The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-25
Big Gathering of Farm
erS Next Saturday at
Wallace.
EXPERTS TO TALK
The Pc PIES Tobacco Warehouse
Company VIII Have n Rally to In
Ssruct .ae Farmers-EKpert Tobac-
co en- 20 Speak-WiImington's To-
b-cco Movemcnt-The
DIrecfo=~ to Meet Text Tuesday.

The business men OF Wilmington are
intensely interested in the movement
here for The erection of a tobacco ware
house. = Dr-ze house and stemmery. The
stockholders of the Wilmington To-
bacCo Warehouse Company, for which
A charta- wa recently received, met
on Thursday and organized, and the
board of directors elected at that meet
ing met Cn Friday and elected officers.
NF. W. Z Worth was elected president,
and AIr. George o. Gaylord vIce-presl-
dent. These two gentlemen are among
Win ing, ms most successful business
men. and in the hands OF such thor-
oughly live. enterprising and progress
aive IT n, backed by a strong board of
d.rectC 5. the Wilmington warehouse
is bound TO be a success.
Mr.. George r. French, one of Viii
nington's leading business men, is
greatly interested in making Whining
ton a tobacco market. He said last
night that we are going to have the
tobacco warehouse, prize house anu
stemmery and that the business men
of Wilmington have made up their
minds to that fact. The directors were
out canVassing for additional subscrip-
tons yesterday and are meeting with
success, as our business men realize
that the project is not only a good in
Vestment, but will do more than any
thin else to develop our city and coun-
ty AM the surrounding counties. Mr..
FrenCH says there is ample territory
OuI. Wilmington to be developed by
this III cement without interfering with
0hnna n0~1r1 F~~A
there i not a tobacco warehouse with
in a rae JUS of 60 miles OF Wilmington
in eithe direction, n if the move
ment he will only develop New Han
over ana Brunswick counties, it will be
Il big thing for our city. The people
OF Fender OnslOw and Bladen countia,
IRE, hOwel r, watching the movement
With great interest, and it is certain
hat the tO.1Cco section Of Little River.
:. c., will make this it's market.
The Messenger has already noted the
fact that the Wilmington Tobacco
Warehouse company has already be-
sun business, and that the warehouse
is a certaint., V S10,0 900 having al
rC lly been subscribed to the capital
stock. The directors, however, will raise
that amount to SIS, 900 or more. They
g.iIl have another meeting next Tues
d. at $50 p. m. at the rooms OF the
&'Eamber Of Commerce.
TOBACCO RALLY AT WALLACE.
he enterprising people of Wallace
recently organized the Peoples Tobacco
Warehouse Company with a capital
stock of $40, OGO. and The Messenger Il.
@iad to note that its promoters have
one to work IN earnest. They will
ave a big rally at Wallace next Sat
.rday, and hope to have a great crowd
t farmers there. The rally is for the
purpose of enlightening the farmers
With regard to the cultivation of to-
DacCO and they will have expert tobac-
co men there, probably both from Will
o and kinston, who will speak to the
people ana give them full information
on the st0jeCt.
On the day OF the rally the Peoples
TObaCC. Warehouse Company will open
the bid for the erection of their ware
house. stables. cart houses, etc. VIII
mingtOn's business men have stock in
the Wallace warehouse and the people
IF Our city are anxious to see the move
nent there made a success. 1t has al
ready been demonstrated that Wallace
is in one of the finest tobacco growing
regions in North Carolina.
The officers of the Peoples Ware
house Company are as follows:
President-W. ]. Boney.
Vice-PreSident-G. NJ. HOrnsby.
Secretary and Treasurer-A. r. Sloan.