The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-07-01
THURSDAY, JULY l. 1920.
KINGsTREE's TOBACCO MARKET

Tobacco men from Virginia, Ken
lucky and North Carolina are coming
into Kingstree almost daily now for
the purpose of sizing up our market
facilities. They are unanimous In the
opinion, and don't hesitate to express
it here: "that Kingstree now has the
best equipped market in the State"
We have long believed this, but have
had to cencede the near-sightedness
on the part of a few others who were
not as kindly disposed towards Kings
tree, in a general way, and conse-
auently could not be so generous in
this particular.
Our citizens have constantly kept
apace with the needs of the market.
AS the production of the weed has
been gradually increased by our far
mers, likewise have warehouses and
packing houses been constructed and
enlarged to meet the demands, and
when the market opens here next
month there will be in operation three
of the largest and best equipped sales
warehouses in the entire tobacco belt.
Regardless of the obstacles placed by
labor and material shortage upon all
kinds of construction work, our citi-
.ens, those directly interested in the
tobacco business, late in the fall Of
1919, or early this spring, set to work
to enlarge their places and to provide
a much needed redrying plant, all OF
which they have we'll nigh accom-
plished. The Nelson warehouse has
been enlarged by several thousand
feet of additional floor space and 9TH
erwise improved and modenized.
The Kellahan warehouse, since
Last season purchased by Mr.. w. 7.
Wilkins, has been practically made
over, as has also the Gorrell now
known as the Farmers warehouse,
with Mr.. NJ. r. Gass as manager.
Mr.. Wilkins has built an extensive
addition to the old Kellahan house,
which gives the plant several thou
sand feet of additional floor space,
which is of concrete. The old Cor
rell has been added to until it now
fronts on Main street as well as on
Nelson, with a main entrance at Ell
ther end. The Main street front oc-
cupies the site where formerly stood
the blacksmith and general repair
shop of w. M. Vause and Sons. So,
with these greatly enlarged ware
houses, equipped with modern appl-
ances for the handling Of the weed,
and each one manned and operated by
= force of experts from Virginia, Ken
lucky, and the old North State, is
there any reason why Kingstree
should not be pronounced the best to-
bacco market in the State, as the
gentlemen above referred to have un-
hesitatingly and unequivocally re-
marked.
And this is not all. Within the
past few months, large redrying
plant has been erected and will be
equipped with the most modern ma
chinery made for the purpose, and
ready to function when the last pile
is sold at the opening sale next month
There will be a side track to the big
front doors of the plant and ample
force and equipment will be ready to
take care of whatever tobacco the
larger buyers may wish to redry and
pack for future use.
1t is, we presume, generally
known by our readers that the tobac'
co sold here on the warehouse floors
has heretofore been packed in hogs
heads and sent off as hurriedly as pos.
sible, to some place where it could be
worked over, redried, cured and
packed so that it might then be lait
away for indefinite future use. This
condition may be brought about here
after right here On the ground, ant
annie stcrige room win be found
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