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September 20, 1923 THE PILOT Page Nine irner le Depot forma- self at Sand- Ts and ippenheim- llorsheim Siiirts eCo Tive y Ifill up ION pped ith the St year. ear. Sth sewhere 'deen. mcco M king tobacco Principal Source of Revenuo for | Aberdeen—Both Auction and Co operative Warehouses Here Tobacco bids fair to become the ma- • crop of this section. Peaches Sid tempting profits, but it takes ? and laborious years to get the pionev out of them. iN’ot so with tlt-c'o" The returns from .t are available at the end of each crop year the demand for the weed insures prices for it always. The tobacco of this section is of a different type than that produced in other sections. It is a bright tobac co pronounced by tobacco manufac turers to be ideal for cigarette pur poses. The tobacco industry is com paratively new in this section, hut the acreage is being increased each vear and the volume will soon reach the point where it will take its place amonji the principal tobaccos sought after by the manufacturers and ex porters. .1 . • Tr.bacco soil m this section is not confined to any one area, but is well THE FIELD LABORATORY Maintained by State at Aberdeen- Entomologists Study Boll Weevil and Peach Curculio First Hand If science had not conquered the peach curculio and the other insects that stand in the way of peach cul ture there would today be no Sand hill peach industry. Cotton is now re ceiving its first onslaughts from the boll weevil in this section, and his ravages are not yet very apparent, but what is true of peaches will also be true of cotton. Realizing this, both nation and state through their Agricultural De partments are studying the habits of these destructive creatures and ex perimenting with insecticides. The peach curculio has been conquered, and it has been found by Dr. R. W. Leiby who is in charge of the local laboratory that the spraying method of applying arsenate to the growing coton is not a deterrent to the boll weevil. The station has abandoned its research ^vork along that line, and IN THE WAKE OF THE AUTO Three Gasoline Tank Stations, Six Garages and Three Filling Stations The automobile is primarily re sponsible for the fact that three of the large oil companies have distri buting plants for the section in Ab erdeen. The Gulf Refining Company has a batteiT^ of six large tanks and the Standard Oil Company and the Texas Oil Company also have large plants here. Trucks are busy all the time going back and forth between the filling stations and the tanks. Six garages specialize in repair work in the town and there are three filling stations which make a special ty of extending full statio nservice. The garages and filling stations all handle automobile accessories and this part of the business is also partici pated in by the local hardware stores. Perhaps a half hundred men in town get their living out of the automobile and allied businesses. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES AKIN who have been kept quite busy be cause of the extensive building opera tions going on in Aberdeen both in residence and business buildings. Prominent among these are M. S. Weaver, J. W. Pickier, Angus Mc Donald, and W. G. Smith, as general contractors, and C. C. Bethune as heating and plumbing contractor. BLUE FERTILIZER COMPANY A Complete Mixing Plant of Fertili zer Materials—Specialize on Mix tures Best Adapted to Soil The Blue Fertilizer Company, whose plant is located on the outskirts of Aberdeen along the A. & R. right of way, is one of Aberdeen’s most important industries. The company $60 ADVANCE WILL BE MADE TO COTTON CO-OPS General Manager Blalock of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Co operative Association authorizes the announcement that a flat advance of $60 a bale will be made on all cotton delivered to the Association—this is the latest announcement and made by order of the Board of Directors. It takes the place of the order an nouncement of $50 a bale. Members that havef already received the ad vance of $50 a bale will receive checks for the additional advance. The ad vance applies to all bales weighing 400 pounds and more and on bales weighing less than 400 pounds the advance will be at the rate of 12 cents a pound, basis middling. Town Has Its Quota of Lawyers, Doc tors and Dentists—Also Real Estate and Insurance Men Tobacco Re-handling Plant Under Construction distributed over all of the Sandhill territory. There is hardly a neighbor hood but what has its tobacco grow ers. Sufficient encouragement has leaked through official tobacco sources to prod on the leaders in tobacco growing and marketing in and about Aberdeen to advance the Aberdeen market to first rank in this part of the State. The tobacco companies are trying to eliminate all small markets, preferring to send their best buyers to the markets from where they get the volume. They are, therefore, con centrating their efforts on such mar kets that give them volume, or that are centrally enough located to hold out promise of development. Both the auction system and the co operative system have spacious ware houses here. The auction Warehouse owned and operated by B. B. Saunders has just been enlarged to a 175,000 pounds floor capacity. Two new re handling plants have just been com pleted in which the buyers can as sort, pack and ship their tobacco. This expenditure and expansion is the best reason for the faith that is in the men who handle and buy our to bacco in Aberdeen’s tobacco market. is confining this entirely to the dust ing method, and recommending it as the only safe and effective way of ap plying arsenate. Right here in Aberdeen, then, a most important work is being done and a problem is being solved, the sol ution of which is fundamental to the entire south. PAGE TRUST COMPANY One of the Strongest Financial Insti tutions in the State—Branch Banks Aberdeen is the home of the Paga Trust Company and the home of tha Pages who own and operate it. It is one of the strongest and best known financial institutions in the State and the facilities extended by it are ample to take care of the financial require ments of the community, and its pa trons individually. Its present capi tal and surplus is $350,000.00 with deposits of more than $4,000,000.00. The bank has branch banks at Car thage, Southern Pines, Cameron, San ford, Raeford and Hamlet. “Its aim is to serve.” Three lawyers, practicing as two firms are located in Aberdeen. They are Mr. J. McN. Johnson and Mr. J. Talbot Johnson, practising as John son & Johnson, and Mr. T. B. Wilder. Three physicians, Drs. A. H. McLeod, H. E. Bowman and F. 0. Bell, look after the health of the town and com munity. One dentist, Dr. E. M. Med- lin practises there. Of late two chir- opractics, Drs. Olive and Olive, have come in to swell the crowd of pro fessionals. In the real estate and insurance line there are the Peoples Realty and Insurance Company, with L. L. John son at its head and the firms of Rhyne & Bryant, and Page, Newcomb & Wilder, writing only insurance. In addition several life insurance men work in and out of Aberdeen at stated periods in conjunction with the regu lar firms. Next in line follow the contractors. m Co-operative Tobacco Warehouse here operates a complete mixing plant and pan mix fertilizer to any formula desired. It supplies the lo cal demand from its platform at the plant and in addition it ships its pro duct into other sections. The plant has special formulas which are par ticularly adapted to our Sandhill soil, of which it makes a specialty in this section. The past season it furnished the fruit growers of the Sandhills with fertilizer under a contract with their association. The plant is now conducted and op erated in conjunction with other Char leston, S. C., fertilizer interests, and is under the supervision of Mr. H. A. McManus, an experienced fertilizer man from there. li I Saunders Auction Tobacco Warehouse DISTRICT MEETING AT HAMLET The annual meeting of the fifth district of North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs will be held at Hamlet on Saturday, October sixth in the high school auditorium. The Hamlet Woman’s Club with Mrs. E. A. Lockey, president, will be the hostess. Mrs. Palmer Jerman, of Raleigh, president of State Federation and Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, of Goldsboro, second vice-president of State Feder ation, will be in attendance and will address this meeting. It is urged that all Home Demon stration Clubs in the district as well as Federated Clubs, attend this meet ing. Mrs. W. P. HORTON, Pres. Fifth District. M. S. WEAVER Contractor AND Builder Estimates Furnished Aberdeen Southern Pines d with I I I I j 0 lbs. I i luilt. I Come to Aberdeen All-Tobacco Day TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH THE MARKET OPENING DAY The merchants and business men of the town are going to make it a big- day. They want you to get ac quainted with them and to see for yourself the big steps forward Aberdeen has taken to become THE TOBACCO MARKET OF THE SECTION Everythine will be done to make you feel comfortable and happy. Big Fr« Barl^ue se^rf at nwn with all the Wmmines. Speeches will be made by prominent men. A grod band will furnish music throughout the day. Two big warehouse dances at night—one for the young folks and one for the old folks. Come and spend the day and evening with us. Bring the family, the girl—and don’t forget to bring grandpa and grandma for the old folk s dance. All-Tobacco Day, Aberdeen, 25th WAREHOUSE SALE STARTS PROMPTLY 10 A. M. Aberdeen, NortH Carolina
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