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ENFIELD, N. C.
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VOL. XII. New Series Vol. 1.
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs of Things
Present, Past and Future.
Ihe editor of the Arena has been
giving some very interesting articles
on WThittier. One in the June num
ber on "Whittier, the Prophet of Free
dom," was especially interesting, and
the article in the July number on
miner, tne Man, was also quite
interesting.
It has been expressed by some news
papers in the State that the nomina
tion of Tom Watson for Vice-President
by the Populists at St. Louis was not
intended to be permanent, but was only
done for trading purposes. It is get
ting time that politicians would stop
trading and trafficking in the people's
confidence. Let us hare some straight
out business in our political conven
tions.
There has been a lively rate war re
cently between the Seaboard Air Line
and the Southern Railway companies,
and it promised to become still more
lively when the Southern made a cut
of 80 per cent, on certain freight rates.
But Judge Simonton put a quietus
on the whole matter temporarily by
granting an injunction against the
rate war. The case will be argued be
fore Judge Simonton in Greenville, S.
C, August 15th.
The following from the Greenville
Reflector shows how whiskey makes
people act in Pitt county, and the
world's map is dotted all over with
places where whiskey makes men do
the same thing. The Reflector says :
"Last Saturday afternoon L. F. An
derson, who lives about three miles in
the country, was in town. Among the
purchases he made was some whiskey
and a pistol. He put the liquor under
his shirt and the pistol in his pocket
and went home. After supper while
his wife was sitting near him, he began
ooling with the pistol and snapping it.
His wife had just remonstrated with
him for handling the weapon so care-
essly, when the usual report occurring
under such circumstances was heard
and a ball passed clear through Mrs.
Anderson's neck right near the jugular
vein.
"Dr. F. W. Brown was sent tor and
went out to dress the wound. He says
that it is almost miraculous that Mrs
Anderson was not killed instantly
However she is getting along as well as
could be expected and was able to ride
to town to-day to see the doctor."
There has been a striking similarity
between the proceedings ot the various
national conventions that have been
held this year.
They have all had serious dissensions.
The Prohibition convention was the
first to disagree. It split on the money
question. The Republican convention
did the same and a formidable bolt
was the result, the silver men leaving
thft convention in the hands of the
gold men. Then the Democratic con
vention experienced almost the same
thing. There was a sharp fight be
tween the gold and silver forces, but
the silver strength easily held the con
vention, notwithstanding the strong
protests of the gold men.
So nearly was there a bolt that the
gold men have been threatening ever
since to put out another national tick
et. The Poptdists rounded up the bus
iness by holding the last national con
vention, and they had as hard fight
ing and aid as strange things to keep
together as any of the others. With
so much dissension and bitterness
amongst those of the same party house
hold it will be something strange
some one is noi greawj ou..
u fiai TEiiit. is reached. One strik
ing feature of all the conventions nam
-. . i anH oflnaeleSB d6-
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monstrations that have been made
Tt rivalled at every convention ex-
iKifirmists. and
cept witn tne
sometimes amounted to almost a hoo
doo orgy. - -
PERSONAL.
boOK rXronio or delicate disease pe
special, Address the lead-
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SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1896.
SCOTLAND NECK BRIGHT
Large Bodies of Excellent Tobacco, Lands Still Untouched.
DR. W.
For a long time there was a prevail
ing opinion that the lands ot Eastern
Carolina were not suited to the grow
ing of fine tobacco. Some years ago
occasionally a farmer here and there
would toy a tobacco crop, but not
knowing exactly how to manage it,
the crop was a failure oftener than
otherwise. This served to add strength
to the prevailing opinion that the
lands here would not produce a quality
ot the weed which would sell for
enough to justify its cultivation. Some
such circumstance as this occurred
near Scotland Neck a few years ago.
Gradually, however, the farmers in
various parts of Eastern Carolina kepti
experimenting until they began to
learn something about the crop and
also to cure it properly. Pitt county
farmers, we believe, were the most suc
cessful for several years, and they have
persevered in their work until now It
is about the best money crop they pro
duce. IN HALIFAX COUNTY.
About four years ago a few farmers
of this community began raising tobac
co, among whom were the late Wil-
iam Hodges, who was quite success-
ul with his crops, Mr. W. T. White
head and others. For a number of
years farmers in the western part of
Halifax county, where the lands are
stiff and somewhat rocky, have been
successful with the crop ; but the opin
ion still prevailed that the lands around
Scotland Neck were not suited to it.
But when a crop or two had been
grown here and it was found that the
tobacco produced in this community
was as good as that from other sections,
tobacco farmers in the upper counties
began to come in and soon larger crops
were planted, fine cures were made
and those who had said fine tobacco
could not be raised here began to con-
clude they were mistaken.
ABOUT SCOTLAND NECK.
Two years aco many farmers near
Scotland Neck planted small crops as
experiments, and were successful far
beyond their expectation. Last year
their crops were enlarged and many
others planted also. This year the crop
Is 100 per cent, larger tftan it has been
belore. This is true not only as to the
farms near Scotland Neck, but in al
most every part of Halifax as well as
adjoining counties.
Not only haye the crops been grown
successfully but the prices paid for
the tobacco from this immediate sec
tion have been almost uniformly satis
factory, and in some instances better
than for tobacco grown in other parts
of Eastern Carolina. Most of the to
bacco raised here has been shipped to
Rocky Mount, and the warehouse man
agers always make a good place for
shipments from about Scotland Neck.
One farmer carried such fine tobacco
from this community that it was ship
ped separately to a market in Virginia
and it took considerable emphasis to
make the man who handled it in Vir
ginia believe that it was raised in Eas
tern Carolina.
DR. WOOD'S CROP.
Among the land owners in and
around Scotland Neck who have in
vested in tobacco culture this year is
Dr. William E. Wood. He has a beau
R. WOOD'S TOBACCO FARM NEAR SCOTLAND
tiful farm just on the outskirts of the
town and he has a portion of it in to
bacco this year. The crop has been
cultivated by Mr. G. M. Flemming,
an experienced tobacco farmer from
Granville countj
The above cut shows a portion of
Dr. Wood's farm just as the tobacco
crop was beginning to ripen. It is a
magnificent growth and shows the best
of cultivation. A part of the crop is
grown on the very lands which were
cultivated in tobacco about twelve
years ago by Capt W. R. Bond as an
experiment. The crop produced then
was fine, and it was finely cured ; but
there was some delay by the railroads
in spipping it, and when it reached its
destination it was so damaged that it
brought a very poor price. This mis
hap with the first crop raised in the
community greatTvdiscouraged those
who were interested aud there was no
further attempt made.
The buildings shown in the cut are
tall barns in which the tobacco is cur
ed. They are built of logs, closely
notched down and the cracks between
tightly daubed with clay and lime.
The curing of the crop is one of the
most important features connected
with tobacco farming ; and it requires
skill and most careful attention to do
it well. From the time the tobacco is
placed in the barn until it Is perfectly
cured the fires must be Kept burning
every minute, and such is the impor
tance of keeping the temperature ex
actly right that it requires constant
watching day and night. It generally
takes about three days to cure a barn.
On Dr. Wood's farm, a part of which
is shown in the cut, is a large grove
' in which is a good and -substantial
; dwelling, with outhouses and every
! convenience to make a model tobacco
j farm, and he proposes to add improve-
ments from time to time until he will
have one of the most desirable and prof
itable tobacco farms in this entire sec
tion. Dr. Wood, like many others in this
community, has ventured for his first
timfl tvn tnhartM culture tDts YCtu , nnd
his success.thus far and the flatterine:
prospects of good profit from his in
vestment are quite encouraging indeed.
OTHER TOBACCO LANDS.
There are still large bodies ol tobacco
land around Scotland Neck that have
not been touched and every condition
nqw points to a great industry for this
town and community in the cultiva
ting and handling of tobacco. The
thousands of acres hereabouts waiting
for development will doubtless yield
handsome little fortunes within a very
few years.
There is no market in Scotland Neck,
but Tarboro and Rocky Mount markets
have handled most of the crop from
this section, and Enfield's new market
will soon be opened which will afford a
nearer convenience for selling than
farmers have had before. And if the
crop continues to increase here as it
has tor the past two years, it will soon
be almost a necessity for Scotland Neck
to have a market of its own.
With tobacco, as with cotton, the
manufacture logically belongs to the
i community in which it is grown, and
- 1 wben a few years from now the tobacco
i
TOBACCO.
NECK.
crop here shall be one of the leading
money crops, it may follow that tobac
co factories will be erected in Scotland
Neck and this may become one of the
richest towns in the State. These are
undoubtedly latent possibilities, and it
is only a matter of choice with the peo
ple of this section whether or not they
will seize the opportunity themselves,
or induce capitalists elsewhere to come
and help develop the magnificent pos
sibilities which lie' about us on every
hand.
COUNTY ACREAGE.
The Commonwealth hopes to be
able in a few weeks to give approxi
mately the acreage ot tobacco in Hal
ifax county. We have already quite
a good list of the tobacco farmers in
the various townships in the county,
together with the number of acres they
have in cultivation. We shall be glad
to have the names of any who are
raising tobacco in the county and to
have also the number of acres each
has in cultivation. All persons who
furnish us with such information
will be doing the industry in the coun
ty a favor. Such facts in tabulated
form in The Commonwealth office
will be a means of easy information
to persons outside of the county who
may wish to learn something of the
tobacco industry here, either for the
purpose of handling tne crop or pur
chasing land.
the markets.
The chief markets for the tobacco
crop raised in this county are Hender
son, Rocky Mount, Tarboro, Enfield,
and Greenville. Henderson gets some
of the crop raised in the western part
of the county, and Rocky Mount has
been getting a part of it also. Enfield
will now doubtless handle most ot the
r
crop grown-fn that immediate section.
Tarborcf has handled a good share of
the crop produced in the southern por
tion of. the county. Rocky Mount
has handled more of the Halifax
crop than any other single market.
Greenville has also handled some from
this immediate section.
Them are now convenient markets
in ail these towns and with the proper
conditions a year or two hence, Scot
land Neck will doubtless .have a market
also.
He Sat Sown.
Leiviston Journal.
He whs no orntor, lut he knew when
he had said all that he could say. He
was a Maine man, and attempted to
speak in a town meeting on a subject
that greatly interested him.
"Fellow-citizens," he sang out lustily,
as he arose "fellow-citizens !" A long
and embarrassing pause, and then he
added : "If I only bad the ideas I
ought to have on this subject, and had
the words to express those ideas. I think
I could relieve my feelings." How the
cowd cheered as he sat down !
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Typhoid "Fever and Bananas.
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