Cotton seeds will not germinate

[uno]

For the last two years I have been trying to grow cotton.

Just about everything I wear I look for it to be 100% cotton.

I bought a blanket a few years ago that was made in another country and it stunk so bad of chemicals that I threw it out. I bought a 100% organic cotton made in the USA blanket and I love it.

In my life I have never actually seen a cotton plant other than in pictures.

All I'm looking to do is just grow maybe 2 or 3 plants just to see how they look and what cotton looks like while on a living plant.

I bought seeds from two different seed sources and nothing comes up at all.

I have no trouble with other seeds just cotton.

I am trying to sprout some indoors right now at a room temperature of about 70* in some compost. I keep the soil moist but not soaked...
I water about every other day. Nothing comes up. I tried last year and same thing out of 20 or 30 seeds not one germinated.

Maybe I just got some bad seed I have had that happen before but this is from two different sources and the same result.

Just wondering if anyone knows a good source of seed (in a very small quantity) or knows what mistake I might be making?

Thanks

Jim