﻿Tobacco 
  Interests 
  of 
  Virginia. 
  213 
  

  

  & 
  Co., 
  R 
  A 
  Patterson, 
  P 
  Whitlock, 
  W 
  A 
  Blankinship, 
  Lamp- 
  

   ken, 
  Whitlock 
  & 
  Co. 
  

  

  Factories. 
  

  

  LAWRENCE 
  LOTTIER. 
  

  

  The 
  " 
  Banner 
  Tobacco 
  Works 
  " 
  were 
  founded 
  in 
  1835, 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Lawrence 
  Lottier, 
  Sr., 
  father 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  proprietor, 
  

   and 
  are 
  not 
  only 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  five 
  largest 
  tobacco 
  factories 
  of 
  

   Richmond, 
  but 
  also 
  of 
  the 
  tobacco 
  world. 
  Upon 
  the 
  death 
  

   of 
  the 
  founder, 
  in 
  1849, 
  he 
  was 
  succeeded 
  by 
  his 
  son, 
  who 
  

   was 
  scarcely 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  boy 
  in 
  years. 
  But 
  he 
  proved 
  more 
  

   than 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  weighty 
  responsibilities 
  thus 
  prematurely 
  

   devolving 
  upon 
  him, 
  for 
  he 
  not 
  only 
  maintained 
  the 
  high 
  

   position 
  which 
  the 
  works 
  had 
  even 
  at 
  that 
  early 
  day 
  

   achieved, 
  but 
  built 
  the 
  business 
  up 
  to 
  its 
  present 
  great 
  mog- 
  

   nitude. 
  The 
  works 
  occupy 
  a 
  massive 
  and 
  handsome 
  brick 
  

   building, 
  120x133 
  feet 
  in 
  dimensions, 
  and 
  four 
  stories 
  high, 
  

   with 
  a 
  basement 
  the 
  full 
  size, 
  and 
  is 
  equipped 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  

   most 
  improved 
  machinery 
  and 
  appliances 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  manu- 
  

   facture 
  of 
  tobacco, 
  which 
  is 
  operated 
  by 
  a 
  fifty-horse 
  power 
  

   steam 
  engine. 
  An 
  average 
  force 
  of 
  four 
  hundred 
  hands 
  is 
  

   kept 
  employed 
  and 
  the 
  daily 
  product 
  is 
  about 
  fifteen 
  thou- 
  

   sand 
  pounds 
  of 
  manufactured 
  tobacco. 
  This 
  includes 
  all 
  

   kinds 
  of 
  navy 
  and 
  spun 
  roll, 
  the 
  navy 
  being 
  the 
  leading 
  

   article 
  of 
  manufacture. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  favorite 
  article 
  with 
  lovers- 
  

   t>f 
  the 
  " 
  weed 
  " 
  everywhere, 
  and 
  the 
  brand 
  is 
  standard 
  in 
  

   every 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  No 
  sketch 
  of 
  this 
  great 
  enterprise 
  would 
  be 
  complete 
  

   without 
  a 
  word 
  concerning 
  its 
  proprietor, 
  whose 
  name 
  is 
  so 
  

   widely 
  known. 
  By 
  birth 
  he 
  is 
  a 
  descendant 
  of 
  an 
  old 
  family 
  

   who 
  emigrated 
  from 
  France 
  to 
  Virginia 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  

   century. 
  Mr. 
  Lottier 
  has 
  always 
  been 
  identified 
  with 
  the 
  

   interests 
  of 
  his 
  State, 
  and 
  occupies 
  an 
  honorable 
  place 
  in 
  

   its 
  history. 
  He 
  is 
  still 
  fresh 
  and 
  vigorous, 
  scarcely 
  appear- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  have 
  passed 
  the 
  meridian 
  of 
  life. 
  No 
  one 
  who 
  meets 
  

   him 
  would 
  suppose 
  he 
  had 
  conducted 
  a 
  great 
  industry 
  for 
  

   over 
  thirty 
  years. 
  But 
  business 
  cares 
  seem 
  to 
  rest 
  lightly 
  

   upon 
  him, 
  Ke 
  is 
  broad 
  and 
  liberal 
  in 
  his 
  ideaSj 
  courteous, 
  

   generous 
  and 
  kind 
  to 
  all. 
  He 
  is, 
  in 
  a 
  word, 
  a 
  fair 
  type 
  of 
  

   a 
  true 
  Virginia 
  gentleman. 
  

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