The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-19
In A HURRY
How il Looks to Scribe Getting
Iabbed in the Sides by Wilson's
Elbows.
(Staff Correspondence

Wilson, n. c., December IL
Though a week and three days before
Christmas day the hustle and hustle III
this live city of Wilson impresses the
visitor with the fact that not only the
town people but the country folks to-
miles around who come here to sell To-
bacco and cotton and trade have got
Christmas in their bones, and as Is usually
the case the enterprising merchants have
prepared for the occasion as Their well
filled stores will show. And the hundreds
of wagons rolling out of town each even
ing loaded with all kinds of bundles, boXe:
and barrels, prove that large part OF
the money the tobacco and cotton was
sold for has been exchanged Tor goods.
There is no stand still for Wilson as
the many signs of building and Improve
ment here will evince. The large new
brick wagon factory is finished. The shaft
ing is all up and most OF the machinery
in place Car loads of stock are arriving
daily and within a few weeks the great
engine will start, and another big indus
try will De added to the list that give
employment to bread-earners.
This building is located on the corner
OF Tarboro and Gold streets. SeTen acres
of land are used for buildings and neces-
sary yard room for the factory. TIE
main building is 500 feet long and IS
wide. The capital stock of the company
is 10000 Mr.. w. D. Hackney is the
president OF the company. Capt. T. W.
rilman Of the Dennis simmons lumber
company is vice-president; and Mr.. Geo.
Hackney is secretary and treasurer. Mr..
Manning superintendent and general man
ager. They will employ about so to 60
mechanics and laborers to begin with,
and expect to build not less than 700
wagons the first year. They Will make
all kinds of wagons from the light ore
horse spring up to heavy log carts. They
also will manufacture tobacco trucks
This enterprise is managed by thoroughly
experienced business men, and | predict
it will be a success from the start an1
grow as the years go by.
Manager Cantwell, of the new Briggs
notel, gave his guests quite q surprise
last Monday night, when the dining room
doors were thrown open for supper. 81;
young white girls, surrounded the tables.
TO serve meals. They are: Miss Lizzie
Williams, of Fernhead Miss Liddia
Wright. Miss Daisy Summerlin, Miss Cor
rhine Summerlin, Lily Baton, Temple
Baton. This is a new field for young
women to aid them 10 make a living,
and the manager of the new Briggs
should receive credit for initiating the
move in this section. Doubtless other
hotels will follow the example and 50 a
new employment will be given to young
white women who have the courage to
DO honest work for a living.
The handsome new brick Methodist
church is about completed, and the ole
church on the opposite corner has been
sold to a stock company for . theatre
The Carolina Brghts company repor;
that orders for their fine brands OF cigar
cites and smoking tobacco are increasing
daily. the trust notwithstanding,
From what the farmers In this section
tell me l am confident the acreage IL
tobacco here will be largely decreased
next year while that for cotton Will be
increased very much over what it was
this year.
The Atlantic Christian College has a
very good attendance and / am told that
the prospects for a large increase after
January is very promising.
The graded school room has an enroll
ment of over 600 The saloons here wall
close Jan. list, 1904, and the dispensary
will open business on South Tarboro
street, Mr. j b. Farmer will be the man
ager assisted by S. Lester, and w. A
stott.
1t is rumored that the Elks viii build
a $4,000 lodge here next year, also that
the sanitarium here is trying to buy the
Let adjoining their building on the west
for the purpose of charging to twice its
present capacity.
Street improvement IS still progressing
The rock crusher is kept busy every day
while many teams are hauling the macad
am. the steam engine is packing it down
and with what they have done when Work
is completed on all the other streets, no
town IN the state can boast OF better
smooth hard streets than Wilson. Let
the good work go on.
II. B. HARDY.