The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-04-22
WINSTON--S
NORTHW ESTERN NORTH ARoII-
NA'S ENTERPRISING GTWI>-CITN.
4 Short Review of Her Factories. Ru.i-
ness Enterprises, schools aud Other
Interests

Short Review of Her Factories. Busi-
ne>> Enterprises. Schools aud Other
Interests.
stan Cor STATE CHRONICLE
winston. y {, April l. Sam Jones
said IL on of hi> recent sermons ia CHI
cage that mau could chew tobacco and
b. a christian but he would bc 4 mighty
nasty one Many ladies Will agree with
the Eev. samuel, but il he Is correct then
+ WINSTON greatness is the result OF very
systematic and extensive trading with
sinners and nasty christians.
!, myself, am not quite prepared 10 al
mt the correctness of the evangelist :
quaint saying In less civilized and II
! less favored countries than our own people
are known 10 worship their idols while
they chew and smoke the biting roots and
/ leaves, Of native Wild weeds, that are not
/ only less pleasing TO the taste, but more
/ hurtful 10 the physical man. and while
/ American missionaries 90 over 10 break
I down the ldolatry of these people others
20 TO show them what harmless stimu-
liant, and what solace and comfort there
\ Is III the temperate use of the golden
I weed that has It's home III our sunny land.
! rich Philadelphia lady recently died
4 leaving her fortune for founding a home
! for broken down preachers who never used
/ tobacco, whereupOn a we'll Informed Jour
| nal remarks: The small room in which
I the lady died will probably be sufficient to
! accommodate all who can consistently ap
| ply" So it would seem that many of the
evangelst's brethren are guilty of what he
| terms very bad habit.
Much has been said and written about
the Twin CITY and all who read have noted
how old but yet how active is Salem, the
| old Moravian settlement, ana how young
but yet how Sprlghtly is her sister city Win
| ston One situated on one side of a street
! and the other on the other side, each build
| ing and growing. Salem, established more
than a hundred years ago, has steadily
maintained that high order of unaSsum-
! ing and true religion that character
lied its early life and still makes it
one of the most pleasant places to live
IN ana to die IN that can be found III any
| land or country. The old Moravian church
that was established and richly endowed II
| hundred years ago, sheds its light and
1 WleldS its benign influence over the en-
tire community Numbering among its
| COMMITMENTS a majority OF the active
| citizenship OF the town, its influence goes
! out to lead the people into paths of virtue
and morality; to educate the children to il
| high standard of moral and int ellectual
| culture; to care for the INDECENT; to bury
! the dead; to revere the memory Of the die
| parted; to visit their sacred tOmbS and to
| water and watch the flowers and grasses
that grow i'll the beautiful church yard -
the solemn but beautiful Moravian bury
ing ground, where every day friend meets
friend to pay tribute TO the memory of
those who have gone before. Here Gus
tom forblds the erection of costly monu-
ments, but on the head of each grassy
| IoiI rl,l loI, hoa ba
| name of the deceased the date of birth
and death. Custom also forbids family
vaults or private plots, but here all are
equal. In one square are buried the mar
| rled ladies, in another the married men;
| in still another square the maiden ladies,
while together rest the remains of the I'M
married men. Two other squares are set
apart, one for the boys the other for the
| girls. Over each mound is marble slab
| and to each is the same attention given.
Salem has diversified business interests.
1t has few stores but enough for the con
venience of its citizens and for all those
who come here to trade 1t has number
of important manufacturing enterprises,
and from these it lives and grows, becOm-
ing every year more wealthy and more inn
portant as a manufacturing town. 1t is
closely built and its hundreds of homes
present a comfortable and a cheerful APP
pearance. The people are quiet and law
abiding No liquors are sold within Its
limits and drunkenness and diSOrderly con
duct are almost unknown.
The most important of Salem'S manu-
featuring concerns is the WOODEN mills
| cotton mills and Touring mills, operated by
| the MeSsrS. Fries. Established many years
ago. the Salem Woolen Mills have built
fortunes for their enterprlslng prOprletOrs
and made famous the town of Salem. \
hundred hands are here working around
carding machines, spindles and loom.
making cassimeres that because of their eX
cellence, are worn and appreciated by mel
all owe" the country.
The Arista Cotton Mills, owned by the
Messrs Fries, were built IN 1880. They
occupy large four story brick building il
, which another hundred girls and boys ar,
; adjusting shuttles and spindles, making
sheetingS and plaidS that even find thei
way across the waters and win favor among
, consumers in other countries These MILL
are just completing an order for a quartz
of million yards of sheetng to go to Italy
Near the cotton mills is the Wachovii
! FIGURING Mills, fully equipped and provi
ded with both the patent roller process
and running stones for grinding fine mea
and flour that finds buyers in all the mar
mills are under the personal supervision
of Mr.. Henry E. Fries, who, so many Nortl
Carolinians will remember was the cOur
teous, gentlemanly and efficient Secretar
of our State Exposition in 1894
The Salem Iron Works, of which Mr..
A. Hege is the proprietor, is here to sho'
what energy and pluck can accomplish
Mr.. Hege commenced at the bottom an
has kept climbing until he has reached tn
top. In large brick building, covering owe
nearly half block, he has added machin
:, after machine and device after device, III
til he has one of the most complete estat
lishments to be found in the South. II
has constructed his own planning mi
chnes his own drills and other machin,
cry, and with them he now makes plaI
:. ing machines, drills and all kinds of irO
t. work for other people. The Hege Saw NJ
made at these works sits high up il Ii
d synagogue of saw mills and don't propo,
i to surrender the field to any mill made.
Il Mr. J. n Vance Is another enterprisiu
" iron worker and is making saw mills an
5, other machinery that Is gaining an env
al able reputation,
/, Among Salem enterprising young ma
y ufacturers are Messrs Fogle Bros, bull
IS ers, contractors and proprietors OF Fog
a, Bros planning mills. Their establishmel
l.. Il. 4.