The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-24
JACKSON SPRING WAFER
The New Company Will Put it on the
Market in Proper Shape.
ON THE ABERDEEN AND ASHEB0RO R. R
Il Has Given Transportation to Section Rich
Now in Timber, Agriculture, Minerals
and Potentially Rich in Fruit
editorial correspondence

Aberdeen, ~ c., Nov. PA few years
ago a well known North Carolinian,
upon being asked what would be the use
of the land in this sandy country after
the trees were cut down, said Moth
ing at all, except to hold the world to-
gether.' And that sentiment was gen
orally concurred in as to the value of
land in this section
In the domain OF the practical, it is
often the stone that the builders re-
jected that becomes the chief corner
stone. The "sand hills" despised as
worthless when denuded of their timber,
has come to be more valuable than the
more fertile agricultural land. This is
not so true today as it is potentially
true, but enough of the sandy land has
been utilized to show that in the near
future the products of the orchard, the
vine and the field hereabouts will bring
more money than the products that come
out of the ground in the cultivation of
cotton, corn or tobacco.
The peaches grown in about Southern
Pines in the magnificent orchards that
have been set out by farseeing and en-
terprising men and corporations, are the
most delicious that have ever pleased
the palate of man. They stand shipment
we'll, reaching the markets of PARKWAY
Maine and Michigan in excellent con-
diton, bringing the highest prices which
epicures pay for the succulent peach
The freight and express receipts on the
shipments of peaches from Southern
Pines alone would astonish those who
have not kept up with the peach growing
industry of this section. And this indus
try is but in its infancy.
The vineyards that have been planted
in this sandy country are fourishing and
they bring in large revenue to their own
ers. There is a flavor about them and
something in the air that makes them
delicious, and they are prime favorites in
the Northern markets. This section is
destined to be the most noted grape
country in the South.
For years | have been promising my
self the pleasure of visiting this section
and seeing the transformation that the
Pages Mr.. Tufts. Mr.. John Blue and
other progressive men of this section
have made.
There are great institutions and enter
prises in this section that mean big money
for the people. Among them are:
/. The Aberdeen and Asheboro Rail-
road
2. The Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad.
3. Pinehurst
4. Jackson Springs.
3 Southern Pines
s. Pinehurst.
z. Pinebluif
OF the health resorts at Southern Pines
and Pinebluff much has been printed in
the News and Observer. OF the Aberdeen
and Rockflsh, owned and controlled by
Mr.. John Bue, which is going on to Hope
Mills. whore it will connect with the At
lantic Coast Line, | will defer writing I'M
til | can travel over the completed line
10 Hope Mills. 1t has been a great de-
velopment of Southern North Carolina
and Mr.. Blue is to be ranked among the
most useful-as he is among the best
men North Carolina has produced. The
story of his success, which / intend to
write during the year 1902, is one of the
most inspiring to struggling and ambitious
youth / have known. And he is the same
straightforward, unpretentious, kind
hearted unassuming, hardworking sterl-
ing man he was when country mer
chant he represented Cumberland county
in the State Senate in his young man
hood.
THE ASHEBORO AND ABERDEEN
RAILROAD.
In 1887 the late Mr. A. F. Page, who
had moved to this place from Cary Wake
county, having purchased large body OF
land which embraces all the land from
here to and including Pinehurst built six
miles of railroad from this place west
ward into the pine forests. Two years