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purchased over 1,200,000 pounds of pooled tobacco. Three of the
principy] owners of this company are C. C. Dixon, a district ware-
ouse manager for the cooperative, J. H. Dixon, one of its general
graders, | J. S. Neal, employed in its warehouse department.
Typical of the correspondence between Mr. Patterson and this
company are the following letters:
Dixon-Bucuan Tosacco Co.,
Mullins. S. C., August 19, 1922.
Mr. A. R. BREEDLOVE,
Leaf Department, Richmond, Va.
Duar Sir: We hope vou will be able to start our plant to work for the asso-
siation at once as we are standing still at a heavy expense; also, we are very
anxious to get enough work to organize our working force. We have only
received two hogsheads of tobacco so far, consequently have not been able to do
any redrying whatever for the association.
Thanking you for your assistance in getting us started, we are,
Yours very truly,
Dixon-Bucaan Tosacco Co,
A. H. BuchaN, :
President and Treasurer.
Topacco Growers COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION,
Richmond, Va., September 22, 1923.
Dixon-Bucuax Tonacco Co,
Mullins, 8. C.
Dxar Sims: In addition to the markets from which you are now receiving
tobaccos to be redried for account of the association, we have instructed the fol-
lowing markets to ship you the grades designated to be redried for our account:
Grades B, D, E, F, and H: Greelyville, Summerville, Monks Corner, Pamplicc,
Loris, Chadbourn, Conway, Aynor.
Yours very truly,
MuLning. 8. C., October 10, 1824.
Mr. R. R. PATTERSON,
Richmond, Va.
Duar Dick: I write to say that Dixon-Buchan has caught up with all redry-
ng for the association tobacco.
According to our understanding when 1 last talked with you that you would
turn all tobacco back to Dixon-Buchan as soon as we caught up.
Would be very glad indeed if you would send me all the tobacco you can
this coming week. What has been received up to to-night you can let go to
the various plants that are now redrying. but we will be very glad to have receipts
of next week's tobacco. pe
It has quit raining and turned cool and tobacco is in much better order than
it has been, though a large per cent of our receipts at this time is damaged
tobacco.
Yours very trulv,
C. 0. Dixon,
District Director.
E. L. Walton is a district warehouse manager for the association
at Danville, Va. In 1923 Mr. Walton made an arrangement with
W. Y. Noell & Sons, dealers and redriers at Danville, whereby he
Was to use his influence to send tobacco to this firm to redry and
it agreed to pay him one-third of the profits thereon. The letters
and other data submitted below show that with Mr. Patterson’s
cooperation the transaction became effective.
DANVILLE, VA., December 10, 1923.
Mr. R. R. PATTERSON,
Richmond, Va.
Dear Dick: Mr. L. V. Burton, who has the power of attorney, to sign contracts
also bond for W. Y. Noell & Son, will hand you this letter. If vou can do any-
thine for him. I assure same will be appreciated bv me
