The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-23
Women Join In The Work OF
Developing Sandhi'l
Country
Continued from Page One.)

making pretty yards ana lawns at tnc
farm, where a lawn can be MADE II
one is possible anywhere on eafth.
All of the numerous farm helps that
have been advocated for the rellef or
the farm life will be taken in hand by
the organization. and IL the women or
the Sandhill farms do not find them
selves in a new atmosphere before an
other year is ended it will be funny.
Advertising Section.
The organization OF women for So
cial service work is not particularly
new thing. It may be that Woman'S
auxiliary to a board OF trade is not
new Be that as it may, it is likely
that the WOman's organization here IN
the Sandhills will prove something
new before it is very old, for here is =
Board of Trade that has brought re-
Suits When the Sandhills Board OF
Tared was organized year ago some
Of the men who took hold Of 1t an
nounced plainly that the thing would
be dead in a year if it did not show
results, and that it would live indefin-
itely if it showed results. So many
Of the new developments of the past
year can be traced directly to- the
work of the Board Of Trade that the
organization is more firmly on its feet
now than anybody suspected year
ago that it would ever be. It is pro-
Carolina is better known that any
| other rural section, and possibly even
| the bigger towns Of the State are not
| better known away from home than
| the Sandhills.
When men like Leonard Tufts,
| Roger Derby, Henry A. Page, r. W.
| Pumpelly, the TySOnS, the CamerOnS,
the McDonalds, and the whole bunch
Of that sort of people go into a ven
| ture it has to show at the start that
| it gives promise Of success, and then
| they compel it to prove up its
promises The men Of seventeen
| towns around here knew that the re-
sources Of this section could make
good if proper effort were brought to
bear, and they were willing to make
| the effort. Today the gait is sWifter
in the country from Chatham county
| to the South Carolina line than was
ever known before in this part OF
the State. Now with the women TAX
| ing hold, and with the same enthuS-
| iasm the men entered on the work
it is just as certain that the women
| will arouse new life as that the
men have, for the. average woman
when she starts at this sort Of thing
never knows when to quit. These wo-
men have at their back the same re-
sources the men have, and they have
also sufficient funds, for there is in the
Sandhi1 country considerable wealth
that is not chained down. Then many
Of the communities here in the sand
have what the banks call correspond.
ents IN the older sections of the Union
This was illustrated by Roger Derby
who while he is not woman, has
some OF the fortunate relations with
otner people that a good many Of the
!. women Of the Sandhill country sus.
tam Derby wanted a better school iT
his neighborhood. He enlisted the as
sistance OF his neighbors and they de.
cldec TO create an enlarged district
| and build a central school, They took
a location on Derby's farm, because
tney could take it and it was central
. These folks in the Sandhills are some
! what like my old friends Of the Sand
ara Oii Company when anything i.
: wanted, they take it, and If any bill
is sent in they pay it. But the bill
. Is not often sent in. AS John Nc
, queen remarked one day while locat
ing new road, 81 don't think tn.
q man who owns the land will file ;
! | cialnn Tor damage, for I have no ide:
! "here you would find a jury in Moor,
= : county that would find a verdict tha
< gooo road ever damaged anybody"
y The Derby Way.
: They located a school site On Tor
| ny Iarm, and Derby passed along +
S ,.e North quiet tip that any @
: MS 1olks who wanted to shake fhei
8 pocket books at new school down i,
r the sand belt would be permitted t
up 70 certain date. The friends go
r under the wire. That consolidata
Schooi district on the Derby farm !
pu1idlng one Of the finest rural school
" IN m tns South, and if anything is lack
y ing when the building is finished an
II equlpped 1t will be nothing but enaue-
Ie chlldren to keep it running with a fnl
IT water Hne load. Derby, you see.
I ssuesslns sue.,s =, against next year, and h
~ Knows that his school will hava It
= - patronage in a reasonably short r. -, =,
" ~ II IS not there when the bell ring
re ''
was present on the night when III
d Sahohllls ;aaa board of trade was organ
IS scone % anu p .rteo to have it bigger in il
lie ssope. But the rest of the hunc
m injured that any bigger would he aIo ~
hhueh 70 handle from the start No,
that the women have taken hold
- the "IlA ;an II begins to look to me as
- | the lOod of maxine - ~