The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-29
THE TWIN CRY.
Winston-SaIem, Known Far und Nca,
Great Ia King Tobacco There

THE TWIN CITY.
"insfon-S Salem, Known Far and Near
Great liz King Tobacco There.
There is hardly any occasion to write
about Winston Salem, for. as one Of
its enthusiastic citizens said to mo
the other day, everybody knows that
city. the great tobacco emporium Of
North Carolina, the Twin City, the
educational centre. the manufacturing
town, and the all-round live and
hustltng twentieth century industrial
and commercial North Carolina city.
That Isl what winston Salem is. ana
as such she is known in every nook
ana corner of this continent Nothing
mas done more, indeed nothing has
done as much. to make II thus widely
known as its mammoth tobacco fac
tories and It's enormous leaf tobacco
trade, but on this particular subject
lis tobacco interest, am going soon
TO write specifically and In detail, and
SO must save all OF my seductive weed
data until then
'" nile Salem is one of North Caro-
ma ma. OLDEST settlements and bequea this
70 the present, progressive citizenship.
many relics and landmarks, priceless
In value for their historic associations.
inston In half century has sprung
INTO existence and become CONNER
clai Power-the two resplendent in one
magnificent city. the power and pres
tlse OF which Is felt throughout the
iand, and the products Of her factories
ere nousehoid words on the lips OF the
, d"cilers OF every State in the Union.
Population md Business.
In population, winston Salem ,ai,ed
about 90 per cent. in the last decade.
ana now within the Immediate cor
porate limits there are living and
breathing and hustIing about $4,000
souls Ihen there are the fmmedia tel V
1oining suburbs OF Centerville South
side. Waughtown and North Winston.
when, together with adjacent just
out-of-town homes. increase the ~
urcs trlfle over 10000. thus pivin :,
the Twin City a real population YOU
may say Of aboue 35, 900.
While the growth of a CITY is larya-
~ measured by It's increase in ponu
iation, It's development along Industrial
and commercial lines has a greater
bearing upon its future than any sta
ustical records shown by its Increase
In populations.
The actual figures show, thar Tho
; manufactured products Of the ritv az
sregate In value $1,000 per annum for
every man, woman and child in the
city and Its suburbs. These mann
iactures consist Of tobacco In all Of
It's forms and. Of course, in the mar
ter OF dollars and cents this is the
icadlng industry, and the followinr.
! ! ar','ccies: Emit goods. furniture, cot
~ hnu WOODEN goods, wagons and
carts. iron and wood working machin
cry, fertilizer. building material. ,,our
| meal and bread, shoes, candies, cloth .
me- drugs and soft drinks, etc.
Postal and Bank F1Euren.
once Hsures are said to speak
more loudly Of towns growth and
u ..oi'nriai Importance than census
Is ures The annual receipts of The
post-ofiicc Of Winston Salem increa sod
from 1901 to 1910 from s.5.ooo ~ SIS
ooo. a citizen Of the city. who has a
pcnchant for statistics, has dived even
uecPer INTO the post-oftice figures and
ne declares that the gain in post-ott,rc
iccclPts OF Winston Salem has been
greater In the past nine years than In
az OF the years of the previous cen
III uuiy ana a half OF Salem's and Of
"lnstons life and DEVELOPMENT
Salem In the old days and Winston.
Salem in the latter years bave' hssn
noten tor superior banking facilities
ana strong banks. and the Twin CITY
now claims the distinction of having
tHe largest banking institution in the
state II being one among the largest
~ the entire South, and 1t has other
strong banks, several Of them. In
iaoo the banking capital OF Thu. citv.
including surplus, amounted 10 sauo :,
VIZ N 1910 the capital and surplus
mad increased to S2267ooo
From meagre railway facilities IN
l9oo' the Twin City has developed into
very prominent railway centre. being
served bS the Southern Railway and
t me norfolk and Western. which, with
INC I! construction of the Winston Salem
soutnbound. between Wadesboro and
WINSTON salem, to be operated by the
,,.! Coast Line Railway, gives
lnston- Salem the advantage of three
Dig railway systems Not only has II
ne advantage offered by three Of the
strongest and best equipped railway
sss,eHs OF the South, but with the
nuiidlng OF the Southbound, Winston
oaiem is placed on through line tina
IS direct from the centre Of population
ol the United States. to leading sea
norts OF the South Atlantic winston
oalem has Indeed become great and
us continued growth in greatness :