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ASHEVILLE DAILY CITIZEN: THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1892. ASHEVILLE DAILY CITIZEN. By RADOLPH-KERR PRIXTISG CO The DailtCitiikn, Pe mocrntic, is published every afternoon (except Sunday) at the fol lowing rates strictly cash : om yeab fl.oo Six Months S.no Thkrb Months 1-1 Oki Month so onb wbbk la THURSDAY, AI'RIL U. 1802. Tun Standard Oil company, of New York, has increased its capital from $.V 000,000 to $7,000,000, anil deals out poor or good oil as it sees fit. Thk jury box has its victims no less than hast lie jury itself. anicsV.Ln'pe'r, a colored juror, who served i'l the Sclinicder murder trial, Washington, has died from mental and physical exhaus tion. The murderer will probably net an appeal or two, and may escape alto gether. It is apparent that, if he euiltr, he ought to have been i tic ol his own jurymen the rij;lit one. Tin; United States senate has, if re poits are true, just di.ue a cowardly thing. That body has removed its prin cipal executive clerk, James U. Youn.not'. the charge of betraying executive session secrets. He wasuiven no opportunity "I defending himself, and his removal is farce and unjust, for the reason th.it ilis the scna tors themselves who bet r. iv t he se crets of executive session to newspaper men. The removal of Young is a ease u' having tne power ami exercising; it re gardless of right. TiiiikK has been for some time nolhiii funnier, if von look at it that way, than the fact that tlieSt.l.ouiseottonexihanni lias adopted resolutions censuring t lit' do partment of agriculture for issuing in correct reports on the distribution and consumption of corn, wheat and cotton and calling upon their representatives in congress to stop it. An "exchange" these days means a place where fictitious val ues are the rule and where prices are boomed or lowered on mere rumor mostly. For such an organization to complain that anyone is rivaling it in its field is to give a delightful touch ofopera bouffc to the business. PRISOX REFORM. Tim New York World was barely men tioned by name, and not by way ol com mendation, in the Ivnglish parliament the other day, and the London corres pondent of that paper cables: "The compliment paid to the New York World by specially mentioning it by name in parliament, is very great." This inevi tably reminds one of the anecdote of the snob who got in the way of a royal duke. Coming to a fiicnd a moment later the snob, all in a flutter of pleas ure at the chance meeting, said excitedly ; "O ! he spoke to me; he spoke to me." "What did he say?" asked the friend. "He told me to go to " said the snob, still happy. MORE FROST AV'VYS. As vet the truckers in the Wilming ton section think they havceseaped great damage, though there was frost and ice there Sunday. Along the line of the Wil mington and Wcldon railway from Wil mington to t'roldsboro, the loss is severe, and will fall quite heavily upon the truckers and berry growers. In the Ooldsboro and Newbcrn sections the damage is great. The work of plough ing up the damaged crops and replant ing is already in progress. In the liiiz abeth City trucking section th' reports are that the injury to fruit is slight. Irish potatoes are cut to the ground, l'eas arc said not to be seriously hurt. The atmosphere was unusually dry, and this alone prevented an utter destruction of the truck crops, A box of very valuable historical pa pers, once in possession of Governor Swain, have been recently obtained by the university. Among them is a frag mentary letter of J. .McKnitt Alexander as to the authenticity of the Mecklen burg declaration of independence. The writer was the signer of that document. Also, the address of General I.a Fayette, at Fayetteville, on his last visit to this country. It is in his own handwriting At the republican Wake county con vention at Raleigh it was notable that most of the delegates were colored. Some of the leading state republicans attended. One of them, Marshall I.. Mott, in a speech, assured his hearers thatowingto the division ol the democracy the repub cans would carry Cleveland county, which has for years been the banner dem ocratic county. The Fnirvicw stock farm at Raleigh had a sale last October at which horses to the number ol of about fifty were dis posed of. the total being some $7,01)0. Cant. H. 1'. Williamson, the owner of the farm, now has over fifty horses. He has purchased, in New York and Vermont, thirty more horses, all standard-bred trotters. Arrangements are being made for the establishment ol a Itible institute in this state on the plan of the one at North field, Mass., and Rev. George C. Need ham will be one ol its conductors. Raleigh is to have a cheap system ol electric lighting, which is to be specially designed lor use in private houses. The street railway company will probably put in the plant. Rev. I'r. R. L. Abernethy, president of Rutherford college, will be a candidate for the democratic nomination for slate superintendent of public instruction. The Fourth regiment is now the larg est regiment in the state, the next larg est being the First regiment. The Fom th has ten companies. Evangelist Fife, who is now with Ncedham, has purchased property nt Charlotte and decided to make that his headquarters. But Coiuress Does It. From the News and Courier. Private Allen, the funny congressman from Mississippi, wants congress to ap propriate $50,000 for the relief of the sufferers by the high water in the Tom bigbee river. It is to be hoped that the house will refuse to make the appropria tion, not because the victims of the flood do not need help, but because con gress has no right to appropriate public money for purely private churity. Mot a BIcOluty, From Brooklyn Life. Hicks I tbink I shall bring up my boy to follow the tea for a livelihood. Dix Why hare you settled on that ? Hicks It seems to be the only industry in which one is not expected to begin at the botton. lipiiou Tun CiTiiiiN: Your report yestcrduv scarcely did my poor effort in behalf of prison reform justice w hen it said: "Capt. ration's remarks were con lined to a recital of the wrongs which he had personally witnessed," etc. 1 am sure every one who was present will re member that 1 cited at least one instance well known to every man in Ashcvillc, as follows : Last week thicc white boys ft mil l." to lTyi.'TSof age were arrested on suspi cion o crime ami were locked up m tne common jail in close proximity to col ored men, and in actual contact with wl.iie adult criminals of the very worst and trust dangerous character, and next day these young hoys were discharged as innocent. 1 think I asked mv hearers, at any rat.' I now ask your rcadcis, whether Ihcv can estimate the injury which may have be. n inllictcd upon those innocent' boys hv the contagion to the moral and physical to which we exposed them ; or can nnv one begin to estimate the num ber dollars w hich will be lost to this county if one of those boys becomes a li.o di ::. d criminal from the inlliieucc of those with whom he was pvrmilttd to converse .J 1 think every lather in Ashcvide. w l.cn he recognizes that his innocent boy may tonight be ill a cell with these criminals, wil1 I'grcc with me that thcic is need of pi isoii reform. Again in the case of the six women prisoners your report ol the lecture might have said that I reported the fact that bv the efforts of three good christian women they were soon dis charged, and houses provided for liieni. in which 1 believe Seimc ol t hem are now doing well, and thus much ex pense was saced the lax-payers. It might also have stated that Mr. Chancy, basing his information upon what he bail seen and been told by the jailor, said, "While I am speaking to you two poor women are locked in one ol tho'c cells, while the adjoining is filled with libald men, making night hideous with obscenity, the only separation be tween the cells being a partition of sheet iron, which permits every word and act to be distinctly heard from one lo the other." Now, in regard to the mif.rtun:iU' wo men, I will add, that the prompt and valuable assistance ol a most i xcellenl I'resbvtcriau minister was offered im mediately ut the close ol Mr. Chancy s speech, proposing to exercise S'.u h intl.i- euee ;:s in their to get trie uds which but on Lining to the jail he l.nind them discharged, although they had been sca icnccd to imprisonment until next Sat urday; discharged on Wednesday, to go upon the streets, and in all human prob abihiy soon lo be rearrested and im prisoned again at public expense. What I saiel about tl,e"sticl elad cell." was that it measured 1 fx Is feet on the Hour and 1 1- feel high, divided by a hoi i zontal partition into two apartments, and in these two there had at one time been imprisoned fortv-eight men, a pro portion of whom were entirely innocent ol itt.ichc true Christian love i behalf, anil that we should try. each leturued to her loruier in other counties, the expense i I we proposeel to bear ourselves, any crime against tne laws, cituer oi their state or nation. Shou'.dyou doubt this dreadful statement, as you well may. I refer you to the jailor, Mr. Jamison lor its verification. As regard the western jail your re porter might have said that the whole point of my remarks consisted in i In tact that the prisoner, who was so strangely "brought into court," was de clared innocent and discharged, ourstatc making him no compensation lor lost time or suffering he had undergone', through her error, bv his long and pain ful incarceration, and 1 endeavored feebly to impress on christian young men that on this line each ill ght individually re port the delects in our state Laws by ex ercising towards these discharged pris oners that christian love, "without which all our deeds arc nothing worth," and which, it seems to me, should mark the character of myself and everyone' who is considered lit to be a director l the Young Men's "Christian" associa tion. Il'yoii will liuil space for the lollowing extracts from my notes, which my In id lime prevented me speaking, it will be but justice to Yours Kespectluilv, April 11-, ls'.l'J. T. II . Vnivm. Surely wc need reform, and I think chiefly m public opinion, We are apt to regard labor as a punishment to be in llictcd upon convicted persons, and their labor, which should be held most honor able, is held to be a disgrace; in other words, so long as a prisoner is consid ered in the eye of the law to be innocent he is ktpt in enforced idleness, subject to all the evil influences which ever attend idleness, many times multiplied by vi cious companionship. Then, if convicted, he is at once put to work. Now I would nave this changed, so thai when a per son is arrested on suspicion of crime, and cannot give bail, he should at once be put to work, and in the event of his ac quittal, he should be paid out of the pub lic treasury a fair recompense for his labor, if convicted, the time of his pre vious labor should be considered as part of his sentence, and a certain per centage of his earnings, say 1U per cent., should be placed to his credit and paid him at expiration of Ins term. In this way many men would be enabled to provide for their pressing necccssities, and saved from a return to criminal life, which under our present plan is almost unavoidable 1 think you will agree with me that although the log dun geon, to which I have icfeircd as lie former prison in one ofour western coun ties, no longerservcs that purpose, but is replaced by an improved jail, even thcic and here we have great need to discover antl put in practice some wise measures ol 1 rison Kctorm. Worn unci Wan and V.'cak .nxl Weary. Ho! women, worn and weary, with wan faces and so indescribably weak. Those distressing, draggiiig-down pains, and that constant weakness and worn- ncss ami weariness can be cured. For all such sufferers, Ilr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a panacea of inestimable value. As on invigorating tonic, it im parts strength to the w hole system. For overworked, worn-out, (leuilita ted teachers, dressmakers, seamstress es, shop-girls, housekeepers, pursing mothers, and feeble women generally, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the greatest earthly boon, being uncqualed as an appetizing cordial and restorative tonic. As a soothing and strengthening nervine, "I'uvorite Prescription is unc qualed and invnluablc in allaying and subduing nervous excitability, exhaus tion, prostration, hysteria, spasms and other distressing, nervous symptoms, commonly attendant upon functional and organic disease. It induces refresh ing sleep and relieves mentul anxiety and despondency. ' 1-Ol.lwS who tk.iyi;i.. Tin- Daily Tnleof Aslirvl!U'i Ho Iti llcifisti-.s. Iknieiy fiii A : t'.co. Stuart Smith, li Green, l. 11. Iloughteliiig, N.- ;W. Patterson, wife and daughter. K. Patter son, Ncwcasllo, Pa.; . S. McYey. Richmond; C. S. Jones, Philadelphia; C. L. llarleius, N. C. Grand Cenirul:. M. Wood, Raleigh; W. S. Nash, Pavton, O.; W. W. Z ich.iry, llrcvarel. (.Veil AW;: T. Wakefield, Lenoir, N. C; W. II. Knock, W. Pound, W. A. II. lire, Iv. C. Haire, Grand Rapids, Mich.; J is. R. Thomas, Whitticr. T. F. llaughton, W. R. Craw ford,' N. C; Go. W. Means, Concord, N. C; J. S. Svdrco'i, W. U Knight, Richmond; . 11 I'avi c, Waynes vi'.lc, N. C ; Mrs. W. Murthcad, Jersey City; C. M. l.cwty, Knoxvillc; V. A. James, Salisbury, N. C. 1'rotll oil tliv Sin Met-. I'ruin the IlaUiiiuire Sun. The south, Georgia included, will doubtless continue to be swayed by the fears and memories which have so long made it "solid." Free coinage may be a tenet of icanv southern democrats. It is the stock-in trade, wc know, of not a lew earnest individuals. Hut for the masses of the southern people the su premacy of the while race, self-government and low taxes, state and fulcra!. a-c rock bottom considerations which iimleilie theircutirc political creed. Com pared with these matters, the question ol silver coinage is froth on the surface. A Tribute lo Age and Iti-antv. I'l'.n-.l llie New Ve-rk Sun. Altogether the steamships carry to U'lropc about '.1011,000 cabin passengers every year, of whom at least nine tenths arc Americans. At an average of . 'Slim each, this makes !?'.l,noo,ouo I'aid bv our citizens, nnnuajly, lor transportation outward, iheir return passges costing as much more. Tliev t rc Not ;olnu lo Sit On II. From llie- lictn.it Journal. A Washiugloncorrcspoudciit says that the silver men "arc about lo take a new tack." This time they had better see whether the point is up or not. kstkamu-muxt. The path from me to you that led, Untrodden long, with grass is grown, Mute carpet that his lieges spread lie-lore the 1'iincc Oblivion When he goes visiting the dead. An 1 who are they who 'nit forgi t ? You, who my coming could si.rnii-c lire any hint of me as yet. Warned other cars ai d other eves. Sec the path bluired without regret. lint w hen 1 trace its windings sweet. With saddened steps, at every spot That feeds the memory in my feet, liach grass-blade turns forget-mc-uot, Where in u nil nring bees your name repeat. Junius RllSrill Lowell. Col. I.. .1. Allied Writes: I am in my seventy-third year, and tor nttv yi .us 1 have been a great sulVerer Iroiu'iudigesiieMi, constipation and biil iousucss. I have tried all the remedies advertised for these diseases and got no permanent relief. About one year ago the disease assuming a more severe and dangerous form, 1 became very weak and lost llcsh rapidly, 1 commenced using lr. II. Mozley's Lemon lilixir. I gained twelve pounds in three months. My strength and health, my appetite and my digestion were perfectly restored, and now 1 feel as young anil vigorous as I ever did in my life. L. J. A'.lred, I ' jor keeper Ga. State Senate. St ate Capitol, Atlanta, G.i., Aug. .", 1 spl. AKiff OVDER Absolutely Pure. A vrt':un of tartnr hakim; ,huv'!.t. l!ii;t est of nil in Ktivcniui; strength. Latest V. ! (iovt ninitnt 1'ooii Kepttrt. ROYAL ItAKIN'.i MvniiK CO , lOo Wall Street, N. Y. EASTER PRESENTS. NATIVE STONES NORTH CAROLINA EASTER ID GG S EfX'CHX I - f.l..U JJJJ, I'.i j.i. .Li J J ..L L L .LL i in i -THE- REAL : ESTATE : INVESTMENT : COMPANY ASHEVILLE ARTSSL'ft. M. FIELD LEADING JEWELER. iftttoiUli M.iin !-., Aslievillc. JUbSIS It. STARMiS, UNDERTAKER : A Mollii-r'N Ui-purt. Mrs. N. A. McHutirc writes from Spring I'l. ice, Ga.: l or nianv veins I have occii a great sullcrcr Iroiu liiingcs tion, side licadiiclie and nervous pros tration. 1 tried many remedies, lml got no permanent relief uulil 1 used l'r. Mozley's Lemon lilixir. 1 am now in better bcaltli than for many ycai. My daughter has been subject to chills and fever from her inlaiicy. Mv daughter lias been subject to chills anil lever Irom her infancy. 1 could get nothing to relieve her; the I.einon lilixir has re stored her to perfect health. Sold by liruggists, at ."c. and $1 per Imitlc. Prepared by llr. Molcy, At lanta, Ga. TO AfltC'rtlNIM-Ni T' insure change of advertisements UVIIUY ICK'Jl'lSiTi: tl Till', iuvinisss IM'KNlSlllill, EM3A17I1NG A SPECIALTY. HaHsfucliou .iiai;intcc-.l. Pr.mpt Attention (liven Niglit. In Call, liny or Wo (Id not want, the earth, nor do we expec t to sell nil the "tiotls solil in Aslievillo, but we have this to say: If you want any thin?,' in Dress Goods, White (Hoods, Laces, Hamburg and Swiss Edg in's, Not ions, Corsets, Hats-, Shoes, Shirts, No(kweai',Col lai s and Cuffs conieand price our goods before you buy and we will guarantee our i i i j i I prices to De as low as t ne lowest. We have just re ceived full line of New Spring Goods which we are very anxious to sell and if you will give us a call we will sat isfy you in price, quality and quantity. Miss Nellie LiiHnrbo has her millinery department in our store, and will tit you up in everything you may want in that line. Her Hats, Kib bons and Flowers uro per'ect loves and she will make you bottom prices onthesanic. Don't forget the place, but come to No. oO Cat ton Ave nue for good good.-, cheap goods and plenty of them, J. T. BOSTIC, 30 Patioii Avenue. or wiijMikijtox, n. c. President Hon. Glia.3. M. Stedman Vice-President Col. T. "W. Strange Secretary and Treasurer "W. H. Sprunt DIRECTORS: J. V. SAWVBK, JAMBS Sl'Rt'NT, J. M. CAMI'DUI.I., OliO. 8. POWHI.I.. J. II. liOSTlC. C11AS. M, STEDMAN, J. A. CON ANT, THOS. W. STKANUH, R. U. GARRETT, JULIAN 8. CARK, The Reul I?Btute Investment Company, ol Wilmington, N. C, offers to the public two luniilri'il and fifty shires of its capital ftoek at 33' 3 cents on the dollar; that is, a certifi cate of stock for $U0 cost 33.33':1 There have tiecn is-iucd by this company 1,914 shares of its stock, and w hen the 250 shares now offered arc sold the books will be eloscel. This company has purch:ired from the State Hoard of Education of North Carolina the ll.vde Park" lands in Hyde county, contuininc about to. 000 acres, at 4S c-nts per acre, and the sale of the stock offered is for the purpose of raising funels to pay the balance of the purchase money. In addition to the liyile I'ark lands, the company has an o)lion 011 over a half million acres of land, lielonKinK to the State Board of Bducution, until fnnunry 1, IS'.KI, at 5o cents un acre The money arising from the sale of the stoek is plae-cd to the rcdit of a trustee and can be used for no purpose excel t the payment of the pur.ha'e money for the Hyde Turk Innels. None of the officers of the company receive any salury, and it would be diilicull to eone. ive how stockholders could be better protected thnn in this company. These lands lie in the counties of Tyrrell, WusMnRlon, Craven, Pender, Duplin, Car- laret, Onslow, Jones, Columbus, Hidden and Sampson. They are easily accessible. There is lar;c, heavy li nber upon some of these lands, anil 110 better Kline preserves cr.n be unil in the t'ni'cd State s Over $ I 7.",OOi hns been spent by the state in elrnining the llyilc I'm k l.iiuls. 1 1 is manifest thai few sue h oppo tlinilies are piesrn'ed for profita ble investment. Tor further information, address C1I4S. Mi STKIMI V'i, Vrcs , Or J. N. CAMPBlil.L, Ileal liHlalc Dealer, Ashcvillc, N. C. I) llice Street. niu! rcsii! nee ! Tclepli me Nei. i!7 North Main ROIOVAL. G. II. MAYER, CONSULTING OPTICIAN. 59 Month Main St. ruiii.iiiK n rcy'ilur contract, copy he- liaiulei! in liv 10 o'clock n. in. n'.nst Wood iliscnscs arc terrible on nccoimt of their loathsome nature, niul tlie l'ael lli.it 1 1 icy wreck tlie constitution so completcl'v unless tlie proper nntklote is applied. H. I'.. II. (Ilotanic Wood Halm) is composed of the true antidote t'oi blood poison. Its use never fails to n'lve satisfaction Th s Is t.i notify my friends and patrons: that 1 have rcnuivcd my ie'-velry and iv air- i ing stoic fi 0:11 No. t Nurlh Court I'l.icc to : corner of Woealiin s'.re- t ail-' Central ave line where 1 will be pl ased to serve them in my capacity, r-i. A. TII.I.KU. INSURANCE. llfll renrcseu I . as .-lerints, companies (hn tV transact llie folio e ing branches ol ir surance: Fire, Life, Accident, M.irinc, Steam Ilo. cr, Employer's l.inliiliiy, Elevator, Security Homls, Piute Glass, Tornado and Automat ic Sprinklers. Thus being able to furnish yetu with any kind o" Insurance vi u desire I'l'l.l.I M M KITTI.HDOIJ, Ceneral Insurnm-e Agents, No. 3 Hurinird Itui'-eling, I'p Stairs, THB.MOST DIFFICULT CASUS ()! Irl'I'liOTIVU VISION COKKI-C I'lill WITHOUT CHARGE for examination. Satisfaction guaranteed Prescription glas grinding a speciulty. SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS. Zff THE BEST KNOWN REMEDY. ih-Lt in ltoftlinyH, without l'nin. I'PiVi'iits St rift urn. Contains no ucriO or poisonous siilntunres, nml iH trn:ir:uit(M'i iihaolutHv luiriiilcf, pHHcriboil by phyH'iitns. Host Sy ritiuefrrn withmch bottln. Trioptl nnuKl-','f. Krwiiro sun- APinp:nrin.ro.i.M....i.u j sold by c 2fJtllt'H. . FOR SAL 3 BY RAYS OH & SMITH. ASHEVILLE, N. C THE ARMOUR PACKING CO.'S MEATS ALWAYS TAKE. TODAY WK SHIPPED MRS. B. CAMERON, OF RALEIGH FlMLiLlT iLKD NELSON. : HOTEL : BELMONT (ASHEVILLE SULPHUR SPRINGS.) Twuxfv Mixirri'S i kom city hy sfi.i'iu;i springs electric car line, connecting at passenger DEPOT WITH CITY LINES. A TRULY FIRST CLASS HOUSE IN ALL ITS APPOINTMENTS. NEW UK ICR IIVILDIKG OF TWO HUNDRED ROOMS, NliW ELEGANT FURNISHINGS Pci kit lunilins and wwcroye, stnm heat, oKtt fnc, Otis electric elevator, pure air, large grounds nntl park, sulplmr and iron Bprings, public and private baths, Jersey dairy, well equipped livery. IJjiIom ISspceially Lov lor rJ?lil Hchhoii. KARL VON RUCK, Proprietor. 1 1 1 11 i 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 J I. I . : I I. I I I ! I ASHEVILLE TOBACCO WORKS AND OF- A wlit vill. TSroitli Ojirolimi. President John M. Campbell Sec. and Trcas Fred A. Hull Attorney.... Cliaa. M. Stedman DIRECTORS t JOHN M.CAMrilliL!.. Ucul Hstalc Dculer; C1IS. M. STliDMAN, Hi I.ie-ut. Oovcrnor; C.C. M'CARTV, Tobacconist; PRBD A. HULL, Manufacturer; WKICHT STliD MAN, Manufacturer; 1'ETliR M AC N AUG II TON, Capitalist; J.J. Kill). v MON, Merchant; JAMUS M. CAMPUIiLl., Capitalist. Vulliorized Onpitnl - - - $150,000. AHHBVIL.LK, N. C , March 2R, 1HD3. The Ashev'l'e Tohnce-o Works anil Clcnrette Comuanv, a corporation created under the laws of North Carolina, was ornnniitd on March 23, 1H9M, lor the manufacture of plug. .mokinK tobacco and cigarettes The almvc company has bought out "The Ashc villc Tobacco Works," which has done a prosperous businesi for th. last three years with an ever increasing trade, and Bow has a surplus of $3,398 97. The dividends for the past three years amounted to 40 per cent, on the paid up capital, that is, 131,4 per cent, per an num. This stock company has obtained control or the only cigarette machine In America oeitfide of the cigarette trust, namely, The American Tobacco Company. The proht In machine-made cigarettea is large, varying irum auuui nuy 10 one nnnarca iK-r cent. The business is practically casn, as iigareuc. arc sum ior casn or on snori uroe. The Ashcvillc Tobacco Works and CWarctte Company sell all the cigarettes they make at a handsome profit Offers have come from responsible parties to take the whole output. The present capacity is 144,400 In ten hours with one machine. Another machine has uiea oraercu. ine cosi oi musing i,uw i-iKa"--.".-. .wuww.. Medium Cigarette. Dcst Cigarette. Stamps MI .tio Royalty .30 31b leaf tobacco 5 .00 100 paper boxes lor 10 cigarettes 23 .23 i paper boxes for 60 boxts 10 .10 Paper In making cigarettes 10 .1,0 Labor IS .10 Case (wooden boxes) Oo .OS Total l-8 3.03 Two grades of cigarettes are made medium and best. The medium grade is sold at $3.80 per thousand; the best at $5 SO. Comparing the cost of making and the price per thousand it will he seen that the average profit is $2.SS per thousand. For a legitimate, sale busimsi, with twick returns and large profit, the cigarette business offers au oppor tunity seldom had, and it must be kept in mind that The Ashevlllc Tobacco Works and Cigarette Company has had luck and displayed good business judgment in securing thit machine when other large companies were begging for It. It is not necessary for an investor to speak of Ashevlllc as a suitable place to manufacture cigarettes. It is eminently well situated, being in the finest section of North Carolina lor the growth of fancy qualities of smoking tobacco used in making cigarettes. The dryness of climate by dav and coolness and moisture by nl(,ht are the chief causes which favor the production of fine smoking tobacco here, and make it equal In flavor and color to the best tobacco grown anywhere. As proof of this the tobaccos grown here have taken first pre miums at State Fairs in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Richmond, Virginia; also at the Vienna and Paris Expositions. The number of pounds of tobacco handled on this market is rapidly increasing; lor instance. In 1880 there were only aboutOO.OOO pounds sold here, while in 18U1 over (1,000,01)9 pounds were sold, and now every large manufacturer has his buyer on this market. The sales are yearly Increasing and there is enough tobacco sold to run many targe factori s here Instead of shipping it away to other factories. (A large factory in Ashevlllc would employ a number of hands and benefit the town). Our cigarette factory is situated in the heart of this ana tobavco region and paradise of the world for health and pleasure. The factory Is a large brick building four stories high, well arranged for safety, and has all necessary appliances and machines tor making plug and smoking tobacco and cigar ettea. The building is heated by steam and the machine run by electrical power, which It found to be the most economical. , , The policy ol the company Is conservative. The Ashevlllc Tobacco Works and Cigarette Company can sell every cigarette they make; In fact, they cannot begin scarcely to supply the demand. The plug and smoking tobacco business is constantly growing, and there Is not enough storage capacity to handle the business and store away leaf tobacco which has to be bought and held some months before manulactaring. It is the design of the com- -n k..iih n ariUttf. to the nresent factory and in other ways cnlarae the business. and the directors acting on the needs of the Increasing business and demand for more room have Instructed the secretary and treasurer to sell $00,000 worth of the capital stock at par In shares of $ 100 each. To say nothing of the profit in plug and smoking tobacco, the cirarctte profit alone will be twenty per cent, or more oil $160,000 tor this reason: In turning out 100,000 cigarettes per day, that is, two thirds of the capacity of the one ma chine which we have a Tease on for tra years, with privilege of twenty.lt Is certain the company will make on dollar per thousand, which is $100 profit per dry; and a there are ai 3 working days per annum, it will amount to $31,800, which is over 30 per cent, a year on $150,000, and these figure are less than hair of the estimated profit. The present stockholders expect SO per cent on thrir investment. The above statement shows aa opportunity seldom to be had for making money In a legitimate way and now is the time to buy, for you will not be able to do to later on, at aU of oar stock pat on the market hat Immediately beta takes.
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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April 14, 1892, edition 1
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