The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-06-07

willingly, cordially, and heartily the
nominee. Let their voices, pens,
and purses aid him. This is the
kind O, support that helps.
That the South is making wonder
full progress. any one who will take
time to think is forced to admit.
Thrift, energy and genius is visible
ever where. One thing that has ma
terially retarded our onward course
was our reluctance. or our failure
rather, to adapt ourselves readily to
the changes which revolution had
wrought. AS the active participants
in the war on either side pass away
and their sons who only remember
the great struggle as historic fact.
take their places, the less bitterness
and sectional feeling will there be.
There is no reason why the South
should not rapidly advance. She has
superior natural advantages-her eli
mate is unsurpassed-she has mines
equal to those of California-she has
water-power sufficient to turn the
spindles of the world, and her agri.
cultural advantages are not equalled
in any land.
The South must. of course, vary
her industries: indeed, she is fast
becoming a manufacturing section,
but it will never, owing to natural
and economic causes, lease to be the
great agricultural belt of the world.
The farmers must keep up with the
times-they must exercise common.
practical, Business prudence in the
management of their affairs. If one
crop fails to pay, another must be
tried. The tendency now is, il the
papers of the country arc to be be-
lieved, to vary the crops. Varied in.
dustries and varied crops ought to
enrich any country.
We know that the idea now pre-
walls among the farmers that it is
cheaper to buy meat and corn than
it is to raise it. We are disposed to
join issue with them here. Such might
be the case, if we cultivated none but
rich lands. such as would produce a
bale or more Of cotton per acre. but
as we often times cultivate poor land,
the fact is otherwise. Complete
changes cannot be made in day. but
our farmers must realize the true sit.
uation. Those lands that are best
adapted to the production Of cotton
must be set apart for that purpose,
and the lands Of other sections better
adapted to grain, grazing, &C., must
be given up to these pnrposes-and
just here it may be we'll to say that
our farmers of North Carolina will
scarcely be able to compete with
Texas, and more Southern States in
the production of cotton. If this is
found to be true, our leading farmers
will have to turn their attention to
better paying crops. In our immedi
ate section we can produce anything
Cotton. corn, tobacco, oats, wheat
rye. peanuts, and other things are
now produced. Our Roanoke river
lands would produce fine clover and
grass, and stock raising could be
made good paying business. There
are already some efforts being made
in this uirectiOn-as an evidence, we
are sure that there are not less than
sixty colts in this section which were
foaled this spring. Some of them are
thorough bred-and we sac, too
some very fine cattle on different
farms. Trucking here would un
doubtedly pay. Peas aqd potatoes
flourish, and asparagus is a sponta.
neDus production.
This is a fine field for enterprise
We invite those in ques, of GOOD
homes, cheap lands, healthy climate
desirable religious advantages, CHEAP
and firSt-claSS school facilities anC
:. remunerative incomes from limited
OUTLAWS, to visit us. We will show
YOU fine lands, fine timer, good
mineral springs, public and private
schools in successful operation, kind
neighbors, churches in every neigh
e borhood, peace, quiet, good govern
n ment, and harmony between tn,
il races. We invite citizens, not polit-
t. zeal adventures.