The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
THE KNOWLEDGE THAT COUNTS,
us The Lessons We Learn In Every
day Hard Work That faake
Us Successful.

Mr., r, J. Reynolds, President and
Founder OF the largest manufacturing
plant East OF the Mississippi, belongs 10
that class OF men whose sucCessin lie has
been due to their rs energy and industry,
though the circumstances ct Mr.. Reynolds
boyhood afforded hina sound basis upon
which to build. lie was endowed By
nature with health and strength, full II
energY and ambitious, Ei!ie vet eferder
age, to lead IN whatever he. &rderook,
HIS faiher, a large piaR,er4sd r~ianufac.
turer III Patrick CouGsE. V.gria:a. made
his weary contfacfS~Sf IN his Eabcfcrs On
the condition w. saey kept ~ With
young " Dick%
Even as }boy, III Reynolds vas never
S9ntehte1, unless IN some uaY employed
lie toqFd pleasure in tasks that CtheEs
7 too tedious OF burdeEs1me.
~ Reynolds, Wills mhs teens, planted,
Cultivated, cured, manufactured ard
worked in every des gaeHs Of the manu-.
tactGre, and had Successfully held the
position cf rlsnzzeF ii a factory In the
y+-as 1876 h1faly moss than a boy. be was
manufacturing tobEceo Under the name
of r !. EsynaGsG 20, In a very small
f2-1pry az Winston, u. Z.
las methods ard processes Of manu-.
factUring tobacco IN tn0se days were very
Grade. Other nea were conilnt with the
machinery. processes and methods in use.
NJ. keymol4s, and the ueu associated
with him, worked out bY experiment, the
Fe&s1Ns t1g the p~-AFliliaE Cluthods, and
by the helpottha skilled rgen in charge Of
gAe various departments * the rarufac.
tarilg plant, they iaypnted, perfected and
adopted improved machinery and pro-
Cssses, until t0GlY TIE fat plug tobacco
iadsstYF has beea completely revolution.
iEsd, ard the T. !. Reynolds Tobacco
Gpm1l1y Is LGrwn a. the largest, best
e4aip5sd ami c~leaNcs. fiat plrg tobacco
maa1fact1rys4g pant IN the world They
. also oNn, fg which a patcn, has
bean zpp5ed. the great discovery Of a
process q rtsa Ttfatslctufe az their new
brand REFINED translated smoking
t9blcco. i; was discovered ty eminent
SieHgisls and their experts on tobacco.
Alter many years III study and experiment
they found oas how a. produce the mcst
delightful anil HAIRLESS tobacco for pipe
and cigarette smoSers, It IS proving a
great flvoTite Niih smoEcrS.
A visit 10 tho now mammoth plant Of
r. J. REYNOLDS tobacco Co.. proves not
more interes IN to the seeker for infor-
nation and an insight into the tobacco
W~&NI4AGENE4E% HlsstIEt iran 10 the SIN
diat Of the lab,r problem, The visitor
cannot BE-. b. impressed by the utmost
harmony and gpod feeling which prevails
between the employer and Employed.
Strikes and other disagreements and
labor agita,toAs arc Unknown. Coed
hours AMI good wages, entirely acceptable
to the employees, have slways been al
lowed, Which is fully manifested in the
unusually large number OF employees who
started in with M Reynolds many yeas
ago and have never found il necessary to
demand higher wages or to leave the EN-.
ploy Of his company. Many Of the heads
OF the various departments stated in the
business as boys and grew up under Mr..
Reynolds tntorship, With their eyerin-
creasing knowledge Ct tobacco, they de.
veloped into exports, and have brought
into the business yisnr ard Improvement.
r. J, REYNOLDS Tobacco Company's plapt
ef Winsiou-Saicm, N G., L. s. A stands
a visible proof q foresight, united effort,
untifing engt " aud the insistence upon
fair deal rs founder.
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