The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24
DISCUSS PLANS FOR
. THE LAND CONGRESS
Joint Meeting Civic Cham
ber Committees Held
SUPPORT is PLEDGED
Sam Mccall, the Negro Who Won
Prize for Corn Growing, Will Be
Brought to Congress to Tell
of Methods He Used

The Alabama Land congress to be
held in Birmingham in the fall was
given a boost yesterday afternoon at
a Joint meeting of the farm movement,
immigration, real estate and entertain-
ment committees of the Chamber Of
Commerce. held in the directors room.
The chairman and a majority of each
committee were present and included
N. f. Thompson. president of the land
congress.
Joseph o. Thompson chairman of the
farm movement committee, presided.
The purpose of the meeting yesterday
was to get before the people the vari-
Gus features of the land congress to
be held in the fall. Chairman Thomp-
son explained the Importance of the
meeting to Birmingham and to all Ala
bama and urged every one to lend their
assistance in making it a success. Mr..
Thompson referred to the statement OF
Speaker Clark as published In The
| Age Herald yesterday In which he
| made the statement that the United
States was losing 100. 900 good Ameri-
can citizens to Canada yearly Mr..
| Thompson said that he thought by the
proper methods being adopted this tide
of Immigration could be diverted 10
Alabama.
Capt. II. +. Manly reused much en-
thusiasm by the statement that the
lands of Alabama had not an equal On
earth for productive purposes and that
they should be properly advertised The
statement was made that the Alabama
farm lands would produce interest on
Sam Mccall. the 75-year-old negro. who
leads the world in cotton producing,
having raised eight bales of cotton on
two acres of land by intensive farm
Ing. 1t was decided to bring the negro
to the land congress to tell of the meth
DDS he employed.
Solon Jacobs, chairman of the enter
tainment committee, suggested adver-
tising by means of two motor trucks,
each truck to show the products of the
state and visit the towns of the middle
west whore many of the farmers are
moving away.
The chairman and members of each
committee promised hearty cooperation
with the land congress committee to
help make it success and a help to
the state. IL Is expected that several
every county Will be represented by del
egates appointed by each probate Judge,
and land owners of the county. Each
commercial body In the state is en-
titled to from 10 to 30 members accord
ing to the membership of the club All
newspaper editors and publishers and
bankers are delegates.
The object of the congress Is to fos-
ter the farm movement in every par
ticular and to that end experts on d.
versifed crops and other matters rela-
tive to farming will be present The Inn
provement of the rural districts such
as better school facilities, good roads,
churches will be taken up; in fact
everything viii be done to guarantees
to every desirable emigrant that farm
| ing conditions in Alabama are as ia
vorable as any in the United States.
The committees present We're: Farm
movement. j. o. Thompson, chairman;
John II. Adams. M. S. Sloan, John T.
Morgan, T.. M. Tutwiler. Immigration,
T. a. Weller + j. McGeever. c. NJ
Lillin, S. w. Oliver. IL. C. Bryson. Real
estate, X. +. Manly, John s. Leedy, r.
A. Brown, Alan Jemison. A. J. Arrant.
Entertainment. Solon Jacobs f. q.
Fowlkes. Fred Gunster. j. c. Lush, A.
NJ. Douglas, John L. Parker.