Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-01
ED RIAL.
LETS PUT cEoRGIA OVER.

GEORGIA, usually ahead in move
ments for the welfare Of the
South, is tagging bit in the move
ment to organize the farmers into
the Georgia Cotton Growers Coop
erative association, which is to be
one of the state units in the great or
ganizatipu, embracing the entire cot
ton belt. Other states have already
organized and are functioning. A
new drive is under way to complete
the organization in Georgia by April
] so as TO make the movement effec-
tive in this state this year.
An important conference will be
held in Americas tomorrow for the
purpose of getting the movement
definitely and finally under way in
Sumter county. C. b. Caldwell, un-
til recently of the progressive Morl
trie Chamber Of Commerce, who has
given up that position to handle the
cotton organization work in South
Georgia, will be. here, as will also
A. A. Elmore, state organizer. Men
from all parts of the county are ask
ed to meet these men at the Cham
Der of Commerce at 10 O'clock to-
morrow morning.
The Times-Recorde believes this
organization of great Importance to
the welfare of Georgia and Sumter
county, as well as to the entire South.
It offers an opportunity for the farm
ers to take the control of the cotton
market out of the hands of Wall
Street and the speculator and keep
it in their own hands by their own
marketing system of selling directly
to the consumer. 1t is the California
plan of cooperative marketing, which
has made California rich and great
and has been extended to practically
ali products marketed in that state,
elaborated and increased to embraces
the whole cotton producing section
OF the country.
Sumter county farmers know what
cooperative marketing of hogs has
meant to them in the way of better
prices, although conducted on scale
so small as to have no real effect on
the general market; it requires little
imagination, after understanding the
cotton marketing plan, to see what
it can mean to every cotton grower.
The cotton growing industry has
become so hazardous under boil wee
vii conditions that it behooyes the
farmers to protect themselves to the
utmost-grow other crops for food
and safety, and get every cent pos
sible for whatever cotton may be rails
ed as a side crop. The Times-Re-
corder believes in the cooperative
cotton marketing plan; it is right in
principle andit is backed by the big
gest men ia the South. Every farm.
er owes it to himself to inwestigat,
it thoroughly.
Making a bootlegger drink what h,
sells would be capital punishment.
The only two who can live a
cheaply as one are flea and a dog
That great silence you hear i
people discussing the Arbuckle trial
Married men are said to worl
harder; single ones say they have to
Maybe Jack Dempsey would con
sent to fight the winner in the Chile
Peru dispute.
With movies two hours long W
know what home is without mother.
The price of window glass ha
dropped; bat not with "a crash.
st. Louis. woman turned the table
ON her husband. One corner of tn
table put ont his eye.
About 90 per cent Of the peopl
kicking about dancing can't dance.
Now they are asking "Who wo
the conferencee?" Let's hope it II
shifted in a friendly tie.