The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-09
HIGH POINT SHOWS
HEALTHY GROWTH
Second Greatest Furniture Manu-
featuring Centre in
World.
Especial to The rimes.Disnatcb !

J Especial TO The Times Dispatch
! High Point. y. G.. June S.--High
Point. midway between Atlanta and
\ Washington. In twenty years has in
creased from 500 to $4,000 people. This
has not been due to the raising of
tobacco. which has been such y
source OF wealth to much OF this Pied
mont section. nor TO the discovery of
oil, nor to the development OF mining
1t is the result solely OF manufactur-
ing, and the town is to-day the second
greatest furniture manufacturing cen
tire in the world. seventy factories,
nfteen churches. four public scho ii
/ buildings, tive banks, and twenty-four
passenger trains daily are small parts
of the story. When, twenty years
ago, three young men put their money
into d rough frame building and fled
II win saws. planners and sandpaper-
!nS machiaos. conservative neignDors
tnougnl unvy Were toU!ish. put they
mad confidence IN their undertaking.,
,ite iuture MS k.nd. and success WAS
assured lnen IoiIowcu. ana there
continues ~ follow, venture alter Ven
ture.
me advantage which High Point
has over other manufacturing towns
is the variety OF articles manutac-
tured. lnIs tact Is appreciated by
both small and large buyers.
| Il is convenient for the latter to
have market from which he may
from the same shipping point, and
fnr he ai,
Of mixed cars. Such condition
greatly enhances promptness and
freight rates. This fact. together
with the established reputation for
reliability of goods, fills the High Point
market with dealers the whole year.
and has built up enormous mail order
| departments.
AT t!rst this maritct con c,
almost entirely to the South. but as
manufacturing interests grew orders
poured in from every section OF the
East and West. from New York to
California, and from Chicago to Texas.
In addition to this, or-e.s are .,-
ceived from South America and Eu-
rope and China.
one uniuue feature OF this manu-
! featuring is that home talent and
home capital are chiefly employed.
The spirit OF manufacture has been
instilled into its citizens. Merchant
physician, lawyer, preacher. all have
stock. many of them important exc
cutivc positions. in the new and grow
ing factories. Young men in the
shop, counting room. or on tho farm,
look forward to the time when they
will have sufficient money saved to
take stock in some factory.
nut Asiue from .uinlture. here are
manufactures baskets, engines. shirts
organs. hosiery, veneer excelsior.
4 trousers, collins, bUggies, mattresses,
bobbins, shuttlcs, trunks. tobacco,
street cars, show cases, paints, wheels.
SILK. and to demonstrate that High
Point is not peculiar in its variety. Il
large cotton mill suddenly doomed up
this spring on the western horizon
OF the town.
The Piedmont railroad. extending
from Thomasvillc to Denton and esti-
mated MS worth about 100000. WIS
bu- ght last week by the w. \. Cu.er
Company, of New York. The pur-
chase includes twenty miles o: road,
two locomotives. and roli'ng stock
commemorate Herewith. In former
years the road was projected 10 lIisn
Point and graded part the distance.
hut was never finished. since the
coler interests mow have the matter
in hand, IL Is said the roal will be
connected with the Southern hallway
on tho south and eXtendrl to High
Point on the north.
lncse same Lo!.r people, also have
the contract 10 lut in ne iiiSh Point
gas plant. and With this IN view. tncy
are moving their Salisbury branch Of
flee here. While the citizens OF the
town have for some years enjoyed
electric lights and street cars, they
have never had the pleasure ~ read
ing cook with gas" signs at every
corner. The housekeepers are elated
over the prospect.
in the heart OF High Point. scores
Of hands are busy Joining the new
street car line TO the Main street
line The connection is at the corner
OF Main and East Commerce in front
of the new government building. while
the new line which is TO be ready
for cars in thirty days. is to follow
Commerce Street, Hamilton Avenue
and East Green. to the territory east
OF the silk mills
rI,nnt