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Laurinburz Situated Afost Advantageously with Respect to Good Roads Wilmington. Charlotte and Asheville Hard Surface Highway, and New North and South Inter St at e Highway Or eat Travel Routes of the Fu ture _ \ North Caroline la known far and wide ter Its good roads, or perhaps more correctly, we might say, the Old North Stats ia known for its wido-awako and aggressive* policy of read construction, which is .bat one item In the great progressive pro Kram of public improvements la tha state. No town in the state is situated more advantageously with respect to tha dow highways and mat routes of teavri and traffic than la Laurtnbarg. Thu Wilmington, Charlotte and Ashe vfUe hard surface highway passes this way and traverses the county from its wtaUm to its eastern boundary, or a-tot*] distance of 17A miles. This roud Is Mag constructed at a coat In excaw of a half million dofiara. Moat •f thu.eutpenas I* helng boms by the state, but the canny of Scotland is supplementing the state funds with the sum of #128,000 which was neces sary to complete the project in this county. TW» hard surface road . ha* barn conatroetod from J.emberton via Max ton to Undilmit and <» now open to the traffic between three towns, * db. «t*ner of SI mites. Wont of Laorin borp the road has been completed aa far as Lauel Hill and the work Is Kolnr forward r*P«dly. In a few months it will be completed as far y*t •» Hamlet nnd Rockingham villa™1 v5lj b**n 1,1 foT ■ JTtaat highway bi«n »cross Use Pee Dee rtrer, and within a year or more it is expected that every mile of the road w»y between Asheville, the rrest ****** «>ty of the North Carolina •*» Wilmington. “the City by the 8*a where la located the ffcnUT1 'J^Shtsville beach, a total of "•Sf1* T*0; wtU ** cnmpleted. Next in importance to the Wllmlns ton, Charlotte and Asheville hl«Wy parhape la the now North and'Sooth or intar-state hifhway. leading north from UoHnbor/r to Fayetteville and country, and Math to Bennetteville, HarUville, Camden and Columbia and Savannah. A new bridge across the Pm Dm rimr Is being Jmi It at Society Hill, a C. Marlboro county (R C.) and Scotland county (N. C.) ars co operating In the construction of the new highway which will cross the ■etaU boundary line at a point be tween MeCoit, a C., and Laurtnburg. Thla route la mid to shorten the dis tance between Baleigh, the North Carolina capital, end Columbia, the South Carolina capital, by many miles, and will be one of tbe greet routes of travel of the future. Then there Is the State Highway No. 208 running from Fayetteville. Kaefonl, and Wagnun via Tmurinburg to Gibson and the South Carolina One. This road la a state project and is maintained at state expense. Gibson is the largest town In Scotland county excepting Laurlnhorg, the county mt and is located near the South Carolina state line. State High way No. 808 gives Laurtnburg direct communication with Gibson and the Cherew, (R C.) hjghway. Borides the state project* men tioned above the county of Scotland has a system of sand and day high way* which lead to all part* of the (Continued on page ft) JOE'S CREEK FARM (Continued from page 2) Mr. 2 V. Pate'* son, Edwin finished his course In fanning at the State CoUeiTB qf Agriculture and was t»f eputwc looking for a job. Cotton was the money crop of JAc’s Creak farm, and if the history of the boll woavil’M advance over 1600 miles from Texas i*»> Scotland county was to be repeated the prospect of profit from cotton waa gloomy. If Mr. Pate junior hail mis gtrinK* he kept them to himself. If Mr. Pate senior was dodging lire re sponsibilities of growing cotton un der boll weevil conditions when ha in still led his son as manager of hia big form he did not ray so. But this we do know: when the boll weevil struck Joe’s Creek Farm Mr. Pata wiu on the ground doing some strik ing himself. He la there now with his head and his bands full ami his heart in the work. t Mach Done in Short Timr. A little boy ouce remarked after the family rooster had returned from an altercation with a neighbor’s roos ter, "Our old rooster don’t look like he aster.” Joe’s Creek Farm don’t look like' It "uster” either. Small clearings amt Uttla patches have grown into large fields that make the I«w* Of cultivation with improved l» 'tewsifsrsrirssa •f a, system of terracing that m voou tha heaviest tax on wndkiil fame—the tax of oeil wash. Tho most remarkable feature at Joe'o Creek Pam i. the change that ,*"“*••* ™»ds «» Ha potter. A ■ , while ago it waa a oak ton eras tho only real prod need. Now one mum _ than 10 flogem oa his two kande if thia method of eeunting is to bo used, for thia farm has atom than U source* of Income, with more iniriss ooahig on. The short time required to ehangs a one-crop farm into a many-ctop farm Is responsible in part for tho changes that have taken piece, bat the discovery that thia sandhlD •oil can and does grow almost any crop that Is produced in a temperate climate makes these ones despised hills nf equal agricultural value to any in this or nearby states. . The management of Jen's Creek Farm at tha present time is an in spiration to all who have the prog ressivenesa and industry to do like wise. What la Being Dear Now N*w departments hare, developed In such rapid mecesrion since the belt weevil and Hr. Edwin Pate crooned word* that H la an eaay setter to overlook room of them and we do net wish to convey the Idee that tha fet . lowing crepe ere all that Joe’* Creek farm is now producing, bet we do know that w» could name a doaen more that we are not going to enum erate that coaid be grown on this farm and grown profitably. No one known the full capacity of thl* send hill land for diversity of crops—truck, orchard and held crops. Tha peach orchard of 04 acron 1* due to hoar part of a crop thin year, and such peaches these sandhills do prodnec. Color, rise, shape, frag rance, shipping qualities and above ntl eating qualities are unexcelled. There ’JO acres of Klbcrtav and Bell* will v*on be producing 1600 crates almost every year, for the rite of thl* or chard nwkes it almost immune to early frost ao disastrous to the*pooch crop In other part* of the state, i There ia a dewberry patch also— .nowhere in tha whole country or other countries for that matter ere such fin* and delicious dewberries ! produced aa in the sandhill*. TMa .'patch cover* 85 acres and is due to ; produce Its first commercial crop next June, er late May. Just an ordinary crop from 35 acres means from fi.000 to H.OOO crates. Thia means between I "2.000 and 820,000 quart*. Wont it take a lot of sugar and cream to go with them dewberries? > Tan acres of pecans have been planted. State Horticulturist a D. Matthews is authority for the state ment that ha ha* never naan Stewart pecans finer then those grown fat Scotland county. Joe’* Creek Karst watermelon* are equal to any pra riooadi elsewhere and the 30 acre* tar thl* wop satisfied tha cravings of SMteMM *aVty *toa' . la oats wu ooly 126 but wt» ba enlarged. Tbs vain# sf a wMar oouar nop U not overlooked on Jaafr Oresk Tan*. Thar* won 271 atftfiaSfiBF* ffJST&’ss.aa "•svr&rjsn&st _ mu and an among the „_economic for the support of the itnetock^cc the farm. •*■• *■**•»■ than watermelons accord? Iff to anno tastes and pnfonaeos. Aa a matter of fact than is no can taloupe grown east of Becky Ford, Colorado, that equals indo Uateoaneac those grown in Scotland county and carload shipments have boon made for aono time. Notwithstanding the ravenous boll wocrll Joe's Creek Farm produced 426 ha las of cotton on NO seres and about 200 tons of cottou seed •rter» are only about two .losan milk cows on tkls farm. There should h* *«'»a*dm doubt win ba, Thaw Is a bard of beef cattle, too— Aber d** **««• 1* aaurao of time there will be largo colonies of dOehons, no doubt, for conditions there ace Just »ibrf,»~fryr vp* mam*, turkeyi, ducks, goeae and SSf£*“ too. . Of course the hog popu lation varies on Joe's Creek FumTho lag rather low la early March. The *V* of pigs and stock hogs was onlyforty-od<l but 28 brood oosra and J* iSts have I be capacity for ehaag Ins the neat census returns to mm thing Hks 800 sr 400 before the spring season Is over. I’ATE OVERLAND CO. Popalar Automobile Dealers Have Occupied New aad Larger Building Although established only about three .veers ugo. the Pate Overland Company of Laurel H1U has already found H necessary to secure larger quarters than were at Ant occupied by this progressive concern. The present building Is aomething like twioe the rite of the one formerly oc cupied. and was designed and built especially for this hutdnam. It can tatas more than 6,000 wfaaru fast of floor space, and is arranged accord ing to the ideas gained by the man agement from long experience In this ! line of burineta. The Put* Overland Company han dle* WlUye-Kntght cars la this aec ; tlon, aad hps the Overt* od agency for I the counties of Hoke. Scotland and I Richmond, M. C. It earriss in stock full lines of models, and la always ready to show to the public the su perior points possessed by thaae wall known type* of ears. In addition to sales, the company is an authorised service ageuer for these curs, and £#* .1butineae in this line. It bna a well equipped Aop, end U piepsml to handle all Wnia of autoesobUe repair work in th« malt up-to-date and export ru«n a». Several af iU employee* have iT*1 «*J»«W* la tit* mtiomokOa business. and arc cs P«* 1* the treatment of aU make* of eorii o« • In addition, the Pat* Overland Company Carrie* a complete Him of parte and acceaaorieo, not only for tbesc maIm «f can, but for mny other* It alao handle* Flake time and tube*. Goodrich tiree, and many £**■•* .ythwallp advertised and thoroughly tested article* needed by ithr motori Ml from tfvno ti* tifiso. As above indicated, the Fat* Over 'land Company has met with a liberal i share of patronage from the com rnenitjr and tha country nearby. It h« noted * oU*df and regular in crease In the volume of Ha boalneo* is both sales and repair departmental ami is anticipating Ha beat year's op •rations during the prsewit pear. Mr. J. M. Livingston is in charge of the luami as manager. Be is a man of long experience in this line, end is active in the Methodist church. Z. Y. PATE Uedtog Mmkut Hm to MU UrgM- Store to Lord Kin to Near Fatal* Z. V. Pate, the well known general merchant who hee stone located to Tdwrd Hm, abaca, and Osborne, is sooo to begin the construction of a new and mack larger building to loorrl HOI to areemaodete his large and trowing bv«Ji>e*.r at* this, the original Pstn store. While the y>«* rnt ertsblishment contains more than 6,000 sqorrc feat of floor apace, and employ* from reran to ten perrons in the cornier! of the basinee*, it U ap I P*r»nt to the management that the jdant I* toe trail for the growing 'CSkjv*‘iss: i« wSr-^rriiss; s jtee^T'ar ssn s U* thiw MM __mr m]| oilur ftr hi*, to bay far .11 thm. m tha nJw I order*. U thU map, ha is to Jf*** fl—ririca cf rood*, thus securing tha ateat favorable Price., which am pm—d - ta hH ! easterner* In the form of lew prim* oh the goods at retail. Tha atom* Nurfle many oadadve line. of goeda la thU auction, ineisdin* »ach article, aa tha wall known George IVWlti tha Cromat shoe, tfaa Behest., iahaaoa A Hand thorn awl wal! known brands ad dotting. A fnl! Una of lnternstignal llnr utm Cam May farm jiglUm Is is always car ried la stack, as wail a. Pledntcar waxooa, hardwam, amenta, and tha «ka. In nddftian. Mr. VMa run. a modem gin la Laami HUL widah nhmod mam than SJOd halm of cot ton dating the tsm to t< by the i wtdfe the atom of from cocoa im rum net* la lwm Kin, of which tfco other atom* am brae^o.. th* Pet* •Sl'ebowt tmTtmSt mmo, wbori the tnreaoMne daoicHc of Mo other intoetota maZi it a.wmrr foe bfcn to oUea-t the menagomant «t hi* Toorecr.ttln buoinow In pert to so ! other. Xr. Rttwin Pata la row In eiu'iffc: e» Meager. Ho ia a rnmnbcr of ilia chain her of oowcraa et * — i-toburr, and taken an actloa pert hi pwnsottag the wtogmaa of the eomntr Ho b k member of the Prcobyteriae chore!*, and a popular bufwo pmo. . - .• <. *.* ‘ '* T**’ Methodist Church, Laurel Hill, TV. C. i i » Will Always Strive to Grow and Aid the Community to Grow • / We have endeavored by strong and conservative banking to help Laurel Hill and we will always give our efforts and assistance for our community, haennse This Bank Stands for a Bigger, Better and Busier Town 1 * « • * fi ' and when you patronize this bank you are helping it to substantially help in the development of Laurel Hill and community, aiding progress in a material way. The Bank of La irel Hill LAUREL HILL, ' NORTH CAROLINA • * ’ » • ■ ' *. • .. ’ • '* *• •
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