The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-04
Chamber eff. Commerce
!. Notes
Announcement Respecting the
New Tobacco Warehouse.

i About three months ago MeSSrS
G. A. Lennon, L.. D. Jennings anc
E. ]. Reardon met at the Sumter
Chamber Of Commerce with a couple
Of experienced and reliable tobacco
warehousenle1l Of. North Carolina who
wanted to lease a tobacco warehouse
I in Sumter. as the only warehouse
Sumter has is leased to Moore Bros
for two more years the only way tc
j lease another warehouse was to build
one.
i The two North Carolina men made
a very satisfactory financial offer for
| a warehouse and itswas decided that
the Chamber of Commerce. would try
to finance the propositio4..
Knowing that if Mayor L. D. Jen-
nmgs could be induced to take the bit
| in his teeth the building Of a second
over but "the hollerin" the. Chamber
1of Commerce representatives talked
| Mr.. Jennings into guaranteeing $780,
100000 for~the second warehouse.
In less than twenty-four hours af-
ter the conference the capital stock
was authorized. No one was sur
prised as they knew Mayor Jennings
thigh gear, rapid transit style Of mo-
tion.
fof the Chamber Of Commerce yester-
day that he could publish the fact
that another tobacco warehouse for
Sumter lis! an assured fact for 1919,
the new warehouse has been leased
to Warehousenen Of the most eex-
perienced and reliable character. and
that the, Sumter tobacco market will
be second to none hereafter in COM
petitive prices and facilities for the
handling Of leaf tobacco. Farmers
will do well to plant tobacco during
1919 as the prices are certain to be as
high as during 1918, and tobacco is
now bringing as high as $4,000 hun
dred in North Carolina.
The lessees of the new warehouse
will be announced shortly when they
arrive in Sumter to visit the tobacco
growers and distribute plenty Of to-
bacco seed free Of cost to the farm
ers.
+ In the meantime Moore Brothers,
lessees Of the present tobacco ware
house had. shipped to the Sumter
Chamber Of Commerce ON December
Goth a quantity Of tobacco seed for
free distribution to their old or pros
pectives customers, but the Shipment
has been delayed or lost in the mails.
Another order has been placed for
seed which will reach here in a few
days.
The Sumter Chamber of Commerce
is preparing to take steps to make
The Sumer tobacco market second to
none in quantity Of tobacco sold on
the market and in the highest market
prices paid anywhere in this section
of the State.
With two big warehouses and sew
eral prize warehouses, and the keen.
est OF competition. between the ware
housemen and big corps Of tobacco.
buyers, Sumter. tobacco market, with:
Sumter's splendid and unexcelled
mercantile and banking accommoda-
tions; there is no reason why Sumter
should not be the leading tobacco
marketAof South Carolina.
Merchants and bankers should use
their influence, with customers, and so
should large land owners with their
tenants and share croppers to- plant
tobacco as a cash crop next year,
against the coming Of the boil weevil.
Plenty of food and feed stuffs, pea
nuts, hogs, poultry, corn, OATS, wheat
and tobacco as a side crop for paying
fertilizer bills and other expenses
will keep the farmers in good shape
even though the boil weevil hits US
sooner than 1920.