The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-25
A DAY IN BAYBORO
NovaI Sights in the Metrop-
oils of PamIic0.
A People Of Convictions and Backbone, Manu-
featuring Enterprises. Mercantile
Houses.
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Bayboro. N c., May 23.-At last l
have traversed the fertile soil of Pam
leo and reached it's metropolis, Bay
boro, where dwell people who remain
neutral on no question of public I'M
portance, 1t is true of this people and
| rather like it. They take stand foI
something. This may sometimes be
the occasion of strife, but it adds spice
to life, and when the ruffled waves have
expanded and the shore of contan,-
ment has been reached, all is calm and
in reunited happiness the people
dwell and mingle again.
The town is eighteen miles distant
from Newbern, and is reached both by
steamer and private conveyance. The
steamer Guide" and the river Bay are
the boat and waterway that connects
Newbern and Bayboro.
Bay River is a pretty stream, It's
length is about fourteen miles, its
source is just beyond the town and is
navigable by steamer to the heart OF
the boro," yea, almost to the forks
of the road" 1t empties into Pamlico
sound, beautiful sheet of water al the
intersection of Neuse and Bay rivers,
In Bay river are numerous oyster REDS
that are a great source of revenue 20
the people. | came via private convey
ance, and was given a good peep at
forest and cultivated field / was seat
ed behind splendid roadster and tho
drive of three hours | enjoyed very
much Reaching the little town of
| some $50 population, the first thing to
greet my vision was a number Of We
hicles, and a goodly crowd who had
gathered from every section of Pm
| leo county to attend court, spin warns
| and swap horses. Court convened or
| Monday and closed yesterday. I'll
| docket was a civil one only and very
| light. Judge Oliver H. Allen was the
presiding dignitary, while the sprightly
| ID. l.. Ward was acting solicitor. The
! people We're in a submitting notion
| and Solicitor Ward was denied a con
| fiict even in Pamlico.
The court house is a nicely ARA, ged
wooden structure At the entrance, on
either side of the door was a novel
| sight to your correspondent, but novel
| things may be expected in BayborO
/ Two cool drink and peanut stands had
been erected and nickles and dimes
| changed hands while visitors loaded
up to the brim in these apparently
| harmless articles of drink and food IN
| the grounds, moving in and out among
sturdy farmers and the anxious horse
| trader could be seen and heard the
| jealous newspaper man Offering his
/ goods, wares and merchandise, earl
representing the best daily" and tha
most thoroughly up-to-date weekly in
the State. The one SO certainly Demo
cratic that every Republican approach
-. 1,,f4 r,,,f Int
paper" while true blue Democrats
passed out their silver and currency
and the solicitor passed over signed re-
ceipts
Leaving the court house we come To
the fork of the road, and taking the
left we are upon the highway that leads
| through the mercantile life of the town
| Here is booked some of the most pro-
gressive merchants. but en- route your
| correspondent finds a schooner laden
with oysters and those lucious briValei
even this late in the month of May, are
| going like hot cakes at 80 cents heap
! ing bushel measure, and hurried groups
of from three to five are with knife
| in hand soon gathered on their calves
and the filling of hot storage plants"
| begin Each feaster has beside him
bowl or tumbler of vinegar and pepper
dip" and every one 'swoops 'em in to
| his hearts content.
There are fourteen mercantile estab-
| lishments here, and while the merchant
and his clerical force is not rushed to
death. yet considerable business is dore
Two churches supply the religious
needs, there being one Baptist and one
| Methodist. On the road leading to the
right is a splendid academy building
where an excellent school of seventy
five pupils is taught Tn a manufacture
ing way the town is limited to three
enterprises, towit: The Camper & Hook
er and w. Fl. Sawyer Potato Barrel
factories and the COWell, Swan and Nj
Cotter Fertilizer Manufacturing Con-
pany The Camper and Hooker factory
turns out between 20 and 30 thousands
barrels per season; the w. r. Sa%
yer establishment from 10 to 90 tLous-
and barrels per season. The fertilizer
factory of CoweI Swan and McCottar
has an output of some three thousand
tons per season, and their product is
sold throughout this trucking belt The
company has an operating capital Of
about $50. 900.
FERTILE LANDS.
The fields of Pamlico are known crop
producers. Here cotton, peas, corn sweet
potatoes and all the vegetable kirG
dom grow to perfection. and the yield
per acre is SO great as to make farming
source of pleasure and profit Con-
venient to Bayboro the acreage in Irish
potatoes is large and the outlook for
an excellent crop is most promising.
TELEPHONE AND DAILY MAIL.
Bayboro is favored with a daily mail
service with the outside world through