The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02
A BIG ENTERPRISE
THE PANNIII PAINT AND SOLDER COM
PANY RE0RGANlZeO
1t Has Been Incorporated. with Am
pie Capital, and Is Putting mp q Fac
tory In Wilmington Officers Elected
Yesterday-To Begin Manufacturing
In Thirty Days.

A few months g MIR. Henry Pannill.
of Norfolk. Va. arrived in Wilmington
with a good thing. 1t was PannilTs
roof paint, a product Of his own genius,
and it's success was practically demon
strated in such a phenomenal manner
that a company was organized here to
manufacture it on a large scale. The
demand, however, has been so great
that the scope of the concern had to be
enlarged to be equal to the occasion.
The concern started out as the Pan
mill Paint Manufacturing Company but
it has now taken out Incorporation ar
ticles and is chartered under the name
of the "Pannill Roof Paint and Paint
Solder CO. The incorporators and
present stockholders are Messrs. Henry
Pannil Thomas F. Simmons. W.. II.
Northrop,Sr S. w. Skinner and L. A.
Weldon.
The corporators met yesterday af-
ternoon at 3 o'clock at the office of
former Governor D.. L. Russell, in the
Allen block, on Princess street, for the
purpose of organizing. Governor Rus
sell was made temporary chairman,
n Mr.. John H. Gore, Jr., secretary.
After the charter a been read and
accepted, the company organized by
electing the following officers:
Presidents. w. skinner.
Vice President-Thomas F. Simmons.
Secretary and Treasurer. A.
Weldon.
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer
w. H. Northrop, Sr.
Manager of Chemical and Manufac-
turing department-Henry Pannill.
Attorneys-RuSsell and Gore.
The company starts out with ample
capital, and will erect an extensive
factory in order to fill it's orders which
are coming along at the pace of 500
barrel lots n made the enlarged ope-
rations a matter of necessity.
The company has leased the Darby
property on the harpor front, near the
loot Of Castle street, and has begun
the erection of a factory building that
is to be Sc wide n 233 feet long and
two stories in height. The front will be
on Surry street and the building will
run back to the wharf. In addition to
the building the company will also con-
struct a substantial wharf for the &C
commodation of and sailing
vessels, so with railroad tracks run
ming right in front of the factory and
into the yards, there will be no lack
of shipping facilities by water and rail.
The factory will be ready and the
necessary machinery will be in posi-
ton so as to begin operations in the
text thirty days.
The factory is being erected on the
site occupied by Mr.. l.. A. Weedon's
shuttle block factory, and as Mr.. Wee
don has become a member of the new
company 1t understood that he will dis
continue the manufacture of shuttle
blocks as soon as he works up his sup
ply of material now en- hand.
! The Messenger is always gratified to
note the success of Wilmington enter
prises, and especially that our people
encourage home industries. This is
demonstrated by the liberal patronage
the company has received and it is al
the same time a flattering testimonial
of the merits of the roof paint manu-
featured and applied by the company
The following is a partial list of the
patrons of the company in Wilmington:
Clyde Steamship Company, warehous-
es; Colonel F. w. Foster, residence
Mrs. l.. Vollers, store occupied by Mr.
Mrs. n. E. 6%ridgers, residence; DR.. w
j.. II. Bellamy, residence: Burr & Bal
ley, warehouse; Rheinstein Dry Good
Company, wholesale dry goods house
J. G. Stevenson Company, wholesale
grocery house; Wilmington Seacoast
Railroad Company, warehouse anG
depot; w. B. McKoy, residence; Colo,
mel John Wilder Atkinson, office; I. M
Bear & Co., wholesale dry goods house
G. H. King, residence; H. c. Mcqueen
residence; p. Donlan, two residences;
Gieschen Bros, two stores; Charles
McMillen, architect. tennis court at
Mr.. Pembroke Jones residence, or
Wrightsville Sound; D. L. Gore, store;
the Worth Company, store building oc'
cupied by the Armour Packing Com
pany.