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Saturday, February 20, 2021

J.E. Thomas Opening Cannery, Will Contract With Local Growers, Feb. 20, 1921

Thomas to Head Canning Plant. . . Farmers to Get Contracts for Fruits and Vegetables

The launching of a new industry for this community took place Saturday when men of the city and county organized the Thomas Canning Club, which will can fruits and vegetables grown in this section. It is expected the main building of the plant—which is to be located at the suburb of Thomasboro, near Chadwick Hoskins—will be ready for occupancy by March 1 and will be ready to handle the first fruits and vegetables of the season.

The officers for the company are J.E. Thomas, president and manager; R.B. Price, vice-president; C.C. Thomas, secretary and treasurer. The board of directors will include the officer sand Frank Hovis, M.M. McCord, Charles Gibson and Dolph Freeman.

The company’s authorized capital is $50,000 with $15,000 paid in. The capacity of the plant at the beginning will be 2,000 cans a day. Later it will be increased. Mr. Thomas, president and manager of the company, will make a trip North this week to buy machinery for the plant.

One of the incidents in connection with the organization is that the company will make contracts with farmers of the county for fruits and vegetables for the plant. The company will furnish the seed to the farmers and truck growers on a certain agreement that the grower shall send his produce to the factory for canning.

The venture is expected to prove one of the most interesting experiments ever undertaken here, in that it promises to open up an entirely new industry. It will offer, besides the direct inducement by contract with the farmer to furnish deeds for planting, another inducement in the shape of an always-ready institution where surplus fruits and vegetables can be sold. This fact is expected to prove an immediate stimulus to large trucking enterprises in the county.

From the Charlotte News and Evening Chronicle, Sunday evening, Feb. 20, 1921

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