The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-28
CARTHAGE, TOWN WITH
BOUND TOCOME TO THE FRONT
One of the Best Evidences of the Unmistakable
Awakening Taking Place All Over North
Carolina---Quiet But Substantial.
nv BION II.

r..rds AT Carthage will not feel of
taricd if [ hold the town up for a
,r.rIte "a the horrible example, for
in all darkness of heart tina l
r,d, the Confession that Carthage for
,,.rv "A day was u town of rare re-
muse and quietude.
the first time | saw Carthage. pos
.4tr i score of years ago. ar honest
MN might have persuaded me that il
90 twin sister of that Carthage, |
winch on the north coast of Africa,
v,- The capital of a famous empire |
81 antiquity. At that time Carthage
v.~ pointed out as picturesque
through its early traditions. and as
interesting in its historical ~associa-
tons
There vas the court house, and the
awful sandy roads leading out into
the country. and the tree that shell
tered CORVALLIS, and the air of in
finite calm.
The irreverent outsider would sug-
cost that q fence should be put around
the town and a tombstone set up at
each corner Of the fence to announce
the date Of death and day Of inter-
ment.
in the first hundred years or so of its
existence. And that is what makes it
interesting in the contrast hat pre-
walls there now
Carthage an Evidence.
carthage is one Of the best evil
dercc~ of the u~nmistakable awaken
ins ahing place all over North Caro-
Ina. The symptoms are on all sides.
In town and along the country Dad
they are all invisible. Good roads
radiate from Carthage. The tall tow
ers Of the electric power lines stand
like Scntinels on the rises Of ground.
Painted farm houses are edging along
the roads. ClearingS are increasing
in the blackjacks. Little new farms
are suggesting diversified crops. Stock
that can feel n pride in it's ancestry
Is seen. on the farms. Fine new homes
are arising in the town. Substantial
business blocks are crowding out the
less seryiceable structures. An eX-
cellcnt water system has been intro
duced. Sewers and electric lights are
of the public conveniences. Telephone
service connects all the surrounding
towns and farms.
The marvels of the little new Car
thage would have been as wonderful
10 the great and powerful Canaanite
Carthage as paradise might AVE been.
The Underlying Cause.
Ent it is not exactly the apparent
change that signifies SO much as it
is the causes. The other Carthage
organized a Chamber of Commerce
which is only another name for a
body Of men who have associated with
the idea Of advancing the resources
and possibilities of their community
This organization is working in har.
mony with a like organization form.
ed by the farmers of the county, anG
the desire is hat the associations O
the adjoining counties shall all wOrl
IN harmony and in a united struggle
To- bring out the possibilities fount
ON all sides in all these counties.
However, this organization is onl,
a symptom. 1t signifies that the mel
"i carthage have realized what the,
might do, and that they have con
GUIDED To do it. 1t sheds just sucl
q night on the situation that the ney
water works does. Carthage ha
heard the sunris gum.
u Is a curious fact that Carthag
mas been a manufacturing town 70
moch more than half a century. Her
Is one OF the most interesting facto
res south of the Potomac river, an
Y : not a cotton mill, either. 1t
d tarriage factory. n it has a store
SlNtN-four years ago Alexande
Nelly. a farmer, and Thomas r. Ty
son a Who conducted a village store
formed a partnership to run a littl
repair shop. and to fill in time the
turned out a few buggies. They wer
fortunate in finding in w. I. Jone
d SkHlful worker. and i'm the cours
~ tlme Jones came into the firm, an
~ ana 10y the firm came to be know
tS tyson & Jones. That buggy fat
,ory, grew. and presently Carthag
"Nhout a railroad to ship goods, ha
'1hSiderable of q. carriage factor
with a lot Of stun to market.
''rowth OF "A Buggy Company.
N.on and Jones happened to be
,fr ot men suited to each other ar
- 'heir work. 1t is a rare combin;
ION but they had it. This TysC
'hn Jones Buggy Company is instruc
~ 1t grew until il was incorpora
,a W. I Jones was made pres
"G'' ~ the corporation. ertaining h
II'tr until he died in 1910 at the a.
S'Fenty-seven years. Il. b.. Tyso
VINO - now president. is the thil
-,l'iauon of Tysons to be connect
"in the factory. and this brings in
,''.tr' OF the shop hat is wor
u" whole TYSON and Jones cOnce