The farmer and mechanic., 1915-06-15

inquire out Wndt TINS LninS means. The
change would be interesting in itself,
but it is more interesting in its broader
significance. 1t signifies more in Lee
or Moore counties than it would sig
nifty in some Of the more established
counties, for it shows that in the ter
| ritOry where little has been expected
| the stone that the builders rejected
! has become head of / corner.
| Just as one painted house in Lee
! county has Influenced other houses TO
/ be painted, so the Weakening Of Moore
and Lee counties is gOiDG 10 Waken
the whole State. l miss ny guess if
| there are not lot Of other counties
| that VIII be Fostering Colonel PogUe
! about space to make county exhibits
at the State Fair this fall. | can not
| imagine that CASTOR. and Forsyth, and
Guiiford, and Mecklenburg,f and Dur
ham, and Craven, and Wayne, and
| Wilson and Pitt and q LOT of others
are going to let these Sandhill counties
pose before the State as the most de
sirable counties and the richest in re-
sources without showing cause. Incl
rdentally l have just heard from Capt.
} Parrish that one of the beef raising
counties up in the mountains. l think
Haywood. is figuring on two exhibits
} at the fair. Those mountain fellows
have been busy pushing into promi-
, nence, and they are pretty we'll known
now as progressive farmers and stock
men, but with a big future ahead OF
them compared with their present be-
4 cause they have been doing like the
! Sandhills country. starting a center OF
lively activity.
Working on State Organization.
For a few weeks the various trade
= | organizations Of North Carolina have
[ been figuring out State OrSaniZa
e ton which might undertake on a mor'
e comprehensive scheme the advertiser:
q Of the State. Miss Bessie Hackney
" Of the Raleigh Chamber Of Commerce
t has been active in crystalizing tn
y movement. and it is about to resul
h whole State. This is the logical out
le come Of a beginning Of some years ag
ID when Fred Tate Of High Point, an
a Hubert RamSeur of Fayetteville wer
It pulling together. They switched OF
re into the effort to get better freigh
N rates for North Carolina but never go
er back again to the Chamber Of Com
le merce business, SO it is left for tn
D. Raleigh Chamber Of Commerce t
re father the scheme today. This is jus
another elimination Of small move
l. ments commenced In Various section
re Of the State like the Sandhills folk
e. commenced their job Of getting int
De the public vision, and as the Raleig
as effort has won the confidence of sey
&c eral chambers Of commerce an
e. boards of trade and commercial clut
a it is to be expected that out Of
st will come successful scheme.
lg In harmony with the rest Of thes
n movements is the proposition Of tn
b. State Fair Association to the countit
o. to prepare exhibits to bring to Ra
In eigh in the fall, with the idea of show
70 ing the resources Of North Carolina c
ne the biggest and most complete sea
ne ever yet attempted. 1t is too SOC
ne yet to forecast just what success
re- to be expected in this direction. b'
mt last year at Wrightsville Beach Pre-
ITS ident Clarence Poe laid stress on VIII;
Elk to help develop the resources Of tt
es State, and his suggestion led to col
IN siderable enthusiasm on the part
lie the papers, so it is to be presume
ed they will back all Of these projects
ne a way to make them promise good r
ey suits
~ , Blazing Road.
" The editor of the Lee County NeN
in setting out to interest his peop
in making creditable exhibit of j.
ed county products and possibilities
all the State Fair IS blazing out the 70;
ed. for his community, and calling to the
is | attention things they have known
,ed a way but overlooked, and also so:7
ter possibilities of their county they ha
at overlooked The Sanford Express
Ike the same line points out that a toba
he CO warehouse is under conStructic
nd and money has been subscribed
of build a roller mill in the county. Th
the crop diverSiticatiOn in pronOunc
the shape is under way. and that diver
ed fication takes the direction Of two il
M portant products that call for factori
the or warehouses OF TWO dlHent types
ldy handle the agricultural product. a
t1nE iSh Of