The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-23
WINSTON-SALEM THE SU-
PERI.
The Pride of the Piedmont,

The Pride OF the PIEDMONT.
recent visit to the prosperous and
progressive Twin-Cities convinced US more
than ever OF the solid character and rep
recuperative powers OF the place and peo-
pie. They have suffered grievously by
series OF disastrous fires but with the
exception of the burning of the magnif-
cent and costly Hotel Zinzendorf these
Will not prove community loss. Al
ready contracts have been let for the re-
building OF the burned districts in the
business part OF town and better class
OF houses will go up in place of the old
ones. Large forces OF hands are busy at
work excavating and clearing away the
rubbish that but for the weather would
ere this have witnessed the rise and prog
ress of solid walls, stately columns and
handsome pressed brick and iron fronts
where fire did its destructive work but
few short months ago. But it will be
but a short time before q complete trans
formation has been worked and tn e
town will be none the worse Off for what
1T has suffered through a series OF un-
fortunate and accidental cOntiagratlons.
Such people cannot be disheartened or
long impeded in their onward and up
ward march. They are by odds too public
spirited, too progressive and too full OF
local pride and confidence in the present
prosperity and future greatness of their
town to sit them down in ashes amid the
ruins that have been wrought and give
way to vain regrets and repinings. That
is not the kind OF people the citizens of
Winston-Salem are and those who mag
Inc so do not know their temperament
and mistake their metal. They will
IF
and the town will be benefited instead
of injured in the end. A prettier and
more attractive class of buildings will
mark the places now vacant and the
town will be stronger aud more city like
than ever. 1t has a solid and permanent
foundation upon which to build and
none know this so we'll as her own cit
izens-the business and mOneyed men of
the place.
With such citizenship as is to be
found in the Alspaughs, Aliens, Browns,
Buxtons, Bittings, Blairs, Bahnsons, Belos
Frleses, Fogles, Grays, Glenns, Gorrells,
Hinshaws, Haneses, Jacobses, Lemleys,
MOntagues, Reynoldses, Smiths, Tises,
WatsOns, Wilson's, and hundreds of 9th
ers whose names we do not now recall, it
could not be otherwise.
We noticed many gratifying evidences
OF Improvement since we were there be-
forecast August "a year ago-chief
among which was the new city building
costing $50, 900, q number of handsome
and creditable business blocks, many new
tobacco factories, a number OF private
residences of class and extent that
space is not at our command to COM
ment upon here. The development of
the western end of the town was particu-
larry noticeable. Many handsome and
costly dwellings, have been built in this
section, the streets nicely graded and
paved, the waterwOrks, sewerage system
and electric fire alarms extended and al
together Winston is not only a city OF eX-
tensive but really" magnificent proper
tiOns,' well filled in and solidly built up.
We have always regarded it in many re-
spects as one OF the best towns in North
Carolina, with a good back country, rich
and fertile, to draw upon, and the effect
of our last visit but strengthened this
opinion.
We had the pleasure of meeting many
friends and were especially glad to find
our former townslnen Messrs. w. S.
Clary, w. II. Hardgrove, A. w. Schaum,
w. j. Jones and H. c. Linthicum SO well
situated and all doing well. Mr.. A. B.
Daingerfield was out of town and we did
not see him. W. S. Clary & Co. Ca strong
firm composed OF Messrs. Cary and Hard
grove and Mr.. Hawkins, IL competent
factory manager from Danville) had just
commenced work in their plug tobacco
factory and were busy getting in the
necessary machinery when we called.
Friend Schaum took us through the two
extensive leaf factories of the American
Tobacco Company, for whom he is work
ing, and showed us other attentions.
We made a call at the Republican Office
and had a pleasant chat with Capt. j.
W. Goslen, the genial and agreeable edi-
tor, and found him busy as the average
North Carolina newspaper man usually is
Editor Burbank, of the Daily Sentinel, was
out OF town On the proper and pleasant
mission OF being married-as we have
since learned from thepapers. However,
we found his clever assistant Robert W.
Knight in charge, and spent a short
while very pleasantly with him. Also
met Mr.. Carmichael, the live and ener-
getic local editor, the morning we left.
Brother Hartman, of the Southern Tobacco
journal, had just moved into new quar-
ters, along with Mr.. Lanier, the success
ful job printer, who does his printing,
and both were busy getting things in
proper Oruef. Iney are DONG well ap-
parently and each deserves all he gets in
his individual field OF labor.
Mine host Geo. r. Quincy, of the Hotel
Quincy, still looks after the comfort and
pleasure of the travelling public and no
man knows better how to care for his
guests. With his capable and courteous
observation-disclosures Rowland Harris and
Hunter Parkinson, Col. Quincy makes his
motel a home in every sense of the word
for those who stop with him.
S. & C. Watkins are showing more and
finer Dress Goods than ever before eX-
hbited in this city.
The latest and newest de-
signs in gents furnishing
goods. bats. &C. at S. & C..