Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-16
MAKING SOUTHERN SAND HILLS BI OOM
by FREDERIC j. HASkIN

SOUTHERN PINES March Is
This is :, country made Of sand rolled
INTO long ridges f.stooucd v.iln wire
grass. which nothing viii cal. and
decorated here and ,horr with a
crooked pine ,rc" not worth cutting
down. II looks Ike tho roores, farm
land III tn" world, and for "A long time
1t was taken ~ it's face value Accord
ing TO a say ing current not many wears
ago. II :, rabbit wanted 10 cross this
country. he had 10 carry hrs provisions
"ith h'm'
II brr.r Rabbit came this WAY now.
no .""'d cam r"sid" som" Of the
n".s' sweet rot"t" ana truct patches
an inc country, he could iind vineyards
"I sweet grapes mat covered hundreds
u ''''t@' ana ms h"pp'uS tih! would b"
,Pi!c" " h'lli"h times "a ~" burst
'l'- ""h. "i IA" cotton iirIdS F"r tue
san" nuns nave ne"n Transformed In
~" Nc"TS "a"'" mas b"cn made
~ "'' ''' 'iI'h country. ihc'c arc
~. tp"""'!'"s "i acres I" he re-
,''''''"' "ut 'hrH productivity mas
no'h proved anu 'hiS Is In" story Of
,ii" men tl"t made the sand mills
"1v7S"''
First Ef Ihouu was Or Seaman A
KNAPP. government expert. and rural
I philosopher Th"re are probably poo
pie in III" Carolina lIlls who never
near" u"' ready went 10 Nirica aud
- $500 - '''''''''T''
Lo' -l"Pt JUL hut mere ar" none "h"
40 h"' rci''h"of 'hd revere seaman y.
Nh''p' ~ ''"l' /" w" S"hu mus 70
F'uoF tn' cot'"' DO Wc"Nil. IL" found
q community or liiSh!'nd Scotchin"n
'E'hS IN inc valleys ana bottoms,
N'ct' INC! ra'S"h enough 100" Tor
thcir OWL CONSUMPTION. inc vast roll
LiE areas or INC Sahn hliiS hhd never
ic't ''e hitc "l q Dow, lhcE were
resaroea as III 'or nothing after the
Nihpcr haH h""ii cut
saw Sand Hills Future.
pr Knarn know ,ba, Roe,or on, al
it's ,rucl, from a sand IA, ANA N.w
York from q Sand b.,.-,a,nctv Inu~
Island. The ;ruck soction hacr Of Eor'
folk is made Of sand ana IN is r,iorf5.
which sirnlIns nntio, u.i,b ,.ir,c,.
yorc,ahIcs Ito <r.w t,,,, ,ic s,r,,
ille h,d , f,,urc mo-, an, j.; ,,.,,i.
in, ;r cnr, ,,,,i ,o,to,, ho,I ~ ,,t'i,r
womb nrov j., ~. s,u1 - ,,o,,.,it
fortified Hut these people had never
used fertilizer, and. furthermore, they
n"d no money with which to buy II,
Tor thcN SOFA almost nothing Dr.
Knapp had 10 build mp the rudinIcnts
| or commerce before he could do any
thing for agriculture. He began by
! stimulating the people in every way
! to put their products on the market
ana 10 raise money crops
once some pcopl. came 10 him for
! a contribution toward hoIdiu,, . h,z,,r
! In order to make money for a rninb
borhood church lie nskod tbcr, what
they would sell AT Tho baZ,ar They
said they wouId make things "a s.iI
Dr I<napp saw his chance 10 rar in ,
! lesson i'm practical economies he
| pointed ont that If members Of Tho
coumunii,. made thiu,,s sold ,bcu, IN
! each other. and used Tho nancy for a
! community ,ntcrprisc tbcy were nro-
| duciuc ox,ctly nothirt. rb.ir Inc
| contribution ONLY an the conJitiou that
! il he iIsed 10 miami The ground where
| tho church ~. 70 lac buiIt in cuttor
! All the ncirhnors wcr. To helm car.
/ for tho match When the ton was
i harvested tho uro.ccds would he de
| voted IN :, iuiIdiun fund Dr Iuonu's
/ prcicct c,rricd ana thc whole com
| muuitv had y practical demonstration
/ of how 10 r,is. ana market money
! crnps
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