The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-13
HIGHER PRICES FOR TOBACCO.
4 i"Sier interests Want Lease on
Electric Li-ht P~Iant-Co:ton Tins
Busy.
Especial to The Messenger.)

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Wilson, n. c., Ocober BIB Flagler
interests AVE made a proposition to
the authorities of Wilson to lease its
electric light plant for a term of years.
The proposition is considered very lib
eral and the matter is now being con-
sidered by the Wilson authorities.
Wilson owns its own light and water
plants, bonds having been issued for
the purpose of building these plants.
The water plant has always paid a nice
profit, but to the many improvements
necessary in the light plant, and the in
crease in the cost of fuel the light plant
has not been paying for the past year.
The matter of leasing the plant has
been received very f~Gvorably in Will
son.
knowing that this lease may lead to
some Improvements tor Wilson on the
part of the Flagler interest, Wilson
people are very anxious to get this class
of people interested in the town. One
part of the lease calls for the installa-
ton of a gas plant, both for lighting
and cooking purposes. This will add
much to the ~cOnveniences of the town,
besides being a saving to all individual
users of lights.
A corps of surveyors arrived in Will
son or Saturday for the purpose of sur
yeying the proposed route of the Pamli-
co and Washington Railroad company.
Work has begun on the new survey and
it Will be rapidly pushed to completion
Wilson &c I-ar,- no,ch in+nrac+oa IN thi.
new road and will look with interest
on the progress of the work.
There has been a decided Improve
ment in the price of tobacco en- the VII
son market for the past week. Prices
have been steadily going upward on all
grades of good tobacco. There has not
been such Il decided advance in price
of common tobaccos. yet there has been
some improvement in the price of these.
The sales for the past week have been
the largest since the market opened.
Farmers have begun to realize that they
al not expect the same price for to-
bacco rs last year and are beginning TO
bring in the crop more freely. The re-
port for the market for the months of
| September is very interesting. as COM
pared with the same period of last
1 Ntdi. II (oNSil SiISS Lux Nv HtOII
| just passed IS 2,73O,3S7, with an average
of $4.S2. The total sales for the same
period last year was 6,126, go, which sold
at an average of SLID. While there has
been Il large difference in the price paid
for tobacco, a great part Of this differ
nee in average is due to the class OF
tobacco offered for sale. The class OF
tobacco sold last year was much bet
ter than this season.
The Wilson cotton gins have done q
good business during the month of Sep.
TENDER. There has been ginned over l.
400 bales of this years crop. One of the
gins is an independent enterprise while
the other is a part of the Southern Cot
ton Oil Company which has 2 plant
here. The independent mill is owned
for the most part by the farmers il
Wilson county and is getting a larg'
portion of the cotton raised in tn
county. Both mills are paying the sam
price for seed. about % cents per bushel
There has been sold in Wilson during
his year 40. 900 bushels of seed.
The factory OF the Hackney Wagon
company hats been completed and tn
installation of machinery has alread.
begun. The company expects to hav
wagons on the market in a short while
a concert was given on Friday by III
Atlantic Christian College Concert Com
pany which was very much enjoyed b,
a large crowd of Wilson people. Tn
principal feature of the evening was tn,
playing of Professor L. r. Shackey.