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1935 17,250,4541
1936 19,575,658 Lb
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- Pay day for the tobacco grower
is just around the corner; At 9
o'clock. Tuesday, August 10, Xum-
berton's Warehousemen will begin
sales for the 1937 marketing sea
son. The result will be a veritable
flood, of money pouring into the
pockets of the tobacco growers of
Eastern North Carolina at the
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another : great selling season for
Lumberton; a season that will see
all past records eclipsed. Even
now, this tobacco marKetrng city
is astir; great houseshave been
improved: . some have installed
new and more modern sky lights;
some have been made larger; in
fact, improvements have been made
m practically every warehouse in
the tobacco section. While uptown
the merchants and business men
are preparing to give the tobacco
growers a warm welcome. The
city at large is prepared, better
than ever before, to care for the
thousands who will be thfre daily
for the next three months.
In speaking of the coming open
ing as the beginning of a season
which will see all former pound
age records eclipsed, the state
ment may sound boastful; but to
those who have traveled the ter
ritory from which Lumberton
draws tobacco, it will be accepted
as a fact.. No market has reached
a higher peak in popularity than
the Lumberton market, and no
market iias a brighter future a-
head. Of course, there is a reason
for this market's popularity. High
er prices .for tobacco are the maj
or reasons; but when a grower is
told about the higher prices, he
wants something more than talk;
he wants concrete evidence. In
this case, such evidence is easy to
give.
P Every man who raises tobacco
knows that a growing, market is
a high market. He knows thot far
mers flock to a market in whole
sale' quantities when the news of
that market's paying higher prices
is abroad. This is what happened
in Lumberton's case.
Several years ago, Lumberton
was a small, struggling, one sale
market, with two or three small
warehouses set in one blocks and
selling only a few million pounds
of tobacco annually. Now it is one
of the large markets of its belt.
Three sets of buyers are needed tc
handle the great volume of tob
acco brought there' each season.
Instead of two or three small ware
houses occupying a part of one
block, there are seven big ware
houses, two big redrying plants,
and five company factories, all to
gether covering ten city blocks. To
give an idea how fast the Lumber
ton market has grown, sales fig
ures for the past three years are
listed: In 1934, the Lumberton
market sold 13,272,358 pounds of
tobacco. The increasing popularity
of the market sent the 1935 sales
up to 17,250,454 pounds. And in
193p, an ever growing list of new I
patrons attracted by higher prices y
brought 19,575,658 pounds of to
bacco to Lumberton.. This is an in
crease of nearly 50 per cent over
a two year period; and part -of it
was made during a season when
all other large markets were show
ing decreases. Lumberton's in
crease is concrete evidence.
Of course, higher prices build
a market, but there must be a
reason for higher prices. In Lum
berton's case, one reason is good
warehousemen; first class warehousemen-
of top notch calibre.
XI News of the Lumberton marktt
would not be complete without in
dividual mention of these men and
the auction sale houses they operj
ate.i
Beginning with the Big Ware
house, operated by Lee P. Woody
and T. E. Hodges of South Boston,
Va., one can say that they are just
as hard working a pair of ware
housemen as ever walked on sale.
They promise their patrons the top
notch market price for tobacco and
they go on sale fighting for at.
Both of them know just how many
back aches there are in an acre of
tobacoo; they know that the man
I who grows it deserves every cent
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'line uariyie warenouse wiu dc
operated by T. J. "Tom" Smith,
Chandler Watkins, Paul Sands,
and Tom Woods. However, Paul
Sands, of Reidsville, N. C, and
Tom Woods, of . Clarkton, N, C,
will be active in managemenf of
this warehouse'. In describing them
it can.be said that they the a pair
of "Warehousemen that is both pro
J gressive and aggressive. They are
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1 PAUL SANDS
progressive in the management of
their warehouse ; they are aggres
sive on sale. These are two rea
sons why they always sell tobacco
high. They are never hesitant in
putting the last bid on a basket
of tobacco if they think it is going
for less than the market price.
MABVCf 4. EOICROFT
The Carolina Warehouse, latest
addition to the Lumberton Ware-)
house circuit, is operated by Mar
vin A. Roycroft and R. E. "Ed"
Vilkins. They lead the sale at the
Carolina in a style peculiarly their
own. As they take the buyers
down a row of tobacco, they leave j
a group of growers standing a
round every pile they sell. These
growers are standing around com-,
menting on the high prices that
they have just been paid. There is
no hesitation when Marvin Roy
crof starts a basket of tobacco. He
and "Ed" Wilkins know its value
at a glance; and beginning with
the first bid, the price usually goes
up.
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J. H. CHEATHAM
At the Fanner's Warehouse, the
"Old Reliable", which is every
thing the name implies, tobacco
growers will find J. H. Cheatham,
Henderson, N. C, and the Talley
Brothers of Fuquay Springs. There
are four of the Talley Brothers :
Bill, Roy, Arthur, and Maynard,
and like Mr. Ceatham, they are all
good warehousemen. They are alert
and wide awake on sale from the
minute they step on the warehouse
floor until the time the last bas
ket is sold.
1 HERMAN BOULDIN
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Harry Davis and Horeman Boul
din operate the Liberty Warehouse
this year. Herman Bouldin was on
the Lumberton market last season;
Harry Davis comes for his first
year. All Lumberton has reciwed
him with open arms. Operating a
warehouse in the Border Belt for
the past 29 years, he needs no in
traduction. He is known to the
majority of the tobacco growers in
this part of the state, and he is
the friend of every man be knows.
Harry's natural friendliness is
ity. However, the way he handles
the sale of tobacco has made more
friends for him than anything else.
T. J. "TOM" SMITH
Last named, but one of the1
largest warehouses on the Lumber
ton market, is Smith's. This ware
house is owned and operated by T.
J. "Tom" Smith, who makes Rob- '
eson County his home all the year
round. Associated with Mr. Smith
in the management of this big
house is Chandler Watkins of Ox
ford. These two comprise a team
that is so proficient in the sale of
leaf tobacco that it has made its
name a by-word for higher prices.
Tobacco growers place such im
plicit confidence in Tom Smith
and Chandeler Watkins that they
cease to worry after they have
placed their tobacco on their floor.
They know a good sale is ahead
and they feel that the end of all
their worries, that come when
the plant bed is first sown, is in
sight.
Two other additions have been
made to the Lumberton market
within the past few years, which
also contribute to the higher pric
es a grower recieves on this mar
ket. These new additions art the
two big redrying plants: The In;
terstate Tobacco Co., and the Lum
berton Tobacco Redrying Co., Both
plants are new and modern, and
can care for a quarter million lbs.',
of tobacco daily. The Interstate
is under the management of W.
E. Elmore, Secretary-Treasurer of
the Company; while the Lumber
ton Tobacco Redrying Co. is un
der the management of J. W. Prid
dy, Jr., Vice President of the or
ganization. Both of these men are
widely known among the tobac
conist of this country. The Person
Garret Tobacco Co., another large
independent company, also keeps
a set of buyers on the Lumberton
Market. '
In addition to the three com
panies mentioned above, the Amer
ican, Imperial, Export, Liggett &
jllyers, and the R. X. Reynolds To
bacco Companies are all represen
ted on the Lumberton market, and
competition is naturally keen.
Prices remain high and stabilised.
The demand is strong lor every
type of tobacco, and it .can be
truthfully said that the sun never
sets cn tobacco bought on the
floors of the , Lumberton Ware
houses, l-TMtia Fails Tw Miles Wide " '
The Jguazu iaU. abutting bo Pj
aguay and Brazil, are a thousand :
miles up the Pama rlver.wThey ar -among
the finest falls in the woiiJ,
two miles wide and 210 feet high
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