The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-08-29
THE GAME COCK CROWS!
THE LARGEST SALE AND HIGH.
EST PRICES OF NEW TOBACCO
EVER MADE IN THE SOUTH
DURING THE MONTHOF
AUGUST
Henderson Still Ahead-Friday a Phe-
nOmenal Day In Local Tobacco
Circles-Nothing Like 1t Ever
Seen Before at this Season
OF the Year-Hurrah for
our Plucky Ware
hOusemen and
Buyers

Never before in the history of Hen,
derson as tobacco market was tsere
as much of the new crop sold durins1
the month of August as has been this
year. Farmers have had remarkable
success in curing, both as to its excel
lence and the rapidity with which then
have filled and turned out one barn
after another since the leaves began
to rlpen. New tobacco has been SELL
ing high and this has induced farmers
to bring much of it in as soon as it was
ready for market. While the sales1
have been heavy each day. the breaks
Friday before last were the heaviest of
the season up to that time. All the
warehouses were full and buyers were
hard worked when night came on. But
last Friday downed them all. Hem
derson fairly outstripped herself. There
was tobacco here from everywhere for
so miles around. The warehouses
were full to OVERLOOKING and many
wagons could not unload at all.
COOper's, Harris, Gooch & Co.'S,
Davis Side-light and Butler, Jenkins
u Co.'s Alliance were all crammed,
full and still there was not room.
Never did warehOusemen work harder
or more faithfully to accommodate their
patrons. Still many wagons dill not
have chance to unload and either has
to wait until next day or 60 back hone}
as they came. The streets ana SIDE
alleys adjacent to all the warehouses;
were blocked up and such an army Cd
wagons and men had not been seek1
here before in long time. But it isl
not every day that this sort of thing
occurs, and farmers seemed to appre- !!
ciate the situation and took everything
good naturally.
Cooper's warehouse had first sale,
and at an early hour Jack Currin's s.
Timber tongue commenced. Until late}
in the afternoon there was a livel.}
scene here, and we dare say farmers,
warehouse operatives and buyers were,
glad when the last pile was knocked off.
From Cooper's the buyers went to
Harris warehouse where there was
another tremendous break and with
never tagging spirits went in appa-
rently as fresh and eager as when they
started in the morning. These enter
prising warehousemen rushed things,
with vim, but darkness closed in
upon the busy throng long before the
last pile was reached. Saturday morn
ing they commenced again, and then
Davis Side-lisht and the Alliance had
their turn.
Notwithstanding the great crowd
present and the enormous quantity of
tobacco everywhere to be seen, it is
credltable to our excellent warehouse
men that everything moved along like
clock work, not a pile of tobacco was
sighted, nor a single farmers interest
overlooked as far as it was possible to
look after and accommodate him.
Prices ruled high and farmers went
home satisfied.
The GOLD LEAF is proud of Hender-
sons tobacco warehousemen and her
strong corps of buyers. No market in
the State boasts more efficient and ex-
cellent gentlemen. With such men as
d. Y. Cooper, Harris, Gooch & Co.,
Owen Davis and Butler, Jenkins & Co.
| to look after the selling, all experienced
in the business and competent judges
of the quality and worth of the leaf,
occupying good houses and represent
ing ample capital, and between so and
60 active buyers, with some of the
largest and wealthiest manufacturing
concerns personally represented, no
market in the State has a more solid
basis or more brilliant future than this.