The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-07-19
CAMPAIGNS CLIMAX
STAGED IN WILSON
Manager Sands, President Norwood,
Officials and members OF Tobacco
Association Celebrate Success.

Inc WOIlu > ldA 6SS1 NooHNA
Marketing Association entered the
worlds largest tobacco market at
Wilson, n. c., on Saturday, July 8tna,
marking the climax Of the whirlwind
campaigns in the Carolinas which
have resulted in a ten thousand in
crease in membership for the Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association
within the past ten weeks.
oliver J. Sands, Executive Manager
of the Association of $4,000 tobacco
growers addressed the mammoth
mass meeting of tobacco growers,
merchants and bankers from Eastern
Carolina.
More than a thousand contracts
week have been pouring steadily into
Raleigh headquarters and mark the
successful campaigning which contin-
ues in South Carolina, Virginia and
Eastern North Carolina.
The recent statement of c. C. Car.
rington, President of the United
States Tobacco Association, that the
Tobacco Growers Cooperative Associ-
alton is now grown into a formidable
rival to the independent dealers and
warehousemen, has been followed by
some of the most hostile advertising
which has yet appeared in opposi-
ton to the organized growers
This opposition is stirring the grow
ers to reduoble their efforts, and more
than 600 contracts from Virginia
have come in since the recent meet
ings at South Boston, Chatham, Gret-
ma Burkeville, Amelia and brakes
Branch and Bedford, where Senator
Bcrah, Oliver j. Sands, j. Y. Joy.
ner, Joseph NJ. Hurt and other lead
ers of the big Cooperative. addressed
thousands Of growers.
Severely arraigning the men who
have fostered rumors that extrava-
CANT salaries are paid the officials of
the. Marketing Association, Oliver J.
Sands. Executive Manager has au-.
thorized the following statement:
There are some people so selfish
and narrow minded that they cannot
believe that there are business men
living in Virginia, North Carolina and
South Carolina who are willing to de-
vote their time and talents to the
service Of the people and their States.
These people have stated that am
receiving large compensation for my
services. This 1 deny. I am work
irg in this wholly because 1 believe
it will be OF great benefit to oui
people, and l know that if we help
the farmer we help all the people.
1 will receive reward in personal
satisfaction and in the same manne.
as every other merchant and banker
says Mr.. Sands VINO asked why is i.
that cooperative marketing is in.
creasing and growing wherever It has
been tried?" and pointing out that
few years ago three hundred million
dollars of products were marketed
throuh cooperative associations, ant
that this year more than one billion
dollars worth OF farm products will be
sold by cooperative associations.
With So ger cent OF the tohacc:
crop OF South Carolina on signed con-
tracts listed by growers, by pound:
and acres at Raleigh headquarters of
the Tobacco Growers Cooperative
Association, officials of the organized
tobacco growers here Yesterday cls
counted the report of q independent
warehousenlen that only 2G per cen
of the South Carolina crop was signed
with the Association.
Hundreds Of new contracts arriving
daily 1EOm South Carolina a:e push
ing the large majority nemi.er>f.
OF the big producing counties t,
higher percentage each week. Vii
Eamsbuig county now lasses a 80 pc
cent sign-up, Florence county is
steadily climbing from so TO 80 pei
cent, and Darlington county which,
signed over a hundred growers in the
last few days is close to the three
quarter mark.
RobesCa county sent in % contracts
in a single DAY last week and is now
close TO 80 per cent membership.
CENTERVILLE BARBECCE