The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-13
EASTERN CAROLINA.
IuDcE CLaEKS ESTIMATE.
Drinking Water Important.

illumination Nessengcr.
That is a fair land, with broad and
fertile acres on which the sun inst
shines as its rays fall unon North Caro-
lima. There, many and navlgabie
streams are commercial arteries which
defv the burdens which corporation
exactions can place upon shipments
from less favored regions. For no sec
ton Of the State, or indeed OF the
whole republic, has nature done more.
But it must be confessed that its mate
rial development has not been IN pro
portion to its manifest natural adyanta-
ees. The towns are not large, the
manufacturing element is not cOnsplc-
uous, its enterprislng Young men too
often remove toward the setting sur.
and few come from elsewhere to bulld
up fortunes and prosperity IN this
highly favored region.
The reason is obvious. Ask any man
ut random in Eastern North Carolina as
to the hcaIthfulnes5 Of his place OF res
ldence His loyalty to his town o.
nelghbOrhoOd will cause him to reply,
in good faith, "There is no healthier
spot anywhere, but just a little lower
down And it Is Just those
sickly places "a little lower down"
which prevent the immigration Of
young, active men from other sections
and hold back the development OF what
is naturally one of the finest sections il
the whole Union And the obstacle
could be so easily removed Those
who have travelled West and South ard
made inquiries know that the valleys
OF Uil6 w IlIt, the IIdIllI, lllc w dIdSJ
and countless other rivers in the North
west were formerly the homes Of deadly
mlasma and malaria Now they are
almost free from it. In the Mississippi
bottoms in places where formerly a
white man could not with safety spend
q night, now white men reside with
immunity the year round. The change
i due to the fact that science ascer-
tanned that malaria is not in the air but
i embodied in the water.
Our State Board of Health took the
matter up, and proofs and demonstra-
tons that this is also true Of Eastern
North Carolina will be found IN the
very interesting report Of that board fer
1894 1t is there demonstrated that
driven wells OF ID to 40 feet were a
bear the expense of deep wells, while
artesian and deep wells wee a sure
remedy. One of the most interesting
letters there published is on page POI
from DR.. W. H. L. Goodman, of Frank
lin, Va. He states that when he re-
moved to that place in 1885 malarial
troubles were prevalent In 1887 the
first artesian we'll was put down, with
an immediate improvement in health
and now the town has twenty-five wells
averaging each flow of fifteen gallons
per minute and over 100000 gallons
per day. The population. has doubled
and malaria is unknown. The wells
average 40 feet deep and the temper
allure of the water is 60 degrees In a
letter since to the w:iter of this he re-
iterates this statement ard adds that
these are all overflow wells. spoutino
up four feet above the surface. the size
OF pipe two inches. The water is light
and can be- drunk in large quantities
without any unpleasant results The
average total cost OF these wells is only
$50. At that place, about so feet below
the surface, bard sandstone is struck
which is II to Il inches thick Below
that, clay, black sand and finally white
sand are passed through by the Dorer
when the overfiowlng stream of living
water, pure and healthgiving, is found
While the particular strata at an,
given place, Or the depth at which
water may be found, may differ, there
is no doubt belt more or less wide. or
our ocean front clear across our State
in which these cheap overflow wells car
be put in by little enterprise, render
ing such belt absolutely as free from
malaria as the tops of our grand ole
mountains in the west, which arc gild