﻿Blackwell's 
  Factory. 
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  special 
  contracts, 
  amounting 
  this 
  year 
  to 
  about 
  850,000. 
  

   That 
  will 
  make 
  ^150,000. 
  Our 
  clocks 
  wliich 
  have 
  made 
  a 
  

   hit 
  cost 
  us 
  W.OOO. 
  That 
  is 
  §210,000. 
  Now, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  

   this, 
  we 
  have 
  four 
  gangs 
  of 
  painters 
  working 
  through 
  (lie 
  

   country. 
  One 
  gang 
  is 
  following 
  the 
  railroads 
  through 
  the 
  

   South 
  to 
  New 
  Orleans 
  and 
  Texas, 
  and 
  later 
  on 
  to 
  Mexico, 
  

   One 
  gang 
  is 
  painting 
  from 
  New 
  York 
  to 
  Washington, 
  and 
  

   later 
  on 
  will 
  go 
  to 
  New 
  England. 
  Another 
  gang 
  is 
  at 
  work 
  

   between 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  Philadelphia, 
  on 
  the 
  Pennsylvania 
  

   and 
  Bound 
  Brook 
  railroads. 
  The 
  fourth 
  gang 
  has 
  started 
  

   from 
  Chicago, 
  and 
  will 
  paint 
  all 
  through 
  the 
  West 
  and 
  over 
  

   the 
  Northern 
  Pacific 
  Railroad 
  clear 
  to 
  Seattle, 
  Washington 
  

   Territory. 
  This 
  work 
  is 
  partly 
  done 
  by 
  contract 
  and 
  partly 
  

   by 
  hiring 
  men 
  by 
  the 
  day. 
  We 
  have 
  one 
  man 
  who 
  has 
  

   made 
  a 
  great 
  reputation 
  as 
  a 
  painter. 
  His 
  real 
  name 
  is 
  .J. 
  

   Gilmer 
  Kerner, 
  of 
  Kernersville, 
  this 
  State. 
  His 
  artist 
  vjom 
  

   dc 
  7)^a7ne 
  is 
  Reuben 
  Rink. 
  Reuben 
  Rink's 
  bulls 
  are 
  noted 
  

   for 
  their 
  fire 
  and 
  spirit. 
  You 
  see 
  ordinary 
  signs 
  are 
  played 
  

   out. 
  We 
  have 
  to 
  have 
  something 
  striking. 
  Every 
  sign 
  that 
  

   Reuben 
  Rink 
  paints 
  creates 
  a 
  sensation. 
  They 
  are 
  generally 
  

   80x150 
  feet 
  in 
  size, 
  and 
  the 
  papers 
  in 
  the 
  small 
  town 
  do 
  not 
  

   fail 
  to 
  criticise 
  their 
  artistic 
  merits. 
  We 
  receive 
  a 
  record 
  

   every 
  day 
  from 
  the 
  painters 
  in 
  our 
  direct 
  employ, 
  showing' 
  

   what 
  they 
  have 
  daily 
  performed. 
  We 
  have 
  covered 
  every 
  

   State 
  in 
  the 
  Union, 
  Manitoba 
  and 
  part 
  of 
  Canada, 
  but 
  we 
  

   have 
  to 
  go 
  over 
  the 
  work 
  every 
  two 
  years. 
  We 
  lose 
  money 
  

   unless 
  we 
  keep 
  the 
  signs 
  fresh. 
  You 
  can 
  make 
  your 
  own 
  

   estimate 
  of 
  what 
  this 
  all 
  costs." 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  1883 
  the 
  Company 
  manufactured 
  into 
  

   smoking 
  tobacco 
  and 
  cigarettes 
  about 
  5,000,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  

   tobacco, 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Genuine 
  Bull 
  Durham, 
  4,371,032 
  pounds. 
  

  

  Banner 
  Durham, 
  296,905 
  " 
  

  

  Blackwell's 
  Long 
  Cut 
  Durham, 
  25,207 
  " 
  

  

  Durham 
  Long 
  Cut, 
  43,400 
  

  

  Total, 
  4,737,250 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  Cigarettes, 
  14,407,200. 
  

  

  Having 
  served 
  as 
  manager 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  departments 
  in 
  

   this 
  factory 
  for 
  several 
  months, 
  and 
  having 
  on 
  all 
  occasions 
  

   received 
  such 
  marked 
  courtesy 
  and 
  kind 
  consideration 
  irom 
  

   its 
  President 
  and 
  his 
  corps 
  of 
  efficient 
  lieutenants, 
  the 
  writer 
  

  

  