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VALUE, OF FARMS Tremendous Landed Wealth Shown By Census ' IT RUNS HIGH INTO BILLIONS Statistics of Great and Permanent Value Concerning Our Agricultural Resources. ' Washington, Special. The census bureau issued a bulletin giving the, condition of agriculture in the United . States for the year 1900. It shows that there were at that time 5,739,657 farms in the entire country which were valued at $16,674,694,247. Uf this amount $3,560,193,191, or over 21 per cent, represented the value of buildings, and $13,114,492,056, or over 4b' per cent, represents the value of lands and improvements other than buildings.. The value of farm imple ments and machinery was $761,251, 50, and of live stock $3,078,050,041. These values, added 'to the value of the farms, gives a total value of farm property amounting to $20,514,001 538. ' . ' ' " ,' 'y,:: The total value of farm products for the year 1899 is given at $4,739,-, U8752, of which amount $1,718,990, 221 was for animal products, includ ing live stock, poultry and bee pro Jucts. The bulletin places the average 3ize of farms in the United States at ... -'-v"'" - s t" - sent of the farm land is improved. The total acreage for the entire country was $841,201,546 The number of farms in the United States has increased in every decade !or the last fifty years, and so rapidly that in 1900 there were nearly four times as many farms as in 1850, and 25 per cent more than in 1890, The total acreage of farm land also has increased but up to 1SS0 less rapidly than the laimber of .farms, thus in volving a steady, decrease in th-a average, size of farms. Since 1880, however, the total acreage has in creased more rapidly than the number of farms, so that the average size of farms has increased. The total area ery decade since 1850. ' A comparison by States indicate chat the most important States in the agriculture of the country are, .be ginning at the West, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana. Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Together they con tribute 44 per cent of the total value of farm property and 38 per cent of the total value of farm products. Texas leads with the greatest num ber of farms, 352,190. and also with the highest acreage 125,807.017. But anly a little over 15 per cent of the farm lands in Texas was improved, and the value of thefarm land in Texas aws less than in Pennsylvania, Dhio, New York, Missouri, low.: or Illinois, being $962,476,273. Missouri ranges second in the number of farms hsvinf 9R4 R.Sfi Othpr RfrtR bavins more than 200,000 farms are: Ala bama 223,220; Georgia 224.691; Illi nois 264,151; Indiana. 221.S97; Iowa. 228,622; Kentucky, 231,667; Michigan. 203.261; Mississippi, 20;03; New York 226,720; North Carolina, 224, 537; Ohio 276,719; Pennsylvania, 224, 248; Tennessee, 224,623. Iowa leads the list in the percentage uf improved lands, more than 86 per being improved. Illinois follows with mc re. than 34 per cent, Ohio comes next with 7S per cent, : and is followed by Indiana with 'more than 77 per cent.' Illinois occupies the first posi tion in the matter ot the total value of tflim.lftnds thp fTsrtires for the -Stale being 2,004,313,897. Other State values are": - - - Tennessee. $341,202,025; Texa3, $962,476,273; Virginia. $323,515,977. The live stock farm lands of the country are put down aU a" value of $7,505,24,273, or mere than 36 per cent of the whole; the hay and grain lands at $8,378,54,543 or 31 per cent of the whole, dalrjr products over per cent; cotton over 5 per cent There V mi .v-ww - - - - valued at $1,932.9 if EXPLOSION AT HOTEL. To Oppose Swanson, . ! Roanoke, Special. The Republican Congressional convention of the Fifth Jistrict met at Rocky Mount and nomi nated Hon. B. A. Davis, of Franklin jounty, by. acclamation, to oppose Hon. Claude A. Swewnson. Democrat, the present representative from that dis trict. Several speeches were made de nouncing the work of the late constitn onal convention' Escaping Gas Ignites and Serious Re sults Ensue. - Fayetteville, Special. About iV 9 o'clock Thursday evening an explos ion, which shook up the guests in the reading room on the second floor, ind startled people in the stores sev 3ral blocks away, took to the .business office that the gas, unusual circum stances Miss Sue Stedman, the ma tron, had sent word down to the busi ness office that the gas, unlighted, was escaping In the hallway leading from the ladies' entrance on Hay street; and Dave Monrpe, the colored night watchman, as he went in incau tiously struck a match, instantly the whole hallway was aflame, and Mr. McD. Mathews, who was just enter ing the Hay street door, was hurled back, with his hair, eyebrows, mous tache, nose and one ear burned. He suffered much pain last night, but it i hoped that he will escape without disfigurement. Ralph Rigsby, MrJ R. H. Buckingham's' news-stand clerk, was literally blown out of a window in front of the hotel, though, fortunately, he was not hurt. Monroe's injuriesjare so. serious that he has been carried to the Marsh-Highsmith Sanitarium (for treatment.' The gas fixtures were shat tered and the double glass door was wrecked. LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. f. " State News Notes. -President Winston, of the Agricul tural and Mechanical College, is in formed that 127 applicants for admis sion were examined July 11 in three fourths of the counties, and 'that! of these 104 pnssed. The returns from the other counties will probably bring! the aumlr up to 125, On the 3rd of Sep tember there will be entrance examina tions at the college. It is expected that these will bring the total number of freshmen up to 200 and that there will be in all 500 students. It i3 quite rea sonable to believe that in a few year3 if the necessary accommodations are provided, there will be 1,000. j i State Auditor Dixon is sending to ach register of deeds a list of the hold ers of bank stock in that particular county. 1 1 . J. C. Caddell, so well knownall Over this State, has for six months been sick at Wake Forest, hl3 home., Inflamma tory rheumatism was - the' disease. He will soon "go to Georgia, where hevjwill represent the American Book Company. Webb Nominated By Acclamation. Concord. Special. The Democratic convention of this judicial district wa.? called to order in the courf house at 12 o'clock Friday by Mr. J. A. An thony, of Cleveland, county. Messrs. J. F. Hurley, of The Tribune, and G. B. Means, of The Standard, werejtha secretaries of the convention. I an d Mr. W. C. rJawell temporary ?hair man. Onjnotion of Mr. W. G. Mean-s, this "organization was made perma-, nent. Mr. J. L. Webb, of Shelby, ,whs nominated by Mr. F. M. Shannon house, of Charlotte, for solicitor of the twelfth judicial district. The nomination was seconded . by Mr. R. R. Wilson ' of Gastonia. and given iMl. Webb by acclamation. James Tillman Called a Liar., Columbia, Special. At the political meeting at Gaffney, Jim Tillman! was called a liar.' There was na light, j Ed. H. De Camp, editor of The ledger, in a recent article stigmatized Tillman as a liar, a drunkard and a gambler." At Newberry, after Hub Evan had hip ped a newspaper editor, Tillman de clared that if any editor had Insulb to offer him. let it.be done to his, facej To day he was reading to the crowdl and commenting sarcastically De Camp's editorial wlien De Camp mounted the platform and declared that Tillman was a liar and that it could be proved overTillman'a signature. He thehTpro- duced letters from Tillman in response to letters from De Camp, asking Till man for a remittance for an account due for advertising, i- De Camp claimed hat Tillman had lied inr this corre spondence. Pandemonium broke forth, and as Tillman wa-a the last speaker the meeting was abruptly adjourned. Tillman was not without frienda in the crowd. - : ' Says Strike Can Be Won. . Indianapolis, Special. President Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers! Dxpscts to Itave Indianapolis r for WUkosbaTie, where !ie will probably, re-":.)f n tt ike 'uo;viquarter Thursday sr Friday. His intention, it is under stood, is to remain In the anthracite -egion until the - strike is settled. Secretary Wilson says he does not ex pect any more large-donations 'until . later. It is understood Mr. Mitchell and his asociates are convinced tha4 they can; win the anthracite strike -i I r. they can hold out for ten weeks long Mr. Bryan in Maine. I f - - . i .:' Augusta, Me., Special. An . immense crowd warmly greeted Mr. Bryan and his party when they arrived ' here Fri day afternoon. Mr. Bryan. spoke in7 the city hall and was given a tremendous ovation; In his address he referred to the leading issues which the voters of Maine should consider between now ind election day. ' Many Matters of a en era! Interest In Short Paragraphs.- Stunned By Lightning. . ; Greensboro, Special! In am incip lent electric, storm nere ngntning struck the residence of Mr. D. D. De- Butz in two places, on a chimney and the eaves of the house. His thre- year-old boy was lying on a rug in front- of the fireplace and was. stunned for half -an hour, recovering without apparent injury. The little fellow was literally black from the soot that was hurled over him, and the chimney was as, ciean as n an electric oroom in stead of bolt had passed down it. The lightning striking j the eaves of the house did .slight damage, soon reach ing a metal guttek- and going to the The Sunny South. - A negro was burned at the stake in Mississippi, for attempted assault; The street railway strike in Rich mond, Va., was settled by arbitration. Representatives of Japanese gocern ment come to South Carolina to study tea growing. -v'.;. 4 . r .'v-:'- Near Strongtown, Indian Territory, two women and a man were waylaid and killed. Hon. B. Y. Webb, of Shelby, was nominated for Congress from the 9th North Carolina district. ... i - Former Governor Johnston has en tered the gubernatorial race in v Ala bama,! making a four-cornered race. Court enjoined Nashville street rail way company from consolidating. If decision is sustained, bonds and stock will be invalidated; ; A movement is 6n foot to form co operative association of the hatters, gents' furnishers and haberdashers throughout the south. Prospectors, supposed to be the rep-' reserttatives of therStandard Oil Com pany, have secured leases.,? on . large tracts of suiposed oil lands near oal Creek, Tenn. Lightning struck field storage oil tanks near Jennings, La., on Tuesday, and over 50,000 barrels of oil were con sumed. The fire began Tuesday, and the gusher is still burning fiercely. North Carolina's, state convention was an intersting one.. Senator Sim mons advocated permanent disfran chisement of the negro. Denunciation of Cleveland by Senator Ward proviked spirited colloquy, - An engine on Lentz & Shadler's lum ber road, along Laurel run, two miles above Porterwood, W. Va., thrown rom a trestle into the creek, 10 feet and Engineman M. H. Hinkio was probably fatally scalded. The j Merchants' Coal Company has aken nearly 100 foreigners, mostly talians. Slaves and Polander3, to Tun- nelton, W. Va., to work in their mines and at the. present rate the full force will be at work soon. '! ' Seven lawyers of Amherst, Va." have addressed a communication to the members of the General Assembly re, citing the facts in regard to the recent, assault of Jtfdge C7 J. Campbell on Rev. C. H. Crawford and strongly condemn ing the assault - . VAHDERBILT AS A COMPETITOR At The National Capital. The State Department decided that a Filipino in a foreign country is en titled to diplomatic protection but not to a passiiort. After a visit to New England Secre tary of the Treasury Shaw says he be believes President Roosevelt will be nominated in 1904. At The North. Capt. Putnam Bradlee Strong disap peared in New York, leaving notes saying he was going to kill himself.' President Roosevelt entertained Mayor Low, of New York City, at Oys ter Bay, L. I. Ohio's Attorney General began an action to oust the Cleveland CAtv Council. Hugo Poppenhueslcr, a Philadelphia drug clerk, shot and captured a bur glar who had broken into his room. United Mine Workers, m xonven- tion at IndinapQli3, declared against a general strike and; adopted a plan to aid the striking: anthracite work ers. ' . -; ' v- ' -The steamer Belgenland, from : hJU- adelphiat. broke her shaft at sea, and after drifting four days, was towed into Halifax by the steamer Scholar. , , .. From Across The Sea. -N The Czar and President Loubet are expected to 'visit King Victor Emman uel at Rome. ' ; : . rresiaent ; uastro abandoiied;- his, pian or ngnting near Barcelona, Vene zuela and will return to Caracas. - Severe 1 earthquake shocks ' were again felt on the' island of St Vin cent. -.. '-V-r ' uovrrjor xarx at itome mentioned the name of Bishop George Montgom ery, of Los Angeles, for apostolic dele gate to Manila. The Sultan of Bacolod, Philippines, wh o threatened to begin an insurrec tion in August, has written a friendlv letter, to, the American commander. The Paris.Temps thinks the Vatican's reply to Governor Taft's last - note ba" the friar question is a virtual rejection of the American offer. M. Com pes announces that he ac cepted the French Premiership in order to enforce .the Law of Associations. King Edward attended rellgictas ser vices which were conducted aboard the royal yacht. . r ' - ' balisoury's . resignation -is said to have been a surprise to the King, the Premier declaring that he resigned be cause he was losing his memory. - Miscellaneous Matters. Several persons were drowned in three cloudbursts in Ne w Xork State. 7 Represent! Jtxve William iJuJzer says the Republi6an paty's record Is against its anti-trust threats and predicts ma terial Democratic gain m the cast House of eRpresentatiyes. . ; Mountajxi Farmers; Said to Be Jeal ous of the flliUonalre.7 A Henderson county man has givsen some interesting information of work being done on the Biltmore estate. particularly about the Mouni -risgau resrion. ' Roads 'are ! being built here and there through Ithe Pink Beds sec tion and in one place the lay of the rugged mountain land is such that a section of oneyroad crosses p. stream 61 times in a distance of six miles. -To build another section of a road a few miles in length it was necessary to build twenty ; bridges over ; another small stream. Before one crop is har vested or one house built on that magnificent domain, another crop is planted or another house planned and the end is not yet. It is now proposed to raise the elevation In the river bot tom, ion the AshevilleV side of Biltmore village, so floods such as Visited thi3 section in the spring, can do no harm. On 'this elevated ground grass will be sown: shrubbery planted, houses built and gardens made to correspond with the truck farm on! the Biltmore side of the Swannanoa river. In accordance with these contemplated improve ments negotiations! have been entered Into with the Asheville Street Rail way Company with a view to having a new railroad bridge built across the river some distance above the pres ent wagon bridge,! so the cars may run to the Biltmore village passenger station. But notwithstanding the vast sums of money which Mr. VanderblH spends annually, Ithe valuable ex amples he has set for farmers and the generally incalculable benefit his estate has proven to the entire coun try side, many people in' the country still view the lord of the manor as an Interloper. He pays a good price for land or anything ! else his managers want but many v people in the. .coun try, would be glad to see him leave for good and all, principally because he puts farm and dairy products on- the local market, thus giving rise to com petition. This feeling is, even run into politics, though some may regard it as of questionable taste to call atten tion to the fact. ,AJ number of leading Republicans would like to see Mr, McNamee nominated for the Stata Senate, and the impression prevails that he would accept the nomination; bnt politicians who follow public opin ion are made to hesitate when - they take into account! the sentiment re garding Mr. Vanderbilt. Of course the average visitor to Asheville would hear nothing of this feeling, but those who go about the rural districts know that it still exists. Elopement at Greensboro. Greensboro, Special. Mrs. Ada Staf ford, -wife -of John E-Jgtafford, ol Greensboro, eloped I Tuesday night iWitfi J. E. Harding, a book-keeper at tnc Revolution Cotton ! Mills. The couple purchased tickets for Washington, but it i3 thought that they got off at Lynchburg, Va,, and rent West. Harding, who is unmarried, has beep boarding at the home or the Staffords for some time, but "no undue intimacy had been noted between him and .Mrs Stafford, and it is I believed their elop ment was the result of a sudden infatuation.- ; . I Mrs. Stafford is a handsome woman "of 35 or 40 years of ge and is the mothenof four sons, the oldest ol whom is 17 years of age. The, pair did not: take anything witt them belonging to K Mr. Stafford. Od the other hand, Mrs, Stafford left ali her jewelry in the! house, with the ex ception of her engagement ring, whict she mailed to her husband through the Greensboro postofflce. The husband of the runaway womar called on Solicitor Brooks for advice He is giving the matter full publicity, and itis said will probably offer a re ward for the arrest of the couple. Third Annual Reunion of North Car olina Lutherans. This great gathering will take plact in the grove of Lenoir College, Hick ory. N. C, Thursday, August 7th 1902 The leading address will be by Prof Henry E. Jacobs, D. D., LL. D., ol Philadelphia, on the "Problem of the. Lutheran Church in the South." There will be also a grand picnic as a part, of the reunion festivities. Gooc music - is promised, : together with s general lelto wshig meeting. " Specia! rates on railroads.' applied tor. : Belgrade Postmaster Arestea. Newbern; Special. F. N. Davis, post office Inspector, had the postmaster at Belgrade, Onslow county, arrested and tyrought before Charles B. Ifill, United States commissioner here, Wednesday morning. Mr. Davis found the postmas ter, F. C. Henderson, short in hit money.order account over $1,000., This Is, a very small Jcffice and was only made a money order office last Jan uary. . Besides being the postmaster. t Henderson is president of the Belgrade High School and. Business College, president ot the Belgrade Stock Com pany and editor of The Belgrade Cour ler. It seems that luost of the money orders issued, were for the postmaster himself. , ' ' State News Notes. . The State charters the Zachary Man tel Company, of Raleigh, capital $25, "000; A. D. . Zachaf y . and others stock holders. It will manufacture and deal in mantels, .y ' ' - ' :.VX:V .: : ' ' ' A charter was granted Wednesday Xc the Elliott Chair Company, of Lexing ton, capital $25,000. J. A. Elliott, o' Thnmasville, Is a large stockholder. LABOR W0RLD Indiana farmers areorni . unions. ZiJtr5, San Francisco (Cal ) nu 1 organized. ' 4' . The pay of the Crm-jn . , only six cents a day . Soldie 4 Boston (Mass,) lathers demand an eight-hour day Laws prohibiting labor passed In England in 1700. 0118 er, o.ue Winers- ot Uyfartir have resolved to resume w2r Kjuiy per cent, of thP at ., this country are "sympathnL5kes "i 'It is estimator! e... tri 25,000 harvesters are renulSn toba. ; , ': l(llllredmM23 In 1900 the number of vornn ployed la the mines of Frnn 178,894. - Arai1 The threatened strike of th I phone girls at San Diego, Cal u S averted. ,; V- rLai-beet The teachers societies of Mirw I Italy, have unanimously toin trade unions. m v-The sum of $27,084,710 is CXT,PTtVl Annually for wages of employes 3 Klass industry In this country. 'Wisconsin dairy industry enmr 1700 hands atiin annual mi for Between 1775-and ISOCr many t tmrons were- formed in Prance and England. Seven thousand workman are strike for higher wages and short! hoars at Manila, Philippine islands Eiirht libur a rliiv cents an hour guaranteed 2500 labor? at Boston. Mass., are expected tow peace in the building trade- for a yean Labor is reported scarce iir ' Africa. Natives made money out! the war. and are back to their lan The mine managers are anita awaiting- 70,000 or 0,000 natives, f are unable to secure mnrrv tw';() wtnr it. 4 w duuu a moniuu j Forty Houses Burned. Birmingham, ATa., Speciai.-F which broke out Tuesday morning i Brobkside, a town of 1,000 inhabits situated in . Jefferson county,. 10 dHl' from Birmingham, destroyed a nnabj' of housesf and about 40 residenct' causing a! loss of $50,000. The great! part of t$e stock and furniture in tt1 burned btiildings was saved,, but pi siderably i damagvid. The insurance i lieht Tillman Withdraws Charges. I Washington, Special. Iiente Governor Tillman, of South Caroli: has telegraphed Fourth Assists PostmSTter General Bristow that 1 withdraws the charge that Ms ma, had been tampered with in the por office at Pickens, S. C. The chT alleged that valuable political pa,r addressed to Mr. Tillman had bee: tained f rom the Pickens postoffc! an unknown party. The case is in the jhands of postofflce inspec for: investigation, but no report toon received from .them; SSoTooo Fire at Annspolis. ; Annapolis. Md., Special. A Are IK, broke out in the heart of Anna?( Wednesday morning 'destroyed if', buildings, including St. Martin's Gt, man Lutheran church, and the fe general store of J. Ev;ell and caS-( a loss estimated at $50,000. Their, started In the confectionary 1 store ( B. Wiegard, in State Circle. An OTt' heated bake oven i3 . supposed to w been the cause. ' Teachers Killed in Cubs. Washington, , Special.-The nartment has received the fol!os cablegram regarding the school tea ers who have been missed from June 10th: "John E. Wells, 209 M;, gomery avenue, Providence, R his cousin, Louis A. Thomas, saa, drpss Rrn w?h Heser. 1413 Vine sU, Cincinnati, O.; Clyde A. France, O m?aj1ncr fmm Pphn. murder the murders killed; eight othera turod by the constabulary." Fatal Fire at Albany. Albany, N. Y., Julyx23.-Oae fir dead, one in the hospital, said dying; and. a number seriously in addition. to a monetary Iqss esti ed at $250,000, is the result of a which broke out in the bearM , shortly oei-; The w an aojttj- member of the insurance , prominent in the city's social . . ancial circles. j Ex-AIderman Bound TUphmnnd. SDecial. EX' j; iving, wno was business district, 6'clpck this morning, man is D. K. Bishop, grand jury oh the charge of $500 and other 'benefits from tors, in return forhis vo favor on their bid for pity i arraigned in the VoUcej ', case .was continuea - His bond of $1,500. Sivf.jo3day rooa ronowprl until next was renewed until nexw Two American ja?" stonea aiiu uv-i borers in Korea, i
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