Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-13

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at the attendance of the morning
meeting, where both bankers and
farmers gatheed for a consultation,
81 am back here to help you dirt
farmers grow cotton said Mr. Names
"and to grow a normal crop too
not a half cop. With normal
crop you can pay your debts to the
merchants and to the bankers.
Without a normal crop this year l
do not know what will happen to
you. But l do know that if yoa
are broke now, that with poor
crop this year, you'll have lots Of
company this fail The interest of
the merchant and the banker is
tied up in your crop, and a normal
crop this year will be salvation of
all.
''Now listen to me and get this
straight. / know what / am saying
for | have tested and studied this
/ plan along with many other men
for many years. Here's what
want you to know
"By the proper use of calcium
|arsenate, with proper cultural meth
ods, you can make normal crop
of cotton in Sumter county TINS
year. This plan has not failed in
any county in. the state.
"A man is just as safe in putting
his money in cotton now as he ever
was, provided the farmer follows
the plan We outline.
$4,000, 600 THE STAKE
IN CAMPAIGN
but you must begin now. The
next ten to fifteen days will abso-
lutely determine the size of your
crop this year. Fifteen days at the
outside, is all the time you have.
After that will be too late. You
have 100000 at stake. Is it
worth going after. You know
whether you need it, l do not. You
know what shape your farmers
merchants and bankers are in.
do not. But I do know that there's
! $2,000,00O in the balance.
IF you merchants, bankers and
farmers idle around until cotton is
fruited, well, you'd best stop now,
save your time and efforts. To wait
for 10 per cent infestation is SIM
| pie suicide. Would you wait until
| 10 per cent of your barn had burn
ed before you stated to put out the
fire? Well, the same thing is true
of the weevil. After he gets a
10 per cent start, you can't stop
him. No body has. That's why you
lost out last year and that's why
lots Of other counties laughed Mt
you last year." said Mr.. Maness.
Here the speaker outlined his
plan, which viii be published in
full tomorrow. Pamphlets will be
printed and distributed free by this
paper, giving the plan in detail and
in simple language. Mr.. Maness
and George o. Marshall are at work
on the copy to day.
Some one asked Mr.. Names
when farmer could go fishing
during the growing season. "Tn
tell you farmers he said. When
you see the boil weevil with a pole
over his shoulder and a bucket of
bait in his hand, then is the time
and only time you can afford to
go fishing until after the poisoning
season is passed"
Frank Sheffield, president of
the Bank Of Commerce, was the
next speaker. "Mr. Maness," he
said, you have given me more en-
couragement than / have ever hac
before. Your speech is a message
of assurance. I am glad to hear you
say we are broke. have felt that
until we are broke that we would
not change our farming methods.
BANKERS BACKING
CAMPAIGN TO LIMIT
As a banker / agree with you
and your plan. I believe in early
poisoning. The banks will do their
part in this campaign; they will
do all in their power to supply the
necessary equipment to the farm
er who determines to follow your
plan.
"Of course, the bank is a trustee
| The money in its vaults belongs
to his depositors. Customers must
be reasonable, remembering that
the depositor must be protected.
''To your farmers, say don't
put all your money into one crop.
The farmer who does is like the
banker who let one man have all
his money. If he fails, the mon
ey's gone"