The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-20
FROM DUNN. <H2rnett Co.

Grnno for cotton-AHsance lodge8-1ie
turner's teed all-Bo0m IN reas e:tt+te-
cotton sales.
The wide awake merchants OF Dunn,
with their usual fore-thought for the in>
ter5st5 OF tao Agricultural portion of the
county of Harnett, are furnishing the
brands Of manipulated fertilizers by the
hundreds of tons to the diligent tillers of
the soil hereabott. And, "by and BY"
if not ii ''the Street by and by," we shall
see the result IN hundreds of wagons,
carts, &c, &c, bearing the 'Jleecy STAPLE" u
baled Up IN every imaginable kind and
style of covering; some in pine-Rbre;
some in PLAIN white cotton-cloth; some
in old bed-ticking; and, bale or. two,
occasionally, in real yankee ''jute;" trust
or no trust. But the
ALLIANCE LODGES
in Harnett, are drilling their members to
to see the Importance of keeping clear of
lutte bagging," if they would save their
hard >earned dollars; and the simple aud
honest-minded farmer is beginning to see,
at last, that some things. can be sean,
even by a blind man. They see now,
where once they were blind, and are gov
erning themselves accordingly. Who
should be the nohlcst men on earth, if
not those who cultivate the soil? There
is only one answer. 49,
On THESE WE ALL Do LIVE.
The professional man, the artisan, the
tradesman, the minister of God. and the
educator, all, all find their bread, in the
labors of the hard.handed sons Of toll who
plough, and hoe, and dig, and delve, and
walk up and down their weary miles of
furrowed ground, day by day, through
wet and dry, heat and cold, keen winds
and broiIng sun, all the same, for what?
to keep the world from starvation.
That's what the farmer does for all
mankind, and we honor him as Gods
co-worker in the great problems of hu-
manity; whether they be discovered in
the New South, New North, New East,
or New West, ~ as TaImage says:
The farmer is the man after all.
AS we sit at ourwindow and write, we
look out occasionally; and down the long
and level street, called Broad Street, for
a full mile or more, there goes a long
line of CARTS. like a great procession;
carts piled up with sacks; those brown,
dunlap sackssof rich material of many
names, 's.Acme,'' Bone Phosphate,
"Gem.' "Prepared Chsnicals," &c, all
going, out to be used on the many farms
around our thriving little town of Dunn.
Why cannot our agricultural friends make
their own manures? This question. sure
IL, will be answered, some day, by the
farmers themselves; and, in a manner, no
doubt, more to their satisfaction, than
the present method of expense for fer
tilizers that are not homemade.
A REAL ESTATE Boom.
Already the sound of a new move is
heard on our streets, in the matter of an
advance in the price of town lots. Soon
they will jump to high figure in Dunn;
and parties desiring to settle here, should
begin aC once to invest Now is time to
do so, before the rise begins. TerJ. Sap,
THE LAST COTTON CROP
is not all brought to market yet. Bales
on bales of this ready-priced commodity
still roll into Dunn. The farmer IS fort
innate who is able to hold it back till
now; as 1t is sure to command higher
figure. sold in spring, than in the fall.
But more small grain, and less cotton,
say we.
March 18th. OBSERVER.