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0 0 & 0 t ".V. 0 0 rt n n r a u . HE Flcdmont region of the tvo Carollna3 has suddenly become the mo:t active in the United States b commerce, agriculture and manufactures No other area in the country has made such an advance in co short a time The hum of the spindle and the whirr of the loom b hf ard on every side the cotton mill has been brought to the cotton fidds, and the vastc fields, once overrun with wcedsare blossoming under the magic tpuch of the agriculturist It is estimated that the buying capacity of this region h increased tenfold in ten vears and the production has shown an eaual increase in the same tvftacL farmer who formerly made 10 bales of cotton and got for it 6 cents a pound had a gross Income of $300 a year. The same farmer now receives 2 cents for his cotton which yields him $600 a year, and the new factory popu lation od the people In the growing cities and towns buy the perishable products of the farms to the extent of $600 a year more for every active farmer. T a year as against $300 a few years ago. In addition he sellis wood, doei hauling and in bA ways augments his fa perishable farm products potatoes, peaches, watermelons in fact all fruit3 and vegetables, formerly had no value for lack of m?. ket, but now" the great markets etc within economic reach, because the cc unerdal development of the section has brought, about the train service which makes these markets accessible. P Ishablc. farm products may leave Charlotte, or Greenville, S. C, or any town in the Piedmont re gion and be in the Jew York market within 24 hours. Poultfcjr is another rapidly growing industry of thh section. The Piedmont region is better adapted in every way to the raising of poultry than the central Northwest and the de velopment of. this industry is one of the many enterprises that is helping to malic this cection creak A GREAT TRIO O F NEWS PAP RS The newspaper of Charlotte, THE OBSERVER, THE SEMI-WEEKLY OBSERVER AND THE CHRONICLE, havekept pace with the development of the Piedmont region. In fact, Just a few years ahead of It. They reach the progressive, prosperous people people .'who have money with which to buy, and things to cell giving edver tisers a service out of all proportion to the rates charged them This great trio of modern pewspapers offers the advertiser just what he is seeking the opportunity to lay his wares before these progressive people. He is assured of a hearing because the people have confidence fa these newspapers in a confidence bom . cf life-long association of : the people and the newspapers. If the rates were fifty per cent higher they would still be cheap when the service is considered the quality and quantity of circulation. Thee: papers have a dientile which thev advertiser cannot afford to overlook, if hebe alive to his own interests if he want3 to know that he is getting what he is paying for, if he is seeking the wisest expenditure of hh money. The Daily Charlotte Observer reaches the homes of the manufacturers, capitalists and the leading business and professional men in the Piedmont region. It is the great family newspaper of the section read by all the family. It's reputation as a sane, conservative, reliable newspaper is enjoyed by few newspapers in the land. The Semi-Weekly Observer goc3 to the farmers the class that is now forging to the front rank in wealth and importance, folks who do not take a daily paper. It reaches them the day of publication and is read by the whole household, from the lord of the manor to the dairy maid. The Evening Chronicle covers the localfleld thoroughly. If the advertiser has anything to offer the people of Charlotte, this, the leading afternoon paper in the Carolinas, is the logical purveyor of his wares. Mr. Advertiser: Instruct your agents to use this great trio use It yourself for awhile and then measure up results with any other advertising you are doing. Let the results speak for themselves. WE OPERATE ALSO THE OBSEf Which is a modern, up-to-date printery and bindery, turning out anything from avisitlng card or wedding invi tation to a first-class ruled account book, ledger, catalogueor a volume of , fact or fiction. Everything in job. printing aone Better tnanany orner jod omce can ao it mat s our motto, t3 & M($CP5)7SP3) ' i V ' 1 ;oo II Jill r n m
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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May 31, 1907, edition 1
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