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NORTH CAROLINA
(About 100 years ago)
By W. Biddle Gilman
Of course topographically the east
ern shore of North Carolina was just
about as it is now, only it is much
more settled, and very many buildings
have been erected and improvements
of various kinds carried out since the
years of which I am writing—1820 to
1830 or thereabouts—and a published
description of the coast as it was
then (at the time of publication of the
description) may be apropos, and is
as follows:
“Along the whole coast of North
Carolina is a ridge of sand, separated
from the main land, in some places
by narrow sounds and in other places
by broad bays; the passages or inlets
through it are shallow and dangerous
and Ocracoke inlet is the only one
north of Cape Fear through which
vessels ^pass. In the counties on the
sea coast the land is low and covered
with extensive swamps and marshes
and from sixty to eighty miles from
the shore is a dead level; beyond this
the country sw'ells into hills and in
the most western part rises into
mountains.”
At that time there was very few
people living anywhere along the
coast and very little attention was
paid it from a maritime point of view,
but as the people realized the advan
tages of rich fertile §oil, of deep sea
fishing, and of prospective temporary
dwellers for health and pleasure, this
coast region became an object of in
terest, and grew more or less rapidly
into a point holding a considerable
permanent population who reaped
much financial benfit therefrom.
The article aforementioned also
a little further along states something
that it would be rather difficult for us
to realize now, and that is this: “Not
a single point has yet been found
upon the coast, within the limits of
the state, at which a safe or com
modious port could be established.”
Succeeding generations have de
monstrated how mistaken our fore
fathers have proven themselves to
have been. A sail along the coast
will show how many difficulties which
were thought at that time to be im
possible to overcome have been
eventually conquered and brought to
conditions of safety and advantage to
mankind, while, as it was then, it is
still more or less of a dangerous
coast. There are now quite a number
of havens where vessels can ride at
anchor in perfect security, and also
at least one port of considerable mag
nitude, as Wilmington can attest to.
At her many seaside resorts many
people spend their summer vacation,
occupations of swimming, sailing,
fishing and crabbing, not to mention
the amount of flirting, dancing, etc.,
which is the inevitable result of the
gathering of young people stimulated
by the strains of good and acceptable
music. Now stop and think a
moment, and you will realize what a
great difference exists between the
time when the beaches were lonely
stretches of ocean-washed sand,
known only to the willet and curlew
and other wiid sea birds, who at
certain seasons spent a few weeks at
the shore and—Now!
(To be continued)
The Community Club meets tonight
(Friday) at school building, eight
o’clock. Be sure to attend.
IT ALWAYS PAYS
It always pays in real money to be
thoughtful of horses, cows and other
dumb brutes during all kinds of
weather, and especially in hot, dry
months. Vass citizens generally are
acquainted with the fact that “a
merciful man is merciful to his beast,”
and they should know that aside from
sentimental reasons it also pays to
treat them kindly. In handling live
stock under the old rule the idea was
to “treat ‘em rough.” But that day
has passed. The man who owns a
horse knows enough to blanket it in
severe cold weather and to water it
when it is warm. The owner of a
cow knows that he will get more
milk by using fewer kicks and throw
ing away his club. And it is for the
benefit of the few who possibly
haven’t learned this that we make the
statement, and repeat it, that it always
pays in real money to be kind to
dumb brutes.
She frowned on him
And called him Mr.
Because in fun
He mereley Kr
So out of spite
The next good night
The naughty Mr. Kr. Sr..
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Fabrics and Tubes.
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CAMP BRAGG
is made a
National Park
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and
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(iovernment Forestry Station
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WILL MEAN
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A big Federal territory on 125,000 acres, with all the varying
scenery of that picturesque and historical region will be added
to the winter resorts of this county.
In such an event the long leaf pine forest would at once be
gin to be fostered in the whole camp boundary, and under the
intelligent scientific management of the government forestry
service. That would mean a big stimulus to further settlement
around SOUTHERN PINES, KNOLL WOOD and PINEHURST
and the MIDLANDS FARMS.
The Wise Man
Gets His Location
In Time
Travelers go long distances across the continent to visit the
National Parks of the West. A fine big park in the pine forest
of North Carolina would never be overlooked by tourists. Nothing
ever did beat a pine forest. Better talk it over with
FRANK BUCHAN, Southern Pines,
S. B. RICHARDSON, Southern Pines,
A. S. NEWCOMB, Pinehurst.
AND DO IT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.