The farmer and mechanic., 1915-06-15
BION III. BUTLER.

BION III. BUTLER.
aberdeen, June 12.-When the ad-
yisorv board of the State Fair Associa-
tion announced that arrangements
would be made to provide for county
exbibjts at the fair in the fall, Clyde
Davis secretary Of the Sandhills Board
of Trade. at once wrote to Col. J. T..
Pogue, secretary Of the association to
reserve space for the Sandhills exhibit,
which would be something that would
be worth looking at. This was before
II vas decided by the association to
offer good premiums for county eX-
hibits The mere announcement that
the counties would be given a chance
10 make displays at the big fair was
all the Sandhills folks asked, ana
they Immediately let it be known that
they would be on hand with the
goods
There is no doubt that the Sandhills
WILL have an exhibit at Raleigh in
October that will be worth seeing.
and il viii give the State and the
world a better idea of what the Sand
hill country Of North Carolina is do
ing and is capable Of doing.
The second county to catch on to
the idea of an exhibit at Raleigh is
Lee. Lee is a new county, not very
big but having some live people. SO
the editor Of the Lee County News
takes up the idea of "a county exhibit
and letter is addressed to Capt. f.
j Parrish president Of the Fair AsSO-
ciatiOn and Lee county presently
comes forth with a plan to have 8
tent for it's exhibition and to have
little shown of it's own to let the world
knew what this young county is DO
ing.
NcighborhOOd Talked About.
Now it is worth paying little at
tention TO this section which has pu
in the first two applications for spac'
al the State Fair. Lee county and tn
Sandhills have not been regarded a
the best section of the State, but the
seem to be doing something to attrac
attention, and wherever Nortn caro-
lima Is heard of this neighborhood
talked about. A disguised Ralelg
man told me the other day that
was In the North and some one aske
him where he came from. He sal
North Carolina, and was asked tina
ever prevailing question, do you liv
anywhere near that Sandhill sectio
we hear about SO much? 2? Anothe
man complained that wherever n
goes the good roads Of North Care
lima are supposed to be all In MOOT
county.
That is not going to be the case a
ways. The rest Of the counties al
closing in on Moore and Lee. and bt
fore long North Carolina will
known as an entire State instead OF
few sections, for mighty 1nf1uene
is at work in all parts of the Stat
The effects of initiative are seen in
little experience in Lee county. La
spring the Lee County Club, anon
other things, inauSurated a paint can
paign. The papers took up the sui
ject The merchants made a props
sition that they would give a certa
time on paint used right then
brighten up the town and county. III
result is surprising. The beginniI
was not very wild. but as fast as OF
man painted his house another one D
gan to be Interested. Supplies OF pai
on hand were exhausted and new 10
came. A company that sells pai
told me last week that twice wee
now they go over their paint suppl
and order new stocks. Painting
Lee colnty has reached the epidem
stage. Farmers who had unpaint
houses last spring have caught T
contagion to such an extent that tn
outbuildings, and the change alol
the country roads is one that ever
body is talking about.
Painting Infection Spreads.
\ school district had an unpalnt
senOol, and it figured that in the f
the school house would be paintt
The painting infection caught that d
trict and the school patrons arrang
tor some entertainments and oyst
>uppers and the school house is pair
edand fall is long way off. To ma
y more interesting the people of
uiStrict are painting their houses, q
there is not the slightest idea
where the thing will reach by
ulne fall comes, the time when
school house was due to be paint
ne good roads and the paint ca
palSn have made such a change in
race Of Lee county that it is a stu
-uSl To drive alone, the rna dS a