Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-10-27
THE WEED.
General Tobacco News.

4 A tobacco barn valued at $1,000,
was burned near Nicholasville. 1t
was the property of N. Sageser.
n Oxford, Wis, is to have two ware
houses this fall for the handling Of
Tobacco grown in that neighborhood'
Five hundred and seventy-five
hogsheads of tobacco were burned
p, at the Allegheny house fire in Rich
r-Inond, Va, last week. y .'] 10
The Alleghaney Warehouse al
Richmond, Va, was consumed by
fire last Monday night, entailing 8
"a loss of $4,000. Seventy-five hogs
heads OF Tobacco were consumed.
Mr.. o. ID. Greene, near Glencoe
Owen County KY, recently lost by
fire his large barn, 1000 pounds oil
New and 1000 sticks of Old Tobacco
besides his wheat, buggy, and farm
3 ing implements. lie had but $2,00(
insurance.
1t is probable that the Information
al and Progressive Cigar Makers
Unions will consolidate, as commit
tees from both organizations will
meet in Central Labor Union Hall al
Rochester to-day, with this purpose
in view.
The Nashville American of the l4tl
says at meeting of about 400 mer.
chants and Tobacco planters at Ores
den, Weakly County (the second
county in yield in the state) it was
resolved to organize cooperative
Tobacco factory with $4,000 capital
During the week ending October
18th, 10000 pounds of Leaf Tobacco
were sold in the Lynchburg market
From October lst, the sales have ag-
-gregated 294,500 pounds, as against
4l9,200 pounds for the corresponding
& period of the previous year.-West'
! era Tobacco Journal.
| The Boone County (Ky.) Recorder
6 ofthesl4th says "'The large Tobac-
CO warehouse at Neville, on the Ohio
river, just below Bellevlew,this coun-
ty, and owned by j. W. Walker, was
entirely consumed by fire last night
about9 o'clock. 1t was fully insured.
Supposed to be the work of an in
cendiary.
q The Lexington (Ky.) Press of the
l4th says: 81. Soule Smith, Commits
sioner for Kentucky of the New
Orleans Exposition, arrived in the
city last night, from Lexington and
expected to meet to-day Louis Nc
Whittier, Special Commissioner of
the Exposition. The object of their
meeting is to make an effort to SC.
cure the Tobacco exhibit of Kentucky
There are fair promises of securing it,
( and 1t is hoped to have 1t definitely
known at once"
A VALUABLE DISCOVERY.
The Durham Recorder of the Nth
thus notes an important discovery in
the way of Cigarette Wrappers
Mr.. Buck Duke has invented a Gig
arctic paper, made of pure Tobacco
stems. This will work a wonderful
revolution in the Cigarette trade, as
the paper used heretofore has been
very impure and retarded somewhat
sthe sale, Of Cigarettes. This will
make pure tobacco article, which
will be more popular with the
smokers"
AT the recent Convention at Gin.
. cinnati the international Cigar Max
ers' Union decided that hereafter
local Unions can not declare a strike
until the Executive Board of the Ma
.llioDal organization, acting as an
, Arbitration Board, meets in the city
or town where the strike is threaten
ed, and inquiries INTO the matter and
attempts an adjustment of difficulties.
When a strike is declared 81 90 per
week will be allowed to strikers for
tie first sixteen weeks. SO 90 for the
next eight weeks and 50 90 for every
week thereafter. The bitter expert
once III the Cincinnati strike, which
was declared about two years ago,
aud lasted for thirteen months, had
Inuchto do with bringing about this
change which, no doubt, manufact-
mers will hail with satisfaction.
THE WAY TO ENCOURAGE THE GROWTH
r. or FINE CIGAR LEAF.
The following from the American
Cnltivator of the 18th, contains food
for, reflection; We think that the
farmers are alive to the situation,
and fully understand that if they ex-
pect to get paying prices for their
crops Of Tobacco they have no other
recourse but to raise a finer leaf than
ever before. If fine leaf can be raised
the necessity of going abroad for fine
leaf will be .obviated. 10 do this
the grower must have some encour-
agcment from the dealers. This they
don't get. The jobber will use every
effort to buy at starvation prizes
that which is really worth good
round sum. We have known them
10 Maggie over crop long time to
get It for 10 or IL cents, that should
be worth three times that amount.
So the grower is discouraged. lie
cannot sell a fine, desirable crop for
much, if any, more than his neigh
Dor gets for coarse, heavy class OF
goods, Let the trade show any prop
er appreciation of fine, serviceable
leaf. and the farmers will grow it.
If the present crop of fine leaf doesn't
bring reasonable price, many will
cease growing the weed, or If they
grow any,it will be with the view
TO get quantity rather than quality
z After a Trightful Fall,