The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-01-09

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anything we set out to do, provided
we pull to gether in the right splr1tY
Do we realize the pungent and vital
fact that towns and cities are merely
collections Of individuals, and that the
community cannot rise higher than the
average of intelligence, thrift and pub
lie enterprise manifested by the citi-
zens9 Have you ever stopped to
dwell upon the now evident fact that
cities are made more by men than by
opportunity.
For instance, Chicago was not loca-
ted for great city. [ was originally
a swamp. The best location for Chica
go, where she could buy raw materials
and sell the finished products was at
the southern end Of lake Michigan. If
one were choosing a natural location
for q city the conclusion would have
Immediately been reached that Chica-
90 was about fifty miles too far north
and out of line for railroad facilities
east and west.
great city had a vision. They were
governed by the spirit "1 WILL,
which is Chicago's motto today. They
percame natural barriers, they swept
side obstacles, they filed in the
Camps, and upon the foundations Of
ok, perseverance and public-spirit
Hy built the greatest metropolis in
Is, United States outside of New
rk.
Now, when you wish to improve your
ainess you advertise-you place the
yantageous points of the commodi-
YOU have to sell before the public.
- has been demonstrated hundreds OF
lines that the same methods when used
n advertising a city or section will ma
,urally produce similar results, there
~ reviving and enlarging the activi-
ties Of that community, by bringing
in new blood, new energy, new CAPT
tai, new industries, which mean in
creased wealth and commercial and
industrial activity.
The people here have faith in this
town, and the public-spirited citizens
have recently contracted obligations
amounting to many thousands of dol
lars in the nature of public jmpro re
ments that are themselves the best
evidence of their public spirit and pro
gressiveness. We, in Scotland Neck
and Halifax county, are not looking
backward, but forward towards the
goal of greater achievements. The
Commonwealth believes this an oppor
tune time to tel labout Scotland Neci
and this section, to exploit to tn
world at large the many advantage
awaiting the investor and homeseek
er in this section. All this, and NOR
will be heralded in a mammoth edition
Of The Commonwealth now in cours
Of nreparation and which will be calle
the "GREATER SCOTLAND NEC1
EDITION.. It will be a newspape
in every respect worthy Of the spler
did community it represents and the II
spring message it will bear. In add
tion to the historical, commercial, II
dustrial and general review of SEQ
land Neck's progress, special article
will be prepared by the local Boar
of Trade, by men who are thorough
conversant with, and proficient, to pr
pare special articles on the subject
of Banking, Farming, Educational, II
90 ,ious, Jobbing, Retail, Real Estat
{ Manufacturing and many other adva7
<tages, resources and possibilities, t.
y ther with summary OF the oppo
t,nities that await the investor an
h1mcseeker here We shall faithful
t1v to make this "GREATER SEQ.
LAND NECK EDITION. ref1e
;otland Neck as it once was, as it
today, and as it should and can
within a few years from now.
It is the desire of the manageme1
g have the hearty cooperation Of e
.ry business and professional man al
ide-a-wake citizen in Scotland Net
~ I'd Halifax county-every man wi
,1ants to keep step with the army
progress for "GREATER AND Be