Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-05-12
FUTURE OF ELIZABETH
CITY.


radiant brow and beWitchlng
smiles now stands before us. Her
brightly bejewelled hand beck
ons US to follow in her brilliant
lead. Gracefully she bends over
us and flashes before our Devil
dered gaze her glowing and ever
frightening kaleidoscope. Gent
ly she breaks to our attentive
ears the cheering fact that
events which long struggled in
the womb of time and which
the cruel hand OF a 1epressive
policy almost throttled, are
about to come forth with nascent
power aud Increasing virility.
Her magic wan strikes from us
our swaddling bands and we rise
with the dignity, mien and
perissance of young giant. We
see our territory greatly enlarg>
ed; our various industries in
stinct with new lite and vigor;
our handsome residences and
public structures taking on ad-
ditional richness and beauty; and
Our streets Towering into clean,
comfortable and attractive thor
oughfares. We sec various new
enterprises springing up as if by
magic; large capital anxiously
seeking investment in our midst;
thronging multitudes eager to
settle in our bustling, progress
sive, up-to, date city. We see our
dear old town the financial, So
cial, intellectual and religious
Capitol of Eastern North Caro-
lima. We see her the great GEN.
ire from which flow throbbing,
pulsing influences rich in quick
ening and cultural power.
THE PAST GIVES EARNEST OF
THE FUTURE.
This is no fantasy of the brain;
"no baseless fabric of vision"
For Notwithstanding her unfa>
vorable environment and the
almost unsurmountable obstacles
that lay athwart her pathway
the dear old town has already
accomplished wonders. Twenty
years ago. had man spoken Of
the possibility of lighting this
town with electricity he would
have been branded a crank or
madman. Had he mentioned
the feasibility of sitting in his
room and ordering bis beefstake
from the market by means Of
the telephone, he certainly would
have been charged with holding
secret conclave with the weird
Kenii of old or Of rubbing his
head SO roughly against Alad-
din's wonderous lamp as to
crack his worthless pate. But
nevertheless, these things have
come. The splendor of the
electric Ii sbt is here. The great
convenience of the telephone is
ours. The screech of the loeo>
motive breaks upon the ear and
the buzz and whir of mill end
factory make sweetest music.
ALDERMEN.
This being so, what may we
not hope from our recently Ell
ected Aldermen. The most OF
them are live, active, intelligent
progressive, broad minded busi>
ness men.
They are sufficiently conser-
vative to save us from reckless
ness. and sufficiently progress
sive to bring us to the front in
all industrial enterprises that
tends to develop our resoururces
and add influence and wealth to
our community.
The spirit Of our people is
clearly seen in the bond ques-
ton. They are thoroughly
alive to the great Importance of
internal improvement. They
earnestly desire to see our town
fully equipped, our municipal
machinery properly oiled and
in first class running order.
They wish to have their hearts
made glad by E. City's taking
the honored position which ma
ture and natures God intended
she should. Let her doff her
old garb, assume her robes of
state and sit in queenly beauty
by the laughing waters of the
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