The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-12-14
PRES. WHITAKER TO SOUTH.
ERN COTTON ASSOCIATION.
FINAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 8, 1905.

At Halifax last Saturday Presiden
w. C. Whitaker made his final repor
to the Halifax county tranch OF TIT
Southern Cotton Association as toll
lows:
To the Associate Il and Gentlemen
of the Convention i his Is addenca
to my parti report made November
9th. In that report | :o,d you CT the
educational and organizing efforts your
secretary, Mr.. F.. E. billiard, and my
self have made toeei hfr with tbe aid
Of some splendid executive committee
men, aud your treasurer, Mr.. r. Z.
Shields, and made seine recommends
! tons. | now call attention to cur
efforts to get into lire and keep up our
! loyalty, offer other Recommendations
and appoint committees.
| I. The Southern Cotton Association
advised farmers to diversity their crops.
market slowly with cotton at a n1inl-
mum price nf 10 cents per pound
The Halifax branch urged and pfac-
tlced 1t to somefxtent.
.. Reduce acreage and fertilizers 20
per cent. You relnem Der that Il. the
July meeting we reported IA per
cent. acreage reduction and more than
% per cent. in Fertilizers. The august
meeting which was more largely at
tended reported acreage reduction be-
tween Is and 20 per cent. and fertlll-
zers as before.
IS your president I have made three
REPORTS for Halifax county to President
Haryie J oadan, oi The Southern Cot
ton Association at Atlanta. Ga. The
first was lii regard to reduction OF
acreage and feu ilizers, the cotton on
hand from 1904 and the crop estimate
in bales for 1905. We answered as
above for acreage and fertilizers and
estimated crop IN Halifax county fur
1905 at 5000 bales.
The second call was in August for
estimate of bales and crop conditions.
We reported for 10000 bales and crop
conditions 6Sb per cent. The third
report was in October as follows: (a)
Bales estimated, 10 GOO; Co. per cent.
of crop gathered, 20; Co per cent. Of
crop ginned, 60 to Ga; (dl per cent. OF
farmers able to hold for minimum IL
bents, Is; (e) per cent. OF farmers who
would hold for IL cents, %; % per
cent. of farmers who would sell at 10
cents, 60; Cd per cent. Of farmers who
would sell under 10 cents, -.
Now there is fourth matter before
us. the holding of 100000 bales in
the South nj oety days tor Is cents.
We hope to hear from each town.
ship in the county to-day that we may
know what Halifax has done, and fur
Their to know the revenue from each
bale with which to run the organize.
ton.
wish to suggest that our delegates
to the State Association urge:
l. That the State instruct the dele
gates to the Supreme Association to
adopt 10 to II acr es in cotton as the
maximum crop per morse.
2. Taking up the question of cotton
warehouses in each township, Or al
each interior cotton market.
3. Press the revenue in each civi
organization.
4. The secretary Of the county Asso
citation, if he does his work well am.
faithfully, should be paid for his Sc,
vices. l hope YOU will fix his salary
to-day
5 urge township orga aizations t.
be diligent to the man in our very
bedrock, groundwork. That the,
hold regular meetings and make regu-
lar reports to the county Association
in every particular.
6. l re commend and appoint as com
mittee or the presidents report ana
resolutions L. j. Baker, 7. w
NJ rick and B. d. Mann, to re
port to this meeting as early as posi-
bic. w. T.. WHITAKER,
Pres. Halifax Co. So. Cot. Assn.
Later in the meeting the commit
tee reported fsvorably on the presi
dents report. and it was adopted aro
his course endorsed
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