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Take Your Tobacco to the Warehouses Whose Ads. Appear In This Paper
VOLUME 15
■SELMA. N. C.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 1, 1932.
NUMBER 35
pening Sept.
Three Men Killed When
Motorcycle-Auto Collide
Smithfield Tobacco
Market Ready to Sell
Thre« Warehouses Will Serve the
Tobacco Growers This Year.
Smithfield, Aug. 28.—Preparations
are being completed in Smithfield,
one of the oldest tobacco markets
in North Carolina, for the coming
.'eason which opens on September 6.
Two of the old houses are ready
for the opening, and one new 'house
is now being- completed. These, with
a redrying plant that can easily
handle 15,000,000 pounds of tobacco,
make Smithfield-ready and able to
handle the tobacco of this county
and section.
The chief tobacco companies will
all have representatives on the
Smithfield market as usual. Price
averages for the past in Smithfield
have been as high as on any other
market and good prices are expect
ed this year.
For . over 30 years the growth of
the Smithfield tobacco market has
been steady under the guidance of
experienced tobacco men. Establish
ed in 1898, by Capt. H. L. Skinner
and the late T. S. Ragsdale, and
joined one year later by L. G. Pat
terson, the market has always been
noted for fair dealings with the
farmers.
There will be three -warehouses
this year—the Peoples, the Planters
and the Dixie—which is a new
hou-'e. The Peoples will be managed
by L. G. Patterson, Frank Skinner
and H. L. Skinner. This warehouse
is the largest in Johnston county,
and is amply equipped to handle to
bacco in the best possible -way.
The Planters will be operated
again by Dixon Wallace, who has
had much experience in handling to
bacco. Mr. Wallace has been in the
tobacco business all his life, and has
alway.s gained and maintained the
confidence of the tobacco farmers.
The new Dixie warehouse will be
run by N. L. Perkins, sometimes
kno-wn as the “Farmers’ Friend,"
and H. E. Spilman of Huntington,
W. Va.
The Glass-Staples Tobacco Com
pany will be operated again by W.
G. Glass and Gray Staples, who are
already well known among farmers
and tobacco men. Their factory is
well-equipped to handle all the to
bacco that will be sold in Smithfield
this year.
The combined warehouse floor
space in Smithfield totals 150,000
square feet, which will hold-in one
day around half a million pounds
of tobacco. Smithfield is able to
take care of tobacco as well as any
again under the management of the
old reliable firm of Wiggins ■ and
Hobgood. They have been consider
ed the backbone of the market here
for many years, being by far the
oldest firm here. To this inimitable
pair this season will be added Mike
Griffin, who made many friend.s on
the local market last season. He is
an excellent auctioneer, and a splen
did tobacconist. This house has for
many seasons led the sales here- in
point of pounds sold, and the man
agement is agresdvely going about
keeping that record.
The Whitley Warehouse will be
under the management of Phillip R.
Whitley, E. Coore, and George E.
Moore. Mr. Whitley has been con- I
nected with the house for several
years, and has been successful in its,
operation. E. Moore was associated
with him in it- operation last sea
son, and made many friends here.
George E. Moore is a newcomer to
the local market, coming -to Wendell
from Wilson, where he has been as
sociated in the management of a
warehouse for many years. He has
reputation throug-hout Eastern
North Carolina both as an auction
eer and as^a sound and thoroughly
competent tobacconist. At this house I business.
farmers of this section.
The best accommodations for the
comfort and convenience of their
friends and customers have been
provided at the Watson and these
quarters are complete in every de
tail and are unsurpassed by any
warehouse in the State. The sleep
ing quarters are steam heated
throughout. Ice water is convenient
ly located on the warehouse floor
..and also in the office.
The Watson is under the manage
ment of Selby H. Anderson and his
knowledge of tobacco and the ware
house business is indicated by the
success which has been attained by
the Watson Warehouse and its high
-'tandard of service maintained. He
is assisted by the following experi
enced sales force: Will P. Anderson,
Hobb Anderson, Boyd Clark, Jesse
B. Wilfiams and Robert Creech.
Manager Anderson says he belyieves
this to be the strongest sales force
that has ever been assembled in one
warehouse, and this assures their
farmer friends of the highest price
for every pile of their tobacco.
The auctioneers are Joyce Gib
bons and Leslie .Alphin, who are
recognized as two of the best in the
Unique Features In
Wilson Warehouses
Two Smith Warehouses Provide For
Better Marketing and Comfort.
also many changes and improve- ft will probably be of interest to
W ilson, Aug. 28.—An inspection
of the construction and arrange
ment of the two Smith warehouses
in Wilson, shows in a rather mark
ed degree the modern tendency of
all business serving the public to
give more thought to the comfort,
convenience, and welfare of their
patrons.
These two warehouses, containing
as they do 144,000 square feet of
floor space, provide sufficient s{ffice
for unloading and handling tobacco
without confusion and the fact that
this space is divided between thq
two warehou.'es results in one or
the other of these two houses hav
ing a first sale every day this sea
son.
Probably the most interesting and
unique feature of the equipment is
the installation of over 100 large
ceiling- electric fans by means of
which any portion or- the whole
floor may be swept by a cooling’
breeze when needed. Another unique
tion, and are waiting to serve their
farmer friends.
The name of Cozart and Eagles
is >jnonymous witli the g’rowth and
success of the Wilson Tobacco mar-
ket; the largest in the world. The
members of' the firm have given
their undivided attention and time
to their business, and as a result
have built up a patronage that has
grown from year to year until it
has reached its present gigantic
proportions.
Since 1929 the Centre Brick has
operated two warehouses. Centre
Brick No. 1, and Centre Brick No.
2, to handle the enormous volume
F. J. Guilford, An Occupant of the
Car, Sustains Broken, Skull Which
Proves Fatal After Being JReiuo-v-
ed to Johnston County Hospital.
Last Sunday afternoon about one
o clock another tragedy occurred at
the overhead bridge crossing on
highway just south of Holt Lake,
when a Chevrolet coupe, of Aurora,
N. G., and occupied by F. J. Guil
ford, 56, and J. A. Fulford, 29 years
respectively, w-as headed south on
the downw-ard curv^e on the south
side of the railroad and said to
have been on the wrong side of the'
road, when a motorcycle carrying
ments are being made. Here too the | many .Johnstoh County farmers to
floor space IS being enlarged, theknow that Mr. E. G.'Holland who
flooring of the driveway in this case-j was with the Peoples’ Warehouse at
adding neafly twenty-five per cent
to the space for the display of the
golden weed
feature is the use of rubber tired
S^-eral new skylight
are being put in to insure ample
lighting for this new floor space,
'n keeping with the reputation this
house has for being one of the best
lighted houses in the belt.
Mi-r E. Moore is formerly from J. E. Crute and A. W. Fleming
Johnston County, near Selma, and Manage Well Known Wilson
has many friends in Johnston coun- | Warehouse,
ty, and will be glad to welcome I ^
Smithfield last year, will be
the Wat.son Warehouse this year.
with
Banner Warehouse
Expects a Big Year
them to the Whitley Warehouse.
Smith and Sugg One
of Oldest Warehouses
market in the State in so far as
buyers, warehouse space and redry
ing capacity, and the best tobacco
season in the history of the market
is being prepared for this year.
Wendell Chief Gainer
Among Tobacco Marts
Wake County Town Last Year Solid
More Tobacco Despite Smaller
Crop Grown In, Belt.
Wendell, Aug. 28.—With the op
ening date fast approaching the
Wendell Tobacco Market is getting
ready all its facilities for the han
dling of the 1932 tobacco crop. Op
ening date has been set for Tues
day, September 6, and although
many farmers are not yet through
curing a fairly large opening day
break is forecast. Of course the
Greenville, Aug, 27.—Of the sev
enty-five or more tobacco ware
houses located on the various mar
kets of Eastern North Carolina,
there is none better equipped or
more modernly constructed for the
conv'enience of farmers than the
New Star Warehouse, owned and
opeiated by Guy V. Smith and
Bru|e B. Sugg, two of the oldest
warehousemen of Greenville from
the standpoint of actual experience
in the sale of leaf tobacco at auc
tion. Forming a partnership in 1913
Smith and Sugg have conducted one
of the most popular warehouses of
the local market and there is none
who have strived harder to get the
highest prices for the farmers to
bacco when it is placed on their
floor, and the hundreds of satisfied
customers scattered throughout the
eastern belt of North ' Carolina will
testify to this statement. Their new
-warehouse has every modern ware
house for the convenience of hand
ling and preserving the farmers to
bacco and the team work of these
two veteran warehousemen has been
worth much to the tobacco growers
of this section.
■WiLson, Aug. 27.—A warehouse
that has held its own and has con
tinued every year to add to its large
list of customers located in every
part of eastern North Carolina is
the Banner Warehou.se of thi.s city,
under the management of J. E.
Crute and Allie Fleming.
Mr. Crute has been identified with
the tobacco interests from a mere
boy. He was raised in Mecklenburg
county, Va., one of the^ counties of
the old belt where tobacco has been
successfully grown for generations.
His father before him -was a to
bacco farmer and Mr. Crute'is still
a large tobacco grower of that
county.
Mr. Crute has also been long iden
tified with the selling end of the to
bacco industry, for he has operated
warehouses in Danville, Va., Rocky
Mount and Wilson. For thirty years
he has been representing the farm
ers in the sale of their weed, and
understanding bo|ih the growth and
the sale of tobacco. he is in a po
sition to appreciate all sides and all
phases of the tobacco industrv
warehouse trucks to reduce the noise
and confusion of trucking tobacco
while the sale is in progress. Clean,
airy, sanitary sleeping accommoda
tions have been provided for farm
ers who come from a distairce.
The active management, consist-,
ing of Ben Smith, R. T. Smith, R. C.
McEIroy and E. K. Wright are com
paratively young men -who are firm
ly convinced that a sound and last
ing business must be based primari
ly on a sincere and conscientious in
terest in the welfare of their pa
trons and a real desire to be of ser
vice to them. Ben Smith and R. T
Smith, the sales managers, have had
years of experience in the selling of
tobacco and are well known through
out the entire Bright Belt.
c unfortunate Fayetteville
the tin h >'«uths headed into the car and met
the two houses is m excess of 170,- in.stant death
roonrfoTl^lr"'’''"^ ' the motorcycle
om for handling over a million are said to have been going at a
ITltr t . '^hen they came
fer f two houses can of- together. The dead men -are Victor
fullv n ^°tz, 23. and Giles- H. Clute, 21,
full}, piepared to meet every de- both of Fayetteville
“"h.frpSlt"”'’' ihp OP.U-
Messrs Pn, f J T-, , pants of the car, received seriou.s
proprietors T ^eing fractured,
leaders o; th =^‘=’nowledged as He was taken to the Johnston Coun-
are known n ^e died from hi.s
aie known over the entire belt for injuries on Tuesday of this week
deaUng^Th?’ "P"8'ht ! J- A. Fplford, who is said to
Smf warehouse has led in ^ have been driving the car, was not
ume of business since its organ- . badly hurt. He was lodged in the
.zation, and today leads all ware- county jail to await a hearLg be!
houses in the bright tobacco belts.
Messrs. Cozart and Eagles are
also tobacco farmers and as such
share in common with the farmers
in their success and prosperity.
Therefore, there is a common bond
of sympathy, and interest in secur
ing for farmers the best. price pos
sible. Those who entrust their to-
ba cco to them may rest assured
that their intere-ts are in the best
of hands, and that they will receive
the highest prices obtainable for
their weed.
Farmers Warehouse
Awaits Opening Date
J. S. Leach and A. B. Baines Will
Operate Old and Important
Warehouse.
Johnston House Is
Ready For Weed
Tom Timberlake, of Wilson, and
W. C. Spence Lease Greenville
Warehouse.
Watson Warehouse Is
Biggest In the State
Big Wilsion Warehouse Is Under
the Management of Selby
H. Anderson.
1 Wilson, Aug. 28.—The Watson
large breaks of previous years on , Warehouse of Wilson is the largest
/vruamno* nav aya r»/if j x* i , , . _ e>
opening day are not expected to be
duplicated on account both of the
lateness of the crop and the short
age in both acreage and yield per
aere this season.
The crop in this section has im
proved remarkably since the rains
of some weeks ago, and it seems
now that the quality will be fair to
good, but the acreage has been
sharply reduced both on account of
plan shortage and because farmers
generally decided last fall to reduce
this season’s crop. Experienced ob
servers place this year’s crop at
and best lighted warehouse in the
State and is one of the oldest in
Wilson. The house began business
in 1904 and has grown gradually to
its present size. The Watson ware-
Crute has been a citizen of Wilson
operating a warehouse here for
twenty years which represents the
length of time that the Banner
warehouse has been serving its nu
merous farmer friends and patrons.
Associated with Mr. Crute is A.
W. Fleming, a young man of abil
ity and experience, a son of the late
C. M. Fleming, who for years was
manager of the Imperial Tobacco
Company of Wilson. Messrs. Crute
and Fleming make a happy combi
Greenville, Aug. 27.—Tom Tim-
bei-lake, who has operated the Car
olina Warehouse in Wilson for the
past three years, and W. C. Spence,
of Goldsboro, have leased the John-
-ton Warehouse in Greenville and
are ready to greet their friends on
the opening day, Tuesday, Septem
ber 6th.
The Johnston Warehouse is one
of the best located in Greenville and
has the reputation of being *ne '>f
the best lighted houses in the state.
Mr. Spence will have charge of
Mr. i the office. He and Mr. Timberlake
declare that they believe they have
in Hart Shewmaker one -of the best
auctioneers in the belt. Mr. Shew
maker has been associated with Mr.
Timberlake in Wilson for the past
two years,
Mr. Timberlake, who will conduct
the salevS in the Johnston Ware
house, was the only man in Wilson
last year w’ho showed a gain in
poundage sold over the previous
year, while the Wilson market sold
between 19 and 20 millions pounds
nation in the management of their I less.
ftey t“ Greenville, Mr.
tomers The! ba j Timberlake declares that he is com-
and flonr ^ “home’’, having lived here
and floor force this year as last. from boyhood ’to manhood, and
a with [having worked on the Greenville
market for many years.
Wilson, Aug. 28.—For the past
twenty years the Farmers Ware
house has held an active and im
portant position on the Wilson to
bacco market. During that time the
house has done much to make Wil
son the largest bright leaf tobacco
market in the world. During this
period, too, the Farmers has built
up its own business by seeking the
confidence and loyalty of many
farmers in the great territory from
which Wilson draws its tobacco.
The management is preparing to
make this year another big year in
its business.
The Farmers warehouse is well
lighted and has ample floor space to
accommodate all farmers who wish
to sell their tobacco here. It is up
to date in every respect, and tobac
co brought to this warehouse will
bring the highest market price.
Sales will be conducted by the
proprietors, J. S. Leach and A. B.
Baines, assisted by J. F. Dean?.
These tobacconists are known
througout Eastern North aCrolina
and parts of South aCrolina and
Georgia for their sound judgment
of tobacco, also their straight for
wardness, and untiring efforts to
bring the farmer to the front. The
Farmers warehouse will try to make
this year one of its most outstand
ing' years.
The entire sales force of the
Farmers warehouse is made up of
fore Coroner J. H. Kirkman.
There ■ were evidences of liquor
found in the wrecked car, and it is
believed the occupants were well
under the influence of whiskey when
the wreck occurred.
The bodies of the two Fayette
ville men were put in charge of
Undertaker J. D. Underwood and
were taken to Fayetteville.
This is only one out of many
wrecks and near wrecks to occur
at this point, and while this one
would probably not have occurred,
had the car driver been on his job,
it makes it the more easy for the
fellow who wants to cut the fool
show on the highway to make it
much more dangerous for the sane
driver because of the treacherou.s
curve at this point.
Funeral of Mrs. Jesse
Bailey W ell Attended
A large concourse of relatives
and- friends attended, the funeral of
Mrs. Lucy Anne Bailey, wife of
Jesse W. Bailey, and daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Stephen
Brown, which took place at the
home of the deceased near the Cor—
bett-Hatcher scliool, seven miles
north of Selma, Friday afternoon
at 3 o’clock. The services were con
ducted by Elder J. T. Collier, of
Micro; Rev. D. F. Waddell, pastor
of the Selma Presbyterian church,
and Rev. Mr. Smith, pastor of the
Smithfield Presbyterian church.
The nephews of the deceased act
ed as pallbearers and her nieces
flower ^irls.
Mrs. Bailey passed away Wednes
day night after an illness of two
weeks of heart trouble. She is sur-‘.
vived by her husband and the fol
lowing children: C. A. Bailey, of
Selma; J. E. Bailey, of Smithfield;
Miss Minnie Bailey, of Raleigh; ,
Misses Myrtle and Mamie Bailey
and D. T. Bailev.
Stolen Goods Found
And Arrest Is Made
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A large quantity of merchandisa
the Planters Warehouse, will be
connected with The Banner. Mr
Bruton will be on the sales with
Mr. Crute and Mr. Fleming
--- oliic. xuc vr cttsuii ware-I
itr'seLTm Tobacco Prlccs Are
Oldest Business Found
At the Genter Brick
The warehouse’s growth has been
made possible, its managers declare,
by the increasing loyalty of its
friends and custdmers and by steady
efforts to sell tobacco at the high
est possible price.
A number of farmers in Eastern
Noidih Carolina own an interest in
On the Up Grade
about 55 to 60 per cent of a normal j the Watson numbering nearly five
- hundred stockholders composed of
the most substantial and leading
The Farmers this year will be
Prices advanced further on North
Carolina’s tobacco markets Tuesday.
At Chadboum the estimated aver
age was $17.90 per hundred and
that this was not far from correct
was indicated that the official aver-
W7.62. Official average at Fairmont
Monday was $15.73.
Cazart and Eagles Ready For New
Season In Two Big Warehouses.
men who are farmers at the pres- alleged to have been stolen in
ent or who have been in years gone Vance county, was found Friday
Wilson, Aug. 28.—The oldest ware
house in Wilson in point of man-
agement and efficient servicers the
Centre Brick, which was established
in 1893, and 'for the past 38 years
has served the farmers of Eastern
Carolina. Its owners, and the force
of capable assistants who have been
selected _ through these long years
of service comprise this organiza-
by.
Auctioneering for the Farmers
Warehouse will be done by Jim
Moore. He is well known by his
auctioneering attainments and his
capability in obtaining the highest
market price. Mr. Moore has many
friends in this section and else
where.
MONDAY’S AVERAGE AT
CHADBOURN WAS $17.62
Chadboum. Aug. 30. —Approxi-
mately 185,000 pounds of tobacco
sold here today at an estimated av
erage of $17.90 per hundred. Yes
terday’s official total sales we'-e
174,000 for $17.62. The highest
grade brought $59 per hundred and
the lowest $5.
afternoon at the filling station re
cently operated at Pine Level. The
The find was made by Special
Agents H. P. Hogeboom and K. W.
Gales of the . Seaboard Railroad;
Deputy Sheriff Harvey Parker and
Chief of Police E. R. Hales of Sel
ma.
Priest Crocker, who had operated
the filling station recently, was ar
rested and placed in the Johnston
county jail at Smithfield. The stolen
■merchandise found at the filling sta
tion was brought to Selma and la
ter taken to the sheriff’s office at
Smithfield. The search and arrest
were made following a telegram to
the sheriff of Vance county. The
merchandise consisted of several
dozen pairs of overalls, socks and
miscellaneous goods.