The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-01-09

Carolina. Virtually every man, woman
F, and chEld was descended from thus.
who had fig~t cleared the forests in
colonial days in his immediate vicinity.
many still residing in the ZONE built
by their ancestors. AS soldiers of L.
and Jackson they gave the world AS
sUlance Of their Intelligence. activity
and energy, and III their homes theg
are sober. Industrious. self-reeI,CtiHg
citizens. easily trained to master The
details Of any employment. And So tn.
first attempts at manufacturing proved
successful, so re~lnuncratiNe. indeed.
that factory begat factory with malye-
louS rapidity. Tobacco early engaged
attention, and Durham and Winston
became great seats Of tobacco mauu~
featuring. Then cotton factories be-
gan. Starting in 1875 with 81 cotton
mills, in 1903 North Carolina had Z36.
She increased her spindIcS from - 600
to 1900. 600, ANA her looms from II
600 to $50, 900. In IS years she mQlti-
piled her cotton industry 81 times.
She POW possesses some of the largest
and most successful cotton mills I'M tho
world. she spins As much cotton 49,
she produces.
As notable as has been this develops
ment. it is only a type Of the general
progress. Durham remains foremost
in all the world for the production Of
smoking tobacco. High Point IS sur
passed in its manufacture Of furniture
only by one city III the United states.
Oil mills. fertilizer factories and other
such Industries abound.
Formerly towns throughout the
state fostered manufacturing enter
prises to give employment to unem-
ployed people: now the problem is to
secur help for the factories that arise
as if by magic in every community
within our borders. The progr-sS ~
manufacturing has indeed been im-
mense and highly profitable. i meas
urc Of it is roughly furnished by the
growth of the banking interests
1t was not until 1871 that free bank
ing was allowed under the National
bank act, ana before that date There
We're i'm North Carolina only 81 half
dozen banks With but two million dol
lars OF ana interest hal rum
from a to Is per cent. During the"
next decad material progress Was
made. an by 1900 Their. We're lp3
banks with assets a~ggregatiag S32.-
$1,000. The rushing tide Of progress
was then moving with iuceasing mo-
mentum. IN 1905 there are 30 banks
With assets amounting 40 <5A.AG. GOO
In five years the deposits. which resp
resent the earnings Of the people.
rhie1ly in manufacturing, ave doubled.
Ten yeafs < enterprise Was ham
pered for the want Of means uo@ hy
leaps ana bounds the movement pro-
ceods in its great development.
Ia most OF the Old States railroad
building has ceased. Here ii continue.
In 1900 The mileage I'm North Carolina
was 3,G37 miles; nov ii is 3,SO2. while
the improvement in road-beds aud
structure has led to an increased ydIu-
alton Of - per cent. There is today
muc.2 activity in railroad construction.
New lines are being rapidly completed
The South & Western is being built
Blu Ridge in Mitchell county TO LIN
where it with the
Eastern system. The Pamlico. oriea-
tai & Western. beginning IT New Bern.
into PamIico county. where IL
Will connect with a coast lire from
Norfolk. The Raleigh & PamIico gives
u neE. line from the center Of the state
TO deep water at Washington. y. O.
The Durham & South Carolina gives
another outlet to the manufacturing
industries Of Durham. while the ape
Fear & Northern in like manner con-
meets Durham with the AtIanti Coast
Line. 4 new lire VIII be completed
from Raleigh to Fayetteville by April.
under way from Winston to Charles
South Carolina. Besides these no.
table works. numerous smaller lines
are being constructed IN different part-
the state. The new mills. the in
creased productions Of the factories. {
demand larger facilities for trauspor-
tation, and pari passu the development
progresses i'm all associated lines OF
business.
All this new work has been measur /