The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-05
A STRONG NEW FIRM
KEY & CO., OF STATESVlLLE, AND
w. w. WOOD & CO., or WIN
STON, CONSOLIDATED.
Two Leading North Carolina Plug
Manufacturing Establishments Con
soIidate Their Business and in a
Magnificent New Factory at
StatesvilIe are Forging
TO the Front of South
ern Manufacturers

Statesville are Forging
10 the Front of South
ern Manufacturers.
Philip Barton Key was formerly
small retail merchant at KittreII
Vance county. lie went from XII,
trell to Charlotte, where he was for
several years engaged in the marcap-
tile business on a larger scale 10
went from Charlotte to StatasviIIo
and has made fortune. He ie nov,
ana has been for years, a large oyypn,
coGloh milling interests in and
opouG otatesEille; is large owner of
phosphates and other mining inter-
ests; - one Of the largest rcctifers IN
the south; and one of the most ex
1ShsiFe TOBACCO manufacturers in his
section lie has had associated with
him ms own nephew and nepbew of
hls wife, Messrs. G. Ed. French and
Albert Key Klingender, two of tba
brightest, cieverest, most industrious
ana most successful young business
men in the South; and since Mr. Ka,,s
health forced a retirement from the
management Of the business tbaee
young gentlemen have been nj the
head and helm of the vast business IN
terests of Key q Co.. which under
Iheif eXeeIlentmanagement, has grown
ana prospered year in and year out.
Inc first of the present year the
tobacco manufacturing interest Of Kew
d 20. was consolidated with the LARGO
manufacturing firm Of w. w. Wood X
20, formerly of Winston. and the
practical management of the CON
solldated tobacco business of Kew
% %. and w. w. Wood q a.
went into the hand of the senior
I partner of the latter firm MI. ~ ~
" ~ ~ ! ne entire plant of the firm, ~
,,,aai.: looa d Co., including its stooI,
.ior1,tl y goodwill, brands. conv,
"a 80 eIe, We're moved to StafasvfIiya
2. - consolidated with the plant of Tla,,
= 20 IN the immense brick estahI;eI5
,lleiit occupied by that firm. n t. -
- me handsomest and best ao,,;r, 80
~ Iolles IN the South, HAVING go.
Ii1ouefh Improvement. Mr.. WOOD ~
Iile FORMER firm Of w. w. Wood q ~ ~
,iau previously purchased the entiro - -,
eefesL OF his partner. and rr,o,,t =.
,9Iatesvllle with LARGE trad, 80
brands that were daily GROWING s. , go
uiaIlty. Among the brands ,e II
consolidated firm are "CbarTia r. },
-. tihe Tree" Bad Boy" First Frnit, >,
Maud Muller" Red Corn. . .sDinno,
horn, Wild Turkey" JOHNNY CO.. !,
Little May, " "Key-Hole" and ofhers
brands that have gone into the hands
81 the best dealers and consumer,
throughout the South, and made hotb
themselves and the establishments Il,
Nhieh they were manufactured ev-
ceedingly popular. With the ne,v -,
IL l3e'u ~ tIlat WI be given to the business
- LIS consolidation of ample capital.
industry, and wide experi
ollee' lhese famous brands will go on
ana on making new trade for the new
ilim and new fame for North Carolina
tobacco.
mF. w. W. Wood, managing member
OF the firm, is one of the first mon iI,
the tobacco business in the State. He
mas studied the business il. all it's do
tails, not only with reference to the
manufacture and sale and growth. Int
III relation also to the worlds demand
and supply He is a man of large in
formation, accurate habits OF thinking
OF a studious turn, and in any company
is welcome addition, for his knowi-
edge is varied. His address before the
Tobacco Board of Trade, when he was
its president, was one of the best ever
made on any subject. Parts of it are
published on page 25 Of this Tobacco
issue of the News and Observer. 1t is
a clear presentation, with proofs that
are more than ample, of the claim that
in the cultivation Of bright tobacco,