The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-01
APEX MOVES FORWARD
CHAMBER OF COMMERCF Fnpn
ED-BRICK STORES GOING
UP-TOBACCO MARKFrr
AND OTHER ITEMS
Especial to News and Obsa~

Apex, May 27.-Tonight 1t >,.a
o'clock in the Odd Fellows ham
mass meeting Of the citizens will ~
held for the purpose of -c0uDIattr-
arrangements for the coming Forr-1
of July celebration. The feature 49,
the program will be an address h.,
good roads expert, who Will be So
cured from the government.
This celebration is the fourth IN
unbroken succession, and it is tns
purpose of the citizens of ADry f..
make it the best ever given her..
The Apex Athletic Association has
been organized with a strong mym-
elected president by a uuanfmorl
vote; Henry Upchurch was elected
vice-president, and A. J. WOOD. see
rotary and treasurer. The aim .+
this organization is to promote attn
letics in Apex.
Sunday, at the Methodist church
viii be turned over to the children o+
the Sunday school of that church. II
being the fifth Sunday, there viii he
no services elsewhere, and g Iar2s
crowd is expected. The children
have been practicing fO~ several
weeks, and with the able Instruction
.they have had, will give & splendid
entertainment.
Sunday morning at the home Of the
brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs. \. T
Barker, of the Salem communal. Miss
Maggie Barker was united in mar
riage to Mr.. Lyman G. Mann. q pros
porous young farmer of that -ection~
Miss Barker is one of the most bean.
tiful young ladies of that COruuunitv.
Three large brick buildings are he
ing erected on Salem street by Con-
tractors Salmon & Salmon. Of Dur
ham, for Messrs. c. P. SeIIars and j.
B. Mason, The work is progressing
rapidly, and Immediately f2lIowiu2
the completion of this contract this
firm Will take up work on the laraa
building to be erected by tla Apex
Mule and Supply Company. and the
Apex Knitting Mill on North salem
street.
An enterprise that means mgeh 70
the citizens of Apex is that Of the
Chamber of Commerce, the ol@anl-
cation which has only recently been
contaminated. MI. A. G. HUghas was
elected president, and Mr.. L. : Oil
yer, a business man Of WIja l"pute.
secretary and treasurer. Il has for
its membership the strongest business
men of Apex, and men VIII TLU al.
the organization to a COMPETE r~ealZa-
ton OF all that it stands for.
At q recent meeting Of tn citizens
of Apex the matter Of the proposed
automobile route, between Atlanta
and New York, was explained 1T
length by Mr.. w. c.. Allen, -uperin-
tenGent of Public Roads ii Wake
county, and resolutions I)1L-u- to-
ward securing the road tht5u-u THIS
section were unanimously al opted.
At q recent meeting Of To- BOARD
of directors of the Apex knitting
Mill Company a site was selected for
the building, and instruct WEI"
given for Work to begin St oa.a. Th,5
company has for it's president AIR. ".
Harvard, and a coterie Of the best
business men in this section Is dIft,-
tors. The mill will probably open Ut
in the early fall, with fifty t.trhIn'S.
with a capacity of one hundred.
The Producers Warehouse CONF
has only recently been of-a"-
lied for the purpOs of prOVLtln- h't-
ter facilities for the handllo@ of the
tobacco crop that VIII T." mar
at Apex this ear. To this emu
the Golden Leaf Warehouse has bee"
leased, II Capt. H. I. Be3-l"E' "
tObaccO grower and Ware1ousffna-
of Wid experience, secured C. man
age it's affairs for the season "i
.19O9-'1O. Mr.. A. D. UpChurch WAS
elected president, Mr.. G. T. Williams
tlce-president, and Capt. Il, 1, be&S
secretary and treasurer I'D"
stock Of this company Is s@attei''
largely among the farmers and ~
oaccO growers Of this section. and the
management will send Representative
North at an early date to secure a1-
iitional buyers for the local r9aEh'r
LAST season the Apex market paio Ire
llgheSt average price tor t13j''"
his State, and an attempt L b@'--
made to secure even better pres