The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-07-29
FROM TIE UNIVERSITY.
w hat i Going at that Delightful
Especial Cor. STATE emo

vacation takes away about one third Of
our population, We are having, compare
lively, 1t quiet time. Many Interests in
the community are affected by the Uni
versity to such an extent that they feel the
long interim between sessions We have
no extensive factories here to keep up
business activity. one Of our citizens has
a factory in which he works tin and iron,
and his business Is growing. There is room
here and inviting room for other enterpris-
es This land produces the grasses 50 well,
and is 50 cheap, and is IN every respect so
well adapted, that it ought to attract the
attention Of those who desire to conduct
dairy farms on a small or large scale
Around the village are also favorable sites
for florists and nurserymen. The tmberS
around, with railroad facilities, would
furnish advantages for spoke, handle and
shuttle factories; though the enterprises
from other places have been buying up
the oak and hickory III large quantities
and shipping them. Other kinds of bust
ness might be established here with good
advantages.
There is movement to build a large
hotel on the site of the old IIillard house
Several gentlemen of means and energy
propose to form stock company and put
the much needed building up by next com
I
here, quite a large number of the eastern
people would be glad to spend part or all
Of the warm season here. Why notl The
air is pure; the water is excellent; the
place is noted for heallhfulness; the ply
siciaus are compliohed the campus with
its long walks, deep shades, beautiful
lawns, and soothing quiet, IS most at
tractive play ground for children, prone
made for those of the dreaming age, and
refreshing and contemplatiye resort for
those that are fond of peaceful meditation
and excursions to the silent realms of
memory; the reading room with its cease
less stream of publications and the library
with its vast multitude of books in every
department of human thought furnish
most delightful resources for entertain
ment and Improvement; the Memorial
Hall is, alone, an exhaustless wonder, with
its crowded Confederate tablets and its
hundred cenotaphs of the great names
that are linked with the old University;
and the several churches gladly welcome
all visitors to the same blessed privileges
that they enjoy in the sacred worship at
their homes. 1t is an exceptionally at
tractive resort for those that want rest
comfort, freedom from the veXatiOnS and
varieties of fashion, and the opportunity
to recuperate wearled energies at little eX-
pense and in a home like, natural way.
Already a great many have learned to
appreciate the advantages of the place.
Recently a visitor remarked that for health
Morehead City will not compare with
Chapel Hill Near the village just off
the railroad is a spring, known as Hoke's
Spring Gt being near the Iron Mine and
attention having been called to it by Gen.
Hoke) which is said to be good hthia wa
ter. There IS a purpose to have 1t ana
lyZed soon.
| note as present or recent visitors Mrs.
Gayle from Goldsboro, Mrs. Lieut.. Ed.
GAYLE, whose husband is in the L. S. Army
and now stationed at New Orleans, the
two sprightly children of Mrs. Gayle that
have improved wonderfully since they
came, Miss Fannie Phillips of Washington
CITY, Miss Stewart of Clinton, Mrs.
Speight, Mr. H. r. Bryan and family and
Mr.. Willetts and family of New Berne,
Mrs Eliza Uttley of Charlotte, Mrs. Uttley
of Fayetteville, Miss Winfield of Beaufort
county, DR. Lewis and family and Mr. and
Mrs Herbert B. Battle of Raleigh, the
family of Rev. J. T. Harris Of Goldsboro,
Thos. Radcliffe of Wilmington, Miss Flora
Watt of Goldsboro Prof. J. d. Miller of
kinston, Mrs. DR. McNider of Northamp-
ton, Miss Alice Jones, Miss Lulie Lunsford
and Miss Mamie S. Mangum of Durham
| county, the family of DR.. Henry E. Shep-
herd of Charleston, Prof. E. b. Monroe of
Durham, Miss Bette Armfeld, Miss Jes-
sic Woodward of Durham, Prof. A. W.
| Long of Trinity College, Miss Matte dor-
| ton of Pittsboro. Others coming.
| Several of the students Hnger here in
the enjoyment of advantages that it would
be hard to find elsewhere. Ms. Henry
| the mother of Prof. Henry, has cone from
hap lin.
home Miss Emma Graves is here to spenC
| her vacation.
The Faculty are widely scattered. Pres
| ldent Battle has been at home for some
| time, but tears himself for while from
| the winding walks and romantic dells O.
''Battle's Park to visit relatives in Lilies
Vile Profs. Winston, Graves, Mangum
Holmes, Gore and w. B. Phillips are a
home; Prof. Toy is in Paris, Prof. Atkin
son, at Cornell University, Prof. Venabl'
at the Summer School at Martha's Vine
yard, Prof. Hume at Waynesboro, Va.
| Prof Henry is hard at work in visitin!
and helping the teachers Institutes in th
| State, and Prof. Love is on visit to hi
parents in Gastonia. Prof. Alexander i
expected some time before the opening 0
the session Dr. Charles Phillips is il
much better health than in the spring
Mrs W. B. Phillips is suffering from
severe attack of illness DR.. Manning
| law school is in active work, despite tn
warning of the thermometer. Prof. Holme
has been faithfully toiling with the geolo
| gical surveys of the Carolinas, j. w. Car
has returned from a trip to New York
| He is one of the older men that set inspir
ing examples to those that are younger
d. McCauley has one of the largest store
to be found in a very large territor
around. Character, energy, and unre
mitting attention has greatly enlarged hi
business We have other good merchants
Rev. E. S. Alderman, the new pastor O
the Baptist church. has arrived and enter
upon his responsible duties. Rev. K. B
John. pastor of the Methodist church
after the District Conference, visits hi
fathers.
One Of the notable peculiarities Q
Chapel Hill as a summer home is its free
dom from the popular temptations to dis
sipation. No liquor selling is allowed b
law within four miles of the corporal
limits. Very seldom is a drunken ma
seen in the town, and very few of the eli
izens drink so as to betray themselves.
is sad to say that there are few. Their
is no dancing here after commencement
and hence that powerful temptation to tn
indulgence of a wayward passion is re
moved. Those who wish to enjoy them
selves in hurtful way will will lind fe'
or no facilities here. A.
Mr.. W. C. Mayo, lately canvasse
for the Wilson Advance, has become ed
tor of the Williamson Echo. We Wis