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Complete Rer
Modernized I
Extensive Renovations Hav<
Been Effected At Th?
Lea Warehouse During
Past Year
HUNTER V LEA AGAIIS
WILL OPERATE HOUSf
Few Changes Made In Thi
Force Which Will Be
Found At Lea House;
Louie Love Will
Auctioneer
Extensive renovations through
out Lea's Warehouse here sine
the last tobacco season have mod
ernized the building throughout
putting it in better shape thai
at the opening of any previoui
tobacco season.
The house operated by Hunte
V. Lea is one of the two larges
in Whiteville. having an immensi
floor space and a tremendou:
daily selling capacity. One of tin
outstanding additions to thi
house during the past winter wai
the improvement of the Walte
Street entrance, which was ef
fected at the northeast corner o
the building. Attractive and ap
propviate sings in neon and other
wise have been placed at this en
trance, heretofore without specifi
designation.
Mr. Lea. who this year begin
flic mini year 111 me operauuu u
the I-ea Warehouse, is backed u]
by sixteen years experience a:
conductor of tobacco sales, ha
practically the same working per
sonnel which he had last season.
Louie Love, veteran tobacci
auctioneer of Danville, who ha
auctioned on the Whiteville mar
ket in past seasons, and who ha:
become widely recognize!
throughout this section, replace
Bill Whitley as auctioneer at th<
Lea Warehouse.
The Lea Warehouse wouldn'
look right without the familia
face of George Blair about, si
farmers will not be disappointei
this year. Mr. Blair will be bacl
at his post as floor manager fo
the warehouse, as he has beei
for the past ten or fifteen years
He will be forcibly aided an<
abetted in these duties by Jui
Hooks, of Whiteville, who com
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- bines his duties as assistant floor |h
- manager with the more or less b
c; serious business of raising one of a
the best crops of tobacco in Co- r
s lunibus county. f;
f| Walter Pierce and Joe Pruitt
? both will be back on hand to e
= m>nri?p the same efficient and f
s courteous service that has char- V
- acterized their connection with o
1 the warehouse in previous years, f
a and this year will bring a new ii
s tobacconist to the force of the s
- warehouse. L. B. Hester, who dur- 5
s ing the past ten years has oper- r
:1 ated warehouses in both Clarkton c
s and Sanford, has joined the Lea t
e | force, and will be on hand from h
the very outset of the market to a
t help the farmers get the most e
r for their tobacco. h
a No change has been made in t
i the office force at the Lea ware- e
c house the past year. Fred Holder- e
r: by. who has been a part of the s
i Whiteville tobacco market almost t
i. ever since there's been a market s
.! here will be bookkeeper again, r
Hand he will again have for his r
- assistant, Mrs. Lila Heard, of I
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Climb
?armers of The Caro
IDERN, WELL L1GH
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Janville. j 1
Lester Powell another veteran, j
if the Whiteville market, who has ' j
ontributed much to its advance- ;
nent, and Steve McDaniel, who's..
ieen on the market for a number j'
f years also, constitute the same 1 j
orce of efficient clerks that have
endered Lea's warehouse one of
he best known in the state.
Thurston Lennon, native Columus
countian, who has been one ^
f the weigh masters at the ware- (
ouse for the past several years. J
his year finds himself at a new j'
ost of utility man, and the!'
weighing wil be in the capable
ands of Willard Bqrd and Woodow
Britt, both Whiteville pro- J
ucts.
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etter Methods In Curing ;'
ind Harvesting of Tobacco
let More Profit To Grower 1
(Continued from page one) 11
hould be a pale yellow. This last '
lise will toughen the tobacco so 1
rat it will stand higher heat. 1
fold this temperature until the j 1
,ps of the leaves begin to dry, 1
ren raise the temperature 4 to 1
degrees each hour until 135 to j 1
40 degrees Fahrenheit has been, 1
eached. Hold this temperature | <
ntil the leaf tissues are dry.1
luring this period, the color will <
e fixed. As soon as the leaf is ]
ry, raise the temperature from ]
to 10 degrees each hour until 1
80 to 190 degrees Fahrenheit 1
as been reached. This heat may s
e held until the leaf is dry in (
11 parts of the barn. The time 1
equired to cure a barn varies 1
rom 84 to Pfi hours <
This outline for curing is gen-.'
ral and should be variously modi- 1
ied as good judgment dictates, i
V'eather conditions, the amount i
f sap in the tobacco, and other j i
actors may necessitate prolong-: i
ig or shortening any one of the! i
tages. Approximately 4,000 to JI
.000 pounds of moisture or sap' <
nust be removed during each1
uring of green tobacco. During 1
he first stages of curing, the
mmidity in the barn is high and
mple ventilation must be providd.
If the humidity gets very ;
ligh during the yellowing stage, !
he ventilators should be opened
nough to let the excess moisture
scape. When the leaf drying
tage has been reached, the venilators,
both bottom and top,
hould be open. "Sponging" will
esult if the moisture is not re- 1
noved as fast as it is given off.
f the temperature is raised too 1
OPINIONS I
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liig-h, while the humidity is very
high, a greenish brown to greenish
black color will develop, known
is "scalding", and the leaf tissue
idjoining the main stem and the
stem becomes a mottled brown to
lark brown color. When a temperature
of from 165 to 170 decrees
Fahrenheit has been reach;d
the humidity should be low
snd the ventilators closed. Somelimes
it may be necessary to raise )
:he temperature above 140 de-j
?rees to make the leaf dry as it j
should.
A condition known as "run"
nay develop during the latter
jart of the leaf drying stage if
die temperature is allowed to
Irop several degrees.
After the tobacco is thoroughly
;ured, the fires are out, and the
:emperature has gone down, the:
jam doors are opened in order
:hat the tobacco may come in j
'order or case", so that the tojacco
can be removed from the
jarn without breaking. Frequent-j
y, it is necessary to wet the'
'loor of the barn in order to |
lasten the softening of the cured j
eaf. The barn is emptied and re- j
'illed each week during the rush
>f the curing season.
When the tobacco is removed j
:'rom the barn, it is carried to the
sack house and placed in long
piles or windows where it is left
'or a few days. After this it is
jest to pack the tobacco in a
square coop with all leaves turn>d
inwardly and the butt of the
eaves showing on the outside. To
oacco so cooped should have
enough moisture in it so that it
vill straighten out nicely and
jndergo such changes as are
necessary for the improving in
:olor. On the other hand, if it is
in too high order when packed,
it may damage. Tobacco packed
n this way may then be left until
the grower is ready to grade
ind market it.
iVHITEVILLE MARKET
HAD ITS BEGINNING
FORTY YEARS AGO
(Continued From Page 1)
ited by the Nelson's, was consummated.
Two years later, in 1918, Walter
Dednam, along with many others
built the first brick warehouse on
SV. Main Street, and Harry G
Lea, who had come down from ]
Danville, took it over as pro-'
nrietor.
Mr. Lea finally bought the
vhole thing, and until his death
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| in 1936 successfully operated the
1 house. Since that time, the house
has been operated by Hunter Y.
Lea, a cousin of the late Mr. Lea,
The next warehouse to be built,
that which is now operated by
| H. G. Tuggle, was erected in
1922. It was built by J. L. Powell
and was first known as the Wilson
Warehouse.
The next step in Whiteville's
march of progress as a tobacco
market came eleven years later,
or in 1933, when G. E. Crutchfield,
Sr., veteran tobacconist of
Reidsville, purchased the Powell
property on Main Street south of
the railroad, and began construction
of the Crutchfield warehouse.
The first year, Mr. Crutchfield
and Frank A. Hayes, who had
been on the Whiteville market
for a number of years as an auctioneer,
operated the house, and
since that time, Mr. Crutchfield's
two sons Raymond and Gaither,
have been holding forth at the
Crutchfield house.
That same year, the Whiteville
tobacco company added another
decided asset to the Whiteville
market, by the erection of Whiteville's
first redrying plant, and
that factory has been successfully
operated here ever since.
But it remained for 1935 to become
a banner year in the history
of the market when two
more warehouses built here gave
the city the sum total of six.
Seth L. Smith, prominent Whiteville
business man, moved several
houses which were in the way
down on the southern outskirts
of town, and began erection of
what was to later be named the
Farmers Warehouse, the house
with the greatest amount of floor
space of any in town. The first
year the house was operated by
t R Tnnksnn and his son. Frank,
and since that time has beer
jointly operated with Tuggle's
j warehouse.
Simultaneously, three forward
looking gentlemen from Henderson,
W. B. Daniel, Jr., and A. H
(Bert) Moore along with theii
partner, Mr. Young, came down
I to Whiteville and started erec|
tion of the Star Warehouse which
is located on W. Walter Street,
Early in 1938, Messrs. Moore and
Daniel having already bought Mr,
Young out, sold their right title
and interest in the house to the
Brooks Brothers, J. R. and C. B.,
who have been successfully operating
a warehouse in Kinston for
a long time, and the warehouse's
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Popularity Wi
f Right Amon
forts of Our Warcfi
Auction Centers
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rsday, /
Raleigh Every Week 1
arket Reports, Daily {
:tual Market Conditioi
NTS HAVE
THAN EVER BE!
IPARE QUA
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' name was changed to Brooks
! Warehouse.
Such has been the constant,
steady and healthy progress of
the Whiteville tobacco market
since its first inception forty
years ago this summer, till its
present position of prominence in
the South Carolina Belt.
Ace Auctioneers To Be
On Local Market
(Continued from page one)
MORGAN' AT CRUTCHFIELDS
Raymond and Gaither Crutchfield
selected one of the best in
the business when they secured
| Jimmy Morgan, their auctioneer
last year, to return to Whiteville.
' Jimmy hit them hard last year
at Crutchfields and watch how
that boy goes this year.
Everyone will agree that these
I auctioneers have no equal. They
I are in a class to themselves,
i Each one a topnotcher in his own
] name, with years of experience,
, yodeling for the high dollar, turning
the golden weed into cash,
i Their chant is music to the thousands
of anxious farmers who are
waiting for good sales. Auctioneers
take their work seriously for
they realize they play the most
important part in the auction sale
I of tobacco. They must be intelI
ligent men with keen eyes, keen
! ears, quick thinking minds, agreei
able, interested in the farmers
( welfare.
FARM LIFE SEEN
AS THE IDEAL
(Continued from Page 1)
; who trust him, and neighbors whc
respect him, and who help out in
oiolrnoeo nnrl rlicn sfprs.
11IUG U1 oivnuvoki w??? v.
I The farmer deals with elemeni
tal things. He knows the glories
of a summer morning, the smell
i of the soil and of curing hay. He
knows the heat of noon time anc
i the chill of autmn frost and earl>
winter as he husks out his corn
II He has the satisfaction of expressing
himself in the charactei
of his home and farmstead, and
' the quality of the stock anc
i crops he grows. The farmer is a
real creator.
,1
, j About 90 per cent of the fluic
11 milk used in cities of the United
States of over 100,000 people is
i pasteurized.
Official statistics indicate thai
in Japan the most common cause
j of insanity is the continued inter;
j marriage between small groups.
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