The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-23
NEW ASPECTS OF THE LAND or
CYPRESS AND PALMETTO.
Wilmington and Ealeici-yorests Primevsl
and S~amps Mslsrious Cape Hatteras,
the Tenor 81 Marlner.--Ihe Splendid
sea Coast Of the Caroiinss.

sought 1T bcaul.c, 10 every 'iilnr. lDtt
of this region eighty years as.. thu i,-
general features were Gimme ee niuC
savannas through which the rosd winds
among stagnant ponds swalmi1g vitn
alligators dark, sluggish creeks oven
which are thrown high wooden llidgos.
without ratings, and 50 crazy 81 rot
ten as not only 10 alarm ones hone. but
also the rider. and % make il nattcI
of Thanksgiving with both when they
cot fairly over" Improved means Of
rravcl have somewhat modified this
picture, but very slightly beyond thc
lenuding Of pine forests and cypress
wamps Of their original growth. In
northern markets the latter named ii.a
bcI. while appreciated toI its duiatii.t
has never commanded q high price it'-
lng soft ptiatie wood, susceptible If
dno polish. IL must iu time become l4sO.
tie material with our house buiidsl- fo.
interior fitting and WsinsCotng. At
/ present lt Is extensively used for sim.
ding roofs Lofdly and .V..iiess. IL rises
from almost impenstrabis nora ,ses, its
gaunt limbs hardened witli silver gray
moss hanging in lengths from three L.
ten feet.
We crossed the North Cafolua line at
Pleasant iiil! IL probably de Orycs is
title but q Glance from tii. car window
,hCwed a vefy small hill and Il battered.
rain spfink cd slgn board mari ed No
Admittancc. The landscape was too
ireary to contemplate with io-igL alton
At weldon there j. network q. Ilil
ways with the usual noise and nuisance.
9lCf mutton and poultry from ,,cW
...4.4 Itf.4.a.f.s.l lfaff.f Phil
aielphia and fish and oysters iIDm
Chesapeake bag. with home faaIs Ia, "a
and DasirV. Was Weldon depot nlal,
hastily deyomed Three pickaninnies
balanced IN a string piece. outside the
restaurant, unanimously implofed me %
buy cOrucake and fried bacon "to eai
on de keer5 a promi-cuou5 group -
darkv children. standing upon plal
form barrow, gave us ringing huriab
as the train moved oil. Rushing past
Halifax aa autiqaated county town On
tho Roanoke we hdited a few minutes az
Enfield a place which looked as ii II lad
been riiied like is single baIeled name
AXE Vi army days Eniield's village
Jelle was abroad for Sunday inspection
n a legloID lat, Z purple yclFeteeD
bodice ana a white muslin skirt. lieI
pastoral giggle must have been The great
st effort OF heI life, for Il was heard al
regular intervals mildly pumped from
! her corset imprisoned lungs.
The one tact that distinguishes Whit
iLer. ia EdgecOmbe county. y. c., from
he other places IN route 10 Wilmington.
is tie glaring Information 70 tourists
fhat il j. twenty-five miles below Wei
don. / think Weldon will keep on top
for many years. Rocky Mount, also IL
EdgecOmbe twelve miles farther south
has an iron works, schOOlhOuse, ana
five awning curtains marked "LEMONADL
SOLD HERE" la that locality they are
evidently making a tight squeeze on the
prohibition vote. One hundred and siN-
teen miles this side Of Wilmington !,
ToisnOt town which, judging FROM
IFS railway appearance, viii probably
STAY right there for the next llB years.
Night was casting It's mantle over the
shire Of New Hanover when our train,
/ slowed down, ding-dOnged is heavy
umhling weight into the metropolis on
the Cape Fear river. We couldn't see
much of Wilmington in the dark, but a
nicely dressed man who said that O ma
tive born citizen told him So claimed
resident population Of IS 900 whites and
colored. For the chief seaport OF a state
that contains 10000 acres Of malaria
breeding swalnps, Wilmington IS doing
quite as well az could be expected
Charlotte. formerly known "a MeCklen-
burg Court House, in the southern CEN
trail part Of North Carolina, with popu-
lation u less than 5000, New Befne, OF
about the same size; Raleigh, the CAPT
tai and G0ldsb0ro' ia Wayne county, ale
all thriving Ia colonial days what -
now known as Greensboro was Ouiifofd
Court House, and Fayetteville was then
called Cross Creek.
The entire ocean line Of the CaroliDas
IS go miles, from Currituck inlet on the
north to the mouth OF the Savannah
river. Cape HatteTas, the extreme cast
ern point, Is a terror to al mariners. 1t
iuts into the Atlantic from the middle
distance OF q sand heaped strip Of land
which forms the bulwark g. it were, Of
Parnlico sound. English grants made b.
Charles II TO Lord Clarendon and others
date back two and quarter centuries.
Albemarle ana Carteret were the names
Of the two colonies, north and south, n
the Carolinas. Proprietary troubles led
to their separation IN 1873. The story Of
this section Of the American republic Is
0arlandei with romance. It's primitive
Settlement was at Polt Royal, acknowi-
edged to be the brOa1est, deepest and
safest halbor on the coast. About the
wear 1920 to this spacious roadstcad came
De Ayllon, the first European that landed
on Carolina soil. Four decades later the
expatriatcd Huguenots, led by Jean III
batlt. made their first settlement, and 1t
was also the first on the North American
continent. Ribault's fort, shattered by
itsarned investors, Is still 70 be seen.
Here. some day in the golden lined fu-
ture. will be founded i city that having
unusual port facilities, and being the
chosen eastern terminus OF the great
western and southwestern trunk lines
from California, Mexico and Texas, VIII,
within It's first century, boast OF pop
ulation exceeding the total number o.
Inhabitants in Charleston and Savannah.
This is no wild prophecy Already
local jealousy discriminates against Poit
ROYAL. and impolitic legislation Is doing
is best and worst TO fetard a prosperity
that is written in the fears OF the two
cities less favored as 10 anchorage
ground. II vas in 1919 that Savannah
authorities memorialized congress 10 pre-
vent the establishment Of a naval station
IT Port ROYAL. They confessed the
rivalry that has since become night
mare. and then plainly said that the
Growth Of commerce at that point would
be "a serious and a lasting disadvantage
to Savannahs shipping interests. How
ever ma sal cation on no naval station,
Port ROYALS day star will reach IT'S ze-
NTH In the Twentieth century, and prob
ably within the next fifty years.
With the steady development of the
rich uplands OF North and South Caro-
lima. there viii be a corresponding influx
of German immigrants. They are the
bone and sinew and brain Of imported
agricultural labor With them farming,