The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1883-11-03
A PLEASANT SUBURB.
CARY AS A DESIRABLE PLACE
OF RESIDENCE.
An Opportunity Build a Thrifty Nam
ufacturing Town. With Excellent
Railroad Facilities.

Special Correspoa dence Of The Chronicle.
CARY. Nov ..-Raleigh is the only city
in the State that mas a suburb which can be
reached by two railroads, and the only
such suburb that Raleigh has is Cary.
Between the village and the city four daily
trains run either way. This peculiarly
fortunate arrangement has at intervals put
hope in the hearts OF these good people
that the worried anC the rich at the capital
will make Cary th.ir home. There have
during the last ten years. too always been
a few persons who ived here and did busi-
ness in Raleigh, thslgh they were neither
rich nor worried, and the pleasures of
suburban residence will be forcibly pre-
sented to you any day you choose to talk
about this town to ne Of its residents. AS
a matter of fact, hEever, there is not now
a vacant dwelling Cary.
At intervals. tOOour people have dreamed
of the establishmet { of manufactures Such
indeed was the hpe Of the founder of the
town, Mr.. A. F. age, who built the large
brick house whid Is the most prominent
object in the vilige. First it was filed
with machinery fl opening cotton, but the
enterprise, undeIaFen just when the tinan
cial panic stoppd the wheels of trade
everywhere, wasabandoned. Later it was
filled with the says of the makers Of plug
tobacco, and INV Messrs. r. H. Jones &
Co, use it as simanufactory of smoking
tobacco The1 is no reason why their
brand should ut some day become as pop
ular as it is god, if it is properly pressed
into the markt. A part of the same building
is filled withsrist mills which Mr.. A. 3.
Y Yates, the owsr, successfully manages. And
| there have foseveral years been other man
ufacturing Establishments that are worthy
Of note MlW. M. Jones's sash, door and
| blind factor has been in successful opera
! ton so lon CHAT it is as we'll known all over
the cent, al art of the State as any other
establisbmat of the kind. Messrs Harri
son, Guile & Co., are extending their
| trade in thagrlcultural implements, which
they have atented and manufactured, and
| in Wagon and other vehicles At the
| Cary Hot where travellers who change
roads her must needs remain half day
they find,hat consolation quiet house and
! attentivelandlOrd, in the person Of Mr..
Jacob Wlker, can give, during the Weari-
ness of altlng on their journey.
Then lere are lots Of little things that go
to mako suburban town complete-a lazy
man, vie streets, skating rink, a politi-
clan bNade and tongue, four preachers,
nc dra+shOp, and dusky suburb known
! as FrdOwn. The goats that once made
merryn the combs Of the steepest roofs
| have zen sent away, and a beautiful Gala
boosdas been built for human nusances
The are dozen residences here wherein
eootair, good room, good water, good
chez and a goOdly number of children
NAL life JOY And if there is an absence
of valth, the absence of poverty is quite
as nspicuous. There is no denying the
clai that it is desirable place of resi-
dee. The Cary High School now under
th:Ontrol of Messrs Crocker g. Bagwell,
i a sOd combination Of experience and en-
thnasm, attracts persons who seek home
WI school facilities. The usual railroad
ten - the world over is g hard place.
H Cary is a noteworthy exception. The
sc of liquor, which is the cause of or ex-
CSC for nearly all such disorder, is pro-
Dited. Indeed the village took its name
rold Sam. Cary, the Ohio demagogue
hose most (and only very) credtabe per
'rmance was his stumping tour through
le South as a temperance orator several
ears ago. And ever since its foundation
he village has maintained its reputation
or sObriety.
If it always remain as it is, Cary will be
very desirable place of residence and
will doubtless continue to grow. But there
is no reason in the world why it should not
become manufacturing town of some
A company has Just been or
ganiZed for the manufacture of shuttles
and bobbins from dogwood and persm-
mon. And almost any manufacturing bu-
siness which can be successfully conducted
in North Carolina, could be made success
full here. The absence of water-power is
compensated for by the facilities for trans
portation. Be its future what ii may, it is
a capital indication Of contentment and
hope that the people are proud Of their
town and think that there is no ether more
desirable place to live in the state Al
ready the old have filed and made sacred
a cemetery, and every year the young
marry and build more homes, and genera
tion after generation the town pride lasts.