The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-10
& DAY IN

This county ana spent the night, n
,rs next day took dinner j m Trenton.
nnnr the Father of his Country was
,~~yt1ng 10 New Berne. But he didn't
nave 49, good a dinner as I enioyed
here today.
mris is one of the old-time county
SEATS which was established in the
ea~Iv history of North Carolina. Tt is
beautifully situated at the head Of nav
ieation on the Trent and was created
Nv An act Of the General Assembly in
49,. one hundred acres OF land
were purchased. Of which FORTY were
lad out in one-ahlf acre lots. A
e2auce at the anne Of the commits
sioners appointed to lay off the county
sea. shows that there were giants
IN those days" in n county. They
were AbEer Nash, Frederick Hargett.
William Randall, Lewis Bryan,
John Isler. John Bryan, and Cd
ward Whitty-na1nes that have
long been known among the
States best leaders, These men laid
cf Inc town in the forks of the Trent
river and q beautiful creek, and for
more than an hundred years river
transportation has given 1'renton an
easy and cheap method Of getting its
fo.Gs and sending its produce to
market. Before the war, much tur-
pert:ne and rosin were floated down
tn river TO this place and then trans
ported on the steamer to New Berne.
Nine miles from a railroad, this water
Transportation has been a blessing to
TreEton-indeed has given it better
advantages in rates than some railroad
towns enjoy. 1t is a good business
town. is fun Of happy and comfortable
homes, many Of them being stately
residences Of the old style built by
r.eh planters who had large planta-
tnrs and muItitudes of slaves along
The Trent, and not a few modern and
ttau}ful houses. The natural advanta-
e. of Trenton are excellent. The nat
ural AXE here made from the creek is
as beautiful a body OF water as can be
found and the scenery along its banks
and he banks of the river is pictur-
esGl4 and attractive. From the first
S'tut Tcnt. Trenton has been peopled
ly EosPItablo and charming people
and in no large town will you find
more of the spirit Of real
cultivation, grace, and devotion
70 education than dominates this de-
hshttul little Village on the Trent. The
people are pround of their high school
which closed its session today with
e"mnencemen exercises that crowded
TIE capacity of the auditorium. The
principal Of the school. Prof. Henry
N. 10y. and his assistant, Miss
ho9Loe, have made the school n Of
the best high schools in the State.
what a great work these high
SCHOOLS are doing in North
'orolIna' They are training all the
i||s and girls Who want an education,
ana Jones county q decade hence will
he greatly bettcred by the more use
iui "\es Of the youths who are being
hal3ed here. The exercises showed
high talent in recitation and declama-
h9h. The medal for the best recita-
l"H was won in a spirited contest by
MSS Lillian Mcdaniel, and the de-
'ia'm@r medal went to G.. T. Pridgen
- d close shave. I. j. Kellum won
INC scholarship medal with Miss
BONNIE Loftin a prize as d close
N''"fo. Miss Bonnie Loftin won the
d. A. Smith mathematics medal; q.
!. trldgen won the writing medal;
MISS Lillian Haywood the advanced
Sptdin& medal; Milton Loftin the
bia@ Back spelling medal; and l. ].
ht"um the L. ID. Dixon history
medal. This last medal is given by
MI DIXON, the popular Register of
NeFoS, who is now at work upon a
history Of Jones county
me need of North Carolina today
" an accurate and fun history of
'f'Fl county in North Carolina. Jones
A"S furnished patriotic history in
every crisis in the life Of the State
from the Revolution Of 177e to the