The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-05
Willard Declared To Be
The One Place.
FENDER MASSMEETING
Farmers "Learn With Surprise it Has
Been Represented That Nine Tenths
of The Truckers OF Pender Are
in Favor New Hanover
For the Location"

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The department of agriculture has
received two stirring protests against
the removal of the Eastern North
Carolina test truck farm from Willard
to near Wilmington. The first resolu
tons were adopted by the citizens,
truckers and farmers of Fender coun>
ty at mass meeting in Burgow Mon
day, the object of the meeting being
To take such action as seemed neces.
sary to present the views of Pender
county in regard to the proposed re-
NO 81. A committee appointed to
draw resolutions of protest, composed
of Messrs. w. C. Keith, r. p. Paddi-
son, j. f. NEWMAN, j. Il. Davis, Issiah
Carroll. X. F. Powers, E. A. Howes.
Jr., and A. C. Ward, chairman. At
the mass meeting at Wallace yesterday
the citizens met and appointed Messrs.
w. j. Boney. w. f. Murphy and b.
r. Graham, a committe to draft reso-
buttons of protests against the removal.
These suggest that private interests
alone urge the committee i'm charge
OF the location to make "a change,
and warn the committee to analyZe
carefully the interests represented by
those urging the removal, and see that
the interest of the plain farmer is not
subservent to the interests of bankers
and real estate dealers.
The resolutions adopted at Wallace
are as follows:
Whereas it has come to our know
legde that a decided effort is being
made by a certain interest in Whining
ton to effect a removal of the State
Experiment Farm from Willard to the
vicinity of Wilmington. we the citi
Zens Of Wallace in mass meeting re-
solve.
list. That we earnestly protest
against the removal of the farm for
the following reasons: We under
stand that the location of this farm
in an honest effort on the part of the
Agricultural Department of our State
10 develop and conserve the trucking
industry in Eastern North Carolina,
and by advanced and improved meth
DDS IN cultivation. diversification. ana
fertilization to develop the resources
Of our section.
"2nd That this development should
be made under conditions which con-
front our ordinary farmer who has
no capital save his brain, muscle, and
virgin soil. That other sections may
offer plots of land here and there un.
der high state of cultivation capable
of producing more per acre than ours.
but it is not under these conditions
that the problems confronting the
trucking industry are to be solved,
What we want is practical instruc-
ton under conditions which the ordi-
nary farmer labOrs.
'3rd That the farm was placed Ill
its present location after due consider
alton of the merits of all competing
localities 1t was placed there upon
the intrinsic merits of the soil and
access .bility; the only factors
entering into the equation. The soil
is undeniably superior to that found
elsewhere by an unprecedented COM
mittee. 1t is accessible to four pas
senger trains daily. Wilmington evil
IDENTIFY has nothing more to offer than
she had five months ago.
18th. That we earnestly request
YOUR honorable board carefully to an
alive the interest represented by those
urging the removal and see that the
interest of the plain farmer is not
subverted to the interest of bankers
aud real estate dealers. That we pray
YOU to consider the interest of the
farmer before you do the interest OF
wealthy and influential citizens VINO
have no direct interest in farming
18th. That the State is under a
moral obligation to retain the farm
i'm its present site, for it was under
this distinct understanding that the
present site was decided to the state
and concessions made in the purchase.
nrice: and we believe the gentlemen
Of the board would be too careful oil
their sense of honor and common JUS
tice to thus fia,3rantly violate TINS
obligation
The resolutions adopted at the mass
meeting at Burgow are
1--WE as n people, appreciate the
honor paid our county in locating the
farm i'm our midst. We deem 1t al
advertisement for our lands; and ali
the more because the location was
made without the solicitation OF sur
rounding influence.
Resolved first That we nave
unfaltering confidence in the BoarG
Of Agriculture and the committee APP
pointed to locate the test farm; ana
we believe the location was accepted
upon the merits of our soil.
Resolved second: We have learn,
ed with surprise that it has been re-
presented to the committee that nine
tenths of the truckers of Fender
county are in favor of New Hanover
county for the location of the farm.
We emphbtically deny this charge,
and believe the statement was made
TO prejudice the committee against
Fender county.
Resolved third: That copy of
these resolution be sent to The News
and Observer, The Wilmington Star
Fender Chronicle, Duplin Journal, and
members of the board of agriculture
Salisbury Man i'm Mexican Disaster.