The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-09-04
THE Plug TOBACCO CENTRE.
Great Increase and Immense Ship
ments at Winston--Variou> New>y
Notes from the Piedmont Centre.

Especial Cor of STATE CHEOSICLEl
WINSTON, n. O., Sept 3, 1890 For
the past year our Twin-City has baen
winning her way in the world as the first
plug tobacco market Never before has
such progress been made, both in the
quality and quantity of the manufac-
tured article. The increase on tobacco
shipments from August, So, to August,
81, was over twelve per cent, and from
august, SO to August, 80, twenty per
cent. The increase for the next year
will be far ahead Of these figures, as new
factories are going up and the demand
Is rapidly increasing for Winston plug.
Yesterday was a tremendous day for
ous trade. Large breaks of new tobacco
We're seen on all the warehouse floors,
and good prices were paid, ranging up
to fifty dollars per hundred. Our man
ufacturers also are in clover, the ship
ments for yesterday alone amounting to
the tremendous sum of S4,315i pounds
of plug Can any tobacco city in this
country beat this on September day J?
The election of Rev. J. 7. Harris to
the responsible position of superintend-
ent of the Oxford Orphan Asylum has
been received very favorably by our
many MaSons here, and it is regarded
by all as q most excellent selection.
~
For one day this week our street cars
! carried ,220 passengers. They are GER
tainly doing good service for the magic
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them all the patronage that could have
| possibly been expected.
Nice-President Hawks, who recently
went to Charlotte to make an attempt TO
buy out that city's street railway to con-
vert it into line like Winston's, has re-
turned, and reports that Charlotte will
not meet him even one fourth OF the
way. lie has abandoned the idea, and
Charlotte looses the finest system Of
railway ever known in this country.
Mr.. Hawks left again yesterday for
Wilmington, where similar attempt
will be made.
The shipments of plug tobacco from
Danville, the largest Virginia market,
for the month OF August amounted to
7o3,SSS pounds while Winston's plug
shipments alone tipped the beam at
1923, 40 pounds VINO would not be a
Wiuatonianl
This morning large number of oul
Masons lett on the cars for Reidsyille
whittier they 60 to assist in the laying o.
{ the cornerstone of the new Methodist
church at that place. Some of our citi
/ zens attended them.
l *xt
! Last night the Winston baseball club
the champions of North Carolina, lef
t to play four games with the Roanoke
e team, the champion of Virginia. Grea
y interest is manifested here and tele
grams will be received at the end of eacl
i inning. Roanoke will come to Winston
e next week, also Richmond, to play ou
h boys on their own grounds.
q ~
i A report was circulated on our street
q late yesterday afternoon that there wa
/ some truth in the statement that j. {
!. Pritchard would be the new collector i
this district. Whether there is any trut
in the rumor or not | am not able
Judge, but it is certain that if an
change is made in collectors, the mai
: Office should be moved to Winston, th
d chief tobacco city in the State and I'll
y metropolis of North Carolina.
V. VICTOR.