The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-09-23
PLUCKY BURLINGTON
The Little City On a Permanent Up
Grade.
Two Progressive Papers Fight for Hel
Interests.
BUYS A COFFIN AND A TOMBSTONE
Many Fine Residences-FOur Cotton Fac
tories-TwO Coffin Factories and
Many Business Houses.

Many Business Houses.
Did you ever go to Burlington? Well,
| you should 60 there some time, if you
haven't, and you will see one thing GER
tain that is a town which is growing
and which is not ashamed to show itself.
The city is now about three tines as
large as it was two years ago, and over
1000 people call at their home.
| One is particularly struck with the
many fine residences which are seen on
every hand. The Old Man who went to
look at the place was unable to secure
the names of all who are building, but it
is enough to say that hundreds of thou
sands of dollars are going into homes.
When people build homes in a town, and
fine ones at that, it is pretty safe gen.
eral proposition that they propose to live
at that place.
! Captain Ireland, of the Farmers ware
house, hooked up his fiery steed and
took US around the city from one end to
the other, and we saw the whole business.
There are already four large cotton mills,
employing hundreds of hands, and still
another is in course of construction
AS tobacco market Burlington has
not been ''in it, long, but when she got
in it about year ago she made things
hum, and expects this year to make them
hum still more
There are two warehouses there-the
Farmers and the Banner. 1t seems that
all tobacco towns haye Banner ware
house, but then that does not necessarily
imply that some of the others are banner
warehouses, too.
The Farmers, conducted by Johnson &
Ireland, has made good hit with the
farmers and is favorite. 1t sold in one
year a million and half pounds of to-
bacco. AS this was it's first year, you
may tell your people that that is doing
very we'll. The Old Man, who talked
with Captain Ireland, did not get chance
to see Colonel Johnson, but if lie is as
royal fellow as Ireland, then we can
safely predict that there will be more to-
bacco sold there this year than there was
last. The other warehouse does not want
to advertise in any Of our albums Of song
perhaps are ashamed of what they are
trying to do. We do not blame 'em if
they want no publicity. 1t may be said
here in reference to the Farmers ware
house that it is amply large to take care
of all tobacco that goes to Burlington.
l. l. 1to1D, f<Nf h &c
hour has allowed no flies to roost on the
cashiers table. 1t is the Morehead Bank
ing company and has 6 capital stock of
$2OO,OGO W. II. Willard is president,
Walter l. Holt, vice-president, and Col.
A. Tate is cashier. AS matter of good
faith we borrowed dollar from him and
, shall not return it until we get ready.
This bank was started in May, 1890, and
is enjoying a healthy business. 1t has
done more than was expected in the way
of business, and the old affair keeps on
increasing. If something does not hap
, pen in the way of Gabriel footing his
horn it will be still bigger by next year
>, The Burlington coffin company makes
r about two hundred cOffins a day-and
n then it carries the largest stock south in
the way of findings and trimmings The
establishment is three stories high and
> chock full of everything in that line
The stock is complete. J. l.. Erwin is
the secretary and treasurer, but as he
expects to have contract with COlone
Cupid within few weeks he will moi
y talk much about business-but he doe:
, business. They tell us that down there
= some where in the green walled hills o.
q Maryland he has his eye-and one of the
h pretty lassies of that state will become 4;
/, resident of Burlington. We throw Oul
}. old boot at him in advance and wish hin
lots of joy-and he will have it
Two newspapers tell the tales of th'
. town; write the news and bring tb,
glad or sad tidings of the day. Colone
Hunt is the urbane and beautiful Gus
who conducts The News, the oldest pa
II per of the place, and he has a busines
= which has made him money. He doe
&c the writing and Colonel "Frenchy" doe
the rest 1t was our pleasure 10 TAX
. supper, We never call it tea, with COlOne
. Hunt, and at his pleasant home passe'
u an hour in genuine enjoyment. Tn
Herald is the other paper, a more recen
enterprise, and Colonel Tate is the chic
d engineer, but he writes no poetry for hi
y paper. He hires man to do that.
= Col J. W. Gates sells lumber and cOf
Le fms. He offered US one of his woOdel
overcoats, but we told him that as W,
: lived in Durham we did not care 10 die
q and of course had no use for the bust
ness Colonel Gates is secretary anC
= treasurer of land company at Burling
r ton which one of these days will star
things in motion. He has no wheels il
= his head, and will get there. Stafford
an III