Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-22
NORTH GEORG|ANS
To LAUNCH DRIVE
FOR OPERATIVES

Following visit last TUESDAY by
Cherokee and Barlow county mem
bers of the Georgia Cotton Growers
association to the state headquarters
of the association in Atlanta, PLAN
are now complete for the 'arnchi"'
Monday of a membership drive r.
the association in these counties, i;
has been announced.
A great increase in the member
ship in these counties is expected
to be realized through the drive,
according to those in the party, who
stated that the present membership
now is about 500. Qualification was
expressed at the work of the state
headquarters here. the purpose OF
the visit having been to acqualnt
business men of the counties with
the workings of the organization so
sto fit them for explaining the
work to prospective members of the
association.
Arriving in Atlanta Tuesday morn
ing, the party was taken to the as
ISOLATION headquarters at IL Stewart
avenue, where they were addressed
by j. e. Conwell, president of the
Georgia Cooperative Cotton associa-
ton, who told of the rapid expan-
sion of the association into body of
approximately $1,000 members since
its organization a little more than
two years ago.
Sixty in Party
The visitors insRuded about so of
the leading citizens and cotton grow
ers of the two counties, headed by
J. Hugh Gilreath, a director of the
state association. Accompany ing
him were many members of tina as
ISOLATION who have done mucA to
further the work Of the orgaaiza-
ton in north Georgia, including M.
l.. Fleetwood, editor Of the Tribune
News, of Gainesville, and Joseph S.
Calhoun, president of the First Ma
tional bank, of Gainesville, who is
an enthusiastic supporter of the pro-
gram of the association.
In an article in his paper de-
scribing the visit, Mr.. Fleetwood de-
clared that Mr.. Conwelfs address
was one that Of itself inspired con-
/ fidence. He lauded Mr.. Conwell as
a man who knows the practical side
dition, has a tremendous vision of
] the good that can be accomplished
T through the work of the associa-
' ton.
His article l. part is as follows:
Mr.. Conwell told his hearers that
/ farmers VIII had placed their cot
F. ton in the cooperative pools had
4de more money than those Wi'7
had not. With past experience be-
! hind them, and with an organiza-
. ton keyed Il" to secure the biggest
dollar for the farmers cotton, Mr.
Conwe1l said he felt sure that the
selling of next years crop would
prove more aG ambiguous to assoc1a-
ton members than they had enjoy
ed in the past. Final checks for the
1923 crop are now being made up,
he said, and should reach Geo.. Il
farmers not later than August first
'The Georgia association is only Il
unit in the large association, known
as the American Cotton Growers
exchange" he explained, and went
s.to some :, about t. or.
Best Experts Selected
with practically all the cotton
growing safes signed up, as are the
Georgia farmers, it was deemed adj
visable to o. ganiZe the separate
states into a common whole, with a
directing force to sell the cotton
crop. With this idea before them,
the officials selected the best eX-
perts in the world to head the diff
ferent departments.
There is a hit expert, a grad
ing expert, a warehouse expert, and
all the rest of the experts so nee.
essary to hand.a a proposition ~.A-
ming into the hundreds Of millions Of
dollars every year. '-,-,-~s the
amount Of cotton now being han
died by the association is, without q
doubt, one of the greatest undertake
ings ever tried, and yet it is being
done successfully and at a net over
head cost, per bale, that is amazing
ly low"
''fn addition to marketing cotton,
Mr.. Coawell said it would be a
mighty good thing for the Georgia
farmers to form cooperative egg
selling and poultry associations. If
you do not, then you may look for
the stiffest competition from our
fellow farmers in Alabama and Ten
nessee, who are organizing, and now
getting ready to make money out
of poultry, just as I believe we are
going to do here in Georgia out OF
marketing our cotton cooperative
w he said.
Mr.. Fleetwood Speaks
At the conclusion of Mr.. Conwell' S
address, Mr.. Fleetwood was asked to
address the gathering. He was fol
lowed by Mr.. Calhoun, who declared
that the cooperative idea is the
farmers salvation.
only by cooperation can pros
rerity come back to Georgia" sale
the speaker, land with it better
schools, better farms, happier homes
and everything else that makes life
worth living"
Mr.. Calhoun is recognized as one
of the leading financial experts ii
north Georgia, and as a man who
has always taken a great interest il
affairs affecting the farmers of the
state.
Four Officials Held
In Senate Bombing
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