The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-31
THIS TOWN MOVES
Attains its Majority at Ihir-
teen Years Old.
SOring Hope With It's Splendid Tobacco and
Cotton markets and Energetic People
Climbing Steadily.
(staff Correspondence


Spring Hope, N. c., Aug. 29.-The rapid
growth of this town cannot be surpassed
by any town in the State. 1t first sprang
into existence in early 81. There was
only one cross roads store here. The
nearest railroad point was Nashville, ten
miles away. The Atlantic Coast Line
completed it's Nashville branch to Spring
Hope in August, 'S7. The town was in
corporated some time in 1899, so it is
! lust thirteen years old as far as years
go, but in business houses and citizen
ship it is at least twenty one.
| 1t is located in a fine farming section.
with a soil peculiarly adapted to the
culture of tobacco, corn, cotton, and most
| any other kind of farm pgoduct. Business
men from other sections were not slow
IT, see the advan-.a ges~ catered with fat
| tering prospects of success, and came
/ here. The result is that business houses
! were rapidly erected, and this, of course,
/ demanded the building of residences and
! today there is easily a population of be-
! tween 900 and 900 clever and Industrious
people
/ There arc from thirty-five to forty
stores and various mercantile houses.
/ The tobacco market was started here
about six years ago with one warehouse.
Today there are three houses. and since
the market opened, August, the 1st. over
! quarter of million pounds Of tobacco
+, have been sold here at an average OF
from 91s to 10 cents. Messrs. Griffin &
Griffin are proprietors of the Spring
. pro Mt ey N
Of the Banner, and Messrs. Harris, Moore
| & Saunders. of the Stallings. Mr.. G. II.
BeaI. Of Durham, represents the American
Tobacco Company, and Egbert Saunders,
/ of Chase City, Va, represents the I'M
perial. The Murray Brantley Company
are heavy buyers on this market. I am
informed they have up to this time
! bought moro tobacco than the American
! Tobacco Company and Imperial together.
! / saw one farmer who told me that
! from two acres of land he had sold $193
worth of tobacco; that including all eX-
I penses the crop cost him a little over
/ $29. heard of another farmer who had
| in between forty and fifty acres of to-
baeco. He has paid out some over $500
and at present prices he says he will
realize between six and seven thousand
/ dollars.
| Two young enterprising business men
of Spring Hope, Messrs. Balm. Strickland
| & Co., bought out Collins e. Edwards.
! the first of this year. They have greatly
| enlarged the shops and are doing sue
eessful business. making buggies. wagons,
! tobacco fiues, and doing all kinds of re-
| pair work in their line.
| 'Messrs. T. C. May & Sons are building
! Ior h,.;c l.
| stores
Messrs. Woodland & Copeland moved
recently into their large new brick store.
| This firm also have a large brick yard.
| They will burn out several million good
| quality of brick per year.
! The travelling public will be sorry to
! learn that mine clever host of the hotel,
]. ]. Spivey, will give up the hotel Octo-
| Der LIST. He is remodeIing residence
| in town to which he will move his family.
| New cotton is beginning TO come in.
Two bales were sold hero Tuesday. It
| brought 10 cents; the gins are beginning
to hum, and soon with the increasing
| tobacco business and brisk cotton market
| the streets of Spring Hope will be q
| lively scene.
The question Of graded school build
Ing IS 1elhS asltaLeu, ana II Is coASl'-
cred a certainty that Spring Hope viii
soon have frst-class graded 7rl
These people are determined that this
/ live little town shall grow and prosper
and see the necessity of such an institu-
ton.
| Straight undefilad Democracy holds
! sway in Spring Hope and the old re-
liable News ana Observer continues to
grow in popularity and circulation
/ among the good people who know good
thing when they sec it.
TT II HARDY