The farmer and mechanic., 1913-10-21
THE MEN WHO ARE BUILDING;
A NEW NORTH CAROI INA
ny CLARENCE POE, in The Progressive Farmer

uon. while DR.. Alexander urges tho
general advantages of orqan;1a.; Tue
Sut Cut IN Catawba county W. J Shn.
lorO and his co-laborers are giJ.;nr
practlcal demonstration of what NE
uohe py such rural cooperation
an example that should stir m r.,
.lo"Sano ': leaders in other North Caro-
&c countles as old Thenistocles was
stirreo When he said the achievarar+s
OF Miltiades would not let hin, s,eaD
me business organization of our
western fruit growers under tha ,a.d.
TrSnlp or DR.. NJ. i. Townsend. North
Wilkesboro. and Capt r. p. Johnson
xAaneV1ile, Is also significant of the
new era we are in. j. r. Rives. r G.
aaiIeS and the sterling new President
OF the Farmers Alliance. BRO n
Evans, are other leaders in preaching
practical business Cooperation whom
we should not overlook.
| IN the matter of rural credits new
Danlel mas come to judgment in the
person or John Sprunt Hill. Of Dur
nam. who. if he keeps his present
salt, Will become one of the States
| most useful citizens. Lieutenant Gov
ernor IS. L. Daughtridge, who was
with Mr.. Hill on a recent European
tour, IS also an enthusiast on the
rural credits idea and will help much: (:
Whlle insurance Commissioner Young
Is pushing his excellent idea of rural
building and loan associations.
In live stock such men as French.
Carr, Moore Shuford, Tufts, and Van
derbilt are leaders whose example
younger men are emulating; the Coles
at Charlotte have shown that North
Carolina will support great farm
implement plant founded on genius
and business ability Van Lindley s
fame in nursery lines is nation-Wi
and men like e. F. Keith and S. H
Hobbs are everywhere preaching the
, advantages Of a Statewide stock law
Mrs. HUT, Mrs Hollowell, and Others
, are conspicuous in the WOman's In
, all America; and North Carolina alst
, leads in the organization Of farm
WOnenS clubS-the United Farm
Women
In good roads Henry Branson Var
ner has added unrivalled enthusiasm
q to DR.. PrattS unrivalled scientific
! knowledge, and the team must in tn
k end prove invincible: and it is mat
t ter for great pride that a North Caro-
q lima man, Mr.. w. l.. Spoon, is re
: garded as the originator Of the sand
s clay road greater discovery thar
: macadam.
n Down in the Sandhills, Leonar
II L
by. Frederick T. Gates and others ar
9 discovering unsupported possibilitie
v in land once thought almost worth
h less; in Craven county some leader
r have established the States first farI
+ life school: Simpkins, King, Bats
% and Charlie Parker have shown Ou
~ possibilities in corn and cotton grow
!" ing; and j. A. Brown has shown no
i, much the incoming OF thrifty Yves
If ern settlers can help community.
wi Perhaps the most gratifying featul
=. of all in the agricultural field rlgl
w now is the number Of young college
10 bred men who are taking up farmin
" OF course, this is expected OF OF
. A. and M. College men, but in lrede
county a few weeks ago / found your
Augustus LeaZer. Davidson bred, tai
r ing up cattle-raising and gener
ne farming, and a Davidson bred .doct'
In there forsaking city practice for II
Up farm. In Northampton county fe
IT days ago young University educate
OF farmer was my guide; and IN Roo
IL son county a young Tar Heel fre:
e from studies in the great Universi
he OF Wisconsin is turning to the plo'
e- In Moore county recently visited Il
al farms Of Derby and Pumpelly, ab
NJ. Young men just out Of Harvard. al
n of the Cochran brothers. graduates
q North Carolina college.
- Such are some of the men who a
builders Of the new North Caroll
nv helping remake its fundamental
-, Observation-Disclosures. 1t is not to
20. expected that I know so much or I
'oe Holts. Cones, Erwins, TOmpk1ns. a
other leaders Of the States cotton m
ha development: Reynolds. the Duk
,r Baileys. and others in tobacco man
H. Featuring; the manufacturers in Hi
lce POINT Mebane, and Thonasvilie W
NJ have developed our remarkable I,
niture industry, but l honor all {
-. men who are building up the stat
'.,e industries. And especially do nor
.'Ss such cotton manufacturers as Jun
-, s. Carr. Jr., Pascal S Boyd, ana o.
,a' ers who have not only succeeded
.r business but have had the courage
~. rise above class pressure and JON su
. men as Bishop Strange and w
aye swift in their efforts to free Nc1
Carolina from the disgrace OF pres
w w child labor conditions
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