The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-18
For he Farmer and Mechanic
The Town Of Winston.
BYA LAWYER.

The town of Winston adiulns Salem.
and j. separated from il ny Al imaginary
line. \ stranger passes from t.
he other without knowing il. Wins
toni i, the county seat oil Forsyth county.
and the terminus of the North Western
North Carolina Railroad.
In 1901, population was five hun
dred !: IL j. Eow over i've THOUSAND !. 81
lem haS i population 81 two thousand
"a that living III this beautiful valley.
ander the shadow q the Plot Noun
ain. are seven thousand people whom
the abundant shade trees. the delicious
water. rich III mineral properties. and
a delightful temperature invite TO repose
and happiness.
The town i a great tobacco centre.
More than fifty counties III North Caro-
lima and Virginia market their tobacco
in Winston.
There are four large warehouses here
for the sale OF leaf tobacco. and IN lsS2
more than twelve millions OF pounds Of
Leaf tobacco were sold here. There are
p factories here for the manufacture o.
plug tobacco.
Among other evidences Of the thrift
| which Winston ami Salem possess are
water-works. Gas works. the telephone.
the electric light, an opera house. tour
papers. tot hotels. a splendid ie-
| male college. cotton aud wooden mills.
two national banks. and an abundance
Of temples from which the gospel OF
the Lord radiates AT stated intervals.
The stores Tor general merchandise
are brick buildings. y and three sto-
rics high
There j. a future for the place Of con
siderable importance. The back
Try i capable Of supporting a populI-
ton here Of thirty thousand people.
In thirty years there viii doubtless
be more than that number Of inhab.-
tants here.
If there is iron in Stokes and Surry.
it viii be eventually manufactured here
with coal brought from Chatham. The
completion Of the Iadkin Valley Rail-
road with a branch from this point TO
Walnut Cove will make Winston a
! manufacturing town, provided always
the IRON is IN stokes and Surry. But,
iron or no iron, our town is growing
rapidly. and is an exceedingly pleasant
place to live III. The cost Of the pr
vatc residences here varies from two to
twelve thousand dollars.
As to the cost OF living. that is bet
ter expressed by giving the figures.
| take this, the 10th day Of April.
1883. as a sample. Beefsteak ten cents.
sausa.e cone third to one half beef
twelve and a half cents. fresh hog
meat ditto, per pound Eggs fourteen
cents a dozen butter twenty-five cents
a pound wood two dollars and a quar-
ter a cord but there is coal for those
who prefer it. Good house servants
are hard TO get, owing to the high
wages paid by the tobacco factories.
Garden spots are good, and pretty
flowers and vines flourish finely. Shade
trees abound !; there is shade everywhere.
Stores rent from 5000 to $i00 a year
private residences from 1925 to $3.50,
offices from $50 to 800. There are BY
railroad two daily mails. The Virginia
Midland Railroad will pass when com
pleted through the town it is graded
in some parts Of the county.
In May a vote on the question o.
graded schools for both races viii be
taken.
Winston is a very attractive spot tc
live at. After life its cemetery, tull o.
natures loneliness. invite to a repose
that is dreamlcss. | pray II day t
sleep there, among the primeval giants.