The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-21
{By FRED A. OLDS.)

Tha writer left Raleigh carry III
January on leave Of absence with sew
eral objects in view. in making a very
tour Of all the c~otton-SroW-
ing sections of the United States, also
that in Mexico, and found the trip
full of information in various lines.
AS the secretary Of the Chamber OF
Commerce Of Raleigh, and as a dlrec-
tor of the State Museum Of North
Carolina, which is the largest and
best of~all the State museums, he has
kept his eyes open for impressions OF
matters concerning civic improvement,
extension. etc, and those pertaining
to agricultural and industrial Develop
ment.
AT every city of Importance a visit
was made to tine Chamber Of Com
merce, and in every case this OrganiZa-
ton was found to be a prime factor
in the very life and progress of the
community. AT Columbia, S. c., a
look vas taken at the admirable n
Cay ROADS Which the county of Rich
mLnd is building. AS In North Caro-
lima, so in Richmond county and eise-
where in South Carolina, the public
roaos are built by means of convict
labor and thus other States which
have not utilized convicus will tind
it we'll to follow this plan. In North
Carolina about 2,1O0 ~conVicts are en-
plOyed In grading public highways, do
ing this work chiefly in about 40 coun-
ties. I they have built many miles
Of highway. This has also been To e
case in South Carolina.
There are signs in the South At
1antic States Of what may be termed
the return movement to that section
Of people, who years ago moved to
the Middle West, or Of the children
Of people who thus went to the latter
region from the Southwestern States.
The writer met several men from the
Middle West looking for locations.
These said that land in their section
had reached so high a figure that they
thought it well to sell their holdings
and go to q section where there was
not only a better climate. but where
two crops could be grown in a year
and where land was far cheaper.
Not nan people from the North
have an idea Of the immensely Of the
movement of tourists to Florida and
south Georgia, and also to what is
known as the sand-hill district. all the
way from Aiken, S. c., to Pinehurst,
N. c. 1t is said there have been some
tnlng IKE a quarter OF a million peO-
pie scattered along the region between
Pinehurst to the lower part Of Florida,
n next season there Will be an ex-
tension Of this movement to Cuba,
which is going to become one Of the
greatest winter resorts OF the world
and which a vast majority of people
believe will not be many years to be-
come limited States territory. The
sand-h1ll region Of the South Is wit
Messing a Very remarkable develop
ment. When the writer was a boy
he went through interminable miles
Of long-leaf pine and rolling SAND
hills, with never a thought of the fac,
that this would become not only
great resort but also a favored region
for fruit, berries and grapes, but such
il now IS. and only the 0 has beer
oren-c as yet.
Atlanta was found to lead all the
South in the amount Of building now
in progress. It is the "Sky-Scrapel
City Of all the South" and surely never
In this world was there more enthu-
siasm in regard to a place than is
exhibited at Atlanta A policeman
0 whom a question was asked liz