The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-12-14
Scotland Neck Temperance
Association meets the first
and third Tuesday evenings
in each month at S:15.
Things In Wake And Earnett.

The editor of The COMMONWEALTH |
has just taken few days run through
Wake and Harnett counties, leaving |
on 9th and returning on 18TH.
We found in those counties that, as
in Eastern Carolina, people generally
are in better spirits than for few
years past. There, as here, the crop
weld was little short this year, but
the better price OF cotton has 80 we'll
made up for it there is apparently gen.
eral contentment and hopeful pros
pect for the new gear.
The two railroads that have recently
been built through Wake and Harnett.
are opening up one OF the best sections
OF that part of the State. The Cape
Fear ana Northern road running for the
presen. from Apex, In Wake, toAn5ier,
in Harnett, will! probably be extended
to Ellington, the county seat OF Har-
nett, and then on to Fayetteville. The
Mills road running from Raleigh to
Fuquay's Springs will probably pene-
trate another section OF Harnett farther
up the Cape Fear river and these new
roads will soon0 be a means of greatly
developing that region.
The Mills road from Raleigh has not
yet Ct oesed the Wake line, but there is
a fine section OF Harnett, we'll tlmbered
waiting for Its coming.
u One very fattering feature connected
with the development of H.rnett espe-
clally, is the growing interest in ednca-
ton. Twenty-Five years ago, the num-
Der OF young men and young women
who bad gone to college or high schools
since the war was small. Now, 10
every community there IS good num-
Der of young men and young women
who have either been to college or some
high school. This is serving to slim
ulate the spirit of education with those
, who have remained at home; and II
many places these same young mer
and young women have returned from
college and the high school and art
conducting tirst-class schools at thei
homes. And within very few year
all this will prove quite an uplifting
influence for business, agriculture, SC
clety and religion.
To mention names would be lnvld
+ ous, for we cannot enumerate all VIII
are engaged in this good work but
was indeed pleasant to spend fe
days wandering again over the heio
i and hills which we're the scenes OF haI
k by childhood, and to shake hands will
the playmates of those old days-no'
no longer playmates, but grown int
: strong and sturdy manhood takin
: their places In the ranks of those VIII
y are making North Carolina one OF tt
% greatest states in our great common
wealth of states.
For downright honesty. tenacity
'. truth, respect for what they concelv
to be the right, we believe we woul
place the people of Harnett in the fror
Iduk Will dhy kOOP'0 W. Oss
s. ever known. Harnett is destined |
n the near future to show a develop
N ment and enterprise that will be gu
prise even to those who are
, participate in 1t.
n We spent day at Wake Fo rest, al
r. there are many marked improvement
o. IN that town. Handsome bnlldln
have been erected ON a number OF K
which were vacant but few years ag
a a large cotton mill will soon be Blu
a giving employment to many opel
m tives and already there lisa quickenl
80 of business interests there. For plea
" ant, polite, refined and intelligent pc
pie, no place In North Carolina G.
surpass kessForest. The number
students is larger now than at any tir
In the history of Wake Forest and
ID is inspiring indeed to look upon
~. student body, observe their fine depo
nm ment, the interest which the tacu
-, show in the students and the evld'
- appreciat ION OF the same on the part
-. the students.
= All told, We have seldom spent
-. days out so pleasantly, and we !
d helped for our work in having &c
=. new faces which were not really 4
D faces having heard new voices VIII
were neither really new vol ces ; {
, !, having grasped hands again with tn
whose presence and good cheer qul'
en- the pulse beat of energy and brig
en- the prospects for the future.