The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-07
Here You are Friend Henderso n !

Mr.. Edward Burke. editor of the New
York ToL1cco Leaf, who has recent
ly been making a tour of the Virgins
and North Carolina tobacco markets.
has the following to say about Hender-
son.
This is another Of the thriving towns
that have grown up in the past few years
in North Carolina under the magical in
~fnence of the tobacco trade.
Warehouses. -"Cooper's,' J. c. & D.
Y Cooper. proprietors; Carolina,
Burwell Bros. & Co., proprietors; wat
kin,," j. S. Meadows & Co., propric-
tors.
Leaf Dealers.-J. C. & D. Y. Cooper,
S. s G.. Watkins, w. f. Gary s. Co.,
Burwel Bros. & Co.. II. NJ. Cannon.
w. S. Stark. w. II. Smoot, Hicks &
Son. John B. Watkins, G. Hunter, s.
Deans, Hart & Fleming. B. Davis, L. A.
| Davis, e. l.. Blacknali. O. w. Blacknall,
E. G. Barnes, ]. d. Cooper, J. S Mead
ows. r. J. Jones. A. w. Schaum. j NJ.
Burnett. R. Nj. Powell, Jeffreys & Bar
mes, j. W. Gibson, John R Barnard, II.
Perry & Co.. B. f. Knott, I. j. Hill. w.
S. Phillips, II. Thompson, A. G. Daniel,
Fl. T. Jenkins.
Manufacturers.-J. E. Potue.
The market opened in October. 1872,
and sold the first year from 300, 900 to
400. 600 pounds leaf. This year it will
sell from six to seven million pounds. &C
cording to the statements of competent
observers. The bulk of its leaf supplies
are drawn from Warren. Vance, Gran
vile, Person, Orange and Franklin coun
ties, North Carolina, and M%ecklenburg
county, Virginia, and it is enabled to of
fer facilities to every class of buyers at
home or aboard, including the European
Regies, which are now buying as their
requirements impel. The receipts of
red and dark tobaccos and of fine. sweet
filters in the warehouses have been large
this year. No market, it is said, can
excel the Henderson market in Mahog-
any wrappers and filters, which are grown
in Warren, Franklin and Mecklenburg
creasing their tobacco crops every year.
as. indeed, are all the tobacco growing
counties.
The warehouses in Henderson are com
mOdious and we'll adapted to the business
conducted in them. The place is ad-
mirable adapted for manufacturers, as
both bright and red tobaccos are to be
had in abundance there. AT present
but one mandatory is permanently estab
lished in the place, ami that is joseph
Z. Pogue's factory owned by Joseph E
Pogue and William H. Walker. The
premises include a large plot Of ground
in the centre of the town, aud a fine
brick factory three stories high to be
increased shortly to four stories and 40
by 100 feet in breadth and depth. The
factory is fitted up with approved ma
chinery, and produced about a million
pounds Of plug, navy. TWIST and fancy
tobaccos per annum, which are mainly
sold in the South, from which MIR. Pogue
had Just returned and where he had sold
about all the goods his firm had on hand,
or would have before February, when the
new leaf will be available. The firm en-
plOys when In full operation from $50 to
$50 hands.
Mr.. Pogue is one Of the successful
young Southern manufacturers. He
commenced business for himself in 1876,
when he was % years old, and built the
factory now C 'nducted by himself and
partner. Previously he was with his
brother at Mllsboro."
Messrs. w. f. Gary 4 Co., have an
prize house and stemmery at
Henderson and are clever men. w. H.
SmoOt also has a fine prize house there.
Burwelps block If brick buildings, which
includes an opera house, are among the
public ornaments Of the towc.
The only noticeable want 10 Hender-
son, as in Oxford, is manufacturers, but
they will go there in a short time.