The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-12-03
A STRANGERS OPINION
OF SCOTLAND NECK

Hon. ThoS. |. Reilly Says This Town
Has Great Possibilities and Pre-
diets Big Things.
what do you think of Scotland
Neck?" asked The Commonwealth
man Of Representative Thos. L.
Reilly, of Meriden, Conn.,, who with
Mrs. Reilly is visiting Hon. Claude
Kitchin and Mrs. Kitchin for few
days. preparatory to returning to
Washington to attend the closing
session Of the 63rd Congress.
Zone of the best little towns l
have seen during a number of visits
to many parts Of the South" was
the answer. Continuing with his
views Mr.. Reilly said among other
things:
The possibilities of your Main
street are great. 1t is fit to be the
principal tfor oughfare of a city of
100, 900 people. 1t is we'll laid out,
unusually broad and could easily be
made most attractive. Some day in
the near future when your improved
road movement gets under way your
Main street will be paved with one
of the many excellent road building
materials now in use, and you will
be proud of it.
When we began making our good
roads in Connecticut according to
systematic plan some fifteen years
ago there was opposition, especially
! in the farming districts, to the ex-
! pe3lse entai!ed. bur now the farmers
aia the strongest advocates of good
roads, for they have made their
/ farms more valuable and the cost of
bringing their produce to market,
mach less. We have appropriated
millions O. ads and they are worth
evrl, dsilar spent On them. You
can SOW go from New York to Bos-
ton through Connecticut and Massa-
ci'usettes without touching foot Of
dlrt road Good roads are the best
asset Of any State, and good streets
the best asset of any town or city.
You pave your Main street and
you will be surprised to see the way
it will help business generally. Your
stores compare most favorably with
any have seen even in much larger
places. l know that you have been
hit hard here by the cotton depres-
sion, but that is only temporary.
You have three staple articles of
produce-cotton, peanuts and corn
that will insure general prosperity
to any community, evea though
there may be a let up in business
occasionally.
in the near future things are 60
ing to hum in business sense and
the South, now a bit depressed be-
cause of the cotton situation, is 60
ing to enjoy the benefits Of the boom.
You have a live set of retail
business men and progressive plant
ers, combination that is bound to
win. Don't be afraid to make inn
provements townwise. Every dol
lar you put into good streets, sewers.
lights and other public improve.
ments will return big dividends in
increased business and a prosperous
and contented community. The
pessimist is the pest of any city
The fellow who as individual, az
storekeeper or taxpayer is afraid tt
spend a dollar is no good to any one
J; The man who thinks he is saving
money by failure to advertise wha1
> he has to sell is the boil weevil O,
mercantile life The community
( that is not booming and boosting
{ itself will remain a never was or :
/ has been.
4 "You here in Scotland Neck hav,
the chance to be the big town Of thi
: section of the State. Intelligence
r and hospitality are two great factor
: in the making of a successful town
S Scotland Neck has a great surplus.
: ''This is my third visit to Scotlan'
h Neck and l feel like a native. 1t
h easy to feel at home here. Yo
S have the natural resources for
7. splendid big town, and it remain
e for the people to take advantage 9
" them. Fix up, spend some none
l. and improve things, showing 30
e have confidence in your town an
# yourselves; and you will be surpri
Is ed how rapidly your town will grow
s. Do not worry about the war-th.
l. must end. There is a worse thin
g than war-it is a community tn;
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