The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-05
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on the business which grows under
their management. They have a large
brick factory, four stories in height,
eighty feet square. Employment is
given to $50 workmen. Their annual
sales amount to two hundred thousand
bounds Of tobacco, and one million CT
CARS Their output is sold principally
in Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas.
aStar Of North Carolina" is their lead
inc brand of cheroots, and johnnie
Reb," and Level Best" are the princi-
pal brands of tobacco. Their other
standard brands are: Edna Lindsey"
..Iindsey's Leader" Coon Foot"
Billy Lindsey" big 10 Center"
X. p. RICHARDSON d COMPANY.
This large and prospecting smoking
tobacco factory was established in 1873
by the late Mr. II. p. Richardson, father
of the present proprietor. Mr.. Rich
ardson, the owner, is one Of the most
nonular tobacco men in the State, and
IS conscientious tobacco manufac-
tlirer who conducts the business upon
conservative lines, the company prld-
ing itself rather upon the eXcellency
of the quality than upon the volume Oh
the output. They make only one brand
the famous "Old North State" which
is sold principally in the South and
Southwest The business is conducted
on conservative lines, and is growing
steadily. The business is carried on
i'm large and commodious five story
brick building, fitted up with the most
approved machinery for the manufac-
ture Of high grade smoking tobacco.
#. r. PENN q co.
This firm of manufacturers of plug
and twist tobaccos are natives of Nlr-
ginia, who brought to Reidsyilie the
thorough knowledge of the tobacco
business so characteristic of the dwell
lers of the tobacco section of the Old
Dominion. To this knowledge Of the
weed. they added business training
and capacity of a high order, and es-
tabIished themselves in the business
of manufacturing tobacco in 1874, thus
being among the pioneers of Reds
ville's manufacturing interests. They
have a large brick factory 40 by 100,
with an ell of 40 by go which affords
ample accommodations. 1T is equipped
with all the modern machinery for
working tobacco. In their factory
employment is given to from $50 to 200
workers, and their output is about
one-half million pounds per year. The
leading brands they manufacture are:
Gordon Fine Lamar" Square and
Honest" "a A Al A, kitty May"
Our Senior" ''Charly Ashby," Rebel
Girl" Native Legal Tender"
Former Girl"
A. H.MOTLEY 81 co.
A. II. Motley & Co, of Reidsville, n.
81, Of which A. H. Motley, Sr., is Presi-
dent and A. H. Motley, Jr., is Secretary
and Treasurer, is one of the leading
factories in the State, and their High
Grade" granulated smoking and Dixie
Queen" plug cut tobacco are household
words from ocean to ocean. There is
not a section Of country from Maine to
California in which they are not well
and popularity known. They are also
large exporters Of tobacco, and there
are but few points, even in foreign
countries, in which their famous
brands are not well advertised and ex-
tensfveIy used. They have one of the
largest plants in the South. They
operate their plant all the year round.
They give employment to very
large number of operatives, both white
and colored. They have pursued the
business-Iike policy of pushing and
advertising only their leading brands.
Consequently their brands are leaders
in most sections. They make only
high class goods. Their long expe-
rience and favorable situation, in the
finest tobacco section, gives them adj
vantages that are unsurpassed. Their
standard brands are Dixie Queen
Plug Cut" "Alcalde Long Cut" Mot
ley's High Grade" and ''Motley's Spec
al Granulated.'
aThese are our Jewels" says the
town of Reidsville with as much pride
as the mother Of the Graccii spoke
of her sons.
There rs no cause to enquire why the
people Of Reidsyille call their tobacco
interests their Jewels" They furnish |
the sinews of war for most of the |
growth and advancement of the COM |
munity. More than that: the clever |
and successful travellers for the to-
bacco factories here carry the name /
and fame of Reidsville to every town IN
the South and Southwest. These tray-
cling Representatives, among them
some Of the most popular and accom-
plished men in Reidsyille, are not only
anxious 10 sell the tobacco manufac-
tured by the firms they represent, for
the pay that is in it to them, but they
have just pride in their community
and love to see it become familiar
household word in the remotcst cor
ners Of the world.
1t is a pleasure to write Of the men
who are pushing Reidsyille to the front.
They are the sort of men who are the
hope and stay of the country, men
who are not idly bemoaning adverse
but are working with all
their might and main to sell the world
the product Of North Cardinals field
and factory. In the main the men who
have created and who push forward the
tobacco manufacture in the State, are
not men who had large fortunes, but
men whose chief fortunes consisted of