The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-06-06
NORTH CAROLINA.
Some Interesting Facts About the Ole
North State.
Manufacturers Record. I

| North State.
Manufacturers Record
| The steady advancement of North
Carolina on all lines of industry for
which nature has provided abundant |
| facilities, ought to occasion general re-
joicing among her citizens, and stimu-
late them to renewed efforts. But that |
old State is so staid and conservative, |
and has marched onward in such quiet, |
unostentatious fashion. that it is doubt |
full whether many of her people. except |
those officials whose duties keep them
we'll informed, have any idea of the
grandeur of her progress. or Of the al
most infinite variety Of ways in which
it is manifested. The reports of the
several executive departments of the
State government are filled with valu-
able information, but there is too much
of it and covering too wide a range of
subjects, to admit Of anything beyond
general summary.
These statistical facts show: First
great and growing financial strength,
accompanied consequently by increas-
ling credit for all State, county and
municipal securities. SecOnd-an eX-
tension of the plants of many estab-
lished industries and the introduction
of great variety of new ones. Third
Improvements in agriculture by dl-
versifying crops; by introducing finer
grades of horses, cattle, sheep and
swine; by the adoption of such systems
of feeding and caring for stock as
justified; by saving barn yard man
ures and compost materials, and using
commercial fertilizers only as adjuncts
to them; by increasing the sorghum
crop and it's products; by paying greater
attention to small fruits, orchards and
vineyards; by adopting improved i'm
plements and machines; by studying
. and practicing farm economics once
greatly neglected; by holding farmers
Institutes and reading the best agricul-
tural publications, including the excel
lent ones issued in that State. Fourth
- while North Carolina has from colo
lie NAL times provided literally for the ed
ucation of her children and youth, she
is doing now more than ever in tha
er direction Fifth-there has been
AAS SUcdut lullON VI uCS11d "oAOAA
or comprising well-to-do farmers, skille'
M mechanics, first-class laborers, also o
ts, many capitalists who have investe
for largely in forest lands, mines, waite
N. powers and extensive farms, and az
er- now engaged in their development
by Sixth-many miles have been added
me the States system of railroads, all
Il, many more will be completed durin
le- the current year. These are furnish
ing ing rapid transportation to region
0us never before blessed with it, and al
or opening up lands rich in all natural r
on sources to enterprising settlers, and al
elf thus adding largely to the wealth
the their owners and to the general pro
ink peritv. Seventh-the establishment
the savings banks, under general law e.
on acted four years since, has already pr
ard duced an appreciable and beneficial {
nan feet in the communities where they a
located, and the day is not distant wh'
there will be one in every considerab
center of population. Eighth-t
4 in new mills and factories of all kline
ome which have absorbed large sums Of d
this mestic capital as well as brought
ious much from elsewhere, now general
, of paying handsome profits and are al
sire creating home markets for farm
and garden products by increasing grea
as the numbers of wage earners who mi
ious buy most of the food consumed
the themselves and their families. L
rsa- weekly output of wages has also
jim creased perceptibly the trade OF ret
stores of all descriptions and OF
Il, mestic furniture, tinware and otl
and factories. Ninth-the fine new hot
d be at Asheville. Hickory. Wilmingt
but Morehead. Fayetteville and me-
\ the other places. and the mproveme
age made in such other places as the W
,pect known Marlborough at Raleigh and
Central at Charlotte. together with
tious fame of such health resorts as Sor
lv as ern Pines. are attracting to the 81
one. many thousands Of winter tour
lmily health-seeking and sportsmen. Tel
full of the fisheries of the State amount
your to some $4,000. 900 annually are
sell life source of wealth. To this
,eart. soon be added large yield from
on of oyster garden of Pamlico Sound. wi
com 583, 900 acres suited to that pur]
which have been surveyed and mapped
for it Lieutenant WinslOw. {. S. n. ac
nows in cooperation with the departmer
than agriculture which has PAID the
penses of this great work. Ne
Err. one-tifth of this extensive field
been sold to Northern and local oy;
men. and the remainder can be bo
giving on favorable terms. Finally.-W
it Gre North Carolina has had DO boo
uian!s ahr.s as that word is generally understo'
. ben, these days. and while her p1osp
It is would pursue the policy inausurate
Nor Governor Jarvis, and give IN New
or some other Northern city siI
exposition Of her advantages
,,n0t,,e natural rhsOurces to that made i'll
,dacbe, ton in 1888. still her people have c
lly out reason to be proud of their State a
ace up, rejoice in its great prosperity.
iicines.
lis very New Papers.
lmuIate North Carolina is not only multip