The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-16
From Three Hundred to
Four thousand.
INDUSTRIAL GROWTH
A Rush OF Building Now in Progress
The Graded School. the Female
Seminary and the Churches.
The Dam Across the
Yadkin.
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Especial TO News and Observer
AIbemarle. y. -. June 15.-AmOng
the many popular features of your
excellent and enterprising journal, per
nit me to say, none is more interest
ing and instructive 10 the public than
the liberal and spicy "write-ups' OF
our progressive and rapidly growing
towns. But l have been surprised
and disappointed that there has been
10 recent adequate account OF the al
most phenomenal growth OF Albenafie
and the little county OF Stanly.
We think We are gitfln thar, anu
that Albemarle is. 70 borrow phrase
.'the exact center of the universe
and that the sky goes down AT equai
distances all around il.
In 1891. when the Southern Railway
Company began the construction OF
the Yadkin Valley branch of their
system. Albemarle was a village of 300
Inhabitants; today there are, within
one mile OF the court house, nearly
4 900 people About half of these re-
side beyond the limits of the corpora
ton. but for all PRACTICAL purposes,
they are ours.
In 1885 the Efrd manufacturing
Company built their first spinning mali
and began operations with Mr.. j. w.
cannon. an EIIliilSi3IS SuCCCoSAhA ~
ton manufactures. as president. and
Mr. John ". Enrd. a fine business
man. as secretary, il now has 19,uoo
spindles They manufacture knitting
yarns and merchants Irvine, and their
output - much larger than the num-
Der of soindles would lead one 10 sup
pose.
The Wiscasset Mills Company. Mr..
Cannon president, was chartered III
1898. ana at once erected a mill with
a CAPACITY of 900 dozens of hose peg
ciem, and this has lately been in
creased to / 200 dozens daily output.
This company is now building an adj
dition to their spinning mill, which
viii bring the number OF then splndles
up to 50u0-
The AlBemarIe Furniture and Man.
ufacturing Company was organized
with a small capital in 1901, MIR. h A
CroweH president. and Mr. john
SnutnerIy secretary and treasurer, and
il has steadily grown until it now has
a large surplus and is on a firm iinan-
cial basis. They manufacture beds
and case goods. and their annual pro
duct amounts 10 about $4,000
Brand New Enterprise.
About one month ago the Lillian
Knitting Mill Company was organized
with an authorized capital of $4,000
and a paid up capital of S25. 900. Mr..
r. a Crowell. our popular clerk Of
the Superior court, who deserves the
chief credit for the organization OF the
enterprise, is the president, and Mr. a
l.. Patterson. n practical and enter
priSing young cotton factor, Is the
secretary and treasurer They have
already secured lands and expect To
erect their buildings within sixty days
The Sibley Manufacturing Company
was originally only a box factory, but
has recently branched out into gen.
eraI lumber business. II does quite d
good business in house fnishings. and
is a thriving enterprise.
The Snuggs Mill Company also
handle a great deal of lumber and
turn out large quantities of finishings
Albemarle has two large depart
ment stores and quite a number OF
smaller mercantile concerns. and,
believe. they are all doing fairly we'll
We also have two banks
schools and Churches.
Our graded school is we'll equipped
having two large and comfortable
baIiIdings-one of brick. the other 4
frame building. our school commit
tee are devising. from time to time. as
liberal provisions for the education OF
the children as the wealth of the COM
munity will justify.
We are not perhaps as religious q
people as we ought TO be. but the mat
ter of religion has not been neglected
The Presbyterians, the Baptists. the
Lutherans and the Methodists all have
neat little chapels. The Methodists
Lutherans and Baptists also own par
sonages for their ministers. After
awhile we expect TO be financially able
To build some handsome modern
churches.
The Englewood Female Seminary
under the auspices of the Mecklen-
burg Presbytery. is doing a great work
for the poor girls of this section who