The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-12-16
SKETCHES OF ENTERPRISES AND
INDIVIDUALS WHOSE ACTIVITIES
ARE CONSTANTLY IN THE d.
RECTIOA OF PROGRESS AND IN
The ACHIEVEMENT OF A
GREATER HENDERSON.

Henderson, the county seat of Vance.
and ore Of the thriving manufacturing
aud trade Centers of the New South,
is located on the Seaboard Air Line
and Southern railroads about one hun
dref aud thirteen miles southwest of
Richmond, Va, and forty-two miles
north Of Raleigh, NJ c., and with it's
suburbs has a population of approx
nat,ly nine thousand inhabitants
Iuriug the last decade Henderson
has made great strides along indus
trial lines, the mills and factories in
operation increasing their output and
facilities in the form of new buildings
and Equipment year after year, all of
which has given an impetus to the
towns development in population and
raised it to an important position as
. shipping point. The enterprises
which contribute to the industrial
prosperity Of the town are: -f
Fcnr cotton mills which give en-
~ment in the aggregate to twelve
4 persons and work up annual
light thousand bales of cot
Two buggy and one body factory
whose combined working force is
about one hundred and seventy-five
persons
Gagging factory.
large tobacco stemmeFJ.
An ice plant.
A planning mill.
Steam laundry.
cement block plant.
Three griSt mills.
Machine shops and other establish
mcn's of a minor character in the
mechanical lines
From the above enterprises the fin
ishcd productions are shipped to all
parts of the country, and the very fact
that these have all started up in a
small way and developed steadily day
by day since their inception is proof
conclusive that Henderson possesses
the natural and acquired advantages
OF location, railroad facilities and la
Dor opportunities, ETC., that encourages
and fosters industrial enterprise in
whatever form it may appear.
Besides the manufacturing plants
mentioned above, Henderson has a
number of residences costing from
$4,000 to $4,000; the Croatan Club,
one of the handsomest and most sump-
tuously finished social clubs In the
State, and about one hundred mer-
camille establishments
1ts telephone service is ranked as
one Of the best in the country, the To-
cal exchange having $50 subscribers
and long distance lines to every sec
ton east of the Mississippi.
As a tobacco market Henderson's
three warehouses draw patronage
from all of Vance and it's adjoining
counties. not only in North Carolina,
hut Virginia. All the leading tobacco
manufacturing interests Of the United
States and foreign countries are rep
resented at the daily sales, and with
the constant presence of individual OPP
orators buying on order or for specu-
iauon the bidding is of that spirited
order which makes for the highest
market prices. Several large storage
houses in various parts of the town
AFFORD ample facilities for the recep-
Uon of cotton and tobacco, so that in
ms respect the conditions are excep-
tonally favorable.
AS a cotton market no town enjoys
hetter selling opportunities, for buyers
are kept in constant touch with the
export markets by hourly telegraph
advlces throughout the day and where
ms advantage prevails the seller is
thoroughly protected. Car loads of
cotton and tobacco are shipped out
ualiy throughout their seasons and
lAeTe IS plenty Of activity in these
two great staples.
Within recent years Henderson has
become an important wholesale CEN
YER ior groceries, hardware, -four.
fruits and produce, being today a
source OF supply for as many as TWEEN
WINE and thirty counties down to
lie south Carolina line in some lines