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ft . BETTER LEAF TOBACCO AND A BETTER MARKET What Organization Is Doing For ^ South Carolina Tobacco It Farmers. m In 1919 a necessity?an embargo on tobacco during the marketing season?called forth the organization of the South Carolina Tobacco Associa tion. Some good work in a limited way was done at once by this organir zation, but a realization of the fac-. that the great need was two-fold? better tobacco on a better market"?, as the present slogan of the associa- j tion expresses it, the members sought! first of all at the beginnig of the 1920 I season to build up a strong organiza- j tion with a big membership including.' if possible, everybody in the "tobacco j belt" of South Carolina who might be: directly or indirectly concerned with j tobacco marketing. The Extension Service of Clemson; College was called upon for aid and | Director W. \V. Long, knowing the ^ marketing of crops is as important as ! growing them, gladly sent F. L. Har-1 key, agent in marketing work, and L. H. Lewis, extension agent in marKeimg. to Florence, the center of the tobacco territory, for one month to c >nV centrate on the tobacco marketing 9i problem, the first consideration being a big active membership. The plan of attack was to invade the score of markets with the association's central committeemen and visit personally farmers, warehousemen, bankers, chambers of commerce and even busi^ ness and professional men, and to make talks to farmers gathered at warehouses just before sales, the committeemen to solicit members immediately following. In this way the small membership was Increased to ever four hundred, and better still, HI everybody concerned was "educated" as to conditions and requirements of the tobacco market. This has opened the way for effective work by the a.-, sociation. One aim is to improve the grades of tobacco offered and eliminate the poorer grades. The South Carolina Ww tobacco crop sold in 1919 for $18,500.000.00, or an average of 20 cents per pound, a very much lower average than was had for North Carolina and I Virginia tobacco, largely because of the inferior grades, bad handling, etc. p Poor grades serve as a bear on the The creat amount of "dog UHUavVl a I tal" tobacco now on the market would, if it were good tobacco, keeD the tobacco people supplied for some Em time. Again, the market demands a bright robacoo. and South Carolina can produce that kind with proper curing! houses and bulking-down houses. The | association will employ a paid secre-! tary and other help to give ."be members instructions and aid in these matters, to put out correct informaiton as to markets and kinds of tobacco demanded, and to furnish "legible" or understandable statistics about tobacco. A recent circular put out among the members show some of the details! by which the association is promoting "better tobacco on a better market". The circular says in brief: Help the J tobacco market: (1) by leaving to-1 bacco money in local banks to beip finance the crop. (2) by not rushina '* 'OV u.. ! tobacco on ine marKei, \o; u\ mm-| holding from the market entirely it'! prices go below reason, (4) by join-i mg the Tobacco Association. / The circular seeks to "edu | cate" the tobacco farmer on the care and handling of tobacco for better] prices by giving such specific instrue-1 tions as the following: t 1. Gather only ripe tobacco. f2. Keep your tobaccos bright and bulk down till they bleach. 3. Sort or pick your tobacco and do j not market trash. Market no<v' *- ' worth less than 5 cents per pound.. (TroTTS ' 1 r? a AI/\T TO 111 griui r aiviuus ivn WF1 Hi a Substantial 1 Kb i Present L Yes, Sir! We IK number of these . i. Williamsburg cc ij phone or see us. a* fc be supplied. i Scurry Moto fj Plwae No. 289 * jwSft>JojiJJtOiOUXCiiiljCOOXSJGoCuiiXC/tAjCuojCAji - V - \ > "- ' J I 4. Do not let tobacco get "high in order." One big thing the association has accomplished, besides the apprecja Me effect it has had ;n advancing the . general average of prices, is that it has arranged for the South Carolina tobacco markets to remain open until September 20th. Heretofore, Sep tember 1st has been the closing date. o Employ Cotton Grader and Salesman. Orangeburg, South Carolina, now has in operation a cotton selling scheme which has been successful and is worthy of the consideration of oth-j er towns and communities. About seven years ago. Orangeburg county farmers secured the service of a government grader which was thoroughly tried. They found that this alone was not sufficient, because the farmers had no way of making buyers pay them for the grade of their cotton after they knew what they had. In other words, they had no way of demanding middling prices for middling cotton, if that happened to be the grade they had. Seeing their weak point, the county agents and farmers worked together and got some farmers and business men to guarantee enough money to pay the salary of one man to have charge of the selling of all the cotton handled by this association. The plan was to refund this money to those who guaranteed it, by charging a small fee of 25 cents a bale of cotton sold by this salesman. The outcome has been a complete success. Results were so satisfactory that last year Orangeburg1 largely set the cotton market for 50 miles around in every direction. More than 5,000 bales of cotton were sold at Orangeburg above the sales of the previous yea.in spite of the fact that Orangeburg county made 30,000 bales less in 1919 than it made in 1918. In telling how this proposition has worked, ^ the county agents, L. I. Wolfe and W. T. Kyzer, told of one farmer who objected to paying 25 cents to have his bale of cotton sold. A buyer paid him 40 cents a pound | for his ungraded cotton, and after do- ] ing so, found that instead of buying < short staple cotton worth 40 cents a pound, he had bought long staple worth $1 a pound. He made a clear profit of $300 on one bale of c< to the loss of the farmer who saved 25 cents. Other South Carolina counties are preparing to sell cotton this year on the same plan. The small fee of 25 cents a bale furnishes and keeps up an office and pays the salary of the seller and grader.?P. O. Davis, in TV \ Progressive Farmer. J o Kellahan Hotel Sold. The brick structure located on Main street opposite the court house and known as the Kellahan Hotel was sold at auction yesterday by the Wagener Real Estate and Guaranty Co., acting as selling agents for Mr. Tom M. Kellahan, owner of the property. The hotel and the 40-foot lot on the east j side of the building were sold togeth- , er for th? sum of $25,550.00" to Le- < Roy Lee, Esq., acting for clients. The store house on Academy street owned by Mr. Kellahan and advertised to be sold yesterday by the same selling agent, were not disposed rvC nf fhp advertised nroD VI. X UV J.I&0V v* ? ?? ? ?-- ? erty offered, however, was the corner store occupied by L. S. Dennis. There was a fixed price on this property i and as the highest bid was only $10.- < 550.00, it was withdrawn. The other stores were not offered. It is not known yet what will be done with the hotel, but the supposition is that a stock company will be \ formed and the present property con- j \erted into a more modern hostelry? < a thing that the town has long been in need of. BROTHERS I * mw ># 3T0R CARS j discount of the || i& Price. |j; have a limited f| popular cars for f! >unty. Wire, g Your wants will ||? r Sales Co., J | GEORGETOWN, S. C.' j toMMWWHyWOOW OFFICIAL BALLOT Primary Election WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY August 31, 1920. For Congress P. H. Stoll o For Senate (Vote for one scratch other) G. M. Beasley S. A. Graham o For House of Representatives (Vote for three scratch others) J. P. Adams W. 0. Camlin B. B. Chandler C. B. Cox H. D. Ferrell W. 0. Godwin J. J. M. Graham D. F. Kennington D. E. McCutchen L. A. Rogerson o For Clerk of Court (Vote for one scratch others) John D. Britton J. 0. Carraway R. K. Wallace o For Sheriff (Vote for one scratch others) P. M. Brockintun Thos. M. Chandler W. J. Cockfield H. S. Gamble H. U. Kinder o For Superintendent of Education (Vote for one scratch other) Marion F.' Montgomery Cleon W. Stuckey o For County Auditor J. J. B. Montgomery o , For County Treasurer R. B. Smith o For Probate Judge (Vote for one scratch others) B. E. Clarkson D. M: Lesesne W. E. Snowden ? o For County Supervisor (Vote for one scratch other) J. N. Hammett S. J. Singletary o For Coroner (Vote for one scratch others) H. J. Brown H. M. Burrows J. P. Gibbons M. B. Mitchum o For Cotton Weigher at Kingstree (To be voted for by Kingstree, Central, Cedar Swamp, Blade Rivet ^ " < ? -i lir?i ?li. tr.t. oemei ana woramaii [wns. >uic iv )ne scratch other.) W. F. McCants J. A. Scott o " For Cotton Weigher at Greelyvill (To be voted for by Greelyviile poll (Vote for one scratch other) T. E. Allen J. W. Bradham ???o For Cotton Weigher at Cades (To be voted for at Cades poll) J. L. McFadden o For Magistrate at Kingatree (To be voted for by Kingstree, Central and Cedar Swamp polls. Vob for one scratch other) Clarence Alsbrook J. B. Gamble o . For Magistrate at Greelyviile (To be voted for by Greelyviile poll (Vote for one scratch others) M. M. Bate man Malichi Bradshaw L. B. Browder J. B. Bryant A. F. Graham o For Magistrate at Hemingway (To be voted for by Hemingway,Poplar Hill, Indiantown and part of Mud iy Creek polls, vote ior one scratci >thers). W. T. Lee C. A. Thornley N. M. Venters o For Magistrate at Johnsonville (To be voted for by Johnsonville, Vo: and part of Muddy Creek polls) Arthur C. Hanna. o? For Magistrate at Pergamos (To be voted for by Cades and Pergamos polls. Vote for one scratci ?thers). T. P. Fulmore W. P. Moore J. B. Osborne o For Magistrate at Hebron (To be voted for by Hebron, Blaci River, Workman, Bethel and Sandj Bay polls. Vote for one scratcl jther.) B. M. Smith J. W. Stewart o For Magistrate it Lanes (To be voted for by Lanes. Gourdin Salters, Taft and Trio polls. Vob for one scratch others). Jas. N. Guess J I. Morris S. G. McDonald W. P. Moore o For Magistrate r.t Earles (To be voted for at Earles, Bloomirg rale, Oak Ridire, Suttons and Lenud: polls. Vote for one scratch other.' J. M. Kirton J. S. Tartt o For Ma; istratv at Morrisvuie (To be voted for by Morrisville am S'esmith polls. Vote for one scralxd rther.) J. H. Faddy J. M. Godwin o Would you have S. J. Singletarv 'or your bookkeeper? 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In uarg Hardware Compaay | stree Hardware Company Xjjji i \l N6. 6, N% Extra Charge ^Batteries ' .* jl T Tn ifprl l JL V/ XXJL tWV4 | or. | An Old-Fashioncd Democrat and K a Man of the People, as indicated Q by the enthusiastic reception with 5 which he is meeting throughout j? South Carolina. ? ASK ANYONE WHO KNOWS ? HIM jt He believes in the doctrines of J| Calhoun, is opposed to any further % centralization or power in me ieu- rg eral government, is an advocate of JH tax reform ard governmental econ- JB omy, and denounces as a traitor jn anyone who does not have at heart 55 the best interests of fanners and y laboring men. v 4* The Columbia Record Editorially says: "Among those who are candidates for the Senate in the X Primary Campaign, The Record be- X lieves that in the person of George ? Warren, of Hampton County, the jN State of South Carolina will have w as a representative in the United 2 States Senate a man who has the JE courage of his convictions, who S will resist the dangerous tendency. X nf ppntralizinsr encroachments, who Jg will, even in the face of lobbies 4jj and outside influences of every sort jj3 hold again aloft the standard of 33 States Rights which the weaklings and partisans of Congress have ? permitted to b? trailed in The dust. * _ _ _ _ Young, aggressive, inde- 9 pendent, of clean and honorable 4 record, capable and ambitious, of X diligent errorr io attain uic icij 5v> growth which the responsible and ?8 honorable office of Senator would j| open to him, we recommend him to jln the careful scrutiny of the voters jg of South Carolina." r State's Rights! M * ' - v.-J fcT> ; ji/