The farmer and mechanic., 1913-12-09
VOL. -. NO.54.

lot Of dti 'rmined followers the
brllSh troops were SO scattered tha.
i WAS dangerous L. he anything tut
2 lcyalist The river planters in ae~-
peration banded together one night
and made an assault on Elizabeth
town. which was garrisoned by Sev-
eral hundred of the Tories and th-
AssaLlt Of the Proyincials Mas - sud
den and determined that the Brit4st.
We're driven out Of the town IN dis
order II was tn. men from the east
side who accom- plished the feat They
/ approached the river at night tool,
off their clothes and waded acro>s.
and then after dressing themselves
| they Stormed the town. This engage
ment broke the power Of the British
/ in The Cape Fear country. and the
| banished reNolutlonists who had been
| scattered over the adjoining counties
| found il safe TO return To their homes
while the British concentrated their
| power more down about Wilmington
| and became less aggressive All over
the boundary Of the two CarolinaS.
Has Great Future
When Rladen county IS connected
with the world il should he great
county. 1t is at its nearest point
scarcely more than twenty-five miles
from Wilmington. port where
| freight may be dispatched in all II
rections The Coast Line road Is on
one side. the Seaboard on 1he other
side Of Bladen. With the river in the
center a connecting road from the
Coast Line to the Seaboard would
afford excellent freight facilities
With the ocean at hand. and two rail
roads 10 reach to the world no part
of the State could be better equipped.
But without counting its practical
possibilities Bladen is a section OF the
. United States | like to visit The
forests. the swamps, the lakes the
; river and the creeks. the foliage at all
seasons of the year. the wild life. the
quaint old plantation life, the blend
ing OF the new with the very old. the
, tradition. the history, the quiet isola :
ton away from the world, these af
ford many inducements to man 10
, wander down the Wilmington road
from fayetteville. or to stop at some
of the Coast Line towns and break
into the wilderness at one Of the
South river crossings and get hack
, from the busy scenes Of life.
I No Hotels, Much Hospitality
: | don't think there is hotel ir
+ Bladcn county on the east side of tn,
E Cape Fear. But that is no ground
: for complaint. Every man who ha!
r a roof, SO far as | know, will shar,
t that roof with the stranger, and q.
|
s and the ham. And don't think the,
y are any jays in Bladen, either. Telc
8 phones go all over the county. Mai
d routes bring tjdings from the outsid'
Z. world. The academy at White oal
is one TO be proud Of Intelligent ane
$ hospitable people are all over tn
e county and the visitor who stays il
t Bladen short time will make a 10
r Of friends in that time.
} AS good roads become more com
= mon In Bladen county SO that the al
= tomobile can make the journey NOR
u quickly down into the heart Of the~
! big forests | apprehend that Blade
II county will be favorite place T.
} tourists from other COuntieS~and Cthr
q States, for there are few sections tha
combine more interesting roadsid
T. experiences and quaint and interest
II ing sights than down through the in
z developed section Of this Cape Fea
: country.
;, Even after the farmer has eStab
= | lisned himself and the county I'd
= moved out into the world 10 share /.
- the newer ways it Will still bc inter
!. esting, for man cannot very mate
rally change the face OF the esrt
y except in a limited way