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TOBACCO MARKETING Open Forum for Expres sions for or Against Co operative Marketing MR. GIBBONS GIVES HIS VIEWS OF TOBACCO ASSOCIATION Turbevilel, S. C., May 24, 1922. My Dear Mr. Editor, please allow me space in the dear old Manning Times for a few words in reference to the Tobacco Growers Association. I find there is two sides to that question. Eome say one side is right and others say this way is right. Then how may I know which of the two is right, one thing I do know one of the two is wrong. Look our boys there is some thing dead up the branch and we far mers are below on the stream, sub .iect to come in contact with all the atinck and filth of the (lead thing as it ,omes down the stream, this has been .>ur lot all down the time of times, 'or we have a lot of soft handed dead )eats who are always looking for an easy job at a high salary, at the ex sense of the poor farmers, when they want to make a deal, oh how they -ove the farmers, they come to us with tears in their eyes, boys the wolf can put on the sheep skin but he .mn't the hoof, so look out for the .aws on his feet, behold the alliance ie grange the farmers union the cot 'n growers association and last but :t least here comes the Tobacco rowers Association, now tell me lease how much we farmers have - !en benetitted by any order or asso ation that has been presented to us e came out minous our dues and ad ittance, fees, whil. a few got the e. We came out at the little end the horne, while the pie men got v, head, hide and all, the rest so my opinion there is a plenty of nbers in the Tobacco Association carry it on to success. So talk and do something. Let's have talk and more sider. By the I want to thank Mr. R. D. Coth for his grit in coming out like an in the open and defending his of the case. Hold the fort Coth for we are coming. There is a e crow hung up like this can't your Tobacco out side the asso on. You know boys many a fine silk winds up with a nubbing .ie fall and that scare crow is fill vith husk or sorry straw for there very little rain in a wind cloud. let's do all we can to raise good acco, the very best we can, this r, and we will have no trouble in ling that kind of weed and again ten will the Tory faction or there 'spring stop tryin gto steal our *tedom from us. We have financial I political enemies who are always ing to take advantage of us as ners, but so far as the association oncerned the first January 1923 tell the tail. So take (ue notice *of andl govern yourselves accord.. W. E. Gibbons IIENTS ON MR. STONE'S ANSWERS TO GREENVILLE notice in the News & Observer, of May 15, 1922, Mr. James C. .President and General Manag the Burley Tobacco Growers' ation has purported to answver ommon Sense About Eczema nd Eruptions! are's Something About S. S.S. 'hat You'll Be Glad to H-ear. Smight just as well know it right -the causo of sin eruptions, is, blackheads, boils and so on, at in the blood. There is no get .way fr'om It. Science has proved o prove It. You cani provd it. mn thq causo of skin troules and ons Is In llhe blood, it Isn't com 5. 8, Glvo You An Angeilo Skin? qense to almply treat the skin. tie of' S. 5. 8. will rove~ to youk Is happening In your' blood. ... loentiflc blood cleans'er.- it div es o Impurities which cause eezema, ra, pimples, bulls, blackheads, es and other skin eruptions. th ese imapurities are drivena out. n't stop several very nico thinga happening. Your lips turn niat * rosy. Your eyes aparkle, youjr iion cears. It becomecs bonu Your face looks like0 that of a rous, ruddy, well-fed, refined man, or if you are a woman, - oe the real kind * d so admires. S.S.S. body-l1 ullder, bo * and mtore blood n- it fills out sunken 4 '; thin limbs, helps It costs i tle to e a - oyou. S. S. S. is ~rs n to e eos. the questionnaire presented by the Greenville Tobacco Board of Tradd. In MVr. Stone's answer he advises that 50. per cent of the burley crop pool has been, sold. He also says that the farmers Were -advanced about 85 per cent of what the tobacco will sell for at the time they finish-selling. They claim to advance the farmer between 7 1-2 to 8c at the time the tobacco was delivered, and according to his statement the farmer will get about 22 to 23c for his crop. We are reliably informed the out side tobacco sold at auction brought $22.66 for 74,162,931 pounds. We have understood that the various speakers from Kentucky claim the pool will pay the farmers from 6 to 6c a pound more for their tobacco than the tobaccos sold for on the loose leaf floors. Mr. Stone also makes a statement that he is handling tobacco for the pool for a total cost of forty and one mill per 100 pounds actual operating expenses. This operating expenses, includes all receiving plants managements, including common lab or, salaries of graders, and. general office expense, including salaries, but does not include the cost to the farm er in payment for the real properties which are being used for receiving pinnts, which will be about lc per pound per year. Judging from Mr. Stone's own statement figuring the 120,000,000 pounds at 40c per 100 will give him an income of $480,000.00. Does Mr. Stone mean to tell the business men and warehousemen in the state of North Carolina that he has operated these warehouses at this cost when they claim they have bougt $7,000, 000.00 worth of warehouses in the state of Kentucky, which interest at 6 per cent would be $420,000.00, and additional taxes and insurance which would certainly amount to as much as $2.00 per 100 or $140,000.00. The actual cost for handling tobacco as per his statement at 40c per' 100, or $480,000.00 plus 1-4 the value of the $7,000,000.00 worth of warehouses would be $1,750,000.00 making atotal expense to the farmer of $2,810,000.00 which is to be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of the 120 000,000 pounds of burley tobacco pooled by the To bacco Growers Association, or 10 to 11 per cent of the sale of the tobacco at 22 to 23c per pound, the figures that lie expects to receive. Granting they have pooled 120, 000,000 pounds of tobacco and they sel Ithis tobacco at a 23c average you will see it takes about 10 per cent of the cost of the tobacco to pay for the use of the warehouses, salaries and other expenses. Following the present auction sys tem the farmers pay 2 1-2 per cent commission, 10c per 100 for weighing, and a auctioneer's fee of not over 25c per pile. At this rate for tobacco averaging 25c on the warehouse floor the farmer would pay from 3 1-2' to 3 3-4 per cent for selling his tobacco, thus saving from 6 to 6 1-2 per cent and the interest on the money by sell ing his tobacco at auction than by the system used by the Burley association of the tobacco growers. Do the farm ers of Eastern North Carolina want to change the present system to the system now used by the Burley To bacco Growers Association, which ac cording to their own statement will cost them from 2 1-2 to 3 times as much to sell their crop and wait for an unlimited time before receiving their money? Mr. Stone also tells us he only has about 20 per cetn of the common to bacco outside of the greens. We think rM. Stone should be absolutely fair with you and tell you exactly the amount of green tobacco he has and what he paid the Directors of the as sociation to aircure this tobacco. Mr. Stone advises the farmers that after they once place their tobacco in the pool the tobacco entirely loses its idlentity and they are to accept the grade these graders put on this to bnaco'and the price these salesmen accep~t for this tobacco regardless of whether or not they want to sell. The proceeds of the sale after the entire pool has been disposed of will be paid to the farmers, less the current expen ses, which according to his statement will amount to more than 10 per cent of the actual price of the tobacco. Wilson Tobacco Board of Trade. T'HE BUSINESS OF TOBACCO WAREHOUSESES HAS BEEN THE RESULT OF SERVICE The marketing of tobacc'o for the past half a century has been one of tradiual growth. Constant efhrmges, he addition of newer and nmore i ,iroved methodIs and more progresive Put Your Starting Battery Problemt Up toUs We have the solution. Ask us about our free testing service-It's insurance against many battery .. troubles. Godiwin and Woodruff Summerton, S. C. G. C. COOPER, Licensed Optometerist EYES Carefully Examined, Glasses Fitted, .Broken Lenses Duplicated. Satisfaction Guaranteed. SUMTER. S. C. ideas, have nade the warel'ouse busi ness an efficient selling system of der vice to the entire communiy. The marketing of tobacco has never been a business of ease and comfort as some would have Os believe. Each decade has had 'its quota-of failures as in other lines of business. Ware houses and markets with obsolete methods that failed co keep abreast of the community, have had to give ova yto others that were, better pre pared to render a public service. The growth of the warehouse busi ness in Danville has been gradual but slow, assets have increased in order to take care of the demands of the market, but the percentage of in crease of assets and incomes for years past has been only a fraction of the unprecedented increase in values -of farms and farm crops of this section. The Auction Sale Warehouses have never been. without opposition. Vis ionary reformers have always played upon the credulity of tobacco formers and one campaign of opposition and misrepresentation has only given way to make room for a succeeding one. In all sections of the tobacco belt for months past the supposed defects and evils of the present, system have been manufactured and magnified, while the tobacco farmers have been told that by growing a large' crop of tobacco and refusing to sell it at auc tion, they may become rich, live in ease and luxury, and have a golden stream continually pouring into their pockets. The Warehouses Have No Fight With The Co-operative Movement The Warehousemen are making no fight against the co-operative move ment-This is a matter for the indivi dual farmer. Each and every farmer has the right to join any movement he desires or market his tobace: in any way he chooses. It is also the privilege of tl.e indi vidual warehouses, jobbers and buyers of tobacco to join in this movement, as they have done in some sections of the tobacco belt. We do not deny that there are many adverse circumstances confront ing the marketing of tobacco, yet with those who have made a study of the business for years past we believe that the best way out o1 the present difficulty is through an agency that already exists-The pre sent Warehouse System-one that has served successfully for half a century. The present system requires no favored legislation no political or social revolution. It builds up instead of tearing down. For these reasons the Danville Warehouses prefer to stay out of the co-operative movement, believeing that we can render a greater service and be of greater benefit to the entire tobacco section, by handling tobacco as we have in the past-Selling at auction on the warehouse floor, where the big tobacco buyers of the world will bid competitively for your tobacco-you receiving cash for -your crop the day it is sold. Season for 1922-23 opens October 2nd. Danville Warehouse Co. (Signed): Acree's, Union, Plant ers, Banner, Hollands, Central. -Danville Register of May 14. IMPERIAL TOBACCO COMPANY THREATENS TO WITHDRAW Danville, Va., May 19.-Declaring for the "open shop" principle, a group of citizens of South Boston have purchased Independent Ware house, which' was recently sold at auction, and have announced that auction sales will be conducted in it during the coming season. This will destroy the "100 per cent. pool" arrangement which was seen when the Tobacco Growers' As sociation leased all warehouses except the Independent, which was closed, it is said. The building brought $35,.000. It is reliably understood that the Imperial Tobacco Com pa ny, which has a plant at South Boston, became greatly concerned over the prospect of no auction sales, and threatened to withdraw from the local field. The action taken by the citizens in buy ing in the warehouse is said to have had conciliatory eff'ect. The motive in obtaining the warehouse is said to1 have been for the purpose of giving growers who have not signed the pooling- agreement an opportunity to ielI at auction there, instead of corn ng to Danville. -From Baltimore Sun and Wilson, N. C. Times of 19th. FARtMER JONES WRITES I will thank you to publish this etter for me: I am astonished at the Cooperative Xssociation securing the services of ill the pin-hookers as graders for wr tobacco. Oar chief reasont for 'aining was to get rid of hrim. Wonder what will happen next ? Y rm in it now amf still have my pin rookers but, believe me, If r can get I rut of this mess when I sign my mmne to another pool contract, roos era will lay eggs and hens will have eeth. No more California lawyers' ne wagon for mec with promise of uxury and a continuous stream of rver-flowing gold as has been pie uredi to us by some of our asso riations organizers andl solicitors. Brother pooler, look out for over iend expense and keep your eyes op n, for there is a big pin hoo'ker (day 'oming in our association and our ~uction sale boys will' be rid of hi nd wve will wish we could seli our obacco at auction, get all our money he day wve sell, and go home free ~rom bondage.-Danville Register. Farmer JTones, Hale Ford, Va. ASKS FOR INFORMATrION Editor Danville Register, Dear Sir: Please publish this letter for me: As a farmer of many that has not signed the pool contract, I want to ask, for in formation through your paper, where is there a farmer that has got a job with the pool? It looks to me like the thing has gotten out of the hands of the farmer before it starts, and into the hands of the banker and the highups and the ware houseman. Now I hear that they hapo employed every pin-hooker on the Danville, Virginia market to granc and price all the toaccon. T etnou gt they wantea to get ride e r. oif this id the. ean you we aidpfe'non-signoes and all our fi nds' had better stay out dnd sell ' our tobacco at- auction this time and not be bothered with him as. the pool has gotten them all. A Farmer. Boxboro, N. C., Rt. 8. MORE MONEY FOR THE POOLED TOBACCO CROP The following special dispatch from Frankfort, Ky,, appeared in the Louis ville Courier-Journpl of Wedlelday: frankfort, Ky., May 16.--A report made here today by W. C. Hanna, Comissioner of Agriculture, shows that the Burley Co-operative Tobacco Marketing Association received a ma terially higher average price for its tobacco than did the owners of the burley tobacco that was sold independ ently. The report is for 1921 tobacco sold up to March 1, about the time that the independent loose leaf houses were closed. The figures on the pooled to bacco were 20,675,455 pounds for $5, 995,951.54, or an average price of $29 per hundred pounds. A contrast is shown by comparing the independ ent figures, which were 49,837,048 pounds for $10,588,579.16, or an aver age of $21.24. Approximately 40,600 000 pounds of the association tobacco has been mar keted since March 1, according to Mr. Hanna, at prices "well above" those obtained for tobacco independently sold. Future reports made by the Com missioner of Agriculture will not in clude the tobacco sold by the co-opera tive- association, it was said, because it is not sold at auction. This would seem to be a pretty conclusive answer to the people who have been claiming that co-operative selling had proved a failure in Ken tucky. In the same issue of the Courier Journal a special.. dispatch from Lex ington, Ky., reported that the mem bers of the Burley Tobacco Growers' Co-operative Association wil all re ceive their money today, Saturday, this being the second distribution of checks for the pooled sales of the last crop. A dispatch from Hopkinsville, Ky., in the same issue of the Courier Journal told of the progress being made in the effort to form a Dark Tobacco Growers' Co-operative Asso ciation. In fourteen school districts on last Tuesday ' pledges were receiv ed for 4,690 acres, leaving but 2,985 acres in these districts unsigned. LOOKOUT ASKED FOR NEW WEEVIL IN MISSISSIPPI A weevil has been found in Stone County, Mississippi, in considerable numbers, which is injurious to potato, tomato, and turnips. Southern ento mologists are especially requested by. the United States Department of Ag riculture to keep a sharp lookout for this species. It seems to be identical with Desiantha nociva Lea, known in Australia as the tomato weevil. It is about onethird of an inch long, dull gray in color, and bears on the wing covers a pale V-shaped mark. It has been known in Australia since 1908, and does much damage. The larvae feed upon the plants at night, hiding underground during the day. The State entomologist for Missis sippi is trying to find out how far this weevil has spread, and the-Bu reau of Entomology is actively co operating. 666 Cures Malaria Chills and IFever, Dengue or Bilious Pever. It kills the germs. DISCHARGE NOTICE I wvill apply to the Judge of Pro yate for Clarendon County o'n the l9th day June, 1022 at 11 o'cfoek A. W'. for Letters of Discharge as guar !ianl for Beulah IHicks, nowv Beulah Tardy, formerly a minror. Charlton' DuRant, Guardian. Manning, May 16, 1922'. pdf. NOTICE OF DISCITARGE I will apply to the Judge of Probate or Clarendonu County, on the 2ifth day f May, 1922, at 11 o'clock~ a. m. for ~etters of.Dfischarge as Guar-dian for 'aucifle Johnsour~ formerly a minor. Wilhiam Johnson, 1(d. Guardian. New Zion, S. C., April 265 1922. CITATION NOTICTR T'he State of South Carolina,. County of Clarendon. 3y J. M. Windhamn, Probate Judge: Whereas Home Bank & Trust Comn any made suit to me to grant them ~etters of Administration of the Estate and effects of Theodora Sheriff. Th'ese are, therefore, to cite and dmonish all and singular the Kindred md Creditors of the said Theodore sheriff deceased, that they be and ap near before me, in the Court of Pro nte, to he held at Manning .on the 32nd day of May next, after publica ;ion hereof, at 11 o'clock in the fore ioon, to show cause, If any they have, vhy the said Administration should iot be granted. Given under my hand this 9th day >f May, Anne Domini, 1922. J. M. Windbuam, Judge of Probate. CHICH S 83ANJ &~#~LDBY RUGIST We are now ready to announce the OPENING date of our Extraordinary Composition Sale which will take place at our old stand, 33 South Main Street Sumter, S. C., Thursday June 8th. We have no doubt that the many friends who have been doing business at THE BATTERY for the last seven years, will now take advantage of the opportunity in obtaining their requirements- in dependable merchandise at BANKRUPT Prices. We have a very large stock, over $40,000 worth of staple merchandise overcrowding our floor space to the utmost capacity, and we must of necessity reduce the stock in order to be able to do business, hence, we have employed the very sharpest instruments in slashing the prices so that it will move. Everything in the store, thousands upon thou sands of items have been placed on the slaughter counters and racks, at the mercy of the almighty dollars. There will be no backsliding or retreat ing from the onslought of the grim, relentless and overpowering advance of necessity. Every thing must go. Every article must move, the the prices of every item has been cleanly shaved to the core. We are mailing to every household within a radious of 50 miles, a descriptive circular. If you did not get it, please write us, phone us or call for it at the store and you will get one. It will be worth your effort. The offer we are making to accept in settlement for all accounts owing us at the same rate we have settled with our creditors, will stand 0: .a till the first of August next. Remnember the Opening date,. Thursday June 8th. -Every thing will be ready on that date. 33 S. Main St., SUMTER, S. C. Look for the YELLOW Front.