The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1885-12-10
NO. iti.

NO. i6.
! years after the Nay tosAooo guturr wa.
] abandoned. the high prity. far osts.. tte'
| prcFa94cd Tor several years load .t re
! into the cultivation - tsstt.- a. t-e.
| scTe 10th t. Stop 30 tNvu after t2. Ir--ss
sets almost t-iaw the cc~t ot lr7-ltsetsse
/ Finally some a.; the planter istuS ora I'll,
/ Southern oordcg l-San d.. cu.tsat.ssi 81
! tobacco The, ba'. ate 4rt a3nFsc
/ The Hue curing system af t.srsr tf--
! cnee proved that no lands sere tv slt.- t--,I
| Warren lands fer the tullvayIou - ltt.ehI
tobacco. Their success induced e.H,r# g.
| plant the we,d uutii nov the ucu tatat..t
clal king threatens tu drthr.Ht
ton and take the front >rst % th. -s64
a,ogue Of profitable crops
Warrenton Witnessed The advent ~ ll3,
new order Of thing, aud ,sau ia s3r-
10 JOIN IN the march - pr4Gr,.~o aua .-a.
rs industrial battles under Pc -ea
banner Of the uew king
In January last Capt " Ntu.c Ati
Mr.. Joe, Nct,oc, reCax axuIt,us tae at.e,.--t
OF intusing into the old town S1ias uf it,
new spirit of progress huAt -tn8. fu
bacco warehouse Their first >.,ic til ttIf
subsequent sales showed thar t.y l-.op',
OF Warren were hIndly disposed tyAatl
their county town and Wcr,- Not.euIk a.l
Ing, but ANXIOUS 10 AID la !t> r,luNtu.fiaa.
The merchants and even thv professional
men of the town became lut. r,.~tst tu tia,
new industry and did what th,y cea.d tu
wards its successful establishment
In September Dr j q King sr.ct,tl war.
house number two which Is h larEr. well
llphfpd hIltlHtnsr NJ u.
room. Ii was at once leased b> N,vr>
Boyd Bros. & Co, who were experienced
tobacconists and warchous,m,u The,
announced their opening sale for pci 3rd
and when the day arrived, thc town ~ould
hardly hold the hundreds al wagons that
came IN from every direction The chat
ter OF the auctioncer Kept time with til,
cllnk OF the ready dollar a. They dropped
into the farmers pockets, aud befurr tn,
day was over the town Was running oNcr
with business.
The Arriugtou>.
With ucN era Of business a,fl4.tA n
any town comes capital from other places
seeking profitable investment and a. v 1T
renton showed her disposition To JON hcr
prosperous sister cities, she attracted iii,
attention among others ~ tWo gentlemen.
former residents. who were among No. few
split milk, but III the language - tue IL
parted Billings, gathered up their bucket,
and went for the next COW. Nts-r~ At
rington Bros, III the summer Of $500,
against the advice OF those who thought
all was lost, right here III Warreutou,
began most successful business career.
They forgot the past and worked and
hoped for the futurc Their business Jul-
lered until they felt justified III rcacti..
out for broader fields. SO to Petersburg
they went. Their business continued to
increase until "A branch house IN l.lrhWond
WAS established. \ few month. ago feel
ing that their old home w,7 a-...u ,u
the road to prosperity Mr.. : + AruuHou,
the junior of the firm returned - Nal
renton, with his family bought al
whole square of property and commenced
the erection of the Arlington Warchouec
and drying rooms. The plans adopted hy
Messrs. Arlington furniahc- on" Of Tie
most convenient and systemati arrange
mcnts for handling tobacco to - found
anywhere III the South. ON one corner of
the block is the warehouse, ouc of thc
largest and best lighted warehouse lu lh,
State, containing twelve Thousand quar-,
feet of floor room. on the other corurr f.
the large prize and drying rooms, Three
stories high, containing g.. 600 cubt feet
III SIBdft dINi W lAI II ti iiiI iNiftt'.tts i}4
300, 900 pounds The t~o byildIuy 5rc
connected by the Office of Arlington Ira..
leaf tobacco brokers
The Opening OF the t.tInSfon.
Before the uew warehouse NIa ut..f|,f
ed it was leased 10 Mca-r- Witness Eha
The firm IS composed of Capt " 'AItr
who has been for years az actin. ,-...tJs
business man and Mr.. Peter Alleu one "t
the most successful tobacco r;t-.r< ui
Warren county. They announced tLclr
opening sale for Wednesday, Dee 2ud aId
before noon that day their large lloor aa-
covered over with the golden weed Ear
mers were there from Warren. Nash Hal
flax, Franklin, Vance and several from
Mccklenburg and Brunswick countic> \a.
Messrs. II A. FOote and W y Mont
gOmery were asked 10 make short speeches
Mr.. Foote, editor Of the Warreutou Ga.
zette, who by the way has worked iu e.t
son and out Of season to instIll INTO N1r
rentonians this spirit Of progress, madc a
happy little speech congratulating the pco-
pie of Warren and Of Warrenton on tn"
advent of this great industry in theIr
midst Mr. Walter 4. Montgomery then
arose and made a capital little speech. lie
spoke eloqucntly and feelngly Of the peace
and plenty that prevailed III Warren iu
olden times; alluded to the period Of dc
preston that had interyened between that
time and the present. Now he saw the
| bright dawning Of a new era Of prosperity
and happiness. He paid tribute to the
liberality Of the men who had come among
them and brought their money and Their
experience with them to help rebuild th"
good old town and county, and closed y
! dedioating the commodious building to he
worthy purpose for which II was erected.
The auctioneer then took the floor and
| for the next two hours made tho new
! building ring with that kind Of chin mn
| that fills the farmers hearts with JOY and
! their pockets with dollars MesSrs. Ar
rngton Bros. Boyd Bros. tc Co. bite 8
| Allen. Jacob Parker = Co. t. y FarinhoH.
! Gardner IL Rodmari, J. +. McGee T.. II
/ Reid, w &. oycrbey, Herbert jenkins, J..
! j. Holden. 4 L. WYNN, Twitty IL Prim
rose, Watson d Boyd, H. J. Burwcll and
| c. D. Smith are WarrentOn BUYERS Ihel
are all spirited fellows and are determined
that their market shall play second fiddl.
to no market in the State, Messrs Whit,
Il Allen, the prOprletors Of the new Ar
I rington Warehouse, are ALWAYS a-tIEcI1
engaged IN looking after the farmer T.
terest and their successful opening DreaI
places them IN The front ranks of our cu
terprising warehousemen.
After the opening sale at the Arlington
everybody adjourned 10 Boyd warehouse
| which was tiled with an excellent QUALITY