The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-21

imagined possible. Now the whole |
country is recognized as cotton |
country, and the vicissitudes that have |
overtaken the cotton market are
showing the Robson folks that the
county is capable of being something
else than simply cotton country.
Money For New Ventures.
More than that money is accumu-
lating to undertake new ventures
along different lines. The cotton
mills are evidence Of this. The COM
ing of the wires Of the Yadkin Power
Company brings power to Robeson
county. although it has some streams
on which some local power can be
generated, and which in time will be
utilized Those can be held in re-
serve while power from the Yadkin
| is convenient and abundant, and when
needed can be developed to add to
| that Of the adjoining powers from
Hoke and Cumberland, for Robson
| is surrounded with power.
| Robson is we'll provided with rail-
roads. From east to west the Sea-
| board cuts the county in two. The
| Coast Line has two roads running
north and SOUTH while several smaller
| roads are tributary to these main
lines, affording easy access to all sec
tons. Only an extremely limited
area of RObeson county is as much as
five miles from a railroad, which is
unusual when the big size Of the Coun-
ty is considered. With the good roads
| that are coming the question of farm
hauling is no longer one to perplex
the folks of Robeson. Then all over
the county model towns are springing &
up, which is another factor in the ex-
pansion of development. Robson has
Lumberton, MaxtOn, Red Springs, st.
Paul, Lumber Bridge, and smaller
places, conveniently located for the
farm, so that local commercial CEN
ter is availab BILE in every neighborhood.
Yet with all that Robson has done
the prominent conviction that i'm
presses the outsider is that here is a
wonderful place for continued pro-
greSs. Sweeping away for mile after
mile, along the railroad, along the
wagon road, the eye is greeted by the
unending level country. You have
. heard Of the Gar Of Russia who
wanted railroad built from ST. Pc
\ tersburg to Moscow or some place
: out in the empire and who laid 9
ruler on the map, and drew a line
: and told the engineers that was the
\ place he wanted the road. UnfOrtu
nately it is hily and broken in Rus
; sia, and the engineers protested. Bu
I the Gar insisted and that is all | re
member about the story. But the,
' tell me that the road from Laure
5 Hill to Navassa, near Wilmington, 10
miles in extent, is without a curve
= and I do not doubt it, for any p1ac
you look out Of the rear of the ca
you can see the track diminishing int
a long thin line that finally vanishe
= in the fringe of trees that show Wher
! ! earth and sky line meet A hundre'
and one miles without curve be
% cause there is no reason to bend
= rail to make a curve. And If yo
- think little bit you can imagine tha
v such a length of straight road is nc
possible many places on this cont
- nent.
- Building Railroad Track Easy.
n It is true there are some little hill
v in Robson, some, in the north
e. the county steep enough that som
,e cars may have to go into low gea
n but in the south side Of the count
Mt a railroad contractor has not muc
rs more Of a job on his hands in builG
ID ing a new line than is required in bee
ding a field for cotton rows. A raj
road cut that you can't see out OF
a novelty down this way, and I wou1
have to hunt to be able to tell whel
e is one of any depth. But some
Z these little high places they call hill
a man as tall as I am can look ov
tv from the valley.
a With it's ideal climate, fertile land
or and level surface SO much more
ct RODeSOn IS aVallaDle Tor cultivate
tie than is cultivated that it is safe to 81
this county has a place to make +
m itself much farther up in the list thu
of it has ever attained. No doubt 9th
e. counties Of the United States will p
de along at the same time, but they W
find Robson in fast company, f
nd two Of its advantages can never
cir overcome, and only a few count
m nave tneIn. inese are ease or cult1V
tlOn of this light soil. and the fave
,m able climate. A days plowing in Rob
ro son county will accomplish more s.
OIL breaking and pulverizing than in a
county north Of the sandy lands. Th
counts enormously. It gives an a
vantage in lower overhead cost
crop-making. The Coastal plain of t
'ut United States is the cheapest place
the limited States To IN 2 lie cror, T Z