The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-01-19
Feb. = Last Day
To Sign Up Tobacco

Florence, S. c., Jan. 16-The last
date for signing the cooperative to-
bacco marketing contract will be
February 2. The executive commit
tee at Raleigh, N. c., has allowed the
various campaign committees to con-
tinue an active drive for new sign
ers on the same basis until Feb. 2, at
which time the board Of directors
will assume control. Those signing
at the meeting, or prior to the meet
ing, at their respective court houses
January 80 will be allowed to parti-
cipate 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 liberal margin
their minimum percentages. While
South Carolina has twice as
much to gain from the
percentages. While South Carolina
ceeded by liberal margin their mimi
has twice as much to gain from the
successful operation Of the plan, yet
Virginia and North Carolina are way
ahead of South Carolina in amount
signed up. The total 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, South Caro-
lima had contracts to January l,
showing total of 29,214,S24 pounds.
More than $1,000 contracts have
been signed in the three states.
The present organization as it now
stands will supervise and arrange
for the elections which are to be held
at the various county court houses
throughout the three states on Jan.
80. Each signer will vote for dele
gates on this date, who in turn will
elect directors on February 2. The
delegates for the first district will as
semble in Florence for the purpose of
electing a director for that district,
while those elected in the second dis
trict will meet in Sumter to elect a
director for that district.
The headquarters of the organiza-
ton committee are now making all
the ARRANGEMENTS for these elections
in South Carolina. One of their du-
ties being to notify each of the thous-
ands of signers in this state by let
ter to attend these county meetings
on Jan. 80. Each signer Of con-
tract, whether he receives his notice
or not, is expected to attend this
meeting at his county court house
on Monday, Jan. 80, at ten o'clock,
a. m. He is also requested in this
notice to bring one or two signers
with him on that date. 1t is earnest
ly hoped by the campaign committee
that each and every signer will do
his duty and heed this request.
Some of the tobacco growing coun-
ties in this state already have over
1900 signers. Consequently, it is
expected that some of the court
houses in these counties will be filled
to capacity on that day. A few small
warehouses are running in the hurley
district of Kentucky to accommodaA e
those outside of the pool. In COM
menting on the situation, the Lex
ington correspondent of Tobacco" a
New York tobacco journal, has the
following to say on Jan. 9:
t'Prices generally were regarded
as good. The hurley pool,
in which nine-tenths of the Kentucky
crop is signed up, generally is credit
ed for the increase in prices, and 1t is
the belief that the pooled crop will
bring still higher prices, as the TO-
bacco pooled is said to be of much
better quality than that outside the
pool" In commenting further on
the situation, he says: Gas there
is little tobacco outside the pool, 1t is
expected that all the unpooled tobac-
CO will be sold within the next two
weeks"
The Kentucky situation will be-
gin to offer theirs over their 130
warehouse floors during this month.
The large tobacco companies have
promised the association a square
deal, and thus dawns new era in the
marketing Of tobacco by the coopera-
tive plan.
Anyone desiring contracts for him
self or mis- neighbor can obtain same
by dropping a postal to the Tobacco
Campaign Committee, Florence, S.
C.
Little to Ask.