The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-07-14
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The date for the opening OF the two
tobacco warehouses In Sumter will be
determined tomorrow when the ware
housemsn of the Pee Dee counties as-
semble at. Florence To decide on a
date for all the warehouses TO open on
10 has been definitely settled that
there will be a big Tobacco Market
and Trade Drawing Booster Trip" put
on by the business men of sumter this
month. the committee awaiting the
announcement of the opening day of
the two Sumter warehouses to name
the date for the booster trip.
Mr.. Pepper said Immediately on his
arrival yesterday that he certainly
wants the business houses and banks
Of Sumter TO heartily cooperate with
the Sumter tobacco warehousemen on
this trip. He and his associates in
the sumter tobacco warehouses feel
that inasmuch ss there Will be the
biggest tobacco crop ever offered for
ssle during July and Angst I'm the Pee
Dee tobacco growing counties. that
the business men OF Sumter ought to
pat every EFFORT forward to get all the
tobacco possible sold on the Sumter
market, Mr. G. L. Marion. after
Waiting the tobacco growing sections
tributary TO the Sumter market, says
he thinks that with the right kind OF
backing and boosting from the busi-
ness houses and banks of Sumter, that
bstween two and three million pounds
OF tobacco can. be brought to Sumter
durtss Ja,y. August and September,
and Sumter made "a leading tobacco
market. as the exporters want II TO
be. ... .....
The Imperial Tobacco Company.
snd The Export Tobacco company,
the two largest wholesale tobacco
companies In the United states, have
positively decided To have buyers on
the Sumter market. and other large
tobacco companies will be represented
hcro.
The Chamber OF Commerce Is cor
respondinx with the r.. J. Reynolds
Tobacco company. OF Rocky Mount.
another tremendous buying concern.
ssd secr~tary Reardon Is quite cer-
tain from ictsers received. that the
Reynolds people will locate buyers at
snmter. The commercial organiza-
tion. acting with Messrs. Pepper and
Marion have picked out several ware
rooms near the Farmers Tobacco
Warehouse on East Liberty street To
b used by the Imperial. Export. and
Reynolds tobacco companies as pack
rag houses. and building has been
secured by Messrs Pepper and Ma
rion to manufacture tobacco hogs
heads In.
The manufacture of tobacco curing
fines. and hogsheads alone, are two
inporant features OF the reestablish-
nent of the Sumter tobacco market,
snd thousands OF dollars will be spent
In Sumter during the next ninety days
by the warehoussmen, and buyers, IN
automobile hire. board. advertising,
manufacturing hogsheads. money paid
out for employees OF different kinds,
and other expenses incidental to con-
dncting tobacco warehouses.
III Sumter gets busy going after the
tobacco. and the trade that goes with
tobacco selling. this city ought TO pull
neariy half a million dollars in cash
Gade 70 Sumter this summer. Othes
and nearby competitive towns are
hnstling for the tobacco business and
me trade. IL Sumter wants more
business. her merchants and bankers
must get busy doing what other near
by towns are doing. Advertise and
mix with the tobacco growers. Mr.
Ban Turbeville. of Turbevilie. and
Mr.. ~ #. Minis. OF Trinity. where
vith Sardinia. New Zion. Shiloh
Workman. Good VIII. and other to-
sacoo -grc~ing sections. Sumter got
TX of It's tobacco last year. call
the Chamber OF Commerce yes
te- ~ and informed the managing
secretary that the Tobacco Boosters
vho visited their sections last July
we're wanted aRafn md that n v,o,,
cordial welcome awaits the Sumter
obacco warehousemen. and other
business men.
As soon as the warehousemen get
hack from Florence the date for the
Tobacco and Trade Bosting Trip
VIII be announced by the committee
composed OF Messrs. ]. u. Hearon. c.
II. Hurst. s. L. Krasnoff, w. A,