Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SOUTHER RMLWAY FANERSOFSUTH HAS INAUGURATED- IMPORTANT MOVEMEN FOR BETTER MENT OF AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL CON-. COnDITIONS IN TB, . SOUTH mAsT. A LE40E IN DEVELOPMENT HOW the Southern Raiway System Is Working to Aid the People Already In the Southeast and to At trA t Capital and Desra bie'SeWers to This Section. Much attention has been attracted, in recent years, to the work which many of the great railroad systems and a number of the lesser compa nies have been doing in the line of practical developmeit work for the territories they reach. There is lit tie question that this work has had an Immeane influence In the advance :made La :nearly all portions of the country and In the general prosperity and grmwth of tie nation. People recognise this fact, and are so iM pressed by it that many communities and districts have come to look to the great transportation companies which serve them for leadership in nearly all efforts to develop their re sources. The business of the rail road company is to hatidle traffic. Shipping Beef Whatever work is undertae outside, of that should properly have a direct ~~~tortothe Increase of the road's' it5gene own today that ~Inwell psfned .eective worki to Increase the bus ess orthe road I by adding to the popalation of its dis tricts and the utilitation of the re sources and opportunities of the va rious communities it serves, th'e South-. ern Railway System Is a leader, while In -many lines of this work it has ~ ~ been a pioneer. A resident of Ore gon, connected with one of the great transcontinental lines, who has been making a study of the work of rail -- roads in this direction, recently stat ed that In its development work the: Suthern had the best organization in: ME-THD OF AIDING FARMERS. Arecent publication of the Unilted the transportation companies of the eountry In the betterment of agricul ture has recently become so pro nounced and general as to attract the attention of all who are engaged In rural development; that this interest -- ,a been shown principally In their providing and running special trains for the dissemination of agricultural - information among farmers, .and In their appointing agricultural experts to position in the anagement of the roads to give attention to- the devel ment of rural communities, and to tha proper handling of agricultural . usdnets shipped from distributing u~ son-twe.veral routes of rail these .directions the Southern ySystem has been prominent. dMactivity, however, are not confined Itelines of agricultural work men ~ed, and in the way of industrial -adof general development work the bild of labor has been very broad. The. activities of a railroad compa nyin promotion and development work must be based on the special Reeds and opportunities of Its field. Beginning with the -organization, of the Southern Railway Company this work has bean planned- with a view to the lar'gest and best development -of 'both the agricultural and indus trial resources of the Southeastern This has meant a study of the ag uisultural, PMneral, forest and manu .esrI~ ources- and,-opportunities, tholdvertising of them, participation e worklOf.educating our people rarin gthe value of their farm lands and natural resources and of the best utilization of them, and of efforts to secure the fullest co-opera tion of all interests in the sections advanced. EXTENT OF THE WORK. The Southern Railway System, through its various lines, reaches into and serves nearly all the industrial. and agricultural districts of Virginia, the Carolinas, Qeorgia, Kentucky, Ten-! nessee. MIsssini. Alabama, Georgg To Market on Stilts. An Interesting and picturesque cus tonn southwestern France Is that of omarket on stilts. Groups of eand women mounted on may be seen daily crossing plains known as "the Lan e"are cut up into and hummocks, nce almost to traY in Northern Florida and Southern Indi ana and Southern Illinois. This in- ( cludes a vast empire, in extent, and one in which nearly all manner of conditions, resources, needs and pos sibilities are found. To properly serve such a territory the develop- C ment of work must en:brace many different avenues of aciivity. It has been carried on with the idea that to fully utilize the resources and to bring about the needed and desired development new men and. new capital from the outside must be t brought In to work either independ ently or in connection with the men r and capital of the Southeast in devel oping our forest and rineral wealth S:r ayvpnrlp -ur munmifacturing- d Interests. that more farmers must be; Induced to locate on our improved t] and unutilized lands and that the t] farmers already in the Southeast b must be made to more fully under-: 0 stand the opportunities at their com- V mand and to adopt the lines and meth ods of farming which will give them a the best results. t Co-operation must be the keynote P of all the development or educational N1 work a railway company does. It can C accomplish little without the sympa-, t thetic and active co-operation of the P people and the various agencies for t] development in its states and com- o munities. All the Southern's work, a therefore, has beei based upon the fh cooperative idea, has been to assist v national and state authorities, educa- p tional institutions, commercial organi- n zatlons and individuals in efforts to C advance individual and general pros- c perity. t The work for developing and im- b proving the conditions along its lines f: is done by the Southern Railway Sys- 'I tem to increase its traffic and its t earnings. However favorably, though, o this character of work may affect a t] railroad company and its stockhold- a ers, it is worth much more, if carried v on wisely, to the people and the sev- s eral communities in the road's terr- < tory. The railway can profit from it t] only subsequent to, and as a result 1 of, tM greater prosperity of the peo- d . .. .. .. .. ....... Cattle Over the Southern Railway. WA ON TH BOll VEYl; CAMPAIGNR GO OOD ROADS ~ p Interesting Methods for Helping the t< Farmers Fight Cotton Foe for Arousing Interest in e Road Improvement. n h The advent of the boll weevil into t he territory of the Southern Rail- t way System caused it to take up a work to combat its ravages. To this tl end a cotton culture department was a organized, with a chief and a force a of field agents, each one of whom has d had practical experience in growing cotton under boll weevil conditions, to cov er the districts of Alabama and ri Mississippi where the w eevil has al ready appeared or threatens. More re cently the work of this department was extended to Southern Georgia along the lines of the Southern Rail- ~ way and the Georgia, Southern and c~ Florida. The agents of this depart ment work in harmony with those ofg the United States farm demonstra- ,O tion bureau and with the state au- it thorities, doing special work with the . Individual farmer in instructing him in the best ways to raise cotton un der weevil conditions and in showing him how he can diversify his crops a to the best purpose. t The management of the Southern. Railway System has long held that ti the improvement of the country road meant prosperity and advancement alike to the railroad and the resident d of its territory,, and especial benefit to V* the farmer. Ten years ago, in 1901, A It started out its first Good Roads T train, which spent six months build- e ng demonstration roads, holding road ~ conventions and agitating for better " highways. There is just ending the tour of another good roads train, also c~ out six months, operated by the South- r en Railway System in Co-operation ai with the United States Office of Pub- ti ic Roads. In the years between, con stant attention has been paid to work f along this line. l Befo--e g~olng to bed take a Dr. Miles' I f Laxatve Trablet. f ubscribe to The Sentinei. BR TilES '1 [Rt RY. ACME IN AGRICULTRA WORK o-operates With State and Federal Authorities and Has its Own Hor ticultural, Live Stock and Dairy Agents. Today the greatest attention is paid the dcvelopment of the agricultu il resources. This development must e largely through the efforts of the eople already on the farms and rest ent in the states of this section. The omeseekers from the North and from urope will aid by their work and eir practical experience, but it is rough better farm education and tter farming and the improvement farm conditions that the best and idest development will result. To the efforts of the United States ae State epartment of Agriculture, ie college of agriculture and the ex riment stations, the Southern Rail ay is giving the best co-operation it in. Through President Finley and rough ihe Land and Industrial De rtment it is helping to circulate e bulletins and other publications the Agricultural Departments which re of special value to the Southern rmer. A few years ago when it as decided by the United States De artment of Agriculture to operate odel farms in different parts of the >untry the Southern secured the 10 ition of many of these farms in its rritory and the farms so located ave been of great value in improved ,rm methods in many communities. o the United States farm demonstra on work in the South the same co >eration has been given, and today e Southern's own agricultural gents are working in co-operation ith the agents of the farm demon ration bureau. A few months be )re his death the Land and Indus al Department arranged with the Lte Dr. S. A. Knapp for a series of a >zen addresses in the South in which e discussed. in the most comprehen e manner ev-er undertaken, the spe al needs and opportunities of the ouheastern farmer. These addresses rought about greatly increased inter t in farm improvements and more rofitable farming throughout the ~rritory. The company is in constant co-op ration with the various state depart Lents of agriculture, enlistin;t their elp for the farmers of particular dis icts, making use of their inve'stiga ons and securing their suggestions the introduction of new crops or e development of special lines of Iriculture in various communities ; d, wherever possible, aiding these epartments to make their work more 'ficient. Special agricultural and horticultu , agents are .mai~ntained by the uthern . Walway to study the agri tuial Dossibilities, to do direct work A X. thaarmers ini ~givinig iritructions, here desired, regarding improved ethods of farming and crop diversifi tion and w orking for new lines of rm development. Co-operation is en fruit grow'ers in the packing fruit for shipment and In marketing The development of the live stock dustry is given special attention. esident Finley has personally given uch time to the circulation of liter-. ure calling attention to the loss to .e Southeast from the cattle tick in .e infected districts and to the prac al work of eliminating the tick. A ry agent, under the Land and In istrial Department, is at work to velop the dairy interEsts, and his rk is doing much for thig industry. live stock agent, under the Freight affic Department, assists the farm in his shipments, in developing arkets for his stock and in other ays of advancing this industry. The Southern Railway System is i-operating with the state agricultu .1 authorities in running institute d other special trains. A dozen aiins have been run in a single year. e work of these trains is carefully lowed up. Prom time to time pamphlets, leaf ts and circular letters are printed r the benefit of the Southeastern Take Dr. Miles' Lazative Tablets for , n stlpto. They wlU help you. 1 IVEA R JOB P1 ING U! ENTINI SOUTHERN RY.'S EXHIBITS Interesting D*splay of Southern Farm Prcducts at Land and Irrigation Congress. New York.-At the American Land and Irrigation exposition, Which re cently opened at Madison Square Gar den, there are displays of farm and orchard products from every portion of the United States and from Can ada, but none excels the exhibit from the Southern states made by the Southern Railway system, which has expended several thousand dollars in collecting material for exhibit purpos es from all parts of the territory serv ed by its lines. The Southern railway's booth is six ty feet long and the arrangements of the exhibit is most tasteful and at tractice. There are exhibits of cot ton, tobacco, the grains, grasses and forage, crops, sugar cane, and all kinds of garden truck and an unusual ly fine fruit display. The walls are covered by a large map of the South. shnaves of grain and grasses, a score of large colored photographs of typi cal Southern farm, field and orchard views. There are a half -dozen ta bles of the Southern apples, which will convince all who see- them that the Southern apple-growing districts are surpassed by none. Special liter a.ture has been prepared for circula tion at the exposition telling of the Southeastern states and especially of their farmlands and products. Each day an illustrated lecture on the Southeast is delivered by M. A. Hays of the Land and Industrial De partment of the Southern Railway. For this lecture 150 new colored slides have been made. The lecture covers the industries, the agricultural re sources and developments, the scenic attractions, the resort centers of the Southeastern states, gives character istics of Southern life and tells about the wide variety of opportunities found in this section, -7y - .......... Bringing watermeaons to Southern CONDITIONS ENCOURAGING Maagement of Southern Railway Is Making It Helpful Factor in Southern Development. Washington-A most encouraging view of conditions in the Southeast s presented in the annual report of he Southern Railway company, which tates that one of the most import .int factors in the .str-ength of the coin an's p)ositionl is the industrial and tgrcutural development of the ter r'y ti-aversed by its lines. The uted agricultural progress flue to h general adoption of appr-oved netod~s by the farmers of the Soutn east, p;ar ticularly the increase of..6 ciied farminnd +k-- civrsifica ot 'd Ma~&thes are noted. The management of the company, with a broad conception of its reld ions to the public, is maying the rail way not merely a carrier of the peo >1 and products of the south, but lso a helpful factor in Southern de elopment. The report sets out the efforts being put forward to Increase ihe prosperity of the 'people already in the Southeast, and, to attract in estors and desirable settlers to the erritory served by the lines of the Southern railway. A review is biven f the work being done by the cotton ulture department, which is teach ng farmers, in lccalities where it is ossible the boll weevil may spread, to successfully combat the insect hould It ever appear in their fields, nd thus maintain their production instead of having to learn how to leal with it after it appears. The ork of this department will be ex ~ended to cover all territory along :he company's lines to which there s even a remote danger that the veevil may spread. The importance :o the South of maintaining its mon poly of cotton production is pointed ut in connection with the vigorous ~fforts being made to raise cotton n other parts of the world. The re jort shows that the company is also ncouraging live stock raising and airying in its territory. Recognition s given the newspapers of the South ast for their valuable assistance and lso to commercial organizations, to anks and individuals who have aid d the company in all its efforts to dvance the agricultural prosperity of hSoutheast. . . Job Work neatly executed a this office. E PREI INT IN( 3 YOUF CLPUt I The more important additions and betterraents conplri and undertak en during the year are shown, among them the double track lines through Lynchburg. Va., and into Chattanooga, Tenn., as miles of double track be weenI . lanta and Gainesville, Ga., modern lap-sidings on the line be tween Atlanta and 'Macon, Ga., Knox ville ;a Chattanooga. Tern.. and Morristown, Tenn., and Asheville, N. C., new freight station and office bil-ding at Atlanta, additional freight station and yard ities at Macon, and adiiitional wharf facilities at Mo IbAl . Al1 i C SV[HRN Will Freely Give A ssistance in Work for AdvancZmntjt of Its Terri tory-Incrmation Gladly Received. The Southern Railway System in vites the co-operation of all the peo ple along its line in work for the advancement of its territory. It will freely give every assistance possible, and will be glad to have individuals and business organizations call upon it for aid in solving the development problems which come up, and contrib ute information which will help build up the communities of the Southeast. Communications relating to loca tions or development work along the Southern Railway, Mobile and Ohio Railroad, Georgia, Southern and Flor ida Railway and Virginia and South western Railway should be addressed to M. V. Richards, Land and Industrial Agent, Washington, D. C. For locations or for information on matters regarding the country along 1 the Queen and Crescent Route, ad- I dress T. 0. Plunkett, Agricultural and lndutrial .ge'nL, Chatta'ooga, Tenn. . . . . . ., $ .4.. . Railway Depot, Clayton, N. C. ELICIY[ ORCAN!1AI0N FOR D[YiPM[NT WOR How the Land and Industrial Depart ment of the Southern Railway' Is Conducted. As an agency for the solicitation f men and capital for factories and for other industries and f' tion -' east eral promotion agricultural and~ territory of t Southern RaiV trial departr,$ The Lat~ '5t~, wTh jurisdiction extending over the lines of the Southern Railway. the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, the Georgia, southern and Florida'-Rail way, and the Virginia and Southwest ern Railway, has direct charge of mat ters pertaining to general develop ment. At the head of it is the Land and Industrial Agent, with headquar ters at Washington and with a sub stantial corps of assistants and large offices located there. Along the lines of the roads are district offices at St. Louis, Mobile, Macon, Bristol, Co lumbus, Miss.; Asheville and Colum bia. The agents in charge of these offices give their assistance to all ef forts to promote, in any direction, the growth of the terri ry adjacent to the railroad lines, find locations for ind'ustries or help in their organi zation, aid homeseekers or colonizers in securing the lands they wish, work with the farmers and others in solv ing the problems of markets or crops which come up, gather information about the opportunities or facts which will advertise their districts and in every possible way extend their co operation and that of the railgoad to the people of their territory in devel opment efforts. The work of these agents, as that of the Washington of fice, has to do with both the educa tional and other efforts with the peo ple of the territory and in the bring ing in of new people and new cap ital. From the Washihgton and St. Louis offices industrial and immigration agents travel throughout the North in advertising the Southern's territory and in solictiing farm settlers and manufacturers to locate along its lines. An office is also maintained for this work at Harrisburg, Pa., and for several years a European agency has been established with headquar ters in London. The agents p- .e company include specialists in timber, minerals and clays, in industrial lo cations and in other lines. For the Queen and Crescent Route a similar line of work is carried on by the Agricultural and Industrial Agent, located at Chattanooga, Tenn. In the early days of the Southern Railway System it was believed prop er that, while the needs of the ter ritory in the way of immigration and of the development of the farm re sources were not to be neglected, spe cial effort should be made to call at tenton to the immense natural re sources and advantages for industries' varios kds.Te treports_ romI PAR ED of All ? )WORI thie communities along the lines rep resented in the Land and Industrial Department show that in the decade from 1900 to 1910, $400,000,000 were invested in industries. A good pro portion of this sum represents the work of fhe Industrial Department. At Dresden there is in the course of construction what is said to be the largest radiator in the world. This radiator is intended for the mo tor of an airship of 300-horse-power, and is made entirely of aluminum. RSOURGES Of SOUTHEAST GIVEN WIDE PUBLII Exhibits at Fairs, Advertisements in Newspapers, and Circulation of Attractive Literature All Boost the Southern Territory. The Southern Railway has long de voted much attention to fair and ex position exhibits, showing the re sources and products of the South eastern States. This year's exhibit work is almost entirely within its own territory. At state and other large 'airs and exposition its is making 0omprehensive exhibits, largely agri ,ultural, which are mostly of an edu %ational character, apd which show what the people of the Southeast and >f special communities may do. A arge exhibit will be made In Novem )er at New York City. In the line of publicity for calling Lttention to the opportunities of the southeast, liberal amounts are appro 3rIated. The Southern Field, giving nformation about all the System's erritory, is widely and regularly cir IlateI --Booklets descriptive of the lifferent states, publications relating o the various lines of farming, pam ohlets giving general or special in ormation or lists of lands or business ipportunities are published for the ienefit of homeseekers and manufac urers. In advertising opportunities in the ;outheast agricultural, trade and gen ral publications in the North are Lsed and special advertising is done a Europe. *2uawujedeca *an~ino uoIg K: ds. Co. /AS The Kind You Have Always: in use for over B0 years, AD Counterfeits, Imnitatons E Xperimentltfftear Infaz andChfdr What is Castoria is a harmless gorie, Drops and Sooth contains neither Opium substance. Its age Is and allays Feverisin Colic. It relieves Tee and Flatulency. It Stomach and Bowels, The Children's Pa. eENUINE CAS Beans th The Kind YOU H In Use For C Subscri 02 ?eMSI!IJ uJoU3nop GUARANTEED TO f FROMs THE 0ORIG AL C 3. EstablisbedUS6S. Paidl It is timeto set tbese plants in your section inmarrnooner.aba s'ruittressaadzamenntl..Wfsowr Sadwegstablegrw -r Prices enabbage P Win. C. Geraty cs.,Do, I WISH'1 HAPPIEST NEW AND MUCH ver\ 30 Years. be Now. D. H. ATTA GRE CAL ARCHITECT and 3UILDER, WILL SAYE YOU MONEY. I Blue Prirt-- Plar:s anid Com! lete Qp-'Ci OFETICE: 11't Main Stre. t, GREENVILLE, s. C. Mfono 3068. ATISFY CUSTOMERS kBBAGE PLANT GROWERS . capital Stock$30,000.OO 4M .*.." plan"n*afo.%epm a2 2 ge smexta' ayba e er~t ar ones iS,.diere-as. c.~r la ch~a~paclaz~e staie r.S VER PROSPERITY