The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12
WARSAW WAKING UP.
h Stock of the New Bank in n Few
Weeks Jumps u to $3.50 a Share.
Big Crate and Basket hanu1ac-
tOry-New Telephone Line-Other
Refreshing Items.

Correspondence OF The Messenger-)
Warsaw, y. c., May Z.
The Bank OF Warsaw, which was or
ganized here last Friday by electing
Mr. John S. Armstrong;. of Whining
ION. as president, Mr.. H. L. stevens,
vice president, and Mr.. H. F. Pierce,
cashier, will select a site this week for
the bank building and WORK VIII begin
ar once The establishment of his in
stitution will supply a long felt want in
the town and community and VIII De. liz
is confidently expected, a paying IN
vescment from the start, as the territory
to back it up is quite extensive. Inc
stock was all taken without solicitation
and there is a dcmand for more. and.
II is said. the present stock could be
sold for $3.50 per share.
The large tobacco warehouse 10 now
completed and ready for the opening
of the fall trade, which is expected to
quite large on account OF the greatly
increased acreage in the weed this year.
The poles OF the Duplin Telephone
line are now all up, the wire has just
arrived and the line will be in operation
In l. short time. This line is to con-
meet Kenansville and Clinton by way OF
Warsaw. There is a line from Clinton
to Dunn already in operation, so this
gives phone connection from Magnolia
by way of kenansville, Warsaw and
Clinton to Dunn.
The tW0n election came off yesterday.
| resulting in the selection of Mr.. II. E.
| Stevens for mayor, A. w. Bell. N. r.
Hobbs F. L. Faison, j. w. r. Bass and
l.. Z. Best for commissioners.
Your correspondent was shown new
| variety of strawberry today called the
Carolina Queen grown by Mr. w. G.
| Thornton, OF this place. 1t is claimed
| that this berry is the finest grown in
this section.
h Warsaw Crate and Basket factory
situated not far from town, is one of
the most extensive Of its kind in the
state or the south, as far as the writer
knoWnS. Here q great Vriety OF crates,
baskets, etc, are manufactured and
shipped to various sections of the
try. MI. T. B. Pierce, one of Duplin's
| leading and most progressive citizens, Is
operating this extensive plant, and 1t is
| said gives employment to about two
! hundred people most Of the year.
| Mr.. D. B. FaisOn shipped from here
yesterday a solid car load of his cele-
| brated Dixie Bell strawberry. This
! new variety is growing in reputation
| and a million or more of the plants have
been sold in the last nine months.
The good people of Warsaw seem to
be awakening up from a little nap
| they have been taking, and like many
, other towns in North Carolina, begin
ming to realize more than ever
a splendid section of the country they
live in and what its vast possibilities
are in various ways. Prettily situated
as it is on one of the greatest railways
in the world, 80 miles from the only
seaport in the state, q miles from
GoldsbOro, s miles from the county seat
and IA miles from the progressive town
| of Clinton, in the midst of a fine farm
ing section, plenty of water and good all
the year round climate. why should
Warsaw not take on new life and be-
come a little city?
J. A. CREWS.