THE SOUTH WILL COME.
Development ut the Mines uf North
Carolina, and the Interests That should
be Manifested.
Whit. B. Lassiter a native of
Randolph (Jouutv but now a resident
of Montgomery t'ountv, wishes to
express himself i:i regard to the
mines of North Carolina after a
number of years experience.
Why have there been so many
failures in miuing ia North Carolina!"
This question can be tasily explain,
ed, in the lirst place bad manage
meni; Second, ia the old crude way
of working mines, by not having
sufficient machinery. A free pro
position is always easy so when we
get down to the sulphide ores in
the old-crude way we have always
been up ugaiust it. In this enlight
ened age with all the new process s,
machinery and modern equipments,
when you come to the sulphide ore
it is made au easy problem. Now
I know of many old mines in North
Carolina today that have been
abandoned on account of sulphide
ores. With a little capital they can
be put ou their feet and be made
great payers with the ore running
. from $5 to $10 per ton.
Now, with al! my experienci- I
would say this to the people of the
South who have capita1; o;i could
not do a wiser thing than get some
good practical, honest, man to look
out f or you a good property in this
county. The time is not far distant
when this county will equal the
West. I positively say there is but
one thing keeping it back and that
is capita'. I have been asked by
the Northern people, "Why is it you
Southern people do not invest your
money in miniug'r" I would say
to thtm they did not know anything
about working for gold, only work
ing for placer gold in the crude way
before the war, in slave time.
There was a dav when North
The ore is ptincipally quartz. This
mine has been ruuuiug four years or
more and is a good payer. " There
ire a number of other properties I
could speak of that will at an early
date be iu operation. So, I hope the
people in the South will wake up
and uot let these great golden op
portunities pass.
I now have a great secret I will
reveal to the public: there are gi eat
quantities of oil in North Carolina.
1 have seen the oil stones in gret
quantities lying a good many miles
spilth of Troy, N. C. There is also
coal following along parallel with
the oil belt.
Now, as I said in the oursef, when
these things are fullv developed, we
will then have a country that will
equal the great West.
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A Chicago mail order journal in
advertising to gush the faraiers
trade hard w hile they have plenty of
money, says: "The farmers have
acquired a mania tor buyiug goods
by mail. They have gotten so they
will order almost everything pro
vided the circular that advertises it
is set up in attractive shape." Re
cently Chicago society people held
some sort of rural" party. The
dress and actions and talk of those
(fiippooid to represent the board
working honest tiller of the soil was
more like the woist characters in an
insane neyltim than of an American
fanner. Men that made their
money from funnel's patronage led
the way. Isn't it about time that
the rioijule, slurs and counter
feit repre'ii'.atiou of the farmers as
a class Iki stopped!' iletiopolitans
need not go outside their own bounds
to bud the lowest and most degrad
ed as well as the most foolish and
ridiculous specimens of humanity,
lint it is always '"the innocent
Kube," the "hav-seed." that is
held up to ridicule. What sort of
Carolina produced more gold than . an impression does this have upon
any other state in the union. If
all the prospects and abandoned
mines weie put u a working basis
i believe she would Uo the same
thing again. For instances think
of tbe great Copper Lead that has
been struck near Asheboro, North
Carolina, that measures four hun
dred feet wide. This vein, all,
carries values, Rich streaks of cop
per, gold and silver, running through
from two to four feet wide which
assays from $200 to $250 per ton.
This one property is worth millions
of dollars. I hae made a thorough
examination of it myself. There
will be a smelter built "in the future
by a party from Pa. I recently
had a talk with the state geologist.
He says North Carolina is well
mineralized. I also have been as
sociated eight years with a mining
expert from the West, who says, "If
North Carolina was in the West
men would actually tight over the
good prospects for gold we have."
Oh, that men would only wake up
and look for themselves. The time
is not far distant when the mills
'will he running on every side.
1 will now speak of some of the
GoId prospects. First, the Troy
Gold Mining Company, of this coun
ty, seven miles north of Troy. This
property contains 400 acres of land.
There are four veins running
through it. We have five prospect
ing shaves which run from thirty to
eighty feet in depth. The ores run
from $3.00 up to $128,00 per ton.
This property can be made a great
payer all it wants is development.
Second prospect is the Reynolds
property, lying one mile from the
railroad, which I sold to Northern
capitalists. On this property there
is a shaft eighty-five feet deep that
shows rich ore. On thia same
property there was another vein re
cently struck which shows abund
ance of free gold; on assaying it runs
from $30 to $1,000 per ten. The
party who now owns it says that he
would not take less than $100,000
for it.
Third is the Carter mine. The
railroad runs right through this
' property, but the mine has been
abandoned for a good many years,
and was last worked by a man nam
d Mooney a man whom I knew
well, a man who did not lie although
he is now dead. He took out of
this one property $100,000 in gold.
This gold was taken out in a email
crude way, but when they reached
the sulphide ore they were up against
it with the processes at that time.
Now this ought to appeal to us the
natives of the South. Just stop
and think for a moment. The
property .has been lying idle for
more than forty years, and here
comes a mining expert from New
York who made a thorough exami
nation of this property and says his
assays rnn all the way from $10, $20,
$30, $200 to $1600 per ton. This
property, no doubt, will be purchas
ed in a short tine. I have looked
over this property and call it a good
one.
Fourth is the Iola mine. I will
not Bpeak of this as a prospect. This
property is a well developed mine at
a depth of 400 feet. The vein mas
from four to six feet wide. It is a
well defined rein and has good walls.
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his back. Why don'c some of the
faim papers call a halt? Are they
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How They Can Improve the Loose
I'.ntl or it Town. Make It Proud of
11 Snrroamlinit unit Cultivate
C'ivlo I'ride.
A tbriviuji w?stira city has organ
ized a "clean town" club. Its object
bein to rid the luck streets of rub
bish, to cultivate civic pride und to
make the community proud of the sur
roundings of home and highway, says
the Independent. Of course it had its
beginning in a v. mi m's clul, where so
many g.md things have their origin,
and it Is particularly commendable as
a sensible outlet for tlie eaergy aud eu
lorpri.se of women associated for help
fulness. In this instance, it is explained, the
members, bplug far from public libra
ries, and reference material, could not
easily study archaeology or ancient his
tory; hence they took up the matters
nearer at hand and endeavored to Im
prove their home town. Far be It from
us to deprecate the study of archaeol
ogy or of ancient history, but there Is
something in the 'clean town" Idea
that seems a great deal more personal
and helpful than either. Where Is a
?oimiiunity that does not need such an
organization?
Large or small, busy or lethargic, the
American town has too many loose
ends. It has streets that end aimlessly
In cow lots or in back yards littered
with weeds and tin cans. It has alleys
that are hideous with tipsy fences and
unpleasant heaps of refuse. It endures
sigus that offend eye aud taste because
there is none wit) has courage to lead
in a movement for their abolition. The
Held for the exercise of mutual Interest
iu the correction of abuses Is limitless.
The reason why our towns are not
clean from a physical point of view is
not that the dwellers therein lack per
ception, not that they are satisfied
with conditions, but that they have not
awakened to such an enthusiasm for
changing the situation as will Induce
them to act. The clean town" club
furnishes this ueeded stimulus and
brings concerted aetiou iu the direction
In whu-h It Is most needed.
So many persons are content to let
things go as they will and sj few are
willing to lead toward better things!
In a little city of the Interior a mer
chant offered last .spring $100 for the
best kept lawns iu the town. The
amount was divided into several prizes,
and the specifications limited tbe con
test to certain classes of homes. For
instance. proertles costing mora than
$10,000 could not compete; those worth
$1,200 and less were In one class; those
from $1,200 to $3,000 In auother, and
so on, with certain extra prizes for the
owner who did all the work oa his
lawn, hiring no assistance. The editor
of the daily paper, a preacher and a
laborer were made a committee on
awards. All summer the townspeople j
as they drove around the city la the
evenings looked at the lawns and1 won
dered which would win. All over the city
were smooth shaven swards, cannas,
salvias, ferns and ornamental plants
In a profusion never before seen. It
awakened the artistic side of the home
makers, and the result was worth any
amount of lecturing ou the duty of real
estate Improvement. The prizes were
forgotten In tbe Interest taken In tbe ,
flowers and the grass and the vines. It
roused the better side of the contest-1
ants and did the town good. j
Financial Interest Is responsible for '
most of tbe loose ends. It means a sac
rifice for somebody to make tbe change
needed. A prominent lot Is heaped
with old machinery because It Is con- j
venlently near an Implement store. Ob-
noxious signboards disfigure the lot j
opposite tbe church because a small I
rental Is paid by the sign poster. The '
back street Is not graded and Improved
because It would mean increased taxes. !
I'ntll tbe spirit of town pride rise
high enough to overcome these things !
aud the community is witting to give I
up some of Its possessions and selfish
desire for the good of the whole the j
towns will be ragged and lacking In.'
beauty. ;
The "clean town" Idea goes further
than expensive improvements. It does'
not cost much to keep tbe highway
free from refuse or to rid the alleys of ;
rubbish. If these things be done, the'
club has accomplished much. If it will
go a step further and help clean the
community of business houses that are
unworthy, of saloons and cigarettes
and loafers, It will add much to its
helpfulness. The task is a large one.
It Is a mistaken notion that only in
the city Is there opportunity for refor
mation; that only In centers of popula
tion may the spirit of helpfulness be
Invoked. In the small town, in the
hamlet, is as much demand for the
good offices of sturdy men and women
who have the good of the community
at heart. Indeed, It often takes more
courage to act .thus In the face of ac
quaintances than In the city amonft
strangers. The "clean town" Idea, the
town without loose ends and ragged
edges, is one that well may be studied
and followed both east and west.
Problem of Waste Paper.
A solution of the waste paper prob
lem In Los Angeles Is offered by Ar
thur G. Graves, who has agreed to
place several hundred metal recepta
cles In as many spots widely distribut
ed throughout the city In which people
may throw refuse product, says the
Kansas City Journal. lie 'expresses a
willingness to give to the city the use
of these sheet iron boxes provided the
expenses of the removal of their con
tents be borne by the public. The
waste thug accumulated It Is purpos
ed by him to convert tsto paper In a
mill which he will build.
a Maurhuaetta Town
Profited hy It.
j What an active public spirit and an
! energetic campaign, for civic Improve
j meiit can do is shown by what the VII-
I lagt Improvement association of Fram-
I Ingham, Slass,, has accomplished.
Then there was the experience with
! the hencoop on the common, says the
1 Boston Herald. That is a charming
) piece of ground Iu Framiugbam Cen
1 ter. with the old town hall at one end.
1 a high school at the side, two churches
at the f;ireiid and well planned bouses
on the fourth side. For years there
had been desecrating hencoops and a
j poultry yard in front of the high school,
i The association attacked all that. It
: was a Titnall matter so small that no
. body at first seemed to have Interest
, enough to act. Then one morning the
, town set to work, tore down the coop,
plowed up the hen yards and began
' Improving the common. The school
' committee, which had been somewhat
1 apathetic In Its attitude, spoke glow-
Ingly in print soon afterward of the
good that had been done by taking
i away the coops. The Improvement as
sociation smiled and did not charge
anybody with having stolen Its thun
der. Then, again, there Is the case of the
old town hall, n center of activity when
the business was in Framingham Cen
ter, as It Is In South Framingham at
, present. The building was golns to
1 pieces. The Improvement association
set out to get It. It took time, bnt
: finally by an almost uunnlmous vote
1 tbe association was given charge of the
old white building at a nominal rental.
It is going to be an expensive piece of
business loo. The members of the as
sociation have pledged $1,500 nlready
for improving tbe exterior and the in
terior arrangements of the building,
iiinl there will lw an ultimate expense
of about $3,000. The return? Simply
the belief that good has been done and
the certainty that there will be a con
venient place for dramatic and other
entertainments, lectures, social gather
ings, clubroonis. dining rooms, kitchen
in fact, as one member puts it, "n
complete center for the Improving and
strengthening of (he social and edu
cational life of an."
Now that the association Is custodian
of the place it Is a question merely of
time when there- will be pretty Im
provements on the common side of the
hall, now not very artistic, and the
common will be- framed all around iu
excellent style.
Take even another instance of accom
plishment. Soon after the association
was formed lightning not only struck
and damaged a Sir Christopher Wren
spire of one of the most beautiful
churches iu Framingbnm, but defied
precedent by striking it again. There
were signs that the modernizing spirit
would "improve" the damaged spire.
The editorial committee of the associa
tion became active at once, and today
the spire is ou the church In all its
original grnce:
There is a pretty bill In FramlDgham
Center wooded with pine trees. Some
time ago n rumor was spread around
the town that there was a plan to buy
the land aud cut off all tbe trees. Near
the knoll lives a member of the associa
tion, not a wealthy person as wealth
goes even In Framingham. Tbe place
appealed to. her on account of its nat
ural beauty, and rather than see tbe
trees cut down she bought tbe plot.
Near the- house of this member is a
little triangle where roads meet and
cross. There was an old wooden sign
post there-. It was said that somebody
proposed to buy up that little tract and
put some- building or other oa it. The
member bought that place. The old
wooden sign went down, a substantial
column, with a pretty signboard went
up, and climbing vines were planted
by tbe member at the foot of the col
umn. In midsummer or early autumn
the sign is nothing If not an architec
tural cameo.
It was In recognition of tbe work,
done by the improvement association
that the South Framingham board of
tradp appointed n special village Im
provement committee, and it was to
aid tbe association that a town meet
ing, attended by 1,500, not only ap
pointed a park commission, but made
Dr. F. W. Tatch, the president ot the
association, chairman.
"It was a perfectly safe appoint
ment," comments one member, "for
everybody knows that Dr. Tatch has
no ax to grind and that he would not
know bow to do the grinding If an ax
were handed to him."
It is hard to put the finger on tbe
cause or tbe causes of the remarkable
success of the association In every
thing it tackles. For one thing, there
is an activity which shows a boyish
enthusiasm iu going ahead and doing
things. It Isn't a sporadic alertness.
It has come to stay.
A Town ecI of Good Road.
In the course of a spe.ffch Congress
man John II. Bankhead of Alabama
declared that "the amount of money It
takes to haul a ton five miles on our
dirt roads will pay the freight for 250
miles ou a railroad or 500 miles on a
river and 1,000 miles on the lakes.
These figures prove conclusively the
enormous tax levied by the blkl roads
on the farmers and how much of their
legitimate profit is consumed In haul
ing from the farms to the rullroad sta
tions, river landings and to the towns
and cities. Not only have the farmers
suffered great loss on account of poor
roads, but the people In the towns and
cities who depend upon them for their
supplies have suffered also."
A Town'a Beat Advertisement.
Good roads and good fences are the
best advertisement a town can have.
They attract buyers and Increase the
ralue of real estate.
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