The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-19
AGAIN SELL TOBACCO.
MANY Farmers Make a Fine
Second Sale Here
High Prices the FEATURES and Planters so De-
LIGHTED With Sales That They Are
Coming Again.

There was more life and activity over
on the corner of Blount and Davie streets
Yesterday than has been seen there in
many months, the occasion was sale Of
leaf tobacco at the Capital Warehouse
and everybody knows that nothing OF a
commercial character enilvens things
like a warehouse sale of leaf tobacco,
especially if warehouse 1nen and buyers
are in a position to ''who0p up" prices.
The song of the gifted auctionecr and
the spirited chorus of eager buyers make
the most animating and inspiring of all
industrial music.
Early yesterday morning tobacco grow
ers from the southern section OF the
county began driving their wagons load
ed with the early curings of the golden
and gold producing weed under the sheds
of the popular Capital Tobacco Ware
house.
By II o'clock dozen or more planters
had their tobacco unloaded weighed and
spread out on the warehouse floor. The
news of The tobacco sale soon spread
over the city, and a large number of
merchants, bankers and other citizens
gathered to witness the dawn of new
industrial era for Raleigh. Mr. w. L..
Rice, Raleighh's new auctioneer, an
nounced the beginning of the sale and
in a moment there was vigorous bidding
and buying The crowd swayed fro!n pile
to pile, the auctioneer and the hustling
warehousemen in the lead. Up and down
the floor they marched. whooping up. the
prices until the sale was over. There
was no boosting up prices for policy s
sake, there was no initiating of values
for advertising purposes, there was no
| intention or disposition to boom the oc-
casion unnecessarily and unwjsely, but
there was a determination on the part OF
| buyers, warehousemen and others to pay
| the planter full value for his tobacco,
and with that the farmer Yves not only
content but went off rejoicing. This is
| to be the policy of the Raleigh tobacco
people,; they are fully determined that
no tobacco market in the State shall pay
more for any grade of tobacco than Raj
eigh. The whole city, from border to
| border is interested in the movement.
Representatives of the leading manufac-
turers of the world are here or have
their orders here, the warehousemen
are live and energetic and have al neces-
sarv facilities for handling the weed, and
Raleigh is going to be big tobacco mar
ket. The tobacco yesterday was mr..
up of early primings, the prices paid
ranged from to 1914 cents, averaging
about cents all round
Among those swho brought TOBACCO
were J. H. Dupree Myatt G Smith, T. j.
Smith. A. f. Smith, S. S. Pucket, gTilly
Blavlock, A. r. Smith, c. B. Ogburn
ard others-all from the Willow Springs
and Panther Branch section. A number
of planters from other sections of the
county were in attendance on the sale,
and when they saw the prices they asked
that the warehouses appoint sale day
for next week so that they might bring
some of their early curing, so Friday
next was designated as the next sale day,
when all who have tobacco ready for
the market may bring it along With the
assurance that prices will be maintained.
Mr. C. P Sellars, who is to buy on the
Raleigh market this season for the
American Tobacco Company, arrived yes
terday and will help make things lively
on Friday next