The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-17
THE TOBACCO MARKETS.

County Tobacco Board of Trade the
following officers were elected to
serve during the season of 1919-'20:
M. Sturgeon, of the
Tobacco Co.; secretary and
T. Denton; Sales
Committee-Edward Burke, Dan w.
Peed and Mr.. Sandy. representing
the R. j. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
At the same meeting, which was
held in the Offices of the Paris sales
Warehouse Co., the following execu-
tive committee was selected-Chas.
C. Clarke, of the Independent To-
bacco Warehouse Co., John T. Col
Inns, Of the Bourbon Tobacco Ware
house Co., S. Kenney Nichols, repre-
senting the Liggett & Myers To-
bacco Co., Jas. Glasgow, of the J. P.
Taylor Tobacco Co., and B. R. Leach,
of Tuck & Co.
1t has been officially announced
by Mr.. Charles G. Clarke. president
of the New Independent Tobacco
Warehouse Co., that as soon as the
1919 sales season has come to a
close the Company will begin the
erection of a large new building, to
be known as the Independent To-
bacco Warehouse No. 2. The pro-
posed structure will be 140 feet fac
ing on Main street and will extend a
depth of $50 feet to the right-of-way
of the Frankfort & Cincinnati rail-
way The company has just closed a
deal for the purchase of the property
south of the present warehouse, be-
longing to Mrs. Ollie Hedges and
Mrs. Nippert. These houses will be
RACED to make way for the new ware
house.
| The sales of tobacco at the Bour-
bon Tobacco Warehouse Co.'s house
Wednesday went another step far
Their toward smashing records for
prices of the weed. With the marked
improvement in quality it seems that
the prices are going higher, and the
demand we'll taken care of by the
| handlers.
The market opened at the Paris
| house where the sale had been block
ed the day before, and 1t was not
long until there was plenty doing.
The highest basket at this house
registered eighty-six cents, and the
! crop average reached the figure OF
s70.01. A crop lot of 1880 pounds
belonging to Burris & See went I'M
Ider the hammer at those figures.
When the sale finished at the Paris
house it was followed by the sale at
the Bourbon house. The total sales
at the two houses was 303,355
pounds, for total Of $122,640.S5.
and average of $4042. Some Of the
best crop averages follow:
Burris & See, 1880 pounds, aver
age 5000.
Caywood & Pence, 5000 pounds
average $44.50.
Determan & Rankin, Alto pounds
average s51.94.
Hancock & Smith, $3.50 pounds,
average $46.19.
Collier & Mattox, $3.50 pounds,
average $44.67.
Jones & Butler, 5,565 pounds av-
erage $45.
Caywood & Fletcher, 1855 pounds,
average s4490.
Clay & Mckenna, 3,115 pounds. av-
erage $3.50.
The unfinished sale at the indie
i pendent house for Monday was nm
ished Tuesday, when total OF
2O6,980 pounds brought a. total
money value of $82,680.43, floor
average of 1894.
The Bourbon Tobacco Warehouse
Co.'s sale yesterday was another
"corker" in the point of number OF
pounds sold, money value, and high
crop averages. A total Of 276,94(
hounds of tobacco was sold for 8
money value of $119,493.41. a f1ool
average OF $43.14. The highest av
erage of the days sale was crop o.
Isgrigg & Jones, comprising 2,70s
pounds, which brought an average o.
$4,000. Another high average wa!
a crop Of 2,670 pounds consigned b!
Brennan & Kissick, which brought
an average of $67,65 Some OF thu
crop averages follow:
1 McCray & Menifee, $3.50 pounds
average $56.45.
Redmon & Brooks, $500 pounds
average $59.96.
Ernest Crouch, 6,251 pounds, av
erage 1911.
Mrs. Ernest Crouch, $50 pounds
average s48.97. -
Woodford e Pollitt, 1855 pounds
average $36.11.
Redmon & BROKER, $3.50 pounds
average $56.31.
Brophy & Owens, $685. pounds, av
erage 5000.
Craft & Boardman. 2,770 pounds
average $4S.23.
Bedford & Webb, 4,305 pounds, av
erage $53.05.
Buckner & Finch, .4,035 pounds
average $3.50.
Craft & Moreland, $3.50 pounds
average $32.42.
Milton Adair, 945 pounds, aver
age $40.48.
wv. Council & Eangfeller, 400
pounds, average 1864.
Ash Gilkey, $50 pounds, aVerag
1912.
Judy & Wells. 3.040 pounds, av
erage $3872.
Judy & See, 2,7so pounds. ayerag
$41.S7.
Caywood & Harding, 1880 pounds
average $48.93.
Plummer & Mcmillan, $50
pounds, average $46.e6.
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