The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-19
.COL0RY GRADEsH|GH
AND MARKET STRONG.
Best Sale of the Season Was
Held Yesterday by Bour-
bon Company.
HOUSE AVERAGE $12.2e.
Over Million Pounds 8 Sold
Since Opening of the
Paris Market.

| With the colory grades consider
ably higher and the demand for low
grades being stronger than at any
sale during the season, yesterdays
sale at the warehouse of the Bourbon
Tobacco Warehouse Co., was by odds
the best Of the season.
| There were few crops of quality
offered, but much of the consignment
was of low grade and the best had
green and frozen tips. Demands for
] the lower grades were much in evil.
dence. A new buyer was in the
field representing the T. T. Hamilton
| Co., of Covington.
| Yesterday total of 1916 pounds
were sold for total of $23,853. 80, or
an average of $12.29. This indicates
that the market is holding its own in
face of the low grades that are being
put before the buyers.
Since the opening of the local sea-
son total of 1,112,820 pounds have
| been sold, the consignments being in
most instances low and medium
| grades.
| AS one of the best markets in the
State the Bourbon Tobacco Ware
| house Co. ranks among the first.
| There has never been time since
the opening of the season year ago,
that prices did not hold up as well as
any market, average considered.
| The third sale of this week will be
held Saturday and another next Tues
day when the sales will be discon-
tfnued until December 80, and after
that three sales VIII be held each
week.
| The best average of the day yes
terday was made on a crop of 1885
| pounds which sold for an average of
$17.06 per hundred pounds. This.
crop belonged to Mr.. A. P. Adair, of
near this city. Another crop reached
an average of 1852, while there
| were quite number ranging from
| $13- to 1852 ger hundred.
| Growers, as a rule, since the open
| ing of the season in Paris have found,
it very Profitable to consign their to-
! bacco<to the local market. The most
satisfactory prices are being obtained
| at each sale and reflections on both
| the part of the growers and buyers
very few
Following are a few of the crop
! averages of the sale yesterday: 4,
: E. D. Bell, 1850 pounds, average
1852 I,cl' hundred.
A. p Adair, 2,255 pounds, average
| $17.06.
Brown & Burris, G,615 pounds, aver
age $16.09.
Clark & Harmon, $3.50 pounds, av-
erage, s1G.32.
w. w Rogers, 1926 pounds, aver
age 1898.
Well e. Corbin, 4,145 pounds, aver
age $13.0}.
Hall & Woodford, $500 pounds, av
erage $13.08.
Plummer & Mcclure, $500 pounds,
average S13.S7.
John F, Jones & Mills, 1926, aver
age SASS.
Aylette Buckner $3.50 pounds, av
erage $13.16.
F.. A. Wallis, 4,O15 pounds, average
$13.12
B. F. Hopkins, 1900 pounds, aver
age 1924.
Boston & Jones, 5,575 pounds, aver
lage $1362.
Wilson & Henry, 1886 pounds, av-
erage N$13S8.
/ TUESDAYS SALE.
The Bourbon Tobacco Warehouse
COMPANY sold Tuesday 1880
pounds of tobacco. The market
showed. considerable advance on col
Fory grades. Low grades are firm at
former prices and continue to >consti-
tute a majority of the Offering.
The following are crop averages:
]. F. WATSON, 1910 pounds; aver
age $16.02.
: Brent & Boaz, 1926 pounds; aver
age $13.73.
Brent & Burke, 1925 pounds; av-
,erage $15.03.
Fisher & shanks, 2,eo5 pounds; av-
: erage $13.34.
Thomas & Wilson, 3,S4s pounds;
average $12.6S.