Thirty-five or 40 business men and farmers of this vicinity met in the Court house Saturday afternoon to hear Mr. E.E. Bartlett, secretary of the Eastern North Carolina Chamber of Commerce, discuss a creamery proposition for Johnston County. The Kiwanis club of this city has had the matter under consideration and after Secretary Bartlett had presented the advantages of such a step, Mr. W.H. Austin, representing the Kiwanians, took charge of the meeting. In the discussion which followed it was brought out that the establishment of a creamery will require at least 500 cows and a capital stock of about $25,000. The idea is to interest the farmers in buying the cows, the cream to be collected by trucks sent out a certain number of times each week and brought to the creamery which will be built here. It was repoirted at the meeting that the three dairies in this county owned by L.F. Uzzle, James Myatt and F.K. Broadhurst would put their cows at the disposal of the creamery. In addition to this Messrs. N.B. Grantham and Dr. N.T. Holland have agreed to purchase 25 cows each.
Mr. Austin in speaking, told about two recently put up at Shelby which were paying good dividends. He quoted O. Max Gardner as stating that they were helping to put Cleveland County on a cash basis.
Mr. D.B. Oliver, Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, expressed himself as favoring the proposition and told of a man in his section who has paid for a $5,000 farm in three years from his cows.
Mr. R.P. Holding, cashier of the First and Citizens National Bank, said there was no question in his mind but that the banks of the county would help to finance a creamery. He stated that Mr. Uzzle was willing not only to put his cows but would subscribe $1,000 in stock.
Mr. F.K. Broadhurst, who owns eight cows from which he receives an income of $150 per month, is in favor of the proposition and will be one of any number to put up a creamery.
Mr. A.M. Johnson, former county Farm Agent, who has had practical experience in dairy work in Missouri, feels that two things necessary to insure the success of a creamery here, are to sign up as many as 500 cows and that the farmers raise the feed for their cows.
Mr. Jim Jones, a farmer between here and Selma, thinks the proposition is a good one and will help to get a creamery started.
Mr. J.A. Wellons testified to the worth of keeping a cow and concluded his remarks by moving that a committee be appointed to find out how many farmers will buy cows and furnish cream for the creamery, and also a committee to raise the required capital stock. The following finance committee was appointed: F.K. Broadhurst, D.B. Oliver, and R.P. Holding. The following were placed on the committee to find out about cows: L.F. Uzzle, Charlie Hill, N.C. Woodhall, W.M. Sanders, N.B. Grantham, R.E. Whitehurst, Dr. N.T. Holland, James Myatt, J.P. Parker, A.M. Johnson, J.W. Stephenson, Percy Smith, W.D. Avera, Ed Crocker, J.M. Turley, George Massey, N.B. Stevens (County Agent), E.T. Westbrook, Jim Jones, and Jasper Smith.
It was decided that several automobiles loaded with interested farmers go to Florence, S.C., next Saturday and see a creamery in operation and see just what it means in a boll weevil section. A meeting will be called next week to hear a report of this trip.
From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, September 4, 1923
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