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MORNING  ?OST, p^NDAT,FEBRUAHT 25 IQ04
THE A & M. COLLEGE
FOR COLORED RACE
Something of Its Character and That of Its
Faculty and Students
for t:
31-ert r
what had 1
i  the
In placing the col-
e   reach   of   the   masses
a the most good, and ha
responded with enthusiasm:""The splendid work done by Hon. A.
M. Scales as chairman of the board.
The excellent condition of the college
Is due largely to his personal oversight
and untiring efforts to increase the usefulness  of the institution."
The officers and faculty of this Institution are as follows:"  James B. Dud-
it; John
:hitecture; J. W. Landreth, dep:
nt of industry; Charles H. Moore"  English;  P. E.  Robinson, B.  A
rhis  college   was  establi~hed  by  an
t of the General Assembly of North
d   March   6," 1891."" The
The management and control
college and the care and preset
of all its property is vested in a
of trustees, consisting of fifteen
bers, one from each congression
trict and five at large, who are
ed by the General Assembly for
of s
The t
;s, by the act of the Leg-
people in this State live in the
and subsist on agriculture. The future
of the colored race in the south depends
upon the ownership of farm lands and
their intelligent and skillful treatment
by colored farmers. This field is free
from competition and race feeling. Owners of large tracts of land now yielding
nothing will be omy too glad to rent
them to the skilled farmer who graduates from an agricultural college, and
also provide him with stock and implements of husbandry.
The young man who leaves this college, with honor, a good character and
a well-trained mind; who is familiar
with science and art relating to his
calling in agriculture, mechanics or any
of the trades, will not be compelled to
canvass the country seeking employment. Capital will be looking for him
to place him in charge of lands and
stock, to handle machinery and direct
unskilled labor. Wherever skilled labor
is found among producers, turning the
wheels of industry that increase the
wealth of the world, there will be found
graduates of the Agricultural and Mechanical College.
North Carolina is an agricultural
state." Her manufacturing interests are
future  of wealth  lies  in  the hands  ol
plow, care for
■H y
machine]
her water powers and manufacture her
iron and other products. The men who
is best will be those who will
qualify themselves for the work by a
course in the Agricultural and Mechan-
There can be no rivalry between this
college and other Institutions of learn-
ather of a heterogeneous nature. They
orr.'e with various stages of develop-
nent. from the r|ral schools and the
ity graded sehooisiin almost equal pro-
lortion."  Those frun  the  rural schools
GLANCE AT COTTON MILLS
AND MANUFACTURING PLANTS
Some of the Things Which Have Contributed to Greensboro's Growth
three-fold purpose, viz.: to furnish re
enue to the college, to give emp'.o
ment to needy and deserving studen
instruction of the clas
The broom factory is equipped with <
all the necessary machinery for con- l
verting the broom-corn, raised on the "
farm, ino the most useful article of the i
household—the broom. The college "
finds a ready market for the output of "
the factory in its immediate vicinity,"  j ]
The brick .yard is equipped with a j s
power brick-machine made by J. C. I
Steele & Sens, Statesville, N. C, a re- '
press for making pre.-sed brick, two >
Steele's patent trucks, hack boards and 1
brick covers. The mac. nery is pro- j '
pelled by a 25-horse-power Atlas auto- j
matic egine of the latest design and a '
30-horse-jower Atlas return tubular
boiler of the newest pattern. There is
also a dry kiln in course of construction which will, when completed, enable
the plant to be operated during the entire year.
A canning factory will be put in during summer for the purpose of putting
into marketable form the surplus vegetables which (are not sold in the raw
state. The department makes its own
cans in a shop connected with the fac-
The brick-laying and plastering department takes contracts along this line
so that the students may not only have
an opportunity to learn to make brick,
but also to build the product of their
own labor into neat and imposing struc-
delight, the crude clay, from a barren
field of worthless bottom, through the
various processes of the brick-yard to
Only a few years ago this city spranp
into prominence as the .tome of diver-
g." The dairy
s the  United
ivlng " churn,
I, one eclipse
z:nit!vat|
.s and neces- «
chemistry. \
The first great impetus along this lint
was given the city by the location her<
of the mammoth plant of the Proximity Manufacturing Company, organized
and owned largely by the Cones
Messrs. Moses H. and Ceasar
ed   i
.will be a public square for stores and
an office building for professional men.": Church and school houses will be built
'and all together it is going to- be a
model  mill  village,  like  that  at  Prox-
t imity, except on a larger scale."! Electricity for running the White Oak
mill will be' generated from two 2,000
horse-power engines and eight 450 horse
power boilers. At Proximity the spinning mill is run by a 750 horse power
engine and  the weave mill by electrl-
■ngiiM
-ated   1
These
Glascock laid the foundation of this
(business. His operations at first were
|upon a very limited scale, but today
|the concern is one of the most Important of Its kind In the state. In 189i
I Mr. T. A. Glascock was admitted to a."! Share of the business, the style being
.changed to Clascock & Son. In 1897
I Mr. L. L. Glascock became a partner
;and the present designation of Glascock & Sons adopted. The enterpiisa
has several times increased its plant" ~
:1  facilities of production, and  today
t is
iiii'h
here
sting
plat
s  for
as." chemical"  tratus." Hot
M r baths, ap-
Jyprt, the equipment of
the  department i," first  class  in
o other instil
in  the state.
The departmeniof physics has r<
ly purchased son. i of the latest ap
tus for soil phjis'ca which indue;
ball   bearing
plants already
a small scale have been enlarged, new
companies have been organized and
plants erected, until today Greensboro
is perhaps leading the state in diversity
of- manufactures. To undertake to
enumerate   them   would   be   a   tedious
ing Company are C
dent; B. N. Duke,
J. W. Cone, secret;
Mr." Duke   lives   in
eith-
.'■••   '-,',""""""  ■
me   weight," ap-
and porosity of
rmine the power
ss tubes sixteen
eolation through soils;
a set of galvan-
ized iron cy
to  show  the effe -ts of
mulche3 on  the
evaporation   of  -water
from   the   soil;
and a set of Arc  glass
tubes thirty by
one  and  seven  tight
nches  for deter-
mining the capillary attraction of soil
The botanical labora
tory is equipped
r-ith solid oak t.'.bles
and chairs."  The" onsi  is  of
6 compound mi-
18 slp/ole m
iscropes, dissect-
'a Business ass
er of which will furnish fu
to interested parties."  A few
terprlses   referred   to   will   be   noticed
Proximity and White Oak
Situate just outside the corporate limits of the city, northeast, is the large
plant ->nd mill village of the Proximity
Mm:", icturing Company. This company  was  organized  and  Incorporated
The influence for good  which  this enterprise   confers   on   the   loca
hardly   be   over-estimated," and   in   the
disbursement  the year round  of large
sums of money in wages, it contributes
Greensboro as a producing center and
ties it to rank among the most Important factors of the industrial advancement of the new south.
largely enhance its sphere of usefulness. At the above address are located
the offices and the general foundry
and machine works, a.nd at 212 Lewis
street the stove works are situated.
At the job foundry about twenty men
are employed, and some dozen at tha
stove works. The firm transact a regular jobbing foundry business, and they
have the best of facilities. They hava
on hand a very large variety of patterns for ordinary purposes, and- thejr
devote attention to the making of patterns to order for special work They
also make feed cutters and factory
trucks. As manufacturers of the Carolina Cook Stove, this house is known
throughout the state and beyond. This
appliance embodies all the most desirable features of efficiency and economy,
and today, as year ago, it Is the most
popular product of the kind in this
market," and   of  late  years   some   im
proved new features have been added.
The members of the firm are Messrs.
G. T. Glascock and his sons, T. A.
Glascock and L L Glascock. It goea
without saying that they are thoroughly practical men in all that relates to
the industry, having been connected,
| with it ail their lives.
200  feet  long,
going   up   is
it stockholders
Sternberger
AGRICULTURAL AND   MECHANICAL   COLLEGE—COLORE" consists of the very best and latest ii
5 proved machinery and appliances, the
■ being in operation 20,000 spindles a
i 1,105 looms, and other machinery, t
i whole operated by steam of the capa
sident, and A. V. D. Smith,
id general manager. The
lg  is  250x80  feet," two  sto-
race in North Caro-
j be pursued lead in
and Mechanical Col-
Ministers of all denominations
vited to interest themselves in
iigious welfare of the college.
college, broad in its purpose,
3al in  its  work,  elevating  in  its
then the colored people in all
efforts for industrial and intel-
I  advancement."  As such, its pe-
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i   Ol"  the English  Ian;
i  oranches of mat
tion in the industries of li
facilities of such instruct
The   citizens   of   Greens
twenty-five acres of land
1£93 this was supplemented V
propriation of $10,000 by the Gi
sembly. The main building, <
finest school edifices in North
was completed, in 1S93, and t
opened in the fall of that year
dormitory, which cost $6,C0O, a
laundry and a green-house 1
added.
In the summer of 1895 the J
building, a largo tv
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to the colore*
equ'p themseiv
and prepare to
■ii- j make  the college of inestimable value
ort   to the people for whom it was institut-
are   ed," as  well  as  to  the  government by
nly I which  it  is fostered,
lie- I "  it  is most fortunate for the colored
-ile that their Asri1 ural and Me-
:ated   in   the
perous and growing city of Greens-
)rty   daily
es," which
the magnificent edifices on the through-
fares of Greensboro.
House-building, heating and plumbing, is a line of work that not only furnishes a ready market, for ra w
such as brick made by the college, but
also serves to give the student practice
in actual house building and contracting. The department is well equipped
for this kind  of work.
A farm of 125 acres, is well stocked,
and equipped with the most improved
farm machinery and labor-saving devices. Corn, wheat and potatoes are
the most important crops,  while vege-
A ninety-ton silo has been erected
which is filled with corn silage each
year which is cut in the field with a
corn harvester and cut up for the silo
by a St. Albans shredder.
The'college has three green houses:
one for forcing a variety of flowers,
such as roses, hyacinths, freesias, ferns
narcissus, paims, and other rare plants;
another, used exclusively for the forcing cf carnations for market, and a
third, for forcing early vegetables.
The dairy building and apparatus for
instruction purposes is also used by the
department of industries for the sepa-
cheese." The college has a herd of thir- "
The piggery is well equipped and mo- :c
dern. It is stocked with pure bred and "
grade " Berkshires " and " Poland-China -|
President James B. Dudley |9 a  man "
ence."  He  studied  at   Shaw   University  ',
is al»o a collection of fine specimens of
ty  of  a   thousand   horse-power."" Every
tile, brick and i^rradotta." Each depart-  device and  appliance  for  the  efficient
ment contributes monthly specimens ot  and economic  conduct of the industry,
students  work to  the  museum."""""""".-,.,■!""""  the  safety  and  well-being  of
The StatevoTNorth Carolina receives the 1 -m or  more' operatives here eni-
annually $^S,000,accruing from the sale pi0ved have been suppiied, and the sys-
of public land." The A. and M. College te,n  an(1  or(jer  apparent  in," every  de-
that amount,  t.:ie other two-thirds go- 0f the  enterprise."  There  are  SCO ,cot-
mg  to  the  A.  and  M.  College  at Ral-  tages on  the  property  for housing  the
eigh."  The statif supplements this one- employes."  The  company,  with solicit-
third with a bi-annual appropriation ot ous care for the well-fare of their peo-
$15,0C0. The productive industries of the ple   have  constructed   on   the  property
to  three  thousand  dollars annually.
five   teachers."" The   school   is   largely
6E0RGE:HUR0YSTER
small  appropriation  being made to its
support   by  the  county."  In   every respect  this  village   may be  said  to be
self-contained   and   ■
Qrgan'zer Endowment Rank »   >""""  * 1\\  Vi^e^entrai
Kniffhts of Pythias """"""""""  • "  »• "1)t:mi;"  »re:;t
J """"""""""""  ler portion of their needs if they so dc-
ganizer'rThefemfw^nlgM; ' " » ^*Vuly -Id that the peace
of Pythias Endpnient Rank! for North  ful anf ^ " V„f fl^  f ntentmenl  a^
and South Carolina " It is the best form  l^Z^oi Its inhabitants."  The pro
of  fraternal """"""""""""""""  in J53^"  duots   of   the   mill   consist   of   colored
OTganfzer inTlrfnation.' Last'year he   cotton   «ocAs'   *"
led  all   the  organizers  in  the  Supreme ""  ] """  ■ """""""""" ■
output   of   the   mills   is "  di
ed  c
1880 he we
-cessful owl!
general excellence In
1 out. The enterprise"" of   the   kind   in- the
A young concern, about three years
old. Known as the Sherwood Bobbin
and Manufacturing Company is engaged in the inudstry of making mill
supplies, such as bobbins, warp and
filling bobbins,  spools,  etc.
This concern has already greatly expanded its, trade and gained a particularly high reputation, for Its products
throughout the south generally. The
plant is one of the nicest and most
complete of the kind, for Its size, in
the country." It is of recent construction and embodies all of the latest improved appliances suited for the purpose, and obtained from the most eminent maikers of this class of appliances.
The main building is 40x110 feet in
dimensions, and the engine room is of
25x30 feet. There are five dry kilns,
and there are also sheds for storage-,
ering an area of 60x70 feet. Altogether, every facility is here at hand
for turning out the best quality of pro-
at lowest prices. The Sherwood
Bobbin and Manufacturing Company
make bobbins, spools, skewers, spool
skewers, clearer rolls, and cotton mill
supplies generally. The products are
made principally from maple, and to
a les=er extent from beech and birch.
The logs from which the goods are
manufactured are obtained in the vicinity and the variety of timber utilized is the very best for the purpose,
as is usually conceeded In the trade. Tha
very best quality of these products
emanate from their works, and tha
house is enabled at all times to place
them successfully on the market in tha
face of any competition from any other"
locality. The trade of the house Is to
mills direct throughout the south and
to the mill supply houses. Besides the
above lines the company act as "special
white hickory picker sticks
of the bes^ quality. The general manager of the business, who Is also its
secretary and treasurer, is Mr. M. S.
Sherwood, who devotes his closest personal supervision over all details of
[ the'enterprise. He ts a thorough busl-
| ness man, and he was for fourteen" years teller at the Greensboro National
iBank. He was also formerly with the
•.ven-known  firm  of J.  Vir.  Scott & Co.""  continues to have an
■ In   that   house."  The  Sherwood   Bot>*|" &   Manufacturing   Company "  may   '
quoted   as  a  typical   representative
the manufacturing interests of this c:
Cape Fear Manufacturing Company
In   the   growth   and   development  of
Greensboro, naturally the building trade
■ articularly  stimulated,  «
identified   with   this  gTeat   dep
of production may be cited the enterprise known  as  the Cape  Fear Manu-
| facturing  Company," which   was  lnsti-
Ituted in 1895. and which since has continued to grow and expand."  The company's   plant  covers  an  area of about
Ian acre and a half, the principal bulld-" ed   thereon   being   the   main
je   house," dry   kiln,": era  are  In  addition"  storage.
■era of all kinds of
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