The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-16


Statistics I see u abroad that
Pays a million dolie. -7idends a
year earns somewhere ~, fifteen
or twenty millions, for = ~. lot
of things to pay before the
comes. So it is safe to concluu ~.
Fairfax Harrison sees how his roa, y
TO earn fifteen or twenty million dol
lars a year on the money it is putting
into the line between Washington and
Atlanta.
Railroads Close TO Other Business
| am not trying to forecast the
business of the Southern road ] am
simply showing that the road is put
ting millions If dollars into improve
ment III the State and that the i'm
provement is to earn q lot Of money
from the industry that is TO grow up
in this State in the Immediate future.
The railroads Of the State are in the
closest touch with business. They
know whether it is safe to spend mil
lions for what is TO come, and they
are spending the money. Not only is
the Southern pouring out money, but
the Seaboard is completing new line
to Charleston from Charlotte, and is
also double tracking and building new
depotS and things of that sort all
along the line. The Coast Line is
doing the same thing, and the Norfolk
| the old project of pushing on west
| ward from Charlotte which has been
| its ambition for q. long time.
| 4 Big Scheme Brewing.
| This railroad Improvement, signifi-
cant as it is. is only one of the signs
| that point to the big expansion that
is just in front of North Carolina. II
falls in with various indications OF
| what is in the air, and they all tell
| the same story. A project not yet
! ripe for much announcement is big
land scheme that is near the COM
| mencement stage for the east end OF
the State, backed by Northern capi-
tai for a large sum, and contemplate
| ing big development. 1t appears
| to be an assured thing. In the Will
mington territory at two or three
centers Of Infection has commenced
an influx of Belgian and other foreign
! immigrants as a sequel of the war
| Hugh MacRae has tried out the peo
pie Of the Low countries of Wester1
Europe and acquisitions to his colo
nies are Of the greatest significance
for the success they have been max
ing in Pender and New Hanover are
certain guarantees Of the future. TIL.
t1ollanders and Be1gians are intensive
| farmers and extreme economists.
i All over the State is an awakening
! Of the Chamber of Commerce ambi
, ton, and back of it is a more def
mite idea Of what is to be done. Raj
eigh Is making an effort to get
lot of these organizations to work to
gether, for common State results a
well as for individual results, ans
the individual boards are going at th
| work on different plans than the an
cient methods From towns like Ma
rion. Kinston, Reidsville, Thomasville
| and their kind, comes the news o
| ! schemes to arouse development Q
local resources. The State fair
figuring out way to make the mex
fair an event that will attract atten
| ton from the various States and be
come a medium for advertising Nortl
Carolina to the big outside world.
Schools Active Too.
The schools are laying cut new pro
t jects to stir up the State. Salem Col
Z lege not long ago had a North Caro-
) lima Night at which information con
5 corning the State was made the even
| Of the evening, and it made such
r hit that a plan was formed to repea
D it on more elaborate scale. TIL
I work over at Chapel Hill by the Bu
S reau Of Extension is giving the peopl
t of the State an entirely different cor
: ception of their counties and OF tn
r whole State, and it has helped wit
i other things to start the papers in a
e | sections to give greater publicity t
: North Carolina.
a The persistent and successful er
S thusiasm of the Sandhills Board {
e Trade has set other communities
Y thinking. The Sandhills movemer
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