The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-02-23
PICKED UP ON TEE ROAD,
What Farmers Say Of WinSt8n's TObac
CO Market.
WHAT MOUNT AIRY Is DOING.
Bad Streets but Good Hotels-North-
ern Sportsmen There-The Tobacco
Manufacturers Having Fine Trade
Probable that The Election to Vote
Bonds Will be Lost,

ern Sportsmen There-The Tobacco
Manufacturers Having Fine Trade
Probable that The Election to Vote
Bonds Will be Lost.
All the travelling men sound Wins
tons praise-especially on her tobacco
market. Several Stokes, Surry and
Rockingham farmers returned home
on the Norfolk & Western Friday
evening-and they were all wearing
! smiling faces over the sales of their tc-
bacco. / talked with Mr. j. Fl. In
| man, large tobacco raiser of West
field, Surry county. He said: "Peo-
| pie can talk about other tobacco
! markets, but I'll take Winston in
| mine every time. Were it not for the
Winston market these other markets
could not survive long. On the sale
today / noticed lot of tobacco which
had been bought by leaf dealers at Mt.
Airy and then shipped to Winston
for resale. / have tried several mar
ketS but none please me so well as the
old standby. l sold tobacco grown on
two acres today for over $500. [ have
thirteen more barns to sell and shall
take it to Winston"
Judge Graves returned home Friday
evening from Wentworth, where he
held Rockingham court uduring
the past week. He said there were no
cases of special importance disposed
of. Peter Williams, charged with
stealing pistol from passenger on
the railroad attracted the most at
tention, said the judge. He was
found guilty and sentenced to the
" oil h
Judge Graves said he would not hold
the next term of Forsyth court as he
would have to go to his own district.
His next court opens next Monday at
Marshall, Madison county.
Mt. Airy is like Winston in one res
pect-her streets are fearful when it
rains. On the hotel question, howev-
er, the Granite City is by far the
Twin-City'S superior. She has two
model homes for the travelling public
and they are receiving large patron
age. Both are under the manage
ment of clever and experienced
hOtelists. About twenty-five sports
men are now stopping at the Renfro
Inn. New York, Boston, Philadel-
phia and Connecticut capitalists are
represented in this number.
~
Mt. Airy will vote on the question
of issuing bonds to the amount of
$50, OG0 for the establishment of water
works on March Goth. There is con-
siderable opposition to the question
and the business men fear that it will
be voted down. The objection raised
by many of the working class is that
they oppose any extra taxation.
~
The tobacco manufacturers of Mt.
Airy, without exception. report bust
ness good. Messrs. Sparger Bros.
at Christmas. They told me that
their pay roll for the past two weeks
was as large as during any time last
summer. They are rushed with or
ders all the time.
The Granite City has five tobacco
warehouses = the same number of
! Winston-and they all appear to be
doing very fair business. The bust
ness men have great faith in the
towns future. Mr.. e. B. McCargo,
City Land and Improvement Com
pany, said that his company expected
to do a larger business this year than
ever before.
The Mt. Airy Granite Works is a
big enterprise and the proprietors are
meeting with splendid success. An
order is now being filled from North
ern State.
The commissioners of Mt. Airy have
had the Legislature to make a few
amendments to their town charter.
One of them is for the commissioners
to elect the Mayor instead of the citi-
ZenS.
NJ D. Boyd, large farmer and
prominent tobacco raiser, will manu-
facture the weed at Pinnacle this
year. He raised % barns of tobacco
the past year.
Two freight cars were derailed on
the n. & w. road near Rocky Mount
Va, Saturday morning. The accident
| was caused by the wet road-bed which
caused the rails and icrosS-ties to sink
| in the ground. The accident delayed
| the passenger train to Winston three
hours. r. E. c.