The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-12
COURT AT TARBORO
Judqe Moore and Solici-
tor Daniels Good Work
Cotton, Knitting, Oil and Fertilizer
Mills Doing Splendid Business.
A Feminine Hint of the APP
proach of Spring.
(Staff Correspondence.)

Tarboro, n c., March 11.-Court was
called on schedule time by Judge Fred
Moore Monday morning. 1t is the crimi-
nal term There were 115 cases on the
docket and Jail full, but with Judge
Moore on the bench and Solicitor c. c.
Daniels looking after the States interest,
sxty-seven cases were disposed of up to
adjournment of court Wednesday. TWen-
| ty-eight had been tried and thlrtynl
cases continued and mol prosed. A pretty
! two days work.
| There are four capital cases to be tried
this week if they can be reached, Rand
| Pttman, Mark Cobb Crumil Hinton and
Joe Bullock. The Baker case has been
continued
The cotton buyers here tell me that the
| farmers of this, Edgecombe county, has
sold this season from thrty-five to forty
thousand bales of cotton at about an av
erage of liz to II cents but great
many sold from Is to II cents The
peanut crop, while short as compared
with 1902, brought good prices am in
formed that there were more home sup
plies raised in Edgecombe county last
| year than the year before by good
deal. The merchants here at Tarboro re-
port that trade has been very satisfactory
| The general opinion here is that the farm
ers of this county are in a much better
financial condition than for years.
| The Hotel Farror has been refurnished
and had quite number of attractive i'm
provements made since / was first here.
Mr. E. B. Wooten is now the proprietor.
He is a genial, clever host and seems to
understand how to set a good table and
make his guests comfortable.
There are four free rural delivery routes
running out from Tarboro. and l haven't
seen a man yet who is not pleased, and
as a result the old reliable, especially the
daily, is largely increasing its circulation
In tins section.
l learn from trustworthy sources that
all the manufacturing industries here are
running on full time and doing well.
There are three cotton mills, one knitting
mill, three oil mills, two fertilizer mills,
two carriage and buggy factories. The
knitting mill is increasing its capacity
from 700 to 1000 pairs of hose per day.
| The fertilizer factories are running full
blast. l am told that last Monday, about
$50 tons were shipped by rail, seventy by
boat, and fifty carried on by carts ard
wagons. All things considered, 1 am de-
/
perity that seem to be prevailing here at
Tarboro. more than / have noticed for
some years. The business men, farmers,
mechanics, laborers. all carry in their
faces an expression of satisfaction and
content.
Yesterday by two o'clock the sun began
to shine with warmth and brightness,
and all through the afternoon until sun
set the sidewalks of the town were bril-
| liant with the lovely faces and graceful
| forms of Tarboro's fair women. One citi-
zen said to me as a group of young ladies
passed by, That is the best sign | have
seen yet of the breaking of winter and
the beginning of spring.
Let me say Just here that | think the
| inhabitants of Tarboro will agree with
me, when | say that the sidewalks and
streets here should receive prompt at
! tention l know that l am treading on
! tickerlish ground when I suggest the idea
Of increased taxes for the purpose of
macadamizing streets and paving side
walks, but | am going to speak all the
same land as ! beleve) for the future
| good of Tarboro | do not believe any
town can spend money to better purpose,
or in any way that will eventually prove
| to be a better investment than in street
improvements, for as l said in a recent
| letter from Wilson, referring to the work
done there on the streets | do not be-
lieve a town can advertise and attract
the attention of out side capital In any
better way than improving the streets in
| town, and making good roads leading out
| at least from five to ten miles i'll various
directions in the country.
SO let me beseech my good friends of
Tarboro to get together at once, get a
move on you and do something In this
| direction. Don't be behind your sister
towns, but rather get in the lead. 1t will
cost you some money, of course, but l
earnestly believe it will come back to
you as the years go by with good rate