The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-20
HOTEL TOWNSEND, Red Springs, N. c.

Springs test farm where experiments
are made.
The general farm products are
found in this section and with this
there is trucking of all kind, the splen-
did lands i'm the country back of Red
Springs adding to it's prosperity. That
farming pays in this section needs
only a mention of the men engaged IN
it
Some of the biggest farmers in Ro-
beson County, and that means among
the biggest in the State, live in Red
Springs Notable among these are
Messrs. A. Il. McCallum, j. w. Gra-
ham, A. B. Pearsall, Martin McKim-
mon, who inaugurated the trucking
industry at Red Springs and who had
an immense area in cantaloupes this
year
The farms in this section are we'll
kept and in a high state of cultivation,
the roads throughout the county be-
ing in excellent condition. There are
many who claim that the farms are
the solution of the prosperity of Red
Springs
Among the other model farms in
this section to be noted are those of
Mr.. j. T. Denny. Mr.. J. w. Johnson's,
managed by Mr.. F.. c.. McNeill; Pros
perty Truck and Dairy Farm, Mr. s.
N. Ferguson, manager.
The great farm crop in RobeSon
county is the cotton crop, and in this
crop Robson leads the State in the
amount produced. 1t lands are fertile,
it's soils are productive. and where
these conditions exist all the leading
crops OF the South can be raised. No
need to make a list of these, but just
Ethink of diversified and profitable
| farming, and then remember that
Robson county does not bulge an
inch backward for any of the counties
in the State No better watermelons
are raised anywhere and the lands
produce two crops of Irish potatoes
each year, while corn, peas, oats, hay
and berries are raised largely. This
section is destined to be the truckers
paradise.
Social Life At It's Rest.
Red Springs can wen boast of its
social advantages for these are of the
best. There is Southern and Scottish
hospitality here and that means that
it is delightful place.
In the way of churches all the lead
T, ing denominations have houses of
worship except the Catholic, and in
| charge of these are able ministers
whose sermons are heard with deep
| interest and whose services are well
attended, for this is n community that
| believes in religion The Sunday
| schools are excellent ones. with deyot-
ed superintendent and teachers.
The splendid educational institutions
| of the town are an aid to social life,
and the visitors who yearly throng
| the hotels and visit at the springs
| add to this. The hotels have their
| parks and these are we'll patronized,
| while as q residence town Red Springs
| is unsurpassed. 1t is n place of all
| places IN which a man with sons and
| daughters will be satisfied that the
best of influences, religious, education
al and social will be thrown about
young people. There is here also a
number Of social organizations, among
these the Red Springs Chapter of the
| United Daughters of the Confederacy
| taking a leading part.
A class of people have been drawn
here by the schools who are of the
best, and here are to be found homes
other places. This shows that the
surroundings are the choicest and that
Red Springs is delightful place In
which to live.
There are many happy occasions
enjoyed in Red Springs, and taking
the liberty of culling from a contr-
button to the Red Springs Citizen, the
following concerning amusements to
be enjoyed is reproduced, as follows:
again we find that history repeats
itself and that Red Springs, like 9TH
ers of like qualities, does not differ in
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