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Gibson, a Town of
Splendid Advantages
iihi •! mp <*ncr wot or as
ft .
farm* in MortV Can.* > Vad tate
??3Sd r -IW^.utr?lnautt4> ^
Vat far a Ira wlh radio* af CAm
practical!v every farmer «« in touch
with tha rat of tha world ta that
way. Only id aar cent of an' the
fermhra in the United Slaton, trtckkl
V • >«Hr ratr tha farm owner*, hare water
wwrhr ta their hemes: white ia this
crawwitr them modem improve
ment* are taken for granted. Tha
mra fc true of modern system* of
Pmhaaa no batter indication of a
com manky'* wealth may hi found
than tha rain af it* land. Horn it b
mom than panning interest that tha
ratal of all tho farm land in tha
county butaanH from S6.6U6.740 la
MWt» tlt4TM*T la 1M0. and that.
hihlP* **me pnted. the number
of Individ eel farm* feerneeed from
14M te'tWth er abawt M per cent.
Thiels if aonim adietioettea which
■‘t;
S _J
nemparatieely amah rather than grow
ten faat fir K* awn rood la one af
the tew eanimradthni la which pane
Uratir every member of tha high
tebnol graduating dan* gone off te
:-m the general pen*
i__ I, ate I I f -- «- -
I/kT wy IwivpHWI PMkWHm,
’__ » werawlty of making a
Rrhur done not rat rtem eoOege edu
. ratten at the half-way er Qucifci way
putet. If ynef irradiate study in da*
it anuaftjr U «ra'te pe**ibte if
afi element. The registration book*
if .Tohr* Hnnfcw*, the U.”.’’w*alty «f
•f Itenseytranta. ClliwtHa Uni rat oily,
tha IW Graduate Wm! and Hee
pttal of Mew York City and the other
wading educational Institutions af the
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This is M Americas community, In
unbMs. Nearly M par cent of tha
BlstlWiii af tna county is eorapowd
of native-born whits people, with
about S3 per east native-born neurons.
Waving Just a fraction of cm par
ewt foreign bent. Thera are only ST
persona In the entire county of
fo»e>ncn birth. This ia proved by the
records et the public schools. Good
An-Wcnn names, every so* of them,
with hrmHy a foreign accent That
is tile way It has been for genera
tion s.
Tbit Qifcvon community existed for
more than n century before It as
sumed the dignity of a town. In
1730, or seven year* before the
iWrfaratlan of Independence wee
rtgwril Thoroaooil l»*tc, of Welsch
Operant. settled hum an land itostrod
bv royal grunt from King Georgs III
of Rn gland. Ua became tha founder
of the Put# family tn North Catalina,
one of the largest and meet influential
Is this part of tha country- Wo *i*gle
family has reetrlhated more to com
munity hsttti'ueal. Dr. W. T. Pate
nvactieed mrittii^— almost cocrtia—os1
(y from UBS witfl Ms death.in 1313
During a third of a century of active
daily contact with his fellow-citizens,
ha became one ef the moat popular
man to the entire eouaty. Bh
brother. X. V. Pats, new of Leuria
hurg. ia owner of one of tha largest
deportment atoms ia ths south and at
tnr vim* ox 10 coimrwion voc
.largest In North CaroUaa. Although
not an actual resident of C.ihnon, Mr.
Paw ha* always taken a day interest
in the growth and progress of tho
town and contributed ta it in many
ways. I>r. Jamas 0. Pate, sow of the
•liter Dr. Pate. Mill a comparatively
venng man. i« rapidly becoming aa
wall known as hi* father and alraady
is one of the most successful physi
rten* In the county. Other members
of the Pate fondle are raemafd
farmer* ami business man.
The Gibsou family, from which Ant
the railroad station and later the
town got their name. U the largest
single fondly group In tho community.
Us ancestry hi English and Scotch,
the original Gibson family emigrating
from Scotland aad settling m Vir
ginia. Just a short while before the
outbreak of the Revolutionary War,
:iro»um«hly about 1760. a wfdnw lady
end her'two sons came to North Caro
lina and settled in that part of Meh
msml county that ia now Scotland.
The team’s Amt mercantile business
was started in 1M0. when Noah Glb
•» married and settled here. At that
time the present town site was a
dean* forest, very little land being
cleared. There were no railroad
facilities, and ah freight had to be
healed In wagons from Ohms, IS
miles sway, or frusn Fayetteville, SO
miles away. The buMnaaa prospered,
and Ha ownsr soon accumulated a con
siderable fortune. It teas then known
deputy as Glbesn'a stars, a name ouf
tcftfttly apod Ac at that thus.
After Noah Gibaan’s death. Us eon.
Frank B. Gibson, took dime of the
basineHS in 1872, bocondag in n sense
the founder of the present tows. He
early recognised the need of adequate
railroad faeWHos and set htmsaif to
the task of seel fig that they worn
provided. A ton-mils branch lino of
the See board Air line from Hamlet
to 01 boon was the result of hi* m
itaavomi and at teto tho .tows of Gih
■tp was ia direct touch wtth the rest
nf the world. The effect was almost
settler* a
j*»
Within a
ami two i
“k—
wilt
«ona a
tUJBootl
Georgia;
«h*«tf»
V-*n»*wJ
Paw to
SSfSfi
«*hw heara^away(ram the wta
,
The Gibson Drag Company, estab
lished in 1(&* sadknown until a (Mr
months ago as the W. X. Gfteoo
drag storo, is tha town’s oldest busi
ness institution. W. Z. Gibson, its
ysmer, else owns a farm Just ontsida
tha corporate Emits a ad baa served
since IBIS as postmaster. Are
men have done mere for the upbuild
ing of tha town.
W. D. Reynolds established the W.
D. Reynolds department stare ia lfll
and has been responsible (or its rapid
growth te bs the second largest basi
ns.* in Gibern. He too has been ac
tive ih promoting tbs hast interests,
of the v«n»« end community, always
raking d yreui interest in public af
fairs.
Tars prosperous banks serve the
banking seeds of the community. The
Bank of Gibson was ealskHshsd in
1M04 and immediately became idsnti
Aed with other **ml-public inatlta
Uonc bodies ted te progress. By 1B10
the Imnking needs had aa expended
that another bank was aided ts help
asm far them: so the Carolina Stats
Beak was organised. Otftuma of both
iastftations, in their oIBciml capacities
and aa eitixsa*, hove earned the ap
preciation of thair follow-Liiisens far
their effort* hi behalf of the earn
rssnity as e whole.
The Iowa's three physicians, Or,
t. C. Pate. Dr. j. 8. Gtheen and Dr.
E- A. T Kingston, am tarpital ef the
tendency, already mentioned, te re
turn to their home cmemity after
cootpletiiiR titeir education and estab
lish Utemseiver. among the men and
women whrrn they have known all
their lives. All three . were born
I practically within the corporate limits
land educated ia part ia the Glbeon
pubtfe reboot*. Their nuccese aa phy
«kians ha* shown that they selected
their location wisely, and they have
becMnc yn'aable citixcna. \Dr. J. M.
Gtrrfner. tl* town’s only dentist, ia a
na*rre of neither part of the stetn
h>Jt eanw to Gibson as a young man
and Han been anosually mcoaaefal In
Ids practice, at the same time devot
ing himself to community affairs.
Typical of the up-to-dateness of
the Gibeoa community la the move
ment now under way to veto a bend
b*-o* of ITS,0*0 far a coatplets
system-ef is sold pal water works,
Electric tight* and street paving. This
l«ad 1mm aloos repreaewtu -an oWtra
llon of more than *75 per capita,
trfkel In Kseif of the wealth of the
ennirnmlty. The town has bad street
1‘jrhti and lights for private real
•lence* and stores far sereral years,
bat dr plant has beam inadequate te
mov'd# all the power needed; ao in
e»nrion of a mould pel electric light]
r-ient In the prorisieo* of the bend
issue was decided upon.
Tli* culture of Ita people is reflected
in the town’s churches and schools.
There are three of the former, each
exerting a powerful influence ever the
Uvea and conduct af ita members.
Hrv. A. J. Parker ef the Methodist
church. Rev. O. W. McManus ef the
Baptist, and. Rev. J. A- Catigan of
the Presbyterian have preawed a
practical and livable religion, based
on the fundamental troths ef the
fttUe, carrying with Uietn the whale
hearted support of their congrega
tions In iflf when Rev. O.W.
Dowd was pastor ef the Methedlsf
church, the building was isHaJihd
end several Sunday school room
added. WHh succeeding years and a
constantly Increasing membership,
there is already a great need far a
larger building. Last year the Bap
XM* disposed of their ehereh Mid
«it» ibJ enoeted n new church (tree-1
on form of W. N. McKonaU Gib ton, S. C.
mat, la charge of Prwf. CMi
•and the three offfenHowd county's
eouraged to obtain aa education at
whatever aerriflce. and many of thorn
are bow iatalligent dtiaeoa and lead
en among tho tUbi goaoratloa.
Bat the Olbaon people do nidi
town meat bare a high school
own. The town was going to tho
country to be educated. 10 wring the
usual order of things- A group of
progressive - dtioona undertook the
task of arousing public witimont ini
favor of tho project; aad its succaos j
was «ooe assured. A band laoaa was!
voted, a special school tax eras la vied,
and aoon a large brick building areas
oa the choice lit lot In town. It opened
He doors in the fail of 1014 and in-,
vited the state superintendent of pob 1
lie bistraetion, l)r. J. Y. Joyner, tej
assist in the dedication and laying of
the cornerstone. The first class, oaa-1
I psting of four Toombore, wee gmdn-!
nted in April. 1915, in the presence of,
»!* lets Governor Btekott, who was!
then attorney general. Graduating!
rI asses that have followed that first1
oaa Have been increasingly larger,
and the total enrollment nas practi
cally- doubled. The auditorium was,
eut up into clam room*, but still
thars wore not oaougfa to can for the .
pupil* properly. The need far e now,
building kept increasing, and tbs now,
buiVfmg was provided. Pupils from e:
radius of several miles an brought to
school from thalr bo tups in huge
motor tracks end carried boric in theJ
aftrmi-ion. |
That hospitality which the people
of Gibson bars shown toward tho,
rMtor port raw-comer has alao been
wrtended to tho parson wishing to
open a bosJnrrs her*. In each a com
munity. legitimate business finds a
fertile field foi expansion, and It is
|N» that sorb an enterprise tails to.
make a success. The statistician
tell ns that the average fife of a re
tail hus.nes* is about seven years; but
bar* there has not been a badness
failure in years, although the whole i
rtomrlol fa'll*, of the sooth was I
ripped and tom daring the depaasnhio,
•f laid cm! 1920. With hand reds of
successful farms surrounding it on1
all sides ant in its favored position as,
the center of half * dome ether pro*-!
pemus towns m Scotland. Richmond'
and Mailhotc counties, the town of;
Gibson is loyieatly the home of suc
cessful business.
capitalist with money to Invest
hi now enterprises, the home-seeker
tanking far a place to Use among
congenial people, the business man
nenktag a location far new baehtane,
an>l til others who know what it
memr to Hw in a good community
"ill 4mi line a town that offers even
mom than -t aspects in return.
W. R. BARRINGTON. INSUR
ANCE
Beet den I Agent far tyany Leading
Life. Fh* and Indemnity
Companies
There was a time when the insur
»in man had to convince his pros-*
pests au to the general desirability of
lnrurai.ee. It was regarded as
wtmething that was perhaps a good
thing, but ft was not coiuddemd aa a
neoessaty adjunct if business and of
personal re*|ie>t<dba'ly.
But this .iun« I,as passed. Now
aday* p radially everybody knows
that levvrjnce Is tiuilically a neees
ally. If « man l.a* an)- sort of
prj'jcit* tie iistiln to Insure It
■ga’rist as* b. Arr, (gitnuilsn, or
theft If lie •> *» Iiipm■>. h* can insure
Hi* crnp.i n-.*oinrt tlw mouth or the
freshet. If he ha* a jr<\, tie can in
sure hii'sHl against K--« of hi* em
ployment, or against Ins* of time by
reaaoo of IHoos* or otherwise. If ha
has netting else, he-can at least in
sure Hi* Ufa, and thus mid matoriaOy
to tH* value of Us own existence Hy
providing an estate that will be worth
•omatblng to his relative*, or that
wilt be an aa*et in his own time of
Mad by reason of affording him a
source of obtaining funds whan
emdsd by mean* of Urn loan previ
sion* of Uio modem insurance policy.
In th* present time, therefore, the
Insurance man Ho* oaly to work at
■it calling isf order to severe results.
'Everybody I* a prospect By secur
ing a connection with a good com
pany. an insurance man can soon
write a large amount of insurance,
saining liberal eommlseious for hfai
M*lf, ami at the same time conferring
a real favor on the persona for whom
he write* Insurance.
| W. R, Barrington, inartlng insurance
ngent of Gibson, has made such
| connection*. While he represents a
'number of leading companies, hand
ling life, Are, and indemnity insure
lance, his chief company is the CUi
sens Insurance Company of Missouri.
— m ,.i.i .-in i t
one, of the old companies of tho
country, established in 1897.
Mr. Barrington la • native of Mart
boru county, S. C, and came to Gib
eon about two years ago aa chief of
tho police force. Recognising the op
»oiUnities offered by tho community
Tor a live Insurance agency, Ira »n
ilrrtook this line of work, and haa
mat with prooooneod success. Ho
coj uucts the only Insurance agency
(a town, and the location of sucn an
office lu Gibson has proven quite a
cun venteroo to the community.
As n side line, Mr. Barrington him
the rights in Scotland county and in
the entire state of Sooth Carolina for
tho "Ladies' Wand" clothoo pin, a
novelty that has proven very popular
wherever it haa boon introduced. U
Is s motel pin that remains on tho
line, never nista, never gets lost, and
is alwavs ready for sorrica. He has
mat with splendid success in this line.
Mr. Barrington is a member of the
Melhodlat church and an EUt. Ho is
a avoided booster for Gibson, sad has
full confidence In the growth and de
velopment of Use town.
County Agent E. 8. Mllbap*, Jr.,
of Randolph county signed up 48 boys
1 and girls In pig and poultry club work
I at a recent mooting for young folk*
nr *1* Farmer high school.
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Them ere more than 1300 pro peril
accredited press or publicity agents in
, Now York City aloao. Their work is
to get free pebUcity for the individuals
or move meets that employ thorn.
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New High School Building at Gibson, N. C.
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Insurance
In all its Branches —
FIRE, LIFE, INDEMITY, ETC.
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Patronize your Home Town
W. R. Barrington
Gibson. North Carolina
Drugs, Medicines, Prescriptions, Toilet and Rubber
Goods.
We guarantee Personal Attention to Prescriptions.
Only Pure Drugs Used.
LOWEST PRICES, QUALITY CONSIDERED
Gibson Drug Company
Phone 44 Gibson, N. C.
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