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i 1 m ft : 4 VHE OCJLV DAMLV PAPER OCJ CJOWJ AQOMCJn-VH.A'u Section'' One-. CZTl 9 PAGES 1-8 VOLUME !LXXXIV NO. 150 RALEIGH, X. C., SUNDAY MOB1OTG, NOVEMBER 10, 1907 f i yk rrrx i v4.--.-r1 i ;v'7-;- V44-;-.L4.r s in News.aedl OreMlaii .1 . ii fn-i fi ii vv ii ii ii i vn ii ii ii n it ii iv ii ' . FROM WASHINGTON ALONG TO RALEIGHl A Region of Wonderful Soil and a Climate That . Makes Pleasure All the Year. A Chain of Enterprising and Rapidly Growing . i . . - TownsThat Promise Big Things for the ; :r';:4 4r- rf' :-44f 44 4fv;;4;' Future. & q i ;47 Its a stransre thing to think that by ; V bulldingr of less than, a " hundred cottoh, tobacco and early vegetables, miles of railroad Eastern North Caro- brick-clay, pine, hardwoods, etc.," op llna and Western North Carolina ar' Portunittes for establishments along o. . - - . any of these lines should prove attrac- brouffht 300 miles closer together, and th to manufacturers seeking a loca- large per cent oi uie vv "J'Uion In a healthful, growing ! . Git a Kniyht Vin m nk nONf . till i - - " . o their, capital cityC - Heretofore the folks living la the vast stretch of ter- north and east' bf Weldon and Rocky on ue Raleigh. N. c.. only.by going round-. about way, consuming as much time "a .was necessary, to gro to xiew , x or, i iw -xnis- queer conuitiuji ui ii.a.t4a the Vorltollc & Southern Railway has tut an end by.-building a Une direct trom Washington N. C to Raleigh, N. C a distance of about 10 miles. In doing this not only has it brought the two ends of the state closer to trether. but it has opened ud to devel opment one of the finest sections of the South. ' -S... v Washington. city of 10.000 people. Is a place worth visiting. There are fcuod nccommodatlons at its hotels and erood fishing In its waters. Game of all sorts abounds with " neighboring forests. To the west and east of the sweep. -; and on its sparkling bosom .bears numerous , sailing vessels and. I tlbing boats. - Up and down its water iron t Is a long Une of factories' send ing up puffs of steam and loi g trails of smoke. ; The raw. healthy smell of sawdust comes to you on the morning air as the train passes over IU long ! bridge toward. Chocowinlty.'4At, the latter place three miles outthe line branches, one prong southward to ew Bern, one ; westward to uaielgn. Verily Washington and Chocowinlty are situated In one of the finest-agri cultural regions to be found anywhere. and from this fertile back country they will always draw a trade that will m- ior all time. Bo rich. Is the landj H makes your mouth drlp," as Kipling once remarked; of a soil not half so productive. The country is almost level pUIn, pleasantly broken by low ridges The Hying landscape opens picture - after ailcture of forest. : farm ana; broad i meadow, with now and thea a glimpse jf river. '5 ;-i i At Grimesland they are full of stor- (a.i . 4 Vi Atmm m 1 a'm - anil predictions about what they will ac complish In the future. It's a town of infinite belief in Its own capacities anft- it doesn't hesitate to take the-out .tide world, into its confidence. Al ready the results of its advertising are becoming apparent. ' You'll hear how All or lid has - bought this and sold that and; done such and such thing that has I brought much money , i-md promise ,; of . more.- ' Hereabouts old time farm 4 uses are set in pleasant spots, surrounded by orchards and old-fashioned gardens whose autumn lowers till the eye with a wealth of golden; blossoms. , Farm ' houses : that were famous In ante-bellUm times for the lavish hospitality of their owners and the extent of their broad acres. The "plantations', are now being cut up into email farms of an acreage more .Suited to the . intensive farming of these days and offered to settlers at attractive prices and on most rea sonable term. But the old-time charm still lingers about the -place. ? In the ancient trees around .ne old home Kteads the birds may be heard now as in May, and the world and sky grow wider here. . . - . v ' Now and then the river peeps through the landscape to watch our progress as we r approach Greenville. A pleasant stream it Is, full of quiet nshing holes" where! the good bassor perch or pike goes to smoke his-pipe alter meals.. In the fields around, you arc certain there's quail without num ber, while the green and gold of the woods, you are told, shelter squirrels, wild turkey and. other game dear to the heart ;Of the hunter. There lare good hotels to rest in when you are weary of the road or the chase. The soil is very rich here, and the country is fat with cattle and crops. .Dotted here .and there, over the town are manufacturing enterprises all , prospering and making money.' It's quite natural that the' town should want more or tneir Kind cotton and , tobacco factories, lumber mills, can ning factories., wopd-working plants and cotton seed oil mills. . Greenville will welcome new enterprises of all sorts and offers special Inducements to large ' factories. In' the country sur rounding the town a remarkably wide variety of soils is to be found, adapted to nearly every branch of farming. Corn, cotton peanuts, and tobacco yield heavily. Both soil land .climate are specially' good. -' Pitt county ts the largest tobacco-producing county In the golden belt " Before reaching Greenvlllewe saw: evidences of the .extent of the tobacco Industry, but now on our way to Farm vtlle and .Wilson tobacco barns grow jn6re frequent, until we are. prepared tor learn that they, with Greenville, are three of the largest tobacco market In the State.'or, in fact, in the South. Their sales are confined ' entirely . to, the weed grown in their Immediate vicinity for we are now in the heart of one of the best and most extensive bright tobacco belts in the whole country. . -. , - - Farmvllle ,1s primarily a tobacco town. Its recent phenomlnal growth Is due largely to this and to the cort. nuuvuvu vi: ui viiuik (b -ooutnern ...... tv. f9 fh. V..AIL: a ' m, . ivaiinn, - suvtunin suuiuuou trans portation facilities, A dnr or (flhiKA factory would here find a plentiful KiinDlv Of labor and raw $ mtirlal without cost of transportation. Being also ar lm porUnt cotton mark Farmvllle offers advantages for the ( sMisbment of cotton factories and knittlpir mills.. In the rich dcul- (nrs! f nnntrv"' iiround th tnivn f th . r. . ml. ,m . . . m . . are spienmu lurosia m untner m1 :a!-. it a gofii point for wood-work--v-'inta of all sorts. In ho. -v-ith '""N .' ..... com munity, -where labor Is cheap and con tented and the transportation facilities- are good. ; . --: uj- The completion of the Norfolk & Southern's - line to lSnow Hill, where HInes iUrtad tomnsn, will be .of . miutne vaiue . to tfarmvUley - ill' opens un an immensely rich ' country that will contribute much to Farm vine's growth and" prosperity. ; Wilson is not only a real live clt of today; - It Inspires; you for the fu ture. Somehow you find yourself re peating;.,; v, .1. :v;,v; V;: ;A man can notrteH LWhat shall be; and what shall be after him who can tell?" 4 ;.4r : j.4 . ,j -But If you were called on for a pre dlcUon. you'd say: "Here's a place of wonderful possibilities, and it'll make good." It's a lusty youth now. grow ing fast and hardly itself realizing lt capacities. Cut just you wait in a few years It'll make some of Its sister cities stare In worder. -And manufac turing will be -esponslble for its growth. ; :;:- , '...- : . V - : ... . Wilson, like Greenville, and Farm4 vtlle to the east and Zebulon and Wendell to the west of it, is an Im portant trSacco market, and among Its Industries are tobacco and -Igarette factories. There i is ?oom for many more. Also.-It Is an important cotton market (more han j .000 . bales a yes - t Jn T - ma.te.ed thre) , Its cotton facvo.ies ae makingr money. A new qu'trijr-.rir.llon coUon factory Is soon o b 3?m:j.; 7ilson is the tr. de cen or o.' a rlca and populous sct on. : The rauill wr are modern anw p ospe.oua. ls janTts' ari sjong ii lanclal InsJvU Jons, aid the town's rapnuac.t'.'InT-'eO-lses era all p;cs-Terin- t' inj-.a '-'y Ylrslar,-. ' . .1- ' o .. .. : : 1 r ." i ! j -i - - : -' i . - - -(-' t r ' - -- -i r - - i - ; . . . ' :., "'-i V: ':..'.-.-: .. . -.:: - .v.---; :' ' ' - - - " ----- . V ' " f"J ' i . 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L j Leaving Wilson one leaves Eastern North Carolina at least you pass from the Alluvial, plains bordering -the coast and enter . a rolling country whose - undulations occasionally rise to the dignity of granite-hearted hilla. But the soil loses little of Its fertility, though it changes 1 Its i texture. ! The black alluvial loam of the coastal plains gives place to a light gray soil adapted to bright tobacco, cotton and the small grains. The pine trees are tall and stately, with t their green foliage much more frequently Inter mingled with the gold and brown of the oak and maple and hickory ana dogwood than in the woods nearer the coast. Here are primeval forests, hitherto Inaccessible. But with " the coming of; the railroad the mill malt came, bought the 1 timber and small plants have been put down at Zebulon ana wenaeiw with the prospect I of other' and -! Zebulon larger ones in the future. Is only about six months old. but Is One of the livest and mnt Vigorous members In the -nursery! of young cities. It has .slx stores -.'. uo9.ix bio res an incompleted wen equipped, and owned managed by successful merchants. Its volumej of daily business would do credit to ai town ten times its age and size. Jt his a -bank and elegant little hotel open! for guests. It has saw mills, planing mills, carpenters and contractor The Zebulon Hosiery Mills are ' being erected.' The entire building 14 to be constructed out of cement blocks, which are now being molded at j the rate of 200 a day. f It has built and Is building a number of the handsomest residences to be found anywhere. It has broad avenues and streets laid off. and undergoing the most modern process of paving and grading. It has attracted a class of substantial; business men. second to none, to be found In any Industrial communityi It has two tobacco ware houses. " , .- 441-' -:4 v4' ' ": -4: '44 -4'i-. ' Wendell, like Zebulon, 1 located iti the midst of a timber region -that is simply magnificent much of It being original forest. The land Is very fer tile and adapted to crops of all sorts. The soil shows Its goodne&j most plainly. Tobacco barns stand thick; cotton is a staple crop, and corn and hay yield heavy crops, r ' Wendell is a young but ambitious and rapidly growing town. - January 1,: 1906, It consisted of a country store and school. , A Tear later It ha-s four toretr.! three hundred Inhabitants, a bank, a planing mill, two saw mill, and a hotel.! A .number of other enter nrfses will soon be In operation- among them a' cotton mill. ' Building lots are being sold rapidly; from January 1, 1907, twenty-five new resi dences were built, new streets laid off, and other Improvements r planned. One of the best nubile schools in Wake county is located here, building costing 15.000. with four teachers land .1(0 pupils. .... .' n . . i Wendell and Zebulon are places of the i future, and have been quick to take advantage of the opportunity of fered, by the 'new railroad.; Wooden towns, now, of course, but! In few years they'll begin to build in brickJ and you'll see what they've achieved. In the meantime the investor who is wise; in his generation will have ac quired some property in this new and rich i section whose natural 1 resources are almost limitless and whose de velopment U assured. ; C:-." . 'Altogether it's wonderful country this hundred miles from Raleigh, N. C, to Washington, N. G,, and east of that city to the sea. A section that has soil such as the , Valley of the Nile could not excel and a climate the equal to that of Southern Cali fornia and the - superior of that of Florida!. 4,"i . --' I Severe winters are veldom known. Three crops . are grown each season and living here is the cheapest in the world. On a thousand a year a man is millionaire and on hundred he can live well, for sea and stream, for est and : field,- all contribute liberally to support him.. ' V r All that is needed la more folks to help us develop, the country, and take advantage of the rich opportunities for moneymaklng offered everywhere and on all sides to the man of industry and enterprise. . .... 4 h1'!--, Those who are Interested In this country whether desiring further" in formation about it or seeking a loca tion for, a family, factory or business venture are Invited to write to F. !. Merrltt. Land and Industrial I Agent. Norfolk & Southern Railway. Norfolk, Va. . . ' . , . CASfPAIGN IS IiAUXCIIED. For Prohibition la Wilmington Car Load of Singing Children With Banners and Streamers Parade Streets. Special to News and Observer.) Wllmlngto-. N. C Nov, 9. That the purpose of irevlval now being con ducted at tl4"lFirst Baptist church h ere by Evangelist Mordecal Fi Ham, who led the prohibitionists to victory in Ashevllle "not-long ago, is for the purpose of bringing on a local foptlon election here, without waiting ior ac tion by the Legislature as to State pro hibltion fifteen months hence, wa ev denced yesterday afternoon when a filled with more than a hundred chil dren was sent through . the principal streets of the city." the children sing ing campaign songs and displaying banners calling attention to the meet ings being- held daily at : the church. The car was one of the largest of the suburban line and bore upon either side streamers proclaiming "Jesus Is coming; are you ready? .and "Revival Meeting at the First Baptist Church. The big car stopped in front of several of the more prominent sanloons while the children led by Mr. Ham. sang "Rally. Rally. All Ye Freedmen, the Whiskey Shops Must Go." "If You - OrNLove Tour Children.- You'll Not Vote f or Rum,- and -We'll Take This uooa xown ior romiuon soma umu Day." The revival to assuming large proportions and pastor Hale says the services yesterday were the best . he ever witnessed in- any .churchw ; ' North-' Carolina Firemen are Inter ested in a decision Just-handed down by the South Carolina Supreme Court which holds unconstitutional the fire men' pension act passed In 19 OS in that State, which Is yery similar to the law in North Carolina. The South Car olina act incorporated the Firemen's Relief Association and directed that in each town or city where .here is an or ganized fire department that & tax of $2 on each $100 In premiums on in surance be levied for this fund. The law was .afterwards amended to limit this tax on the insurance premiums to towns which owned not less than $1,000 worth of fire apparatus. The South Carolina court holds- that thi Is special legislation and therefore Is in effective. A New Orleans decision, la quoted by the Chief Justice In support of the position of the court While the I matter has already been settled here, the South Carolina opinion Is in teresting. 4 Chas. H. 6'Berry, chief clerk at' the Orton, this dty, leaves November ISth to take a position In the clerical de partment of the Selwyn In Charlotte. He It popular, here and with the trav elling public. Ills going to. Charlotte win i be greatly regretted in his home town. Ills family will accompany him. j The business Interests here have re ceived with : regret notice that the Baltimore - and . Carolina Steamship Company will temporarily, at least, withdraw Its boats to Wilmington, confining- operations: to Georgetown and Charleston, 8. C, : Inability to get an additional steamer to meet the de mands of the growing traffic and the fact that the South Carolina ports of fer more cheaply aU the . traffic that can be j handled with; present : equip ment of the line Is the reason assigned for withdrawing . the Wilmington schedule of the boats. .'' : i The North Carolina Sorosis at Its 10$rd meeting yesterday decided to make "civic improvement' its special work for the winter and have appoint ed a central committee through which the campaign- for a "city beautiful" will be carried on. The colors -on all shipping In the port of Wilmington were at half mast Friday out of respect to the late Capt.' RALEIGH Monday Is the Big Day Over tho Norfolk and Southern When Washington On the Coast Will Wcl- ' come the Big Raleigh Delegation ' . Which Leaves Hcrc at 7:30 Samuel .W. Skinner, who was burled during the afternoon in Oakdale cem etery after impressive funeral services from St. Andrew's ; Presbyterian church. Capt- Skinner had been act ively idenUfied with the maritime In terests of the port since the war, was founder and owner of Skinner's . Ma rine railway until two years ago, when he turned the business over to his son, Louis IL Skinner, and went to Florid to do some marine construction for the Florida East Coast Railway. Wilming ton had no better nor more Jovial cit izen. His death is : universally de- :44 DIED FROM SAW 1LTLL ACCIDENT. Ir. Thomas Cross. , Manager of the Moore County Lumber Company's ' T4i444'4'4'.: ; Want.:::4,. i (Special to News and Observer.) Sanford, N. C, Nov. $. Mr. Thomas Gross, manager of the Moore County Lumber Company's plant, here, died at. Central Carolina Hospital this morning from injuries received on yesterday at the mill, - Mr, Gross was assisting In the work and was feeding a Rip-Saw. when piece of scantling was caught by the saw and shot hack the wrong way, striking ; Mr. Gross squarely in the stomach. He was im mediately carried to the Hospital, and while he, suffered severely he did not realize that he was dangerously in jured. It was decided yesterday even ing that he was badly Injured intern ally, and the physicians did not speak favorably, of his condition, and he died this morning at three o'clock. Mr Gross has been with the Moore.County Lumber , Company, since its organiza tion, and was highly esteemed by his employers, and was a good citizen. The funeral ivlll probably be held tomor row, but nothing has yet been given out as to this. Of the , place of burial.' A man h a very bad disposition to want h ren to economize ifcbJvi along with GOES ; . ': A JLL, 4 A '.A11 ! rMif fAK Sa ft aw lfin. ay from Ralet;h to V.'aahirrt . i Linking ihe sea. .coast with Nortls Carolina's Capital citjr Is the Norfolk arid .SoutJiara Railway, and on this new line o railroad nalrh ia great numbers to to go to V.'aEhlnrian . on Ilonday, t. tsip thit xr.arts ca tach in the rrcjr?-:re railroad lirs cf the CUte..-. -;vr 'r:T ' Th trl? !s one mae rccLIi by the liberality or the . Norfolk aid fweth era Railway 3ple, wklci tzz'.r; dat people at lia !iTerent tcrn:.'-J be come betts? cctraalsted Che cue with the other. Fo? this rc--a, tr. J la happy wry to i.-ar's ti cr:zj u ef the Raleigh and Washington dii:lor of Its system it ha- tenderro. a big train to Ralegh . that, it miy take many of the i poodle from here to Washington eh an outiny. The arrange ir - nis aud deta'iif of ths trip have; beenamnjf:J thrdurh tho Chamber of C'immjice and Industry of this city, which Iv-s had In cl -rge 4 the distribution eZ tickets to those In vited to go on-the trip, snd which as In doing so erteaded Invitations to va rious organizations of the city to name' representatives from them t-. tke part In the JolHty of the day. There will be about' four hundred and fifty people in the party which promises to be a. most delightful one. The trip over the new road will a rct-lav tlori, for In the enterprise "of its ofa-T clala there Is being opened to develop-'" ment and built upta irreat portlpa of the State, which kas hither, s beo cut off from the central and western sta tions by poor, railroad - accorr.niodir tlons..! , . - 1 - .. r': ' The start from niJeirli for the alT'- day trip win be rr.aJe . 0:1 Honda? mornlns. Ths traLi vti. be vjmposeir, of nine regular pa.4?:.icr car.s. taV private car Vcr.c 3 ; ; ;h- .jovt rr.r' and other Cir.ta . c."." -.-z cnu t" pri vate car. of I re j. i; 4j--npn win jcava t..3 u:..-r ,n r eih .t ?!S3 1 'c; c;y rnln" arrive tit V.'cr! 1-..C . .:S9; a r.al- vili V
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