The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28
The Wilmington Tobacco
Warehouse Project is
the Real Thing
DIRECTORS MEET
The subscriptions TO the Capital
stock of the Wilmington Tobacco
Warehouse Company Now Foot Up
$1,000 Fine Tobacco Can be
Grown in the salt Air of the Cost
VIII Plant Tobacco.

The board Of directors of the Wilming-l
ton Tobacco Warehouse Company heidi
another meeting yesterday afternoon
at the rooms of the chamber of conf
merce. All the members oexcept Pres
ident w. E. Worth were present, viz:
Messrs. George o. Gaylord, w. b.
Cooper. S. P. McNair. Joseph H. Wat
tiers. r. r. Stone, NJ. w. jacob. H. L.
Vollers. and Frank Andrews.
Mr.. Gaylord presided and Nj. James
Kyle. the secretary. was at his post.
The soliciting committees reported,
and it was ascertained that the sub
scriptions to the capital stock now
amount TO about $14, 600. The board de-
cided to continue the and will
close up the subscription his week.
Those who want TO get in on the ground
floor should speak for stock at once,
for it is only necessary TO raise 81, 900
more to bring the subscriptions up to-
$4,000, the mount of stock agreed upon.
at the meeting of the stockholders last
week.
Mr.. James Dodd, the tobacco expert
from Stokes county. who was here IN
charge of the tobacco booth during the
Pythian Carnival and Merchants Fall
Festival during the first week in No
vember, was present at the meeting and
gave the board considerable information
a to the management Of a tobacco
warehouse, and the steps to take to de-
velop a tobacco market in Wilmington.
He has been in the tobacco business.
eighteen years and has had experience
both as to the cultivation and maniac
ture Of the weed. He stated tina there
was no cas- why Wilmington could
not be made a fine tobacco market. and
all that was necessary was to induce the
farmers to plant tobacco and bring their
crop to Wilmington and put it on sale.
He said the lands throughout this sec
ton are suitable for the growing of fine
tobacco. He has spent the last two
years in this part OF the state and g
thoroughly posted as to the quality Of
the lands. When asked. if in his opin-
ion. the salt air Of his immediate sec
ton would lave any effect in the culti-
walton of tobacco, he replied Ger
tinlly not, n cited the fact tina he
recently bought the tobacco crop If
Mr.. w. w. Drew, Of Brunswick county.
at Sis per 100 pounds.
Mr.. Andrews. who is in business at
| Jacksonville and has had experience IN
tobacco culture in OnsIow county said
| he had been successful in the clltiva-
ton Of the weed and had found il prof
liable. AS TO the effect of the salt air
he said Mr.. William Hearst, who raised
a crop Of tobacco with the fence or his
lands running right along the edge of
Brown oun in Onslow county a
sold his crop in Kinston this season at
as good prices as were obtained by any
growers in Lenoir or Green counties
where the very best of tobacco is raIs-
ed.
After discussing several matters in con-
nection with the efforts TO make Will
mington a tobacco market, h direct).s
adjourned to meet at $3.50 o'clock next
| Friday afternoon at the rooms OF the
I climber OF commerce.
! Mr.. Allison Alderman returned yeste--
day from the Black river section of
Fender county. where he spent several
days. He says the farmers up there are