The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-20

are having their influence on Har-
nett county. and the farmers on
those border lands are considering
what is being done in thel; otner TO-
bacco belts. The big Harps topacco
farms with it's 800 acres or tOoacco
last year, it's model barns ana us
model system affords more stlmuius-
Harnett is observing that geneIdi I'll
of progress that has broken out In the
Sandhilis and because part of Harnett
is tvpical sandhill land the Harnett
sandhillers figure that they can 90
as much with their sandy land as
ANYBODY can, and perhaps more with
their other land. So n arnett sets
its stakes to correspond with What
the surrounding counties are DONG,
and the whole population is Delhg
fred with the determination to get
in with the crowd.
"What do you think Of our town ?"
a Ellington man asked me, and l
told him to put the test on it. Look
if you can see any new ShlngleS
They blossom out on every MIL
Houses are like men. The -old ones
gradually go out Of commission. II
new ones are coming on. well ana
good. If new ones are not coming on
then the burying ground is doing ALL
the business, and nobody HkeS 10 puy
cemetery lots as a speculation or for
business purposes.
New Roofs and Fresh Paint.
Ellington has plenty of new roofs,
and a creditable sprinkHng OF fresh
paint, which is another good sign.
Along the road from Sanford to Lii
lington two or three right new vii
lagos are thrusting their roofs up out
Of the trees, and new country stores
tell the satisfactory story that farm
fi,,1i ofC
men to undertake to supply at close
hand. Another thing that tells OF
progress in the county is the change
| from the Dixie plOw and one mule to
the bigger and more modern farm
| implements and the bigger teams. Saw
| mills are pushing the remaining pine
| timber back farther and farther from
| the settlements and the axe of the
man who is clearing new ground fol-
| lows the mill. Behind him comes
| the heavier farm implements and
they include everything from the
| stump puller up to the latest wrinkles
| that the implement man can think Of.
It is sign Of going ahead when you
| can begin to see pretty red and yell
low farm implements and machinery
under the warehouse shed at the
| cross roads store.
| Developing In All Sections.
| Harnett is developing in all four
quarters, faster in some sections than
in others, but in all sections, and the
| good roads are not particularly the
| cause, but the manifestation of the
| cause. The sudden outbreak of the
| good roads craze is the gradually
| crystallizing conviction that some
things are better than the old things
| When community once reaches that
stage you can look out for the
gravel to fly. With the good roads
the country is opened in all directions
and the increase in land value be-
cause of greater accessibility and at
tendant greater production is increas-
ing the public funds, so that the fu-
ture is expected to bring greater
headway forward than is visible yet
Harnett has caught the North Caro-
lima idea Of staring something's habit
that is more and more pronounced
every day through the length and
depth of the State, and is just now
showing its definite symptoms I.
only takes an hour or SO in the county
and a trip out one Of the new roa ds
to find out what is about to turn loose
7 down here on the Cape Fear Harnet1
has walked up. It has the resources
= and the ambition. It has got the ma.
chine in motion. New roads and lot.
Of them almost over night new
S school houses new homes, new farms
1 new county.
Plain as the nose on your face,
I