The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-26


t4.~deoo. Ian. 23.-E.ither u new |
tMaacs has arisen in North Carolina to
3Ieaa this state 10 a condition OF pros |
raritv and advancement that has not
teea suspected possible, or the Sand
hills country is riding tor a most spec
| .9cular fall, and sensational funeral
III fl is a fall. then as Mark An
au, said over the body Of Caesar we
val lreiterate, 80. what fall was there
my c0untrymen." North Carolina has
not seen before such another eNptoita
toa of amy section us here in the ter
STORY embraced in the Sandhil!s sec
tou. oor a movement backed by SO
much money and by SO many men of
such ability and determination.
Millions of dollars have come to
lack 10 these ventures. and men who
aro apucerned have gone in so deep
lhas success must come or costly
monument to errors of Judgment will
remain for a generation to tell the
story Not only is individual Judgment
aad effort and capital Stakcd on this
affair. but state and Federal govern
ments are backing it up in same enthu
siastic manner. And they can afford to
for If the problems attracting the
| SaMdhillS people are worked out they
Grt worked out not for the Sandhills
bat for the entire State, for the en-
| tire South. for the entire country and
Tor the whole world that depends on
| the farm and factory products of the
| Cflied states.
THIS conclusion l reached in discus
son this week with the people who
are backing the Sandhills develop
ment This thing has become much
more than local in its influences and in
its Importance. This region has been
accepted by the government as a prov
Ing ground for certain several theories,
snd they are going TO be proved be-
cause community, State and nation
Jointly cannot allow them to fail.
During the week a meeting was
held in Aberdeen at which were pres
ent 6. Il. Hudson of Raleigh, T. D.
Mclean, district agent Of Central
North Carolina in the farm demon
stration work. these two representing
the Federal and State governments
Roger Derby, president of the Sand
NILS board of trade, G. l.. Davis, sec
rotary, and other men of prominence
IN the four or five counties included
IN the SandhillS organization
The object of the meeting was tt
start on a series of experiments tha
are scheduled for the territory under
the Joint effort Of the board of trad,
and the agricultural departments O
the state and nation. The charactel
OF the men who are conspicuous il
the Board OF Trade work is such tha
the governments have been impress
"a by their sincerity and their com
prehenslve knowledge Of their sub
JCct.
Henry Page.
POSSIBLY better understanding o
lhe decided Importance of this Worl
Nu' ne had by recalling a few of tn
names. And do not think this is al
innovation grated on this section b.
3vefenthuSiastic men from the North
me man who stands out in it mos
prominently to my way of lookin
Iienf! n. Page, a man of the neigh
h"rhood, one of the cleareSt heade
men ever knew The incep
u"h OF this movement is prob
dhiE old and the crystallizatio
''iheS from the gradual uniting C
enc night here in Aberdeen. Whe
waiter Page, before his appointmer
!" NE British court, addressed
nltVuhE wherein was formed tn
SdHumli Farmers association. TW
or three days later | asked Henr
aase what he thought Of the schem
oso Tor couple of hours we tall
me thing over from all possib
f9'o'S 81 view. He had just arri'
80 III the conclusion that the San.
@ 'L country could raise crops. Wit
I'rly everybody else lie had bee
'"Ieht up cE the notion that hel
"N a hopeless sterile quarter of II
uH nut in spite of his beliefs ine
u u"en harvesting crops tn 1 sci
g. Ptslng. iie had begun To accel
~ ~ ht"hability OF raising things pro
Ia the send. and had enter.
4" me creation of the hig Narioo
80 NO or three miles out fro
own. Yet we were both decide q