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'I THL NEWS AND OBSERVER. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1913. .ROM A VILLAGE TO A" .'V CITY IN TWENTY YEARS f anford, Town of Exceptional Railroad Facilities, Has Had Wonderful and Substantial; GrowthHas Excel lent Water and Sewerage System, Fire-Fighting EaubmentJStreets and Sidewalks Many Industrial "Vy the freight"; and ilnce tha traffle moves at all, according to the railroad traffle man's view, the rate are hot too high. The effect of this Chinese wall erected about induitrial and com mercial North Carolina means restric tion to the development of that com monwealth, both aa to local develop ment and the extenelon of her com merce beyond her border. That some development haa taken place can not be pleaded by tho carriert to offaet thia atatement for that prograaa 'hit been made In tplte of the Injustice of the railroad, and at tha expenee in profile, and because of locaily-favor- CARTHAGE, A NEW TOWN Watches and Jewelry We carry a complete line of reliable good. Everything guaran teed a'e repreeented. Our repair department la well equipped and a akllled watchmaker in charge. We give our personal attention to mail order. Our buyer It now In the Northern market buying Holi day gooda Bend ua your order. WITH A LONG HISTORY One of the Oldest In North Carolina, With All the and Hustle of a Recently Established Town Wate VV. F. CHEARS, THE JEWELER works and Sewerage System Just Installed - Busi .ternrj?es -and .Bm ness Houses Has Moctm-aiFTl indefinitely, howevetv for In time the locally-favoring,, conditiuna will be ness Buildings Modern and Residences Handsome- rY I V f II -V ? essSWV.t . I T sjii 11 Milium Will'. ,WJ.ejr'jHMetMsieaaTUitimT, .--a .rii'ii.,:!rirrt1..-l' . School. Situated within few mile of tht geographical cepter of the. Stole, Ban ford, North Carolina, it singular In comparison to other towns. It i tht only town of. important sl In tht Siats that t Indicated on tht map by a dot that occupies a position practi cally in Jhe tenter. ; .! . ' ' ' Excellent Ballroad racllftie. i Faaford It one of tht bent railroad tenters In North Carolina. Four line of rallrd lead into tht town, and of these, three are the great trunk line if the f$qut. namely: Atlantic Coast line, Seaboard Air Line, and the Southern, No other town in the Btate litie ail three of these road leading into lt.T.ntt make the town a leader ss a ahipping center. - In addition to (he thre rallroada mention, la the Atlantic and Weatern. a road built in recent years and which leada out for distance of twenty-four ., miles through, one of the most productive (rmmg and timber tactions 4n-Nort i troll naj The Norfolk Southern. htch ta doing ae much railroad bulld ug ia th Piedmont taction, hat right. f-way lata Hertford, and It ia thought Shat al B far diatant data a Una will be built Unto tha town' for tha pur pose of serving aa a tributary to tht main Una of that road. - About .atghly tralna run into Kan- turd overy twenty-four houra. Bhlp-4 ping and passenger traffle art given tha quickest routeo to all parte of ts rmintry- the Meaboard a direct route North aad tfouth, the Atlantlo Coast Une to the ast Coast eitiea, and tht Southern, to tha oitlet North, Houth sad Weat, ; Weaaaterfal U-owta la Population, -1 . . Tha populatlcn within tht corporate, liimta of Maniotd ta .e00, and ahould tne suburban raaidanta be taken into tonarideeatioo tbo population would eaatty reach t0' 4,000 mark A 'real- . awu-at-i tao tttwa.-jor awanty-two j- r fcaa aeen tt grow from a village bf teaa lhaatww hundred Inhabitants ta tta preaent eta According to the t'nlted Ktatee eeaua report, tha town baa increased ta population almoet 78 per eettt'eince 10. t:icrlhet WateVaadl Bowerage Ryaten. 1 ttanfaodT bat a water and aawarage tvttean second to ona In the State, end thar ta hardly a town of Ita altt that hao och aa elaborate e yet em. Tho enalyeie el tbo Crater by tha Btate cnM shews tt t contain no acid- r reduclitf bacteria or colon bacilli, it other words tbo, antlytla la per fect ' Tbo water and eeweraga tyetem it , tha property of tha town. Tho water i lupply It mnit adequate, from the pumping elation, which It modernly mutpped. tba water It forced into a ' stand-pipe occupying tha hlghfeeitr ob- tamable location In tha town and hav. ; Ing a capacity of ITM00 gallona, Thit : largo vohima of water afford etroeg preaaura.in caaa of lira, thua render ing an ohgtna an unneoeeaary part of me nro-ngnting equipment, a gen tleman. w la tn poattlon to know, eeya that tha water preatura la ao ;. gtronv that a atroara from a hoee will ; atrip tha roof from tha talleat bulld , jng In tba town. ;. AiluaUi nre-elgbUng Fqulpmrnt. r Tbo city fire department ia welt , regulated. Tbo flrwrfightlng equip ' ment conalatt of a ioee wagon and f boreea which are kepi in readlnaaa at : all tlmeji la caaa of an emergency. ' til ace tho Inauguration of tho preaent : excellont eauipaient Bedford hat not : had a- eerloua ,flre. but would have t ea. nan mere not oeen.aucn a atrong y reveutlve. . ,.-,. :..,,.,., t. tm Stroeu aad Hdewalkj. . Within ' the paat el jnontha Ban ' ford baa eat a pact tn ttreet improve mente, During that, time about $16,- wti tiaa beta ojipendad an etxeett and aidt-watka and aa a reaolt eevaral . luilea of concrete aldewalke and many , graded and eurfaeed atreeta are evi denced - Work ia at areeent aulna on and. will oo puthad until all tbo atreeta and walka ara improved Tho JLe County Highway Commit. toa la eipending 1101,000 on aand clay roada, which amount will practi cally build good roada all over tht County. tThete roadt lead Into San ford from all parta of tbe county, and tha back-country, which haa devel pod (0 par cant. In four year, la thut prougnt to the town. Tbe Industrial Ufa of Tho Town. I Banford baa a number of manufac turing eatgbltahmenta that make it an Induatrial tenter of notablo uroDor . I loo. The aumber and ebaraeteref these are; Two furnitura factoriea manufacturing - furnitura , that it known all over tho country: an Iron worka ana foundry, with tha Bout aa ua territory; a cotton oil mill; a pugg factory; a aheet-metai workert company; two lumber and building maiaruu piante; a large cotton mill. and a number of rnnaller -tnduatriet which have, a place of more or lew importance In tha induttrlal world. I It Mercantile L'Mtabllthiuent. . There art a half doien mercantile of fitt Iron Works Company.. Sanford, N. C. " Founders and Machinists Repair all classes of machinery from a churning ma- - We carry in stock Boilers, Engines, Saw Mills," Swing Saws, Belting, Saws, black and galvanized Pipe, Valves, Fittings, Injectors, Pumps, ateel split Pulleys, Shafting, Hangers, &c. Everything for the mill or factory.: We want your business and will make a special effort to please you in every respect. Wc rr.ro yctr frdht cfr Boilers end Engines by tt- ' " '..m in carload lots. Two carloads just received. ettabliahmentt In the town which would do credit to a city many timet the alia of fanford. Uctldei thete there ara twliity-flvt or more other concern whlcb art creditable to the town.- The buelneea people and othrj-g find tn two it rung and well manajced banks ample fucllitlee to aid them In thla line- of their affaire. - Modern Municipal Gotcrwucnt. The town government la modern. The, town official have their head quartera in the aplendld city hall, erected, at a cott of tevertl thoueand dollara. The . town ia divided into tour warda, and each ward la repre sented by two aldermnn. Tha offi cial aerve termt of two yeara each. Mr. T it liana it mayor and la aervtna hie fourth term. Tha other official are: Superintendent of Water. J. T. UcKeman; Trenaurer, J. W. Cun ningham; .Chief of Fire Department. J. H. Ingram; Tai Collector and Clerk to Board of Aldermen, W. A. Camp bell. ' ' A Chuwh-Oolng reoplo. Ono thing that la to be taken Into consideration regarding Ban ford and Santord people la tha reltgtoua atti tude that la In evidence. Five differ ent denomination! ara strongly repro eentod, and each denomination haa a substantial church building. A eta tinned pastor for each church fill Prof. R. W, Allen, who haa a corpt fMiool Among tho Beat. Here It to be found one of the beet graded school tn central North Caro lina. It it under tht prlflclpaJahlo Of Prof n W. Allen, who haa a oorot of aaalatantt numbering from t,n to fourteen. The school building It among tha beet, and the moat thor- oughjralnlng. it given, the courae of tudy extending through the .regutre uium iur vuiiege entrance. - -Alt Ideal Town: Aa a commercial and induttrlal ten- lerjjBanford rankt . a hwnc , thar btat. and batter than many." And the eame may - oald it at 'regerda 1t-aH- vanaaaraa at a reaidtntiaj town. Thf. excellent railroad tacllltlea, which havo made it Important alone mm. merolal and Induatrial llnea; tht good cnurcn and ' tehool advantage; the elaborate municipal government, and othar advantagea . applicable to the town, make Sanford an Ideal, place to lira in. 1 Freight Rat WacrtnilnaUon la Felt. In Sanford. a m tha other North Carolina towne, tha ditcrimlnatlon In freight rate haa had It effect. The hipping intereete of tht town ara largo and consequently tha aavtng rendered by jutt frtlght rate would b aa Item worth eoneiderlng. An Instance of an exorbitant rata to South Carolina polnte may be, aeen Id -Ve :: rata i charged per .hundred pound from' Sanford to Cheraw, a distance of II mllea Tha rata to that point aa haa actually been charged la 6 cents, while tha rata charavd from a point In Oeprgla to a South Carolina point, th tame distance away, ia only 10 cents, a difference of 1 oenta A Sanford manufacture who tat hipped from a number of townt throughout th country, glvtt an in stance where tho rate from Marion, Ind.r to Naw York City le 1 eentt per hundred pounds, while from Santord ? New York City tha rate la 41 cent, and tha distance from Marlon la 100 milea further. Thla same thlpper taya that the rata In carload chip menta from Virginia cltlee to Chicago la Jt cent per hundred and that from Ban ford to Chlcarrta rata of it cant. LiildJFranxlhaJaUatJilaca. tba rata - if vr vnu maner wnue there it leea than 10 par cent, differ enco In the distance. Should Accept For Two Years The Rate Offer feoNTiKutg rtoa pi oni.) () If the reductions are approved and published promptly, the people begin to eave at Onee. - On tha other hand, if rejected and a fight foilowa tho court will eventually tattle. Their conservatism la known. Tho reault would probably not ba greater reduc tlona. but they might ba deferred for yeara Aa an illustration: Reduced paasenger rates ordered In Alabama In 1100 were contested by certain of the railroad there, and have only recently gone Into effect on thoat roada follow. Ing a decision cf th V. & Supreme Court. ....., . a ., T) The greateet complaint have been on Weatern business, and tht reduction offered are greaveat on food ttuffa where tho benefits tnould reach tho consumer aa well aa tha merchant With these complaint d'spoaed of for a reasonable period, tha field of con troverty tt narrowed, and tha State Commission can make better progreaa In handling Individual eomplalnta and special mattara by negotiation, or or derly procedure. Soma auch matters aro tint entirely within eemrol of tba Carolina roada Tha time may be opportune for th State to consider whether with thit in view tht Commission ahould not be strengthened, or It organisation en- FRHGIiT RATE THE BOTEIJI CROCKRT COMPA.VT Recently received a car of fruit B print a Oklahoma, to Ferseiey. va. Trotn Berkeley, Va, to WILSON, . C. ........ THE C. WOODARto COMPAJTT Received a car of Flour, tho Mich., to Norfolk. Va ; From Norfolk. Va, to WILSON. HACKXEY BROS, Received a -ar of Gear Wood, tha freight from Zanetvllla, ' Ohio, to Norfolk, Va .... " From Norfolk. Va, to WILSON. N. C 7.0 DII.DY AGJIB?vT Received a car of Building Material, the freight from Chicago, 111., to Norfolk. Va From Norfolk. Va; to WILSON. CLARK BROS. A PETTT8 ' , , Received a car of Sewer pipe,the freight from Lancattef, Ohio, to Norfolk. Va. From Norfolk, Va., to WILSON. MR. T. B. DEANS, BROKER, Sella feed-etufft from Buffalo, N. and Pittaburg. Pa., the freight to WILSON, N. C, being to. 10 pef ton: 11.40 of thla rate appllea from Petersburg, Va. (or other Virginia, point) to WILBON. tha 11.00 per ton late covering the long haul from Buffalo and Pittaburg to Virginia points. , Compiled by H. D. BROWr Secretary Th Chamber of Commerce, Wilton, North Carolina TOJUST TAX O? -Hdwthemttrd put In North Carolina. RwtiberTG Western Railroad fifteen tnilei from Mt Airy. N. C Then not the ratet on, wootWller, pr hundred poundi: aevetand. Ohio, to Gala. Va-41 wnta " ' Cleveland. Ohio, to Mt Airy, N, C. 3, cent. -- Virginia it favored by th raUroad whil North Carolin geu it In the neck. . . ;- ,. j, larged, ao it may be in closer touch with the people In freight rate mat tera. and better prepared to deal in a buelneea way with freight queatlont which arlaa. Aa to tht salary and equipment, of, lit Comaiimion. Xiuth Cerullna U much .behind aom o ,hs atut.. Utm mm ln..1,i.,ln. Vln.L.ta ' Thla la not Intended aa unfavorable comment oi tbt preaent Commlaaion. I know, from ' personal contact, they ara patriotic, and tha chairman in par ticular ta an able negotiator, qualified naturally, and by training, to grasp tho important point in a controversy, or an adjustment. Hut the Commis sion can be tnade more useful to the people It serves by a liberal appro priation which will atrengthen and an. large tt organisation and equipment. 1; Atlda from my interest at a cttiten, and an officer of a trade body, to some extent associated with the negotia tion I feel Interested as an officer of a manufacturing company which does not benefit much by these changes, but which dealt with jobbers through out the Btate m hO-jroulrl bt helped tn their general business by freight re adjustment. Tha views ei preened deal with conditions tn a practice! way. a to what hi obtatnable as well aa what la desirable. I- believe the suggeationa made are In harmony with the beat thought of those who have carefully atudled the aituatlon. Wlntton-Halem, Hept. 17. Real Railroad Commission r - Is Needed By State (CONTitutl root) pah eat.) mate of technicalities when he tempt a thorough Investigation. at- IXx-ide to "Ortn and Rear It." Again, When overcharges have been discovered and claima havt been filed by the ahlpper or consignee, the papers ara all too often referred to him with explanations that do not explain, with reasons (that ara only excuses! why the claima can not be paid, and in many different way the payment of tha -claim Is held up for such a length of time that the claimant si lently register a vow that in future ha will cut but pay tht frtlght Charged,:': " - - A large part of this trouble could be eliminated If the shippers would havt their freight bills audited by competent men trained to the inter pretation of tariffs and the application of the rulea and laws laid down by the national or state government to reg ulate transportation mattera , Illustration after Uustration of the benefits to ba derived front a careful auditing of freight blllt could be ehown, but neither time nor space will permit. A retail lumber dealer of Durham, receiving an average of five cej,,BtlumV on a railroad serving Durham, for a period of three yeara had been paying a rata of 111.00 oer car. when the cor- reci rate su .tit.ii. , vt nen nis freight bill were audited by a man who anew tne Business, an even 11,000.00 waa collected for him. In anothtr case sixty thlppera com bined and organised' a bureau to handle their Joint traffic mattera and during tha flrat twelve months ever M 008.00 vh re-collected from the rallroada Twntr-F' Million In Qveerfcarxea. . It haa been atated on the highest MtbfrttT : 4H1 , mHjt,.r OTtjrs.harrejnll.erted by U the rs roAdaOf tha l?mted giates Wont will amount to llt.OUO.OOO.O. Tba Interstate CommercV ommlealon, la Ita annual report for 1011 calls particular attention to tne ract that tketr exami ners have repeatedly found cases where notation war made . by the railroads ahowlng overcharges they had collected from thlppera, but that as hTort waa made by tho rall roada to refund tha amount-to tho shipper or oonelgnea The State of North Carolina hat been uaf uruiaata , La ,tha . aatent,.Abat tha C'erporaitiin Commtseton hat been composed of men who were not fully and thnroushly trained In. trutttn and I r-,, i!H,i. r (-) linn Tin ' DISCREHUATIOHS Jare, the freight from Band i . ItS.iO freight from Grand Raplda I ts.u iL C in (1.04 N. C. r.. I 19.47 A A a N. way to reflect on the Integrity or ability of the present mem inert of that body, or of any of their immediate predecessors, all of whom the writer hold in high per sutval esteem, thelr efforta to fegu 11 thei traffic, matfers Of thi -ttlate might u compared to the efforts of a sroup of doctora, standing nigh In their own? prefeeetan, fdttmrting to admmlater tha agricultural affairs of tho State. ' After all iaaald and done, wt can-. not poeaibly get away from the fuel that the rulea and regulations govern ing transportation It it can be said that thtre are rules are largely tech nical tn their construction and appli cation, and that their Interpretation reajuirea the service and skill of on well versed In the rules of the game." Real Railroad Com Winston ioetUxL The need of North Carolina now Is a Railroad Commlscron that la a Rail- read Commission. Its members ought to be men who know .the railroad less; men whor are-famWar-with the rules, practice, policies and needs of the various transportation lines, and who, art. honest and fearless enough to apply their knowledge In regulating the business of the carriers to secure Justice to the carriers and equal juettce to the citizena of the Stat of North Carolina. Aa an illustration of one of the weaknesses of the preaent system of reuulaiton " It may ba pointed out as a fact that there are few. if any. tariffs in effect tn North Carolina'that com ply tn full with the rulea and regular' tlona promulgated by the North Caro lina Corporation Commission, and yet theae tariffs aro Intemkd to apply only on shipments moving: entirely within the Btate and bear tRo approval of the Commission. Numberless canes can be cited where specific ratet carried in such tariffs are decidely bigaer than are allowed under the local ratea aa pre scribed by the" Commission, and yet the tariff ia approved by the Commis sion, evidencing tha fact that tht ratea aro made by the. railroad and ap proved by the Commission without tht formality of a cneck to ascertain whether they are correct or not,, If North Carolina bad had a regu lating nody that knew th In and out of traffic and transportation, and who were disposed . to -apply their knowl edge for tha benefit of North Carolina shippers, the necessity for action by the legislature wouia never nave a r teen, the Just Freight Rata Associa tion would never have been necessary. concerted action by tht people or the State would havt been unnecessary for tha simple reason that the unjust discrimination would have, been re moved long ago, North Carolina Rate Fight. weTiaui rtta rti sac.) itprwwTiii''Wwii' mission ... - '.' It cannot escape notice that the basts of ratea charted tho Carolina consumers and producers ta the same aa haa been charged tor the past three decadea Theaa ratea were aataulisn ed year ago when the llnea were short and Independent of each other. Tho rates may have been reasonable when made. SI ace. however, all these weak lines' ' have been -eoewmtldated and absorbed into grest combinations. wnicn. viimiw- newvny : - wcroaseu should nave made for lower chargea It follows that If theae ratea were rea sonable, then they must ba enormous. ly profitable now, rfut tble only takes Into account tha reasonableness of the ratea per ee. Whatever tho character of the ratea ia aa to thlr profitable ness, there remains the larger question that tha entire rata structure as ap plied to North Carolina ta unjustly, outrageously and lndefenalbly discrim inatory. ' By a merely arbitrary exer cla uX Hwer and. tht marking out of ril tal It nee, tlis railwaya seivlng this Male have drawn a rate about It that 11 but prohibits traTO move ment. . imn tho m,',e i.f the (it- when the handicap of transportation cnargea win break down tba Base em Industiiea . Tho ehlppert have built up an or- ganlxation throughout the entire Btate I to oppose the existing rate atructure, and have at lta central head a com mltteo composed of big, broad, intel ligent, capable and determined men, who intend to eecure a equate deal for tha future or know the reaaon wby.rthage, tha county-eeat of Moore Tho effort towarda correcting condl tiona before tha Interstate commerce commtiMflon tirro- proved futile. The subject la evidently too big for that body, who tee only the loet of rovtnut to the carrion In any proper readjust ment. The shipper now propose to take the remedy in their own hand through their legislature. ,, . Si Concerted Attack By State '. . . Or! Interstate Rates ' (CONTIMUt MOW r( 0NC.) terstate Commerce Commission re quired "a reduction of the claaa rates from Roanoke and I,ynchburg to Wn-ston-Salem and Durham, but that the carriers havt refused and atUl -refute t--make jnroductiinwhatver In the fatea outbound- from -WinatoaT Salem and Purham to Roanoke and Lynchburg. Thla petition ahows tht absurd aituatlon of a ratetrom Lynch burg to Purham on first claaa of if eenta and a rata from Durham to Lynchburg on the other hand on the same olaat of (t cents. Theae petition were filed with thf. Commission In January of thia year, but no setting of tht cases has yet bean made. It ia supposed, however, that. a hearing will take place before very long. The alate is Tepreaented by lta attorney-general, T. W. Bickett. . The third phase of tht contest Is a serlee of tults atartet before the n- terstate Commerce commission oy m . dtviariaTthtpperg in mumUer of lo - camlet thruagnetit North Caroline. Over 121 thlppera have to far joined lathefiojnplaintj:fPJ'eaentinf TJreensboro. High - Point, - Winston Salem, ttallshury, BtatetviU. Elkin, "Kerneaville, Hilar rity,Rond;Cfiari -ioiiaanijUerilflt Ia HaxXij$-, Una and it it expected that many more .wj.ll. Join before the hearing takee 'place. Th chief petition of this .(Character, that filed by tho Odell Hardware Company against tho South ern Railway, Chesapeake A Ohio, Nor folk Western and manr other car riers acta forth In a graphic way the grievances of tho shippers of Greens boro against tha rallroada and this story is typical of every city in the state. The petition says: "i"un (tne freight to Oreensboro from many pointa in Central Freight Association territory complaint and other receiv ers of frieght ln Ureensbora art com pelled to pay for that portion oirtne total charges from origin to destina tion represented by the chargea that exceed the chargea from Said Central b'relghtt Association, point to Jynch burg. slthotlKh Lynchburv 1 400 or BOO miles from auch Central Freight Association pointa and Oreensboro it only 114 milea from Lynchburg; that by the exaction of chargea to tnit complaint and merchant and manu facturers at ureentnoro or ratet on claaa freight ao far In tlceaa of the ratea charged to Lynchburg, deprives oreensboro of the benefit and advan tage of Its location, and gives ta the city of Lynchburg una tht re elvers ofjrelghtjherein n undue and on- reasonable prerertnef iratvangeTfch--aerlss amounted tn about that whereat th - cbmplalntant and merchants and manufacturers at Greensboro are charged. rate on class freight that in many cases are double the rates that are charged the mer- chanta and manufacturers In Lynch burg .thit are givers the same rtes on class freight to many points in North Carolina and all points In South Carolina, Georgia and other Southern eitiea" ., . An amendment to thit petition in cludes an attack also upon tha rates from eastern - cities' to . Oreensboro. Intervening petitions havo been filed on behalf of tha shippers located at other ponlts In the state who allege that their grievances are tho same or substantially tho same, aa those of Oreensboro and asking to b heard In connection with th main case. Ia tho fight of tho Individual ehlppert before tht Commission the complain ants are represented' by Wade H. Ua, former assistant attorney general of the United citatea When these cases are set down for the taking of testimony It ia probable that hearinga will bt held all over North Carolina 8o Widespread . la the interest in the contest that an as sociation embracing representative, shippers ' throughout the whole state haa been organised for tho express purpose of securing Justice at tht "Jutt Freight Rata ' Association- of which r N. Tate, mayor of High Point, la the president. Branches of thia association . art being organised in. every county. . .:.,) With such strong backing and with th united efforts which aro being made It It hardly conceivable that vary serious breach will not be anadt In the rata wall thattiat been built up arottnd tho State of North Cam Itna. The 'railroads i- have already backed down to tha extent of offering concessions ranging from to II per cent in the through ratea and tt I very likely that before the fight le ended North Carolina will be moved considerably nearer on tha railroad map to It geographical location. .1 nnmrf . r7 I 1 i liUBERT ., DURHAM, N. C. '"LOCHR'i00!l-FOR':dNE, Little mora than one hundred and twenty-live yeara ago, or some time during the Revolution period, there came into esigtence down tha Pled-' mont section of . North Carolina, a little village which haa alnca grown Into the proportion! of a town. Tha town to which reference la made la county. It ia one of tha oldest townt In North Carolina, and, although up until a few yeara ago a. moat isolated In the country many mllea from a railroad, It haa grown to be right much of a trade center. Kor'many yeara tha town of Car thage waa known only as tho county seat of Moore county, and it waa not until recent years known otherwise. Back before there waa a railroad leading Into Carthage, tha people who had businst to attend to at tha county seat had to drive to the town over rough roads some rocky and gut tered, and others through sand-beds several Inchaa deep. Yeara would coma and go and eac:i new year would witneaa the same old town with no modern Improvements or sign of progreaa . . Rut eventually tha railroad came and the town begsnv to show signs Tf thrift, and. today there ia to bo round a modern little town at tne county-seat of Moore. A population of more than one thousand people la to be found, and Instead of tho flimsy wooden structures once characteristic of tha place there arc to ba aeen hand some brick building, and under the roofs of thee buildings ara housed some of as complete stocks of goods as are generally found In towns of greater else. Water-Work and Bewejrngc A complete water-works aVd tew grags system hat Just been Installed at a cost of fSO.000. In addition to thia other municipal improvements have been made". Notably among theae It the work that -is beng done onT tfienfreeTs. Much Of thOTtreeT work nai r beerr finithd "and" arm to tult the town aa some good atreeta and welki.Ih workwtll be pushed until, there are good atreeta practi cally all over the town. : . Modem BnslnoNB Building. , Jngtead jtif the oJUl wooden bulldingi tho business section of Carthage It composed of blocka of buildings near ly all of which art built f brick, many extending three stories In height. Carthage Is different' from many of tho old townt in that it haa arrayed itself in new buildings to take the place of tho old onea There it scarcely one of the old buOdings left standing in the town, tn addition to tha brick building! already standing, others art In course of erectkm. The Railroad FacUltlerv Two railroads the Randolph and Cumberland and the Norfolk South ern -run into tb-town. ' Over these two roadt the main trunk llnea of the South are reached, thua giving the town a- very good outlet. Th tamoua Moore county sand clay roadt lead Into the town from all aectlont of tht county, . which brings the farmers and othera In does touch with the town. In Midst of Good Far-nine Country The country surrounding Carthage la a fine farming section. Tha peo ple, realizing the value of the land for farming, have begun to develop it and ara applying modern methods with great auccesa In particular, tho dewberry industry vis receiving much attention, and last year fifty cart, ol berries were shipped from Carthace alone. The Prlca received isn.OOO. or IS00 per car Town of Cottage-Educated People. Carthage boasts that, with perhaps one exception,' it has mors college educated people residing here than any other town of its size. A handsome graded school building ht--theprtd of every --Carthagolan, It it modernly equipped with sewerage and waterworks. Tha school Is well conducted under an efficient princi pal and corpa of teachere. . Three denominations Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian have excel lent houses of worship with a large membership. . Carthage 1 designated aa a church-going town and a large percentage of ita cittsena attend church regularly. The Preebyttrlans have under count of erection a hand- The Railroads Rub It In An Illustration of Freight Rate Discrimination -' "Against North Carolina In Shipment of Auto- mobiles From Detroit To Rich Square. -Tht railroads dping business ia North Carolina get us on every turn of. the wheels by their outrageous freight rite discrimination tjainst the State. ' - Here Is a case which concerns a car of automobiles ship ped from Detroit, Michigan, to ; Rich 1 Square, N. , C, to Baugham 4 Weaver Company merchants. 7 . Detroit, Mich., to Portsmouth, Va., 1,210 mtles," 10,000 pounds at 61 cents a hundred. . . . '. . .' . . . . .161.00 Portsmouth, Va.v, to Rich Square," U. G.T'77 miles, tame 'shipment of 10,000 pounds, at 52 cents a hundred ;.52.00 Think of the outrage' A charge of $ 52.00 for 77 mile into North Carolina against a charge of $61.00 for 1,310 miles into VlrginiaV. ' ATTA, Proprietor aome church building which will cost tls.000. Many-Reau Ufa Home. -Carthage alto boasts of having more handsome hornet than any other town of lta alaa In tht State, and It la said that a large percentage of 'peo ple own their hornet than In any other town, regardless of alaa Soma of tho residences are built of pressed brick, and thla, together with tha ar chltectural beauty, make them be fitting of a place beside the fine resi dences in the larger cities of the coun- try. - j ', ", : The people of the town, through tha activity of tha Carthage' Civlo Club, have acceee to a new feature and asset to tha townthat of a pub lic library. Although not yet com plete, the library contains a goodly number of volumes and Is a source of much pleasure and benefit to lit pat ron Mercantile and Financial Institutions. - In Carthage there are fourteen ttoret which do a large buslnesa on complete stocks ' of gooda Hero thoae residing In the back country And a good market for their produce an4 alto And on sale auch articles as they need. Two bank do a thrifty busineea Their .statements ehow that they art In a healthy condition, and in making reference to their resources two yeara ago it Is teen that they have made a material growth. . Tyson Jones) Boggy Company. Tyson eV Jones buggiea are known throughout tho South, and Carthage Is where tha entire output la made. Tha Tyson ex Jonea Buggy Company ia ono of tho oldeet and largest con cerns of Its character tn the Bouth. The plant la a modern one, all tha building being of brick.- Tho preaent officers of tha company are: T. B. Ty son, president and treasurer; -1. 75. WaddllL vlce-preetdtnt; T. a; King, secretary; W. A. Stuart, manager of ' BaTusr C. P. Tyaonvattwant teuretan.' Under the'dfrectorato of the gentler men the Tyson s Jonea Buggy Com pany eontinuea to grow. ; Away back In the flftlea whenJwhaf It now the Tyton V Jonea Buggy Com- rtrarwtt -nrat tnttltuted,- -waa-s 'small repair shop, making an Occa sional btifrrr or Carriage when "pr ton In, the particular section ordered one. At that time there was not a . railroad In many mllea of Carthage. But the vehlclea that were turned out were the beat that Could be made, and the no linens gradually grew. In 1ISI tha busineea was lneorpor -ated and enlarged and today the Ty ton Jones Burgy Company la a credit and a great aaeat to not only Carthage, but tha State a well. Tha business continue to grow and re cently a new department was inau gurated for the purpose of repairing and rebuilding automobllea Tha Tyaoa Ac Jones Buggy Company It the only largo manufacturing en terprise In Carthaga There la al ways a ready market for lta product. Its wide territory of sale brings Car thage before many .taction, of ", th country. . ; , How Freight Rate Dierrtnxinatlneai Af fart Carthago. i i At In all other townt la ' North Carolina. Carthago aufftra a great lose financially on account of the un just charges on freight. ; ' On varnish In barrela from New Tork city to Carthage tho third claaa rata It charged, which ta 07 eenta per hundred. Tha rate from- New Tork to Richmond I only 10 cents, which leave 41 eenta to" be charged from Richmond to Carthage', a much ahort- er distance tnan irom wow i Richmond. Another instance of the same nature Is that on a thlpmtnt of linseed oil. The rate on the ehlp ment from Philadelphia to Carthago was (4 eenta per' hundred. Accord ing to tha latest freight tartffs th ratalrQmRlchmond to Carthago la IV cents, leaving a charge of 1ft cent from Philadelphia to Richmond. - The rata on a car of ateel ahlpped from Johnstown. Pa, to Potomto Tardt, Va, was l 1-3 cents per hun dred pounds. The same car waa shipped on to Carthaga a distance) half at far. nd 21 eenta wat tho rat charged. There la a difference of 100 per cent in the distance, yet there wat let than a difference of (0 per cent in the freight rate. i ) d : V . .. ' " : . t - v i - ft1 .. 1 1
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Sept. 28, 1913, edition 1
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