The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-28
No. 30.

ho~r - shoals Yoa cnrs - S.o,.
lad Neck stop a. be rsv Scotland
Neck lIotsl.
There arc In Scotland Neck foo.
lswyers, th,ye doctors Aud orc den.
il.' TO livery sai 81, s,Ab.cs
/ Tie Population Of Scosland Neck
Is atoat 500. anl Ike mos, all
Eastern North CA-olsna people, sro
aoiei FOR their refinement Aai eu,-
turc, aad any ooe com.us Amoas
them i made - feel a, home. TIC
isloh string always hang, OF The
outside
Tie >couaai Neck fAiltosd has
within tlr las; twelves mantAs been
extended 70 klAsou, there conacct.
ing with tie At!auiie & =. T.. road.
waich runs f,aa GodsAas u More,
1eai CITY. i a! 20 ,.osse, nc y. 4.
/ road Jlst SIX miles from here, at the
station ilohgoad. AMI passc. through
the live, eutlrprisioc so~a 10! Green.
VILE, thi.t, seven m.'o- from Scot.
land Neck. IAe lands Iyin. around
The town arc very much dlscsslcd
IN nature Of "A IN products grown ia
this couatry, or wAl~A tottu9. cora,
! peanuts, potatoes, ate their pyin~
clpal shipping products. vet 10th
soil and climate ..so pec4sar'y ) ADAPT
ed to the cultivation Of ail kinds of
crosses, clover. fruit and rock. They
can ship peas aut some other trock
as early - from the l-t To thc 18th
OF May. Thlsls inc section fo5
cattle aad stock-ralsiag, and while
some are pow engaged 10 tu,s hua!~
ness 10 "ome extent, there ia "a large
field for others looking ,sr location
10 invest II th,s line. Dairy farm
log and the canning business can be
profitably engaged IN either hight in
the town or in close proximity
There is needed at Scotland Neck-
and better loca ion can u9t be
found-a foundry. a ehoe and harness
shop, an establishment for utilizing
the timber waiting for some one 10
come and work 1t. Inc varieties OF
timber which are he,e IN sufficient
! quantity 10 be used for manufactar-
lug purpose. are, long ald short.
leaf pine. oakr, sweet gun, '"r'-r
hickory .aa ii. tiu. "A ootton sroi
OIL Mill Is also needed, and there Is
no finer section anywhere to be logud
for eumo one TO establish Ia peanut
cleaner; the nearest one Row Is
either at Norfolk or Petersburg.
This section and the counties ndJpln.
ing raise the finest peanuts that ate
produced anywhere, and ia large
quantities. IL will cost, | am told,
from five TO eight thousand dollars
20 put one up, and | should think IL
would be paying investment. There
are good many otaer lnda cements
that Scollaud Neck can olier To those
seeking business location which
we can not mention now foy tue want
OF time and space. But reader, II yoa
will write Mr.. Il. f.. lltlhard. who is
oGe Of the towns most tctive, enter
pfi-lng men. who is the editor Of
HE DEMOCRAT, WI! g--taates
that he will give you corr Get and
reasonable lnforma.ion.
Wlthin tie last cigLt years tLis
entarprlsIng Illle city has gwen
S2J 900 To the IS. and W. X, X, for
the Scotland Neck braucl; toey
have put sjJ, 900 Ia TIC knitting mil, f,
SO 900 in the new hotel, aad ! .OoO
for the new school building, total
Of about $4,000. / think ths ls
a very good SNORING :or town OF
! 1 800 people, don. you? No!hia1
has beea oyerdrawn 10 this letter,
and Ell ready and wiling TO lick
any maa vino says /. IL, provide Il
he will come here and take n look
Q f)r himself aad prove to lie tollrA-
ry. II Il. II.