Americus times-recorder., 1920-01-16
FARMERS FAST
SIGNING UP FOR
COTTON ASSOC.
Three Organizers At
Work-More District
Meetings Coming


The Work of organization of Sum-
ter county unit of the Georgia branch
of the American Cotton association
is progressing with fattering and ra-
pid success, it was announced today
after three members of the state or
ganization field force had spent four
days actively at work in Sumter coun-
ty. The three are R. W. Mattox, of
Newman, and r. C. Frost and J. O..
Nolan, of Atlanta Mr.. Mattox was
the organizer who attended the first
organization meeting here at the Car
negie Library a few weeks ago at
which plans were laid for the present
campaign.
Of the eight organization meetings
scheduled for the various militia dis
tricts outside of the 9th for the first
part of this week only four were held
for varying reasons, but dates were
announced today for meetings in
these remaining four districts for
next week.
"Our success has been wonderful
ly good" said Mr.. Mattox, speaking
for the organizers. Early in the
week, on the scheduled dates, we held
meetings at Plains, Leslie, Anderson
vile and Croxton's Crossing. All
were highly successful sessions. We
found the farmers very much inter
ested and solidly behind this move
ment, which is purely a farmers
movement, aimed to insure a profit
able price for cotton and putting the
control of the cotton market in the
hands of the producer and out of
the hands of the Wall street specula-
tor
Sign Up Solidly.
"The Andersonville meeting was
100 per cent successful. All but six
white farmers in the district were
present at the meeting and every one
of them signed up as members of the
association. At Leslie the meeting
was 100 per cent, every man present
becoming a member. In addition con-
siderable personal work outside of the
meeting was done at Leslie and ev-
cry farmer called on signed up. The
reception the movement met else
where was practically the same.
Next week we will hold other
meetings and between now and then
we will continue the personal work
among the farmers, seeing as many
of them as it is possible to see and
securing every membership possible.
We hope to organize the county SOL
idly outside of the 9th district, and
then, when we are able to show just
what the farmers outside of Americus
have done we are coming into this
district and put on a brief but in
tensive campaign in which every busi-
ness man in Americus, as we'll as ev-
cry farmer, will be given an oppor-
tunity to enlist in the association. N.
A. Ray has been invited by County
Chairman B. F. Hodges, whom we
are assisting in this work here, to
head the drive in the 9th district,
and he has consented to undertake
it."
Dates For Next Week.
Mr.. Mattox announced the date for
the meetings next week as follows:
New 10th School House-Tuesday,
10 a. m.
Old 16th.-Tuesday, 2 p. m.
New Wednesday, 10 a. m.
18th, Methvin's Store.-W ednes-
day, 2 p. m.
In the old 10th district, school
consolidation meeting will be held
at the same time and place, and a
large attendance is looked for by the
organizers.
"Please state" "aid Mr.. Mattox,
''that the women aye more than well
come at these organization meetings.
We find that they are even more in
terested in this moveme. than the
men, for they realize keetIy that it is
for the uplift of the Southern farmer,
which will mean the uplift of the
home and better living conditions in
every respect, that this movement was