Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1920 — PAYS A 6 PER CENT DIVIDEND [ARTICLE]

PAYS A 6 PER CENT DIVIDEND

Co-Operative Meat Market Makes Good First Year Showing. At the first annual meeting of the stockholders of the Co-Operative Meat Market, held at the market Monday evening, checks for a dividend of 6 per cent were distributed to stockholders and the old board of directors were re-elected for another year. At the reorganization meeting of the directors, held at the close ot the stockholders’ meeting, J W. Stockton was re-elected president; E. S. Thornton, vice-president, and I. N. Warren, secretary-treasurer, T. E. Campbell, manager. The annual report of the secreta-y----treasurer showed that the business was on a sound financial footing and had been making a little mopey right along while keeping the prices of meats down to a reasonable profit and furnishing its customers with high-grade meats. Manager Campbell came in for a whole basketful of bouquets for the splendid showing since he took charge of the market and for straightening out some of the kinks encountered during the experimental stage. This market not only handles meats of all kinds and fish and oysters in season, but also handles canned and package goods of all kinds, cakes, crackers, butter, cheese, pickles, sugar and numerous other standard lines of groceries.