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MONDAY A BIG DAY FOR FARMERS HORC TIMN A THOUSAND ATTEND COOPfRATIVf NKTM6 AT D06S0N W. H. Swaim, State Organiser, of iUUifk, AddrwM Eatkiaiutic Gathering—Plans Rapidly Baing Shaped for Handling 1922 Tobacco Crop Under New System ownship Directors Elected nday will long be remembered by the farmers of th»t county as a big occasion for them for on that day the largest gathering of farmers seen at Dobson in years assembled there | to further perfect plans for handling the 1922 tobacco crop under the new system WTiich is intended to dispense with the | old way of auctioneering; the tobacco off to the highest bidder on a warehouse floor^^very section, nook and corner, of the county was represent from the broad bottoms on the Yadkin river to the narrow mountain coves up in Bryan township. The day was a moat ideal one for farming, but notwithstanding the lateness of many of the farmers in their work they laid down their plows for this one day and made the trip to Dobson in the interest of a cause that promises to break the leash of servi tude that holds many to the soil. Judge Harding adjourned court at noon in favor of this meeting and the farmers immediately began to assemble. In a few minutes every seat in the spacious auditorium was occupied by some tiller of the soil, no standing room was left in the wide aisles and the bar was closely packed with a standing multi tude. It was apparent that there was present the largest gathering of fanners seen in this county for years it being .estimated that there were more than a thousand present, The audience tu addresaed by W. H. Sir*In, of liltifh, who has spent ib hi* forme* talks in this county and then proceeded to toll tham how thaaa prcmiara dealing with the aaeeaaa of thia in i naant wart beinr earriad oat. Pint, he iaU, aoma had faarad that the organisation would be unable to secure (torare and handling facilities owing to the hoatile attitude of many of the warehouseman. This he told them has already been accomplished in most placea. At meeting* recently held in various parts of the atato by the Board of Directors, of which A. L. Bunker of thia county la a member, he stated that ample arrangements have been made for the Successful handling of the coming crop. In some large centers the warehouse* have fought thia movement with every ounce of their energy refuaing to enter any kind of meeting looking to a nucceaa ful agreement and in these placea he aaaursd the fanners the association would proceed at once to erect build ings of ita own and be independent of the warehouse facilities in thoae placea. In some counties there are no placea available, citing 8tokea county aa an inatyice, and in a case like Stokes he said the aaaoeiation would erect buildinga at aonte con venient station on a railroad. In thia county the associstion has leased a large warehouae at Blkin for a period -of yean and the business people of thai-town are aaid to have entered heartily in the movement and are lending the leaders all the aasistaace within their power. In )lount Airy no definite arrangamenta have aa yet been conaummsted, however the aaao eiation has in view several propoai tiona, and a committer will visit this town within the next f, w weeks anl make ample jv-ovislins for this sec tion. It was stated that if suitable quarters cannot be obtained at a reasonable rental or purehaae a build ing will be erected at some point on the railroad by the aaaociatton. And so, Mr. Swaim told hta hearer*, he felt like thia first promise made t y him months ago on the part of the aaao eiation has been sueceaafully fulfilled Aa to finances the speaker says the leaders from the beginning have known beyond any kind of a doubt that there would be no embarrassment la financing this cooperative move ment aa they say that all cooperative movementa all over thia nation have ahrnys been heartily endorsed and aided by the financial institutions of Mr. Swaim aaid that ha had hoard a great deal af talk akoat no ess an *1 the tobacco uparti who handle it for Um big tobacco corporation. And ha buyer* and broker* in the south. Ho told them that the matter of fatting capable men to look after the handl ing, grading and mangement of the leaf department* has been the least problem the association has had to face. And so theae three salient pointa— warehouse facilities, financial back ing, expert tobacco men—so neceasary in the operation of this enterpriae, ha told them, had been carried to a successful completion. As to the, measure of succeaa this movement has attained he. told hi* hearers he had only to refer them to simitar movements in operation in various sections of the United State* He explained at some length the movement started in Kentucky prior to this one in our midst that has practically done away with the selling of tobacco by auction. He said that 86 per cent of the hurley tobacco pro duced in Kentucky last year was sold through the Cooperative Marketing Association. Scattered about over the state were fanners her* and there who were doubtful about the success of the plan and theae made up the 15 per cent who failed to come into the movement. He told of the way' the plan worked out there in regard tb the selling of the tobacco to the companies He said that the head buyer of Liggitt A Myers one day noticed that their supply of burley was running low and they needed a large quantity to blend with their brand*. This man alao knew that 85 per cent of this particu lar tobacco was pooled in one big enterprise and that he could not buy it on the auction floor. So not want ing to take any chances of not getting a sufficient quantity to supply their needs for months to come, he wired a representative located in the city where the cooperative aaaociation had offices to place an order for 22 million pounds of burley tobacco and that he would arrive on the first train and dis cuss the price. The sum and tub stance of the tranaaction waa that the cooperative aaaociation named a reasonable price both for farmer and manufacturer and sold the entire 22 million pounds in 30 minute* at a price nearly double what the same grade brought the year brfore. Mr. Swsim say* he figure* that for Ug gitt A Myers to have gotje on the warehouse floor* and bought this 22 million pound* at auction pile by pile would have entailed the employment of a large number of buyers and ■onthe of time at • coat of approxi mately one-quarter ^aillie* doUara. And Im Mid this one-quarter million mi Mnd to tlM f»rm«r« who grew this tobacco In t)M advance price they received over that of the prsvtuaa y«ar, Ho donoanred aa untruthful tho •tatomonta being made by thoaa op poaod to tho MovoMont that tho manu facturers now hava a two roar*' aupply on band. At timoa Mr. Swalm lapsed Into blttor donunciatlon of tho methods ho says ara bolng uaad to thwart thia effort to better the farmer* lot, and ho had nt> apology to make to any one who should toko offenae at bla remark* addressed to thoaa who wera guilty. Re InfpnMd hla audience that the time has coma when the aaaociation ia going to in sert the same right that every other cian. buaineaa or corporaion haa and Ve that the perpetrators of thaaa false rumor are brought to justice. He aaya iaat aa the Cooperative Marketing Aaaociation ia now a vast corporation just llko a giant manufac turing enterprise that it ia going to aaaert ita rights and Invoke the strung arm of the law on thoaa who peraiat in trying to injure the work of the cor poration aa It haa now become, just the same aa in individual would whan some one started a false and mlslead ing report calculated to injure hla buaineaa. He gave warning that the aaaociation ia naming men in avaty townahip in the three statoa whose duty 1^ is to report to headquarters the namaa of partiea who ara ctrcula ing falae and mialaading statements that are untrue and injurious to the cause of the aaaociation. Some montha ago Congreaa pasaad a national law dealing with the co operative movements and giving them certain privilegea and conceaalona to meet the conditions that aroae from thee effort* that sprung up and ara springing up all over the country. One of thaaa provlaions ia that it la a 1600 penalty for any peraon, firm or luct of a person who haa entered mto a algned at raiment with a coopera tive aaaociation. And Mr. Swalas tave notice that no warehous swan in the three eta tee—North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia—could violate this law and claim ignorance »f who were members of the aaaocia tion for he says that they intond to rurniah every warehouae and ware housemen a I let of the members of this aaaociation in these three atataa. He aaya that the time haa coma for the croaaing of the Rubicon and that from henceforth on there la to be no rampromiae or middle (round on the part of the association with thoaa who peraiat In doing all in their power to dee troy or deter the operation of thia movement. Mr. Swaim closed hi* remark* by appealing to those who had not signed np the contract* to do *o at once tn urdcr that they should be able to •hare in the pool of the tobacco thia year. The time, he told th«m, is rapidly coming when the association will have to close its books for thia year. After the meeting the members from the various , township* of the rounty met together and elected a board of county director* comfbaad of »ne man from each township. The fol lowing compose thia board: Bryan township, W. L. Haynsa. Dobaon township. F. T. Lewellyn. Eldora township, W. L. Chilton. Elkin township, John Cockerham. Franklin township, Emmett Isaacs. Long Hill township, Joe Samuels. Marsh township, Allen Stanley. Mount Airy township, J. M. Parker. Pilot township, Frank Dodaon. Rockford townaM*, H. C. Norman. Shoals township, P. G. Scott Si loam township, Harvey Norman. Stewarta Creek townahip, Geo. Arlington. Westfield townahip, J. M. Chilton. Beyond the Natural Order 'The Spring blew trumivta of color; Her Green sang In n<- vrain— I heard a blind man gi> .jing Tap—tap' with Ma cane; 'I pitied him in his blindneaa; But can I boast,'I see?' Perhaps there walks a spirit Close by who pitiea me— •A sptrit who hears me tapping* The five-sensed cane of mind Amid such uwguasasd gloriea— That I am worse than hUnd." A certain wise and witty Ft—oh in has written that affecSatfcm la a tnater enemy to the face thaa unaH-pox.—Mary Cecil Ray. NOTED SP1AUI COMING A community maw meeting in tfte intareat of law enforcement will be held in Central Methodist church Monday May 1st at • p. m. Tha thumc for diacnaaion la "A World Crisis—Tha Duty of tha Hour." A cordial invitation ia ax tan dad to the public, all am welcome and adata li on free. Dr. Young ia a rifted platform orator and hla apeech acintilatea with wit and humor It la a rreat treit to our citlsana to hear auch i man. A flaf con tut will he conducted in connection with this rally and every adult who attends can cast one vote for tha school room of his choice. Tha room race I* in* the h if heat number of votea will be preaented a really hand some United Statee flat. Both men and women :an vote. RAILWAY MEETING IS A SUCCESS *■—* Subscription To Stock To Car roll Eloctrk Railway U Star tod. Carroll News, April SO.—Repreaen "?» It, to tem the prupcssd electric railway to be built froaa mm point on the Norfolk and Western Hallway, through Hillsville and * the Snake Creak country, rroaaiitg the Blue Ridge Mountain to Mount Airy, N. C. This meeting wan to have been held Saturday, March >6 bat was post poned on account of the influenza epi demic. W. D. Tompkins spoke of the co operation necessary to build the rail road and the sdrantages which it would fits the people of Carroll. Judge D. W. Bo ten made an inter esting address, In which he outlined what would be necessary in order to insure the success of the railroad. Pint the charter would hare "to be secured, the right of way given, and $100,000 subscription to stock raised. The right of way, ho said, was prac tically assured, the charter could he sasily gotten and only the raising of the 1100,000 would be left to be done. SabscripUaa to Stock Atty. B. P. Goad made an enthusi astic talk in which he explained the method of subscription to stock. The first payment would not hare to be paid until $100,000 was raised; 10 per cant of the smount subscribed is to be paid when surveying starts; 86 per cent is to be paid when grading is be gun; 25 per cent after five miles of rnsd bed Is completed; the remaind ing 40 per cent to be psid within sit months sfter the first five miles of the road be has been completed. He rx plained how this proposition was sntirsly sound and safe; and how that the stock holders would be entirely protected. Mrs. Garland Howlett followed with sn appropriate talk on how the rail road would help the county, socially, religiously and educationally; it would t>ring people into the county and stim ulate intercourse with the outside world. Over 100 shares were sold Satur day, which waa considered a splen did start. It is thought that the de tired subscription will be raised with out difficulty in a short while, as the people are interested in the proposi tion and enthusiasm is being decidedly manifested. If, whan ye do well, and suffer for It, ye take It patiently, this is ac reptaWe with God.—1 Peter (:tt. Whan we look into the long aveaue of the future aad see the good ttere la far each one sf us to As, ws rsallse, to work, aad to Mi to te happy TO WITHHOLD FUNDS ir BONUS PASSES III IIihImm Putting Senwi mm lUptlUkMM WW. Kmk iag U Ttghteat Waahington, April bual neae" u4 the overly rich are now hammering away with ranri forse in the fight which they haw Smo making againat th* soldier bonua bill froai th* inception of that legislation And now they ara putting an tha •crews where tha plnchiag la Ufa tightaat for they ara threatening that they will not cough up tha caah that tha Republican National committer I* i ailing for with which t" maat paat due obligation!, and to finance tha fortheoniing campaign. Whereat tha Republicans in Congraaa ara altting up and taking notion. Nawa aa to thia attitude of In fluantial Republican* of waalth comta to Waahington from Now York whore Chairman Adam*, of the Republican National committee haa juat been on a caah lifting campaign. "Boy* get the money," waa hi* plea, aa he told of deficits in the bank account of tha Nation*! ronrtnittee and of the need of raising more money to pay the billa that will multiply during tha election this year. A luncheon period wa* nought aa the opportune time for making the money plea, and Chair man Adams irent to it. It ta aaid that be called upon the wealthy lunchaoaairea one by one aaking how much could be raiaed in varioua *ec tiana and that tha diapiriting anawer from many waa: "We cant and wont help If Congraaa paaaea the bonus." That they wont contribute or solicit a cent If Congraaa paaaea tha *oldler bonua bill la reported to be the general attitude of big buaineea in general throughout tha country. It fear* that there may be taxes in tha bill that will go after the caah that it holda tight. And it lata the Republi cans know that If the bonua bill la paaaed there may be aome soldier vote aocured by it. but that big buai neea will not give it* support with thia done or aa tha peucraaa. Thia atata of affaire adda fa, the ratcle datale condition of Republican* in Congreaa who ire seeking re election in hotly contacted ilialiictr, ftir they need money for the campaign and they need votea. The attitude of big buaineea give* them deep concern, and there is alao deep concern aa to the attitude of the soldier vote in case the bonus ie not paaaed. "Wa are damned if we da, and damned if we dont," ia tha view that ia expraaaed in varioua ways by various and aundry Republi can member* of Congraaa. Will the' soldier vote or the caah of big business hold the trump card ? im nit nude 01 Kepubilcana.oi the Senate Finance Committee ffivea the intimation that tha soldier vote will win. That committee met today and talked over the bill, aid determined to report oat • bill very much Uka the Hooae bill, bat with eome biff except iona. All liffna point to the belief that Senator McCumber and the other Republican! of finance committee are coantinff otronffiy an there being paid to America early next year large luma by Great Britain on ita wari debt Indication! are that before the bonus bill ia passed the Republicans will hare swung around to the Demo cratic plan offered by Senator Sim mons for bonus payments from the interest and principal of foreign debt, thoofffe there will be some frills pat on to try to disguise this fact. Fordaoa Tractor Sales liter—— Although the Ford Motor Company, Detroit, has been increaahtff the out put of Fordaons daily since the first of the year, retail sales hare main tained even a greater advance. April requirements necessitate the building of four hundred Fordaooe a day, and production ia being farther increased aa rapidly a% possible This is the Ford Company's largeet out put since 1919, and it ia expected that production will have broken all pre rioua records before the end of the month. The increased buying of Fordaona indicates that the farmer's position Is better and also ia tha farmer's en dorsement of the Fordaon price-cat which created considerable comment j throughout the country. Hsetdea the Ptrimi being aold < for fans Me, many are being aold in the cities aa power units for haul ing. axaavating, grading and other kinds of iadaaOial work. Hn Mre to 4a good ia Ike moat WOMAN CANDIDATE AGAINST ML 9TEDMAN Fifik District la UiMimow. Greensboro, April It.—The Repub lican rongraealoaal aonventle# of tW fifth dlatrtot ysaterday tn iiulu at the Guilford courthouse noahiM Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, of Winston Salem, to oppoee Maj Chas M. 8U4 man, Democratic incumbent, Car tho houae of repreeentotivee. Mrs. Pat. teraon wlna tha distinction of betag tho first North Carolina «vi>maa to ha om mated for congress. Chairman of tha eongrtvisioaal cofa mittac, to succeed W. G. Bramham, who waa alartod chairman of tha stato executive committaa at tha itato aon ventlon laat weak, will not ha eiectod until tha committee has had an op portunity to confer with Mrs. Pat. teraon. Por several week* tha name at John A. Smith, of High Point, had baan before tha aye* of local Repub lican leader*, especially tha jrriung«i element or the Roosevelt brand of Ra> publican, aa a posaibility for the nam inatioa. Mr. Smith y aa tarda y, when interviewed following tha toatirtlot, made a prophecy "that this la tha laat convention, I mean the Winaton-Salam convention the other day, that will ev er be controlled In North Carolina bjr a set of to-called Republicans, t&e old office-holding horde who want to keep tha party just big enough to fur nish them tha offie^a and not let them get scattered." Bombards "Stand-Patters." Mr. Smith issued a statement in which ha unrelentingly bombarded tha so-called stand-pattora. Ha entered the convention ball Jut aa the dale rates wore preparing to leave the aa sembly hall. Mra. Patterson waa not present at the meeting and the following com mittee was named by the convention, chairman, A. E. Hoi ton. of Whuton Salem, to notify her of the conven tion's action: Charles A. Reynolda, i. R. Joyce. A. H. W ife, M» Maty Settle Sharpe and Mrs. Alice Joyeo Nutt. The committee will probably go to Winston-Salem Saturday to har ry out its miaaion. Mr. Reynolda, the old warrior of the Twin City, nominated Mrs. Patter son in a very eloquent speech. He referred to her as one of the bright est women in the state, oae who will serve the state handsomely la con rress. "She will do more," said he, "to break the Democratic cruat tn tha ritiea in the district than anyone elan." Various delegatee followed tn rapid succession with a second to the nom ination. After the runners-up had paid their respect*,to the Winston-Sa lem woman, her nomination waa pro claimed by acclamation. The nomination of Mra. Patterson will be learned with unusual interest throughout the state, especially among the women. Mrs. Patterson is one of the foretnoet women in the state. She is closely identified with the Daughters of the American Rev olution. Durinr the world war she was one of the active workers here end abroad. Detroit Millionaire Convicted In Court Kalamazoo, Mich., April 30.—John Duvall Dodge, Detroit millionaire, and Rex Earl, an architect of ¥slsmsino. were convicted in Circuit Court hate yesterday on a charge of illegally poe lessing, transporting and furnishing liquor. Attorney* for the defendants immediately gave notice of appeal and Judge Weimer withheld sentsswe, The charges against Dodge and Earl resulted from an automobile rids here on the night of March II, nhaa they invited three young women into Lheir car and drove them against thdr protests into the country. Daring ths ride, the three girls testified, they were offered liquor. Miss Emeline Kwakernatt, a West >rn State Normal School stadsnt, be coming alarmed, jumped from the ma •hlw and was seriooaly injured. Ths *her» were Ethel Clemens, a Nor mal stadsnt, and Kims fltigsns Dodge and Earl are liable to ssn ence of one year imprisonment or 11,060 fins and oosts of ths trial er x>th.
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