The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-27
WHY THE SOUTH SHOULD GIVE
THANKS.

This weeks Manufacturers Record
dcyotes several pages to letters from
prominent bankers, real estate men,
manufacturers, railroad men in the South
ON why the South should give thanks on
this Thanksgiving occasion. 1t prints
two letters from North Carolina which
we give below:
Henrietta, n. c., Nov. 20.
Trade has improved some, and money
seems to be plentiful, but prices OF goods
have not advanced materially There
seem 10 he rather too many goods for the
present demand, but we hope for and eX-
nect better results later on, when the de-
mand oyertakes the present production.
s. r. TANNER,
Treasurer Henrietta Mills.
Morganton, N. c., Nov. q.
Signs of business revival are not want
ing here among the foothills OF the caro-
lima mountains From all parts OF the
North and the Northwest come letters oil
inquiry for real-estate investments, now
that the country is recovering from the
paralysis of n presidential election. Ad-
vance agents of two different colonization
enterprises, inaugurated in the region OF
the great lakes are now in this vicinity
seeking homes for more than zoo faml~
lies. These people are farmers, as rule
and. having determined to come South,
they have decided that Western North
Carolina, with its salubri0us and lnvlg-
Grating climate, fine lands and relative
proximity to the great Northern mar
kets. is an ideal spot for settlement.
Meanwhile, many Northern people are
quietly seeking and securing homes here
independently of such organizations as
those mentioned. Indiana, Illinois and
New York are among the States which
have recently sent new citizens to this
county.
Interest is felt here in the fact that
contracts were let last week for the CON
struction of sixteen miles of railway be-
tween Cranberry (the site of the famous
iron mines), in the adjoining county, of
Mitchell, and a point on Linville river
near the Burke county line. This road
will reach the western borders of more
than 100000 acres Of fine white pine and
hardwood timber lands IN Burke, Mitch
ell and Caldwell counties, and its early
extension through the centre of the tract.
to connect with either the Caldwell and
Northern or the Southern Railway lines
on this side of the mountains. Is con-
te1nplated. Contracts for cutting 100,-
000, 900 feet of lumber along the line OF
this new railway are now being filled.
Chicago capital is behind this enterprise,
and Philadelphia syndicate, with which
some Of the Quaker City's leading BUSH
ness men are said to be connected, has
just secured options on about $4,000 acres
of land in the same vicinity.
Morganton's manufacturing enterprises
are working on full time, with plenty of
orders ahead. Our farmers while COM
planning of the money stringency, are
practically out of debt and the crop lien
and the farm mortgage are as rare as the
proverbial hens teeth. Malaria and mos
duitoes are alike unknown at this eleva-
ton, and our climate is such that, while
Morganton has long been a summer re-
sort, roses bloom in the open until De
cenber.
These are some of the reasons why the
people of the Catawba valley are, this
year,in the proper frame Of mind to en-
joy the Thanksgiving turkey; and "the
stranger within their gates" will get the
white meat and the ''whitest" of treat.
ment. w. G.. ERbaN,
Secretary Morganton Land and Improve
ment Go.