The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-12
The RETURNS EXCELLENT
The Crab and Clam Industry Has of
Late Grown Enormously.
BOAT BUILDING AMONG THE INDUSTRIES
Most Prosperous Season Of the Atlantic Under
the Able Management Of the ScoviIles.
Morehead Ministries. Blind Tom.
Veteran Fishermen.
Veteran Fishermen.
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Morehead City, N. c., July 1.-THE
splendid advantage of the Cartaret Pc
ninsular town of Morehead have been
written of so repeatedly and are SO wide
ly known any effort of further descrip-
ton seems useless, and yet they are
such that one is impelled when on
visit here to speak of them. The town
was named in honor of Governor More
head and is the terminus of the At
lantic and North Carolina Railroad in
what Is spoken of as upper Careare,
Morehead is bounded on the north by
Calico Bay and Newport river: on the
south by Bogue Sound and the ever
restless Atlantic Ocean. Her proximity
to the sea and easinesS of access makes
this the representative coast resort
of the CarOlinas The town has a pop
ulation of 1900 people, many of whom
have pretty homes. The first residence
erected here yet remains monument
to her infant days and bears the proud
name of the Arendell homestead. The
back country is a good one and within
radius of four miles large quantities
of cabbage, early peas, melons and gar
den products are grown But the chief
industry of the people is fishing, the
waters round about supplying almost
every known species of the finny tribe.
Hundreds of people follow no other
avocation, devoting the entire time to
catching fish, crabs, CLAIMS and oysters.
This industry brings in an annual reve-
nue. of some $3OOO,OOO or
more. For the marketing of these pro-
ducts of the water there are several
large packing houses, among them C. S.
Wallace, r. w. Taylor, Thos Daniels
& Co.. e. d. Arthur & Bro, M. s.
Webb, Wade & Co., c. T. Watson and
w. l.. Arendell. The crab and clam
Industry has grown in recent years to
immense proportions, Mr.. C. S. Wal
lace being perhaps the largest packer ana
shipper Of crabs and CLAIMS on the South
Atlantic Coast. To meet the wants Oh
has some 90 mercantile establishments.
Certain of these carry large, varied
assorted stocks of general merchandise.
The educational interest is provided
for in three excellent private schools and
on public school. Morehead people be-
lieve in worshipping the giver of their
splendid advantages, and her petople is
an evidence of this and have built
Baptist and two Methodist churches
each sustaining it's pastor.
In a manufacturing way some adj
vancement is noticeable, their being
here a lumber plant, an ice factory of
Is tons capacity and boat building in
fax~n xrrIn oh, MI q.
boats, naptha launches and the like are
upon the ways every month in the year.
AS reading public Morehead is keep
ing pace with her sister towns as a
peep at the ever growing News and OBJ
servers list will demonstrate. Just
now the summer season is on and fish
ing and frolicking, feasting and dancing
are at their heights. The town is nearly
supplied with boarding houses and no.
tells Tourist, recreation seeker OF
those on pleasure bent find here just
what they want. In hotels there is the
Newbern House, which is kept open the
year round and the Atlantic OF the At
lantic nothing more need be said than
that 1t is under the management of the
Scovilles, whose long experience enables
them to meet the wants of the public
i'll u service IlTSl GLASS; III every IcSDtCl.
Guests here tell me the accommodation
this season surpasses even that of last
year. The management appear very
hopeful of prosperous season, there
being today in the hotel more than $50
boarders, hailing from every section OF
the country with numerous inquiries
constantly pou1fhg in
Between eating and sleeping the
hours are whiled away in fishing, sail
ing, bathing, dancing, card playing, the
pool room, ten pin alley, reading, writ
ing, every one bent on his or her enjoy
ment.
Tuesday night to sweet strains OF
music many graceful couples gided over
the floors of the Atlantic's spacious
dance hall. The evening closed with
most beautiful german led by c. M.
Pritchard, of Charlotte.
The Morehead Minstrel Company gave
an attractive performance Tuesday
night for the benefit of their band, some
$4,000 being the net receipts. / recall
a pleasant serenade given the News ana
Observer man Tuesday afternoon by
this band led by that excellent must
clan, Zack Whitaker. 1t is recalled
when Governor Aycock was campaign
ing in these parts the Morehead City
Band accompanied him, dispensing
sweet music and patriotic airs that
stirred an interest in battle for White
Supremacy that counted for good.
All Tuesday and yesterday rain was
falling, but this did not keep such
strong fisherman as Coils. w. A. Bob
bitt and Jack Isler from venturing upon
the blue waters a, trouting, nor was
their effort altogether fshless one,
for Jack Isler came back wet but smil-
ing, loaded down with trout and an
ugly little shark. Jack likes fishing
and when shark gets on his string his
eyes sparkle with joy. He says there's
a barrel of fun in landing shark-a
little shark and the smaller the better