The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

anu the greater proport3onate eNpau-
sion IN the South indicates that the
future Is to see still further expan-
sion in this section. Tn. Southern
thlled states as a cotton spinning sec
uoh mas overtaken and passed the
North This section - pressing close
on Great Britain as a spinning sec
tlon' and In the natural order Of things
II Will not likely be long until more
cotton IS used in the States that raise
IL than IN any other country outside
Of the United States.
This a Textile State.
All the signs seem to say that North
carolina is destined to he a great tex
tle center, that all the vast water
power OF the streams coins down
from the mountains is to be taken
INTO account and made the basis for
d manufacturing activity that will tie
unsurpassed by anything in existence.
We can &C back to say 1850. In
1891 the South spun q little over three
per cent. Of the cotton copr. Last veal
the South spun about twenty-one per
cent. of the crop. or nearly seventy
tllnes as great a proportion. in spite
or the fact that the crop was TWO
and a half times as big. Without go
ms into figures it is enough 10 say
that while in 1880 the South used
about three bales of cotton where the
North used fifty, the South now uses
three bales while the North uses but
little more than two. And the North
mas gone forward, but the South has
gone forward 50 much faster that it
can hardly be con1prehended.
In that same a the South is
overtaking the English spinners. They
will not be put out of business, any
more than the North has been, but the
South Will continue to overtake the
English mills, and no reason is appar-
ent now why the South Will not before
long pass everything.
h Factor For Development.
The cotton trade is the factor that
is working automatically in the devel-
Opment of CASTOR county. With it are
those other factors of interested en-
ergy on h part of the people. With
the rOgres that has been made in
null work comes ogres in other
lines. CASTOR county is one of the
pioneers in farm demonstration work,
and one Of the enthusiasts. While the
; mill is recognized as a valuable agent
IN advancing the county, the farm is
l still held to be the basis of all sub
, stantlal prosperity, and the people are
determined that CASTOR shah be 8
, model farm community, which means
a highly prosperous community. The
road Improvement sentiment has hi
S the county, and the roads that have
5 been built recently are Of the bes
. KIND. A large proportion of the new
e roads are durable stone foundation
I with sravelly surface, and on the les
S important lines the sand clay methot
a of construction has been. followed.
e Good Roads Plentiful.
c Leading out of all the towns ar,
S good roads, most of them graded to
low percentage the entire distance, al
Of them of good width, and of goot
v surface. These roads wind among tn,
hills or climb over the ridges, and oc
casionally they hit a few of the higl
G spots on the Mountains hat begin t,
dot the outer parts of the county
Tourists have found out the roads O
It CASTOR county, and a stream of trave
pours out over the hills all summe
O long now, one direction carryin;
tourists to the mountain resort
e farther west, the returning tide bring
ing them back to their homes in tn
O lower counties, for his system o
It good roads now is so complete V
the State that a man may come from
d nearly any county east OF the noun
/. tain SUBMITS in his car, and com
II with comfort and speed.
s. There was a day when the fey
counties of the State that a goo
roads boosted that a man might traVe
a hundred miles or two hundred miles
or a thousand miles or two thousan
" miles and SO on getting bigger con
l. Stantly, from the county seat on tn
lie good roads. But that boast is of yes
terday noW. A man in CASTOR count
n can set out in his car and travel in
~ definitely at the present time, an
4 when he gets back he will find that Il
h can go the other way and travel Sti
1T farther, for while he is gone the goo
roads push out over more territory ur
,e til the only man who knows the linn
2 is the man who makes the route boo
re for the American Automobile Associa
it tons.
II Good Roads Reach Far.
I'd All ] know is that the good roads
er Castor county so down throug
m M~ecklenburg, Union. etc, etc, I
ar Cheraw, Hamlet, Raeford, Fayette
IN Vile, Raleigh. Washington, Philade
phia, New York, Boston, Portlan'
ut Maine, probably up in to st. John
70 New Brunswick. and if that is not fl
of enough they go out to the South an
a west until they hit Florida and tt