Henderson Daily Dispatch

FARMERS URGED TO VOTE ON CONTROL

Requested to Express View One Way Or Other On Next Wednesday

College Station, Raleigh, Dec. 6- Every producer of cotton with a staple length of less than 1 1-2 inches, and every grower of flue-cured tobacco is entitled to vote in the marketing quota referenda on December 10, said G. T. Scott, prominent Johnston county farmer and chairman of the State AAA committee. There is no age limit, and if a person is shown by compliance surveys in 1938 to have produced a cotton or tobacco crop, his or her vote will be counted, Scott explained.

"We are anxious for every grower to cast a vote to make the decision truly representative of the sentiments of North Carolina farmers. The State AAA committee, other members of which are R. Flake Shaw, of Guilford county; Tom Cornwell, of Cleveland; John Broome, of Beaufort; and I. C. Laird, of Watauga, feel that marketing control is necessary, and we think the quota system is the most workable approach to the problem. However, we are anxious to obtain the views of all farmers on this matter and only by casting your vote-either for or against-can this be learned," Scott declared.

"To make the decision representative, all farmers, including tenants and sharecroppers, can vote; but no farmer, whether an individual, partnership, corporation or association, can vote more than one time. There will be no voting by mail, by proxy, or by agent.

"Separate ballots, but the same polling place, will be provided for tobacco and cotton votes, where both are produced in the community. The question, which will appear on each ballot will be: Do you favor marketing quotas for the 1939 crop? The farmer will mark his ballot 'yes' or 'no,'" Scott concluded.