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Sell Year Tobacco in WilHamston
Roanoke and Dixie Warehouses Have
Been Merged Into One Big House
Is Now One of
Largest Ware
houses in East
W. 1. Meadows, H. L.
Meador, W. B. Watts,
Are Proprietors
business was meant when the par
tition was -torn away and the Roann
uke and Dixie warehouses were made
into one. The change brings about
one of the la> est warehouses in this
section, it i.u' ing one .10lid acre oi
floor space. When we throw the his
tory of these two houses into one,
we find one that is hard to beat, and
one that would require several col
umns to do it justice.
It is after much hesitancy that we
leave the history of these wo houses
artd take them as they are today, giv
ing their plans, naming the men be
hind it, and the prospects of this and
future seasons.
All the large items in the connect
ing of these two houses have been
completed, and every detail will be
cared for within the next day or so,
ready for she greatest opening ever
experienced here befojre on Wednes
day, September 8. To do this, no
littU work was required, dozens of
nu have been working continuously
• past several months prepar- i
J line of our largest warehouses.
rouse is well lighted, additional
i\ • {ways have been made, offices and
' irous other improvements made.
il ad while all this work has been
jfr on in connection with the build
\ the house proprietors and assist
te have been busy bringing about
e final arrangements necessary to
| operation of a warehouse. Among
is group of men we find Messrs.
irry Meador, W. T. Meadows, and
. B. Watts, not mentioning their
assistants.
Personnel of the Firm
It is not our purpose to weary you
with details, but we do wish in a
most sincere manner to give yoo the
facts as they are, facts that will be
to the interest to the farmers. This
is Mr. Meador*s eighteenth year in the
tobacco business, the greater part of
this time having been spent right here
on our market. Mr. Meador is an in- j
dustrious business man, besides his
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1 ROANOKE-DIXIE WAREHOUSE—'ONE ACRE OF FLOOR SPACE'
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This picture was made to give you an idea of the immense size of the Roanoke-Dixe Waiohouse. The parti
tion between the two old warehouses has been removed and it is now one big house. It is so largj that the photo
grapher was unable to get a "close-up" of it with his camera. When the photograph was made the signs had not
been changed, and the proprietors this year are W. T. Meadows, H. L. Meador and W. U. Watts.
warehouse work he engages in farm
ing, learning the business from plant
bed to the smoker. He has beeiv most
influential in the progress of the Wil
limns to 11 market, and every forward
step is heralded by him with much
pleasure. Nothing pleases him bet
ter than to see another pleased, it
being his desire as well as his sol
emn duty to sell at the highest pos
sible price every pile of tobacco plac
ed on his floor. He has been connect
ed with the Dixie for a number of
years, and ht bids all his old custom
ers, along with all new ones, a hearty
welcome.
When we tackle Mr. Meadows' do
ing; and his. connections with the lo
cal tobacco market, we must admit
our weakness in attempting tjie job,
rot there has not been one step made
without "Uncle Huck," as he is gen
erally called, having some important
part in jt. He was here when the
market sold its very first pound of
tobacco, and down through the years
he has ever stuck to Williamston and
its market. He has bought, worked
in general on the market, managed
warehouse*, held an important place
«n the tobacco boards of trade, and
i" all his duties he has never forgot
ten who he was working for, the
farmer. Thousands of farmers know
Mr. Meadows, and he is favorably
THE ENTERPRISE TOBACCO MARKET EDITION
known by all- of them. Besides his
enviable record in the tobacco field,
it is just as much so in other places.
A member of the board of town com
missioners, ,I'reasurer of Williamoton,
and in other public offices, he has
served well those who .called on him.
.Hts record is a world of service, and
is highly appreciated by those he
serves. He, with Mr. Meador, will
be on hand when the sale starts.
"Hill" Watts in Charge of Office
Mr. W. B. Watts, favorably known
as "Bill" will have the books in
charge, and his experience
these lines will be of great aid in the
•successful operation of a warehouse.
Mr. Watts has been in the business
for years, the last five having been
t-peiit ig. that connected with ware
houses. He will he remembered as a
partner in the Roanoke last year, and
it is with pleasure that he announces
I.is connection with Messrs. Meador
and Meadows at the Roanoke-Dixie
this year. Mr. Watts will be ably as
sisted by Messrs. J. W. Watts, Jr.,
N. R. and J. ft. Peel.
Messrs Joe Martin and Jim Guykin
will serve as floor managers, and
they assure their customers there
will be no congestion in the unload
ing of tobacco in their house. Mr.
1.. H. Purdom, recently from Ken
tucky, is auctioneering this year for
this big house. He must be a good'!)
or he would never have accepted a
house as large as the Roanoke-Dixie.
His record as an auctioneer is an out
standing one and you will enjoy hear
ing him.
Every member connwted with this
house bids all to visit them, and while
80 doing to feel free to ask ques
tions if you like, and feel perfectly
«t home.
sl2 I'er Capita in Circulation
The $42 per capita circulation of
money in America includes suehjmon
eys as are lying in the vaults of
banks, hoarded, and in reserves. The
money actually in circulation daily
serving the people as a circulating
medium is prVbably less than S2O per
capita.
Land-Going l''i*h in South Seas
In the South' Seas there is a little
fish about six inches long thut leaves
the water to hunt insects and worms
on the beach.
Kducation for SIOO Yearly
Hlackhurn College) of Carlinville,
Illinois', has an endowment fund en
abling it to offer to prepare young
men for the Presbyterian ministry at
a charge of SIOO a year for board,
room, and tuition.
Georgia Tobacco
Brings Good Prices
Atlanta, Ga—Valued at above
$1,815,74.!, tobacco galea in Geor
gia for the first week in Aug
ust totaled 7,463,706 pounds at
an average price of 24.33 cents,
as tompared with 2,959,376
pounds in 3925 at an average
price of 15.93 a pound, it was re
vealed-in a report issued by the
(i'jorgia Cooperative Crop Re
porting service recently.
The report said that it was ap
parent from the figures that the
percentage of the total crop sold
in the first week of August, 1926,
which is also the first week of
sales by tobacco warehouses, was
greater than tin- percenagc of
the total crop sold during the
first week of t'.e 1925 season.
Garden Hints
for September
Kale, Mustard, Parsley,
Ra'i? and Spinach
IN.av Be Sown
By K. B. MORROW
(Extension Horticulturist, North Car
olina State College)
Formers, as well as city dwellers,
. hould plan "to j'ot all the green veg
etables possible from their gardens.
In many parts of North Carolina
crops of green and root vegetables
THE CENTRAL SERVICE STATION
Here is a picture* of one of the nicest service stations in Eastern North
Carolinu. It is locate* at the corner of Main and Washington Streets, this
city, und is a place wriere cheerful service is always rendered. IncidentUy,
this i.s but one of many stations in this section served by the Harrison
Oil Co., and sells Ti xaeo gasoline and oils exclusively.
Buy From Merchants in Wißiamgton
HARRISON OIL CO. HAS
HAD A REMARKABLE
GROWTH IN FEW YEARS
can still be .successfully produced be
fore the killing frosts.
For fall and early winter green,
kale, mustard, parsey, rape, and
parsley, rape, and spinach may be
»owu in September. For root crops
seeds of turnips, beets, carrots, -and
radishes should be sown. These seed
.should be planted as early as pos
sible to insure a good growth before
winter.
In the lower Piedmont and upper
Coastal Plain sections, a crop of snap
beans j;aiL often be ..brought to ma
turity before is, if sown
in early September. In some of the
extreme eastern counties these beans
may be planted as late as the first
of October with fair assurance of a
crop.
In the eastern part of the State,
a fall crop of cabbage may yet be
grown if *\he crop is seeded early in
the month. In the Piedmont area,
however, the plants should be set by
the first of the month. A good fall
crop of lettuce may also be secured
il the seed are planted early enough.
September also offers a good op
portunity to sow some soil improv
ing crop, such as vetch or crimson
clover on all unoccupied places in the
garden. A good winter cover crop
will add greatly to the physical con
dition of the soil; and, if any great
part of the garden is to be idle dur
ing the winter ond early spring, it
should be sown to prevent washing
and teaching.
George and Gus Harri
son Are the Men at
The Helm
Taking Texaco when it was a baby
in this section, ~the Harrison Oil Co.
in its several years of operation has,
with the strictest of attention, devel
oped little Texaco to the point where
it pushes about as many if not more
automobiles around in these parts as
any other oil. Under the direction of
George and Gus Harrison the Harr
rison Oil Co. has run an untram
meled path to the point where the lit
tle Ford truck they started with gave
way to larger and better ones and
where the amount of gas and oils
sold is many times that sold only a
year or so ago.
Just how this phenomenal growth
came about is no secret, but is evi
dent in the early and late hours of
the day when these two young men
Ko to arid leave their work. And the
strange part about it is that the long
hours never interfere with the "serv
ice with a smile" motto. This, with
an earnest desire to serve has caused
Texaco to find its way to that tank
located many miles from its plant
here. The general expression among
their customers Is "It's a pleasure to
do business with those boys."
The establishment of this company
here has meant much to our town in
that it has" increased the, business
transactions to a great extent, and
it has meant much to the section in
general in that thi very best of serv
ice possible in deliveries is given.
The company isjjjhpw running sev
eral trucks full time, and it is often
the case when they run overtime.
Orders must receive attention, and
w hen they come too fast for regular
service overflme is gladly resorted to.
As for a lapse of interest in the
many other business phases, we find
.no such- thing, for there is the re
quired interest always present.
Weaving Is Old Chinese Art
Weaving was practised in China
more than a thousand years before
it was known in Kurope. Many fine
Kpecimnes of the art are still in ex
istence.
lUittle Drifts 4,000 Miles
A. corked bottle thrown into the
Atlantic Ocean oil' the coast of Flor
ida was picked up on the beach at
Ireland, 4,000 miles away, ten months
later.