The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-04
B|G DELEGATION
 TO 60 ID MEMPHIS Governor Noel Is Doing Much for Mississippi Farmers COTTON CROP IN DANGER Expectations of Boil WeeviI Are caus- ing Alarm and Action Will Be
 Taken at Memphis to Aid
 In Killing the Pest.
COTTON CROP IN DANGER

Jackson, Miss, November 2.-(Special J. Governor Noel is doing what he can to advance the interests of the farmers of the state, and with that end in view has named some 400 delegates to the mass meeting of farmers. ginners, bankers, merchants and allied business interests, called to meet in the city of Memphis November 10, Il and 12, under the aus pices of the Business Mems club of that city. The object of this meeting is to secure concert of action throughout the south along business lines, to advance, if possible, the price of spot cotton. It is believed that concerted action will ac complish that end. The farmers and others here appreciate the fact that the state of Mississippi has been hit hard by the boil weevl and other cotton pests, and that the crop is at least 25 per cent under last years yield, most farmers placing the damage III the boil weevil district at 33 to 50 per cent.
 Judging by the number of babies en- tered for the baby show at the fair grounds today there has been no race sui eide in this part of the county, 164 under three years of age being entered for the interesting contest. The competition was very spirited, and though fair, it is safe to say that no sets of judges ever gave smaller satisfaction on this earth. The judges were entire strangers to the babies and to the parents of the little fellows, wherefore their decisions were bound to have been impartial.
 Only 14 prizes were awarded and that means there were just 150 mad mothers in Jackson after the show was over.
 The Mississippi Bee Keepers association was organized today at the office of Commissioner of Agriculture Blakeslee, who was elected secretary, MT. Joel John son of Leota being made president and MT. Ralph Bisland of Cannonsburg vice president.
 Quite a number of persons interested in bee keeping and honey production on some scale were present and all were very deeply interested in the organiza- tion of an association that may assist and encourage them in their industry. It has been found that hundreds of citizens of the state are engaged in honey-mak- ing, and some of them on very eX- tensive scale, shipping in barrel lots to the northern markets and selling readily at about 75 cents per gallon.
 At the meeting of the board Of su- pervisors today MT. Tom Raymond, prominent and thrifty farmer of the Ray mond 1eighborhood, was elected as coun- ty commissioner of agriculture, and will have supervision of the five or six agricul- tural experimental farms that are to be located in each supervisors district Tn the county of Kinds. It is understood that the United States department or agri- culture will act in conjunction and bear half the expense of such demonstration work in counties that show interest enough in such matters to employ coun- ty commissioner and in view of the fight that must be made on the boil weeyil this is a matter of great importance.
 Mrs. F. L. Walton, the Lexington lady who was reported few days since as having celebrated her 99th birthday, and as being the mother, grandmother or ereat-grandmother of several of the fore most citizens of this and other states, is now reported near deaths door. and rela- lives here have gone to her bedside. Two or three days since the home of ae' daughter with whom she lived at Lexing- ton was destroyed by fire the family barely escaping with their lives. The shock and the excitement was too much for the old lady and she is not expected to survive many days