The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-10-06
A PLuCkY WOMAN.
How by Energy AID Industry She Has
Built Up Large Eos'ness.


Built Up Large Bos'nr>s.
Down on Charities street there is a
tiourishing factory. running an engine
of eighteen horsepower and employ
ing thirty-iive men, women and boys,
that has been established, BUILT up. and
is now under the solo direction and
supervision of clever, plucky woman.
Ten years ago this lady's husband died.
leaving her utterly unprovided for.
with large family of children to sup.
port. In just such desperate circum-
stances has many a mother had to face
the world, but there are few, unfort-
unately, who have the energetic deter.
mination Of this little widow.
Her husband had been box-makeE
employing number of Northern
hands, from whom his wife had learned
every department. of the trade. little
guessing when she sat up at night to
help the girls out in the work given
them by the piece that this same knowl-
edge would one day stand her in such
good stead. But so it was, for after
failure in business and long Illness
the husband died, leaving debt instead
of money to his family.
| Something had to be done, she says,
and that done quickly, for there was
not money enough ahead to pay even
the eight dollars rent for the attic in
which they lived. A brave heart and
high courage, that refused to be
daunted, helped her to decide on turn
ing her knowledge of box-making to
practical account, and way upstairs.
in the flatroofed, crowded garnet, she
began her work, making herself every
variety of paper box the market de-
mands.
She went around to the wholesale
confectioners, druggists, shoe shops.
milliners, every business house that
used large quantities of these packing
cases soliciting patronage and meeting
with marked success, being another
grateful woman to testify tO the uni
versal courtesy, kindness and good
will New Orleans people show to the
working classes. So many orders did
she receive that in few months she
was enabled to double the space occu.
pied and descend one story. Another
year went By, and the trade having
grown to large and flourishing pro.
portions, warranting another increase,
the third story was added, and this
factory was no longer an experiment
but an establishment of reputation.
| Tho c,oOocef,r1 n, a n q nor froualad fn,
her house, getting orders from al
parts of Louisiana, and going or
drumming tours through Texas tina
always resulted in large increase
of patrons. A fact of which she
seemed most proud was that when sh,
once secured customers they were her
always. Two large houses she men
toned here in the city, that had frs
given her work, had never wavered
she made hundreds of boxes for then
to-day. fa.
Three years passed, and at last tn
cautious head saw her business guar
anteed. adding the fourth and groun'
floor to the three others, now to-
,, crowded. Then the exposition came
,, with its countless engines for all man
ner of work, and one was found tina
would very nearly double the capacit
of her factory. She bought it, had
placed, and then felt the battle ha
been fought, good fight won; fol
thanks to her own untaltering courag
and the help of kind friends, she wa
mistress of an establishment of whic
many men would be proud. To-da
, there is no box, from the small dark
4 blue sample box that fastens with a
l elastic to the large dry-goods packing
case, that can not be made by he
workmen. Every variety is to be see
heaped and stacked on all sides. Hun
dreds Of yellow patent-medicine covers
tall pyramids of round and square mi
&. liners boxes, fancy cases for candy
, and big green drawers that hold ne
, tons OH shop shelf, all can be mad
a by her employees, most of them havin
j grown up in the business. N. o. Times
r Democrat.