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? ft "vr.E 2 Four Wareho | " Record 1 To Fa: Town Boasts Of Many Attractions To Make It Wise For Farmer To Sell In Fair Bluff PLENTY OF GOOD EATING PLACES Is Oldest Market In Border Belt And Second Oldest In South Carolina Belt FAIR BLUFF, Aug. 3.?Next Monday golden weed in great volumes will begin to flow into the Fair Bluff market, oldest tobacco market in the Border Belt and second oldest in the South Carolina belt. With four modern warehouses ready again for operation. farmers will find all the < facilities at Fair Bluff necessary for the quickest handling of their tobacco at the highest possible prices. The four warehouses are prepared for handling 8.000,000 pounds of tobacco making it unnecessary for farmers 10 fear any delay in the speedy marketing of all the tobacco they place on the market here. The town of Fair Bluff likewise holds attraction for the farmer. Good banking facilities and first class stores handling all available supplies for the farm home ren der it nossible for the farmer to come to Fair Bluff, sell his produce. bank his money, and buy all the goods and produce that is required for comfortable farm living. In addition. Fair Bluff is boasting this year, as in other years, am\ pie eating facilities so that the farmers bringing their tobacco to the Fair Bluff market may not have to return home hungry or wait long in line for restaurant service. Prize houses will also be present to add to the carnival atmosphere of the market. Fair Bluff is particularly fort, unate in its buying personnel. All foreign, domestic and independent buying' companies are capably re)' presented on the Fair Bluff mar[ ket. Liggett and Myers is represented by W. J. Bowling. Export by Boots Williams. W. L. Robin1 son Tobacco company by Don Gray. Reidsville Tobacco company by Cliff Winstead, Imperial by I DO NT You UNTIL A | !; ti [ |! BRAND ] My i All J L T"M _ E/ieciri All Size MOST A Complete L ! Bea 2-Gai. Can HI PITCHER PC I Newer i 1 I AUTO AUT Scot I Phone 10 Service is uses Have Mad In Bringing T< rmers Through' * Bill Clark, American by Russell ! Tucker and R. J. Williams by Bob ! Hester. 11 For five years out of seven, | Fair Bluff has led other markets ] in prices paid for the golden weed. J The Fair Bluff market began ji operation in 1896 when the Po-1 well warehouse was built by a < stock company composed of lo-j' cal business men and farmers. The 1 warehouse was later taken over | J by the late I. M. Powell, father j I of A. Hix Powell who, along with 11 | Arthur L. Carver, is the present j I | proprietor of the warehouse. Mr. 11 j Carver is from Durham and was on,< j the Durham market for 20 years j > ; where he was connected with the [ 1 Star-Brick and Big Four ware- j I houses. C. H. Jackson is with the i > firm again this year as book-j keeper, while Dewey Waddell is , floor manager and Monroe Hill, I j night floor man. Assistant floor ( | manager is Turner Fish, of Fu-j ! quay Springs. c Willie Currin, one of the best 1 auctioneers in the business, will 1 j chant the sales. For many years, < Mr. Currin was on the Durham j 1 I market. ! ( 1 Other members of the ware- 1 - ' TT.,1 I r nouse personnel arc nuueit Aug-p ' ers. bookman, Waddell Umstead. ! of Durham, ticket marker, Isaac i c Hill, of Durham, check out man, 11 and James Edmunds, weighman. j i j Both the Powell and the Dixie | < warehouses are under the same j1 management and will have the j s same personnel. "In these two 1 warehouses, farmers will find one i of the leading combinations in 1 the belt. The Planter's warehouse, Fair < J Bluff's newest and one of the < most modern in the entire belt, ] was built in 1940. It will be head- < ed this year by Norman N. Love f and Carl Meares, a Fair Bluff 1 business man. Assisting them will > be a staff of seasoned and versatile tobacconists. Mr. Love himself > will be the auctioneer, while E. 1 F. Bryant will be sales manager. < Frank W. Lea will be bookkeeper 1 and Hubert Rogers, bookman. ' Others of the personnel are Oliver 1 Rogers, clip man; J. S. Williams, * weighman and office man; Jack ' Grainger, floor manager; Harold 1 Love, weighman, Frank Turbe-11 ville, check-out man; solicitors, ' | Barney L. Page, C. C. Enzor, Heck ,' SAY Can't Ge iFTER YOU ( NEW CHEVROLET I ers Electric Water Purr >izes Pipe and Pipe Fitt c Pipe Cutting and Tim :s Flat, Round, and Ang ,LL SIZES TIRES and 2 Auto and Machine Sh( r Front Wheel Aligniru GH QUALITY MOT( MPS FIESTA ( Used Cars at Ceiliiu LOANS $10.00 to $1 OMOB1LE INSURA tt Motor Fair E Not Our Motto ... ... It Is Oui \ e Good jp Prices out Bis Area Lovett, J. H. Home. Hosea Brown, Meyo Brown and Clawson Edmunds With this experienced force, Planter's warehouse will be ready tor the largest volume of tobacco I and promises top market prices. I The house now known as the Grainger's occupies the lot on which was built the second warehouse on the Fair Bluff market, it was originally erected in 1898 by the late B. A. Anderson and lad changed ownership several times until several years ago when it was bought by Rufe Grainger. During his ownership the house has been destroyed by 'ire ard rebuilt and enlarged un:il tocay it is modern in every respect. Robert Wright, of Reidsville, a ,'eteran of the Aberdeen market, s returning for his second year :o the Fair Bluff market and will iperate Grainger's warehouse. Mr. tVright has been in the Border 3elt fcr three years, one at Lake Gity. S. C., and two at Fair Sluff. He has purchased the 3raing?r Warehouse and assem)led aiound himself a strong force >f experienced men. Auctioneer will be Roy Daniel, >f Durham; bookkeeper, Mrs. iazel Alcorn, of Reidsville; booknan, I,ewis Rogers, of Fair Bluff; :lip man, John Wall, of Reidsrille; floor manager, Cyde Hinion; n ght foor manager, French Cobles The Grainger warehouse has a loor soace of 35,000 square feet. Fair Bluff's market is well quipped with modern prize hous;s used by the buying companies. Its buying staff is made up of ixperienced buyers representing ill the big manufacturers and Duying companies as well as the ndependent buyers. Clyde Townsend of Fair Bluff is in his seventh year as sales supervisor end market publicity director. He was loud in his praise of ocal business and professional men ir their support of the market, whose help has made possible in enlarged publicity campaign for the town and tobacco market. He also urged farmers to jrade their tobacco clean, removing all strings, tie it in medium size bundles and to grade it jn t It :all us MOTORS ips. ings ;ading. le Iron. TUBES jp work. ;nt. )R OIL, $1.29 :hinaware ; Prices 1,000.00 nce Co. iiuff, n. c. r Business I THE STATE PORT PILOT, SOUTHPORT, N. C. large piles. In this way he said, 1662 as compared with 321,030 in "It will look better and sell 19941, said the released. In 1942, higher. the number was ma,o97. 7-1 j Ashe County has 9,800 milk Mtlk Cows Increase cows leading the llsti and in sec. In North Carolina and and third places are Iredell ? . T "I 7? ^ with 9,400 and Guilford with 8,RALEIGH, Aug. 88.?The number of milk cows on North Carp- 900, lina farms has increased 40, 000 Using a spot check for milk cow head since 1941, the Statistics production in the eastern half of division of the State department l"* State the Department found: . .' , [that Nash milk cows increased of Agneiiltiire report. |f 2 990 in 1941 to 3,780; Co-! "" ,ho * o?on sifin and w" *V" - |lUmUU3, 1IWU1 VW w, cows and heifers two years old ipjtt from 2,380 to 3,230. and older, the figure is now 360, MR. TOBACCO FARMER! You Ai To The Opening Of Our Tobacco I SeU Ye FA1B SELL YOURTobacc FOR BEST PRICESAND PATRONIZE 1 9 Large Enough To Serve. ?Strong Er FARMERS & MERCHANT aa A /">! V Fair Bluff Is A Good . . . . ?? ???? ? See And Hear ? Good Shows Comfortably ^ Where Good Shows Are Best SCOTTY THEATR | FAIR BLUFF Fair Bluff's Tobac< YOU'LL LIKE THE High Prices Paid On The Fair Bluff Tobacco Market And the LOW PRICES on the Complete U OF QUALITY MERCHANDISE ... AT MEARES DEPT. STO Shoes ? Dry Goods ? Notions and FurnisI FAIR BLUFF, N. C. I Fair Bluff's Banking a Welcome To Fair Bluff MR. and MRS. FARMER AND TO ELLIS MEARES FARM SUPPLY HEADQUARTERS FURNITURE and GENERAL MERCHANDj J * / ' i Meetings For at E'izabethto^County Agents canning _____ There will b'fe no h State College Specialists and j home canning this sum Southeastern North Carolina are to eat as well nexl County Agents will have group, we did last year. meetings August 10-11 and 12 . with the object of putting onj The majority of the campaigns in the various counties Iof Turkey is engaged relative to the growing of more, Pendent on agriculture email orain and winter legumes. | Forming- one group are the 1"e uua counties of Brunswick, New Amerlca is the largest Hanover, Pender, Hoke, Scotland, Bladen, Cumberland and Oolum- 'as' violent ear bus counties. This group will meet1 Eng'and occurred in V re Cordially Invited To Come Ai Harket And Plan To.... iur Toba CROP IN 1 BLUl :o In Fair Blu HIS BANK FOR BEST SERVICE tough To Protect You ? -?Small Enough To K S BANK FAIR BL Trading Center ? Lots Of Goo Meet Your FLOYD-ANDERS( GUY L. BAII g Fountain Service - Sai "We Fill Any Doci co Market Has 4 Big Warehou TAYLOR J. J. TAYl ? Deale : - GOOD US1 pe DC Auto and Truck AVI?/ ungs SIX GOOD AUTO ME GOOD SERVICE nd Business Houses Offer Goo< We Invite You To And Sell Tobacci FOR QUALITY and SATI! MEATS and GROCE 1 FLOYD'S ( GRADE "A" ME 1SE FAIR BLUFF, m Jife. WEDNESDAV^n^ room athMoun,h?vl'^^BlS ported by Geor? iv> oliday for mer, if we The UniverliJTT ? t, winter as founded in I6t,0' :r''iac^H^ The earth iiaTFTin population miles of lar.d surV I or de- ???W I of South of the Navy. 1 *" ?- v"v^^L?of snakes. St Centuries ago. n, HE thquake in dians played a mi ' 50. (basketball. nd Bring Your Family I tcco I FF I WK now You. IB d Stores Friends At I )N DRUG STORE I LEY, Owner ldwiches - Magazines tor's Prescription" ses? MOTORS .OR, Prop r In ? ED CARS Repair Service CHANICS TO GIVE ON REPAIRS I C !__ i oervice Trade With Us o In Fair Bluff 5faction buy your ries . . . from jROCERY :at market n. c. j /
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