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

The CHIEF city OH historic pamico river,
supported by lands as fertile and produc-
tive rs those on the banks Of the famous
Nile. is the beautiful little city Of
Washington, the metropolis OF The Pam
leo section OF North Carolina. The sur
rounding scenes all Of which are as bean.
tiful and picturesque to the lover of Ma.
ture pure and sweet. as would be the sky
kissing Alps or the vine-elad hills OF
Sunny Italy. 1t is blessed with climate
anu lnidness of temperature Which n
unsurpassed, and which tallot be 500.
highly yaAied or too strongly spoken Of.
Ii is seventy miles from the Atanties
where the COAST is nearer the Gulf streaiu
than at amy other point, with the exceir
ton of Southern FLORIDA, which tug
lenders the atmosphere. Werner aAAs
mere agreeable through the WHITE
months than the same latitude fa@
Their west. and with sea Lreezps Ffe
yailng more or less all The time il rnodl.
lies the heat I'll sunmneT and makes the
nights very comfortable and pleasant.
IA RI.Y HISTORY AND lOltAlitlNs
1t is not the intention OF this edition ~
deal iii history. but il would be Well ~
know something about the early settle
ment OF MashingtoH, which was a great
many years ago, il being one 81 the nfst
towns 81 the State, aud 81 its lfst set
tlenlent was known rs pea Town bur
lat(s became known as Washington IN
hcnor, 50 | am told, Of n merchant OF
the place by that name.
Washington il located in the Eastern
part OF North Carolina, seventy miles
from the Atlantic coast. aud in the west
ern section of Beaufort county, OF which
il is the county seat
1t is ut the mouth Of Tar River. where
it empties into Pamlico river, which III
turn empties into Pamlico sound, which
II one Of the Atlantic Ocean's largest
arms reaching into North Carolina.
HOMES.
There is no word in the English Ian
guage that means more to the heart Of
the American people than the word
home. 1t has a melody that is sweeta-
than the voice of singing birds The
tinkl.ng water OF the ripling brook stirs
lis with the joyousness Of its tones, and
the melody Of song. as ii falls from the
lips Of the worlds great singers. thrills
the heart 70 its vtly depth, but still bet
ter than all things else, tha. all the
voices Of nature, than all the beauty OF
the outer world, is that oEg Galden spot
FOR the heart:
Home, sweet, sweet hGme
How appropriate then that this center
OF our affections should he made Iteanti-
full and attractive, nut alone within It's
four walls, hut in nil its environments,
And nowhere IN the wide world can II"
home he found more beautiful than in
Washington. North Carolina, the land of
balmy Breezes, which are filtered by the
,-t,, " = tna
rGre ozone Of Heaven. The homes of
Washington are indeed places of beauty
made 50 mot only ny the skilful touch OF
the architects hand, but also hy the
lives and presence If sndh n noble race
Of people, the ancestors of whom were
among the greatest. modest and most
patriotic than any State has eyer pro-
duced
EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS.
1t has been asserted by some and as
sumed by others. who do not know the
facts. that Il public spirit Of opposition to
free schools dominates in Washington.
On the other hand. Washingtonians
claim that no policy of government is
mere firmly rooted in the affections of
the people or more securely established
than the purpose TO extend the advant.
i. ages Of a liberal education to all classes.
No town in the State has ever mani
Tested more zeal in the cause of popular
education than Washington, nor is her
present attitude the manifestation of Il
new impulse. When she began her ex-
istence as town in the State she began
an earnest effort in behalf Of education,
and there has been no abateHent or
that effort. unless the unavoidable inter
rupton Of the course Of events during
the civil war be SO regarded; and he who
charges that the town is opposed to free
schools, or ever has heen is challenged
to name that town which fills his ideal,
Internationally, and invited to compare