The Monroe journal., 1922-10-24

The sensational rise in cotton, to
gether with the granting of the in
junction permanently restraining sew
eral Eastern North Carolina farmers
from disposing of their tobacco out
side of the association. has put local
co-op's in an exceptionally optimistic
frame Of mind. "The battles won.
success is assured" is just a sample
of the comment of those friendly to
the ASSOCIATION.
While the association is not giving
out any statements, il was learned
on good authority yesterday that no
cooperative cotton had been sold.
With the market advancing every day.
and assuming that higher prices will
continue TO prevail for some time To
come, this statement, if true, means
that thousands of dollars have been
saved to the country, since it is GER
tain that majority of the co-ops
would otherwise have sold their cot
ton when ginned had they not con-
traeted at prices around twenty-one
cents.
Should the co-ops hold their cotton
off the market until the staple reach
es thirty cents, as indications point.
it will mean hundreds of new mem
bers in this county next year when
members compare their thirty-cent
checks with the twenty-four cent and
less checks of some of their less-fort-
unate neighbors, il was said yester-
day.
Tho ..t,,, &c .La oo,,,, IL hnlJ;n,r
that cooperative contract was bind
ing vie with the rise in cotton for
first place with the Union county
leaders of the marketing association.
"0ur greatest obstacle has been the
much-fiaunted argument that farm
ers won't stick, " one said. "Now
since the courts have declared men,
bers must stick there is nothing, in
my opinion, to prevent Us from sue
ceeding."
Nor is the association satisfied with
its first legal victory. Fourteen suits
were Saturday instituted against
members of the tobacco association.
which holds contracts similar to those
of the tobacco association, in the
Wake county superior court. Attor-
neys for the association stated that
the suits were brought on complaint
of and for the protection of members
in the "Old Belt" All of the suits
were made ont on printed forms COW
ering every detail of the legal pro-
ceedings and it is expected that
number of similar suits will follow.
lnjunctions were secured against
two growers in Wake county and
one each in Granville, Green, Person
and Warren counties, while suits
without the injunction features were
brought against members in Beau
fort, Martin, Johnston and Wake
The largest grower named in the
suits filed is W. j. Ball, of Wise, War
ren county, who is alleged to have
raised or acquired a crop of 100000
pounds of tobacco, of which $4,000
pounds have been sold outside of the
ASSOCIATION with the remainedr yet to
be sold. Damages are asked for in
the sum of $1,000 in addition to an
allowance of $3.50 for attorneys fees. |
Names of the SIX defendants en-
joined with the amount of damages |
asked for at the rate of five cents
a pound follow: Henry A. Mason,
Wake, 500 plus $3.50 ATTORNEYS fees;
Al Walker, Wake, $500, plus $500 |
attorneys fees; j. T. Daniel, Gran
vile, $3.50, plus 500 attorneys fees;
David Gurganus, Greene, $3.50 plus ,
attorneys fees; c. f. and NJ. T, /
Person, 81 900 plus $500 /
attorneys fees; ". J. Ball, Warren, !
$500 plus $3.50 attorneys fees.
No complaints were filed in the
other eight suits which were against
the following members of the asso-
c alton; T. NJ. Conn, Wake; c. H.
Branton, W. T. DENLY, ". T. Ange, |
Thad Leggett and II. d. Woolard, all |
Of Beaufort; James 2. Barnes, John
ston; 7. NJ. Bunting, Martin.
The actions were brought by Bur-
CESS and Joyner and Aaron Sapiro,
attorneys for the association