The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1889-05-17


single year. Her people will give much
towards the erection of a factory to work
their own cotton. They had rather see
the fruits of their labors stay with them
and multiply in their midst. What they
could not make out of their cotton could
be made from dealings with the opera
tives. Here is an abundance of water
power. The Shoe Heel creek a never fail
ing stream, is only mile distant, and its
power can cause to hum thousands of
ty could easily be lined with mills of almost
every character. What a manufacturer
needs to operate mill success fully is.
first, the raw material; second, the labor;
first every one knows that Maxton is in
the midst of the cotton belt. The mate
rial can be raised At the factory door, thus
their cotton has no high freight charges
upon it. AS to labor In this community
it is too cheap. We only wish it was high
er. Still this is an item of supreme inter
est to the manufacturer. There is a super
abundance Of labor and there can be no
strikes On the other hand it ia healthy
,lr ,le operatives. fnus wp see that the
practical side presents some striking in
duoemeutS for manufacturers.
OTHER GOOD OPENINGS.
If a machinist should gain knowledge
of the advantages this place afords for
his business l,e would take the tide at its
food and receive his fortune. The people
daily yearn for good machine shop.
Within the limits Of Rqheson and sur
rounding counties there are hundreds of
gins, saw mills and cotton presses which
when they get out of order must be sent
off nearly fifty miles to be repaired. This
is a source Of great Inconvenience and ex-
pense TO the owners and should be RENE
died. Some good machnist should now
jump at the chance and establish
shop at Maxton with a foundry attached.
her peopie say tnvy need It aud will pat
ronlze it.
Another and another industry could be
made success here. With the many diff
ferent kinds Of wood, the immense amount
of lumber that is manufactured about
Maxton, 1t would he wise noloy fer one
20 e9ts, ,bi.xh sash, Dnor and Blind Factory.
This industry would pay, for in the Cape
Fear section there is great demand. tits
said, for such ali enterprise.
The canning industry could be very sue
9e llN cnp1ucf a6 a 81 This
cellent trucking country, and especially
for tomatoes and early corn. The can
ming of vegetables IS becoming more and
.4ote evpry year Z. Vety lucrative business
and we cannot think that any man who
has level head would allow an enterprise
af this sort in country peculiarly adapt
ed to it to pass unnoticed. The business
men of this place are very anxious for
some man of capital to start a bank in
their town. With the large cotton and
saw milling business done in the vicinity
it would prove q tine investment and
Matton's ,Apiuhants Woul id he too glad to
support it.
We have been desiring to give our read
ers a view Of every part Of our State where
her natural facilities would encourage de-
velopment and we think we have found
the place. Mayton, We predict for you a
proGperou5 f.turei
NEW RAILROADS.
There is now boing built a railroad
which Will be completed to Rowland this
summer, a distance of 16a miles. This
road leads into rich country and will
contribute to the mark It of Maxton. It
will finish the Air Line Road to Charles
ton, S. c., and will open up new portion
of the county to the influx of enterprising
men. All the stock of this road is owned
by citizens of Robeson county and $1,000
of it by Maxton.
In addition to the railroad mentioned
there is another contemplation of road
through the rich pine forests of Central
North Carolina to Salisbury thus giving
Maxton another outlet to the West.
LUMRER INTERESTS.
Under this head it may be we'll to speak
of the improvement of the lumber lands
of Robson. There are two land and
lumber companies at work at Maxton.
The most prominent is the Enterprise
Land & Lumber Co., engaged at this writ
ing cutting canal 26 feet wide, feet
deep and about 30 miles long. They have
completed ten miles and success has so far
crowned their efforts 1t is being cut
through what is known as the "Big
swamp" II covers 26 thousand acres OF
land The companies owning 1t are Messrs.
Butters and Peters of Ludington, Mich.
| which is considered to be one of the most
responsible 10 the Union having a capital
| of So, 600, 900; and MeSsrS. Smith Il Jen
nings of Wilkesbarre, Pa. Most of this
| timber is cypress and is very valuable, also
there is a great amount of rosemary
| pine, oak, and gum. When the draining
of the swamp is completed they will begiI
to cut off the timber and ship it direc
from the stump. Another lumber enter
prise is the Carolina Land and Lumber
Company composed of Messrs. Buffers an(
Peters and Capt O. II. Blocker of Maxton
They own forty thousand acres of lano
situated on Lumber River and three Of it
tributaries. Capt. Blocker is the Vice
President and Agent of the Company ant
by his efforts has secured charter t.
clean out Lumber River and make it navi
gable. The U. S. Government has ap
propriated money for the work, and yer.
soon the people of Robson will see boat
ascend within two miles of MaXton
| With all these advantages as to trans