Henderson daily dispatch., September 23, 1932, Section Two, Page PAGE EIGHT, Image 16

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HENDERSON EASY
MARKET TO REACH
Pared Highways Lead Into
City From Nearly Erery
Direction
HAUL LARGER LOADS
Tntoks Can Come From Great Dis
tances and Tobacco Can Be Sold
arid Grower Get Back Home
By Nightfall
Henderson's tobacco market Is one
of the moat easily accessible of any
in the State It Is approached by
paved highways from nearly every
direction, and where this Is not the
case, improved soil roads lead Into the
ci'y, making it possible for automo
biles and large trucks to bring heavy
loads here in the same day, discharge
their business and return home by
night.
Farmers from long -distances are
aware of this advantage, and in ’he
last several years have been coming
hers in greater numbers to do their
selling and buying.
This condition works especially to
the advan age of tobacco and cotton
growers, who know that ro-tds are
passable in all kinds of weather, re
gsrdiess of the size of thelT load.
Route 50. a State and Federal high
through the city, is open to customers
way which runs north and south
from those directions at almost un
limited distances. This highway i
paved in both directions for hundred;
of miles.
From the west growers may reach
the city over a paved highway be
tween Oxford and Henderson, serv
ing all that wide sweep of territory
Frcwn the east, growers may reac!
Henderson either over Route 501. a
short cut byway of Loulsburg and
Epsom, or they may come from
Loulsburg to Henderson by way' of
Franklin, where the entire distance L
paved
An improved highway. State Rout'
501. leads into the city from Towns
villa and Virginia This i 3 a soil roa*.
bn* has been improved and is access
ible at n ll times It is one of the im
portant arteries feeding Into the city
From the Cokeabury and Ay cod'
school sections an improved highwa
leods Into the city, reaching a paved
read a mile from the city limits.
Residents of the Watkins and Dab
rev sections may tak ethe Oxford
highway into Henderson or come b;
wav of Dabnev and into the city or
a mile of naved road.
From the direction of Middlebnrr
Xorlina. Warrenton and Littleton and
V rginla .the is over Rou't
so
Residents of the Kittrell and Frank
I‘ntcn sections use the lower end of
Route 50 over a paved highway into
the c)‘y.
FOUR WAREHOUSES
AND DOUBBLE SALES
WILL BE PROVIDED
«or»«iuiueo from Page One )
ham and N. R <Rnck» White will rur
the Big Henderson Warehouse, whlli
W M. Young and W. B. Daniel. Jr.
will agair operate Cooper’s Ware
house. W. J. Alston is again managet
of the Farmers Warehouse, and the
High Price Warehouse will be operat
ed by G. W. Knott. Lee Gooch and
W. P. Smith. AHare experienced to
bscco men. having been in the busi
ness many years.
All of the larger companies and
some of the smaller ones will be re
presented. and Henderson this year
will hav* double sales, as has been
the case for many years.
The dual set or ouvers, which
means that two 3ales are in progress
at the same time, have been a large
contributing factor to the rapid ex
pansion of the Henderson market in
the last five years. second set of
buyers will not come on the local mar
ket until the second week, since the
first week's sales usually are light.
One warehouse that Is shy on this
marke* this season for the first time
in 19 years Is the Planters, which was
burned two days before last Christ
mas. and a week after the market’s
Christmas holidays began. It was a
total loss. Because of delays of one
kind or another, the warehouse was
not rebuilt, but some think it will be
restored to the market here before
another season.
SELL US YOUR COTTON
Highest Prices, Correct Weights
And Best Service
THE COOPER COMPANY
HENDERSON, t NORTH CAROLINA
HOW COTTON GROWS IN VANCE COUTNY
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Granville Birthplace Os
Flue-Cured Tobacco
Caswell County Also Lays (Maim to the Honor, Hilt That
County. Inaugurated Tobacco Culture* Year After It
Was Pronounced Success In Granville
(Oxford Public Ledger)
Although Granville Is the birthplace
>f flue-cured tobacco, that honor is
II spy ted by Col. A. B. Carrington,
he ■krell known tobacconist of Dan
nie. .The first flue-cured tobacco by
vood was on the farm of the late A.
J. Parham, three miles east of Oxford
m the John Penn Highway near the
Jranville-Vance county line, in 1864
.'he new method spread rapidly tha
blowing year, and aecoiding to Col.
’arring*on it made its appearance in
Caswell county in 1856. The Reidi;-
•ille Review contains the following m
erestlng claims of Col. Carrington.
“A. B. Carrington reviewed fr.endly
he hist'ory of the birth tobacco in
t*>try. in which industry hj has play
d a most prominent par,, during his
ddress at Shady Grove t:«e other day.
“Few people," said he- "know'
he bright tobacco industry originated
n Casweil county. In 1856 the first
.right tobacco was cured hero, when a
armer used charcoal instead of wood
vhich produced bright tobacco wh L n
■ured, so that Caswell cour/y has a
ital interest in bright tobat'o
“Up to 1901 a hundred to a hundred
md twent*y-flve numon pounds of
>right tobacco were raised annually In
-he Old Belt Virginia and North Caro
ina, of which about fifty million
tounds were sold in Dar.vill*, the bal
ince at other bright markets in Vir
ginia and North Caro.ina, such as
Winston-Salem, Durham. Oxforc. and
Henderson.
“During the same period only around
-hiray-five to forty million pounds of
oright tobacco were raised in Eastern
North Carolina and Sou-h Carolina.
“Since 1900 there has been a larg?
ncrease in bright tobacco, both in the
Did Belt Virginia and North Carolina
•ectlon and in the section south of us.
Up to 1900 only a small percent of the
crop was raised east of Raleigh.
“In 1930 tha crop In the Old Belt
Virginia and North Carolina sections,
known as “Old Belt" tobaroc, had >n
creased to about two hundred and
eighty million pounds. While the crop
in Eastern Carolina, South Carolina
and Georgia had Increased to five
•hundred and seventy-five miUion
pounds.
“From this you can see the tremen
dous increase In bright tobacco, and
how much the increase has been in
the section south of the original to
bacco territory.
“During the Ws" continued Col.
Carrington, “the Old Belt Virginia and
North Carolina district had practicably
a monopoly on bright tobacco, and
what the world needed was gotten
from this section, principally through
Danvilvle.
“Since 1901 the amount raised in the
wmmmm, t*.&j racer, tmnwa nmir.mtman * tm
new territory has Increased trio-en
dously, while we show some increase
also in the Old Belt Virginia and
North Carolina sections.
“The world consumption of bright
tobacco has increased along with the
increased crop. But there is a ten
dency to over-production mat has
caused low prices and made it less
profitable to raise tobacco in this sec
tion than it was 30 years ago, as the
tobacco raised in the south of us have
taken the place of the tobacco with
which the world was originally sup
plied fro mthis immediate section in
Old Belt Virginia and North Carolina.
“In the meantime, during the past
ten years, a concerted effort seems to
have been made by almost every coun
try in the world to raise tobacco, some
of them meeting with a fair measure
of success, and the United States gov
ernment reports that the total amoun.
of tobacco raised in the world is 5,-
266,364,000 pounds, of which the Unit
ed States raises 1,635.210,000 pounds.
“A small portion of this is brignt to- (
bacco which is replacing cigarette
types raised in this country. While
this country is holding Its own. it is
meeting heavy competition with mar
kets in the world In all classes of to
bacco, and the monopoly was enjoyed
thirty years ago no longer exists.
“You doubtless remember.” said the
speaker, "that in 1918-1919, immedi
ately following the world war. tobacco
sold at a very high average. The
average for 1919 was about fifty-four
cents a pound for the entire bright
crop of tobacco in Virginia, North
Carolina and Georgia.
“The bankrupt countries of Europe
were unable to handle tobacco at this
price and began to look elsewhere for
cheaper tobaccos, resulting in Increases
of production in foreign countries, with
a consequent loos of markets for high
priced bright tobacco raised In this
country.
"It is a fact when tobacco In this
country reaches a certain average
price, foreign countries get their sup
ply at lower prices from tobacco raised
in other countries that is produced
cheaper, is commoner in quality and
sold at a lower price."
REPEAL OF TAX ON
CIGARETTES ASKED
Austin, Tex., Sept. 23.—Repeal of
the stamp tax on Cigarettes, which
was passed at the last session of the
legislature, is sought lu a bill intro
duced in the House by Represent*-
tive C. E. Farmer, of Fort Worth.
He declared that the tax. which
during its first year yielded to the
State a total of 83,500,000 revenue, is
a burden on the masses, due to the
increased price of cigarettes.
SMALL CUBAN CROP
PUNTED F 11932
Yield Will Be Far Below
Previous Years Due
to Curtailments
Washington. Sept. 23.—Recent re
ports confirm that the 1932 Cuban to
bacco crop will be far below that of
the previous year due largely to cur
tailed plantings. Weather conditions
have not been altogether satisfactory.
Lack of cool weather during the win
ter months has somewhat impaired
the genera! quality of the tobacco, al
though it is said to be of good bum.
■Prices, whic hare still unremumera
tlve, will obviously depend on the de
mand the new crop will have.
Not many sales have been made In
the country to date. Most farmers are
packing their own tobacco and few
"vegas" have come to the market as
yet. The cigar makers' strike which
began on January 14 has practically
settled itself. Havana cigar workers
are willing to resume work but as
most of the manufacturers have In
the meantime moved their factories
to interior points, many are finding
it difficult to seure employment, says
American Commercial Attache Albert
F. Nufer.
Fair Premiums
Offer Cash For
Farm Exhibitors
Raleigh, Sept. 23 —(AP) -Vegetable
growers have an excellent chance to
pick up some extra cash this fall by
exhibiting their products at various
fairs—especially if they select qual
ity produce and properly prepare It.
Robert Schemidt, vegetable re
search spectalist for the agricultural
experiment mation at N. C. State Col
lege, pointed out today that “Its not
the largest specimen that cops the
■premunm, these days. Products are
now Judged on unformlty in size and
shape, smootheness, freedom from
blemish and trueness to type and
variety.”
Every exhibitor, Shemidt said,
should be careful to observe that the
specimen is of a desirable market
size; that the exhibit is properly en
tered; and that the vegetables are all
true to type.
He warned that mislabelled entries
will be thrown out. For instance, he
said, if an exhibitor sends In Nancy
Hall potatoes, as Porto Ricos, the en
try is disqualified.
If entries are to be shipped or trans
ported. he cautioned that each speci
men should be wrapped separately to
avoid bruising.
“Just a little extra care along these
lines,” Schemidt said, “will bring ex
tra dividends in premiums and will
afford the grower much satisfaction
from the results of his fair work.”
Sixty years ago the combined cre
dits of New York. London, Paris and
Berlin, was less than one billion dol
lars.
CANADA CONSUMES
LESS TIM) NOW
/
Government Statistics From
Ottawa Indicate" Slight
Decrease
Washington, Sept. 23 —Statistics re
leased by CartnaAsskmer of Excise, De-
Ipartatent of National Revenue, Ottawa
indicate that tobacco consumption In
Canada la at ppreaent on a lower scale
than at the same period of last year,
states American Consul Julian F. Har
rington in a report released by the To
baaco Division of the Department of
Cotmnarce. The number of cigarettes
entered for consumption in June. 1932
waa only 376,779,975 as compared with
430,179,170 in the aame month of last
WE WANT
COTTON £
We Pay Highest
Market Prices
We are large buyers and sellers of cotton and are
in position to pay the growers highest prices
daily. This is made possible through our highly
"developed selling connections and experience in
the business
Our gin is located near the business section of
Henderson and easy to reach.
BRING US YOUR FIRST LOAD
Rose Gin & Supply Co.
GEORGE A. ROSE PRESIDENT
HENDERSON, N. C.
year.
For Mm first aix months of the cur
rent calendar year cigarette* entered
lor oononmphkm totalled 1.828,037,469
the corresponding total In 1931
nn5v2.1M4128.740. The consumption
of mge cigarette# also fell off from
461,170 in the first gamester of 1981 to
316.700 In the same period o this year.
Plug tobacoo entered for consump
tion in the first half of the current cal
enter year totalled 2488,408 pound# as
compared with 2,711,6*9 pounds In the
corresponding six months of last year.
Cigar consumption also declined in
the six month period from 65.126,151
in 19*1 to 58,923,713 in the first half
of 1932. Foreign leaf tobacco entered
for consumption in the first half of
1931 totalled 7,577413 pounds compar
ed with 6.444,207 pounds during the
first, half of the present year.
The consumption of cut tobacco
however, appears to have increased
during the current year. The amount
entered for consumption Increased
from 7411,663 pounds in the first half
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of 11*1 to 8,421.463 pound*.
9*o* * current c.^2,l"'^
sweet potatoes ax
seed are APPftQy^
Gastonia, Sept. 23 AT ,
acres of sweet potatoes i n .. , Ff >
ville section of Ga*ton i. * U *' f -
been passed by me ‘ • "*
Carolina Seed Improver,,.,
Uon and will b# certified 3 *
laboratory teats are mad* ' r '" **
County Agent L b Altman
growers in the section aie t . 1
.Ing In the work snd th.
cured and stored in th* r r * ’ *
storage house. They will be 7‘
certified seed potatoes r “* u
The thrd finger of <i |B v„, ,
once known as th-. \ “ !
was believed that thi<- fir.z*! ‘*7, It
direct connection with the h»a' *' !
that a noxious drug c-, U id r .. ' '
it without giving direr* wan... , S
finger was therefore used for
medicinal and other mixture ?