aaw people who will And b*tte, farm
ing condition* jrlll also glv? outlet
to the talk and oyster market at Bel
>mi.
The ?eafoo<l and truck Are nouk<
Ufleg cheaper than far luiaud and the
proximity oa the farnjs to the thriv
ing and eaterprUing town of Belhaveu
with 1U school ajvd the conveniences
or city llft are additional at
The magasinas and newspapers of
the,country hare for the past three
years devoted much apace telling ot
the work of.the Wilkinsons aa It haa
advanced from one ataie to another.
The prtWhua &e?u united la pralae
of the enterprlae and public spirit
that has actuated the two brothera In
th?4r great undertaking whlth haa
revolutionised condltlona In their com
munty.
That they have taken a flood oil
country an l so tran?tormed It that
there can be no overflow after the
long r*l?y spells that have visited the
country for the past few years, that
the porous soil yield* up this water
to the canuls and give* to the crops
only tlie pioportion needed for prop
er growth nhowa that the Wllkln
foiifi* faith hi the ."oil has been re
warded.
They hive opened up this land that
will from the time of ita settlement
double and trebl In value within the
nest year. Day and night their la
bors and the labors of the hundreds
of employeca, three locomotives, two
dredges and five skidding machines
have been wiping out the forest and
transforming fhe great Albemarle
Swamp aud now there Is another pic
ture that attracts the eyes of the
whole country.
Tbo Washington Post tells of the
statement from the Agricultural De
partment of the National Government
that this section will be so fertile that
the results will surpass Iowa and In
an editorial last September on the
subject; "What One Man Can Do."
said*
"John A. Wilkinson lives at Bel
haven N C. He wjs born on a back
wood* farm, seven m lea from his
present residence. That was before
Helliavec iamt. in'o existence, tor
Wilklnvitn has l>ui!t that prosperous
fo?n <>? four thousand people. Thaf
action i 1 North Carolina which lie*!
bftv.-c Alhi*tr.jr)e uuu I'amlicu
Sounds v ?# practically a *wa:np in
(be euily l-fe t?f Wilkinson, and wrest-1
I n< :? livelihood tmm his lather's
?leim.g resolved ls?*li Into a battle
against too much moisture. The fam
ily victories were often near d?'feat?
with tragedy always in the offing.
When Wilkinson tin! crown Into
young man hood a railroad was built
Into ihe ?e? t;oii for ?h ? ??ake of lh*?j
iMiiher il cotitaitied. ar.d the yotuig
uative soi mtdf, :? fortune in I nnbei
in the lift ei. y-ais that followeJ !r..
cidoniillv he sold lumber tin- coun
try o\*r and got the wewpoiut .*f th? 1
great outside. He began lo think of
applying what he had learned to the'
lauds of his native ehath. S< ietitlflr
agiiculturf. practical drainage o(r*>rf>d
npporiunty f? ?r experiment. He tried
these on Ihe f??rt:i of his boyhood. Th"'
result was such crops as lli'nols never |
Such start* mp, ?9 ?pm a*4}
fielded regularly ISO to the ?cr? and
better / ? V i
'Wilkinson -d?ter mined to bring
the possibility of tha yelil to t>&t
500.000 acres of land that akrted the
coast between the two ounds. He call
ed npoo the National Department ot
Agriculture lnvetlg?te ite soils estab
lish stilev<4s and teU him the man
ner la which it ohould be drained and
farmed The eoU* were found to be
ten fe*t deep with the vegtable de
posits of ages, the lands high enough
for drainage and the matter of farm
ing merely aa application of princi
ple of thoroughness. Wilkinson secur
ed legislation which authorised the
formation of drainage districts to
bond thems?lvee for their own Im
provement upon a vote of three-fifths
of theacreage. He gained control of
the 'necesasry umo int of land to
drain the whole region and today hi*
dredges are ploying great canals
through the forest covered awamps
twenty feet wide, eight fet deep, and
but a\mil apart. His men are felling
the timber In tracts of 5.000 acres at
a time, e. match Is being set to It wfce'*
dry and. without cultivation, corn Is
being planted n tlre loose loam and
a crop raised among the,charred logs
and stumps that pays for the whole
operation. This accomplishment Is
multiplying the value .of the*land by
twenty and Its productiveness by one
thousand. It Is converting the most
deapleed region in the I'nlted States
into a farming community which Wal
let M.Hayes, assistant secretary of
agriculture says will surpass Iowa.
It is making wealthy t ehcoon hunt
ing companions of the youth of the
man who Is doing this work. It Is
feeding the multitude and building a
monument to Its moving spirit that
will endure forever. Yet. men have
been growng up In thlg section for
three hundrd years and mlAlng its
opportunities. The possibilities* were
not apparent. Smllar chances rest
latent in a thousand communities for
the me.i who are able to see tham."
1 Shortly after the appearance of this
article In thP Washington Post arid!
similar articles ol recognition of the
\tillable .ervices rendered his section i
in other larpe newspaper*. The Manu-1
facturer*' Kecor 1 sent S. G. Wllmet i
.to Rellntven to sec the great work and :
td 1th,, story of what he Wilkinsons1
hail accomplished.
| In May. that magazine appeared
(with photography illustrating the
Iwork of reclamation and showing the
, remarkable crop*, that were beinv
|on this fertile laild
Thus is th?? siory ofth?* reclamation
and transformation ofthe rich re
gion where the Wilkinsons were born
fust as the Manufacturers' Record.
The Washington Poet and other publl
1 cation? hav* told tb*> story so iw ft i
told again and ag.iiu hy every visitor.!
The richness of the soil, th^ advant
ages of the climate, the proximity of
tbrt water transportation anJ the fait
that Mior j. on the ground today will
all appeal to thos^ who are far-sight-1
ed eno-iah tr take advant-jge of the I
BANKS WJLL CLOSE
The different hanks of the city will
be cKMMd next Monday on account
of.it being Labor I>ajr. P&trona wil>
please govern tt^mBelves acpording
HAVE MOVED.
Mr. Edward Mathews and family
moved tothe residence on Market!
Street formerly occupied by Mr. Har
rell.
i .. a *
STORK REPAIRED
The millinery store of Madam Lit
tler on West Main stret. U btlng re
paired.
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD
Extremely Low Rates to Norfolk V*.
On account North Carolina Coafed-1
erate reunion at Norfolk, Va.. the
Norfolk ? Southern Railroad will sell
round trip tlcketa September 4. 5 and
8, 11 mted to September 16. at follow
ing ratea:
Prom Washington, N. C $2.90
From Greenville. N. C $2.65
From Wilson, N. C . .92.90
Stations between Ooldsboro and
and New Belxe $3.f5
Tickets good on all regular trains.
E. T. LAMB H.C.HUDOINS,
Pres A Oenl. Mgr O. P. A.
Balance of Material H*? Arrival f*?r
Streets
I Eleven cars of material arrived on
the ICorfolk Southern last evening for
' paving the streets. The work of pav
ing will'start tomorrow morning. The)
| flr??t thoroughfare to be paved will j
I Water street,
! "Ul? AM) DOWN BROADWAY* I
MUSIC.
! " ???
j William Jerome and Jean Schwartz
!have written a clever song for the
new muBlcal comedy "Up and Down
iHroadway." which ih making such a
| hit at Shubert's Casino. The title
jof thls rollicking. frolicking song Is
"My Operatic Samson." Every readei
of the New York Sunday World will
'get this son* free next Sunday. Words
and music complete. -
Entirely Right.
Teas?Oh. yes, I feel pretty sure of
him I rejected him when he prepoeed
?ret because I was positive he'd try
Jeee- And you ware right. lie did
try again, uud 1 accepted him.?Stray
StoclPK
? btMato I
ISL'SZ*
to make OM pound of c
To hlVe bMfl when they
?warm throw water on them
while they are awarmtaa and
they will noc leare or aettle
high. If It la a large ltmb they
nettle on. u w it off and lat It fall
oo a sheet, then sprinkle them
with water, so they woot
swarm again, and pour them In
and let them set until dark.
? swai
Kfclve
Alfalfa Better Thee Red Clover.
Secretary Cofcarn states that a
crower la southera Kansas who hai
?eats about 1#00 tons of alfalfa psa
ysar and Is working with It nearly
every day from the second weak Is
May until Nor. 10 tnalats that altelfh,
nodsr the aaae conditions of rainfall.
Is sack easier to save In fair 1
k Che
Of Nor. IT.A11??. ?
wooden ok* by Bnkyerd waa than boUt
by ordar of isrilaamt. which waa
burnt- Dae. < llMk * Another wooden
stnctsta was borwt latar. which was
replaced by stone. The fsoadatSoe of
this one firing way, a new structure
waa designed, the foundation atones of
which wase laid In 1879. The corner
stone waa placed In 1881, and the Bret
light llaahed out orer the waters May
1* ISC.
Whet the Knife Said.
"Some folks want funny Inscription
engraved on their allver." said the
jeweler. Take wedding knives. Many
wedding cakes are such mountainous
affairs that a special knife Is required
to cut them. One of last month's i
brides cat her cake with a knife tliht I
was a present from her aunt. 1 guess 1
not many of the guests got to rood the !
Inscription; If they had th*y would be I
talking about It yet. Those knlvee are.
supposed to be used for cutting the
bride's cake and then .laid on the shelf
for the rest of time, but the aunt
couldn't distinguish, apparently, be
tween wedding and birthday cakes, for
she made us engrave on the knife,
'May I serve thee well and often.'**?
New York Press.
An Appreciation.
An old sea captain was turning over
the leaves of a friend's album when,
coming to the photograph of a young
Bkdy of w^oae acquaintance the family
wss rather proud, be was asked what
he thought of her. "Awew," was the
old sea rover's reply, "If I were goto*
to make a rare stroke o' business Td
bny that girl for what she was worth
an' soil her for what ahe aha la
worth r*?Ideaa.
A darroatlc ,1
MOTION I'KTl'HES AT
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In-ludlug the worlc of the leading
American ood European producers,
visit the Gexn tonight. 'Washington's
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