The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-05
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Survey Party
Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Golsboro, N. c., October 2.
Articles Of agreement were filed with
the clerk OF the court last evening in
cooperating the Acme Machine Works
which plant will be located on the Isler
property between East Center and John
streets, this city. The corporators are:
j. j. Street. j. a. Street and w. e.
Street. The business of the corpora
ton shall be the manufacture, pur-
chase, sale and repair CT such kind o.
machinery as the corporation may de-
eide upon; the conducting of a foun-
Try; the manufacture and sale of flour
and meal; the conducting of a coal and
Woo yard n the carrying on of a
general mill supply store and whole
sale grocery The term of agreement
is for thirty years. The capital stock
is $4,000 with Authorized capital stock
OF 100000. The stock is divided into
80 shares of par value of 500 each.
n firm is made up of father and sons,
residents OF this city. Work will begin
right away. This is but another evidence
of he fact that GoldSboro is one of
the most progressive towns N the
Slolc. MI. y. u. olTeel WAS LOT d NUM-
Ger OF years connected with the Colds
boro Lumber Company in this city and
knows something of the city as a de-
sirable manufacturing point. These
years as a resident here he las watched
he growth of GoldSboro s industries
and the firm makes no mistake in To-
eating their plants here. The concern
will give employment 10 labor. stimu-
late the growing of wheat and corn
and in many "a benefit the commu-
nifty. If a we'll equipped Jour and corn
meal mill is put in, as it seems will be,
there is no reason why the property
should not pay
1t would be we'll now for our corn
growers to secure a hard flint, White
corn, which should find a ready sale
at the mill at paying prices and en-
able the mill to turn out a uniform
grade of white table meal. L will ask
the promoters of this enterprise why
not also manufacture corn starch.
Would not u city be a very desir-
able location for the manufacture of
starch for laundry purposes? Why
sen north and west for such pro-
ducts?
w. w. Clark INC D. L. Ward, two
prominent attorneys of New Bern,
spent a few hours i'm town today.
The September municipal court rec
cords show there were u twenty-five
cases before the mayor during the
month, increasing the city till o
$50.
At the New Bern District NJ. E. Sun
day school convention just closed, the
Salem church Sunday school, of this
county, was awarded the banner for the
best average attendance. The report of
this school shows the average to befor
h year 91B per cent. for the whole
school,.
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Lou Whitley We're united in the holy
bonds of wedlock, the Rev. w. B.
Norton officiating.
Misses LYDIA and Ella Williams, OF
Warsaw, are in the city visiting friends.
Mrs. 1. F. Dortch returned this after
loon from an extended visit to rela-
tfves in Raleigh.
Phil. S. Dortch is no b~aseballist, but
as a catcher on the jump, he is quite
an expert. This was in evidence this
afternoon when a pretty young lady
leaped from the moving Southern train.
The family of Mr.. j. E. Dunbar, Of
Norfolk, are in the city. Mr.. Dunbar
says he will locate here.
Mrs. A. H King went to Clayton
this morning to attend the funeral of
her sister, Mrs. Fannie Wise, who died
at her home near Clayton last eve
ming.
J. P. C. Davis and bride and G.. N. Bray
and bride were at the Kennon today.
Quite a number of tents are pitched
in the northern limits of the city-a
survey party Of the United States
geological urvey in charge Of Mr.. Os-
car Jones. They are engaged in run
ming lines for base of topographic
maps to be made in eastern North
Carolina. They will ascertain among
other things the number Of acres OF
timbered land, cleared land, etc. Their
route is New Bern to G~oldsboro: to
Rocky Mt. to Washington; to Kinston,
Goldsboro to Wilmington, New Bern.
Cotton is selling today 10 to 10b
cents
There were exceedingly large breaks
Of tobacco today, prices very satisfac-
tory. Henry Cuddington, Of this coun-
ty, who lives near PearSon'S bridge,
realized 1855 off his five acre crop sold
here today.