The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-01-31
TOBACCO HOUSES
RECEIVING WEED
Local Tobacco Warehouses Again
Scene of Unwonted Activity As
Delivery Continues
HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS

It's Tobacco is king" again, if ap-
pearances count for anything. The
streets of Paris wore somewhat of an
old time aspect yesterday when trucks
and wagons, heavily laden with the
weed that soothes and solaces, pass
ed on their way to the receiving
points at the Bourbon and Independ-
ent Warehouses, on South Main
street. At the warehouses all was
orderly and everything was done in
apple pie order. AS soon as a load
of tobacco had been placed in the
house, passed on and graded by the
graders, S. Kenney Nichols and c. S.
Patterson, the owner received his
voucher payable at one of the Paris
banks, and gave way for another.
Twenty-Five wagons will be unloaded
and graded each day, according to
the present program.
For several months farmers and
growers have been anticipating the
opening of the local houses, and the
business men of the city and county
are jubilant over the prospect of re-
turning prosperity with the circula-
ton of money long tied up. In barns
throughout the county tobacco men
will be busy for weeks getting the
weed ready for delivery. Deliveries
will continue at the Paris houses un-
til enough of the weed has been
brought in to keep the redryers busy.
Each grower will be notified when to
haul his crop to the houses. More
than ninety per cent of the tobacco
crop in Bourbon county has been
stripped.
The News has received many in
quiries in regard to the new system
of handling hurley tobacco. The sys-
tenn as briefly explained by member
of the Association, is as follows:
las the tobacco is received at the
warehouse from the member grow
ers, it is first graded, each separate
grade being placed in separate
basket, as under the old system, and
the baskets of each grower kept to-
gether. The official grader of the
association marks the grade on the
basket ticket, and the baskets are
then trucked to the scales.
AS each growers lot of baskets is
weigher marks the weight
on the basket tickets and coupons.
The weigher's coupons are detached
by him from the basket ticket, each
growers coupons being kept to-
gether and these coupons are passed
to the warehouseman or bookkeeper.
1.-THE warehouseman will then issue
participation certificate showing
the amount of tobacco delivered by
the grower. A duplicate of this par
tlcipation certificate is delivered to
the member grower, but the amount
Of the draft issued is omitted on the
duplicate. A triplicate copy of the
certificate must be
kept at the receiving warehouse.
When the participation certificate
is made out, draft drawn on the
Burley Tobacco Growers Coopera-
tive Association is issued to the
member grower in an amount de-
termined by the quantity and quail
ity of his crop.
"At the end of each day the cleri-
cal force of the receiving warehouse
will make out daily report of re-
ceipts and another showing the
'ales of tobacco made during the
day.
"A daily report also is made show
ing deliveries of tobacco made dur
ing the day to redrying plants.
when tobacco is sent to the re-
dryer or to the green prizery still
another report Is made daily to the
main office at Lexington
"A general stock ledger for
unprlzed tobacco is maintained by
each receiving warehouse, one sheet
for each grade of tobacco. Thus the
receiving warehouse will have a rec
ord on hand at all times of the total
number of pounds of each grade of
unprized tobacco.
When tobacco is green priced a
report is made ont in duplicate for
each hogshead. When priced to-
bacco is received by the redryer it
Is acknowledged to the main office
On another form. When tobacco is
redryed and shipped or delivered to
The storage house another report
will be made.
when redryed tobacco is receiy-
ed another form in duplicate will be
received with each load of tobacco.
The duplicate will be receipted and
returned to the redryer. The orig
nal will be taken by the storage man
and he will fill in the last column
The location in the warehouse and
nail at the end of day to main Of
ice in Lexington.
The deliveries of redried tobacco
On orders are reported on an invoice
form. This invoice will be made out
IN triplicate. The original must be
mailed to the main office in Lexing-
ION and the duplicate must be deliv-
cred to the buyer, the triplicate being
retained at the storage house."