The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-10-25
ORANGE COUNTY.
Under ITS VAST AND GAUDY Sun
FLOW Err,
shows Hints of its Honorable History
and Predictions of its Industrial Dcvci-
ODment.

shows Hints of its Honorable History
and Predictions of its Industrial Dcvei-
opment.
It was a daring fancy to overhang the
whole space occupied by Orange county
with a canopy Of orange >and black and
it was still more daring to have the centre
of the canopy in the shape a sun-hower.
THE CHRONICLE protests against the taste
perhaps, Of the most of the VISITORS that
the Orange sun-hOwer is attractive Ger
tainlv it is conspicuous.
Under this gaudy canopy hangs the por-
traits Of the greatest gifts Of Orange to
the State-Graham, Nash and Cameron
In front of these portraits are some very
significant specimens of the historic old
county's products tobacco, wheat, corn,
grasses, woods, slate, stone and minerals;
and few manufactured products.
Orange is one of the old counties that
that has popularity been supposed to have
lost its grip on success. 1t has not been
reckoned in recent years among the most
progressive in the State. For this reason,
therefore, it is the more significant that
il has come to form part of the great EX-
position And the exhibit it makes will
put to shame those who fancy that a great
history is the only great thing hat Orange
has.
Mr. Allan Cameron says that very
easily noticeable Improvement, and great
improvement, has taken place in agricul-
tural methods. The number Of improved
agricultural implements is constantly in
crcasing. The great crop to which proper
attention has not yet been paid is
the cultivation Of grasses. Mr.. james
Norwood has shown that such cul-
ture is adapted to the soil, and profitable
What remains to be done is
for the farmers to make the crop more
general Vance county and Cleveland
county, it may be recalled. have made a
similar beginning, and are preaching the
gospel of hay; nor are these all Suppose
it should happen that the attention which
the Exposition causes to be called to this
,s-,hioct should result in North Carolina's S
5000 becoming hay-producing, instead
mercig of a hayconsumlng State. DO
you know how much money would be
kept in the State that now goes out of it;
and how much more might be brought
hther that now goes elsewhere? Much
hay as has been grown in the State and is
now grown, the industry and zeal of the
apostles of grass have not yet had their
sorof,er reward. If Orange brought moth
ing else 80 The Exposition but the specl-
mems of hay and grass seeds, it would be
worth while tG study its exhibit.
Bat it has brought many other things
cotton. tobacco, wheat, vegetables and all
the other staple products.
AID the building stones and wiet
stones of Orange are significant and Sug-
ges,iye There is enough whetstone in
this county +, sharpen all the reapers and
carving knives tEla. the furthest advanced
civilization ever built or grain and beef
could demand And the large slabs of
slate have already found purchases. Or.
Dabney says that one of them is the
finest specimens lie has ever seen.
But it is impossible to enumerate all
the articles in this exhibit III a daily paper.
The most significant fact is that Orange
county has come All the world knows
that there are no more prosperous farm
ers in the land than many OF those IN
Orange,
Ever since the beginning of our history,
this county has been the home not only
of successful men but also of people Of cul-
ture and Of some of the most distinguished
statesmen of the South. Yet these grt ia
men who look down from the walls at this
exhibit never saw anything 80 significant
of the building up Of the whole people as
the grasses and grains and ores and
stones that is before them and the thou
sands of people from every direction of
the compass who are come to see what the
day of industrial development is bringing
and to help towards its results.
Orange. with its SunflOwer is just in its
youth, long and honorable as its service
has been.