The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
w. H. VAUGHAN IS REELECTED Cotton GiunerS Choose Officers. 
 MEETING AT COURT HOUSE Big Delegation Elected to
 State Convention. Planters Report That Five Thousand shares For Farmers Warehouse
 Have Been Subscribed in Mont
 gOmery County.
MEETING AT COURT HOUSE

At an enthusiastic meeting of the Montgomery County Cotton GroWers Association held in the coqr. aiecteay hecse yfor \ the ensuing year and delegates were were E chosen to the convention of the state coffon Tss state eTs,s pivision Wii meet in Mont The ofBcers of the county organiza- E tion who were re.eiected yeSMIerGGays yscntt a N vice president: CharlesI l. Gayt secreIary' A J. Jones. treasurer: Rev. N B. Will E AH A. H. Eubanks.. pr. A. St. c. Tenniile E and the aforementioned officers. The delegates to the State Division to send a large delegation from Mont gomery County although the constitu- ton of the Southern Cotton Associa- limits it aee YSsins TSe named as the delegates after searching the membership roll:
 M. fo" e scott coe 'iea GaharieY !. Gay. A Josh nile, Rev. N. B. Williams W. F: Van TSomas a1ysT; M Reynoids LFanqa NJ B. Aoaghton. M j. k R. Warren. $. zadek. Samuel Gerson, s and Michael Mohn.
 ~ Beat s-w. c. Jones and F. M. Jones. e,.. II Beat 9-DT. r. r0CA<dHi, A' S"~S~ Beat 1o-w. Y. shackelford. A. M Moseleylan B. R. ReynoIds uy rrr- Beat 1I--J. T. Robertson, J. w. un- derwood and J. B. Walters. n,
 Beat 12.J; P Downing J. M Bar
 Beat 13-J. M. Townsend. J. M Beat i4-w. T. M: Rushin; s,,., Beat 15---M. O; Merritt. A. P. smith na !. R; Mc11eh%ohp M " pelt Dr Thomas uncan and J. A. Sellers.
 Beat 17-(To be appointed):
 Seat ls-J. D. Brooks. J. c. Carter
 --B Beat at 1srJ. FIX A. Cobb, w. M, Johnson a"s Beat at soMA. j. Taylor and Thomas Beat 21-(To be appointedo:
 As yesterdays was considered the annual meeting of the Association. A: which showed that since the organiza- ton last February, $74S.51 had been collected and paid into his hands. oI to the Treasurer of the State Division in accordance with the Constitution of the Southern Cotton Association. The remainder wita 2, the hss seep devoted to. defraying the expenses or the county association. ,esc. -e t, Warehouse Proposition. Not the least important feature or the meeting was the discussion Of the Warehouse proposition with which tne farmers all over the county are oeins acquainted. The Warehouse Commit, iho eonvening of the Assoeiation. The eommittee threshed out the warehouse problem thoroughly and came to den- k nite conclusion on the details or the
 The coftcnS growers are to be soiic- tied for X ybscriptions to stock in the of fhe4 Shole is guaranteed. This Is oonsid& necessary in order that Ino d interests bf the farmer might be der posited in the enterprise and they may De able to control the holding or the cotton they store.
 The capital stock Of the Warenousc OOO. and later 1t is to be $l00,O00. As soon as a sufficient subscriDtion list is secured the & stofR-h41aetrs E Montromerv ar1 Whoe they will be required to pay in 20 per cent of -he amounts set opposite their sary to begin business with or that will enable the concern to incorporate. The remainder of the capital VIII De paid in other installments.
 The assurance was expressed that when Montgomery Sounty succeeds Tn this important undertaking other to the cotton interests to own their own warehouses and determine to fol- low the example.
 in favor of the. warehouse scheme IS that 1t is regarded as the only expedi- & tS 9D as aee be tsea6y Gartee the
 spD%na so%e way is p4sVise deVised o %hereby @ the Jever small. it viii prevent the growers controlling the price of their staple.
 If the farmers own the warehouse, the Executive Committee, or board of control would be instructed to gath CT in all the distress cotton and hold it for the minimum price demanded by the Southern Cotton Association.
 Reports from Many Beats.
 Reports from different beats In the county show that about 5000 shares
 of stock have already been subscribed
 When the committee reported to the county meeting which followed the rep
 resentatives present were directed to
 ject new life into their canvass for
 stock.
 question of holding cotton until IS cents
 IS received. It was Found that the mem-
 bers are remaining as firm as ever and
 there was renewed determlnation 10
 serihed n1.n Spi by T President Harvie Jordan of
 the Southern Cotton Association; Great encouragement was felt py the
 members when President w. II. Sey-
 mour of the State Division, who, at tended the meeting, announced that nad pledges covering from I5'O0O to i0os9Oo Al hales had been received in his ohice A in the short time the 15 cent prong
 Eanda has been abroad in the south. E&AIe said he expected many more tnous- &4%.Sd bales to be tied up in the next few %Sne oh the most faithful beats in the connty as regards both the holding and the waref ouse investment is Beat 15; as
 m%TjtteI by A. P. Smith, the leader
 in that subdivision. Every farmer in
 his heat has subscribed to the ware
 house pror ositon and is holding the
 rssidua of the cotton crop of this year.
 On motion of Secretary Gay, Presi-
 dent Vaughan was authorized to name
 delegates to he mass meeting of south
 ern farmers, business men and bank
 CTS to be held in New Orleans January
 II, 12 and 13. This is the date set by President Jordan.
 The members voted thanks to the
 press of Montgomery for their cooper ation the year past.
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