The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-05-20
SOME OF THE MEN
WHO LEAD THEIR FELLOWS IN
THE DIFFERENT LINES
OF TRADE.

Caught the Eye of We Chronicle Man
while in the Queen City.
CHRONICLE BUREAU, BUFORD HOTEL.
CHARLOTTE, n. c., May 10, 1891. , |
Charlotte is queenly city.
Her people were reared in the cradle of
liberty, fed with the spoon Of hospitality
and educated in the schools Of industry
and thrift,
At the close Of this series Of letters
for the CHRONICLE man must return to
Raleigh to the new and new5y eight
pager it would not become me TO leave
uasald these few things which should be
S&t9, fol nowhere ii tais broad domain
has q person been treated with more con-
sideration as to bis pleasant surround
ings
If therefore, the scholarly reader who
has been pecking at my figures Of speech
and dissecting my paragraphs to fad
material for "a lesson of corrections"
for his model class in Rhetoric, will
pardon Q general ramhle, the writer will
| proceed.
Genuine Eye-Openers.
Here il Charlarl0tte are what [ see
fl to term genuine ''eye-openers" Aud
| they are no other than institutions and
industries that startle the average North
Carolinian when he sees them for the
first time How few people in North
Carolina know that Charlotte has more
banking capital than any two other
cities il the "Old North State; how few
understand that she Las au annual trade
Of over fifteen million dollars How
few know that the largest wholesale cry
goods house in the State is here, that
the most extensive stock Of furniture in
E. NJ. Andrews store is three times the
stock Of any other furniture establish
ment in the State; that Charlotte is the
greatest cotton milling point south oi
Baltimore and north of Augusta; thai
she contains some Of the very best ciJi
zans Of the State.
Her Great Wholesale House.
No dry goods merchant comes to Char
: | lotte but walks around to the establish
) ment Of s. Wittkow8ky on Trade street
:, | had not dreamed that North Carolini
possessed such establishments and We
there it was before me as | walked int
this large building on Monday last
There was in that building $4,000
! worth Of dry goods, notions, boots, shoes
! &C., and oy closely inquiring | learne,
: that eight drummers are kept busy O
: the road tie year round selling t
i the Southern trade, and that a buyer
( kept ou the Baltimore and one on til
New York markets all the time purcha,
& ing shoes for this establishment, Of thI
! last article alone Mr. Wlttkowsky sol
y something Ike $3.50, 600 worth la
= year
y MIR Wittkowsky has been III basine
y here for some thirty years and has q
: ways shown himself pubic-spirited, lii
= eral and enterpri9lng. Since he bega
= the wholesale mercantile business tw3nt
years ago ho has done great work al
has built up "a establishment in ever
way worthy Of the high place it hol(
among the mercantile houses Of Il
Il South.
= a Groupe OF &c. Men.
s. Business men like Messrs L. D I.att
le Eli Springs, T. b Mcdowell, J. L Char
be bers, Il A Band aud O. 2. Heath 9
Sc worth more to this community than
"a the wealthy old satisfied gray heads
e thiscity. " hat they have not done to pla
he Charlotte ahead is not known. Tht
lie great 4 CS has created o stir IN Nor
Carolina development that viii ever
remembered.
e Mr.. Latta, the President Of this co
pany and one Of the foEemosE busin,
men in North Carolina, is now lying
a sick bed, though his mind cannot
OF alienated from the never ceasiGg str;
hu HI r
,,r Of his important position. TomOrrC
-he the day toward which his every Ell
n has been directed, the day Of all to
'ch ambitious scheme Of development, '
10 dawn upon him and his enthusiasm \
in call for his presence at the sale Of
hat worth Lots. Though he cannot be n
ent he will be seen in everything t
comes upon the programme. Unpret
ege tions yet solid, quiet yet exceedin
:. courteous, very liberal yet successful
,na business. Mr. Latta will always hol
!. - place in the heart Of every man who
FL a warm spot for Charlotte.
~ Messrs. Mcdowell, Springs, and the OF
IN. members Of this company are pr
much Of that same cunning business
ga gacity, broad hospitality and public 5
,o1 it that is characteristic Of their Fl
a. ident and are equally enterprsDg;
Of whom any community could
IN proud.
The Buford Hotel
1t has been my good fortune y
stopping il Charlotte to dwell 1t
most excellent house. Il has come
der ny notice, and | am happy TO So
cen, that Mr.. Kittelle spares neither pains
Id expense TO make his the most dellgi
- place Of entertainment in this part O
~, state Coming as he did from b
lack House Of reputation, and possessln
III u the latest information as TO the nee
"A IN the travelling man, be has made tht
,,7,+ ford home for al who stop With
ooaa And IN his table he takes q special
tho,. having nothing thereon but the Yer.
? ~. the marke. affords. il is doliG
and fortunate day for the man
travels this way for q square meal.
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