The Forrest City times., 1905-02-17
Farmers Meeting Last Saturday

Quite representative bo1y of farm
 CTS and business men met at the court house Saturday aft ernoon in response to call previously made by Judge
 Folbre. The meeting was for the pur' pose of discussing the ways and means of complying with the resolutions oi the Southern Cotton Association rela.
 tive to township, county and state COD.
 ventions all leading up to the matter of reducing the cotton crop Tor the
 present year ? per cent or more. | A circular letter from the ASsocia. tion distributed by State Director W. J. White of Russellvile giving full par. ticulars will be found ia this issue of The Times,
 The meeting was called to order by | Judge Fobre and the St. Francis County Cotton Growers Association was formed by electing Hon. S. NJ. Blalock chairman; T. J. Davis vice. chairman and Nj. N. Gaines secretary. The court room was almost filled to
 its capacity, both white and colored farmers standing shoulder to shoulder in this, their common interest.
 The association being formed, Chair man Blalock invited general discus sion Of tue matter from the farmers and business men present, and in short address, enthusiastically acknowledged himself in favor of complying with the request of the association, and urged the same course to be pursued by his neighbor farmers. Judge Folbre, ". E. Fogg. Hon. F. ". DeRositt, Sheriff W. E. Williams, and Scott Bond, the latter, one of the county's leading mer- chants and most extensive cotton grow CTS and respected colored citizens, ad. dressed the meeting, all of whom spoke in favor of. and urged the compliance to the request made for reducing the crop, as set forth in the letter Of the Southern Cotton Growers Associat ion.
 J. D. Baugb, of the firm of Brandon & Baugh, and E. A. Rolfe of the firm of Pettus & Buford. made short ad- dresses and declared themselves heart fly in favor of the plans set forth, and sgnified their willingness to aid their customers in carrying into effect the provision of the association.
 Some discussion as to the part the local merchants would take in the matter, resulted in committee of | three, viz: T. J. Davis, L. 0. McDan iel, and J. ". Aven, being appointed | by the chair, 10 interview the mer- chants upon that point and extend l them an invitation to be present at the | next meeting.
 Upon motion Of Hon. r. ". DeRos- itt, a committee, consisting Of Walter German, L. H. McGuffey and ". C. Ferguson were appointed for the pur- pose of drafting resolution or pledge for the signature of each individual in terested in the matter, the same to be submitted for action upon at the next meeting, and if accepted and signed to be forwarded to the State pvention which meets at Little Rock on the Fist
 The meeting ad journed to meet next Saturday at one o'clock and in doing so, requested that every person, of what soeyer calling or occupation, who is in sympathy with the great movement now on foot for the purpose of aiding the farmer to fortify himself against the incessant battering rams of the Wall Street gamblers. 10 be present.
 The Times is In hearty sympa thy with the cotton growers and highly ap- proves of the methods set forth in the letter of the Southern Cotton Growers Association, and can see no reason why the plan should not meet with perfect success: but yet, it's fate lies in the hands of the individual farmer, and the question is with him. Will you or will you not?
 Southern Cotton Association,
 Arkansas Division.
 Russellville, Ark, February !, 1905
 To the Press and Public of the State As State Director of the Southern Cotton Association recently organized at New Orleans, issue the following call to Merchants, Farmers, Bankers and others interested in Cotton, for County Conventions to be held Thurs. day, February Is, for the purpose of carrying out the recommendations oi the organization. The public generally is familiar with the proceedings of the Convention, and in this letter 1 will but briefly outline the plan, which is as follows:
 At the New Orleans Convention res. olutions were unanimously adopted in favor of holding two million bales Of the present crop, and reducing the cot ton acreage 25 per cent for the coming