The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-07-03
OXFORD, n. {.
The Queen City Of the Golden
Belt"
One Of the Future Great Commercial and
Manufacturing Cities Of North
Carolina,
Wonderful Success of the Land,
Improvement and Manu-
featuring Company.
A Live, Public Spirited and Enter
prising People and What they
are Doing.


have seen the land. and behold it is
very good a place where there Is no
want of anything that is in the earth"
This can almost be said of Oxford and
the country round about. Certain 1t Is
that there no want of anything essen
tial to happiness and prosperity. even
though it does not boast of everything !
s.that is in the EARTH
We spent a good part of the day very
pleasantly there last Friday. 1t is al
ways pleasure to be among our
friends lover the way" although our
business and opportunities are such
that we do not find oursclf within the
hospitable gates Of that delightful and
truly prog ressive little city as often as
our social inclinations would dictate.
We found everybody in good spirits.
the warehouses having fair sales for
the time of year, the merchants doing
a satisfactory trade everything consid-
cred, new buildings going up in every
direction, and new enterprises and in
dustries being inaugurated.
Everybody was enthusiastic and
spoke encouraeinglv of the future of
the town. The outlook is bright and
promising and they are driving right
Of
did not meet single man with the
blues or one who spoke gloomily or
doubtfully of Oxford's future. If there
is Il crOaker in the town we did not run
across him. We were told that such
unknown quantities did not exist there.
The atmosphere does not seem to be
congenial to them. There is too much
activity, too much enterprise. too much
public spirit for them to grow and
flourish. 1t is a community of wide
wake, energetic, pushing business men
and the individual who does not get in
and at least drift with the current of
popular opinion and popular action,
is iostled aside and left lying on the
shores of stagnatiOn to die of dry rot
But we do not believe there are any
people of this cleass in Oxford. All
seem to be in the same boat together,
their interests mutual, working to-
yether as one man for the upbuilding of
the town and community, knowing
that the prosperity of these means
their own individual welfare. 1t is an
inspiration, positively refreshing, to be
with such people and observe their
manner and methods. Every man
takes great interest in the develop
ment and growth of the town, and in
dividually and collectively they are la
boring in that direction. The chief
spirit that animates the OXonian is to
make his town grow and grow until it
shall become the leading commercial
and manufacturing centre of the State
The spirit of progress is abroad and
the deeds of new industry gather
around to promote the city's welfare.
Enterprise evolutioned by enterprise is
constantly springing up. each one add
ing to the wealth, the prosperity and
advancement of the people and the
community. That is the condition of
things as we found it existing in Ok
ford. Already the town appears to be
riding on the crest of the tidal wave of
success and the season of their prosper
ity has hardly set in yet.
The success of the Land. Improve
ment and Manufacturing Company is
unprecedented. Already upwards of
SIC, 900 worth of stock has been sold
and every mail brings orders for more.
While in the Office of the very energetic
and intelligent Secretary, Mr.. w. c.
Reed, we had the privilege of satisfy
ing ourself by a personal examination
on this point. There were certificates
of stock issued to parties in Ohio, Phil
adelphia, Boston, Washington. Balti-
more, Richmond. Norfolk, all over
North Carolina and as far South as
Florida. Two agents sold $500
worth of stock in three days in Green
vile, Pitt county. One mail recently
brought $4,000 i'll money from Will
mington and Fayetteville, representing
stock sold there i'll a very short while,
and this was supplemented few days
later by s2.7OO worth sold in the same
vicinity. We merely mention these
facts to show what success the Land.
Improvement and Manufacturing Com
pany is meeting with. 1t is a good
thin" and the people know it when
they enquire into it.
Already they are taking steps look
in" toward the location of manufacto-
rie> on their property. Contracts have
been closed for a large knitting mill
and the first brick will be laid on the
building this week. Negotiations are
now pending for number Of other i'm
portant enterprises and more will fol-
low. When we were there Friday
| they were Just on the eve of closing
contracts by which manufacturing es-
adjustments that would give employ
ment to three hundred operatives
would be secured for the town. This
shows what the Land, Improvement
and Manufacturing Company is doing
for Oxford.
The company is well differed and its
affairs are intelligently conducted. As
will be seen by the large advertisement
which appears on the fourth page of
the GOLD LEAF this week the officers