The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-18
Abbotsburg in Heart Of
Trucking Section.
!. A FERTILE REGION
Senator Simmons. Congressman POu
Humphrer-Gibson Co., and Others
Enter into Undertaking to De-
veIop Richly Endowed Sec
ton and Meet With Sue
cess.

Especial to News and Observer.)
Abottsburg, N. c., Sept. 17.-Prom-
inent North Carolinians have become
interested in the development of this
section by a method which has the
entire approval of this community and
which means much for this section of
the State as we'll as for those who have
become financially interested in the
undertaking.
Senator f. M. Simmons is among
the number who have taken interest
in the enterprise and Congressman Il.
w. Pou is also member OF the COM
pany The Humphrey-G Com
pany of Goldsboro and Norfolk, be-
gan the organization of the%"Carolina
Truckers Colony" and secured for the
company the choicest trucking land in
the very heart of the most produc-
tive section of North Carolina. Charles
S. Wallace, of Morehead City; N. w.
Taylor of Beaufort; w. T. Dortch, of
GoIdsboro; E. b. Craddock, of the
Lynchburg, Va; j. L. Barham, of
Goldsboro; j. w. White, of Ports
mouth, Va; A. A. Joseph, of Colds
boro; j. j. Lawson, of South Boston,
Va; H. o. Easley, of Charlottesville,
Va; and several prominent bankers
and business men of South Boston
have already become interested in the
company, and there remains only
comparatively small amount or STOCK
to be taken. The success of the un-
dertaking is already assured, the plans
Of the company for disposing of the
property being SO we'll arranged as to
make it sure thing that a large num-
Der of the most desirable class OF set
tiers will come here to truck farm ana
make livelihood out of the most pro-
ductlve soil in this State. The people
of Abbottsburg are gratifed that the
Seaboard Air Line has become inter-
ested in this movement and assured
the colony of it's cooperation.
Abbottsburg is the centre of this
rich land Already there is most de-
sirabe nucleus for the Truckers
Colony as planned by the parties In
terested. 1t is only q few miles from
here to Chadbourne, where so much
money has already been made out OF
strawberries, egg plant, potatoes, and
early vegetables which are sent by
fast freight to the best paying markets
i'll the East. One man lives within a
few miles of here whose checks to-
day are honored for thousands of dol
lars, who, only a few years ago had no
money in the bank and owned only
small and uncultivated farm. His few
acres now offer a scene of unusual ac-
tivity for farm life and there is an air
OF prosperity about the entire sur
rounding community.
It is proposed by the Carolina
Truckers Colonoy to better the condi-
ton of this section in q material way.
Settlers of character are to be invited
here. The advantages of the section
are to be shown them in an attractive
manner and those who suffer six
months out of the year in the cold
and snow bound western farm Sec
tions will be given true understand
ing of the fertility of the soil and the
balminess of the climate here where
three crops are raised every year and
the truck farmer always has some
crop already or being prepared for
market. Railway facilities here are
very superior for this industry and
the plans of the Carolina Truckers
Colony include the arrangement Of
further facilities which will splace
truckers who settle here on an even
superior basis to those who are locat-
ed in other sections.
Five thousand acres of fertile truck
ing land has been acquired. The heart
of this is the present railway station,
poSt-office and town of Abbottsburg.
A townsite is to be properly mapped
out Building lots for business and
residential purposes are to be set aside
ana Lnen lnS remainder OF the uNG
thousand acres will be devoted to
small truck gardens of twenty-five
and fifty acres all so located that
transportation facilities are within
the reach of every property owner.
There will be $50 of these small truck
gardens and the fact that the land is
so fertile that scarcely any fertilizer
has ever been required is a matter of
wonder to the majority of the Western
and Eastern farmers who are seeking
homes and small farms in the South.
The undertaking has offered an un-
usual opportunity for investment by
those people who are looking for a
way to make money for themselves
and at the same time to do service
to their State by bettering the condi-
ton of the people of this section and
developing this fertile region.
The Carolina Truckers Colony is
assured of great reward for their in
terest in this undertaking and there
is all probability that within another
season new home-seekers will be set
ting here.
A Six Legged Sheen. ~