The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-05
RALEIGH TOBACCO MARKET
MAKES BRILLIANT OPENING.
It is Estimated That About So 900 Pounds Were Sold
in Both Warehouses.
FARMERS DELIGHTED WITH THE PRICES

me farmers IKE to come to ItalC1gh,
said scores of them yesterday I'VE want
to trade here 1t is the capital city and
we find a warm welcome here We like
your busines Spcople and your methods
and we are going to stick to the Raleigh
market and help to make it great one
for it deserves success
Mr.. Claude r. Barbec. the president
of the Raleigh Tobacco Association, was
on the floor all day. His zeal and earn
est efforts have been prime factors in
making the market $50 and he was
delighted with the initial days work.
He was warmly congratulated by many
ard deserves every nice thing that has
been said of him.
The sales over, the making out of
checks was in order. and as the we'll
pleased sellers found their way to the
Commercial and Farmers Bank, which
kept open many hours after the usual
closing hour. to accommodate the rush,
their satisfaction increased the cash
was counted out to them.
1t was a great day for Raleigh. 1t
marked an epoch in a new commercial
life. The business houses of the city
felt yesterday the good effects of thOuS-
ands of dollars paid out to the farmers,
for in every line of trade there were
cash transa ctions yesterday that gave
an impetus to business that is but the
beginning of a now era for Raleigh.
The number of pounds sold in the
morning on the floor of the Farmers
Warehouse has been estimated at about
$4,000. There were 292 piles, owned by
1T farmers.
The highest price brought in this house
and in the entire sale yesterday
R1o n IL Nv
TiHy and Blalock, of Willow Springs.
The next highest price paid was S21.00
Tor weed sent in by Durham & Knight.
The lowest price paid was SO, was scrap.
The average is estimated at about $500.
The management of the Capital City
Warehouse was unable to tell last
night exactly how many rounds had been
sold, as it was late before all the checks
could be written. 1t has been roughly
estimated that they sold somewhere be-
tween forty and fifty thousand pounds.
Three hundred and sixty-three piles were
offered upon their floor by one hundred
and fifteen farmers.
The best price was paid to r. l. Smith,
of Willow Springs, who received $500
for one pile. r. E. Young got the next
highest price, SIPS. The cheapest
grade, outside Of scrap, brought $i.00.
The average price has been estimated to
have been about $3.50.
According to the above estimate, there
was paid out here yesterday to tobacco
growers something over $1,000.
The largest quantities were follows:
c. B. Jones. OF Panther Branch, 1000
pounds; S. j. Davis, of Eagle Rock, 900;
c. l.. Parish, 272; j. B. Britt, 500; r. II.
Smith 500; S. b. Sauls. zoe; A. j. Barber,
500; Rogers and Knight $50; j. P.
Glover, $40; W. T. Bunch. 314; S. w.
Stone 312.
The personnel Of the mana gcmcnt Of
the two warehouses is as follows:
Farmers-J. II. Cheatham and Garland
Mitchell, proprietors; Richard Gowan,
book keeper; T. a Hester and e. j.
Ragsdalc, drummers, and w. L. Rice.
auctionccr.
Capital City-W z. Cannady and r.
f. Knott, Jr., prorrietors; w. Fl. Auston
and others drummcrs; It. r. Wimbish,
book-lccper, and ". J.. Rice, auctioneer.
IN addition to the work of the drum
mers, the proprietors of both houses have
done great work in bringing tobacco TO
tn" Raleigh market. The book-kecpers
were very hard-worked men yesterday
and # some of the farmers were kept
waiting for their checks, it was through
!
keepers; but was due to the unavoidable
confusion attendant upon first sales, and
this Will be avoided in future.
The following is a list of the planters
who had tobacco on the floor Of the
Farmers Warehouse yesterday morning:
Jno. Farrar, Apex; j. +. I.assiter, Green
Level; w. il. NJ. Yates, T. B. SegraVcs,
r. G. Sears, J. T.. Sears, Morrisvlllc;
A. J. Urchurch & Co.. A. ID. Upchurch,
A. j. Martin, II. -. Murray, Green Level;
s. Z. Grass, Chatham; 4. j. Martin q
| GO, r. N. Luther, Chatham; Roht. John-
/ SON Chatham; O. T. Luther, Chdtham:
! NJ T. Wilmington, Chatham; w. w.
Pace, Hickory Grove; e. r. Penny, St
! Hary'S; T. G.. Jones, Johnston; a. IT,
| Williams, Williams Springs; y. '. al'eS
! hpox; McCcc & Scott Chatham; - j.
! Forrcu Green Level; John WhittlnSton
! Chatham. Anderson Harris, Pitt; ). J.
Scott, Chatham; l.. p. King, Green Lover;
J. M. Stevens, Panther Braneh: w. u
Sears, Sears & Brown, MorrlaVillc' Nai-
! som Jones' Middle Greek; a. ,. sears
/ NorrisviIlc: c. II. Smith, Eagle hoch'
A. w. Thompson. ". *. McGec, ohat-
ham. Scars g. Co. MOrriSVllic' ". =.
Eup!or, RoIesvilIe; Sidney Jones, MIG
dlo Creek: Durham &, Knight, 81. MAT
/ tbnys. Nal Sears MorTiSVillc; L. ,.
Howell Green Level; w. y. Rogers, Apex
q r. cole T.. r. Colcy, Pett; o. a. Har-
,inoton uarnatt. Drewry Lilies. Wihdell
x. X. Wood, L. z. Barber MorriSViiie'