The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-21

he ia making. The farm is sold and /
he moves TO town. How often is II /
the case that he does not realize the
profit lie had expected, but even I
should he realize all that be had ex
pected, does he not often find that |
even with his increased profits lie is
not realizing en01gh to keep himself |
and family up to the social position
which they held,in the couatry7 Tue
struggle begins By their denying
themselves the actual neces nties Of |
life in order to keep up outward show;
but this can only afford temporary |
relief. They have entered upon a |
struggle the intensity of which they
tad never dreamed Of in their limit |
ed, Tut happy, country home-a
struggle which can had relief only
In an increase Of profits or lower
ing in social position. Sometimes
by an increase in business profits
they are saved but how often is it
tie case that fin ding no relief 10 this
| source the man hasn't the courage to
draw In expenses but ru3bes on
hopeless y to bankruptcy, and too
often dishonesty ant disgrace. Often
even when he has the courage to-
move into q cheaper house on a back
street and in other ways reduce his
expenses we find the mans spirit
broken his business neglected and
ruin only q question Of time.
1t is no easy matter TO swim and
swim we'll in "lifc's current when it
is lashing and foa ming through the
many narrow and crooked channels
of fnar ce. urged on by the fierce
competition Of a great city. For
this moving class of men there are
many advlsOrs--particula for the
Young man. This is said to be "the
age yf young men" Ii ls also an
age in which many OF the older mon
have quit work altogether in order to
devote their entire time to giving the
Young the benefit of their advice ;,
when ifthey could only realize it, it
would be so much better to give
them the benefit of their erumpic in
stead Of their 0dUice. The man who
has machinery to sell says Young
men, don't come to the city, the bats
tie for head is fiercest here, but stay
It home and improve TIE mode OF
farming' and then adds, parenthe-
tically, that iD remOdeliDg the plan
of farming it would be well to "buy
q steam engine for farm purposes"
The editor says: "Take YOUR local
paper" AS | am interested only in
the general development of the
South (a1 interest which every
Southern man should feeD what
have TO say will be along that line.
1t IS only necessary for You to dis.
play right here st home the same
enterprises which you wonld have to
display IN the city in order to live
honestly and your success here Is
assu.ed-a success which will afford
more than a mere living. One OF the
greatest and most profitable enter
prises OF the South is to be manu-
featuring and 1t is useless to take
your labor and capital to the city
where the cost of living is so great
and the conditions for lealth often
30 unfaVorahle when You Can invest
and labor right here in )our native
county where living is cheap and
the climate healthy-here where the
railroad facilities are as great as
those Of many cities. Right here
your money aad labor can be invest >
ed in manufacturing with greater
!. | pTCilL tBtu ll ltiS ClllASs NC lNAci
that factories can be made q success
in small towns and villages is not Q
mere theory. You have only to look
around at the great number Of cotton
, factories in your own State large
paii-. cf which are being operated
successfully ID SIN Ill towns and yll>
f lagos a, the large number of cam
, ncrics which have been conducted
successfully in villages (notahly in
tie villages of Southwest Virginia)
f ard at other similar enterprises tC
, sac that the success of manusactGr
IN. in small towns is a fact which
. has been clearly demonstrated.
5 But you say ''how are We to get
; these enterprises sta!ted?' Simply
=. clasp hanls with the "livcst man
g YOU fad around yoG-if he be youI
c local editor then take his Paper anC
. doh't stop With that-pst you
. shoulder to the wheel with him ant
. soon you too will become a olive
' man )" plans will suggest themselves
tho oDirit o0i a