North Carolina Newspapers

THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT. - I . ; 1 i I 1 I . ... ' ; . THE FARMING LANDS OF GUILFORD COUNTY. That the South is destined to have a great and prosperous future no one who is at all familiar withr that part of our country can doubt. That her development has begun in "earnest is apparent to all who have studied the signs of the times and kept posted on her current social and industrial his tory. That this development has been influenced to a great extent by North ern ideas and Northern capital is also a fact and it is no less true that this influence will continue, and the South recognizing the value of Northern ideas and Northern enterprise extends a hearty welcome to all who seek homes in her midst and are willing to do their part in this great work of development. ' Industrial plants are springing up to giro w every sort of product that can be raised in the North besides to bacco, sweet potatoes, peanuts and every kind of fruit that can be pro duced in the temperate zone. Our pounty is a paradise for vegetable and small fruit farming; work in this line can extend ihrough the year and' our proximity to the best markets of the nation makes prices good and transportation charges low. At pres ent the" production of food products in our section is not equal, to the de mand and we are importers of such commodities while vve should export large quantities. This condition of af fairs presents an opening here for the small farmer which can not be surpassed.- : ' I All farm products, corn, wheat, oats, rye, clover, hay, horses, cattle, hogs, sheep and poultry can be profitably raised here and production can be so Vt..4(ii1 WlaritB nr Knrinmnfr UD I ..... . . - t all over the South and the day is i past product enterprising farmer may THE BENBOW HOTEL. which saw her raw products shipped to the mills of the North, there to be manufactured and shipped back for consumption She is manufacturing herl own cotton goods, is converting her ores into iron and steel at home, and has entered the field as a shipper of coal, iron, stone, live stock,-fruit, poultry, farm products and many lines of manufactured goods. While all these industries are yet in, their infancy, At requires no great stretch of the imagination to see that it will takeL lively stepping to dance to the music the South will make in the near future. r It is a fact that is just beginning to be 'appreciated by the country at large that all the products of the North can be raised more cheaply in the South than in the North. Here the farmer may work in the field and his. stock may graze for ten months in the year. He, is not obliged to work hard six months in the year to raise enough feed to carry his stock through six months of winter. What his land produces he can sell at good prices and apply the proceeds to his bank account, while his Northern . brother is laboriously keeping himself warm, pushing feed through his stock and accomplishing little more, than the conversion of his last year's crop into fertilizer. Because of the mildness and short duration of our winters the farmer needs little heavy clothing or expensive fuel, nor barns filled to bursting with grain and fod der, nis earnings need not be ex hausted jon costly barns and sheds and.it is never necessary in this sec tion to, shovel snow from around his buildings or cut holes in the ice and thaw out pumps in order that his stock may get around and not perish from thirst. - . . " While mining and manufacturing are being pushed to-the front it must not be -supposed that agriculture is being neglected. Though the agricul tural methods in the- past have been expensive and wasteful the influences of the more modern and economical methods of progressive Northern farmers who have settled in the South is being felt and we are fast emerg ing from agriculturial barbarism. It will not be long before our'farmers will be classed with those of the most progressive and fertile parts of our common country. " , All that can be said in favor of the agriculturial possibilities of any part iof the South said of m n v - Vm i-nlxr puilf ord county in North Carolina. Her location in the mid-South near the middle of the famous Piedmont plateau, a hundred and fifty miles .back from tide water and within .sight of the Blue Ridge Mountains, jand her elevation of from eight hun jdred to one thousand feet above sea lleveLare ideal conditions. Added to jthisthe fertility and variety of her jaoils and the adaptability to the pro duction of any crop that can be grown in a temperate climate and it is no ex aggeration to say -that she is fitted jby nature to shine among the most productive sections of the country. JTer farmers are finding out that it re quires only the same care and atten ftion which the Northern farmer be- receive an income during every month of the year. . There is no better mar ket than Greensboro for the staple products such as grain, hay and meats, a fact which should not be overlooked by the prospective settlers. ' Of vital importance to the farmer and trucker, as indeed it is to every industry, is the question of good roads. This community has awaken ed to its necessities- in this matter and is beginning the work of road im provement in a comprehensive man ner and good roads are coming sure and fast. One fact which will interest the farmer is that our county is free from debt and not likely to incur one consequently taxes are low. Another matter of interest to the prospective settler is that our section is not a wilderness and he will not be compelled to live in solitude, far from ; his kind, when he comes here to make ; his home. He will find himself among I people of intelligence, morality and j strong religious convictions.- Instead j of the dreariness and lonesomeness of j the Western prairie he will find the j hospitality and good cheer for which j the people of the South have always j been "celebrated. It will be easy., to make new friends, for our people will ! extend the gladhand and he will find that the " little farm, well tilled" is j a gold mine in the midst of agreeable ' surroundings. . '. ' i The young farmer just starting out j in life is finding. that the star 'of the j empire has veered her course from j westward to southward; the man who j has braved the chilly blasts of the1 North, who has made his pile by hard i knocks and many! self denials and i earned his right to rest, is working ' for it and finding it-too among our Southern roses; the sick man, seek ing restoration of health and strength turns his eyes to our part of the Southland where nature does, not compel him to inhale icicles in winter nor steam in j summer; the man of small means is heading southward because he sees there his chance be cause if there is such a thing as a poor man's country it is in our sec tion, where the minimum of toil gives the maximum of results; the capital ist is going South because of better business opportunities and enlarged fields of' enterprise. They" are all bound South and all will find a wel come; an opportunity and a home such as the South only can give, and nowhere in the whole South will their reception be heartier, the opportunity be better or their home more con genial than in Guilford county. P. A. Macdonald. The Benbow Hotel is Greensboro's famous old hostelry, familiar to thou sands who have made it their rendez vous and who have gone away only to come again and again to enjoy the comfortable surroundings and the associations that have attached to the place. ' . ; The Benbow was built some twenty five Jjrears ago. In 1893 it was bought and remodeled by Captain B. J. Fisher, the present proprietor. The house has seventy-five transient rooms, heated by steam and richly furnished, bag gage and freight elevators, and all modern equipments to facilitate the work and accommodate the guest.' j The Benbow bar is the finest in the city,' is stocked to overflowing with the choice viands, and none of the leading brands or labels have been omitted. t j The dining-room is the especial pride of Manager Frank P. Morton, who gives nis personal attention to the cuisine,-knowing full well that the quickest road to the heart is through the stomach. j With his long and successful career, since years ago at Guy's famous house in Baltimore, and later at Willard's Hotel in Washington, as well as his long and pleasant experience and association with ; the people of the Howard Gardner's Drug Store. - ! i -1 Carolinas, Manager Morton has 'made and found many steadfast friends, who will beglad to hear that the old Benbow was never finer than it is to day. . I John T. Matthews, the genial clerk. assisted by John M. Hammer, are both accredited with great popularity among the traveling public.- Intkrior View of Howard Gardner's Drug Store. This illustration portrays the beau tiful interior of Howard Gardner's drug store on Elm street, corner-opposite the Post-office. : In 1893 the busjnes was established by J. Willie Smith and Howard Gard ner, the firm being known as Smith & Gardner until 1895, when Mr. Smith retired j and I Mr. jGardner, the 1 active member of the fipn-became the pro prietor! By his natural aptitude coupled with fifteen years of practical training, Mr. Gardner has built up a business that stands in the front rank and has secured for himself the admi- t ration of the community. . I The store is of ample dimensions and tastefulyarranged, displaying to advantage the thousands of useful and ornamental things accessory to a well stocked pharmacy. ' Physicians' Prescriptions are com pounded in a separate department from the general store, which is under the personal charge of Mr.. E. J. Jones, a skilled druggist..- The Special Preparations invented .by Mr; Gardner have become exceedingly popular, among, which are "Gardner's Almond Cream' for chapped hands, s : i a delightful toilet aria "Gardner's V. S. Lb, fectual "remedy for rhf ralgia, toothache, l.n and numerous other trl t "Gardner's Tar and Cure" is infallible for -bronchial affections1'' ' Cigars are also carried 1 10 cent goods. 1 Mr. Gardner crutches in the Van tj. Is famous Seely cnitch. , Il i;; for Nunnelly's L candies tliHoi cit,an(L - sunburn and all roughness of the skin, ; tionsrand Indreth's Wti Jordant Sinclair & Macdonald 1 1 e 5 and !aler ia '"lies tie.. iUo ajrrtt 1 conffs Greensboro Steam Laundry JOHN M. DICK, Proprietor. E A. MILLER, Manager 7y Greensboro is the railroad center of tows on the cultivation of his land $300,000 last year. Wholesale Boot and Shoe Hen, i Notice. The head of a large wholesale boot and shoe house here says that Greens boro is the place for another concern of this kind, he is not afraid of com petition, the more the merrier, it will help to bring the trade to Greensboro, and there is ample room for another. Greensboro is the railroad center of North Carolina, and wholesale center of a vast area of the coantnr. Th i - - j i house above j referred to has been here three years, and handled a business of North Carolina, a city of substantial commercial status, large manufactur ing industries and a first-class market fori all the products of the farm. On the! main line of the Southern Railway eight miles north of Greensboro, at Morehead, Messrs. Jordan, Sinclair, and Macdonald have set about to es tablish a Northern Community in the Mid-South. The land lies in a solid body, is traversed by the railroad and within its limits are the station grounds and side tracks. The tract is well timbered, -well watered by springs and small streams and well drained. It is smooth and prairie-like and can be worked Jby modern farm machinery and made to produce a good crop of almost any description. About one-third of the tract is now under cultivation and producing well. ,---f" -H a 1 - I : . . X- 7 Nl " &lon- Lands J - - - i-N " f V r i Ams launary was established In 1891. 3-- V MOREHEAD. iL ' . JL (MtroQxvTY. at.c. . p vas a venture and at first a pretty so . SMifc10' ' rf strufiTffle or the projector to m. fl i fimlf P Hfli Anla T 4- V. I l I M "N. v rt - . I I w W . U VUUO iUCC L. lb WW UB Lll I WW" 1 ,,VT'A- - I: ! -.bw. I' 1 I ; J h- ; ; ' ' 1 . :n. , . rt abundance can i be twenty to thirty The finest water in had at a depth, of feet. For the productiveness of soil, healthfulness, mildness of climate and proximity to market, it is safe to say that no spot can surpass it. It is their intention to make this q settlement or community of Northern people. They wani Northern people oecause iney nave peen trainea in n and are indus generally well i divided- in small f". progressive school, trious, tnnity, and educated. Their lands are tracts of from ten to fifty acres each to suit the buyer's needs, each tract having as far as possible its quota of upland, lowland, timber and stream. There is no natural or artificial bar rier that stands in the way of-progress to him who enters here. He who casts his lot with the South now, and exerts the same energy re quired to make a living in the North ern or New England States will soon find he has accumulated a competency, make years before it paid but it is now on I ! . ! a paying basis and the pluck and con fidence of Mr. Dick who. always had an . :abiding faith thaC Greensboro would support a good laundry, 'has -been rewarded. The Greensboro Steam Laundry is one or tne best eauinned n the State and now represents an investment of about $10,000, and as the trade re quires it new facilities are supplied. In fact the policy has been to antici pate the wants of the people. The building, "at two-story structure at 111, ll3 and 113 West Market street, is 26x44 feet in dimensions, with en gine and boiler room in the rear. The machinery is all of the latest 'im proved and by a mechanical device the exhaust steam from the engine is util- would obliterate wash l:iv family calendar and ta'V well as trouble. The Greens dry will do this 'work, for per pound, .which is very from the money ti loro laun- jfour cents low, in; ized and returned to the boiler. A feature is made of hotel and theatrical ainv care nJ delicate fabrics, lace cur washed with the urea test the trade In this class of i work is c n stantly increasing. Mr. Dick has agencies in inany citi'i and towns In this and -adjacent .Stau-t and while he will never tjntcr inw competition with those laundries who in order to get work will jake it t rates for which it is impossible to do good work; it is not alone this but ia addition crive the airent a kr p centage. The Greensboro does not do business on They say to their patrons Ijiundr these lines fair commissions, and want your work at fair prices." That the? busineM methods have met with favor is shows by the fact that not alone in Green"- boro but in other townf wUpre f .1.. jv.iti,wi nml rli- (ireenf i : - . would only, have said: "As the Interior View of Carolina Shoe Company's Store when as before he made a living. , Wendell Phillips South grows . stronger, the wealth, culture, and power of the country will be centered there, tin til she will be come not alone the mistress of Amer ica, but the central world." empire of the While digging a well not long since in the heart of the manufacturing por tion of the city kaolin was discovered in abundant quantity for manufactur ing purposes. There is a chance for somebody to make fine chinaware in this growing and prosperous city of Greensboro. VA wore, which is called for before 9 a. m. and finished and delivered before 6 p; m. Care is exercised in handling linen and the breaking of collars and cuffs is avoided by the use of the Dolph ma chines in turning the corners. If the housewife knew the trouble and worry theyj would avoid by having their fam ily washing done at te laundry they boro work placed in e; that of other laundri been accorded the pal; Mr. E. A. Miller, th practical laundrymun ence and his skill h': uableald in building H of the Greensboro St its present high stan irer. -Jan io 4i..j,ntatiofl - . 1 S. B. NORRIS Manager. r-