Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-07
Tobacco began to move in Georgia

Tobacco began to move in Georgia
today.
Crowded streets, busting activity
in big warehouses, topped by the
song Of the auctioneer ,barbecues,
speeches and general good spirits,
particularly because of the excellent
outlook for fancy prices and the
greatest crop of the weed ever pro-
duced in the state, both in quantity
and quality-all characterized the
day in some dozen towns in the great
coastal plains section.
1t is estimated that tobacco grow
ers of the Empire state will realize
something over $4,000, 900 for their
product this year, with prices ranging
from 10 to SIS cents per pound. The
largest firms in the Wo-ld will be rep
resented at the markets attracted by
the high quality tobacco produced
by Georgia soils.
Blackshear expected to handle
about 100000 pounds the opening
day, and this will be the only point
in the state where the large COM
panies are represented by two sets
of buyers, and two sales will be go
ing on at the same time. The town
has three large warehouses with APP
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floor space, equipped with every
modern convenience for buyer and
seller.
Triton business men have just COM
pleted tour through q large terri
tory advertising the advantages or
its commodious warehouses, and VAL
dosta, Douglas, Fitzgerald and other
towns are giving barbecues to help
draw the crowds to their markets..
Ot..e towns staged "big days" with
barbecues and picnics few days be-
fore the opening.
Vidalia this year enters the mar
ket with fine facilities and is expect &
ing to handle d large quantity or
high grade tobacco.
SEVERAL COUNTIES SEND
TOBACCO TO HAZLEHURST
HAZLEHURST, Ga, Aug. g.
The local tobacco market opened
this morning with great prospects.
Buyers here from all the great to-
bacco centers are all high-class men
eager to get into the competitive bid
ding. They say this section has a
high tobacco unexcelled anywhere
in the belt.
Tobacco came in from many coun.
ties to this market this being fine
railroad junction point giving the
best shipping facilities. 1t Is yet
hard to estimate the number OF
pounds that will be marketed here.
but it is colservatively estimated
that it will run up in to the millions
of pounds.
LARGE CROWDS ATTEND
TWO SALES IN Triton
Triton, Ga, Aug. 6.-The tobac-
- %4d. 10
floors of both warehouses, $4,000
square feet of floor space. were COW
cred to capacity. Throngs of grow
ers and visitors watched the sales
with interest. 1t was almost like a
circus throng in the vicinity of the
warehouses.
The first pile sold for rs cents.
Low, five cents. Best price early in
morning was Sc cents. Representa-
tives of all tobacco concerns buying
in the Georgia market are buying
here. The Imperial tobacco COM
pany of Great Britain was the larg-
est buyer. 1t operates a big stem.
merry and redrying plant here.
Tobacco was sold today from near
ly every tobacco producing county in
the state, including Berrien, Brant-
ley, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Lowndes.
Worth and others. 1t is expected
more tobacco will be sold on local
market during season from other
counties than from Tiff. There was
more weed on floor Of one warehouse
today than on any day last season.
Probably more than 100000 pounds
will be sold today, with an average
price for day of over rs cents. To-
bacco was still coming in from grow
ers though warehouses loaded to ca
pacity. Sales at first warehouse
probably will end about o'clock this
afternoon when sales at the others
will start.
Over 100000 pounds expected be
sold here during season.
TWO WAREHOUSES; PROVE
INSUFFICIENT IN VIDALIA
VIDALIA, Ga, Aug. 6.-Every-
thing was just right at the opening
Of the season for the sale Of Georgia
loose leaf bright tobacco in the Vida.
LA market-weather fair enough,
barbecue for everybody and enough
folks to consume it, enough tobacco
to make a cigarette for everybody
in the world and enough buyers to
handle 1T and cash money in the
banks to pay for it.
Sales opened at 9 o'clock with q
floor full OF the weed. The cotton
warehouse was also opened for the
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