New Bern Tobacco Market Closes After Farmers' Protest, September 8, 1920

Planters Disappointed at Prices for Weed Refuse to Sell and Many Haul It Home--The three tobacco sales warehouses in New Bern were closed a few minutes after the opening of the season this morning, protests from farmers causing buyers and warehouse men to close the sales. Some of the growers are carrying the weed back home and others are leaving it on the warehouse floors in the hope of better opening prices. Low prices paid for the tobacco caused the dissatisfaction among the farmers. (From the front page of the Hickory Daily Record, Wednesday evening, Sept. 8, 1920)