The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-12
Best Ever; So Say the
Dealers in the Sc
ductive Weed.
MANY PREMIUMS TO
GROWERS OF WEED
Dark Goods Exhibits Larger
Than Brights-Fine Show Was
Held Up on the Road-Rich-
mond Tobacco Board of
Trade Got in the
Game.

The leaf tobacco exhibit at the State
than at any time since the fair has
been running. The trouble IS, or has
been. that the fair comes or a little
TOO soon for the suncuring tobacco
growers and the dark shippers to get
stock in order for exhibition. But this
year the Richmond Tobacco Board of
Trade made special effort to have a
Zig display, and the committees ap-
POINTED by that body went TO much
trouble to get the farmers to make
spccial effort to insure n good exhibit
they succeeded quite we'll. as tho thou
lands OF people who fingered about
The big tobacco booth in the exhibition
building readily saw.
The exhibits OF suncured and other
dark goods were simply immense and
the bright tobacco end OF the booth
was something well worth looking at
but not near so large rs the dark part
OF the same. Il. r. Garrett. Of Pittsyl-
"ania County. at the request of tho
Board OF Trade committee. and his
friend. VIII Hazcll Of Shockoe Ware
louise. got together magnificent as
:ortment OF Pittsylvania County
hrights and shipped them all right, but
in some way. yet TO be accounted for
the shipment got hung up and did not
reach Richmond until "Wednesday af
ttrnocn OF the great Fair Week. Then
l. was too late for the goods 10 get
in the running
The Board OF Trade committee that
had charge OF the tobacco exhibits
was composed OF John NJ. Taylor. VIII
HAZEL, S. W. Tonplsins, Julius =.
Hohsor and JohnsL Winso.
The following is the list OF prize
winners in the tobacco show down.
Caroline County-First premium, r
II. Carter, $50; second premium. j. W.
Gurrant, $50; third premium. q. l.
Haynes. $40
Chesterfield County--First premium.
T. r. Bailey. $40, second prcmium j.
\, Porter. $50; third premium, John a.
Lester. $40.
Goochland county-First premium.
., l.. Payne. $50: second premium. q. l..
Payne. $50. third premium, Y. }. Ford.
$40.
Hanover county-First premium. T.
T. wood. $50; second premium, T W.
wood, SEQ; third premium. Z. i.
chiffon W. Iiendioy. $40: second pre-.
MUM. j. l.. II. clair, SEQ. third pre-
MUM. John t Nuckols. $40
King William County-First pre-
MUM. Harry Whit. $50 second
premium, John ~ Tarrent slc.
Louisa County-Fist premium. o. L.
Howard. $50: second premium, J. II.
Bagby, $50; third premium. q. II.
Brooks. $40.
Suncurcd Sweepstakes-First pre-
MUM. G. r. Payne. Goochland County.
si5 second premium, q. I. Howard.
Louisa County, $40; third premium. l..
=. Wood, Hanover County. s35; fourth
premium. Harry Whit, King William
County, $40: NTH premium. l.. T. car
ter. Caroline County, SIS: sixth pre-
MUM. Clifton w. Hendley, Iienrico
County. $40: seventh premium. I. l..
Bailey. Chesterfield County. SIS.
Judges of Suncured Tobacco-J. T.
Parkinson and T. J. Noble.
Smoked Tobacco.
Amelia County-First premium. d.
". Cantzler. $40: second premium. +.
L. West. $50; third premium J.. ID.
Sweet. $40.
Buckingham County-First premium.
Ct. c. Boatwright, $50; second premium.
r. S. Boatwright, $50: third premium.
Charles Hudgins $40.
Powhatan County-First premium, a.
w. Porter $50; second premium w. c.
Knabe, $50; third premium. John W.
Knabe $40.
premium. a. w. Porter. s25; second
premium. w. c. Knabe, $50; third
premium, John Knabc. SIS.
Judges of Smoked Tobacco--Lcslie
Reed and Henry NJ. Vaughn.
General exhibit of dark tobac other
than by counties above named-First
premium. Charles Matthews, Bruins
wick County, $50; second premium. Al
fred Watkins. Dinwiddie County. S25;
third premium, Il. ID. Watkins. Dinwid-
die County. $50; fourth premium. w. H.
Baldwin. Appropriations County. Sis: NTH
premium. Make Parkinson. Dinwiddie
County, $40.
bright or Fluc-Cured Tobacco.
First premium, bright wrappers, w.
+. Toloh, Halifax County. Sl5, second
premium, bright wrappers c. II. Will
son. Dnwiddie County, 50.
First premium. mahogany wrappers,
c. Fl. Wilson, Dinwiddie County, SIS:
second premium, mahogany wrappers,
X. Il. Hawks Dinwiddc County, IS.
First premium, cutters, w T. 1'oloh.
Halifax County, SIS; second premium.
cutters, y. c. Wood, Mecklenburg
County, SIS,
First premium. smokers. \. G. Wood,
Mecklenburg County, SIS: second pre-
MUM, smokers. j. Il. Ragsdale, Lunen-
burg County, s..
First premium. filters, A. c. Wood.
Mecklenburg County, SIS; second
premium. C. II. Wilson, Dinwiddie
County. SIS.
Judges of Bright Tobacco-John NJ.
Taylor and Oscar c. Gregory.