The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-12
MODEL FARM COMMUNITY FOR
THE WESTERN EDGE OF HOKE
show Spot of Progressive Agriculture Is in Contempla-
ton and The Preliminary Work Is Already Under
Wav-The Small Farm To Be Featured

Ashley Heights, January ?.-The
e-st lime YOU ever heard of Ashley
ticiohfs. isn't it? Perhaps it may be
,l,o last time, for the name may not
stick. IL is not the last time you will
hear of the place under the same
NAME for the place will stick, either
- an illustration of the success OF
the proiect and a monument to the
mercy and enthusiasm Of few men,
r- 81. 81 horrible monument to a fail
,,rc If success should be an elusive
Ne will call it Ashley Heights this
rock et any rate, and then if it gets
arnther name we will all be speak
ing that name. for it IL to be con-
spicuous example. and l do not think
il can be anything else than a Valua-
bic success, valuable 80 It's packers
and particularly vaiuabl to the nelgh-
borhood and the state.
The other day l was riding on the
Aberdeen and Rockfish train with w
4 Blue. the superintendent, /: nd as we
passed the rise OF ground on which
tho station is TO be built he smiled
and waved his hand at the prospect.
ASHLEY Heights" he said. And that
Is the first time 1 had heard the
name. Previously we have referred
60 il as the Leavitt tract. The long
said Mr. Blue" so far as l know, that
is an unbroken forest. Eight miles
from Aberdeen to the SanatOrium, and
you can't see a clearing from the
dime you leave the hospital until on
the hills above Aberdeen
Surveyors Active.
That was on Wednesday Of last
week. on Friday l went out on the
same tract of land and found sur
veyor's corps starting to run the land
lines around the place. This week
the corps will be locating roads and
making q survey for the station, the
town site and the farm lines, for the
place Is TO be cut into town and
hundred or so of farms. A road tha
now extends to Aberdeen will be
widened and made a model highway
The same course will be applied tt
the road that leads to Raeford, al
though both are now good sand cla!
roads A new road through the hear
OF the five-thousand acre tract VIII
be extended to Southern Pines ant
mado a model road. The road t.
Fayetteville will be rebuilt where i
traverSes the property. Then on boti
sides OF the roads, which will be 10
Gated with the most careful consld
GRAFTON for the convenience OF tn
will he plotted tracts varying iron
about forty acres up to not more thai
hundred acres, and few as big a
that These plots will be laid OF
with due regard for their relation t
each other. to the central settlement
and to the possibilities that each Ca
develop for itself. This work Q
plotting the farms will be given IN
greatest care, for the aim is to max
"a ~
avoid all the false notes that can b
seen in time.
When the farms have been locate
and the roads opened the town at tn
railroad station will be laid out. an
II viii he unique among the towns
North Carolina. The proposition.
70 make a farming community tht
averages about three miles squar
with the town settlement about tt
center The town project is to serI
'he farms. and with this idea in vie
~ many farms as possible will !
located SO their buildings may col
sutute portion OF the town. II
railroad will put up station building
ana lay q siding, and one of the hr
thlhSS the owners Of the property al
lIsuring on is a school house. TT
telephone system at Raeford is to
extended out TO the Ashley farm
inen being on the road already Sc
tIhg poles.
Model Houses Planned.
" hen the surveyor has complete
ilS plot work will be started on IL
buildings. These will be mod
small farm houses, commodiou
canned by a competent man. built
modern style, painted. fitted wi
sewerage, with water. and Surround'
Wv agreeable setting. A water syste
VII he provided FOR the coinmunit
ne Iarm homes are to be made {
sracti'e, and because ii does not &C
80 much to equip IA number Of hom
yoihaiy with modern convenienC
mat policy viii be followed instead