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Voi. 6. No.n
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GASTONIA, N. C, MARCH 14, 1912
One Dollar a Year
Carolina Warehouse Incorporated
At the meeting of the State Council in
^^^igh last Wednesday, much effective work
accomplished and the official family took a
^On
step forward in the chartering of the
^^rohna Warehouse, with an authorized capi-
stock of $500,000. Although some time
been lost in getting things in readiness, the
'^embers of the executive committe considered
^ carefully, before applying for a
^o^te Charter for the Central Warehouse, as
people want to call it.
Th
c granting of the charter puts things in
^ so that the work of soliciting stock can
^Ovv K can
bp ^ Undertaken and this work has already
^ started with much success and it is hoped
„ farmers in all parts of the State will take
thei
part and ask for more.
It h
at th-^^ the purpose to give to bur readers
r this what is to be accomplished by
I aiea corporation or just what it will
I to farmers of the State, but we hope
e within the next few weeks complete
Pla
"^hl make an efford to acquaint our
^eriv^^ ''"hh the limitless possibilities to be
§relt^^ the successful handling of the
^andl business that can and will be
cd through this agency.
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following from The Gaston Progress}
^ Something of what the charter will cover
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chart^ Warehouse, incorporated, was
'^hh yesterday by the Secretary of State
tviti^ authorized capital stock of $500,000
PUm ^^P°^ary central offices at Raleigh. The
Warei^ the incorporation is to do a general
jouse business, throughout the State, and
of warehouses will be operated under
Central *
begjj management. The charter which has
^^^t passed upon by some of the
'’ature ^n the State is very elastic in
ill K it the Carolina Warehouse
L ''"iil be ■ '-aroiina warehouse
F Permitted to buy for sale and export,
'Veil and all products of the farm as
in farming implements, fertil-
everything used in the pro-
crops of any kind or nature. The
1 permitted to manufacture
I ^Pcraf l^inds of implements and fertilizers,
1' i- '‘te nnl^
I'oii Qf storage, etc., as well as the opera-
q£ do wcii ds me opera-
this ^^"^^P^P^r and printing establishments
^nd other States.
I REMOVAL NOTICE. |
i
g After this week the main offices ' and
business headquarters of The Carolina
Union Farmer, will be located at Raleigh,
N. C., and the paper next week will ap
pear with a Raleigh date line. For the
g past several months the paper has been
V in an unsettled condition pending a set-
I tlement of existing conditions and the
^ permanent location of the paper, but now
X that all these questions have been settled
^ permanently it is the hope of the entire
I official family to put new life into the
^ publication and with this end in view, we
^ want to ask the hearty and loyal support
9 of our many readers in all parts of the ?
I State. I
The location at Raleigh is a permanent
one and by such location the paper will
be issued in a more central point and will
be better prepared in every way to serve
^ its readers. We hope to have the aid
^ and co-operation not only of the organi-
^ zation, but of others, who will aid us in g
^ giving to the rural population of the g
g State, a paper really worth while. ^
I CLUBBING OFFERS |
I At the request of the State Council at ^
g a recent meeting in Raleigh, all clubbing f
I offers made by this paper will be dis- |
I continued and the price will be strictly |
9 $1.00 a year to all alike. g
§ In order to give all a fair show we will S
§ accept clubs at the usual price until April ^
g 1st, 1912. Agents, local secretaries and ^
g others now making up clubs, are request-
? ed to report them by this time. All those
^ who have sent in their clubs, can add any
^ number of names to those already sent
^ in, provided they are received on or be-
6 fore April ist. If you have not a regular ^
subscription blank a postal card will get f
one. X
Money can be sent by personal check, |
postal or express money order. °
Send all remittances to
It is proposed under the charter to federate,
all farmers’ warehouses now in operation and
to build others, at principal places throughout j
the State.
In locating headquarters at Raleigh the in
corporators did so only for expediency in the
securing of the charter, as the permanent lo
cation of the central office will be located just
as soon as all propositions have been received
from the competing towns, who are making
an effort to locate same. For this purpose an
other meeting will be held within a few weeks
when it is hoped to decide on the permanent
location.
§ The Carolina Union Farmer,
§ Raleigh, N. C. g
Advice to the Farmer.
Whenever the “uplifters” have nothing else
to do, they tackle the “rural problem” and
solve it while you wait * * * * to their own sat
isfaction at least.
Now the farmer, likes every other man,
ought to be glad, and generally is glad, to ac
cept qualified advice from qualified sources.
But he would no more think of telling college
presidents or bankers how to run their insti
tutions, than he would of trying to teach a
captain how to navigate his ship. Advice to
the farmer, therefore, to be effective, must not
only be disinterested, but must be competent.
x-\bove all, the farmer needs to beware of the
sort of advice peddled by the average politi
cian. It isn’t accurate in the first place, and
it isn’t disinterested, in the second.
As I have emphasized a dozen iimes, the
successful solution of the farmers’ problems
depends not upon any outside source, but upon
himself. No politician, no college president, no
banker, no lawyer, can wave away his troubles
for him. He must face the mand by his own
brain and muscle master every question and ‘
obstacle that arises in his pathway.
With all his boasted “independence” the
farmer has been a powerful customer to lean
on the other fellow. He must learn to lean
on himself, whether in individual farming or
in his organization movement. He must do
more thinking for himself and accept fewer
statements from his many advising friends
until he has tested them thoroughly by the
guage of his common sense.
CHARLES S. BARRETT.