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RANDOLPH COUNTY (Continued from t'irsrt page. ) varies in large tracts from $1.50 to $15 per acre. The assessf-d value is less than one-half of the real value. The rough topo graphy and stony soils on the ridges make a considerabl por tion of the county absolute for est land. Approximately 70 per cent of the county is now forest ed. The northwestern section is cleared and cultivated more ex tensively than any other part. The region around Asheboro and south between the Uharie River and Old Plank Road is perhaps under present conditions better adapted to the production than to farm crops. Gold mining has been carried on for many years. This in dustry, however, has never been of great importance, although several small mines are still in operation. -Approximately 80 sawmills are now in operation, cuttting 50.000000 feet B. M. annually, or an average cut of about 575,000 feet per mill. All but three of these mills are portable mills, cutting for the open market, while only three cut less than 200,000 feet a year. Of the an nual cut 51 per cent is oak, 33 per cent is old field pine, 13 per cent lorest pine, and 1 per cent poplar. Small amounts of gum, cedar, maple and hickory are also sawed. The principal wood-using in dustries arel ocated at Asheboro, Randleman, Ramseur, Liberty, Coleridge and Seagrove. Among these industries are furniture factories, chair factories, novel ty works and a wheelbarrow man ufacturing concern, using amongst them between six and seven million feet of lumber a year. Nearly all of this is ob tained in Randolph county. In addition over ten million feet of rough lumber is finished into box boards, roofers flooring, ceil ing, siding, etc., by several plan ning mills, and snipped to out side markets. The cross tie busi ness is an important item. Near ly 1,000,000 oak crossties are shipped out of the county each year, representing a money re turn of nearly half a million dol lars annually for this product alone. Recently a few pine ties have been shipped from Staley to be creosoted. At nearly ev ery station there is a demand for cordwood. Several hundred cars are shipped auunally to Greensboro, Danville and other nearby cities. Randolph, a,t the present tim6 is largely an oak producing coun ty. The original forests were oak and forest pine, excepting the northeastern part, including Providence and Liberty town ships and the northern edge of Franklinville and Columbia townships. Where forest pine is said to have never occurred second growth pine is, however, now coming in, even in this sec tion. The forest pine has been almost entirely cut out; in fact,' there are only a few scattered good tracts of timber in th county that have never been cut! over. In the northern end of the county, west of Deep River, there are a few good areas of timber, also in the southeastern part, east of Deep River. The predominent type is hardwoods onlyt and over 75 per cent, of this type is oak. It has been estimated iat Ihere is still standing in the county about 220,000,000 feet B. M. of timber or an average stand for the for est land of 625 feet B. M. per acre. Approximately 50 per cent of this is oak, 27 per cent old growth or forest pine, 7 per cent poplar, 3 per cent hickory, and 3 per cent miscellaneous spe cies, such as red cedar, sweet gum, walnut, and other scatter ed kinds. The old field pine type consti tutes about 27 per cent of the forested area. In the southwest near New Hope Church, it makes up 60 per cent of the for ested area, while near Asheboro and south toward Eleazer only about 10 per cent is old field type. Shortleaf pine is practi cally pure in this type. The The scrub pine occurs with the shortleaf northwest of Asheboro but taking the old field as a whole, less than 1 per cent would be made up of scrub or "spruce" pine. Loblolly pine is scattered through the county, but occurs more frequently in the south eastern corner. It is rarely cut in merchantable quantitites. Longleaf pine extends into the county in the southeast, near Erect. Formerly a grove of this FDecies oi aoout zb acres was HELPLESS AS BABY Down in Mind Unable to Work, . and What Helped Her. Summit Point, VV. Va. Mis. Anna uene tmey, oi tms place, savs: "I sul fered for 15 years with an awful pain in my right side, caused from womanly iruuoic, ana uociorea lots lor 11, out with out success. I suffered so very much mat i oecame aown in mina. and as hem less as a baby. 1 was in the worst kind oi snape. was unable to do any work. 1 began taking Cardul, the woman's tonic, and got relief from the very first uuse. dv me time i naa taken i bot tles, mv health was comoletelv restored 1 am now 48 years years old, but feel as guuu as i am wnen oniy 10. Cardui certainly saved me from losing my mind, and 1 feel it my duty to speak in its favor. I wish had some power over poor, sunering women, and could make them know the good it would do mem. If you suffer from any of the ailments peculiar to women, it will certainly be worth your while to give Cardui a trial. It has been helping weak women for more man ou years, ana will help you, IUU. Try Cardui. Your druggist sells it. tt'rilt it: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Ladies' Advisory Dept.. Chattanooga. Tenn., lor .St real uwHiciuior women, in PAin wrapper. H.C. IS boxed for turpentine, and in the last few years it has been cut into lumber. Second growth uine is rapidly becoming more important in this country Stands of 30,000 feet per acre have been cut. The average yield per acre of merchantable size is 3,000 fet. About 70 per cent of this type is above 4 inches in diameter. The harwdoods and pine type is rapidly becoming exhausted, being changed to the simple hardwood type by the removal of all the original growth pine. A few good stands yet remain on the summit of the ridge of hills north oi the Farmer road. Only about 20 per cent of the total forested territory is hardwoods and pine, Ther average yield per acre in this type is about 800 feet per acre, pine comprising one-half of the merchantable timber. Good stands of hard woods and pine have been known to yield 40,000 feet to the acre. The dominant type is hard woods, approximately 53 per cent of the forest being of this type. White oak and post oak are the most abundant, produc ing nearly 70 per cent of the merchantable oak timber. Oaks of lesser importance are red, oak, black oak, Spanish oak, wil low oak, chestnut oak, scarlet oak and black jack oak. The oak timber in this type forms at least 98 per cent of the total stand. The other merchantable trees occurring in mixtures with the oaks are yellow poplar, hick ories, maple, black gum, sweet gum, and red cedar. In the northeastern part of the coun ty oak timber is of good quality. The trees make a vigorous growth and are not readily sus ceptible to attacks from insects. I he second growth hardwoods are thrifty and several such good stands now occur. Jhe average stana on tnis type is not over 400 feet per acre for the entire county. Stumpage prices vary accord ing to the class of timber and the distance from a railroad. Old field pine is sold at from $2 to $4 per M.; forest pine, $3 to $7.50 ; oak, $3 to $5, and poplar, $3 to $6 per M. Most of the tim ber is bought by the. tract rather at so much per" M stumnace. Lumber dealers pay $5 to 5.50 per M to have timber cut and sawed. The usual charge for custom sawing is $2.50 per M. Insects have not damaged the pines to any extent. A ten cat erpillar attacking the sourwood and persimmon trees has done considerable damage to both of these trees this year. The cat erpillars construct a shelter and gather numbers within it, emerg ing to defoliate the tree. Rarely however, is a tree completely stripped of its leaves. Although few very desructive forest fires have occurred in Randolph for several years, still there are some fires practically every year, and the damage done to timber and young growth is more than most people would think. Reports from less than one-fourth of the townships for the years 1910. 1911, and 1912 show an average area of 1,000 acres burnt over each year with a money loss oi $4,000 a year or an average clamatre oi $4 Der acre for ail land burnt over. It is no wonder that landowners are anxious to prevent fires. Loblolly pine should be favor ed in management, for this spe cies makes a very rapid growth the most rapid of any of the pines and the quality of the timber produced is fairly good. There is, however, no distinction made between the different spe cies making up old field pine when sold on the market. There is a fairly good market for cord wood in most parts of the county and this supply could be partly met by properly thinning the stands of pine. Whenever sec ond growth shortleaf or loblolly pines are present amongst the hardwood, a sufficient number of them per acre should be saved when logging in order to secure a good second growth of these profitable species. Pines grow rapidly and will be more satis factory trees to grow for timber or cordwood than any of the slower growing hardwoods. The gradual change of the hardwood forests to pine, bv s:ivino- coa trees and securing young growth, should therefore be the ultimate object of management for most forest owners in this county. 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If riot, send to The Pinex Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind. WHinOCKARNOLD A Sketch of His Life and Deeendants Whittock Arnold too i j Randolph Countv in whnt i Ta bernacle Township, in "about 1780 I do not know whom he married. He au iwo sons of whom we have a faint history Pennell Arnold and Wood Arnold, and possibly others. Fennel married and raised a lar-rr. family. I do not remember the nam es of but two James Arnold and Mrs- Alyres the mother of Dr. Wood My res. She was the mother of kvpi1 other children but I do not remember their names. Wood Arnold married Mary Hoover dauehter of Joe H. ver also of Tabernacle Tnwnahln Wood Arnold and his wife settled on farm on Thorn's Creek now in Con- ord Township and raised a large family, John, Larken, Pennel, and Samuel and two daughters, Diza and Elizabeth. John married Abigail Ridge. They did not have any child ren, but they accumulated a erreat deal of property and lived to a ripe oia age. darken married Atsey rryles !... t.j j 1.1. . ri... nitj nau una uuuL'iuur a maiuen lady noW living at the old homestead Larken was a useful kind and an ac comodating citizen, he also made a good living. Pennel married Priscilla Kearns a daughter of Alan Kearns, her moth er was an aunt to State Auditor Wood. They lived in Tabernacle Township and owned an excellent farm on Uwharrie river. They had five children two sons and three daughters. Thomas and Jefferson. Thomas married a Miss Perry and have one son. Thomas is said to be one of the best farmers in his sec tion of the county. He also has ac cumulated a handsome living. Jefferson married a Miss Pope, but died in a short time thereafter. The three girls were Miranda, Loui sa and Ella. Miranda was married to I. J. Fuller. They also have an interesting family of children. The oldest daughter was married to L. C. Phillips -who a few years ago re represented Randolph County in the Senate, and who is now treasurer of Randolph county. The other child ren are married and are well to do in this world's goods. Louisa was married to Cicero Skeen who died in a schort time, afterwards was mar ried to B. F. McCrary a prosperous farmer of Back Creek, Township. They have no children. Ella the youngest daughter was married to G. S. Lambeth of Thomasville, who is a prosperous manufacturer and who is engaged in railroading. They also have an interesting family oi children. William, the oldest son, was in schoool at Old Trinity, until the college was moved to Durham, and then went there until he gradu ated He has a record as an orator of taking every medal for which he ever contested, and was considered in school by competent judges to be equal to if not the very best declaim er in the South, and who is now an able and respected minister of the gospel of the M. E. church of the Western N. C. conference, and is at this time is stationed at Reidsville. Another son married a dauehter of Mr. Archibald Johnson and another a daughter of Mr. J. A. McAuley. Both are prosperous manufacturers in Thomasville. Samuel, the younngest son of Wood Arnold married Martha Skeen, daugh ter of Osborn Skeen of Davidson county; from that union was born two sons, Alexander and John, both noble men and raised respectable families. After the death of the first wife lie married Margaret, a sister to the first wife. From that union was born one child, a daughter, who is now the wife or w B. xarborough, Esq., now liv ing in Lexington. Samuel Arnold lived all his long life in Concord town ship, Randolph county, on the farm where Uncle George Ivy was born. (George Ivy was a beloved minister of the Western N. C. conference) and was the father of the Rev. Dr. G. N. Ivy, editor of the Raleigh Christian Advocate. The father of George Ivy was buried in the family graveyard on the farm of Samuel Arnold. Noble sons whose citizens of Randolph county. Diza, the oldest daughter of Wood Arnold, was married to Ivey Kearns in about 1833. They settled on a farm in Concord townshin on owned by Madison Hammond. Mr. and, Mrs Kearns raised a large family of children. Mrs. J. L. Skn u v u Kearns, Mrs. J. C. Fuller, Mrs.' D.' g! &SvrS' MrS- Ti.F- Fassiter, Miss iallie Kearns and S. W. Kearns. frp6y KfasLwas beynd doubt one of Randolph's best farmers. He had his farm in a high state of cultivation acre thlZ re ra.ln ? the square j sun f - haVvest fox rarf acre. Now this was old fashioned measure, not as Bill Arp would sav now of the new-fangled, dinged, torn: foolery, guessed at measure hf counted 160 square yardn acre Mr. Kearns and his wife lived too Elizabeth, the other daughter, was married to George Dorsett of David son. From that union was born three sons. Harrison, Ivy and Erastus. Harrison was quite a noted physician and lived in Davidson county. Ivy married a daughter of the late D. B Lewis and lived at Farmer. Erastus married a daughter of the late David iiambetn of Davidson county. They all had interesting families. I should have said in the commence ment of this article that Whitlock Ar nold was a prominent man. He was a member of the Legislator in 1804 1807 and in 1808. There have none of his descendants been a member of the Legislature in the last century. Se we see that Gov. Vance was mighty right when he said, "Show me a boy who is smarter than his daddy." ' I have given a partial history of Whitlock Arnold and his descendants. I find that they have as far as I know lived respectable lives. No one nas ever been . convicted of .crimes, nor even charged with it. From this history, and I think it is about correct, that he had children, grand children, great grand children, and great grand children and great grand children "ad infinitum." D"' G For Frost Bites and Chapped Skin. 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