The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-02-09
GOLDSBORO.
A SHORT VISIT TO THE LIVELY
EASTERN METROPOLIS.

It's Business Men. Railroad Facilities.
Manufacturing Enterprises, Progress
i've Men and Progressive Journalism.
Special CDrresTond~nce Of he C7.ronaoGe
GoLDsBoRo, February 5.-One casually
stopping at Goldsboro (for Just a little
while it may be- does not fail to note
the business activity AM general go ahead
ativeness that Is rapidly converting the
former unimpor,ant Boro into a progress
i've little city. Being one of the principal
points on the Atlantic Coast Line, the
spirit OF activity and push that has made
that so important a line Of the South has
quickened the people aud imbued them
with renewed energy and vigor; aud no
people in the State are making more rapid
strides in that new era OF general develop
ment that is destined to make every Sec
ton of our State blossom as the rose.
GOldsboro has advantages, and it doesn't
fail to make good use OF them. The num-
Der OF trains that are continually passing
over the four lines of railroad running
here looks indeed like business. and the
tributary sections through which they pass
find it convenient and profitable to do
trading in GOldsboro.
The gold of the capitalist, the energy of
the merchant, the skill OF the mechanic
and the intelligence of the professional
men all seem to form legitimate comb-
nation, devoted to the upbuilding of the
town and steady development of its
Gus store houses, elegant new residences,
and large carriage factories, guano facto-
ries, oil mills and rice mills tell their own
story, and story, too, that does not fail
to interest all those who delight in seeing
our State prosper.
Notable among Goldsboro's enterprises
is the cotton seed oil mills and guano
ted G.
Sons. A large brick building, convent
emily located near the freight depot OF the
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, con-
tains every piece of machinery that tends
to systematic the manufacture OF cotton
seed oil and a scientific manipulation Of
an ammoniated fertilizer, using the meal
Of the seed for its base.
The whistle blows at five minutes after
"a O'Clock Sunday night, and the mills are
run continuously until "a o'clock Satur-
day night, the proprietors finding it
necessary to work day and night to meet
the demand for their products. Their oil
is sold in Northern markets, and their fer
tiliZer to cotton growers in different sec
tions of the State. The analysis Of the pro-
life cotton grower and the practical expe-
riments by number OF prominent plant
ers, place it among the best ammoniated
fertilizers sold in the State. 1t is home
enterprise, and deserves the patronage of
our people.
The Goldsboro Rice Mills are among the
largest mills in the State. With extensive
facilities and that determination to sue
ceed characteristic Of Goldsboro people,
Messrs. Strauss & Co., the proprietOrs,
are reaping the rewards due a legitimate
enterprise. Much of the style Of Colds
| boro and surrounding country is due to
| Mr.. w. Fl. Borden. His elegant carriages
| furnish comfort and pleasure for the old
| folks, and the young gallant is less ap-
| prehensive that his girl will sour on him
| when he goes to see her in one of Borden g
| buggies.
| Messrs. w. F. Kornegay & Co. have
| long been prominently identified with
| Goldsboro's enterprise as iron founders,
| hardware merchants and dealers in en-
! gines and agricultural implements. They
| have ever been successful, and are still
! doing large business in steam engines,
| machinery and mill works.
| Prominent among GOldsbOrO's progress
sive business men are her German citizens,
| the furniture ware-rooms OF Messrs.
| Fuchtler & Kern, or the extensive stores
| of Messrs. H. We'll & Bros. are evidences
| of this fact. Many homes here and here
| abouts are made comfortable and cozy
with suits of Fuchtler & Kern's furniture
| Goldsboro does large business in quo
| amos, groceries and general Supplies
| Freeman, Edgerton, Finlayson & Co., and
B. NJ. Privett & Co., are few OF her rep
| resentative houses, who are generally and
| favorably known in business circles.
| Nearly all the year round you find
strangers visiting Goldsboro, being an in
| termediate point between the North and
| the South, and furnishing excellent hotel
ern people who visit the South during the
winter stop over for few days in Colds.
| bOrO. Mr.. VIM. BOnitZ, the clever pro.
| pretor of the Bonitz House, told the
| writer that he had letters from over fifty
parties who had written him engaging
rooms. These people come South for res,
and pleasure. They have money an(
spend it freely The Bonitz House is .
popular resort for them, and it deserves
to be, for elegant rooms and good atten
ton is what they are looking for, anC
here they find them. Mr.. Bonitz know!
how to run hotel, and between himsel
and his clever clerk, Mr.. r. A. Hines, yoI
are we'll cared for.
Surely the Goldsboro Messenger is pro
gressive or nothing. Not content with be
ing one of the largest and best papers il
the State, and having the largest crcula
ton, Mr.. BOnitZ, the editor. has purchased
a new power prees and new type, arrang
ing for an additional enlargement.
The Bulletin is young, but manfull,
pushing ahead and gaining prominence.
Delightfully."- situated with prosperou:
agricultural country to back it, with ex
cellent railroad facilities, live. energeti
people, including hundreds of the pretties
girls in the United States, Goldsboro
destined to be an important Southern
city. CHR. O. NICLE.
Old Fort Raleigh.
Mr.. J. E. Goodwin. of Manteo, has wri,