The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-09-13
TREASURY EMPTY !
Cotton Association in Bad
Way Financially.
n0MAAITTCC I'M CCCCION
COMMITTEE IN SESSION
President Jordan Makes His Official
Report, Declaring That No Sala-
ries Have Been Paid Since
February Last.

The interstate executive committee
If the Southern Cotton Association
began it's regular fall session in Hot
Springs, Arkansas, on Thursday, and
spent the greater part of the first day
In executive sessiin in an effort tC
'ix a minimum price, at which cot,
ton should be sold. More than 1000
return postals in answer to inquiries
rs to the condition of the crop were
submitted 70 the committee, and rep
resentatives Of the various sections
gave testimony which will be used
rs a basis in arriving at the minimum
price.
The making up of an estimate OF
this years crop and the report of the
committee appointed at a meeting in
Atlanta last month to investigate the
Charges against officers of the asso
citation of dealing in futures and 9th.
or important matters will occupy the
time of the members during the ses
sion.
Fourteen of the members of the ex
scutive committee and ten of the
presidents of state associations were
present when The meeting was called
10 order by President Harvie Jordan
In, his opening address, President Jor
dan spoke of the good that has been
accomplished through closer relation
ship with the spinners and also re
ferred to the action of the Southern
Wholesale Grocers' Association in in
lorsing the use of cotton instead OF
lutte bags. He also called attention
10 the progress that has been made
by local organizations in the build
ing of warehouses.
MI. Jordan said that the finances
Of the association are in bad shape
shat no salaries have been paid since
February, and that there is no money
in the treasury with which to conduct
campaign of any kind. He CLOSED
DIV referring to the report of the spe
.ial committee appointed to investi
gate the charges that certain officers
If the association had dealt in futures
while occupying their offices.
A motion by Committeeman ]. A
Brown of North Carolina for the ap
pointment of committee of five
% fix the minimum price al
which cotton should be sold, was
carried, but before the committee wa;
aamed by President Jordan E. D
Smith of South Carolina moved a re
consideration, which carried, and
| substitute motion by Mr.. Smith thai
he committee, as whole, go into
executive session to discuss the min
mum price, prevailed.
Mr. Brown opposed the motion, say
,ng that he believed the proceedings
sf the committee should be given as
much publicity as possible. The entire
afternoon was spent in executive ses
sion, and at It's conclusion it was
stated that no agreement was arrived
1t. The night meeting was also takeI
I'D in executive sessiin in an eHor
10 arrive at the minimum price.
The members of the executive com
nittee in attendance are:
| Alabama-T. C. Banks, Attala; W
:. Vandiver, Montgomery.
| Arkansas = w. ]. White, Russell
yille: l.. E. Love, Dardanelle.
Louisiana-g. l.. Maxwell, Mound.
Mississippi-D. A. Wdtherspoon. Me
idian; J. W. McGrath Brookhaven.
North Carolina. A. Brown, Chad
! bourne: ]. P. Allison, Concord.
South Carolina-E nj. Williamson
Darlington.
Tennessee-W. D. Davis, Bailey.
Texas C. Hickey, Henderson.
| Oklahoma-L. B. Ifin, saltwater.
The state presidents are: W. II
seymour, Alabama; B. H. Burnett, Al
sansas; Walter Clark, Mississippi; {
6. Moore, North Carolina; E. D
Smith, South Carolina; t. S. Long
Tennessee; B. T. Miner Texas.