The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-15

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Perhaps the first thing you think
of is that Waxhaw, in the county. was
the birthplace Of Andrew jackson,
one OF the most remarkable characters
in the story Of the country. and that
at Waxhaw the soldiers of the revo-
l~utionary war had some words. Those
things always get the attention OF the
visitor.
Another thing that is impressed on
him quickly is that Union is one of the
foremost cotton counties of the State,
occupying fourth place last year with
nearly 81, 600 bales.
Two other distinctive features hat
the people of Monroe see that you
discover are the good DAD and the
good schools;
One more TO cap the climax and bind
all of these things together is mat
Union county has been paying for t.
needed improvements as they are
made instead of providing conven-
fences for the present generation to
use and the next generation to pay
for.
Nearly Eighty Special Tax Districts.
Monroe is not exactly Union coun-
~, and Union county 1t not exactly
Monroe. Nevertheless n Is the
country and the other is the town,
each the complement of the other.
Union county has a population OF
about thirty-five thousand. The u
ty makes not quite a bale of cotton for
each inhabitant. 1t has one rural
library for every thousand inhabitants
Nearly eighty districts in the county
have voted a special school tax for
the betterment of the public schols.
and two of the special tax districts
are colored.
MO was one of the first counties
of the State to take kindly to the
special tax school district. 1t has
been one of the earnest advocates OF
good roads 1t is me of the progress
sive counties in the adoption of i'm
proved farm methods.
Thrifty Monroe.
Monroe is a thrifty town. 1t has
grown rapidly, and established varied
industries on a big scale. Two large
factories manufacture vehicles of va
rious kinds. Two others make sash
and building supplies. Union has alst
several good cotton mills. The county
is well equipped, we'll established ant
progressive.
No Bonded Debt.
Union has no bonded debt. Th'
people in Monroe say the county
is education crazy. Not only are tn
ountry districts voting special schoo
taxes, but here in the county e
the farm demonstration had it's be
ginning, as we'll as the special schoo
tax, Union claiming to hav the frs
district to vote special tax under tn
law. In addition to having long tern
school for all the children PRACTICAL
every man in the county is going t
school in the farmers institutes an
in the study of new and improve
methods CT production.
Cnion claims to have no benighte
sections where education and civiliZa
ton fail to reach. The banks sa
hat the chattel mortgage is not foun
n third as plentiful now as it was
few years ago. The farms are small
and the small ones cultivated by the
owners. The colored population out
side of the towns is not very larS
and its quality is good. Owe three
fourths of all the farms are of lei
than a hundred acres each. Fully ha
of them are not above fifty acres.
In this little county the value
the farm property is almost nil
million dollars, and it has been soarir
in the last twelve or fifteen yea
Land was worth six dollars an &C
in 1900. 1t has gone up to TWEEN
now.
And there is a story.
Il. r.. Bcaslcy. Live Wire.
The man who visits Monroe
likely to fall in with r. r. Beasle
At the Journal office. in a well-a
pointed printing establishment, tt
live wire is found, and he does n
60 far until ne tells You somethir
My office" he said, lis not on t
best location that ] could have fou
vacant in our town"
That is a fact 1t might have -
on one of the unoccupied sites faci
the court house or the more pub
business squares of the town. 1t "
not necessary to ask why.
But Mr.. Beasley answered withC
asking. 81 had to TAX a lot hat v
within my price. Dur town las gro
rapidly, and with it the prlces hs
grown. Those of US who liant to
up buildings or to find LEGATIONS
our business ventures m, ct pay
price that competitive desire for &c
locations creates When it is posst
60 make locations fewer by hold
some of h best of them out of
market the result is that the man v
wants a location must pay more
an inferior place"
Tha is a note / heard several til
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