Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-11-01
HOW TO GET TO CAROLINA.
THE GRAND OLD STATE TO WHICH
THE YANKEES ARE COMING
IN HERDS"
Explicit Directions to Those Who Wish
to Come the Cheapest and 0nick-
est Way.

The State of North Carolina offers
splendid inducements to those who are
seeking a home where the labor of the
agriculturist will meet with adequate
reward. The climate is the happy
medium between extremes of temper
ature, and eminently conducive to
health; the soil is better than the av-
ws,a s5aga W Of farp. .aapeft saRds the seap5Ezs
vegetable and other products flint
ready and profitable sale in norther;
markets, the means of transportation
are ample, the value of land is rapid
ly appreciating, life and property are
perfectly secure under the Just and
liberal laws of the State, educational
facilities are excellent, and honest and
intelligent settlers are accorded hos
pitable reception.
Lands can be purchased at from one
to twenty dollars per acre, those at ten
dollars being as productive as most of
the land sold for $50 or S75 per acre
in the northern and eastern States
There are many improved farms for
rent at very reasonable figures. a
complete list Of these, as we'll as all
other lands fr sale ON all the roads
and connections of the Seaboard Air
Line, can be obtained from Capt. +.
w. Clark, General Passenger Agent,
during the exposition at the American
Fair, Boston, Mass, or at his perma-
nent Office in Wilmington, n. &. He
is thoroughly familiar with the quality
and capabilities of these lands, and is
prepared to give valuable advice and
assistance to those who desire to invcs-
tigate with the intention of becoming
residents of the Old North State. The
office of the Seaboard Air Line dur
ing the months of September and Oc-
tober, 1885, is in the Fair of the New
England Manufacturers and Mechan-
les Institute, Boston, Mass, and there
after at Wilmington, \. G. This line
has made special arrangements to en-
courage emigration to North Carolina.
They run steamers from Boston, New
York, and Baltimore to Norfolk, Va,
whence passengers are conveyed by
the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad
to Weldon, n c., thence to Raleigh
ON the Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad.
and to other points by the Raleigh
and Augusta Air Line, and the Caro-
:,,a Cnr+rol Railroad
, The charge from Boston to any
point in North Carolina is S11.15, from
New York 1918, from Baltimore So.
40. For the first year after settlement
emigrants are given free pass on the
line of road, and all freight and pro
visions required by settlers is trans
ported at half the regular rates. The
route from the Virginia State line tt
the western portion of North Carolina
is through splendid region, where
varying soil and climate give ample
!, opportunity of satisfactory selection
For the accommodation of those visi
ting the State with view to settling
. special arrangements have been made
with hotels i'll all the principal cite;
, and towns. The Seaboard Air Line
has met with great encouragement il
+ its enterprise, and there is every pros
pect of still more marked success il
5 the future. They recently carried al
5 excursion party from Harrisburg anc
j. points in Pennsylvania, on prospect
! ing tour through North Carolina
l There were thirty-six persons in th'
r party, Of whom seventeen purchased
land and settled in the State. Th
$ management of the Seaboard Al
: Line is being ably assisted by Mr.
e John T. Patrick, the General Agen
$ of Immigration for the State of Nortl
/ Carolina, who is i'll hearty accord witt
the effort made by this line of railroad
He has established a permanent otiie
at room 8691 Broadway, New York
where information concerning tn
State can be secured.