The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-05-02
HALIFAX COUNTY DEVELOP
ING.

The COMMONWEALTH IL pleaeou "
note that HALIFAX county is making
good strides in general Development. ;,
Looking from Scotland Neck as our
viewpoint, and as We remember 1t:
Scotland Neck having taken the ini-
t,ative IN Industrial enterprises about a
dozen years ago, we naturally feel in
clined to shake hands around with
everybody in Scotland Neck and COM
mun,ty first; but without reference to
any particular place or section OF the
great and resourceful county oil HALIFAX,
we proudly note the general develop
uqent throughout its borders.
A letter written from Weldon to the
Manufacturers Record under date Of
April 22nd, recltes several Interesting
and pleasing facts concerning develop
ments in that part of the county.
In their order we note them : The Roc
noke Navig alton ard Water Power Co.
is placing water power on the market
at SIS per horsepower per year, twenty
four hours daily. From the electric
plant of the same company at Roanoke
Rapids it will furnish power at $15
per horsepower per annum, twenty
hours daily. The plant referred to viii
furnish power to the new silk mill at
Roanoke Rapids.
A line for the transmission of power
has been run to Weldon where power
will be used In various ways for the
development of the town of Weldon,
and 1t is stated that the Weldon Brick
Co. will be the first brick mandatory
In the State to use electric power.
Mention is made of the new spin
ming mill at Weldon for the spinning
of hosiery yarns, and also of the Wei
don corn and -four mills, the round
bale ginnery, and the new boat line
from Weldon to Norfolk.
All these things in and around Wei
don have been mentioned from time to
time, as they were projected by on,
wide-awake neighbor, the Roanoke
News but the grouping of them in
the correspondence to the Manufactur-
ers' Record brings them all before us
at one glance.
The Littleton News Reporter last
week also gave the following interest
Ing item of news concerning the open-
ing OF the new knitting mill in that
town:
eat 6 80 last Monday morning the
whistle Of The Littleton Hosiery Mills
was heard to sound Its first call for a
days work. Quite nice force Of
hands were present to get employ ment.
Among them were children from some
OF the best people OF the town. In
fact we have been favorably impressed
with the high grade OF people In every
department. of the mill. Those young
ladies who have energy and indepen-
dence enough to earn their own ilyeii.
hood, now have a place where they can
accomplish that erd."
The COMMONWEALTH has recently
made reference to the progress of En-
field, and also that broom and met.
tress factory has been opened at Hob
good.
The great plant of the North Caro-.
lima Lumber Co., at TiIlery, manufac-
lures much in hard wood and othe,
things.
Scotland Neck's three knitting mills.
shirt mill, buggy manufacture. lsm-
Der manufacture, mantel and scroll
works and various other things have
been mentioned from time to time in
these columns.
Take it all in all, Halifax county is
getting to be busy place, viewed from
q manufacturing standpoint, and the
prospects for improvement in all these
: things are bright and reassuring.
Then, the countyis agricultural and
trucking interests are developing, and
in these its true and vastly rich re.
sources have not yet been dreamed of
1t every man in the county could
realize what our possibilities are and
would lay himself on: all the while tt
do his very best himself and let other.
know about all these things, our darl
days would be few.
SAVES two FROM DEATH.