The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-21

The lightwood is placed in iron
watts or retorts. the fire built around
them, and the tar and oil is steamed out
of the wood absolutely pure, strong, and
clean The company are manufacturing
and finding good sale for their paint used
for all kinds OF out door painting for
preservative purposes. Such a large per
cent of creasote is used that timber is
rendered absolutely impervious to water
fhis paint has been put to the severest
test. Mr.. Fulford has yet to hear of a
case in which it did not give satisfaction
The company also make special sub
marine paint for painting bottoms of vel
sells, to prevent barnaces and worms
from getting into the timber 1t is also
used to soak ends of posts and poles in
before placing them in the ground All
who have used this paint pronounce it
better than the copper paint am going
to Pine Town soon and will have some
thing more to say about this enter
prise.
There is no town in North Carolina
that can boast of more level, smooth
streets than Washington. She has over
of the towns prominent physicians told
me he thought that these shell roads
had good deal to do with making the
people so healthy. for If scattering lime
around will make the atmosphere pure
it IS but reasonable that oyster
shells containing such large per cent
of lime will when dried and crushed an
swer the same purpose.
The town never has had better
government than it has now the mayor,
commissioners, and all other officials are
composed of intelligent, heightened bust
ness men and true blue Democrats, and
the cleanliness, healthfulness, and neat
ness Of no town in the State is watched
and cared for more diligently than Wash
ington's.
Through the courtesy of Mr.. w. P.
Baugham l had delightful ride behind
a splendid three minute goer. We drove
through some of the truck farms near
Washington. There is no finer truck soil
in the State than this While the season
here is from a week to ten days later
than in some other sections. the stuff is
first class and stands shipment to North
ern markets in good condition, and this
means getting the top notch prices. 1t is
busy time here with the truckers. Cab
bage, beets and such crops are now being
shipped by the car loads. While the stand
OF potatoes is not altoge Their as good as
expected they are looking fine and ship
ment of them will begin about the first
OF Iure
The Presbyterian church is being reno
deled and otherwise improved.
No town in the State enjoys better re-
ligious and graded school advantages than
Washington. She is also we'll represent
ed by the iraterna! organizations, Ma
sons, Odd Fellows, Knight Of Pythias. ana
other orders. The fish market is a little
dull here lust now. but a good many
trout, blue fish and crokers &C., are be-
ing handled. All of the big lumber mills
here are as busy as ever running on full
time. cutting, dressing and shipping thou
sands of feet per day, l remarked to a
lumber man today that it did seem to me
at the rapid rate so many mills were
cutting the lumber it would be but short
time before all the timber would be gone
from this eastern section but he said
there was enough left standing to last
for at least IS years.
1t is very gatifying to report that the
News and Observer is growing in circu-
lation among the good people of Wash
| ington. Old subscribers show their ap-
probation by renewing their subscription,
| and others are fast finding out that it is
| a paper worth reading and adding their
names to the list. All appear TO like the
| paper One prominent citizen said today
| that the News and Observer was beyond
| doubt the leading daily newspaper in
the State as an honest, exponent OF the
peoples rights and interests and that it
was ably upholding the principles CT
equal rights to all special privileges to
none; the greatest good to the greatest
number, and q government Of the people
and by the people. He closed by saying,
| Tell Daniels to keep hewing to the
/ lire
/ 1t is always pleasure for me to come
4 to Washington, and it will not be long
/ before | come again and mingle with as
good clever, sociable people as live any
where. H. b. HARDY.