Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1920-01-10
cation MEN BUILD
BIG ASSOCIATION
,,u,zA7ioN WORK IN COTTON
oE seo9uclNe SECT ION OF STATE
NOW NEARLY COMPLETED.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE IS NEXT
Forty Thousand Members and Seven
hundred Charter Signatures
Is Goal Set.

Forty thousand members, seven hun.
,n,d charter members, and revenue OF
Tbat is the goal set for the Louisi
a Diyision OF the American Cotton
Association. and which will not only
no attained, but exceeded by the end
OF January.
president ]. S. Wannamak'r has set
o,r of one million members for the
,s,oriation. and that has been fixed
ss the slogan for 1920. Lousianas pro,
nortion of that is comparatively small,
ard will be comparatively easy Of at,
,oirr,ant In the Carolinas and Gaor.
80 vbere the work Of organization
o. bepun and completed early in the
FAN and the membership campaigns
have been finished in some counties,
,La,, ave more than passed the mark
go, for them. and Louisiana is going TO
/ do the same.
The work In Louisiana up to the
present. has been in the line OF organ
jza,ion. For three months, Field Organ.
To- Frank A. Crippen has been in the
marshes of North Louisiana, helping
80 local committees perfect the parish
r~ranizations, and sowing the seed OF
"I,uity." which is the watchword OF
tho Louisiana division. The spirit Of
tha farmers and business men has been
q snleDdid realization Of the hopes Of
Tho mon who founded the American
Cotton Association. They have come
70 realize that the only force which will
nut the cotton industry on its feet,
whore il will no longer be the football
of spaculators, is united action upon
the mart of all who have any interest,
either direct or remote, in cotton.
i Great care has been exercised In the
, selection OF tle parish chairman the
,, rorish secretaries, and the representa-
tivas 10 the State Committee. These
men are the executives who will have
, the great burden OF the membership
on their shoulders, and they arc mer
who will toe the mark, They know
what is before them, and they have al
r. ready shown what they can do. 1t il
7 a reasonable statement that there hat
4 never been so thorough ard eff;cien
~ an Organization OF the economic ele
. ments in Loui slana, as is presented b,
Il the Louisiana Division of the American
le Cotton Assocition.
The big drbe ifqr membership !
Lsss4a;,leaalee<a Arta week in Ia:
p uary. and the stage is already set 10
DG the event. On January IS. all the pa
0, ish chairmen and secretaries will 2
n tend a dinner in New Orleans, to
~ over the plans for the final effort an
~ It is very likely that President Wann
maker will be present. COL Harve 10
~ dan-end probably Senator Hoke Smi'
will be present.
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a One OF the most enthusiastic su
porters Of the movement in Louisiai
Is Governor Pleasant. In stateme
endorsing It, he said; 1--WE cam
10 hasten the day too speedily for the p
10 lection Of the American Cotton Assoc
ton which invites into it's membersf
particularly, the cotton farmer, m
chant and banker of the cotton prod
Ing section Of the United States
prouoses to battle loyalty, honorst
and fearlessly for the rights OF the
ton producer, and the allied intere
=, In the cotton growing section OF
49, country. believe It therefore to
the duty, as we'll as the privilege,
'o5 every person in Louisiana, and OF
cotton growing states, who may be
100 terested In that great product, to
100 the American Cotton Association
give It that much more support, en-,
81 slasm and strength"
The Louisiana Division OF the An,
can Cotton Association is issuin
weekly bulletin entitled "Unity'
which all the news Of the diyisio
printed. Send in your name and
7.95 on the mailing list
1926 -
State Chairman W. B. Thompson
: n, be heard at half a dozen or NOR
the meetings during the member
drive.
l, Col r ]. shackelford had
Dove successful tour Of the northern ti'
that parishes during December, not
the standing the bad weather, bad
and bad train connections. He is
lent. ing again soon.
T. What He Did.
me, The Magistrate-It Is charged
you used scurrilous language TO
C, man, and then struck him with
curt. gerous missile.
NJ % Prisoner Qndgnantiy)-Oi did
a. no In nv the koind. OF called I'm
- %, pup, an hit 'in wild brick.
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