The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-21
BUILDING At TROY
The Old Town is Forging
MerriIy Onward.
New Bank Building. Large New pOttI D. post
of KaoIin Discovered. A Gigantic Tar
Heel. roadlBuiIdirg
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the whole burnt district mas Deen COW
cred by large block of brick buildings.
In addition to a number of large new
stores there have just been finished the
new bank building and large new hotel.
There have also just been erected several
residences as handsome as are to be found
in any town in the State. Business is
good and everybody seems to be prosper
Gus. laundering is the chief industry, ma
tuTally of a town situated in the heart
of one of the largest and best timber
ed sections of the State.
Mr. G.. G. Wade, prominent citizen
OF the town who for quite while served
the county so efficiently as register OF
deeds, has discovered on some lands
owned by him near Troy rich and al
most inexhaustible deposit of kaolin. He
has had it tested and it is found adaptable
to making high grade thing, and pos
sibly also crockery. He has also speci-
mems of rich gold ore found near the
town.
This is court week, but, Judge Brown
being too unwell to hold court, some Of
the more unimportant cases were post
poned and court adjourned Wednesday
night.
gave a public entertainment in which
they furnished an exposition of the fa-
nous burlesque initiation. 1t was all
local talent, and to say the acting was
good would be putting it midly--it was
simply splendid. The court house was
packed to overaowing with large au-
dience who laughed till their sides ached.
All went away feeling well repaid for
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In addition to the horse traders.
Patent medicine men, and newspaper
agents, another attraction of the week
was the presence at court of possibly
the largest living man in North Caro-
lima. Montgomery county has the dis
tinguished honor OF owning such a man.
His name is B. j. Dawkins, and his post
office is Patterson's Bridge He is 43
years old, feet high, measures feet 2
inches around, and weighs SOC pounds.
He was not in a side show, as might be
inferred, but had come to court on bust
ness When he drove up and rolled out
of his covered wagon he came near
breaking up court. The appearance of
a bear or elephant, or even a hand or
gan and monkey, could not have attract
ed a larger crowd. Everywhere he went
a curious, gaping crowd followed. He
was piled on all sides with thousand
questions. He was, however, as good
natured as he was fat, and answered
pleasantly the oft-repeated inquiries as to
his name, weight and how he grew so
large. He said He did not mind their
questionable had grown used to it," Mr..
Dawkins is contemplating connecting
himself with a show He says he has
grown to be nothing but "show" any,
way and might as we'll get something out
of it.
At Pinehurst Monday morning Repre-
sentative Robert N. Page and Senator
w P. Wood boarded the train. They had
been spending Sunday with Governor Ay-
cock, Private Secretary Pearsall and
Judge Winston at Carolina Hotel Mr..
Tufts last and most famous venture.
Here they were the guests of Mr.. Page.
Pinehurst grows more beautiful every
day. 1t has become one of the most popu-
lar winter resorts in the South. Carolina
Hotel has entertained this winter over
fifteen hundred guests and possibly one
thousand more have been refused ac-
commodation The winter guests have
considerably thinned out and the hotel
will close shortly. But visitors to Flor
ida, now on their way back, are stopping
off at Pinehurst. They will be cared tor
at Hollywood Inn Carolina Hotel, al
ready one of the largest and most con-
veniently appointed hotels in the South,
is TO be very greatly enlarged before next
season and work will begin on it at once.
The railroad has now been completed
from West End to Jackson Springs. Mr..
r. r. Ross, proprietor of Jackson Springs
Hotel, says this summer will witness the
greatest season in the history of these
famous Springs. The hotel will open
May 1st with a grand reception and ball.
An extra train will run to and from Jack
son Springs and connect at Aberdeen
with all Seaboard Airline trains during
the season.
The Charlotte and Durham railroad has
been graded as far as the town of Star
on the Aberdeen and Asheville railroad,
and the workmen are now just in the
act of effecting a crossing. The hitherto
slow work on this new road is now to be
pushed forward more rapidly and soon
cars on this road also will be running
into Troy.
Towns all along the Aberdeen and
Asheboro road are building up rapidly.
Biscoe, the junction of the various
branches of the road is assuming the air
of busy mart. Mr.. Adams, the hos
pitable hotel proprietary says that they
are now favored with ten or a dozen
trains a day His already commodious
hotel is being added to and enlarged.
Other buildings are going up and mer-
chants seem to be doing good business.
Here also are located the railroad shops.
The road is increasing it's business rap
idly and not only making for its owners
lots of money now, but promises in the
near future as the country develops to
become real bonanza. And no two men
in North Carolina more richly deserve
to be the recipients of this good fortune
than the elegant gentlemen, Messrs.
Henry A. and Robert N. Page.
The topic of interest, in a political way,