The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-05-20

Inducements il Can Offer to Any One
Seeking Il IIcalthy, Happg Eone
Among Good people.
[StaG Cor STATE CHEo@cLE.l
SCOTLAND NrtK, n. c., May 1G, 81.
On what is known us the Scotland Neck
Branch Road OF the Wilmington 4
Weldon II r., tR.uty-eight miles from
Weldon and eight en- miles from Hall
fax (tho county sent OF Halifax county,,
is situated ono Of tie p;ettiest little
towns in the State, surrounded by as
iue @ farming section as any town il
North Carolina can SHOW; III fact, past
history (mioc TO tho late wary gives sta.
les which prove that The lands lying
between Scotland Meek and the Roanoke
river, which were .t that tim5 ia hjgU |
state OF cultivation, Is well as the hos |
t0m lands on the river, were noted for |
pr9jucdyeness, more especially tte large |
yield Of corn
origin oi the Name 'Scotland Neck"
About the year 1920 number Of |
Scotland tligdlanders came to Ills part
Of the county and started sheep and cat
tie raising. They lived in cabins, near
thr bsud a tho river, between what
uHe now known rs Edwards Ferry
aud Ei's Ferry. The Roanoke river
a3 circles as 20 make complete
neck of and, seven miles from wGiuh
the town is hp.it aud U hen the postofliee
was established for this part of the
country, the name .. Scotland Neck Was
chosen There were r%o villages ia TINS
section, &C that time, one mile apar.
known as Clarksyiie and Greenwood
They remained separate aud distinct un-
III Che close OF the late war. Before the
~ar u stage iiae from Charleston, 5 @,
10 Norfolk, Va, touched at Jais point In
1866, MIR Jonn Lyman, an enterpriaigg
cltlz u of Clark vile conceived the idea
o5 building town betv cen Clarksyi'le
sud Greenwood, thereby uniting both vi
laQcs into one town. lie purchased the
land and had the town chartered unGe.
the name oG scotland Meek. Mr.. lily
tan was q very eral.hoaltld man an3
he eare lots TO actual occupants, and Q
also helped them 20 improve them. Tue
toED is beautifully laid eff with bgoaa,
shaded streets Tue corporate limit are
about one aud q half uilgs long aud five
cighths ct a Mile wide. Main street,
running from north to south, IS LAID Q fl
into two drives, with row OF trees
on either SIDE, and, also, line OF
pretty elmS Ia the centre There is also
pump Of cool, clear, heestone water
eo3v uicnt where al may qlenoh hgii
tllrst This s.. beyond GaGh., oGe of the
prgltiest street this writer has seel II
AMY North Carolina town. The business
houses and most OF tlc public bJt.a,ug'
Gre erected on this street..
The business oi the town caasiS Q
about ten general merchandise stores
0n drug store, one .EardTafe aud ,aet
store, ,fousiir3cery one millinery store, on
jewellery core These basigtss house
are conducted by 8 clever intelligent bu
sincss set Of men, who With Chelr rolt
clerks are ever ready to wait upon thei
customers; these stores are we'll Stoke
with suen goods as there is a deman
for in their respective lines.
The lnufac,uring industries ot til
town, embrace first FIRST class kulttll
mli, tbis building is situated about Il
Yards from Che depot and a3out 70 JaTo
lF1m s1e railroad track, it is d larg
brick bnilGiug Nae story aad a basemea
it Is % feet vide aud 2JO feet long;
was first bujlt for q cotton factory by
stock company formed by the busine
men and citizens of the community, bl
they decided 10 turn it into g knltil
NH, the company owns 10 acres OF laf
around tha mill upon which they g
going 30 build houses TO be occupied
lbajr operatives ! am told ~ those COZ
paseat 70 know that the machinery
This m.il f. of tha latest improve
best quality the upper or front part
the main lopr is used tor {
stock room with long rows of counta
up1u which are piled hundreds ot box
OF all kinds OF ladies and misses hosle
and kali vests, also boys aud me
seeks ot oil grades from the tiGes5 "
thread goods to tue coarse cotton soot
tIey pay more attention however 10 II
grades than TO common. la the Low
pant If this room are forty eight kI
tug machines, twelve rbbers tnfee w
drs, eleven loopers, and ali other z
e5sry Implements required Tor the Du
ness. They give employ ment 10
hundred hands turn out SO q zen YES
ll0 deem hose aud half hose per d
they use 60 boxes for vests ald $50
hosiery per day for knitting ladies Nl
they use the genuine Egyptian "a
oai!u ioT their coarse SOCKS they
most of the cotton yarn in this 81
lA"@itI iiOll itAi Ill 'htitl " .'aJ-A'
basement Of this building is uaed for
finishing up aud packing Of tho goo
Ios company have IN contemplation
erect in the fuure cotton mill
less capitalists from some other stci
want 10 come here md take adgani
oi the fine location for such IA Ell
prise, there cerlaialy can not Gn my q
loW be founa fuer cotton see
...e the Iaw Spateyial is produced
Ig6T aL A Raref North Ga ohra Al
good n u6bh tho met that FOR ocon'
prind oracticabiiit factories ot all K
that Nd bo buil5 in those sections v
@~Ifurnsh the necessary material
..dired with other advantages, an'
- this connection it will perhaps be
TO say something about the heat
~ Scotland Neck. The following ar i
copied from Bro Z. i billiard 5
excellent paper, the Democrat
May 14th:
No Correction Needed.
The Democrat has teen sayio
three years that the heath OF SEQ
Naok IA not only as good but better