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Tobacco growers suit drags through endless abatement plea
In Raleigh on March 31 the five Virginia tobacco growers case against the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association opened after Judge Isaac M. Meekins delayed ruling on a plea in abatement. Testimony focused on suspected overstatement of crop pledges and defendants accused of fraud and conspiracy, with heated exchanges among attorneys and dramatic rebuttals.
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Raleigh
the Enterprise
Isaac M. Meekins
Virginia
Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association
Meekins
Lea
Association
Hom
Aaron Sapiro
Virginia Growers
Pois
Dennie F. Keel
Greensboro
J. M. Galloway
North
South Carolina
J. Lloyd Horton
W. M. Persons
P. W. Glidewell
Jones
Col. Persons
Glidewell
Sapiro
Aoyner
Call