Southern good roads . ullman and takes to thefreedom nf ouldddi lifi. Tiie Central Iligluvay com-pleted will mean a tremendous increase in tourist trav-el, wliii-h ill liirii will mean t;reater pros]ierity for1hi resort Idwiis and the Icn-itory cinlirarcd in thehunting and iisliinii- rcuion df the (arteret coasl. theCraven .iunijles and lalves and ri\(rs. Craven will build ]>ci-ba|)s tlie lonu-est strelcli of the(.entral Higliwav if any cdnniy of the iiiniteci; or twen-ty it will go through, nearly sixty miles, and is notIomplaiuing aliout it. The people of that ciunty ex-[leit to share its
Southern good roads . ullman and takes to thefreedom nf ouldddi lifi. Tiie Central Iligluvay com-pleted will mean a tremendous increase in tourist trav-el, wliii-h ill liirii will mean t;reater pros]ierity for1hi resort Idwiis and the Icn-itory cinlirarcd in thehunting and iisliinii- rcuion df the (arteret coasl. theCraven .iunijles and lalves and ri\(rs. Craven will build ]>ci-ba|)s tlie lonu-est strelcli of the(.entral Higliwav if any cdnniy of the iiiniteci; or twen-ty it will go through, nearly sixty miles, and is notIomplaiuing aliout it. The people of that ciunty ex-[leit to share its lienefits proportiduately, aiul they willnot be disappointed. About every acre of laud alongIhrt rdute in Craven is susceiitible df <;reat develop-ment. ^Mready some ::if the best farms m the state areon the routi, and tluuv are other thousands of acresjust as fertile. Some attention is alread^? t;-iven todrainage, and these two—drainage of farm lands andEfood roads—will make Craven one of the ricdiest coun-. Mr. C. G. Blades Automobile plowing its way througrh a Craven CountySwamp road en route to his home at Laurel. Del. ties in the state. Released frum tlu sand and mud tax,and draiuiug out the pocosins that s nu- the soil. Crav-en lands canuot escape the scrutiny and the choice ofinvestors who seek for something good under southernskies where the growing seasons are long and the cli-mate mild. In Lemiir and AVa>ne cmuities the inducements as great and tlie benefits just as sure. These
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