The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
TFIL REST OF COUNTRY ABOUT.
SAND HILLS OF MOORE COUNTY
,rocpment Under Way That Is Worth Watching Bv Rest
of State Natives and New Corners Join In The
Plan

ton.
The staple board of trade effort be-
GINS with the announcement that
Podunk Corners needs iron mill, glass
factory, wood working establishment,
ana so on through the list. The Sand
Hill board Of trade will start out on
the assurance that the Sand Hill coun-
try is not exhibiting it's needs. but
Offering to people an opportunity to
benefit themselves.
There is all the difference in the
world. The Sand Hill men are plan
ming a publicity campaign, and the
whole movement will be based abso-
lutely on the point Of view Of the mar
VINO Is looking for something for his
own profit. The Interior motive is
TO NIL the country with productive peo-|
ple' not to unload anything on suck
erS. |
Some Fundamentals,
Whether this thing wins or loses the
lines laid down are worth considering
by similar organizations elsewhere.
One OF the fundamental doctrines is
that all Ian booming shall be dis
! couraged, for two reasons. The first
is that desire to make it easy for
settlers to find locations is not con-
Sistant with a boom and an imitation
OF prices. The second is the purpose
OF attracting actual settlers and de-
velopers and not speculative BUYERS.
la lAol III III
ing this country to the notice Of peo-
pie it shall be made as plain as pos
slbie what can be done and what can
not be done. h is in line with the
presumption that the movement is
for the welfare of the prospective set
tier, and it is not helpful to him TO
get him into a country or amid sur
roundings where he can not adapt
himself to conditions and command
success. A sharp note at the Pine
hurst meeting was that all possible
precautions must be taken to ayo.d
failures.
1t becomes apparent that these PEG
pie are building on a broader basis
than is often chosen. The Board Of
a movement is a capitalization Of
launched before it. These are the
Sand Hills Farmers Association, and
the farm credit scheme that is in the
Ormative stage. The Farmers AS
ISOLATION is the parent of all the
others.
President Roger Derby.
Roger Derby, chosen president OF
Y In a little a announcing the pur.
Y pose OF the organization, said TIA
s we want in this country more school.
v houses, more rural society and rura
r conveniences, better roads, more O.
all the conveniences that come from
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way to get these things is TO develoI
h pro~ductiveness of the land ant
of the natural u that We Ina.
O have nom to pay the expenses o
all the things needed.
Resources Must Be Developed.
d No matter what the possibilities o
IS a country, if they are not DEVELOPS
o nobody profits. No matter Via tn
water power of the Sand Hill countr
would pay the cost Of a schoolhous
at ever cross roads, II the power ]
not made productive of revenue cher
,e is no honey to build schools. !
q thinly settled community, Mr.. Dera
argued, can never realize on it's as
$ sets and provide for it's people tn
ID cOnveniences n modern comfort
70 that a community car where the as
sets are made the object of a Joint a,
s: lack by intelligent and capable POP
ulation, so in self-defense any CON
es munity that vans to thrive pIst Te
" cruit the greatest help possible, an
as address it's powers to making eve.
IN esource contribute to the gener;
IL good.
.s The organization has been ~effecte,
wv but that is regarded as merely pref
'ct minary. Wise heads in the meetiI
nv announced that the old custom
meeting and organizing and holdlI
re out hands to prOmiscuOus generOsi1
would not serve in this case, but tn:
&c a practical plan must be put fort
in and innumerable practical suggestion
a. were offered.
.es Mass Play of a Section.
lis The purpose is development. tt
development is not to be confined to
town, or to several towns, but to Il
&c. underlined area that is embraced
% the Sand Hill country of Cent?
so North Carolina. If other sections jo
re- the movement it will be Widened a
,ut cordingly. The theory is hat by ma
ing a mass play Of the whole sect,
all a bigger sign can be hung in t
Of sky and a bigger noise made to attra
nd attention.
Already the NOrfolk Tuner |
in Scaboard Air Line and the DandOll
and Cumberland railroads have sigr
fed their desire to encourage the pr
ter jet. apd they will be counted as pa
the of the army of publicity:
nat The many tourist hotels of the tf