The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-04-26
CONTENT ALONG CONTENTNEA
FISHING CROPS, IMPROy
AND POLITICS IN GREENE.
Mr.. DaTden as Candidate for Auditor
Enjoying the Telegraph and Hoping
for the Railroad.

Mr.. Darden as q Candidate for 4 uditor
Enjoying the Telegraph and Hoping
for the Railroad.
Sp<ciui Correspondence Of the Chronicle.
Snow HILL, April 23.-Erom early morn
to set of sun. the banks of Coniepinea
creek, from Speights Bridge 10 Hooker
ton, (twenty miles, present almost solid
phalanx of human souls, little and big.
male and female, white. black and vArie-
gated, all engaged in the delightful spring
paStIme of angling. ''Iearth worrums'
and crawfish have become very scarce and
they readily bring twenty-five cents per
gill.
BY the way, speaking of Contentnea
creek reminds me that 1t is not only a
beautiful stream and noted for fine perch
and club, but it has lately grown into
prominence on account of its being the
happy means of communication with the
outside world. Steamers have been ply
ing regularly between our town and New
Berne and points intermediate for the
| past six or eight months. Greesse county
produces annually fifteen thousand bales OF
| cotton, and nearly or quite half OF that
| amount during this winter, has been trans
| ported per steamers. Besides, the freights
coming to this place and Hookerton for
| the different merchants is immense. Here
tofore carts and wagons were the only
| means Of conveyance. The benefits open
ed up to US by navigation even this far are
| incalculable Recently it has been no
| strange sight to see as many as three
| steamboats, at one time lying at our Land
ing.
| The last census gave US only 800 souls
| all told. Since then there have been con-
structed fifteen new residences, some ele-
| CANT and imposing; seven stores, several
large, neat and attractive; one church, one
buggy factory and one sales stables to
gether with sundry other improvements.
The Northern and Southern Telegraph
Company's wire touches here On its way
to Goldsboro and we are very much bouy-
ed up with the hope of soon having a rail
| road
The fault down here, a grievous one,
too, is that we don't diversity our crops
we rely too exclusively upon cotton.
Greene is famous for her many large,
beautiful and fertile farms, upon which
almost anything adapted to this climate
could be successfully cultivated, but still
we go along Qeaving out kainit, acid phos-
phate and the like in the same old beat
en- track of twenty-five years ago. 1t is
true we have better farms, improved i'm
plements and machinery, but we plant the
same old crops, relying chiefly and almost
solely upon one staple (cottom for oul
revenue. If the caterpillar were to come
we'd be the sickest people this side OF
| limbo.
Our graded school is fourishing-nine-
ty scholars, and still they come.
The boys have organized brass band
Mr. Carter, of LAGRANGE, teaches them
They are making rapid progress, compli
ment to their instructor. In their early
fits they made anything but concord OF
sweet sounds.
The enterprising manufacturing estab
lishment of McD. Pate Il Co., of Snow
Hill, will take a number of their beauti
full and time-serving buggies to the Expo
sition. 1t is hoped others will do likewise
The no-fence law is calculated to enter
our coming campaign as an important fac
tor. We would like to see Capt. James P
! Speight brought out for the Senate, and
more than pleased for Capt. VIM. A. Oar
den to get the nomination for State Audi
tor They are both farmers and possess
great and rare abilities.
Two of our worthy countymen, r. j
Williams and Capt. Thos. Hughes, hav'
recently 'passed over the river" tn
former in the prime of life, the latter hat
passed his three score years and ten.
The cornerstone of the Episcopal churc]
! was laid on the 10Th. PETE.