The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-12-18
!, P, TAYLOR 4 co.
A COMPLETE ESTABLISHMENT
The Mammoth Tobacco Stemmlhs
and Prize Factory OF the
Above Firm.

and Prize FdctOE! Va she \
Above Firm. j
There are many large and well ap-
,ointed houses in this town Tor the !
handling of leaf tobacco. but none, we
lare say, that are more complete IN
very detail and arrangement than
hat of which we now propose to write.
Having occasion few days ago to
risit the mammoth stemming and prize
factory of Messrs. J. z. Taylor y Co.,
we were shown through the establish
ment by that prince of clever and cour-
teous gentlemen Col. E. Taylor, mana
ger in charge. While he was as busy
as he could be receiving and checking
off tobacco as it came direct from the
warehouse floor, and classifying and
n1fsing it in its proper place, he volun-
teered to take -,ss eyer the building and
ex,,ain the manner and method OF
their operation.
First we were taken into the poiler
room Here a IS horse power oo'iei
sunnlies the steam for heating the
bnilding and putting the tobacco IN
order. either by drying it out ~ pre-
pairing it for shipm o.,it one south Of
Sense Dryer, til and = - $500.
h'ch'9s&G perfect thing Of the kind we
nave seen. Nothing could do the work
required Of Better. Space will not
admit ii Ga detailed account of it's con-
Sifuction and operation. 1t must be
seen to be understood and appreciated.
Next we went into the pricing de-
partment where tobacco swas being
prepared for shipment. 1t is put in
order, that is made soft and easy to
handle, by hot air. There is not
particle of dampness aboutit and leaf so
treated will keep an indefinite time.
For this purpose special steam boxes
are provided into which the leaf is put
and stirred about for a few minutes
when it is ready for handling. For
stripping tobacco. there is an adjacent
box into which steam vapor is turned.
From here it is taken direct to the
stemming department where we found
81 hands busily engaged preparing the
leaf for export.
The second floor is used for general
purposes, bulking, etc. interchange
able racks, which can be taken down
or put up in a short while, makes it
possible to use this floor for hanging
tobacco or anything else. The third
and fourth floors are used for hanging
leaf, and the fifth is for storing scrap,
stems, etc. The immense establish
ment was nearly full of tobacco at the
time we went through it.
The building is 5Ox13O feet, 5 sto-
ries and basement. Up to the first
floor is brick, the balance being of the
very best timber that could be pro-
cured. The building was erected last
year, and is the largest of it's kind in
town. 1t has capacity of 100000
pounds annually. There is the most
perfect system in every department.
| We saw large quantities of tobacco be-
ing priced for export. This consisted
of both strips and leaf. Messrs. Taylor
& Co., buy only on order, and it
speaks we'll for them that they have
about all the business they can do,
great as their facilities are. They ship
tobacco all over this country, to Can
ada and Europe, and wherever they are
known they stand high as gentlemen of
fine business capacity and sound integ-
rity.
The firm is composed of Pemberton
& Penn, among the largest and wealth
lest leaf tobacco dealers of Danville,
Va, and Mr.. J. P. Taylor, who is the
resident partner and general manager
of the concern. He is a young gentle
man of superior business tact and
Judgment, as his success fully demon.
strates. Mr.. Taylor has been in the
tobacco business IA years and is thor.
oughly conversant with its every detail
His first engagement was with Alex
, Cameron & Co., of Richmond, will
whom he remained five years, when he
moved to Danville and entered into the
manufacture Of tobacco. At the enc
of one year he went into the leaf bust
ness and continued up to the time he
came to Henderson in the fall of 1886,
Since that time his business has had g
: steady and healthy growth, and to-day
he occupies one of the largest estab
lishments in this or any other market
in the State, and does an immense
business extending over two Continents
); Mr.. Taylor is one of the progressive
young men Of Henderson. He has beer
an active spirit in many important en-
) terprises in the town, his judgment
and cooperation being very highl,
| valued by our business men generally
He is President of the Henderson Stor
> age Company. President Of the Tobacco,
S Board of Trade, Secretary of the Elec
trio Light Company, and is promi
nent member of the Mansonic lodge O
! Henderson.
II Our town gained a useful and valued