The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-18
Columbia For e.:@
Headquarters
Secretary of Gotten Association
Is to Move to Capital. Mcleod
is State Manager

Columbia, June IA subcommit-
tee from the executive committee oi
the board OF directors OF the Amsrl-
can Cotton Association has been III
session in Columbia this week. lie
session will probably continue through
Saturday. Many matters Of vital M
portancc to the association arc bellls
handled.
! An announcement OF interest made
today was that Columbia may he
chosen AS headquarters for the 2Sso-
ciaton. ". c. Earricklnan, OF Dallas,
chosen secretary OF the ASSOCIATION,
q; the New Orleans convention, has
been asked by President Wannamdii%r
! to. move 20 Columbia and is CONSIDER
| ing the matter very seriously. He
ctatcs that his connections in pal-
lax, arc Of such long standing. and both
his business ties and ties Of fTieul-
snip so strcng. that he will have TO
give the matter very serious consId-
; Grafton before deciding.
The association is arranging Ior
representatives in all Of the cotton
buying sections of the world. Through
special committees in each Of tue
States it is developing and arranging
10 put in operation up-to-date ware
house systems. Special committees
are now working For the perfection cf
q crop reporting system which would
result in at least two accurate crop
reports monthly. y special commit
tee whose membership is composed OF
leading farmers and bankers OF -he
South are now working out details Of
plans for the marketing and financing
OF domestic cotton which will revolt
tiouiZe the handling Of cotton and
VIII result in an enormous saving to
thc producer. This organization Viii
work in cooperation with the export
financing corporation.
A whirlwind campaign for member
c,.ir. will be put on throughout the
entire cotton belt There is net.
said President j. SkotIowe Wanna
Iuakcr today "a farmer. merchant,
l,anker. business or professional man
who has the best interests of the CO..
TON people at heart who will not 30
solicited to join the association. Lac
machinery will first be organized
thoroughly in each and every State OF
The cottongrowing belt. On = set date
each and every State will start
whirlwind campaign for member
ships every plan and detail being ;lr-
ranged in advance. Speakers and
meetings will be arranged for every
section Of every school district in the
cotton belt Many people from cv-
cry section of the various States arc
sending in applications in advance o1
the starting of the campaign.
.'As result of the organization
which was started in the South last
January, leading experts under the
guidance Of men thoroughly posted in
the situation have prepared an .esti-
mate showing that the South has saw
cd on the spot cotton of tho 1918 crop
alone the sum Of $500000.000. One Of
,acr host posted men in congress mas
made the statement that the calcutta
zion was conservative and that had Il
not been for this Organization COT
TON would haze dropped to around
u - cents IA pound.
THE American Cotton Association,
i; preparing to arrange for the pub
lication Of an up-to-datc pcrlodlcal.
devoted to the interests Of the cotton
producer primarily and the various
allied interests of the South. This
periodical will do much to dissim&ni-
nate information on the cotton indus
try