The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-12-25
THEN AND NOW.
First issue sentinel, May ls. 1858.

First issue Sentinel, May Is, 1853.
The SENTINEL. is published in
one of the neatest and wcalthicst
villages in our State. We think
the country, including and approx
mating the mountains of Western
Carolina, is one of the loveliest and
most healthful regions in the South,
and we think it will soon become
one of the most important sections
of the State, if indeed it does net
merit that distinction in many par
ticulars at this time.
We can boast of no merits de-
rived from antiquity, as our village
has grown up within the last few
years only; but the enterprise and
spirit of our citizens have concen-
trated here a large amount of bust
ness, and, we are happy to say, im-
provement is manifest in all de-
partmcnts to a fiattering extent. We
have two churches Methodist Epis-
copal and Methodist PROTESTANT one
large hotel, six mercantile houses,
besides clothing stores and various
mechanical establishments. The
court house, which is the fine: I
building of the kind in the State, is
situated just the distance of pleas
ant walk from the town of Salem,
and less than a mile from the Fee
male School, while the village has
in reality extended to connection
with that place, as we'll as to the
village of Liberty On the northeast.
So there is one continuous line of
towns, in length, in one unbroken
settlement, for a considerable dis
lance on the main thoroughfarc. We
suppose that the street running
through Salem and east Of the court
house is two miles. in length"
These were words Of prophecy. II
is interesting now to refer to what
Winston was in the early beginning
as it is gratifying to point to What
she has achieved. The Piedmont re-
gion has long since dIstanccd all
other portions of the State in the
progress and development that looks
to prosperity, and the superiority OF
our climate, throughout all seasons
of the year, has long been reeog-
nized fur and wide.
That spirit of enterprise which
seems to have characterized th(
founding of the place has Away:
been present as distinguishing fea-
ture Of the town, and from a vii.
lage, thirty five years ago, has grown
a we'll built city, populated by PEG
PIE drawn together frcm the vari
Gus quarters of this and adjoining
States. Thrifi::nas increased and en-
terprises have multiplied, bu>ines.
has kept pace with the advancing
step of industries, and the spirit O.
improvement in the locality la:
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diffused itself over the entire sur.
rounding regi-n of country. The
advance in agriculture is most mark
ed throughout this whole section d
North Carolina. The cultivation Of
tobacco has been brought TO The
highest state of perft ctioD, and tht
rewards of the husl,andman are The
most abundant. The grains and
grasses are produced successfully
and proftably, and stockraising is
pursued nowhere else in the State tc
greater advantage. The resources
of our mines and forests are prae.i-
cally limitIess.
The population of Northwestern
North Carolina has increased at q
rapid rate, and with the growth OF
population has come proportion
ate degree of prosperity, social i'm
proyement, and added home com
forts. We are, throughout this
whole region Of country, in the full
tide of prosperity, and the prophecy
Of THE SENTINEL, thirty five years
ago, that this "will soon become
the most important section Of the
State" is happily fulfilled.