The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-09-13
SEPTEMBER TO SEPTEMBER.
,s.DT,y GLANCE AT THE LAST
= [EAs,S ENPRON


ycar--.S8me things that have been
done.
On the - h of last Septembcr-just SO
,r..g. AGO THE STATE CHRONICLE, in it's
Att issue, lad the pleasure to publish an in
| +ra.tfug letter from Boston, giving de-
.,r.utfon o. the gorgeous and effective
North Carolina display there. How much
J has come from that happy enterprise
~. noner it cost was the best invest
ment that tie State has made for many
yaar North Carolina, unhappily, has
from the earliest times been too little
known to tie people of the Union. This
one stroke Of enterprise was a revelation
to the rest Of the world and especially to
New England.
In that same issue, the people fOretold
with unpaI alleled accuracy the nomination
Of Mr.. Scales for Governor, and he is not
lisappointng the peoples expectations.
Z, was at this time that Mr. Ruf1iin re-
signed his seat on the Supreme Bench Of
the ~tate-an event that was unanimous
Nv regretted, but which, there is at least
GOOD hope. Will yet result IN such a diviS-
lon Of the work of the Supreme Court as
will enable a human being to do the du-
ties Of the position without daring death
and living in poverty.
During the week wherein October 18th
fell the State Fair as usual was held at
Raleigh, and il was an unusually '' sorry" "
atfair-so poor, indeed, that it aroused
the people to 4 proper appreciation of the
| opportunities for a great fair; and the i'm
mInent State Exposition is the result.
And this marks the working of new
force. Never before IL the history of the
State was there such an uprising for the
furtherance Of every material interest.
1t was week later when the Supreme
G Il ~
| Civil Rights act unconstitutional; and this
| was an event of great Importance in its
consequence to all the Southern people
Since then Mr.. Edmunds has seen fit to
draw another bill, which the Republican
| National Convention was pleased to en-
dorse: and the chances of the National
Democracy were then made far greater
than they would otherwise have been, and
| the South was made . solid " once and
forever
1t was on Friday, Nov 2, that at meet
ing Of the leading citizens and men of
business in Raleigh, it was formally re-
solved TO create the State Exposition and
Raleigh by one stroke silenced all the
conpainers of her supposed sluggishness
when SIS, 000 were subscribed for such a
purpose. This city took a step Of ten
years in one night.
Early in December Mr.. Carlisle was
elected Speaker of the House and the
Democratic party saved to the vigorous
cspousal of its chief principle in national
politics.
On January II, THE CHRONICLE publish
ed an SPACE Trade Edition, Of Raleigh
10 600 copies wherein it was shown that
in this city quarter of million had been
spent in building IN a tWelvemOnth that
our pOst-otfice business was rapidly In
creasing, that many new plans for improve
ment were carrying out !; that this ancient
city more dignified than progressive, had
fairly entered a new day-a day wherein
it proposes in the variety and extent of its
new industries as we'll as in the attractive
ness as a place of residence, of be-
/ come one of the most important inland
Southern towns In the same number one
great impediment to its growth and prog
| ress, it was shown was the number of
bachelors among US. And before January
i had gone the Exposition had been fully
organized, with Mr.. ". S. Primrose as
/ President and Mr. H. Z. Fries as Secreta-
~. Since then these gentlemen have done
| the biggest 6 months work of their lives.
Then the spring came, and unhttlngly
| enough for such a season, the State Wong
| Chang Convention. May brought other
fun too, in the shape Of Bill Arp and
by this time we had all come to know our
own Bill Arp in the person of 8 Cupid,
to whom all readers in North Carolina owo
| such pleasure and profit that it Is becOm-
| ing for The CHRONICLE to say that cupid
Is none other than Maj. T. D. Love, Jr., Of
/ Willis Creek Bladen county.
Late in May the Tobacco Edition Of
| TIE CHRONICLE appeared-12 pages 70, OOO
| cooies for which orders have hardly yet
ceased coming in. And at this time and
before, the farmers Of Wake had made
up their minds and turned up their lands
to plant a crop of tobacco. In this way,
the tobacco area of the State has been
greatly extended and Raleigh will forth
with become tobacco market.
TIE Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley rail
road was completed to Greensboro, where
proper celebration Of so important an
event was made. About this time, too,
the framework of the great memorial Hall
at Chapel Hill was erected.
The Democratic Convention met on
June and nominated Mr.. Scales and his
associates on the State ticket.
In the mountains, whittier the Western
Worth Carolina Railroad continued to
push its way, the teachers of the State
Ayld high carnival at Waynesville and Or
ganiz"I s.The North Carolina Teachers
Association. The Normal Schools opened
and did better work and more than on any
previous Summer. And the educational
Work in the State, in general, has taken
nncommonly long strides. The magni-
fc4nt Winston Graded School building
has been completed, and the private
schools we're never before SO numerous or
Prosperous.
Such are some (but only few of the
significant events of the year. More
significant than any particular events has
been the gradual uphill tendency OF all
s5rts Of enterprises Every prosperous
town has outdone anything in its previous
history. Winston is adding tobacco fac
tories to its present large number almost
By the dozen, and handsome residences
are building there. Henderson has never
known such an era of building. Oxford |
has by It's progress made the conserva-