The farmer and mechanic., 1915-05-04
BY w. \. CANADY.

yaCuouS beauty lOunging in guarded |
harem; languid and peaceful on the
restless edge of that briny flood
whose other shore is being incarna-
diued with the blood of millions in
batte-sleeps in equana nifty undis-
turbed by the noise of strife and the |
thunder of war-the little village Of |
Swansboro.
It's populace may not agree that it !
sleeps, but viewed by the cOsmopolite |
from his hazardous place in the mad /
seething, hustling throng; or the |
business man from the assiduous grind |
and strain of his Office-truly it's |
tranquility is synonymous with sleep. |
Yet the hour of it's awakening is nigh. |
The roseate dawn already has begun
to tint the eastern sky; and soon it
will rise from its long and peaceful
slumber, fling it's arms to the broad
light of approaching day, and greet,
with characteristic hospitality, the
blazing Sun of Enterprise as it breaks
over the horizon and floods her cres-
cent shores with its welcome warmth.
Haven for Storm Tossed Vessels.
Set like little pearl in an emerald
band the town lies near the seas
edge on a strip Of alluvial coast.
whose lines sweep in and recede as
bow, forming a sheltered haven for
the Storm-tossed vessels that has
braved the tempeSt-torn coast Of
Tatteras, few miles to the north
ward This wave-kissed intaglio is
defined on the map of North Caro-
lima as Onslow Bay. The name is
pr0saic enough, to be sure. It's pri-
mordial beauty should have suggested
To it's christeners a nomenclature of
more grace and charm. SeXlah.
The town proper numbers a pOpu-
lation of about five hundred souls
1t has an elevation Of forty feet above
Rea-level, and falls in a gentle, dec
livtous slope from the eminence,
where the buildings begin, to the
waters edge. AS you enter by the
road which, continuing through the
town, forms the main street, the first
sight that greets your eyes is the
broad bay to the left, formed by a
bend of White Oak river. The
strangers first sensation upon enter
ing is one of rapture and admiration.
Looking out over this five-mile
stretch Of water from your elevated
position on the road, you acknowledge
that fairer sight would be hard tc
picture. Out in the bay, about a
mile from shore, is a picturesque little
of fine land, under cultivation. IT.
precipitous bluffs rise high on every
side. defying the highest storm tide.
and producing a sense Of security tt
those who dwell upon it.
River Fronts Town.
Directly fronting the town, tn
river empties into Bogue sound. Th'
merging, however. is so gradual tina
1T is impossible to discern where th
liver ends and the sound begins
Bogue sound is one Of the links il
the long chain Of sounds which form
the inside waterway Of the Nortl
Carolina coast. and the route whicl
til 1Nn
ing constructed by the Federal gov
ernment, will follow.
The sound running east and Yves
forms the waterfront Of the tOwr
and is two miles across to the beach
Another beautiful island lies here, be
tween the town and the beach, calle
Russells Island. This is much large
than the island in the bay. Their
are about one hundred acres of farl
land under cultivation on it, and sex
eral tenant houses besides the HON
OF the owners.
And now we come to one OF tt
most attractive features Of tn
banks" as it is locally termed. He1
is. without question, the most beaut
full beach on the South Atlant
coast. The beach proper, as far ;
the eye can see, is one long, broa
level, sandy stretch. Reaching o.
INTO the sea Win SLOWLY ihci ASH
depth, the bottom is as smooth al
hard as a concrete floor, with !
rocks. shells or other impedimen
to injure the feet Of the bather: al
no treacherous holes formed by snea
ing under-curents. A life-saving st
ton Coast Guard) is located abo
a half mile east of Bogue Inlet.
the side facing the sound; and this
the part Of the beach used by t
gala parties from SwansbOrO and co
tiguous communities The beach he
is about a half mile wide, but gro
wider all the way down. until, at
distance of twelve or fifteen nil
eastward it is five or six NIL
across. Continuing on to the ea
ward. you come to Fort Macon a
Beaufort Inlet, twenty-five miles fro
Bogue Inlet.
Beautiful Strip Of Beach.
In this Strin of beach tWenty-f Il