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GREAT FIELD DAY FOR THE CO-OPERATIVE
" ASSOCIATION HELD IN EDGECOMBE COUNTY
BIG CROWDS
ATTEND THE
MEETINGS
Without'"" doubt, Thursday was
one of the biggest days that Edge
combe county has ever experienced
in the great drive that is now on for
the cooperative marketing plan of
selling farm products.
This hew system has many adher
ents in the county and is very strong
, among our producers generally. It is
growing all the time, and it is th
opinion of the Southerner that it' is
only a question of time when every
body who grows cotton, peanuts and
tobacco will be signers of contracts.
The proponents of the new market
ing system went yesterday down on
the borderland of the enemy's coun
try at Macclesfield and shelled the
woods with big guns.
By 1 o'clock yesterday morning a
large crowd had gathered at Maccles
field to hear the discussions.
The large grandstand near the
railroad track was filled with people.
All around this stand were automo
biles, and people standing. At Mac
clesfield it is perfectly safe to say
that; there were at least four or five
hundred people present to hear Dr.
Joyner," Mr., Norwood and Mr. Rags,
dale. Notwithstanding thKugly look
ing jwMther in the morning the peo
pie ianie to hear, the hews of the hew
toarkirting system. The three men
j that ate new stumping the state form
anm class working teaav v v H
r tor.' 'Norwood discusses ' the finan
cial side of the proposition.' He ex
plains how" this great movement can;
be financed. ' ' f. ' '. " ' ..
' Mir.' Ragsdale is the practical to
bacco man who knows "the tobacco
business in all its details, having had,
aa he says, more than 20 years' ex
perience.' ' ;
Vt. Joyner take up the question
from the standpoint of the practical
farmer and gives his reasons why the
system should be put in use from a
farmer' standpoint.
Ai(J when these three geneltmen
get through all sides of the coopera
tive marketing have been pretty well
covered.
Mrv Norwood is the president of
the First National Bank of Goldsbo
ro. He! to a cool, deliberate, careful
speaker, .weighing well every , word
he utters. He marshals his facts and
figures well and makes a convincing
argument He is a banker of state
reputation. He is now president of
the. N. Tobacco Association.
. Mr.Ragsdale is a real tobacco man
of the best type, who .has seen big
things ejiead for the cooperative sys
tem HV has been a buyer on. the
markets of North Carolina for 28
years and has seen the inner work
ings ,of the old auction system ,and
makes do, hesitancy In pronouncing it
in keeping, with the advanced ideas
and theories of the. business world of
todayljlr..Ragsdala hits right-from
the shoulder whenever it becomes
necessary, arid calls a spade a spade.
Dr. '.Joyner is well known to pur
people. For years he was the state
superintendent of public instruction
awl while serving hi last term re
signed and went io his farm in Le
noir county, and since that time has
been directly engaged in farming, or
as he ealls it ill dirt farming. ';-;. ( .,
tDr? Joyner speaks from the stand
point 'of a farmer and gives reasons
way "every fanner should join this
movement now. He is a strong speak-
S and vtry forceful and deliberate.
!s appeals were strong and convinc
' ing.' "' ' V. - r .
The' county rejoices to know that
the three men' have been In oar
ml' and 'the Southerner is thor
oughly convinced that, their work in
Edgecombe county yesterday and at
Tarboro has done great good. .
Daily SiitiEKMEi
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mr. G. A. Norwood.
Mr. Norwood referred in his talk
exclusively to the business side of
the cooperative marketing. He stated
that the present system of selling to
bacco .on the warehouse floor wae not
the best, nor was it satisfactory to
the producer. He stated that unless
he had a better system he would not
be in favor of doing away with the
old one. He does not claim perfec
tion for the new system. In defense
of the new system he tated that the
big excess in tobacco if any could be
better cared for than under the old
auction system. He argued that this
excess could be carried by the farm
ers themselves better than by the
buyers. And this could be done at a
much less expense. The holding of
this excess by the farmers would
have great effect on the future crops.
He said the world every year needed
400,000,000 pounds of tobacco and
in cases of a large excess the auction
system could not take care of it ex
cept at a great loss to the farmer
who was obliged to dump it on the
market and glut the markets of the
world. He said that he did not take
the farmer for a fool, but they were
understanding the entire situation as
well as other businesses were. He
says the farmers holding 75 percent
in the association knows full well he
can dictate profitable prices.
Mr. Norwood said that it has been
often said by the opponents of the
new system that it could not be fi
nanced, but such was a mistake it
could be financed and much more
easily than the present auction sys
tem. He said the security off ered by
the farmer with his tobacco in the
pool was much better than the secur
ity offered by the buyer. And in re
gard to this financing the crop he also
stated the government has taken step
to assist the farmer, but up until
now the banks of Kentucky were fi
nancing the system.
He referred to the position taken
by 'many time merchants and said
this new system would work out their
salvation in the long run. In refer
ring to the financing of the new sys
tem, he incidentally spoke of grading
tobacco which would be a great fac
tor in securing loans from banks. '
Mr. Norwood's speech was well re
ceived and will do much good.
Mr. T. S. Ragsdale.
Mr. Ragsdale speaks right out in
the meeting and telle just what he
has seen and knows about the tobac
co business here and in Kentucky.
He says he has been in this business
for 23 years and ought to know what
he is talking about.
In defense of the cooperative sys
tem In Kentucky he eaid he took it
upon himself to go there and visit
not only the rural sections and see
and talk with the farmers, but also
went into the tobacco towns. He
found the people there satisfied with
the new system. He talked with 53
farmers at random without selecting
any man from any particular section,
and; they all told him they were sat
isfied and recommended the system
highly. Not only were they satisfied
with' the system, but also with ad
vances made them at that time. At
Pinetops and Macclesfield, Mr. Rags-
dale said, the only folks he could find
who were fighting the new system
were the pinhookers and tht Kastern
Carolina warehousemen.
He also said that all these letters
that you see written against the new
system were written by the little fel
lows, but the big guns were kept si
lent and in the background. He also
said that some of the warehousemen
of the east had said that the coope
rative association had signed up only
16 percent. If this little 16 percent
aa they claim has scared them might
nigh to death, when 75 percent is
signed which he says will be done, it
will take all the hearses in the east
to carry them to the funeral.
Mr. Ragsdale in referring to the
low grades that some one said would
be left in the hands of the associa
tion after all the best tobacco had
been disposed of, said if some of the
buyers would tell the truth they
would say that it is out of the low
grades that the most money is made
by the buyer and speculator. He gave
his own experience last year in the
purchase of the low green grades
and stated that he with others made
a "map up."
During the speeches at Maccles
field several questions were put to
the speakers and this helped to liven
up the occasion.
Dr. J. Y. Joyner.
After a few pleasant remarks Dr.
'Joyner said his speech would com
prise a farmer's reasons for a coope
rative marketing system and in say
ing this he stated that he was a real
dirt farmer. He defined a dirt farmer
to be the man wro worked all the
year in the dirt and toil, in the sun
and heat, and at the end of the year,
after paying his debts, if he were so
fortunate as to do this, the only
thing he had was dirt.
Dr. Joyner discussed the funda
mental principles of the cooperative
marketing system. He spoke of it
from an economic standpoint. He
spoke of agriculture as the biggest
business in the country and those
who worked on the farms in this bus
iness as the poorest, and he asked
there must be reason for all this and
he proceeded to show what this great
cause was. He said that when he
brings his tobacco to the warehouse
he has no say-so as to wliat it will
bring and the only thing he can do k
to ask the well informed buyer, Mr.
what will you give me for my stuf ?
He said that the prices he paid for
what he bought were fixed by organ
ized forces, and he was tired of such
a policy where he had nothing to do
in fixing prices for his own produce.
He said that in this section three
out of four farmers grew their to
bacco on the credit or time system.
Such a Condition was a tragedy. He
cast no blame on the time merchant
or the warehousemen, but eaid he
was opposed to these old systems
that were keeping down the people.
The cooperative marketing system
proposes to control the commodities
and this will control the price. He
made an illustration of the recent
rise in the price of gasoline. He said
he favored the new system of selling
tobacco because it was a more eco
nomical system and would save the
producers several cents in the pound.
To sell now coats about 5 per cent
while under the system it would cost
around forty cents on the hundred.
Again he favored the new system
because the grades could be stand
ardized and the prices stabilized.
He made bold the statement that
the present system of selling tobac
co was a gambling system from the
start to finish with all the cards
stacked in the hands of the well in
formed and strongly financed buyer.
He stated that a short while ago a
big tobacco concern went to see Mr
Stone of the Burley Association of
Kentucky and in less than an hour's
time this concern had purchased 20
million pounds of tobacco and paid
for it, and all this done at a minimum
cost to the buyer and the seller. He
said the saving to the big buyers was
a saving to sellers also.
. Dr. Joyner spoke of the fact that
80 percent of the' tobacco in North
Carolina, South Carolina, nl Vir
ginia is sold within 60 days there by
dumping this immense amount on the
market and causing a glut and a de
pression of prices. He stated this
would be remedied by the new sys
tem as the tobacco would be fed to
the market as it was needed thereby
to a great extent doing away with
lumps in the markets of th world.
He said that cooperative marketing
is no longer an untried experiment,
but that it had been made a perfect
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success in Denmark, once only a thin
strip of sandy land on the ocean, but
now one of the richest countries in
all the world. Here it has been made
a great success and a blessing to the
people.
fHe also spoke of the system that
was now in vogue in California. He
referred to the great Buccess that had
teen made by the fruit growers of
that state.
He argued from the standpoint of
the success of the cooperative sys
tem now in use in the state of Ken
tucky. He spoke of the men at the
head of this great system in Ken
tucky and gave their evidence. He
appealed to the people at Pinetops,
Macclesfield and at Tarboro last
night to put this system over at
once. He said it took only grit, good
judgment and horse sense.
Dr. Joyner has lost none of his
eloquence that he used to display
when on the hustings in the interest
of the educational interests of the
state. His speech did great good.
Kiwanis Hall Last Night.
Knowing that these speakers, Dr.
Joyner, Mr. Norwood and Mr. Rags
dale, woilld be in the county Thurs
day, the Kiwanians arranged to, have
f- . . "
their dinner on vttiat(.wme :day and
these gentlemen,.were invited to
speak in Tarboro las night
There were present at the dinner
mare than 100 men, and these men
were practically from every section
of the county. The menu was Bruns
wick stew, crackers and ginger ale.
The speeches were greatly enjoyed,
and our distinguished visitors receiv
ed many handshakes of congratula-
tions ard thanks for their work in
the county. The meeting last night
was turned over to Directors Eagles
and Cobb. The speakers were briefly
introduced by Mr. Vines Cobb.
Aftsr the speakers for the evening
had concluded the following gentle
men were called upon for brief ad
dresses: B. B. Howell, Dr. W. J. Thig
pen and G. A. Holderness. ;' ; ,(
Mr. Howell and Dr. Thigpen said
they favored the new system and
would do all they could'to insure 'its
success. ;
Mr. Holderness said while he at
one time did not favor the system,
but that after consulting with some
of the leading bankers of the coun
try he had reached the conclusion
that the system was a good one and
should be put over by the farmers
and business men of the county.
Thus closed a most eventful day
in the good old county of Edgecombe.
A good day's work had been done
for the farmers of the county, the
results of which will be seen in the
not distant future.
The Southerner wishes Dr. Joyner,
Mr. Norwood and Mr. Ragsdale to
know that .their good services were
greatly appreciated and Edgecombe
will always give them a hearty wel
come whenever they see fit to re
turn to our midst.
Letter to Mr. J. A. Forbos.
The following letter addressed to
Mr. J. A. Forbes of Macclesfield was
read by Mr. Ragsdale as eveidence
for the Statement that the farmers
of Kentuck were satified with the Co
-operative Marketing system for the
sale of their tobacoa.
:; Lancaster, Ky. April 9, 1922.
Mr. J. A. Forbes,
Macclesfield, N. C.
Dear Forbes:
: I am glad to get your letter and
to know that you are interested in
the co-operative plan of selling
tobacco. I am frank to confess that I
was against the proposition 'when it
Vas first brought to 'os, fcut'duf Joia
in after the majority ftf my, neighbor
had and can truthfully say that it is
the biggest thing the farmers -aVer
put oveinWthis state and" the very
best. We, have already received in
our advanctf-pritei more in we re
ceived for the '.entire crop last year
and oa tha 20th, we are to receive
FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1922
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RESULTS JUSTIFIED
HOLDING OF PARLEY
GENOA, May 19. The Economic
Conference ended today with a plen
ary meeting in San Giorgio Palace,
after 33 days of efforts to solve Eu
rope's manifold problems.
Premier Lloyd George said The
Hague meeting non-aggressive pact
and reports of finance, transport and
economic commissions alone justified
holding the conference.
Irish terrorists set fire
to numerous buildings
BELFAST, May 19. Incendiary
fires throughout the city were set by
terrorists who attacked the barracks.
Three motor cars wee used to re
move the wounded after a fierce con
flict. Four Catholic men were dragged
from their beds at Desert Martin,
County Derry, and murdered. Half
the village was burned.
P. O. CLERKS ARRESTED.
NEW YORK, May 19. Seven post
office clerks were arrested today in
connection with the million and half
dollar bond theft from the mails last
July, following the confession by
Mark Von Bschen.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Parker and
Miss Catherine Langton of Speed
motored to Kinston Thursday night
& attended the Shriners Ball.
A meeting of the Chautauqua
Guarantors was held Wednesday
night in the Commissioners Room of
the Court House. There were present
about half of the guarantors and af
ter much discussion it was decided to
adjourn this meeting until Thursday
afternoon at five o'clock when and
where these guarantors again met &
.perfected all their plans for the sale
of the tickets.
A committee composed of Messers,
Brown, Forbes and McCleure were
authorized to see the guarantors to
day and get as many as possible to
pool their tickets outside of those
who only contracted to take so many
...
tickets a year ago.
This committee announces that the
Town will be districted and the sale
of the season tickets 'll be put on
sale the latter part of next week.
The guarantors have fully deter
mined that all the tickets will be dis
posed of this time and no one will be
asked to come across for a deficit as
was the case last year.
Many most attractive features and
reading of the program will convince
any fair minded man that when he
pays $2.50 for a season ticket he
will beyound doubt get his money's
worth.
The men behind the ticket selling
will make the Chautauqua a success
They have gone about the disposition
of the tickets in plenty of time and
too systematically.
RETURNED FROM BALTIMORE.
Mrs. T. T. Cherry has returned
from a short visit to friends in Balti
more. IL
another payment of an equal a
mount, and that is not all, we will
receive still another payment about
'tthe first of September. Every grow
er in the association will get from 5
to 10 cents more per pound than the
fellow who stayed out. My advice to
all my friends is to JOIN as this is
the only, salvation for the tobacco
grower.
Get busy anJ get all yeur friends
to join and believa me your friend.
' (Signed) W. B. Burton.
UNMEET
os
CHAUTAUQUA
NOW
ASSURED
SUCCESS
MO. SAPIRO IS IT
T
The following telegram has been
received from Mr. Fooshe of the
Peanut Growers Exchange:
"Mr. Sapiro has found it necessary
'to cancel his speaking engagements
"for Ahoskie and Tarboro. His appear
ance in Suffolk tomorrow is the only
engagement he will be able to fill for
the peanut growers in the near fu
ture. Please also say to the peanut
growers in your section to be here
tomorrow and to bring their wives
with them. Mr. Spragins is in Suf
folk to cook our barbecue for us."
SWEDISH UNEMPLOYED
MAY BECOME FARMERS
STOCKHOLM, MAY 19. Before
long the Swedish unemployed may
have a chance to become independent
farmers. When they recently express
ed the desire to obtain small farms
of their own where they ,might work
till old age without being subjected
to enforced idleness, their request
goun-ied at first like wishing for the
moon.
But not so to the Minister of Agri
culture, who immediately ordered an
investigation into the possibilities of
forming a farm colony in the prov
ince of Soedermanland. II the plan is
found feasible the government may.
purchase land to be parceled among
its unemployed. The preject would,
of course, insolve more than acquir
ing the land. The goverment will
have to build cottages on the farms,
and supply its indigent citizens with
live stock, farm implements and liv
ing expenses for the first year.
The, farm project is one of the
most important and interesting' of
many attempts for relieving the un
employment troubles of the country.
Last winter several thousand job
less were given instruction in almost
any branch of learning in which they
were interested.
Visiting Mr. nd Mr. Hrt.
Mr. H. M. Leslie of New York,
Mr. W. C. Hill and Mr. J. C. Rich of
Norfolk are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Hart.
Visiting in Salisbury.
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Speight are in
Salisbury this week visiting their
children.
Invitation to Commencement.
The faculty and senior class of the
North Carolina College for Women
invite you to be present at the 29th
annual commncement, June 3 to 6,
1922, Greensboro. Miss Vera Mar
tinelle Keech is of the graduating
class this year.
A PANTOMIME.
The circle of the Missionary Socie
ty of the Methodist church will pre
sent a .pantomime at the Colonial
Theatre tonight for the benefit of
the circle. This performance will be
put oh entirely by local children and
should be well patronized. A splen
did picture, "Is Matrimony a Fail
ure?" will also be shown. ; ;
Speak in Washington Tonight.
Dr. J. Y. Joyner, Mr. T. S. Bags
dale and Mr. G. A. Norwood left to
day on the noon train for Washing
ton, where they will speak tonight to
the tobacco farmers of Beaufort.
LADY RHONDDA'S CLAIM TO
SEAT NOT BEEN MADE OUT
' LONDON, May 19. The privilege
committee decided today that Lady
Rhondda's claim to the House of
Lords seat had not been made out .
PLEASANT HILL EXERCISES
TODAY.
Today witnessed the closing exer
cises of the Pleasant Hill High School
The address was made by Mr. Lyn
Bond. There was a larga crowd pre
sent and the exercises were all most
interesting.
COMING
ARBQRO TO RETURN VE
, LOCAL COTTON, '
NINETEEN CENTS.
ALLTHE LOCAL NEWS
ROICT
OF NOT GUILTY
CHARLESTON, W. Va., May 19
Judge Woods today overruled a mo
tion to direct a verdict of not guilty
in the case of William Blizzard, who
is charged with treason, as a result
of the armed march last summer
against Logan county.
The judge limited the state as to
the overt act on which it reliew to
convict to defendant's presence with
the armed march in Logan county.
CANCELS DIVORCE.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 19.Fred
Glotzbach, chauffeur, today cancell
ed his divorce petition against Mme.
Mathenauer, grand opera singer, say
ing he would not oppose her suit in
New York.
WINS "WOMEN'S GOLF.
SANDWICH, England. May 19.
Miss Joyce Wethered won the wom
en's open golf championship today,
defeating Miss Cecil Leitch, title
holder 9 up and 7 to play.
PERSECUTION BY TURKS
JEOPARDIZES RELIEF WORK
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 19.
Publication of reports by the Ameri
can relief workers in the interior of
Asia Minor concerning the systemat
ic persecution of Christians by Turk
ish Nationalists has jeopardized the
position of the workers.
RELEASE GEN. SEMENOFF ,
NEW YORK, May 18. General
Semenoff, former Ataman of Cos
sacks, was ordered released from ar
rest by the appellate division of the
supreme court.
Taw Society present Play.
Yesterday morning at 11 o'clock
the Taw Society of the Tarboro High
School gave a dramatization of the
well-known fairy story, "Beauty and
the Beast." The play was given in
the school auditorium before the en
tire high school and a number of
other grades. The girls taking part:
The Merchant, Velna Boykin; Eld
est Daughter, Louise Lane; Second
Daughter, Lelia Clark; Beauty (the
youngest daughter), Marian Jenkins;
The Beast (later a prince), Snow
Thigpen ; The Fairy Aunt, Nimf Vin
cent. Each girl in the play acted her
part remarkably well, and the entire
performance was keenly enjoyed.
The eighth grade girls in the play
and Miss Belle Doub, who directed
them, deserve much credit for the en
tertainment. Returned From Winston.
Walston returned yes
terday from Winston-Salem where he
has been attending the Grand Lodge
of Odd Fellows. Mr. Walston reports
a great meeting. .'.'.'.
Mrs. John Fraley left yesterday to
spend a few days with her sister Mrs
John Rodgerson in Williamston.
LEAVES HOSPITAL.
Ivy Moore, who recently under
went an operation at the Edgecombe
General hospital, has been removed
to his home and is convalescing.
, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Moore and
Henry, Jr., of Richmond, are guests
of their parents on Trade street. Mr.
Moore is a Tarboro boy and is being
cordially greeted by his many old
friends here.
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