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TOBACCO MA RKETING ' Open Forum for Expres sions for or Against Co operative Marketing FALSE REPORTS ABOUT TOBACCO ASSOCIATION Judge C. A. Woods, Circuit Judge of United States Court of Appeals fourth circuit, and well known planter of Marion County South Carolina joined the list of leading tobaccc growers from South Carolina whc have signed the contract of the To bacco Growers Co-operative Associa tion within a week. Following the lead of the large planters who have recently chosen the co-operative association as their marketing agency, many tobacco far mers are now making haste to sign before it is too late to Market this year's crop at the 38 co-operative warehouses in South Carolina. Contracts pouring into Raleigh headquarters of the Association from Horry, Florence, Darlington, Williams burg and Clarendon Counties are ad ding strength to the Association daily. The wildest rumors are being cir culated against the South Carolina as revealed by a telegram from Lumber ton recently received at headquarters of the Tobacco Growers Co-operative Association enquiring as to a report that a thousand growers were suing the Burley Association of Kentucky. "Absolutely false" was the term ap plied to these rumors by Wi. Col lins, Assistant Chief of Field Service for the Burley Tobacco Growers Co-operative Association. In answer to a telegram of inquiry from headquarters of the Tri-State organization, Mr. Collins telegraphe.d as follows: "Ropvrt that thousand growers are suing Burley Association is absolute ly false. Members are well satisfied everywhere and sign-up continues. Six hundred forty new contracts re ceived last week and over five hund red this week. About five thousand members added since warehouses clos ed. Are conldent of ten thousand more before next crop delivered." The United States Department of Agriculture has just made public in formation from Denmark that the Danish Co-operatives continue to prosper despite the economic depres sion in European countries." Ac cording to this information. "The Danish Co-operative Whole sale Society, composed of 1,800 local co-operatives with nearly 350,000 increased their sales from roughly, $42,000,000 in 1919 and $65,000,000 in 1920 to $67,000,000 in 1921, and this despite industrial depression, unemployment and lerce competition by private interests." ASSOCIATION WAREIHOUSES AT EVERY MARKET TIhe Tlobacco G rowers' Co-operative A ssocia tion now hans a Wariehouse p)roperty in every market of South Carolina. The thirty mililon dollarl loan to the Associa tion a pprovedI last week hy the Wanr Financ CC (orporatioin meanos that all mnembers of' the, (Co-operative As sociation will reeive lilberal Icash ad v'ances when they deliver tohacco to the A ssoc i: ion warnehouises in Ju l y, and1( beC (nabled to borr ow money on their lparticipaiit ionl recei pts. Hundreds of far mers who averagedl eleven cents a pournd for their tobacco Iast year are joining the A ssociation every week. '"We urge all rembers to choose their market and gurrarntee that all growers in the A ssociation will receive eqlual serv.ice, uniform prices and fair grading so far as is humanly pos sible,'" sa ys TI. C. Wa t k ins, manager of wa rehourses for thre AsHsociait ion in three S ttes who is now ini Flor'ence iiakinrg final preparrat ion for the opening of the 65 co-oper'ative warie.. houses of wh ichi the ((om1plete and of fit aI list is herewitLh given. Wrehouses of Soulth Carol ina in 'The Tohbacco A ssociation A adre ws, St 'li and1( B rick Wa re hous.s, A ynor, hiarmeres, fHuggins ad Brick; Bareme, l'armers Wa rehouse Bladenboro, farimers Wa~rrehouse; Cerrogordfo, Cerrogodore( Wrrehouse; Conway, farmer: andI Horry Ware house; Djarli ngton, Danrgarn's, Center Brick, Prices, warehouses; Dillon, Farm'ers and Libe rty warehouses; Fair BlufT, Twin Brick Warehouse; G. C. COOPER, Licensed Optometerist EYES Carefully Examined, Glasses Fitted, Broken Lenses Duplicated. Satisfaction Guaranteed. SUMTER, S. C. Georgetown, Georgetown Warehouse Fairmont, Fairmont Warehouse Hartsville, Farmers and Tedder Ware house; Johnsonville, Center Brick Kingstree, Farmers, Central, Nelsons Scotts, and Wilkins warehouses; Lak< City, Starr Warehouse; Lake View Farmers, Planters and Liberty ware houses; Lamar, Farmers Friend ware house; Latta, Farmers warehouse Loris, Brick and Farmers warehouses Lumberton, Farmers and Big Banner warehouses; Lynchburg, Farmers anc Bowlands; Manning, Geralds and Planters warehouses; Marion, Peoples warehouse; Mullins, Farmers and Stai warehouses; Nichols, Planters ware house; Olanta, Olanta warehouse; Pamplico, Farmers and Banner ware houses; Proctorville, Planters and Farmers warehouses; Rowland, Lewis New warehouses; St. Paul, Farmer: warehouse; Sumter, Sumter ware house; Summerville, Summervilk warehouse; Tabor, Carolina and Plant ers warehouses; Timmonsville, Ban. ner, Farmers, Palmetto and Liberty warehouses; Whiteville, Banner and Growers warehouses. Arrangements have also been made to build a warehouse at Florence. THIRTY MILLIONS IN THIRTY MINUTES Thirty million dollars in thirty minutes is the World record establish ed by the Directors of the largest co operative marketing association of America who met with Eugene Meyer, Jr., and officials of the War Finance Corporation in Washington, D. C., last week. The committee of directors from the Tobacco Growers Co-operative Association secured approval of the loan for the 75,000 tobacco farmers of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, which now assures the suc cess of their association beyond a doubt. Officers of the War Finance Corpora tion were so familiar with the man agement of the Association, and so confident of its success that they took only thirty minutes to signify appro val of the greatest loan ever made to organized farmers, in the history of the United States. In addition to the loan of $30,000, 000 which wil lenable the big Tobacco Co-operative to pay its members cash advances upon delivery of their to bacco, the War Finance Corporation further agrees to re-discount loans secured by green or soft order tobacco for local banks throughout the Vir ginia-Carolina tobacco belt. The loar' of the War Finance Cor poration is to be secured by more than 350,000,000 pounds of its mem ber stobacco now under five years con tract with the Tobacco Growers Co operative Association, which repres ents a value of over $70,000,000 in the first year of operation, according to conservative estimates. Among the officials of the Tobacco Growers Co-operative Association who met with Eugene Meyer Jr. Director of the War Finance Corporation were George A. Norwood, President, bank er and planter of Goldsboro N. C.; Oliver .1. Sands, General Manager of the A ssociation and President of the AmIerican National Blank of Richmond, Va.; JIames H1. Craig, Treasurer of the A ssociation ; Riahard R. Patter son, General Manager of the Leaf De pairtment, formerly manageri of the Leaf D~epartment of the American Tlobacco company, C. BI. Cheatham and I". G. Williams of the Leaf Depart me(nt andi M. 0. Wilson, Secretary of the Board of Directors which consists of 22 tob~acco planters from Virginia, North Caroel ina and Sou0th Carolina, and~ three Di rectors namedl by the Governor oif those States. Vol lowing thle e-xample of the Bur Icy Tobacco Grlowers Association of Ke'ntucky, which after securing a sim ilar cr ed it fromo the War Finance Cor poration was enabled to gain all necessar-y funds from State and local bt anks, and to repay th(eir 90 dlay loans of $(,000I,000 within 40 days. Offi cialIs of the V irginia-Cairolina Associa tion ar~e confident of oibtaini ng thc CYPRESS SASH DOORS BLINDS MOULDINGS AND MILL WORK Indigestion a Many persons, otherwise a vigorous and healthy, are bothered occasionally with a indigpstion. The effects of a disordered stomach on the system are dangerous, and prompt treatment of Indiges - tion is important. "The only medicine I have seeded has been something to aid diges. tion and clean the liver," writes Mr. Fred Ashby, a a McKinney, Texas, farmer. "My medicine is I Thedford's a BLACK-DRAUGHT for Indigestion and stomach trouble of any kind. I have never found anything that ' touches the spot, like black Draught. I take It In broken doses after meals. For a long a time I tried pills, which grip. a ed and didn't give the good ? results. Black-Draught liver medicine is easy to take, easy to keep, Inexpensive." * Get a package from your druggist today-Ask for and Insist upon The4frd'a-sthe U only genuine. a Get it today. 400000?E se i support of State and local bankers for whom the offer of the War Finance Corporation opens a new field of pro fitable co-operation within tobacco far mers throughout the belt. For the organized tobacco growers and the thousands of farmers from three States who are joining the Asso ciation every month, the action of the War Finance Corporation assures the safe and orderly marketing of tobac co which resulted in largely increased profits, and a new source of credit for Kentucky farmers whose organization has now sold 70,000,000 pounds of to bacco for highly satisfactory prices, during one month receiving an aver age of 29 cents a pound for tobacco sokd through the Association, while that sold outside the Association brought less than 21 cents per pound upon the auction warehouse floors. Close to 80 percent of the Tobacco farmers of Virginia have joined the Marketing Association, and North Carolina growers are nearing a 75 per cent sign-up following the recent statewide campaign for members. A whirlwind campaign among to bacco farmers of South Carolina- will Monday, June 26th and will continue until every one of the 38 co-opera tive marketing points of the South Carolina belt has been reached with a mass meeting. Leaders of the movement from Kentucky, Virginia and North Caro lina will join this campaign which will mark the last opportunity for South Carolina farmers to market this year's crop with the giant co-opera tive. 4O LIDIERS ARE ACQUITTIED .Jacksonville, .June 27.-Lieut. B. J1. Tooher and Sergt. Khristjan Bre'dva, of the United States air ser'vice, were found not guilty of a charge of first dlegree murder by a jury in federal court here today. The case grew out of the killing Common Sense About Eczema and Eruptions! Helre's Something About S. S. S. That You'll Be Glad to Hear. You mIght ;just as well know it right now,-tho cause of skin eruption., 'Dimples, blackheads, boils and so oni. 1.s right in the blood. There is no get ting aw~ay fromIl it. Scienace has1. proved it. We prove it. You canLI prove it. When the cause of skini troubiles and erupltions is in the blood, it i't com Let S. S, S. Give You An Angelie skin? m ionmsnso to simply treat th~e skin. A (otlIf H. H. H. will prove to you Iwhat in hatppening In your blood. H.H.S. is a scientific blood cleanser,--it dives (out the impurities which causo eczema, tetter, rash. Tpimfples, boils, blackheadis, blotehes andl~ other skin~ eruptions. When the'se Impurities ar~e d1rvn out, you enn'it stop several very nice things from ha~ppening. Your lips tun nat uiraily rosy. Your eyes sparkle, yotlr complexion clears. It b~ecomnes beaua tiful. Your faco looks like that of a > prosperous, ruddiy, weoll-fed, refined gentleman, or if you are( a woman, iyour' complexion b~ecomnes the real kind th~at the who.le world so admniresq. H.H.H. is also9 a powerful bodly-bhulilder, be (2ause it builds ne2w f aniore blood cells. That's why it fills ont' sunken cheeks, bpny necks, thin limbs,'helps regain 'lost flesh. It costs little to have this happen' to you. S. H. n. io sold at-al drun stores, in two sizos. Th larger size la the more economicaL. " V. 1~, .. , , ... ' "HZ WHO LOOKS BEFORE HE LEAPS BUILDS OF CYPRESS AND BUILDS' FOR KEEPS." "Too bad 'theWood Eternal' wasn't used at"first. Then we wouldn't be bothering with this fix ing up job." But we can do the next best thing and make all replacements of . CYPR ESS. "THE WOOD ETERNAL" thus making each repair job the last one in just that spot. Why replace rotted wood with wood that will rot out quickly? Just keep in mind that with Cypress you j"build for keeps." BUY THE GRADE THAT FITS THE JOB. For many odd jobs of repairing the lower grades are exactly the thing. Knowledge of this fact gives wise buyers an advantage over those who simply order "some lumber." You see the point. Write us for list of FREE PLANS for farm buildings-but in the meantime insist on "CYPRESS and no substitutes" from your local lumber deaer--no matter for what purpose yo bay. Baas SOUTHERN CYPRESS nt - e water"C Manufacturers' Association ar k sI a 177 Graham Bldg., Jacksonville, Fla. YOUR LOCAL DEALER WILL SUPPLY YOU. IF HE HASN'T ENOUGH CYPRESS LET US KNOW AT ONCE. of F. B. Pitt, at Punta Gorda in frkligPt ntnl.Tcmncul eemridi utrso April, 1921, and for a time threat-ha ben popl exnrtd b atrthiarvlfrmCubate ened to cause a clash between m-mil itruhrte t Crsrm grlsi.Te ie nSme o it ary andl civil authorities.Fil, hee te woesaind awekadhnprcddtoD lng The trial today wa unqu buinhrot ont rn uytn several resp~ects. The actual hear- idce hm ing lastedl less than four hours, and, FG TED r:lthough the case was heard in fed- CAGDW~ IAYMutiG. ue2.MlyWl eral court, the two men wore de- tr,2,i ed n lrneWl fended by United States District ClmiJn 7-rhrPry es 3 ssrosywudda e A ttorney W. M. Gober andl his as--aClmi a,~a lcdi h hm eeatrakie btl e sistants, while the State conducted cut alMna onn ntotentetossesadMs aa the prosecution. sroscags iayadmry reh 6 l htlt hsatr According to the testimony at thein agilu erteaeocosnno inheubbsftisiy. r. trial todIay Lieut. Tooher Sergt. sxenyas h ildsperdGec scnie n te Clut Biredvad and a private were search-frmhm ab ttw wdkag anlCuyjiloacagefmre. ing for two deserters the night teplc fiesi aySae ee Ms rehsi oih h a Pitts was killed. They had infor- rqetdt epa sap lootfre oueakie uo h w mation that the two men were info he. Ivsiainldt th itrwenhyatckd e.Se hiding in an outhouse of Pitt'sareto Perwo itialeeitmtithtjlus wstecue home. They wvent there and wvere wslvn ihtegrudrteo h ih.I scamdta h withdrawing when Pitt fired at nm fAdroi utradDria oa lohdakie them in the darkness, several buck-lito.DptW.A Dai wa Forne atrs sbdysabd shot taking effect in Lieut. Tdoher's sn oDrigo udyfrPryaottebesbtpyiin a arm. outielohe, wturne the adtealgd yn w e t e sh will anrepoedtDrig T hean Chrottfout grndjrytnnn Surplusbiadmanowts. placed0in.th ing~l aSgrOTunde Pr aesfconent. T. M. 1~1OZOI th police. ofierAnmESny Staeswr TAi.Csi