The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-10-07
SPARKLING CArlWBA
NOT FifE SPRING III I THftot
~ VIEW III RON NV TON
l hc l. umv "f MAJ Finger ~ q p,ltrhttuf
i4i --->uas assctA anz \ bout the Ha~int~,
ana me haFaeteT oi IT. People.

fia' -->o"'ett,.ns About the Ba>in,>
ana me haFaetcs oi H. People.
Editorial Correspondence
NE"1pN. y g.. ttets 1-er I. 1855 ~ s.
. h.1ai Ist t--fore the train reached ttu
IaAoe, / inquired 4 "a fellow passenger Il
ihtFe wen hacks a. tbs train to I.,Ac tray
I tller> 70 The hotel | Aad never Aayn II
Newton but knew th4. thc hotels wer
nearly mile from ,hc depot .Uacks.
i he replird, there : nothing III Newton
+ uu' hacks aud pJrtsr>. aud y hen the, tram
stops N"u II hc So SET #pou 80 ugrtet~ that
you q tuinN yOu ~ struck - bigger town
+ than Raleigh And 50 found tat least
! / found plenty OF hacks. bussts and earn
j ages and talking porters. aud found a
great deal more beside, True diau In
hnd town - b. a> RAJ .-h bat a heater
cleaner, pretter town of 300 people /
nave not stopped at in my travels. Ii was
nearly day when arrived but a clean. ln-
Niting bed caused me = ~rcud the hours
till ci-ht asleep ! arose refreshed afst
walked out ~ the early morn a. take a
hFSt look al the place The cool breath Of
the autumnal brcczes famed ny cheek
ana the crisp weather, imlartIng yiror
ahi health, gave me an appetite for the
good breakfast Of which | soon uartoul
II i a saying of travellers, teftrrug to
certain places, that II Nou stop at one hotel
you II wish you'd stopped at The other /
had heard tL4s said of Newton | Stoned
ut oi,e- need not say which, aNtnis Is no
adI' ftAement and WAS well fed. The
h"'eI Is ol1 ana iacNs The modern improve
i1ei' ''uo c"hNehiehceS. near that The
'rttllon "l 'arSe anu 4od"fn building Is
r' ','i'eiii Elttu ~ ~ !. "'ai stock company.
~ ~ ~, NJ w ->"N",i' what y most needs
~" ., ~ II'"N' y . i''eaN"h' Pface % spend
'''1 ~ H''i,i11'c,'
- | G'..''Gen 20 arrive "n .h" morning Of
Inc 'ils' y4} .! {"'o'"r he poets may
Ga, - ''" '','.lo'''''> -, ,''!N' tht SAD
hnt f|r M ',', 90. ''' 'litl SORT oI thihS
,.,' ''o l'oiei 'He carly "aE5 OF 'c
S,'H on1,,rH ,',i, I]'.i 81 'lo year. mere Is
,.a,,, nm, In,.o,'a', anu noHerS To pre-
felds a,;d ;ns, o,5,,,,h =. th' '''i S"l"' ,'h4
uintar n',, = - '',o Ic! prea'H .
u,atbor a. i ,.,,r ~ ',''''V' - ~'''''
+n,n .,i(i, " '"'
~ ~ '"' >'oi' an" d
III :, ''e'%t0>s % '9oiile people
thi,,s i' ,i,'' n"'i''Nr III c3'ilhS
W i'''ii'Nl % o"min'r Is
.'t,r,ds,'hor, a,'a :, ''tS o' W
to xii no ,nnr,,;..' 1, ''' C''' '""S"
Tor Iln,;o,,s 60, ~ " Nh
i, .hatr h' i 10
l't i, '7,',''' az '"'E Il"
~? ~ i, = tlioi il-hVlGl 'aV 'hah
~ 49, urs % oclo'7 Nnno pothihl -"
iicNoi s,,tsv"I - '70' 'etI't9Ps II Was my
J1is"eau'tss 'nat gave II 50 ihuch OF -
o''a''u ~ nic' ou' LINK '''erf v"oio hot
an N.ioio W iiio'e ,v,A1Ys 'fty pai'hy
'7 - tAtA{ ~ 80 az Vi r"'i'
, ny it'H' ni"n l s'" ~ -Nc"'o" -i'p Is
'"e pi2I ~ li",l tnei ,'>e n'a' We" YOU VIII
was "'J' '''tipI ~ ringer, thc eiltc'Vht
HpilP lna'ruGtioilS 81 'he state. THIS IS
iio iiolhqs f'-a Httu' 'te'h9 IT, was not
, SnifA'soa tha' ~ th@ summer ne loves 10
set away rom 'he ouS' oi h"leiSh- be-
hiiu hlc ilolSe ''.'i ne hot9ea al'G fet'ie
sd" were hie) MAJOR ihSY, |Q@h ~e oyer
the place, showing tAe 4oW considerable Il
town II !! ah4 ~Aat Aiakos the Inhabitants
ioN8 IL tie also drove me out INTO the
Surrounding country to see the rlct s.fm
ing iands ana the crops. lost OF which
had been harVesteT. tich and fertile IS
the lane S,.d u yields large returns TO "a
c4etoua culture. ike all the tHedmOnt
country there IS little 1',hd OF which you
i coulo say beo''A acres. lhere ave large
! he1@,S pN' Aos VIDE. eAPahse OF planta-
i lols OF corn as tai a. the eye can reach as
can he seen IL the East, or on the Western
| praitses There are intervening hills IN
| cultivated and hlllsdes that are yes die
| In truth the greatest thin" that impressed
me in the drive through thp country was
| the small amcAnt Of fand III cultivation
compared With the unimproyed land. In
] the county there are 1il,593 acres Il
! land unlmproved to only 7S,0So Improved
about twice as MANI, There is great
need herc-as aXQryWhere III the State
! Of X ~ ,gCatlOn. The harvest truly Is grc3.
| the laborers are few.