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

a~Ats' StAAS1 NASg nAOlC AliA tUdL Hc- | !
cording to the general average it ought |
to have been 80 They, therefore, asked {
for correction. Capt. Hill made new I
1n'estlgation, consulted the physiciars
ana io0i d that his FIRST report was cor.
reot. Tue general average put the mum
ber OF deaths moro than twice what il
really was
Scotland Neck IS truly favored see
tlHn We have here al the advantages
OF proximity to the rich lands on tne
Roanoke aud also 'he advantage of
being tree from malaria Tue water
shed between he Roanoke 2ad Ear
rivers crosses #aln street a little norlh
81 the caute OF the town. Water at
one cGd of the town seeks tie Roanoke.
Walie water at the other end seeks the
Tar
There is no more healthful section in
North Carolina Neither Piedmont nor
Western Carolina can beat our health
record
Ihe Bank of Scotland Neck waa char-
| tered this year. i5 is ca solid founda-
tion and The capital stock viii Be IN
creased from time to time as business
demands.
There IS cotton gin, grst mill and |
saw mill all combined The saw NIL |
| gets out al! kinds OF rough tinber for
house bUldiaE. They have recently put
IN cotton seed cru5Ler 10 break up the
seed for ferli!zing and feed purposes
lEis mill has been ia operation for some
years snd has been source Of much con
yenlence to the people in this Immediate
vicinity. On tire same lot with a vacant
space Of about % OF 30 yards from this
n.ii Is q machine shop where all kinds
If engiuas boilers and machinery are re
paired &here is room IN Scotland Neck
fer a good many ether manufacturing
enterprises 10 be atarte3-which are
needed Of which mention viii be made
before concluding this letter. | will
now speak OF the moral and educational
inducements which the town can otfsr to
those who would like to come here to
live:
The Churches.
There are three churches i tptist.
Episcopal, ana Methodist. The Baptist
oau.cl is q neat frame building, wi5h a
sea iag capacity Of about iJ0 to see.
Iae Episcopal church is brick s.ruc-
furo with about the same capacity.
Eoe %ethodjst is a frame baijd-
7 ing and viii So about three hundred
s Each Of these churches have good S3uu-
!, day Schools which are largely ATTENDED,
: in addition to these churches there Is q
: moral aal social organization IL the
= town which ever since it was fest orq&ni
u I'd has been a decided success aad it is
: an organization that the town should b.
y proud Of (snd believe it i5) we alluda 10
y the Independent temperance asaCoia.
{. tion, it has been lin operation over four
: years aud more than tour hundred rer
sons nave Ugen enrolled on is l!st u
!" membership ald the entire section la.
bacn greatly benefited by its Influence
s. Tba Educational adyautages cf Scot
land Neck are IS good rs tue bast III tht
~ State III 1910 q soa0ai Of high gFadc wa
= | CrgauZsd aua chartered under the rams
i" OF Niue iiIl academy aud has coutn
:, uad in successful operation ever since
- Some Of the best educators Of the Stat
1" have had charge Of il ab different tine
AZ and IN n Sh0 haye been eminent il al
y, the professions ceigai their acaaem.
- training here; the school is sti
7" ia nest proSp, TCus conditio
aad doing successful work il both mai
"o AMI female departments which are unde
rGG the management Of the same board {
91V trustees, bat are presided over by di
"9 farent PRINCIPALS 10 different buildngi
" OF q llarant sites. pher3 is to be erecte
=" seon g large commodions brick bulldir
i'll tla southern part OF the town, Whic
will be usoJ a. q military school for boy
go The male department OF Vine Iii
'uO School vii. combine with this, under Il
~ mana cement Of the same gentleman vi
l1 uay has charge Of the male depagtmaa
.Le There are in this school at present fort
~ i've bows and about S6yenty-hYe girls.
IN The New Hotel
oi is. in every sense OF the WORDS ha0
'ei some building. Il has been opsu +
OF m rec .ption Of guests about one mont
tue IL is three story brick building, 10
er5 100 feet. Ia shape ii is an L, Oh /
AeS two uppar floors there are htey bs
cry rooms besides the parl0rs and receipt
ems rooms On the ground fl or IS the of1it
isle dining and sample rooms and kltche
'ds, Tie building stands on corner
Hae Of main street right Ia ta9 centre ct t
"eE business part of the town. II cost 10 bu
p!C- and furnish this house about $50 ,Oi
yln- in my opinion il would DO credit to 9
nee town in the State, and the gO0l pee
us of this tcwa IS we'll IS the travelling 81
onG lie ale TO congratulate themselves M
's's, having IN charge OF the house sue,
lay, rnan as Alr. NJ. A. Gotten. He has
for Years been a knight OF the road, and
.ests vel, as being acquainted with just ob
arm, al the boys lie thoroughly nDderstat
buy how to cater 10 their needs and II
ate, them feel at home Sc sEoa,d you GO
lhe to Scotland Neck, stop at the new s
tie land Neck Hotel.
'ouS. There are in Scotland Meek four !
q, 10 yers, three doctors and olo dentist,
IN livery and sale stables
1tl2n Tae population of Scotland Eecl
ia5e about 500, and iihe most all East
nier- North Carolina people, are noted
5pin- their refinement and eultUre, aud
o'ion enc coming among them are made 10
'a ~ a home. TIE latca string always ha
'hd or tae outside.
4omy The Scotland Meek railroad
Eihds within the last twelve MOI
Shich been extended 10 lLnston, &
! re- connecting with the Atlantic 4 4
id Ia road, which runs from G9idsboro
Well MorcheaI City;i it also crosses the n
ith of road Just SIX miles from here, at
lcia IS station IIobgood, aud passes tbrl
most the live, clterprising town Of Gl
I, Of vile, thirty seven mites from SEQ.
Nook The lands l{iag around the