The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-10-18
INVESTMENTS
In Agriculture. Manufactures. Nininc--
All nder the Most Favorable and
Hopeful Conditions

Lack OF raw material in North Carolini
there has never been: the need has beel
chiefly Of Workmen TO make the most of il
This need viii soon be supplied. else al
signs fail; for ! am writing on g tabl
made Of thlrty-two kinds Of wood. all ma
tive TO Franklin county. Mr. E. C. Jone
cut the trees III the forest sawed the lum
ber, prepared it and inlaid it with his OWL
hands And all round about are the bean
tlful and significant exhibits OF the products
Of the county and Of art and fancy work
Franklin is one Of the old counties, bu
one that has held its own and is entering
a new era Of progress.
AGRICULTURALLY
it has an almost ideal situation and oppor
tunity; and the agricultural products arc
| Well exhibited. Cotton, wheat and tobac-
| co-all these money crops grow III pcrfec-
ton The specimens shown are proof Of
the interesting statements made in the
/ descriptive pamphlet Of the couuty-ho how
Mr.. Henry Pe&rce who lives near Frank
! linton has for many years grown on aver
4 age OF more than Il bales Of cotton per
acre; p to 30 bushels Of corn and as much
wheat, sold 600 pounds of butter at 80
cents a pound5-all without the use of
commercial fertilizers of any kind. f
Franklin county had no other citizen than
Mr.. Pearce, it would have been able To
make a most instructive exhibit But Mr.
Pearce is not the only successful farmer
N the county by any means. Yields as
large as his are made by others; and his
land is 10 better naturally than the most
Of the land in the county
In tobacco Franklin takes the very fore
most place, and specimens are shown that
cannot be surpassed. Three great money
crOpS-but even these are not all. Corn
and all our North Carolina vegetables
grow as well in Franklin as anywhere
The lands of Franklin lie between the
exclusive cotton lands of the East and eX
elusive bright tobacco lands: and the soil is
admirably adapted to both these great pro-
ducts; and a Franklin county farmer can
combine these two great crops, and ''by
combining the two, cultivate tWo-thirds OF
4 full cotton crop and O-thirds OF a to-
bacco crOp-a clear advantage Of 335 per
cent. over the farmer who grows only cot
ton or the farmer who grows only tobacco.
Ills chances against bad crop years are the
best that any soil can afford.
Only one-third of the land has yet been
stripped of its forests, consequently at
least six times as many farmers as there
now is in the county could easily grow
rich from the soil; more than six times as
many indeed: because Franklin is one of
the great old plantation counties that has
already changed its system Of agriculture
from the extensive to the intensive plan.
Mr. Pearces experience tells the whole
story. MANUFACTURERS
are yet hardly begun. There is one cot
ton mill (Col. j. T. Joneso, and water
power enough afforded by Tar river and
its tributaries to turn as much machinery
as can ever be made profitable. Here is
the whole situation; almost every material
that is to be manufactured in North Car
DINA is found in abundance-wheat, tim
ber (all the merchantable varieties,) cot
ton, tobacco; there are good railroad ia
cilities and will soon be better; and labor
and living are as cheap IS anywhere else
in the South All that is needed is men
and money put to work there.
MINERALS AND STONES
There is granite enough to cover the
county with everlasting structures-nuch
Of it susceptible of a very high polish; as
bestos of good quality, and mica are found
in large quantities, and Will yield profit to
those who develop the mines. But the
most important mining interest by far is
the gold. For seventy-five years the Por-
tis mine, Gin the daubing Of the log cabin
of the original owner of which the shining
particles were first discOyered) has Weld |
ed more than 81 ,000 600. Stamp mills |
have recently been put up, and gold min
ing in Franklin is only fairly begun. Mr.. |
Arthur Arlington and other owners Of |
gold bearing land have portions of it now |
on the market. Gold mining in Franklin
before many years promises a very i'm |
pOrtant industry
OPPORTUNITIES FOR INvEsTnfNT
The opportunities for investment in |
Franklin, therefore, are many. Farming |
lands bought now, even if held unim- |
proved for few years would be good |
and the profits Of farming |
are as great there as anywhere. with a
much better chance against bad seasons
than i'll most agricultural sections. You
have the two great money crops Of the
country-cotton and tobacco-ir~ perfec-
ton.
For manufacturing enterprises the
county is as tempting as any in the
State
Whatever profits can be got from the
working of wheat and cotton and tobacco
and woods can be got there.
The chance for mining IS not the hope
Of the prospector, but the certain reward |
of the developers of mineral lands whose
value has already been made known.
THE DISPLAY.
The exhibit, in charge of Mr. George
;. Baker, IS handsomely arranged; and
the exhibits Of art-Work, needle-WOrk and !
fancy work Of all kinds is one Of the most
elaborate in the whole Exposition.
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THE SUPRE-aE. COURT.
Before the Supreme Court Tuesday morn
ing the following cases We're argued from
the Second District
NJ. Weinburg VS.. Albemarle & Raleigh
Railroad-from Edsecombe. John L.
Bridgers, Jr., for pltf., Q)y brief, and
Haywood & Haywood for diff.
". u w. r. r. Co. VS.. ". H. Kitchin ct
al.-from Edgecombe. Same attorneys.
n. c. State Life Insurance Co. vs.. Or
rem Williams-from Edgecombe Jno L.
Bridgers, Jr., for pltf., (by brief, and
Walter Clark for diff.
T. D. Martin ct ais vs. Public Treasurer
from Wake. Hinsdale 4 Dcyereux for
plff., and Attorney General for diff. Ar
u,