Duplin, Wayne, Wilson, Edgecombe ! Aim-roved: Bv order of the State
and Halifax. In the next f nv weeks
vnn will liM.ve ii lot, of machine made
roosters crowing around about the
In r money ''the party" got out of)
this railroad for the counties. .Now
for the answer which shall put
theill down. The l'etersbllg aiid
W eldon Railroad Comjiany is an iu-1
despensable link in the Chain of tlie
Atlantic Cost line of which the!
Wilmington & Weldon is the richest '
and greatest member. The owners :
of the Wilmington & Weldou are I
the owners of the Coast Line. The!
I'eteisburg and Weldon was in 1891 I
in the articles of death by reason of
the expiration of its Charter by lapse
of time. The Legislature of 1891
refused to renew it except for two
years, in 15 tne Wilmington x
Weldon and Coast Line people were
at the mercy of the State. Ly re
fusing to extend this charter aid by
propei ii j i-Ktaiatiim i.iC
State could have annihilated the
.:t:.. t
Wilmington & Weldon Railroad
Company and the coast Eine. An
honest Legislature would have said
to this band of foreign capitalists,
who had for 23 years enjoyed the
benefits of the State's protection, the
use of its courts and police without
contributing one dollar to help bear
the burdens which fell on the peo-
pie: " e have you in our power.
