The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-08

the youth in it's borders by means of
splendid system of graded schools, sup
plemented by private institutions of high
standing it appeals to literary culture
with its public library, it gives a guar
antee of health in the purity of it's
water, it tells of it's modern advancement
in its electric lights and telephone SER
vice, while its fire protection leaves one
feeling secure against the devastation of
the flames.
FACILITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION.
People who are invited to enter a new
field for labor and investment inquire
at once concerning the facilities for
transportation and the freight rates that
prevail.
This question can be answered most
favorably by KinstOn, for besides two
competing lines of railroad it has water
transportation also, and this provides
reasonable freight rates. Kinston is on
the Atlantic and North Carolina Rail-
road, which connects at Goldsboro with
Che Southern and the Atlantic Coast
Line and is also on the Atlantic Coast
Line branch leading to Weldon. BY
these and by water it is in quick COM
munication with the outside markets.
SURROUNDED BY RICH LANDS.
Kinston is the county seat of Lenoir
county whose fields are as rich and as
fertile as any to be found in Eastern
Carolina The land yields readily and
bountifully and is adapted to all kinds
of agricultural products. The surface is
slightly undulating with sandy, rich,
loamy and alluvial soils.
There has been of late much activity in
clearing these lands for cultivation.
Many plots Of alluvial lands, ineXhausti-
bic in their fertility but long neglected,
have been and are being reclaimed and
made to blossom as with the rose, while
the upland forests are being cleared and
made centres of agricultural develop
ment. .-.
Marls of various formations are being
found in abundance, especially those
composed of comminuted shells, corals
and other marine exuviae, in which the
percentage of carbonate of lime ranges
from 90 to 95. and these are being used
in lieu of, and in conjunction with, com
mercial fertilizers in bringing the old
arabic upiands into a higher degree of
fertility.
Land in Lenoir county is in demand
and is enhancing in value. Some of the
largest and finest farms to be found any
where in the country are to be fond
within a few miles drive CT KinstOn. The
town is in the centre of the cotton and
tobacco belt and in this section corn and
grasses Of all kinds grow in rich luXu-
rance.
A LAND FOR TRUCKERS.
With lands of such surprising fertlllty
and with quick transportation it is no
wonder that the trucking industry about
Kinston is assuming large proportions,
and that vegetables of all kinds are
grown and shipped with great profit TO
the leading markets of the country. The
shipments of potatoes, cabbages, beans,
asparagus and the ever delightful straw
berry bring large returns. Many HANDS
are employed and during the season over
500 extra hands are employed about Kin
ston in the trucking business. The pine
forests of Lenor county are being cleared
away as the demands of commerce are
made upon them and soon lands that are
now little used will become rich pas
turage for thousands of hogs, cattle and
sheep, making stock raising another
wealth factor for Kinston and perhaps
vieing with the trucking industry.
GREAT TOBACCO MARKET.
But the great business of Kinston, that