The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-07
MORAVIANS OF
NORTH CAROLINA

NOKIH CAkOLlNA
Continued from Page Seyen.)
daughters be allowed the privilege to
enter the schol. On October 81. 1902,
a boarding school fos girls was es-
tablished in response to these re-
quests and thus Salem Academy came
into existence. The first girl board
ers were Elizabeth Strudwick, Ann
and Elizabeth Kirkland. from Hills
boro: Mary Phillips. from Tarboro;
Anna Norfeet. from Scotland Neck;
Felicia Norf1eet. from Gates county;
Anna. Staiert. from Fayetteville: Re-
becca Carter. from Caswell county;
Anna Pauline Shober and Mary
Steiner, from Salem. From this ear
~ beginning Salem Academy has
gradually grow and has educated
more women in the South than any
other institution.
In the early days of Wachovia it
was necessary in order that every one
be properly cared for and the church
have sufficient funds for it's needs that
a body of its best men be formed into
a kind OF business directorate for the
purpose Of supervising the cOngrega-
tons business affairs and Of conduct
ing various lines of business which
the community needed, the profits Of
which were to be used for the COM
mon good and for the sustenance Of
the church. In the year 1771 the
Salem congregation established such
a body. calling it the Salem Congre-
cation Diacony. Prior to that time
the affairs Of the settlement in Wa
chOv1a had beer under the direct SUI
DerVision Of the church at Bethlehem.
In 1771 the Wachovia settlement was
made independent and the system OF
common housekeeping carried on in
Bethabara and partially in Salem was
abolished. Under this system all the
business enterprises of the town were
carried on for h general good, the
brethren and sisters having the work
divided among them and receiving the
n~ecessaries Of life in return. Upon it's
being abolished all the town enter
Drises were taken charge of by the
Salem Congregation Diacony, and
when the books of the Diacony were
opened in April. 1872, they were
found to nave charge Of a store.
tavern. pottery, tannery and brick
yard. The most important Of these
enterprises financially was the store
at Salem and Bethabara. Traugotte
Bagge conducted the business. receiv-
ing as a salary ten per cent Of the net
proceeds, one-third Of the remainder
going to the Bethabara Diacony and
two-thirds to the Salem Diacony. The
stock in the store at that time was
valued at s4,617, which was consid-
cred enormous at that time. and It's
profits along in the '30's amounted
to from 10000 to $4,000 per year.
Nor had it only a local fame. for
dressed deer skins were exported to
England n Germany. The potter's
business was by Gottfried
Aust on a salary OF One-half the net
proceeds. but he was guaranteed as
much as $3.50. The tanners business
was under the direction Of John
Henry Herbst. whose salary was the
same as the potter's. The tavern was
AGONY and such regulations were
made as to insure its cleanliness. the
keeper being compelled to take par
ticular care that clean beds and sheets
were always provided" The brick
yard was only run at intervals when
ever there was a ennan for brick,
and was Of value to the Diacony only
as furnishing building material at a
fair cost. In 1873 a grist and saw
mill was established. but it was never
very profitable. In 1777 the Diacony
provided the town with waferworks
and il 1892 it began to deal in to-
bacco. shipping it to Fayetteville.
Hamburg and Herrnhut.
Along in the latter part of the
'20's the Diacony resolved to part
with some Of the enterprises to in
diyiduals as the Salem congregation
was pretty we'll established and it was
deemed ~expedient. 1t sold the pottery
in 1928 to John Holland for $s54.4I:
the store building. including the stock,
in 1888 to Jacob Blum for $4,000:
the in 1889 to Christtsn
Briez for ~$9,357.4S. and the tavern
in 1880 to Adam Butner for s. O
During the period in which the
Salem CONGREGATION Diacony admin
istered affairs various small Indus