The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-13
.DALLAS FARMERS
 FAVOR PROJECT
Rain Interfered With Meetings
 Set for Saturday
ALL WILL SEND DELEGATES
Little Interest Has So Far Been Aroused In the Selma Municipal Campaign-others News
 of Selma.

Selma, February 12.-(SpecIal.1-A downpour of rain interfered to no small extent with the farmers meetings sche- | duled to be held in the several precincts of Dallas county yesterday to organize for the reduction of the cotton acreage and the use of commercial fertilizers. A number of precincts reached by the long distance telephone were communi- | cated with and at those localities where l no meetings were held the statement was given out that delegates would be sent any way to the county convention which meets at the court house in Selma. on Thursday. At Marion Junction an enthu- siastic meeting was held and list pledg- ing the reduction of the acreage planted in cotton this year would be redneed 95 per cent was circulated and twelve of the .. planters. all that could be seen. signed 1t willingly. They also pledged them- selves not to use any fertilizer whatever and to hold whatever cotton they had on the farms until the market reached ten cents. c. E. Fort M F. Smith and to the county convention.
 At 1yier, Tn Olu Iown precinct Miles Hardy and J. A. Minter were appointed delegates to attend the county convention Thursday and to send out lists for the pledges to reduce acreage
 In Kings precinct D. E. Edwards was named as delegate and as the rain had kept a number away it was decided to meet again before Thursday and name two other prominent citizens to attend the meeting at the court house. In all xxal.a HI will be named.
 were held, but delegates will be on hand Thursday. These precincts are in ths prairie section, and the rain and mud kept the farmers at home.
 From all indications there will be a representative meeting of the farmers In Selma Thursday, and steps will be taken to secure pledges from every planter to reduce his acreage 25 per cent and also the use of commercial fertilizers in ac- eordanee with the recommendation of the New Orleans convention.
 No Great Interest.
 The city executive committee met dur. ing the past week and changed the date of the municipal primary to March 13 in order to conform to the primary election law which requires that thirty days mo- tiSS must De gwen.
 There has not developed much inter- est in the campaign as yet. The can didates are slowly cropping out for coun- cilmen in the several wards In the First ward Engineer Joe W. Green has an- nounced, and In the Fifth Ward Engineer John R. Smith. an incumbent has an- nouced for reelection. Both are engineers on the Southern railway, one running to Meridian and the other to Birmingham Couneilmen Meyer and Norris of the Third ward will announce their candidacy Tor reelection tomorrow morning. There are three candidates for tax collector Including w. E. Cailen the incumbent who will very likely succeed Himself Three candidates will likely contest for the city attorneyship and although inc incumbent, Hon. Walter Shafer, has not made formal announcement but will like ly do so shortly.
 Mayor Atkins, Chief Walters. Captain Miller and City Tax Assessor Walker will not have opposition from the present outlook. But one candidate has announe- ed Tor city clerk. B. H. Toler II. 1T. stewart, the incumbent who served four years as mayor and twelve years as clerk, will not be a candidate for re- election. Secretary Sexton Pfeffer has no opposition and it Is not thought that Inc will have. Two candidates have an nonneed for sanitary inspector-J. M. Rhodes and W. J. Smoke.