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FOREIGN SITUATION HAS DIRECT BEARING ON TOBACCO MARKET. Farmers May Not Realize Good Prices for Weed, Says Mr. Foseley. Mull ins Enterprise. One of the features of the recent annual meeting of the Danville Tobacco association was the report on the past season's activities and prospects for the future drawn up by E. O. Foseley in the absence of J. Pennberton. Peen, the vice president. The report is given in part hereunder and will be of interest to those connected With the tobacco industry. In taking a restrospcct of the event ful seven montns in wmcn me market was forced to sell and buy over thirty million pound of leaf tobacco, which six years ago required ten months to handle, we find that ell records were broken, and it has been clearly demonstrated that the ware^ housemen and buyer are equipped for any emergency; that the strenuous lives lead by those engaged in the tobacco business during the seven months was a severe tax upon their . physical, mental and financial ability. To think of handling a business in bo short a period amounting to more than thirty million of pounds costing .nore than sixteen millions and a half of dollar., with so little damage to the stock and with as few errors made ' ' { la a remarkable record on the Dan I -rille market ... The prices obtained t\ tor all grades including scrap tobacco sold was greater than ever known on this world-famed market. An average of 155.40 per hundred pounds for all grades including syrap tobacco ? was realized, this went over the top Is ^: 1 "e $ . il *?'" > 1! i\ Kg p33 jjB :' ?<'* % [ SR | :\' Prvi< IS I'-! T: I I . On* ^ - car e hand I Cole \ I ^ I '. , ' 11 Thrc ( sj enter * - J smoc if thee k i **1 v 4 Frotr ; < \\ Hot \\% This !i ?*? > : ^ f 1 ! 1 cc 1?^= * of any previous record of prices obtained on this great market. Never before have the producers and shippers who sold on the Danville market been so liberally rehumerated for their offerings of tobacco. To revert to the fact that this vast amount of business was transacted by so large a number of men with conflicting interest without the least friction, is pleasing indeed and commenda'ble in any tradesmen. The banking houses of our city are to be commended for their ability as well as their liberality in providing the necessary money to pay the sellers for amount of their sales upon the immediate presentation of checks for same. We venture to say it would have been a physical impossibility to have handled the amount of tobacco within seven months time had not the, (basket system been in vogue. The wonder Is thai this method of handlihg loose tobacco offered was not adopted many years ago. ? The most liberal buyers on the Danville market where the five great companies who have established great plants in our city of tremendous capacity > which were used to the limit many of them running night and day during the seven months period to take care of purchases made the previous day". A large number of independent buyers bought very largly of the J919 crop. The early purchases made were disposed of readily at satisfactory profits, but owing to foreign exchange conditions the demand later in the season was greatly reduced and their profits correspondingly so. This was the prime factor in bringing the decline in prices at the close of t iere's a Touc ~~52 c^fro-EIGHT Hoc-Blast f I he Qole qA( High-Te Pei Ge I :k to realize that in order to ifficiency something must I licaps imposed by the rapidly engineers developed a supei >ugh this device, the gasolin< mg the carburetor and proj >th running, quicker get-a-v kmination of carbon deposii ise of low-test fuel 1 this early vaporizer the -Blast Manifold of the c new device manufactures red by the motor. There i First, let us take ) Then let )LE MOTOR ( the tobacco year. It can be truthfully said the producers who sold early in :he season were the ones who derived ;he greatest profit out of the 1919 :rop. They are to be congratulated tpon reaping their deserved reward. The foreign demand for tobacco s not nearly so great as it was this fime last year. Most of the manufacturers abroad are largely stocked it present, indeed so great has been :he congestion in England that the British government had to restrict :he importation of a very limited luantity until prevailing conditions jecome more clearly normal. In Holand the receipts have so much ex:eeded the capacity to store that mousanas 01 nogsneaas are siorea on ;he docks waiting disposition. In the Orient the quantity delivered has exceeded their capacity to handle and shipping instructions have been cancelled until provisions can be made o care for same. The item of foreign xchange is great against their buyng more than iheir trade demands, rhe consumption of cigarette grades )f tobacco have very greatly increased in Japan and China during the past 'ew years, at the same time the area or the culture of such tobacco has ;reatly increased. We are of the opinion that the denand for the better grades of Old Belt Virginia Cigarette Tobacco will contlnu? for years to come but we are nclined to the belief that on account )f the greatly increased cost of proluction, the producers will not make is much money out of the 1920 crop is was their good fortune the past rear, fhe scarcity of labor and the jreat increase in wages conspire to make th? cost of production at least h of Tomorr 4am fold Assembly I % ?ro-ElGHT st Gas at I rfect Combustion?Sm< t-a-way In Cold Weal oAero-Eight Hot-B get the maximum motor be done to combat the deteriorating fuel supply, rheated intake manifold. < < i r * was heat-treated betore Derly vaporized to insure ray in cold weather, and ts usually associated with present highly efficient Aero-Eight was evolved. high-test gasoline as it is s no additional drain on /oil for a ride in an c/fero-ElGHT us show you how the o/tero-ElGh its own high-test fuel w ROGERS MC DILLON CAR COMPA Creators of oAdra f 50 per cent higher than former years. 1 To keep the farmers producing the needful quantity of tobacco without an actual loss to them demands, the ? continuation of good values for their product. The 1920 crop has been planted at a higher cost for labor than that of I former years. The unequalled demand for farm labor by the con- f structjon companies throughout the t country caused many to leave the <3 country places to accept the extraor- t dinars' wage offered them. Those who r remain on the farm are demanding 1 and receiving greatly increased pay, I so unless prices are fairly well main- c tained ihe tobacco crop will be any- a thing other than a renumerative one s tc teh producers. t It is too early to make a prediction regarding the 1920 crop. The season a for planting was about ten days late, the weather being cooler than usual for the month of May and the dampness necessary for successful planting was lacking but early in June the season became more favorable. On account of the scarcity of labor we do not thinlc that the. acreage planted ha3 been increased over that of last year. The outcome of the planting cannot be otherwise than guessed at this early in the seasQn, there being 30 many contingencies to reckon with before the harvesting season. A decrease in acreage would be greatly to the advantage of the producer. * FOR SALE ? My residence in cast Dillon. Has 9 rooms with baths , and all modern conveniences. I am also offering all my household fuhniture for sale at bargain prices. I B1.1M ? OA * Viuui. V I ? ow In All C< i i Sectional View ColeMero ~Ejght Hcf-BLAST/ntakc Manifold M'h\\ i 1 1 Mmrj skpoa&Umi }'"j I I , . ^WJ\ Intake toS flf , , '' Engine Jr \ 7 \ Operation of cAero Manufactu Additioj oother Running?Quick ther?Less Carbon Wi last Intake Manifold the fuel supply carried b ances, nothing to get oi adjustment. The heat expended from / f 1 ot the engine is utilized 1 concentrated where the fi The quick get-away of tt ation on low throttle, in gallon of gasoline, its fre its adaptability to varying < ability to give maximum e: test fuel is used are all tra< Blast Manifold. It is that you may appreciate its superi rr U/\t Dr rwr II rv ... ii x ivj x -uuA3 x wAi'NiruLu mam hile the car is running 1T0RS CO. ; s. c. NY, INDIAN; need SMotor Qars TOMATOES GROWING ON IRISI$ POTATO PLANTS Several Bushels are Producing Irish Potatoes on the Roots and Tomatoes on Top. >ee Dee Advocate. Robert J. Rogers, Jr., a young armer of the Blenheim section, rought to The Advocate office Mon-; lay morning a plant curiosity. It las Irish potatoes growing on the oots and tomatoes growing on top. rhe leaves and stalk are those of the rish potato; but from a joint in one >f the llmbB, a stem extends upward ibout eight inches, and on top of the tem are three green tomatoes, about he size of partridge eggs. Mr. Rogers s&ys that he has severtl plants of the same kind in his garlen. He has cut open some of the tonatoes and found them to contain Vis* WAA 1 l?_ uc occu auu luici iv/i ui icai iwuioces. ^ The potato patch is one side of the jarden and a tomato patch on the >ther side. It is a mystery why tonatoes should grow on the potato >lants. Mr. Rogers has shown the )lant to a number of people and lone of them have ever seen anyhing of the kind before. He left a ilant at the Advocate office, where it s now on exhibition. Others of the same kind can be seen in Mr. Rogers' garden about a mile east of Blenlelm, This may be th0 origin of a new ind valuable plant which nature is vorking out in the evolution of plant ife. It may be one of nature's ways .0 increase production and relieve he food shortage, by growing two >le Does To< J Suction frvm \ J Vxtcuumlank A-/ A" Condensation C 11 |J cwmJetc/y surr in Aid. ^rptrirc Wlfcarfk Sk^TI pk lli'pftc, CARBURETOR [ ^ Kgg \V$\& V& <n) y^K^Thtakt to jWJ. >s ** d ^^Gasoime enters horn -EIGHT Hot-Blast Manifold / ires Its CV tial G)st er th y the car?no subsidiary it of order, nothing to i the time of the first exp to accomplish the results, i /\l ? r* fv\ /%r4* n ir?/?r%t-vf-i LU L4C1 id U1U3'. te c/fero-EiGHT, its smoott > exceedingly high mileaj edom from carbon anno ronditions of temperature i fficiency even though the p :eable to the o4ero-ElGHT a true revelation, or performance, ifactures \POLIS, U. S crops on one plant one beneath and the other above the gronnd. Many improvements in plants have been made by crossing and special methods of cultivation, by Luther Bank and others. - w The probability is that the tomatoes on Mr. Rogers' potato plants will not mature and ripen as the plants, along with all other Irish po- \ tato plants are now dying. This will f prevent obtaining the tomato seed ffl ' for planting. The only hope of re* producing these plants will be from the potatoes that grow on the root^. Perhaps in the future, if similar .plants can be grown again, some way . . . may be found to prolong the life of the plants till the tomatoes mature. 'J o ? AIRPLANE ON LONG NON-STOP FLIGHT. New York, June 27. ? The Larsen airplane, with pilot Acosth at the helm which left Omaha at 5:06 a. m-, today on a non-stop flight to New York made a landing at Curtiss field, Pine Valley, 15 miles from Philadelphia tonight. This information was contained in a telegram re- / ceived by officers of the flying field at Central Park, Long Island at 11:45 o'clock tonight. No explanation of the. landing was given in the message. 0 . s; I B Mw?7 b*ck without qowtioa \l If HUNTS Bohro fall# In tfao trMtaMt of ITCH. BCZSMA. /flJ KINOWOKM, TBTTBK or * / l| rf other itching Skin dl?co>oo. // Trj 75 coot bos at oar rick. For Sale by Evan's Pharmacy. day ' I n tomhr S| Z& , a> Jrda. rjsi 1 Hfa i I \B i eofed . ^ urfGas kg n0 . ra I i I" appli- ; equire *| ^ )losion jj| , g bemg IS i oper- tM ie per [J 1 yance, ffj and its oorest i Hot- 3 II' ? = il il i\ *\ . I i| il si A II A. % M !