The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-19
OLD LANDMARKS VANISH
Evidences Of Enterprise and Progress
on Every Hand.
IT'S SPLENDID WAFER WORKS SYSTEM
NV Bern as Distributing Point Its Fine
Market. The Trucking System. The Old
Maids Matinee. Lecture bv Or.
EhAn.rd Ihnrnnrnn
Edward thompson.
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Newbern, N. c., April 18.-The his
toric old 'sBerne" hoary with age and
varied experience, has but few evil
dences left, monuments of the past
With the dropping off of the final E.
new life seems to have taken hold of
it's people and progress is noted
throughout the present town of city
like proportions and activity. Yes, the
Newbern of today with it's broad, clean
streets, it's varied industries, its fertile
truck farms adjacent, is indeed worthy
of visit. On every hand the close OBJ
server will note old buildings BEING
remodelled and new ones in course OF
erection. The city is lighted by cleo
tricity is favored with free delivery
mail system, a magnificent pubic
building Of splendid proportions erect
ed, centrally as to location at cost OF
$4,000; an excellent system of graded
schools for both races with an enroll
ment of 1000 pupils-600 white and 400
colored. 1t is not amisS to say there
are within the city limits $50 mercantile
establishments, large lumber mills,
guano factory, grain mills, knitting
mills--one of these managed by colored
labor exclusively, ice factory, l buggy
factory, 2 machine shops, Is saloons, 2
Baptist, / Methodist, / Presbyterian, |
Episcopal, Deciples, / Catholic,
Christian Science churches and chap
els for white and churches for the
colored population galore; theatres.
prize houses, good hotels, boarding
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and Evening News, 3 brass bands, 3
banks, fire companies, etc.
IT'S SPLENDID WATER WORKS
system is owned and operated by the
city, and since it's purchase by the city
rates have been materially reduced.
patronage increased and the Golfers
more heavily burdened with the neces-
sary wherewith for public improve
ments.
ITS MARKET
is perhaps second to no city in the State.
The fertile fields nearly supply every
thing in the vegetable kingdom; the
rivers and sound connections, oysters,
crabs and fish in endless variety are
in abundance. And last, nut not least.
the little "yearling' and "horny steer
readily yield to the butchers knife,
while ducks, geese, birds and poultry
are In plenty 1 almost get hungry
as / think and write of Newbern's
market advantages.
DISTRIBUTING POINT.
With it's two railroads reaching South,
East and West and it's two rivers
Trent and Neuse-bringing it's mer-
chants and manufacturers in close
touch with neighboring towns, Newborn
has become quite distributing point
for goods, wares and merchandise.
PASSED THROUGH.
It's people have just passed through
an exciting municipal contest, and the
primaries over, are settling down to bus
mess again at the old stand, with Off
GERS determined to do at least as we'll
in the future as they have in the past.
A tug boat got unmanageable and
dashed into Neuse River bridge, se-
riously damaging this great avenue of
come in and go out, width of about
ninety feet, pushing into the swollen
bosom Of the rushing, maddening Neuse,
much of the piling of the bridge.
AT THE "oLD MAIDS MATINEE.
at the opera house, Newbern's
amateur talent reflected credit on the
city, and more than two hun
dred dollars was realized for the bene-
tit of the Daughters of the Confeder-
acy. The music supplied by the local
orchestra was so splendid and exhil-
irating, that friend AL Stevens. of the
Journal staff. just could not keep his
feet still. while Charles L., the old
Maids Escorter" sighed for repetition,
and Dupree, of the Evening News"
IA
Pastor Hight c. Moore begins a series
of meetings at his church on Sunday
next, and will be assisted by the Rev.
Chas. C. Jenkins, of the First Baptist
Church, Goldsboro, who will arrive on
Monday following.
Rev. W. 0. A, Graham is removing
his printing outfit to Morehead, where
he will in future publish his paper,
THE Wesleyan Advocate"
Fred. Mcdonald, one of the hustlinC
travelling statesmen of The Goldsboro
Drug company, spent yesterday in this
city. AS ! came up with him he gent
ly whispered in my grateful ears: Il
stick to you like leach and now buy
News and Observer every day, thus
keeping in touch with home and on l
go booking orders" That's right, Fred,
keep right at these things and you'll
land right side up with care.
T. p. ELAN, Richmond, Va, chief
clerk of the Postal Clerk service in this
district, has just passed over the At
lantic and North Carolina with a view
to establishing Sunday mail service
on the Atlantic and North Carolina.
That will necessitate all mail clerks OH
the line to do Sunday service for the
benefit of the small stations.
The acreage in cabbage in this sec
ton is somewhat larger than last year.
shipments of this plant are now going
forward. Tobacco culture is also re-
ceiving much attention in this section.
eection.
Last night, upon Invitation Of Trent
Council, Royal Arcanum, the delegate
to the Grand Council remaining over