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 mortb Carolina, ITn 1901, 
 
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 picbmont Section* 
 
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 1Hnin8ton=Saletn, IRortb Carolina, 
 
 ..,1901... 
 
 Xocation. 
 
 W'inston-Salcm is located on a rulling and picturesque plateau approaching the 
 mountains ot Western North Carolina, the Pilot and Blue Ridge being in plain 
 view from anv portion of the cit\ . It has ever been recognized as beautiful for 
 situation and is the centre ot the iinest and richest section of the Piedmont Belt. 
 Its altitude is one thousand feet above the sea level and is sufficiently higher than 
 the surrounding countr\' to furnish an unuirpassed natural drainage. The climate 
 is exceedinglv equable. Sheltered as it is from the blighting winds of winter and 
 fanned in summer bv the balmv ozone from the wind-swept hills of Western 
 North Carolina it affords a boon to those fleeing from the rigors of winter and the 
 oppressive heat of summer. The average temperature for past twelve vears has 
 been 59°, while the annual rain-tall is about 19.^:^ inches. 
 
 SurrounMnci dountrv. 
 
 Forsvth county, of \yhich Winston-Salem is the county seat, and the adjacent 
 territories tor miles around, constitute a rich farming countrw The soil 
 of this section is fertile and verv productive, well adapted to the cultivation of corn, 
 wheat, oats, grasses, vegetables, fruits and especially tobacco — watered bv living 
 streams — giving the farmer every advantage to be had in anv place in the United 
 States. All crops when properly cared for will yield an abundant harvest. No 
 more congenial clime can be found in the \yorld than here. It enables farm work 
 to be (prosecuted eleyen months out of the \ear. 
 
 The populace throughout this section ot the State are a healthy, prosperous 
 and contented people — an education-seeking people, with whom refinement and 
 culture are all in all. As a place tor home-seekers there is no spot on the globe 
 superior to Forsyth and the adjacent territory. Blessed with ample springs of clear, 
 cool, health-conducive water, blue skies and radiant sunshine, it is an ideal place 
 of the Sunny South. Those in quest of picturesqe home sites have varied abun- 
 dance from which to select: hill and dale, slope and riverside, wood and field — all 
 spread out like a panorama, inviting the home seeker to stay his wanderings and 
 find rest and repose. 
 
 Ti(llin3ton=Salcm. 
 
 \\ inston-Salem, while a portion ot its histor\' ( Salem ) is contempo- 
 rary with colonial davs, haying been founded oyer a century ago bv a Moravian 
 
colony, is a new citv, as its rise and progress dates hack onK" two decades. 
 Almost at a bound it sprang into a prosperous manufacturing and commercial cen- 
 tre, and today its magnetism as a centre tor special lines, attracts the trade, not 
 only of America, but of the world. It is a quiet, unassuming city whose growth has 
 been firm and steady — no spasmodic boom swelled her 4,000 inhabitants of twenty 
 vears ago to the now 20,000, but the natural resources, and unexcelled advantages 
 which exist here, together with the commanding topographical position has des- 
 tined Winston-Salem to out-strip her sister cities, and onlv a few vears hence the 
 Twin-City will be the most prosperous and flourishing trade and manufacturing 
 centre in the South. Her internal improvements are modern and compare favora- 
 bly with the larger cities ot the countrx . Nothing is lacking to make it truK a 
 metropolitan city — supplied with convenient citv railwav facilities, unexcelled water 
 works and sewerage system, electric plants tor power and arc and incandescent 
 lighting, while the streets and pavements are well paved and shaded with the pic- 
 turesque and graceful elm and oak — it is a desirable city in which to Hve. 
 
 Commerce. 
 
 Winston-Salem, being situated as it is with ample facilities for transportation of 
 freights to all points, backed bv a fine farming countr\', is of course a place of great 
 business activitv. The business interests ot this cit\- are rapidlv expanding and 
 trade from all sections is being attracted here. 
 
 The commercial activitv is made up ot manufacturers and jobbers and a num- 
 ber ot large and metropolitan retail establishments, all these institutions are in a 
 flourishing condition. Her business people are' sagacious and enterprising and stand 
 as a unit in matters pertaining to the upbuilding of their citv and communitw 
 
 lln a ll^ut Sbell. 
 
 Winston-Salcm contains a population ot upward ot 20,000 souls. The\' 
 have two water-works, electric lights, gas plant, two telephone svstenis, thirt\-five 
 daily trains, two well-kept, up-to-date hotels, thoroughlv equipped with all modern 
 conveniences; one female academv ot a centurv ot usefulness, one bo\s' high 
 school, five graded schools, one colored Industrial school, two ice plants, three knit- 
 ting mills, three laundries, two dailv papers, three weeklv papers, two monthlv 
 papers, one Tobacco journal, weeklv; four banks, two sash, door and blind mills, 
 with woodworking in all departments; one tin tag compan\', ii\e wagon factories, 
 one chemical company and fertilizer works, two well fixture factories, two chair 
 factories, one cigarette factory, two cigar factories, one cigarette machine tactorv, 
 one bone mill and cotton gin, one Electric Light and Power Companv and street 
 railway, with six miles of lines operated; one electric power plant, with 2,i;oo 
 horse power; two cotton inills, one woolen mill, tour flour mills, three toundries, 
 three furniture factories, three bottling works, two box factories, four brick-making 
 plants, one broom tactorv, two carriage and wagon factories, tour iron machine 
 works, four tobacco warehouses, twentv-two million pounds annual sales of ieai 
 tobacco, ten plug tobacco factories, with an annual output of twent\ -five million 
 
pounds, thirteen leaf tobacco factories, one marble works, six thousand laborers 
 einploved in factories, fifteen hundred horse power electric current, ready to be 
 harnessed to any kind of new industries. 
 
 1Railroa&s. 
 
 Wc have two of the South' s greatest railroads, the Southern, and Norfolk & 
 Western, running North, South, East and West into the extensive and rich terri- 
 tnrv trihutar\ . 
 
 ]£&ucational. 
 
 The people of Winston-Salem take great pride in their schools, and make 
 most generous provisions for their maintenance, and it is not saving too much to 
 claim that no citv in the country of equal size has better school facilities. Besides 
 large buildings used for the colored children, we have four splendid public school 
 buildings. In connection with the public schools a public librarv has been estab- 
 lished which is growing to be one of our important institutions. In addition to her 
 public schools Winston-Salem is the home of the famous Salem Academy and Col- 
 lege, which for a centurv has been a splendid school for voung ladies. There is 
 also located here the Slater Industrial School for colored people. A business col- 
 lege under the management of Prof. McCaul is a growing and pcjpular institution. 
 
 IRelioious. 
 
 Winston-Salem -is well supplied with houses of worship. She has a number 
 of magnificent church edifices, well furnished and comfortablv arranged. The fol- 
 lowing denominations have churches here: Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Mo- 
 ravian, Christian, Protestant Methodist, Episcopalian, Roman Catholic, and Lutheran. 
 
 There is no cit\- in the South, of equal size, with stronger banking institutions 
 than Winston-Salem. We have two National Banks, one Savings Bank, and a 
 Loan and Trust companv doing an extensive Banking business. 
 
 1l3otel5. 
 
 We are well supplied with Hotels, some of which are steam heated, with 
 comfortable rooms and accommodating service. The Northern tourist seeking a 
 pleasant home for the winter can find here hotels and boarding houses that, if not 
 as elegant as some of the winter resorts, are comfortable, cheerful and homelike. 
 
 Iparh5. 
 
 Nissen Park, situated about two miles south of the city, was opened to the 
 public last summer and is a beaLitif'ul place and popular resort. The electric cars 
 run direct to the Park. 
 
 PiednKint Park, about two miles north of the city is where the f'airs, races, 
 athletic grames, etc., take place. The Park has the finest race track in the South, 
 grand stand, stalls, etc. 
 
public JBuilMiuis. 
 
 The Twin-City is proud ot her pubhc buildings. She boasts of the finest 
 Court House in the State, standing in the center of the city, a monument to its 
 builders and a credit to the countv. The municipal building is a plendid structure, 
 up-to-date and convenient, with court room, council chamber, offices, market, 
 armorv, etc. The public school buildings are all first-class. The U. S. Govern- 
 ment will soon erect a handsome public building, for which a beautiful location has 
 alreadv been secured. An Opera House that will be a credit to anv citv will be 
 erected this vear. 
 
 Streets, Santtavv? System, an^ Water. 
 
 The principal streets are all paved and the citv is lighted with electricity. A 
 good system ot sewerage is in operation. Our water supply is abundant and is 
 according to the report of the State Chemist, absolutely pure. The water is cool, 
 clear, sparkling, and healthy. 
 
 Xlobacco. 
 
 Tobacco is the basis of Winston-Salem's prosperity. The first sale of leaf 
 tobacco was held about 26 years ago, since which time the market has.steadilv 
 grown until today it sells more tobacco direct trom the hands ot the farmer than an\- 
 market in the South. The tobacco year that has just closed' was bv far the most pros- 
 perous in the history ot the market, about 22 million pounds ot leaf having been 
 sold. This is also an important point for the manufacture of the weed, about 25 
 million pounds annually being made into chewing tobacco, besides smoking tobacco, 
 cigarettes and cigars. Manufacturers pay to the government about three million 
 dollars annually, and farmers receive on an average of S5>ooo per day throughout 
 the \xar tor tobacco sold on the Winston market. Tobacco grown in this section 
 possess a peculiar flavor and sweetness that is not to be found in tobacco grown in 
 an\- other section — hence the popularity of the product. 
 
 Commercial ©roani.sations. 
 
 The Chamber of Commerce is an organization which has been a strong factor 
 in the progress of the Twin-Citv. Nearly every business and professional man in 
 the city is a member of the organization. The Chamber has handsome rooms, where 
 strangers are always welcome. The Secretarv of the Chamber will promptly an- 
 swer all letters, and will gladly give anv information that mav be desired by those 
 wishing to locate or invest. The Tobacco Association is strictly a tobacco organi- 
 zation and has about seventv-five members, all of wh(jm are engaged in some de- 
 partment lit the tobacco trade. 
 
 XT be press. 
 
 Winston-Salem supports tw(j daiU paper.>, The Sentinel and |ournal, both 
 afternoon publications, taking press dispatches. The Republican, a weekl\ with a large 
 circulation, and the Tobacco lournal, are both published here. 
 
lDariou3 Unstitutions. 
 
 The T\vin-Cit\' Hospital, Home tor Widows, Old Folks Home, Sisters 
 Home, are all charitable institutions, and all doing a great work tor humanity. 
 Winston-Salem has the most flourishing Y. M. C. A. in the State. The rooms ot" 
 the Association are fitted up handsomelv. The reading room is supplied with over 
 $200 worth ot current literarure, including the leading periodicals and magazines. 
 The gymnasium is well equiped and the Auditorium is an unusually good one, fur- 
 nished with about four hundred opera chairs. 
 
 mbolesale. 
 
 Owing to the peculiar location ot Winston-Salem, her railroad advantages and 
 immense back countries, penetrated by the Southern and Norfolk & Western Rail- 
 roads and their branches, the place offers splendid opportunities for those desiring to 
 engage in the wholesale business. There are alreadv in operation here some of 
 the largest wholesale drv goods concerns to be found in the South. Several large 
 grocery concerns are also in a flourishing condition. There is a splendid opening 
 here for a wholesale shoe and hat business, wholesale clothing, and in tact there are 
 great possibilities here tor almost all lines ot merchandise in a wholesale wav. 
 
 Mbat Wic mant. 
 
 Owing to cheapness ot labor, first-class railroad facilities, cheap electric 
 power, plenty of good timbers, and other advantages, Winston-Salem is a splen- 
 did point tor all kinds ot small industries. Men of experience and a little mone\ 
 can find encouragement here. Great possibilities await the following industries: 
 The manufacture ot carpets, knit goods, tables, chairs, coffins and caskets, 
 cooperage, shoes, hats, all kinds of turniture, stoves, silk goods, pearl buttons, 
 china ware, baskets, spokes, handles and shuttles, buggies, soap, chewing gimi, 
 trunks, organs, pianos, shovels, tools, agricultural implements, matches, ladders, 
 paper boxes, pants, shirts, ladies' skirts, toundrv, tire insurance, life insurance, 
 snuff, herbs, truck, brass foundry, iron bedsteads, enameling works, brewery, 
 creamery, hosiery mill, tape, glass, sewer pipe, rope, sash cord, office novelties, 
 paint, electric supplies, cheroot, bleaching, &c. 
 
 We want good people to come here. We will give them a cordial welcome, 
 and assist them in cyer\- \va\' possible. 
 
 Conclusion. 
 
 It is impossible in this small pamphlet to give complete intormation in regard 
 to our city and section, and the man\' advantages we possess. An investigation 
 will satisfy anyone as to our possibilities and advantages. A letter addressed to the 
 Secretary of the Chamber o\ Commerce will at all times receive prompt attention. 
 
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