The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-04-26

| ana as DOUh i've together IN unUy,
they should be considered as one.
The Twin-City has been accepted as
the proper cognomen, although each
place still retains it's postoffice and
separate municipal government. The
old town holds its former population
of about $500 inhabitants, and the
combined population of the two
cities is fairly estimated at IL 900.
| THE TWIN-CITY.
Excepting in locating specific bus
mess or street in all our tsritings,
when we say this city or this place,
we mean both Winston and Salem,
as they are practically one, and in
| separable in all their movements of
| progression, social position, &c.
| There are immediate prospects of
| two new railroads, the exact develop
ments of which we shall give before
closing these pages. These, with con-
| tlnued progress in manufactures,
| etc, give to this place en- exceedingly
bright outlook, and it is no stretch
OF imagination to suppose that we
shall have a population of 25,OOO
within less than ten years from the
present date. Taxes are low, real
estate has not reached a speculative
boom and the large amount already
invested in factories and machinery
will ever be a prevention from a re-
trograde movement. With the best
graded schools in the state, and the
Oldest and best Female Seminary in
the South, together with several pri-
vate schools and excellent religious
advantages, the high social and NOR
oil c+o ~ +Lo HN,,,;,, iii II
ways be a laurel in it's crown of pro-
gress. The business men here are
wide awake and pushing. While
ready to welcome Northern capital
and immigration, they are not Mi
cawber-hke, waiting for something
to turn up, but are progressive. But
few cities Of this size can boast of as
many men who are rated in the hun
dreds of thousands, and the number
of brick residences or costly frame
mansions clearly demonstrates that
we have large per centage of we'll
tO-dO citizens in this handsome and
healthful city.
Winston had about 400 inhab-
itants in 1872, but the n. w. n. C. r.
R., now part of the Richmond &
Danville system, reached here that
year, and the first tobacco warehouse
was opened by Maj. L. j. Brown
This caused new era in the develop
ments of this section. Although to-
bacco had been grown for a dozen
years with good success there was no
immediate outlet for the product and
but little manufacturing was done.
MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENTS.
In 1875, Winston had about 1 500
inhabitants and property valued at
$500, 900, with five tobacco factories
having an aggregate capital of less
than $4,000 In 1880 there were
eleven factories with an invested cap
ital of $417,5O0, and giving an an
nual product of $75O,OOO. The pres
ent status shows over thirty factories
and invested capital of $2,5OO,O00.
The annual product is above "a, ,OOO,-
600. This is a great tobacco market
and several hundreds ofwagons come
weekly, sometimes daily, from the
mountains and surrounding districts,
making the annual transactions in
leaf tobacco foot up to about $3,-
100000. Other manufactures here
do an annual business of about ST.
100000 and the wholesale and re-
tail transactions of the general
merchants foot up to nearly $2,-
100000 annually. In subsequent
pages we shall go somewhat into de-
tail in order to verify these figures
and give the names of those who are
prominent in manufacturing and
mercantile pursuits.
FORSYTH COUNTY.
This county was formerly included
In Rowan, and was formed from
Stokes county in 1S4S. 1t was nam
ed for Col. Benz. Forsyth, a soldier of
the Revolutionary War, who was
killed in Canadian skir1nish. 1t is
situated in the northwestern part
of the state, with the Yadkin river as
its western boundry. 1t is eminently
fitted for tobacco raising. The yield
on new lands ranges 500 to $50 Tbs,
and on old lands, with fertilizer, a
much larger crop is often realized.
The annual yield for Forsyth county
is now over, 4 100000 pounds. The
soil, climate and situation of this
county, are peculiarly adapted to the
growth of the vine, which yields in
the most luxurant manner, wherever
the least attention is paid to it. As
early as 1851 this record appears in
the archives of the church in Salem:
"Great abundance of wild grapes,
nineteen hogsheads of wine were made
in the three settlements. :" The Con-
cord, Clinton and kindred varieties
are the most popular, because they
grow with the least attention. Others
can be grown with ease. Sorghum
grows finely, and is manufactured in
to syrups of bright color, and
pleasant taste. Broom corn of long
staple and excellent quality, is raised
on many of the bottom lands.
This county is hilly and undulat-
ing, well watered and adapted to the
production of the most nutritious
grasses. The orchard grass, blue
grass, mountain grass and clover
make excellent pasture and timothy
makes good crops of hay, millet does
well, milo-maize and other forage
and food can, be produced to perfec-
tion SO that sheep and cattle can be
raised easily, wintered cheaply and
there isno reason why the production
of thoroughbred stock and dairy cat
tie is not eminently practicable With
abundance of milk cows, on these fine
grasses, could be produced first-class
butter, and cheese manufacturing is
not only feasible but the field is es-
pecially inviting to those skilled in
it's production Even the poorer
grade of lands in this section grows
grapes to perfection and is adapted
to peaches, apples, pears, plums,
cherries, gooseberries, eurrants and
small berries.