Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-18
CONWELL IS NAMED
HEAD Of GEORGIA
COTTON GROWERS
Permanent Working Charter
Drafted and Board of Di-
rectors Organized = 49,
900 Growers Represented

j. Il. CONVEX, OF LaVOnla, was
elected president of the Georgia Co
operative Cotton Growers associa.
ton, at a meeting of the board ct
directors in the F<imball house Tues
day morning. w. A. Reeves. of La
Grange, and w. T. Macarthur, Sr.,
Of Alley, were named vice presidents
Claude Eubank, secretary. T G.
Turner. Of Jefferson, and James wv
Morton, Of Athens, were elected to
the executive committee, on which
the president and two vice presidents
will serve as ex-officio members.
The nominating committee was
composed Of A. NJ. Wilkins, of Co
mef; James w. Morton, Athens; #.
J. Thornton, HartwelI; w. A. Shiver,
Cairo, and Ben Baker, Ellenton.
A permanent working charter was
drafted and a permanent board of di
rectors was named at the Monday
session of the organization commit.
tee Of the association. -
The twenty-three members Of the
organization committee were ali
present, and represented more than
1900 Georgia cotton farmers whc
have pledged 253, 200 bales Under the
cooperative plan. The committee
meeting closed Tuesday at noon.
Charles S. Barrett presided and
Aaron Sapiro, of San Francisco,
author of the cotton growers coon
erative idea, was present assisting
with organization details. ~
Joseph G. Woodruff, of Cuthbert.
was appointed to the directorate by
DR.. A. M. Soule, president of the
State College of Agriculture. A. M.
Wilkins, of Conner, was named by
L. B. Jackson, director of the state
bureau of markets; and J. e. Con
well, of Lavonia, was named by ]
J. Brown, state commissioner of ag.
riculture. These three men, under
the bylaws, will represent the; state
at large on the board of directors,
and were therefore appointees. ~,
District Directors
The twenty district directors. elect.
ed by the applicants for member
ship into the organized association;
are as follows: L. A. Dean, Rome.
C. w. Clover, Lawrenceville; C. A
Addington, Lavonia; T. B. Thorn
ton, Hartwell; O.. E. Tate, .Elberton.
J. T. Wise. Baldwin: Dan Witcher,
Carlton; James w. Morton. Athens:
J. c. Turner, Jefferson; r. L. Man
ming, Bethlehem; j. II. Burson
Carrollton; w. A. Reeves, La
Grange; w. H. Griffin, Washington,
J. o. Manner, Millhaven; w. I. McAr.
thur, Alley; Clyde Eubank, East
man; w. J. oliver, Shellman; CIV
Hillhouse, Sylvester; w. A. Shiver.
Cairo, and Ben Baker, Ellenton.
Mr.. Conwell, Mr.. Reeves, and Mr..
Turner were appointed Georgia as
ISOLATION representatives on the
board of trustees of the National
Cotton Growers Cooperative asso-
ciation. The headquarters of the lat
ter organization is now in Dallas.
Texas.
The petition for charter will be
filed Wednesday in the Fulton SUI
perior court. The executive action
taken at the Tuesday directors .ses-
sion will be contingent upon the in
corporation of the association and
will go into effect as Of June &c,
when the first board of directors
meeting under the charter will be
held.
In the business session of the
board of directors Tuesday morn
ing the following decisions were
made:
The election of general manager
shall follow the approval of the ex-
ecutive committee who will nonli-
nate man to the board of directors.
The general manager will handle
all of the general administrative
duties of the association; will out
line suggested budget, and will
work in cooperation with the ex-
ecutive committee in the transaction
of general business.
A division of warehouses and sub
sidiary corporations was creaJed.
This division will make a survey OF
warehouse facilities throughout the
state; will plan the organization and
operation of these warehouses and
will guide corporations subsidiary
20 the association.
A department of grading and the
position of chief grader was Great
ed. The latter will be appointed by
the general manager. The depart
ment of grading will handle bust
ness having to do with the grad
ing of all cotton submitted
The position of office manager
was created. The office manager
will be an expert accountant who
can plan systems and direct the
great volume of bookkeeping neces-,
Sary.
Every employee of the association
who handles money on negotiable
paper will be bonded. Repositories
for the associations funds will be
the banks throughout the state
which handle loans of the associa-
ton:
A positive rule was adopted that
no person in the association be al
lowed to buy up or speculate upon
participation receipts. This action
was not designed to prevent menu
bers from borrowing on narticina.