The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-29

worked the love OF peace sign. ar9
pointed to his sore throat, when Ted
dy with his usual magnanimity put m
the gun. and turned to pull ri hi~
speech at the diners
Mere NotahAes-
Teddy was dropped down eesioe
DIR. Hill, when a gOod-natured looking
sezeebu in wooden shoes and clothes
that indicated European origin waa.
died in the door, and in answer To
Derby'S challenge said he was one or
Master Pages men from Aberdeen.
but the cross examination rated him
q HOllander. III of the bunch Uncle
Watt Page and the boys are trying to
segregate from the Windmill belt 10
settle in the Sandhill country. The
Dutchman was disposed Of at a seat
between Uncle Nose Mcdonald of
West End and DR.. Achern. of Pine
Bluff, and then DIR. Poe and DIR. Hill
were given a hearing.
This humorous side livened the
event. and probably the Sandhill
Board of Trade banquet will be the
pattern after which banquests will be
fashioned for a long time. The crowd
had more fun than at a rat killing,
vet at the same time they were sus-
ceptible enough to be impressed with
what the speakers said. and also to
comprehend the Importance OF some
announcements made by President
Derby Of some functions tina are in
| store for the future. One will be a
| convention Of the school committee
| men of the district to discuss educa-
ton in its. application to h commu-
nifty the Board tands for. Another
will be a convention of bankers to
take UP the question Of rural credits
| and the relations Of banking and the
rural population.
nlHfn0 Mo och
But the biggest thing is the fact
| that these Sandhill people have sue
! ceeded in organizing a machine that
has worked out a plan to actually
start something on a scale worth no.
ticing. The big thing is that they
have created a motion, and that mo-
ton is Of such weight hat it has got
the whole Sandhills going. No doubt
the Sandhill section of h State is
more heard of in other States than
any other part Of North Carolina No
doubt the SandhillS are making more
proportionate progress than any other
section. No doubt the Sandhills are
regarded more favorably by outsiders
than any other section, and not be-
cause OF any greater merit but be-
cause the people Of the Sandhills have
been showing hat their section can
do.
The Sandhills Board of Trade can
not be stopped now. The Sandhills
development cannot be stopped. II
is a whirlwind like some that struck
portions Of the West with such good
results. The Sandhills Board OF
Trade is determined to set the pace
for the whole State n to enlist ac.
ton from the sea to the mountains
that will make North Carolina the
best known State in the Union pretty
soon.
It is h familiar story. I'VE dom
know where we are going, but we are
making about fifty miles an hour ir
that direction" 1t is interesting tina,
the pine barrens country. that Which,
was regarded as a joke for a century
should come out as the paceH1aker
but this Sandhill country is regarded
by its people now as a certain coming
paradise because the inhabitants have
learned that it is live people hat con.
stitute the chief asset of a country
and that where live people have tn,
right climate n rainfall they can d.
anything.
A Land of Promise.
| The Sandhills folks have no ioe;
that any other place on earth offer
quite as much oil promise as the fit,
miles III all directions from Southern
! Pines and Aberdeen and belis-in:
: that, they are let eTmined to MAX
? their territory show up to their claims
II anybody asks you today for tn
, best peach country Of the State 20
will say the Sandhills. II you ar
/, asked where to look for the best dew
: berry farms you will say the Sand
hills, If you are asked about the hes
, berkshire hogs in the State you vs.
q that it is worth while to look a
some Of the herds IN the Sandhijl!
:. L you are asked about aalf a doze
: things the first thinS on your tom: u
: will be to refer to the Sandhills.
you are abou! 4 wide avail Il
Ct people you will think of the Sand
hills. Eden has mighty near move
y % Nazareth.
You meet people here now froI
every where. The roads are anon
= the best in the United States, and tn
: automobiles You see are as likely
have a New Hampshire license u
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