The farmer and mechanic., 1913-04-01
VOL. II. NO. 30

men Who have made = success IN o4si-
They have no, been Identified with
failure. and 4 successful business man
j. always dareful IL steer clear -
failure.
They have never been cutters.
They can see far enough into the ft.-
ture 10 put high eStimat. an the
marvellous things ahead for the Stat.
as it is now drifting toward TIE
;chleSement which developing condl-
tons make certain and they are Shap-
ing affairs 10 help that achievement
forward on systematic lines
could not see that these men had
their plans outlined with sufficient
dehnitenesS to say exactly what the
course OF their association viii be
but ii was evident that they had start
ed movement. which II persisted IN
would lead them speedily into a Held
so much broader than any plan an
outline that plans will be Of little us-
at the beginning. no matter how
wisely framed
The magnitude aud the poSs.htt.es
of their work can no more be fore
, told than could the magnitude OF the
work of colonization of the Carolina
settlement when Raleigh sent hts first
/ ship load Of Englishmen to the Amer,-
! Can coast, over 1OuT NOOuEeu years
ago Perhaps these men have no idea
/ themselves what they will try TO DO.
/ Perhaps they can not clearly show
! themselves what steps they will have
1 to take TO meet the unfolding condt-
tions that are ahead of them.
No matter. It is like going TO war
They realize that 4 big work is ahesd L.
and they have planned to be the
| ground TO meet what comes and to
1l~... Il w~t.r..
they can. There again the sin
ct The men is significant. They are
men who have ell their lives been
lGeeting big problems and turning pos
slb:iitieS- into profitable certanties un-
DOR their oversight and direction.
When DR.. Gil. Wvlie and the Duk">
6 dozen years ago undertook to build
q dam on Carolina stream and de-
! veIope a little water power they had
not the remotest idea that "a few
years the Southern Power company
: would TevolutioniZe the electrical
: world Of the South But they begun
a work that they could see was biz
!: enough to aford~them field.
These men at Aberdeen see the
possibilities OF farming in the Caro-
linas. They comprehend in u vague
) way the enormity Of the future. and
: see the wisdom Of making AS few false
steps as posi- Bile in setting out in that
new work.
: What are they going to do'
: would like To be prophet enough /,
! tell. Eut TO tell ii would be TO fore
e tell what North Carolina is going I
\ do under the stimulus of the multiply
G ing neeH for farms in the United states
! 1t would be to foreteN probably
}. move forward that is not conceiy" bl
q by any one yet for il is likely to IN
Z troduce new things that We are no
q able yet to imagine. The Farmers
8 association at Aberdeen comes on tn
: scene al this time as production
: engineer. 10 study conditions and afte
6 ana wing the resources of men 81,
y poTtunitv and ambitions 10 determin
: how best TO com bine all factors for n
: best results.
Eniess ! miss my guess ~ tics
T men here has been forward pow Z
that means more for the progress Q
g North Carolina tnan any thing thst na
u come forward in a long tine. fher
: is no question Of the opportunity =
this State, ana no question o. the IA ~
z Development Of farms 4 farm land
!. continue to tempt buyers with In
e prevailing cheap prices. And Il a3e'fi
II there is little question OF the "fecur
: Influence Of this body of n"nie H-
{ lately organized at AbeFde en-.