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fPlGE 8 Farmers Hou jj Another Ye 9 Warehouse Has Floor Space Of 59,000 Feet And Was Built In 1935; One Of Finest In Belt CUTTS BACK AGAIN AS AUCTIONEER Willard H u g g i n s Floor j Manager; Personnel Is About The Same As Last Season Ushering in the 1944 tobacco season with the lusty chant of i tobacco auctioneer, Sid Cutts, proprietors, A. H. (Bert) Moore 1 ' and L. R. Jackson will launch 1' ' Whiteville's newest and most modern warehouse, Farmers Warehouse for another season. Farmers, built in 1935, af ! fords the growers with 59,000 i square jfeet of- floor space on i, which to place their tobacco. It is i considered one of the finest houses jf.' in'the belt. Teaming again this year to operate the warehouse, Messrs. j , Moore and Jackson boast a combined experience in the leaf industry of over 50 years. Both are known to the people of Columbus j Yon ! F I . 1 A>i / V , ... * ? >: . . ' ' t* L se Ready For % ar Weed Sales; County as men of out-standing ] ability in the tobacco realm. ] Mr. Moore is beginning his ] 16th year on the Whiteviile mar ket, his 27th in the game, with a steadily growing reputation that any warehousemen should , be proud of. He operates the Planter's Warehouse in Henderson, N. C., and at one time was proprietor of the Star Warehouse (now Brooks) here with Motley Bros, operating. Mr. Jackson has been in the business in Columbus County for ' 20 years, operating a warehouse in Chadbourn for five years before coming to the local market. He has chalked up a record for ] 27 years in the tobacco industry. ; The personnel of the Farmers warehouse will be about the same iuttus. year as- last. Beginning his 28th year as tobacco auctioneer i Sid Cutts, will be back to begin his fifth year on the Whiteviile market. Mr. Cutts began chanting 17 years ago and has increased in ability with each passing season. Floor manager will be Willard ; Huggins who will be launching You( ir Local For Best i tELIAl FER For More We Hearti ?* # * . >% ' ' A \ ' * * ' .' " * ' ' ' *' W. ' ' . RELIANC1 An lelianc ' ? - s ? ( *' ; T ; t-..' - 1 CONSERVATION OF SOIL SERVICE IS MAKING PROGRESS Continued from Page One) I, )f drainage tile the other day. i V. C. Arnette, M. L. Inman, J. H. , White, B. C. Wright, G. T. Gore, 0. H. Jordan, D. L. Jordan, C. M. Fisher, W. J. Fisher, Jud rlooks, Dr. D. W. Pittman, H. G. Walters, J. J. Barnhardt, J. H. Norris, C. P. Benton, F. O. Wells, A.. B. Horton, and D. L. Moore ill plan on laying some tile. i H. L. Strickland, Rex Lovette, md E. A. Porter have had a jrag-line busy for several weeks tigging canals on their farms. Toi late over 12,000 feet of main and lateral canals have been completed. The plan calls for the digging of several thousand more feet of canals. I The district workers also surftis 8th year on the tobacco market. G. T. Pegram will be bookkeeper, E. W. Huggins, weighman, A. H. (Bert) Moore, sales manager, and L. R. Jackson, general manager. ! "Since we have to operate under regulations adopted by the U. S. Tobacco association, we urge all farmers to grade their | tobacco in as near 300-pound piles as possible," Mr. Jackson said in announcing plans for the opening of his warehouse. Ian Always Rel Tobac Prices Por --And-5LE I i TILIZi : Abundant Cr< ly Recommend Bot w. : wm. - . . . '1 , v>. J fl ill ? ' . .. ' < V, 'J. 'l 4 >X\ E RELIABLE e Locally Made By 1 :e Gua WHITEVILLE j r i ~ n?. /;T x f fy 1 gi-1 raVr f Jill11IIII II'I in* l11 J* HE STATE PORT PILOT. SC veyed out a 5,000 feet canal for' p O. R. Shelley and Mr. Prince, t They plan on having this canal p dug this fall. jf< C. E. Richardson, Tim Strick-1 land, and several of their neigh- C bors are interested in having a1 v canal dug up through Graccy Bay,a Branch. Richardson and Strick- u land are particularly interested IT in draining off the water so they r can establish some good pastures., t! Several others are interested in!C drainage canals. To date farm plans have been' J completed on the following farms: ' M. L. Inman, V. C. Arnette (21 farms), H. H. Bullock (2 farms),ly J. C. Hooks, L. Byrd, J. A. Hooks,! c Dan L. High, J. H. White, B. L.'n Martin, J. E. Bright, W. C. Mc- ;a Neill, H. G. Walters (2 farms),: J. H. Norris, C. E. Evans, Roland j Creech, Clarence Poe Benton, A. j W. Baldwin, Stanley White, A. B.I Horton, B. E. Cox, W. J. Fisher, I s Leo Worley, D. L. Moore, C. M. 'b Fisher (2 farms), Dr. D. W. Pitt-' man, Felton O. Wells, Bill Hooks,.j (2 farms),''Leo L. Fisher, J. J.I|( Barnhardt (2 f arms), B. G. Wright, D. H. Jordan, B. C.|* Wright, and D. H. Jordan, and: g G. T. Gore (2 farms). Any Columbus County farmers interested in having the Lower Cape Fear Soil Conservation Dis- d trict help them work up a farm!a plan and assist then with their fi y On :co Mar Tobacco IRANI ERS )p Yields h To You . *?r?:'/> * ' ' . ' . " /v ' ' . > "* ' ? * "%.-. >1 .*t, tilBM^ BRANDS rhe mo Co t*\ - r . | - *.- . t / r: - -. * > fi ' i" : '; '. I- '? !% "> ,?.v is.f '/? .* ; ? '" v : 1 : ' ?: . J ?V. \?.?. ?... . >.*. ' -V il4 . ; . ~ .?, , ? ;4* ?. . . jjiStegjbaisiiif ^k. t._ HJTHPORT. N. C. asture, drainage, crop rotations, erracing, and other conservation roblems can make applications }r this assistance to either of tie t\Vo district supervisors in * tolumbus County M. L. Inman or C. Arnette; to the county gent C. D. Raper; or to the work nit conservationist J. VV. Tilsy. he Soil Conservation Service and iistrict Offices are located i n tie Old Jail Building near the ,'ourt House. JOLTON FARMER HAKES PROGRESS VITH FSA LOAN ^continued page ll ields as compared to standard i orn varieties. He is using 3001 is. of nitrate of soda per acre I s a side dresser. Mr. Smith has purebred Durocj ersey hogs and 3 good grade l lilk cows. His plans are to | iear 10 additional acres of land | o that he can increase the pum-l er of acres in pasture. He also1 lans to buy a Hereford bull so tiat eventually he will be able a market a few baby beefs each ear. Mr. Smith is very interestd in livestock and usually sells nough hogs each year to make is annual payment on his farm. Fleas and ticks from cats and ogs can transmit typhus fever nd Rocky Mountain spotted rver. II d n * ket I ) A ' i ' :S: 4 4 ; . *r," '%" <? V . .' X- ;.v. - . I , >' . . >' >"<! i .4 J 4 4 g :v;. g | 4; v J To Again Sell On Whit Tob Mai Where You W Service and Pri Come To Our S A Store Ful AWAITINC KRAI DEPT. WHIT Make our Store Your Sh -ALL KINDS IN ALL YOUR REA Buy War Bondi. . 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