Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-18
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49,. E,UD; TOBACCO, E,6lbos. Iotai'
Planters Warehouse, corner Fifteenth
ana Cary streets, first run as a loose
sales warehouse by Davis & Gregory. Will
De reopened for the sale OF loose to-
Dacco on and after August 18th next.
W. = Brogdon h Co.. and final arrange.
ments Tor It's opening were eonsummated
Today. IL Is understood that Aessrs.
w. L. Brogdon & Co. have behind them
one OF the wealthjest tobacco firms or
this city, and there is no reason why
tney should not do large and successful
The Warehouse Committee Is pushing
aneaa, and II is safe to say that Rich
mond. with four warehouses for the sale
OK bright loose tobacco and two for darks,
all run by men of push and energy, will
sell more pounds OF the loose weed next
season than she ever has.
The Tobacco Trade mourns the loss OF
another OF It's Oldest and most highly es-
teemed members. yet not unexpectedly, In
the death OF Mr. w. T. Staples. OF Staples
q Martin, formerly Staples & Blair, whose
rectitude, and charity. which he combined
with high and urvarying business quallh-
cations. and principles, which made him
prosperous as man and merchant. none
the less than beloved by his contemporaries
and friends. The Tobacco Exchange to-
day passed appropriate resolutions on his
death-President W. T. Hancock In the
chair. with Captain Nax. Clarke, Major
j. NJ. Boykin, and W. q. Mullen the regu-
lar committee.
The long-lnvalided wife OF Mr.. NJ. T.
Smith was taken suddenly worse to-day
which called him at midday home from
his office.
Mr. Joseph II. Thompson, OF New York
recollected as a prosperous old-line manu-
facturers agent now In the railroad sup
ply business). was visiting old friends In
Trade to-day.
Colonel Hite. of Hite & Hizer, o. Cincin-
natl. o., favorite factor with our Bur
ley manu- ccturers, a gentleman or great
physical and financial proportions. let
loose some bargains to our Trade here To-
day.
Our Mr.. s. z. Carr and Colonel Hlte
both agree that the growing Burley crop
out West is very fine one, while the dark
crop Ia doing well also. Colonel Hite
breaches free silver from foundation TO
finish, and Mr.. Milton Cayce Is with MIN
among many.
sales OF dark export shipping have been
large. and the feature OF the week In TO-
bacco
Mr.. BaylIss. selling agent for Drum
mond Tobacco Comgary, st. Louis, Mo:
Mr.. King their buyer IN the winston sN.
CO market. and MIR. Barksdale. their spe-
cal salesman in Virginia and North caro-
lima, were here to-day In the interest or
the above FIRMS cigarette brands
Neither of the largest receivers OF sun
cured tobacco seem to express any sel-
age, admitting only that some had been
| done while others admit that the weather
this week has been beneficial, after the
rains.
MIR. Gillian. the noted shipping dark
tobacco buyer. says that probably 70 per
! cent. Of the SOuthside dark crop, tributary
to Farmville, Is the extent of entailment
| by rains, but there ~ time for great I'M
provement yet In the crop. which may
| mature well and thick enough, even with
| out the dews. The general complaint
| among rehandlers and holders Is the duh
ness In and instability OF even GOOD dark
! Tugs, while such investors can quite read
/ lily realize on their good TO fine leaf grades.
| VI is notable that some prominent topac-
/ cOnlsts in the Eastern North Carolina
/ bright belt who wrote eight days ago In
a very disparaging tone of the crops con-
| dition. now write correction. based on
actual observation. that the crop Is I'M
| proving beyond expectation. The yield
will be quite large, but the quality VIII
possibly be thin. Another correspondent
| Of a Richmond firm says as to Rocky
| Mount, n. c., that the crop seems almost
| perfect and that new primings have been
| sold. with few who seem to want them
/ yet The flea-bug is doing some harm
Mr. Killebrew, the late United states
| agricultural agent and statistician Tor To-
/ bacco, Is expected daily In Richmond, 10
secure data for Il new special book on
! tobacco generally Of this country.