The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-26
A CALL TO FARMERS
uneED TO ATTEND COTTON CROW
 ERs, MEETING. [.
President w. H. Vaughan of M0nt- xomery County Issues Notice as to Gathering Here Next
 Wednesday,.


 To insure the good attendance that Montgomery County furnished the first meeting in this city, President w. Hunter Vaughan of the Montgomery County Cotton Growers Association. yesterday issued an appeal to the mem bers and all persons interested, to be present at the special convention of the Alabama Division of the Southern Cotton Association next Wednesday. November 29.
 Tn the same cali, President Vaughan directs the beat presidents in the Coun- ty to hold meetings Of the beat organ iations on December for the purpose of efecting officers and choosing from two to five delegates to q County meet ing to be held in Montgomery on the following Saturday, December Q. In- formation is given in the call that this County meeting Is to be held in the County court house at Il o'clock. At this meeting County officers will be elected for the ensuing year. Then also will be chosen the delegates that are to represent the County in the an- nuai State Convention in January
 The attention of the beat organiza- tions is called by MT. Vaughan to tho fact that subscription blanks for the warehouses that are to be built and owned mainly by the growers in Mont gomery have been sent to officers in each beat. The beat presidents are urged to place as much stock as possi- ble in the warehouse project which seems to continue in the favor of all the thinking growers and business men in sympathy with the objects of the Southern Cotton Association.
 The call of President Vaughan follows in full:
 T desire to call especial attention of the Montgomery County Division of the Southern Cotton Association to the great meeting of cotton growers of this State, to be held in this city next We'd nesday. November 20. earnestly urge every member. and all cotton growers. who have not yet enrolled as members and all citizens to attend.
 President Harvie Jordan and Secre- tary Richard Cheatham, also President E. D. Smith of the South Carolina Di- vision will be present to address the meeting. The speeches of these prom inent leaders of our Association, should be heard by every cotton grower. We have mastered the art of production, but are far backward in marketing our crop in a way to secure just and req sonable prices.
 Men, stop and think what this great means to the progress and prosperity OL our DeIONeu DOutHIdnu. Il also desire to call the attestion of each beat present that on Saturday, De- cember 2, they will hold meetings in their respective beats, for the purpose of electing officers of their respective beats for the coming year. also from two to five delegates to the County On Saturday. December 8, the County meeting will be held at the County court house at ii a. m. At this COunfv Offinara fOr fha rnrafnr, year will be elected, also delegates to | the State meeting in January in this | city. |
 subscription blanks for enrolling | names for stock in the warehouse 1 have been sent to officers l of each beat, Any who may not have | received them can get same by writing | our County Secretary or Treasurer. It | is expected of the officers to place all | the stock possible in their respective beats.
 Our continued success depends upon the zeal and energy of all.
 (signed) W. Hunter Vaughan,
 "charles L. Gay,
 Secretary"
 President ". Fl. Seymour. of the Ala bama Division, is very hopeful about the meeting next Wednesday He looks for an unusually good atten- dance and has seen to it that the prop CT energy is expended to advertise the among all the county as- sociations in the State.
 It has been officially announced that President Harvie Jordan, Secretary Richard Cheatham and Field Agent E. |. D. Smith, of the Southern Cotton As- sociation, will be in Montgomery the day of the meeting They will each address the convention. MT. Smith is also president of the South Carolina division and is we'll remembered in this city by those who theard his magnifi-1 cent speech here several months ago delivered before a public gathering.
 The following, taken from a circu- Y lar which MT. Seymour is sending over he State, explains the reduced rate those attending the State convention 1ere Wednesday will have on all rail- roads:
 "A rate of two cents per mile plus twenty-five cents has been allowed by all the roads of the State for those Intending the convention. To secure f however, 1t will be necessary for hose attending to procure at the time if buying of tickets certificates from he local agents showing that full fare paid in going. Such certificate. on I to the agent in Montgom- ' nv, will enable the holder to get a ( ate of one-third the regular fare plus cents for the return trip. C ,sktificates can be secured on NoYem-