The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-07-21

gauge Of that Connecticut Yankee
sat beside me n Grove nis caI,
and T knew he was considerably 0
SO per cent good. You don't nave TO
analyze an alberta peach, or invest
gate it all day, to find out what IL
amounts to. -.
What caught me about TINS
Wrightsville scheme. next after Wnat
nature has done, is what the people
are going to do. AS / cipher it out
they to max n OF the most
wholesome and attractive pleasure
spots on the whole big ROUND giope.
They plan to have it clean, ana agree
able, to have a decent note dom1-
nate, to make Wrightsville Beach just
a little bit p~leasanter TO vls1t tnah any
other beach in the United States.
The possibilities Of the picturesque
creation in the marsh will be one OF
the most interesting OF all the attrac-
tons. The continuation OF the settle
ment from Wilmington all n way
down to the sea will be different from
he other resorts. The interest that
attaches to the big port where sea
going ships from all parts OF
world are seen. will please the people
who come down from the country.
The view point that 1 get Of this is
not Wilmington's improvement. nj
not the Tidewater IA is to benefit,
and not the people Of Wrightsville
who are to look forward with pleasing
anticipation to what is to be done.
The Lure OF the Sea.
It is a work for those Of US who
live back in the interior. I can under
stand hat the folks who live on the
coast do not tire of the sea. Years
ago when I was a printer in San Fran
cisco I delighted to go day after day
| and sit on the sea wall at the old fort
on the Golden Gate and simply watch
the waves break up against the wall.
1t is a never firing fascination, and |
| never yet knew a man who did not
find interest in watching the sea.
Wrightsville Beach is the focus of a
railroad system that fans out to all
parts of the State. The beach IS ac-
cesSible by quite direct lines Of travel
from almost every country. AS the
traffic warrants the exertion the rail
roads will make Of the seaside bust
ness a feature. and at prices the PEG
pie can afford. These increasing IA
cilities will greatly augment the
crowds that will go down to the water
The improvement that has been made
and that is making will help to en-.
courage the country folks to make
pilgrimage as often as possible to the
coast, and all Of North Carolina will
be the better for the broader &C.
quaintance that will follow, as we'll a.
for the relaxation and enjoyment tina
comes with such a holiday as a trip tt
the salt water.
The Coast a Great Asset.
II Q stop to think a minute 20,
can easily see what a great asset tn,
coast OF North Carolina is. Above New
Jersey the water gets too cold to b.
agreeable. From New Jersey dow,
along the Atlantic there is more O
, less Of good beach. The Gulf coast i
: bothered with more or less Of objec
tlonable marsh. The great majorit,
: OF n States. those Of the interior
are away from the ocean and it Is
: pity. They may come to the coast
= but only at great cost and that make
the Journey an event of q life time.
! The most remote part Of Mort,
= carolina is convenient enough t
!. Wrightsvi1le that before long excu,
4 sion rates will make the sea access
: bic to the whole State.
Belongs to State.
Wrightsville is a private amuse
q ment enterprise. and in tina resDet
It will take care of itself. But it
d also a bigger thing thar that, for it
II the pleasure ground for the who
State, and those who sit at the r.
celpt OF customs at Wrightsville do s
d Tor the purpose OF providing for til
wants Of those who want conven
ences and accommodations whe
they reach the coast.
is This big amusement and pleasu,
IF enterprise will be just what the ne,
lie pie or State want it to be. It is
ly scneme for you and me and all O,
d friends and neighbors, ana it will !
as complete n satisfactory as II
people care to have it. If we tai
III advantage Of what private enternri
Up Is dong for us at WrightsviEe y
VIII nave one OF the finest things
a its kind that it is possible to nal
n for as | have said Nature has done
Is. wonderful share in providing t,
es ground plans. The Wilmington foil
a are doing the rest and are doing
in a way that will mean a lot to The
be city, for it will bring crowds tho
ct year after year, to the good Of bo
at city and visitor.
The argument about Wrightsv;]
'ct IS ina a trip to the sea is wor
i'll the money unless the price is fx
u~nreaSOnably high which is NJ III