The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03
TRIP THROUGH
HARNETT COUNTY
Its Great Wealth in Timber
Being Realized.
RAILROAD DEVELOPERS
THE GROWTH AND PROGRESS
OF DUNN.
VISIT TO BUlE's CREEK ACADEMY
That Famous Academy Located Away From
the Railroads is Doing Noble Work
For Education and Religion.


ton now is by way of Angler Angler
you will find on your new map. 1t is the
terminus Of the Cape Fear and North
ern Railroad. Here we were the guests
of AIr. J. c. Williams, and genial
and hospitable host he is. Mr.. Williams
is one of the best farmers in all this
section. On his walls hang the diplo-
ana awarded him fer the best exhibit of
gourd seed corn ut tine Worlds Fair
at Chicago. And the beauty of it is
that mo effort was made to raise this
corn for exhibit.
ne received a letter from Hen. X. III.
Battle asking him to send something to
be put i'm the North Carolina exhibit. In
reply he stated that he had nothing wor-
thy of exhibit Mr. Battle again wrote
him to send something to help fill out the
exhibit so that North Carolina might
he represented He then picked out
some OF his hest corn AND sent. TO his
surprise he received the handsome Dip
Iona and lnaInmoth bronze medal which
he showed us enscolDced ian a plush case.
On the diploma we read PLANTED March
25th--haryested November Doth Forty
bushels per acre."
In enc corner of his parlor there stands
a beautiful banner On one side we read
"Woman's Tribute to Love of Race
and Country On the other side on a
ground of spotless Write the gilt letters
say white Supremacy
This banner was presented by the fair
women of Hanett to Black River town
ship for the largest Democratic major
ity in the last election. And now we rca-
lie we are in the heIceforh rock-ribbed
Democratic counrty of Harnett, worthy
TO ,restle beside her stalwart sister John
stcn.
One bright morning last June Mr. Will
liams arose and found ~ailroad between
his front door and his horse lot. which
stands not fifty yards away and a
Steaming engine a hunGFed yards off at
the terminus Of the track That very
day Angler" was born. Last August
an excursion was run from Raleigh to
Angler, and in the presence of an inn
mense concolirse CT people, after much
speaking and lots of music. town lots
were sold That day Angler was chris
tened Many excurs'onists went home
with a smile in each corner of their
mol1shs and aaaver expected to hear any
thing mere of Angler" But if they viii
ceere back n0w they will find stores and
residences going up on these lots. and in
a few months they will Elot recognize the
place.
Our host. not accustomed to city ways,
had rs mp early and on our nine mile
drive in an excellent rig TO Ellington.
When we have seen c.,e mile of this coun-
try You have seen it all. Great forests
of pine tindber which has been boxed
much of it years ago-all the way with
very little open country. 1t is very clear
NOW why Mills and Angler are fighting
each other to get into here with their
railroads. The quantity OF timber is
almost inconceivabe and, with lumber
ut the high price it now commands. the
owning of a railroad with an option ON
the timber is better than a gold mine.
1t is rtmored that one of these roads will
shortly he completed to Ellington
One thing Ellington needs more than
anything else, next to the railroad, is Il
bridge across Cape Fear river. So long
as vehicles have to be polled across ON
fiat boats in this primitive way the town
cannot expect to enjoy the prosperity
TO which it is justly entitled. and which
is its sure destiny sooner or later There
is reason to believe that with the inpe-
tus this section has lately received that
soon an elegant iron bridge will span
the river at this point.
Harnett county has lost two court
houses by fire in the last few years A
mice, large brick court house has just
been finished at considerable cost, which
is the pride of the county-and justly so.
for it is modern and comfortable in all
its appointments and a real ornament TO
the town. The building of so nlaay court
houses has been a great strain upon the
finances of the county. which is sufficient
to account for the failure to build n
bridge. The river is very wide at this
point and it is said that a bridge would
cost a great deal.
Ellington is not large town, but it
has two good hotels and several stores.
Some new stores and residences are in
process of erection.
This is court week and the Young,
handsome and able Judge Moore admins
tiers justice from the bench. Our faith
FIJI solicitor Pou makes the culprit trem-
BILE.
The most enjoyable feature of the week
was a musical and dramatical entertain
ment under the auspices of the Dunn
Prass Band. This occurred Wednesday
might. The program was unusually at
tractiye and the whole affair grand
success. The features of the entertain
ment Were recitation (''Sallie Anne's
Experience by Miss Young the cornet
trio, Messrs. Walker. Pope and Young.
and the negro song and dance by Aiessrs.
Shell and Lee. The English drama was
very good and highly appreciated by the
immense audience which packed the
large. new court room. The violin per-
Torrance of Mr.. Shell was very fine.
The solo c'Asleep in the Deep') by L. J.
Walker exhibited a most wonderful voice
en the part of the efficient leader of
the land.
1T is not exaggcrating to say that the
Dunn Brass Band cannot be exeelled by
any in the State, and That hustling young
town may well be proud of it.
The trip from Ellington to Dunn is