The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-06
A " D SONS COTTON
GOODS WEEK.

Little did Miss Ccncyicye Clark,
the popular and talented daugh-
ter Of the Speaker of the House,
dream of the ramifications of the
"COttOn Goods" movement when
She started it, However, since ii
has assumed its national scope,
instead of flinching from the re-
sponsibility of the movement she
has bravcly accepted The chair
manship of the committee, which,
besides Miss Clark. Miss Callie
Hokc Smith, daughter of Senator
Hoke Smith of our neighboring
state of Georgia, and Miss Lucy
Burleson, daughter of the post
master general, and though this
committees mail has reached
such proportions that it has to be
hauled in two horse wagons, these
noble women of the South are
standing up to their work like
Trojans.
The original "Buy Bale of
Cotton" has swept over the en-
tire country, and every kind and
character Of business has re-
sponded to its call, to buy one or
more bales of cotton and "carry"
their purchases ,until the cotton
market gets back. to normal Con
ditions.
This movement had to do only
with. raw cotton; 4 yet increased
consumption of COTTON
GOODS will naturally help the
cotton situation by increasing the
market for the raw cotton.
After the ladies MENTIONED
above had started the "Cotton
Goods" movement by appearing,
at social functions in evening
gowns made of cotton, the plan
of appealing to the consumers of
this entire country to make con-
certed and systematic efforts to
increase the consumption of cot
ton goods of every kind and char
acter, was formulated and launch.
ed. Immediately it was taken up
by the press of the entire United
States and the Retail Merchants of
the country saw the advantages of
the movement and embraced it at
once; in fact the movement as
sumed such gigantic national pro-
portions that no Give retailer"
could afford to "keep off the
band wagons" 1t meant added,
prestige and profits to be among e,nl
the first in bis town. or city to en-.
brace the "Natfonal - Cotton
Goods" movement, so everybody
got. aboard the sss.band,.sMag goIi.s',,s;;,,s.
Everything that is made of cot
ton is included in this national
movement; and in quite a num-
Per Of cities and towns the ladies
Ct Certain charisab.s sec!sties
dress up in cotton dresses and
some act as "Floor-walkers" and
others as clerks, and in other ca
pacities, first having made an ar
rangement with the management
Of the store to receive a certain
per cent of the profits of the
weeks or days sales for their So
ciety. In almost every town, and
especially throughout the South,
the society ladies have entered
into this movement with great
deal of interest and enthusiasm.
The merchants decorate their
stores and especially their show
windows with bales Of cotton, and
the green plants bearing, the
leaves, and bolls, with the manu.,
factured products prominently!
displayed, too.
AS this is sale feature the dis
play throughout the entire store
Should carry the prices Of the cot
ton goods plainly and prominent
ly displayed. A cotton goods style
show could be featured here also
if sufficient interest was mani
fest by the ladies of Anderson,
The ladies could hold a style sell
ing contest, by having certain of
The most popular young ladies
stand as sponsors for certain.
dresses and then to sell as MANY
of each kind of dress as possible; :,
the winner, being the one whose
dress sold, the best. = e
Anderson IS particularly inter.