The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-14
COTTON SEED MEN
 MEET IN ATLANTA
Every Southern State Will be
 Well Represented
TO ENTERTAIN VISITORS
Interesting Programme has Been Ar ranged and the Convention Prom ses to be of Great Value
 to the Trade.

Atlanta, May 13-(speeiaD. Between 800 and 600 delegates will gather in At lanta Tuesday for the tenth annual con venton of the Interstate Cotton Seed 1 Crushers association, making this the largest, and, no doubt, the most impor- 1 tant meeting held within the associa- tions history.
 Elaborate preparations have been made for the meeting of the cotton seed crush CTS and their associates in Atlanta, both as to provision for their business meet i ings and for the entertainment of the visitors. who will come here from all parts of the country
 Invitation to send representatives to ! this meeting was extended to all the crude oil mills in the south, all refiners and manufacturers of refined cotton seed oil products, exporters and brokers Who handle such products, and to manufactur- CTS of oil mill machinery and oil mill supplies, whether members of the asso- citation or not, In point of fact 1t IS pro- posed to make this a complete gathering of all who are in any way interested m the cotton seed industry.
 | Even the farmers themselves will be represented The Georgia branch or the Farmers Education and Cooperative Union. which recently held it's convention in Atlanta, named c. A. Sockwen or GOV ington as it's representative to attend this convention. Few are more directly interested in the cotton seed industry than the farmer, and delegates from sim liar organizations in other states will, no doubt. be present.
 This gathering will represent n5 busi- ness and manufacturing concerns throughout the country and an invested capital aggregating sloo0M,Oo It Will readily be realized, therefore, that It IS to be one of the most extensive and inn portant gatherings held in Atlanta in many years.
 Will be Entertained.
 The business meetings of the Interstate Cation Seed Crushers association Will De held in the Georgia building at Piedmont park just opposite the main entrance in- side the grounds. Ample provision mas been made there for all delegates ana visitors and in order to interfere as little
 
 tion. the main features of entertainment durina the day will be in the nature Of luncheon and barbecue right on the grounds. ,,
 The visitors will be entertained during the three days of their session here py the Georgia Cotton Seed Crushers' asso- citation of which A. F. Thornton or At lanta is president. They will De In ses7 sion Tuesday, wednesday and Thursday, May l5, 16 and 1T.
 Tbe, Piedmont Driving club, which Is convenient and accessible to the place of meeting. has extended the courtesles of it's club house to all the visiting dele gates ....,,. to he given by the Georgia Crushers as- sociaton are as follows:
 Tuesday, 1 o'clock D. m, iuncheor on the grounds. n,,..,
 Tuesday night, smoker at the New Kim ball. .
 Wednesday noon, barbecue on the grounds,
 Wednesday night, theater party.
 Thursday noon, luncheon on the grounds. .o
 There will be other entertainment fea- tures given by Atlantans to delegates ana their friends.
 Preparing for Business.
 
 The committee on rules of the inter state association met at the Piedmont ho- tel at o'clock yesterday afternoon. rms comnittee which is one of the most inl- nortant connected with the associations work. was in session practically all the afternoon. and will meet again on Mon day. , ,
 F. H. Bailey of Paris, Tex, vice presi- dont or the association, is chairman Of the committee on rules, and the president of the association, J. c. Hamilton of Baton Rouge. La, and Secretary hooert Gibson of Dallas, Tex, are also here to attend this meeting.
 It is the duty of this committee to take under consideration the rules governing all transactions in cotton seed prouucts ana +o submit to the association re- port containing such recommendations as to amendment or new rules as 1t deems proper. These are the rules which gov ern the cotton seed. and the cotton seed nroduct trade and are. therefore, of grav- est importance to 1t.