The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-05
TOBACCO MEN
Meeting of Greatest Interest of
United States to BE Held at
Florence on January IA.

Florence, Jan. 1.-The greatest to-
DaccO interests of the United States
will convene i'm Florence January IA,
when the South Carolina Tobacco AS
sociation will have u statewide mass
meeting of growers TO present and
follow up the plans adopted and rec
commended by the Intcr-S state Tobacco
Growers association formed Decom-
Der 1913 when leading tobacco
growing Interests Of the country held
a big convention i'm Richmond, Va. N.
III. Mcmillan, OF Mullins, president of
the South Carolina associa ton, prob
ably will nave a special meeting Of
his directors and other officials in
Florence next Thursday To make ar.
rahsements for the greater meeting
called for the week following.
Aaron SapirO, of San Francisco.
Calf. legal adviser to II different
cooperative growers md marketing
associations through the Pacific coas,
states of Washington Oregon and
California, will be one of the princi-
pal attendants, lie is expected tc
Outline possible lines and plans o.
procedure to solve then depressing CIR
industry I'm the tobacco growing states.
DR.. j. y. Joyner, OF La Grange, ".
c., president Of The North Carolina
Tobacco association and former state
superintendent of public education Of
that state. will be present also. Clar-
once Poe. OF Raleigh. y. G., editor of
the Progressive Farmer and one Of
the foremost champions OF agricul-
tural interests OF tho south, will also
attend and be one OF the principal
speakers. Dir. W. w. Long. OF Glenn
son College. director of the extension
service I'm South Carolina. is expected
The specific object OF this meeting
liz to familiar!ze the growers of South
Carolina with the conditions of the
tobacco industry in South Carolina
and generally throughout the tobac-
co belt IL possible the meeting will
resolve upon means and methods of
meeting this condition. and put them
ia operation.
According 10 eminent authority, the
tobacco production today is coo, ,000.-
goo pounds while the consumption is
only 45O.0O0,000 Per annum. The
proposition now as a director Of the
association stated here today, is TO de-
termine what to do with this surplus
and how TO dispose OF it without loss
to the producer. q.
Tho meeting in Richmond the mid
die OF December is reported to have
been one OF the greatest assemble
or tobacco growers ever held in the
country. Attending it were repre-
sentativcs from practically every to-
bacco growing state in the belt Thus
far. the state and sectional associa-
tions OF Virginia. Tennessee, North
and South Carolina have Joined the
Interstate association. Kentucky is
expected 10 associate with it also.
south Carolina was recognized well
ny the big Richmond meeting as in
dicated III the important Offices TO
which her representatives were elect
cd. DR.. Long was named ono of tbc
Interstate executive committeeman.
Bright Williamson, OF Darlington.
was elected ono OF the vice prcsidcnta
o. the association ~. Benson Young
secretary OF the South Carolina assc,.
ciatian was elected member of the
committee on contract
All Of these gentlemen are expect
cd to bc present at and participate in
the South Carolina meeting here Jan
uary IL. The hour and place will be
announced later. probably Immediate
~ after the meeting OF the director
ate of the state association here next
week.