The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-03-27
HENDERSON'S PROGRESS.
IT'S TOBACCO MANUFACTUR-
ING ESTABLISHME
The Home Of the Golden Belt is
Going to Manufacture the To-
baccO it Grows and Handles.

Going to Manufacture the To-
baccO it Grows and Handles.
Josephus Daniels in Raleigh Daily Chron
icle.I
HENDERSON n. c., March 13.-Yester-
days State Chronicle conveyed to its 1000
readers an account of the brilliant and
auspicious opening of the tobacco fac
tory erected by Col. W. H. S. Burgwyn
& Co. 1t was an occasion long to be re-
membered, and one that will be remem-
bered most pleasantly. | trust that the
magnitude of the success of Col. Bur-
gwyn's factory will be in keeping with it's
auspicious opening.
Henderson is glad to add another to-
bacco factory to it's other manufactures
and mammoth tobacco establishments.
1t has been four years since went through
Henderson's great tobacco concerns, and
in that time the change for the better has
been marked. The same has been true
of Henderson in all lines. The handsome
blocks OF new stores, as we'll as the man.
moth prize houses, warehouses and fac
tories bear evidence to the substantial
growth of this good town. A gentlemen
told me this morning that Henderson's
and that its business men were more
prosperous. | did nOtneed this assurance.
A look at the solid new buildings, peep
into the busy tobacco warehouses, a
glance at the new and improved machine
ry tell the tale of Hendersons substan-
tial progress better than any words of
mine could do.
L wish that the Chronicle was big enough
for me- to attempt an account Of all the
evidences OF prosperity that | see around
me. Recently the town has put in an
electric light plant and now it is as bril-
llantly Illuminated at night as any city
on the continent. Arrangements have
been made for putting in water works,
and sewerage will shortly follow. Then
the citizens of Henderson will en- Joy all
the comforts that any community can
offer. 1t now has excellent school facili-
ties and it has the handsomest and cost
lest brick churches of any town of it's
population in North Carolina.
AS this is a tObaccO-made town, [ must
content myself with few words only
about it's tobacco interests, and leave
other industries for future time Hen
derson sells annually from eight and a
half to nine million pounds of bright to-
bacco. Notwithstanding short crops,
the territory from which Henderson draws
has been so enlarged that as much tobac-
co will be sold here this year as ever. To-
bacco is sold here from the Richmond &
Danville railroad to Pitt county, and
some South Carolina tobacco here finds
a market.
TOBACCO WAREHOUSES;.
There are four tobacco warehouses
here: d. Y. COOper's, Harris, GOoch 4
Co.'S, Owen Davis's and the Alliance ware
house.
The above stated facts, that eight and
half or nine million pounds of tobacco
is sold here annually is the best evidence
that the tobacco warehousemen are live,
progressive and fully understand their
business, land they are personally as clever
as they are wise in the management and
enterprising in the prosecution of their
business. Mr.. Dave Cooper Everybody
calls him Dave because they like him)
tells me that heusually sells about4 ,OOO,-
OOOpounds of tobacco. Hehas the largest
warehouse in the State My friend, Capt.
E. j. Parrish, Durham's great-hearted
warehOuseman, who has an immense
warehouse, will be inclined to dispute
this statement, and in advance / will say
that Capt. Parrish's warehouse is some
L.
basement and says that his is therefore
the largest. Few men understand how
to make a tobacco warehouse profitable.
A gentleman here tells me that most of
the warehousemen in the past seventeen
years have failed. Certainly few have
made big money. All the gentlemen (not
including the Alliance warehOuse) who
run warehouses here-Mr. Davis, Harris,
Gooch & Co., and Mr.. Cooper-own and
manage their own warehOuses-thejr own
capital is invested. Much money is in
vested in this business and that is what
always makes the Henderson market
lively and prices steady. The tabacco
warehouse business here is truly on
solid basis
LEAF FACTORIES.
There are sixty leaf factories here. All
OF them are OF substantial and pleasing
architecture. Their owners are the most
progressive tobacco men of the South.
Their purchases are shipped to every
quarter OF the globe. Among the most
prominent dealers we may mention W.
E. Gary & Co., J. P. Taylor & Co., George
Smithson, w. s. Clary, T. & B. Davis,
j. g. Roberts, Burwell & Parker, Strause
& Raab, ". H. Hart & Son, H. NJ. Cannon,
E. g. Barnes, W. H. Walker & Co., E.
Harris, c. A. Lewis, John d. Cooper, Geo.
S. Prichard, J. B. Watkins, W H. Smoot
& Co., S. & c. Watkins, Harris, GoOch &
Co., D. Y. Cooper, Pauf Clary, H. Thorn
asOn, and others whose names | do not
recall.
PLUG TOBACCO FACTORIES.
There are two-one newly erected by
W. Fl. S. Bvrgwyn & Co., description
,a1 l., y, 4oI
The other is owned by the firm of Rowland
& Walker, young men of energy, and men
who understand every detail of their
business. Mr.. Walker showed me over the
factory, which is a large and substantial
building. They occupy their own house
and it is fitted up with the best and latest
machinery for making plug tobacco.
Their most popular brand is Buck,
which is said to be one of the finest chews
extant. They work from 75 to 100
hands and sell their goods rapidly.
SMOKING TOBACCO FACTORY.
There is but one here and it is owned
by Daingerfeld, Jenkins & Co. This firm
of popular young men commenced busi-
ness two years ago and their successes has
been phenomenal, and they will hold the
position of about third among North
Carolina smoking tobacco factories.
They employ 80 men and are working
night and day, and are Ealf a million
pounds behind in filling their contracts.
Their principal brands are "Golden Hub"
and ''Clear the Track" Their tobacco
gives satisfaction and holds its own
wherever introduced,
ALLEN GINTER'S STEMMERY.
The great Richmond cigarette manu-
facturers, Allen & Ginter, have here the
best arranged and most thoroughly
equipped stemmery establishments in the
State. They are the largest buyers on
the market of fine cutters, all of which
they re-dry and stem, and pack here be
fore shipment to their factory in Rich
mond. They require in their immense