The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-08-28
Tobacco is on Top.

DAT ELLINGTON, >. VI, aug. ZZ.-Ine To-
bacco "break" advertised to take place
in Darlington came off today and exceed
ed the expectations of the most sangu1ne.
Despite the rain which came down in
torrents yesterday, late in the afternoon
long lines of wagons were seen winding
their way to the two large new ware
houses. On the floor of the warehouses
every body was busy putting the different
grades of tobacco in piles in long rows
extending the whole length of the floor.
This morning other farmers came in from
Sumter, Clarendon, Williamsburg and
Florence, till at noon when the sales be-
gan, there was no room on either door
for another pile. There were on the floor
of the Darlington warehouse about 800
piles, and on the floor of the Planters
" Warehouse about 800 piles, aggregating
on the two floors about 40, 900 pounds.
The tobacco sold today were mostly
trimmings and is considered by experts
remarkably good. The tobacco sold up
to this time brought Sc, $40, SIS, S25, $50
and $50 per hundred weight, and one pile,
belonging to Mr.. w. E. Dargan, was
knocke down for sol per hundred weight.
There is no way of finding out at this
time the average price, but it will exceed
the average of any previous break.
Altogether there were four auctioneers
selling, they did not finish this afternoon
the first warehouse. AS soon as this is
finished the buyers will go over to the
other house, and it will take nearly all
| day tomorrow to get through selling the
tobacco on the floor now.
When the sale began this morning our
streets were almost deserted, all including
a large number of ladies, went down to
the warehouse to witness the sales. The
indications now are that Darlington will
sell the largest number OF pounds sold in
South Carolina. The farmers from the
other counties are highly pleased with the
sales of their tobacco and with the kind
ness they received from the citizens OF
this place.
TIMMoNsvILLE, Aug. 2l.-Eight buy
ers on the field, several more expected on
Monday, 100000 pounds of tobacco al
ready on hand, eighty graders and labor
ers hard ut work and the opening break
vet week off. This brief statement will
cause any who once doubted the success
of the Timmonsvile Tobacco Warehouse
Co. and of this town as tobacco market
to appreciate the fact that the market is
here and here to stay.
Rival towns with ware houses once
gave to projectors of this enterprise the
advice: Don't try it unless you are
prepared to lose the money invested.
Buyers will not come to small towns.
But without listening to croakers, first
class warehouse was built, large and
commodiouS leaf houses erected, and the
story Is told by the brief statement made
in the beginning. Close observers are
prophesying that in the amount of tobac-
CO sold, Timmonsville is going to be in
the front rank of the procession. There
is no doubt that the tobacco crop will
soon supercede cotton as money crop.
Farmers that this year held off from to.
baGco, believing that financial ruin would
at once overtake them if they turned
their backs on King Cotton, are now
kicking themselves vigorously for lack
ofiudgment.
One farmer near here planted about
fifteen acres this year. lie brought IL a
little over half his crop on Monday, and
received check for 81, ,043, having sold it
in the bulk without grading and without
| q cent of expense, and is promised the
same price for the rest of his crop as soon
as he hauls it in. Let cotton farmers
| figure for themselves how many acres OF
cotton it will take to bring in like sum.
Messrs. Hancock and Nick Kenzie, to whose
enterprise and push the promised great
success of the warehouse is due, are bus
| lily preparing for their opening sale on
| Tuesday, the 9th inst.
Col. G. E. Webb, the genial and we'll.
known auctioneer, wears perpetual
smile, and tobacco talk has driven out
all other topics OF, conversation in our
town. TO speak of cotton is to be put
down as q moss back. Timmonsville is
destined to he one Of the leading tobacco
markets in the State. Mark the predict
| ion.-COl. State.