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


the employment in our factories of
fully four thousand operatives, who
receive on an average of nine dollars
per week. This sum of nearly forty
thousand dollars is placed into general
circulation every Saturday night,
which is productive of most healthy
state of affairs, and results in a more
strict adherence to the cash system.
While Tobacco is naturally the
basis of our wealth and prosperity,
our diversified manufacturing has
helped materially to bring the Twin
City up to its present magnitude. The
Woolen Mills operate nine hundred
spindles, and manufacture every year
nearly one hundred thousand pounds
of wool into rolls, yarns, cloth, etc.
The Arista Cotton Mills operate g.,
4S0 spindles, and work up into sheet
ing, etc; over twenty-three hundred
pounds of cotton per day. The two
above enterprises are owned by the
Messrs. Fries, who also operate the
largest tannery in North Carolina.
There are four Flonring Mills; that
owned by the gentlemen mentioned, is
the only one in the State being fully
equipped with the patent process
four-rollers, and other improved ma
chinery.
The Winston Cigar Factory, Messrs.
V. o. Thompson & Co., proprietors, is
recently established enterprise that
has instantly vaulted into prosper
Gus business. They operate large
number of hands, make equally as
good cigars as any factory out
of the State, or anywhere in. They
have made most remarkable run on
an excellent five-center, bearing the
name of "The Western Sentinel"
The Winston Candy Mandatory
is the third enterprise of the kind in
our midst in point of number, but
the first in point of magnitude, and
surpasses any other factory in North
Carolina in the delightful quality of
its goods. It manufactures the very
finest French and American confec-
tions, and its candies are equally as
good as those of Huyler, the famo is
New York confectioner, in whose es.
tablishment Mr.. Potter, the head Of
the manufacturing department of the
| factory here, learned his trade. They
received an order last week from 6
Winston firm for two tons of candy.
The Winston Agricultural Works
| promises to become one of our leading
industrial enterprises. 1t manufac
lures, among other things, a wheat
and grain separator that is attracting
considerable attention both in this
State and in the South.
The Tise Well Fixture Works
manufacture we'll fixture that ha.
already been quite extensively intro
duced throughout this and other States
Besides these we have the Shuttle
Block Factory five extensive tobac
co wagon works; carriage factory
two planning mills; pottery ant
pipe manufactory several tobacco
box factories large cotton gin; 4
brick machine with capacity of fifty
brick per minute; four tobacco fue
factories; house that bottles brandy
peaches another that puts up writing
inks and the largest merchant tail
oring establishment in North Carroll
ma, that ships carefully made gar
ments to every portion of the State
and beyond, having recently filled al
order for a Tarheel in Mexico. Be
sides all these, there are many othe
smaller industries too numerous t.
mention.
The near future is Just teeming Will
contemplated manufacturing enter
prises. We are to have a plaid mill
the company has been organized ane
the site purchased; knit goods mill,
furniture factory, a paper mill, ;
woven wire mattress manufactoIy, AM
several other industrial concerns, tina
will increase our population Of opera
tives and attract thousand additiona
wealth to the place. In the summe
the fruit packing business is exten
sively carried on, and our dried frui
industry is of such large proportion
that we shipped away last year owe
two million pounds of evaporate
fruit.
Winston has two banks, FIVE new,
papers. and an army of drummers SC
licit orders for our manufactured goods
We. have many men, although ye
young, who are worth comfortabl
; fortunes. One can walk couple &
blocks here and meet more really ric
people than he would In any othe
place in Tarheelia.
We have scores Of beautiful res
dences, imposing blocks of store build
ings, with plate glass, and withal, city
like fronts, and the third finest oper
house in the State. Although thel
are now being erected numerous builc
ings, the coming spring bids fair
witness an even more prodigious built
ing boom than we have ever. enjeyet
New firms are rapidly opening u
: new people coming in, and within th
last thirty days some twenty odd fan
lilies have moved into town.
1t would be an objectionable ne,
lect in writing of the Twin City, to ON
her educational institutions. Salel
: Academy, which has been so long pa
ronized by the first families Of ever
Southern State, has appropriately bee
called "the Vasser Of the South" on
new graded school is the pride of e
, cry Winstonian, and in cost of built
ings and efficiency of its teachers,
unsurpassed in the State. 1t is ma;
nifcent building, and will cost, il
Guiding the grounds, fully twent
thousand dollars. Professors Tomlil
son and McIver are the superintent
eats. When the school is in sessiol
. | it ia thoupht over siy hundred chi