The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-16
A DAY At WINDSOR
Banquet at Its Handsome
New Hotel.
Lieutenant Governor Winston Pre-
sides, and the Occasion is One of
Rare Pleasure. WindsOr's
Rapid Growth.

Windsor, N. c., April 15.-Your cor
respondent has in ten years
been going all over this
State. but no where does he find
greater marks of improvement than
here. When you recall the fact that
Windsor is purely an agricultural COM
munity without factories or other en-
terprises, one is amazed at it's prog
ress. Within ten years twenty-five
large brick buildings have been built
and move than a hundred dwelling
houses erected.
Nowhere will you find more enter
prise than in r. G. Bazemore's great
mammoth four story establishment
under one roof, hundred and twenty
feet deep and containing one of the
handsomest theatre halls in the State.
The scenery for this was specially de-
signed and painted by Henry, the
great. scenic artist of Boston, under
the direction of Mr.. Francis ID. Win
ston.
Next to r. c. Bazemores and nearly
as large. is the elegant store of j. }.
Madge and Bro, while across the
street we find the S. Lipsetz Co. doing
business in a very handsome building.
On Main street A. j. Roscoe conducts
a large business in two brick stores
and j. B. Gillian and j. b. Nichols
e. Bro. have very COM
modious apartment store filed
with general merchandise. Lieu
tenant Governor Winston owns
splendid building on King street with
Washington press-brick front. His
Offices are up stairs On the first floor
the Windsor Pharmacy Company con-
ducts in all respects an up-to-date
drug business and E. p. Sessions has
first-class family grocery in the build
ing.
The Bank of Windsor has modest
quarters in Gillian & Lyons brick
building and does a splendid business.
Its business is growing daily and the
balance sheet of the last statement
showed more than two hundred thou
sand dollars.
The Citizens Bank is in its own
neat building and is doing we'll under
the direction of ]. E. Nichols, it's pres
ident.
Gillian & Lyon are pioneers in the
banking business here and Mr.. Thorn
as Gillian, @president of the Bank of
Windsor, has the confidence of our
entire community and of the banking
world. Mr.. w. l. Lyon, cashier of the
bank, is the strongest man in the
county and one in whom the entire
county has faith and confidence.
The elimination of Windsor's great
Improvement has been marked by the
opening of new Mace of entertain
ment for the travelling public-The
Hotel Windsor. The splendid structure
is next to the court house. 1t has
magnificent colonial front on King
street with commodious upper porch
and veranda. Its rooms are light and
comfortable the furniture of golden
quartered oak and every article of the
latest design and best workmanship.
n ic, ho of
and cold water, and a new system Of
lighting. This building has been COM
pleted and furnished by Hon. A. S.
Roscoe. one of our wealthieSt and
most progressive citizens. 1t is i'm
possible for him to receive large re-
turn on the investment, but he says
truly that he built for the town and
not himself 1t was fitting that the
opening of this new hotel should be
marked with ceremonies. The citi
zens wished to show their aDprecia-
ton of Roscoe's public spirit and
last night a banquet was given. Covers
were laid for fifty guests and at nine
o'clock the doors of the beautiful din
ing hall were opened. The decorations
included national and state flags with
plants and flowers. Governor Win
ston presided as postmaster and gave
quite an interesting narrative of those
who had carried on business when the
hotel closed. The menu embraced all
that our appetites crave and was as
follows:
Norfolk Oysters Half Shell
Olives Pickles
Broiled Shad
Celery Sliced Tomatoes
Turkey
Baked Ham
Mashed Potatoes. Peas Lettuce AS
paraguS.
Salad Waters, Cheese Straws
Bette Beaten Biscuits
Chicken Salad
Ice Cream Cake
Candies Raisins Oranges
Coffee Tea Chocolate
Cheese. Crackers
Cigars
Windsor Artesian Well Water
L At intervals there were short re-
Aponses to calls and the following re-
sponded to toasts:
The occasion, Hon. Francis D.
winston; Our Guest. Hon. A. S. Ros-
cae; Our County officers, Sol Cherry.