The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-06-29
Mr.. C0THRAN WRITES OF
TOBACCO SITUATION
Editor Manning Times,
Enrf1o,,,n~.

A1uIloI hdIhlIIS lfneS,
Gentlemen
With your cooperation 1 want to
get few things before the tobacco
growers of Clarendon County.
The tobacco season will soon be here
again, every tobacco farmer is now
looking forward to the time, also
every warehousemen and buyer that
will be. represented upon our various
markets in the State. | want to see
the farmers get the best possible re-
suits in this time of dire need and
necessity. l haven't been around
much, and haven't seen a great deal
OF this years crop of tobacco, but at
the same time have kept close tab on
how things are by familiarizing my
self in getting reports from every sec
ton in the County. l hope to be able
to get out some in the next few days
and see many of you personally, but
the way my business is here this is
uncertain. am doing all can to get
things shaped up for the handling of
your tobacco later on when the mar
kets open. ! have put it up to the
trade as you will observe from read
ing letter that ! wrote the Editor of
the Southern Tobacco Journal which
all the trade gets, as this is strictly
trade journal.
want to advise the tobacco grow
erS to not save the burnt lugs this
time. Pull them off and throw them
upon the ground. l do not want to be
misunderstood either. / do not mean
not to save your lugs l mean to throw
away the burnt trash and thereby
make it possible for your lugs to be
clean and clear of burn. 1 fully be-
leve this would pay every year, with
mighty few exceptions. In fact have
advocated this. You have more of
this kind of stuff than usual with a
poor prospect of it being paying
PROJECT to save it.. l believe you will
get fair price for your ripe, clean
tobacco. There isn't any over produc-
tion of good tobacco, but there is
worlds of common stuff unsold. This
condition is largely caused by the
lack of normalcy in Europe. This is
also the trouble with the cotton situa-
ton l think.
This lack Of normalcy doesn't only
apply to Europe but to this country
as we'll to a certain extent. You can
make more money out Of tobacco by
making it clean and good with ten
leaves to the stalk than with fifteen
of sorry trashy stuff. Keep it well
suckered and wormed and make good
quality. For this certainly will be
the time when quality / think will
count good deal. l do not want to
appear dictorial but the tcndancy of
some farmers are to quit plOwing their
tobacco too quick. Some of the best
growers, like Mr.. F.. f. DuBose, plow
their tobacco after it is topped off,
and especially will this be necessary
this year since the tobacco got stunt
TI fnrIn1r 4 hn Dnll Al
and had to be topped in many in
stances when it was too low. The
second growth will not hurt where it
did not get the first growth, suckers
one on the top should be turned out
where 1t has been topped too low. Ny
experience which has been long one
in tobacco here and most everywhere
else throughout tobaccodOm has
always been that the man who tried
to make the best success of his to-
bacco generally was paid best for his
efforts.
| am writing this because am sin
cerely interested in the welfare Of the
tobacco grower of this county. / have
tried in the past to be of the best pos
slble service to you all, my mistakes
whatever they may have been, are
known to you all. My position in the
tobacco business enables me to get a
line on the best results by coming
in contact with the whole situation,
! can then see where the defects are.
/ hope you will make good crops, and
that you will patroniZe your home
market, Manning. We will have the
usual full corp Of buyers; Just as good
as anywhere in the State. So when
the market opens sell your tobacco in
Manning, roads have been and are
being built from every direction lead
ing into Manning.
Here's hoping you may have a sue
cessfu year.
Respectfully,
r ID Cothron