SeH Your Tobacco in Williamston; Three Big Warehouses; Market Opens September Bth
WILLIAMSTON TOBACCO
MARKET SECTION
VOLUME 29—NUMBER 53
MARKET IS ALL SET FOR OPENING
Three Warehouses Have Combined Floor Space of Over Two Acres
Local Market Offers Many Advantages to
Farmers Who Sell Tobacco Here; Three Big
Auction Warehouses to Open September 2
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Everything Ready for
Biggest Opening in
History of Market
With two acres of floor space, the
Williamston tobacco market is pre
paring for the biggest opening ever
recorded in its history, and all indi
cations point to a record breaking
opening here next Wednesday.
The changes made In the William
ston tobacco market were of great
significance last year. They involved
many hundreds of dollars, and
though it hardly seems possible these
changes have been doubled in number
and this year there is to b« found
here one of the most complete mar
kets in the East. The outlay in dol
lars for improvements will go way
up into the thousands of dollars.
Warehouses have been practically re
built, some doubled in space, store
rooms built and other improvements
made. Never before have such ex
tensive changes been made, bring
about Better facilities of handling
tobacco here.
For this growth some of the
Country's outstanding tobacco men
are responsible. They have faith in
this market andthey have willingly
invested the large Mounts of capi
tal necessary /or the bringing about
fit this growth. With its two acres
ot floor space, a modern re-drying
plant, a large storage warehouse,
capable warehousemen, outstanding
set of buyers and other features to
be found here, this growth will be
justified by the increase in number
of pounds of tobacco brought here
this season.
The proprietors of Williams ton's
three warehouses are hard-working
men, men who strive for the interest
of their patrons. The experience of
these men proves this statement, for
they have all been connected in some
tray or another for many years past
with the tobacco business. They know
tobacco from the seed to the factory.
They know what it means to raise
tobacco. They know how long the
nights are when the weed is curing
in the barn. A knowledge of these
facta ever present in their minds,
they do all in their power to sell
tobacco at the highest possible price.
Visit our market and meet these
men if you do not already know
them. If you know them, call around
to see them. They always welcome
you.
All the buyers will be here on
opening day, representing every im
aginable company in the world. The
set ef buyers to be here is consid
ered one of the best to be had. Mr.
Skinner has exceptional orders for
SAVE AND HIJILI) THROUGH "~T . ■" '
The Martin County Building and Loan Association
EASY PAYMENTS SAFE INVESTMENT SYSTEMATIC SAVING
This Association has added new directors, reorganized; and with increased interest will sell several hun
dred additional shares of stock before the series closes.
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You can't lose, but you can save. Consult our directors and officers. They will be glad to Rive you any in
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Nineteenth Series Opens Saturday, September 4th
P. B. CONE, President 0 _ , WHEELER MARTIN, Secretary and Treasurer
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THE ENTERPRISE
Williamston Has Cordial
Welcome for
"The Hon. Harry Stubbe deliv
ered one of the finest speeches
mortal has ever listened to."
That was the second day of Au
gust, 1942, a few days over 24
years ago that Mr. Stubbs wel
comed the visitors of that day
to our town. While many who
heard that speech of welcome
have died, U ran be said that the
sptrit of welcome still lives on.
And no doubt but that the wel-
W. I. Skinner to Run
Steam Redrying Plant
The re-drying plant, handling the
tobacco sold here and large umounts
brought here from other markets,
will again be operated by the W. I.
Skinner Co.
This plant played no small part in
the market's success last year, and
its work this doubt, will be
even more outstanding. The W. I.
Skinner company has excellent or
ders for tobacco and with Mr. Skin
ner on the market, attending the
sales every day, the outlook surpass
es that of last year.
Merchants Extend
Cordial Invitation
Aetiftg through the Merchant's
Association, every business house
,in Williamston sends out to every
one to visit our town, to call in to
see them whether you wish to buy
1 one thing or not.
tobacco* again this year, and he will
follow the sales each day.
The people of Williamston welcome
you here, and they want you to feel
perfectly at home. Our merchants in
vite you to their stores whether you
go to buy or not. All details have
been attended to or are now Hearing
their completion and all will be
ready for the opening here next
Wednesday, September 8. In fact,
everything has been tuned up to that
point where every advantage of sell
ing and buying in Wiliamston will be
: felt.
Visit the Wiliamnton market
i whether you have tobacco to sell or
not, whether you wish to buy or not;
i wfc want you to come and we assure
you we will do our level beat to ren
, der you every service possible iit a
• courteous manner.
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, September 3,1926
extended by Mr. Stubbs has been
added to many times, and this
year is as large as every man.
woman and child in Williamston
can make it.
It is the sincere wish of every
citizen of our community to have
you know that you are welcomed
to our town, welcomed whether
you come to buy, sell, look or
what not.
Civic Clubs and
Members "Are
Back of Market
Chamber of Commerce
and Kiwanis Club
Cooperating
The Williamston tobacco market,
this year, is receiving the heartost
Lacking ever accorded any one phaso
ot business, either public, private or
of a collective nature. The Chamber
of Commerce with its largo number
of members are backing it? The
Kiwanis Club, only organized a few
weeks ago, is coming out with a sup
port never before equalled in our
town, a support thut is given iu the
interest of farmer, warehousemen,
community and all.
These organizations feel justified
in their efforts given toward boost
ing the local tobacco market. They
have faith in its workings. They are
building for what should be, with ull
rights, the largest tobacco market
ir this tobacco belt. They believe it
can be done, and are doing all in
their power to bring it about, doing!
their work and boosting in a fair and
clean-cut way, not stooping to those I
remarks that are often thrown from
the lips of those who fail to stop'
and think. We feel safe in* saying
that when it comes to the point where
such undermining remarks are neees-i
wary, these two organizations with
the every business of our town will
go in for closing the doors of the
warehouses and calling the whole j
thing off.
Mr. Ben Worsley, cashier of the
Bank of Oak City, was here yester
day, attending to legal business.
Importance of
Tobacco in Life
of This Nation
Tobacco Was the Real
Savior of Colonists I
In America
Ity ('has. H. Car-son
School children have been taught
and school children will* continue to
be 'miulit thai the infant ;'.lonieiit
on the hanks of the James Kiver was
. .tvi ! t.i j> su-city by th. of"
Captain John Smith, the Indi.i/i, maid
en I'ochonta.- and other pi r. il:ui :cs.
Tobacco, however was the iyal sav
"ior of the colony and 11. w. xl lias
played 4ta-part throughout The lits r "
tory of oui country, from the time
61 the pltiiiliitK of the m ei| of A
tnericu on tliHtp&tuuie through the
period in which our forefathers
fought and' died that "the country
they had sr't led might Ije free from
.the oppressive yokp of lirftain.
Settlers Drawn hy Tobacco
It has- bin truly 'said that tobac
co was tin. determining factor in
nearly i vers deparure and exigency
in the life of the /irst colony liuetoj
tobacco the more subatanti.il settlers'
weic draWn from Englund coming
oyer to ryap their pari of the harvest]
that was reputed to he there for the
taking, Tha yellow leaf was through
; -out that ,timt> recognize, t aa Una tut
wnt coin of the realm, one pound of
tobacco being the unit of value, with
labor, tribute, taxes" and the purchase
of all commodities wh&re not in bar
te.t. of..utlier gflo4£U_jH ItttL paid thru
tl " medium of tobacco.
In 1619 a ship load of maidens
vero brought ovt>r from, En-;lanf,.
tin ir p ssajr. helm., paid for in' to
hnrrir* hy tlfu e men of the Viriinia
colony who. took ther.i to wife The
cultivation of tobacco alone fastened
1 upon the American people the sys
ttm of African slavery, which later
c.anie neinr undoing all thai had
j been done before in tin upbuilding «»f
a nation. > •
I I'tif whence innv td>aocii?
Variation on Traditional Story
Of course we find (raditions re
garding the weed as \v find them
fiw other things in life, une. of the
most interesting of the mythological
I tales being the ak>ry i. f u Mussul-
I I man prophet who one day found a
I si ipint that- had been f ozen hy the
1 exceedingly cold weather. The pro
] pliet readied down, it: i saiiT, and'
| picking- tha serjierit up. placed ft iir
his boaom and warmed it until life
again appeared in its body.
The serpent immediately gave
warning that, according to tlje rules
governing the telaliffn ■ exinting b
i tween his family and the human kind
he would be obliged to bite the pro
phet. The prophet protested that if
' I THE UNION STORAGE ]
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The value of thin warehouse is obvious. Buyers store their tobacco here
prior to shipment and the large capacity of the buibling eiiableH them to
buy when there are burnty sales without fear of congestion in shipping,
Number Additional Buyers to
be on Local Market This Year;
Almost All Old Ones to Return\
While there will be a change
in the buyers here this year, the
change Comes about mainly by
addition to the number that has
been on the Williamston floors
for years. With one exception,
we understand the set ol buy
ers on the market will be the
{ same in so far aa the old onea
are involved.
'I he buyers wbo have been on
the Williamston market within
the past "few years have been ac
clauued the best set in Eastern
1 Hit' serpent WLiu to do ho it would
I»• 1 aphcu of base ingratitude. The
! Serpent 10 plied that he wa„ very.
>•. iioi ry, but that he .had sworn by AI
iuli to 1 4J him. Tho prophet admit
1 ti«(i ihut an oatli made to Allah must
' be kept at all c> • .">o ho presented
' his hand to th n ke, who pierced it
■ with his fangs. ' N»,
'I lie wise and merciful prophet
' iiked tin poison f.om his flnnor
r «iid spate it up-ii the gropnd. lm
mediutely tin i' npraiiß up in the
I place tin' to' ami plant, which holds
! in it tho poison of the snaie and the
■ sooUtimc nii icy of the prophet.
i Indians Held lolincci> in 11 i h Ksteeni
5 Tobacco was held in unusually
1 high esteoni by the*lndians HS they
- were found in this country and was
i u.'.ed extensively in reH/f'ous eero
■ monies.
If the Indians noticed r storm com
I ing up, in order to avert it, they |
r would tl*r»w a handful of tibucco in
• to the. air, and if -the turblent sea
was to he quieted toWcco was
j thrown upon the troubled waters. In
? finy case where th y were thankful
for tho tfifjs of the gods, tobacco
I dust was thrown into the air and the
- pipe was the symbol of true friend
f ship.
Carolina. Coming here in (he late
summer, these buyers enter into
VYilliamtttotTH We, they feel at
home here and they take a keen
and active interest in the pro
gress of the community. They
have "built up a friendship here
andthey take pride, in the pro
gress of our town. They are one
of out main assets, as well as
our welcomed guests, and it is
with pleasure that we know the
lime for their return here is not
far off.
j Tobacconists Again to!
| Use Storage Warehouse
Kvcry conipartinent of the Union
Nurage warehouse has leusctl
by 1114? tobacco companies having
buyers here. The use of this storage
house means much to the market as
does , every storage house ,to any
, market. This extra storage spare
prevents tobacco from piled;
, up in the warehouses after it is
bought, it enables an even buy since
otherwise the large breaks would
crowd the market.
The Union Storage warehouse is
located on the tracks of the A. I'. 1,.
and is just behind the warehouses,
making it convenient to carry tobac
co there and to ship it to the fac
torie.H.
Two Hanks Are Ready
Serve Market's Patrons
Two hanks are ready to sene in
every way possible the market'g
1 customers this yuar.
Additional help has ' been secured
j by these two bank*- and they assure
courteous and prompt service.
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TEN PAGES IN THIS SECTION
ESTABLISHED 1898
Personnel of 3
Warehouses Is
Credit to Town
EjVfery Member of Every
Firm Is Old in the -
Tobacco business
Ihe personnel of the Williams ton
warehouses is of notable mention,
and while many of them need no in
troduction to the thousands of farm
ers in this section, we briefly men
tion them here in order that they
might be presented in a collective
way.
Messrs. faenriett-liarnhill and Mor
ton, a new firm with new and old
members, but all experienced in the
tobacco business, will operate the
Farmers warehouse. The names of
these men are Frank C. Hennett,
Jule T. Harnhill and Hubert Morton,
j I hey .have come here to stay. This
Season they, have invested thousands
of dollars in the warehouse they will
run, and with their efforts they aim
to sell 5 million pounds on their
floors. \
Messrs. Meadows, Meador and
Watts will run the large Roanoke-
Dixie house this year. The men in
this firm, W. T. Meadows, Harry L.
Meador and YV. I!. Watts, are wide
ly known throughout- this section.
They have the largest house in the
county, it having one acre of floor
space. They are making a strong
bid for tobacco and judging from
all indications they will receive many
millions before the season is over.
Messrs. Biggs, Taylor, Stall, Crif
fin and Griffin, prominent in busi
ness circles of this county, and with
years of .experience in the tobacco
business, will operate ' 4he Krick
TT will be 'remembered that Mr~Tay
lor was With the Dixie last season,
and he goes to this'new house .with
the same .peal and interest always
manifested in.behalf of his custo
mers. Its other proprietors are also
remembered us being with the Koa-
I noke warehouse for the past several
seasons. Their'*, is the only brick
warehouse in Williamston and they
are making a bid for patronage as
strong as the house would" be.
Among the above group of men
every phase of business life is in
cluded, bankers, farmers, merchants,
and of course 'he tobacconists come
in for the most part. Among this
last mentioned group are found
some of the country's outstanding
tobacco men, old at the trade and
experienced in every detail relative
to the tobacco industry. You'll en
joy knowing them, we feel jure.
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The Farmers anyj Merchants Hank
and the Hank of Williamston, recent
ly organized are ready to do their bit
in welcoming you here. Feel free to
call in on both of them.