The farmer and mechanic., 1911-05-23

teiet county The county is nearly a
l1u1ored mlles IN length, and is inter-
sected by bays and creeks - s,ct
an extent that there IS Said 70 ha
hot mouse IN the county which can
not be reached by water The waters
III IN thls region are exceptionally SAT-
LOT SAILING, rowing or cenOeing ard
II would be possible TO spend two or
three months in exploring the water
ways near Beaufort.
HOOK and line fishing here can nor
oe surpassed on the Atlantic coast
Nearly all varieties of fish which are
caught With hook and line can he
uaken, such as Spanish mackere!, blue
hsh. trout, black and striped bass. and
many other varieties
BEAUFORT-TWO
Beaufort is the terminus of the Nor
folll Southern Railway and also of the
great inland waterway from Boston to
Beaufort
MOrchead City
MOrehead City, the sister town Of
Beaufort, is located on the opposite
side of the sound from Beaufort It
Is a much newer place, having been
founded after the completion of the
OLD Atlantic and North Carolina Rail
road (now the Norfolk Southern)
from Goldsboro to this point
No town in the State, Of the same
size, can boast of having made more
progress within the last year or two
Here are to be found modern stores
churches, residences and schools. The
chief fish and oyster industry of the
State is located here. There are also
to be found lumber mills. ice factory.
fertilizer factory and numerous other
enterprises One of the most import
ant improvements that has ever been
attempted in this section is the con-
y1to
structiOn along the water front to keep
back the high tides This is big
undertaking. but the progressive cit
zenS OF MOrehead City do not stand
back on expense when the advance
ment of the interests of their town IS
at stake. This fact has just been
proven again, when her citizens
pledged $4,000 to secure their town as
the eastern terminus of the great Cen
tral Highway from the mountains to
the seash ore. As reward for their
efforts along this line, they were nOtl-
fed on Thursday OF this week by Dr..
Pratt that Morehead City had been
selected as the eastern terminus and
that an engineer would arrive there
on Saturday evening to locate the
route
Morehead City is on the Norfolk
Southern Railroad and also on the
!
Beaufort Inlet Thus it will be seen
that for transportation facilities no
town in the State can compare with
Morehead City. Visitors can either
come by rail over the Norfolk South :
ern or by the great inland canal from
Boston via New York, Baltimore, Nor
folk and Eliza beth City, or soon they
can come speeding in their automo-
biles all the way from the Tennessee
| line to the sea.
At Morehead City is to be found the
| great Atlantic Hotel. known over the
| entire South as one of the most Ia
nous seaside resorts on the Atlantic
| coast Here for generations the elite
of the South have come to spend their
summer and in a few days they will
| begin to gather for another season S
| round Of merriment. The hotel IS be-
| ing remodeled and repaired, aud un-
| der the n1anag agement Of Mr.. Alex. L.
| Baxter. who was with the Marlborough
| House in Raleigh for so many years,
| it gives promise of being even more
successful year than any previous year
| in the history of the hotel.
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ALLIGATOR TRIED TO CHEW