The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-11
MANY TOTALKO
COTTON ACREAGE
Elaborate Program for County
Meeting in Courthouse
Saturday.

To support the federal agitation for
decreased cotton acreage and increased
food production In 1919, nearly LOCO
farmers in shelby county are being
sane day COMMITTEES, headed by j J..
Norfleet, chairman, TO meet In the
county court room at the Shelby county
courthouse on Saturday morning at
$50 o'clock,
This meeting is In line with the
proclamations Of governors OF Tonnes
see, Arkansas, Mississippi and other
Southern states to induce farmers to
plant leas cotton IN the approaching
season In order to furnish enough tood-
stuffS for the people. All farmers IN
the county are Invited, as well M cot
ton merchants, and factors ana, Other
associated in the trade.
A number Of speakers from among
local cotton men and from the farmers
In the county will be present. Those on
the program are: H. !. Rice, Of the
Bank Of Commerce and Trust company;
dwight NJ. Armstrong, Of the CONNER
cial Trust and Savings hank, S, " Rag
land. of the Central-State NAtiona.
bank, George Il, James, planter and
president OF VIM, II, Moore Dry Good,
company Charles ] Haase, federal food
administrator for Memphis; Or. " II
TAFT Butler, OF the Progressive Farmer
c. Pr J.. Mooney and George Morris
newspaper editors. .
Speakers from the county viii he; =
A. Harold, Of Wilmington; =, y, WI.
IierviIle: u. w, Hale, OF Whitehayeu
and Gen. J., II, Mcdowell, representing
the Farmers institute.
The following invitation, in the form
Of q letter signed Memphis Cotto'
Factors was mailed TO more thar
1000 persons In Memphis and Shelb!
county, to attend the meeting. An!
who did not receive one Is also wei
come; -,
THE South Ia today face 10 face will
the most serious proposition II has heel
confronted with since the Civil wal
Unless we realize true conditions an
shape our matters during the next fey
months so az to meet them ineVitahi
You have doubtless seen in tn
papers where the governors or Tennes
see, Mississippi and Arkansas hay
issued proolamationa setting aside Eel
is, 1918, as a holiday; and requesting a
bankers. merchants and farmers !
meet in the COUNTY seats OF all cotton
raising counties on that date Tor IN
purpose Of Gffectinw organizations '
decrease the acreage TO pc p,anted
cotton during 1919, and the abandone
acreage 10 be devoted TO fOOdstuffS, h'
stock, etc.
although wa are In the cotton fa'
tors business and derive our re'
enue from cotton shipments, we b.
lIeVe that conditions are such today {
TO make N necessary 10 forget u ON
selfish interesta and think more large
Of the welfare Of the entire South; ar
having this thought in mind we ~
going TO ask our customers and frienC
10 reduce their cotton acreage n plaI
a larger percentage Of foodstuffs tina
ever before,
iii our people will cooperate in 90
curing the deaired decrease In Cotto
acreage II will result not only IN nett,
prices next fall. but we believe in z
advance In the near future, which WI
enable us to dispose Of the large stoct
being held at 1.-THE present time.
Asking that you attend the NEE
Ing in your county on Feb. ID, n Ter
your full support to the fuftherance
this movement, we are