The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-01-10
COTTON MEN BUILD !
BIG ASSOCIATION
ORGANIZATION WORK IN COTTON
PRODUCING SECTION OF STATE
NOW NEARLY COMPLETED.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE IS NEXT
Forty Thousand Members and Sever
Hundred Charter Signatures
Is Goal Set.

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dred charter members, and revenue OF
$250,000.
That is the goal set for the LOUISE
ana Division of the American Cotton
Association, and which will not only
be attained, but exceeded by the end
Of January.
President ]. S. Wannamaker has set
goal of one million members for the
Association, and that has been fixed
as the slogan for 1920. Louisiana's pro-
portion of that is comparatively small,
and will be comparatively easy OF al
tainment. In the Carolinas and Geor-s
gia, where the work of organization
was begun and completed early in the
fall, and the membership campaigns
have been finished in some counties,
they have more than passed the mark
set 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
ization. For three months, Field Organ
izer Frank A. Crippen has been in the
parishes of North Louisiana, helping
the local committees perfect the parish
organizations, and sowing the seed OF
Unity" which is the watchword OF
the Louisiana division. The spirit Of
the farmers and business men he's beer
a splendid realization of the hopes Of
the men who founded the Americans
Cotton Association They have come
torealize that the only force which VII |;
put the cotton industry on its feet,
where 1t will no longer be the football
of spectators, is united action upon
the part of all who have any interest,
either direct or remote, in cotton
Great care has been exercised In the
selection OF the parish chaimen, the
parish secretaries, and the representa-
tives to the State Committee. These
men are the executives who will have
the great burden OF the membership
on their shoulders. and they are men
who will toe the mark. They know
what is before them, and they have al
ready shown what they can do. 1t .is
a reasonable statement that there has
an organization of the economic ele
ments in Louisiana, as is presented by
the Louisiana Division of the American
Cotton Association.
The big drive for membership is
scheduled for the fourth week in Jan
uary, and the stage is already set for
the event. On January 16, all the par.
ish chairmen and secretaries will at |
tend dinner in New Orleans, to 60 |
over the plans Tor the final effort, and |
1t Is very likely that President Wanna
maker will be present Col Harve Jcr |
dan and probably Senator Hoke Smith |
will be present.
One of the most enthusiastic sup
porters Of the movement in louisiana
is Governor Pleasant. In statement /
endorsing it, he said: 1--WE cannot /
hasten the day too speedily for the per
lection Of the American Cotton Associa.
ton. which invites into its membership /
particularly, the cotton farmer, mer.
chant and banker of the cotton produc
ing section Of the United States. It'll
proposes to battle Loyalty, honorably, /
and fearlessly for the rights of the cot
ton producer, and the allied interests
in the cotton growing section Of this
country. believe It therefore to be
the duty, as we'll as the privilege, of
every person in Louisiana, and other
cotton growing states, who may be in
terested in that great product. to join
the American Cotton Association and
give it that much more support, enthu-
siasm and strength"
The Louisiana Division OF the Amerl-
can Cotton Association is issuing
weekly bulletin entitled Unity" In
which all the news OF the division Is
printed. Send In your name and get
on the mailing list.
State Chairman w. B. Thompson viii
be heard at half dozen or more of
the meetings during the membership
drive.
Col. T. J. Shackelford had a most
successful tour Of the northern tier Of
parishes during December, notwith- |
standing the bad weather, bad roads
and bad train connections. He is com.
ing again soon.
ago. You see. some days I paint
away feyerishly. forcefully, absorbed
". while on other days can't paint
of offv