The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1883-09-29
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THE FOUR CORNERS.
THE il NCTION OF FRANkIIN.
NASH AND JOHNSTON.
clanCe at Quiet Neig bor h ood 4
busy and Prosperous People.

busy ana prosperous teopie.
>I'~csai CorrcsI-ondsacn af the tAronscle
EARISBoRo, y. c.. sept 2i.-Within a
short distance from this little village Oil
Moccasin Greek stands huge blackcum
tree. on which corners the counties of
Wake Johnson, Franklin and Nash. Ev-
cry family, therefore. in the immediate
community. has neighbors living in each
OF the four counties.
For many years cotton culture has been
augmented In this section. while much at
tention has been given 10 other farm pro
duets. The result Is that no section can
boast OF more enterprise in agricultural
pursuits than this. In aud around Earns
boro live some OF the most progressive
farmers in the State. and while they are
without railroad facilities, tthe nearest sta
ton being about twenty miles, they are
nevertheless an cnterprising. 20 ahead peo-
pie. A glance AT the immense cotton fields
OF Messrs. Wyatt Earp, Jno. X. Brown,
James Bum, and many Others we might
name. would at once convince "A stranger
OF these facts. From one nur,irr,fesrr~x
of Mr.. Earp's farm he confidently expects
to get one hundred bales of middling
cotton this year.
just two miles from Earpsboro + situ
ated the Moccasin Manufacturing Com
pany. They employ skilled mechanics do
good work, and their wagons, bugries.
carts, etc.. are in general use throughout
this section. short stroll brings us 10
the Earpsboro Academy. presided over bv
Prof. Pullcn, whose skill aud capacity for
training the young idea has won for him
an enviable reputation in the community.
and Friday afternoou spent In witness
ing the results of the modern ideas that he
has adopted, the well regulated exercises
in calisthenics, etc, fails to remind Ms OF
the days when in "A mechanical sort of way
we used to drag through Webster's Elc-
mentary Spelling Book, McGuilie's First
Reader, and Smiths English Grammar
WAKEFIELD.
Across the country a few miles is Wake
field. where we find what was once the pret-
tiest and most desirable country residence
and farm in Wake county, aud many a
weary traveller has received the generous
hospltalites that the late Augustus j. Fos-
ter was always so willing and so we'll pre-
pared to offer. Like many other Southern
homesteads, however, the results OF the
war may be easily observed. Hundreds
Of valuable fruit trees that shaded his James
for miles have disappeared. Neglect has
left its mark on the once beautiful lawn
and magnificent flower gardens, vineyards,
etc, have yielded To decay. A few wears
ago the property was bought by Mr. Ivon
NJ Proctor, an enterprising young capital
ist, merchant and farmer, who has already
done much towards a needed improve
anticipating the building Of the Albcmarlc
and Raleigh Railroad. New .men, new
houses, new enterprises, & We it air OF
Importance, and when the prospet tive rail-
road is built (Which we hope viii be in the
near future) a nice little town will spring
up hereabOuts like magic, and when Wins
ton, Durham and Henderson have taken
their places among the larger cities, a live
swide-a-wake town IN dis community will
take up the progressive ideas that nave &c
made those places prosperous, and follow
along in their footsteps. The Wakefield
Male and Female Academy, Rev. O. l..
Springfield, Principal, although yet in its
infancy is becoming widely known, and
bids fair to rank among our best classical
and mathematical schools. Near here
lived and died James Bum, ST., who for
many years distilled such excellent apple
brandy that he gave to old Nash brandy a
national reputation and almost moraliZed
dram drinking.
EAGLE ROCK.
A short distance up good country road
brings US to Eagle Rock, merely "A post Of
flee, but surrounded by many energetic
and substantial farmers, such men as
VIM. II. Richardson, Dr. VIM E. Richard
son, DR.. Thomas III. Avera, w. G. Moore
and others, who are well known, and who
have exerted beneficial influences over the
agricultural interests OF our county
Scarcely any section tributary TO Raleigh
has done so much towards building it up
and making it one OF the leading distribut-
ing points aud cotton markets in the State
INCREASED INTEREST IN EDUCATION.
In this section the people are giving
more attention to education than ever be-
fore. In nearly every house you find dur
ing study hours children pondering over
what seems to them complicated lessons,
while the old folks are reading from good
periodicals, (THE CHRONICLE for instance)
the news Of the day.
spirit OF energy, enterprise and go
aheadativeness characteriZes these people.
They are kind, clever and generous, labor
diligently and enjoy the blessings Of
quiet rural existence. A picnic at Rosin-
burg or Eagle Rock, a fishing frolic at
MOccasin or Avera's Mill, are pastimes
which a stranger would enjoy to the full
est extent. Pretty girls lay aside their
domestic duties the day before and prepare
the edibes, with which the tables are al
ways loaded, while the gallant boys anx-
iOusly await the glorious event. No pret-
tier girls, no better boys and no more gen
erous old folks live in any community;
and nobody's doors open faster to a stran-
welcome. The colored people also possess
spirit OF pride and energy, many OF
| whom own good little farms good houses,
horses, buggies, etc. They work well,
live well, dress we'll and are prosperous
aud happy. (. Il. A.