The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27
ON A NORFOLK SOUTHERN TRAIN
DOWN THE, CARROLL INA COAST
One of the Most Interesting Sections In the Wodnteest
In Every Consecutive Mie-~Every Settlement Aiv>
With Its History and Its Living Charm

and deer, and the sounds must have
fish to last as long as men care to sit |
on the bank and bait hook And no |
doubt in the deep tangles Of the |
SWampS are moccasin snakes enough |
to make corduroy road from one end |
of the county to the other
Currituck is thnly settled. Six or !
seven thousand is about the number |
| of it's population Some of these live |
| in the little villages. Some are lum-
bermen. Some are fishermen, and
boatmen After wandering around
| over the low fat land Of Currituck
| we crossed into Camden. one Of the
| newer counties as counties go down in
| the Sound country, for 1t was not Gre
ated until 1777. and it is therefore not
| of the period that begins with the set
| tlement Of the colony.
| Elizabeth City Of Land and Sea.
Nevertheless Camden is a part Of
| the interesting tidewater country, and
the stranger could ioiter through the
| county for days. Across the PaSuHO-
| tank river is Elizabeth City, and there
Doe began to get a high temperature
| and rapid pulse. When we from
the interior got down to the salt water
and to the strangely fascinating old
communities where this American en-
pire was born it is a mighty funny
feeling that catches us. Elizabeth
is of the land and of the sea. It's
quaint survivors Of the early period Of
the nation contrast sharply with the
brick streets and electric lights and
modern buildings You can't cover a
country very we'll by one railroad
journey through it, but the Doctor did
the best he could by climbing down
frOr.l the car during the minute or SO
it stopped at the Elizabeth station, and
? he came back much gratified by what
he had seen, although the station is
/, far out Of the city.
Clarendon ''Peach of County,
, We watched for Hertford on the
e head of the tidewater Of the Perqui-
] mans river. While Raleigh's colony
antedated any other English settle
!. ment in the present territory Of the
q United States, the first settlement that
q continued was in PerQuimanS county
s The oldest land title in North Caro-
q lima is said to be that granted by the
r Ycompin Indians to George Durant in
: 1862 This land is we'll known as Du-
). rants Neck to the present day. The
O next year King Charles II granted tC
f the Earl Of Clarendon and others al
e the land from the Atlantic and Pacific
; oceans and between the 31st and 36tI
IL parallels Of latitude. That reached
n from a little above the present Flor
4 ida line to nearly the north boundary
g of Albemarle Sound, and it was called
o the colony Of Carolina, after the King
r So you see if Southern California
o boasts any advantages you can sa.
N they are probably hereditary, acquired
a in the days when California was still
IS in North Crolina along with about {
> dozen of the other States on the roal
from here out to the coast Of the set
ting sun. Clarendon was one of th
ID three counties created in the Caroline
to colony, and it was peach. as th
tv boys say for it reached from Wilmin g
at ton, or where Wilmington was to b
/ in time, clear to Brunswick, Georgia
"a and Los Angeles. California. In 166
,e the colony was organized and given
Of | governor. William Drummond, a sub
v. stantial Scotchman, whose name
rs preserved in the famed Dismal Swa m
Of by a lake in the center.
70 A little farther down and we com
g. to Edenton. Here is an ancient oil
IN town named for Governor Eden, an
n il I have the right figures it will b
I'll 200 years old next summer. 1t woul
not be bad idea il the people G
nc the sound country would have a birth
vn day celebration for EdentOn next veal
of and invite the friends and neighboT
r. from all the rest Of the United State
ed to gather and get acquainted with tn
"a one OF the pioneers. Five miles Ion
n they tell US is the bridge crossing tn
Id sound soon after we leave Edento,
to and had no occasion to dispute it.
ds rather thought about what a man
is the car said as he informed his seal
re mate that it was the distance to Ian
MT, downward rather than in any oihe
ar direction that interested him. If v