullock-E. Napier, A. J. Defee, B. F. Donnell and W. P. Huffman
 Calhoun-Ross Blackman. G. A. Rich and R. ?. Coke.
 Chambers-J. IT. Harris, Flewellep Person and T. W. PllSes.
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