The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1922-07-21
Joint Meeting Directors
Chamber. of Commerce
A nd Potato Growers
RESOLUTION PASSED ORGANIZING WAREHoUsING COR
PoRATIoN WITH SAME DIRECTORATE AS GROWERS
ASSOCIATION

A joint meeting Of the ,direc-
tors Of the Chamber of Conf
merce and the Cooperative
Sweet Potato Growers Associa-
ton was held this morning in the
directors room of the Scotland
Neck Bank, with practically
full attendance.
The potato association report
ed that lot had been selected
and an option secured at the
corner Ct 18th Street on east
side Of the railroad. They also
reported that 10000 bushel ca
pacity warehouse could be built
for from $3,14O to $3,25O, max.
ing the total cost of the lot and
warehouse about $4,25O.OO.
Stoves, trucks, and other Incl.
] dentals will run the total cost
slightly higher than that figure,
! however. Farmers will be re-
quired to arrange for own pack
ages. The agricultural agent re-
! n , seventy acres planted.
i will be sufficient to fill
,,arehouse first year.
| A storage warehousing corpora
tion will be formed and will sell
at least $5,000.O0 in percent pre-
ferred stock, which will be retir-
ed at the rate of one-fifth each
year for five years by the grow
ers association, common stock
! being issued in it's place to tha
! individual members Of the grow,
ers association.
The following resolution was
passed; Resolved: That tha
, Board Of Directors Of the SCOT
LAND NECK Cooperative Sweet
Potato Storage Company be in
structd to apply for a charter
for the organization Of a cooper
ative warehouse corporation, and
that As soon as charter is secur>
I'd the said Board meet and elect
themselves as directors Of the
warehouse corporation.
A committee was appointed to
solicit subscriptions to stock IN
the warehousing corporation.
The Directors Of the Chamber
Of Commerce then went into exc
cutive session and instructed the
Secretary to spend not over $780,
100 in additional copies
Of the last issue Of the Eastern
Carolinian, the organ Of the Eas-
tern Carolina Chamber of Com
merce, printed and distributed to
various business houses here
with request that they enclose
them I'D all outgoing mail.
The Secretary was also instruc-
ted to prepare cuts and material
for the publication Of a booklet
S on SCOTLAND NECK and vicin-
g ity. !
:, Mr.. G. E. Littlejohn, agricul-
It tural agent, reported that he was
IS arranging for five community
fairs IN the territory around
SCOTLAND NECK and that the
best exhibits from each would be
selected for a final showing at
Scotland Neck on Armistice Day.
The agent also reported that
he had signed up % farmers for
his hog breeding program and
that he expected to make the list
J at least 80. He also reported
| that he had found one Of the fin
! est pure-bred boars he had ever
seen on the farm Of Mr.. Moab
Whitehead, in Roseneath.
Mr.. Littlejohn stated that as
/. soon as the hog program was
= well under way that he would
4 take up the development Of the
i poultry industry and hoped to Sc
. sure the cooperation Of the
+ banks in putting that program
over.
e Mr.-N. G.. Bartlett, Vice-Presi
S, Carolina Chamber Of Commerce
y was present and made a few re
marks. He complimented SCOT
n LAND NECK on the wonderful
.e cooperation shown in every un
dertaking and ON its splendid
0. team work. He said that he
i had been engaged in similar
work for six years or more and
le mad never seen better spirit
le displayed anywhere than that
d developed here, and that II It
a. were continued it would result
IN unbelievable accomplishments