The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-04-26


all its details Their output is about |
one million pounds annually
L.W. Ashby d Sons.
Plug tobacco manufacturers, sell an
nually a half million pounds. They
work from 100 to $50 hands. The fac |
tory is one of the largest in the place |
and is run by steam. The gentlemen
composing this company are experienced |
in the business and enjoy large and
increasing trade.
The Globe Warehouse.
for the sale of leaf tobacco, is one of the
institutions of Mount Airy of which the
people may we'll be proud. 1t is situa-
ted on Main Street and IS owned by a
joint stock company, incorporated un-
| der the laws of North Carolina. 1t IS
now under the management of Joseph
". Ashby. 1t was completed Febru-
ary lst, 1887. The building is a two
story brick, 100 feet by 70 feet. To-
bacco at this warehouse has brought.as
high as S75 per hundred. $40 to 500
being the ordinary prices.
J. +. l.. ArmfieId.
OF the enterprising and business men,
MIR. j. F. L. Armfeld, cigar manufac-
turer, is one of the foremost. He is the
only importer of Havana tobacco in the
State. His sales amount to one million
cigars annually. He also manufactures
fine grades of chewing tobacco. The
large sales and quality of the goods
made attest that he fully understands
his business. His statesmen on the road
find no trouble in placing his goods
and he is building up a reputation as a
cigar manufacturer second to none in
the South.
The Mt. Airy Cigar Company.
Warner u Deaton, proprietors, manu-
facture Havana and domestic cigars
They rely on the fine quality of their
goods as the best and surest road to sue
cess. They are becoming widely known.
The town of Mt. Airy has prominence
on the market of being the best cigar
manufacturing town in the State.
w. e. Cox,
also a manufacturer Of cigars, is build
ing up large trade. He began the busi-
ness this year of making hand made Ha-
vana and domestic cigars. He is new
conner in the community, but intends to
win success By producing goods peculiar
ly his own. He has workmen Of wide ex-
perience, and his goods compare favor
ably with any we have seen On the mar
ket. All the cigar makers in Mt. Airy
use the finest stock that can be had
Her Schools
are numerous and we'll conducted
among the principal of which are the
Male High School, by Capt. Hamilton
Mcmillan, and school for girls ant
9 young ladies by Miss E. A. Gilmer, {
7 lady Of large experience and repute as
= teacher; and another by Miss S. Isabe
v Graves, a young lady of rare ability ant
;. accomplishment who, assisted by he
1 sister, Mrs. NJ. B. Hines, teaches tn
e usual English branches, music and mod
r ern languages with thoroughness ant
/ skill
d The Moral and Social
v conditions prevalent here are excellent
/ Mount Airy being a church going ant
e law-abiding people, the church ant
e school buildings are all large, vel
/ built and we'll attended.
e The amity and tolerance prevailin:
d among the various religious denomina
II tons, comprising Methodist, Baptist
e and Presbyterian, are rarely eaualled.
!, The population of the town has double
q in the last four years and is steadily in
5, creasing. The rapid development of tn
II town is making a large demand TO
7r money. and there are few localite
le where money can be lent at such ibers
S rates of interest with such complete 81
E. Guilty as here, eight per cent. per annul
Is being the lawful and customary rate.
S The climate, situation, natural advar
a. tages, and healthy and prosperous cond
10 ton make very desirable home for PEI
"a manent living, as we'll as very attractiy
ct and satisfactory resort to the healt
seeker, both summer and winter,
Flat Rock,
as one mile from Mt. Airy, is bare su
be face of thirty acres of the finest grant
70 for building purposes, a monolith ninet
of two feet in length, having been quarre
IS, there 1t splits like kindling titnbe
ag and can be quarried with so little e
its pense as to be almost as cheap bull
an ing material as brick
ed Mineral waters Of various kinds al
ng abound in the vicinity. The famous
he White Sulphur Springs
on resembling closely in analysis t
or "Greenbrier White" of Virginia, thr
or and half miles from the town and b
$50 little further from the base of the Bl
81 Ridge Mountains, are beautifully sit
~ ated, and contain curative properties
ng great efficiency, as its many patrons C;
oo testify. Mr.. Rufus Roberts, prophet
and owner of these springs will, Il
9nt season, have better accommodate
ns than ever before. The springs will
ng run in connection with Hotel Roberts,
md large one -hundred-room brick buildi
na, in Mt. Airy. Guests stopping at eitf
.nd will have the advantages of both, a
ION will be conveyed from one to the otl
tln free.
,Wo Accommodations.
Isl One Of the great drawbacks to
As Airy has been the lack Of proper be
accommodations. This has been grea
% improved since last season. The Ho
on Roberts, J. K. Reynolds, proprietor, '
lex onan limo 1st-the new one hundr
par room hotel, which will accommod
F., from three to four hundred guests;
an Mount Airy hotel, J. F. & W. A. Moo
loW proprietors. large and comforta
ned brick building, located in the busin
are part of town, and well known for SC
years, is now open for the season.
Central hotel, 7. B. McCargo, is la
Uses three story frame building, located
n of Main ctroat an oil -tha-vpar hOuSn