Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-21
Large Quantities Sent to Chicago
and Grand Rapids.
GROWTH OF THE BUSINESS.
Why Not Establish a Factory at Raleigh p
Two Ladies' Removed by Death sunday
Killed on the Railroad Sunday Morn
Ing Extension of Telephone connec-
tions- Return of tho Delegates to the
Association of omcial Chemists.

able proportions in this State High
Point has twenty three factories. One
OIL the factories there is said to have
cleared thirty-seven per cent. the first
+ year, and others have done almost as
well. High Point has achieved a rep
utation for cheap furniture, and is
known from one end of the country to
The other. Not long ago forty carloads
were shipped to Chicago, and quanti-
Ties are being shipped right to the CEN
ter of the furniture making industry,
Grand Rapids, Michigan. A merchant
went North not long ago to buy
STOCK OF furniture, and when he reach
ed the establishment found piles of
furniture shipped there from High
Point. He returned to High Point to
make his purchases.
Goldsboro has large furniture fac
tory that makes an excellent grade on
furniture, and also manufactures felt
mattresses.
Durham has large furniture fac
Tory installed in one of the best build
tngs in the State.
Mebane, Marion and other towns are
also making quantities OF furniture.
IL furniture manufacturing is pay
ing such profits in other towns 1t
would certainly pay in Raleigh, If
rightly managed, says the Times. The
cdpititi required is comparatively
small. and the profits are said to be
large. The Chamber of Commerce
might turn its efforts in the direction
of securing chair, table and trunk man
ufactories for Raleigh.
DEATHS HARVEST.
Sunday afternoon at twenty minutes
to three. the sweet spirit of Miss Mary
Moore Lee left earth and went to join
the loved ones on the other side. This
sad news was whispered from ear to
eur Sunday evening and caused uni
vcrsal sorrow. The home of the be-
reft parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. Lee
was visited by a stream of friends.
who sought to comfort the stricken
heaits. Mary Lee was the eldest child
Ind was IL years. months and %
days old. She had q sweet, thought
full disposition. and gave promise of
noble. true womanhood. The deepest
sympathy is felt for the father and
mother and the three younger daugh-
ters.
The funeral service was conducted
from the Edenton Street Methodist
Church at 3:15 yesterday afternoon by
Rev. G. Il. Smith, and the interment
was in lakewood Cemetery.
The pail bearers were DR.. Hubert
Haywood DR.. Hubert Royster. Messrs.
John Morgan. ]. w. Crawford. N.
Spencer Ed Pescud VIM. Green, ]. ID.
Turner, j. L. Anderson and ]. =.
Brantley.
MRS. c.. II. RIDDLE.
Mrs c.. II. Riddle died Sunday at
the home of her son, Mr. Joe ID. Rid
die. in Brooklyn. west of Raleigh. She
was a good consecrated Christian wo-
man, faithful in all her duties and sim
ccre sympathy is extended to the chill
drcn that are now deprived of her
sweet life. For the past year She has
been q great sufferer and death came
as a release. For forty years she has
lived in Raleigh.
The funeral service was held from
the brooklyn Methodist Church yester-
day afternoon at o'clock.
KPLED ON RAILROAD.
Sunday morning about o'clock VIII
Woods, n colored man employed at ST.
Mary's School in the engine room. was
struck by the Southern Railway freight
train and instantly killed about two
and q half miles west of Raleigh.
Woods lived in Method. where he has
young wife and no children. He
started 10 Raleigh with his brother-in-
law named 'Snipcs. They were in the
cut about one-half mile from Method
walking on the S. a. l.. track when
they saw Il train coming. Snipes step
ped off on the right to let the train
pass and Woods got off on the left and
But trains on the two parallel tracks
must have been running almost side
nv side and Woods was struck and
instantly killed. His skull was broken
and face bruised, but he was not badly
muti!atcd
The body lay beside the track until
. O'Clock last afternoon when it was re-
moved. The body was guarded until
D. m waiting for the coroner but he
was detained at home and an inquest
was really unnecessary.
Woods was about % years old and
bore a good reputation. The body was
inferred yesterday afternoon.
TELEPHONE CONNECTION.
= Mr. Satterwhite. of the Interstate
Telephone Company, went to Wake
Forest this morning, where he made
the connection between the lines of the
Henderson Telephone Company and the
Interstate Company The Henderson
Company will put in the exchange at
Wake Forest. With this connection
made at Wake Forest Raleigh is in
connection with Wake, Forest, Youngs-
vile. Franklinton, Kittrell, Hender-
son. oxford, Weldon. Keystone Chase
City, Tarboro Washington. N. c., and
other towns.
CHEMISTS RETURN.
The Raleigh Times OF Monday says:
Raleigh had large delegation at the
meeting OF the Association of Official
Agricultural Chemists. State Chemist
i. w. kilgore, Prof. W. a. WitherS
and DR.. c.. S. Traps, w. NJ. Allen. G.
H. Williams, f. c. Lamb. of Johns
Hopkins, were present; besides these
MIR. II. II. Miller, formerly OF Raleigh,
but now of Florida, and Mr.. L. B. Car
penter. now of Richmond, were in at
tendance. EIr. kilgore presided over
t,y,er JD..nf