The log cabin Democrat., 1921-01-13
FARMERS CALLED
 DISCUSS COTTON
AT MASS MEETING JAN. I2
Delegates ta State Conference Also
 Named commercial Club Called January 20.

! At fuIut meeting or The executive Ifnaree and farm demonstration com | m.ttees of the Conway Commercia ! Club 8n Wednesiay afternoon severa
 important decisions were reached.
 ft wa. determined to call a specia meeting of the club at 7:30 D. m 1 ThursIay. January %. to which a. fhe business and professional inter
 ests of Conway arr invited to diseusi th. commercial outlook of the com ing year and f found advisable tC ratify such action for the reduction
 of cotton acreage as may have been adopted at the conference of farmers
 merchants and bankers in Little Rock
 January 1919. and to outline the activities of the club for the present
 year. The finance committee will recommend a budget. and propose a membership drive in order that the finances of the club be placed on a sound footing
 It was also decided to call mass meeting of the farmers in joint ses- sion with the business men on the day following to be held in the court house at l:30 p. m, Friday, January 2f, when the cotton reduction acreage will be again presented and eo-opera- tion of all interests urged.
 Roth the night meeting on Thurs day and the afternoon meeting on Fr;dav of next week will be address ed bv Dean Bradford Knapp. chef or the extension division forces of the University of Arkansas, who IS better qualified to discuss and adylse on these problems than any man m the state. A prominent business man or banker of Little Rock will tackle oth- CT angles of the proposition and Judge George w. Clark has been chosen to present the Conway viewpoint. 1t IS confidently expected that these meet ings will be very largely attended as no more critical times are facing our people since we were called together during the great war.
 The joint meeting of the committees also agreed to extend further assis- tance to the dairy farmers in estab- fishing the milk station at Conway at an early date. The Commercial Club is committed to aid in every pos sible way for the success of this prom ising new industry.
 A large delegation was appointed to attend the conference on January IS and 19 in Little Rock, large number of whom have already signified their intention of going. It will be remem- bered that the Club was represented by Frank Farris at a similar meeting in Memphis last month and upon hear ing his report, the proposed acreage reduction movement was heartily en- dorsed and delegation pledged for the state organization which should be perfected next week.
 P. F. Cleaver, president of the club, stated that the following list of dele gates is only tentative, and that others may be added. As agreed by the club at the December meeting. citizens in- terested in the cotton acreage reduc- tion movement and who will attend the state conference either one or both days, will be appointed as dele gates. This decision was reached in order to make the delegation as repre- sentative as possible It was especial ly recommended that farmers make their plans and attend, wherever pos sible and help the conference form decisions which will be representa- tive of the rank and file of citizen ship. The tentative list announced by MT, Cleaver contained the names of the following:
 Judge George W. Clark. Frank Far ris, Judge E. L. Smith, Howard James, J. T. Hankins. Ton Davis. C. H New bern, R. w Shaw, D. O. Harton. T.. F. Jones. Jo Fralenthal. W. W. Bish- op, V. D. Hill P. II. Lipscomb. ]. Frank Jones, B. N Woodruff. B. l.. Harton. A. NJ Led5erter. C M. Wertl. J. F. Little. F. l.. King. s. C. Smith. Ed Simpson, B T. Deal, " W. Noorc
 As has been announced, the state econfrcnce will be addressed by Dr. Tait Butler. editor of the Progressive Farmer, B F Bush, president of the Missouri Pacific, Dr. Andrew Soule, president of the Georgia college of az riculture, Dean Bradford Knapp of the Arkansas college of agriculture, and other notable financial and agricul- tural leaders. The first day will be given over to farmers, merchants and planters and the second day to bank CTS. Sessions both days of the con ference, however, will be open to the nnhlic at larne