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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERYEB, TEBRUAHY G, EGAD-BUILDERS' LIFE ! ' OF SOUTH ! WESTERN i - r mm Fuze ted in Building New f ulroad JVot AltoRCther Bevold 'Of J u-nrfr-A Sober and Lw-Atlllng i iwM -Cantos Nos. 8 and' Two f the Mowt Important Along tbe of Way Bad Weather And Impassable Roads Render ' Work Now Very: Wflkrlt and Force of )liindi'Hu Necessarily Been Ito-duccd.,-' " ', 1 Correspondence of Th -Observer. SproOa Pine. Feb. Ktnce The Ob-..erverFft-eorrwpondDtt' In visiting the ramps of tlie South & Western Hll-K-y, omo time ago missed camps 5 and S, an article in regard to these campa. In many respects tbe best on tbe line, might not be amiss. Leaving : . Sprue Pine, the present terminus or the South A Western, and taking a omirws. eastward along the right of way,- - following this serpentine path - way, 'here encountering huge hills to be cut through, there a deep ravine to be Med, and occasionally coming upon; . a huge mound of dirt and rock, that necessitates tunnelling, we nnaDy react) camp No. 6, nestling at the base of a -division of the Blue Ridge known 1 as Roekv Mountain, about seven or 5 eight;' miles from our starting point. Lmucb as they would at home, the men The above mountain rises to a height , of about ' one mile and serves as a ' good barrier against the wintry winds that 'come from the higher peaks of '. lh lie Ridge, farther to the west , ward. Running by the east side of the tbmff . Is a swift mountain stream Jciiown as Honeycutt creek, which empties Into the L-lnville river, about '.v wo miles below the camp, near North , 1 Cove post office. rfhe roadbed pasoes back of the . camp and about half way between the $ase and the crest of Kocay Mountain, running northward almost parallel ' nvlth ' Honeycutt creek for a distance of a' mile and a quarter, when it turns Ua-JLbe Tight, making a big curve and r -grossing the stream. Crosslin tnl creek has necessitated the building of s fill over 900 feet long and, at one point 76 feet high. After crossing this ' tream the road will run in a south easterly direction along the side of a :,, J?nUisuia-like mountain that lies east ' of camp No. 5, separating it from camp V No.. When almost opposite the for ' trier camp the road, by a sharp course enters the mountain, passing through , what will be known as the Honeycutt ' i tunnel. Qn emerging from this tunnel It funs northward, passing near camp 1 No.? in Its course and finally, when a point about one and a half miles ', from the tunnel has been reached, the road ' makes a second tremendous rurve, crossing Llnvllle river on a long '' fill. Lying on the east side of this rlv ' r, and running southward, is the pre . ., rloitous line of hills known as Lln tfllie mountain and along the base of this mountain the road runs now al ( moat directly south in the direction of campa Nos. 8 and 9 and Marlon. A camp No. 5 there are about 24 ' buildings. Including the commlssarv 1 u toKtae. Some of the shacks for labor- ' 1 era contain several rooms, while others 1 " are in a single long appartment with 'tier of "bunks" on the aides, much after the manner of quarters on a 7"7 ship. As a whole, the quarters are very n close and comfortable; more so than many of the laborers are used to at Ideal one. being placed oik compara tl veiy leva ground and protected from cold wind by mountains that rise -near at band on almost every, side and hay ine a water. supply that la unexceiieo at any of the campa The climate la much mUdcr than that Bpruca fine, only eltht miles away., which I ex plained, no doubt, by the fact of camp V location .on le eastern side or tne higher mountains. , - .,' - ' - The site of.eamo No. .'of which Mr. J. M. Cross la boss, ts considered bv many to be $he roost desirable Between 8pruce Pins and Marlon, being located in a fertile vy that stretches up and down the .Llnvllle river for a dls- tanco of some six or seven miles, in this vailev are some two or three hun drad inhabitants, many of them being well-to-do. their homes comparing la vorably with those of ths Mecklenburg farmers. ' LINVILLE RIVER. , ' The Llnvllle' river is a pretty moun tain stream aed should furnish valu able water power., At present there are a few grist mills along its course. At these railroad camps one might expect to find a lawless class of men, but such is not the case by any mean, for the order kept is quite as good as that In any small town, on eunaays, although there are no religious exer- cleea, the people conduct themselves THE "WALK1NU IIOJIH. f' t A familiar figure to be seen around 7 camp Is the stalwart form of Capt. W. " M, Irtindy, a Virginian, who is "walk ' injf boss." The duties of this official , are many. Besides being a general euporvlsor of everything around the , camp, he Is, In a sense, an officer, set 1 tilng disputes and meting out Justice. t The location of camp No. & Is an congregating here and thera to swap varns. " T ' ' - Situated an the camps are, far back In the mountains, one might think that all Is work, with ho enjoyment or re laxation In the way of amusemenfc but not so. for in the evenings, when the day's work is done and supper is over, the men assemble in, shantlea where congenial companions are to be found and there an hour or two is whlled away in jesting, singing or dancing. Almost every nignt me twang oi ine banjo and the rythmic step of the dancer are to be heard, often lasting until far Into the night Frequently a crowd assembles in the commissary and for a small sum or a "set up," a banjo picker and a dancer are obtain ed and the "stunts" accomplished would do Justice to a prof esslonal con tortionist and his musician. The shoot ing match is also a favorite pastime at these camps and such contests are of ten pulled off. The man who misses farthest usually furnishes a treat of some kind. DRINKING NOT TOLERATED. Capt. Lundy, at camp No. 6, tole rates no drinking or rowdyism of any kind and. consequently, there has been no shooting or cutting affrays at the camp since the writer has been con nected with it. In addition to the boss there Is a deputy sheriff at the camp to help maintain order. On more than one occasion an Impudent or unruly laborer has felt Capt, Luhdy s prowess to his utter sorrow. One man told his friends up in Virginia, while he was at home on his Christmas vacation, that the captain had gone in on four Kentuckylans and thrashed them single-handed. The man did not confine himself to the truth exactly but no Grave Trouble Foreseen. It needs but little foresight to tell that when your stomach and liver are badly affected, grave trouble Is ahead, unless you take the proper medicine for your disease, as Mrs. John A. Young, of Clay, N. Y.. did. She says: "I had neuralgia of the liver and stomach, my heart was weakened, and I could not eat. I was very bad for a long time, but in Electric Bitters, I found JUMf what I needed, for they quickly relieved and cured me." Best medicine for weak women. Bold under guarantee by R. H. Jordan & Co., Druggists, at 50c. a bottle. doubt believed such -a 'thing possible. ,? Among the laborers at these camps are to be found some of the finest specimens of physical, manhood to be found anywhere. Jn the powerful build of some of these mountain youths th foott ball . enthusiast might see tht make-up of star foot ball players,; men who, .with proper training, should make all-Southern, even aU-American guards or tackles. In spite of the fact that, in Mr. Walter Camp s Judgment, no Southern player ha ever attained the aU- American .standard of foot ball playing. . Just now. r: owing to-bad weather. muddy roads, and difficulty in, getting material from Spruce Pine, the camps are able to work little more tthan "half the men that : could be given, work. Steam shovels, steam drills and huge iron pipes are moved with great diffi culty ana expense, some or me pipes are from 40 to 60 Inches in diameter and weigh from 7.000 -to,, 9.000 pounds each. At times, hauling is suspended altogether on account of the utterly Impassible condition of tho roads. . Railroading like this is a gigantic undertaking, entailing enormous coat In money and great rink to life and limb of the men who are - carrying; it through. . The engineer,. Bitting In his cab and managing the -swift running locomotive, , la perhaps.- not '' more en titled to praise than the tunnel fore man, who is daily and hourly subject ed - to . the' many dangers always ac companying this kind of work. At any moment bis life may be crushed out by tbe slipping down of over-hanging ruks er he may be blown to atoms by the premature explosions" of dynamite, and men have been known to suocomb to the fumes that collect In tunnels after excessive blasting. -' In the section of road ' allotted , to camps Nos. E and S, there are two tun nels to be made, one of them, tbe long er, to bo known as the Honeycutt tun nel, I to bo l.eoa feet In length. There arc a number of cots td make that will. be from HO ..to '12$ foet In depth and fills of corresponding " height to be built. i ' . The mountains In the vicinity ot these camps are "heavily-timbered--w4fh chestnut, oak and white pine. To some extent also . are found hickory, ash and other species of trees." TPs nut grows very large, tho trunks often being three or four feet in diameter and of corresponding height ssA '""-Ife . mountain la rocky ana rugged ana. consequently, has little timber of value on It. Among its crags ana ravines MUt said to lurk many wua . animais. among them the- black bear. A well known bear hunter lives near, by who owns several of the famous bear dogs and. during a season, usually kjlls five or six of these shaggy, animals, ,i Standing on the mountain, behind camp No. 6, and looking eastward over the Llnvllle mountain, one can see, in the distance, the well-known Table Rock, some ten miles away. Looking to the southwest, the huge bulk of Mt Mitchell can be plainly seen. To the north a few miles Is tbe famous Grand Fathers Mountain. A When the South Western road Is completed It will bring a large portion of North Carolina's valuable territory In close touch with civilization. The development of this section of the State has been necessarily slow for want of railroad facilities. Now It seems that the long felt need hrbout to be realised. W. W. C. Poisons In Food. Perhaps you don't realize that many pain poisons originate In your food, but some day you may feel a twinge of dyspepsia thttt will con vince you. " Dr. King's New Life Pills are guaranteed to core all sick ness due to poisons of undigested food or money back. 26c. at R. H. Jordan & Co.'s drug, store, Try .j; MA VOU OF OCSN HESIGNS Mr. E.' Lee Retires From Offlce--A Marriage Personal ami,. News Notes. , 1 v ; ' " Correspondence of Tbe Observer; runn. Febw 3. Mayor E.-Lee became tired of the arduous duties' of his of fice " and -, resigned 1 February 1 . , The board -accepted -'nla resignation . and Mayor -Pro Tern J. A. Taylor now fills the office until Mr,' Lee'B successor Is elected. !-' , - , - - - " On January 1 at p. m.'. in Troy. At the residence of Rev. .V. A. Royal. Mr. John W. Draughan,' manager ot the Portnick-Draughan Company.' was married to Miss Nita Monk, one.ief aampson- county' most popular young ladies. - The attendants were Miss Mary Monk.' of Wilminston. with Mr, Frank Draughan, of Dunn; Miss Annie Laurie ratrick of Cllntonv with Mr, F. -B. Johnson, of Clinton. Rev. J. B, Hurley, presiding . elder. officiated. The happy couple arrived in Dunn, on the night train1 and will II vo with Mr. J, W. Oooch-t , The music class nf Mrs. T. L. H Young- gave qolte a: pleasant muslcale as me opera tMuse Friday nlgh. , Rev. J. Black, who hta resided In the Linden reaction' for the vast Six or eight-years; has. resigned hla pas torate ana has accepted a call t o Tennessee.- He and his wife left some days ago for Newport His two datielY ters. Misses Zorma and Daisy, will go later, - - , , " -;: .w-j.- Mr. Claudo Barnes, nf Jacksonville. Fla.,' speni a dav or eo here this week on ma way nome from jow iont. - Mr, C, W. - Howard, of Martin county, has moved' his family here. He is . connected ' with Ihe Stephens Howard Company, wholesale grocers. Mr. G. K7 GranUian returned- from Richmond yesterday whore - ho had been In the-Interest rf the iVtuth At lantic' FharmacaT Company, of "which he is vice-president. This new com pany -has purchased the Virginia Phar macar Oonipat iy ' plant and will roan UfacTure ..naw,gecret pharmaceutlal preparations. . " , :V--.;'o-.c-.s,iT:"'j"jj;v'' Mr. Cleveland's Tribute to Those at - AIhapy Hadlle Tliought III of j Thctt VouklJlavb Told lliensSo. IStew York Sun, 20. , " ' '. - Sfc-PWsMwrtrCleveland does not dis pense taffy and ' soft soap. Perhaps his road through Jlfe might have been smoothed a little if he had been less : outspoken, less brutally frank, and ' more -., ifgeneally consider ate of the feelings of those with whom he- came hi official contact. Yet, had rhfa tongue been softer, his words would not to-day carry the weight they do, nor Would his utterances com mand the respectful attention with which they are now received. These considerations give point to the com plimentary phrases he spoke to the New York law-makers when he visited them In Albany this week. !Mr. Cleveland did not tell the Sena tors and Assemblymen that they were a lot of thieves and scoundrels, as he un doubtedly would have If that had been his opinion. On the other hand, he ex pressed, the opinion that the law-mak-ers were honest and patriotic, and de clared his belief that their work this yeAr would be productive of good for the StaAe. In a season when It Is popular to bewail the degeneracy of representative bodies, to accuse law makers of habitual betrayal of their constituents, to describe their meet ing places as the incubators of con spiracies, plots and schemes for the robbing, and undoing of the citizens, a serious, word directing attention to the facts and- the truth Is not out of place, and Mr. Cleveland's remarks were well timed and considered, v Because they make mistakes, or are deceived at times. Legislatures are not of necessity hopelessly corrupt and de- granded. The presence of a moder ate ; proportion of - chumps - among the' law-makers is unavoidable and to be ' expected. No representative body is composed exclusively of immacu late, pure and high minded men. But the great majority of the people's rep resentatives 'in Legislative bodies, from the most obscure to tbe most im portant, are. honest and patriotic, and by far the greater part of the un measured - abuse to which they - are subjected is undeserved. , i HayiYSrd, ' Vlck Clark's i Cotton , "l,v s', ' Itter, , ' -y Y ' , FurnUlied By the Cotton Exchange ana Board of Trndo. , , , . 4 , New Orlnn: ir-h E-THb mltnn mf. kt was featured by alternating fits of irengm ana weaaness into morning. tr ttadc was -- greatly - pussled sever-, which aide to -take -and In the earlier -hour Price and tils estimate of the amount of cftlon elmifd up to February 1st reinlnd-eti- one. of the game of "now you see It and now you-dun't." Around the, open ing the trad - wae. Assured that- Price wculd come out at noon wHh a -bullish circular; this assurance made would-be bears- rather - timid. - Later In the day rumors commenced to be circulated that the Price circular would- show.' that 10.- STlKO bales of cotton had been ginned up to February 1. At noon these rumors) were oonnrmea ana oner some hesitancy the market broke and . landed May at 10.91. Throughout the morning there was some little soiling - based on the heavy nevement at ports and at- the principal interior points. The students of the mar ket Dointed out that this movement -was expected, bnd was . but. a- natural result of the heavy buying by exporters in the interior last. weeK. out tno market as a whole saw a very good reason for selling In the Increased receipts. , On the ODenlne: the tone was , oulet. The active positions were l point up to 8 points off.- Liverpool was hardly un to cxtwtAtlons and . the trade, after con stderinst the matter over Bunrt y, ; wns not inclined to take . Price's bullish Dro- itcstatlons- very seriousljfji First prices were tne nignest of tne oay. for-some tune alter tne opening occasional strong reactions punctuated the trad Ine. and at times the market looked as If it was on the eve of a sensational - rise. To ward noon, however, the weakness of the mar ket could not be mistaken and the active :Dui:33Pi.IiI A tCliliif. Wctch-do;:, the Ci.-rr.-l cf 1 Dor.er.-Cure your Lur.s. A Powerful Extcnul Rem edy. t i " S1' The cough is no trivial thing. It tneana DOsltfonn broke until thev were "1 and 25 Dtslnlst down from the liltthMt levels ol the day. 1 liia carried tne trading up to U;30 o'clock. -Snots were ouiet and easier. There was , cotiHiderable looking around on t he r- 1 1 , , , of buyers all the moiiiln, hut tlijir , 4 rtr-U -P TV- .V. uieas oi value wern nui iuku t-imneu x-t juixi. w sellers.':. ' Up to 12:SU o clocK anout bales were traded in on the spot and tne market was culled easy at a dei-lme of H. The country bad but little cotton to fscll and hardly anything was done In f. o. b,. cotton, the trading bonis of which was about 20 points on March for juver pool good middling. -- Liverpool futures opened steady at an . advance of a and 4 points and closed ... . .. .. . . 1 L , 1 . . 1 I . . - . . l ana a points lower itwn iu iins j " . .. . ' -T-. t Ram.dMvRw.iH wer steady and In-good lungs that are in distress. They are beset' demand, suiee amounting to 12,000 bales. ,bf evil germ. Consumption and pueu TZ R Ji isnim " r" " moniaareanncjting your weakeneu lungs. to 6j9, Receipts were noun. , : - ont fat . ytrcartliefl and t'- k- - ' T r; ; make well your lungs.' v ,J - C. Kills is Co.'s Cotton Letter, ( R.ub Gowan's Pneumonfa' Cure over Special to The Observer.- ' ? . 'your chest (over your throat, too, if hat Na rti4ua ' iPaK s T.lvrhna1 about be sore) and cure vmiNfflf in rn niihr. ' met expectations this morning and in, Cores sore throat, colds. couehs. croups. Scrub yourself dally, you're not clean Inside. This means clean : stom ach, . bowels, blood. ' liver,, clean, healthy-tissue in every organ.' Moral: Take Ho Ulster's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. R. H. Jordan & Co. t ' view of the fact, together wltn .a widely advertised promise of a bull circular- from- Mr,- Price' to be- iBsued at noon. New York acted suspiciously weak, wherunnn traders ' immedlnteiy Jumped to the conclusion that Mr. 'Price was re MrUinir the contracta bouaht toward the close of lr.t week and were prompt te follow - in nis waxe-' ne announceiiiwn that bis Binning returns showed , that 10,271,000 bales had ; been ginned up to the 1st of February intensified the pres. sura to sell and carried prices rapidly down to New new low levels, woicn necessitated the colling ''of additional margins and resulted In the unloading Of a rrMt deal nf lone cotton that had (been held up to this time. In the process the largest individual speculative long- in terest In this market was abandoned rat about the lowest point and to this extent the situation from a speculative stand point, is healthier, than for a long time past. Nevertheless, It looks as- though any sustained recovery must find Its inspira tion in the spot market which, at the moment, presents no encouraging feature except a continuance oi iioorai eaion oi IJvi-rnool. . ThB ' bara contend f that margins on spot holdings la the South are negmning to run out ano mn im poi market will Nroon have to go - throogh; a drastic- llnuidation. atieh as has already occurred in futures. If this should prove true, the market may Oe depressed con stderably furtbern but, if holders are In a position- to protect their holdings and refuse to meet this decline, an early re covery. wiu oe in oraer. . , , CP, ELLIS A CO. A woman worries until she sets wrinkles, then r worries because she has., them. 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