The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-09
GREAT ACT|V|TY
IN SHOCK'0||:|E|: 81 81. / ?.
Remarkable Scenes il the To- To-
bacco Market Yes
3i. terday.

Owing to the congestion Of lea tobacco
on the market, the sales at the, ware e
houses will begin at 8 a. ~. ~ ! o-dtiy IN
stead Of at 10 as usual. The sales to-d;sy
promise to break he record not NOT ofhly y
this season, but of several recent years,
some estimating that the quantity that
will be sold to-day as high as three hun-
bred thousand pounds. esterday,ss sales
aggregated nearly quarter Of a million
pounds. The sales viii begin to-day at
Stonewall, going thence to Shockoe,
Crenshaw,s and Shelburnc's in the order
named. 3as8sti q s. 3,S. Il
The scenes on the slip In the tobacco
mart OF the city Ia to yesterday afternoon
were remarkable, Indeed. Early IN the
afternoon the wagons laden Win 1ne
STAPLE crop Of this vicinity began to pour
in q from every direction-all sorts Of
wagons drawn by every kind Of beast,
!slngly, III pairs, III unicorn style and IN
fours: two wheeled carts. four wheeled
wagons, covered and uncovered, includ.
ing the old schooner type. These vehicles
congested together with the drqys and
carts engaged iii removing tho tobacco
sold on the warehouse floors yesterday,
and there was q clnshing and cursins
and confusion and oil sorts of tangled
mazes OF vehicles loaded and empty AS
fast as possible the warehousenlen cleared
the entrances and uiltungled the lock Of
wa CONS, and slowly, but surely, space was
made for them on tho warehouse floors.
Very Active Scenes.
by night the entire available floor space
of most Of the warehouses was occu-
pIed by wagons Of tobacco, and tho
drivers and owners and their sons or
brothers were running here there and
everywhere. preparing their supports
seeking quarters for the night, asking
questions OF the warehouscmcn, hunting
for stalls for their teams buying from
the wonders of apples and cakes and on
VARIOUS missions. Tho street outside IN
front OF Stonewall and Shelburncs ware
houses wp.. cholscd With wagons and tho
drnymcp, were vainy striving to thread
their way through the mazc Of lnterlock-
ing country teams. bounds to this or that
warehouse.
Z Until latc ut night Shockoo slip was
scene OF unwontcd activity. Every nook
and corner OF the warehouses were oc-
cupcd ny sleeping men. all the stan
room and wherever IA box could DO pro-
viden as a feeding trough were pre-.
cmpted by country teams. Torches and
lights of various kinds were called into
NreuulsItion, and tho clatter Of many
voices added to tho babel, Far into the
night new arrivals came to swell the
n hrong, the drivers and their companions
in many cases Sleeping on their loads Of
tobacco.
Will Break Records.
Yesterdays sales totalled about $4,000
pounds. In round numbers the quantities
sold byith several houses were: shockoe,
100000; sl,elburnes, 10000: Stonewall.
10000; Crep shaw'.s, 10, 900, 5,.a,i
,a,y ,,rica record for the season WAS
made at Shelburne's yesterday, where u
lot OF slln-cured wrappers was sold for
$50 hundred to the h, a. Patterson To-
bacco Company. Another lot was sold
& 10 w, II. Hancock for s23. The avera ges
generally were very good, and prices wete
we'll maintained. Notwithstanding the
heavy sales
Sales will continue at the warehouses
I'm TO Friday. December 2ad. and In
Guiding that day. Then the Christmas
holiday recess will BEGIN thereafter,