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ENFIELD, N. C.
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fax and adjoining counties and in the
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VOL. XTTT. 5cw Series Vol. 1.
THE EDITORS LEISUBE HOUBS.
Points and Paragraphs of Things
Present, Past and Future. '
In the poorhouse three milea from
.ew Brunswick, N.J., is an inmate
who says he Is one hundred and twen
ty-five years old. He celebrated his
birth day April 1st. He has been an
inmate 01 tne axmsnouse ior many
years. He is blind, and when he goes
out around tne grounds he Is guided by
a wire that stretches from point to
I point. His name is Noah Raby.
11 our state government has grown
worse during the past decade under the
quickened study oi the "issues of the
day," it has been because of the fact
that with the trend of public thought
towards reform there has marched a
little army of hungry office-seekers,
whose own personal interests hare com
pletely shut out thought or- care of
every other interest, public or private.
The great floods in the Mississipi riv-
er and its tributaries have been more
disastrous than have ever been known
there before. It has been truly a scene
of inexpressible distress for weeks. We
I do not realize our blessings here in
North Carolina in being free from the
possibility of such disasters by flood or
i flame, as well as for the thus-far free
dom from destructive winds, storms and
and tornadoes.
The great abundance in shad and
other fish in our waters has brought out
the observation that the Government
has done good work for North Carolina
in the expenditures on the fish indus
try. Truly North Carolina is a great
State and many of the good things na
ture has provided for man are here in
much greater abundance than in many
other parts of the country.
Southward is the march of progress
for manufacturing developments. The
Eicbmond Dispatch makes the follow
ing observation :
'The Philadelphia Evening Tele
graph says tnat a quarter of a century
hence the manufacturing supremacy of
New England will doubtless be trans
ferred to the Southern States, so far as
cotton products, at least, are concerned,
From the uneasiness regarding this
matter being manifested in New Eng
land, it appears that that section looks
for the transfer within a much shorter
time than twenty-five years."
it has been stated, and truly we
think, that the American people de
vote more time and energy to politics
and government than any other people
in the world.
The science of government is being
studied by us more than by any other
people. This is done in our national
assemblies, in our state assemblies, in
clubs, debating societies, meetings of
various kinds, as well as by the individ-
ual citizen in his spare hours from bus-
iness at his own desk.
What it will bring iorth no one can
tell. Theoretically, it ought to be the
means of Improving our government ;
but in North Carolina it has greatly in
jured it for the past few years.
There are various standards set up
by which to judge this, that and the
other ; but the best standard by which
to judge any people or any community,
is the standard of morality. Some com
munites are thrifty above others in
point of material progress for the time ;
but however pleasing may be such pro
gress in a community that has a low
standard of morals, such community
can not long be considered desirable by
that class of people that go to make up
a good and true citizenship.
The same holds good as regards States
and nations. Nothing so exalts any
people as an aggregated whole, as com
munities, or as individuals as strong
moral practices which lead to true
righteousness.
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ENFIELD AS IT WAS.
TP tie Town as it Now is
A PLEASING PICTURE OF WHAT ITS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT SHALL BE.
The different sections of the South
offer attractions to men of all classes
and conditions, and that man is indeed
short-sichted who would claim that his
action possessed all and that other sec
tions possessed none.
To-day we have to speak of Enfield,
a pretty growing town in Halifax coun
ty, immediately on the Atlantic Coast
Line railroad, within easy reach oi the
great commercial marts, and situated
in the middle of what is rapidly becom
ing Known as the finest tobacco section
in the State.
While it is not our purpose in this
limited space to go into details of its
past history, yet it is only proper that
we should make a brief reference to the
early settlement of the town.
As far back as 1758 Halifax county
which may not be generally known to
the present generation derived its
name from the Earle of Halifax, was
formed from Edgecombe county, and
It was in this year that the court house
for the counties ot Edgecombe, Gran
ville and Northampton was moved
from Enfield to the town of Halifax.
At the time of its removal it stood
upon tne site familiarly known as
Spring Hill, and in the village of old
Enfield, all traces of which have been
leveled, and the new town built half a
mile southeast of the original location.
There is a dim tradition that when
Gen. Tarleton, of Revolutionary fame,
passed through here he released the
prisoners confined in the jail adjacent
to the court house, but since written
history does not make mention of this,
we must accept the story with that res
ervation of faith which ehall not suffer
our credulity to be imposed upon.
In the early days ot the town settle
ment, which was long before the war
of the Revolution, there stood upon the
spot now occupied as Jlmwooa ceme
tery, a noted tavern, or inn, of tragic
memory, for it is said more wickedness
and tragedies were committed there
than perhaps almost any place of its
size in the State ; and about this old
hostelry was clustered a small hive of
Industries, suited to meet tne needs of
the citizens. There were a tailor, gun
and silver smith, wheelwright, cabinet
maker, and shoe-maker shops. There
was one church, Methodist Episcopal,
the building very primitive, and after
it had served its purpose as a house of
worship, was moved to the lot of a pri
vate citizen and used as a kitchen.
Long years after the glory of the old
tavern had departed, it was pointed out
to strangers as one of the notable land
marks of old Enfield ; but soon after
the war it was accidentally destroyed
by fire, and thus passed away the re
maining vestige that recalled the years
that have gone.
In the absence of certified record,
there is a difference of opinion amongst
the present oldest citizens as to the or
igin of the name of the town. Some
say it was named by its first .bnglisb
settlers in honor of Enfield, England,
while others as firmly assert that it was
so called from being built at the end oi
a held after a suryey of the country in
to districts made in Colonial days. The
former supposition is more probable,
and, in our opinion," certainly more ac
ceptable. It was here that one John Coleman,
an .ungiisnman, came ana seiueu m
1781, and followed the trades of gun
and silver-smithing. He was an ex
pert in both crafts, and well authenti
cated tradition says that he made and
engraved the plates from which was
printed the bills of the-' first bank of
North Carolina. The anvil on which
the bank plate was forged is now in
possession of Dr. John "Bellamy, a prom
inent resident of Enfield. Several fam
ilies in the community still have silver
spoons made by Coleman, with his
name engraved thereon. However un-
savory a repuiauon v.i
.
bad, ne was innce marneu, eacu wuio
marrying a widow, -tiis nrsi wiie was
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a Mrs. Onion, his second a Mrs. Leek,
and his third wife was such a virago,
he said she was a "Pillgarlic".
Amongst the early native residents
of old Enfield was one of North Caroli
na's most illustrious sons, Gov. John
Branch, who sprung from true revolu
tionary stock. He represented Halifax
county in the House oi uommonn a
number of years, was once Governor of
the State, and in 1843 was appointed
by the President of the United States,
- a J a
Governor of JJlonaa, ana eerveu iwu
terms. He was also in President Jack
son's cabinet as Secretary of the Navy.
After a life of long and honorable pub
lic service he died in Enfield, January
4th, 1863, in the 83rd year of his age,
and was buried in a retired spot, near
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many kinsmen, on the outskirts of the
town. A neat marble shaft, with a cross
and crown carved in relief on one side,
marks his quiet,ivy-grown restingplace.
Quite a number of his great and great
great grandchildren are residents of
Enfield, while others are scattered
throughout various States in the South
land. The late Mr. Henry Whitaker.
nephew of the late Gov. Branch, and a
gentleman of the old school Southern
chivalry and aristocracy, erected the
present hotel building in Enfield, and
far back in its prime, it was a hostelry
of no mean pretension. .Recently the
outside has been freshened up by a new
coat of white paint, and apparently it
bids fair to last many a year to come.
However, a first-class hotel, with mod
ern improvements, would be a good in
vestment for the town, the investors
and the travelling public.
In a grove of magnificent oaks on
the suburb of the town still stands a
two-storied, double - porticoed frame
residence, held sacred, where Gen. La
Fayette made a thrilling speech to the
country gentry during his visit to En
field in 1824. Here, too, he was royal
ly entertained and dined by Mr. and
Mrs. Southall, the latter a sister of Gov,
Brancb.
Enfield of To-day.
Now, the reader's attention is invited
to the new town, or Enfield of to-day,
a town which with its vital resources
to draw from, its transformation from
a quiet little village to a busy city, with
a rush and stir, need only be a ques
tion of time, provided the proper steps
are taken to develop them. No town
or city can grow to great proportions
and remain prosperous which has not a
good farming country to draw from.
Cheap subsistence holds too important
a place in the affairs of men to be eas
ily set aside. And it can be truthfully
said that nature has started up a great
magazine of wealth for the develop
ment of the little town which is so fa
vorably and pleasantly situated. It
was laid off to grow. The streets are
broad and many of them well shaded.
Pretty, comfortable residences, whose
front yards are ornamented in lovely
flowers and shrubbery, bespeak the
easy living, culture and refinement of
the owners. The present census gives
800 as the number of its inhabitants.
Enfield has four churches for the
whites Protestant,and EpiscopalMeth
odists, Baptist and Episcopalian. Of
schools, there are several good private
ones, and an opening for a first-class
graded or high school. There is a
large handsome academy building, re
cently erected for the purpose in a pret
ty grove in the eastern pait of the
town.
There is a number of stores and shops,
a handsome new drug store, one hotel,
two livery stables, one carriage manu
factory, two large tobacco warehouses,
three tobacco prize houses and other
enterprises are being agitated.
The people represent in a marked de
gree the hospitality, frankness, good
sense, high social qualities, mental and
moral stamina for which the people of
the South generally are proverbial. The
social sphere is of a high moral tone,
and suffers nothing by comparison
with the 'social order of other places.
The writer wishes it to be under
stood that Enfield Is not on a boom,
but simply that her enterprising, pub
lic spirited citizens are waking up to
their advantages and possibilities, and
that the town is taking on new life and
coming to the front with an earnest de
termination to be one of the enterpris
ing, substantial towns in Eastern Caro
lina. When the people become im
pressed with the fact that this is as
good a location as any in the State for
a town of commercial importance they
will hot only yield to the popular de
mand ior its development, but will
henceforth use every means available
for attaining this end.
Among other evidences that the true
condition oi the situation is becoming
known, is that well-known business
men from a distance, with ample cap
ital, rented both warehouses before they
were completed, and simply asked the
co-operation and good will of the peo
ple to assist them in making the tobac
co market here an assured success.
There is no telling what results may
be accomplished for the upbuilding of
the town with patience, pluck and per
severance, linked with untiring indus
try, indomitable energy and bouyant
spirit. These, however, do not remove
the fact that this is a fallow field, and
needs the influx of capital and people
to make it the city it should be ; capi
tal to open up various manufacturing
enterprises, and people to supply the
labor in every vocation to work to the
best advantage.
The error so long current at the
North that the South is a fever stricken
district, simply because it is down
South, is rapidly being corrected. Of
the four healthiest localities in the
United States two of them are within
the limits of North Carolina and neith
er a thousand feet above the sea. In
fact, the whole of the South not less
than 400 feet above the sea, is unsur
passed in climate and the coast section
is equal to any other. The claim that
North Carolina is one of the most de
sirable States is now being accepted
without question.
Col. A. R. McCIure recently remark
ed that 'Every part of North Carolina
has some one thing that will make it
distinctively a great section.' From
the present outlook it appears that the
emblem that is to represent the indus
try of the present and the future in
this favored section is the leaf of the
golden tobacco. Though on the soil
here can be successfully raised crops of
all kinds, cotton, corn, tobacco, peas
oats, wheat and cane to say nothing
of every variety of vegetables and fruits,
which has made truck farming so pro
fitable.
While the country is too flat, and
has not fall sufficient for great water-
power, yet; near n,nneid, mere is a
stream which could be developed into
fine water power, so says an expert
engineer. On this same stream, six
miles from town, is an unused mill,
operated some years ago, which might
be successfully utilized as a spinning
mill by the right person with capital,
energy and experience.
Now, we extend to all an invitation
to come and visit us, and see if we can
not offer to all home-seekers, or those
who desire to try their fortunes else
where beside where they are, as good or
better inducement, than they can find
anywhere. We are trying to help our
selves, and we want your co-operative
capital and energy. We must go to
work with the conviction that "God
helps those who help themselves."
Again we inyite you to come and
see us, and we assure you of a cordial
welcome. In other words we will say
to you, 'Our country shall be your
country, your people shall be our peo
ple, and henceforth we shall be as man
and brother.' 1. E. O.
Bright Side of Farm Life.
Mrs. Victory C. Hart, of West Tor
rington, Conn., writes the New York
Witness the following sensible letter
about farming :
"1 will tell you what I know about
farming. I know that farm life is the
most pleasant, independent, and health
ful life in the world. Any farmer,
he may have many acres or few, may
be successful if he and wife are thor
ough people. The success ot farming,
as in every other kind of work, depends
upon thoroughness. Work half way
done is a failure.
"If ploughing is done in season, the
ground well cultivated and enriched
before planting or sowing and properly
cared for after ; if grass is cut in the
right time, well cured before putting
into the barn ; if the cows are well
cared for, milked in shining pails, cream
churned soon ; if fruit trees are trim
med, good fences around the farm, gar
den with vegetables and fruit, house
and buildings in good repair, wood
house filled with wood, the farm tools
in their proper places, then farming is
a delight and a success. Who can be
happier with his merry troop of boys
and girls? Children love the farm
all the seasons bring their happiness.
Spring, gay and lovely, with its danc
ing riyulets, birds, and flowers, bum
mer with its fuller beauty : Autumn,
beautiful Autumn, with its treasures of
wealth to be gathered in, and Winter
with its snow and ice and bracing air.
There must be music in the farmer's
home, there must be books and papers
for the long Winter evenings. Costly
furniture is not necessary for comfort in
the home of a farmer, unless he has
abundant means. It seems out of place.
It is unpleasant for me to go to a farm
er's house and find rooms shut up con
taining Buch fine furniture that not a
gleam of sunshine must enter. Let
the farm home be light and pleasant
with no room too good for our own
dear ones.
"Will the farmer" become rich? He
will probably lay by something "for a
rainy day." I cannot say that he will
own a vast amount of railroad stock or
Western bonds, but he is nevertheless,
a rich man. '
"There is nothing mean or little
about the farmer. He gives for the
public benefit, he gives to needy hu
manity, he has ever a helping hand for
the erring and unfortunate, he gives
that the Gospel may reach all nations.'.'
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THE GOOD-BY KISS AT THE
DOOR.
Her eyes were illumined with a glance
of pride.
And her heart with love aglow
As she softly tripped te her husband's
side
When he opened the door to go.
Ana tnere in ner morning wrapper
trim,
While a smile her red lips wore.
She stood on the steps and gave to him
A good-by kiss at the door.
She turns to her duties with cheerful
heart
For she has not now to learn
That the wife and husband must often
part
When the daily bread's to earn :
And there's peace and joy in her gentle
breast
As she sews, or sweeps the floor,
And every task is essayed with zest
For the good-by kiss at the door.
And the husband's striving in life's
rough race,
Where there's little time for play,
Has many a glimpse of her smiling
face
In his mind through the busy day,
And his look is tender, his eyes are
bright
As he cons his ledger o'er,
For he thinks of the welcome that
waits at night,
And the good-by kiss at the door.
O wives and husbands, the world is
bright
When the heart with love doth glow,
And Its path is smooth and its burden
light
If you're willing to make them so :
And the sun will shine through the
darkest day
And scatter the clouds that lower,
And the roses blossom along life's way
For the good-by kiss at the door.
Cape Cod Item.
Scheming for Wives.
Star.
There are plenty oi women in Ore
gon now," observed a prominent Ore
gon politician, who is here to see that
that State is not forgotten in the matter
of patronage, "but it is within the
memory ot many of us when women
were very scarce there, we gave it
out that we wanted them for school
teachers and the like, and encouraged
them to come out there, but the truth
was the men wanted them for wives.
"I remember once we sent a young
man to Massachusetts, where he was
well acquainted, with orders to collect
one hundred young women and to es
cort them back to Oregon. We guar
anteed every one of them one year's
employment. The active man in the
matter was a fine-looking young man,
who afterward served two terms in
Congress from our State, lie spent
two months in selecting the party ana
started West with them. On the trip
out he courted one of the school teach
ers on his own hook and actually got
her consent to a marriage on the arriv
al of the train at Portland. The boys
howled considerably about it, claiming
that he had treated them unfairly, in
having first choice, but there was a lot
of fine, marriageable material left.
Some of those women' are to-day the
leading ladies of the society of the
State. More than three-fourths of the
hundred were married inside of three
years, and many in less than one year.
A few of the lot, however, are teaching
school there to-day ,not that they did not
have any offers, but because they would
not accept any of the fellows who offer
ed themselves. Now that Senator
Mitchell has about given up his con
sent to return as Senator, he will likely
be succeeded by a gentleman who mar
ried one of the party of school teachers
to which 1 refer. He will bring his
wife here with him, and your Washing
ton folks can see for themselves the
kind of ladies we had out there for
school teachers. They can't be sur
passed even it equalled anywhere. I
may be an interested person though,
for it happens that my wife was one of
the party. "
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