The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-21
Tobacco Market
ing Association
Tobacco Farmers Who Have
Not Signed Contracts
Should Do So Before
February lst

Florence. Jan. W ne ite9t "e''N
for signing the cooperative tobac-
co marketing contract will be Feb
ruary .. The executive committee
at Raleigh, y. c., has allowed the
various campaign. committees TO
continue an active drive for new
sieners on the same basis until
February . at which time the
board of directors Will assume con-
troll. Those signing at the meet
ing or prior TO the meeting at
their respective court houses jan
uary 80 Will be allowed TO partici-
pate in the election for delegates
on that date.
The first lap in the race for CO.
operative marketing Of tobacco has
been won. All three states have
exceeded by a liberal margin their
minimum percentages. While South
Carolina has twice as much to gain
from the successful operation Of the
plan. yet Virginia and North Caro-
lima are way ahead of .Sopth Caro-
lima in amount signed up. The to-
tai amount signed by the three
states as shown by the contracts. at
Raleigh to January l, gives a grand
total Of 352.901.437 pounds. Of
this amount, Soath Carolina had
contracts to January !, showing a
total Of 29214,S24 pounds. More
than $1,000 contracts have been
signed in the three states.
The present organization as it
now stands will supervise and ar
range for the elections which are
to be held at the various county
court houses throughout the three
states on January 80. Each signer
! Will vote for delegates on this date.
who in turn Will elect directors on
February 2. The delegates for the
first district will assemble in Flor
enee for the purpose of electing
director for. that district, while
those elected in the second district
will meet in Sumter to elect a
|! director for that, district.
I The headquarters Of the organ
ization committee are now making
all the arrangements for these
elections in South Carolina. One Of
their duties being to notify each of
the thousands, OF signers' in this
Estate by. letter to attend these coun-
lty meetings on January 80. Each
tsigner, Of a contract whether he re-
ceiyes his notice or not is expected
T to attend this, meeting at his coun-
/ tX court house on Monday. January
80, at 10 o'clock a. m. He is also
requested in this notice to bring
/ one or two new signers with him on
that date. 1t is earnestly hoped by
the campaign, committee that each
and every signer viii do his duty
and heed this request.
Some. of the. tobacco. growing
COUNTIES in, this. state<already have
over 1,20o signers. Consequently,
it is expected that some. Of the
! court houses in these counties will
be filed TO capacity on. that day. a
few small warehouses are running
in the Burley district Of Kentucky
to accomn" "date those outside Of the
pool. In commenting on the situa-
ton, the Lexington. correspondent
hof Tobacco. a New York tobac-
co journel. has the following to say
ON January 9Th:
Prices generally were regarded
as good. The hurley pool. in
which nine-tenths Of the Kentucky
crop is signed up, generally is
credited for the increase in prices,
and it is The belief that the pooled
crop will bring still higher prices,
as the tobacco pooled is said to be
Of much better quality than that
outside the pool. In commenting
further on the situation, he says:
"As there is. little tobacco outside
the pool. it is expected that all the
unpooled tobacco will>be sold. with
in the next two Weeks
The Kentucky ASSOCIATION will
begin to offer theirs over their 1870
warehouse floors during this
month, The large tobacco COM
panies have promised the associa-
ton a square deal, and thus
dawns a new era in the marketing
Of tobacco by the cooperative plan.
Anyone desiring contracts for
himself or his neighbor can obtain
same by dropping a postal to the
Tobacco Campaign Committee,
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