Lincoln County mass meeting calls for cotton cut
A Lincoln county gathering at Brookhaven on January 21 1905 urged a 30 percent reduction in cotton acreage and a 50 percent cut in commercial fertilizer use. Delegates endorsed cooperating with Southern growers, warned against warehouse schemes, and urged withholding unsold cotton from markets while opposing use of convict labor for cotton.
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New Orleans
South
Lincoln County
Wesson Enterprise
Allen Rutland
Dearon
Henry Monday
Walter Clark
Southern Cotton Growers’ Protective Association For
Mississippi
Dan Hickman
A.C. McNair
G. W. Ivey
R. E. Farr
A. M. Summers
J. B. Hart
M. D. McGrath
J. M. May
Jesse Smith
Daniel Hickman
A. W. Smith
J. R. McGehee
H. F Middleton
W. J. Williams
W.L. Maxwell
Edward Smith
J. M. Reeves
J. E. Brown
J. D. King
J. Q. Grice
John Storm
McD
Closing Out Sale at Bargain Prices Across Many Goods
Sale will embrace bargains in dress goods trimmings ladies and children's underwear and hosiery jackets corsets gloves furniture mattings percale domestics tickings notions soaps perfumes blankets comforts silks velvets millinery ribbons ladies waists skirts handkerchiefs belts umbrellas shoes flannels damask remnants rugs window shades rocking chairs and sewing machines.
Dry Goods Sale Sparks Deep Reductions Across Textiles
Wool dress goods drop from 25c to 19c and 50c to 89c with many colors, including Latin and black. Silks and satins fall in price from 86 inch black Taffeta to 1.50 linen damasks, with multiple cuts. crepe de Paris, broadcloth, and damask fabrics show substantial markdowns from 14c to 89c and above, plus chalkline Panama and heliotrope serge offers.
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Panama
Bargain Ladies Item Sale Adds Clearance Prices
Glove and underwear sale lists $1.00 gloves at 79c and 50c hose at 85c. 25c gloves at 19c, 50c corsets at 39c, ladies union suits and pants 25c for 19c. Many broken lots for ladies and children cut to 8c and under.
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Ladies’ Union
Mississippi lawmaker defends cotton and warns against destruction
Amite county legislator Homer Polk Talbert argues against farmers burning cotton to solve strikes. He notes destroying two million bales would ruin supply and hurt producers, claiming preservation of cotton via storage and defense is wiser. He urges practical, nondestructive measures.
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Mississippi
Polk Talbert
Amite County
Talbert
Der
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