The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-05-27
THOMASVILLE.
\ BEAUTIFUL VILLAGEI IN THE
PIEDMONT SECTION OF
NORTH CAROLINA.


Its Location, Business Houses, Manu-.
featuring Enterprises. and the On.
portunities She Can Offer TO any one
Seeking IL Pleasant Home in Il Fine
section.
lS.aI Correspondence STATE CHRoNIcLEl
TuoNASylLLE, N. c., May 25.- Prior
to 1851 the land upon which Thomas
Vile is built was forest. There was
not a single house here and the whistle
of the locomotive had never been heard
to make the woods echo with that sound
which always conveys to our mind the
wonderful ingenuity of the human mind.
In 1855 the N. 9. Railroad, built by the
State, and now controlled by the K. Il
d. Syndicate, was finished to this place.
With the coming of the road station
was established here and named Thomas
vile in honor of Mr. John w. Thomas
who owned pretty much all of the
land lying i'll the immediate vicinity
and who gave beautiful plot of ground
running along both sides of the railroad
(Which runs right through the centre of
the town just about equally dividing it,
throwing one half to the south and one
half to the north. II matters not how
far you travel or through what county
You pass, the attractive appearance of
this plot of ground known as the town
commons covered with qlite variety
OF large shade trees such as hickory, su.
gar maple, several species of the oak,
elders and others) will impress the pas
senger with very favorable opinion of
ThomaSvile. This grove enten Is lis
tance Of about one mile. The citizens
OF Thomasyile taking advantage of this
attractive grove and the fine blilding
lots which lay high and dry on botn
sides of the railroad just beyond the
grove distance of about 200 feet from
the track, have erected handsome resi-
dences Of neat architectural designs.
Location.
TEomasville is built upon high ele-
walton, surrounded by fine rolling
country The main marketable crops
OF tie immediate section are tobacco.
corn, wheat, oats. lt is said to be the
banner wheat county in the Safe, and,
like most all of the Piedmont lands, il
produces the finest clover and asses
Of all kinds. For stock raising and
dairy farming there is no finer untry
TO be found anywhere. The town il
situated in the southeastern part o
Dlvidson county, twelve miles from
Lexington, the county seat; about TWEEN
~ two miles from Greensboro, seventy
one from Charlotte. The population
according to the last census, consists o
600 good, solid, enterprising citizens
aud, while they are as refined an ] intel
lectual people Us are To be met with il
aGy country, they also snow how 10 v ., K
aed the development of the town give
evidcUc, of the iacf that they are III |,
alive 70 the growth and prosperity 0
their little city. TLere Is one sp9cia
advantage about the soil of this plac
Ii does not make any difference hoy
hard it rains, beiag of a gray, sand
nature, with clay sub snil, the wate
either soaks in or finds It's way to tn
little rvulets h)wing around the sub
uIbs of the town
Ole citiz,n. who is an old resident O
the place, SAL 10 me: II will chaIleng
any section 10 pr ,auce better and pure
drinking Tatcg t',an we can Our well
will go 10 dcp,h of flom thirty t
forty five fJef, a the bottom Of whic
W sid almost iGTariably strike a sol
-rsuue ftaudl'i,n AMI for the hest an
paio.l cold tTeesJ me wafer, all We hay
TO do Is TO BIAS \ sort OF basin, an
we have got the most essential blessin
to good health. There is no snch thin
as q limestone well In the town. Their
are within the corporate limits an
round tie village, several springs, mos
all of which ate of chaly ybeate natur
Some OF them have been uualyzed, shov
ing that they contain such lngredleu
as are beneficial for many disease
There is one lady living here that hi
been completely cured OF dyspepsia
using the water of one Ot these springs
Tie elevation Of Thomasyile abo'
sea.level is 200 feet. 30 with sucl
high elevation, natural draneg9, pu
atmosphere, gooi water and good et
we must necessarily conclude that 1t
one Of the healthiest places in the Sat
The Business Houses
Of the town consist of IL general me
chaudise stores, one drug store "
hardware stores one dealer who handl
al kinds of agricultural implements
millinery store where the latest styles
hats and ladies head wear Oh all KIN
are furnished These stores are b)
frame aud brick buildings, and they cf
- a lIne of such goods as are to
found in any good town of 900 inha
tants
Manufacturing Enterprises.
The manufacturing enterprises cons
first, of blind, sash and door factol
This industry is owned by j. w. Gri
Mr. Gray has been engaged IN this bn
ness at Thomasville about % years.
mandatory also gets out all kinds
mouldngs, aud brackets; La fact
kinds Of finishing material for hol
building There Is saw mill and
kiln attached to the main building, 2
sasaet of 4L4,ID1r can be put in the
asT fFlk me. The factory 10 equipr
4 good ~ NICE esary machinery for carry
princip A rIsiness.
that has firm als) handles metal roof
-.-as cs,ir motive power, is one 40 horse p
<2IEr engine and two boilers, one
- horse power, and one 90 horse poV
This industry is situated about
Yards south OF the Railroad, and W
Il is doing good business L un(
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