The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-07-14
TIE TOBACCO CONVENTION
It Was the Best Business Meeting Ever
Held,

The Association to Hold its Next An
! nual Meeting on the Cars-Adop-
| ton Of Paper Addressed to the
| Tobacco Trade of the World.
cit was the best meeting in the
history of the Association"
That is what Editor Hartman, of
the Southern Tobacco journal said
when he was asked about the
sixth annual session of the North
Carolina State Tobacco Association
held at Morehead City this week.
"We did more business" continued
Mr.. Hartman, ethan at any previous
meeting and more interest was mani
tested. The Association is now on a
firm foundation and promises to do
| good work for the tobacco trade of
the old North State"
The members of the Association
are jubilant over the following reso-
luton which was passed during a
stop over at Goldsboro:
Resolved, That It is the sense of
this meeting that the North Carolina
Tobacco Association go to Chicago
next year in a body, and that the
annual meeting for 1898 be held en-
route to or from said city, both sub
ject to the approval of the Executive
Committe.
The idea of the Association is to
have special train of half a dozen
or more Pullman cars, with buffet
attached and the party to make the
cars their home during the trip.
At the meeting in Goldsboro an
executive committee was elected as
follows:
w. w. Wood, Chairman; w L..
Walker, ii. L. Scott, Geo. w. Watts,
J. 81. Sparger, Jno. N. Watt and E..
NJ. Pace. The President and Secre-
tary are members of the committee
Among the important work trans
acted at the Convention in Morehead
was the adoption by a unanimous
vote of the following paper:
To THE TOBACCO TRADE OF THE WORLD.
The North Carolina State Tobacco
Association in it's annual assembly
on the fifth day of July, 1892, do
hereby petition the following by unan.
imous vote.
LIST. That you do recognize the
fact that North Carolina now grows
80 per cent. of the bright tobacco OF
the world, of which your trade is such
large consumers.
I'd. That heretofore Virginia has
been credited in your quotations,
price currents, etc., with practically
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the United States of America, and as
such has gathered about herself and
her markets honor and a trade repu-
tation which really belongs to North
Carolina.
3rd. We hereby petition your trade
to consider this matter seriousl y and
to give North Carolina tobacco that
credit to which they are justly emit
tied and instead OF quoting our pro
duct as Virginia Brights that you
hereafter quote them in your price
lists, ETC., as North Carolina Brights
Our State Association asks moth
ing but Justice for out bright tobac
co. Our interests and that of Vir
ginia are closely interlinked, but tic
quote all of our products under the
head of Virginia Brights is misno
mer, such as we know your trade
does not wish to maintain. We
therefore, call your attention to this
petition in all seriousness and feel
confident that you will pay proper
Difference to the request we make.
The committee on finance recon-
mended that the following assess
ments be made on the various
Boards of Trade in the Association
Asheville IS, Burlington So, Durham
SIS, Greensboro $3.50, Greenvillt
So, Henderson $12 so, Salisbury
SIS, Mt. Airy $3.50, Oxford $40
Roxboro $3.50, Raleigh So, Rocky
Mount $5, Reidsville $40, Winston
$15, Wilson s., Milton 80, Madison
So, Pilot Mount So, Statesville So
Stoneville So, Tarboro s., Leaksvlllt
So, High Point So.
The committee appointed to pre-
pare suitable resolutions upon thu
death of Col. R. F. Webb, ofDurham
and M. W. Norfieet, of Winston, lat
members of this association, beg
leaue to recommend that a memer
ial page to each be set aside in tn,
: Record Book and the secretary b.
instructed to inscribe thereon thei
: names, date of birth and DEATH