Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-11-29


writer is employed. What other es-
tablishment in North Carolina can
enumerate as many ear-marks of en-
terprise and push? The saw mill has
gone to nineteen States, invaded Can
ada and gained a strong foothold, and
has permeaffesd1, fs1,.t:h the wilds of the distant
.ssray f6af f. sea5# tis5 ii115 pushed all
tnss can better win success in inaugu-
rating the manufacture of furniture on
a large scale. Afr. Hege has made a
thorough investigation into the
charmed circle Of the furniture bus
iness, and is confident that there is no
better field for investment than in
factory of this kind. He wrote let
ter regarding this matter to the editor
of the Chattanooga Tradcsman which
was published in that excellent peri
odical, and which has brought forth
numerous letters from Northern Capt.
talists and men interested in the busi-
mess. In his letter to the Iradesman,
Mr.. Hege says:
"As an inducement forsome parties
to start in such business here, | will
make some special offers to the right
kind of q man, who thoroughly under
stands the business, namely: As have
good assortment of wood working
machinery, and plenty of shop room,
will be willing to furnish the neces
sary machinery, power and buildings
to 60 into the furniture business with
the right kind of man, who thor
oughly understands it, provided
he will take charge Of the business,
and manage the same, and will fur
nish reasonable amount of capital
to go in with. I am now ready,
and will open up correspondence or
accept propositions from any such
parties who wish to go into the furni-
turc business at this place
To men having capital standing
idle, probably drawing no interest, the
writer would urge to correspond with
Mr.. Hege and take stock In an invest
nent which is sure to result in graft
flying dividends.
So much for the furniture fac
tory, now a word for the manu-
fActures of knit goods in which Mr..
Hege is also interested, and which
! will be rapidly pushed forward. After
| p thorough investigation he has found
THAT this will be equally as lucrative
IA ifs returnsf as the first men toned
%Aterprise. III answer to an advertis@
fNaent inserted in the Journal Of Fab
Frics, regarding the organization of a
stock company to make knit goods,
no less than dozen letters were received
in reply, all of which breathed more
or less of interest in the proposed en-
terprise. The following letter written
by Mr.. A. G. Houg h, the book-keeper
of the Salem Iron Works to an en-
quirer, will better describe the desires
and intentions of the projectors.
Says he, eve contemplate organic
ing a stock company to engage in the
manufacture of knit goods, but have
not yet completed our arrangements.
The object of the advertisement in the
Journal of Fabrics, was to put us in
correspondence with some person or
persons, who are thoroughly acquaint-
ed with the business and who would
perhaps feel inclined to invest some
thing with us. There are number
of persons here who expect to take
stock, and when definite amount is
agreed upon for the capital stock and
for the amount required to be paid i'll
to begin business, and the prospects
for making the investment paying
one, are properly presented, We think
there will be little difficulty in raising
the requisite amount of stock. We
are not fully decided yet as to what
style of goods we will make, but had
thought Of beginning with seamless
hose, and half hose, and extending op
erations to the manufacture of Other
goods, as We learn what will be like
" to pay best. We think the making
of knit goods can be made more prof
liable here than farther North, OH &C
count of our milder climate, the shor
; duration of our winters, the, love-
price of labor and the much lower cos
of living here, together with other ad
vantages which might be named. L
is our aim to make strictly frst-clas
goods. We do not wish to contribute
thing. to the large amount of low
price and poor quality goods now OF
the market
There are no two fields for invest
ment in the whole State of North Car
olina, if indeed in the entire South
less alluring than these. Will oul
own people have the perception to Sc
this, and seize this valuable opportu
nifty, or will they wait for some shrewt
enterprising Northcrner to come hero
and gather i'll the rich harvest tha
they might just as easily reap? Futur
developments will tell.