The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-03
Birds Eye View of States
Progress.
Continued from First Page.)

wells, which flow $4,000 gallons of pure
water every twenty-four hours, pronounc-
ed to be the best artesian water in the
State.
This will lessen the insurance and will
greatly improve the health of the town,
which will already show up with any
town of its size in the State.
Where now stands the old lamp shedding
out its rays, will soon be seen the great
arc light making the street like day,
thus lessening crime by preventing the Sc
clusion of the sneak. And danger by
fire has been greatly reduced by trans
hitting water to all parts of the town.
To say nothing of the two advantages of
these two improvements. which are too
well known. our town reioices that our
people are up and doing.
But a short time ago as the farmer
hauled his produce to market great fur
rows of anxiety might be seen on his
brow, as he related the great difficulty
with which he plodded through the mud.
and was drawn meekly but forcibly out
of the great holes in the roads. then
scarcely realizing enough for his produce
to pay him for one trip to town over such
roads, much less the production of the
crop.
Now smiles may be seen as he
glides along the roads which are now
worked by taxation. AS a result of easy
marketing large crops were planted and
the high prices made a merry Christmas
for all
And now instead of one little denomina-
tional and sectarian school we have one
large and complete graded school which,
under the superintendent of Prof. r. H.
Do
structors, has made magnificent success.
To every class we have a school assigned
Rules for all ranks and food for every
mind:
Alas, regardless of their doom.
The little victims play,
No sense have they of i'll to come:
No care beyond the day.
Several creditable buildings have been
erected. The armory. the postoffice and
F. A. Whites residence, recently erected,
are all a credit to the town. The new
Hotel White formerly the Bayview hotel,
under the hustling management of f. A.
White, is now a hansomely furnished and
deliberately equipped building. Besides
the above mentioned buildings there has
been erected a dozen or more residences
during the past few months and quite
lot of real estate transfers, which means
even greater progress and prosperity than
in previous years growth in the history
of the town.
Drs. E. F. Martin. dentist H. NJ. S.
Carson. physician; w. S. Privatt, attor-
ney-at-law and other professional men
have recently located among us and all
are doing we'll
The Transcript has purchased a build
ing lot and now has its building under
course of construction and will install a
new modern power printing plant about
January 18th, thus charging and other
wise improving the paper. It's job print
ing department will be one of the best
equipped in this part of the State.
Who can predict the future of this
town, with its many natural advantages.
It's facilities for shipping and receiving
freights and mails, both by water and rail,
there being ten systems trading to Nor
folk and other large cities. The Suffolk
and Carolina railroad. under the man
agement of George L. Barton, seems to
be doing a fine business and has q force
of hands at work Strengthening the crooks
in the road and making it standard
guage road. with new and heavier rails.
Wnlle the future OF the town Is DriRUC
yet we need more manufacturing enter
prises and our people and locality are will
ing to hold out most any reasonable in
ducements to bring in capital and enter
prise The town is in need of live.
real estate agent and good building
and loan association, and there is no
doubt as to the success of these
two concerns. provided they are
properly managed and advertised. for
there are numbers of people who are
anxious to locate here in order to take
advantage of the graded schools and 9TH
er excellent inducements offered the pub
hc
The large fisheries of DR.. Capehart,
Messrs. Wood, Skinner. Woodland and 9TH
ers, to say nothing of the numerous small
er fisheries, will soon be in operation.
More fish are shipped from Edenton
and Chowan county than from any town
or county of its size or population in North
Carolina.
w. F. SWARINGER,
Editor Edenton Transcript.