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THE ROBESONIAN ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY . FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY. GOD AND TRUTH JL5LA-YEARDUiLJN-ADYAIIC VOL XLVI. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1915. NUMBER 52 JOHN P. McNEILL PASSES End Came Saturday Night in Jeffer son Hospital in Philadelphia Tak en There in Hope That Operation for Tumor of Brain Might Save Life Confined to Bed Only Two Weeks Death a Great Shock to Com munityProminent Business Man and Mason Remains Arrived This Morning ana funeral inis Aiier . noon. ,.' . . Mr. John P. McNeill, a prominent business man and Mason of Lumber ion, died Saturday night at . 8:30 o'clock in . the Jefferson hospital in Philadelphia, the cause of his death being a tumor of the hrain He was taken to Philadelphia, leaving here Friday night, . by Drs. W. A. McPhaul and R. S. Beam and Mrs. .McNeill, and an operation was per formed shortly after arriving in Philadelphia Saturday afternoon. It was found that the tumor was deep xooted in the brain and that there was no chance for recovery. Mr. McNeill seemed to rally alter the operation but 13 CENTS FOR GATHER. ING COTTON AND PEAS That Price Regarded as Best Farm ers Can Reasonably be Expected to Pay at Present Prices Resolution Adopted at Meeting' This Morning. n. iiutciio jnccuiiijf was nclu III the court house this mining for the purpose cf fixine a uniform price of 40 cents per hundred for picking nits ifiii crop oi coiion and peas, inis meeting grew out of a meeting held here some time ago. At that meeting the question of making a rule of 40 cents per hundred for gathering cotton-and peas was dis cussed and resolutions were drawn up and put before the farmers of the different townships; A town ship meeting was held in nearly ev ery township Saturday for th pur. pose of discussing the rate. 14 townships were represented at the meeting this morning. Dr. L. L. Pate of Rowland acted as chairman. A representative from every township present was asked to eive the views Mnn o-rPU7 wnrR nml'of the people in his township "in re. death came about 4 1-2 hours after prd to this question and all .of the thft operation was performed. The yu"".V "r"u . oc"'cu tumor was so deep-rooted that it i nearuxy in iavor or it witn tne ex could not have been removed had the Deration been performed even months ago, his physicians state. The remains arrived here this morn ing at 10:15 o'clock over the Sea board, were met at the station by a large crowd of sorrowing relatives and friends anfj were 'taken to, the handsome home. Pine and Fifth. The funeral takes place this afternoon at 4 o'clock, as The Robesonian goes to press, from the First Baptist church, of which deceased . was a member, Rev. Q. L. Greaves, pas tor of the church, conducting, the service. Mr. Greaves arrived home this morning from Ridgecrest, where lie has been spending his vacation with his family, being summoned home on account of the death The remains will be interred in Meadow Brook cemetery with Masonic hon ors by the Blue Lodge of Lumber ton and Shriners and Kinghts Templar from Fayetteville and Wil, mington. News of the death came as a pro found shock to this entire community yesterday morning. Mr. McNeill was confined to his bed only two weeks ception of Saddle Tree. The following resolution was drawn up, read and adopted. That 40 cents per hundred shoulditfS the fixed price for gathering this year's crop of cot ton and peas and that any party. or parties who were found violating this rule should be reported to the chairman of the meeting and. their names read at a county meeting. It was further agreed that if the prjee ofcotton advanced enough to justify the farmers in paying more for the gathering that another meet ing .would be called and a price fixed. BROAD RIDGE BREEZES LONG BRANCH LOCALS I. I GOOD TOBACCO SALES; PRICES HAVE ADVANCED Sales on Locals Market Last Week From 10,000 to 30.000 Pounds , Each Day and Prices Have Ad vanced. Sales of tobacco on the Lumber, ton market last week at the Farm. Series of Meetings Closes Mr. H. . L. Bullard Buiding New Residence Marketing the Weed Personal. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Broad Ridge (Orrum. R. 1), Aug. 14 Curing tobayeco, which has for some time been the'order of the day among the farmers, is about over and iodder time has come, which is a time we all dread. A series of meetings here which has been carried on by the pastor, Rev. J. I. Stone, closed last Sun cay with some additions to ' the church and much' good done. We are very glad to have among us Messrs. A. H. and E. C. Bissell of Bloomington, 111,, who. arrived last week and will spend some time at the home of their father, Mr. H. F. Bissell. Mr. II. F. Bullard is beginninjr to erect a nice 6-room dwelling on his tarm here which will be one of the handsomest on the Ridge when com pleted. 'Tis all smiles with Mr. Swain Britt: it's a boy. Mr. Eward C. Bissell was a bus iness visitor at Lumberton and Fairmont yeterday. Mr. and Mrs. Broughton Nye of Proctorville visited Mr. H. L. Bul lard last week. Most of our farmers are market ing the "weed 'at a fast rate now, Prices are iairly good vm some grades but unsatisfactory on others. Misses Hora Lawson. Carrie Britt and Messrs. Hurbert Britt and Wal ter Glover made a trip to Wrightsxille Beach last Sunday. Housewives Busy Canninr Fruit Pellagra Sunbeam Rally Farm ers Proud of Lumberton Tobacco Market Personal. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Lumberton, R. F. D. 4, Aue. 12 Everything booming around Long GADDYSVILLE GRIST TROUBLE NOTICE - f Gasoline engine troubles Saturday Protracted Meetings Fin Croj; an dthis morning cut down consider Personal Ccrres ably the amount of type that could f je set in time for the paper this GadcTysville Fairmont. R. 1), Aug. 'ternoon, hence much matter that ii xnis and last week landed us in the midst of 'protracted meetings '.wu hll TJl " piiU,n?!at the nearby churches. There is fodder, while liihe 'housewives are' s a, f fruit preparing to live canning fruit preparing to live at home next year. Mr. Billy Stone has bought a new canner, also Mr. W. L. Thompson. - Mr. S. B. Stone seems to be making right much off of his toma to crop this year. He has sold $50 of ripe tomatoes and has more than 1.000 cans already canned. U Miss Maude Britt. whose formei home was here, but who now lives at Clinton, is spending a while here with relatives - and friend's before going to Buie's Creek, where she I will belong to the music faculty. Miss Kuth Pope returned home Friday from White Lake, where she spent a few days 0 a. house party. Among those whtt'went. to Wrights ville Beach from here Sunday were Misses Annie ,and. Mattie Carter, Flora Lawsori and Cornie Britt, Messrs. Herbert Britt. J. H. Sutton and John Stone to Notices of New Advertisements. Fruit jars. Send your orders N. Jacobi Hdw. Co.. Wilmington. Report of sales on Fairmont to bacco market by E. J. Davis & Sons If you have beef cattle to sell see T. H. Jones at Fairmont. Best brick for sale H. H. An derson. ' Some prices received for tobacco Friday at Fairmont Tobacco Ware house. 1 4 b . Reeves & Co.. propn from 10.000 to 30.000 pounds each day. Prices were eenerally. satis- though he had been far from well factory to the farmers. As better several weeks prior to going to bed. I grades have been showing up prices On the 5th of July Dr. H. T. Popeihave materially advanced. tobacco ers' Tobacco Warehouse. E. O Bi-3nsford & Co., proprietors, were etors, Program at Pastime theatre. Buggies, wagons and harness. You selling from 3 cents for trash goods to 14 1.2 cents for better grades. Baraca.Philathea Convention. Delegates from Baraca and Phila thea classes all over Robeson met here yestterday in a convention of the Robeson Baraca-Philathea Union at the First Baptist church. The pro gram of music and addresses was rich and entertaining and it was a pleasant and profitable occasion. Mr. Jno. A. Oates of Fayetteville deJ Iivered the principal address, picnic dinner was served On the grounds. A full account of the con vention was written for today's pa" per but has to be held over for the next issue on account of unavoidable trouble with gasoline engines which made it impossible to set the usual amount of type for this issue. save money by buying now from W. 1. Linkhaw Trunks, suitcases, traveling bags K. JD. Ualwell & Son Big Indian picnic at Pembroke Saturday, Aug. 28. This is clearance sale week at White & Gough's department store. Mr. T. A. Ramsaur will be with the Robeson Auto Co after Sept. 1 . was called in and he found that Mr, McNeill was suffering with a se vere headache. Dr. Pope learned that Mr. McNeill had been suffering that way for some time and that it had caused him to lose interest in bus iness. Symptoms at first pointed to "walking" typhoid, but tests soon eliminated that early diagnosis and Dr. Pope early decided that the trou ble was tumor of the brain. He ; called in consultation Drs. W, A. McPhaul. Jno. Knox and R- S. Beam, local physicians, and Thurs day of last week Dr. J. P. . Mon roe, a specialist of Charlotte, was summoned. Dr. Monroe coniirmea the diagnosis of the local physicians and it was at once decided to take Mr. McNeill to Philadelphia, where the diagnosis was again confirmed. John P. McNeill was born in Lum berton January 23, 1867, and was therefore in his 49th year. He was the son of Mrs. Susan D. McNeill, who survives, living at the old home p'ace- on East Fifth street with her son Mr. Justin, and the late James S. McNeill. He was the first of a family of 12 children to die. Be. sides his mother, the following mem- Ken nf Viio fn tnilw i survive ! his wife. two daughters Vivian and Emm n Tree, but that corn and cotton have 'Attention is called again to the Frances and two sons Clarence and come out wonderfully in the last few fentertainment which will be given Appeal to Mexico to Adopt Steps Necessary to Bring About Peace. Washington Dispatch, 14th. The Pan-American appeal to Mex- 'ico, now being delivered to the chiefs was made public here tonight by the State Department. Without even an intimation of armed intervention, it calls upon the leaers to meet somewhere in Mexi. co, on neutralized ground, in a con. ference "to adopt the first steps nec essary to the constitutional recon struction of the country" and to issue a call for immediate elections. The services of the Urfited Statees or any of the Pan-American contries are Gcod Crops in Saddle Tree Township as Elsewhere. Mr. G. S. .Harrell, who iives on bertoVvSr Saturday and L'offer intermediaries to arrange The Robesonian to say that there are good crops in Saddle Tree town ship. He says somebody reported to 'the liobesonian some Ityne ,ago a dolcfull tale about crops in Saddle the meeting. Concert by Singing Class From the Goldsboro Odd Fellows Orphanage Tomorrow Evening. Vernon the vouneest 6 years old; C sisters Mrs. Wj. A. Yost of Ral eigh. Mrs. J. A.' Powell of Lake . Wiaccamaw, Mrs. J. B. Leonard of Ntwton Mrs. J. B. Smith. Mrs. E. B. McMillan and Miss Pennie Mc Neill of Lumberton and 5 brothers At- L of Chipley," Fla . r Charles and Frank of Columbia. S. C, James md Justin of Lumberton. Alt mem bers -of the family except Mr. A. I.. McNeill of Chipley, Fla., who could not ' come, are here to attend tha funeral. Deceased had been in the mercan' HI business in Lumberton lor la years and was very successful. Prior to entering business tor nimseu ne kept books for iis brother Mr. a. l.. MpNpiII in Florida an-i for the firm of Taldwell & Carlvle in Lumber- ton. L. He was loyal to his church being ' a " member of the First Bap' tist of Lumberton, and was an en" thusiastic Mason. He was a Koyai Arch Mason. and was on the finance board of the Grand Lodge of Masons cf North Carolina, being one of the mist prominent Masons in the State He was secretary and treasurer of the Blue Lodge of Lumberton. Mr. McNeill was well known all over Robeson and had , a host of friends who mourn with his family over his untimely death. Seaboard Officials Will Visit Lum berton Friday. The head officers of all the de partments of the Seaboard Air Line railway Avill Visit Lumberton Fri day of this week f orthepuTposeof meeting the business men of the town, not for any special business purpose but to "get acquainted". The party will be traveling on a special train and will make all the towns between Hamlet and Wilmington Fri day. The officers are making an -inspection and "get acquainted" trip over ai tne Seaboards lines. It is not yet known at what hour' the par ty will be in Lumberton. weeks and that good kinds will be made. Messrs. H. H. Anderson & Company, of which Mr. H. H. An derson is general manager, have ac cepted the agency for the Studebak. er automobile" and 'will carrythem in stock, making Lumberton head qrarters. While only having the agency a few days this company has already sold two new machines, one to Mr. T. Mr. R. D berton. Watch The . Robesonian for ad telling all about the Studebaker car. crops of all 1 at the opera house tomorrow even. ing, o:3u o ciock, Dy ine singing ciass from the Odd Fellows orphanage at Goldsboro. The class is composed J of 14 girls and boys. These children have never visited Lumberton before but .they come with the highest rec- omendationsandJ 'they represent a cause which appeals to every true man and woman. The local Odd Fellows ask that they be given a full house and liberal support. Tick- L. Johnson and one to;ets on sale at McMillan's, Caldwell, both of Lum lo'injr White Man n the Toils. Watus Russ. a young white man, was brought to jail here yesterday from Bladenboro, where he was ar rested. He is fiharged with steal ing a watch, fountain pen, ring and also jumpinar a board bill at the Jennings cotton mill. Mrs. T, B. Burney of Ruskin is visting at the home of her son.in law and daughter, Mrr and Mrs. W. H. Klnlaw, Fifth street I " ' John P.; McNeill Sorry to report little Miss Carrie Mae Britt sick with fever. Glad to say she is imroving a, little. Mr. Grover Pope of Canton is vis iting his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. Ki. rope, t The pellagra subject seems to al." low much discussion arouifi here these days. There are lots of cases, some of which seem fatal. It's strange why some of the many who are studying the disease cannot find the cause and cure for it. Mr. L. J. Britt will leave the first of Sept. for Wake Forest, where he will attend school. We are proud to say he made good dur ing his time in the country school at Long Branch and was a gradu. ate at Orrum this year. Miss Flossie Inez Thompson re turned to her home last Saturday from a visit over in Bladen. Mrs. W. G. Pope and children. Earl and Clyde and Miss Leigh are expecting to leave Saturday for Wrightsville Beach, where they will spend while. Mr. L. H. Britt is a head of most of the farmers, he is getting plenty of sweet potatoes. The Long Branch Sunbeam Band and Broad Ridge Sunbeam Band will unite and have a rally the 4th Sun day afternoon in this month at 4 o'clock. We are going to have Mr. Frank Gough on the program. We know he can't get out of it anyway, because there are too many cars in Lumberton. Mr. G. H. Pope is having a lot of dental work done for the month or two. A crowd of the farmers feel proud of the Lumberton tobacco market. One of the Fairmont tobacco grow. ers carried tobacco to Lumberton one day recently and was offered 8 cents a lb. tor it, refused and carried it back to Fairmont and was offered only 6 cents and hasn't sold it yet. Most everybody around here has decided to plant a crop of wheat next year and raise their own flour. a meeting in progress at Pleasant Grove this week. The" pastor, Rev. W. S. Ballard, is assisted. by Rev. I. P. Heigpeth. . We never saw a finer crop. If rains continue it will excell all. Al otherwise would nave appeared in today's paper must be held over for the next issue. BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Born, to Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Stephens, at their home nn Nnrth so the finest peas and -potatoes we 'Chestnut street yesterday morniiur. ever saw. A, lew ot our rarmers'a boy. 'Tf far". P.0ri tl!" .ImoJ -L bwn Usue for the The farmers are gone almost marriage o L L Grenfie,d and every day in the week, selling to- LoUi9e barker; W. K. Burney and bacco at the various markets. ' Martha Benton 7 Mr. Don Bullock f Bolton 1 ii . . . . , . spending some time with home folks', . Mr- TfLVt!hns1?n "turned Fn here. j'day from Norfolk, Va., making the Mr. and Mrs. Moses Willoughby of,,rJP, n, hia new . even-passenger Laurinburg are guests of Mr. and I aiuaDaK' uwmowie, which hm Mrs. R. A. Gaddy this week. . I purchased at that place. Air and Mrs. John J. Ilender. son of Graham are guests at the nome 01 Mr. and Mrs, J. D. Proctor. Mrs Henderson is a sister of Mrs. Mr. Alford Butler spent Sunday in the Oak Dale section. Mr. D. V. Rodgers spent Saturday in Dillon. Mr. rJ. J. Davis and others otifroctor. mt. xienaerson is umpir Fairmont were hereMonday Jn in-j ing the ball - games-played here tertfst of the weed. Mr. Ed B. Freeman and family Mr. Bonnie Arnette, a former res-land Mr. W. W. Caldwell and fam Ment of here, but now of Page's l ily' are spending some time camp Mill, was here Saturday in interest: ing jn Howellsville township. They of tobacco, Mr. Thomas Willjams of 'Marlboro county is spending this week here with friends and relatives. Watermelons seems to have a plenty. W are sorry to report Mrs. J M. Shooter's condition is unimorov- and are enjoying ed. rented a house country life. Mr. Frank Gough will be the galore. Everybody r "r",, School Association, which will be held at Green Springs Wednesday of this week. N Mr. C. K. Morgan of route 1 fiom Marietta was among the visi tors in town Saturday. Mr. Morgan says the dry weather of some two weeks ago injured crops slightly, but that since the rains have come they are looking fine. Mr. T. T. Hamilton and family moved Wednesday of last week from, Lumberton to Hickory. Mr. Ham BUIE NEWS BATCH Movements of the People Up Phila. delphus Way. , Correspondence of The Robesonian. Buie, Aug. 11 Mr. Louis Ashley was a Lumberton visitor yesterday, ton visitors yesterday. Messrs. I. T. Brown. Allen Brown Walter McMillan and J. B. tHum-!n ana iamny oniy lived nere a phrey spent Saturday in Fayette. ;iew monins. tui macie many inenda OUT BARKER'S WAY iville. Messrs. Albert Prior, S. B. Wil liams and Sam and Thomas spent Sunday at Wirightsville Beach. Mrs. L. H. Holt is spending a few days visiting relatives n ayette ville. Mr. Willie McMillan spent Sun. day at Jackson Springs. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Holt spent the week-end at Wrightsville Beach. Mr. Sandford Britt is visiting rel atives the past days down in Barnes. vine section Messrs. John and James McLeod are spending a few days visiting ham. Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Hall spent the week-end at Wrightsville Beach. Mis3 Ruby Melvin and Miss An nie Harris are spending a while with their father, Mr. R. A. Mel vin. Mr. Bascomb AsWfcy. W. H, Brown and Mrs. Louis Ashley, to gether with Misses Katie Buie and Lena McQueen attended the mar raige of Mr. Alex McQueen to Miss Fisher, which came off Tuesday night in the Presbyterian church at St Pauls. Lightning Kills Mule and Chickens and Stuns 3 Persons Personal Mention. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Lumberton R. F. D. 1, Aug. 13 We have been having some good showers. Little Miss Rubie Monroe of Tar Heel is visiting her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Powers. During the thunder storm Tuesday the lightning struck Mr. A. P. In. man's buggy shelter and killed Mr. Avery Powers' mule and stunned Mr. Kelton Powers. They were under the shelter when the 1 lightning 'struck. Mr. John Powers and Foster Mc Millan wire also stunned. Three chickens and one duck were also kill ed. Mrs. Martha M'Wtiite of Tolars- ville spent Tuesday with her daugh ter. Mrs. H. P. Powers. Mr.- ami Mrs. T. E. Riddle of St. Pauls spent last week with Mrs. Rid dle's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Powers of . Ten Mile. Messrs. Alex Inman and D. T. Kinlaw spent Wednesday in Fayette. ville. on business. Rev. A. J. Groves is holding a protracted meeting at Regan's this week. Miss Addie Townsend of St. Pauls spent last week with Miss Omelia Powers. Mr. Roy Kinlaw and Miss Beatrice Inman" spent Sunday p. m. at St. Pauls. CENTER DOTS BIG INDIAN PICNIC Aug. Will About Through Curing Tobacco B. Y. P. U. Picnic Personal Correspondence of The Robesonian Center. Aue. 11 The farmers of this section are about .hrough cur hig tobacro and pulling i jJdt-r will soon be the order 01 the day. The B. Y. P. U. of this place cave a picnic at Atkinson's mill Thursday of last week. Quite a number of young people visited in this community last week. Among - them . were Misses Lillie and Donnie Stubbs of Clio. S. C. and Ada Ammonda of Rowland, s - Miss Maude Bullock, who ; has been attendine summer school at Greenville, returned home last week. Mr. B. B. Stubbs and children. Miss Clara and Masters Douglas and Otto of Dunbar, S. C.. spent Friday here visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Livingstone of Lumberton spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W;. H. Pre vatt. Mr. and- Mrs iHenry iStulbs of Gibson spent last week here. Mr. J. Prevatt of Georgetown, S. C. attended the funeral of his sister 'Mrs. .Alice (Willoughby here There is a visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hedgpeth a boy. Messrs. L. T. Britt and &. .B. Culbreth of St. Pauls were Lumber ton visitors this morning. All'Day Picnic at Pembroke 28 Congressman Godwin Sneak Great Occasion Expected, James - E. Dial, Indian, of route 2 from LUumberton. is in town today and he savs that thinfrs are takmei - . . 1. i on shape ict a oigtime wun ine Indians of Robeson Saturday. Au- trust 28th at Pembroke. This is expected to be a large occasion for the Indians of the county. It will be an all-day picnic and Congress man II . L. . Godwin 'ot the sixtn district will be speakenfof the day. He will deliver an agflcuiturai aa.i dress and it is expected that there shall be nothing political in connec tion with the program for the oc casion. , MOST HEADACHES & NERVOUS DISORDERS - ARE DUE. TO. EYE STRAIN which can be relieved by proper glasses.' Let us ex amine your eyes for " these conditions. The results might -surprise you. DR. PARKER , Eye.Sight Specialist Lumberton,; North Carolina while her who were sorry to 'see them go away. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Biggs and two children returned Friday night from Hendersonville, where-they had been for 10 days. They made the return trip in Mr. Biggs' auto, com ing by way of Charlotte and Cheraw. S. C. Mr. Kinchen Barnes, who livea about two miles from town on the Fayetteville road, brought to this office this morning three cucumbers which he declared grew on a water, melon vine. He Bays the vine has at least a peck of cucumbers on it. Mr. J. P. Townsend, chief of the local fire department, returned home Friday night from Newbern, where he attended the annual tour. nament of the North Carolina Fire men's Association. Mr. Townsend says he never saw a better tourna ment, and that the firemen were en tertained royally. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Holloway and children arrived home Saturday night from Asheville, Henderson, ville and other points in the western part of the State, where they spent some time. They made the trip in their auto and Mr.. Holloway is en thusiastic about the good roads in Moore county, over which they trav eled on the return trip. Mr. R. D. Caldwell and son, Mas ter Robert, and Messrs. Jno. Proc tor tend H. H. Anderson arrived; Friday from Norfolk. Va They made the trip in Mr. Caldwell's new seven-passenger Studebaker automobile, which he bought in that city, mak ing the purchase through Mr. An derson, who is. the local representa tive for the Studebaxer Co. Mr. A. II. Bissell of Blooming- tonTrlll., who is spending -some time: at the home of his father. Mr. H. F. Bissell, on route 1 from Orrum, was among the visitors in town Saturday. Mr. Bissell lives in the greatest grain section of the United States and says there is no panie on in Illinois, or at least he has not heard any talk of anything by that name. A certain youne man who livea near town drovehis horse to the baU nark to witness a game between Lumberton and Raeford one day re cently and was . so much carried away with the result of the game Lumberton winning 01 course mas. he walked home, a distance some thing like a mile, before he thought of his horse. He then went back to the park and rode home. Messrs. J. E, Hickman and A. H. Mercer of Lumberton. route 5, were among the visitors in town Saturday. Mr. Hickman brought to The Robesonian office 12 rattles and . a button that he got off of a rattie snake he killed on hi3 farm Friday. TV. ;nake measured 5 feet 111 !?n!ith and was 8 1-4 inches around the body. Mr. Hiekmani was on his way to a watermelon patch when he found the snake in his corn patch. 'Hankers Pledge Help to Secure lair j Price for Cotton Galveston. Tex.. Dispatch, ntn. Representative bankers from eight cotton 'trrowinsr States here today. I pledged themselves to stand solid ;"ly behind the producers in an effort I to securt a fair and uniform price ifor cotton and in this they were i pledged the support of the four 'Southern Federal reserve banks. 'ft'
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