The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-02-17
POE MEETING WAS LARGELY
ATTENDED BY NEWBERRIANS
Much Enthusiasm Manifested-1253
Bales of Cotton Signed Up and
Over 100 Cows Pledged

1t has been long time since there
has been meeting so largely attend
ed as that of last Monday afternoon
when DR.. Clarence Poe, editor of the
Progressive Farmer of Raleigh, North
Carolina, addressed the farmers and
business men of Newberry county on
the subject of cooperative marketing.
The court house was filled almost to
capacity long before the time set for
the meeting to be called to order, and
throughout the audience could be
seen representatives from all sections
of the county, as we'll as many peo-
pie from adjoining counties. They
had come to hear good speaker on
good subject, and we might say
that they did not go away disappolnt-
ed, for in all sincerity Dr.SPoe meas
ured up to all expectations Of his ad-
dress.
Following DR.. Poe's address, Mr..
G.. Cushman, assistant extension dal-
rynaan of Clemson college delivered
very valuable address on the sub
iect of properly handling milk and
cream.
DR.. Poe's address was centered on
the subject of cooperative marketing
of cotton and all of his arguments
were delivered in a most forecful
manner, and in way not a single
person present could misunderstood.
DR.. Poe illustrated the cooperative
manner in which manufacturers and
jobbers sold their products and COM
pared this method against the one
used by the many farmers through
out the country in selling their cot
ton. In fact DR.. Poe convinced his
audience that the farmers did net
merchandise their cotton, but merely
dumped it on the market, and ap-
| pealed to them to accept a more safe
method O. marketing their cotton. DR.
Poe dwelt at length on the plans OF
! the South Carolina Cotton Growers
association, saying that this associa-
ton had really adopted the safest plan
of marketing cotton than any other
organization that has ever been or
ganized, further stating that the plans
of the association had received the
hearty endorsement of all the leading
business mea and bankers almost
throughout the cotton producing Sec
ton.
It is impo. sible to give DR.. Poe's
address in dato:! on account of lack
of space, but those who heard him
will long remember the mar 'ood
things brought cut by him.
Following the conclusion Of DR..
Poe's address, Major Bramlett Of
Rock Hill made brief address, after
which committees canvassed the aud
ience with contracts to be signed; the
result being that twelve hundred and
fifty bales were sign up before the
meeting adjourned. This will be fol-
lowed by a thorough canvass of t"'
entire county within hopes that every
farmer of the county will become a
member of the association.
Dairy Expert Talks
Mr.. C. G. Cushman. assistant ex-
tension dairyman of Clemson college
was introduced and delivered a very
valuable and interesting address on
the subject of properly handling milk
and cream. Mr.. Cushman came to the
meeting in the interest of the cream
ery which will be established in New
berry within a very short time. Mr..
Cushman's address received the very
closest attention by the many farm
ers interested in furnishing cream to
the creamery.
Mr.. Cushman stated that he did
not know of any project more va.u-
able to any county than creamery
and congratulated those interested in
the establishment of this creamery
and said that within few years they
could look back and see the cream
cry the most valuable asset of the en-
tire county, and that as result Of
this enterprise Newberry county
would become one of the richest and
most fertile counties in the section,
due to the fact that the fertilizer
from the COWS would increase the fer
tility of the soil to such an extent that
within few years commercial fertil-
izer would be thing of the past, ex-
cept in just few instances.
Following Mr.. Cushman's address