The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-01-11
TWO CONTRACTS FOR
sweet POTATOES

Market CrOp-Shipment to Liy-
erpoOl-President Believes This
to be One of the Most Important
| Actions.
Florence, Jan. 11-As president of
the South Carolina Potato Associa-
ton [. Benton Young tonight made
TWO announcements which mean
much to the commercializing Of this
crop. His announcements were the
signing OF contracts with the Amer
lcan Fruit Growers, Inc, of Phila-
delphia, for marketing the crop this
season and shipment of lots to Liy-
erpool, England, for Introductory
distrobution.
January Is the American Fruit
Growers will open an office in Flor
ence and place representative here
to handle the movement of the crop.
This, office will be able also to ham
die any and all other produce of the
farmers where rendered in car lots.
This connection will afford a direct
outlet for South Carolina sweet no.
tatoes in 200 consuming centers of
the United States where the Amer
lean people keep personal represen-
tatives.
Through this sales connection the
South Carolina Sweet Potato Asso-
clatlon expects to place readily all
the products of it's meebers. A par
tlal list of member houses include
Dillon, Florence, Kingstrce, Tim
monsville, Walterboro with four
houses, Fairfax, Williston, lBam-
berg, Aiken, Johnston, Trenton,
Newberry, Bishopville, Appleton,
Cowards, Leesville, Gable, Marion,
Garnet Manning, Silver, Bloom
vile, Georgetown with two houses,
Wateree, Lanes, VarnvilIe and
others.
Charles j. Brand, president of the
company, made the trip here per-
sonally to sign the contract. He sign
cd for his company, while Mr.. Young
the directors in a meeting in Colum-
bla. The company is $1O,OOO,OOO
corporation and reputed to be one of
the largest selling organizations of
| its kind in the world.
Consequently interest in the con-
tract is Statewide. The over
wfclm;ng bulk of cured sweet po-
tatces of South Carolina are mar
keted through the association.
This VII amount to 200 carloads
this year. All of this will move
under copyrighted brand of the as
sociation with it's guarantee backed
by the State, which makes special
| inspection at the shipping point.
Shipments are pooled monthly by
grade and all shippcrs within the
same month receive The same price
for their stock.
In reference to the English ship
ment, the association, the Southern
Railway and the Carolina Company
of Charleston, will ship Saturday
via the steamship Wekika 500 car
tons of association cured and guar
antecd sweet potatoes to Liverpool
Through the biggest stores of that
city these potatoes will be dis
tributed free to most influential
customers for introduction to Eng
lish tables. Recipe books will ac-
company these cartons so English.
men will know how to prepare them
according to the time tested ways of
the South.
A feature Of the shipment will be
a special consignment for King
George and his queen. This prob
ably will be rendered through the
American ambassador, Col. George
Harvey.
The Carolina Company is pre-
pared to follow up this introduc-
tory feature by personal represent
atives.
This is the first effort of South
Carolina to break into Europe with
sweet potatoes.
In all probability the announcement
in the above article of the ar.
rangements made with the South
| Carolina Sweet Potato Association