The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-26

gap In Stony Mountain, through which the Elk
horn road passes. This abundance OF water makes
the insurance low and ront cheap in Graham
Just ut this time the towns riparian rights are
being contested by our twin sister on the hill
above us, but we trust the controversy will be
amiciably settled and that right soon.
This town contains about 1000 Inhabitants,
mostly white people and very small per cent OF
foreigners Graham is dry" town LIQUOR is
outlawed, and drunkenness is punished in the
chain gang Even hard CIDER Is banished and
card playing is disreputabc here. While she is
as young az wild Western towns, Graham Is as
sober, moral and discreet as a quaker village.
Profanity, the modern vice, is not allowed In
this town and even croquct has gone the way of
hard cider and cards.
Four good churches stand as witnesses of tho
piGty ana goodness or our people, and as many
able pastors preach to full houses on every Sab
bath day. The several denominations are Justly
proud OF their pastors. The Methodsts have their
summers, the Episcopalians their Savage, the
Prcsbl tcrians their Halves and the Afro mo.
dists their Gardner. The luthcrans well rep
resented and ably in. tructed by the fndomitnbie
Grcc'er: The Christian Baptists safely follow
the teachings of their crudite 5ooke.
An excellent college and four schools all well
man. an experienced educator from Ohio aud an
excellent faculty OF teachers have charge OF tho
Scott, splendid teachers sii, dispense birch and
''larnin' y in the public schools Of the town and
! Miss Ford keeps private school OF rare merit ut
| her home on Sergeant street near Hotel Ga ham
The Industries OF this plNcc are exceptionally
varied including among others the manufacture
OF iron. leo, Hour furniture machinery, mat
Hotel Graham, tho Central and Surface House e,
| with large number OF boarding houses not only
! take the stranger IN but makes him feel ut home
| in our borders. -
But Graham lie: peculiarly q residence town,
| owing to Its pure, social nd Christian atmos-
| phere, and Its accessibility from the wild mining
region to the north of Also II M IL Der OF all
road officials reside here. notably Supervisors
Chance and Anderson, Conductors Garnett and
| Whitworth, Engine, rs WOricy and Is Lley AgelIs
Sanders, Woodbridge. Pearson, Mort II, Hale, and
| Captain Burton IN >st OF whom own homes and
| are excellent citizens.
| This town enjoys exceptional postal, express
and passenger facilities, rs twelve mail trains
pass here daily. and our depot and telegraphic
| equipments are second to none. Our daily papers
reach us from east, west and north shortly after
noon each day. and hundreds OF coal trains,
| doa bic -hcaded and on double tracks. drag their
! enormous burdens by here night and day, with
ont ceasing. Stock and grain: from the west,
| goods and lumber from the north are borne by
| here daily, from beyond Louisville aud Columbus
to the eastern shore or southern markets.
at present u The CIV eEiy leadigSt en ied SS
that pioneer and power in journalism. Harry NJ
smythe, and II Is strange so astute n business
org IN does not catch on to the opportunity aud
| establish daily paper ere, rs such an enter
prise is badly necp,d and would certainly pay
| The writer has been In Graham only hftecn
months, and he has the most substantial
buildings and profitable Industries assume
local hnoitation aud n name" lie saw the
breath OF life brcathed int, the iron turn &c
whose prodn: aud capacity is a marvel to he
hold He saw the double track competed, whici
! links Bluefeld to the coal regions. lie saw IN,
m.gniicent passenger depot dedicated to tht
public. lie raw the Transparent ice Factor,
turn ont It's hrsI rrig Jewels lie saw tn,
Graham. Lumber Mill. rise out al the ashes
disastrous coniagra ion lie saw the corn
stones | i'd OF The huge Hockm u, Manufacturer,
Works, or the prosncrous Roller Mills, nI lh,
W'st Grahtm Woodworking establishment u
McWane Fo .ndry, OF three churches. IT tn
Town Hall, OF the handsome Bank OF Graham, -
III Banc block, and OF three score fine builius