Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

MARKETING Open Forum for Expres sions for or Against Co operative Marketing QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BY PIESIDENT J. C. STONE. Dear Mr. Wilson: I am just in receipt of your letter of May 2nd, enclosing circular of questions gotten out by the Greenville Tobacco Board of Trade, and they are all very easy to answer. . 1. Q--What per cent of the Ken tucky crop delivered to the Associa tion has been sold by the Association ? A-Fifty per cent. 2. Q-What per cent of the tobac co sold was the best tobacco delivered to the Association? A-Leaving out our green grades, the tobacco sold was not above the average of what we still have on hand. This question will be answered more fully below. 3. Q-What per cent of the tobac co now in the hands of the Association is common tobacco ? A-There is a proximately twenty per cent of the tobacco we have on hand unsold which is common tobac co. 4. Q-What per cent of the 1921 crop of Burley tobacco that has been delivered to the Association, is still in the hands of the Association unsold? A--Same as Number one. 5: Q-When will the Association sell this tibacco, that Is still in the hands of the Association? A-We sold five million pounds of our re-dried tobaccos last week, and judging from the demand we have for it, it all will be sold in the next sixty clays. 6. Q-When will the Association pay the farmer in full for his 1921 crop of Burley tobacco? A-As soon as all the tobacco is sold in orderly and profitable way. 7. Q-When will the Association be able to tell the Kentucky farmer what his 1921 crop of tobacco aver aged ? A-As soon as all the tobacco is sold. 8. Q-What per cent'of the value fixed on the Kentucky tobacco, did the Association advance the farmer.? A-Approximately thirty-five per cent in cash on the delivery of his crop to our receiving plants. 9. Q-Does the Association re quire you to deliver all of your to bacco crop at one time, or can you de liver it one load at a time? A-The grower can deliver it all at one time, or one load at a time to suit his convenience. 10. Q-ls the Association liable to you in case the to'..acco you deliver to them damages, before it is sold or redried ? A-No, when the grower delivers tobacco to the Association, he is issu ed a receipt showing the number of pounds of each grade he has (delivered, and the idlenity of each man's tobacco is lost from that time on, and each grower ownes his prorata part in the total number of pounds received by the Association of grades delivered by the grower. If any tobacco is damaged in any grade, all of tile growers in the Association, who ownes any part of that grade, stands that damage prorata. 11. Q-When wil lthe Kentucky farmer know what it has cost him to sell his tobacco through the Associa tion ? A-As Soon as all the 191 crop has been sold and the final distribution madle. IHowever, we have thoroughly (lemonstrated to the satisfaction of our mlemble's that thle expense of our first year's" oplerat ion wvill not be as mutchi as the grower in the past has pa id in actual warehouse fees to sell his crop over the loose leaf floors. U p to the first of A pril 1922 biy which time all of our r~eteivingt planlits lad bleenl closed, andI the larg4est part of our ex pense of otpe intionl haid been paid, it cost 40t(' cents anl I mill per .100 poundils for' the atutal, ope'ration expents(es. And this otperiationi ex this dioes tnt inclu,h- the' colst of the farmoer' in pay ment for' the realI pio plertie's which are beting isetd fotr re 12. Q----What pter cent dot's the Asteiatioen a ro te- otlv:tt.' the North C'arolinau farnrittt in his ttlbr ('d w/henl dlivere ?Vtt A--Thhtn doutitt will bt' udcidted A sslociatio to r \' iri nia, Not th antd Soiu t ar n ia n connec f t ion l it t o 18. Q. ' hat per' c'enttdtj! i t' th 'et-I racts sig~ nel by\ the Kent ucky farmii A--Ter wm lni 'reemttt in the ?xioe BATTERIES T1he pleasure ofI driving your car cquipped with an Exide is the pleasure that comes frorn a mind relieved of thc worry of "what's going to happea to my battery next"? Godwin atnd WVoodruiff Summer'ton, S. C. Growers C-operative Associatloti agreeing to furnish any particular amount, but the amount to be ad vanced was decided by the officers of the Association, who represented the members of the Association, and ex pert tobac':o men, representing the banks who agree to furnish the money., 14. Q-Who places the value on the tobacco delivered to the Associa tion? A-Answered in question No. 13. 15. Q-Does the farmer see his to bacco sold? - A-No, unless he wants to. The Burley Association is not doing any thing under cover, and any member has a right to any information in regard to what the Association is do ing. 16. Q-Can the farmer refuse to accept the price the Association sells his tobacco at? A-No, the members select the Di rectors in their respective districts in whom they have confidence, and these Directors direct the policy of the Association. You might add. to the answer of this question, what could the farmer do under the old auc tion system, if he did not accept the price he got on public sale? In regard to the average price that the Burley tobacco has brought in Kentucky on the public auction mar kets, as to the .statement you refer to which Judge Bingham made in re gard to the price this tobacco -had brought, I'answered in a letter to you yesterday. If I have not answered all of these questions as fully as you may like, write mie and I will give you all the information I have. Yours very truly, (Signed): James C. Stone, President and .General Mgr. FORMER KINSTON MAN SAYS TO KEEP OUT OF WEED POOL The following letter from Leon Oettinger, a former resident of Kins ton and wel-known and related here on the failure of the co-operative mar keting pool for the sale of tobacco in the Kentucky Burley distract. will be of interest here. The letter fol lows, comes from Lexington, dated A pu il :3: "In answer to your letter asking for information regarding the pool here. - "Personally I think the pool is one of the worst things that has ever hap pened to the farmer. In the first place ihe men who organized the pool prom ised the men who 'signed it tha.; they would not declare it formed until 75 per cent. of the tobacco had been signed up. They had men who had not raised tobacco for two years sign. "With al ltheir signing they had a little over 100,000,00 while the. in dependents sold 60,000,000. So they really had only 60 per cent. "The pool here has been formed on broken promises. The men in charge of the drive told the farmers every warehouse in Kentucky was promised them an if the farmers did not sign they would have no place to sell it. In this way they forced a great many farmers to join that wanted to stay out. "In my opinion the salary list out here will amount to more than it cost to handle the entire crop in former years. This is outside the common labor. Then the interest the money they borrow and warehouse they buy will all come out of the far mers' pocket. In other words it will cost the armer about three to five times as much to sell his tobacco through the pool as it cost him to sell at auction. "The third reason when the farmer sells his tobacco over the loose leaf floor he gets his money and has the privilege of rejecting any that the price does not suit him. In the pool he has only th(e privilege of bringing it to the r'eceiving stat ion, after that it is entirely in the hands of the As socialtion. When they formed the pool here they claimeid that the comn panties would ave to take thle tobac co as it was graded~s in by the Asoci ation. I have seen the buyers 1educe the gra'ling ais much as five points. Tf they did not want the tobaedo the wayv it was they wouild tell the 1poo1 repre54enitat ive t hey woiul take it at a lower gr'adec. A\fterc the farmiers bringO it ina to the pool they have to wait about a week for' the monecy they are advanced, ando that it not over a hirdl of what the tobacco wvould sell aor armers here who brought their tohacco have only loot the one ad vance (on it. I unde14rstandl that, there will be aniother ist ribuntion: soon hut no4 one knows just when. "As you kno,4w this ye'ar's crop was the shortest thaot ha~s beeni ra;ised fotr a g)od manyt~ years, and4 it is the4, (con who reall know the~u fl4ond4it (ons thaot the pool inosteadi of rai4in pr(~~ices ne4 tullyb~ ca:used the tobacco'e to4 sell for much(( less than it uoubl14 have it t here' ho44 h44 en no pool. 'The huyers seemed to4 know that the' I 1li4'(rs of the poo were extriemely aunxious to sell this v.ery. icui-h 1iown 4, n44 th pool no4w as chlt im thshutbsnesvr .ow' of' several inistance's here'( whre4opere* dlivided, one)(-halfb ini pool4), the other halt' beimng soldl over the floori. Inva:riabtly the crop4 i on lie ('oor sold fr'om three to~ four timtes higher than th le farme'r was advanced. The farmers here are very miuch dis satisfiedl ver the way things were run., Fca every satishied farmer in the 1pool) 1 cant show you a do'zeni wvh woul like to get out, "The tobacco here this year aver aged twenty-one cents over the breaks andi~ the pool adivances wvere only G. C. COOPER, Licensed Optometerist EYES Care fully Examined, Glasses Fitted, Broken Lenses Duplicated. Satisfaction Guaranteed. SUMTER- S. C. T lool as ryof Very u Qualit Than Tat Of Tte Ind pen' dents. "I do not know if I hdvo made mf reasons as clear as I wish but If there is anything else. you desire to know let me hear from you and .I 'will try to give you the desired information. Yours very. truly, LEON OETTINGER, You can advise all my friends that I say "Keep Out."-Contributed. SHUN LIQUID SPRAYS FOR POISONING BOLT. WEEVIL A warning against liquid sprayer attachments to cotton poisoning ma chinery is issued by B. R. Coad, direc tor of the boll weevil laboratory of the United States Department of Ag riculture. Calcium arsenate applied as a dust, he points out, is the only certain means yet found for controll ing the boll weevil and any effort at control by means of liquid sprays is useless. Sprayer attachments are, therefore, not only unnecessary but' are an added burden. They increase the cost of the machinery and make it more complicated and difficult to operate. The liquid spray, even if it were as effective as the dust methofi would be decidedly *more expensive. It would necessitate the use of water carts, to feed the machines, would de mand an ample and constan Lwater supply whic his not available o most farms, and in various ways would increase the c'ost of pojsoning opera tions. Orchardists and othdrs who have to conduct poisoning operations regularly are constantly searching for poisons that can be dusted in stead of sprayed. Cotton growers are very fortunate in that the one really effective method of controlling the boll weevil is the dust method and they should not waste time and money Mr. Coad points out, in experimenting with the expensive spray methods .that farmers in other lines are so constantly trying to get away from. In addition to the foregoing spray ing equipment we- also find on the market many curious devides for ap plying solte liquid preparation, usual ly containing calcium arsenate, for the control of the boll weevil. Some of these are to be attached to plows, others to cultivators, while still oth ers run independently. They are us ually provided with some exceedingly simple form of tank with a gravity flow of liquid, which either drips on the plants or is wip6d on them by some form of brushes or rags. Many such implements are absolutely comi cal, and the only sad feature is the fact that some farmers are foolish enough to purchase them. The litera ture advertising these implements promises wonderful results and the directors given often call for only a small fraction of a pound of poison per acre, which is distributed over the plants in a very irregular ipnan ner. To expect boll weevil control from such methods is absolutely ab surd. The Department specialists have been attempting boll weevil con trol with liquid applications for many years. In these tests they use the finest avaijable high pressure .spray ing machinery, distributing the liruid poison over the plants in a mist form, thus reaching absolutely every part of the plant. Furthermore, these aj:. plications are usually made at the rate of 100 gallons of solution per acre. In spite of this these spray ap plications (10 not control the boll weevil, and how can anyone expect to secure benefit from the absurd reco mmendations issued with some of the machines now offered the farmers? Farmers who desire more detailed information on this subject may se cure it free of charge by writing the Delta Laboratory, Tallulah. Louisiana. 666 Cures Malaria Chills and Fever, Dengue or Bilious Fever. It kills the germs. HL)OOlvI LLE~ D)EIO~2itATlIC CLUB All miembilers of the Bloomville Decmocrat ic Club are hereby calledi to me~t at the store of IF. C. Thomas at llloomvi lle, S. C., on Saturday, May 20t h, 1 922 at four o'clock in thle a ftenioon. The purtpose of sid meet inig heing to re-orgatnize andl elect the nec'(essary oflicer's of the Club. By or uder of' the Executive Committee. S. OLIVElR O'BIIYAN, 1 8-2t County Chiairnman. NOTIICE OF" ISCHTAlIGE Iwi pply to the Judlge of Probate for lhrnon CountIy, on the 29th day of Mlay, 1922, at-11 o'clock a. m. for Letters of D ischarge as Guardian for L ucill IJ.1ohnoson, formerly a minor. WVilliam Johnson, \;d. Gin ~m(uardian. New ionS. C, Apii 26, 1922. CITATI'ON NOIC(E TIhe Sitah- of* South Carolinta, oufuty of Citrendon. By J1. iL Witndhami, Pruoh~te Judg.e: Whereas Home Bank & Trust Coim p iany mad e soit to mec to grant them f etters of Administration of the IEstate and e'ffects of 'Theodora Sheriff. 'These aire, therefore, to cite and admnonish all and singular the Kindretd a nd Creditors of the said Theodore Sherif' (deceased, that they be and ap pear before me, in the Court of Pro bate, to be held at Manning on the 22nd day of May next, after publica tion hereof, at 11 o'clock in the fore noon,1 to show cause, if any they have why the sk~id Administration should not be granted. Given undler my hand this 9th (lay of May, Anno Domini, 1922. J. M. Windhiam, Judge of Probate. CHICH ESTER S PILLS STIEiS D AMoND BRA .A (.oeatek uramon randI~ e -Teake46 wihttS ibn %syearsknownas istsa sat.Awsys R~letale OLID BV DRUGIlfSS EVERYWNEEE FOR THURSDAY AND -ALL WEEK NE Have we been so well pr many customers' wants in this season's newest and I in each instance a saving Ladies' Black and Lrown Kid and Tan Calf Oxfords. Special at $4.98 Good quality Ladies' Black and Brown Kid Oxfords and Strap Pumps. Special Price $2.98 PATENT SPORT PUMPS Lot 1922-Ladies' Patent One Strap Pumps; plain toe; low heels with rub ber. A special, pair $3.98 PATENT PUMP SPECIAL Lot 75425-Ladies' Two Button One Strap Patent Pumps; Baby Louis heels. A special, pair $5.98 PATENT LOW HEEL PUMPS Lot 5808--Ladies' One Strap Pat ent Pumps; low heels, perforated toes. A special, pair $5.98 BLACK KID OXFORDS Lot 5315-Ladies' Black Kid Lace Oxfords; low heels with rubber, a good soft shoe. A special, pair $3.98 BLACK KID CUBAN Heel OXFORD Lot 5322--Ladies' Black Kid Lace Oxfords; Cuban 'heels, flexible soles. A special, pair $3.98 COMBINATION LAST OXFORDS Lot 4564-Ladies' Black Kid Lace Oxfords; medium toes, combination last, military heels, with rubber. A special, pair $4.98 BLACK KID PUMPS Lot 41572-Ladiea' One Strap Black Kid Pumps, medium heels with rub ber'. A special, .pa~ir $4.98 MEN'S REYNOLDS OXFORDS Men's Russia Calf Lace Oxfords, main last, brogue style, it's the "Reynolds". A special, pair $6.95 REYNOLDIS' "KIWI" OXFORDS Men, you should see this beautiful Dress Oxford, the "Kiwi.'" A special, pairl. $5.98 "OSOEZE" Men's "Osoeze" Black Kid La1ce Oxfords fo tender feet. A special, pail~ $5.98' SATIN LOW 1IIEL PUMPS Lot 5875-Ladies' One Strap Satin Pumps, lowv heels. A special, pair $5.98 BROWN CALFI' SP'ORT PUMPS Lot 214-Ladies' One Strap Brown and Patent Pumps, perforated toes, buckle, low heels wvith rubber wealted soles. A special, pair $2.98 BROWN CALF OXFORDS Lot 350-Ladies' Brown Calf Lace Oxfords, low heels with rubber welted soles. A special, pair $3.48 EXchange or Refund Money on Any Purchase Opposite Post ( .41 ITSUMSERS STORE OF GREAT BARGAINS VER, epared to. take care of our Seasonable Footwear. All of est styles can be found and can be made. BROWN KID OXFORDS Lot 300-Ladies' Brown Kid Lace Oxfords, low heels with rubber welt ed soles. A special, pair $2.98 A $2.98 SPECIAL Ladies' Black and Brown Kid, also Calf Pumps and Oxfords of this sea son's best styles. A special, pair $2.98 BLACK KID STRAP PUMPS Ladies' One Strap Black Comfort Pumps. Especially good for tender feet. A special, pair $2.98 WHITE CANVAS OXFORDS AND STRAP PUMPS Ladies' Canvas Strap Pumps and Oxfords. ,A special, pair $1.98 PATENT TWO STRAP PUMPS Lot 1923-Ladies' Angle and Cross Strap Patent Pumps, low heels with rubber. A special $3.98 Ladies' lox heel Oxfords and Stray -Pumps. Y our chance to get good Shoes cheap. Special price $1.98 BLACK KID PUMPS Lot 75433-Ladies' One Strap Black Kid Pumps, two buttons, baby Louis heels. A special, pair $4.98 TWO STRAP PATENT PUMPS Lot 4878-Ladies' Two Strap Patent Pumps, plain toes, welted soles, low heels wvith rubber. A special, pair $5.98 MISSES' PATENT PUMPS Lot 252-Misses' One Strap Patent Pumps, medium round toes, low heels with rubiber heels, sizes 12 1-2 to 2. A speccial, pair .$2.48 MISSES' BROWN CALF P'UMPS Lot 251--Misses' One Strap Twvo Button Brown Calf' Pumps, lowv heels with rubber. Sizes 12 1-2 to 2. A special, palir $2.48 CHIILI)REN'S STR'IAP P'UMP'S Children's Patent and1 Kid One Strap Pumpis, wedge heels, sizes 2 to 8. A special, 1pair1 $1.48. GIRLS' and BOYS' B. C. SK UJFIERIS Girls' and Boys' N. C. Skuff'er Brown Calf Oxfords, sizes 12 1-2 to 2. A special, each $2.48 MEN'S SEMJLENGLISII OXFORIDS Lot 524-iMen's Brown Calf Lace Oxfords, semi-English Oxford, weclted soles, rubber heels. A special, pair $3.95 Lot 5i23-Men's Medlium Round Toe Brown Calf Oxfordsr welted soles, rubber heels. A special, pair $3.95 BOYS' OXFORDS' Lot 400--Boys' Mediumi Englisly Lace Oxfords, brown calf leather with rubber heels. A special, paIr $3.45 u- u.SD9WHEN E~ EUYou Think j~ IFof Shoes Think of bindce. Sumter. S. C. Efird's