The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-02-04

CidtiOu Suttii HIcct lOi tuC htSt ttuiC oe
the Capital in each cottOn-growing
State and Territory on = day of =,
1905. and shall meet annually or
oftener thereafter at such time and
place rs it may determine.
"At it's first meeting it shall imme-
diately organize by electing the off,
GERS us herein provided, and shall at
once elect the States and Territories
representatives to the Southern Cot
ton Association, and when SO elected
they shall take the place OF the Exec
utive Committee herein provided for,
all of which officers shall hold for one
year and until their successors are
elected and qualified.
"Tenth-That the cotton produc-
ers of each voting precint of each
county or parish shall meet on day
of = 1905, organize by election of Of
ficers, and, after so organizing, shall
at once proceed to elect two represen-
tatives from the cotton producers of
that precinct to the
COUNTY OR PARISH ASSOCIATION
to he held = day of = at the parish
or county seat.
each county or parish association
shall, on the date to be named, con-
vene at the county or parish seat and
organize by the election OF its own
officers and its representative to the
State organization.
eEleventh--The Executive Com
mittee of the Southern Cotton Asso-
citation shall be chosen by the repre-
sentatives of each of the States and
Territories here assembled, and that
the President and Vice President of
this Association shall he ex-officio
members of the Executive Commit
tee, and hold the same positions
therein.
"Twelfth-The Executive Commit
tee thus constituted shall prepare a
constitution and bylaws for this As
ISOLATION, and for each OF the State,
Territory, county and parish associ-
alton, and shall overlook such organ
liza tiens and carry out the purposes
above expressed, and shall fix the
dates of the meetings of the various
central and subordinate organiza-
| tions.
"Thirteenth-That we recommend
Mr.. Harvie Jordan for President and
Mr.. E. s. Peters for Vice President,
and that the Executive Committee
shall select a secretary and a treas
urer and provide for the bonding of
officers for the faithful performance
of duty, and that the President and
Vice President, if the Executive Com
mittee think necessary, may each Sc
lect an assistant secretary.
"Fourteenth-Tha the funds OF
the organization end operation OF
this institution shall he derived by
initiation fees and annual dues inl-
pose,i upon its membership and a
charge on each bale of cotton pro-
duced by its membership to be as
sessed and collected in the manner
to be provided by the constitution
and bylaws.
"FiEteenth-That ten members shall
constitute quorum of the Executive
/ Committee, which Committee shall
have authority to fill vacancies il
their own body and in the Offices o
this Association, and to prescribe thu
qualifications for membership in thi'
/. Association.
j "Sixteenth-That the membership
of the Executive Committee shall b.
chosen by the members of the differ
, ent State and Territorial orgnniza
tions here represented, and presented
, to this body; and the membership o
eacl, State and Territory on this Elk
ecutiye Committee shall be as follows
Alabama, 3; Arkansas, 2; Florida
, 1: Georgia, 3; Louisiana q; Missis
sippi. 3; North Carolina, 2; Soutl
Carolina, 2; Tennessee, l; Texas, 8
Oklahoma, 1; Missouri. 1; Indian
Territory, 1.
! Under the terms of this Organiza
J ton the States held caucuses am
elected the following Executive Com
; mittee, which had it's first meetin:
with President Harvie Jordan las
night:
Alabama-F. S. Moody, OF Tuska
: loosa; Fl. Y. Brooke, of Luyerne; 1
/, G.. Banks, of Atlantn.
r Arkansas-W. Y. Foster, Of Hope
l.. A. Love, of Dardanelle.
: Georgia-Hon. Thos. K. Watson, c
! Thompson; E. T. Steed, OF Will
5 RIGA.
e Louisiana-F. L. Maxwell, {
Mounds; p. NJ. Potts, of Natchitoches
: Mississippi-S. A. Witherpoon.
: Meridian; John G. McMartin, of Por
. Gibson; Walter Clark, of Clarksdale
n North Carolina-J. A. Brown, {
Chadbourn; ]. NJ. Farley, of Monro'
/. South Carolina--E. d. Smith, {
= Magnolia; W. s. Lipscomb, of Gaffne.
!. Tennessee-W. G. Davis, of Shelb
! County.
a Texas-F. M. Green OF Atlanta:
H. jenkins, of Brentwood; John LII
than. of Dublin; j. II. Cornell,
!, Dallas: O. p. Pyle, of Mineola.
h Oklahoma-L. B. Irwon, of Still
h water.
Indian Territory-G. w. York,
Indianola.
a The Committee on Financing ar
= Holding Cotton submitted the fo
If lowing supplementary report whit