The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina • Page 36

i 1 ptonrn caholhtas ten YEAitr progiissstux: ifcws and onsEiivm, Tuesday hooking, aphxl 8, i -sea do 1 Mr. Powell has' accomplished all this Eiltm-GMriGFUOUAY SPRINGS. WHATi HE IBMKS HAVE DONE. 1 i TUt RcT Vm.nrvar Thajt Fine Resort Now Made Accessible by the Raleigh Fear Railroad. ix.

fruit" and other small he to climb. Ills first season trou him reputation and some money. His wagon was to seen on the streets every It had something for sale. Whether It was watermelons; peaches, corn, potatoes or what, a trade was soon, made at the best market price. John Scott has done i welL He makes mpney out of his He is what Is called a good' farmer manager and sells lot of.

fruit and Vegetables. Pota- toes is where he made the, best results, am told. There are many more. A Captf Charles McDonaldf does at tracking. He gets his products on early and gets a nice price.

Then he is nearby, has goodland and experience. Walter RItche, Nathsslel Blackwelder- and Alderman' are others that might, be mentioned who do well selling truck. Strawberries find ready gale here- and can grown with in the last decade on a fair, creek bot tom and upland by Judicious rota tion of crops, rtbtwougn mak ing and using almost exclusively home made fertiliser. One other example, Mr. R.

B. Hartley. living one mite and a half southeast' of town. His farm consists of perhsps three hundred acres a of Lower creek. He has been a very sue-cessful grower ot wheat, corn, tle and while his grain yields have not been, of the highest order per acre, always comes up withstood av erage yields, using mainly homo made fertilizer and judicious rotation of crops with thorough cultivation.

Mr. Hartley uses, ine Desi iaDor savmt macninery. ana makes a specialty of raising and feeding cattle and hogs. Some of his hogs have scored the heaviest weights, for their age, recorded in this county. Mr; Hart i ley sells some fine hsy at, a fancy price off his farm every year, but prefers; to I 'fe rnost of hU "-thua securing the best returns by saving manures for his lands and selling cattle and hogs.

Mr. Hartley has. a beautiful new homo. overlooking his broad acres, furnished with every comfort, has fine horses and and is giving his children the best educational advantages the country He is improving Ms farm constantly and; has money loaned at Both gentlemen referred to are thJnkint. reading men, who take agri cultural papers and other periodicals and are, fair examples of 1 others In this Ton Willi note that I do not take those examples from either Catawba, Yadkin or River valleys.

where perhaps our finest farming lands lay. but have taken them from the ordinary farms of the county. -Neither- have I referred to tn trW farms covering the Uplands and mountain coves of this part of the State, wLere the finest fruits to be found In the country, are produced. Respectfully, H. MARTIN.

Editor Lenoir News. Lenoir. N. C. April 8.

FARMING IN CABARRUS PATS. Mr. Frank Teeter, of Harrisburg, is an example of what brain and hard work does for the farming business. Not many years ago he bought near two hundred acres of land that was badly run down. He soon paid for it.

Three years ago he bought an adjoining tract and soon paid for It and now another. He made money by hard licks, out of wheat and Mr. W. W. of Pioneer Mills, is a farmer who; makes money out of Cabarrus dirt.

The Wheat fields to be' seen anywhere are seen annually on his farm, where modern machinery is used. Mr. Morrison has been an inspira tion to his neighbors, who are all prosperous in the extreme-edge of the county- If the people of Cabarrus were asked to Metther State Board Agriculture. nafce' the most all round: success on the arm tn the county, no doubt that man would be C. O.

Gillon. Not many years agd'ltr. Gillon made a ery modest beginning abput ten. miles from, He raised plenty of wheat, oats and kept goqdattle and stock and marketed cotton besides. Several years ago he was.

burned out. His barn, horses, cattle, all were lost. Her soon recovered and is prospering. Mr. Gillon's butter Is on the Concord market every week and has -a-reputation.

The merchant handling it can't get It fast enough. He has made money and is well fixed. There are numbers of men in GUlon'a neighborhood who make money. They sell lots of produce in Concord. Mr.

F. Goodman is one of these. His success is marked and deserved. Jos. P.

Morrison, of, Pioneer is considered an up-to-date, modern and mdst successful farmer; making money out or cotton and rrom good cattle. There are many ethers. These mentioned are all a good distance from town. Now lets look at a few Just out apiece. Several years ago Ji, Krinlin-, tr was working at the carpenters trade, when he bought a small place near town and, moved out.

-With one horse, a wagon oq, A limited number of Implements he begaM He had brain, good health and a small indebtedness. Out ot green com, Stfltement Rv Fniir nf Bankers In "The' banks of North' Carolina are more conservatively managed than, any In the Said a New York bank president reeen try. He is doubtless right for an examination' of the matter shows, that taking' a term of years.Uie ratio of bank failures in Is less than ic acy other State. I It is not too much to say that in a large measure the success of the various industrial enterprises of any community or' Stater is largely due to the banks. Where there is a rcarcity of hanking facilities you may not expect to find any great number of factories "'and' successful corporate On 'the, Contrary, a well inanaged bank in, any, community, which is large' enough to sustain it, will assist very greatly In bulldint'up that community, It is therefore a matter of congratulation that the banks North Carolina sis a whole are.

in strong position, well, managed and deserve that confidence which, -the pccple bestow upon them. By, an examination of the name of directors the. banks among them, with few exceptions, "the men who 1 are the controlling spirits In MR. W. JACKSON.

Assistant Cashier of Commercial and Farmers Bank. the various -manufacturing enterprises of the town or city in which the bank is loccted. The banks foster these and factories, and- are assisting perhaps greater ttian any other agency in the development of our State. One of the most striking evidences of the rapid growth along Industrial linefc In North Carolina during the pant jA years.ls to be found an examination jdI the growth of the banking the -Ten years aco there- were .76 bankldg Inv stituMons in the State with a i paid up capital and surplus of $7,071,000 and with aggregate deposits. of $9,01 8.000c There arp teday 156 banking' institutions1 with a capital and surplus of $9,238,411 and aggregate deposits of We see here an Increase of 30 per cent in amount of capitsl employed, 100 per' cent increasjb in the number of Institutions and over Thee facts heed no commeht.l since at a glance" they -show a Very re ntarkable and this growtH'of the bahXins interests 'rej-fleets the 'increased prosperity of thfe people and the Industrfes of the State.

'-RALEK3I1 1 BANK DEPOSITS HAVE INCREASED 100 PER CENT- i Appended herewith are the figures giving the growth of the 'hanks of Rsleigh during the ten yesrs past. They speak for themselves: Ten years ago the banks of Raleigh had Capital 440,000 Surplus and Total capital and profits Totsl deposits 10 years ago. TODAY." Capital Surplus and profits 94,709 S34.709 1.165,611 I 455.000 242.762 697.762 2.074.027 f- Tnlsl Mnlll.an4 nrnllti Total deposits The capital stock has remained pracj-tlcally the same. The undivided surplus and profits hss increased $148,053 and deL posits hare grown ie the handsome total of over two mlllionvdollars. HERBERT W.

JACKSON. Raleigh, N. C. April 7. 1902.

OTHER i. VALU ABX.B STATEMENT. Oar page, 15 we print an excellent article on the Banks of North Carolina and their relation to Industrial and business expansion of the State by Col. John F- Bruton, President of the Bankers' Association. He sent as addition to his which was received too late to appear with feis article, the following: 'Believing-, that expressions from bankers from different parts of the' State on the' subject' fbanklnsr interests of North Carolina' and their growth, and the relet ion of the banks to the new-industrial life of the State," would prove interesting.

I addressed an Inquiry to few and appe3 thereto their replies. Lee H. BattleJtCahier ot the City National Bank. Greensboro: "It Is a' recognised fact that within the past five years North Carolina has made treater progress and advancement than, of her sister South ern States. It is also a fact that in line 'of Industry qc, commerce has.

there beep greater than in that et hanking. The number of her banks Is almost doubled) in point of capital land deposits there hss been a corre- 1 I North Carolina. spending Increase. In snort, this Is in a large measure due UK the development of the' manufacturing7 enterprises which on the one hand have piled' up money, in banks, while on the other hand the banks have loaned it back to the manufacturers to be utilized again in producing additional wtalth. Thuh the mutuality of interests whleh have existed and must exiSt in order to reap the greatest rewards, has redounded to the good of all classes, and has.

xreatiy increased the wealth of the State." Mr. W. A. Blair. Vice-President of the People's National Bank of Winston: "The State of North Carolina has made rapid growth and development dur ing the past few years and her banking interests have kept apace.

but for the banks and their assistance, the growth along manufacturing and industrial lines would have been an impossibility. An eminent authority truly says: bank is a great blessint to any community, and. exercises a powerful Influence'' upon the morals of the people. It tends to produce honesty, punctuality, thrift. Industry, prudence and many other virtues Unfortunately, some of the small headed but large mouthed politicians have foolishly -tried to prejudice the people against banks and corporations in our State, hut 'you can't fool all the people all the and right will win in the' end.

The new industrial life of the State is not only largely dependent oh the binkinr interests but it demands broad, progressive, business legislation and a larcer horizon for the Jurors in mrr court Joseph G. Brown, President. The Citizens National Bank of Raleigh: "Conditions in our State are not such as to produce any really great financial institutions, although there are many strong ones. All sre confined largely to local business, and the growth in our banking resources makes possible lower interest rates, and thereby stimulates Industrial enterprises, by which our almost inexhaustible raw materials are being converted into finished products and their value increased many fold. Thus Korth Carolina is doing her part in making this Union the dominating influence of the world in financial, commercial and industrial development." TWO SUCCESSFUL FARMERS.

The Experience of Men. Who Show How Success is Attained. There are many examples of successful farming in Caldwell, but I will only refer to two in this communication. Mr. Jno.

M. Powell owns a farm of COL. JOHN. CTJNNHfOHAM, perhaps two hundred acres, about half cleared and forty to sixty acres In cultivation. He raises corn, wheats oats land hay principally.

He keeps a herd of fine Jersey cattle and sells all the hutter he can make at fancy prices. The "Maple Grove" butter has a reputation that causes it to sell readily at two to five cents per pound above the ordinary market Mr. Powell alsp keeps a fine bred of hogs nd Is 'eon 6tantly on the lookout for anything new and valuable in the war of labor saving farm implements and Improved, methods. His farm, is well, supplied, with Disk 'Harrows. Reapers.

Mowers and Rakes and his latest purchases of ma-dfaery consist of a Corn Shredder and crusher. He feeds all his farm products tame and makes his oat of dairr products. unecows pigs and poul- Ho 'is nowrbBiTflhg. on a1 recent; pur-Chase of town." an up-tchdate dairy barn with temeat 'floors, water sup-pry and all modern, conveniences. It needless, say'his family enjoy 11 'the comforts polite they wish for ini hetr comfortablVt country home two lilies west; Of tdw ardrlve to-town fa a pice-iarrUge 'dray feyflne he 4s put of debt sod'X riag.hy money or ad-ding lmpnvenient8.1to his valuable prop-rty an-the! 1 and Cape Among the advantages of residence.

In Raleigh is its nearness Ito the fccalth' 15 1' Ing waters of Fuquay Sprints. These Springs hare had a local repu tatlon for many rears. Before this eeon 'try was settled by white, men the 81ppa diaw Indians1 had their camping ground A near, these' Springs asd knew'the curs' hew at Fuquay Springs is called Sippa- haw after the Indiaa tribe that had their abode In that section. Aside from the curative value the waters, Springs is situate in one of the most healthful sections of the Besides minerals in the; bowels, the earth for the wealth of the Nations an Allwise ProTldence. cognizant of the ills Xhat humanity was heir to, because of disobedience," also, put these 'waters.

health-giving and Cufatlve properties He ma not rorget tne aection near' Raleigh as Is evidenced by Fuquay whose waters hare been famous in their curative properties in the Cape Tear section, for a period of more than a half century: tag waters 01 snquay are unexcelled. In health-t bring, blessings by any waters on; the By the open- Jnt up of the Raleigh and Cape Fear rail this famous resoft. has been brought within 'the reach; of the' people and durinar: season stream of visitors will throng the thor 'hide sekvla: the virgthA forests Out -yor wnica inese, waters oursi conn in "ftbeir eagerttfcssVtTeach and sick and suffering humanity. The location of the Springs Is most picturesque, situ ated as they -are in the very, heart of of pine not yet disturbed by the axe or the Tne sou is sandy and porous, conducive to health. To be.

thereA through, the hours of the day and the- night imbibing; of those perfumes of the pine, as wafted by -sepnyr-llfte 'breezes, is consoling and re juvenating even in A 1 write these lines and In fancy sip of those waters, I take-in the" panorama of 'forest pinks and violets, a stray-jessamine, en inks and violets, a stray Jasamine en twining some sapling and in the distance methinks I hear merry voices of pic nlck-ers and the clink-clank of the old cow bell and by Jove I feel new life I creeping o'er iae. Litigations, hindrances to development. have all been settled sod services of the landscape artist have been called in. Fuquay Spring herself, is rtaklng on. new life.

The place being laid off into streets and lots and building after build- Ug Is being erected. the present planand managetnent the day is near at 2 when, old Springs- Will be ooe' of fie most harmiagrreeorts of this sctionfot the State. In the plan a beautiful park is' eontemplatedl sug-, testing a suburban resting place. In the arrangements care will, be jxerctsed' that the natural beauties of the place will not only be preserved but beautified. On the grounds therf are' anumber boarding house accommodations while, by next seS-son it the purpose of the manage-, ment to erect on the square reserved iiar th Park hotel, commodious und of modern architectural design, and equipment; Upon thir reat of another, eminence, not far removed from the hotel site, another squsre Is set apart as a site for a sanitarium where invalids-can i secure, and comfort, and 'proper medical care, The bowels of he earth seem laden, with health-giving waters.

Recently Dr I Sexton, in boring for water for his plan-j- tng nvill at the depot struck a reservoir of strong mineral; water that on anal' ysis proved to be an almost perfect specific for rheumatism and diseases of the skin, So, here lit the sandy, 'plney woods. section of-Wake county, within twenty-three 'miles" of Raleigh, are" 'nature's curative agencies for, EUlTerer; dyspepsia. kMney trouble and rheumatism. Dr. Sexton who own these springs of wonderful cuiatlve properties, has long had faith in their properties.

In this connectlon'he Is supported by many other excellent physicians. More -than thai: there are many people who have been cured by the use of this water nJ they gladly testify to 4ts -value. It des-c tined to hoy wide sale. Qoite a num-: ber. of Raleigh people have built cottages near the Springs order to.

enjoy the 4 health-giving water. A TRAPINQ POINT. Alrepdy there are quite a number of mercostlW houses making Fuquay I Sprints a convenient trading point for the Buckhom, section and all along the Cape MANUFACTURING. With the dawning of the twentieth century and the new order of things; Fuquay Sprints starts life anew Jn manu-, factoring way with a large lumbeif mill and a plant for the of tar and Other, enter- prises are in the near future.) j' cqrwtif liOiitkpTl i The Aeld are productive la the fleecy staple, and already considerable cotton Is being SUMATRA AND CUBA tTOBACCO. Find every encouragement in the adap- tabilitics of the soil and, much of this species of the weed is being grown la the CHURCHES Ai-SCHOOlis.

management are1 planning for th a erection of several, church buildings and the establishment of a good school. THE RALEIGH AND RAILROD. CAPE FEAR The develorjnen.t of a country's re-' sources is a very factor In the growth and progression the State and of the nation. The man or corporation who beheld the hidden or rugged advantages of this, or that section of. couhtnr.

and I We have some of 1 piiti'lwryteaeiinjl aipltal for iu eiopment to securehearty cooperation of the people. The cempletionY of the Raleigh ana Cape Fear' RafliWa- to Fu quay -Springs call forth at our hands words -of, praise for thet? builder. J. opening up as It dees: yast pos- siDimies tn. ne near imure.

io me sec tion through which It passes The per tloa-of country traversed by -this -railsoad Is one of the richest, agricultural sections' of the Old North State, the lands being especially suitable to the cultiva tion mi zruiis ana vegeiaoies ana likewise for bright tobacco, cotton and the cereal crops, and these lands can be purchased at low figures. Immedi ately along the line of road the timber forests have felt the force of the wood jaan's axe but a few miles distant are timbered pine forests Inter spersed with hardwoods. This can be by tramroads and will be in the very near, future. Fuquay Springs, as al u.4.l.ili(.J -1 A4t nl 1 4 U7 J.f 1 1 1CI kUQ VVUVUJ! I enects 01 tne opening up or tne line ana Raleigh, too, is sppreclative, having materially profited by the enterprise. It Is the.

purpose of the owner to extend the Raleigh "and Cape Fear further 8outh. Indeed, surveyors are already at work surveying the routes for the extension. 'v i i THEBUILDER Mr. T. Mills, the President of the Raleigh and Cap is.

one of Ral eigh's most substantia, energetic, progressive business men, of genial disposition, with his shoulder to the wheel, always leading and forging ahead. He is Identified with a number of industries- President of the Mills' Wagon Company; director of the Carolina and Trust Company, and holds besides a large lumber interest. Men of such capacity are to be take hold, mould, shape, build up whole communities and their power leaps out and beyond them. Infusing new life into the industrial world at' large. The success of the Raleigh and Cape Fear Railroad and the future of Fuquay Springs need no The one Is assured; the other isV bright and das-sling as the native diamond of McDowell county.

J. Member State Board Agriculture. Trnekins and the Price of Land. (Hon. D.

A. Wade.) One result of this new Industry is the effect upon the price of land. Twenty years ago ah excellent piece of: trucking land (before people knew anything about ralslnt strawberries) sold near Rose Hill for $600. Last year one hlf of that land sold for, $2,250, and many believe that via a ear Years it will be worth know aa old aegro who planted one-third of aa acre in- strawberries, and made $110 clear on it. This Is for land- Immediately on the Atlantic Coast Line stations or very near to them.

There Is other land quite as good and very cheap lying along the same road and three to four miles distant from it. A. T. McCALLUM, Member State Board Agriemltnre. 600 Bales of Cotton osi 600 Acree.

pine lands, properly drained and. will product from 1 to 2 bales of per acre. They will produce bright yellow tobacco, corn, wheat, oats, sweet and Irish, potatoes, clover, hay, truk "and rruits of severil varieties, especially trapes. We can also profltabl rjajse cattle, sheep In early lamb, hogs, 'males and fowls. For all of which we have good and acceptable markets.

Some years ago of my neighbors raised 600 bales of cotton on 400, acres. Anotne'r 3,300 pounds of llnt on it acres, as it was reported to me; Dur profits from -raising cotton depends upon management. WM. C0X. Penelo, -N.

April 4 f. the rarest bargains in the Mr, C. A. Fisher, who lives eight miles from to wn has, done well with berries. He has only been raising thenva.few years but.

increases his patch every year. Many large and smallo farmers could be mentioned who are- maklnt money in Cabarrus. JAMES HURLT. i. i.

Editor Tribune. for Capital. (By W' A. Graham, Member or. the State of Agrlculture.) Opportunity for Investment of canltaf in Lincoln, Catawba and Gaston Cona- The following- properties in this rerlon offer inducements to investors MANUFACTURE' OF 4 IRON.

This in ante-bellum times was by far the most remunerative business ot our section; The Iron is grey magnetite of very su perior qaaiity. Extent of beds, ten miles in length. Full" description In "Iron ores ot n.9crr l- 2. UMESTONE: Situated one mile north of the iron, at the Shuford quarry. la Catawba 'county.

The atone is suf ftdently compact for buildlig or monu ments. Any size shaft desired can- be gdtten.fi-.-;ii::A- $. HEARTH FIRE ROCK for manu facture of fire brick. It lies between the iron and June. As the Lincoln county mineral belt is sn extension of the King's Mountain-belt it is probable tin can he foend here and, in larger than at King's Mountain, as the veins of iron and lime are larger' here than there.

4. WATER POWER for manufacturing on the Catawba and South Fork rivers. There are 'only two mills-' vis Moabo and Long Island) on the Catawba river between Mountain Island and Hickory. There are shoals almost every mile and at Rozxell's Ferry at the Horse Shoe Send it lis -only! half a mile between the heel of the shoe, while it is nine miles around IL A canal- across here would give opportunity for frequent use of some water and establishment of ex 'tensive plants. Xem1er of rThe Ctat.SoVd.

of AZ" A' 6. POTTEJlTv'. The Lincoln ware has been opt hundred yeais or more, and is not excelled. In- Its kind. t.

EXTENSIVE VEIN OF SIUCAXD MANGANESE.v,SMtable for. manufacture of heavy glassy also capital flux, tn pinelt-Ing; l-." -v 7. Mineral springs in great" numbers. The principal are Cleveland at hejby: Litbla. LIncolnton; Sparkling Catawba, hear, Htckoryli Old Catawba (known for over a opntury).

near KIdsvllU: y-XZ-VJr-M i A. Macpelah, April 190S. GEonox r. ixo ZXexaber State Boar4 Agrlcnltmre. The power the Merrimac at Lowell ISynot comparable to the (alls of the Roanoke river near Weldon.

Ex-S tate Geologist. Kerr. A A '4--. St. Raleirh N.

Opportunities .1 '4 r- 1 "a 'jAJl 'i ARTISTIC WOOD MAISITaS TILES AND GRATESe 1 above articles to be found in the South. Promptness Our Motto, i 8 Westr Martin.