The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-10-18
ct ILFORD COUNTY
VI les = PROUD EXHIBIT OF
HER RESDI isCES.
E>orcialiy Instructive i the Display OF
the Hanufactured Products Of the

10 county IN the State has more impor
tant Or instructive lessons to teach by it,
exhibits than Guilford
10 begin il has made good use Of il, az
r1cultural opportunities, and in several
respects has gone far into profitable spec
ial lines Of agricultural work The nur-
series and dairies among other such indus
tries attest this
As to what grows III Guilford- almost
everything grows almost everywhere in
North Carolina. Nearly all the staple
products of our soil flourish there Es-
peclally has the culture Of tobacco in the
last few years shown that Guilford shares
the golden distinction or the finest leaf
with the other bright-leaf counties There
are specimens Of grain and other agricutu
raj products.
Especial excellence has been attained
IN FRUIT CULTURE
There are four large nurseries in the
county, which send trees and vines to
every Southern State; and these, Of
course, have stimulated and extended the
culture of fruit at home. They are the
jamestown Nurseries of j. S. Ragsdalc &
Bro, at jamestown, which has 1000 600
fruit trees, vines and plants; the Pomona
Hill Nurseries, Of Mr.. J. Van Lindley can
historic name in frui. culture) whose trade
Grande; the New Garden Nurseries of
Messrs J. G. Lindley & Bro, which cover
100 acres, and others Of Importance.
10 these Industries the whole State and
the whole South owes a great stimulus
Even yet fruit culture is hardly in its in
fancy, and its possibilities are beyond the
the sight or prediction of anybody.
a weeks study of this great industry
as limited at by the exhibits would reward
any progressive man in the State.
But this is not the limit Of the work of
the fruit-mcn of Guilford Not only have
they supplied all the Southern States with
trees and vines and taught the lesson Of
fruit culture, but following their work has
come the work Of
THE EvAPORATORS,
and Guiford has the finest display Of evap
grated fruit (the now famous Hughes dis
play ever seen in the world. Mr.. Hughes
himself now in charge of the exhibit, has
thirty varieties OF fruits and vegetables
evaDorated by the eyapOrat0r, the merits
Of which he is teaching from one end of
the country to the other.
when other people get from to 6
cents pound for dried fruit said Mr.
Hughes Il take the same fruit and eyap-
crate it and sell peaches for as much as
80 cents pound and apples for IS cents.
The great Benbow
claims to be the largest in the Southern
States; and the fat wholesome result Of
clover and Jerseys are not strangers even
to the traveller who stops in Greensboro
long enough to eat breakfast.
Not less instructive is the Gililford
display in It's manufactures and
here
THE TRUE SECRET
Of the county's prosperity and of Greens
bOrO'S growth and greatness is to be found.
The working Of wood has been carried TO
a further and more profitable extent than
anywhere else in the State. The Nc hon |
Handle works employs 200 men, al. has
the hard woods into all |
sorts of handles and spol>es and rims for |
a very large trade The North Carolina |
Handle works do similar business Oh a |
large scale Besides these, there are |
Sash and Blind Factory and |
Loves Saw and Planning Mills
THE SERGEANT MANUFACTURING COMPANY
has established itself and made an ex-
tensive reputation by its plows, stoves,
hollow iron ware, saw mills and other
such heavy work in iron. Besides this
there are GlasscOcks foundry and POme-
rOy's machine shops.
In Guilford county the census of 1880
showed that there were 50 manufacturing
which gave employment
to 374 hands, used capital Of $43S, 000
and turned out an annual product Of
S49S, s26. This has now been greatly in
creased.
Guilford, therefore, has a diversity Of
that is perhaps not sur
passed by any other county in the State.
Tha bn1 10 Stn nf th1.ft hat |
is indicated by the exhibit.
If every other county in North Carolina
had done as MUCH in the way OF manu-
as Guilford
HOW MANY MILLIONS
would be added to our wealth and how
many more of our people would be profta
oly and independently employed!
This short narrative hardly hints of the
exhibit. Mr.. Hughes's display of evapo
rated fruits supasses any other in the
world; the specimens of wood and iron
work may be put against any other made
the fruits and vegetables and
lowers are all attractive; and there is an
exquisite and accurate map of the county
wrought in silk by Miss Clara Albright.
The pamphlet about the county and its
prepared by Mr.. Jas. ". Al
bright, who arranged the display, gives a
Orlef and accurate description OF the
county.
Greensboro also has extensive and grow
ne tobacco manufactures.
If you read between the lines you will
earn
A GREAT LESSON
rom Guilford and its display-the lesson
both Of advanced special agriculture and
IF manufacturing. And the county and
IS growing capital, Greensboro, with its
unsurpassed railroad facilities and grow
ne industries, are yet only beginning their
sreat career. the end and extent whereof
10 one can foresee.
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New York World.
However the Presidential election may
esult, one gratifying fact has been devel-