The farmer and mechanic., 1915-06-15
VOL. C. NO. 81.

SI!c fNtttt II tn3l II the poorest part
OF North Carolina can find the read
to prosperity all the rest OF the State
viii b compelled 10 dance along At
hVe', clip or be shamed from the
map II the Old Tar Heel common
wealth.
There are a lew counties in the
state that have not yet commenced TO
build good roads IL is unnecessary
to consider those counties any more.
They will come in presently. for their
people get out from time Ia time to
counties that have good roads The
example Of the counties with good
roads will make the people Of the un-
progressive counties discontentod with
their bad roads and they will insist on
good roads. Missionary work Will
help little. Of course. but the good
roads that are built in other parts Of
the State will be the factors that do
the work. Everybody is surprised at
the SwlftneSS< of road construction in
North Carolina. Think of the ad-
vance that has been made in the last
ten years from nothing to what We
| have now. Then think what the ad-
| rance Will be in the next ten years
| from what We have now. The roads
of North Carolina ten years from now
will be a dre@m.
Starting State to Work.
Moore county is cutting out the way
to better things has done a lot for
Moore. 1t has done more for the rest
Of the State than it has done for the
Sandhill section, for it has started the
whole State on work that Will not
stop ever. one county can't move
ahead by itself Everything it does
is public and is taken up by the rest
as soon as the good is seen. The
Sandhills Board of Trade can't work
for the Sandhills alone. 1t works out
some new idea and that idea becomes
lot ,h h..
world as far as it can be applied.
! When DR.. Bell invented the telephone
he invented it for all the world Cy
rus Mccormick, the Nirginian. ma de
the moving machine to cut wheat for
every man who gets bite of bread.
North Carolina can rejoice because
, all over tho State this awakening Is
Y in progress. 1t is not alone in Moore
n and Lee counties that the miCrobe Of
G discomfort is driving men away from
r the satisfied conditions Of a dozen
T years ago, although | am of the Opin-
a ion that in the Sandhills country the
4 rate of progress has been in greater
e proportion than anywhere else in the
a State. From now on it is going to be
r greater in every county, and the
t movement will increase every sue
e ceeding year
T 1t looks to me now aS il the plan
t Of the cha ambers of commerce to NEE,
: in Raleigh is to stir things up. These
{. bodies have gone far enough to see
e that they can get results if they work
8 along some definite line. and they are
n outlining specific projects Many
e hopeless dreams have been tried ou
e and discarded Likely things have
e been discovered United action is nov
contemplated. Determination is be
" hind the proposition, and determine
Is ton is a winner. | am of the opin
a ion that the most important trait 0
# human character is a lively imagina
n ton. The man who can imagine i
d a seer, a reader of the future, a de
ir signer of new posi- bilities. The maj
g who imagines he sees a new Nortl
10 Carolina has before him the work
t. ing drawings of what that new Nortl
t. Carolina is to be. The chambers 0
Of commerce are plan builders. The
ee draw on agination for somethin
* that is not, and they proceed to Great
le what imagination shows them.
< Pioneering That Is Valuable.
a The man who planned the cam
Mt paign in the Sandhills had imagina
le ton, and with it enthusiasm, conf
If dence. and persistence. They wer
le also analysis. They saw that in tn
at Sandhills were certain things an'
I'd they imagined that if those thing
a would not raise something they Wer
rs good for another thing. AS | said
ve they are not altogether sure yet wha
IN the long suit of their section is to b
il ultimately, but they know it is TO b
rt a winner, and they are proceeding o
ne that line and winning. That is VIII
1n the Sandhills pioneering is valuable t
a the whole State. After this Sand
hills experiment becomes thorough
known, the whole State will re2liz
re that there is nothing in North Care
or lima that was made in vain. Ten year
r from now We will all realize that n
IS county in this State was made simpl
he to fill the gap between two othe
er counties as was once the common eH
ke preston, but TO give opportunity |
en- the people of that county.
r. Secretary Davis says he is going I
he have an exhibit at the fair at Raleig
e. that will make the rest of the Stat
k wonder | imagine it viii be wort
r. looking over. for when the other coun