The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1889-05-31

wilson Wo~ Id Have Filled GDId>mith's
Ideal OF 1.-The Lovetiest Village o. the
PI tin''---N ith Each Passing Year 1t
adds To Its LoveIiness.--Its Attrac.
tion> TO People Looking tor a Home
Are In>urpa>>ed---It Wants Fifteen
More Cotton Mills to Manufacture the
Product OF Wilson County Farmers---
lis History and Its Institutions.
Perhaps the most modest Of the Eastern
TOWNS : the beautiful town of Wilson (the
-al5ei town between Weldon and Goldsboro
On the w q W E. r J. the county seat of
Wilson county. There IS 40 more beauti-
tl or delightful place in the bounds of the
Commonwealth and no town with the
same population that transacts a larger
Fo.uue of business. 1t has not been ac
f-l,stocpa1 % blow its own horn or to sing
;osgstion in 1913, when it had q population
~ oui. fifty souls, contented itself with
ct tuli>hiug sufficient business to handle
, coo baies Of cotton a year, with beauti
fylH- It's streets and residences, and with
knowing that no better opportunities ex-
5sred anywhere in the East f5r profitable
business AID a delightful home. 1t has
.lts 81. eajpyed IN the forty years of its his
Tory = nat is known as a Boom. but every
year hae witnessed a substantial and graf
flying growth To be sure, certain years
.5ave been marked by more activity in
YutdiaE~but following lch activity there
has come no stand still o. going backward.
, That ee go forward ia the language Of
Ao~as. Ia. been the motto of the town
frll Il q dav the first whistle on the Vii
-uiagto4 4nd Weldon railroad startled the
birds ii th7 sEoods, where the town now
,tands 10 the present day n Wilson was
fortunate Il its early history to have as lis
leading spirits Industrious, prudent men
s-ho preferred to build on solid founda-
lions rather than TO become a mushroom
city IN day. To the wisdom OF these
men = 40 laid the foundations deep, broad
ard substantial is due much Of the credit
Tor the present size and business Of the
-own It also owes another debt to its
z.ise Democratic founders. They were a
thrifty, hardworhing, uupretentious set of
.nen They lived N comfort but practised
economy. preached 3emocracband lived
It. Ia their every day lives fhey looked
lpon Gna1 as man and cared little for the
artificial Distinctions. They built up no
distinctions other than the distinction that
1oI
% the first place. industrious men who
came from a distance and made this their
nome were received with cordiality and
made u feel at home The feeling of eX
cIusiyeaazs which first settlers usually
exhibit was unknown to them. This broad
and catholic spirit i;aS ever characterized
he town, and made it delightful home
60 all who appreciate this high and cor
rect standard The young men inherited
the freedom from pretense and vain show
from the older heads, and the freedom
from it is one OF the pleasant lndlvlduall-
ties Of the place. 1t had 80 souls when 1t
was Incorporated. Now it has upwards
of ,. 2.5OO-say q, sDGL OF that number at
least 900 have come from other counties
and states and helped TO make the town
They we're induced to come because OF the
good openings in business and because Of
the warm welcome they received But
the greatest debt that the Wilson Of TO day
owes to the Wilson Of the past Is this
That these early settlers believed that the
chief glory and corner stone of a town was
initsintellect and freedom from ignorance.
Even before the war the town was noted
as an educational centre. Its boarding
school population was almost as large as
its adult population. People came from
the surrounding counties and made this
their home because OF the superior educa-
tional advantages offered. Somewhere ID
the tifties beautiful school bulldlng-noW
the Wilson Collegiate Institute-was erect
ed and PROF. DAVID S. RICHARDSON,
scholarly gentleman from the North was
made President. He built up g schoo
famed far and near for hundred miles
His reputation as dlsclpllnarlan anc
thorough teacher yet fingers among the
older people. The influence of his lasting
work is still felt In 1859 another large
and commodious school building was erect
ed at Wilson 1t was called the Wilson
Female Seminary. REV CHAs. F. DEEMS
D. D., Ii D., left the responsible position
of Professor Of Literature at the Universe
" when it was in it's palmiest days, to ac
cept the Presidency Of this Seminary. He
also became President of the Wilson Male