The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-03-16
CONE TOGETHER.

To all parties III Cobb county
interested in advancing the price
of our cotton Our Cobb county
Cotton Growers Association has
directed us to write letter for
publication addressed to such per-
sons as may be interested in our
movement either as cotton pro-
Queer or as a sympathizer with
us. We Rave our County organ
lied and most of the militia dis
trlcts are organized and have
officers elected.
It is necessary for every district
in the county to come together
and elect a President, Vjce-Presi-
dent, Secretary and Treasurer.
A committee of not less than
three should at once be appointed
to be known as the canvassing
committee on acreage.
Our county Association proposes
to pay these committees on acre
age seven and one. half cents for
each member they may secure for
the association. This committee
is authorized to enroll every man
whether he be a farmer, merchant,
lawyer or otherwise who sympa-
thizes with us in this work and to
andsto collect from each member
so enrolled the sum of Is cents
membership fee. This money,
together with a list of the paid
members, is to be forwarded to
John P. Cheney, Secretary of the
County Association at Marietta,
Ca. We wish to urge all of those
districts which have already or
gained to send in the list of
officers with correct P. O. address
of each officer to our County Sec
rotary at once, and as soon as the
other districts have met and elect
ed officers the secretary of such
districts will please report same
to the County Secretary.
Now please don't wait for some
other man to take action in this
matter, but Jump into it yourself
and get your district together be-
fore another week goes by. The
cotton acreage in Cobb County
must be cut and we should all
give our hearty support in this
effort to raise the price of our
staple crop up to whore we cali at
least make a decent living out of
it. Plant less cotton and more
corn, peas, wheat, oats, ETC., and
raise your own meat at home. If
the farmers succeed in the great
struggle now on hand the South
is to reap millions from it and
every business concern in the
South will be benefited as we'll as
the farmer. Ask your merchant
to Join this association and help
us out. He will be glad to do it
and certainly would not refuse to
aid in something that is to bene-
fit him as we'll as the producer of
cotton,
AS soon as the names of the
district officers are reported to
our County Secretary he will at
once mail to them the necessary
blanks for enrolling members, etc.
Never in the whole history of
the South have the farmers made
such a determined stand to get fair
prices for their money crop and
if every man will put his shoulder
to the wheel the defeat of the cot
ton speculator will be so over
whelmningly that he will never
be able again to sit in his office in
Wall street and around the circle
in the cotton exchange and say
to you and I what the price of our
crop must be. We desire to thank
the newspapers of Cobb County
for their kindness in publishing
our calls for meetings, etc. In
our fight they have ever been the
friend of the producer and we APP
preciate 1T.
A. H TAILEY, Chairman.
John p. CHENEY, Sect, & Treas.
Cobb County Cotton Growers AS