The farmer and mechanic., 1915-06-15
GOOD ROADS AND PAINT TELL OF
AN AWAKENING NORTH CAROI INA
Lee and Moore Counties Setting Example That ING To Be More
and More Copied-To Exhibit at State Fan e.

wheat, or of strip 8, ~orted and
packed leaf if it is to, And fol-
lowing the proposed mill les a man
from Ohio to Sanford who IS about to
open bakery to supply not only the
| town, but who hopes to establish a
general business Oh all the roads lead
| ing out Of Sanford to the surround
| ing counties and towns
Other counties of North Carolina
are coming along just as Lee and
/: M oore are. The difference is that
! these two have discovered that it is
| worth while to let the world hear of
| them. 1t is doubtful if there are in
| the state three more enthusiastic
! papers than the Sandhills Tourist at
Southern Pines. the Sanford Express
and the Lee County News. when it
comes to telling what is going on in
their territory and i'll nursing possible
new things. This example is also in
fectiOuS.
) Well, TO set back again to this Sand
hills JOB OF blazing the way. You
know that Tor publicity the Sandhills
have the call on all the rest of North
Carolina, and to, tell the honest truth
; there are lots Of folks who still wonder
< if this part of the State is not over
5 rated. You can dismiss that doubt
5 1t may not yet be fully comprehended
: bat it is just now being discovered
I From now on this part Of North Care
: lima Will be properly rated because
f the folks who are training the bunci
= have awakened their own confidence
e in the community, and confidence il
f what you have to offer is the bi:
thing.
Plenty of Possibilities.
: 1t is no longer question as I
{ | whether Moore county and Lee count
are counties Of possibilities. Whe
= Thomas Gross up at Colon, on tn
9 Seaboard Air Line, makes six Q
5 seven hundred dollars worth of stu
:, on less than two acres Of land in
: season, that settles the possibilities c
,e Lee as a crop producer. When tn
II deWberry men at Cameron take off
I.o crop of dewberries that brings six Q
' eight hundred dollars to the acre tha
% settles the possibilities. When tn
e six hundred dollars from an acre. tha
~ disposes of the question Of crop re
~ turns. That is no longer the poin
~ The lesson in this thing for the Stat
i OF North Carolina in that the folk
ie down this way have started frol
81 their play, and have come to
e known as the most likely place at tn
rs present time in the State.
IS The truth is that we do not knO
10 in Moore county whether this is {
III good a section, Or a better one, or
" poorer one than any other section
10 the State, but the thing that is know
bs Is that this section is good enough ar
IL the people have begun to show the
faith in their neighborhod by makir
Sc it good, and by making it known
ne the rest of the world. They are trea
es ing it as if they mean to stand by
IL The thousands of dollars worth
" paint going on the houses in l.
On county will make the building loo
lie more attractive. 1t will preserve Il
on building. It will stimulate other fl
is ing up. But if you stop to think
ut minute, that is not the importa
IS influence. The paint shows that Il
at people have decided that in the
do county is the opportunity for peOp
he to prosper, and the paint shows tn
n they have acknowledged the king, al
of settled down to make Lee county
ed fit place to live and to raise their 50
in and daughters. The most impress
e. seal Of approval that has been set
North Carolina is that which is mar
tested when the people in Lee sta
to make good roads and to paint t
VS., houses, and to show that they are
pie the place to stay forever. Paint IS
zee sign Of faith and of permanence.
at Building for the Future.
ad The good gravel roads they a
cir putting down in Lee county are f
in the generations of men who are pc
ne haps five hundred years ahead of
I've The men who have been building t
on roads of Moore county say time Gft
lc- time in locating their roads, M a
on. the location right Remember m
to will haul loads over these roads Pc
lus hapS for a thousand years. Z
ed greatest value, therefore, of this c
'si- velopment that this section is ma
M ing, is in the permanenCe OF It's cha
les acter. The SandhillS, worthless
to teen years ago, from now on, becor
nd an advance agent of progress, a p;
it tern of doing something, and