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PRESERVING FORESTS
GREAT LOSS BY FOREST FIRES
North Carolina's Loss Last Year
From this Cause Amounted to
Half Million Dollars
Two reports have recently
been issued by the North Caro
lina Geological and Economic
Survey relating to the forests
of this State. The first of these
is a report on Forest Fires in
North Carolina during 1909, by
J. S. Holmes, Forester of the
Survey, published as Economic
Paper No. 19. The statistics
given in this report were col
lected in co-operation with the
United States Forest Service.
This report has been issued on
account of the enormous loss
North Carolina sustains each
year as the result of forest fires,
and it gives the result of an in
vestigation regarding the num
ber of forest fires, the amount
of damage they did, their
causes, and whether it would
have been possible to have pre
vented any of them. Although
the survey was not able to ob- 1
tain as full information as was
desired, yet the statistics given
are of considerable importance;
and show the need of some
legislation to prevent, as far as
possible, this enormous waste 1
that is caused each year by
forest fires.
Fire is undoubtedly the great
est enemy of the forest. It has
been estimated by the National
Conservation Commission that
the loss by fire on standing tim
ber for the past thirty years has
averaged $50,000,000 and this
takes no account of the destruc- 1
tion of young growth. The
statistics for 1909 showed that!
North Carolina sustained a loss
of over $500,000 from forest;
fires. The fires which caused!
this damage were chiefly due to;
carelessness. To overcome this I
careless attitude on the part of •
the people and interest both'
private effort and State co
operation in the fight against
forest fires, public opinion on
this subject must be awakened, j
The second report is on Wood- j
Using Industries of North Caro
lina and was prepared by the
North Carolina Geological and
Economic Survey in co-opera
tion with the United States
Forest Service. It was prepared
by Roger E. Simmons, under the
supervision of J. S. Holmes, of
the North Carolina Geological
and Economic Survey, and H. S.
Sackett of the United States
Forest Service, and is published
as Economic Paper No. 20. This
report deals with the Wood-
Using Industries of North Caro
lina as follows:
(1.) Those manufacturing
directly from the log a finished
product, which cannot be changed
by any further process of manu
facture, such as staves, excelsior,
shingles, veneer boxes, or mine
rollers; (2.) those using rough
lumber and by the application of
skilled labor and wood-using
machinery convert it into such
finished product as furniture,
boxes, flooring, etc. The va
rious tables in this report show
the sources of the wood used,
the kinds of lumber demanded
by the wood-working factories,
the price paid for each species
delivered, the quantity consum
ed, and the purposes for which i
it was used.
An investigation of this
character should be of value in a
number of ways. To the State
of North Carolina it should be of
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considerable assistance in form
ing an intelligent forest policy,
and in presenting the advantage
the State offers to wood-using
to locate in it. The timber
owner, and evep the farmer who
has a few scattered trees to sell,
can learn from this report where
a market can be found. To the
sawmill operator it may suggest
a use for wood which he pre
viously considered of little com
mercial value. To the manufac
turer who is under the necessity
of looking beyond his own State
for all, or part, of the lumber
needed, it will furnish a source
of fairly accurate information
concerning a region most likely
to supply his needs. The mer
chants throughout the country
who handle wood products can
study to advantage the report of
what North Carolina has
to sell, or wishes to buy. For
the people at large it has a
j statistical value, and gives
much general information.
It gives valuable information
concerning the forms, uses, and
grades in which the factories
desire the lumber, and also the
woods most suitable for specific
uses. The chief purposes of this
report are to give needed in
formation regarding these in
dustries, to stimulate trade by
bringing together buyer and
seller, and to show the citizens
of North Carolina the wisdom of
perpetuating her valuable wood
using industries by the adoption
of an intelligent forest policy.
Two appendices have been added
to this report. The first gives
a list of the different kinds of
woods that are found in North
Carolina together with the va
rious purpose for which they are
used, and the second appendix
gives a list of the wood manu
facturers of North Carolina un
der the head of the product
which they manufacture.
SUMMARY OF RESULTS.
The value of the timber crop
in North Carolina is exceeded
only by that of the cotton and
corn crops. According to the
United States Census Bureau,
the value of the lumber cut in
this State amounted in 1908 to
$15,000,000.
The foregoing report shows
that half of this lumber was pur
chased by firms in this State and
manufactured bv them into a
finished product. For this lum
ber, together with a small
amount of logs, billets, and tim
ber in other forms which they
used, these firms paid something
over $10,000,000.
This enormous industry has
been dependent for its supply of
raw material almost entirely on
timber that has grown up under
natural conditions, the present
owners being in no way respon
sible or assisting in its produc
tion, much of the timber having
been growing for 200 to 300
years. As the old timber dis
appears, and it is rapidly doing
so, the methods of the producers
will have to change: either this
timber will have to be procured
outside the State or these large
and valuable industries, second
only in importance to cotton
manufacture, will have to shut
down.
As long as both the growing
and manufacture of this timber
can be carried on profitably in
this State we cannot afford to
give up either part of this two
fold industry. North Carolina
probabiy contains as large a
proportion of mountain land
specially suitable for the growth
of hardwoods, which is what
most of these industries require,
las any other State. We can,
therefore, gtpw the raw ma
terial more cheaply, and furnish
it to these factories at a lower
price. '
This report is intended as an
incentive to improvfment and as
an aid in bringing about better
conditions, partly in demonstrat
ing the value of our forests to
the people of the State, but
chiefly by enlarging the market
for the lower grades of wood by
letting other parts of the country
know what North Carolina can
furnish them.
By protecting the forests from
fire so that the annual rate of
growth can be continually in
creasing, and by closer utiliza
tion, thus preventing waste in
the woods and at the mill, there
is no reason why the annual
yield of our forests cannot, after
a comparatively short time, be
doubled.
If as much care and fore
sight were exercised in the
growing, protection, harvesting,
and marketing of the raw ma
terial as is now given to the
manufacture of the finished
product, there need be no fear
of an impending timber famine
on the part of the wood-using
industries of North Carolina.
REACHING THE TOP
in any calling of life, demands
a vigorous body and a keen
brain. Without health there is
no success. But Electric Bitters
is the greatest Health builder
the world has ever known. It
compels perfect action of stom
ach, liver, kidneys, bowels,
purifies and enriches the blood,
tones and invigorates the whole
system and enables you to stand
the wear and tear of your daily
work. "After months of suffer
ing from Kidney Trouble,"
writes W. M. Sherman, of
Cashing, Me., "three bottles of
Electric Bitters made me feel
like a new man." 50c. at all
Druggists.
Come to our store for bargains
in Ladies' Hats and millinery
goods. lam just from the nor
thern markets where I bought
the latest things out.
MISS SEVELLIN E. OWEN,
Manager.
Next door to Welch & Mitchell, j
Trunks, suit cases, telescopes!
and satchels.
L. R. COE.
Pain in
Heart
"For two years I had pain in
my heart, back and left side.
Could not draw a deep breath
•>r lie on left side, and any little
(. irrtion would cause palpita
ti >n. Under advice I took
Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy and
Nervine. I took about thirteen
bottles, am in better health than
I ever was, and have gained' 14
pounds."
MRS. LILLIE THOMAS,
Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
For many years Dr. Miles'
Heart Remedy has been very
successful in the treatment of
heart troubles, because of its
tonic effect upon the heart
nerves and muscles. Even in
severe cases of long standing it
has frequently prolonged life Mr
many years after doctors had
given up all hope, as proven by
thousands of letters we have're
ceived from grateful people.
Dr. Mllm' Heart Remedy It cold by all
druggist*. If the first bottle falls to
benefit, your drugglat will return your
irionsy.
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ini.
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Bad Runaway at Kin#— Boy Brcaka
His Arm.
King, Oct. 16.—Mr. Dolphus
Slate met with bad luck here
recently when his horse ran
away and almost demolished his
buggy. Mr. Slate escaped un
hurt.
Dan White, the 8-year-old son
of Mr. C. F. White, fell and
broke his arm during the play
hour at school here last week.
Mr. Ernest Fulk has moved in
to his new dwelling on Main
street.
Notice of Sale.
I will sell for cash at a bargain
one good saddle horse, new gas
engine for cost, my entire lot of
farming utensils, buggy, wagons,
household and kitchen furniture,
tools of mechanic, and a lot of
corn, fodder, shucks and hay
and a lot of other stuff too num
erous to mention.
Yours for a bargain,
W. H. LACKEY,
Smith, N. C.
Poland-China pigs for sale
from Registered Stock. Any
one wishing to buy come or
write to.
A. W. WILLIAMS,
Stuart, Va.. Route 2.
Factsy
sts you
sZs LOSE
MONEY
when you allow any of your
S stock or poultry to remain sick
a day.
They give you less results in beef,
pork, work, or eggs, when they are
not in perfect health. Take a little
interest in your own pocket book
and doctor them up with
Black-Draught
Stock aad Poultry
Medicine
It will pay you to do this.
It has paid thousands of other
successful farmers and stock and
poultry raisers.
This famous remedy is not a
food, but a genuine, scientific med
icine prepared from medicinal herbs
and roots, acting on the liver, kid
neys, bowels and digestive organs.
Sold by all druggists, price 25
cents, 50 cents and sl. per can.
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THE
Working Man's Store
Our lower prices send us higher and higher in the es
timation of our customers. It costs you absolutely
* nothing to look through our line unless you buy, ana
if you buy it costs you less than if you buy the same
goods elsewhere. Visit our store this week and see
the bargains we are offering.
BIG LINE OF FALL DRESS GOODS
In All the Shades From 25c. Up
1-adles' Coat Suit* In a big variety and bent values, from
$-">.00 up. Children's Bear Skin f'oat* #2..">0 values, #l.9*.
Itlg display of full millinery. Best styles at the lowest price*.
Ladle*' Sweaters, In white and red. $2.. r >o values, SI.9S. I'n
derwer for ladle*, men and children, good value*, from 23c.
up. We can save you money oil Domestic*. Sea Island
finish, nice quality, 7J£r. per yd. Dress ginghams In rem
nant*. 8c villus. «c yd. Good bleaching In remnant*. 7^c.
Hood line of blankets, comfort*, counterpanes, curtains and
window shade* at lowest price*. Shoes for men. women
aud children. Tills Is a new department and in order to In
troduce them quick we have made [trice* to make quick sel
ling. We hope you will give u* a look liefore you buy your
fall shoes, (tent's furnishing*. We liave Just put In a new
Btock and hope you will let us serve you In tills line.
« wv j i We want to save you money
Grocery Department
tides. Specials every day in this department Why not trade
here ana save money. Everything in Glassware, Tinware.
Crockery aud Holiday Goods. Our premiums are drawing
the crowds. Why not trade where you can get tlieljest se
lections, lowest prices and the handsome premiums we are
giving away.
The J. W. Hester Co.
DEPARTMENT STORE
441-443 Trade St., WINSTON, SALEM. N. C.
I
Walnut Cove Roller
Mills.
We only run Mill 5 days out of each wekk, but
do not run on Thursday.
We have a large custom grinding but want
more, and we guarantee to please every one.
So you people who are not in the habit of
coming to us will please come and try us. If
we don't please you come back and tell
us. I
We sell flour, meal, chop, bran and corn and
buy wheat.
Yours for more business,
JOHN R. LACKEY
WALNUT COVE, N. C.
All kinds watch repairing. E., S2OO worth of Ladies' Dress
P. Newsum, King, N. C. Goods at
12octlt J. WALTER TUTTLE'S.
An up-to-date line. j Watch Coe's. £c., 10c. and.
L. R. COE. i 25c. tables.