The western sentinel., 1900-07-26

I4ished. Before coming to Winston
the Messrs. Bailey had been engaged
in manufacturing in the delightful
town of Statesville. There, in the
iSear 1870, the firm of Baileys & Du-
13in was formed, which in 1874 changed
to Bailey Bros, and the Statesville
factory continued to be operated by
these gentlemen until 1880, when they
believed that their own and their Gus
toners best interest would be promot-
I'd by removing their manufacturing
operations from Statesville to Win
ston-a decision that proved States
Ville's loss but Winston's gain.
In most essential things one tobacco
factory in Winston is as much like
another as are two peas, so we will
not infict our readers with a. detailed
description of this factory-we prefer,
rather, to tell what it is doing-what
sections of country it aids in render
ing tributary to the Twin -City,-in
brief. to talk in general way of the
business, for the factory and the firm
are representative. We may say,
then, that the estimated capacity of
Bailey Bros. factory is one million
pounds of tobacco per year, and we
have no doubt that that amount will
be produced annually by the firm
whenever the demand warrants it.
That such total is a probability of
: ae near future is assured by the growth
iif the trade thus far, and especially by
sShe gigantic stride made during the
season recently =eln=as4 =. ho.. -sIrvy pro
duct was about double that of 1884.
The force employed averaged 125 per-
sons, and the manufacturing season
lasted from April to November.
In this connection, too, we take the
liberty of repeating what the Messrs.
Bailey said to us, which was to the
effect that their sales had been extrem-
ely satisfactory, and that collections
had been very good. They have
fair stock now on hand, but every day
lessons it, and these goods go from
here to dealers throughout South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Maryland, North
Carolina, Virginia and the District of
Columbia. Some twelve or fifteen
regular brands of plug and twist to-
bacco are made, beside large num-
Der of special brands, the property of
customers. Among the leading and
best known Of the regular brands are
Natahala, Old Bob, Ellen Fisher,
Planters Choice and O. K; in brief,
all sizes and shapes arc made that the
public calls for. Handsome goods they
are, too, and we can readily believe
their sale is effected upon intrinsic
merit.
And SO they should be neritorious
goods. The gentlemen composing the
firm have had twenty years experience
thus far the greater part of their
lives has been passed in tobacco fac
tories, and to shrewd observation and
theory has been added practice-prac-
tical experience Of years in every de-
partment of the business, and it is such
men who can be relied upon to carry
forward large factories of this kind.
The Messrs. Bailey are young men
they are natives of Davie county,
and they are both workers, giving their
undivided time and attention to the
business in hand. Mr., M. D. Bailey
does most of the leaf buying and takes
charge of the office and finances, while
Mr.. P. N. Bailey superintends the
factbry suPel sfses -.rif the PROCESSES
of manufacturing and sees 10 it that
Ithe standard Of quality is maintained.
With the facilities the firm have,
with firmly established and constant
ly growing trade of the best class, it
requires no spirit of prophecy to pre-
dict what the ultimate future Of the
enterprise will be. 1t has been aptly
said that "there is room at the top
the Messrs. Bailey evidently don't
mean to climb halfway up the ladder
and there remain