The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-06-04
NORTH CAROLINA.
Upward and Onward Should be the
Motto of the Old North State.
Rocky Mount ArgOnaut. I

Rocky Mount ArgOnaut.l
Old times have passed away and
conditions which prevailed in the
South in days past by cut no figure
now in these days Of push and energy.
We do not say that present conditions
are more conducive to happiness than
those which have heretofore prevailed
l.: the Southern States but we do say
that the course of events has rendered
necessary for the people of the South
TO keep time to the music of progress.
Old and obsolete methods would simp-
ly mean ruin to the people Of this
country, therefore complete change
is an imperative necessity.
A great change has taken place in
industrial and agricultural channels
during the past ten years, but great as
that change has been it can only be
said to have commenced. For this
the country is to be congratulated. A
change for the better in the way of
conducting home affairs is the step
ping stone to greater things and what
has commenced so auspiciously will
undoubtedly be pushed steadily for
ward.
Still our people may be said to be
land poor. One quarter of the land
now owned by the people of North
Carolina, if properly cultivated, would
yield more than the whole does to-day.
Why then should not our landowners
sell the other three.quarters to men
who would cultivate it, thus not only
being benefited by the money received
by the sale of land but by the influx of
additional population to help pay taxes,
build roads, support schools and
churches and help to build up the
country generally and tighten the bur-
dens which now weigh on the shoul-
ders of our people? There will be no
trouble to bring about this much de-
sired state of affairs. If our people
will only wake up and 60 to work with
the vim that the importance cf the OBJ
ject to be gained demands. This State
has been described as beautiful, fer
tile country, extending from the noun
tians to the sea with a lot of people
lying dead upon it. If there has been
too much truth in this in the past, let
us all decide to give it the lie in the
future.
Nature has intended this to be one
of the grandest countries in the uni
verse. A few years can transform it
into one Of the most prosperous if its
citizens but do their duty. Bounded
on the East by the waters of the At
lantic ocean, her bays, sounds and
rivers and the waters along her coast
filled with the finest of food fish, this
interest alone is capable of bringing
wealth to nation.
Her Western borders, lifted up in
the sky by mountains filled with ores
and their craggy sides capable of feed
ing the focks and herds on a thous and
hills! Traversed from North to South,
from East to West by giant railway
systems and our harbors filled with
ships bound to all parts of the world
we are kept in close touch with other
parts Of our own and foreign coun-
tries.
Eminently adapted by nature to be
the leading manufacturing State in the
Union the time is not far distant when
she will manufacture her own products
as we'll as the raw material of other
sections.
Her farming interests can be made
the most profitable of any in the world.
Our tobacco planters, truck farmers
and fruit growers realizing from 800
to 81 900 per acre. What other por-
ton Of the universe can come up to
this?
The timber interests are unexcelled.
AS mining country she stands un-
equalled. We know that this asser-
tion will be considered rash, but the
history of the next few years will
thoroughly vindicate it. North Car
olina will yet be the leading gold and
iron producer in The United States.
When added to this is climate un-
excelled for mildness and salubrity
and country one of the most lovely
on earth, all that is needed to make
this fair land "the centre of a worlds
desire" is to let the truth be known
among the people of the world.
Therefore, let uslgo to work and let
our light shine to all men. Too long
has our light been hid ''under bush
ell" it is time to let the world behold
its rays. Let the home seeker see
that in no other country can he find
as many advantages as we can offer
him, and that if he is looking for a
country where he can find health,
wealth and prosperity, he need 60 no
farther. Let the manufacturer know
that money judiciously invested here
finished product is sure of big interest
on the investment, and let the capital
ist be assured that money invested in a
business way in developing the Won
derful resources of this grand old State
will certainly be returned four-fold.
The introduction of capital will be
Of immense value to this State, in fact
it will change the whole aspect Of af-
fairs as if by magic, but to bring about
this much to be desired result there is
an absolute necessity for personal ef-
fort on the part of our people. 1.-The
whole hive must swarm" Nothing
can take the place of pluck and energy
on the part Of our people. If they
will all work together there is no ques
ton but that this State can be made
one of the foremost of the glorious sis
terhood.
When this is done we may look fol
days of prosperity unequalled in the
history of any State 10 the Union.
Wake up your liver but be sure you taxi
Simmons Liver Regulator to do it with
will do it every time, and do it so wei
that you'll feel wonderfully refreshed anC
strengthened. 1t is Simmons Liver kegula
tor that does it. There is only one Sim
mons Liver Regulator and you'll know !
by the Red L on the package. Take moth
! ing else and you'll he sure to get all tn
| good health promised.
There were about nine suicide
throughout the country recently ant
it is said they were caused by III
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