Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-11-10

Next week Senator Nelson NJ. Al
drich and a party of a dozen New
England capitalists will visit North
Carolina. They come at the invita-
ton of Mr.. R. S. Rowland, Presi-
dent of the Rowland Improvement
Company, lessee of the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad.
The party will start from Jersey
City on a special a Owe the Penn
sylvanla Railroad Friday morning
(November 11th), reaching Rich
mond Friday evening and spending
the night at the Jefferson. Saturday
morning they will resumetheir jour
irving in Goldsboro at 3:15 p. m.
Here they will stop for a reception
to be given them at the Hotel Ken
non by the business men of the city,
but will leave in time to make the
trip to Morehead over the Atlantic
and NorthC Carolina Railroad by day
light.
AT Goldsboro the distinguished
party will be joined by Governor
Charles B. Aycock and his Secretary,
Col. P~earsall, and Attorney General
Gilmer. Senators Simmons and
Overman and Representatives
Thomas and Small will also become
members of the party at this point
and remain with Senator Aldrich
during his stay in Eastern North
Carolina.
Two days, Sunday and Monday,
will be spent at the Atlantic Hotel
at Morehead City, during which
time Beaufort, Fort Macon, Cape
Lookout and other points of interest
will be visited. Tuesday morning
the party will start on its return
North, leaving Goldsboro at 1886 p.
NJ, arriving at Raleigh at 1926 p.
NJ, and arriving at Greensboro at
6:35 p. m. The night Will be spent
in Greensboro and next morning,
11O pal tY W141 NV OfSA OAA S4ty "
an inspection of the enterprises
which are 50 rapidly making Green's
bOro one OF the most important cities
in the Stale. They will leave
Greensboro at noon, arriving at
Washington at $3.50 that night, and
in New York Thursday morning
Q7th).
AS has already been stated in the
newspapers, the object of having
Senator Aidrich visit this section is
that he may inspect Beaufort Harbor
with a view to securing an appro-
prit ton from the mex Congress suf-
fcient to make it the important har-
Dor that Nature designed that 1t
should be and that the Commerce OF
the Atlantic coast now requires. The
other New EnglanderS i'll the party
are men of large wealth and have
hecone Interested in this section by
reason OF Mr.. HoWland's acquisition
of the "A, d n. o., properties. The
party Includes an Ex-Governor OF
Rhode Island, two presidents o.
Trusts Companies, the vlce-presldent
of the Metropolitan Street Railway,
New York, and others identified
with large inter ests and Important
enterprises i'll that part of the coun'
try.
In this connection, it may be O.
interest," tn recall the TACT that Beau
tort HarDor has been known anC
used as d shipping point and refuge
for vessels eve since Amadas anC
BarloWe made their first voyage
Q534) from England to the NORTH
Carolina coast. On hat vOyag,
their first landing was on Ocracok'
Island, and Sir Richard Granville
in his account of the voyage, tells u
that later, they ''came to anchor Il
a harbor where they caught MUGS
twenty pounds in London" Their
seems to be no doubt that this wa
Cape Lookout, at the entrance {
Beaufort Harbor. Later, the water
about Beaufort and Cape Lookou
furnished q convenient and favorit
resort for Edward Teach, the note
pirate, who had d squadron of 81
vessels and 100 men. He sailed il
to and out of Beaufort Harbor man
times. There is a place near Der;
coke which to this day is known
seTeaGh's Hole"
The first chart OF Beaufort HarbC
was made in 1922, at the instance
Governor burlington and sent to Il