Macon beacon., 1905-12-23
/ SOUTHERN COTTON ASSOCIATION.



speech stressed the necessity Of
collecting funds to carry on The
financial part of the work The
minimunamount assessedagainst
each farmer IS the paltry sum Of
three cents for each bale Of cot
ton raised in 1905. Now most
| Of us viii be averse to exposing
to the public how little we did
make this year, and ] suggest
that we take the crop 1905 as
basis especially as this county
has contributed practically moth
ing up to date. Mr.. ]. w. Deu-
pree was elected treasurer and is
ready to receive ard receipt Tor
all moneys turned over to him.
| would urge every person in
the county who has this great
cause at heart to forward to Mr.
Dcupree their contributions. The
first to be heard from is the far
mers club at Hashuqua, who
through their Secretary Mi.
Hurst, notified me that they
have a fund on hand. and wants
to know what disposition to
make oft. tip my hat to the
enterprising and patriotic peopls
of that community, who are al
ways in the very forefront II
every good work. They have
had farmers club ins operation
fc The entire year, in accordance
w the suggestions OF the great
co N convention that met in
Ne0 Orleans last January,which
we Of the Prarie belt have done
absolutely nothing, and are The
greatest benefciaries from th.s
movement. Shame on us that
we have done so little; let us fol.
low the good example Of our
hashuqua friends and organize
a Business Mems Club in every
precinct, But to return the sub
ject from which digressed.
Money is needed, and LARGE
SUMS of MONEY AT THAT, to carry
on the work OF the association.
The very best available talent
from all the walks of life, is kept
in the field, propagating and pro-
mitigating the aims and purposes
of the organization. Mr. Theo-
dore Price the great Bear opera
tor of New York City, as matters
now stand, is a more potent
power for depressing the cotton
market than every other agency
combined. To counteract his
sophistry, it IS necessary for the
association to meet it with the
cold relentless facts, and it costs
money to collect these facts
promptly and accurately. So
chat they will be a reliable basis
for the people to act on and if the
people who are most interested
will not furnish The money, who
will? in view of the fact that
that we have as yet but few, if
more than one, organized club
in the county.
] will take the liberty of APP
pointing the following persons
as collectors for their respective
localities, who will forward their
collections to Mr.. J. w, Oeupree,
whose name is a sufficient guar
lntcc that all funds will ba prop
erly accounted for.
For Macon-A. Klaus, D, w.
Dent, Milton Love, Henry Mar
tin, Sam Adams and N, Scales.
For BrooksviIIe-T .J.Hopkins,
[. d. st. John, Tucker Madison,
3, H. Smyth, Will Cunningham,
For Deerbrook w. d, Bell; w,
?. owden, Jim Robertson.
| Cliftonville U. W. Mullins,
N, Reinach, ], B. Cunningham,
70 oindexter
For Prairie Point-.John Doug
as, Josh Cayett, w, A. Cheat
lam, w. II Smith.
For Center Point--HunterIIar
an !. B, Binion, L. G. Oliver.
Caoksville--JesseSparkman,E Ed
Iibble, Ed Robbins, Or, Paulette.
Sbuqualak-W. J. Hubbard,
Z. M Edwards, Jeff Prince, Will
vans,
Fairview-John Maneese, Pick
ms Norwood, Jim Carpenter,
fill Hopkins,
Lynn Creek-John Morgan,
Drew Cade, John Allgood,
Observation-Disclosures Nicholson,
Ohm Guy, George Russell,
trust these gentlemen will go
ictively to work, This county
hould by all means raise one
housand dollars for this pur-
,ose. Mr. Witherspoon stated