The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-09
COTTON CONTRACTS
BEING SIGNED
LARGEST AMOUNT PLEDGED so
FAR is 5000 BALES. SMALL
EST ONE BALE.

S0uth Car0llna are going TO sell tnelr
1922 crop Of cotton comparatively.
The tremendous enthusiasm with
which the campaign for signatures
to the contract is being pushed in
almost every county in the state in
dicates that the 100000 bales which
must be signed May l., 1922 to make
the contract operative will be easily
forthcoming. In only very few Of
the counties has there been any de-
lay in the campaign and these coun-
ties are expected to be in line within
the next ten days.
The contracts are being signed by
large and small farmers alike. The
largest contract received at the Of
fees of the South Carolina Cotton
Growers Cooperative Association
here to date is for 5000 bales. The
smallest is for one bale. Incidentally
it might be said that several of the
latter have been received. Those who
are pushing the campaign say that
the benefits derived by the large and
the small farmer will be the same
in proportion.
The bankers and business interests
of the state are lining up strongly
behind the movement. They take the
position that it offers the greatest
hope for future prosperity for the
farmer and it has been pretty thor
oughly demonstrated in the past two
years that the prosperity Of the state
is dependent upon the prosperity OF
the farmers. Many Of the largest
and ablest bankers in the state have
studied the plan from every angle
and have investigated the workings
of the associations already function
ing in other states. They express
complete satisfaction with the plan
in it's every detail and are working
to put the movement across.
In Sumter county the bankers have
gone out in the county making
speeches in behalf Of the campaign.
C. G. Rowland, president of the Ma
tional Bank of Sumter, thinks that
every bank in the state should get
busy and assist in every way TO put
it across. J. Pope Matthews, pres
ident of the Palmetto National Bank
of Columbia, says he thinks the or
ganization of the association "is one
of the best business propositions the
farmers of the state could possibly
undertake at this time" and adds II
do not know of anything that would
be more productive Of good results"
Mr.. Matthews has studied the plan
from every angle. Bright William
son, of Darlington, is another banker
who is lending his time and ability
and energies to putting the move
ment across. Mr.. Williamson prob
ably knows as much about co-opera-
tive marketing rs any man in South
Carolina, and he is convinced that it
is the farmers hope.
The movement has been endorsed
by the executive council and the agri-
cultural committee of the South Caro-
lima Bankers Association and four
Of the seven district groups. 1t has
been strongly endorsed twice by the
General Assembly and many of the
leading farmers in that body have
already signed contracts. 1t has been
endorsed by the State Fair Society
and many chambers Of commerce and
other civic organizations. The agri-
cultural bureau Of the Greenville
Chamber of Commerce passed strong
resolutions at their last meeting en-.
dorsing the movement and pledging
all assistance in putting it across.
In q statement given out Dy tne
association, it says:
Farmers everywhere ere organic
ing to conduct their marketing bus
mess in a systematic manner on the
same plan as is being followed by
the South Carolina Cotton Growers
Co-operative Association.
"At the present time more than
sixty associations of growers in twen-
ty states have been formed or are
now being organized. The number of
members in these associations exceeds
100000 farmers and the volume OF
business done by them in 1921 lacked
only a little of being half billion
dollars.
Through the cooperative pooling
movement farmers in every section
of the country are taking their right
fri nlace in tho business world,