The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-11
BIG FARMERS
JOINING THE
ASSOCIATION
Cooperative Cotton
Marketing Associa-
ton Gaining in
Strength

Columbia, Oct. 7.--B. s. Josey.
of Lydia. one OF the largest farm
ers Of the Pee Dee section of South
Carolina. signed the cotton cooper
ative marketing contract last night,
according 10 announcement made
by officials Of the South Carolina
Cotton Growers Cooperative AS
soc:ation today. Mr.. Josey de-
ternined TO join the association
only after he had come to .Colum-
bia and visited the headquarters of
the association and saw for him
self how the business OF the organ
iza:ion is being conducted. Com
pletely satisfied with the manner in
which the business is being handled.
he signed the contract which binds
him 10 sell all OF his cotton
through the association for five
Years. He also indicated his IN
tention OF turning over several hun
dred sales OF cotton now on hand
TO the association.
The signed contract of r. F.
Morgan. pres dent Of the Citizens
Bank. of UnioL. and one OF the
largest planters in Union county,
was among the large numbers OF
new contracts reaching association
Headquarters today.
Mr.. Morgan, like Mr.. Josey, de-
clined to sign until after he could
see how the association vas f,inc-
tion;ag.
An injunction restraining John
p. Pope. of Marlboro county from
disposing OF any Of his cotton out
side of the association. was served
on Mr.. Pope yesterday, having been
issued by Judge Mauidin in CO.
lumbia Thursday. Out OF the ap-
proNimately 1000 members which
the association has it has been.
found necessary to invoke legal
proceedings in only one case thus
far. Officials OF the association
say that there is practically a
unanimous sen:inls mt among the.
members that all members be COM
felled to live up TO the terms OF
the contract and this Will be done.
The morale of the membership is
declared To be splendid.
Columbia. Oct. 1.-Eill of the
state cooperative marketing asso-
ciations are functioning in man
ner highly satisfactory to their
members, according to Harold c..
Booker. secretary Of the South
Carolipa Cotton Growers Co0ps1a-
tive Association. who has returned
from Atlanta, where he attended
4 meeting of the secretaries of the
various associations. All of TIE
associations reported that heavy
deliveries of cotton were being
made and that the morale Of their
membership was splendid. One
very significant fact. Mr.. Booker
said, which was brought out at
the meeting was that new members
were being received by all the as
sociations every day.
In this respect, South Carolina
shows up we'll, he said, large
numbers of new contracts being
received daily, During the past
ten days approximately $50 new
contracts have been received. some,
of them from some OF the largest
farmers of the stale. The North
Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia.
Arkansas. Alabama. Texas and
Oklahoma and Mississippi long
staple and Arizona Pima cotton
organizations are fanctioning now
The Mississippi short staple and
Tennessee growers are organizing
for next years business. Practical
lv no violations Of contract We're
reported AT the meeting. Oklahoma
has filed suits against ten members.
One of the ten members has al
ready settled the case against him
by paving the aecumulative dam
ages and promising TO live up TO
the contract in the future. The
Arkansas association was forced to
get an injunction against one of
its members and the Texas aSsocia
lion had 20 get injunc;ions asains.
two or three OF its members. Cot
ton continues to pour into the
South Carolina association from
every section of the stste, Mr..
Booker said.