The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-26

has been circulated to get the sentiment
of the voters. and out OF eighty odd over
fifty have pledged themselves to vote Tor
the school. and out of the remainder to be
seen there will be at least twenty or more
to agree to vote for the school.
Aurora is soon to have bank of about
$40 600 capital stock. The brick for the
building is now on the ground The
towns business consists of about eight
general stores, three groceries, two mil
linery and fancy goods, one real estate and
land company, two telephone exchanges,
with long distance connections, two
churches Episcopal and Methodist, and
two cultivator factories, one of which
makes hame hook, an invention of Mr..
F. II Cherry, merchant of Aurora. 1t
is a good thing and commands big sale.
well attended public school has been
conducted here for good many years.
The Litchford Hotel is a pleasant place
at which to stop and mine clever hostess
Mrs. j M. Litchford, knows well how to
make all feel at home who stop at her
house.
Mr.. J. B. Whitehurst, the efficient
agent for the Old Dominion boat line, has
a combination saw mill cotton gin barrel
factory and grist mill. He ginned 1868
bales of cotton last season and manufac-
turcd AZ, 600 potatoes barrels. There are
two physicians here, DR. W. T. Staley and
DR. H. Nj. Bonner.
Aurora is a short distance from the
Pamlico River and Sound, Astounding in
all varieties of fish. The oyster beds be-
Gin distance of about ten miles from the
town. Large tracts of swamp timber. such
as juniper, gum, ash poplar, beach, buck
horn, are to be found from two to six
miles from Aurora. So it seems to me
any one desiring a place at which to To-
cate furniture factories, or any other in
dustry for which such timber are requir-
ed. could not do better than to come to
Aurora and look around. Here also would
be a good place at which to build a cotton
seed oil mill and cotton factory.
The one great thing that would do most
to push Aurora on to growth and pros
perity, and at the same time be profitable
to the company is a railroad l believe
I voice the sentiment of nearly every man,
women and child in this community when
l say they are deeply interested and will
ing to do almost anything in reason to
aid in getting a road here, especially The
Raleigh and Pamlico Road There was
to be a meeting a few days ago Of the
citizens of the place and surrounding
country for the purpose of taking action
to confer with Messrs. Turner and Bar
bee. and before closing this letter | will
say to these gentlemen, that from what l
have seen and heard of this section from
Washington to Aurora, and thence on to
deep water, / know of no territory in the
State to be opened up and developed by
railroads that promises richer rewards.
The trucking business would very natur-
ally increase enormously; thousands OF
bales of cotton could be hauled, the fish
and oyster business would be carried on
here; manufactures alluded to would be
encouraged to locate all along the route,
and to sum it all up it is but reasonable
to predict that the railroad would make
big interest on the capital invested for
years to come So in conclusion / would
say to the promoters of The Raleigh and
Pamlico Railroad. keep an eye on this
section. Come here and investigate for
yourselves. You will meet clever con-
genial people, anxious for a railroad.
H. B. HARDY.