The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-03

/, J. A. Ketcham, N. B. ,osey and e. H. Hill
lard. AS soon a site board could do
| so after the election they organized and
went to work to pre1are for the several
schools.
They leased the bllding of Vine Hill
Female Academy for twenty years, moved
and remodeled the buildings and opened
the school on the 9th day of Ocstober.
The building was well arranged the
most modern and improved desks and grad
ed seats placed and a CORPS of able teach
ers has made the school most remark
able success. und.r the leadership of
Prof. c. w. Wilson as superintendent.
The school has nine grades and its
work has given Scotland Neck o great
lift in educationa life. Perhaps no grad
ed school in the state has more spacious
and attractive grounds. Besides the graded
school for whites the board of trustees
provided a good building FOR the colored
children and the colored school
has been as satisfactory to the colored
people as The other assurediv has been
to the whites
The town commissioners. to whom was
given the work Of putting in electric
lights, some weeks ago closed the
contract with a Norfolk company for put
ting in the plant and they will have the
town lighted with electricity by March
or April.
They have purchased a site for the
power house and the work will soon com
mence. The plant will be as well equip
ped as any in the state.
The Scotland Neck cotton mills have
L oh, n1l1
will enlarge their plant, which is already
one of the best knitting mills in the
State. New machinery has already ar
rived and will soon be placed. These
mills will soon put in an electric plant
of their own and will do most of their
work by electricity.
Besides the public improvement in the
town there have been some handsome url-
vate residences built. which show good
progress.
I am informed that there are not hous-
es enough in the town to meet the de-
mand of those who wish to move here.
The fine educational advantages
found in our graded schools are
attracting good people to the town.
The business men have done well, and
there has been no failure here for cutie
a long time. The building trade has
been good. and the old year was round
ed up most satisfactorily to all. One
condition of a towns development is the
state of contentment of the farmers,
whose work and business help support
it and it is a gratifying fact that the
farmers of this community have done
we'll and are well satisfied
Already it is known that there are plans
for new buildings both for business and
residences. Some new firms will open
up with the new year land there is good
reason to expect better things for the
town during the year of 1904 than have
ever before been known here.
Growing out of an election for prohibi-
ton in September there sprung up two
opposing factions. but a satisfactory com
promise was effected whereby at the end
of 1904 the saloons will be closed and
the town will have either prohibition or
dispensary, according to a vote a
mass meeting shall decide.
The health of the town has been quite
good and the prospects for the future is
quite gratifying in many respects.
E. C. billiards.
Editor The Commonwealth.
Scotland Neck. n. c., Dee. 81, 1908.