Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-04
GEORGIA OVER TOP \
FOR COOPERATIVE
COTTON MARKETING.
Minimum of 100000 Bales
Exceeded by 10000, Rep
resenting 12,500 Growers,
in Seventh Pledged. State

That the Georgia Cotton Growers
Cooperative association went over
the top in it's campaign for 1000
bales of cotton by April 1, was the
announcement made in Atlanta Sat-
urday at the associations campaign
headquarters in the Walton building
With minimum quota of 100000
bales, which must be signed in the
pool by the first Of April to make
the pooling contract effective, the
campaign forces obtained a total
sign-up of 100000 bales, representing
1880 individual growers, according
to the announcement.
Though most of the campaign or
ganization in Georgia will now be
withdrawn for use in other states,
the local forces will continue sign-up
activities. The state organization
committee will meet in Atlanta next
Tuesday to make official confirma-
ton Of the completion Of the con-
tract minimum, and to conplete
plans for the immediate future
course of the association. Election
Of board of directors to handle the
Georgia pool is expected to be held
about the first of May.
Georgia is the seventh cotton state,
it was announced further, to com
plete it's minimum quota on the
California CO operative selling
plan. Georgia will federate with the
others in the American Cotton Grow
ers' exchange, which already repre-
sents growers who produced over
100000 bales in 1920.
Headquarters Statement
The statement issued by campaign
headquarters was as follows:
Georgia's cotton pool on the "Sa-
piro plan" is now an established
fact. The minimum sign-up Of 200,-
600 bales necessary for organization
to sign on or before April to make
its five-year pooling contracts effec-
tive, was passed early last week.
reports from the field received
by headquarters in Atlanta up to
noon Saturday indicated total sign
up to that hour of 100000 bales, with
over 1850 cotton farmers on MEM
bership roster of association.
Georgia is the seventh state to
complete cooperative marketing or
ganiZation for cotton on this plan,
and will be federated with the rest
in the American Cotton Growers
Exchange, which already represents
cotton growers who produced over
100000 bales in 1920 crop, and
which took leading part in Geor-
gia campaign. ---t
Though most Of the technical Or
ganization machine now operating in
Georgia will be Immediately with
drawn, sign-up activities by local
forces will be continued until the
election of a permanent board of di-
rectors, which will probably be held
around the first of May.
Beyond the foregoing, the infor-
nation department at association
headquarters, through which this
announcement is made, states 1t has
no authority to reveal further plans
of the organization, and other lead
ers Of association would not be quot
ed Saturday, pending meeting of
the state organization committee
which will be held in Atlanta Tues
day, April A. At this meeting formal
confirmation Of the sign-up OF the
required minimum will be made, and
complete plans for the Immediate
future course of the new cotton as
ISOLATION will be formulated and an
nounced.
1.-THE association is still under
command of the organization COM
mittee Of cotton farmers who govern
ed the campaign. This committee az
present consists of the following per-
sonnet: C. S. Barrett, Union City,
chairman; J. E. Conweil, Lavonia,
manager; T. S. Johnson, Jeffersons
treasurer; J. c. Turner, Jefferson,
chairman of executive committee: A.
C. Little, Gainesville; T. B. Thorn-s
ton, Hartwell; A. M. Wilkins, Co.
mer; J. o. Manner, Millhaven; L. A.
Dean, Rome; J. H. Burson, Carroll
ton; J. S. Cowart, Arlington; A, III.
Pinson, Sylvester; w. Z. Hanson,
Smyrna; Ralph Collier, Conner; M. f..
Amorous, Marietta; II. U. Wallaces
Elberton; J. T. Childs, Butler.
Georgia "Key State"
"Success of Georgia campaign il
regarded as a great victory for the
south-wide cotton movement, as well
as for Georgia farmers. Georgia was
looked upon by western cotton coop
eratives as the "key state" of the
southeast, and successful completion
of similar organization work now go
ing rapidly forward in South Caro-
lima and Alabama is regarded as as
sured.
1.-The Texas and Oklahoma organ
izations particularly have been work.
ing in close cooperation with Geor-
gia leaders, and Chairman Barrett
and Manager Conwell, of the Georgia
organization, with c.. o. Moser, sec
rotary Of the American Cotton Grow
erS' Exchange, have been in Dallas
and Oklahoma City during the past
week, gathering information and
important assistance for Georgia
from headquarters there.
with the exception of narrow,
belt across the middle of the state,
purposely left alone because of ex.
traordinary boil weevil conditions.
the membership of the narV GeorgiH
association is more or less evenly
distributed over all cotton raising
sections of the state.
Cotton has been signed under the
associations contracts in 100 coun-
ties in Georgia, and more than rs
of these counties had already signed
over one-third of their entire cotton
production to the association for
handling for the next five years, by
noon Saturday.
while there had been strong
call for the movement, and much
written about it previously, the ac-
tive organization of Georgia took
its start with a big statewide con-
vention of cotton farmers, called
under the auspices of the Ebert
County Cotton Growers association,
to hear Aaron Sapiro, at the state
capitol in Atlanta, on April u,
1921. The organization work there
has gone steadily for-
ward through the past year under
varying but always perfectly CO.
operating leadership, and over many
great obstacles and vicissitudes to
the successful conclusion announced