Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-06-08
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INVITATIONS.
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Dauville IL watching with pride
some striking Developments In
the plug tobacco business.
Our citizens. who take u keen
interest in the fact that Danville
10 the most important leaf tobac-
co market in the world, will be
further interested in the great
and constructive projects under
way here in tobacco manufac.
ture.
A representative Of The Regis
ter has just made u visit of in
spection, through the new Bridge
street factory of the p. B. Grave
lly Tobacco Co. 1t is without
doubt one Of the most complete
aud sanitary tobacco factories in
existence, Cleanliness is the
watchword.
1t has been said that prophecy
is hazardous, vet The Register
confidently predicts that a new
era is about to dawn in the TIC.
bacco world. 1t is fitting that
tsuch a revolution in high-class
pug tobacco should start right
there in the heart of the tobacco
belt at Dauville.
i This new factory of the P. B.
lGravely Tobacco Co. contains
several different kinds OF recent
, ly patented machines. 1t seems
that almost everything is new
. and erything is either patent
ed or is going through a process
of being patented. Nothing has
t been left undone to protect the
+ company on all of its new inven.
q ltions. The officers must have
: realized that these inventions
!, would revolutionize the business
\ they have moved so cautiously
and secretly.
ri The first startling invention i.
pt 4 new patent pocket pouch fol
tobacco. When it IS told
o to tobacco people that this peck
sIet pouch is water and sweat
proof, soft and pliable, that il
IS will keep plug tobacco fresh ant
r clean everywhere, on the seq
e coast or in the mountains, they
II know that means nothing shor
r. of turning the high-class plus
a tobacco business upside down.
irl Year after year the whole
IS world has been searched 70,
n something that would keep plug
It This pouch is something that il
essential to plug tobacco, if plug
tobacco is to continue to be ;
solace and CON fort to gentlemen
Nearly every chewer of tobacco
!. knows that there are times an,
!. lp'aces where nothing else will
take the place of good chewing
'' plug.
Having found the pocket poucl
that would keep the plug fresh
a further invention was neces
sary and followed right upon til,
heels of the first. Each 10 cen
Ipiece Of plug is cut into g.
squares. cut from both side.
lnearly to the center, leaving JUS
Ieuougli uncut so that a mar
breaks of as many squares as III
wants, instead of being forced te
bite it off or cut it with a jack.
k,ife. Wonderful patented ma.
Ichines are in use. These ma.
Icliines are filled with razor-edged
|kniyrs. the ping tobacco is auto
inaticaliy fed into them and
comes out cut on both sides, all
in one operation. These MAJ
chines operate SO automatically
land rapidly that one could not
calculate the cost of square-cut.
Ting plug, it is SO small it takes
50 little time /; all the attention
that the machiaes require is to
stack the plug into the machine.
1t would not be practical TO
auare.cut plug so that a man
could break off as many squares
~ lie wanted, unless the plug
was protected BY the patent
pouch. The plug would dry, be-
come brittle and worthless.
These inventions mean that
there will be Z continuously in.
creased demand for Gravely plug.
Heretofore it has been imprae-
teal for this high-grade tobacco
to be placed on sale where the
demand was not sufficient to en-.
able dealers to order frequently |
enough to always have fresh Is.
bAcco. The important thing is
that this marvellous pouch will |
keep it fresh. The material out |
IS ~, L;~l, THE rsourL :. 80. =.