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:l: .2'" ;4;;V;I;iv''.CIIAtLOTTE DAILY: OBSERVER, JANUARY 11, 1CC3. ,V-..'i . V,. S905;: if '1 wiiiraaTON.; Correspondence of The Observer, . Wilmington, Jan. 1 not mere "Mt of blarney" to say that within the l .list year Wilmington has experienced Mirt an industrial awakening as she has1 never known before In history. This Is apparent to even the most cas ual observer. The record of the busi ness of her banks, the testimony ot her ' merchants and business men, the mul tiplicity of new and Important enter prises, an unpreceaewen era oi uuwc building, the substantial increase in " imnnrtn nd exoorts. the verv mkl annreciatlon of real estate val ' '-uea, the Improvements of a municipal natttf. "the record of freight shlp- ;' i ments, postofttce receipts, custom house ' - data and a hundred ana one otuer " Indices all point to a year of substan tial oroaress and prosperity. it is nm 4 boom, for beneath the surface Are o s hi oiirtdatlons of this material 'arotrth and these foundations are en v! Hnrini rriitaiists and business men sprjfcebirnlse -hls for they are investing; their money nere ana are m ' manifesting that timidity which was ' mm hnne nf the Industrial growth of ' the place five years ago. Then people .wwaH (frtrthth beaban to excuvse themselves when asked ebout their . iV.tt-n Vnw the reverse is true and a Wilmington man abroad In speaking .?r hta homo town is accused of having; .""twiriewhere.' somehow imbibed some of v ; ; th ''Charlotte spirit." it nas an wu its fr-t and the close of the old year - . .found conditions here In much better ! Shape than they were ever oeior. - Banking; circles have witnessed the ' . organization of the Southern National, . tflth Mrf Matt'J. Heyer, a progressive '1' business man. at Its hpad:the Carolina ' Savings and Trust Company a savings institution, has entered the field under lbs auspice of the Atlantic National. ' and the Peoples1 Savings Bank, of ' -which Mr. H. C. McQueen is president and Mr..,F. W. Dick Is cashier, has taken a forward step by organising i f branch in Brooklyn, where many of the working people live, in uuuin TO these, the Wilmington Savings and Trust Company and the Atlantic Trust ' and Banking Company have moved , lnt handsome new homes of most tftodern conveniences and with every - "iracllity for carrying on Ithe lancer ' business which each has enjoyed. De posltors in all of the banks have In " creased more than 25 per cent, and the 'earnings for stockholders have been Jn proportion. At the annual meetings , ! of 'the National banks this week, the statements made to the etocunoiaers ' were perhaps more creditable than ever heard before, despite the lncrense In number of these institutions and con t sequent competition. -' n ths building line, It would require v more space than Is alloted In this brief sketch to speak Individually of th many handsome residences that liava been erected and remodeled dur - In (T the past year. It has been an era - of home-building. While much of the . property has been as a renting in- ' vestment, the bulletin boards of the real estate officers show not a single . desirable house for rent or sate. Prac- - tlcally the same U true of the husl ,nes dlstrla where the demand m pressing for more desirable and larger tores and offices. During the vear tht five-story bank and office building tr Mrc Matt J. Heyer has been com , pleted; the I. Shrler building, on North ' Front street, with three stores on the '" first floor and club rooms for the Fra Vternal Order of Kagles on the second " 5 4Uld third floors, has been completed; handsome building block for Mr. . ,John P. darrell is beln constructed at the northeast corner of Second and '.'- Princess streets, a 26,00 fertilizer fat- ' lonr for the Swift Fertilizer Works i ' '." 'J L . I 1 1 . . . . . 1 . . . . f 11,1 UVII1K UUUI Kir biic mo . Plflsburs Lumber Company, on Northeast branch of the Cape ning on fall time And flnaing a ready market and good prices for their pro ,duec There has been some fairing; off in the cross-tie industry, but the. fact Is not deplored. , Millions of tet of vaiuanie timber have ' Seen eut ana shipped In this way, whereas if the timber had remained here, it would have heen -manufactured Into a more finished 1 product and would i have brought to the territory all that was in the natural resource. . A review of the progress . of a year would be incomplete without a refer. ence to the large cotton exporting business of Messra 'Alexander Sprunl & Company. It Is to them that Wil mington Is due the honor of being; the fourth cotton port in the United States. When the season shall have been completed within a few weeks now, the record will be the dispatch of more than 60 ships to foreign chores with an average of from 12,000 to 17,000 bales of the white staple each. For the winter months this vast enterprise gives employment to more than 600 men, many of them of the skilled class. Alike, a review would-be Incomplete without a reference to the great In terests of the Coast Une here, which have Increased ' from year to year since the consolidation of the Plant System a few years ago. It Is now conservatively estimated that more than 1,000 men and boys are employed in the company's offices and shops nere, tho demand In all departments being for more room. The latest triumph In the railroad world was the election of Mr. T. M. Emerson, a Wil mington man, to the office of president of the road and the removal of that office to Wilmington. Heretofore all the large affairs of the company have been directed from offices in New York and Baltimore. GREENSBORO. Correspondence of The Observer. Greensboro, Jan. 8. The year which has just closed has been one of pros perity and wonderful , development along every line, notable In point of industrial activities and advancement, as well as in the remarkable Increase in the taxable valuation The year witnessed the erection of five new churches, namely. First Re. formed, Centenary Methodist, Presby' terlan, Hollneas and a colored Church. the total valuation of the new edlfl ecu Deing placed at 143,400; one new college, the Lutheran, located near Oreensboro, and costing $440,000. There were Improvements and additions to the Greensboro Female College, Stat Normal and Industrial, and A. & M. College to the amount of $68,000. Two new llbrarlee were built, both being the gifts of Mr. Carnegie, one located at the Normal and Industrial College, valued at $15,000, and one given to the city of Oreensboro, costing $30,000 St. Leo Hospital, which may be counted In the year's progress, 1s practically com pleted. The splendid new Institutions will cost $125,000 and Is one of the Anient Ivmpltals In the State. Especially gratifying are the fig ures showing the private and corpor ate developments of GreenBboro in the past 12 months. The Proximity Man ufacturing Company, the Sherwood Bobbin Manufacturing Company, the Revolution Cotton Mills and the Hard wood Manufacturing Company all doubled their capital stock, while other manufacturing Interests have made enlargements and Improvements during the year to the extent of near ly $1,000,000. Chief among these Im provements are the handsome build ing the Southern Bell Telephone Com pany, erected at a cost of $200,030: jthe new building of the Oreensboro Elec tric Company, which cost $125,000, and the Pomona Cotton Mills, valued at $100,000. A an evidence of the growth of fn- aggregating $660,000 ot deposits" and $25,824 undivided profits. .' -ThMwHl show the prosperous condition . of ' the surrounding country. ' j , V .' -.' - The city haa paid off Its floating debt the- past year and hag voted for a bond Issue for an additional school building, for .the enlargement 'of the electrio light plant and, for, the tx-voplt are social and clever and wel- tenslon of water and Sewer lines. The growth of the city ha created a de mand for these, improvements-: Strict economy will be used and the bonded Indebtedness 'will not be allowed to become burdensome.! More 'dwelling houses have been constructed and are under way than ever before. The city has an abundance of pure filtered water. , "i StateavUle Female Col lege 'Jias been enlarged - with new dormitories. Is supplied with pure water, steam heat and other modern improvements. A proposition has been made by a friend ot tha . Institution to pulld ' a com modious auditorium and muslo hall and no doubt this will be done.' . There - are other enterprises in Statesville worthy of mention. The HenkeJ Live Stock Company haa done an immense business; has sold 1,500 norses and mules and about .1.200 wagons and buggies during the past year. We have two ; large herba riums. The Wallace Brothers Com pany's botanical herb house is a mammoth concern, being the largest In the world, and R. V. Brawley's Is only a short way behind It, About 700 persons are attending scnooi in statesville. Surely the 116 eg have fallen to us in pieanant places, three large wholesale house,., three large muang plants, foundry and ma chine shops, safe, table, chair, c furni ture, show case and buggy factories, combined with minor enterprises and busy merchants: She stands the equal of any North, Carolina town and there is something doing all the time. The come good citizens, and like enterplses, at all times. . T" , - - ' The railroad ' facilities are all that can be asked lor; This makes it a fine location for manufacturing plants, ELKIN. LAURINBURG. duxtrlal Interests, the record of freight the ' tonnage and pontofflre receipts speak Fear 1 volumes. The freight receipt In 1905 river: the warehoum- capacity of the ! "w an increase or nearly zw.wu.uw Armour Fertilizer Works In the , 'be. over the previous year, while the 'southern part of the city, has been i fr1"' shipments show a proportionate "doubled: an additional cnnacltv nlant increase, ine nostomce receipts, wnicn were $32,200 in 1000, In 1906 had increas ed to $8.' 000. The bank deposits of tho local Inatitutlon show an Increase of nearly $2,000,000 since 1903. During the year 29 new business houses were erected at a total cost of $330,000 and 307 private residences at a coat of $378,000. In the matter of municlapl Improvements the city spent over IS8.000, which embraces the pav Ing nf 12 mitei of sidewalk. In addit ion to this Hum $133,000 was spent on the sewerage and water works nyutpm. The total amount spent on permanent municipal Improvements during the year aitrreiratp IZ&0.000. enlarged and extended so an to permit i Oullford county makes a splendid J Of the larger cotton Hteamem arriving j ehnwlng. the Increase of taxable prop- ; and departing from the compresses of U-rty over 1904 being $3,026,014. Under th Arm; an excelstur factory for mak- I the direction of the highway commls fli. Ing all kinds of packing material fi..m j nlon the proceeds of the only bonded ,, uninerchantablif lumber has been in- Indebtedness the county has, $300,000, ' stalled by ihn 'reveling-Van Dyi it has been added to the work of the Universal Fertl.lzer Workx, using , " m ueimung procen nr cumin wtu hulls; the Hardwood Manufacturing 'j Company han been (-Htubllfhed for .-i the turning of all kind of wagon timbers, etc.; a big rendering plant "5 has been establlnhed here by the Weed ",l1stllllng Company, of New York; the yards f the Acme Tea Cheat Co., AnrmmM t Vim a-lvp havH ttit ,iii1nfMH ' with the latent machinery for handling cj'press, gum and other veneering tim ": iber for export; the dock of Measrs. Alexander Kprunt & Company will be S Company, on Point Peter. In the linr bor; a new shingle and utavt; mill hax ', been put In su-issful op'jratlti on ' "th west Side of the Cape Fear, the Interstate Machinery (Vmpany to deal In all kinds of mill Hliptilleti lui locnteil ' on the wharf; a wbolewalit drug lioune (- v i j ina jaenr. yinrerm win ne ataneu ' aarlyln the new year on Market Direct. vWHItai ma n u NtnullAr lnHnutrli.ii trn ''numerous to mention, have been the , record for the year. The record at the custom bouse " t compare way above any year In the 'recent history of the lty. More and larger vessels have visited the port during the twelve-month than evw be fore, the Importation of fertiliser con j 1 StUUentS having been an Important " factor In thin Increase. Cottoii and , naval stores have kept well up with -'the pace, the receipts of theep pro ducts, according to the oltlcial records " well ahead of the past decade, rtf The development trucking ha ' : been marvelous. Ktorlea of rrrnnrka ble yields and fabuiouh pilces received ' r tut the excellent 'luallty of truck pro dured Within a ladiu of three mlleg , of Wilmington would read like a ph.ry - frdm the oil fleldn of the west. Thin, - too. In spite of the fact that the grow t ; ers arc not bragging of their auccese, f prowNrding along the false theory that the "more the merrier but the fewer the better share." An impetus to this great Industry was given the past year . by, the organlxatlon of the Carolina 'Truckmg Development Company, allied , with interests of Hugh MacRae St Co, , The company ha purchased vast areas r f land In half a down counties con tifftiouso Wilmington and will develop H by bringing largs parties of col o 'ittals from foreign shores and Jntelll rent growers) from h Nbrth ibnj "' .'est; xhe work of which haa already ommenced,' ThU factor alone, tt is f Epected,1i' the near future will result in a much larger development of Wll . ' jfton and all this territory '" it is surruh-nt toay of tha large : i,u-r Interenta here that they have i K well up with all other Unca and ! the plants in Wilmington re rn Is being expended In grading and ma ciulamlzlnx all the country roads.Four Independent outfits of machinery and men are working all the time. Besides tlii there Is the county convict force of from 35 to 75 men constantly at work on road Improvements. The county expends on Tural schools from the general fund over $50,000 each year and nn additional $12,000 annually has been voted by special tax. The total lax assessed value of the property In the county Is about $14,000,000. STATESVILLE. forrepondence of The Obtervsr. Ktatesvllle. Jan. 8. Mtalesvllle, a thriving city, situated In sight of the H ue Hldge land Brushy mountains, where the royal llmbertwtgs grow, and the crystal fountains flow: a city with an abundance of laudable am bition, where the Inhabitants take a pride In the accomplishments of each other, and peacs and harmony pre-, vail. Our people are noted for doing thoroughly what they undertake to do. Hence all of our furniture fao torles, wood-working factories, flour ing mills, machine shops, cotton gins, oil mill, etc, have been Improved dur ing the past year, and are turning! out more and better work than ever before. The fftiiterrvtlle oil mill has been ho successful in Ha ' business that It Is now Installing a new Ice plant and also a fertiliser plant, and both will be In operation for the spring trade, A new hosiery milt has Just been put In operation, is equip ped with the very best machinery and i" doing splendid work. The brick machine factory has been en larged and Is being equipped with additional high-grade machinery. This is the only brick machine fac tory In the South. We have three flouring mills. One, th City Mills, haa Just been over, hauled and put In splendid condi tion, Another, the Statesville Flour ing Mills, haa put In elevators, la doing 'splendid 'work, and haa a Ca pacity of jt.000 bushels of grain. per day.;, t ' if , i, 4. v i , i '- Our,. two hank have tiaa a large Increase of business during the year, Correspondence of The Observer. I.aurlnsburg, Jan. 8. The Industrial development of the town of Laurln- burg and the territory adjacent there to during the year just, closed has been entirely satisfactory. This is ex prdsstng the situation . In, general terms. Specifically may b mentioned the following: ' "The Dickson "Cotton Mill, James P. McRae, president; James I McNair, vice psesldent, and W, I. Myrick, secretary and treasurer manufacture ers of cottoh yarns, averaging about 20s, haa increased Its plant about 33 1-3 per cent, and Is now turning out about 40,000 pounds of yarn per week, and Is In fine financial condition. The annual statement In June will show a handsome profit for the year. The stock is worth considerably more than par. The directors of this mill are John F. McNair, K. A. Blue, James P. McRae, James A. Jones and Walter Leltch. The Scotland Cotton Mill, during the past year, has kept In the even tenor of its way, making handsome profits for its owners. This mill Is putting out 35,000 pounds of yarn a week, and running on full time. Stock in this plant Is well worth 150. Its directors are A. L. James. R. E. Lee, K. A. Blue, J. F. McNair, J. V. McRae, James A. Jones and J. L. Mc Nair. The Laurlnburg Oil Company, man ufacturers of crude cotton seed oil, have greatly improved their equip ment during the past season by the installation of new and Improved ma chinery. Their 'capacity haa been In creased and they are now In the midst of the largest business of their existence. The officers are- James A. Jones, president and treasurer; Mrs. M. McN. Evans, secretary, with the following aa. directors: John F. Mc Nair, J. L. McNair, A. . L. James, James L.. Jones and L. D. McKlnnon., This enterprise has been successful since the beginning some five years ago. The last figure at which any of Its stock was sold 'was 175, but now none of it can be had even at this flgrfre. The First National' Bank of this place has the largest deposits In Its history, which is an Index to the gen eral prosperity of this county. The Scotland County Savings Bank, organ ised during the year 1904, In its first anunal statement showed handsome deposits, and Is now having a greatly Incretsed bustnees, which also . speaks well for so young an enterprise. Its officers are A. U James, president, and Mr. Ill n ton James, cashier: The Scotland County Sanitarium was organized in July last, with a capital stock of $15,000 fully paid In atid a contract haa Just been let for a $12,000 building which will he the Green Pond Brick? Company, of Olbson. This building will be constructed along modest . lines and equipped with all modern convent ences. Most of the physicians of this section are Interested In it, and It win probably succeed from the start, There have been a large number of new dwellings built during the year and many of the old ones remodeled, the investments along these lines be ing In the neighborhood, of $50,000, Property has generally Increased in valuo from 25 to 33 1-3 per cent. Our people are thoroughly alive to the opportunities being presented and are accumulating a reasonable amount of this world's goods. At a recent election our clttsens vot ed the issuance of $35.ooo In bonds for municipal improvements, sucn as moa ern sewerage, fire protection and, gen oral waterworks. Work on-thiei will begin early In the Spring. When, these Improvements are Installed laurln burg will be one ot the best equip ped little towns In this section of the Carolines, forging ahead at the -"very front of the progressive movement that Is now under way In municipal affaire. 'vv:,v.-. There are other enterprises that will aoon bo under way that will mean more to the development of the town than anything that haa hitherto been undertaken, but of these- your corres pondent is not at liberty to speak as yet, but will chronicle them from time to time. : - Elkln, Jan. 8. The year just dosed has. been one of prosperity for Elkln. Many new business bouses bava been erected, many -new enterporse launch ed, 'and scores of' new residences ap pear tnat were not here a year ago.,' , The Methodist congregation has com menend the erection of a $10,000 church and by the etrly spring the handsome new building will -he ready f or bcou- pancq.; Kev. - 01. vc... sprinkle 1$. the young and. energetic pastor ofi thin church. The committee having In charge the erection of this church Is composed of some of the leading cltt sens: M.sG. Chatham, chairman; E. F. McNeer, W, S.. Reich and J-.F. Hendren. - ... i. ' ' The postal receipts for the Elkln postonVe have Increase In the neigh borhood of 20 per cent and the- post master's salary- was increased $100 dur ing the year. The receipts of the South ern Railway depot at Elkln Indicate an Increase of '25 to 60 per cent In the years Dusmess. , The population of the town haa increased 20. per cent. . Among, the ' new corporation that have been, .chartered during the year are the Reich-Walsh Furniture Com pany, which does an immense furniture business; the Cook Furniture Company which also handles a line of home pro duct furniture; the Elkln Bottling Company, which does a general bot tling business. Another new enterprise which bids fair to be one of the lead ing enterprises Is the Carolina Casket Company. This concern has erected a large and commodious building and la fully prepared to turn out a beautiful Un of caskets. The El kin Shoe Com pany has Increased Its plant to $75,000 andfaa put in machinery for making horse collars. The company will al so, put in machinery for making collar pads this year. This makes two shoe factories for Elkln, both of them doing a thriving business. Messrs. Frank Thary 4 Bon have erected a handsome three-story press ed 'brick, plate glass front building on Main street for their hardware store and now "have- one of the pretti est hardware stores in this section of the State. , . A number of -other business houses have made additions to their buildings and others are ln prospect. Taken as a whole, the outlook, for the future of Elkln Is exceedlnly brieht and no town in the State offers bet ter Inducements to the investor., the manufacturer, or the home seeker- brought are to be noted eight saloons. wntch are in full blast, "and two dls tllleriea, which have been . licensed, The saloons bring a : great ? deal ot money to jthe town and If the tax 1s increased as is contemplated, a good sum will find its way into the town exchsaiier v r .'' , ' - . , " One of the" chief causes of Wades boro'e prosperity la to be found la the roads . which have been built In the township. , Seven have teen complet ed and the .work will ' go steadily on until every road out of town shall have : been graded and , , macadamized to the township line.-, Real estate brings . excellent" prices. Lots In the business part of town- sell at figures that . would , not ' disgrace city tots. WINSTON-SALEM.- Correspondence of Tho Observer. ? :. Wlnston-Saleml Jan 1-The year 1303 has been a good one for Winston- Salem, in, some respects the Twin- City's growth and progress have been industry' has' Increased its '-output while the mercantile; Interests have been most succegf ul. While tobacco is the-town's leading Industry, several new and varied manufacturing enter pries have been launched during the year and the promoters Mf the same have men -with encouragement The records show that the tobacco manu facturers. of this city, during the past twelve months, have shipped more than 80,000,000 pounds of the weed, which means the payment to the Uni ted States' Government of more than $1,800,004 in taxes for stomps. This Is a handsome Increase , over the year The year 1906 has witnesed the for mation of a strong company, whioh has already begun the erection ' of a modern hotel to cost over $100,000. It is to be completed early next falL In addition , the Masons of this city have organised? company and purchased a handsome lot on which, they propose to begin the erection about next May or a large and beautiful Masonic, Tem ple to cost something like $75,000 . An other handsome tKiUding ' which ' has some time is the Salem Acadamy -Memorial Hall. It will be completed dur ing the year 190. The handsome Carnegie Library was completed this year at a cost of about $26,000. i ' It can be trutbfuly said that 1905 nas ween uw oonner year in ine erec tion of handsome homes, cotages and business nousea . - --s. 4- MORGr ANTON. DUNN. Correspondence of The Observer,;? 'SFH Punn, Jan., The year W06aa, perhaps, the most prosperous since the town was located In 1S80. Situated In a fine farming section, Dunn draws trade from - the counties of Harnett, Johnson, Sampson, Cumberland i Wake and' Wayne, Last year the National Bank was organised; the deposits run above $100,000. . Three large;, handsome stores: were tiuJlt : this year, ; Messrs, T I. Oerald.-J,;' J. Walle, Ec l. Park T. Vi Smith. tJ,1-F. Pope, Dr.JO. l Wilson. J. W. Whitehead, have erect ed handsome resldenoea The light and water supplies have been enlarged and Improved. .The factories have turned out more goods than ever before. Over 8.000 bales of cotton" were marketed. A public school. tax was voted and a pubillo school will soon be In opera tion, Tha former village has reached the magnitude of a town' to-day with her tight; churches,; busy newspaper, I SOUTHERN PINES. Correspondence of The Observer, Southern Pines, Jan. 1. Southern Pines haa made satisfactory Im provement In the past! year., Un like the rest of the State, no Industrial movement is felt., here. The unique condition of the community, that of the resort for Northern people, has been the sole influence. The advance ment is substantial. The water sup ply haa been enlarged by the addition of new mains and new reservoirs, and is now sufficient for a city of 20,000 souls. Over three miles of new sew ers have been laid. The streets have been improved, a good road construct ed to ' Aberdeen, and a survey made for an improved road to Plnehurst. The telephone exchange has put In a new switchboard and -central outfit, extending connections to ten outside towns, rebuilt considerable of Its lines, added 15 per cent more telephones In town and extended the metallic cir cuit by several miles. The Piney Woods Inn has added a score of new rooms and increased the .number of Pines House has built an addition and remodeled the Interior. The Jefferson Inn has added a three-story wing and Introduced a modern heating sys tem. The postofflce receipts show an Increase of considerable proportions, the October Income being 100 per cent, over last year,' and November keeping In close range. A score of new houses' have been built, costing on an average about $1,200. Among the number are those of Granvtle Blake, Miss Nelle Coburn, worth. Joseph Gregory, Mrs. Daniel Howe, Mrs. Wheeler, G. S. Burleigh, J. M. Tyson, G. S Nevlns, M B. Clarke, Dr. Blair, Leon St. John, Miss M C. Crotty. Dr. Gladmon has had a large addition built to his sanitarium; A. M. Clarke is putting up a two-story office building. The Citizens' Bank and Trust Company has commenced business, and the floating debt Of the town is wiped out. WADESBOROT Correspondence of The Observer. Wadesboro, Jan. I, With a stride that is steady and sure, Wadesboro is taking her place in the front ranks of the progressive towns of tne state. Among the enterprises and improve ments that are milestones In the past year's progress are - tne rotiowing: - The Presbyterian ' church ' building, designed by Mr. MoMlcnaei, of Char lotte, which has four handsome stain ed glass memorial windows and which cost $3,600;, the Wadesboro Li brary Association, of which cou kx T. Bennett Is president. Mrs. L. D, Rob' Inson, secretary, aqd Mr. W L Steele, treasurer, 1 1 has ? , attractive - quarters on the second floor of the old Bank ot New Hanover building and has a large membership and more than 1,500 books. The association was . formed In January of last year! the' Wades boro silk mill, Mr. George Singleton, Patterson, N. J., president, Mr. Robert Singleton, general manager, has erect ed and equipped at a cost of $20,000, a new mUl which will employ from 75 to 100 negroes as operatives. Both this irdtl and the one employing white labor only spin the silk, they-do not weave tt a store building with pressed orick front, on Rutherford street, erected by Mr. 8. a Shepherd end to be used by him as an undertaking and cabinet maker's esta&llshmet ; a store 'butldlg. Joining -that of Mr, Shepherd and buUt ii ke :. n, owned or Mr. j. i Bowman and to be used by him as a Jewelry store; a store building on Rutherford street, owned by Mr I. K. JH6rton and ocupled by Mr W. N. Jeans as a' grocery store. Cost of these buildings $7,000. 4, ..!. New dwellings or dwellings with ex tensive remodeling, number ' eight with - a total cost of $20,000, Among these is the handsome brick colonial house of , Mr, H. It' McLendon, which Is neartng completion. ' - Among, the changes that 190$, has Correspondence of The Observer. ,; Morganton, Jan. 8. During 1906 Mor ganton was by no means behind in the march of progress. The town made greater advancements along all lines than In any year In US history, and the new year finds , her . citizens making preparations for a still greater achieve menta. . One of the most Important improve-J ments during the year was the in stallation of ah up-to-date sewerage system. Bonds for this purpose to the amount of $12,000 were voted in May, 1905, and the contract for the con struction of the system was awarded to Guild and Company, of Chattanooga, Tenn. The work was completed In the early fall and now Morganton haa both water and sewerage, the water system having been Installed in 1904 by a prlv? ate company, represented here by Mr, H. L. Milliner, v sUv- At the election In May, 1905, $20,000 of bonds for the erection of a graded school building, was also voted, The building is now In course of constrict ion, and when completed will be one of the handsomest and best equiped of its kind in the State. One of the features of this building will be the audltortunv with a seating capacity of nearly 1,000 That Morganton has grown rapidly during the last year is forcibly shown by the number of new residences erect ed. Nearly all of the many residence on Avery Avenue were fcullt during the year iao&, Among tnese are the hand' some homes of Mayor Avery. Poet- master Mull, Dr. 1. -P. Jeter. Mr J. B. Holtoway, Mr. W. L. Klrksey and Mr. J. u. Swindell, all ornaments to the town Mr. H. G. Haney and Mrs. Gord on also erected beautiful residences In other parts of the town and Mr. D. C- Pearson Is having the old Chum house' remodelled and fashioned after the old colonial style. Among other new residences are Mr .Mumford's, Miss Laura Avery's, Mr. John Slsk's Mr. Fred Turner's. : ', Bulldnlgs for a $35,000 furniture fact ory are now being constructed on tne Southern Railway Just west of the Tanning Compe iy's plant and they will be equiped with tne very latest maeni' nery tor the manufacture of medium and cheap furniture. Messers Mc. Naughton and Hall, formerly of Marlon are the principal stockholders. About $10,000 of the stock was taken by Mor ganton parties. The business will be konwn as the Morganton Furniture Co, Work on the plant of a $3,000 steam laundry was begun In December and within a few weeks it will be In full ODeratlon. The owners are Messers. b. r uavis, sn, u. KiDoer ana ieitn Gordon. - The best machinery for laun dry purposes that can be obtained Is being installed in tms plant. . i A new electric plant witn an ex penditure ot $8,800 'in an addition, to the original investment, was construct ed during the latter part of 1905 and Is now In operation. ' New wires and urst class poles were. Installed, and now Morganton has as fine a light system as any town In the State. -! Work on a new mission hosptta! and. a mission school nuiiamg, perns erect ed by the Episcopal church,' with the aid of northern contributions, was be gun In the fall, and will soon be com Dieted . The hospital will cost about 13.000 and will be quite an addition to tns town, -i ' ' - . i t-- - : Several new business houses have been built during the year, and old ones have been. remodelled, giving them new fronts shqWjwindows, etc Two hand, some two-story buildings were ere-ted by Mr. Clayton Poteat on. Sterling street : - ' t ' r , -W The Blue ' JUdge Wagon Company's plant -haa' been enlarged and is now better nrenared for the manufacture of high-grade wagons carriages, etc than. ever before. 'The Morganton Manufact-4 uring and Trading Company has also enlarged Its plant and ships It pro ducts to ail. parts of the country, :The Burke Tanning Company's plant has been Improved and various additions mads to It. ; '-' . ' " Among other things done during the past year -that add greatly to the ap pearance of the town are , the Improve ments to thf court house square. Trees have been set, the walks gravelled, grass sown and the banks sodded. Im provements have been made to the grounds of the 6 tate School for the Deaf and Dumb and to those of the State Hospital. ; -v . t One thing that proves more han any other that Morganton and thir- sur rounding 'Country has prospered more during the past year Is the: Increase In bank deposits. The First National Bank and The, Bank ofMorganton each have greatly Increased deposits as their published statement shows, ' ' The Increase in : tha population of the town during the ' year , has - been approximately, ' two to three hundred Hotel Morgan, , Morganton's leading notei nas oeen enlarged by tne addi tion of a sample room and extra guest rooms. The old Piedmont hotel, near the depot, has also been remodelled and Improved by its ; present owner, Mr. J. W. . Garrison. . ' . -Among other Improvements are the addition to Dr. Taylor's private sani- torInm, 'A new dlnnig room and a new wing with additional rooms were built during the year. '' Improvements have also been made to the grounds and now it is one of the best institu tions of its kind in the State. - Numerous new cottages MveCbeen built in various , parts . ot the city, many houses have been remodelled and streets and sidewalks Improved. ' While Morganton; has been growing other parts of the country have been keeping pace' with her progress,- Drex- el six miles east ; ot here-" on the Southern Railway, has built perhaps twenty; new. houses and made addi tions to' Its furniture and wood-work-lne factories, and a new deDOt is one of the additions to the village. Con nelly Springs, Rutherford Cpllege;'BU debrand and Valdese have r enjoyed a steady growth, and at Glen Alpine, six miles west, the wood-working, plants of J. p. Pitts and Pitu and Giles fcavs J and treasurer; II. M. Clemraer, man ager. The. Dallas graded school In the building of the Gaston Female College ' r, . ... .... . ..... - jrivii, a. jviicis, principal, . was c pened thhls year for the first time. The new buildings number 20, most v of which - are nice - dwellings. Tha bank building Je a - two-story brick structure, -with plate glass front. - Tha lutheran have . finished . a - nice - many, have made substantial improve-' ments on the,ir property,.- - , - lfi,AYETTEVII"i, ' Fayetteville, Jan.' t.-A contract has itol at Richmond, - for the erection -of " m 11, AAA I.. ... , .a . . connection with -the Hurhsmith ' Ho. pital and Cochran annex, the 'later a., charitable Institution ,fof both white ' ana fcoiorea. . wonnY TOLrienrs. i-nta : medical equipment, containing a star- .. illzlng apparatus. parlor , for vlstttnar ; phyalcUnt. etc ,H will be wholly sep- : a rate from the main buildings and the : annex, access being had by hydradllo i elevators, installed , bv i tha New vm-ir ' .-, ha oleo been let for th eiila.rvemenf' n ?ths WMalM ,..si11jaMW '"Jl..-l,tiJ1 Ik- aasw saa-; wmiVMJ10 ' -IUUUlUtSlia tj'"-- pacity Xor patients, having beda for 43 been enlarged and lroDroved and ., proprletoi1 and superintendent, Dr. J. number-.of neiy houses hulU.' ' j Ip, Hlghsmlth,' the .hospital has in Durln the year 1905 the county com-1 creased In m, . mlssloners greeted ,new ;bnftoga rood worfc v Xhere la a tramtagachool "1e'"e 'DLeu. "XL I tor nurses attached, giving every ad- aau.-iiuw ui. i vantage for hgh" srrade 1ntnf.tl,i TOSS-the record of 1905 5 EL"!. 'icat and tne- spirit os our pi s.. A charter has heen . i be to do even etter m ww. - Mort rv,.... M1 c0n'r-,". S1ADnTTW v f1 Ptal. 400,000, and a valuable elt UAaUJoJCjXjXI- has been purchased. A charter has ' , , ; -,. - .J beea granted and stock taken for- a Correspondence I, r&3SSEL. "utary vtZZL-.. T a - )im wrlttnn I A large new frelarhf haunt tt Kn ' In detail, will reaa uae a ronmut-s ouu i -"uu lwbi um wm- i .fm,, "than fiction. I Way, at a cost of abnuf 118 AOfl ' Hh , An.i win served I ample anacitv tn hsnHiimr' - - .... . . . .I...... , .a I ifMnt xihinmnf. A- 1 i... By a. nira s eye .view-. m naiw "ir " v ,, wjiwuwBw.m.jo progress that nave .oeen mu muiu i suovwuer .company nas : the year of 1605, - , ' -' "7 lorc .skilled hands af nvl- -. ... twin ntanta of a I Work. ; t- in. a-Anrih linked tnvether bv a !' i Waterworks and imntro hmuf. . small village known-as the Midway, the volty-Jn the sum of $100,000 were - towns but large manufacturing place. 1 interest Bonds In the sum of i..t,4 AmiiTwui tna ODeraiea i i"w or isuea lor inn uniommiuif vm '..r,rH nt tntelilrence. taste I Of the electric llsht nlant. , - ; and business skill. " . r - Franchises and rights of way have The population now reacnes o.vw oi i uwn .nia me ttateign and South h. tvrM nf Anglo-Saxon famillles. l port Railway, with the certaintv nr it and 75,000 spindles are aepi- wninier, i vuuiyieuuo ?; q rayetteviue v by late nthA with tna rnnmns oi moi iwhh i wuw. v - :. : - j:;: . .. turning out millions of sheeting- and A new .Baptist church, valued at print clothe. ' ... is new being erected. rv,.. tha Aid vear an eiecir'-' ( A nanasome, orica niMinv tm nn. W.u.q . - . ... it....... . . has been Instared at Henrietta aaiu i owig - .constructed- by the Husks 1, and the transmission ; or , sunimeii naoimaie Maraware company for ,oc- nnw.. in all tha WMBW Oi wim vswuicy oy ine -JrDSi-tJoift cahimmv ! yxnmnietA. sunnlementlng . the waterlA new Plant is beina ereetnii hv tha power. The cost of the new plant, with j Fayetteville Steam Laundry Company ' th nwinra lmnroved. machinery I on Maxton street. i ' t . ' - " put Into the two mUls tnis year is -me cross Creek Building and Loan inn Ann -.. v l AOBUUsiuuii . nH : naan nrsrani ai f-tssi , flvVUWl j I' - , . 'V VgMIS1WW 'faJSa "' J Tta OAvnard Air line has extended I second series haa ban cinuui naaviw-S Its coal cnute so as to wuvejr w w evv,uuv wonn oi, stoexnaa already the boiler nouse im w -". y? i weu laaen ana SiB.oas or $20,000 worth i.k w M.n.vomimt of the mills., , I Of strbnlr It a a h..n 1a.h.j x, mm t .-, ; , ' The affairs of those Immense plants tate. The Southern Life Insurance . - have oeen so wimj vumjwnr-mi oeen estabiisned and to number 1906 as one of the most pros- nearly $700,000 worth of Insurance Jia .,,a an, nrnflt-makina years in. the I aimaiiv iwn written i iraiuiw f ' " .r -. , .'I" . ; ww.. . i ,,:;,.i'n,-.r,,'.i'.lr"',".v '.., .mms nr tha mills I .Tha mntMni 4 hA.H i..'jt.. ' More cotton baa been used, than aver remodeling , of the Kyle buildina , totxti before inany on- yww, occupancy .Dy tne national-Bank of from the two big department stores FayettevlUei. A contract- has also have greatly Increased and the Wist- been let for the remodeling of the ness done would be a credit to any ctN building of the Bank of Fayetteville, The Observer wjll be clad, no doubt The Southern Real Estate Company Just here, to put on record tha. name nas beea organised with handsome tta varv efrecient CttlSenS at tne hnltlna- Tlu Htvualfir Wnni. Mr,.' nou fi e Liin urjuvvt vuiviich v " i jHniiHnv, nas as . siBrr utti imriAr m aMane Tanner, president and treasurer, -with I Franklin street. j. Moore, stenograpner auu r Extensive Improvements hava been in his onice; a. u w mae n Pa of the FayettevlUe entrCoroleen Mill known as mill Nox ice . and Manufacturing Cenruuiv a K. i-'S0 -."L 5SS, Tm ter cotton sinnery, operated by mav W. L. Packard,, superinteiident of the chlnery, has been added to CapLD. Henrietta MUl. known as mill No 1, McNeill's merchant' mills ?bn - Old W"B. oop-MnntZ'KbnL A fertiliser plant has been ee- B AMiSS J.1" cormectlon.. with., the j - - - - " -. t i suuuiem vuaoa.uu Lumpany. 12' 'v. W. Poole, at tho-Caroteen; .Harrison! contracts have been let forremodel r'.Tr;-.. p S'.: ln tn K1y building for the Bank d ertart men t both Stores: F. E.. Rollins 1 i.ttrfiii -jt .v. j ; nr.,ft.U,a J SS' " State Bank pf Wy "?"VZZZAr7n plant has tmuB.B- w. A,u.w -'joeen aaaea to poe's extensive brick varvimu, , . i yaraS. forward movement of our two high schools, five churches, and Sunday schools, since the good year 1905 has been our guest our . teachers, pastor and leaders are eminently capable. Ths Caroleen Snday school (Baptist) now has an enrollment of 600 pupils with Boh Moore, the noble superintend' LAGRANGE. has not been told of t our march dur ing is us. - . . X STANLEY. Correspondence of The Observer. 'v: La Grange. Jan. 1. The Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad reached th ' n.f.?,Dia. Z ZSZZrZX town '.-! b?ry. 1885. In honor of the J J 'Mra gaveaoaroicue. aov.' rr.rl Tj. i r--. T- oreneao gave tne principal .address. ucLriiiH. w muu Mfoiai icmsb iuihm tu t m,. v , .1... .,.'m.h.j'.,l. the now commodious church building D Moaslvwhw " In order to accomodate the growing f",, .2 Y??l' 'M.e.r27rI?? Sunday-school, - At Henrletu t, ihe liv ,Ttfr XI i r.i. aahnA Mnm in Tie J wwn- e, went to jviorida and- was an elegant school room. And the half lth. nnv f otata . ah. was admitted to the Union about 1&4S or iMfc The name of the town 'Was changed, to La Grange In 180$. - - ' There are, now over Looo inhabitants 1 lv ' tka , 'Atirn . ' f haa .u as eA y a( !. as .- vaaw sw " s v'.aa'a w - at s WW U4 ijgt. tj4..iAM t esa-tAw vn. M. j cnnrcneii in iqb wwn ma inret coi and pjospered more In the .past year I ' . l.JL. " " A , uinn ever uexijrw. j. uc wiujwiuk wio i ii.iim atnra kn - cerns have been built; The Carpenter k.0- n, .tor. n.r .raet.n u.t " Mnnufitrlnrlns- Pamnnnv .nlant. h nr. I m. . . . ."!(!. fleers .being John G. Carpenter, pres-1 era! small houses were erected during' Went J Dr. T. ' C. Quickie, vie , presi-1 last year. There ore two tobacco . dent; R. E. Carpenter, secretary and I houses and 3,500,000 ponnds will be sold ly;!i treasurer; the , Stanley Spoke -and I this season between 4,000 and 8,000 bales i - jrianaie t aciory, -; wnicn , is , ownea p i oi cotton win oe sow. xnere is a bun E. L. Pegmmj an elegant brick store, I factory, one newspaper, and three sale built and owned by B. F. Carpenter j I staoies tor norses ana mules. There are an ailAltinn tn tha atnre hiilMlnor luwii. J three doctors and ondentisL. Th nied bv th?Thomnson-Peram Com-lis graded school, of, over 300 nunils. I There are four saloons and one Mm berger & Dorr, iias been organised to j T aistlllery. There are no factories. It V -.ao- . . . i .. . . I isa . si iimi w v m sstsl mi.-- unin it nu ir - sarea . . ... Arm is that of Moore; FpxvA Wallace. 4 iwen- ,0,5"".7hr J'S land water works The main street is ,; i itu mm Bicr Bueus, witn ner' ad-- ,, v '., i . . . - j,.i vantageous position, witn a larca z. cotrespondenee of th Observer.' . - i"" torrjiou imw irom,, if sne Dallas, Jan,' 1. The energy and' new had some factories. La Orange ought to life of the citizens of the town of prospcrvue irjwtn. ' wjt uaiias nave maae tne past year a I -, i i . m' t year of progress and - theh lmorove-1 : ' a " -rrrrTrcify fc meats nave oeen suunaniiai. wnicni . - DALLAS. means place. a permanent growth - for thel ' Correspondence of The Observer. " sriaissvssiiB. sass9 assails v viiroiivs ass aa-sa rou.i.. ..at... ; . :. .x-a - -'au , trio light plant. Installed by the town vvm , , "' .An'" een for street and bouse lighting.- A state uccesful year with eur town.' Our bank. I he - Bank of - Dallas, a capital receipts ara from agricultural sources stock $20,000, opened April 1st: off I- alone., winosor nas added, within the cars and stock holders, L L. Jenkins, Pa9t year, 'tea brick stores, a doxen president; B. 1 Wilson,' vlce-presl- new residences and a large amount of. identiM. a. -uarpemer, cssmer; o,' f, repmnua uwaioona a new sub- , Mason 8. N.-,Boyee.: E T,: Webb' H. urban property, "Castle Heights," has M. McAden, R. R. Ray. Dr. J. Jenkins, been, opened. Our population has In- J. D Moore, C B Armstrong, J lx creased fifteen per cent - Moore, C. B. Armstrong, M. C. Hunter! ' '" " r i n,.i B. White, it s Lewis, i R. Lewis.! - nitA nMimuJi . - C C. Cornwell. Di S. A Wllklns and " . ' ..T . 1 . Bummey Bios, . ... . .uu..h r , - The Dollas Lumber , Manufacturlnng Mrs. xs aggers -Have you forgotten Company, capital stock $10,000, ; Is a that this Is our twenty-flfth annlvor- ' nw: enterprise. Its officers are E. L. saryt - - ;, ' - " Wilson, president; Dr. S. A. Wilklns. Naggers (wearily) No.' I've not fnr vice-president; S. A. Wolf, secretary; gotten, but I'vo forgiven. ' - . 4 J LI 4 .-.i i
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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