Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1906-03-01
EASTERN N. c. DEVELOPMENT
MIR Z. D. Munford, of Fremont. N.
c., Makes Extensive Land Pur-
chases In Onslow County.
Secures Three Thousand Acres in One Tract that
is Fertile and Well Wooded With PIimeval
Forests, With a Full Ocean Front to the
South and Sklrted on the East by
New River to Where it Empties
Into the Sea.

Ie Sea.
'.g asses Himself in temp sts," and
the waves breaking leagu -lnng in
thunder on the shore fai beneath
him, he feels indeed that mans COZ
troll stops with the snore, ana he can
out eXciaim with the poet Byron in
[Chllde Harold:
"Roll ON, thou deep and uark blue
ocean,, roll;
thine writes no wrinkle on thine
azure brow;
"Sucn as Creations dawn beheld
thou rolIest now"
The contrast of view from the bluff
is indeed most remarkable. In front
of you, to the south, lies the ever
restless sea, its myriads of "Wnite
caps" Sparkling i'll the sunshine or
rolllcking IN the arms of the storm,
While to the east, thridding it way
from The inland, flows the placid New
River, whose Waters near the sea
TEEN with fish and oysters, both of
which surpass any the world over
for exq iislte delicacy of relish. MIR.
Munlord has acres of oyster beds
along his RIVER front that are ex-
clusively hiss possession, being con-
tiguous to his estate and included in
his deei OF purchase. Here, too,
abound, both on the i've and ocean
fronts of his property, all kinds of
ganIt; Deacn-IObln and wood cock,
deeI, quail ami even diamond back
terra pIn-the finest of all dishes:
Wiliie the waters in season TEEN
with Wild duck Of every species,
geese and brant.
Both the river front and ocean
side of this superb estate of three
thousand acres is admirably suited
for peasant homes, all the year
round; for in summer, the prevailing
breeze being from the south, 1T blows
off the open sea for three thousand
miles, ladened with health-giving
ozone and exhilaratlng purity; while
in Winter these same homes would
be protected By the dense primeval
woodlands to the north against the
cold blasts from that section, at the
same time the atmosphere being
teInleted and thu air softened by the
contiguity of the congenial Gull
Stream, that makes its renowned
elbow Bend" off this coast, its
warm currents jettying into the ocean
water al this p lnt, making them a
habitat tor p smpano and tarpon-
me former the fines st table and the
latter the gamiest sport fish that
Icepl where the Gulf water predomi-
mates.
There r 600 acres of this estate
already under cultivation, the resi-
dental reservation icing surrounded
by a magnificent live oak grove,
that holds its leaf all the year round;
and here, too, is a noted chalybeate'
syripg that for generations has been.
ffequented by all the neighborhood
for i ; marvellous health-giving pro-
perIies-
Il l. NJ. Munford's purpose to
d-spps- 0f this property in parcels to
SUI: purchasers. or a. a whole it such
a . yer presents himself-ani it is
to be hoped that the latter will be
forthcoming, for 1ndee it would be
a pity to divide up so magnificent a
d main, suited as it Is by every de-
sirable gift of Nature for a palatial
hone-wIth.sea, river and land ap-I
breaches and superb hunting and
fishing and farming reservations and
a wealth of woodland the monetal.
value of which, as timber goes these
days, is SIMPLY Ineslimabge.