The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-05

Editor Greenville Reflector, Greenville,
n. C.
is that to-day there is more money and
less debts in Pitt county than there
has been at any one period in twenty
years. Not everybody that has grown
tobacco has made a success Of it, and
not everybody that grew cotton in its
palmy days made a success of that pro-
duct, vet on the whole our people have
been fairly successful, and there is no
informed person in the county to-day
who will not frankly admit that tobac-
cohas been the salvation Of our farm
ers.
The tobacco interests in Pitt and sur
rounding counties became so great
that in 1891 a stock company was
formed and a tobacco warehouse built
in Greenville. During the year the
market sold two hundred and fifty
(260,00O) thousand pounds of tobacco.
The next year another warehouse was
built and some prize houses, and the
sales on this market for the second
year were one million two hundred
thousand (1,200,000) pounds.
In the meantime tobacco culture be-
gan to spread east of Greenville, and
by the next season another warehouse
was necessary, and with the opening of
the third year the market had three
warehouses and five prize houses. This
year about three millions (3,000,000)
pounds were sold on the Greenville
market. With this increase, and the
large increased acreage the fourth
year, another warehouse and three
more prize houses were built. This
was the largest year the market has
ever had, the sales for the season up to
this writing reaching five millions
(5,000,0O0) pounds of the best tobacco,
which brought more money per pound
than on any loose tobacco market in
the United States.
Greenville offers superior induce
ments in many ways to leaf dealers.
This market has direct transportation
to all points both by rail and water.
Eastern North Carolina has a promis-
ing future and its development is rap
idly going on. Greenville is situated
right in the heart of this prosperous
section, and the market draws tobacco
from seven other counties beside the
large product of Pitt. The town is not
at all on a boom, yet it has a rapid,
steady growth that insures safety to
all judicious investments. Our people
are always glad to welcome new com.
ers and extend them all the courtesies
of a warm-hearted citizenship. The
climate Of this section is unsurpassed
even by that of southern Italy or sunny
France. The rich, alluvial and Ioamy
soils are especially adapted not only
to the growth of bright tobacco, but
viii grow to perfection nearly all the
semi-tropical fruits. No section offers
superior advantages over the rich terri
tory adjacent TO Greenville for horti-
culture and trucking generally.
Besides the progress of Greenville as
a tobacco market, the town is making
rapid advances in other lines Ma
chinery is now on the way for an cleo
trio light plant to be erected at once;
the town is negotiating for a system of
water works; a company has applied
for a franchise to put i'm a telephone
exchange, and a movement is on foot
10 build a modern hotel. We already
have two banks, five churches for white
people, and as good schools as any
town in the eastern part of the State.
ireenville is an admirable place for the
lome-seeller as we'll as for the in
yestor.