The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-12-04
LINING OF THE LOCAL
TOBACCO WAREHOUSE.

Eith the receipt of several large
... ron loads of tobacco Tuesday, and
aral more crops on Wednesday, the
al season at the Bourbon Tobacco
-.1.rehouse Company'S plant was in
e.curated and the prospects seem
-~,ght for a successful sales season.
Eepper & Ellis sent in the first con-
.s.1ment of the weed for Saturdays
20. being twenty-five baskets of to-
-7sco of a medium good quality, and
r,-er on sent in two more big loads.
s has been previously announced
.-, he Paris papers the first sale will
held at the Warehouse on South
I'm street tomorrow, and the work
nreparing for the event has been
- yelv under way all this week, with
no result that when AuctiOneer Clay
limits the block for the first offerings
---rvthing will be in readiness.
wing to the large acreage Of the
I'D produced in this county this sea-
80. and to the fact that the prices
--,aiyed last season by this company
gese entirely satisfactory, it is con-
entity expected that the sales this
ar will mount up to or possibly ex-
III 100000 pounds.
he local house will be under the
ne capable management as last
-1.r Mr.. John T. Collins being re-
-gi ed in his capacity as manager.
7nrA clerical force will consist of Mr..
y.orrest Day, weigher; John Spears,
,9pkkeeper; Walter Payne, Garrett
..s@erson, John M. Clay and ii. {.
- iley, the Office force.
number of important additions
IRE been made to the plant in order
: handle the crop with more CELEBRITY
go thoroughness. The sales floor
~. been enlarged 25x150 feet and a
--..,aber of skylights have been added.
.pecial room has been built for the
o7Ustruction of tobacco hOgSheadS,
e7g an order has been placed with the
.,ayington Tobacco Hogshead co. for
= thousand hogsheads. By the add
10, of this room it has been made
-.7ssible to separate that department
a-on the pricing rooms, and in this
VIZ provide additional room for the
o-i-ing.
-.uyers for the big tobacco houses
are already shipped their supplies to
IA Bourbon house, and 1t is eVldent
,.224 they intend to buy in larger guam.
los If seems that the season Will
-..4ner ie seems that the season VIII
ZEN under more favorable auspices
.1sl last season.
The following buyers have signiiled
mir intention to be present oaeur-
p:
-lr. Glenn, representing the Amerl-
- Tcbacco Company.
0Er. Berry, representing the IL. D.
2synolds Tobacco Company.
SIR. Stevenson, representing the D.
= TAYLOR Tobacco Company.
sr. S. X. Nichols, representing the
759gett & Myers Tobacco Company
The T. S. Hamilton Company, OF
.-se,innati. also notified the local man.
cement that a representative wouio
D present Saturday.
pesides the above representatives
~ he big tobacco manufacturers
----7ober of buyers for the smaller To-
60 companies will also be present
IN addition to the regular buyers
"a. following superintendent OF puy-
= will attend the opening sale: MT
-qeodore Kirk, of Cincinnati, OF the
= REYNOLDS Co: Mr.. Graves, or the
a-oarican Tobacco Co.; Mr.. Miller, OF
-re J. P. Taylor Co., and Mr.. Coleman
q he Liggett & Myers Co:
some dealers say that "houseDurh
: much in evidence in most OIL tne
y,3cco delivered, due to the TACT Ihdt
, -arge percentage OF the tobacco no"
ing sold comes from the pottoiii
~s1s in the barns, which would nat,
lily be most affected by the 6ad
vaather conditions which preVaiieu
U.s. after the crop was cut anu JUG.
haspning to cure Also the yield thls
-vsar was much larger than usual ana
arge majority of farmers were seri-
oYsly pushed for house room ana tolc.
d % cure a part of their crop In sheo''
@ stalls or almost any aValiaoie
pace.
Unfortunately the season was none
10 good for curing in properly con,
s-~lcted barns and very bad for tIsa'
inch was not taken care OF TO the
best advantage.