The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1885-11-13
OF X GOLDEN WEED.
tARoIINA'S CoNNERtI<v kI>,
INV AIDES ANOTHER TOWN
Jonr>boro Wakes up to Tina Herself
Running over with Wagon Loads ct
the HTtght Yellow Leaf. Il~t fir,t NaI.


Jo>E>augo. NOV. 10th. Iss5. Jus
twcut. year ago Mr.. Geo. : Code bundle,
up his worldly effects. left has home il
Carthage and built hiys a home n \ plviu
re>sIue wooded forest, near what WAS thei
the the northern extension ot the olc
c>teru Rail Road In little whIlc eth
ers came and the sentiment snou Justified
lis earlier settlers III terming Il 'toro
and IN honor Of Col |. G. Jones. who VA.
AZ that time President and General Mana
ger Of the Western Rail load the thrifty
little village was named Joucsboro.
Numerous stores soon sprung up whlch
attracted the trading people from the III
ferent sections adjacent Ia the village,
Wagon shops and other enterprises follow
ed. In a few years the HAIL Road changed
It's name and its iron fingers commenced
Ia stretch out towards the productive sc
ladkin Valley In the mean time the X
| X ~ Road va, making its Way from i.-,l
| elSh up through Chatham aiming Tor lt>
| connection with the Carolina Central IL
was thought by the Joneshoro people that
the new road would cross the old Western
at Jonesboro and a big future Mas pre-
| dlcted for the new railroad center. Alas
the railroad was turned TO "A point lu>t
| one and a half miles north Of the
| new "boro" and Sandford a pretentluus
and thrifty little neighbor announced her
purpose to enter into friendly but spirited
| competition with her elder sister for the
| favorable smiles of business prosperity
| Jonesboro did not sit down and pine
herself away because the other road did
not think it wise to touch her borders
| With will and with determination she
| Kept pushing, not putting on any airs but
| being content with what came To her
| from well aimed exertion aad uuilr
| ing industry. Messrs McIvcr n bal
rymple, ). IL. Buchanan Campbell. Bcr
ryman < Co. and Bryan Il Co. were among
those who first pitched their tents IN the
new town, each Of whom have been sue
cessful merchants and public spirited pto
neers Of a lively little market.
| After the ncighborlnS pines had been
| robbed of their profitable product, and
after they had been converted into lum
Der and shipped oil To build up other
| towns, the people hcreabouts began to
| grow what was in those days our all alb
| sorbing field product, and III few year,
Jonesboro had become An important l,ttle
cotton market. T,vo Years ago few Of
the farmers planted, as an experiment, a
| lew acres III tobacco.
This tobacco WAS sclit 10 Danyillc. To
| Raleigh, to Durham and to other markets.
| and the result was satisfactory and 50
| pIOutdDic 10 tHOSc amateur TOBACCO ralStlN
| that during the past summer every com
| munity in Moore county boastcd of IT,
| promising fields Of the growing weed
Hundreds of tobacco barns were erected
| and in due season successful curing com
| menccd.
Jonesboro saw a possibility 10 iuaugur
ate for herself new business boom These
tobacco planters must have a home mar
| ket where they could see their tobacco.
| Messrs. W A. Sloan ~ Co., one of the
| leading merehantile firms Of the place.
early Ill the season commenced tho crcc
ton of a warehouse. y week ago Il was
completed and they announced that 10 dan
they would have their opening sale They
never dreamed that by noon the town
would be literally filed with tobacco.
Early yesterday wagons began to drive mp
TO the warehouse, and long before the
shank of the evening 1900 pounds had
| been unloaded and -. 900 pounds more
waiting to be taken out. JoncsborO s
business men looked anxiously at the sit
uation and commenced o make more extcu-
sive preparations for handling tine 40 000
pounds that would evidently find its way
to the new market before the opening sale
| was over.
The train from Greensboro brought II
half dozen buyers from Danvlllc and from
borO. BY sunset the town was filed To
overfiowing with buyers, sellers and plan
ters. Mr.. j. NJ. Finch, "A rafting auc
tiOneer from Danvlllc, announced that the
first sale would begin at O'Clock tins
morning and sales would follow until the
entire town full Of the weed had been sold
The good people Of the town opened
their doors to planters and buyer, and
| everybody was well cared for IN good old
fashioned Scotch style. Wagons from
Moore, Ilarnett, Cumberland and Robe
son continued to pour in and by O'Clock
this morning the warehouse WAS full. the
camp yards we're full, the streets for hun
dreds of yards were lined with loaded
wagons and the cry was .'still they come
| Promptly at = O'Clock he sale began Resi-
dent buyers and visiting buyers made il
lively and their spirited biddlug kept tn,
tongue of the auctIonecr chatteriug like 4
July fly in August. A. they Sold the hand.
rcmo.ed and as one sale was Over another
commenced and even at that rate II wpuld
take two days to sell what tobacco ha-
already arrived. The town Is ovcrjoycI
at the great success attending its first sale
The visiting buyers are astonl~hcd TO find
so much interest manifested ia the tobac
co industry III this part If the mex to
bacco belt. The farmers are satisfied HIth
the prices obtained and every man here T.
having jolly good time. Mr. " |. Muir
Gibson, a prominent attorney. who J.,
always to be found in the lead in that
ever tends TO build up his town or benefit
his section, has almost forgotten that II,
i- lawsc and il doing everything IN hi,
power To Boon the Backer 10 -ucl
a crowd Of people has been ia Jone-
boro but &c before and that VA. in : :,
when Vance and Settle met ncr,. in iolu
debate. What IA difference. n then an,
now, Then the people came to listen L
the discussion Of political que>fio, s. Sow
they come TO hear the more profitable aut
less dclnagoyIcal spe-ch of the auc' yfIet
whose mission Is 10 til the proI,l,'- npck
cts with solid dollars instead Of fI.i.u:
| their minds with political topics.
Jonesboros tobacco market j. ~ once
established even before the tiI-t sale i
over. \ cnnplny has been formed an,
another warehouse will be built ut once
Factories must follow" say several .
her wealthy citizens. and the, in,,an y H..
) they say. Mr.. T. ~ 10 es Of the CAPITA
Warehouse, Raleigh. and Mr. Hunt, Col
: P. r. Faison's buyer, Were among IN
largest purchasers on .he sales here to day
JonesbOro Is "A pleasant little town. he
schools and churches are surpassed by u
town Of its size and her people are iudu-
trious and clever.
. CHR . NIcIE
t Young men or middle-aged ones. su.
l ferinp from nervous debility and Kind rn