Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-11-26
IYSCHBURG TOBACCO.
what Was Done ia 1.-The Weed" Du.
ring the Past Year-Aftomptcd
Sutctde-Dsath. Etc.
ICorreepondence OF the Richmond Dlsraichl
LYxcHBuEG, November 81, 1856.


LYNcHBUEG, November 81, 1856.
Through the courtesy Of Mr.. James
Franklin, Jr., secretary OF the Lynchburg
Tobacco Association, your correspondent
has been permitted to glance at the records
Of the Association and to examine the re-
port Of its president for the year ending
with October, from which n great deal OF
information Is obtainable with regard 10
the tobacco trade Of this city.
The Association numbers II members,
Of whom IL firms are engaged IN the
manufacture Of plug, s in smoking, y in
pricing and shipping. and Pin cigarettes.
Most OF these firms are composed OF two or
mole members.
The sales on the floors OF the warehouses
for 1856 amounted to 37,iG2,979 pounds an
increase Of 279 per cent. over the preceding
year. There is large quantity Of tobacco
brought TO this market from other mar
kets by manufacturers who work II up,
and does not pass through the warehouses.
This is reported as "sales not reported per
warehouses;" and amounted last year to
S.IOs.I99 pounds-an increase OF 80 per
cont. over the preceding year; add to this
resales not included in the above sales,
which amounted to 3,l60,272, and we have
as total sales for the year ending October,
1856, of 1885,, $50 pounds-an increase OF
90 per cent. over the year 1885, and an IN
crease over average sales for the preceding
fifteen years-from 1870 TO 1884 inclusive
Of 145 per cent.
The tobacco exported from this market
in 1856 amounted to 2l,7l0,723, as against
g,G04, 2i6 pounds in lSSj-being an In
crease OF 133 per cent.
These figures speak for the nselyes, and
show, Notwithstanding the stagnation in
the tobacco trade throughout not only this
country. but Europe, continuous amt
enormous growth in the tobacco trade OF
the city, while il proves with equal con-
clusiyeness that the prices obtained are at
least equal TO those Of any other market.
II snould be remembered, in this cOnnec-
ton, that primings are not counted In the
foregoing estmates-i0r they have practi-
cally been driven out Of This market-and
II low prices for rery inferior crates can
prove effective, the supply OF that kind Of
stock will soon cease coming here alto
gether; but II can safely be asserted that
fair or good tobacco, whether dark or
bright, will always command prices That
will amply remunerate the planter, and it
is the universal opinion among tobacco
men IN this city that # the planters will
cultivate a smaller area OF tOhlcco-land, aud
need seek q market.
Edward Maxey, living about two miles
from Campbell Courthouse, tired TO commit
suicide sunday night by cutting his throat,
while laboring under a tit OF temporary In.
tanlty produced by over.indulgence in in
toxcants. The wound was dressed 10y
neighborng physicians, and the patient
will probably recover.
A. J. Tanner was before Acting Mavor
Breatbed yesterday on a charge OF alductlne
Blanche Gambler. q girl Of fifteen. The
warrant having been obtained by the mother
OF the girl, the latter WAS found in room
rented aud furnished by Tanner, and The
mother testified that the latter had declared
his intention of taking the grlto New York
and that sine was afraid he would again alb
duct her. Blanche said, in explanation %
her conduct, that Tanner promised to marry
her, which he denies. Tanner was baiicd
In $500 for disappearance AT the grand-iuly
term Of the Hastings Court in January.
A man hailing 10 the name OF Emerson,
agay and festive youth, was arrested at
Clifton Forge yesterday, and taken, Will
his young wife, through this city to Am.
herst county. where he is wanted by divers
creditors. lie l. professed muslc-teacher
and eloped while occupied IN that capacity
with one OF his pupils, the daughter OF Mr.
G. Barry Jessop, Of Ashland, Md, and wa.
married 10 her in Washington. Her father
expresses desire 10 interview his son-in
law, but IL is not believed with a view O
reconciliation.
The death OF Rev l.. II. Green, pastor o
the Methodist Episcopal church, South, q
Roanoke City, which occurred yesterday
after an illness Of two months, Is a sever
loss to that community and to the Balti
more Conference-of which he was JneGl
ber-as well. Mr.. Green was native c
Stafford county, where his parents now n
side. He was a young man, Just thirty
three, Of brilliant talents, and gave ampl
promise Of becoming one OF the foremo'
men In the organization TO which he wa
attached. lie was greatly beloved for b
personal qualities as well ~ his pulpit abb
tiles, and his loss viii be severely felt, M
only in Roanoke, where he had been bt
two years. but also In Salem, where he Ia
served the full limit Of the Conference lay
and where his ministry was attended vii
great success. REX,