The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-07-22
BITS ABOUT BURKE.
A REGION WHICH ENJOYS MANY
OF GODS BEST BLESSINGS.

be Present at the Tabernacle Meeting
Special Correspondence Of the Sentinel.
HAPPY HOME, n. c., July 16.-I
have been a constant reader of your
most excellent paper for some time,
and have never read in its columns,
anything from this section of country,
hence, if you will give me the space, 1
will, from time to time, give you a
few "dots," such as think of interest
to your readers from this section of
the Old North State. We are located
in the Eastern portion of Burke coun-
ty, on the w n. c. R. R., at or near
"Icard Station" on said Railroad,
midway between the fertile valleys on
the Catawba river, on our North and
the rough and rugged peaks of the
South Mountains on our South-elev-
en- miles from Hickory-east, and
twelve miles from Morganton, our
county "Capitol"(?) west. Our section
is
VERY BROKEN But FERTILE
and needs only the energy of honest
toll to produce an abundance of corn,
wheat, cotton and tobacco; this is
said to be the very best of tobacco
growing land and if our people would
only devote the time and attention, to
the cultivation OF this one product
that is devoted to its culture, in ether
sections of our State, we could GER
tainly produce, for the market, as fine
tobacco here as could be produced
any where in North Carolina. But
its cultivation has only been intro
duced here-for few years, hence we
are yet, ignorant of the possible ex-
tent, to which this product, could be
cultivated in our midst.
One new enterprise, long needed
has at last been established in our
midst, and is destined to prove sue
cess as well as great benefit to our
community. Messrs. Maroney Bros;
of Salisbury have just completed their
large and commodious hotel at
CoNLEY SPRINGS,
which is but few steps from Icard
Station. The building is of wood and
is 12O feet long, 40 feet wide and
three stories high, containing some 40
or so we'll furnished and fitted up
rooms all of which are supplied with
the very best mountain, water from a
tank erected upon the building
and which is kept constantly full by
means of piping that conduct the
water there from clear crystal spring
on the mountain side near by. The
lite-giving and health-restoring prop
critics of the water of "Conley Springs"
has already won wide spread noto-
riety, and with the accommodations
offered by the energetic and interpris-
ing proprietors of the Conley Springs
Hotel, we are satisfied that theSprings
will be unusually attractive to pleas
ure seekers during the present season
and we are satisfied that nowhere in
Western North Carolina could they
go for a few months recreation and
health, with the assurance of more
happy results, than to Conley Spring
at "Icard." The table at the hotel is
always supplied with the very best that
this and foreign markets afford and
the wants and wishes of the guests are
carefully watched and attended to by
a host of polite and attentive servants.
We would say to one and all seeking
health, pleasure and recreation that
you can not find in North Carolina a
more pleasant or healthful spot than
Conley Springs. We are not interest
ed in anyway whatever in these springs
but We have known them for fifteen
years and we have heard hundreds
speaking of the merits of the water
after having tested them by actual ex-
perience.
| RUTHERFORD COLLEGE
is just one and half miles north of
these springs and we learn from relia-
BILE souce that Revs. Sam Jones and
Sam Small will attend the tabernacle
meeting, which is to be held there dur
ing August, commencing the 18th and
continuing for two weeks. A large
attendance is expected and ample
preparation is being made to accom-
modate all who may come.
For ''forty DAYS and forty nights"
it has rained here and yet the earth is
not enveloped in water, but it has
greatly impeded the progress Of the
farmers, and large L ,uth crooks would
be in great demand if the average
farmer was able to purchase, rs the
only means possible to save the crops
now is to muzzle the corn hills with
crooks and pasture the fields until it
gets dry enough to plough. A few
more days of rain and cloudy weather
and the entire wheat crop will he ruin
ed
With our hearty good wish for THE
SENTINEL success we close for this
time by giving to your readers ''some
thing new under the sum-" in the way
Of
MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM,
tn solve A. Il b are mariners in bust