The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-08-06

We need 10 get some OF the push and az
tlvitV Il which We are eXcelled by our
Western and Northern ueIghbo.- and "
get il quicker by association with them
than IL any other way. The quickest way
To make a man Of narrow views and CIR
cumscribed horizon, a broad man with
liberal ideas is 10 let him trav~-l among
people who have different habits and dtf
fcrcut manners from those 10 which he has
been accustomed all his life. Men who
never get outside the smoke Of their
fathers chimney are often the best Of men
and the most honest citizens. hut they ere
rarely men Of broad views. And 50 the
coming Of people from other States to
North Carolina help, our people Just u
coming among rs lmpartS valuable lntor-
nation and necessary knowledge - those
who come. There are parties here from
Memphis and Murfreesboro, Tennessee;
Atlanta, Augusta, LaWrel ecFltlo and Attn
ems, Georgia: Petersburg auG Richmond.
Virginia; Columbia, Lancaster and spar
tauburg South Carolina; anil New orh
City There are numbers Of others. ono
or two, from other towns IN these aud
other States. They constitutes large part
Of the ''otayng force" Most Of the North
Caroinians stay only a week and few North
Carolina men spend more than three or
four days at a time some of them making
several trips.
have been asked the question why 50
few State people are here. y few days
ago a gentleman and his family, man Of
wealth, spent only four days here and
before leaving told M Foster that the bad
crop prospects prevented his remaining
longer This gentleman could spend the
balance Of his life if he didn't make
half crop, but he felt that with the
stringent times that would probably not
be driven away by the harvesting Of the
crops, he ought not to spend any money
except for necessaries. There are many
like him, but there are more Who hereto
fore have gOn" on a summer pilgrimage
who cannot afford it this year because they
havn't the money. If the prospects for a
fine crop were bright many would take the
time and raise the money, but with the
present gloomy outlook most men are say
ing what they have and spending rs little
as possible.
The pleasures Of a Summer tri, can be
denied, and next to the reduction Of the
salary Of the preacher and disseminating
the newspapers. il has to 90.
Notes by the Way.
The President Of the a. & n. 6. K. L.
has given a contract for rebuilding the
wharf at the railroad warehouse TO the
Carolina Crcosote OIL Co.. Of Wilmington.
CreosOte posts VIII be used Il, the salt water
worm cannot in ure them. | understand
that in the construction Of. the wharf
special arrangements will be made to pro
vide the best accommodations for melon
shippers and those who raise truck. | see
no reason why in the single article of wa
termelons the farmers of Carteret and adj
joining counties should not make money.
! met Senator Ed. J. Hill, of Duplin, III
Goidsboro returning from Morehead where
he had been spending some days gather
ing up the sea shore shells. He says he
will not be a candidate for the Senate this
year. Raleigh will miss ''the Senator
from Duplin, whose gallant fight for the
reduction of the marriage license fee is still
remembered by an appreciative public.
owe shall meet but we shall miss him