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mmmsmmmm | Being opened || for 1910 pay this 3 We want you $ sincere desire to i P A good time | KINGS THE TOBACCO GROWER ANDTHE "PIN-HOOKER" i HOIV THIS EXCRESCENCE GROWS 1 FAT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE 1 CREDULOUS FARMER. 1 Florence, August 29: ?The tobacco 1 growers of South Carolina are facing a problem which may seriously affect the future of the industry. The raising and marketing of tobacco in this State is yet in its infancy J and is confined entirely to tne ree 1 Dee section. Each year sees an in- s crea-ed acreage.with a corresponding 1 development in its cultivation and f marketing. Anything that retards t this industry will mean great loss to s the farmers, as the lands in certain c sections are especially adapted to its * cultivation. With the agitation of 1 advanced ideas for handling the cot- I ten crop and the organization of nu- 1 mercus associations for this purpose s the greater part of the people of j t the State have overlooked the culti- s vation of tobacco and have neglected to guard the industry from the very j thin/ 3 that have caused so much ag- 1 itati' n in the cotton world. Growers 1 of tobacco and those who are inter- j 1 ested in its successful cultivation are 1 facing the problem of the speculator, j' but in a more complex way. than the ; 5 nnttrtn indv.strv has ever known. 11 This is due in a measure to the lack \ 1 of expert knowledge on the part of i the grower, as there are so many 1 i grades and kinds of leaf tobacco, it requires years of close study to be i able to judge with any accuracy its ] value when placed on the market. j There is no possible way for the farmer to estimate the value of his ( tobacco crop as he does the other j products of the farm; the papers jj carry no quotations as to the prevail-' j ing market prices; the crop is placed j ( on the warehouse floor and the buy-1: ers make the prices as the auctioneer , puts it on the block. If it is a good 1 j leaf and the independents can use it, the crop invariably brings a good , price, but if is bad stock it goes for . a song, as the American Tobacco j, Company is about the only buyer for. i | 1 all grades of leaf tobacco. ' This condition makes it easy for . < the small speculator to take ad van- 1 tage of the farmer. It places the ;i farmer entirely in the hands of the < buvers on the warehouse floors and . - I. and the country buyer,better Known : i as the "pin-hooker." It is with the < latter class that this article has to! deal, a* there is always competition ' on the warehouse door, but with the ; country buyer it is different. 1 The "pin-hooker," or the country buyer, is a familiar name in the to- i bacco section; he is found on every tobacco market, in one town to-day i Our Entii WA flrp r T V til v w Fall Li uiuauuiuuuuuuiuiuuiiuui no msM&'jm&izz\ N E \ i and placed on displa; store a visit. Don't ir trade and if good, re ^1 <rAl> .? ? A 11? ' ,v. ifiiM* juu arc mini;" to put us to the test >TREE mmmmssmms and somewhere else to-morrow. He may be seen trying to buy a wagon oad of tobacco after it has reached the market and very often after it i?s been placed en the warehouse I i>or, or he may be noted driving , through the country visiting the te:>a.*e.? farms, endeavoring to buv the mop before it has left the barns, alvays with the understanding that | the farmer must deliver the tobacco :o the warehouse. The metho Is of the country buyer ire many; has a different arguneit for each customer, but his strong talking pdnt is the trust and he small chance the farmer has to , ?3t anything like full value from :hat heartless corporation; when by ;elling to him a larger price is rereiv-d because he has orders from ;he independents. The fact of the ( natter is, he places the tobacco1' >ought this way,after he has graded t, on the warehouse floor, and it is 1 ;old as is all other tobacco. If it is j especially fine stock, it is usually^ ;old at a private sale. I The "pin-hooker" will call on a I farmer and make him an offer. If 1 le is refused he raises the price and I ,vry often offers the farmer more , :han the tobacco is actually worth, ; ivhen he finds that he cannot buy. , rhis tobacco is taken to the market I md sold, the farmer gets less than the "pin-hooker" offered him and i tie goes home dissatisfied and think-;! ng that he has been robbed, When 10 nnti. tlia navf ham rpadv this ' ' it CO L/l I V_ IIVAV k/Ml t VM\?J V**>w same buyer is back again and th^ farmer sells at a reduced price and 1 oses from 10 to 25 per cent on the sale. This is one of the many schemes; :>f the "pin-hooker" to grind the ' farmer out of his hard-earned profts and with the more uninformed i farmers it Is usually successful. One )f the most prominent tobacco men n the South is authority for the j statement that the farmers are los- 1 ng in South Carolina this year thou- ' sands of dollars through the small speculator. He specified one market and said he knew one man there who would make $10,000 this year "pinriooking" tobacco. One "pin-hooker" in another town bought a quantity r>f tobacco from a farmer for $400, carried it to the warehouse and sold it for $700. This is only one instance jf hundreds where the farmer is being gouged and the warehouse men are helpless in the matter and are unable to offer any relief. Any close observer of this condition in the tobacco section of this State' will readily understand the handicap placed on the cultivation of tobacco, as compared to any other agricultural product, when it comes to marketing it. The solution of the problem will require grave connmmmmmmmmmmnmw lOW'S re Line oi rkmnallpH unipviivu tie. It wi s. ttuiiuutiuiuumuuiuuuittuui V FAL y every day now. If wait till you are rea liable merchandise, I< ? you like, we can cow is i-iirlit mm COM F DRY < msmmmfssmm sideration from those who are making a study of the conditions surrounding the life and work of the farmer. This is a first-class subject for the consideration of the Farmers' Union and ai! other organizations that are interested in the development of South Carolina along agricultural lines.?AV?v d- Cuuriir. While Buenos Avres normally is the sixth city in the world in the number of electric lights, it was the second during the month of May in the Argentine centennary celebrations. states Consul General K M Barthleman. Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that on th*1 10th day of September, A D 1010,1 wii^ ipply to I* M Broekii.ton,probate judge >t Williamsburg county, for a final iJis harge as administrator ef tiie estate of [?r J R Brockinton. decased. I. OSMO E HR<~W-K">VTOV. I 3-1 l-4t AuxuiUisoraior.1 Tax Land Sale. By virtue of executions to me directed . I have levied upon and will sell for taxes on the first Monday in September next, being the 6th day of the month, before the court house doer in Kingsrree. SC, ?he following described and-, to wit: Aiso t< acre> of land in Anderson, township belonging to J II Lcnnieui and bounded as follows: On the North by lands of J L lil&keiey; East l?r estate of Hennigan: on South and We-t bv Cherry lliil road. Also 1 iot in the town ofScranton belAmrmiv ta T T sifour) V\annHnil uc i? IV U u k.'lUvitV J OIIU WUIIUCU ii o follows: On the North by lands of Window Wright: on the East by Mrs E F Willou>rhby; on the South by Mrs E F 1 WiJloughby; on the We?t by Darling-f Don public road. Purchaser to pay for papers. GkorgeJ Gkaham, Sheriff Wtlliamsbur* County. August 15,1910. N-18-8t To Tobacco Gen So confident are we in our p highest prices?grade consider in the State. Our buyers are unsurpassed We Guarante< If after the sale you are not 0 higher prices are paid elsewhe 1 fare to any market in the Stat sales and judge for yourself, believe that our prices are not the hogsheads and we will pac railroad free of cost to you. ROOM F Improvements sufficient to g have been completed and we e welcome. Our buyers reorese turers, and our own Mr Slaugl BANNER W Kingstn Nmmmmmmmmmnmmm THIS f Summei to do thi: ill be to Y n A R inmmiumm.m'uiuanuumi , L GO' you to see what Dai dy to buy, come toda; iwest prices, fair and nt you for a customer GOODS wmnn "~ Arrival oi Passenger Tr/ at Kingstree. | The Atlantic Coast Line' railroad has promulgated the following schedule, which became effective Sunday, May 15, 1910: North Bound. | No 80 ... 7:50 a m *No 46 - 11:156 a m . No 86 ... (J:i5 p ni South Bound. No 8:s - - - 11:12 a rr *No 47 - - - - 5:50 p rr No 89 - - - 9:05 p ir J'aily except Sunday. Thp Amaznn vallpv Rraril in nn> year yielded 31,883,984 pounks of rubber worth $55,000,000. A large portion of this rubber was used ir the electrical industries. 1 Election Notice. A secot.d primary election is hereby ordered to he held on Tuesday,September 13, l!M0. The same managers will serve as in the fir-t primary, or the presidents ol clubs may appoint managers t?> take their places in the event any of flte formtr managers decline to serve. Polls will he opened at 8 o'clock a. m. and close at 4 p. iu. After tabulating the votes the managers shall certify to the result and forward the ballot boxes, poll list- and all other papers pertaining to the said election by one of their number to Kiugstree within, f >rtv-eight (4sj hours after the close of ihe polls. The Ex(cuti\e Committee will n eet in Kintfstree on Thur^lay, September 15, to tabulate the vole and to declare the result of t he Second Primary election. ^ By order of 9 P It Stoli.. J-l-2t County Chai.man. FOLEYS KIDNEY PUIS fom BUKACNC KiOMinANoBuoou Farmers in eral osuion to secure for you the ed?paid by any other market S e Satisfaction | pl?ised and you believe that J re; we will pay your railroad ? :e. .vhere you may witness the I Tien if vou conscientiously | ashigh or higher, you funish I :k :nd deliver your tobacco to I rw at i l iveus all necessary floor space K xt<nd to one and all a hearty g nt'all the leading manufac* I itei is mightier than ever. | AREHOUSEI je. S. C. $ bmrbbhhib ' FOR / r Goods is sto make # olir Adva /ii ? T f* uu r>. uuun*mtnmmi,uumittliuu J > . I A mssmmmmsm o DS lie Fashion has creai > sauare dealing, caref * U7 \ I COM! mmimmmmzmi II l! Buggies ? Surreys a i Two car loads of the fam ! son G. Smith Buggies and i None as Good A complete line of Harr i! hand. 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