The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-10
K|NSTON is A-HUSTLE
Big Warehouses and Heavy
Sales of Tobacco.
The New Rhodes School. Military and Pfac-
ticaI BUSINESS Collage for Boys. a
Feature of Knston.
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Kinston N. c., Aug. 9.-Progress seems
to be the watchword with this people.
The hum of the hammer, the buzz of the
saw, the click, click, of the trowel is
heard here from early morn to dewey
eve."
walk through her thoroughfares re-
veals life everywhere. At every turn
new store house, new dwelling house,
new storage house, new prize-house, new
warehouse greet the eye. Her numerous
and varied manufacturing plants are
potent factors in the progress,
but to the bright yellow leaf and the
splendid pluck of her people. Kinston's
present proportions are most attributable
AS indicated in the News and Observer
last Friday the opening of the tobacco
season was a record breaker for Kin
ston and for North Carolina. The
warehouse of Knott Bros. alone had a
break of 10000 pounds. Within the
week beginning with August 1st and end
ing with August Sth no less than one
million and seventy-fve thousand pounds
of the weed has been transferred, by the
cry of the auetioneer, from grower to
manipulation. This sale as indicated by
warehousemen's figures has been distri-
buted at the several warehouses as fol-
lows: Knott Bros. 2750O0; Atlantic,
$50, 600; Kinston- Carolina, 100 900; Farm
ers. 100000; Central, 100000; Eagle. 100,-
600 pounds. These six warehouses in one
huge structure would eover space of
1,349x620 feet.
The American Tobacco Company and
the Imperial Tobacco Company have
nearing completion each, very large ware
houses AS a tobacco market with this
beginning kept up it looks as if the boasts
of the tobacco men here would be a real
ization and Kinston will be the market
of the State
In an educational way, too, is Kinston
progressing In the Northern limits OF
the town on one of the several heights
overlooking the town is to be seen the
new building of the Rhodes School-a
Military and Practical Business College
for boys and girls with q curriculum
equal to the average Female college, and
business department similar to the
leading like institutions of the country
The building occupies q commanding view
of passing trains. To the north of the
Atlantic and North Carolina Railway
track, its three stories and a splendid
architectural design presenting an at
tractiVe picture. The main building is
three story, 110X60 feet, the annex two
story, 76x2S feet. There are seyenty-six
rooms-an open court making ventila-
ton perfect The plot contains thirty
acres, ten of which is the campus, while
twenty acres will be devoted to farm.
&c fhn Of
school shall take on the industrial fea-
lure. The surroundings are most de-
sirable. The moral atmosphere is the
best. The water is excellent. The school
opens in September with the following
faculty already provided for:
Prof W. H. Rhodes, president; DIR. r.
H. Lewis, Prof. f. M Ellerbee, Prof.
Harry Bolland, Mrs. Harry Bolland,
Mrs. w. H. Rhodes; Lady Principal,
Miss Jennie A. Culver
Already, even before a prospectus has
been issued, enquiry from various sec
lions of the country is pouring in and
the promoters of this enterprise are most
sanguine. In the whole eastern section
of the State no such inviting field is to be
found as the Rhodes School for
boys and girls at Kinston, N. C.
The Morning News, daily and semi
weekly. Kinston's new paper, will make
its first appearance soon. Messrs.
Koonce, Beasly and others are the pro-
motors of this new candidate for public
favor.
Mr. Shad Wooten, of La Grange, and
Mr. Dick Hardy, of Jason, suffered heav-
lily this week from hailstorm. Mr.. Woot-
ems tobacco crop, so bright and promis-
m
behold in the afternoon In the morn
ing he would have spurned an offer of
$4,000 for the crop In the. evening it
was worthless. Mr.. Hardy's loss was
about $4,000 on tobacco, cotton and corn
Others in the vicinity suffered, but none
so heavily as Messrs. Wooten and
Hardy.
Mr.. r. L. Bonner, of The Crystal Ice
Company, Washington, N. c., is the in
ventor of an automatic recording ma
chine that records every block and ton of
ice taken from tank.
The Bank of Beaufort, Beaufort, N.
:, with capital stock of $4,000 paid in
uly LIST, 1901, has earned for its stock
oders fifteen per cent. over and above
penses and taxes. The directors are:
W. Taylor, President b. L. Jones'
ce-President; 7. A. Uzzell, Cashier
$. Chadwick, d. S. Saunders, AlonZo
mas, John Furlow, Thos. Duncan and
" Arlington. The bank is now pref
iquartered in their new home.
begins to look as if the Oceanic Ho-
company, of Beaufort, would success
III launch their proposition-'T
o9ic. HoteP' at Beaufort The site of
th5tel is that Oh the old Atlantic
PfRent among the charter members
are has. p. Dey, N w. Taylor, ]. III.
Pot John Furlow, Thos. Duncan. J.
Is. is. c. d. Jones. DR.. F. NJ Clark,
IT. L. Duncan and G. " Robson.
IL the purpose of the promoters to
erect commodious hotel of modern
equipht in time for the next summer
seasob be kept open throughout the
year. breakwater is to be built ano
Ocean eet extended to the hotel
c.. j. RIVENBARK.