Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-01
Observation-Disclosures
IS THE CRY OF THE COTTON PLANTERS
OF TINE SOUTH.
PLAN FOR accomplishing END
Aimed at--c County Meetings 10 be Held on
February ;tth Next.

report of the committee, recommend
ing a cut in acreage and reduction in
tthe use of fertilizers, which was
adopted by the convention, is as fol-
lows:
'To the Hon. Harvie Jordan, Chair
man Interstate Cotton Growers
Convention
"We, your committee on acreage
and the use of fertilizers, do recon-
mend that acreage planted in 1905
shall be 25 per cent less than in 1904,
and that there shall be a reduction of
25 per cent in the use of commercial
fertilizers in growing cotton.
awe recommend the following plan
for the accomplishment of said re-
duction:
"First, That the vice president of
this association for each State shall
call meeting of all persons inter-
ested in cotton on the 11th day of
February, 1905, in the county seat
of each county, not already organ
ICED on the plan hereinafter set out,
at which meeting there shall be
elected county chairman and pre-
cinct chairman for each school dis
triot or other small political subdi-
vision of the county.
"Second, That there shall be held
in each school district or other small
est political subdivision of the county
on the 18th day of February, 1905,
at l o'clock p. M, a meeting of all
citizens of said district or other
small political subdivision who are
interested in the growing of cotton,
which meeting shall elect commit
tee of three on acreage and member
ship.
"Third, A. said precinct meeting
the farmers nd land owners present
shall be asked to sign the following
agreement
"We, the undersigned farmers, or
land owners, living in school district,
beat, precinct No., county Of,
State Of, hereby pledge ourselves
to reduce the acreage planted by us
in cotton and to reduce our consump-
tion of fertilizer in growing cotton
as shown by the statements set oppo-
site our names.
"Fourth, That said committee on
acreage and membership shall imme-
diately canvass said district and ask
all farmers and land owners in said
district, who do not attend said meet
ing, to sign said pledge, and said
committee shall return said pledge to
the chairman of said precinct.
"Flfth, Said precinct chairman
shall preserve said pledges and they
shall Immediately report to the
county chairman showing the total
number of acres planted in cotton in
said precinct in 1904, and the total
number to be planted in 1905; the
total amount of fertilizers used in
growing cotton in said precinct and
the total amount to be used in said
precinct in said years.
"Sixth, The county chairman shall
Immediately forward to the State
vice president of their respective
States written statement showing
the total number of acres planted in
cotton in their respective counties in
1904, and the total amount to be
planted in 1905, and shall make
like report as to the fertilizer used
and to be used in said years.
"Seventh, The vice president of
each State shall Immediately upon
receiving the reports of the county
chairman, forward to the president
of this association report showing
the number of acres planted in cot
ton in his State in the year 1904
and the amount of fertilizer used in
said year in growing cotton, and the
amount of cotton TO be planted and
fertilizers to be used in 1905.
Eighth, The president of this
association, upon receiving these
reports, shall Immediately tabulate