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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

can have sewerage for nothing.
These bonds which were Issued to raise
the money with which to put in these
improvements were "floated" without
difficulty and the enterprises Of Wilson
and the enterprising people easily main
tam theu and when it is said that these
are the citys it is meant that they are
owned by the city, that these conVen-
fences are supplied to the citizens at the
minimum cost and that no man profits
more than another.
And the greatest changes experienced
by Wilson doubtless owe themselves in
directly to this same spirit characterize
ing the municipal government. This
spirit has made itself manifest in all
businesses and many OF our people while
knowing that Wilson is moving rapidly
up the commercial road Of prosperity,
do not relize to the fullest extent what
our city is doing in the way OF industrial
Improvement and growth in population
Wilson's growth is not the result of
advertising or booms, but rather Of earn
est endeayor anud public spiritedness of
our citizens, who have worked ALWAYS
together and lent material aid and en-
couragement to whatever enterprise that
ing, yet building soldly, preferring to 90
slowly but surely, so that whatever ac-
cumulation might come, it could be used
MS a foundation to add more to. There
fore the foundation is solid, and the
growth our town has attained it will con
tinue to hold. This is proved by the fact
that Wilson's greatest growth and pros
perity has been attained through the
darkest days of adversely and depres-
sion for the rest of the United States.
while during that time. in the eight
years since 1890, Wilson has doubled in
population, increased her area, built
the best and largest tobacco market in
tAe State without exception, built and
has in operation five warehouses for the
sale Of tobacco, and many large factories
for handling the product Since that
time number of fine residences have
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he sold here the present season.
During this time prizehouses were
built and stcamerieS and stemmeries
erected, and every want was anticipated
by the people for the market. Moneyed
mcn unhesitatingly placed their money
at the disposal of the tobacconists, and
that has been the secret of Wilson's
success. And Wilson's moneyed men
ever stand ready TO assist any enterprise
that will help Wilson.
The fame of Wilson has gone abroad,
and the result is seen. Two large stem
meries were added last year, represent
ing the largest buyers and shippers in
America; also five new steam plants,
making nine in all.
The tobacco industry in our town
employs nearly 1900 hands, and has
nearly doubled our population within the
cooperate limits since 1890, not to say
anything about the increase on the out
skirts Of the town.
Wilson now has five warehouses, n
new enc having been incorporated in the
summer. Another was thought neceS-
sary in order to accommodate all the
tobacco expected the coming season.
Now as to the Schools IN addition to
the famous Kinsey Seminary, which is
referred to elsewhere, The Wilson Graded
School is one Of the best of it's kind in
the State Prof Il. p. Mangum, one Of
the finest educators in the State, is SUI
perintendent
Wilson is not only flourishing bust
ness centre and growing manufacturing
city, but its chief reputation is that it
Is I'M ideal residence town. It's homes
are modern ia design with all the COM
forts Of expansive lawns and its streets
are shaded with overhanging elms, Civ
ing it the right TO be called The City
OF Ems Its people are warm-hearted,
social, clever and hosritable. EeW-conl-
ers are made welcome and given prom
inence in local concerns 1t is ii demo
cratic town in the best sense OF the
word in which every tub stands on its
own bottom
Wilson's glory is it's educational insti-
tutions, public and private. The town
was made by schools. Before the town
was Incorporated it had the hest schools
in u large section Of country and two
thirds of its e@Tly settlers moved to VIII
son to enjoy the advantages. of its excel
lent schools In the tifties the wise men
OF that day and generation built Il large
female seminary of which the great
Charles +. Deems was president. He
left his impress upon the community,
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KInSEY FEMALE SEMINARY, WILSON, N c.

lishment Of her tobacco market, Wilson
sold yearly over $4,000 bales of cotton
and farmers came for miles and miles
around to buy goods, finding that goods
could be purchased here for less than in,
many markets Of the State. while the
strong competition on the cotton market
always assured them the top Of the
market for their cotton. The cotton
and carriage factories and other indus
tries, coupled with the excellent schools,
that have made the people of Wilson in
telligent, cnterprising and liberal, have
contributed in no small degree to her
prosperity. This laid the foundation for
greater future development, which came
when the farmers found in 1890 that
tobacco was more profitable than cotton,
and that our section of the State was
even better adapted to the growth of
the golden weed than the west In that
year (lS91) Wilson had one warehouse
and sold one and a half million pounds
OF tobacco; the next year, 1892, another
warehouse was erected and over two
million pounds We're sold; the next, 1893,
ever three million pounds were sold; the
next year, 1891, another warehouse was
built and more than three and half
million pounds were sold: the next year,
1893, nearly four million pounds: the
next year 1896, another warehouse was
built and over seven and half million
pounds We're sold. Now listen. The
market sold during its last season. up to
May !, 1897, making the season of 81
lo104SG9 pounds of tobacco, eclipsing
every market in North Carolina save
one, and that Winston, where every
pound Of tobacco is counted, whether
sold by farmers or dealers. In 1898
over l1,0OO,00O pounds were sold. These
fgures do not include resales, but to-
baeco actually hauled and shipped here
oy farmers and sold on our warehouse
hoors. Is not this record to be proud
OF and should not Wilson's people be
proud Of the record Of their town? Pres
emit lndicatins point to the fact that
about l6,000000 pounds Of tobacco will
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which is felt to this day. Among the
other great educators who at an early
date were connected with the seminaries
and institutes which made Wilson an
educational centre were VIM Hooper,
]. deb. Hooper David s. Richardson,
Sylvester HasseH, Edward NJ Nadai,
John b. Brewer Rev DR.. Joseph H.
Foy, David c. Gillespie and others The
Kinsey Seminary and Graded School
give the glory eff tine olden time to Will
sons educational life.
Wilson is a town noted likewise for
its churches. 1t has neat and commodi-
ous churches representing the following
denominations: the Primitive Baptist,
which is the oldest and which has a
large membership in tAe county; the Dis
ciple, Baptist, Episcopalian, Methodist
and Presbyterian.
The town is well governed by pro-
gressive administration, headed ly Mayor
James /. Virgins, one of it's first bust
ness men. In its professional and bust
ness life it is represented by men Of
ability and character.
The secret Of the wonderful strides
taken by Wilson lies in the facts that il
believes in itself and its business men
pull together. | do not mean to say that
they all have that faith which removes
mountains, but they have that saving
faith in their town that causes them to
believe it is the best all-round town in
the State They say their farmers grow
the brightest tobacco that their ware
housemen handle it better than other
warehousemen, that their tobacco buy
ers, dealers aud stemmeries do better
with it than others in word they
honestly believe that us 4 tobacco market
and depot for stemming, working and
shipping the weed they beat the world.
That's what ! call saving faith.
When tobacco first began TO be grown
in Wilson and adjacent counties there
wasn't business man in Wilson's that
knew anything about tobacco except IN
4 general way. The merchants had been
accustomed to sell supplies to cotton
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LEADS ALL NORTH CAROLINA DAllES I'M NEWS AND CIRCULATION

young man, and always has the best in
terests of his county and State at heart.
He was born in Wilson and has grown
up with the city. He was educated at
Prof Hasselfs school in Wilson.
He was Treasurer of his county eight
years prior to 1896, and was reelected
last November.
He runs a fine stock and dairy farm,
and has on hand for sale at all times a
large number of fine cows and horses.
Mr. Farmer is a public spirited citizen,
and in a quiet way will leave no stone
unturned to further the interests Of his
party.
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W. B. BARNES.
Register of Deeds.
A Progressive and Wide-Awake G ntIeman
Who Has Legions of Friends

Mr.. w. b. Barnes, Wilson's popular
Register of Deeds, was born and raised IN
Elm City, Wilson county, and was com
missioner until accepting his present Of
fee to which he was elected last Novem-
Der. Mr.. Barnes does a generl merchan-
disc business and is one of the most
popular men in Wilson. Should this
clever gentleman aspire to more prom
inent office in his State, he certainly will
have our best wishes, and we only wish
that every citizen of North Carolina was
as public spirited and as Woodworking in
the cause as Mr.. Barnes. We prophesy
for him a successful career.
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zen that Wilson may be proud of.
Mr.. Bardin studied at Rutherford Col
Iege and finished his education at the
State University. Studied law under DR..
Manning After acquiring his law ed
ucation, he practiced from 1885 to 1894
when he was chosen to fill the office Of
Clerk OF the Superior Court, which he
has done with efficiency.
He was born in Wilson and grew to
manhood there, and is identified with the
best interests of his town and county.
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been erected, besides numerous dwell
ings for rental. If there is vacant
house in town it is yet to be heard Of,
and while houses are being erected all
the while, there is not sufficiency to
supply the demand.
You ask why 50 much growth in these
hard times? Wilson has always been a
prosperous town, for prior to the estab-
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WILSON AND
WILSON COUNTY
The Second Largest Tobacco Market in
the World for the Sale OF Bright Loose
Tobacco. Five Big Warehouses.
AND MANY OTHER MANUFACTURES
One the Best Towns in the State Population Five Thousand
and Two Hundred Excellent Schools and Churches.
Electric Lights Splendid Hotels.
Complete and Modern City.

water works it was but step to sewer
age system. The same mode of proceed
IRE was adopted, and now the city's
sewerage is carried to Toisnot Swamp,
two miles away.
Under the circumstances, one can.
have electric lights cheaper than kero-
sene, can have water works and the
conveniences at a nominal cost, and
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BRICK BY THE MILLION
KlLNS or SILAS LUCAS Have A CAPACITY
OF 10000 PER DAY.
The Business is Conducted on Strict Business
Principles by Wise Self Made
Business Man.

Mr.. Lucas manufactures the hardest
building brick in the State. The bus
mess was commenced III 1881, at that
period 100000 brick were made per an
num- Now Mr.. Lucas has a capacity Of
G,500,000 brick annually. His capacity
for shipping is 10000 per day.
The business is conducted upon the
strictest business principles, in five divis-
ions, each division having foreman.
Mr.. Lucas is one Of Wilson'S self-made
men and solid citizens who has come to
the front by reason of his probity, acu-
men and energy. He has secured for his
product a reputation that has become
State wide, and his business is constant
" growing under his able management.
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Some girls can sweep ito room with
style and grandeur, but when it comes
to sweeping out room-well that's an
other story.
a scientist says wasp may be pick
ed up in the bare hand If it is done
gently OF course it can; it's when the
wasp is laid down agan that the trouble
begins.
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]. D. BARDIN.
Clerk Of the Superior Cour', A Man Who is
Esteemed BY All Who Know
Him..

Mr.. ]. d. Bardin, besides being a
handsome man is a very clever and cour-
teous gentleman. Mr.. Bardin is citi-
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W T. FARMER.
Treasurer Of Wilson Count, and a Gen Ieman
Who is Known all Over the
Section.

Mr.. W. T. Farmer, Treasurer Of Will
son county, is a popular and prosperous
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LEFT PREACHING TO PROSPECT
Minister Leaves the Pulpit TO Ex
piGrc Mines in the Klondiic.

Chicago. March 4.-The Rev Frank
Vrooman. a Presbyterian minister OF Chi
cago, threw up the ministry here year
or so ago. claiming that he wanted 10
make some money. and went into Klon-
dixie scheme. The Klondike. Yukon. and
Copper River Company was organized.
C. D. Meikeljohn, Assistant Secretary of
War; ex-senator Joe Blackburn. ex-Com-
missioner of Pensions Murphy. and Sem
atoT Wilson of Washington were among
the organizers.
Wilson has since retired. Now there is
4 row on. and Robbins d. Mot. counsel
for the company. says each of these men
was given 25,000 shares in stock for the
use of his name as director; that the
three first mentioned threatened TO re-
sign unless VroomaE surrendered 100000
shares of stock he holds, thus giving the
trio control. and did so in January b.
cause Vrooman refused. r. NJ. Wallace.
of Chicago, and Capt Jack Crawford, the
Poet Scout are also on the side CT the
three named, and the fight for control is
SIN en-
The times., 1899-03-05
NoMINATIoNs UNAc1ED UPON.
= Long List of Naval and trIny
Promotions Go Over.

More nominations were left unacted upon
by the Senate yesterday than at the close
of any session in years, which was due
largely to the large number Of naval and
army promotions, but great batch OF civi!
nominations. including a lot of postmas-
ters. shared the same fate. Prominent
among these nominations are those of Sen
ators Cuiiom and Morgan, Representative
Hit and Sanford b. Dole and Walter B.
Frear. the latter two of Hawaii TO be
members Of the Commission to recommend
10 Congress legislation concerning the Ha-
wsiian Islands. the military nominations
which failed included the following brevet
promotions: Brigadier General Shafter to
be major general; Lieut.. Col. Theodore
Roosevelt. to be brigadier general; Capt.
Allyn Capron. killed in action. to be ma
jor: Brigadier General DufIield, L. s. V,
10 be major general; Col. E. p. Clarke.
Second Massachusetts, Volunteers, 10 be
brigadier general
The advancement OF Assistant Naval
Constructor Richmond p. HobsoR, who
sunk the Merrimac, ten numbers from No.
] on the list of assistant constructors 10
No. S on the list of constructors. for ex-
treordinary heroism, also failed 10 receive
the approval of the Senate.
The times., 1899-03-05
SOUGHT SUICIDE.
snd Career of Troy Girl Driven
From Her Home.

From Her Home.
New York, March 4.-Spurred on by the
example of a recent companion in evil
ways. Florence Levine, nineteen years old.
attempted suicide by swallowing carbolic
acid at First Street and the Bowery carly
yesterday morning. She was found groan-
ing upon the sidewalk by policeman and
sent to Bellevue Hospital, where it is said
that she may not recover
The girl has frequented Bowery resorts
within the last few months, and in ,onii-
Dental moods told her intimates that her
father was Ralph Levine, of Troy, n. Y.
She had stayed out late one nignt she
said, and he had refused to let her come
in when she knocked. and therefore she
had come to New York.
She struck up a close friendship with a
woman known as Sailor Bess." or Tat
tooed Bess," who had been longer in the
room in the house of Franz Bulle, No. Z
herself by taking carbolic acid last We'd
nesday night. and since then the girl from
Troy has been drinking more recklessly
than before.
She spent Thursday evening with Il party
of sailors. and it was shortly after leaving
them that the policeman found her lying
in the street with the bottle by her side
AT the house where she lived it was said
that Immediately after her chum's suicide
she had sent telegram 10 uer Iatner ask
ing him to let her return to his house, and
that his answer had been a peremptory
refusal
The times., 1899-03-05
ANGLING FOR SEA GULLS.
Great Birds From the North Caught
With a Hook.

with a HOOK.
Sea Isle n. j., March AFTER the bliz-
zard had heaped snow and ice ten and
twelve feet high on the meadows and
beaches of Cape May county. thousands OF
big white and gray winter gulls made their
appearance along the shore. They had
evidently been blown hither by the winds
that tore along the coast for four days.
They came. no doubt, from the northern
New England coast, many hundred of miles
away Their appearance has recalled to
many OF the residents the fact that only
once before in the last quarter of a CEN
! tury have these handsome sea birds been
so plentiful. That was during the winter
of 1892, when immense flocks of gulls came
from the northland and for two months
used the marshes Of Cape May as feed
ing ground.
The gray gull. called the Iceland gull. is
the most graceful and strongest in flight
OF the gull family. The birds are very shy,
and so hard of approach that the gunner
who shoots one is considered lucky. They
are much sought after, as they make hand
some ornaments once they receive the at
tention of an expert taxidermist. The last
time they appeared hereabouts many ef
forts were made to trap them, but not a
bird was taken in that way. 1t remained
! to discover a way OF catching them. He
fshed for his gulls. Rigging up a dozen
stout lines, each twelve feet long. attached
to which were medum-sized hooks, he
waited until the gulls had left their favCr-
/ ite feeding ground on the meadows 4 half
mile from his home. Captain Shick had
/ studied the habits of the gulls and had oO-
| served that each afternoon the birds took
! flight and went far out to sea. where they
/ spent the night. Batting his hooks with
! pieces of clans, the captain reached the
1 spot frequented b. the birds an hour before
! dark Selecting suitable place. he drove
! stout stake into the ground and to it
| fastened his lines.
| At daylight the next morning. when he
walked cut upon the veranda, he saw hun
dreds of gulls flying wildly about. Eight
/ OF the birds had been caught and the
! others didn't know what to make of it.
The captive gulls showed fight, and with
their powerful beaks and long, sharp claws.
presented rather formidable front 1t
did not take the captain long to ascertain
| what damage the monster birds were ca
pabe of doing. for a water spaniel. Il most
expert retriever, which accompanied him.
attacked one OF the birds, and after bat
tie of several minutes retired to a safe
distance with badly lacerated nose, head
and ears.
Captain Shick finally gathered in the
| birds with a long handled shrimp net. The
largest of the guIls measured fully five
feet six inches from tip to tip of wings.
The handsOmest pair of the lot found their
| way into large cage at the Geological
| Gardens in Philadelphia and at last ac-
| counts were alive and active.
The times., 1899-03-05
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