Granville Co-Ops and Prices at Oxford Curb Market, July 20, 1924

Miss Elizabeth Kelley Pleads for Co-operation in the County. . . Miss Kelley Addressed Granville Co-Ops at Regular Monthly Meeting Saturday—Mrs. J.Y. Crews Is Elected Vice Chairman of the Association—Oxford Curb Is Functioning Well

Oxford, July 19—Miss Elizabeth Kelly, assistant to M.O. Wilson of the Cooperative association, addressed the Granville county co-ops in regular monthly session here today on “A Better Community Life.” She made a strong plea for the men and women of Granville to realize their own responsibility to themselves and to their community. In speaking of the Tobacco Growers’ Co-operative association, she said that there was nothing worth while accomplished in a short while, but that effort and sacrifice was essential to the growth of things worth while. She told her hearers that under the present system of marketing that prevailed in most communities a farmer could take one-half dozen hens and two roosters and flood the market. In speaking of the value of co-operating Miss Kelley said, “I did not come to tell you anything, but to remind you. Co-operation is a matter of education and finance” which she said would ultimately result in the revival of education and community life.

Mrs. J.Y. Crews was elected vice-chairman of the Granville County Tobacco Growers Co-operative association. Mrs. Crews is a public spirited woman and will be a very useful official.

Mr. Morrell, field secretary of the association, in a short talk told the farmers that they would receive 12 ½ percent of the bankers’ valuation of the tobacco pooled before July 26th. He stated that the amount to be paid the farmers of the old belt from Hamlet to Petersburg, Va., would amount to $2,300,000.

The prize of $5 in gold offered by the National Bank of Granville for the boy or girl who writes the best paper on co-operative marketing was awarded Walter Gordon. The others participating in the contest were Irene Jones, Jack Ellis, and Vergie Lee Dean, all of whom did well.

Oxford Curb Market

Market was strong today but butter beans in demand. Prices steady. the market is meeting with such success that instead of having the market open on Saturdays only, it will be open on Wednesday also. Today’s prices were as follows:

Eggs, 30 cents a dozen

Chicken fryers, 35 cents a pound

Hens, 20 cents a pound

Cabbage, 4 cents a pound

White potatoes, 4 cents a pound

String beans, 8 cents a pound

Beets, 10 cents a bunch

Honey comb, 25 cents a pound; in sections, 30 cents a pound

Squash, 4 cents a pound

Corn, 35 cents a dozen ears

Apples, 25 cents a pk (pack or peck??)

Peaches, 25 cents a gallon

Tomatoes, 20 cents a pound

Butter beans, unshelled, 10 cents a quart

Blackberries, 10 cents a quart

Pears, 25 cents a gallon

Plums, 10 cents a quart

Cucumbers, 4 cents a pound

Jelly, 25 cents a glass

Pepper, 20 cents a dozen Total sales: $125

From page 2 of the Durham Morning Herald, Sunday, July 20, 1924

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