The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-07-21
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Hold Marietta In Grip
Big MEMBERSHIP DRIVE: ,
COBB COTTON GROWERS
Membership Drive VIII Open Up in
Two Weeks. Business Men May
Become Associate Members.

Become Associate Members.
The Cobb county branch of the
Georgia Cotton Growers Co-opera-
tive Association, organized a few
days ago with Mr.. T. R. Morgan, of
Smyrna, as county manager, and w.
I. Henson, Of Smiley, as county chair
man, will begin an intensive member
ship drive within the next ten DAYS
or two weeks which the officers hone
and believe will result in extending
the membership to include practically
every farmer, and other person who
may be eligible, in the county. The
OBJECT of the organization is 20 nut
lnto effect in this county AMI state
IN regard to cotton the California
dapiro plan of marketing crops. The
plans for the membership drive in
clude series Of meetings in the var
lous districts Of the county, with the
formation of district or community
organizations, and the personal So.
licitation of farmers and business
men on the part Of officers and 9TH
ers who are highly interested in the
success Of the movement.
The meetings that have been plan
ned SO far and which will be address
sed by the county manager and by
the county chairman are as follows:
Mars Hill-Thursday, July 21, at
a p. m.
Pisgah-Thursday, July %, at 8
p. m.
Locust Grove-Thursday, July %,
at s p. m.
Marietta Camp Ground Friday, Ju-
ly 20, at 4:30 p. m.
Austell-Saturday, July 80, at 8
p. m.
Other meetings are being arranged
and will be announced in next weeks
Journal.
Tentative organizations have al
ready been formed at Smyrna, Mable-
ton, Locust Grove, and Pisgah.
The managers state that every far
ner IN the county should by all means
prepare to become a member of the
organization as they believe that the
farmers only chance in Georgia for
getting good price this fall for cot
ton is to join this organization and
get all the benefits accrueing from
the ability to hold his cotton that will
be his as a member and also the bet
ter prices that the organization will
be able to compel the buyers to give.
While it is understood that only
farmers, or cotton growers can be
full members of the association, any
business or professional man may
become an associate member. Of
this last County Manager Morgan
stated to the Journal yesterday that
the Merchants and Farmers Bank of
this city and the Benson Bros. Co.,
also of this city, joined yesterday
without solicitation merely to help
bring prosperity to the farmers,
which in turn will bring prosperity
to them.
A mass meeting will be held at the
Mt. Zion school house on Powder
Springs road Saturday night at 8 o.
clock for the purpose of explaining
to the farmers the principles of the
cotton growers association. Promi-
nent speakers will be on hand. Ev-
erybody invited.
Fine Meeting at Kennesaw Saturday,
July 10th.
Prof. w. T. Hanson and DIR. Nor
gan addressed large meeting of
Cobb county farmers at Kennesaw,
Saturday, July 18th, explaining the
plans of the Georgia Cotton Grow
ers association. The meeting endors
ed the plan and a committee was APP
pointed to get all the cotton growers
to sign up the contracts. J. E. Gait,
chairman, J. G. Giles, Frank Berts,
J. S. Ellison, w. j. Hood, J. F. Alta
way, j. A. Reeves and L. P. Miles
The salvation of the farmers de-
ponds on the cooperative selling of
cotton 1t means living price for
cotton and as the living of all de-
Ponds on the farmer, our hope of
emancipation from bankruptcy is as
sured through this association.
Prof Hanson and DR.. Morgan de-
serve the support of all the people in
this great work for US all. They will
call other meetings in every part of
the county.
J. R. UNDERWOOD,
Sec. Organizing Committee.