The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-06-24
ELIZABETH CRY.
A Prosperous and Delightful Town.

A Prosperous and Delightful Town.
tor Inc editor OF THE COMMONWEALTH
'm ! last week visited Elizabeth CITY.
In IN wednesday night we we're prese,
IN TO take part in the commencement mr.
We gramme OF Atlantic Institute. Att.
list some beautiful music, instrumental an
We vocal the writer made some remarks
ne handsome and polite audience. ]
ii was the second night of the commenc.
ut ment exercises and Thursday nigh
closed them. We learned that the en-
Of tertalnments furnished by the schoo
'e were OF high order throughout.
d frot. 5. l.. Sheep, the popular prln
l. clpal OF the school, has been teachine
9 tnere nlnteen years, and his school ha,
r. become an established institution of tn.
g town. His enrolment this year has
o been about 175, and the character Of
+ the work done in the school ia sncb os
}. 10 please his patrons, both local and
those who send from distance. There
s have been only two or three deaths in
the school in its entire history. The
prospects OF the school are growing
J better all the time. The building and
} grounds are convenient and the work
includes primary, intermediate and
advanced courses.
Prof. Sheep has corps OF efficient
teachers, among whom is Mr.. Briggs
OF Raleigh, and the work done in every
department OF the school is thorough
and commendable.
Elizabeth City is most delightful
and pleasingly progressive town. The
population now numbers 5000 Or 7 OOO
and there are evidences on every hand |
OF thrift and business enterprise. New
buildings, some just completed and
others in course of construction. are
seen On almost every street, and manv
OF them are quite handsome.
The streets are we'll kept and every
thing shows life and energy.
There are various industries in tho
city and adjacent thereto, which make
possible this great prosperity. There
are several large lumber and shingle !
plants which employ MANY labor c
srs. There Is also good fish Industry. :
and several wholesale houses are :
long good business in general mer- h
All the retail stores seem to
70 we'll patronized, and the general an y
'earance OF the town and its business is y
Luite pleasing. =,
Among the largest and most valued
Enterprises is the Elizabeth CITY Mills. -
This plant was commenced about q b
ear ago, and was opened for work nj
bout the first of April this year. Mr.. IL
|. F. Smith, formerly of Newton, is .
lanager and superintendent and Mr..
as. 6. Gregory of Elizabeth City is
ook-keeper and treasurer. The plant
'st $4,000 and has the most modern
I'd improved machinery. It runs
OOo spindles for yarn, employs rs
'eratlyes and consumes from 20 to 25
les OF cotton per week. The mill IL II
Is built and equipped mostly with a.
me capital, and the people take much SO.
terest in it.. sui
The people OF Elizabeth City are o. o.
yh-toned. cultured and refined. and afr.
oW how to make a visitor or a DR.,
anger feel welcome and at home. ay
The Arlington Hotel, under the S Se1
endid management of it's urbane dre
prletor, is the place for one who is owe
I'd and exhausted to find rest and set,
nfort. We do not remember having Lay
better attention at any hotel in the the
te, Or out OF 1t as to that matter. maj
Among the chief pleasures OF our
to this pleasant city was the op-
tunlty to sit awhile with our old
nd Col. r. B. Creecy, editor of the
nomlst. He is a most charming
versational1st, and with his four
q years OF observation and expert
it is rare treat to have the priv
to sit in his presence and learn
4 him things both new and old o.
1t "men and things" known so we'll n
ew people in North Carolina. We Is
treated so cleverly and entertained =
yally that we wished to soiourn MO-
er with the good people of "Annt M
"" as Col. Creecy Is fond of calling NJ
;ity. W.
:. j. III. White, an old Scotland M
boy, is the leading dentist In that I'm
OF the State, is prosperous and o.
lar and remembers pleasantly his @(
aintances in Scotland Neck. n
> shall not soon forget our visit to IL
beth City, and shall ever feel ~
obligations to the good people Il y
for their kindness and consldera- " j
shown us. en-,