North Carolina Newspapers

a: s mq:gr?ess' ! ' . 1 CHA1IL0X.T. V.mm GASTONIA. 5 , Corttmuleno f The Observer. "S Gattonla, Jan. 22. Although the pro. greas- of Gastonla. has been phenomenal and substantial. It has not been due to 'ah boom or revival of trad. The oTowth and expansion of Gastonla has been; flue entirely to the towns own; 4 1 i vmi Th mim e made t .. exizuug wimiuui... .... . ---- - . by th saw, hammer and trowei, mm- , ' gird With the hum of Increasing spin " die and flvlng shuttles, has been -'heard the entire year round. (5as " tonia has a population of 9.000. 1s lo w cated almost In the renter of Gaston fund ion of two rau- ..-. va hoot svstoms of - 5 graded schools In the. State, electric Wake Forest Foundry Company has - " lights, water work' that afford an ! built a two-story dwelling near their abundant supply of pure water, and j foundry. Mr. J. H. Lee has remod ' 'p intensely moral population. Uas-1 eie(i his reHidence. Prof. John B. Car- tonia. has no dispensaries, no bar lyie has recently erected a number i- rooms, no junk shops or ill smelling l)f man residences for rent. Mr. Mo- streets, sea Fort haw also had a number of V The commercial progress of ato-; (.ma(I residences built, which are be--nla. has advanced with measured. ,..,,, onlv a few months ago It y u.n. m ant vonr nvu i ii ii 1 1 1 t nc year '-. rlrst business day of the year and con . ' tlnulng untij ihe lam, its progress has '- been one of t-lo-k-like precision. Uur , .."-ing tbe year lW,", Gustonia has built , two cotton mills and chartered an b other, two banks have betn added, a ,Kbullding and loan association, a wood i l fiber plaster factory and many other enterprises of great importance tliat , 'the town did not have in 1004. The 1 '5rsy Cotton Mill has been completed . ' and U now about ready to begin opc ' J ration. The officers of the mill are (J. V',A Oray. president and iivaMurnr; I,. -'",JU Jenkins, vice prexidfnt. and J. H. .. ' Separk. serrctarr- The Jiiili. which Is " equipped with ihc lats; pi-oduct of , .th Whltin Machine SlK.ps. h:is 10.240 i, aplndle.i Kle-trn Hy w ill he the mo tlve power for the machinery. This , 'y-Wtll be furnished ly a Westinghouse ' Parsons stetim turbine of 4f,0 home , JJOWer, connected Willi whl'h Is a Weatlnghounc generator (r 4f0 kilo " watts. Water tube hollers of 150 horse . Mwer each will furnish steam for the " turbine, which In turn, will furnish the power for a motor In each department f the mill, 'me uray mm nas a cap ' Ual atoek of It75,000. Fine yams. Nos. 40 to 80s. ply and single, will lie man ufactured. The plant Is altogether the mini Ihiit-nnirhU' enulnoed cotton mill I in 4h nntlro country ot rle room, i utiiv . V?Te Modena Mn's have compiled nn ! equipped throughout with modern fix wtM,.ur. n tir .niui.t -jrMinLr ftoo;liire8 ami In one of the most noucaon , -Uplndles. making a total of 17.500 for hanges the new year lias brought f' this mill. This part of the Modena . about. The other room of the post toillla U known as Mill Xo. 3. Is fitted ; offie building will be used for a drug '. With the latest la Iwir-savlng ma- ' h!nery. nd will produce Que yarns, i j it was built from the surpliiB and the! ' capital stock was not Increased. J. O. "'.WTike Is president, J. H. '"ralg. vice ; J Jifcl!dent, and H. B. Moore, secretary ; ' and treasurer. The mill Is already in j . (Operation. Tbe charier for the Clara Manufac- , ' 't tnrlng Company has been granted, to " iiave a capital stm k of from $75,000 to ; 'r $100,000 with the priv'lege of increus , Ing to 1200,000. The Incorporators of: ' thin enterprise are Mesrs. C. B. Arrn ' . atrong, W. N. Davis. II. A. Gray. VV. " T. Kankln K. P. Itunkln and S. S BhufOTd. The company has closed a deal for the site on the C. A N. W. Railway. Just south of town, and the Work of erecting the building will begin h .arli- .nrlnir Th mill will have at least $5.0O0 spindles and will turn out fine yarns Tha Citizens National Bank, which .'";'bgan business In January. 1905," with i capital stock of $50,000. haa made a ' most promising record during the first 1 -' yaar of Its existence. The gradual In- " crease in business, which has been tnade by this bank shows that Its or (ranlatlon was not mere epeculatlon. " The deposits, which were $55,000. at the clone of the first day's business, have jrrown to $lw.l.".i.S4. With total re- surces of $31H,f,H.12. tlii bunk is to , Jay one of ihc- leading commercial III- atitutlons in (iiiKtun county. The offl jCera of the lnu are ft. P. Itatiklu. rBtdeiit; C. X. Kvhiih. vice president; , and A. G. Myers. , ashler. The Ive Trust Company, which he ntn business liil'-r In Ihc yi"-ir. lias .about the me record In addition to doing fl regular hanking business, ihe 'Vipompany do's a large business in real ' estate. Insurance. initl and cotion The capltiil Is $.".UMio, ihe ..rTi i are . 'John V. presid-tit ; Kdgnr Ijho. 'Vie president, and iclieri A. hove. 4kWTtary and manurer The fSastonia Mutrnl ri'illdlng and Aian Association, uhh-h was nri;anl2cd In tho Mist part of th" year, lots done OH excellent business Since oinanlza , tlfHl. It has iild'il In the bunding of Ifl homes. At present It has loans nggie ' gating $19"''" Th- em of ihe asso ' ' ClStlnn are h . N. iti.v.e. president; J. , Page vli e pri -sidiT.i . and B. Ann ftwn(, secretary and 1 ivaaurer. The Oastnt.la I'l mli-i l'"a torv. for the making of inud liber ilasier. Is ; another entcrio !. or gfeat . umcr ial I in porta iie. v. hi. h r.nl li ln-Kiuulng , itlurlng Die past -ar. The factory Is jrituated on 'lo ' S' W. lOiilway. V IMrth Of tO n. and is w In opeia - tlon, making lull inn- with a ureal rls- -jnand for lis i .;..: i j y Tlie caiilta! . Heal in president, pf-sldi-itl and sec- i i. t!eaur-r and h'n ii y. with Miof lois bitn estab Hirt qu. .iters with Mm-k Is $10 Mi" .1 I! - H. B Barnwell, i. .. etary, and J. 1- I! , manager. Iurlng Ihe . ,ii a ..ttian l.twO oiun.es. f' fished In , oinniodfc a librarian always l:i attendance and Wun a reaaiog room win in me rov- rrea wnn ine leaning papers ami inng i 1llfie.' The rtnrsry is nor restricted to the residents but i .-in be used by nt1 JTesldents as wll The average month tlrculatlon of books since organist,- f lion has lf n PiO volumes. .1 Th OSklonia Comn.eri lal (lub has Istn organized and lias fitted up o,uar ,tera over tho KIihI National Bank ,','Wlth every convenience. During th ij mt mouths of its exisiein-c it has twarly doubled lu membership. The ffjeers of the lob are A. O. Mungum, - -prteldent: V.. i Mcfurd, secrrtary and treasurer, and W. Wilson, so licitor. .,(,4 number of oih.-r em ei prises have ' i fwsea etarted during the year. Among r f tha most Important ones are A. It. v Itankin & Co., wholesale produce; the ,,, x -,o., ,4 in..,, Jntier. . J J tfaatonia has also aided I tnaterlHlIy irryuig the tSM ,000 road bond ele . "t-IKIS-. w ie! rviHuitifimieiu vi goou roadt in Oaaton county. - - Tha' main advancemt-nt In Gastonla during tha year was the building of a meat tnumbr of dwellings. More than r,9 homes have been built during tha j at year, they, rang from the threa room dwelling to tha (host pretentloes manaionw ITIrst among -tha .handsoma r-stdeaca arc tho -of Wr J, Clifford oTi -Martatta atrawt. W,(T Wilm on Franklin mvtnwi, Vr. JU. Jit JInn and Mr. Parka HufstUr ,-oii Itoric street whk-h coat from ILOuO la MAOO. ,, , "V7AKB 7QBE8T., ; -si'nanvf of The pfts rverv ' :z .e forest, Jan. JX--Tlie o wa of t, Jaa. 4S.-tffa Wwa of Wake Foreat, along , with - the college, bu been In moet proeperont con dition for aom years, tut the - year. 1906 haa -probably , been marked with me fproseprlty than any ,TreVlou year. There has been nnucn nuiiamg and the business firm seem to have been doing a. good business." - jw The building of new resiaencc in has, no doubt, been more than at any time previous. - r, and Mrs. John M. Brewer have built a cottage and moved Into It. Mr. and Mr. A. J. Medlln have completed It heir two-story 'residence, and Mr. Medlin has completed hjs -storenouse and Installed a stock. The property luiH otherwise been improved. Tne was said that there was not a vacant house In the town and several families were for awhile prevented from mov ing here until more could be built. Mr. W. M. Dickson Is contemplating building a handsome dwelling. Mrs. S.-K. Turner has bought from Mlsa Addle Walt the residence In which Miss Walt has been living. Mrs. Tur ner ,ind family moved In some time ao. The W. B. Dunn Foundry Company and I he Wake Forest Foundry Com pany have consolidated and are do ir,K business under the name of the last mentioned firm. They are doing a thriving business. I'rof. Benjamin K. Sledd has recently Duilt a two Hiury, building, the first story of which la being used by the new Arm of J. M. Brewer, Jr.. & Company, who have pui In a new stock of groceries. The upper story of the last named building Is being uxed for offices. During the first of the year changes In and ad tltions tj the depot were made month ly. The postoffice has recently been nmveu who its w ters on Pennsylvania avenue. nice brick building of two rooms was built by Judge Timber lake and the office was moved Into one ihe rooms. The office fls newiv d of the"rnos7noUcaWe store, although It decided who will has open not up yet the been new i store. The Bunk of Wake has Increased Its slock $5,000 during the year, and now has a stock of 115.000. It is In a most. .... . . . properou condition anu. nas recenny purchased a lor-. Just across the street from the old Holding drug store, on which it will probably erect a building In the near future. The Royall Cotton Mill, located Just north of town, hfis changed superintendents. Mr. Oeorge 11. (Ireasoti. of Mississippi, being the iiresent superintendent. The mill will i increase us pon .. u u j ' n a most prosperous condition. The college l the nucleus of the I town mid lis prosperity Is. of course, I felt bv the town. The year 1905 hns i beii the most prosperous In the his- inrv ,f i ir I'D cire The enrollment wan lamer thn In anv Drevlous year and a number of Improvements have been made In the way of new build ings. Plans are now on foot to build an in i firmary on the northwest part of the : campus, to the rear of i building. This will be a the llbrarv useful ad- dttion to the Institution, j The new alumni building, which Is the most attractive building on the j campus, Is Hearing completion. The i outside work has already been com 1 pleied. It is three stories high, of I brick, and finished on the outside with j granite and white pressed brick. There i are twelve lecture room and four lab- uraloiies. together with rooms. The rooms have a professors' good iltch and will be staled wllh metal celling. Th I..- f Ihe first lloor will be cov- ... $ ,..i.i. n .k,.-. iii.,.- TKi- vw. ii lH Willi 1 II W VUI ' II I I I (ft . Ill,-i II Mil . i.: i... r. u.i it ..ii ior, oi iwelve tablet. Conspicuous In the hair will h a handsome portrait of J)r. Wlinain (laston Hlmmons, the first professor of science In the college, ft man of wonderful versallty, being able to tench almost any department of the college. The second story has a balcony hi the front. Professor J. B. Carlyle rals'-d the money for Ihe buihl iuf and rrofessor J. If. Corrcll has had supei vision of the building. Prof. Carlyle hibond twelve weeks raising Ihe money for die building, at the rale of $1,000 a week. The money hns been ciised ; ill 1 1 ipally from the aluni- nl, while a good number of friends of the college have made contributions 'I'll" building Is situated on the west side o Hie campus. Milch credit Is due Professors I'urlyle and flerrell for their faithful work. The Biblical ltc order ways: "By all means we should ii. it fail I i give honor to Messrs i"ar ie a id Horrell for ihelr free contrl bn Iocs tli our denomination In 101.'. Prnle-Bnor t'arlyltt left hin class-room and his gonial home for the Ufa of a pllgi'rn and a money raiser; and thanks . his gifts and his pnergv find j ),H im-g i- 'lu.uiilanres In North Car olina, the money for the splendid bl ol iglenl building (alumni) was raised. The v.otk wis done by individual ap peal i-atlur tlnin by church collections. Lr. Ciorrell remained at W"nk Forest and superintended the construction of Hie building, and the low cost and ex cellent work are in no small dorree due to him. To these brethren from the brotherhood and especially ffom the song i,f Wake Forest, enduring thanks." HICKORY. , f'ni let .on lenre of The Observer, i Hickory, Jan. 15. The year 1906 corded the., greatest growth In re- ths city's hlsiyry, surpassing all previous records, Is un evidence ot the substan- ! Ual grogrws and prosperity of her ln- j (r,H, upbuilding. iAslda f.om the ; ;Veral store buildings on IJcolnton street, there wr erex ted on the I blo. north and east of Perk Place j numerous business houses of the most , modem architecture, all of which were j completed during the last year. 1 re- grwt thtt. In thhf brtef sketch, I am! unaoie to spk individually of the. many teautlftt) residence that have btm erctd afl) remodeled during the year W4, trot -with alt the nw homes added Ihe resldejiital portion of the town, ibera, 1 not a ramnt house to be bail. There 4s a great demand for ftioderu cotuge especially along the water nd sewerage llns. The rau nlolpa) authorities have done Iham salves proud la oompletlns and tmuin. ping' ona of th most modem water plants la th South, with an txpndl- Jtur $0,009, wfcic la already alf.jtt.ey havo placed buyers en a number sustaining, made'- o by," the i cheap mode of operation furnished by a Lat U & -Martin pump, of lioma manufac ture, t .''' " l" '" " , SJ i One of tbe largest recently completed Industrial enterprises is tha Hickory Ice & Coal Storage Company's plant, with a tonnage capacity of 20,000 man aged by.K. kyerly, one of Hlckoiry't capitaimt and young business ' men. The Oeltner Tanning Company,, which has recently erected a large, . new brlc building at a considerable cost, deaervea apeclal mention, bwcauae f Its large output and flna quautv - ot leather made which has gained a repu tation far and near. The .dlveialflerf manufacturing 'enterprlsea, soma of which have added mora ' floor space, made good ahowlnga the past year, clearing good dividends, Hickory'a banking , capital, which flowa Into the dream that turns the wheel of progress, is greatly In the wheel of progress, is grealty In excess of former years. The bank have done much for their patrons, as well as netting the stockholder handsome dividends. The recent - atatement of the First National, which pays a semi annual dividend of 5 per cent, makes an unusually good showing. It has a capital of 175,000 and deposits of 261, 347.38. having doubled Its business in five years. Its total resources are $437,233.29. The officers are: A. A. Bhuford, president; J. D. Elliott, vice president; K. C. Menzles, cashier; J. I,. Cilley, teller; directors, A, A. Shu ford. J. D. Elliott, Clement Oelthcr, K. C. Menzles and W. B, Menzles. The Hickory Banking & Trust Com pany, which Is only two years old, Mas a capital of J35.000 and deposits of $85,611.93. Its resources are J127.790.94. It has recently moved Into Us mod ern and beautifully fitted home, cen trally located, opposite North Park place, which has been fitted through-1 out with the conveniences pertaining to the banking business. Its officers I are J. F. Abernethy, president, G. N. Hutton. vice president; J. W. Illackwelder, cashier, J. L. Abernethy, asHlstant cashier; M. H. Yount, attor ney; nirectors, j. r . Aoerneiny, n. T A MarM tf E comb.. A. - - ... - , . -t - . . . (1 T , YJ-1 , 1 - . . T - Tir T Abernethy, I. K. Whltener. M. H. Yount. Aside from Hickory's already hand some houses of worship, the Lutheran ; and Presbyterian denominations com- church edifices In North Carolina, at a cost of $14,000 each. The year's frelgh tonnage and postofflce receipts speak volums, both showing great In nreajie. From the iratold iir.rowth of postofflce receipts here, It will not be long bffore the town can be classed as first class postofflce, which will put : hr in lin fnr a free cltv delivery , , - - nllh!1B nrt i ' - ,k ' " 1 1 f - - - f 1 by a local syndicate of Hickory's large and fine unoccupied water power at the Horseford bridge will be the means of putting the shoals to work, which will add greatly to the iltvs wealth. The beginning, during the fall months of the vear, of the gigantic enterprise which means much to Hickory and her surrounding country was the surveying of the line si nd the making of the maps prepara tory to the building of the Hlckorv I ' ' .7"" "ri " ul i . . f I ... t 1 .. V- ...III w, nn.iIA ' '""i"" ""'" ! K6 lenzth of 15 miles. REIDSVILLE. Correspondence of The Observer. Heidsvllle. Jan. 22 The commercial development of Keldsvllle along every line of business activity during the past year will compare favorably with that of any town of Its size and resources In North Carolina. No pe riod of the town's history has been so marked by real and substantial Im provenvents. Heldsville's bu'slness Interests are prosperous and It Is easy to see that there is nothing superficial In the i present industrial development. tne : of ltie best evidences to be seen that ' the town ts reauy in m. ; condition Is the large increase w. hunk di'iKin i s, i ne " 'enterprises whlrti are continually be- Ing launched, the excellent iraae done bv old established firms and new ones niike, tho large number of new comers who have made Reldsvllle their home during tha past year, the difficulty of securing homes here In spite of the fact that many build ings have been erected during 11905; all of these things prova teyond all questioning that Reldsvllle Is forc ing to the front with no uncertain speed. The merchants say their sales are away ahead of what they were In past years. The manufacturers like wise find their volume of trade run ning ahead of any corresponding period. Buildings are going UP airnosi tin over ihe town; houses are rented be fore they are completed. There is not h. desirable buslneas location In the town that Is available at this time. More new stores will be constructed (his year. As to real estate, there Is no boom. o one seems to be pushing Its sale, hut It Is selling all the same, and at advanced prices. The price on good dwelling; lots has gone up,, because the lots i In demand for homes by bona fide residents. While the price I h! Ill reasonable, yet the steady and marked advance which haa , taken place In the Inst six months demon si rates the fact lhat peopla are be ginning to lenllTte that Heidsvllle Is to lx a town of considerable propor tions in tho near future, and that 1t Is important lhat they avail them hcIvc or ihe present reasonable prices for homo sites. As to the future of Reldsvllle It Is no longer a debatable question at to the permanent growth of th town; It Is only n question as to how rapid that growth win be. Tho present In dications Justify the prediction that lis growth will he marked without any great boom. This is aJl a reason able business man can ask for or I demand. Over eighf million pounds ot leaf tobacco are sold annually on the Heidsvllle market. This enormous production Is raised within a compar atively short radius of tho city. Ther are several planters within a short distance of Heidsvllle who produce In the neighborhood of a thousand pounds to Ihe acre. This uX Is sold t a price U guarantee that there It money In tobacco growing In JR0ck Ingham county. There ar very few fsrmer who devote Ihelr exclusive time to raising tobacco, yet ther are many who have mtde consldsrafere money growing the yellow leaf and are constantly Increasing their acre age. The Reldsvllle market haa an able corps of bidders, the . American Tobacco Company being represented by three buyers. ' - , Tha several tobacco, manufacturing plants her find It. iuipoealbit "i to - aura enough leaf in Reldsvllle and of markets in Virginia and the1 Caro Unas.' The largest '..concerns ; manu facture -from -three to . Ave,, million pounds;-' aacht J each ' employing .'from three to- flye hundred workmen. Only a few , days ago ona 4,Qf these plants shipped a solid train! load of thlrty-flva cars of manufactured . to bacco. ' Fives smoking tobacco facto ries have made this one of th largest smoking ' tobacco -markets In. America. Two plants 'handle cigars. - Tha to bacco ' business ,f la . Reldsvllle .has grown to enormous proportions. The Ed na Cotton Mills, i ;, employing live Or six hundred operatives, la j one of the 1 strongest enterprises In the city. The JUsldsvtlle ; Fertilise HJompany haa built up a tremendous trada on Its celebrated brands of fertiliser. - J. II. Walker & Oo's.. tnammatb saw mill and flour and grist min give employment to a large number, of workmen who make gyd and sub stantial citizens. Reldsvllle was ' the . thriving"! town ; he now Is before she had electric lights and water-works. There were those who favored a system of lights and water that could he put ; In on a cheap baeis; but the business ele ment of the town detrmlned on a sys tem that would ibe permanent and equal to tho demands lor years to come. The town, now owns an ex cellent plant Just beyond the city limits. This Is used for lighting the streets. residences and business houses with a surplus which la fur nished to others at a reasonable rate. At the same time a complete water-, works system wa installed and pipes are laid along all principal streets. The water supply la secured from ar tesian wells, so located that in case of failure a stream of water can be turned Into the largest well through pipes, A pump of the latest design forces the water Into tho city reser voir At the rate of several hundred gallons per minute. The streets of the town are In keep ing with the progress that has been made here, all of the principal thor oughfares have- fceen paved or ma cadamized. Main street for a distance of ; between two and three miles was macadamised the past year. The town has splendid hotel facili ties, the Rockingham and Hufflnes being as good as any between Wash- Ington and Atlanta. The Hufflnes: has recently changed hands and its ! increase of patronage has been phe-' nomenal under the new management. Reldsvllle people have not been ' looking alone after the material and Industrial side of life; though there has been great advance along these lines there lare hopeful Indications of still greater progress. They have built and equipped a modern school building of good proportions and ele gant design. .This has been done at considerable cost, "but the expenditure hae been cheerfully made. For years past the people have taken a lively Interest In their graded schools, and It is believed that as the town advan ces In material progress their interest In education will grow at an Increas ed ratio. About 1,200, or more, stud ents attend the graded schools, and a goodly number are enrolled at the Reldsvllle Seminary. Supt. Hayes during the past year has gone to con siderable expense In remodeling and enlarging the buildings and has up a flourishing school. HIGH POINT. built Corresponden.ee of The Observer. High Point, Jan. 22. The year 1905 was a great 42 months for High Point, wonderful strides being made along all lines which go to make progress aAd prosperity, The big Increase In population, taxable property and the large number of factories and other buildings erected during the year, has been a source of pride to the citi zens 'and points to greater things for High Point In 1906, as It Is a conceded fact that High Point has eet a pace In the Industrial world that few towns In the State can keep up with. Almost each week witnesses the launching of some enterprise that adds greatly to her wealth and reputation. A number of new factories have been built during the year, namely: The Hill Veneer Company, Carl Hill, manager; cat iinl stock, $15,000: a line of fine quartered oak veneers, eto. are manufactured. The Kearne Uo holsterlng Company; Jim W. Kearns, secretary and treasurer; capital stock. $10,000; a general lme of upholstered goods Is manufactured. The Globe Parlor Furniture Company; 8. H. Tomlinston, president; J. H. Rountree, secretary and treasurer; Allen Tom llnson, general manager; capital stock, $15,000; manufactures a fine and me dium line of parlor and house furni ture. The High Point Upholstering Company; Percy V. Kirkman, man ager; capital stock, $5,000; general up holsterers and manufacturers of fur- nltura. The Hou thorn Machine works; ( Messr. Hurdls Burns and George F. Wilson, owners nnd managers; capital, $5,000; general machinists and foun drymen. The High Point Piano and Organ Company; capital stock, $50,000 authorized and $25,000 paid In; W. O. fthlpman, manager; J. K. Link, presi dent; O. V. Cralgen, vice president. The High .Point Itotf and Panel Com pany; John W. Cllnard, manager: capital stock, $15,000; oak veneers are manufactured. The High Point Mould ing Company; capital, 115,000; presi dent, W. F, White; aecretarv and trensurer, R. A. Wheeler; picture mouldings, decorative mouldings, etc., ore manufactured, the Ulxia Milling Company; capital, $10,000; roller mill with latest machinery. The Haywood Roll and Panel Company! manufactur ers of veneers and accessories; capital stock. $10,000; j: F, and Dv B, Hay worth, owners. The ' enlarging of the silk mill, owned by Messrs. Stehll A Company, .of New ' York, $50,000. The High Point Electric Supply Company; Mr. Levi Johnson and; others, owners; capital stock, $13.000; ; . do a general electrical business and deal in sup plies. The Jamestown Concrete Works (a High Point concern) located mid way between Jamestown end High Point; authorised capital ttock, $125. 000; Messrs, Oeorge Penny, H. C. Pitts and W. 0 Ragsdale owners;, manu fac lures . concrete blocks, bricks, arch es and any and everything made out of concrete; ther Peoples Realty Com pany: B. Homer Wheoler, secretary and treasurer; J. H. Mtliis, president. The High Point Real Estate A Trust Company : George Penny, secretary and treasurer; It, C, nfti, president; The North 'State Telephone Corripanyf capital, $28,000,- W H. Rag an, presi dent; E, O. Pteele, secretary and treasurer; J. '.V- Hayaenmannger, Th High. Point Savings and Trust Company: u 8, H. , lUlllard, presi dent: Kd. t.. Ragan, cashier; capital stock authorized, $0.0O0; paid in, $1.1, 000. The High Point Hub- A. Hand It Company! ' capital, v $S,otU v 'manufac tures handle for ("forks, - 'rake and shovel, and hubs; Messrs.. D. O. Ce- jell and Tf IV Hamlltoa, owners ana managers. '-The changing- of the; title of tha new -National,. Bank, of High Potot to that of the First National Bank of High Point. With a capital- of $100,000;. iW. J, - Armfleld, Sr., presi dent; E. M.. Armfleld, -cashier. The Hammond Furniture Company; manu facturers of kitchen safes and tables; capital, v $3,000. . An" addition to the Kearns .Furniture,- Company; - $8,000, An addition to the Columbia Furniture Company, $7,800. The Bagle Furnitur Company, $25,000; Charles. Ragan, tec rotary and treasurer. 'A.n addition to Snow Lumber Company $10,000. , In alt ther were . $150,000 or more, spent in new factories and additions, to factor ies during- 1905. - - t - . . , In round tiumbers - there-'were 400 dwelling erected,, representing an ex penditure of half a million dollars. Three churches were built costing $15, 000; school houses, one with fixtures, $20,000; banks, on $115,000; stores, eight, $40,000; hotels two,' $60,JH)0.. ; , . Two insurance companies, life and fire, were established with capital of $200,000. The Carolina Life Insurance Company; W. H. Ragan, - president; The North' Carolina Fire ' Insurance Company; M. J. Wrertn,1; president; M. Armfleld. treasurer of both companies. v,' , . "- ' , ' The Peoples Building and Loan - As sociation, J. A. Lindsay, ? secretary. Issued Its -eighth- series; tha High Point Perpetual Building A Loan As sociation, Charles Hausex, secretary, four series; the Mechanics' Perpetual Building -and Loan Association o High Point, E. -il. Armfleld, secretary, in Ita first series.' Altogether, there "are some 5,000 share .Issued among the three building and loan associations. To- those institution High Point owes much of her marvelous growth.. t The taxable property of the city has Increased 15 per cent.- during 1906. The Increase in population has been 1,500 people. and a doubling since 1900, when the government census war ta ken. The increase In, manufactured products Is per oent. The increase in school attendance was 2S0. Receipts at tha postofflce show a gain -of $$, 121.94, or If per cent. The receipts for 1905 were $21,834.73, and tot ?W $18, 712.79. ' :-- . -'-. -- The High Point and Winston -Inter-Urban street railway was Started by the laying of rails in the' city. Al ready about $20,000 has . been expend ed In material and surveys and several hundred thousand , dollars will be re quired to complete' the work. Ten miles . of cement walk have been put down, costing- close to $75,000. Eigh miles of granolithic and macad am road have been laid, costing over $100,000. The amount of increase in the volume of business among the banks was about $400,000. Tha cash receipts at the freight depot were $7,000 a week, or over, $350,000 during the year. The amount of 'business done among the combined factories is given at $3, 000,000. It haa been estimated that three fourths of the population of High Point has money In bank and building and loan associations or, In other words, in sate' keeping. The High Point bank and trust companies have 4,000 depositors; the building and loan associations have 6,000, 2,000 of whom are not included among tha bank de positors, leaving 7,000 High Point people who are saving their money in one way or another. The city is wide awake on educa tional lines and made great progress in this respect during the past year having among the best schools In tbe South. This briefly sums up some of the bus iness and other things done In High Point during 1906, It Is almost impos sible to name everything in an account like this, hut this Is enough for one year1and. if anyone or anything has been overlooked, it is a pardonable error. SANFORD. Correspondence of The Observer. Sanford, Jan. 22. The year just -closed was one of substantial progress prosperity. ior - tnts -town. A re- l- sume or the more important fast urea of advancement Is as follows: ' ;, ':. A bond issue of $10,000 was made for .the erection of a graded school build ing; the town s water system has re ceived an extension amounting to $10, 000; the Sanford Real Estate. Loan and Insurance. Company was organised with an authorized capital of $50,000; the Sanford-Jonesboro Telephone Company now haa first-class .ex changes in the two towns, and several rural lines and long distance connec tions. : - H. M. Weller, of Montgomery, Penn., organized the Sanford Manufacturing Company and purchased the large fur niture plant, which was idle, and the same is being operated successfully. The plant Is worth $20,000. The two hanks have had a most tuc cessful year, deposits reaching the highest point since the establishment of either. 4 (The feveral manufacturing estab lishment, owned by companies, show substantial dividends, while the prl-J vate concerns have had a good year. -. The Atlantic Western Railroad has been extended, .via Jonesboro,' j to Broadway, tlx miles, and It to ba bnllt further. V ; Mr. McL. McKelthen hat erected a beautiful building 48 by 90 feet, costing $6,500, wltlr store rooms on tba'Hrst floor and professional -offices above, 8. M. Jone hat alto erected a similar building, to which tha postofflce will be moved. '-': 7:'- ! yat . Tbe Round Pine Luniber Comptnv was organized. . . ;,V A handsome church building, by th Christian denomination Wat completed and -dedicated. - 4 , V. ' j . A great many residences were erect-, ed, and yet the demand for them can not he supplied. . j ' r , SPRAY. Correspondence of The Observer. , . Spray,' Jan. 22.llootprtnts' of 1905 1(1 Spray may be epitomised In . th phrase, 'New shoes all tha year," Bv associating closely the phrase with the intent of , the article,, th reader ,an, with ease, mentally picture, what, has transpired here during tht past 12 months. The sound of the "hammer and tha saw ! have bean Incessant or contemporaneous with, tha brtck; mas on's call for "mora mud," ; . j , ' Several , very handsome- residence have gone np Ja the residential por tions of th community and the list ot tenant' house-goes 'well tin In th figure.' Education hat left a most pronounced and well-deveiopod foot print In - the shap of a Baptist college, which has enrolled mor thart i5K young men and young women, who art well led under th directorship of President Beam.' The public schools of Spray, under Prof. DeShazo, continu. to now and wax stronger tach jrear, An average ot 250 pupils was the rec-' ord for 1S05. .: .j - . i..'. ' Commercially, at ever, Spray : has beerr on the alert.'; The German-American Company,-;, the giant' Venture of the year, is now erecting-, building, which Is almost complete,, embodying 130,000 square feet Of floor space, Tex tlie machinery will be installed which will produce a class ot goods distinct from anything that la now being made In the South,' The Imperial Company, which has been in an embryonic state for tome years,' has fully ; matured,. This company Willi also manufacture textile goods. -' , r v ,' - V .'A very elegant ulte of 'Office, "hit been erected on Rhode Island Heights by the Spray Woolen Mills', and . the Rhode: Island- Mills, which, are winning their way. The building Is of tha metal lathe and Cement , construction, which is- fire-proof, f? 'i r : 6n tht whole, th year has 'been busy one with Spray. A our- griasled hero, of Gettysburg,! Pete - Robinson says, "'Sens de Lord and Mister, Mv bane has got together there haa point edly bin a monster atlrrln' tjma la old Splashy,'-V'-,, 'Y t"- f .f i ' V f SCOTLAND NECK. 71 Correspondence "ot Th Observefjj; Scotland Nck, January .22. Th Improvement - and " devloptnent . In Scotland Neck during 1905 were not of the "boom." kind and to Attracted no great attention, but th .town made good strides In ssveral particulars. To tha casual- observer-, two serious fires during th year , teemed to affect good part r the progress, made, 'but despite the fires, th town: hat .never been lrj. better Condition than, it, ;U to-day. ' ? 14 One Are occurred In Marth 'aod th other In -August, both on Main street, where a number ot small business houses wer burned. ; On - tu . Ua of the first fir ; Mr. J. -W. Mady - hat erected a substantial brick building of two stories, but tha- alte of the second Ore stilt remains a vacant lot As . result of the fire, ' however, Messrs. -Claude Kitchen and S, J. Stern fhav erected a . substantial , brick bull din across the street The building con tains six store rooms, tome of which are occupied. iAW-'r- r -. 1 Thar haa beenV, 'considerable im provement in the various manufactur ing plants,' About $16,000 has been ad ded to the Scotland Neck Cotton Mill In enlarged buildings and improved machery, and the plant Is now on of the most progressive and best equip ped hosiery mills in the country. , The Crescent Hosiery MIU have al so been Improved 25 per ctnt and the oil mills improved 10 per cent. . - The Carolina ' Telephone Company exchange has been overhauled and greatly improved and the town's elec tric light plant nearly doubled its ser vice during the last year." - "-. ' v", n-- Morrlsett Brother established tihe Eclipse 'Suspender Company during the year, which Is Quite an addition to the manufacturing industries her. Mr. S. B. Kitchen located a lumber plant just outside of town; and the Bowens- White Lumber Company's plant, which was burned, hat been re built. There were several , new dwellings erected in town .last 'year, some of them hand so ma and. three new dwell ings are new being erected. Several new busnlea concerns opened - here during the year, notably large, hand some store which went , into ; a, new; hansome building Just a week or two before the opening of 1906, and a large stock stable wat opened during the year. ' ' ' AH the mercants bad a busy holiday trade and some said ther - had never seen such heavy trade in 'the history or tne town. - i The graded schools ' have grown In favor and usefulness, some 800 children being enrolled. Th town ha been un der prohibition for a year, and th good order1 which has" prevailed has been quite marked. While com would say that the town lost business by prohibition, many of tha best business men say they do not desire saloons again. - - .. .. ; ,; :vv iv-.'S .During th year the new enterprises completed and commenced . aggregate $85,000 to $76,000 and 1 thtt, prospect for increased business , is ; . good , Many of 'the farmers In the comma' nity now carry good hank accounts and, they feel mor; Independent than ever before, , -? , OOLDSB0R0. ;,f:; Correspondence of The Observer. , ' ' - QoTdtboro, Jan.-22 The progress ot Goldsboro during . th past ' year- hat ben very gratifying to our people along the lines of business,, manufac-' turlng, education and building. -Tht real . estate Improvements hav mad a decided change In the town's appear? anc. - Many large briok buildings, suitable for stores -. and , dwell fngt, j, hav been erected. All of thee are, handsome, well - built structures, especially tha stores, which have plate, glass fronts and ar two stories high, with a few exception. '- These were an occupied as soon as completed and many mor ar going up. The demand exceed tbe supply. - . ' - -'j- The city has a new Industry which has Just started, that 0t tbt A. T. Qriffla , Manufacturing ' - Company, which turns out almost anything mad m mulii . !. a logs, .mns Of wood. This concern cut makes, shingles,, door, .blind planing mill and also makes tables. This, ' together with , Ooldsboro's nu merous other manufacturing . enter prises, ha been unable to fill all or ders, even with th running at plants both sight and day. . . ? Th goldsboro. Buggy c Company, whlcbCtums out som of the best bua gtes and 1 other vehicles in the. South, though young in business, cannot meet the demands of th trade. ' ' ? The three large brick plants r tin able, and have been all the past year, to fill all order.. Th' demand or their" make Of brick .hav been wonderful.-' They could not "even supply th demands for brick from our Im mediate section. '- ' .- " ' ' .Th Goldsboro' Furniture Manufac turing Company has built several ad ditions to' it already mammoth fac tory,' and will build more. Order for its' makes of furnitur com from all part f th country. ,s , "-,,'' , v It it useless to speak of our cotton mills," oil mill; lumber mills, belt fac tories and many other;, we-will sim ply aayt !,They , have don exceed ingly weii7 A r.' --. ; '. ' Th Value of tot and - - property around town has advanced . SO to 100 per cent., with a ready buyer for any thing offered. '. vl . v. " ' ' '' , Th attendance ot both th whit and colored grided schools shows a marked 'increase over last vear. Our banks hav shared, at well a assist ed, in this prosperity, as their recent statements. sho.' A word, of appreci ation is due the city aldermen, public spirited cltisens. and our, chamber of commerce, .. whlc4 hy. Us diient er- , , . - , ' i 1 forts, hss secured . a- number - of de-f , aided and- valuable -improvement. ,t Goldsboro is just entering upon her second two years of absolute prohl- , bltjon and her people have recently voted upon that issue for a second time and sustained, it hy over- ' whelming majority.- THit mean that prohibition is a, good thing, whea in- . telligently - pjnd fearlessly - enforced-".-' ; During- the pasi two years, binder pro- ' , hlbitlon, Goldaboro has advanced won derfully along ait lines of industrial development.-'',' j t - n, ? ' V , 'Real estate has gone np'to phenome-- r ial values. New business houses hare L ' . been, constructed, 'where vacant lot , v oace; were,' n4 these are occupied bv prosperous - Arras, - Better condition v. than ever befor prevail la the homes " of the working classes, , Children fa In larger numbers, and better clad, to,, ' i our public school. Sobriety prsvalls, and industry make glad the hearts; -i ot th happy people. Wore It not to. prohibition would not hav stood the. ,; recent test at tha ballot box so trt- 1 xoxnsBURa. ;.rCorrC8Dondtince of Tlie Observer; i juouj.oufB, I- jail, la. ah, year ,wo ,-y ; wa tbe'jploet proglressiv and proa-, -T perout Of the town's existence. From an ordinary county town In 1904, the ' , past year leave ut a young city, with-1 1 all its conveniences and modern lm-f ; provements, 'with waterworks, electric, , lights, two good hotels and a hustle;-, aud'push that far exceeds other p'.aces 1 -in, the Stat with much larger popuia- . . tlorw . i - ' ' .' Among the enterprise and linprove , Among the enterprises and lmprov-i j- ments of. 1906 are: ' Waterworks and v j sewerag plant,w. ilh the -latest lm- , proved system '.of : flltsatlon,' costlnr . i $65,000:-tlectrlc llghtlnr plant, $10,000; $ graded school birUdlng, ,$10,000; Allan ' : Brothers' brtck warehouse, $8,000; BIckett tc Tarborough offlc building $3,100; C. B. Cheatham tobacco factory, . ' $1,800? , ,McKluney Brothenf tales - stables, $900; Stokes' A Fa rgui son's - 1 double ttores, $3,100; tf. S. Meadows 'lf brick building,, $3,000; H. P. Hill's -sales stables with buggy and wagon; ; ; house, $3,000;' addition to J,' R. Collie's , residence, $500; addition to C B. Chea- , tham's residence, $336; addition to W. T Hughe's factory, -4460 residence, of Dr. S. P. Burt, $3,250. . Last, but not -least, th old year , closed with tht Inauguration of an up-to-date fire department.- wtth,Mr Wil- ; , Many Bailey as chief. The organlaa- ; , tion has been perfected and the com- -party will have about 60 members. A neat structure has been built to house th apparatuses.. Among 'the important happenings was the increase of the capital stock of the Loulsburg Wagon Company to $100,000, - authorised, ' This company ' has been incorporated with some of - -th leading business men of, the town as stockholders and cannot supply the demand for Its wagons. These facts and figures speak for. themselves and . . Loulsburg people themselves are as- tonished at the wonderful, record of 1905. ' - The First National Bank was ettab- . Halted during the year with a capltat of $26.000.x The deposits have grown to $913,000 and its' business la constantly Increasing, Its Assets now amount'-to $145,000. Mr. R, a. -Allen is president - .... ' . , i ' . .. ' . m n M.- . rfA and Mr, J. R. Cojlle cashier. CHAPEL HILL. Correspondence' of The - Observer.'i Chapel SHfU, Jan; 32.-Chapel- HiU Orange county.: tire seat.of th university , . -of North' Carolina, is most -delightfully . situated In the foot hills Of the.xiiedniont v plateau wltlx a most excellent cllmato and splendid drainage. The town has had very - substantial and progressive growth . during the past few years and Is now be coming a manufacturing town ot soma importance. During the past year tho Lloyd Cotton Mill haa largely increased its capacity and now has 10,000 spindles; ; the hosiery mill has also increased ltt capacity to 200 dor.en pairs per to; and l't the Chapel -iHtll Construction ft Supply f ': Company has Installed a complete wood-; - I working plant and plaining mill, together 7 11; with a dry kiln of 10,000 feet capacity, Titer have' been -.. eight - houses . erecte ! at a cost varying- from $1,200 to $5,00, each, besides a dosen smaller ones rang-, ing from $U0 to $M0 each. Mot withstand- . Ing the number of new houses erected .. during the year) It Is 'practically impos-i . '? sible to rent house In Chapel HIU and there la still a demand for dosen or - -more houses at the present time. v Th Bank of Chapel Hill has been Very prosperous and has recently added five , , new directors to Its board. The uni versity , has, during 1906, completed the- " Bynum gymnasium at - a cost of $25,eu).; and haa nearly completed th new cheml?. ( ! cal laboratory at , a cost of $4P,0M, 1 The . : ' Carnegie library offer Is. still under on-V, , aideration nd Dr. Isaac V. Kmerson'i w-"W..5 dowment of $5,000 to the electrical and ; - ; mining engineering department-will raiso - -.. thes branches to a nigh standard. -j r Jn 'August a - mass meeting -of - the -hi l-" clticens of Chapel HUI Was called, which resulted In the organisation of a board:;. : of trade, which, sine that time, ha ex- '. -.,'. erted Its influence and given Its asslst-o a nee to the progress ot Chapel Hill, it - fi,. co-operated with tbe town officials in . procuring a new lot and school house- for r Chapel Hill. It is also trying to interest , ( the Durham & South Carolina Railroad to bring It tracks,-which are now within '' ;, four miles Of Chapel Hill. Into, the town. ' The -board of trade is now preparing a,!.,? pamphlet setting forth, in detail, th mA-.St-"fi vanuges et Chapel Hill as a place of f; resldenc on account of It ideal climate; ' v. pure drinking water; superior- sanitary 'y. Conditions, attractive improvements, and educaUonal , -facllltle., the university ; library has over 40,000 volume and ther - are many ' that are open to the entire mbk; ; rouaity,. , '4 . nm 1 nn tn utf ujna till tuiXitiLu y Ilornolll 'ins iBiprugsi maw, , - . Scientlflo American.; "J ;j : V A remarkabl mode of incarceration ., Is nracttced by the hornbllls, bisds with- Immense bills and horny , crests, which.;, 'i inhabit Southern Asia, the Malayan Il-wV anda, and Central and Southern Africa. In most if not all specie the brooding female is walled up in a hollow tr and - i fed by her mate. " . She - remains confined -In her. prison until the eggs ar hatched, and in. some , ; species until th young birds ar able to fly. Meanwhile th mother has beoom temporarily Incapable, of flight, as . she -1 haa moulted, or at least, shed all her ..-V , wing feathers, during her captivity but -the male Is Indefatigable in providing f v for his family, and Is said to work so hard that he is reduced almost to a ' . skeleton at the end o the, brooding ,. on. v tj t 1 ; f: Accorllng to the theory eC many -'; ', tires the female '4 imprisoned to pre, ' .' vent her neglecting her duty of brood-, ' ing, and If sho hss bean unfaithful or, negligent her mate closes th little 1 wlirdow of her cell 'and abandon her -to-', a painful death by , suftrtocatlon.. Th.' . v true story,-perhaps, 'is this: Th female. ,. wall herself .In so that she - cannot fall;'.'.::: from the. nest-after losing hr feathers,;: ' -and - alo to - protect herself . from - en- ' mie. Tbe bttlldmg matorial la. her own excrement. This version Is less poaticat ' than the other, but It Is probably arer -the truth. It Is supported by , state- ment that the female liberate herself as soon a the young birds are well grown, s that her prison I Ibb-formidable than It appears. , ' Whit Sparrcms In Maine. ' ". Maine Woods. 1 ' - ' ' A large flock of srArrow"'nttrsete'l 1 much attention hi -mill yard In Gardi ner some time stfo. Ons of their number was pene!iiy-wniw, noi Having a Oric feather, and appeared perfectly eapabl of. look king jOUt lor; nimserf. . ., Vli