How Cooperation Built Cotton Cash in Sandhills
A 1920s Progressive Farmer feature recounts how sixteen Sandhills towns fused boards of trade to finance cotton loans. Faced with collapsing markets and bank shortages, leaders centralized funds, secured government aid, and created a lasting community financing model with final plans to build warehouses and broaden credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W. Page
A. & M. College
Sandhill
Pinehurst
Cotton Belt
Roger Derby
Beef Breeders Association
Board of Trade
Aberdeen
Towle and Wyckoff Prize Golf Scores Ride to Prizes
Tin Whistle handicap event awarded prizes funded by J L Wyckoff of Holyoke and John R Towle of Chicago. Robert Hunter of Wee Burn led Class A with 74 net after 5 stroke allowance, while John R Goodall of Bellerive topped Class B with 72 net after deducting 1 stroke on each hole. Edwin Henderson of Detroit and Herman W Ormsbee also posted strong nets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Wyckoff
Holyoke
John R. Towle
Chicago
Robert Hunter
Wee Burn
Donald Parson
Youngstown
C. B. Hudson
North Fork
T. A. Cheatham
Salisbury
Hunter
John R .Goodall
Bellerive
Edwin Henderson
Detroit
Herman W. Ormsbee
South Shore Field Club
Rev. T. A. Cheatham
L. Becker
Chisholm Beach
T. B. Boyd
G. T. Dunlap
R. C. Shannon
R. H. Hunt
P. L. Lightbourn
J. L. Toppin
W. L. Baldwin
John R. Goodall
N. W. Ormsbee
David Gregg, Jr
P. B. O'Brien
J. D. C. Rumsey
W. L. Hurd
James Barber
J. M. Robinson
J. B. Bowen
F.C. Abbe
Rk. A. Swigert
Dr. M. W. Marr
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Sand Hills
South
Treasury
Washington
Bill Farmer
Cross Roads
Henry A. Page
Clyde JL. Davis
Raleigh
Sandhills
Sandhill Farmers’ Association
R. W. Pumpelly
Towle and Wyckoff
John Goodall