The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-27
OXFORD.
observation-disclosures.
HUsH MAKES TIE go DM.'

DEAR DEMOCRAT:-The writer left
| Scotland Neck on the morning of the 3rd
INST, for the Eldor.da OF NortAC aroiiua-
! the central part Of the State where they
I grow the wonderful "B. isht Wrappers. :,
/ the p:iie of Vance, Granville, Durham
and Person counties. My first poiut was
! Hurham-a live, progressive city-M ith
electric lights, street railways, a fine
hOtI, fine buildings, lncudIug the much
talked of julie Cars ei-hty thousand
dollar house. BlaCkH eli ) and Dukes
mammoth tobacco factories
have been written Of by dozens Of others,
till every one IS thoroughly acquainted
| with them, and your CORRESPONDENT won't
bore your readers with a dissertation
! Raleigh was my next pli1t-cvery body
feels an interest in R4lei h-,he Capital
of the grandeSt Cd State in the Union.
| was much gratfitld to find the foot
| steps OF Improvement visible there, too
since the wli'eT was there two years ago,
they nave aided to their material con
VenienCCS water-WorkS, street RAILWAYS
and electric lights, and they had pluck
enough to BID Tor the Industrial school,
and Ag,icu.tu' al coll @ OF North Cal-
cina, and as cons quence they have
gotten it, ground already having been
broken for it. Henderson was the next
place pulled up at-brt | had s. ca a
short time to stay there, I'm not prepared
to say much, though | noticed good
many new buildings that have been erect
ed there since visit of two years age.
Really, | think it a more lively place
than from where | wire, and am fully
aware Of the pp>iIon | put myself j O.,
when | say so. There was yer more
ii airy between any two towns than be-
tween Oxford and Henderson. Ju ,ging
/ from its scograp zeal position | tfiIN i s
growth more w1nd: rfuI than any Of the
other IL Ces men ,ncd ''Ihe G0ii Ieut'
/ aud The julie Carr SIi j. Of the cnttrpraoe
ard let tn re a"y way have made
/ Henderson what il is. My la Is Oxford,
/ the town Of choUl' and OF the ''market>
/ house, Oxford for is potion, has done
remark ally well, bu, ONtuId oFc~ lis I'll
( to the tire Of year az lh~Te are Il
I number Of stores bcin,; completed, and
nearly all of the town j. composed of ~ W
/ ban dingS. Oxford has the e,ec, &c
( light too, and 1t is now ,"u main inc 1T
the Richmond & Danvile system, y ta I,
/ and position, that viii evcntu IL ID IL
/ mere harm than good. There are 0
many representa- ives in the schools, t, T
me 10 say any thing of the schools of Ok
/ ford, but we have the Oxford Seminary,
/ Prof. Hobgood'o excellent school Then
! We have the Granvllia institute pre~i led
/ over by our excel. II Ii AK lady Mss
/ Betuc .It7t,, and l4at, but not least, the
. Cl4 landmarks, HOrncr'S School, all il =
81 ute that has stood the test of time and
wear. aud viii h has fitted so many east
/ ern boys for the du.lcS Of life.
But now listen, ! am going to tell you
eastern county people that yO| haven I
/ got ali the mortGagIug IN Your section by
any meas. | find about a. much her ,
as we have in ita lax and EIgccombe
Really moIr eucumheICd real estate than
YOU have from what can learn, and
the people are not a bit more honest. or
a hit more intelligent than you are. You
have Just a good prospects before you
as these people haYeali iii the world
You need, i to arouse yourselves from
YOUR letA2Igy, and to get lid OF the idea
That you are smut out from All chances OF
catching on to the spiIit Of enterprise,
and to JON hands with THE DEMOCRAT
IN its effort to built up your town. That
is the nay Henderson and Durham got
their bo0ms. by the supporting IF their
town papers. in all of their efforts to ado
new industries to their respective two
I towns. | tell you, there IS no need o.
scotland Neck or Weldon staring IL
the two communl:ieS will make an eff
fort. Give Scotland Neck an oil mill, {
cotton factory and bans. AMI III STAKE
her agaiASt any tobacco iowa IN NORTH
| Caro- ina.
have yet to find as moral community
or cIeverer People in any Of the towns