North Carolina Newspapers

; - - Jr " ! I THE RO Patriot, EIGIIT- DEMOCRATIC SUPREMACY FOR THE GOOD OF ALL, AND A DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTERED BY DEMOCRATS. " 7-v KSTAHMSIIEn 1ST IHZ SiKW KKKILK, SO. 1,095 GREEKSBOKO, N. C, EBXDAY, DECEIBER 23, 1887. lTKJta :i.ow rer ir, nnarsncej fx .. .j - - : ' 1 : : : ' ' " r -' ' i i- . - u t; ' 1 ' -- ' ;. ' , T : r ; ' : : : . .. , . , . zz r. - . - , , . , - r. . -: I -v- .... . . : --j GREENSBORO ! i:m ami Aih antaires for It :ni'I Manufacturers.- jj; mo iiisi-intr t !M II MSI: IV TIIC t r.vntr. m Cin J LEADING INDUSTRIES.- t-J,n m " Ur tiii: si n- N'iS rEQGRESS;F ONE YEAR, :i I tiui lroad I t'll t ro State. In 5 THE .K0EN1NG- AND BEAUTIFUL " A3 A ;.'A1DLN. A II AS TIlEITKIlXAL HILLS. I: ibiiitie :t:id l ;toia 5tr Situation. ,-ces vf Minerals,; limber iicnllure, iiilit i 'la 1'icltl tor the In iK .il (i i'apilol oh a iti! ana ia)iii?r s:ukiu ite- LONDON OF, inning: I ola' Town ot JtU- State. air Cttlipim Passenger .Tr-:::s Daily. ' ' f . 1 i't- '.---'- it ifila j'v lira. I pon il 1 he't if y CLovern- : B-tils Gronia compaaF-condessed t tv tUtb iii 1781 .ill Ilic Jew liuMilliigs till. ;rceu-.!)or since -"boro, : the, far; famed City till home of the free ami 'in' -bra v t," named in -.honor 1 Nathaniel M'ncn, the 1 f.i i oj of ( i uil foid-court .- -nnVt-admirably located i:"?.K.n liiH-s and siniling i.'!' rt-at IMivliiiojit sec 'j 'iili (uoiina jmiitway be : iiiO'mi tains ami the sia ih.I'.'s from IliehrnoniJ !i.i! s Mom Atlanta with .,, - hi I vatT ari'l t'litirelv :i :u.f! ai a. Imleeil the lo t'l - i ity could not he more :. It isVsirroundedhy the i vt loii- ""mineral resources : m : i t he . State : vast for- ! timber, a nngnilicie"ut 1:' f ' inSry, with iron and gold jiTaroMaJ u.s and oal fields ;i. l'.'ti s.! AyA at tho same !; i.'.s railroad facilities nn- i v anv town in North . . - - i i. having IS .inco.minr and.; I r'. ii;is.seiigerrraias'daily, A sigljtiul en;n.itercaii!irt be vlu ie, -nnsjirpassedi pt r- l-l'-.i'.Vth it of anv other hind on r. Vith tiu' surface of the -t'liil with the fiiH'st for Mi -;t . I j n o.s t v itiji 1 b 1 e V oods,xith ' n-lisuiiiit'i laid: wit ii irmi. ro;iI. .and i-vcrv ether useful ' :.! lvr bowels enerustetl 'i: I;..- i -iic.Ntcnu. and lined with .:": v nn-:al; v. ithall' healing l.h'-alth giving rings of pure w.it,f- linrstiiig from, be a:: eei !;,. wateiing every '-;. ..i;..l ;t:rck!ing down every 'y:.i hiiiiutaiifin the dis ,i a ay ;-with grazing lands ids of tli'ousand.s of peo limits of -all varieties in (ill-mtifr .i-itli flirt tin b iok.e i ue h a i n o t r a n ge Y '-.l' .the I5hie Kidge iyaii the West, v.e main i.-r boio's central lo sin foundings is all that akeil ior or tie.sired. nm-ji'-' there is a perfect ha-4' o:i every street, ' it el ns v, ith connecting bT'.!! vv. Vtoth . sides, ":;'' gr.ii-.d aud e'nije pan f he.i'iity ai;d loveliness". ' i il Tod fi-i'd, above tide f .lining ;. . I natural the- eity's health is-gen -'1- Asa business-center ,"T 4i:.i ... eloping into one ui,u kti-ts in North hmI li. iving such line raU- "' -s, tin- advantages us a ":;v l"na-are. beyond (pies 1 'itv iv optlefs by rail, :; 1 '-i ! in t; .ry t tl I tit t a ry : - cxti i-.ds over one !:- in ever direeion. 'l 'j ' Ive!!y, oj'p.misyl. I'-ivsed through tins 1."' "u iu leUi'rn home, in 1 1 an nnprompta speech before his tenow citizens said : I saw, daring Nay trip, a country opon which the Almighty . has with most lavish hand bestowed Wis richest material gifts. It is gorged with every mineral Let me speak specially of North Carolina, because, as it is equally true of Virginia, poverty has driven haudreds of thousands of her native ciUzeus iuto exile. My friends, North Carolina is the most beautiful and richest portion oi uuu8 earm upon wuicn. my vision or feet have ever rested. You know that she produces cot ton, rice, indigo, tar, pitch, turpen tine, and superior timber. That State long known as the Rip Van Kinklo of the Union, whoso native vines made the foriue of Lonwortb, who carried a cutting thence. The wine producing vineyards of West ern Pennsylvania, and around tho borders, and on the islands of Lako Krie, and those scattered through Missouri, are from "cuttings taken from- the native vines of North Carolina the Catawba, the Lin coin, the Isabella, and richer than all, the Scupperuong, of which, j as it has not yet been successfully transplanted, Eastern North Caro lina has the monoply. There) it grows spontaneously -as a weedJ , The woods and hill-sides teem with the richest honey-bearing flowers, and the bees invite you to put up a rude box, that they may reward your kindness with the sweetest treasure. There is not a vegetable we produce that will ifot thrive in North Carolina ; and as I traveled through this native wealth and beauty I saw how sin had driven man out of Paradise. RAILROAD FACILITIES. ' j " ' - .- ! The importance of Greensboro as a railroad centre has not attracted that general notice ft really deserves or had- its citizens been given to self assertion.- A correct map will show that rail roads run from it in six directions. The Richmond S Danville pursues a north land northeasterly course to Lyuclibnifg and to tidewater; the North Carolina road runs duel east through a chain of-growing town to Kaleigh, and south to1 Salisbury! aud Charlotte ; the Yadl kin Valley road has opened up a fertile and richly endowed country between this eity and Fayetteville at the head of navigation on th Cape Fear rivtr, aud is extending its line with all possible rapidity liorth by west to the Virginia borj der ; white a short railroad to fealem aud Wiustoa gives the peo pie of these prosperous towns di rect trade with Greensboro. Con neetions are made by these severa roads with all the transportation lines crossing the State, and with, such easy facilities forshipping to the four corners of the civilized lobe, there are splendid openings here for many other industries large and small, such as cotton and wollen factories ; foundries and ma chine shops; chain and plow works agricultural impliment factories broom and bu t factories, chair. shoe, willow ware, furniture, gun lock. ImateJi, .fertilizer, tobacco ami fruit canning factories ; and wood working establishments of various kinds. Within a short time the ! -i business of this city has grown rapidly in every liiie of industry its volume now exceeding about lS,ooo,noO annually. ! The manufacturing industries al- i - ready m full and profitable opera tion in Greensboro to-day are : : j Sergeant's foundry and machine shops. Glascock's plow aud stove oundry. " Mendeuhall .JcCo.'s Sash and Jlind Factory. Ii rook s S: Love's Sash ami Dlind Factory. j Wharton, Hunt & Co.'s lumber and builders material mills. j MeMahon's Sroke, Rim aud Han dle Factory. 1 The North Carolina Coach Ma jterial Company. j j -Greensboro Mattrass Factory. ! Greensboro Candy Co. , .1 Woodroffe's Lumber mills. . Tar Heel Liniment Co. Five plug tobacco factories'. .Nine leaf tobacco factories. J K-Hall's cigar faetorj. " Two harness factories. One shoe factoiy. The arrangements havo been per fected and papers signed for the erection of an ice factory and steam fiouriiig'inill at once. T II K-LUMBER BUSINESS. The lumber business of Greens boro is a big thing and' contributes largely to the general prosperity of the cit. In fact it is generally conceded that Greensboro is the largest inland lumber market in the .United States, dumber is shipped froai this market to many of the New England States and in many instances it is carried over to F.uroe. The lumber made atrthis llaco is jfrom the fine timber forests tributary to Greensboro and is al ways in demand. This line of bus iness is successfallj carried on here by the Greensboro Sash and Blind Company, Wharton, Ilant & Co., Brooks & Love, Davis, Wainman & Co., and Thos. Woodroffe & Sons. During this year the Greensboro Shsh and Blind Company has han dled about 3,500,000 feet of lumber and controlled about $30,000 giving employment to from 20 to 25 hands daily all the year round. Whar ton, Hunt & Co. ! have handled about 1,200,000 feet of lumber and controlled about 810,000 to $20,000, giving employment'to some 12 or 15 hands. Brooks & Love have handled be tween 2,000,000, and 3,000,000 feet of lumber and controlled something near $30,000, giving employment to abont 10 hands. Davis, Wain man have their mills located in Handolph,but transact the business of the firm here where they make their headquarters. This firm has handled about 3,000,000 feat of lumber and controlled about $00, 000 giving employment to 30 hands. Thos. Woodroffe & Sons have han dled and consumed probably 1,500, 000 feet of lumber. Mp. Woodroffe says he is doing splendidly and has not lost fifty dollars during the year; has no complain to make against any one. This firm em ploys from 40to SO hands, all the year round. I 1 GREENSBORO'S BIG TRADE FACTOR The Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley rail road is and must be' for a long time to come the principal factor in increasing the -business and pros perity of Greensboro, and to thv untiriug and zealous, heroic ant manly efforts of Julius A; Gray!5 the very efficient President, ana J-W.Fry,Gen. Superintendent, this great line of railway, the people of Greensboro and generations yet to come are due a lasting debt o gratitude.! In fact, the officers of this road, one and all, have displayed a dis position to build up cities and towns along its Hue that has gain ed the confidence and esteem of all mankind. I This road funs from Fayetteville to this point, a nd thence to the Virginia line, where the C. F. & lri V. meets the Norfolk & Western aud then forms a connecting line, giving Greensboro a direct outlet to Chicago, St. Louis, New York Philadelphia and other Northern and Westetn markets. Trains are regularly running between this place and Pilot Mountain over this line and tho road is " graded to within six miles, of Mt. Airv, through a section of country that had no railroad facitities until its advent. Since March 1st, 1883, there have been constructed atand around itsjstations (outside of the larger towns) S,96G buildings, when there, were but: 7G1 before. Of these there are 503 new residences 20 new churches, G new academies, IS new schools, and 4 new gradetl schools. In the- same region 211 new industrial' enterprises havfe been started, also 121 stores, 29 warehouses, 12 hotels, 2 banks, newspapers, and 13 tobacco prize houses. ; j ' - , I Six months ago there were on the line of. the C. F. & Y. V. only 27 saw mills ; to-day there are 55, also IS cotton factories that now ship by the GF&Y V, and by the first of January, 1SSS, the number I am told, will be surely increased to twenty. By June 1SSS, the number will be increased double all around as the road will have reach ed its terminal point. Every one of these late improvements have added to the trade of Greensboro. The percentage of iucrease from the Western extension has been felt greater, even, than it was from the cpnntry between here and Fay etteville in every line and the effect is perceptible on all sides and in the various branches of industry in this city. Two hundred and twen ty-one miles of this road isnow fin ished in first-class stylo and equip ped in themost substantial man ner, and the good work continues. All along its route from here in the direction of its Western ter minus is a splendid agricultural country, and one r'ch in-many other naturafand mineral resources whose development it will make possible and certain. OFFICERS OF THE C. F. Y. V. R. R. COMPANY, ISST-'SS. President Julius A Gray. General Suprintendeut J AY Fry. Secretary Jno M llose. Auditor 11 Vv Bidgood. Treasurer jas 11 Williams. Attorney Geo M Hose. Directors Col K M Mnrchisou. New York ; Charles 1 Stokes, Richmond, Val, ; Dr Jno M Worth, Asheboro ; Wm A Moore, Mt Airy; Dr W.n A Lash, Walnnt Cove ; J Turner Morehead, Leaksville, Julius A Gray, D W. C Benbow, Greensboro ; Eugene Morehead, Durham ; Robert T Gray, Raleigh; Jno D Williams, E ! J Lilly, Fay etteville. .: ).' AGRICULTURAL HORTICULTURE. The opportunity lor engaging in mixed agriculture, in darying, in poultry growing amd fruit, raising in the country surrounding Greens boro are rnstoj- and good. Unlike most other towns in these parts, our trade is not dependent npon any one staple, a failure qf which always brings depression, tight money and' 'hard times, but we have a great diversity of produc- tions and small industries, yielding revenue every day in the rear, so that the failure of any one crop does not materially affect the bnsi- neps interests of the city. The nursery business of Guil ford county, sale of fruit trees and green an J dried fruit has brought an' immense amount of money into the county within the last twenty years, and quite a number of men have made .independent fortunes in this business alone. The manufacture of spokes, handles,! carriage material, shuttle blocks, bobbins, etc., has given employment to a great number of men, and created a market for white oak, hickory, dogwood, per simmon and other hard woods, which were only valuable asi fire wood before the war. r The trucking and poultry trade has attained immense proportions, the daily shipments to loreign markets we mean the markets of other States-j-brings thousands of dollars of revenue to the producers, dealers and transportation com panies. COMMERCIAL. ' Greensboro has very nearly 150 business houses, wholesale and re tail." These with our foundries and machine shops, our saw and plan ing mills, tobacco factories, ware houses, spoke and handle factories and various other enterprises, do an annual business of more than $80,000,000. The territory tribu- tary to the trade of Greensboro is the whole ot Guilford county, a large portion of Alamance, Kan-; dolph, Chatham, Moore, Mont gomery, Davidson, Forsyth, Rock ingham and Stokes ; and as the C. F. it Y. V. Railway advances westward the counties of Surry, Yadkin, Wilkes, Alleghany and Ashe will find Greensboro their most accessible trade centre. To reap the benefits ot all these uat nral advantages, we have a young, active and progressive set of busi ness men, full of energy, push aud elasticity, yet conservative, careful and thoughtful in their deliber ations. Our business houses are, almost without exception, sound and healthy. They are generally based upon the actmal capital of their proprietors, managed with conservatism and borrow very lit tle money, and this little on short time. They keep good bank ac counts' and meet their obligations promptly. Some of our merchants do quite a large jobbing business, as well as retail business, and their stores present as handsome appear ance as auy to bo found South of Baltimore. OUR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES. We venture the assertion that no townr or county in this, or any of adjoining States, has better educa tional facilities than Greensboro and Guilford county. For instance here is the Greensboro Female Col lege for ladies, known far and wide, with an average attendance of 150 pupils, the Oak Rndge Insti tute, one of the most thoroughly equipped and flourishing -male school throughout the width aud breadth of the land. New Garden College, a venerable institution, founded by the Friends, and among the few that held its regular ses sions all during the war and now noted for its high moral standard. Sec. The Guilford High School at McLeansville a flourishing institu tion with a good future; the Sum- merfield High School, High Point Classical Institute, Jamestown Iligh School, Fair View Academy, Bellevue Institute, aud others up to tho usual high standard . of excellence. The city has a system of graded schools . eqpal to any in the State and a house that will command the praise and admira tion of everybody, recently built at a cost of $15,000. Be it said to the city's credit and honor, the first graded school in North Carolina was established here in Greeus boro. Finally, here, in the suburbs of the city is Bennett's Seminary, an institution of high grade estab lished in the South by the M. E. church for training the colored youth. MINES. The large magnetic ore deposit South of this City on the C F & Y V II R changed hands a little more than a year ago, and the present proprietors say the pig iron can be produced 4iere, with. limestone at German ton and coal at Walnut Cove for less money than at Birmingham. We too have very valuable iron ore in this county and situated on the line of railway centering here. We have also some valuable gold mines in this county. ; The Fisher Hill, seven miles south of this place, is now, and has been for nearly two years, worked very profitably. It and others were successfully operated before the war. ' ' The coal fields at Deep river, fity miles south of this point, also on the O. F. & Y. V. Railroad near Ore Hill, South of as j and Walnut Cove on North, is being operated, and is producing coal sud to be equal to the Pocahontas mines for steam and much superior to that coal for gas. The coal fields in and around Walnut Cove are being de veloped and some very rare and rich veins otcoal are being discov ered, much-more than was at first anticipated, j The mineral resources of the county adjacent to Greensboro are practically nnexhaustible, being lo cated within the territory embraced by the richest mineral district in the Carolina's and commands tho great fields of brown hematite ores, on which the great and successful manufacture of iron mnst in the end depend for quality and .'profit, in evry branch of the most skill full and best manufacturers of iron and Steele. The uplands are adap ted to the growth of wheat, corn, rye, buckwheat, oats, potatoes, to bacco, and and almost every vege table grown in the Southern States, with small fruit in profusion. Verily Greensboro is. the land of milk and honey, the apple, the peach, the fig and promegranate, all of which' growand prosper in open fields and under the most, artless culture. - GREENSBORO AS A TOBACCO MAR- " KET. I It is a well authenticated fact that no branch of industry has grown moro rapidly into import ance in this city and Guilford coun ty within tho past three yearsthan has tobacco. This is duo to some extent to the fact that our geo graphical situation renders the Greensboro tobacco market more accessible to the great tobacco pro ducing counties, yet our active warehousemen, industrious and energetic leaf dealers and manufac turers have contributed their pro portionate share. , Considering the length of time Greensboro has been interested in building up a tobacco market, sue has made more real and permanent advancement than auy town in the Carolinas And Vir ginias. From thfc tobacco year which commeuces Oct. 1st, '$4 and end ending Sept. 30, '85, about 800, 000 pounds of leaf tobacco was sold on this market. From OctL 1st, '85 to Sept. 30th, '80, 2,200,000j pounds .were sold, showing an increase of 1,400.000 pounds within one year. Duriug the tobacco year of 'J7, when the crop was short and inferior, ending last September 30th.G reens boro sold something over 3,000,000 pounds. This Wonderful increase in a short period of time spread all over the country and buyers from Durham, Danville, Richmond, Winston and elsewhere camo thith er, which is highly indicative of the fact that the day is not far dis tant when Greensboro will be one of the leading tobacco markets in the State. It is a fact of great im portance, and worthy ofj special mention that all tobacconists from North, East, South and Wjst must come to Greensboro in rtrder to reach every other marketj in the State, and this is also the best point from which to branch off to the Virginia markets. But the past season's trade developed the fact that this market can hiudle as fine tobacco at as high prices as any leaf market to be found, and while the amount sold has been in creasing and large, at no time have our buyers been overstocked or cried "enough," and an able, com petent and reliable corpse of buyers is one of the main springs of suc cess to any market. On this score Greensboro is solid. Mr J I Jor dan buys every grade frim prim ings to fancy wrappers and says he can afford to pay more on this mar ket than elsewhere and will do it; notwithstanding he buys tobacco at Winston and I Durham, neury W Hnbh comes in on the home stretch for all t the fillers smokers and wrappers and says he has or ders ahead already. Mr C.'s busi ness has increased so largely that he has within the past fejw weeks built him a mammoth leal tobacco factory 40x100 feet four stories high to accommodate uis growing tratie M G Patterson. Esq., codes in for a million and a half pounds of fil lers and red wrappers rom the! highest to tho lowest. Mr. Patter- son is aji old hand at the business and never, allows a pile ot .tobacco go off for less than its full value. A Bailey & Co. bay largely all the year round, and pay tho highest market prices for all grades. H C Berger is always on the lookout for good fillers and could buy twice as many more. Unci Jack Tatum comes in for all sorts. King & Co., Pegram & Co. and W A Fields & Co. manufacturer large ly and buy all their stock here. W A Day pays tip top prices for all smokers and scraps he can get and then don't get enough. Add to all these a number of speculators and warehousemen who are always on hand when tobacco is moving, and it aggregates a force that can han dle all grades and in. unlimited quantity. The outlook-for the com ing season is flattering. Crops in this section are fine, the ware houses and buyers are ready for business, and if the tobacco year holds out as well as it has thus far it can be safely estimated that Greensboro will sell four million five hundred thousand pounds of leaf tobacco this season. Tobacco sold here last week from Monday morning till Saturday all the way from fifty cents to one dollar per pound, though' "prices were ex tremely high all this week. OFFICERS . CREEXSBOEO TOBACCO ASSOCIATION. -x - The officers of the Greensboro Tobacco Association as elected at the last annual meeting are : J F Jordan, President. II W Cobb, Vice " II C Berger, Secretary. J 11 Whitt, as't. " EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. ,' M C Fatterson, W-R Land, and G II McKinney. SALES COMMITTEE. M C Patterson, G II McKinney, and A Bailey. KAOLINK AND FIRE CLAYS. This valuable substance has been discovered in large and almost in exhaustible, quantities at j West Green, near tho city, and the de posit is being extensively worked by the Pomona Terra Cotta Co. This company was organized about two years ago, with A M Smith President, and' J. Van Lindley Secretary and Treasurer, aiubbids fair to becomo one of the leading in dustries of this section. "The com pany is turning out work i to day that is far superior in many re spects to tho tile and sewer pipes made in the. New England States. THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA. The year 1887 has been an event ful one for Greensboro, and one marked and distinguished for rapid strides of progress, in many re specls, eclipsing by far the .most sanguine expectations of her citi zens. Only last April the citizens of Greensboro with almost one voice, voted to issue bonds to the amount cf $100,000 for internal improvements. This gladened the hearts of our people and they went to work with renewed zeal to give tho town a boom. The establish ment of an electric ligh,t plant soon followed ; the fight-away for a street railway system; the estab lishment of a Five Cent .Savings Bank, the building of a fine 15,000 graded school house, the perfetion of all arrangements fpr the early constitution of water1 works and a system of sewerage, and the organ ization of a joint stock company with a capital stock of five hundred thousand dollars, with headquar ters in this 'city, for the construc tion of all public improvements. Thi infused new life in the real estate market aud prop erty immediately, began to change hands; handsome brick and frame buildings were built, and to day the town is spotted with new buildings from centre to cir cumference. Below we give a partial list of the" new buildings nnmnlotp.: iliiriiic the vear 1887 and now in progress of erection : Dr J Henry Smith, dwelling IS- x2S, 10x18,12x18. J L Michanx, dwelling 28x32, with L, two stories, 8 rooms. Jas W Forbis, dwelling 30x24, two stories, with L 10x30, 8 rooms. II II Cartland, dwelling 23x40, two stories, and garret, with L lOx- 30. 10 rooms. M 15 church. 40xC0 feet, brick. J A Pritchett, st re 14x30. W A Jobe, store 18x40. , JIG Newell, dwelling 30x39 feet, two stories, 10 rooms. , F P Pugh, dwelling 18x33, two stores, with L 15x30, 9 rooms. John Star,' dwelliug : 15x30, with L llx'-S, '4! rooms. .CF'&Y V depot , 110x50, two stories; with six separate and dis tinct 'departments. l)r II M Alford. dwelling 15x 3G, with L 15x24, 4 rooms. J II Johnston, dwelling 33x18 two stories, with L 14x30, 7 rooms Wharton, Hunt & Co., saw mill Wharton, Hunt S Co., builders material and lumber repository 40 x40. . Wharton, Hunt & Col, steam dry kiln 36x40. - Brooks & 1 ore, lumber and bail ders' material ninufactory 4Sxl2o. Dr C M Gle in, dwelling 3GxG3, two stories all round. 11 rooms. i Z W Whitehead, dwelling 10x3o, two stories, witli wing :23xlG; and L 14x28, 8 rooiis. Joseph Albright, dwelling IGx 3G, two stories!, with L 14,30, 7 rooms. , W J Ridge, dweling, 34x18, two stories, with L 12x34, G rooms. WAJIayes.d. welliug lGx3G, with L 12x32, '4 roords Derasstiis Lewis, dwelling 10x3G, two stories,- with! L I4x$2, G rooms. A Ilagan, threie dwe lings, sach 1Gx3o, with L WxlG. " s "Uncle SamUnited Slates court house and postoffice, three stories. Hendrix Bros, brick store 25xloo, i three stories. it Fisher & Co.,! brick store 34x100, three stories. t I.I- - -iiarper Benuett. dwelling WJxlo. two stories, with L 10x24. R P Gorrell, dwelling 1Gx3G, two stories, with L 14x28. . i R W Brooks,dwelliug lGx3G,with L 14x23. Kirkman & Fields, hotel-4ox5o, two stories. ' . A Halgan, three dwellings lGx3G, each, with L'a 12x28. Mrs.' Seymour Steele, dwelling two stories, G rooms. John Hodgin, dwelling 18x3o, with L 14x20. 1 WMI Turner, dwelling lGxlo, with L 12x10. Mrs Cicero Bryan, dwelling IGx 3G, with L 14x2G. J ohn Scott, d weliu g 1 Sx3G, w i th Ll2x2o. I M Strauss, dwelling 18x3G, with L 10x32. ! ';'.". Mrs Brooks, dwellinglGx2S,with L 10x28. . - W K Burgesf dwelling 42x33, with L 1Gx3o, two stories, 8 rooms. L F Ross, dwelling 82x17, with L lGx3o, two stories, 11. rooms. . W S Coffin, dwelling 34x14, 5 rooms. ' ; ? D E Thomas,-store house, brick, 4ox46, two stories. 1 O P Vanstory livery feed stables 70xl5o, with two Wings. Mrs C J Lynch, dwelling 3Gx29, two stories, withL 10x17. Geo IV White, dwelling on the "Queen Anne'' style, two stories, G rooms. ; F P Pugh, iwo dwellings, each 3GxlG, with L's 14xS, 4 roonis. MG Newell, dwell;ug3ox44, Wo stories, lo rooms. ' , , . - J W Lambeth, dwelling, 14x24. John Fowler, dwelling 28x24. Gilmer, Wharton & Bevil, to bacco factory, brick, SOxlo, 3A stories, with dry houseV in rear. Bevil, Gilmer & Co, tobacco fac tory 4oxSo, three stories, brick. Houston Bro, cigar factory. W A Mathews, mattress manu factory. ; ; D W C Ben bow, feed stables, brick, 4oxCo, two stories. D E Thomas, store, brick, 2ox5o. D P Foust, dwelling 10x3o, with 12x14. 'I ' . J ll'Landreth store", 12x2o, i. R IT Andrews, dwelling, 14x32. M A Short, dwelling 38x1 G, with , 5 rooms. I W D McAdoo, 1 2o additional rooms to t.uo jicauoo.iiousc H" K Bfichanau, dwelling 33x10, with L 3oxl4, two stories. ' , Judge J. A. Gilmer, residence, to cost eight thousand. . . Meridenhall & Co, biick dry kiln 2ox3G. T R Blackburn, dwelling 2Ix-4G, two stories, r Thos IToodro fie, office and draw ing room 12x24. Baptist church, brick, -5Ux77, seating capacity .x., Presbyterla,!! chapel, an addition 21x47. ' D P Foust, dwelling 38x18, with j 10x3o, two stories. Mrs M Smith, 2 dwellings lGxlo each, with L's 28x12. I John Kelly, dwelling 11x30, with L 14x3o, 4 rooms. Seb Jones, 3 dwellings, each lu- x3o, witlrL 12x16. S R Jones, 3 stores, 10x3o. Mariuda Mitchell, 2 dwellings. 16x32 each. Jacob .R Nole, store, 14x22. Jacob R Nole, 3 dwellings 1 lx3o S Milton, dwelling lGxlo. U' B Hunt, .dwelling 4 rooms! with L. Dr Marleyt an addition of one story to dwelling, 2 rooms 10xl.. J W Payne, addition, of G rooms to dwelling, size 15x10. M Houston, dwelling for Causey Children, two stories, !G rooms. ' ' ,. ; R L Vernon, rail ro id Eating House, two stories (lining room 20 30,.slore room , 11x21, 5 sleeping rooms. ... ' " ' ,; Moses Strauss, dwelling 7 rooms 15xlS. - Geo II Royster, dwelling, on F. r... . church st. 30x3G,two stories, 7 rooms, 2 large halls, 7 closets, with gas fixtures &c. Size of rooms J5x ' . :., I B. A. Sharp,dwelling,2stries,lG 38, 18u2G, 10 rooms, kitchei 2Lr22. . F A Tate, d welling, 2734, 14x38, wing 16x19, 2 stories, 4 rooms 15x 10, 2 rootua 15xlS with biy win dows, 2 rooms 12x14, 2 halls 9x31 : cost $2700.00 x Capt Charles Legcrton, C welling lGx34, IG(224, 2 stories G rooms 15x 1G, 1 hall S feet. Dwelling, T M Johnston and Brothers 1Gx2G,; 14x24, 4 rooms and hall. ' 1 In some instances it Will be seen irom tne aoove mat we usea some parties' name twice. Such is due to the fact that their buildings were on different streets. Yes, Greensboro is grow rig and will continue to grow, possi ply -not with the.rapidity of Birmiu gham or Anniston, or oven some of our N. C. towns, but sureiv and Headilv Her feorTra'nliie.il lnc.ifinn fin- the Piedmont country, her hdalthful o o 1 - . climate, her'railroal facilit es, uer proximity to the great traile cen ties ot the United States, the vast extent of territory tributorw to her by reason of the different lines of r - - railroads radiating from her; 4ier varied industries; the comparative ly progressive character ot Lerpeo pie; her religious, educational aull social advantages all rirocjaim a brilliant and most glorrpusl future for the city of Greensboro. CITY GOVERNMENT. Below are names of the city Board of Aldermen, R 13 King Mayor, showing their respective wards, and also a list .of tHte iug Committees aud th members thereof, as at present organized : First Ward Neil -KHfo 1 . gton, David Schenck, W II TurneK Second Ward S C Do son, J D White, J W Scott. . Third Waed-J A OJel Hawkins, P I) Priced Fourtu Ward W E J N Nelson, W E Coffin. He v ill, Finance Committee N il El- liugton, Cliairmani J W S to'tt, J A Ode 11, W E Bevill, lt ll King. School Committee D Scueuck, Chairman, 13 C Dodsou, L Ml Haw kins, W E Co'flin. J Street Committee V I Tur P 1) ner, Chairman, J 1) Wl.ite 1 .-." Pi ice, J N Nelsoii . .Street' Ligut Committee J D White, chairmauNeil Elli P I) Price, W E Bevill. hgton, Police Committee S O son, chairman, W II Turnerl Dod J A Odell, J.N Nelspn. Cemetery Committee )avid Scnenck, chairman, J W Seott,NL M Hawkins, W E Coftin. OlfliAM.'TKIS Ot the ;uiH )iil ilattlc O: round Cutiiiiai:) The first meeting of the hciders of the" ''Guilford tock p.vttle Ground Company" was hold in Greensboro, N. C, on tKe Gt j day of May, A. 1)., 1S37, in the p Irlors of the Bcubow nouse. At that meeting, it appe iriug that '"upwards of ten shades of stock had been ijubscribe and more than ton p"er cent, paid In, J the stocl-holders were ealled to order, Hon. D. Schenck ejected president and Thomas B. J requested to act as secretary eogn , The President stated the d bject of the meeting to bo to orga nze a company, to. raise funds to pnr- chase, reclaim and beautify the ground upon which the ba tile, of Guilford Court House was fought, March 15, 1781, as recited i i the attle charter of tho -Guirford Ground Company." 1 The Charter was read an (1 ao cepted, and ordered recon ed in the repoit of tho proceedings). After discussion of varioiis de: tails the election of a Boahl of Directors was proceeded which resulted as follows: Hon I) Schenck, Julius A with, Gray, Dr D W C P.eubow, J W Scolt and Thomas 11 Keogh.- The Board elected as officers of the Company : Hon I) Sel President. Greensboro; Thoiias B Keogh, Secretary, Greeusbdrd ; J W Scott, Treasurer, Greensbbro. From President Schenck'a of November 15th '87, we the following information : report glean "ITiat the 'Guilford Battle U round Company' was chartered by an act of the Legislature of Nortlij Caro . 1S87. liua ratified March the 7thJ By the provisions of its charter the capital stock of the sompauy shall not exceed twenty-five thous and dollars, divided into shires of $15 each. It may purchase two hundred acres of laud on which the battle of i:Guilford Court jlouse", was fought between the American forces under General Nathaniel! Greene and the firitisb foices un der Lord Cornwa'.lis, the l 'th day of March, 1731. Ample protection to the property, monuments and grounds' of the company given by making it a misdemeanir to in i" -cr (if .1 r;. ' - M : . 'I.!''- .in-' ,i hi- o i . . ::) tlr.-A.'.'- Guilford Co the 15th di. thcerectioiT''. or other men, . tho America t jated in thi; i independence The Presi. raise funds t . ground land . - that,- by reqi . vN u 1 has collect! , funds of the , ; me nt of wh report,", From thi. there has be 4 . , Cash fi'oni-Stoi t'iisli from Con ... i Casti from otli , : 1 PrhMi'ti!,U.hTJ ia I lie nin li; ami tin- furl I. ol I hi eulTi l.'iiviiijt.lial, j with thel.f the Prcsideit Mr Einsley t ami from Mr'--and irilliam His, James I nis, Jesse IV . about 15T ae This gives . gregateof fo with 11 aero makes 02 aci 7t is 'sit in;' ' miles North i boro, North ; Fear '& Yac. which .-trave; and South, p ; the. public h boro to Sum ' with and ne the way. Tl ' and smooth t . tho year, -an Greensboro I &- easily be Oil the gj Freo stone sj guslii:"ig.oiit ( . let formed springs a'jo la nd, from So jure, deface .1 any of them, VI I of private ci J r . to thecomp . , The. objec declared in , serving and i. on and ove - "'-'!!.. TV- : vv. . '!:' .' I M !y' '! S ' ' .! J.'. ;.Jlv--,' "... :';:'S . 'I."'"'. -1 f 4 and empties - near'b'.- There is h adjacent fan . refutation and shows a The. f7;ce of but little aft primitive foi : the battle b. ,' The old 'field' briars arid th it .is very nea. Any isitor, battle, as ma or British e: can find ever, the field. IMP-. - The Com pa soiiiel cottage outhouses, ii oak grO've,'tw" tho railroad houses are I, present an ai! passers by. neatly furni-ii engraving of chased ty tin tu re . rcpreser and the posit forces, paint' Mrs John"Ii N. C, adorn 1 A' museum tie field, cot things, of p Titles, mtiskt grape shot, and a few ra on the. groun l fing featurei t- Thelieepei wait on visit formation. Oncol the! N on the battl , - - -Persimmon half feet-iti served beca where a spb was shot u thework of. Virginia rit! The' tree !, was present a small por; rhebo O Vv lie spirited r J M Ross. a ceutury full of fruit healthy cor The sprin old field, w; diers filled for the last Lcally adorn ished blue CONC-LUD 1 . . . .i ; ;,i .... 1 - f r ?