The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-26
HEY HAVE SEEN THE SIGN,
INIT THEY WILL CONQUER
Sand Hill Folks Have Walked Up To What Is In Reach and
They Are Doing Some Reachng-Men and Opportun-
ity Meet

Farmers association ia the work it
laid out for itself.
But Henry A. Page does not let go
because he is not sure what the re-
suit will be, Knowing him as | do
l can say that his battle cry is not
whether we can win, but whether we
ought to win; and when he has 'de-
cided that we ought TO win he does
not know anything to do but 20 reach
for TIA" gun, and start the fight.
Let no man say that | am giving
these folks down here cheap bo-
Quet. The bOquet is yet to come, an!
whether 1t shall be q triumphal gar
| land or funeral wreath it will be
! SO big that a small bOQuet at the
present time is wholly Unnecessary
! What [ am after is 80 show the State
| of North Carolina what these people,
are doing. and with the hope that
| their work can be followed in every
| section of the State.
Henry Page built here from the
money. He was a developer from
| the beginning. While the Pages held
| the Aberdeen and AShebOro railroad
they opened a big territory, and laid
the foundations for a powerful for
| ward movement. With the railroad d
off their hands the impetus given the
| territory it travels has not Slackened,
and Henry A. Page has localized his
efforts but broadened them in the To-
cality One of the first things was
the Marlboro farm There several
hundred acres of the black jack for
est has given way to corn and pas
ture fields. Henry Page has a living
illustration of cattle production in
the sand. He has an investment Of 9
lot of thousands of dollars in the
Marlboro farm, and there we bring ir
some of the other characters. Henry
Page Is man who does things. HI
is an unusually successful bushes.
man. with a record as clean as it i.
successful. Henry Page has giver
himself as hostage to the success O.
the Sandhill movement. He has pu
thousands in his big farm, and hi
sons are putting money in farms clos
, by. His nephews. Walter Pages sons
are putting a lot of money into farm
in the neighborhood. The Pag
: Trust company is putting thousand
Of dollars into the backing Of mel
who are making farms in the vicinity
The Page Trust company the Othe
day came to the rescue of the banl
1 at Carthage that met with trouble
and it will become an adjunct OF tn
: Trust company at Aberdeen. Tn
! Page interests are standing by tn
Sandhili section
f The Blues, Father and Son.
r Across the railroad from the Pag
n offices is the office of the Aberdee
t and Rockfish railroad, which is in
: dividualized by John Blue and w. A
: Blue, father and son. These men ar
= two more of the hostages that sue
cess will come to the Sandhl1l move
ment and they are bending every fe
Il fort to the same end that Page i
h They have a large amount OF none
q invested on their judgment as to tn
| It TN
y that success every day. Here is ar
4. other pair much after the Page pal
st tern. Prudent in every step they TAX
g trying to be sure they will not recon
l. mend to a newcomer something ths
d will not turn out as he expects, tes
J. ing out farm problems on their bi
} farms all the time, they are Wori
N ing with the rest OF the big forces Il
)f the common aim of bringing the
d territory to its possibilities. Beside
n their railroad the Blues have seVer'
nc thousand acres OF land which mu
be made productive or be n burds
le and q useless asset.
rv Some Of the Others.
e. Down the Seaboard a short distan'
< is the big holding OF the Gates
le father and sons Frederick T. Cat
V is a big name III financial circles
d. New York. These men have prob
tn bly, The big end of million dol1a
an fastened in the sand in Richmoi
re and Scotland counties. leona
ne TUFTS has an enormous io-Inore thf
nn that. r. w PumpeilS. Roger Derh
re and others, running down TO the snaal
Dt er ones. have many or Jew fno
f. sands. according to their holding
ed The latest acquisition IS +. L. AS
rc lex. head Of the Hudson River Pow
m cornpaly. Of New orh. who IS staa
iy
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