The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-11-28

The following paragraphs are taken
from the October number of Ihe
Southern FieIa, journal devoted to
the agricultural, manufacturing, min
ing and business interests of the coun-
try tributary to the Southern Railway:
Land in the South will never be
cheaper than at present. and invest
ments made now are safe and cannot
fail to be profitable.
North Carolina boasts III varieties
of minerals. Gold is found in workable
quantities in twenty-eight counties. She
also prides herself upon the possession
of l12 varities of native wood.
There are many places in the South
where four crops can be grown from
the same land in single year.
This is what might very properly be
called an all-round farming country.
Don't fail to visit the Southern Rail-
way Exhibit Building, at the Atlanta
Exposition. and learn more about the
products of the Southern States and
secure lists of lands for sale along the
Southern Railway.
Nothing within the history of the
South will conduce more to the enlight-
enment of the people of the North and
West as to the resources of the South
than the Cotton States and Interna-
tional Exposition in Atlanta, Ga.
1t is claimed that pig iron can be
made at a living profit at $5 per ton
in East Tennessee. This fact is at
tracing much attention from the IRON
workers all over the country and will
bring capital and enterprise to this in
dustry.
The South has largely increased its
corn crop during the past few years,
and the crop of 1895 will be much
larger than any in its history. The
Gland of the cotton and the cane'' is
rapidly becoming also the land of corn,
hogs, cattle and fruits. IT'S we'll.
Hogs weighing from 400 to 700
pounds are quite common in the South;
but this might be expected as this is
the s'Land of Corn" and could be
easily that of wine as we'll as hogs.
There is no use of going West to raise
good corn and hogs, as both do better
in the South.
The winter of 1896 will be the most
active season the South has ever known.
The Atlanta Cotton States Exposition
will attract thousands; they will return
home with different conception of the
South, its people, its possibilities from
an agricultural mechanical and manu-
featuring standpoint.
Lands are much cheaper in the South
than in any other section of the United
States and range in price from 81 up
wards. This information ought to be
of value to all farmers and home-seek-
ers. Take trip South and see tor
yourself, and our word for it, you will
find Just the location to suit.
The South is the land of health, no
less than of pleasure, as vital statistics
and the readings of the thermometer
fully attest. People as a rule live
longer as we'll as happier in the South
than in any other section. Buy
ticket over the Southern Railway and
see the Exposition as we'll as the best
and most healthy country i'll the
world
There is no better location than the
South for any description of wood
working industries. There is an abun
dance Of good timber, unlimited water
powers, a productive country where
food supplies are cheap and ample
transportation facilities. If anything
else is needed we cannot imagine what
it is that nature has failed to supply,
and that in abundance.
Colonization projects are talked of in
many places in the South, and in many
cases the work has actually begun.
There are hundreds of localities that
are admirably adapted for such settle
ments, and under proper conditions,
there is no good reason why all should
not do we'll. Write to the Land and
Immigration Department of the South
ern Railway for full particulars.
The healthfulness of the State, trav-
ersed by the Southern Railway cannot
be better demonstrated than by refer
ence to its many health resorts which
are found in each of the States. Vir-
ginia and North Carolina are perhaps
most prolific in this respect, although
the other States boast sanitariums of
health, combined with facilities for in
finite pleasure, whose fame has extend
ed far and wide. The mountain and
seashore resorts of North Carolina
accommodate thousands of visitors an
nually from all points Of the compass,
while those in South Carolina. Geor-
gia, Alabama, Mississippi and East
Tennessee afford creation of mind and
body, together with health-giving prop
critics Of air and water unsurpassed.