Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-07
GEORGIA'S GREATEST
TOBACCO SEASON
OPENS WITH RUSH
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sale, and after all available space
had been filled, the streets were still
full of trucks to be unloaded after
the first sale has been moved off
the floor. After today's sale. how
ever, it is thought that there will
be enough floor space in the Two
warehouses TO handle the offerings.
Estimates Of volume run from a
quarter of a million to three hun
bred thousand pounds, but officia!
figures will not be availabel until
tomorrow. Considerable of the offer
ings are sand Tugs, but prices are
running fro mis- cents to 46 cents
for these grades, which seems to
be in line with expectations.
The average price for general run
and the grades seem to be what the
buyers want.
A tobacco special train will be OPP
Grated by the G.. & F.. railroad every
night to clean out all tobacco from
the markets on their line and place
empties for the next days loading.
GREAT OPENING DAY CROWD
FINE PRICES IN NASHVILLE
NASHVILLE, Ca, Aug. 6.-More
than half million pounds of tobac
20 was ready for sale here this
morning whe nthe market opened,
and the largest crowd ever known
in Nashville for opening day was
present.
Prices ranged from 10 to so cents
per pound and the growers were
greatly pleased.
LOWNDES COUNTY SELLS
100000 POUNDS IN DAY
NALDOSTA, Ga, Aug. 6.-South
Georgia today turned it's attention
to trading in its $6,250, 900 tobacco
crop, with markets active in half
dozen centerS, and prices averaging
slightly over 25 cents a pound for
first offerings which generally were
of the lower grades.
In LoWndes county, 500 900 pounds
of the leaf were placed on the mar
llet today, about equally divided be-
tween the NaldOsta and Hahira mar
kets. First sales at the local ware
house ranged from 3 to as cents per
pound, the average price paid being
about % cents. A second sale
brought prices of from 10 to 48
cents.
At Hahira. the weed was reported
bringing from ID TO AZ cents, while
the 400 600 pounds on the Nash
Vile market averaged good %
cents.
One private grower Of Cairo sold
1872 pounds of fair-to-middling grade,
receiving IS cents a pound for his
product on the Naldosta exchange.
MORE THAN 900, 900 POUNDS
IN BLACKSfJEAR
BLACkSHEAR, Ga, Aug. g.
This was probably the greatest day
Blackshear has known Citizens
have been working for this day for
six yeaFs-the opening of a tobacco
market. Only the Tugs were offered
for sale today. The three large
warehouses We're filled to capacity
last night and today enough tobacco
was on trucks, autos, wagons and
railroad cars to refill again. -Four
teen railroad cars of tobacco were
shipped from Cairo, Collins, Cobb
town and Meter. Tobacco is here
from every tobacco county in
Georgia and Florida. Blacksbear is
the only market in Georgia having
two sales at the same time All
dealers IN loose leaf TOBACCO IN the
world have two sets of buyers here
and 60 Independent buyers were
here also for first sale.
Today Morgan warehouse had on
floor 275,00O pounds, Planters ware
house 225 900 pounds and Farmers
warehouse $50, 900 pounds. A safe
estimate of tobacco in city is 1850
600 pounds There We're 5000 to
: 900 visitors in town.
Sales started at avera sc price of
20 cents, lowest cents. highest d