The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-30
Cotton Growers
Ready For Work
Planters to Sell on Coopera-
tive Basis-Selling Associ-
alton Begins to Function

tive BaSlS-Seiilng ASSOcl-
alton Begins to Function
Columbia, Aug. 27.-over ten
thousand South Carolina farmers
saw. their dream come true last
week when the South Carolina
Cotton Growers Cooperative AS
seciation began to function. Old
cotton, that .;sf cotton grown prior
to, this year, is being turned over
TO the association daily IN large
lots. Within the next few days
the association will begin to receive
cotton grown this year.
The association is now set up
and ready for business. Eight
cen months hard work on the part
of. a. determined bunch of men,
who felt that the only hope for
the agricultural prosperity has
been crowned with success and
over ten thousand farmers are. go
to travel a new road to market.
The ten thousand farmers who
signed the contract in this State
grew approximately $50, ,000 bales
of cotton in 1920. In the belt
more than two and half million
bales have been signed into the
various State marketing associa-
tions by over 10000 farmers.
These growers believe that the
new system will eliminate many
of the evils in the old system Of
marketing.
cooperative Building
The South Carolina Cotton
Growers Cooperative Associations
Headquarters are located at 1915
Main street. this city. in the quar-
ters formerly used as the Masonic
temple. The building has been re-
named the Cooperative Building"
Two floors of the building are oc-
cupied by the association.
On the second floor. Of the
building are located the admins
tratfve and general clerical Offices.
The cotton grading, stapling and
sarnpling rooms and Offices Of the
sales manager are located on the
third floor.
Harry G. Hammer, OF Gadsden,
is president Of, the association; Ar.
thur Afazyck is sales manager;
Harold C. Booker. secretary; w.
Horace Emerson, traffic manager.
The board of directors is eompos-
ed of e. Wallace Evans, of Ben
nettsville: J. Wade Drake. of An
derson: ]. S. Craig. of Laurens;
J. p. McNair, of Aiken; b. r. Will
hanson. Of Darlington: A. Victor
Bethea. Of Dillon; r. G. Hamer, Of
Eastover; a. r. Johnston, of st.
George: L. d. Jennings. of Sumter;
J. B. johnson. of Rock Hill; and
II. G.. Hammer, Of Gadsden. All
of the directors are wen-known
farmers and business men.
Harry G. Hammer
Harry G.. Hammer, the president
and general manager Of the asso-
ciation, is a successful planter
and business man of .Riehland
county. The directors Of the asso.
citation believe that in him they
hate a man whose business eXper-
ience has wen fitted him to head
the organization.
Arthur MaZyck, the sales mana
ger, is one of the best known cot
men in the country The associa-
ton has been widely congratulated
on securing his services. He is
both a. long staple and short staple.
cotton man.
The South Carolina association
is affiliated with the American Cot
ton Growers Exchange, which is
the overhead organization Of the.
various Statewide associations.
Carl Williams, Of Oklahoma, is
president of the Exchange, and
Chesley 3. Howard. well known
cotton man Of Atlanta, formerly Of
the firm of Inman & Howard, is
sales manager. The eight states
which have gone together and
formed gigantic pool, and which
almost equals the United States
Steel Corporation in magnitude and
which surpaSses the Standard Oil,
are Oklahoma. Texas, Arizona, Ar
kansas, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Georgia and Alabama. Mis-
sissippi, Tennessee and Louisiana
short staple growers, are now or
ganizing. Mississippi long staple
growers already have an organiza-
ton.
Four states. Oklahoma, Texas,
Arizone and the long staple grow
ers Of Mississippi have already
having marketed their
cotton last year very successfully
through the cooperative plan.
COTTON MARKET