The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-07-21
WRICHTSVULE BEACH ALONE
MAKES STATE WORTH WHILE
Warm Water and a Long Season Give Noted Wilmington
Resort Big Advantage Over Beaches Further North
Large Development Ahead.
(By BION III. BUTLER)

NDTT0 1dTOliId hdd hO OIIiVA pOocA
bility under the sun l am half dis
osed to say that Wrightsville Beach
and the scheme on foot to make it a
great summer outing spot for he peo-
ple would still make the State worth
living in.
Water has always had a fascination
for mankind. The old influence ex-
erted in the primieval days by the
ocean seems to extend as men grow In
intelligence. The sea never grows tire
some. 1t is the biggest n most sat
isfying amusement enterprise on
earth.
North Carolina has a long sea coast.
1t is fortified by two inside coast
lines on the sounds. The sea has
been generous to the State. No H-lit
hardly hedges about h extent OF
beach. The beach in most places IS
approachable and clean and fiat. 1t Is
the character of the geology of the
coastal plain as it sweeps down from
the Piedmont.
For a long time Wrightsville Beach
has been a popular bathing place.
OF late years a great enthusiasm mas
sprung up toward making of Wrights-
willie a much bigger and a much bet
ter acquainted outing place for the
people from all over the two States.
At the present a project is on for
making WrightsvilIe Eeach one of the
most attractive vacation resorts In
the world. and it is highly desirable
that the people shall know of h
is within their reach n that they
may avail themselves Of it.
A Big Advantage.
When we talk of seaside resorts
the first thought nat comes up in
cludes Atlantic City and Brighton,
and those places that are visited by
hundreds of thousands continuously
through the season, and We overlook
one thing, that nature has given to
the coast Of North Carolina one adj
vantage hat Atlantic City with all it's
start and all it's fame a never have.
and that is warmer water and a much
longer season.
Atlantic City is a big resort with
cold water, and with a few brief weeks
when it is tolerable to any but the
most desperate.
At Wrightsville the water is warm,
the season is long. the beach is all
that could be asked. the tides are
not high, and one thing that strikes
me is the infinitely cleaner moral at.
mosphere at Wrightsville than at mos
of the seaside escorts Of the Othel
states.
The liquor question at Wrightsvillt
had it's airing when the dry
came in North Carolina. For a tim,
not survive without booze. Then
wise man saw a vision. He perceived
that it was not beer people came t.
the coast to find. but water. From
that day to this water has been tn
trump card, n now fOlks wonde
why they did not realize it sooner
Few people are going to pay severa
dollars for an outing to get beer whe,
for much less money they can sen
for a lot OF it to be delivered at thei
homes. But many people will pa
their money for a decent orderly out
ing ut a nlano lilo this ond fhov or
more willing if they know that tn
offenses of a drunken crowd will b
absent.
am assured by the people who al
holding the authoritative hand owe
WrightSville that liquor has gone
earnest. and that the resort will /
kept clean, a fit place for the wome
and children as we'll as for the me
and the young men. n with that a.
l do not hesitate to say VIII;
think Of the possibilities of Wright
willie as a great and wholesome anus
ment possibility for the people
North Carolina.
The Hotels and the Railroads.
! am not a barker for the hote
al WrightSville. We pair our bill
there. and some Of the newspaper fe
lows seem to think we paid all tn
was coming and a bit of trimming
the side. I am an enthusiast for Il
CIV III oIOOlo
much better acquainted with Il
pleasure that can be found in a tr
to the beach. The railroads are pre-
ty good fellows. and probably tn
have measured up the situation, a.
cut their coat according to the clot
but 1T seems to me they should do
great deal more of missionary wo
in getting people out to Wrightsyi
Beach. Probably the railroads ha
figured out about how much traf
to the sea Is available at the prese,
and they shape their service and tn
advertising to correspond with t
patronage. But it will not be a grt
many years until the increasing Or.
perity OF North Carolina will be lea
ing many more people to look
ward the sea for a summer vacati,
and in due time W. will see excursi
trains pouring their thousands il
Wrishtsville just as the excursi
trains OF the North are hauling
by day the enormous crowds to poi
all along the Jersey coast