The farmer and mechanic., 1911-10-03
BUCKEYE FARMERS
TO TEST N. c. SOIL
Number Of Ohio People
Coming On Tour Eastern
Part of State and Why
Especial to News and Observer

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Elizabeth City, Sept. 30,-Eastern
Carolina will be the mecca for quite
a number of leading citizens Of Ohio
next month and great preparations
are being made by all Of the towns
Of this section for the proper enter
tainment Of the visitors and an at
tractive display of the wonderful farm
lands, manufactures, business houses,
homes. schools, etc
special train will bring large
number Of agriculturists and other
citizens from Columbus, Ohio, ana
other points in that State. the first
week in October the special being
scheduled to leave Columbus Tuesday,
October 3. Attracted by the reports
Of the wonderful drainage develop
ment Of this section, these Ohioans
will come here to see for themselves
just what may be accomplished by
new methods and new ideas. me
Norfolk Southern Railroad Company
has been very active about the ad-
vertising Of Eastern Carolina and
naturally is interested in the increase
of population and the development Of
every industry.
To Elizabeth City Via Norfolk.
The party will arrive in Norfolk
Wedn nesday, October f. There the WIS.,
itors will be treated to visits to the
Navy L dTU, t11S ldIIlOuS SuIlliIiC: IS-
sorts and other points Of wide inter
est. Early Thursday morning, the
special train will leave Norfolk for
Moyock and Elizabeth City. At Moy-
ock a stop of several hours will be
made and the rich farming Ian is ana
the drainage work that is now IN
progress Will be inspected. The party
Will arrive in Elizabeth City about two
o'clock in the afternoon and will be
met by body of leading citizens and
prominent planters Of the county. Au-
tomobiles and carriages will be IN
waiting and the visitors will be given
rides through the principal farm ing
sections of this rich county. In the
evening a public meeting Will be held
in the auditorium, when talks will be
made by both the distingu. shed Wis
itors and prominent citiZeas. Follow
ing this meeting the temporary guests
will be entertained at some informal
supper Or banquet. The Chamber OF
Commerce will have this feature in
charge and there is no doubt that
Elizabeth City and North Carolina's
reputation for the typical Southern
hospitality. which is known through
out the land, will not suffer by the en-
tertainment offered.
To Visit Belhaven Section
Friday. the special train will leave
Elizabeth City for Belhaven and sec
ton, where the great tracts of drained
lands OF Wilkinson Bros the pioneers
IN this work. Will be Inspected One
or the interesting places . these
Western visitors will be the Punco
river drainage district, whore $4,000
acres Of rich virgin lands, black sandy
ioam soil, is being opened for settle
ment. The work and sights here will
pe slmllar to those which Will be seen
at Moyock, the seat of great drainage
operations at this time.
Washington will be visited ana the
visitors royalty entertained by the
leading commercial bodies and farm
ers. after which the party will pro-
ceed to New Bern There the party
Will disband and the Ohioans will re-
turn at their pleasure upon the home
ward bound trip. An elaborate pro-
gramme has been prepared by the
Norfolk Southern officials. in coniunc-
ton with the officials for the enter
talnment Of the visitors at New Bern
There leading citizens and farmers
will gather from Kinston, GrecnviIle
Wilson. Morehead City and Beaufort,
and viii discuss with the Ohioans the
farming lands and possibilities of this
section.
May IndHce Desirable Settlers.
1t IS expected that the visit Of he
OhloanS to this part of the State Will
mean the acquisition of a number CT
desirable settlers and new blood in
tho farming districts. Eastern Caro-
lima will receive some advertising in
this manner that would be Impossible
perhaps in any other form Of public
fty.
Elizabeth City and Pasouotan
county are ready for the visitors and
will leave nothing undone within
bounds to impress the citizens of
Ohio that this is the section of great
est possibilities in the world.