The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

to embellish with words. painting pic
ture of modern garden of Eden, to
depict eAtravangantly the beauties of
fairy land, and those at a distance whe
may read these pages may dream of Il
paradise to which they are invited to
come and cast their lot The day of
''boom editions" as we'll as of fairy tales,
is past. and what the people of today
want, is a plain statement of facts and
figures. These they should have, and it
is the purpose of The News and Observer
to furnish just such data
For a number of years past, the atten-
ton of the North and of recent date,
the West has been attracted to the rapid
development that has been going on in
the Old North State, and not few COM
munities at a distance have heard of
Scotland Neck and its choice location in
the galaxy of counties that make up
this commonwealth. 1t is of almost
daily occurrence that letters of inquiry
concerning Scotland Neck are received.
The management has endeavored to pre-
sent in these columns just such informal
ton as is sought or could be desired by
people from every section of the country,
and at the same time disseminate among
our own people much valuable and inter-
esting information.
Scotland Neck is indisputably one of
the prettiest and most progressive cities
of the South. The charming scenes that
are unfolded to the eye OF the visitor.
are indelibly impressed upon the memory
and being described to friends IN their
distant homes. give a wide notoriety to
the city which is modestly personified in
tie matter of literature
Scotland Neck is city that has never
sought. and in fact never had any but a
legitimate growth the outcome OF the
production of the surrounding country
and its unsurpassed natural advantages
The city stands without peer in East
ern North Carolina. the center of trade
and commerce for Il section unrIvalled
under the canopy of heaven. Daily does
it increase in wealth and material pros
perity, and advance iii beauty and cui-
ture.
BY the might OF brain and Drawn, by
the energy of its public spirited citizens,
by trade, by study. is it moving steadily
onward: soon shall it stand in a class
with the largest cities of the South and
be known as a manufacturing and trad
ing city unsurpassed-a seat of learning,
of art.
Already its workshops rebound with
the cheerful sounds of industry; its
streets and suburbs are filled with the
work of rising houses; its schools and
colleges are crowded: its homes and
churches filled The sun of its prosperity
is advancing, but still far from the zen
it'll. Its enterprises is planning new
forms of labor. and new institutions of
learning and charity. Every appearance
of modern art and science is being
brought into use to the development of
the surprising resources, and it Is
looking forward, like an eagle pluming
for wings, for higher flight, and
nobler career and nrouder station than
il has yet achieved
SCOTLAND NECK UP-TO-DATE.
Located in land of prodnctiveness,
whose flowers and plants flourish and
whose trees acquire the richest yerdue,
Scotland Neck is a place destined To be-
come Il great manufacturing and whole
sale city. 1t is modern and we'll gov
erned municipality of 5000 inhabitants.
While its people are principally Of
Southern extraction. it is by no means
a typical Southern city with its slow and
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hustle. and in this respect more nearly
resembles Chicago than any city Of equal
size in the South.
The improvements that have been IN
augurated during the past decade have
placed the city in the frontier Of pro-
gressve American cities.
Scotland Neck is a commercial city
built up mainly by its trade in surround,
a,,l rnnilly davalanIIlfy
manufacturing interests. 1t is the larg-
est and healthiest city in this section Of
the State. and possesses more wealth
than any city of equal size in North
Carolina
LOCATION.
The city il located in the southeastern
portion of Halifax county, Zine miles
west from the Roanoke river, twenty
eight miles southeast Of Weldon, and 100
miles from Raleigh. lis geographical
position ~ such that more desirable
situation for mercantile and manufactnr-
ing pursuits could not with reason be
asked.
The entire trade territory Of the city
is teening in rich and well cultivated
FIRMS. and people by thousands whose
multifarious wants must be supplied and
whose products must be made available
for their needs through the most con-
venient channels and the most proiitabl,
medium, Is it then wonderful that
Scotland Neck is destined to future
greatness; that it should advance tead-
lily onward, developing throu..a tn. infli-
ences Of it's resources into the fawer
Of perfect maturity and making complete.
its proud destiny as grandly propoi
toned city, rejecting unreasonable cred