The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-25

oht RECORDER, tn Bap-
list organ, was edited and published
by Rev. Thomas Meredith. about fonr
miles west of Raleigh. but was brough,
70 city about 1853. think. h
Primitive Baptist was also published
IN county, about eight miles east
OF Raleigh. The editor was Rev.
BurWe1l Temple, a prominent and in
1iuentlal minister of that denomina-
ton.
There were only two drug stores in
the city at this time, Williams & Hav-
wood and Peter z Pescud. And two
bookstores, Lumm & Hughes and w.
l.. PomerOy.
William H. High was sheriff of the
county. Richard P. Finch was clerk
Of the Superior Court.
James T. Marriott was clerk Of the
County Court ca court of pleas and
quarter sessions). Hinton Hudson was
Register Of Deeds. Sion II. Rogers
was COUNTY solicitor. The county
courts We're presided over BY three
justices of the peace.
i do not remember much about the
lawyers of that time; not enough to
give a list of them, but those most
prominent We're Hon. Geo. E. Badger,
Hon. ROmulus M. Saunders. Geo. w.
Haywood, Henry W. Miller. Perrin
Busbee, and others whose names I
,NtiI ~ w L lay
wood, a former United States Senator.
was a leading lawyer, but he died
about this time. [ do not remember
the exact date of his death.
There was but one dentist at that
time-Dr. w. r. Scott. He died a few
years later and was succeeded in the
business by DR.. Lemuel S. Perry.
i Will not attempt a list Of the mer-
chants nor Of the several manufacture
ing establishments in the city, as my
memory will not enable me to be
correct.
The North Carolina Railroad had
been chartered, and work had been
commenced at several points on the
line, but ground had not been broke
at or near Raleigh.
1.-The Raleigh and CASTOR ROAD
was undergoing a sickly reorganiza-
ton. It had been sold a few years be-
fore and the State and the new organ
ization We're industrious in their
efforts to get it on a solid basis.
At that time the road ran only
to CASTOR. the connection at
The trains would leave Raleigh in the
early morning and stop for breakfast
at FranklintOn, reaching CASTOR in the
afternoon. A train would leave CASTOR
in the morning and meet the down
going train somewhere on the line,
reaching Raleigh about 8 p. m. The
usual makeup Of a train was a bag
gage car and a first and a s~econd-class
coach. There were no postal clerks
on the trains at this time-the con
ductors handing out the bags at the
different stations.
"The average freight trains We're
composed Of from six to eight cars. It
went out one day and returned the
next. All trains were run by printed
- ht-- f~ni ~
dispatcher being known to the service.
There was but one dray in the city.
fuckers Abram Cor Ephraim) doing
all the hauling for the merchants. O
course business increased later on and
Abram. had opposition.
tThere were two banks here at that
time, the State Bank. kept in the
building now the Episcopal rectory
Geo. w. Mordecai president, and
Charles Dewey cashier. and a branch
Of the Bank Of Cape Fear in the house
known as the old Law Building. where
the new Auditorium now stands. w.
II. Tones was the cashier.
"The Governors Mansion was at the
foot of Fayetteville street. the lot be-
ing now occupied by the Centennial
Graded School.
about 1855, or ST, the corporate
| limits Of the city were extended one
quarter Of a mile each way, making
the city one and a half miles square.
Another extension a few years ago
made the city two miles square. with
the Capitol as the center point, which
had not before ben the case
'There are many other interesting
facts tina might be. stated IN me
ton with the growth of the city but
must stop for the present
p. S.-There were four hotels in
the city: The Yarborough. .~Laurence's.
GuiOn's and Bain'S. The Marlborough.
on same site as at present. was a small
concern. L~aurence's was On the lot
now covered by the post office and
was an ordinary affair. Guion's. now
the Agricultural Building: was the
leading hote1 of the. city. 1t was the
headquarters of the several stage lines
"Io fh~0n ino rAortapt stage