The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20
ORGANIZING ASSOCIATION
THROUGHOUT THE STATE

The campaign of organization in
the parishes by the American Cotton
Association made great strides last
week. Six parishes having been COM
pletely organized and started on the
road towards establishing the great
idea of unity of interests for the cot
ton industry and all activities direct
ly or indirectly associated with it.
4 Plans have just been perfected for
a weeks whirlwind of rallies in the
cities along the line of the v. S. & P.
railroad, beginning at Tallulah, Mon
day, December Is, with speeches by
Col. T. ] .Shackelford of Georgia
Col. Shackelford took a prominent
part in the organization of the Ameri-
can Cotton Association, and there is
no man better qualified to state its
aims and principles. He is a cotton
planter, merchant and banker also,
and so he knows at first hand all
angles of the question.
The itinerary has been tentatively
fixed as follows:
Madison parish, Tallulah, Monday,
December Is, 10 a. m.
Richland parish, Rayville, Monday,
December Is, p. m.
Franklin parish, Winnsboro, Tues
day, December 16, 2 p. m.
Bienville parish, Arcadia, Wednes-
day, December II, 1880 a. m.
Lincoln parish, Ruston, Wednes-
day, December II, p. m.
! Ouachita parish, Monroe, Thurs
day, December IS, noon luncheon; big
mass meeting at 1880 p. m.
Bossier parish, Benton, Friday, De-
cember 10, 1880 a. m.
! Caddo parish, Shreveport, Friday,
j December 10, p, M, with state
Farmers Association; 1880 p. M, big
mass meeting.
Webster parish, Minden, December
20, 2 p. m.
The record of parish organizations
completed for the week is:
Caddo-George E. Gilmer, chair
man; ]. B. Anthony, secretary,
Shreveport.
DeSoto-T. L. Bowling, chairman;
R. B. Hester, secretary, Mansfield.
Bossier-Anthony Curtis, chair
man; E. S. Burt, secretary, Benton.
Webster-Jos. R. Crumpton, chair
man; w. NJ. Mcbride, secretary, Min
den.
BienviIle-Prof. E. H. Fisher,
chairman; J. A Anders, secretary,
Arcadia.
Richland-C Charles Titche, chair
man; c.. C. Normand, secretary, Ray
vile.
Hundreds of leading citizens from
different parts of the state are writ
ing in to headquarters, expressing
their commentator of the movement
and offering their cooperation. In
terest has been aroused to a high
pitch, as the real aims of the associa-
ton are becoming known, and the ex-
periences of Field Organizer Frank
A. Crippen are such as to assure the
success of the movement.
Reports from other Southern states ,
show equal progress being made. At
great rally at Columbia, S. c., a
movement was put under way for a
great warehousing corporation for
that state. Similar movements will |
be put under way in other states, as
the organization progresses.
One of the finest examples of CO.
operation work is to be found in
Spartanburg county, S. c., where in
the course of ninety days the work of /
county organization has been prac- |
tically completed with an enrolled and
paid up membership of 1920. Every
banker in Spartanburg has taken out
a charter membership. There are
more cotton mills in this county than
any other in the South, and hereto
fore the mills have apportioned the
10000 bales of cotton produced in
the county among themselves and the
farmers were at their mercy. Under
the impetus of the organization work
of the American Cotton Association,
they have formed a cooperative COM
pany, bought some army camp ware
houses and twenty-eight acres of
land, where forty thousand bales can
be stored, equipped the building with
all necessary fire protection and are
prepared to protect themselves from
the methods which in the past have
made them industrial slaves. That is
the practical result of the work of the
American Cotton Association in only
one county. It is planned to bring
about the same reuslts in every cotton !