Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1884-03-13


From the Raleigh Register.
WINSTON, N. c., Feb, 1S34.-All
of us who have been to college or
boarding school remember with what
eager expectancy we greeted the arri-
val of each train, bringing with it the
new faces of the Frenchmen. It is a
feeling similar to this that prompts the
average Winstonian to examine care
fully the "bus" full of newcomers, and
to scan closely the hotel registers after
the arrival of every train, in order to
learn the names of the new arrivals,
and if possible ascertain what depart
ment of trade each one proposes to en-
bark in. We are a city of carpet-bag
gers, the majority of our population
having come from a distance, and it
is possibly more cosmopolitan in its
character than the population of any
other town or city in North Carolina.
We have natives Of every State, and
nearly ly every Territory, in our midst
There are Canadians, Englishmen,
Scotchmen, Irishmen, Germans, Jews,
Norwegians, Frenchmen, Dutchmen,
Italians, Indians, Negroes, and when
the Chinese laundry is established, we
can add to the list of nationalities rep
resented, the pig-tailed celestial, and
boast, at the same time, of having the
only Chinese laundry in North Caro-
lima. Since this was written, Durham
has also taken steps to secure similar
enterprise.
To the visitor and newcomer, Win
ston is an interesting place. There is
not single town in the State that
can boast of the number of genuine
attractions that our people have to
show to sojourners here, and it is very
likely this is one of the reasons VIII y
it has become the convention city OF
North Carolina, inasmuch as nearly
every State organization has held one
or more annual reunions here, includ-
ing the press, the various religious de-
nominations, the Masons, Odd-Fellows,
the doctors, and so on, and not one OF
these can complain of the whole-souled
hospitality that was meted out in q
manner at once suggestive of wealth
and culture.
But / was saying something about
the host Of attractions the Twin City
interest a prospector, and give him q
favorable impression of the push, en-
terprise and immense business interest.
of the place. He is at once struck
with the hustle and activity Of oul
crowded streets; the city-like appear.
ance of the trucks, delivery wagons
and vehicles generally. He observes
that nearly every place of business is
supplied with such conveniences as
elevators, a copious supply OF water
from an excellent water-works,ano
that some houses use type-writers II
their offices, while one boasts of a stem
ographic clerk. He will observe fur
ther that much taste is manifested il
the arrangement and furnishing o.
counting-rooms and Offices, and tha,
employees generally are well dressed
and present an appearance apace with
the times. He will be torcibly i'm
pressed by the existence of telephone
lines over the place, electric lights il
the Arista Cotton Mills, and gas ligh
in Salem. A thousand and one Other
things will demonstrate to him that VIZ
are really a city in miniature, and tina
before the next census our popular
ton will have passed its fifteenth
thousand.
Thirteen years ago thespot now occu
pied by Winston was almost a dens'
forest, with house or two scattered q
intervals. No place in North Carroll
ma, and few in the entire Southern
county, has risen up SO rapidly, SO sub
stantialy, as Winston. Its situation
for large inland city is splendid
being on gentle ridge in beautiful
valley, with the mountains in the dis
tance. The country around is famet
for its health-giving mineral waters
its salubrious climate, its fertile soil
especially adapted to the production
of bright tobacco, that for delicac,
of flavor, toughness of chew and bril-
liancy of color, is unattainable else
where, and is sought by buyers fron
all over the world.
The first warehouse for the sale @
tobacco was built in 1870. The man
ufacture of tobacco was begun abou
the same time, and 50 rapidly has th
place been builtup, that instead of on
factory, we now have nearly thirt
. plug factories, several of smoking, an
the tobacco business has been SO great
ly augmented. that four large ware
houses are now kept busy n the tobacc
season, and upwards of fifty leaf dea,
, ers and brokers gain a livelihoo
through the narcotic influence of. tn
weed. Over fifteen million pounds c
7 leaf were sold here in 1883, over hal
, of which will be manufactured her
during the coming factory season, Will
the supply is increased by thousand
of pounds sent here from Durham, o.
ford, Henderson, Milton, Danville an
Asheville, to receive the advantage {
Winston's proverbial high prices
Large quantities of our leaf are ser
J throughout the United States, and ou
manufactured goods probe to the u
termost parts of the earth. Durin
{ one day, two weeks ago, there wer
S26 wagons in town at one time Nor
than fifty counties, in this State an
Virginia, supply our market with tx
bacco, and it has been frequently tn
! case that planters living over on th
other side of Lynchburg have haule