The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-21
That Is The Policy of the
Norfolk Southern Railway
and 1t Will Help Develop
From Carteret to Concord
PURCHASE OF THREE ROADS
MEANS MORE DEVELOPMENT

ard Must Have People-It Was the
Big Railroads That Caused the Tide
of immigration to the Great West
The Tide IS Ready to Turn Toward
the South, and 1t . Only Needs for
the State and the Railroads to
Work Wisely to Secure the People
The Norfolk Southern Leads in
That Direction.
North Carolina needs. and needs
greatly, more people. It has thou
sands of acres Of fertile land untitled
because its population has not groyn
as it should. When the Union was es-
tablished North Carolina was fifth in
population. Many States not then
born are ahead Of it. Free lands in
the West induced settlers to go to
these new States who would otherwise
have come to North Carolina. This
free land is now all gon and the
trend Of immigration of men VINO
VISA TO i've on the farm must he
toward the South AtAan.ir ota.es, and
No4Ln talulln ought 10 Get lne most
OF THESE.
luo state through the Agricultural
Department has zone niucn to auVef-
tloe Inc ana opportunities in
NO4tn taIoi4lla. 1t can DO LuuCn more
ana snoulu 40 1t upon q systematic
ana VIGOROUS way, out experience nas
SHOWN JuaI the pest results can DC
GuLalneu only Wnen the states ana tne
ra4u oauS aie WOrhlng tOSeCner. Inc
SaiIi oauS are Chiefly Responsible fof
the Sleat tue of Ilnitilgl atlon tnat set
tied Inc West. Iney gave cheap rates:
they n4ade known the advantages OF
the est. Inc great uuty or the rali-
roads in the South tOQay is to DO for
the South what the oig railroads uld
tor the lest in the last DECADE. Some
of them aIe seeing tniS ana 0oins 1t.
All OF them should 90 So.
The purchase OF the Raleigh Il
Southport Ram DAD and the AsneboTO
and aberdeen Railroad and the Dur
ham and CharlOtte-(there may be
others to be later)-Dy the
folk Southern Railroad is a guar
antee that these railroads have fallen
into the hands of a that
shown itself to be deeply Interested in
the development of the property and
the section through which it runs. Be
fore it Was placed in the hands of 4
receiver, the Norfolk Southern was
doing reater things for the develop
ment in North Carolina Of the section
through which it ran than any otneT
railroad. Now that it has come to it's
w and is spreading out, if the fu-
ture may be Judged by the past, this
new big system running from tidewa-
ter to the foothills of The Mountains
will do even bigger things for the de-
velopment of North Carolina. It can
advertise that it serves the people
: who wish to live in the rich fertile
market garden Of the East, the splen-
Aid cotton naonnt and fOhonrn cnnti0n
Of the center, or the wheat and fruit
country of the Piedmont section.
The Norfolk Southern Railroad,
had a g%reater part of its line in
Eastern North Carolina when it was
first organized and North Carolina
conceived the idea that it could serve
the people of the State by making
known its great resources.
Following up this idea, it made an
exhibit Of the Of Eastern
North Carolina at the Ohio State Fair,
held in Columbus, in August. This
exhibit attracted a great deal OF at
tention, and many people who saw it
thought that the statements made as
to Eastern North Carolina might be
greatly exaggerated. However,
tWenty-Seyen substantial farmers
from Ohio, determining to investigate
for themselves, paid their way, came
To that section through which the
Norfolk Southern Railroad runs, and
We're greatly pleased. They stated
that in no respect whatever had there
been any misrepresentation as to the
resources or fertility of that section
of the country, and, as q matter OF
fact, the half had not been told, and
If the whole truth had been told IL
Ohio no one would have believed 1t
as they would have supposed it such
a great eXaggeration.
Subsequently, the Norfolk Southern
Railroad made their exhibition at the
Land Show at Pittsburg, Pa, and the
exhibit attracted a great deal OF at
tention. Many farmers from tina
section expressed themselves as great
" pleased with the exhibit. and are