The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-18
H|GHTOWER ISSUES LETTER
To Each County Union for Meet
ing to be Held at County Seat

President Hightower, OF the state !
Farmers Union, has sent out the fol-
lowing letter to Union officers:
You are directed to call meeting
of all persons, Union and nom Union,
in your county at your county seat or
some other convenient point, and Sc.
cure their pledges of cotton. Several
persons may sign the same piedge,
putting the number of bales pledged
by each member opposite. This move
is being pushed in every cotton state
with the view of stopping the move
mcnt of cotton. 1t is not sufficient
and will not answer the same purpose
for an Individual to sag he will hold
MS cotton and fail to sign the pledge.
Everyone should sign ttfe pledge IL the
best results are to be accomplished.
The andivi6ual takes no risk since he
can withdraw his ccrtOn any time 10y
givimg ten days, notice. The cotton
can zoe kept anywhere the owner WISH
eS. All communities needing q pOr-
tien of their cOttOga financed wiz go to
tkcir local banks ard if the banks are
got able to loan r7Oney on the cotton,
cOu. together with your banker, apply
70 me and wiz arrange through the
Banker $ Finance Committee, cOmpoS-
ed Of Mr.. T. MCMOrriS, president OF
the First National Bank Uf Meridian.
and Mr.. j. z. Thomas, president
of The Greaada Bank, TO furnish
suc, assistance as the local banks
may 0ceCl Should uOu fail to
perfect arrangements 'inthiS way,
viii undertake to finance
throsIgta uhe same committee the cot
ton OF SucE locality wiIan bulked at
any compress in the STATE. All par
! ties mAtsSt lee reasonable in their de-
mandS ;sS tt the amount borrowed ON
! each bale.
cannot undertake TO deal with in
divl0WalS, but you T0St act in coEr-
mQssitieS. DER c0untieSaS a unit, regard
all s1tmpesPondence with this Office con
oeFalnE pke tinanCing'Of cotton Ih'6
pEan .Of financing CsntemplateS carry
ins! thc cotton uutit Sept. l, 1865, u
it becomes necessary. When local
lsatlk lpr9terS to make call loan, but
will .;.gYse that the amount advanced
lfl.ty rus lo Sept. /, you should Dot'oo-
iect~ ;hs-duSe that agreement on the
part ut.;.uy reputable banker in Wis
stSsinpi will be faithfully kept and you
will be in no dagger Of having your
kean called before you are ready.
Please attend To this matter as
quickly as possible and send me the
pledges. aS rapidlyas you can. -Sndoid
like taget all pledges returned within
ten ,deyS.
Suggest that you have few'cheap
;sotiosS printed calling a meeting OF
the '3ders Of all spot cotton and'Send
them out through the county.
CoIrON PLEDGE.
.he.eby pledge the number Of bales
&f cotton opposite my name.tO the EX-
ecutige Committee Of the FarmerS'
Educational and Cooperative Union
Of America, Mississippi Division, who
are ta be a Cen.ra COMMITTEES Of Con-
troll Cor Mississippi until such time as
it can be sold fer fifteen 059 cents
per pound, or until a satisfactory price
is seuuFed Irfurther agree that
shall decide to withdraw my OGtton
and sell same mcsindcpendent, that will
give ,G. R iHightOwer, President OF
the MisSis Sippi State Union. teRstays
not noe of my determination TO take
SlfJs .ActInn