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Whiteville, the Money Market,
Will Open Thursday,
August 8th; Sales Will
Start Promptly at Stroke
Of Nine.
BANNER SEASON IS
EXPECTED, PREDICTED
Market Has a Total of Sixteen
As Efficient Warehousemen
As Are To
Be Found In The Tobacco
Belt
WHITEVILLE 'THE MONET
MARKET" of the Bor-*
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August 8th. Sales will start
promptly on the stroke of
nine and when Whiteville's
seven score, or more, tobac- j
conlsts start down the long
seemingly never ending rows
of tobacco that will spread
On the floors of this city's
warehouses the banner seasson
of the Whiteville tobacco
market will have started.
And the thousands of tobacco
growers who flock to this,
their preferred market, will
find a corp of the ablest f
and most experienced warehousemen
in the tobacco I
world here ready to offer |
them everything they can
wish for in the way of
prompt, courteous service and
when they have departed
i with their checks they will
leave Whiteville feeling that
they have received the highest
market price that the
buying companies are paying
j for their money crop . . those
I tobacco growers who have
patronized the Whiteville
market in the past will have
the same feeling of satisfaction
as they did during
i the past marketing season
and the many newcomers
who will be here will go home
convinced that they have at
| last found a market that is
the answer to the tobacco
; growers prayer . . a market
where prices are always
high; where prices are always
stabilized, and where
immediate attention to every
patron is the rule of the
market.
There is no doubt in the
J mind of the writer that the
warehousemen who are opei
rating on the Whiteville marL
ket are without peers . . they
can well be called the
I "Cream of the Tobacco
World." The tobacconists on
the Whiteville market are a
*' VAIinor
[ OUAIUIT UI uiu aiiu jvtui^
blood but there are none here
who did not start in the
warehouse game early in )
' their life and who have been
trained, and had experience
on the leading tobacco markets
of North Carolina, Virginia
and South Carolina.
These warehousemen need
no introduction to many
growers of the twenty to
thirty counties who bring tobacco
here. However, for the
benefit of those who have
never sold in Whiteville the
t State Port Pilot will attempt
4 * . to give mention to these men
taking each warehouse in alphabetical
order and covering
their sales force as thoroughly
as possible.
CBUTCHFIELD'S WAREHOUSE
ICrutchfield's Warehouse will be
operated by Paul Taylor, Everette
Matthews, Raymond Crutchfield
and Gaither Crutchfield this season.
This large commodious
warehouse, modern in every respect,
has a floor space of 55,000
square feet It is equipped with
every possible convenience froir
ice water fountains to comfortable
rest rooms, and its skylights
cast a mellow glow on to
bacco that makes it look its best
PAUL TAYLOR AND EVER
ETTE MATTHEWS come to thi
Whiteville tobacco market foi
their first season, but their back
ground is one of years of ex
perience as warehousemen. Pau
comes from the rugged county o
Stokes and Everette from Rock
Ingham, both counties that an
known all over the tobacco world
because of the fine tobacco growi
there. Both migrated to Win
ston-Salem, North Carolina's to
bacco center, early and durinj
the past twenty-one years thes
men have become familiar witl
every phase of the tobacco gamf
They will be on the sale a
Crutchfields bidding on ever
grade, pushing the price up t<
the top, and while Paul Tayloi
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b quiet and unassuming off sal(
le is one of the hardest work'
ng and most aggressive men ev'
?r to follow a sale and Everett*
vfatthews makes a good running
nate for Paul.
These two fellows were one*
iompetitors . . . both on th<
iVinston-Salem and the Kings
;ree, S. C. markets but soon re
agnizing in each other sterling
jualities as warehousemen the?
'ormed a natural partnership, anc
>ne which will probably never b<
lissolved. Taylor's Warehouse
eads the Winston-Salem market
ind that recommends them ver?
lighly as warehousemen.
Paul Taylor and Everett*
Vlatthews see a great future foi
Jie Whiteville market . . . whicl
:xplains their change from Kings
Tee to Whiteville and they wil
>e a factor in this markets' fu
:ure growth ... in Whiteville'*
jid for leadership in the Bordei
Belt. When the people of White
rille notice the number of Paul'*
ind Everette's former patrons
from Williamsburg County ant
>ther sections of the Kingstrei
narket's territory, who are driv
ng from this distant territory
so that they may sell with then
it Crutchfield's Warehouse, the?
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/alue of these newcomers to thi
iVhiteville tobacco market.
In addition to being a tobacco
[list of the highest type?Pau
Taylor is the only eligible bach
;lor among Whiteville's ware
lousemen. The State Port Pilo
ioes not know his age?he ii
ion-committal. However he doei
say that he has reached the stagi
'Where Life Just Begins."
RAYMOND AND GAITHEI
CRUTCHFIELD: When om
thinks of a Crutchfield he thinki
if tobacco. They are the son
if Gaither E. Crutchfield, Sr., i
man who probably knows mon
ibout more different types of to
bacco than any other tobacconis
in the South ... a man who I
known throughout the tobacci
world. Mr. Crutchfield firs
taught Raymond and Gaither b
walk on a warehouse floor am
le has kept them there ever
since. He has never been lenien
in his training . . . they havi
been apt pupils of their fathe
ind they have a great futur
ihead of them as tobacconists.
When Raymond and Gaithe
leave Whiteville at the end o
the season, one will go to Aber
leen, in the Middle Belt and thi
ither to Reidsville, in the Ok
Belt They are never idle durinj
i tobacco marketing season
However, these boys are not thi
inly sons of G. E. Crutchfield a
there are two other sons buyinj
in large markets for one of th
largest cigarette manufacturinj
companies in the world, while ye
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i manufacturing department ii
the home plant of this same com
sany. Gaither and Raymom
Crutchfield are two warehouse
men who are fast becoming out
standing as tobacconists and thei
names are fast becoming familia
to the growers of the border belt
BOBBY NEWSOME: Bobb;
Newsome is the auctioneer fo
Crutchfields Warehouse. The so:
of John Abe Newsome, on
of the finest auctioneers t
ever walk down a row of tc
bacco, Bobby has made the mos
of his inherited talent and nc\
Paul Taylor and Everette Mat
thews swear by him ... an
swear that he is the world's bes
He first started selling tobacc
in Clarkton eleven years ago bt
for the past seven years he ha
been with Paul and Everette o
the Winston-Salem and King!
tree, S. C. markets.
THE SALES FORCE: Mess:
Taylor and Matthews have t
their slogan . . "They Know T<
bacco." In keeping with this sli
gan years ago they began a
lecting the most competent me
they could find. They believe I
having a man, especially traine
for every job and they have ai
hered closely to this policy. T1
sales force the Messrs. Taylo
Matthews and Crutchfields a:
bringing to Whiteville is a sail
force that was gathered togethi
many seasons ago and one thi
has been held intact Many se
sons of close association has bui
up a smooth working machin
like organization that is speet
but one that is thorough in i
work.
F. J. Vaughan, book man, f
miliarly known as "Jay," is oi
of the oldest members of th
organization. He is widely knov
on the Winston and Kingstr
markets and he numbers mai
warm friends among his a
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he will be well liked here.
T. L. "Tommy" Tucker handles
j the statements for Crutchfields
I Warehouse. He was born and
| raised in a tobacco atmosphere
land for nine years he has been
r with his present organization.
C. D. "Tootsie" Webster is the
bookkeeper; Jim Flinchum, Floor
> Manager; Reuben Hooks, Assistant
Floor Manager; George Mat'
thews, Weighman, and Gray Car
ter is the leaf man.
i This completes the sales force
f of which Crutchfields Warehouse
is so proud and should any
i warehouse ever have trouble with
5 their clerical and managerial
forces they should profit by -the
- example set by Paul Taylor, Ev-|
f erette Matthews and the Crutch-1
r field Brothers. They should se1
lect a competent force of men
i and keep them together.
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J FARMER WAREHOUSE
' Built for the man who grows
e tobacco and bearing his occupa
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9 UOIUll name, raxiiicio TT??WWU??V
? is a new adition to the Whiteville
e tobacco market and one of which
t every citizen of Whiteville is
f proud. Large . . . spacious, it
n has a floor space of 59,500 square
I feet. It is brand new, modern in
a
i. every respect and it starts its
first season completely equipped
r in every department . . . with
r the best its management could
t buy.
y L. R. and Frank W. Jackson
r will operate this warehouse, and
n while the warehouse itself is
e opening for its first season, it
o cannot be said that L. R. and
>- Frank W. Jackson are new to the
it Whiteville market. They have
v both been here for a number of
t- years.
d L. R. JACKSON: It has been
t. a long time since L. R. Jackson
o first started learning tobacco . .
it i twenty-five years that have been
is spent in accumulating a rare
n knowledge of tobacco and the
3- warehouse business. First a dirt
farmer himself, he is familiar
s with the problems of the farmer
is ... he knows just how many
> hours of hard, back breaking la3
bor there is to each barn of tob
bacco, which explains the persn
sonal interest he takes in the
in sale of every pound of tobacco
d, that is sold on his warehouse
3- floor. During his career, Mr.
le Jackson has been a tobacco
r, grower, a company buyer of tore
bacco and lastly a warehouse
es man. It can be trutfully said
er that he knows tobacco from the
at plant bed to the warehouse floor
a- . . . and he knows what to do
ilt when it is placed on the floor,
e- L. R. Jackson has been in Coiy
lumbus County nearly fourteen
ts years . . . eight years of thia
time was spent in operating the
a- New Brick Warehouse in ChadHe
bourn and the balance of the
lis time he has been on the Whit?m
ville market While accumulating
ee a knowledge of tobacco Mr. Jackay
son has also accumulated inc
numerable friends ... his name
CAROLINA
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is familiar to the tobacco growers
of three states . . . friends
in the Border Belt, the Middle
Belt and in the Old Belt. There
are many who will be glad to
hear that he is operating Farm|ers
Warehouse.
FRANK W. JACKSON: Frank
Jackson's father is responsible
ifor Frank being a warehouseman.
I Loving the business, he has
taught it to his son. Mr. Jackson
is blessed with the rare ability
to impart his knowledge to
others, and Frank quick to learn,
| is fast becoming the experienced
j tobacconist that his father is.
| Frank Jackson's eight years in
the warehouse game have been
j spent in Columbus County, CoI
Columbus County markets, and
on the Danville, Virginia market
. . . however, he goes to
Virginia for the duration of the
Old Belt season. He is a citizen
of Whiteville ... he married a
Whiteville girl, and makes this
city his home.
J. H. BARRICK: J. H. Barrick
is the auctioneer for Farmers
Warehouse. All warehousemen
swear by their auctioneers ...
swear they are the best in the
world but Mr. Jackson and Frank
are emphatic when they say they
know J. H. Barrick is the best.
And it is hard for one who
knows Frank and Mr. Jackson to
question any statement they may
make. Mr. Barrick comes to the
Border Belt yearly from Springfield,
Tenn., one of the two largest
dark fire tobacco markets
in the world. He has been coming
to the Border Belt for more
than ten years ... he was on
the Fairmont market several
years before coming to this market.
This will be his third season
in Whiteville, and since the
friends of Mr. Barrck, who like
him to sell their tobacca, have a
i habit of going with him to a
new market, the people of WhiteI
ville are naturally desirious of
j keeping Mr. Barrick here for the
rest of his active life.
D. F. CURRIN of Oxford is the
Assitant Sales Manager at Farmers
Warehouse and Mr. Jackson's
right hand man on the sale. He
i and Mr. Jackson are the two
who run the sale and that is
where the twenty years Mr. Curi
rin has spent in warehouses
shows what experience means to
a warehouseman ... a grower
becomes more confident of the
fact that his tobacco is in good
hands after he has seen Mr. Currin
work on one sale ... he always
comes back to Farmers
Warehouse.
CLERICAL STAFF: Farmers
[Warehouse has a carefully select|
ed sales force. The men com;
prising the sales force are all
; men who are selected because of
| their ability and because they
[are men that will be on the job
| every minute of the "tobacco
| day" if their services are required.
And when one says a
j "tobacco day" it is to say twent
fv.fniir hniirq mon P
j L. Beale, cf Halifax, Va., who
! has been keeping warehouse
I books for more than eight years;
Jr. D. Poir.dexter, a quiet, business-like
fellow who always has
j time to accomodate a person
whenever he is asked, and who
lis as efficient as he is quiet and
J. S. Williams, both of Danville,
Va., complete the clerical force
at Farmers. Mr. Williams is
well known in the Whiteville
markets territory as he was on
the Chad bourn _ market before
coming to Whiteville.
FLOOR MANAGERS: On the
j floor . . . ready to receive and
j care for tobacco as it is brought
iin, will be four experienced men.
The floor managers at Farmers
i Warehouse are all Columbus
I County men, tobacco growers
with from five to ten years of
service. These men know the majority
of the farmers in Columj
bus County . . , they are per!
sonally acquainted with them,
and one feels as if he is at home,
among home folks, when he
drives through the doors at Farj
mers Warehouse. E. K. Bullard
of Chad bourn, Route 1; C. C.
Britt of Boardman; V. C. Arnette
of Chadbourn, Route 2; J.
C. Turner of Evergreen. They
are men who will care for tobacco
as it is brought to their
warehouse.
In conclusion . . . L. R. and
Frank Jackson feel that, In their
newly constructed warehouse,
, they have all that a patron can
ask. Two sets of scales are avail,
able . . . every facility for hand.
ling tobacco ... in fact every
, necessary requirement can be
met. The policy of Farmers
Warehouse is . . . "To see that
i every patron receives the best at,
tention and service, and above all
, that he receives the highest mar,
ket price for every grade of his
( tobacco."
Liziie?Has anything ever been
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Izzie? No, not if the pictures
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| H. G. LEA
LEA'S WAREHOUSE
Lea's Warehouse, owned and
| managed by Harry G. Lea, of
(Danville, Virginia, is the largest
(of Whiteville's six warehouses,
160,000 square feet, or just a
i fraction short of one and oneihalf
acres, and with a capacity
(of a half million pounds. Howj
ever, no matter how crowded...
i when the buyers walk into Lea's
I in the morning, Harry Lea will
; carry them out in record time.
He holds a record that will probI
ably never be surpassed . . . 415,j
000 pounds of tobacco was sold
jin this warehouse in one day.
HARRY G. LEA: Harry comes
I to Whiteville annually from Dan!
ville where he is co-proprietor of
{Hughes and Acres Warehouse...
the leaders on the Danville mar(WAt
while still vouna. Harrv
1 Lea has been operating warehouses
for the past twenty-five
years and there is little about
; tobacco that he doesn't know.
He is a warehouseman that is a
"lone wolf" when it comes to
running a sale, but judging from
his ever increasing patronage he
i has little need for help. There
| isn't a bolder, or more courage!
ous warehouseman in Whitevllle
and this statement is well exlemplified
in his favorite expression
. . . "Hang It On Pappy."
i Speaking of this expression of
Harry's . . . Perry's "Don't Give
Up The Ship Boys" and Patrick
Henry's "Give Me Liberty or
Give Me Death" . . . are expressions
that will live in history, but
the war cry of Harry Lea, which
I is often heard on sale, will be
remembered more clearly than
these, by the tobacco growers |
who patronize Lea's Warehouse,
j This expression . . . "Hang It j
On Pappy," means a lot to the
toDacco growers who bring to|
bacco to Lea's Warehouse . . .
! when the market sags momentarily,
Harry always places the
last bid on a grade. He holds it
up to the highest market price,
and when you hear Harry yell
"Hang It On Pappy" you are
certain that he has Just refused
to let a basket of tobacco sell
for less than its actual worth.
Mr. Lea devotes the greater
amount of his time to the warehouse
game, but in off seasons he
is a faithful believer in recreation.
Golf is one of his sports,
but baseball comes first in his life
after tobacco. He is the owner |
of the Danville, Virginia "Leafs," :
a team that has just won the
mid season pennant in the BiState
League and at the pres-1
ent his team is crowding the oth- j
er teams on this circuit for top I
| place in the league and second
half honors.
LOUIE LOVE: Louie Love is
the auctioneer for Lea's Warehouse.
It isn't necessary to go
into detail about Louie and his
past experience as an auctioneer.
Just follow him down one row of
tobacco . . . listen to him as he
sells and there will be no doubt
in anyone's mind about his ability
and the fact that he has had
plenty of experience. He is a
silver tongued auctioneer and
well . . . when Harry speaks of
him he says "My Auctioneer" in
such a way that you know he
feels that, in Louie, he has the
best auctioneer in the world. He
is keen eyed and alert on sale..
has never been known to miss a
bid and he is probably one reason
why Harry Lea needs no
help on a sale. Harry and Louie
make a team that can wade
through a floor of a quarter million
pounds of tobacco as easily
and tirelessly as they wade
through a 50,000 pound spread.
They go on the floor with one
intention ... to get the tobacco
erovp.r Avprv nnmrihlp
his load and they never disappoint
this man.
GEORGE BLAIR: Popular with
everyone . . . partly because of
his efficiency and partly because
of his personality, George Blair,
the Floor Manager at Lea's
Warehouse, ranks with the best
i of floor managers. Ever accommodating
George always greets
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you with a contagious ^
tie often breaks into a rmj
tagious laugh. No one
Mr. Blair; he is George to e^K^
one and a living personjj^B 1
of that old expression .1
George do it." For when J
growers come to Ifi'.ja
house they feel that th^HB
nothing to do except '.eavj^H^
tobacco in George's '
George is not only .
he is accommodating and A
no favor within his powet^^^B
he will not grant a pat^^^H
J. LESTER POWELL; A
Powell is a combination
Lea's Warehouse. StricUy
ing he is a book man, but
so takes care of the advei^^H
for his warehouse. "Lea1' pS
is invaluable in the office
any other capacity. He
ways early in the field .,
comes to Whiteville before y
first ground primings are bfl
and he stays in the field f^Li
early morning until late ial
afternoon . . . riding the ,
try, shaking hands withB
friends and telling them
Lea's Warehouse and the YH
ville market.
SALlpS AND CLERIcH
FORCE: There are alwayjpfl
of Assistant Floor Managea^H||
Lea's Warehouse . . .
one reason why George Blair^l^
built such a reputation ea ?iH \
Manager. Among those who H
Wo r\rt tWo floo- of
v" ""vi una ware.ic^B
in this capacity are Jud Ho!
of Whiteville, L. H. "Boy"
also a Columbus County maul
Pruitt of Danville and Lei?e~
ter. What more could be |9
of a warehouse than to pS
such men . . . place them oo|
floor at the call of the tobfl
grower.
Fred Holderby, bookkeeper!
not so large in stature but'^T
looms large in capability. l|fl
years on the Danville, w J
market has given him the
ed experience to make him ot^H
the best bookkeepers in
house circles, and he is ably^H
sisted by Steve McDanieL H^H
ston Lennon, a Columbus Cog^H
man, is another of those
has made good on their ht^!
town market. He is the i^H
who always gives you the confl
weight when you sell at Lfl
Warehouse. James Smith,!
Danville, is also on the job!
the scales and these two A
. . . Thurston Lennon and JaA
Smith?are assurance of prtnA
service. There is no delay^!
weighing tobacco at this wi^P
house.
NELSON'S WAREHOUSE H
Nelson's Warehouse is opei^^H
ed by M. O. Nelson, Sr., M.H
(Oliver) Nelson, Jr., and Fn^P
A. Hayes. These three men ?A
years of experience behind tbA
are three men who have beer. I
the Whiteville market so li^V
that little can be said ab^B
them that isn't already kno^H
Their record on this market IB
always spoken for itself; hc^l
ever they rate their full qw^P
of space in the News Repor^H
MATTHEW OLIVER NELS(A
SR., started as a warehouse-^?
on the Danville, Virginia toba^p
market August 16th, 1892?f^B
ty-three years ago?and he
well be called the Dean ^p
Whiteville's warehousemen.
past life, both as a man and
a tobacconist, has always b^p
above reproach . . . and he isH
man that is honored and *A
pected everywhere because of S
high moral character, and thfl
is no man anywhere who cB
bear the title . . . Dean of B
Whiteville warehousemen . ?<B
befittingly than Mr. Nelson. I
Always recognized as one ^B
Danville's outstanding and le^B
ing citizens, he has always beB
active in the civic life of his IB
tive city . . . his record as ojB
er and operator of the BanB
Warehouse in that city is^M
good as his record as a ciWH
and both are above criticism. H
Mr. Nelson is the owner H
Nelson's Warehouse, which hasM
floor space of 55,000 square fefl
and it has always been his claB
that this is the best lightB
warehouse in the South. He IB
been on the Whiteville market fp
18 vears and his great host J
friends all join in wishing
many more years of active 'fl
as a tobacconist and the g':U
ing head of Nelson's WireWB
OLIVER NELSON?M. 0. >'
son, Jr., Oliver Nelson,
mentioned as a tobacconist,
well be called a chip off the <
block. He has been trained
his father . . . another tesB
monial for M. O. Nelson. Sr., I
and the thorough way in v'h'?
he has taught Oliver tobacco I
more evidence of his useful IiJ
Oliver went to work for 1
father at the age of 19
Acrees Warehouse at Danvd?
Virginia. Now he manages salB
for his father at the BannB
Warehouse in the same city
he is a business associate of -V