The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-09
COTTON GROWERS CONVENTION
General Management Left in Hands Of
Executive Committee
Best Solution of All Difficulties Before
II OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of Officers
of the Capital CIub-Many ADplica-
tiOns for Decentralization i'm To-
baccO Acreage-Other Raleigh News
Notes.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, n. c., January 4

Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, n. c., January 4.
y charter was granted to the Hay
wood County Farmers and Stock Rails
ers Association, incorporated. Of
Waynesville. The principal incorpor-
ators being r. w. D. McCracken, D.
II. holland and J. L.. Morgan. The cap
ital stock is 2 5000. The company
will promote, develop and build, and
will also maintain race tracks.
DR.. 3. +. Dixon, state auditor, has
Eeturned FROM an extended trip to
Charlotte and Bessemer City.
President James d. Mcneil of the
North Carolina State Firemen's AssO-
citation says there are now 70 white
fire departments n thirty cOlored in
the state, and that the towns are very
well covered. Departments are being
organized at L%ouisburg, Oxford, Lex
ington, Hickory and Elm City, and be
expects to visit all these points within
the next sixty days.
The capital club held it's annual eIec-
~ VI VA11S1o LIN IL SlCNICu l. IL
Busbee president, Sherwood Higgs vice
president, and John A. Duncan. setre-
tary and treasury. The following
governing committee was chosen, II.
f. Litchford, VIM. BoyIan, w. B.
Grimes, L. M. Albright and Il. NJ. Cz-
zell. The club has 147 resident mem
bers and four nonresident and it's af-
fairs are in a very prosperous condi-
ton.
Work has begun On the last floor of
the Elks building, and this will be COM
pleted in the spring.
Mr.. e. J. Ragsdade of Fuquay
Springs, a tObacco-grOwer, was here
today and said he had spent the last
four months travelling through the to-
bacco section of Eastern North Caro-
lima INT that he hears it everywhere
said there that the tobacco acreage will
be reduced from 80 to 40 per cent and
that the cotton crop will be largely in
creased. He says this is talked very
freely among the farmers there, and
he expects the cut in the tobacco crop
to be a very heavy one.
President John A. Mills of the Ra-
leigh and Southport Railway says that
upon it's completion to Fayetteville,
probably some time in April, there will
be a celebration at that place on Il very
extensive scale and that large numbers
of persons will be taken there from
Raleigh on special trains.
Deputy Insurance Commissioner w.
A. Scott is in Carthage investigating
supposed incendiary fires. Within the
last year an entire block of buildings,
a livery stable, part of a carriage fac
tory have been burned and just before
Christmas an attempt was made to de-
stroy the school building by fire.
The North Carolina Cotton Growers
Convention had a five hours session
last night, and it was really consider
able time before it got down to bust
hes 1t has chosen a good delegation
to the Southern Cotton Convention at
New Orleans, this being composed of
John S. Cunningham, W. c.. Heath,
James H. Pou, C. c.. Sparrow, J. Y.
Hamrick, NJ. S. Griffith, J. J. Mott, r.
w. Livermore, and II. c. Dockery, all
of these except Colonel Cunningham
being large planters, Mr.. Dockery lead
ing in the vote for committeeman. The
: election of Mr.. c. c. Moore of Neck
ienburg was by no means unexpected,
his position in the organization having
been very prominent and valuable DUR
ing all the past year. Colonel Cum
ningham had served during his years
tenure of office with his usual zeal,
and had travelled in practically all the
cotton growing counties. The matter
which prolonged the session of the as
ISOLATION was the question of the
management, but the final agreement
that this should be really in the hands
of the executive committee of five
members settled the question very we'll
indeed. The first arrangement made
was for $500 salary for the president
and 5000 for the secretary-treasurer,
then the latter salary was increased to
a salary of 81, 900, and then al this was
lone away with, and the matter of
salaries, as we'll as the general man
agement left to the executive commit
tee, which is given plenary power and
which is regarded as being the best
solution of any and all difficulties
which have risen Or may arise. It is
the opinion of members that the state
can be more thoroughly organized
through such a committee which will
carefully choose the workers in the
various counties, than in any other
way. Of course President Moore
and Secretary Parker are very vaIua-
: BILE men, and these with Vice Presi-
lent MeKinnon and the executive COM