Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-10-24
The Tuxla cigars are preferred by many to
the best Havanas

| dale have a tobacco warehouse in Clarks-
Vile and ore in HOpkinsville. They have
recently associated with them in their bust
ness Mr.. w. j. Ely. formerly OF the firm,
Ely & Kennedy. Mr.. Ely, however, is ASSOC
ciated only with the GAINESVILLE house.
This firm is now made up of as good tobac-
| CO rnen as there is in the West. The Hop
kinsville house has sold to date this year
/ 5000 hhds. The GAINESVILLE house did not
| commence business until the lst December,
but it has sold to date this year 2,700 hhds.
Mr.. Ragsdale win continue as salesman at
| Hopkinsville and Mr.. Hancock at ClariSs-
| vile. Mr.. J. G. HUMPHREYS is the general
| agent of the house. Mr.. HUMPHREYS is one
of the most influential men of this county,
and is full of energy and vim, hence his
services will prove TO be valuable to the
| house.
-Bradstreet's report of the tobacco crop of
! Tennessee, Says: A general increased
\ acreage was reported from this State, and
! with favorable weather the yield would
have been equal to that of last year. The
damaging drouth, however, which extended
/ through this district reduced the good pros
poets considerably. Late rains did some
| good, but the general opinion seems to be
that only a fair average crop can be gath
cred If frost does not intervene. good
| deal of the crop was cut prematurely in
consequence of dfy-weather ripening.
More complaint comes from this state than
from Kentucky of damage by the above
mentioned causes, and the production this
year in Tennessee will probably be less
comparatively than in the former State.
The weataer for curing is very good, and the
tobacco will vary in weight from $50 to 700
pounds per acre.
Bob Burdette: A writer who is driving
tobacco smoking out of The land says
"Men do not need tobacco Look at women!
Without speaking word she i'll her own
life proves that smoking is unnecessary,
that people can live well and happily with
out it. Look at woman and throw away
your cigar forever" Now, this is the
trouble with some people. They always
overCio their arguments. Tell me, does the
average American woman owe her health
to abstinence from smoking? If she does,
then in heavens name let her buy a pipe
and a pound of tobacco and learn to smoke.
Any change in the health of the American
woman, it seems to me, would be for the
better. Do the women of America enjoy
better health than the men? 1t seems to
me that the anti-smoker was unfortunate
in his selection of an example. Do the men
fade out at thirty five, and look old at forty,
and dzzle clear away at nifty? Go to.
Give us better arguments against the cigar
than this or the wooden Indian will con-
tinue to do rushing business at the same
old stand.
"A report from Henderson, KY, to the N
Y. Tobacco Leaf says: The whole of last
week was as fine weather for cutting tobac-
co as was ever seen. Every farmer took
best portion of this years crop is hanging
in the barn. There is now outstanding
something less than a fourth of the crop.
What is not yet cut Is unrine, and some
have cut green tobacco to clear the ground |
for a crop of wheat, which will be sown at
once. The old method of curing tobacco is
new for this section of the country. Where |
log fires were built under the tobacco i'll |
some places iron hueS are used and coke or |
charcoal burned in them. The new process /
has not had a fair trial yet, but those who !
used it last year are adopting it this. The |
growing scarcity of timber makes some |
such process eXpedient if not necessary. /
No frost of consequence as yet. 1t is raining |
at present, and everyone thinks there will |
be heavy frost if it clears up suddenly.
According to the last report of the State I
Auditor of Kentucky, the crop amounted to /
DIG, 147 pounds. OF the one hundred and sew
enteen counties in Kentucky, sixty-two
were credited with producing l000,oO0 !
pounds each or over in 1884 Bradstreet has
obtained from all of these counties reports
as to the general condition of the plant. In
addition to these, reports have been OBJ
tanned from counties producing not quite
l 100000 pounds, SO that the fotal number of
counties reporting is seventy -four. OF the
seventy four counties reporting, thirty-two
counties, representing in 1884 9S 265,8l2 |
pounds, report the acreage as being the
same as it was last year; twenty counties,
,06l pounds in 1884, report
an increase in acreage of 10 to 10 per cent;
twenty-five counties, representing 81 ,360,Sl9
pounds, show decrease ranging at about
due to early cold snaps, much tobacco was
cut prematurely, and consequently the quail
ity suffered to some extent. From estimates
the damage in this State prom
ises to be about 10 per cent from all causes