The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-08
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.


The Chamber of Commerce. of Will
mington, was instituted in 1853 for the
purpose of promoting the active and en-
terprsing commerce of the city Its
executive officers for the current year
are: NJ. w. jacob, president; Thos. ID.
Meares, first vice president; Geo. r.
French, second vice president, and John
L. Cantwell, secretary and treasurer.
All enquiries relative to the city of Will
mington and it's advantages may be ad-
dressed to the secretary, who will cheer
fully furnish all information and details
on the subject.
CHANGE.
The Wilmington Produce Exchange is
an organization of much utility to the
trade interests of the city. The officers
of the Wilmington Produce Exchange are:
P. Pearsall, president; j. H. Chadbourn,
Jr., vice-president, and John L. Can't
we'll, secretary and treasurer.
THE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION.
This organization also is of a useful
character, having, to some extent, the
same object in view as the Chamber of
comprised more among the retail bust
Eess men of the city, than the older or
ganization. The executive officers of the
Merchants Association are: VIM. E.
Springer, president; Chas. NJ. Whitlock
and j. H. Thomas, vice. presidents, and
P. Heinsberger, secretary and treasurer.
Enquiries regarding the city addressed
to the secretary will also be met with
prompt courtesy and attention.
SUMMARY.
There can be no doubt by any one who
takes note of the steady and continued
growth which Wilmington has made, as
to its assured progress and successful
advancement. Situated as the city is,
upon one of the most safe and accessible
of harbors, with a climate that is as
near perfection throughout the entire
year as can be found, permitting the car
rying on of every branch of business
without cessation or Inconvenience, and
surrounded by fertile lands, upon which
are established farms and truck gardens,
which are famous, and which yield album
dant and choice food supplies. Fish,
oysters and other products of the river
and sea are plentifully obtained only
just without the city'S limits, and, with
no important exception, nearly every
class of food is as abundant and as cheap
as in any other part of the United States.
Wilmington today bids fair to go ahead
rapidly and it must necessarily share
in the growing prosperity and advance
ment of the South. It's natural resources
were at no time better supplemented by
its acquired advantages than they are to-
day, and the opportunities to inaugurate
new undertakings and obtain homes, oc-
cupation and contentment are here open
to all. The city is the center of intel
lectual vigor, with a past full of interest.
present full of earnestness, and a flu
ture full of promise. Wilmington pre-
sents many attractions to the tourist, the
patriot and the statesman, the business
man and the wage Garner, and more i'm
portant than all to that most practical
of philanthropist, the enterprising BUSH
ness man and home seeker, looking for
location in which to establish a pro-
ductive industry The time should not
be far distant when the $4,000 population
of Wilmington will be doubled, and per-
haps tripled, and when of the entire At
lantic SOnfh citjpS she shall he