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

and decided TO organize what is now
the Warrenton Railroad Company The
stock to be owned by the city of War
renton and private citizens of the town
In 1884 work was begun, and in No
yember of that year the first train ran
over the road from WarrentOn to War
rem Plains. where connection is made
with the MAIN line of the $. A. L., and
since that time Warrenton has had good
accommodations for the transportation
of passengers. express, mail and freight
such rs produce, tobacco, cotton, mer-
chandise etc, and the town has taken
on new life of activity.
The present offciate is composed of
some of the best men in Warren county,
men who have always been with the in
terests of the town and county, and
are well known for their business saga
city.
They are as follows:
w. ]. White-President.
]. NJ Gardner Secretary and Treas.
o. p. Shell-Supt and Agent.
The following gentlemen compose the
directors:
Jerry Draper, Charles A. Cook. W. r.
Boyd, J. G. King, w. j. Norwood, Il.
NJ. Caserley.
With the above named gentlemen at
the head no wonder we find the War.
renton Railroad in such an excellent
condition. with no floating debt and rap
idly decreasing its funded debt Its inn
portance to the town and county are
realized and appreciated by all and es-
pecially by the business element. War
renton's tobacco market has been es-
tablished and increased to its present
large proportion since the building of the
railroad. and also two of the largest
warehouses in the State have been built
and are doing fine and prosperous
business. The president of the road,
Mr.. w. j. White, needs no introduction
to the people of this section, as he
comes from an old and distinguished
family. His father, Hon. John White,
was a large merchant, and well known
business man of the State before the
war, and was commissioned by Governor
Vance as an agent for North Carolina
to purchase supplies i'm England for the
State troops.
Mr. White was born and reared here,
October, 1912, having been the date
of his birth. When the rumblings of
war were heard, he true to the throb-
ing impulse Of his heart and convictions,
entered in the First North Carolina Ca
valry as Il private, but was soon APP
pointed lieutenant, and subsequently
made captain in the quarter-master's
department. After the surrender, when
the sweet angel of peace had spread her
protecting pinions, our subject re-
turned to the historic old county of War
rem and engaged in the mercantile bust
ness. He has since served as chairman
of the Board of County Commissioners,
alderman and mayor of the town, and
was appointed by Governor Carr as Il
member of the Penitentiary Board of
Directors. At the present he is a mem
Der of the County Board of Education,
having been appointed by the last l.egis-
lature, and was also the unanimous
choice of large reunion of the Confed-
crate veterans of Warren county IN
1897 as their commander. and was re-
elected to the same position last year.
Mr.. White is gentleman who has le-
gion of friends, and with his business
qualifications, untiring energy and the
interests of the Warrenton Railroad
Company at heart, we can not but pre-
diet that this road is now entering upon
an era of prosperity which will be equal
~ shared by the town and county of
picturesque old Warren.