The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-14

because 1t is without question one OF the
smartcst, clcyerest and most energetic
little cities in the South. and while /
don't live here my business frequently
brings me here and l am glad that it
does for there are object-lessons here,
for even an occasional visitor, that are
both interesting and valuable. During
the past decade or SO what was formerly
the unpretentious county-scat Of Guilford
has grown from a village to a town, and
then from a town to a city. In the Ian
guage Of one Of the city's progressive
young citizens: 1T went to sleep one
night a town, and woke up next morning
a city 1t was formerly called the
CITY of Flowers" and it is entitled to
still, but it is more than that ROW. 1t is
the city Of factories as we'll as lowers.
the hotel city as we'll as the dollhouse
city. 1t is a city of business as well as
Blooms, Z college as well as a chrysan-
themum city, and a convention city as
we'll as a city of carnations, and it has
all been brought about in comparatively
a short while. 1t was presto change
from the old town to the new city, and it
is vel on the way to even greater devel-
opment and greater wealth and impOr-
lance.
There is a spirit of rivalry here in
every avenue OI IIC Guy > dCllNIlg, Dul
it is a generous, friedly, rivalry, that
is healthful and all together makes up
a current Of progress and prosperity that
moves forward every interest Of the
hustling community. This spirit of rivalry
in perhaps g gentler sense seems TO
manifest itself here even in the con-
struction of the city's houses of holy
worship and for this reason they arc
larger, handsomer and more imposing
than they would otherwise have been.
There is seemingly the same spirit Of
gentle and friendly rivalry in the es-
Establishment and maintenance of its in
situations of learning, and no city Of its
size in the South, can lay just claim to
better or more convenient or comfortable
buildings and grounds erected and dedi-
Gated to the cause OF education.
And this generous but energetic spirit
Of rivalry is demonstrated in every phase
of the industrial life of Greensboro, and
because of this fact the general bust
ness of the city and community has grown
into a sweeping volume that flows out
into all parts of the commercial world.
You may always confidently rely on
finding something other than the every
day routine going on In --vensboro. It
may be a political conference or con-
~vention, a religious or educational gath
ering, a reunion Of veterans, a Grand
Lodge or other gathering, and when there
happens to be a lull in the movement
hither of outside forces Of conventions
or individuals, the people of the hustling
city amuse themselves by organizing new
manufacturing enterprises, erecting new
and imposing business blocks, planning
and erecting a new hotel or opera house,
laying off a new city park, building new
roads and streets, organizing a half d
dozen or SO Of new banking, insurance
or other like Institutions, erecting hand
| some and cOmmodious houses for them,
: organizing new companies, for the build
ing of new furniture factories, lumber
plants, cotton mills or other industries,
and then they go stirring out into the
5 busy world for business. And they get it
because pluck and energy, coupled with
: brains and money, wins, wherever you
find them acting and working together.
This is a brief sketch Of the magic city
of the Piedmont plains, and it is the
truth as l have observed it during my
visits to this busy centre OF trade and
! travel.
! The same spirit of active but friendly
rivalry appears too in the political con-
tests here as well as in the everyday
life Of the community, and Greensboro is
rapidly becoming a most interesting
, political centre, and if you happen tc
!. be hankering after a political discussion
along party lines Of any other lines, yol
don't have to HE yourself away from
Greensboro to find it, but if you vii
stand still a few moments you will FIND
it stumbling up against you.
Last night the great gathering of the
i faithful followers of the G. 0. =. were
: within the gates of the gate city. Al
day and nearly all night the air was
n charged with the hopes, inspirations, as,
: pirations, and Authorizations Of Pritch.
ard-Duncan-Rollins : Robinson Bynum
d Scttle-Blackburn and the other large anc
h small lights of the retiring commando
Of the Tar Heel remnant of the G. o. P
II They all marched up the Greens
boro hill, elected Rollins chair
man and selected Robinson for Nationa
committeeman, and then marched dow
again, leaving their tracks and ducat
behind them, and Greensboro kept RICH
on doing business and in a few hours tn
departing guests were forgotten and tn
stirring city had recalled the fact tina
it had a little political matter Of it
own to discuss and consider and on over
corner you could hear people discussin
the approaching municipal election
i mere 10 dlIeduy more Oh lpSS SplIlI an
activity manifested in the mayoralty con
test here. Among tho gentlemen mon
. toned for the place, | heard the name
Of the present incumbent, Col. w. T
osborne, Mr.. Glenn G.. Wright. Mr.. w. I
Land and Mr.. John King, but to a passer
by it seems that the real contest is t
be between Col. Osborne and Mr.. Gle,
Wright. two Of the most popular men i
Greensboro.
No one who knows either Bill Osbor
or Glen Wright as we'll as | do ar
admires them as much as | do wi
marvel at the fact that they each hal
strong supporters among their neighbo1
and friends. Mr.. Wright is a populs
young man, a leader in all that pertain
to his city's upbuilding, a genial. popul9
gentleman, and under ordinary circun
stances l opine that his name would /
almost lnVinCible in local polite
But in this instance he is meaSurir
lanceS with one of the best and mo
popular men in Greensboro and one
1.-THE safest, WiSeSt and most DrOCrpSSi,