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THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT.
THE
mmr. about
A l b ROAD
RAILROADS AND THE SOOTH. TERRITORY Or TnK ATUlTUi umm
the advance guards ; LIU u. I ,
The sixteen Southern roads that
make up what is known as the Atlan
tic Coast Line System, with an aggre
gate of over 1,500 miles, traverse a re
gion that is infinitely rich in undevel
oped and partly developed resources,
ntrriMiltural and industrial. The terri-
e ;
Railroads are
and promoters of civilization and pro
gress, and inthe last few years are
becoming the most powerful
Twri nf the development of
farming and manufacturing . in sec
tions that need it. As an exponent of
the work that is being done in this
pro-both
line, we cite our readers to that very tory pf this system extends from Rich
interesting paper, the Southern Field, j m0nd and Norfolk on the? north to
published by th& great Southern Rail- Charleston, Columbia, Orangeburg and
way, Washington, D. C. Denmark, S. C, on the south, the main
Every, well-wisher of the South who line and its widely ramifying branches
knows the needs of this part of the j reaching into almost every part of
country wants to see an improvement j this area. Within this territory, be
in the farming and a general promo- j sides the four terminal cities just
tion of the manufacturing interests.! mentioned, are the important towns
There is no other way to make the j Manchester, Petersburg and Suffolk,
country generally prosperous and its j Va., Weldon, Rocky Mount, Tarboro,
people thrifty, prosperous and intelH- ! Wilson, Fayetteville, Greensboro,
gent. Thoughtful people indorse most Goldsboro, Wilmington, Wadesboro,
heartily the efforts made by the Plymouth, Washington, N. C, and
Southern Railway as well as those I Florence, Darlington, Sumter, and
made by some other lines to sell the ( Orangeburg, S. C. .
superfluous farming lands to good j North Carolina has three physical
farmers from the North, and to organ- divisions, the Eastern or Tidewater
Jze manufacturing enterprises in every section, the Middle or Piedmont coun-
j try and the Western section, in tne
section that would accompany a large
increase in population. The Atlantic
Coast Line is one of the most liberal
and progressive roads in the country.
It is liberal not from motives of phil
anthropy, but because it pays. On
; this principle jit will extend every pos
sible facility and aid to farmers, man
ufacturers ' and merchants who may
settle along its line. It is seeking to
make traffic, and it recognizes the fact
that every new settler is a future pro
ducer of traffic. The policy of the
road is a broad and far-sighted one. It
looks . beyond the present. In the
trucking business, for instance, in
which it is now equalled by only two
or three roads in America, it was a
pioneer in providing facilities for get
ting vegetables and (fruits to the
Northern markets in the shortest pos
sible time, in he best condition, and
at lowest rates; and it is largely due
to the care ancjl liberality -with which
itj has fostered and encouraged this in?
dustry that thp business has grown to
its present proportions. And so in all
lines of freight traffic, shippers who
use this road will receive always not
only .equitable jbut liberal treatment.
fits customers become its friends and
advocates. Mr. j H. Walters, the presi
dent, Mr. J. K. Ienly, the general man
ager, Mr. T. Ml Emerson, the traffic
manager, and Mr. H. M. Emerson, the
ALABAMA
GEORGIA
KENTUCKY
NORTH CAROLINA
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GIVES BEST LOCATIONS
SOUTH
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TENNESSEE
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locality.
The South is full of unused opportu
r nities and latent capabilities. There
is no other section on earth that pos
sesses so many conditions that make
it desirable to live in and susceptible
Vot prosperous development. To bring
these fatts before the public and thus
to develop our neglected resources,
the larger lines of railways have turn
ed their attention and bent their en
ergies. If npw the people themselves
will second these efforts, it must re
sult in great benefit to the entire sec
tion. -Every Northern farmer who casts in
his lot with the South and who applies
to the farming business the methods
in common use in the North, does un
told good to the community, by show
ing the people what they, too, may do
if they will. Every manufactory that
springs up and uses our raw material
and whose, operations create a good
market for our products adds tremen
dously to the , welfare of the whole
community In the promotion of these
means of general, prosperity, the fail
roads are now not only the most prom
inent factors, but are almost the only
ones making any extensive efforts,
and in this, way they are almost as
much a benefactor to the country as
in the exercise of their functions as a
common carrier. -
The Southern Railway runs through
a part of the country that is well
adapted to general farming truck
farming, and Jruit farming.- More
over, the people along the line have
awakened to the absolute necessity of
building up manufacturing interests,
and as a result of this spirit-, largely
engendered and promoted by the, ef
forts of the road, that entire section
.is dotted. with successful cotton mills,
whose owners get good dividends and
whose employees make asplendid cash
market for the product of the farms.
As a consequence, no other-section of
the South wears such -a look of thrift
and prosperity. But the railroads can
not do it all. There is strong need
for the people to second all-such ef
forts. They should study the question
in all its phases and acquire some of
the spirit of the population scattered
along the cotton mill belt of Virginia,
the Carolinas, and Georgia. All will
be gainers by such development. The
local merchants, the farmers who have
last of which are some of the highest
mountains in the United States east
of the Rocky mountains. Following
the line of the road across North Car
olina and to the terminal points in
South Carolina the country is, as a
rule, level or slightly rolling, with the
usual characteristics of pineywoods
uplands. The soil is for the most part
a gray sandy loam, with yellow or
brownish subsoil. Along the rivers
and minor streams, which are very
numerous, there are belts of exceed-
For Homes,
For Pleasure,
For Health,
For Busi
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jss,
I For Farming, For Mini
For Manufacturing, For Timbering.
general freight
and passenger agent,
have their offices at Wilmington, N. C;
tne headquarters of the system.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.
There is . a , splendid opening in
Greensboro for the manufacture of
cptton planters and other small agri
cultural implements. There is no con
cern in North or South Carolina mak
ing these goods. 11 .
1 1 Greensboro has three first-class
foundries where the castings can be
made at a nominal cost.
.Lumber is cheap and plentiful in
this section. j
Mechanical labor is cheap, and liv
ing expenses correspondingly low.
j The farmers of this section will give
the preference to goods made in the
Old North State.
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Are found all the advantages sought for by Immigrants and Manufacturers
beautiful scenery, healthful locations, excellent educational privileges, One
forests, rich mineral resources, good transportation facilities,
intelligent labor, cheap power for machinery, available markets.
soiir.
climate
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hAKMIINli LAINUb At LUW UUb I I IN Btb I HLGIONS
FOR TRUCK, FRUIT, COTTON, TOBACCO, GRAIN. DAIRY, STOCK OR Vcfkifr.,
Manufacturing Sites Where" Best Advantanges Are Half
FOR COTTON, WOOLEN, KNITTING, FLOUR, IRON AND STEEL MILLS AMD WOOD.
WORKING PLANTS. j
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NEW SOUTHERN RAILWAY PASSENGER DEPCT. ''
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nigljr rich and productive alluvial
Reaches eight States
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east of the Mississippi; extends 5,584 miles in the
MOUNTAIN. PIEDMONT. PUAIN VALLEY. AND COAST REGIONS OF THF south
immigrants along its entire line are prosperous and contented.
Information regarding Farm Lands Mineral and. Lumber Resources, Manufacturing
Locations, etc., furnished on application.
land to $el
to the mill
or want to supply produce
operatives. "When any com
munity really w;akes up to the benefits
to be derived from the presence of
ingly
land.
The agricultural products of all this
region have a wide range in point of
variety, comprising cotton, corn, to
bacco, wheat, oats, rye, broom corn,
sweet and Irish potatoes, peaches,
pears, grapes, and almost every fruit
and vegetable that will grow out of
the tropics. Almost the whole region
is underlaid with marl, a very valuable
fertilizing material.
Corn is a staple crop in all this area,
and tobacco is one of the important
crops of this section. Most of the
light sandy soil on which cotton is
grown is foun adapted to tobacco.
Land is cheap in this section. It is
not meant that all property can be
bought at & low price or at any price,
but that it is possible to get land as
good as anywhere within this ter
ritory at prices absurdly low. There
are thousands of well-cultivated and
highly-productive farms, the prosper
ous, and contented owners of which
ASHEBORO1 STREET PHARMACY.
Geo. W. Kestler
Sod, Proprietors.
The premises 'occupied by the firm
whose name forms the caption of this j
sketch comprise a finely appointed
store 26 by 120 feet jin dimensions, the
attractive arrangement of which is
greatly enhanced by the fine show
cases, counters and other internal
appurtenances. The stock carried
embraces drugs, 'medicines, toiiet
articles, and in fact usually
to be found in a well appointed' store
in- this important line. Among the
many panaceas for jvarious ills kept
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Healthfullness;
Diversity of
Nearness
Mildness!
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Schools, I
Civilization, and
Livin
M. V. RICHARDS,
Land and Industrial Agent Southern Railway,
WASHINGTON; D C.
UCtS,
to Markets,
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and Equability of Climate,
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Churches, and Other Needs of an Advanced
in All That Goes to Make Life Worth
THE TERRITORY OF THE
mills in their midst and make their Jwoui not sell them at any reasonable
wants known; many Northern manu-! Price but contiguous to any of these
facttirers who know that the mills f tnere may be land equally productive,
must come J to the cotton fields, will be tna cani e bought at prices that
ready to make or to receive proposi-! seem merely nominal. There is more
tions for bringing their plants South. I lan than there are people to cultivate
As farmers will be as great gainers I Hundreds of thousands of acres
as any others from a movement of this I are nff bolly unused, a burden in
stead of a source of revenue to their
kind, they should not be backward.
but take the initiative themselves. The! owners-
very beginning of cotton manufactur
In
some localities, where
truck farming has become a business,
land has greatly increased in value
over two linnrli-l nu v. I 111 isx iew years, isut tms mdus-
a farmer. This was a smnll s only m its infancy, and while
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OF THE STAPLE CROPS OF
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IS PREEMINENT.
HERE
SOME
THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF ! THIS AREA
IT
and
The policy of the Atlantic
IS THE
All Vegetables and
SMALL FRUITS,
PEACHES, PEARS,
GRAPES, FIGS,
And Other Fruits,
WHEAT,
CORN,
OATS,
AND OTHER
GRAINS,
TOBACCO,
COTTON
PEANUTS.
HAY.
BICE,
GREATEST
Coast Line Is to foster all developments alongfs lne.
TRUCKING ROAD IN AftH RP,
It provides every facility for 'getting farm, garden, and orchard proddcts tc
ern markets in the best possible condition, in shortest time and ai jowes
jSJorth;
.cs.
but it pave
spindles
the start to the -millions of
now running in th Smifi,
a determiri
thing1; we
renders wi
a proper snirit. nnrl mnWn,i 1v7'?olu l"""a cuureues
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with its continued growth there will
be a general and continued rise in val-
and will 1timi,--j ues over a area suited lor truck-
cotton manufacturing industry to the' C are yet manj thousands of
States in hich the cotton is grown. ! f cnvenient to ilroads and hav-
r.Pftinrr n U t- 1U fcauyaccessio xowns ana churches
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ed beginning is the main
hope manyof the farmer
1 feel moved to give their
t : l x . . v iauu-uniiers una tne oeoi
attention to it. No one is too humble Prillr nre u , , p J
r. w:i, , . . . erally are thoroughly aroused
v: - 1 ai Ieast Deffm i subiect of on..-
want any pauper immigration, but
they do want thrifty and reputable
farmers to
or some other railroad comnanv -pH11U - , .
immediately come to Tl, aid." rTi.
to $10 an acre,
The railroads of this region, as well
as the land-owners and the people gen-
on the
the agitation of this subject in his
neighborhood and the Land and In
dustrial Department of the Southern
"Dr. Guilford's Little Liver
and " Kestler's Compound of
I KESTLER & SON'S! PHARMACY.
in stock are the " Tar Heel Cough
Satup " " Kestler's Rheumatic Lini-
n
ment,"
Pills,"
Beef, Sarsaparilla and Celery." The
latter is a tonic of superior merit and
highly recommended by physicians,
Ah Arctic Soda fountain from which
tle refreshing beverage is drawn,
ornaments the front of the salesroom.
In no part of
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ance ! of Game
of North .and
NORTHERN
the country is there a; greater abund
and Fish than in the eastern counties
South Carolina. - -
FARMERS ARE INV
to write for information in detail about the territory of the Atlantic Coast
extends from Richmond and Norfolk to Columbia and Charleston;
IThe- business was
June, 1897, by Mess
r.
established in
Geo. W. and
Geo. A. Kestler. The manager. Dr. W. i
cj Porter, is one pf the oldest phar-
macists in the Stated having prac- f
ticed his profession continuously since
T. M. EMERSON,
i
Traffic Manager,
H. M. EMERSON.
General Freight and Pasngefj
ucuciaa iaj tue wiioie
1$5S.
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