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Telegram-herald., 1889-11-23

For hall racks, center tables, plllai
extension taolcs, chairs and rockers, go
to the Vinegar Furniture Company.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-23

For a nice pattern Of Ingram carpet
for SOC, 60 to the Vinegar Furniture
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-23

Rose buds wth s-0nat~s f~- no.
rour SIS. Thh=' drug sfrra 81
A1nroc-st-s corner sprng 81.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-23

Last day and evening Of A. o. {. ".
Art exhibition. Don't miss 1t. Cherry
1t. and cable cars pass the hall, West
FuitOu-st.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-23

Lung and chest protectors, chamols
vests. jackets (prevent lung troubles.
Tibbs' drug store.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-23

For pillows, cOmfortables and blank
cts, 90 TO the Vinegar Furniture Com
r,rr,v-
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-23
GOYlARS G. STOVIn, Buffalo, n. Y.

ASSESSMENT ROLL for the improvement of
~ Fifth avenue. from Madison avenue TO
East street ia the city Of Grand Rapids.
OfTICE OF CITY CLERK,
GRANp RAPIDS. Mich. Nov. %. lSSY. J
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-23

MABEL can't 90 with you to
Powers tomorrow. Wait until Monday
night. I know the lecture on Love" IS
immense, but surely YOU can wait one
day. No; bustles are not worn.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-23
TOWN TOPICS.


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Telegram-herald., 1889-11-23

John Ki.lcou 81 Son sells Ben Hur
cigars FRY taCm.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-23

CARBlE-I am sorry can't 60 with
you tomorrow night. I would If YOU
would leave your wretched chapcrOuo
behind. The idea of listening 20 Ice
ture on Love with ncrglvesmea a chill.
! wl ae ,u the dress circle at Powers
way nvor % Tie reAt. WI.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-23

For fine coal stove. base burner, "a
inch nre pot for s240o, 60 TO the Vine
gar furnltlre %.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-23

suoae and chew "Ftuest aud Bravcst''
loharro. save me cards. They are
ruIa arhIC.
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warehouseman, starting in the business
here when to less far-seeing men there
seemed to be but little encouragement
or hope Of seeing Henderson the centre
and mart of the famous Bri ght Tobac-
CO Belt, he has remained steadfast and
worked on until to-day he has his re-
ward in the splendid business he has
established and the proud satisfaction
of seeing Henderson the growing and
prosperous town that it is. Mr.. Coop
er's name is inseparably connected
with the towns history, and is worthy
of honorable mention whenever and
wherever there is occasion to speak of
it or the men who have helped to
make it what we find it to-day, one OF the
most thoroughgoing, enterprising and
progressive towns in North Carolina,
known and recognized abroad as the
first bright tobacco market in the
State.
Besides doing an immense business
in tobacco, both buying and selling,
Mr.. Cooper handles large quantities of
guano, and has no doubt sold more
vehicles-carriages, buggies and wag-
ons-than any other dealer in this
part of the State. He is also a large
farmer, having made on his farms the
present year 90 barns of tobacco to-
gether with large amount of other
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tobacco than Henderson. Look at
the magnificent structures devoted to
this business alone. These have been
made necessary from time to time as
the growth of the trade demanded.
Steadily we are moving onward, in
creasing year by year in the number
of pounds sold and in the facilities for
handling the raw leaf as we'll as for
manufacturing it into the more mer-
chantable articles of chewing and
smoking tobacco.
And as for the character of the to-
bacco grown in this section there is
none superior. Henderson has be-
come famous as the home of the finest
tobacco on the globe. In point Of
color, texture and favor the bright yell
low tobacco indigenous to the terri
tory from which this market draws its
support is unsurpassed for cigarettes
and smoking purposes, while as wrap
pers for the finer grades of plug it has
always been preferable to any other.
No man has done more to build up
the Henderson market than Mr.. Coop
er. He is an active and jealous worker
in its behalf ever on the alert to widen
the range of its territory and draw
trade in this direction. He is firm
believer in the value of printers ink
and uses it unsparingly. In advertising
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Vance, Franklin, Nash, Warren, Hall
fax, Edgecombe, Wilson and Wayne
counties; and Mecklenburg, Bruins
wick and Halifax counties, in Virginia
as we'll as from some of the more re-
mote counties of the two States, and
from South Carolina, tobacco comes
to Cooper's warehouse. The unsur-
passed accommodations and the salts
factory prices at which all grades of
the leaf are sold there, bring it. Mr..
Cooper's motto is to please his pat
rons, and this is lived up to most hap
PLY, if good accommodations for the
farmers and their teams, and the high
est prices for their tobacco, count for
anything.
No warehouse in North Carolina has
higher reputation or enjoys better
patronage than Cooper's. Commenc-
ing as we have already said in small
way in 1873, its business has since
grown to the proud position that it
now occupies position that is as
gratifying to its friends and patrons as
it is creditable to its proprietor. 1t
has steadily increased from the first,
until it has assumed really mammoth
proportions, and each year finds its
patronage growing larger and larger.
1t has become a common remark
among those who know him, that
"Dave Cooper is natural born ware
houseman - and SO he is. If any
man has found his calling" that man
most assuredly is D. Y. Cooper. Ills
superior tact and industry, his fine
business capacity and thorough knowl-
edge of tobacco, peculiarly fit him for
the successful conduct of his gigantic
operations to his own pecuniary ad-
vantage and the welfare and entire
satisfaction of those who patronize his
house. Not only is Henderson the
leading bright leaf market in the State,
but beyond all question and compari-
son, Mr.. Cooper is pre-eminently the
first tobacco warehouseman in North
Carolina.
There is no man engaged in the
trade who is better known or enjoys
a higher reputation than Mr.. Cooper.
A man of integrity and fine knowl-
edge of his business, whether as ware
houseman or buyer Of and dealer in
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pluck and energy, wide-awake and
progressive in his ideas, Mr.. Cooper is
ever ready to turn his attention into
any channel of industry and trade that
promises we'll for himself or the town.
Quick to act, he is at the same time
cautious and sagacious in all his bust
ness transactions, and although his
dealings cover wide range of enter
prise and his operations are quite ex-
tensive he has been singularly fortu-
nate in all his undertakings. Possess
ing great diversity of talent and al
most boundless energy and persever-
ance, in whatever direction he applies
himself he seems to have the rare good
fortune of carrying success with it.
As man of sound business princi-
Piles, practical and matured in thought
and action as applied to the every day
affairs of life, Mr.. Cooper enjoys dis
tinction far beyond his years, and may
very properly be held up as an example
OF what we'll directed energy, morality
and integrity may accomplish. He is
essentially self-made man and de-
serves all the more credit for being
what he is to-day, ,one of our wealthiest
and foremost citizens, intelligent, pub
lic-spirited and progressive. He is
man of sterling qualities, who came
upon the stage of action as tobacco
warehousemman with only that knowl
edge and experience gained in the field
as :. grower of "the weed" How
we'll he has succeeded the massive pile
of brick which it was necessary to
construct in order to accommodate his
large and growing patronage, fully at
tests. 1t is a substantial and we'll
arranged establishment, fitted up in
modern style, everything being planned
with an eye to comfort, convenience
and adaptability to the purposes for
for which it is designed. Indeed, it
is complete in all its details and ap-
pointments, credit to the proprietor
and an ornament to the town.
As a warehouseman Mr.. Cooper
stands pre-eminently at the head.
Perfectly conversant with the business
in all its details, no man is better posted
On all Questions pertaining thereto
and no man knows better how to turn
his superior knowledge to good account
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NO. L.

leaf tobacco, he is equally well known
and stands descrvedly high.
While he has accomplished much
tor one of his years in establishing a
great business and amassing a valuable
property, he mas not yet reached the
zenith of his useful and honorable
career, and it is safe to predict still
more brilliant future for him. IA nat
ural born warehouseman,' as has been
truly said of him, and in his native
element in that as in no other business
perhaps, yet he has proven himself
equally successful in whatever channel
OF trade he directs his attention. A
man OF rare sagacity and keen percep-
tive powers, he has the breadth of mind.
pluck and energy that bring success.
Starting in life possessed of but little
OF this worlds goods as applied to
financial means, his path was not
strewn with roses, nor was there ALWAYS
willing hand to guide him along,
but he had the nerve and push requi-
site to success, and impelled by in
domitable pluck and perseverance,
tlreless energy and unflagging zeal,
guided by rare business tact and iudg-
ment, he has achieved success at what
ever he has undertaken and stands to-
day IN the front rank of successful
business men.
No man in the State is better known
to the tobacco growing and tobacco
selling public. His house stands at
the very head for high prices and fair
and square dealing, and his books
show that for the year just closed
Cooper's warehouse sold upwards Of
1000, 900 pounds at an average that
is unapproached by any other house
in any market. The establishment is
run on strictly business principles,
method as well as manner entering
into the minutest details; ard indeed,
it would be impossible to conduct such
a business successfully without it.
Everything is done for the comfort and
convenience of his patrons but one
consideration outweighing this with
MIR. Cooper, and that is to get the
farmer the highest possible price for
his tobacco always.
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did its patronage grow that, capacious
as were its dimensions, it was too much
of "pent up Utica" to longer cir
! cumscribe the energies of its ndefati-
gable and progressive owner.
This building would no longer serve
his purpose, and seeing that it was
again necessary to enlarge the capac-
ity, conveniences and general facilities
of MS establishment, with characteris-
tic enterprise and business sagactity
Mr.. Cooper determined upon the pres
ent building. and its erection was be-
gun in the summer of 1887. 1t is large
and we'll built structure, covering an
area described by 2o4 feet long by ITO
feet wide, with basement for storage
purposes 10 by 2o4 feet. A portion
OF 1t is two stories high above the base
ment, handsome in architectural de-
sign and excellent in workmanship.
1t has every modern improvement, is
elegantly fitted up and lighted with
both gas and electricity. Upon en-
tering the front you find nice suite
of offices, finished in native woods,
while little further on are rooms for
farmers afording every accommoda-
ton for their convenience and COM
tcrt. The sales room is splendid
one in every respect. The sky lights
are numerous and so arranged as to
show the tobacco to best effect bring
ing out its fine qualities to superior
advantage, while the floor is pro-
nounced by competent judges to be |
the finest of its kind in the South.
Ours is strictly speaking "tobacco
town. The golden leaf is the genius
of Henderson-there is no denying
that. Ever since the establishment of
a tobacco market here the town has
been steadily on the up grade in the
line of material development. Its ad-
vance has been of healthy, substan-
tlal and permanent character, such as
to inspire confidence in its future and +
the permanency of its prosperity, as
evidenced by the multiplicity and di !
versity of its industries and enterprises.
No market has better class of bus
iness men engaged in the trade, nor
can any boast of better accommoda- !
tions for the handling and storing OF
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-12-19

for his patrons. Starting at the very
foundation stone Of business, beginning
life aS a farmer and taking the crop
through all Its various stages, from the
plant bed to the field, and then to the
curing barn and the pack house, and
finally to where he now is as the sole
proprietor of the largest and best
equipped sales warehouse in North
Carolina, it may be said that he has
been cradled in the tobacco business
IN one capacity or another, and his
thorough knowledge of the trade, born
OF years of experience and a guarantee
to satisfy his customers, should be rec
commentator enough for him, if in
deed any Recommendation were
needed. He has ample capital, busi-
ness integrity, skill and intelligence,
and withal the ability to carry out any
business agreement that he may enter
into.
Starting in business in a small way,
Mr.. Cooper soon went rapidly to the
front as a tobacco warehouseman and
demonstrated his great aptitude and
ability in that field of endeavor, and
through the mutations of time we see
what giant oak this little acorn has
grown to be. Now an immense, con-
veniently arranged and we'll appointed
establishment speaks in language more
eloquent than pen can describe of its
wonderful growth and development.
In addition to his splendid warehouse
Mr.. Cooper has a number of large,
airy and we'll built prize factories,
which give him more room for the
handling and storing of leaf tobacco
than any other one man or firm in
Henderson. We show cut of one of
these buildings on this page.
Mr.. Cooper is yet young man,
hardly in the prime of life, so far as
the full development and display of his
splendid business powers are concerned. |
Personally, he is held in high esteem.
He is one of those observant, affable,
souls that seem to under
stand human nature and draw men to
them. He is popular with the farm
ers and wherever tobacco is grown
throughout this entire section of North |
Carolina and Virginia for an hundred
miles distant, Cooper's warehouse is a |
household word and its popularity is
evidenced by the splendid patronage
it enjoys. From Person, Caswell,
Orange, Durham, Wake, Granville,
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produce He takes great interest in
his farming operations and points with
pride to his success in that line as we'll
as others. Mr.. Cooper is born bus
mess man and has tact not only of
succeeding at whatever he undertakes
but of infusing new life into those
about him. He is never idle or IN
active, but is ever on the alert in push
ing his business or any enterprise for
the good of the oxn Or community.
In whatever pursuit Mr.. Cooper's
keen foresight and sound business judg-
ment lead him, his course is marked
by characteristic energy and enter
prise, and with commendable zeal and
a fixed determination always not only
to succeed, but to excel, he allows
nothing that may be reasonably ac-
complished by the aid Of such quail
ties and characteristics as these to
stand in the way of his laudable ambi-
tion-an ambition to succeed in what i
ever he undertakes How well he has
up to the standard of such
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! his own business he thereby advertises
the town and both grow and prosper
alike. From less than 800, 900 pounds
of tobacco sold in 1873 our annual
sales now approximate very nearly
1o,ooo,o 900 pounds, and the volume
of trade is increasing each year. That
Mr.. Cooper has been a potential factor
in bringing about this remarkable
growth, no one will gainsay. Certainly
" tobacco has been the making Of the
place." and he may be aptly styled
the father of the tobacco market, having
established it and done his full share
toward maintaining it and the reputa-
ton of his town.
Mr.. Cooper is thoroughly indenti-
fed with Henderson and the tobacco
Interest, land no man has worked harder
or done more to build up and sustain
this market. He has ever been alive
to every industry and enterprise calcu-
lated to benefit the town and develop
it into the leading bright tobacco mar
ket in North Carolina. The pioneer
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that time, Mr.. Cooper had come here
with the determination of building up
a tobacco market, and with keen busi-
ness foresight and an abiding fairth in
the future of the town, he has stood
firm and worked on, until to-day he
is the Oldest warehouseman in the
State Gin continuous years in the bust
ness) and has made necessary the large
and splendid building that bears his
name and stands a monument to his
industry and enterprise.
In making a choice of location to
engage in business for himself it was
fortunate that Mr.. Cooper selected
Henderson. 1t must be admitted,
however, that at that time to all out
ward appearances there was very little
to encourage one of less courageous
spirit or business foresight. Hender-
son then was but small village-a
mere wayside station on the highway
of progress-and gave poor promise of
the busy, bustling little city with su-
perb business blocks, handsome resi-
dences, gigantic warehouses, man.
moth prize factories, electric lights,
varied manufacturing enterprises and
upwards of 1000 population that it is
to-day.
For many years Henderson moved
along slowly in the stages of growth,
but with the establishment of tobacco
market here its more rapid progress
commenced and it has steadily grown
since. Having good market con-
venient the cultivation of tobacco has
become more general throughout this
section and has extended further east
ward from year to year. Geographic
cally situated as it is, being the nat
ural centre and distributing point for
a large territory of country which has
become famous for the superior quality
of the bright tobacco it produces, its
development into one of the leading
leaf markets in the State has been the
gratifying if not the anticipated result
Henderson as a tobacco market
dates only as far back as 1873. On
the 2oth day of January, of that year,
ne first leaf tobacco was sold in Coop
rs warehouse, an unpretentious, and
That would to-day be considered quite
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Every town has its pioneer in certain
lines of business, who have given di-
rection to its growth and Distinctive
ness to its character. Seventeen years
ago Henderson was fortunate in draw
ing to itself man who has shown
himself unusually able and brilliant
in his special line of business-as in
deed he has in whatever direction he
has devoted his talents and energies
a man who has infused into its de-
velopment spirit Of independence
and self-reliance, as we'll as moral
and progressive practical energy that
is seen to-day in the vigorous growth
and prosperity of the place. Need we
say such man is Mr.. D. Y. Cooper?
His practical experience, ready judg-
ment and clear perceptive powers
marked him as possessing the requisite
qualities for leading and successful
business man, who, by his strength of
mind and energy of character, was
destined to exert remarkable influence
upon the community, evolving the
order of the present out of the chaos Of
the slothful and unprogressive past.
Coming to Henderson IN 1872 Mr..
Cooper established himself in business
as a warehouseman for the sale of leaf
tobacco, and since that time he has
been actively and conspicuously identi
fled with the trade which has made
this famous as the leading tobacco
market in North Carolina. 1t may
be remarked here that in this business
he has been eminently successful from
the start, and his star is yet in the as
tendency. Unpropitious as the sur
and situation appeared at
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high and noble endeavor, those who
know his career are free to admit tina,
he has achieved this end in an emf
nent degree. His success has been re-
markable, pleasing to his friends as ii
is creditable to himself. Starting in
life poor boy he has, by we'll directed
energy and application, made himself
what he is to-day, one OF our wealth
lest, most intelligent and highly es-
teemed citizens. His career strongly
exemplifies the fact, that pluck and
perseverance, coupled with astrict ad-
herence to honesty and good judg-
ment, are always productive of good
results, and no man has cause to re-
alize this more fully than he.
Mr.. Cooper came from among the
farming class and of family noted
for their successful farming before the
war. He was raised on farm, and
gained much of his knowledge of to-
bacco in the field, in the curing barn
and in the pack house. His early
training and experience in that noble
and honorable pursuit laid the founda-
ton for his future success. 1t was as
a farmer that he acquired his superior
knowledge of the nature and character
of the leaf in all it's different stages
and branches from the plant bed to
the sales room. He understands his
business perfectly, and complex and
multitudinous as are his interests the
energy and sagacity of the man never
seem too severely taxed and everything
moves along with the utmost precision
and correctness.
MIR. Cooper is intelligent, wide
awake and public-spirited land has had
to do with establishing and putting in
operation many important enterprises
in our midst. Prompted by COM
mendable spirit of liberality, far seeing
business acumen, and a praiseworthy
desire to add to the industries and en-
terprises of the town, he has taken an
active part in securing such at all
times, contributing of his means toward
their erection and otherwise aiding
and encouraging whatever tends to
the growth and development, character
and reputation of the place.
The value of such a man to any
cannot be estimated. They
are the men that build up and develop
towns 4; they make their own fortunes,
and in doing SO add much to those
around them. A man of indomitable