The western sentinel., 1900-07-26
THE WINSTON CIGAR
FACTORY.
An Industrial Concern that
is Meeting with Craft
flying Success.
IT'S REPUTATION EXTENDS THROUGH
OUT SEVERAL STATES.

IT'S REPUTATION EXTENDS THROUGH
OUT SEVERAL STATES.
Winston can boast possession Of
but one cigar factory, and that one
has been successfully established
only by the most persistent effort
and the employment of ample capt
tai. The business is conducted un-
der the firm name of V. o. Thomp-
son & Co., and the o-partners are
men who are not in the habit of as
soclating themselves with business
ventures of any kind that cannot he
made successful. These CO. partners
are DIR. V. o. Thompson, the pio-
neer druggist of Winston, J. c.
Buxton, tobacco manufacturer, Col.
J. w. Alspaugh, cashier of the FIRST
National Bank, and r. T. Stedman,
the latter officiating as book keeper
and traveller for the factory. The
business WAS established only about
two years ago, but as it EMPLOYS
some twenty five or thirty work
men it has put upon the market
many a thousand Of as prime cigars
as ever a smoker contented himself
with. The writer has tested many
of the brands, and he speaks by
the card" when he says that the
goods from the Winston Cigar Fac
tory are straight and reliable. Take
the ten cent cigar known as Queen
of Sumatra, for instance. Not half
of the IS or even IS ct. cigars sold
aie so good or possess so rich and
fragrant aroma; the ''Else is
another great favoritc among smok
ers of ten cent cigars, while the
g Wachoyia,' which retails at five
cents, the J. c. b., Clincher, Victor.
Rough and Ready, THE WEsTERN
SENTINEL, and other brands to the
number of twenty or more, are all
deservedIy held in high repu:e by
those who are competent to pass
judgment upon the merits of cigar.
The tact is that the Winston Cigar
Factory is the leading one III the
State, if not in the South, perhaps
barring factories at Key West, and
the merit of its,sYoduct is recogniz
ed in all secta sof the country n
large ana 'F1tz5 trsdo Is hral in
New York and other Northern
cities-somdthing that no other ci-
gar factory i'm the State has-and
throughout North and South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Alabama, Florida and
Texas, wherever introduced, i'm fact.
the cigars made here in Winston
hold reputation second to none.
The secret of the success of the
enterprise may easily be found. In
the first place the gentlemen we
have named were in earnest when
they undertook the establishing of
such business, and they have not
been sparing of time, money and
labor in the accomplishment ol their
object In the second place they
have used none but the best pro-
curable material in the manufac
tnre Of cigars, and this excellence of
material has been supplemented hy
excellence of workmanship The
cigars made not only smoke we'll.
but they look well, and every smol>
er knows how much the appearance
OF cigar has TO do with lis sale
Then, too, uniform standard Of
quality in the various brands has
been maintained. The cigars don't
,'run out;" that is, the factory docs
not deteriorate the character of the
goods after ii reputation has been
established. In other words. the
Factory is here to stay. 1t is a
Win ton institution of ..hich we
feel proud, and every Winstonian
will join us in wishing it the most
abundant and complete success for
all time to come