The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-05-11

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North Carolina'> Rantf.r
When il is rememher' .'Sf'>>
other State east of m. an.
north of North Car. q
such a rapid progress rs
sus period as North C.. "-
increased value Of farm 3d..
forward movement OF f,. Iva
is greater than the a.. '*s
State is better underet ts
Lincoln county progress "a@
Of ia per cent. the SELL. @s
States advanced by orr, SIND
the Middle States +, .-tt
bunch of Western Stat, Zig
Pennsylvania to the II a
per cent. 1t will be See IS
has been coming. Yer
understood that the f.r,,-rs
ment has just begun.
only commenced to urer-. #S
value Of cattle on the "t
numbers and to realize
ties of the job of helpir-
world. Lincoln has ufn.
utilize the power II re
streams. Lincoln has ...
menced to build good r,.J- ~ ~,
BRING tourists 10 the toVf-
Now Sweeping state
The progressive moHer+4.--t.
caught all of North C.raf. "@S
longer an isolated influence .1
sweeping the whole Statc. e,s. .L,
rious agencies that are vorbir.
peculiarly aggressive. ym5
them wherever You &c. ~ ~.
! and C1JrfiC Of rho pcIf I. 10y
ISOLATION, urging the fa~r.r -
crease his herd Of cattle ~,
saps n Mclean PREACHING farm ~.
m~onstrati0n. 1t is Brarscu .t Cha,,1
Hill loudly Announcing tne ro>~llI.
ties Of the State. 1t is Fueara 1ot~.-
and the rest of the hGtch teN-r a..
education. It is the new 5I.uer m.n
calling on the communities tC .rsh
hold and follow the croWG sS.r-
prising to notice how mans .r,cr.r5r,
agents are at work az he rre~e-,
minute in the State, and hey al, IN
ranking Lincoln county with al the
other counties. This perpetual Zig
noise is having its effect. H. lel> orory.
body to looking into the resources =
their own neighborhood and When
you do that in almost any section Il
this State you have started something.
Lincoln has the resources. iii s4skS
that same one thing. more people 10
take advantage Of what Nature las
pprOVided, and when II gets Them r.
will be a section worth }uuE5n1 at
The Chamber of Commerce II In
colnton is starting a campaign -
publicity to bring its opportunities he
fore the rest Of the country. ,na mat
gets the people Of the countyr Iuto ac-
ton. But the big thin2 III l~ starting
is getting he people OF tn. comfy
and the towns to see What tres have
and to realize the value If ill., oppor.
tunities.
Lack of knowledge.
Just one thing is the troutit WITH
North Carolina, and that IS ret 10
much cotton. nor need of sfgreea.
ton, nor lack Of schools. nor tho }en-
ant system, or the time store or aCy
of those things, but simply the Jack
Of knowledge on the part ~ ihe Ito-
pie concerning the possibilities "a
their State and comnumtE Ihe
ignorance that is costly IS The lencf'
ance of the ~undeveloped wealtn M
State possesses and the ignorance g
the ability of the people ta E.tt VA
wealth tangible and usahlc shape
North Carolina has sufficient nt!ea.
lied assets to set school mouse, "t
the State as thick as stuhbIc ln Z ."i'
field, and to provide foI a}l 'ff "
ing public questions that c~t ~
money, and to do anytn-4- H.
wealth can do. But the vast N't
is like the gold in the ml"t gre
foot or the unharvested cor r.
field. 1t has to be brousft H
to offer in the market.
Piedmont North Carolina Re'fl"d"i
Lincoln, like all other cV.
learning that il has 2 hefl.t-s
) will provide for all its peeps
many more as care TO laee1'
county, and one hat is h.l
: last forever. Having disco.
the county is joining with i..
the State in the mOVemen
soon to make North Carott
among the States. Wealtl}
s progressive and knoWr.
of a section like Lincoln r"
Bonanza mines Of NevaGa
! handful OF pennies drorf~o
/ contribution box. The la.
North Carolina is d reveie.
t propheSy of everlasting III
S reservoir of which man
s find the limit Of capac4s
+ co11nfV rates tic farm ITEt-