Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-08-30
CLAREsYILLE, TENN

energy ana DuSln0SS lutSSFItyGt her
Tobacco merchants, is gradually
giving it prestige by which it is
becoming the natural channel for
marketing the Dark Shipping Ex-
port Leaf of this section.
This point, as a Tobacco market,
is centuary old, and her strongest
rival is Louisville, KY, but indica-
tions are that in the near future it
will be the largest and leading mar
ket for its peculiar character of To-
bacco, brought about by the follow
ing facts: That Louisville the rival
of Clarksville, is rapidly becoming
what is termed a "Buriey" mar
.ket; that one of the leading firms
(Messrs. Frazer & Hancock) Of Hop
kinsvilIe, KY, are erecting large
tobacco warehous, and will take
with them their trade; that Mr.. E..
M. Flack, also of Hopkinsville "a
buyer on the market this week.
contemplates moving here, and the
building of new railroad from
here to Princeton, KY, through
a portion OF the tobacco belt of this
District, are factors in the problem
of this being the strictly leading
heavy shipping leaf market OF Ten
nessee and Kentucky.
The Trade is composed Of that
class OF men typical of those en-
gagged in the tobacco industry of the
Sonth-gentlemen of politeness and
hospitality. When a stranger is
among them they "take him In" in
such way that the reflections OF
past associations with them are
pleasant thoughts.
There has been sold in this mar
ket this year about Is, 900 hogsheads
of tobacco, and the Trade fully ex'
pect to sell $4,000 hogsheads next
year. The readers will bear in
mind that the sales of Tobacco are
virtually ended for this year, except
an occasional sale of a few scatter
ing hogsheads. The weights of the
packages range from 1000 TO 1900
pounds, averaging about 1900
pounds.
The outlook in the GAINESVILLE
district, as a whole, composed OF
the counties of Montgomery, Rob
ertson, Stewart, Cheatham, Dickson,
Houston and part of Humphreys
in Tennessee, and Christian, Trigg.
Logan and Todd in Kentucky, are
very promising at present. There
has been considerable more than an
average crop planted, and the opin-
ion is that large and good crop
will be harvested, provided rain
falls within the next few days; the
growing crop needs rain the plants
have good growth but the leaf is
narrow. :
With theAprospect of good and
large crop of dark heavy tobacco
there is no reason to predict any
very low prices taking the course
of the market in the past as a basis.
For when in 1877 large crop was
produced the "bottom, $50 to speak,
fell out of the tobacco market, one
firm of this place having had to
sell that year their packings at $3.50
per hundred, causing them a loss OF
over $4,000, while al present the
market remains firm in the face OF a
large crop. The reasons of the above
predictions are based upon the facts
that in the Virginia and North Car
olina dark tobacco sections the plan
tiers have been decreasing the acre
age, and turned their attention to
other agricultural pursuits, while in
Kentucky and Tennessee the
hurley" craze has encrOached upon
the territory of the dark shipping
leaf, and another cause is the in
creased consumption of the weed.
The leading buyers of the Trade
are: Mr.. B. X. Gold, whose resi-
dence and experience dates back in
the fifties, and he is amply provi-
ded with all the facilities for filling
orders entrusted to his care. Mr..
S. F. Beaumont, one OF the leading
citizens and president OF one OF the
National banks, Is prominent to-
bacco dealer. Messrs. M. H. Clark
& Bro, have q branch house estab-
lished at Hopkinsville, KY, and
are building an addition to their
factory here to accOmm0-
date their increasing trade. Mr.. j.
L. Edwards, thoroughly reliable
and having the confidence OF the
trade, and who keeps posted as to
the growing crop by personal obser-
vations, is an aspirant for the pat
ronage of the trade. Mr.. Louis I:
Gold, it appeared to your pencil
shower, had a corner on the market
as he took most of the offerings on
Change Tuesday. Mr.. BrOnough,
the company and resident buyer OF
Messrs. G. F. Jarrett & Co., is one OF
the large buyers OH the market.
Messrs. w. III. Crouch & Son, the
senior of which is veteran in the
trade, are worthy OF the attention
Of the trade, and their business IN
.egrity "guilt-edged."
The leading warehouses are the
Grange Warehouse, the Gracey
the Central Warehouse
md the Elephant Warehouse.
Among tobacco buyers from the
towns on Change to-
lay were Messrs. Buck q Morrow,
If lakewood, Tenn; Mr.. w. III. |
Leigh, of Carbondale, Tenn.
The question of offering q pre-
MUM to the planter who sells the
argest crop of tobacco OF his own
.rOWth in GAINESVILLE the coming
eason, is one of the topics that is
describing the minds of some of the
Ifthe idea is car
led out we have in our mind Mr..
Tohn II. Dunn, of Barren Plains,
Tenn, who has put out $50 acres Of
obacco, and would carry off the
blue ribbon" Any one having a
arger acreage we will give him a
Iearing in the Western Tobacco
OurnaI.
The Farmers Reunion and Stock
how held here this week was a
rand success. The interest exhibit
ed by every one of the county or
ity, whether a granger or not,
rgues we'll for its future. The ex-
ibit of live stock was very cred
table one to Montgomery County,
nd would be hard to surpass by
1any sections that have made the
aising of blooded stock a business
Or many years. Nature could not
ave favored them with a more de-
ghtful place to hold an exhibit.
To Mr.. NJ. V. Ingram, Secretary
+ the Association, in part, is due
he success of Live Stock Show.
epOrt of the Trustee of the School Money.
Below we give the report OF John
. Neblett Trustee, OF the school
loney for the past year: