OUR WAREHOUSEMEN.
Oxford is justly proud of the men
who have care of our several ware
houses and feel safe in asserting that
no market in this or any other State
can show a list comprising men bet
ter fieed for the work. They are our
most substantial citizens and are i
dentified with the town and county.
They know the trade and how to ob
tain the highest prices. The ware
house business in Oxford is con
ducted on a high plane. There are
strict rules governing the market and
these rules are for the protection of
the farmers. These men sell tobacco
by its worth. Whether it be owned
by a" man of influence or the property
of the humblest citizen in our section
makes no difference. The most
friendly relations exist and the rul
ing and guiding principle is to keep
our market at its present high stan
dard. With five of the best ware
houses to be found anywhere there
is nothing to keep Oxford from main
taining first place. We commend to
our readers the several warehouses
as in every way worthy of your pat
ronage and support; Oxford is thor
oughly awakened and our people
should stand by their home market.
All of our warehousemen are buyers
of tobacco in order that no single pile
shall be bid off for less than its
value. Our peopel can safely trust
men of such character as these.
The Tobacco Board of Trade has
appointed Mr. R. S. Usry Uncle
Dick you know him, to see that the
rules of the market are carried out.
THE BANNER WAREHOUSE.
The Banner Warehouse was built
in 1887 and is owned and operated
by W. Z. Mitchell. Since its estab
lishment it has enjoyed the confi
dence of tobacco growers, which fact
is attested by its increasing patron
age from year to year. Mr. Mitchell
is a Granville county man and grew
up in Duachville section where was
grown and cured the first bright to
bacco in the country. In coming to
Oxford he entered the, tobacco
trade with that determination which
has followed him since that time. He
has learned the business in its every
detail and is accounted one of the
best posted men in the State. Mr.
Mitchell comes of a fine tobacco rais
ing ancestry and is well known in
Granville as a man of the best bus
iness qualities, that the mention of
his name in connection with any en
terprise at once stamps it as worthy
of confidence. The Banner is one of
our largest and best equipped houses.
The proprietor gives his personal
attention to the business and leaves
nothing undone to please customers.
Ample accommodations, well equip
ped .warehouse, good stables and a
hearty welcome await you at the
Banner.
Assisting Mr. Mitchell this year
are: L. W. Stark, auctioneer; W. L.
Lennard, bookkeeper, assisted by J.
C. Howard and Frank Yancey. Elijah
Jones will be the floor manager, and
others to make things pleasant and
interesting are W. W. Currin and J.
W. Newton.
F. B. BLALOCK.
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Member of the Firm of Long Com
'j pany and Prominent Citizen.
Mr. F. B. Blalock is one of the
proprietors of the large dry - goods
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firm in Oxford and for many years
has been in the mercantile business.
He was born in Granville county, son
of the late Mr. Milton Blalock and re
sided on the farm in this county un
til about twenty years old. At that
age he came to Oxford which has
been his home since then. His first
year residence here was spent in the
tobacco business working in the
warehouse and buying tobacco also.
Mr. Blalock then began to work in
a dry goods store which has been his
occupation continually since then.
He first worked for Long , Brothers
about eight years and when the firm
was changed to Long, Blalock & Has
kins, he became one of the proprie
tors and remained in the store. He
stayed with this firm five years and
when it was reorganized under the
name of The Long Co. Mr. Blalock
remained one of its proprietors and
was made secretary and treasurer of
the company and still serves as such.
THE OWEN WAREHOUSE
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The Owen Warehouse has a unique
place in the tobacco market of Ox
ford. There is no man in the trade'.
whose connections with our market
outranks that of W. H. Fleming,
proprietor of the.; Owen. Though
young in appearance, but old and ex
perienced in the business Mr. Flem
ing makes a strong pull for the mar
ket. Before locating in Oxford and
purchasing the Owen Mr. Fleming
conducted a warehouse in Creedmoor
and has to his credit a successful ca
reer in the other markets of the
State and also in South Carolina.
Our people know Will Fleming. In
him we have a worthy type of the
good old Granville stock, whose bus
iness sagacity and pleasing address
makes him a favorite. By an in
born nature Mr. Fleming knows how
to please tobacco raisers and they
may depend upon his best attentions.
Capt. E. E. Fuller has charge of the
books, and this means much for the
Qwen. C. G. Powell will assist Mr.
Fuller with the books. Mr. Sam
Lumpkin is the auctioneer. These
gentlemen are worthy of your pat
ronage and we hope they may be en
couraged to go forward. A personal
superintendence of the business will
enable them to see that there is prop-
i er attention paid to every depart
ment. Comfortable quarters and
courteous treatment await you.
We work overtime to get ready to
take a rest, then come home and
work ourselves tired again trying to
catch up with our work. Funny old
life, is it 'not? It is. High Point
Enterprise.
BOOST! OPPORTUNITY! BOOST!
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d"MSON WAREHOUSE
In. the early history of Oxford a,
a tobacco -market the Johnson War
house played an important part tt
der the management of a Hob
and others it was exceedingly T
ular. In the general fire
swept our town in 1887 the old i!
son was burned, and at once th v
Johnson, a handsome, well n
and spledidly arranged brick bunf
ing was erected. On the retired i
of Z. W. Lyon, who ran the JolT1
for- twenty years, Irving Mangum 1Z
Sam Watkins formed a co-p.artneshfn
Mr. Mangum retired after the
of 1914, since which time Mr wat
kins has been the sole proprietor
Before engaging in the warehm,
in Oxford Mr. Watkins served a w
"apprenticeship" on the Danvffll
market and was known as one of th
best auctioneers on the market. He
is a Granville county man and hail!
from Oak Hill. The floor space of
the Johnson is the largest in Oxford
and the light is all that can be asked
Mr. Watkins is strongly indentifiei
with the best interests of the com
munity. He will have as his helpers
this year Mr. Tom Mullins, book
keeper; Frank Yancey, clerk, and
Len Day the auctioneer.
Why worry over the past? The
future will probably give you cause
enough.
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With a Whoop and a Ye!!. We m glad to s:y that we can promise much better prices than were paid during tr.e last two
Seasons. Everything points to one of the best selling years have had in a longtime.
WAMT
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ELL YOUR TOBACCOS!
WE WISH TO THANK
OUR MANY FRIENDS
FOR THEIR LIBER
AL. PATRONAGE GIVEN US
IN THE PAST AND ASSURE
THEM THAT THEIR INTER
EST WILL ALAVAYS BE CAR
ED FOR WHEN THEY SELL
AVITH US. NO WAREHOUSE
IN THE STATE IS BETTER
PREPARED TO TAKE CARE
OF ITS FRIENDS AND PAT
RONS THAN THE FARMERS
AArAREHOUSE. OUR FORCE
CONSISTS OF MEN WHO
AVE HAD LONG YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE IN THE TO
BACCO BUSINESS.
OUR DESHIE IS TO SERA E
OUR FRIENDS IN EA -ERY
AA'AY POSSIBLE
AND MAKE IT BOTH PLEAS
ANT AND PROFITABLE FOR
THEM TO PATRONIZE US.
IF YOU COME TO TOAVN
WITHOUT TOBACCO YOU
ARE INVITED TO MAKE OUR
HOUSE YOUR HEADQUART
ERS. rF YOU COME TO TOAVN
AVITH TOBACCO, GIVE US A
TRIAL.
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YES, WE'RE BOOSTERS ALWAYS PULLING FOR THE HIGHEST PRICES!!
WE WANT TO SEE YOU ON 'OPEBJMG DAY.
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