PAHF 9.
Coop Essay Finals
To Be Held Friday
Harwell Damsen, Of Sampson
County, Represents
The Southeastern District
In State Finals
Raleigh. July 2S.?Four rural
high school hoys and a lone higli
school girl, selected from thousands
of participants In sciuvil,
county and district elimination
contests in all sections 01 unState,
will romnote here Friday.
July JO. for the State championship
ami first prize of a oneyear
college tuition scholarship
in the finals of the 10th annual
cooperative essay contest.
The contestants ace as follows:
Helen Pierce Whitlock, 17year-old
student of the Kiuly High
School in Stanly County, representing
the Western District.
Jim Dae is. 15-year-old student
of Die Clyde School in Haywood
County, representing the Mountain
District.
Hartwcll Dawson. 15-year-old
student of the Plainview High
School in Sampson county, reprcsenting
t'u Southern District.
Russell Knowles, 17-year-old 1
student of the Windsor High
School in J tort if enmity, i e.eesonting
, iie Moslem 1 list not.
Randolph l'oiitoii. HS-jvar-old
student ol The tloUl Sand High
School in Franklin county, representing
the Central District.
All < tii conlests.nts will speak
live Program for North Carolina.'
and officials from North J
Carolina State College will serve
at judges.
"The essay contest this year
brings to more than U1.000 the
number of rural boys anil girls in
North Carolina who have participated
liming the past 10 years."
commented M. O. Mann, general 1
manager of the North ('arolina 1
Cotton fjroweis <'(K>|vnitivo Asso- f
cintion and the Farmers Cooper- (
alrvo Kxchange, sponsors of the,,
contest.
lie praised and thanked the >x
newspapers of the State, educa-H
tional authorities, srhool officials 'j
and particularly the teachers of
Vocational Agriculture and home
economies for their part in muk- t
ing the contest a success. "At- ^
ready." Mr. Mann added, "we are ^
turning our though, to the sub- !
ject and making plans for next '<
year's contest."
Tobacco Receives Close
Inspection In Each Stage
(Continued from page 1)
die. A good farmer will cull out
twenty percent of the plants on
hi '- bed and never let them rearh 1
the field. f
I'.ui tiie most careful selection 1
at the plr.ntbcd is never strict 1
enough to hold hack all the infer- s
ior plants, so the watchful care '
of the men in the field who do 0
the planting is necessary. Un- '
dersized plants and plants that v
have bad roots are thrown away
at that stage. f
The next responsibility for a
proper culling is left in the a
hands of the men who go out in ithe
field at curing time to prime the
ripe leaves. In every patch I
will be found diseased stalks
which hear leaves that arc burned,
not ripe. These are pulled
off and dropped in the row. There
must ho careful judgment exer- t
cised to prime only those leaves
mat are ripe ami reauy iui vui- .
?ngAt
the tying shed second judgment
is passed upon that of the
croppers, anil the handers are '
constantly on the lookout for )
bad leaves that should be thrown '
away before they reach the barn. 1
If there appears to be a tendency 1
to send in tobacco that is too '
green, this criticism is passed '
along to the men in the field by *
some person in authority at the (
barn. c
After the tobacco has been v
cured and taken from the barn, |e
the barn, the most important 11
step in the selective process is
left up to the frailer who classifies
the individual leaves accord- i
ing to quality and color. Every t
leaf is handled separately and \
graded. I
The government has added i
still another step in this program s
with its graders who are now |
stationed at several markets for ,
the purpose of placing each load t
of tobacco in some standard
grade. ,
Cardwcll Terms Tobacco
Tantalizing Cash Crop
It
(Continued from page 1) t
of the growing demand forsmok- i
ing tobacco: But why not relieve <
this situation of uncertainty on t
our tobacco farms by supplcmen- 1
ting the tobacco crop with sec- '
ondary crops and livestock suffi- 1
cient to bring about a balanced i
farming operation? Such crops,
when produced as supplements to i
the money-crop, are of far greater
worth than cash crops alone,
regardless of prices. ,
When we send our money-crop ,
dollars away to pay for goods .
capable of being produced at '.
home we are paying not only for j
the commodity but for the servi- <
ces of many outside people as j
well. This is uneconomical and it
is one of the main reasons why
farming in the South is not \
more profitable. : i
We need balanced farming to |
enable us to retain a larger share i
of the annual wealth produced on 1
Southern farms. 1
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Over a million boys and girls 1
enrolled as members of f-H Clubs, t
t
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CRUTCHFIELD II
ASSOC/A TE
iBr
t> Mil IKK (|{IT(!I1IKI,1)
Crutchfield's
Has Strong
Paul Taylor, Raymond And
Caither Crutchfield To
Be In Charge Of This
Warehouse During Coming
Season
rlOUSE IS FAMOUS
FOR CONVENIENCES
>lrong Organization Does
Not F.nd With Management,
For A Good Man
Has Been Hired For
Each Position
Crv.tehfield's warehouse will be
mernted this year by Paul Tayor.
Raymond and Gaither Crutchield.
Their warehouse is one
>i the largest in Whitcville, and i'
s famous for its modern con eniences
and lighting facilities,
i'he floor space is more than
ideqnate for an all-day sale.
This will be the third season on
he Whiteville market for Mr.
Paylor, who during the past two
rears has made a host of friends
imong the farmers of this secion.
He is a veteran warehousenan
who knows the tobacco busr.ess
from every angle. He opiates
Taylor's Warehouse in
Vinston-Salem, which for the
>ast five years has led all oth !
houses in the Twin City in toal
pounds sold. ]
Associated with him here will
>e Raymond and Gaither Crutchield,
two young men who have i
stablished themselves as lead-!
ng tobacconists. Much of their
atccess may be attrbuted to the!
i aining received from their fath- :
i. Gaither E. Crutchfield, one I
if Whiteville's most experienced
varehousemen.
Coming here from Winston>alem.
where he has established
i reputation for being one of the
.blest auctioneers on the mar;ot,
O. H. Wykoff will sereve ,
ORMER NEWSMAN (
RECALLS EARLY
TOBACCO MARKET
(Continued from page 1.)
er has since came true, but he s
lever lived to see it. He was fa- '
ally injured in a n automobile .
iccident in the early 1920's. (
But, the impetuous boosting ,
hat Farrior Powell gave to the
Vhiteville tobacco market in its i (
nfancy undoubtedly resulted in i
Vhiteville being what it is to- j,
lay?one of the leading tobacco
narkets in the South Carolina }
Sl ight Leaf Belt, handling a J,
;ast amount of the product of ,
Columbus county, practically all',
if that which is grown in Biuns- j
vick and drawing from a doz- ,
n other counties in its own and ,
ither tobacco growing belts.
Others Keep Pace
And while Whiteville was growng
into "The Little Danville of
he South," other markets in Colimbus
kept pace in proportion,
"air Bluff, with a good start, |!
leld its own and progressed' <
iteadily. Tabor City and Chad- f
lourn also moved steadily for-j i
vard as good tobacco marketing ]
owns. j i
This article is on retrospective 1
icginning 21 years ago. I need i'
lot dwell on the progress of the '
last decade, since most of the!
eaders know things as they arej
oday. I have simply gone back
:o the time when Columbus coun-'
y thought it was big business to!
sell a couple million pounds of!1
obaeco in one season. The,1
iVhiteviilo market, this season,
vill sell more in a single day
than did all the markets of Col- j
imbus during the first years that i
[ knew tobacco marketing in',
hat county.
Growing Spreads
Naturally, with practically the
inly market at Fair Bluff, most ;
if the Columbus county tobacco
'rowing was around Fair Bluff
md Ccrro Gordo when I first !
recame acquainted with the j
'rowing and marketing. But the
?iowing spread like wildfire with \
the development of the White-1
ville and later the Chadbourn
markets. Around Whiteville, the J
jollier's, Lennon's, Brown's, Woolen's
and others led in the growng
in the Western Prong sec- |
lion. Out at Smyrna, west of |
IVhiteville, the Hook's and a lot
if other good growers did their |
lit. Welches Cieek township j
lontributcd its quota of the new!
THE
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ROT HERS ARE ) (f
D WITH TAYLOR
j*
RAVMOM) C'KUTCIIFIRIJ)
arehouse
Organization
MP !
I _ I O II
I'.it I. l'A t lAtii
his first year as auctioneer in 11
Whiteville.
Experienced men are in charge j I
af each job in the clerical and | II
sales division of Crutehfield's1 II
Warehouse. T. L. Tucker will i II
be bookman following sales this I II
year, and Bill Maurer, of Aber-1 II
deen. will serve as clip man. The II
latter is a new man in White- II
rille, but has had ten years ex- II
perienee on the Valdosta, Ga. and I
Ashevillc markets. Roy Cog- II
hill will return as ticket marker. II
J. H. Dyer, a member of the I
Crutehfield's Warehouse staff II
last season, will be bookkeeper ; I
igain this year. Misses Doris j II
Oyer and Inez Harrelson, the I
attei a local girl, will serve as I II
stenographers.
Wcighmastcrs this year will he j I
the same pair. Williard Jones and I
Ralph Brinkley, who served so II
ivell last year. Jim Flinchum will I
be back at his job as floor man- I
sger. His assistant will be Gid.) II
Shelton, Joe F. Pruitt and Wil-! II
bur Todd, all well-known to local: II
farmers. Gray Carter will again | II
x on dut yas watchman.
COTTON REPLACED
BY TOBACCO AS
CHIEF CASH CROP
(Continued from page one.)
silk worm. The soothing touch
>f the best was none too good. I
rhen it was that cigarette smoke I
.ook on a new meaning: ana ill
Jueen Nicotine extended her do- , II
nain to womanhood. Undoubt- I III
:dly. tobacco proves a fine bar- II
imeter to prosperity. That is II
because it is a luxury, purely and II
Whatever may have been the II
irguments of the past about this'III
form of pleasure, it is here to ill
stay, and the production of the [II
veed remains the biggest item in ill
Morth Carolina agriculture and I
one of this state's biggest sour-III
ies of income.
Government Spends
To Divert Weed Use II
The federal government spent !|
SI ,775.000 during the current fis - II
al year in diverting the tobacco II
'rom ordinary market channels, !lll
it was testified by J. W. Tapp, II
president of the Federal Surplus II
Commodities Corporation. The l|l
rioney thus spent was invested ' I
in tobacco which was converted I
nto nicotine.
The purpose was to subsidize I III
the farmer, the money going to III
cooperatives in Virginia, Ken- \ II
tucky and Tennessee. Mr. Tapp j||
said growers in other states re- III
reived "substantial indirect ben- I
crop .vith the W ay's and High's III
as the ehier growers.
And down by New Hope, ||||
southward of Wliiteville, t h e III
White's, Sole's, Hinson's and oth- III
er names are still Inseparably |||
linked in my mind as producers1II
of good tobacco to help establish III
the reputation of the Whiteville ] III
market.
By 1918-19, the growth of the illl
weed had spread to all over ;|||
Columbus county and down into ||||
Brunswick. The Brunswick crop, ||l
then small and relatively unim- |||
portant.has grown into huge pro- III
portions. Now, as during all the |||
years of marketing, most of this II
Brunswick county tobacco has I III
found its way to Whitevil'e, add- II
ing immensely to the poundage [III
of "The Little Danville of the III
South" that Farrior Powell dream- ||
ed of when he set out as pioneer f||
booster of the Whiteville tobac- - III _
co market. j yjB
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: STATE PORT PILOT, SOUTHPORT, N. C.
FIRST SALE NEXT
TUESDAY
OPENING DAY
AUGUST 10 th
And THURSDAY, AUGUST 12 ||||g^
FIRST SALES WEEK OF
AUGUST 16 th I
MONDAY, AUGUST 16 |||||?fl|
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST IS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20
Sell Your
VI uuv
Office Force
JOHN H. DYER, . .
55,000 Sq. Ft
Stenographer
T. L. TUCKER.
Bookman
B"-LcrP ' II n 91 *i
Whitevif
RALPH BRINKLEY,
Weighman
AN EXPERIE
FOR EV1
With PAUL TAYLOR Running
You Are Assured the TO? I
Paul Taylor
Gaither C
0. H. WIK01
m Wk
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
~3Er jCiuFf^nfLas'1 \ I
Tobacco At I
hfield
, ?? , , IMII1I ,.,, , mmrnm
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^H,
Floor Force
___ ^ JIM FIJNCHUM, H
Floor Manager Map
NEaAI* \tlO f*?l GID SHELTON, Kg*
1 IUU1 JUdLC Asst- Floor Manager ra
'* JOE F PRUITT, K
Asst. Floor Manager
WILBUR TODD, H
Asst. Floor Manager
W J GRAY CARTER. 1
I M Asst. Floor Manager Br
Jp% K ak 1 Tom Westmorland, BP
JLJI I m| H Night Watchman
It a 11| \,Jm GRANT WOOD, H
~ Traffic M*n K
/ EDDIE TYREE, ?
Door Man
;nced man 1
iry job f
Sales and TIP WIKOFF Selling |
)OLLAR for Your TOBACCO 1
Raymond Crutchfield I
rutchfield I
FF, Auctioneer I
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