The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-01-25
GREAT COTTON CONGRESS-.
MEETING THAT WILL DECIDE
FATE CT INDUSTRY.
Official Programme cf New Orleans
Meeting of Cotton Growers Pro-
tective Association.

programme of the Southern Cotton
Growers convention at New Orleans
January "a, 25 and 26. President Har-
vie Jordan has announced the full Of
fetal program. Mr.. Jordan will open
the meeting as temporary chairman.
Perhaps the most important question
at the opening will be the permanent
Craftsmanship. Col. E. S. Peters, pres
ident Of the recently formed National
Cotton Association, also president Of,
the Texas Cotton Growers Association,
is prominently mentioned, also Con-
gresham John Sharp Williams Of
Texas. The latter is the father Of the
Waco Plan to hold and warehouse
cotton, which viii come UP for dis
cussion. A committee to formulate and
present a report on the Waco Plan"
will meet on January 25.
The full official programme is as
follows:
TUESDAY, JANUARY "a.
officers and delegates from the diff
ferent states will register and file their
credentials at the assembly hall and
locate their hotel headquarters.
INVOCATION.
Electio1 Of permanent chairman
and seer. cary.
Address Of welcome ON the part Of
the city of New Orleans, Hon. Martin
Behrmann, mayor.
Address Of welcome on the part Of
the New Orleans Progressive Union,
Hon. n. j. Sanders.
Response Of address Of welcome OF
Mayor Behrmann, Hon. J. Pope
Brown, Of Hawkinsville, Ga.
Response to address ofawelconie of
President Sanders, Mr.. Walter Clarke,
Clarkesdale, Miss, state vice president
Southern Cotton Growers Protective
association.
Appointment of committees on Gre
dentials and finance.
Discussion on appointment Of COM
mittee on resolutions to consider cot
ton acreage and commercial fertilizers,
state bureau OF statistics, organiza-
ton Of producers, warehouse system
and banking, state cotton exchanges
and the present crop and surplus.
NIGHT SESSION, s P. M.
Address, ..New Orleans, the Leading
Cotton Exchange in the United States"
Hon. A. Brittin, president New Or
leans Cotton Exchange.
Announcement of committees to
serve on resolutions and to cooperate
with delegations Of southern bankers,
cotton manufacturers. warehousemen,
merchants and the southern commits
sioners Of agriculture, who will be in
attendance upon the convention.
General discussion on present cot
ton situation.
SECOND DAY.
Address, ''The True Solution stor-
ing cotton at natural storage points
by local warehouse companies. united
through a general storage warrant
company-Hon. Edward K. Summer
we'll. OF New York. Discussion limited
to 80 minutes.
Address, Cotton Warehouse Tn.
surance"-Mr. J. Fl Dragn. .fof Atlanta,
Ga. Discussion 80 minutes.
Address, Farmers Attending to
Their own Business"--.Hon. H. n.
Thomas, Dallas, Texas. Discussion 80
minutes.
AFTERNOON SESSION, :. y. 81.
Address, CLOSER Trade Relations
Between the p .ducers AMI Manu:ac-
tprers'-Mr. I. w Parker, OF Gree.i-
willie. S. c., co....n manufacturer. Dis
cn> sion 80 ric.a.s
Address, Southern Bankers FL
| nancing South's Cotton Crop. p.
Hillyer, cashier American National
Bank. Macon. Ga. Discussion 80 min
utes.
Report Of committee.
| NIGHT SESSION. P. NJ.
Address. Organization Of Farmers"
Mr.. L. c. Murray, Kingston. Texas,
president Educational Cooperative
| Union Of America.
Report Of eemnittseS -.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 2s.
Address, gathering Cotton Sta
tistics by Southern Commissioners of
Agriculture"-Hon. r. r. Poole, Of
Montgomery, Ala. president Of South
ern Commissioners Of Agriculture.
Discussion 80 minutes.
Address, 1.-The Agricultural Situa-
! ton in the South" Mr.. T. B. Parker.
Of Raleigh. n. c., secretary North Car
olina Farmers Alliance. Discussion 80