The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-02-22
COTTON GROWERS
STILL ACTIVE.
County Convention Show
ed General Interest.
DELEGATES NAMED.

throughout the County Friends of the
Movement Come to Laurens to Watch
the Progress of the Conventions.
Minutes OF the Proceedings.
The meeting of the Cotton Growers
Convention held in the Court House on
last Saturday was full of interest.
Every Township in the County was
represented and a large numer of infiu-
entail men and prosperous farmers
IRON all over the County, who were
not delegates were in attendance.
These men have the movement at
heart and when men like that are will
ing to leave their business and come to
Convention merely as on-lookers it
means that the movement has hold of
the people in earnest.
The attention which was given Col.
Wharton and DR.. Fuller and the ap-
plause which followed thier report of the
New Orleans Convention came from
men who will s4and to their guns, be-
cause they realize that their position is
impregnable and that to retreat now
would mean destruction.
A copy of the proceedings are ap-
pended below:
The Laurens County Cotton Growers
Association met in the Covgt House to-
day.
The meeting was called to order by
the President, DR.. A. G. Fuller.
The Secretary read the minutes Of
the January meeting.
The following delegates were then
enrolled:
Laurens Township w. C. Irby,
I. B. Byrd
Dials-R. l.. Gray, l.. S. Bolt.
4oungs-J. F. Sloan, F. B. Martin.
Scuffletown-W. B. Harmon.
Jacks-J. |. Young.
Hunter-R. p. Adair, j. l.. Crawford.
Cross Hill-W. B. Fuller.
Waterloo-J. II. Wharton, M. w.
Boyd
Sullivan-J. A. Baldwin, E. G. Mitch
ell.
Mountville--W. d. Pyles, j. L. Boyd.
The permanent organization is as fol.
lows:
President-Dr. A. C. Fuller.
Vice President-Dr. w. C. Irby.
Secretary and Treasurer-B. Y. Gull
bertson.
Executive Committee-R. P. Adair,
j. f. Sloan, E. G. Mitchell.
The President ruled that School
Trustee is eligible to hold office in this
Association.
A Board of Directors to look after
ware houses in which to store cotton
were elected as follows: r. l.. Gray,
r. P. Adair, DR.. w. C. Irby.
On motion it was agreed that the
matter of paying the Committees on
membership and acreage be referred to
the Township Associations.
BY request DR.. A. G. Fuller who had
been sent as delegates to the New Or
leans Convention made reports of the
meetings. Said reports were very fa-
vorable.
On motion the Treasures of the
OF the Township Associations were re-
quested to turn over one-half their
funds to the Treasurer of the County
Association.
The following resolutions were intro
duced by Col. j. II. Wharton and unan-
mously adopted:
lst; To hold cotton for higher prices.
End: To withhold buying fertilizers
for the present.
3rd To decrease acreage in cotton Or
per cent.
4th: That the Association endorse the
action of the New Orleans Convention,
The Treasurer of the County Asso-
clatlon was requested to pay the ex-
penses of DR.. A. G.. Fuller and Col. ].
ii. Wharton to the New Orleans Con-
vention
1t was unanimously decided that the
Committees in the different Townships
De requested to secure data on the de-
crease of acreage as thoroughly and as
soon as practicable.
The following delegates were elected
to the State Convention: j. H. Whar-
ton, DR.. w. G.. Irby, j.. C. Mcmillan.
W. l.. Gray, Geo. w. Young, Jno. F..
Sloan, M, l.. Copeland, E. G. Mitchell,
w. b. Fuller, w. e. Lucas; alternates.
A. c. Todd, ID. A. Davis, John F. Bolt.
The Association adjourned to meet
at the call of the President.
DIR. A. C. FULLER,
President.
b. Y, Culbertson, Secretary.
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