The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-19
THEY MEAN BUSINESS
THE WALLACE TOBACCO WARE.
HOUSE A CERTAINTY
Citizens of That Live Place Have
Subscribed $4,000 of n Capital
stock of $4,000 to Build n Tobacco
warehou and n Prize House and
stemmery-Stock offered i'm VIII
mingfon.

The Messenger on Tuesday mention
ed thu a company was being organized
in the enterprising town OF Wallace
lish a tobacco warehouse and a prize
house and stemmery N that place
Mr.. w. B. Brice. Of Wallace, was in
the city yesterday and offered our mer-
chants and BUSINESS men $1,000 OF the
stock in his enterprise. He told a
Messenger representative last night that
already the business men of Wallace
have subscribed $4,000 Of the stock and
that $1,000 had been reserved for the
farmers in the surrounding country
n $1,000 for the merchants and bust
ness men of Wilmington. The plans for
the houses are already made. 1t is
proposed to erect a one story tobacco
warehouse $50 feet long and 50 feet wide,
and a three story prize house and stem
merry Of about the same dimensions.
The purpose is also to build a commo-
dious cart house, stables and sleeping
quarters for farmers who will bring
their tobacco product to the warehouse
for sale.
MI. Brice called on a number Of the
citizens of Wilmington yesterday and
he tells us that they took nearly all
the shares reserved for Wilmington.
He will remain in the city today and
expects to have all the stock taken by
the time he leaves for home this even
ing on the Z O'Clock train. The entire
amount of $10,O 600 has been subscribed
with the exception OF ten or twelve
shares, which are of the par value of
500 each. OF the $4,000 subscribed at
Wallace, subscriptions have been made
by farmers in Fender, Duplin, Sampson
and Bladen counties Experiments in
the cultivation of tobacco during the
past four or five years lave demon
strated that the lands OF those counties
produce bright tobacco OF the very
highest grade. For four or five years
the rme in the ChinQuepin section
of Duplin county have made a big sue
cess in raising tobacco, and experts say
no section in North Carolina will equal
it for the quality of tobacco grown
there.
A considerable quantity OF tobacco
has been raised this season in Duplin.
Fender. Sampson n Bladen counties,
and the nearest markets for their pro-
duct are at Mt. Olive, GOldsboro, Kin
ston, Wilson and Rocky Mount. Wal
ace Is located centrally for the new
tobacco region, and the demand for a
nearer market has resulted in this
movement for a warehouse and a prize
house and stemmery there.
Mr.. Brice informs us that the COM
any proposes to break ground in De-
cember and by the first of next July
will have it's warehouse the prize
house and stemmery ready for next sea-
sons crop. 1t is proposed to begin the
enterprise right away SO the farmers
can plant tobacco with the assurance
that they will have a near market. He
says Wallace is the coming Town be-
tween Wilmington and GoldsborO, and
that it is growing up rapidly. Recent
ly sever new residences have been
erected and others are on foot, while
among the new enterprises is the say
and planning mill of the Alex. Newton
Company, the crate factory of the same
and the Wallace brick and
tile works.