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One l the tutt imiiortant chaxir which the cmiincrcial anilcmn inir worhl hai ever witiMxtal h lamifactur- iow in projn- ItJ influence U already felt in Kanic:inil America, although it full importainx Upa ncarceJv vtt . becuru- J fglxLPgt ti tlevcJopa lit f rutttm tiuinAt'iirturiu at tlie Suth. wlwn? hon-ttr the jnplc have Inx'n cntfnt ti ruL- ihv ctt4n. ?htj it to the North rti KnIatnl tU tnAnufnctuml anl thru retunul t tin Smth. A public speaker at th South om o ;ihI f tin Ytt'm: "I r.hi a I nth ot txi in Sorth Carolina. 1 cnrrv' it t the lrjt nl s! it Nrth. 1 .y . tmsht, Irayaj:, .-trai. iiu-uramv. - funiuiU-ioa-, anl even fr wiihili it. It HWkH into th hntuU f the tuanu t'a turr. He jia, uravw unl . prints it. He ?elt it to the johlnr in New York, anl the merrhant at tny home hrinsr it hack to tny lo.r and -dU it :v- mlin to tny vifr nnl daughter. Every man that touch- that ettu, fntm the tttue: it leavs my hand. till it return, makes hi living out of it; ami in the prie I kix fr it. I pay every uuui that hiw handle I it. 'Now, why ean'l we pin and weave that cotton in the Smth? Why enitt we ktxp at le:ut a larp uirt of that mmey, which now North, at home to stimulate iodti'trv and develop" the rooiirvej of tr "mi omnln'T Theo thitnx have lvti imprefrni upon the South: and not-only tho h ptof that -cti'n. hut the huine? men of th- world, have not failed t the f.llv T -ui-h a tem; and the intioit :v-ki in th orpin extnui are alnad ntvivin;: an answer, and the Sti!i t eVii now Uinnii to .pin and weave her own cotton. It would 1 diflieutt to more forcibly describe the manner ot ctutott nanuiins; man mi extract dn, ami at the ?ame time to cmphxue the rtat ?avin- in manu ftrturinir thU Maple where it l"jn ducciL Tl:e New England mill mU-t iay all thes charps of fret-ht, ioin miion, ii-s-urumv, inyait Ac, which ' arr:ate veral dollar a iKiIe.wherea. the jM?ttherntnill hantheottomleliverel at it hnr tiniiratively fret of thcae charp.. ThuJ. the northera mill mut lalr under thl increa.HI ot-t if the raw material a ditlcremv which alone, would prubably le.eijual to 10 jvrrent unou $.UX),XX); m that thcMVioj; in traikMTortattun ahne to a wnttheni mill wouhi be ei-jaal, a a general tiling, to a profit of 10 percent on it capital, while at theawtme time the pU njatiufactuml in the Smth UrjIr find a ,rtady mar ket in the same section, and a M'cond safiu, in freight fc maIe. Sme ruontbsac we pri!enttl innuc f'.t 11 romntled statLti to the prohL-J of euttoO roan u tact urm ni VW - - the Smth. and it may be well to reproduce a fcw of thcra: The Augusta. Ga., factory w the oldest mill in that city; it ha a capital of $600,000, ami runj J;00 pmdlcH and 700 loon; from 6Z to JcVi2. 17 vcars, it haj paid Hit in eaih divklendi"$ 1,467.000 or about 2i time iu capital, or an average of U jierrent per annum; bcsid th it haj laid u!c a surplus of between ion, the Industrial, v WILMI NfeTONvrd -M ON DAY 0,000, or over 50 tk- rc capital ; Its flock U ,170. "Thc 'Laiilcy "!v " n cr.pltal of ) i!nd!cs 'and 329 .years f-mn average ol fa rear. V00 hxnii; this company iuiv-j 10 'ixir cent dividends, and tlien putaitsurplua into new- pinule; out of its jftirplus eaniinj, that U its eaniinj;-t above Its ilivtdeiuK it has built, without a dollar's exlcrue to the stockholder, the Vauc- lue mills with 10,000 sj)indl for making fine fabric, at K cott f SoMO.OOO; it ha.- laid a-xle an additional Kur-jiliM of $12,G40. The enteriirise started in 477, with a capital of $900,000; it haa alo paid 10 jicrcent tlivitletni.s and laid aside the rest of its earning a.M n piirplu.. Tlic Wesson mill of Mi.U-ippi have jaid a tlivi tlcutl of 20 percent, and the Troup factory of. the same .State 2-1 jercent, while from time to time we have noted dividend of from HO to f) crcent, the latter having been earned by a Pulaski, Tenn., mill last year. In no ca.c have we heard of any mill declaring leM than 10 icrccnt annual dividends and in everv ea.ie in which only thU percent was Jcclaretl a large amount taken from the earn ing and u?ed for repairs, additions to machinery and increasing the size and capacity of the mill. Throughout the South the cotton mills are prosperous, and their owners are making money. is compareti wun inc conon manu facturers of New England, the southern mills show a wonderful difference in ft earnings. -ir. tsussell, a .Massachusetts memlier of Congress, said, in a recent speech in the House of Eenresentativis: "I have from official sourcts a statement showing that fifty of the leading coriorations in Lowell, Lawrcnto, Chic- oihc. and Salem. JMassachasetts Man- chester, Xasltun, and Newmarket, New Hamthire, Icw btou and other pohits in laine, representing a capital of J"0,MX),000,cnageil in manufacturing the various grades of cotton and woolen fabrics, have paitl to their stockholders in the last years an average dividend of a little ler-j than 7 ercciit cr annum i only." I ii re i an authorativc statement that the manufacture of cotton goods in New England is not one-half so profita ble a in the Smth. On thisS"0,(M)0,(M)0 invented in northern nulls the profit for the just five years have 1rcii less than $ 1 7,"0O,0W. while the same amount of capital in southern mills, basing our calculations ujon what other mills now pay, wouhi have Itecn from $40,000,000 to "$ "O,0OO,0OO, or Msihly more. Such a difi'erence as this I lound to tell. The .-outhem mills save from S2 to a bale in the matter of freight alone as com pared with what the northern mills pay. They have lighter expenses for heating, cheaer raw material, an abundance of water jwcr, cheap Ialior, cheap living and other advantages which enable them to jKty 'more than double the profit that northern mills can possibly earn, and these things are already working out a mighty material devel opment of the Smth. With a view of showing the present, extent of this imjMirtant industry, we have carefully compiled the statistics of the business, and in the following table exhibit the amount of capital, the num ler of mills, spindles and looms, by States: . z r- -s V. - "H St mm. w'- 2 - 2. c ; - r c : - C UrrUn.l... 21 ?7.14.)o I3l9r. J.121 S Vintini.. 1 122600 bZ.lZD 1.423 102 N. rar'tnj f f.2.0'O 20i71 2.4i4 2si S. Oan lma. Z2 biO 2275 3.1 7S 20H tarsia. St 12.773.0CO 37700 7,462 71S U 1 OJ00 1,314 Attna... 22. 1.937rM)0 91524 lSi 127 Miiiip. 13 I.4S2.000 40.122 945 121 I4mluM 930)00 30.0C 120 TrXAA 737.000 K.900 71 ArUoMV. 2 U.000 2.1 4S 23 Trnn-v- T) 2.UM00 i7,062 1,031 244 KrntiK-kr 3 671.000 9.14H 71 42 T.1 232 f U.211,430 1 37.40 2O09 IJKl These figures have lcen compiled with great "care from official sources, and mar lc accepted as practically cor rect, although, as large as they are, they lo not really fully cover the whole busi ness, for we have preferred t be loo low rather than too high. In the item of capital invested we have given only that actually employed. Many compa nies nominally have a large capital, with probably only a half or less paid up. and in uch cases we have taken only the latter. There are also a num ber of companies now bein organized with heavy capital. one in Georgia with $1,500,000, and several other big concerns, but these are not included agricultukal;;:ii:, :: i:alvEdpca coiiinaiiic. Avhich, ; ivithout lrcssiiia. llicir cnpitni, cave duih jari; auojuoua and even new mills frcru tl.cir Surplus.' f: Takinlnto.comldcratioii thcioints V; wo-thmkt afe U .citim:.'G "tho r.ctaal j.'y amount of capital nor invited in r mth em .armilb .ut -.W." W. nf; ' thh, ab-ut; 015,000,000 t 1 .-.J; Iins bcr:i invite.! since J i" ' tr r t o vc.t?. "While mini- dotiblc these figures. I he result ot cot ton manufacturing in the South have been so eminently satisfactory and the pnofits therefrom so large that the near lulu re is destined to see a marvelous increase, in this industry. It has now btcn fully demonstrated that the South cjm manufacture its own cotton much more profitably than can be done in England or in the North, and this fact is attracting the attention of the manu facturing world to such an extent that there will no lonsrer he any lack of capital for investment in this industry. Examining the" preceding statistical table, it will be seen that Georgia leads with an invested capital of $12,775,000, to which vfill soon be added several more millions, while her spindles nuni ler 377,000 and her looms 7,4G2. In the number of mills, however, Georgia is second ami North Carolina first, the mills of the former State, as a general thing, bein large and having heavy capital; while in the latter, though more numerous, the mills are much smaller. The leading mill in Georgia, and in fact the leading one of the South, is the Eagle it Phoenix, which has a capital of $1,800,000 and runs over 40,000 spindles. As regards capital invested, Maryland is next to Georgia, having $7,180,000 in this industry, while North Carolina, has $0,328,000 and South Carolina $0,620,2-30. The total number of spindles in the South is 1,237,409, while of looms there are 20,609 and of sets of cards 1,931. While it has been imtiossiblc to obtain the exact number ot hands employed in these mills; a careful jcaiculation enables us to esti mate rtTHt over'40',000." While cotton manufacturing m the South is now attracting so much atten- tion. it is nuite certain that it will de ji velop a i-till greater interest in the near future. There are even now many new projects under way which will doubtless result in adding a large number of new mills to the 232 already in operation, so that within a comparatively few years we think it lierfectlv safe to sav the J South will have $ 100,000,000 invested in cotton .mills, with 2,.3OO,00O spindles and fully 100,000 operatives, and in the not very distant future even these figures will Ik surpassed. NORTH CAROLINA TRUCKING. 'Atlanta Con.tfitntioii.) . "That man" said Gen. Roberts, point ing out a man in the crowd, "sold $80, 0(M) worth of Irish jK)tatoes this year, every one of which he raised on h'is own place."' That sounds incredible, and yet it is true. The man alluded to was Ambrose Lindsay, wholiycs on the coast near the Carolina line. Of this enor mous crop I have no doubt $-30,000 was clear money. Sol Haas told me, of a man at Norfolk who cleared $35,000 raising potatoes this year, and paid off a debt that had accumulated in business ami threatened to ruin him. Thisisthe lest year for HtatKs ever known. The last crop was short and ioor, and there was no stock to .-tart the season with. ! The hiirh price of bread and meat in creased the consumption of xtatoes, and the heavy c of this season was taken at hiuh figures. Potatoes that dragged at $2 a barrel in New York last yeaY7 brought $6."0 a barrel on the Carolina coast this vear. . . .1.: . i r have written a good deal alwuit the truck farming of this section, but I was not prepared to sit the progress that had 1kh?ii made. In the. New Berne country it has quadrupled in the past two vears, and every season sees new land cleared. Some of the stories of the profits would be fabulous.were they not well avouched Mr. Joseph Rhem, of New Rernc, is an example, "I had oc casion," Paid Mr. Bryan, an intelligent gentleman, "to look into his accounts five years ago, and he was then $25,000 Ix-hind. He went to truck farming, commencing with about sixty acres. He is now worth $SO,000 lesides his farm. He has increased this to several hundred acres, and so enriched it that what he gave $10 an acre for will now command $100 an acre. He raised $30,000 worth of potatoes this year. The total crop of truck for this season is worth $55,00C ana u cost mm aooui 5i4,uw to mase iu iiu saies ior me nrst nve days or the season were $15,000 or $3,000 a dart" "If the profits are so immense why ddju 1 1 tX- i L not everybody go in ?" "Nearly every-, DOtiy in mis section is going in. i plan ted about ten acres in potatoes this year 1 . 1 -w. i I mitnii 11 carjeh orM nlei II .10 c?.d'.cerv .Vrycrthj..:.. . i . " ' ' " ' ' 'lici t ) I Vitii In spft of Everything, ' however. lli6 truck business of the Carolina Coast al ready enormous, is destined to double am quadruple even' its present propor- 5- i e grow cvuijtiiiii. uwc, "u there are special farms tor tomatoes, ber ries. onions, &c. It is not unusual for one of our growers to ship 30,000 boxes of strawberries. The cultivation of these small crops is a godsend to our people, who have been forced to give up heavy operations in rice and cotton because of labor troubles, it is reaiiy a surplus L above our staple crops anvhowl M For when we raise a crop ot. peas , we then pitch in and raise cotton on the same land. " ' PROF- HIDDEN AND THE HIDDENITET I (AsJieville Citizen.) A i This renowned discoverer 1 of the new and already famous gem hiddenite, spent an hour, very interestingly and instructively to us, in the Citizen office on Monday afternoon. He'wris on his way with a party of ladies from New York on a visit to the Roan. He had with him some beautiful cut gems of the hiddenite, and also of precious garnet; and a large and perfect specimen of rutilated quartz, set as a locket, lhis species of quartz, laced with a mesh of .i ft ii ... :i i. i nores liKe goiu or stiver nair, ajju re flecting the light splendidly, is as rare as it is beautiful. The stone is found in the same formation with , the hidden ite. The mine of the hiddenite is now ton excavation carried down perpen dicularly into the solid rock, gneiss, and not found in any gangue, but is at- tiched tothe solid rock on. tliedes of i 1 lie vein; associated wun mica, garnet, and the true emerald. UX this latter ri' i i ijt )me nne specimens nave oeen outainea, )T one of which, Prof. Hidden told us q obtained $800. The specimens of iddenite rarely cut gems of more than carat (a carat is about Si grains) &nd in value is equal to the diamond. About one pound of the undressed gems lxive been obtained since the opening of the mine. The mine is in Alexander county, 16 idiles north of Statesville,' and is the itily one of the kind known in the world. It is a remarkable - coincidence that the flower shortia, the puzzle of liotanists, almost extinct, and only know n by some dried specimens found many years ago in this State by Mich aux was found again in this same loca tion after years of search, in a space 10x30 feet, the only spot in the known vorld where it lives, the survivor of a prehistoric family of plants. In answer to a common and natural question, Prof. Hidden furnishes us the ! lowing as the characteristic distinc tions between the emerald and the hid denite, which appear superficially, to have some features in common : Hiddenite belongs to the Monoclinic system of crystallization, while the em erald is hexagonal. The "hiddenite" has i t ivo perfect cleavages while the "emer ald" has none. . Hiddenite contains 7 percent of lithia while the emerald contains no lithia but irlucina in its place. The emerald is rarely perfectly trans parent and free from flaws, while hid denite is always so. ' The color of hiddenite is a pure grass green of an ethereal tint, while the em- i.i . i.i i t mi cram is a oiue green oi not mucn diii- lancy. The value of hiddenite exceeds, that of the emerald by 50 percent in stones of equal size and tint. THE SOUTH'S NEED. (The Sew York South.) A comparison of the areas and pop ulation of the Northern with the South ern States renders it most evident ..that what the latter needs is population. - To the end that the growth of that section I may be- in some measure commensurate with its natural advantages, population from other States or countries must be induced to find homes in the South. It is in this manner that the AVeit, although far less desirable than the South, has into fruitful fields and flourishin f towns alive with manifold industries. The five New England States, Maine excepted, had a population accordm to the last census of 3,461,493, while Louisiana, with nearly the same . area, had but 940.103. North Carolina, with an area of more than three thousand square miles greater than New York. i had a population ofbut 1,400,047, while 'Rit-DEVELOEMENT OF NOETHROLINA JSew rork had o.u.oiu. xexas, wuu :ffiarea six timesras .great as , rennsyi- Vaniahad a 4.pxpuMion of 1 1,092,074, while Pennsvlvania,had 4,282;786. Were Ltexas.no morsinieKix! popuiaieu uuw fcisshujsette sKe would have a popu- i on exceQUing. py . seyerai iuuhoijs I iuthef enf ire countryii '180;,f;:' mayrbsaid 'thai, a; greater j pro--" theIands! of theSoufli arp; "tt ?flwriculfairal Durrjoses than in V-By those"jramiJiarrt rrthet'clin present onsidc- . . are. in'many ses.Aclaimablei'hcii they become very tvalmibler as they ao,.mnereni quauueaoiieruiiiy. An approved-system oi" agriculture has not generally obtained in the South, which must in a large degree account for the indequate returns which haye been realized from tilling the soil. When this is considered, and whenthe wealth of Squthern prodhcts is taken into ac count, it will de admitted that no ap preciable strain has been imposed upon the vast material resources of this sec tion. , It is clear that the South can invite population for decades to come and still J have room to spare, one can myite it with assurance, because she has the most munificent inducements tr offer- Her lands ae cheap,, her soil yields, the richest products, her forests j are vast, her mines are exhaustless treasuries, and her climate is unsupassed. An invitation, to be effective, must be cordial. If it is not heeded at first, it must be repeated and this repetition must continue until thousands and hun1 dreds of thousands shall invade the land and transform it into homes There should be organized effort, and this should be unanimous and persistent. Information should be 'disseminated set ting forth, in an explicit and .truthful manner, the actual facts relating to the locality described. It were better to understate than to exceed, in these pub lications. Those, who are attracted by too glowing pictures are sure to be disi; appointed, and often,, after brief resi-f dence, return to their: former homes vrillrfeelirigs of reseiithieiit and disgust.1 Instances of this kind . are by no means rare, nence tnose wno nave tne reai Welfare of the South at heart should seek to prompte it only by candid state ment. It were enough to . publish the truth. In vain will be all attempts of man to devise richer endowments than those with which nature, in her supreme regard, has invested this fair and fa vored land. ' NORTH CAROLINA TOWNS. Haywood. The town of Haywood is an old town, and in times past has been very flour ishing, a great deal of business having been done at that place. But since Lockville has been built upj Haywood has lost a great deal ot her trade. r Hay wood is laid oft as a town, though she has only two stores, and she has her mayor and board of aldermen the same as Raleigh, and had the capitol been built there, no doubt by this time Hay wood would have contained at . least 25, 000 or 30,000 inhabitants. ; Haywood has a fine common school, taught by Miss Fannie Thompson, one of the most accomplished young ladies in Chatham. . . Haywood is settled by some fine and clever people, hard-working . and indus trious, very sociable and, enterprising, always cordial to the stranger, making him as happy as circumstances will ad-, mit of. All things" in consideration ' Haywood, is a good place to spend; a short time in recuperating the health of the exhausted pleasifre-seeker- The fishing facilities are splendid at the juncture of the two large rivers Haw and Deep rivers which, coming together, constitute the Cape Pear, where fish of all the fresh water varie ties abound. Game is also very abund ant. Raleigh Vmior; ; NORTH CAROLINA VIEWED BY NORTHERN EI EN. (Hartford Post,) . This is one of the most beautiful and inviting regions I have yet visited. In Cherokee county the botton lands are as rich as the best in the Connecti cut valley, while the hills are susceptible of cultivation to their summits. It is im possible to realize that one is up on a mountain, yet such; is the fact. All this county was once heavily J timbered, and but a small percentage of its area has been cleared and cultivated. Wheat, corn, grass and clover are raised in E refusion wherever there is anything ke decent cultivation. attle, sheep and hogs thrive. Water-powers are numerous and springs, creeks and rivers abound Apples, pears, pleaches, plums, grapes and small fruit all do well, only, that the late frosts sometimes cut oflftjie peach; ana pear crops. . - . "The mean temperature of winter AND THE SOUTHi PRICE.5 CENTS. : I. ''1''' days is about fiHtjr degrees arid the range ; v of summer -heat is abou t the JKimo as in v v Hartford,-the altitude acting' as an pff- set. to tne lowjjr jatuuciG.' . tuero . aro , readers of the JPwi who think of joining . a colony to the.WBst,-:! -should adviso them to look: this iyay rit. Tracts of from five hundred to. several -thousand -acres canbe bought' here iuw on which j, friends and acquaintances 'could rcttle,' vith aieertatrity of.easf rcjc? to.i.:.d 'the old ..... Kbpe to fiiiii i v : . c of huntincr taa iihd'wul tuijvc u.v J'and,other game itfHhe rrcjodsi..and for STATE INDUSTRIAL ITEHS." The cotton factory at Neirton is ' moving ; on rapidly. " ; , -' f -Vi i" '"; V: 'r- The steam flouring mill at jdonover Will ; febori be in! operatioii.i " 1 C L r '1 ' . :4 ' r ; u. 4-f ,- The catching brraaekereinjiargdqutnti. . V ties is proving a novel and profitable incident of the tear to! North Carolina foast fishermen. The hat factor? at Newton is working 64 hands, and pays one dollar a day; ;-Each hand makes nine hats a day. Chtau&a Mureury. -r- A North CaroUna man .has; invepted a ' folding barrel Or hogshead for use in transport- ; ing dry material. The heads may be taken ' out, the staves rolled together and the yrhole thing made barrel shape again with a few quick motions, Banner.' : .rj' . : Ii lirii Wm Ritterholf Is eontcmplatiair . the establishment at an early, day of a cracker lactory, ana proposes to erecx inereior a buiv . able building. , The 'capacity ;of. the factory will be 6X) barrel3.per .day and will give' cm ploy ment to a dozen men, and afford by j .the 'f ' ' ! usual calculation of o individual to each man j -4 support to CO soul4-7CAartof( Journal. j . v ' Tliere is a firm in our midst, "that U manufacturing naiT, very . successfully i We ' refer to the Morrte Manufacturing Conlpany. -This firm began tor manufacture snuff several years ago, and thishusiness has been growing ' steauuy umu now vac una u a aunctut maiver to supply the demantk- Consaincrd express -' a ' preference lor it, because they Bay it Is better; 1 and purer! than! any they cani get. Durham -.S It is said that tho freight tonnafc - iiri- loaded atthetXewton dopct Uiisjuu&hcr N La exceeied that at afty depot on the ' "Western North Carolina Railroad east of Afiheville. ; We had occasion to visit the depot one 'day this Week, and was surprised to jfind every place in suchja crowded state. The jside track was. covered? with cars waiting to be unloaded, and i the depot was full and the woods for 1Q0 yards , axouna; were covered with new wagpasj , bug gies, plows, grain drills &c.' The place ;is so crowded that cars loaded with Newton freight are standing at nearly every depot on the line. One' merchant says he has- two car loads of freight at Hiekoryand ten at Catawba. En- terprise. ' , MINING MATTERS. The Shuford Oold Mind has recelreil another car load of machinery. Catawba Mureury. , V . : '- : Capt. J. A Ramsay who is how engaged in East Tenn., in cutting a Jong tunnel on a new railroad, Jias brotight us some very pecul iar specimens, and we would ; like to know what ihey are. From his description, . they are nassiusr throuch a , bituminbua shn.l im bedded in which, they find these balls. ' Some are round, and . look like a cannon ball painted black; others are kidney shaped "and others still like clams. The black glossy covering is most likely black oxide of Mariganese. , Somo of them are very heavy and carry a large per cent of sulphurets of iron, t Others have only an outside shell of hard sulphurets. while the hollow Is filled with a deep seal brown sub- stance,; very line soot. iney are very curi ous specimens. Capt. Ramsay j has our thanks for a lot which have been added to our cabi net. ty'atchman. ' ;'. . j The Inter-State Mining and ' MitHnr Company which was organized in Asheville last April, have purchased to date 10,800 acres on this copper and gold belt. Thus far seven shafts- have been opened and one large shaft house with ore sorting benches erected. Two of these shafts are stronelv timbered. A few days since the mining engineer for the company opened a snail on the manviodo on the Hurley estate which has been worked day and night. The depth gamed is 16 feet; wiam ot vein seven leet. . Xhe shalt ia twelve feet by seven. The ores aret honeycombed quartz with heavy percentage of red oxide of copper and copper pyrites. The icompanr has nine miles on this vein. The , first shaft opened .and the one referred? to has been named the Asheville Clnb and, promises a v most magnificent output since the cost, of sink- . ing the shaft from the surface is repaid many times over bv the valne of the atm frtTMeA AAevuleJUizen. I t f William-A. Sweet is' the owner of the fi .- tr t onuiora ajtoiu une ana as a t manr of our citizens have dealings with the mine, i it would le interest iug . to know somet hi ug of the owner of said property as a capitalist and a citizen. . lie has risen from the, rank ofl a blacksmith at a country foree to be one of the wealthiest and most influential citizens in the. State of New Yorki having eraduallv worked up the ladder of fame and wealth by his own 1 J- J 1 I TT .. . n . auuius ami urains. juus nominauon to von . Seas brings out the following in his favon e has paid in taxes from 18o3 to the present time $37,702., He has been instrumental In 1 bringing $350,000 of English capital to this. country, and during the past fourteen years i i i . -a .1.11 r uas jkepb over twu miuuni uoxwi . in steaay , . circulation among the people having paid $002,209 in wages and salaries j to men tinder his employ. .We speak of this' only to let our ; readers know of the responsibility of the com pany they are dealing with .when they ' hav l occasion to aeai wun tne tonaiord gold mine. uaiatcoa Jlnreury. .t - A. IVt' r Y i ii
The New South (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Sept. 25, 1882, edition 1
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