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0 . CHAKLOTTE DAILY oi;3EiiYi:n, :.iarcii i, icoo. :;atiosaI'FOResi. rotiCY V I : V OF STUDENT OF FOKkgrTItT J i. icceMing Extract From''.',. ' Ijcttc to Prrsiiirot Kooaevelt by Ono Wlo l.-is The renwmal Knowledge JSe (--ury to a Correct ViXkTKta tiding . ' r tito Subject -Suggest a National luuml of twi OMiieraiori wm ? r.-ror ScH-lxietts; oraeing the lr Fonw Zones ?of the fnlteA , States, tin Hecmvuy of Agriculture to be Its Pmddcnt. '-,.,:, . v To the Editor of The Observori 1 , ; - A yoij' are'; have a "meeting In the Int'jreet of,' the proposed Appala- t chlan iTirk; wilt you permit me to present , my ' point " tf view , on the question? Let me. begin by eaying that tor a number of yean I have been giving no little time to the study U-of forestry, especially to our forests. tT Much of the territory from Maine to .... L n .1 it' tr n 'whlnti l wtin 1 id 1 tn a ""weet- -understanding . of what is - needed at least. The way in which the Sub fee t in c-e.neral is regarded bv me' is explained in the following ex tract from a letter I addresed to Pres- rutttt Koieeveit in January: .During the past year it was my j privilege to take Into view the his tory of forestry In all European i States and India. From a study of ;'jwhat has hein ifnnii thr. It honamA t -evident that successful forestry de - ends upon these two precedent con- , a ; Correct forest policy; (b) cor rect forest administration. If the policy Is wrong and the ad- ministration is faulty, the results are bound to be disappointing. A forest policy to be correct should embody yinese two principles: 1. It must be gauged to the kind Of government. t. It must accord with the temper ''. ann anmniLtimiii or t h npnnlA A tnr. st administration will be a failure - that is not both (1) efllcient and (2) . romprehenslve. It must del all It does well and know all that needs to be done. The national forest policy of the . United States comes conveniently, and . miriy wt-ii aemiea inio mr?e per lods: J, 17W-1870; 2. 1S70-181; 3, 1891- '-, The first period shows merely that in national government oven mat. early recognised its authority in for- twi iiroitH iMii. i ne second penoa 1 marks the beginning of public discus sion of forestry tonics emnhiislxeit In x ne nmoer culture act i73) and oy the appropriation In 1876 of 12,000 tor a forestal agency in the Department of -Agriculture. The third period was i 181, giving the President authority i t reserve from sale certain kinds of -public lands, to be retained as Fed t eral domain for forestry purposes. f NATIONAL EFFORTS FAILURES. All of the national attempts at any ' kind of forestrv Drevloimlv tn in were . failures because th cardinal , principles or correct roreslry policy , were wanting. To this is to be added -also the further fact that during the .v.AJlrlv nAflAffa ri,-Miill v haI tnt .li.- veloped the sentiment and action Prtll IT inah . , ,., ft I . . ( . 1 .. I - - . .i,v,, . Lull 1 urn.; 1 1 1 1 1 1 (I I movements forward. This brings us to the consideration or the period of 1891-10. in which we now are. and the important question Is are we re lating previous errors, or following ound principles under safe leadeie. From those who hold the reseiva ;:tIon act of 1891 as a great stride for . ward In forestry 1 am compelled to differ. The doubling of the price of lumoer in the past decade, the slaugh ter going on in the Bast of all foung prospective timber trees, the upsetting ef our national forestry policy, the ' narrow and one-sided view of our for , est administration, all these are, I ! i iic nuiurai iruns or tne re- erve act of 1831. If the Executive (nscretfrm permitted by the act of 38B1 has been exercld with modera ' tlon, possibly the criticism I am now making would not have applied. From true forestry standpoint there was ; BO necessity of taking but three class es of land, namely. (I) Mountain v atones so tep that forestatlon Is prau'iicany nnpossioie artinclnlly, as nature has perhaps been thousands of years In clothing with a forest which VTkllBrht llftfttfAf I . . 1. .1 , A. 1 .AA. ft .. . - " ivy lid ' t " V 11 U L UWUT , 'tinder any rlrcutnstHiices: (2) lands Around bodies of water -r other riat iral wonders that make the aesthetic values eveefd the romineivlal: (3) lands with the finest specimens of ' western roreot stwcles from which lo gamer seed for reforestation. If the - MAAIaa I . . . . I , , I A J . ... . wihmi iiuu urcn iiriii nuwn wiinin . these limits, it would have made no wppreclabte effect In the working of our land laws as mey had oeen go .. Ing on for a hundred years. On these .lands, thus reserved no cow, sheet. . JinFM nr trnut nlwitill h u t-u ,iA- vnitted for gracing purposes: all . hunting should have been forbidden, hus creating an asylum for I lie pres ervation of our wild animal Mnd blnl ' life. If Hits had been the (ase. we ahoiilil not see now f,re(rrs pnjcll i rally comerted inlo co-boys. WHAT FOKK8TRY IH. yllst is forestry anyway? Someone , Ilgh In authority has defined forestry in the United States as "conservative i lumbering." Applied to the Pacific .-roasts only, the definition would !, enrrect. Forestry In its trust ami . niui analysis is ine planting of a eedling in the place of every tree of , other slse felled for man's use, to be tended and protected from the Mis rtsslppi to the Atlantic ocean, forestry la sylviculture pure and simple. In tmi Keaaiern area lust denned an far as I know, our active forest ad ministration is not spending one dol lar. The whole appropriation of l00.- 000 passed by the last Concrcwa Is consumed In the live stock and eow- .' IMW ODaratlons in tit fur iVul tw. yona tbe Mississippi river. Now here fn the Kast we scarcely have enough timber left for breakfast, if the pres. suit forestry potter la to be continued. m kiio ong suuioriiei to speag ten v how and where we ar to get dirt. .. r an4 supper? It will require three good meals day to keep o nd t agoing. Htm the time of the growth m a eeuiing into me tmibcr tree cov- . ers a span of seventy-five years, even twglrming now it will be rather a in wn inri.w-n ineais. J have referred to the nrlce nf inm. . r liouBling in the last CecsdeHome n says that It Is due to Increased demand. Partly - that is irue, iut - lessening ; ; tb supply - has lbs same effect on the price of . a commodity , as-Increasing tbe demand. The sud len withdrawal of S.oM.OO0 aorea of Jnl from the right of entry was a very sensitive lessening of the aup-ply- The Intention to proclaim UII other rscrvai in a prcepti!l factor of short KUPpty Ujm. Kvery owner of etumpsge Jn the United flutes ft r ecogHjie4 this, ; and ttie better' the timber, ' tb firmer it to held-tnd-lr'g. ' .-i '" 4 . f , THU ACT OF mU 'T lie reeervatton i of ll'' then, ! in createxl hiatus In our national ;i1t development and progress. 1'revlously to that our wooden . In dustrieg as local eupptles t were es- suwtrd, remove4 to new supplies, Ibis iion resulting J i periodical Indus nut tnlgratioiiw Westward. But the out of timber, land supply in ' f ? i ' .', t the West has kept these Industries at home,, and In order to live tbey have entirety changed their methods in or der that they might uttltie the second growth of the forest here In the Kast, ntvmifts nnhllKh! -In ih tnt ; tpenstis aro vary . convincing on 'tthls ,' point.- uut ' or, in tour number' et -minor wooden ;anufacuring - plants, l,t was xouna tnai one-rounn r jjtnese were established : In the , census year 1833, thug indicating a rapid change 1n business to meet; new conditions. Of all these new industries sixty-two per cent, were private Individuals,- thirty on :per, cent , wer firms, and only seven- per - cent were corporations. The result of this new class of operators' shows luelf very plainly la the woods. All the growing young timber is be ing cut before the mannooa stage is reached and even every trout brook is being stripped of Its cover In the keen t search for stock., .i , ? - So figuring it ,4i: best ' we can., the East is facing a span of years with out home supply of timber, apparent ly , ignwed by our forest policy, But our utional government has plenty of money to expenrlment on alkali des erts and limestone mountain sides of the HFar Weat. ExperimenU . are jus tified only In search - of something needed and . not In visible, existence. All the Appalachian range, the pied mont plateau, the coastal plain, the. Southwestern Mississippi valley, are the finest forest lands In the world. To neglect these certainties for ex periments seems as unwise as start ing a cotton plantation In the Ad Iron -dacka, when thousand of known cot ton lands could be secured in the Southern States. It is almost a max im that old countries offer legitimate fields for forestry and that new coun tries, lftfe the far West, are for ex ploitation. There Is a political and economic dogma abroad In the land that gov ernment ownership and operation should take the place of private be cause the people could get supplies cheaper. The fresent forest policy reverses this. It is that the govern mefff should sell Its timber in such a way as to make lumber higher. But higher lumber when properly trans lated means fewer homes. The safety and prosperity of the republic, as has been well said, can be measured by the proportion of home-owners to the whole population. NEJ5D OF FORE8TER8. Destructive criticism Is always eas iest. To build up is more difficult. First of all, then, do away with the live stock and cowboy part of the Western undertakings and leave that business to individual American en terprise. Reduce the forces and cur tail the expenses out there. Transfer the surplus foresters and funds to the East. Every Htate in the East needs a United Ktates forester of high or der attached to its administrative staff. Let It be the duty of this for ester to do everything that ought to be done to' start his State in a sane forest policy. In our State govern ments, with their comparatively 'feeble execuftlve and administrative Initiative, working alone In this way. It will take any given Htate 25 year to establish a correct forest policy a:.d administration. For example, take New Hampshire, with which 1 am familiar. That Htate since 1893. or In 13 years, has spent $18,000 In at tempts at forestry, and out of that expenditure the Htate has riot an acre of land or a single seedling planted lo show for II. With a forester there to advise and direct this could not have happened. Any forester who failed to bring his Htate Into action would need rotation, to say the least. It Is scarcely possible that a single Htate would refuse a United Stated forester offered free of charge, This would be co-operative work that Is needed In every Htate presslngly with out delay, for forestry methods can only succeed In this country when tho local people are led on to approval. Down Houth where I was born and gretv up, we were accustomed to bull whip our slaves Into doing what we wanted whether they liked It or not. That regime has passed away never to be revived. The 'American people will not be bull-whipped Into a kind of forestry they don't want. Hooner or later we shall have to remodel from top to bottom our for est adminlstrstioii, making It com prehensive enough for the great area and may different people that have to Iw dealt with The forest problems of the United States are not b man proposition, They are beyond the ken of any one man to master and solve. Even In the smaller Htates of Europe the necessity of the divis ion of respossilbllMy In the forest ad ministration Is recognized. France, as msny contend, has ehowti the greatest capacity In the managing of forestal property, and financially speaking. France makes the. best ex hibit of a credit balance In forestry. From the experience of France and of Great Britain In India probably we can learn most that we can utilise for lidmlnlHtrutlve 'reform'. Following somewhat after their model wn should have a board of at least seven forest conservators six should ome, ione each, from the six forest ones Into which the United Htates can be di vided: 1i Pacific Coast, (2) Rocky Mountain Htates. (3) Lake Htates, (4) North Atlantic Htules, 5l Houth At lantic Htates. ( Middle Western States. This division, no one main tains. Is correct botanlcally, but It Is as nearly correct us our polltlial units permit. The seventh conserva tor should be the Secretary of Ag riculture ex-offlclo and he should be president of the board. This board should have a resident secretary In Washington and meet there as often as necessary, certainly twice a year, to authorlxe all monies that tre to be expended and to approve or disap prove all pluns of the United Hiatus forester. The niembeis should be ap pointed In pairs of two. four and six years respectively for their first ternm and after that for six years as each term exphes. This would glv an immortal pony to keep alive a ration-1 al forest policy. Made up of such members from sll sections of the country, this board would undoubted ly command the public confidence and all of Its decisions and act would be accepted as final. If any one criti cises this plan as too cumbersome and expensive let It be compared with th same administration in India which consists of it conservators, 170 aalsiaiit conservators, with a Held and protective . fore under them-of 10.000 men. TO POPULARIZE FORESTRY. Futrehr to popularise forestry In th United Htates all appointments to th forest service should come from each of these six forest sines in pro portion to - the population of each gone. It goes without saying that a man born and reared In a particular section get in closer touch with the flora and fauna, with the forest and It denlxens, than some chance Importation.- But most of all he wonld understand the temper of th people, how t give them what they sbosid receive and how to keep from them what they ought not to have with out exciting opposition. With it for estry, administration and a forestry service established on th bast ' of this outline, failure in forestry would belong only to th past history of the United States. , ' ' With a board of administration such this it is not believed- that the pressing forestry problems here in ths Kast would II untouched. As a speci men of on of the took at what- is 4a king place tn th South Atlantic costal plain. From Norfolk, V to Southern Texas th long leaf plo ss- soda ted with other species what was once an unbroken belt of timber, ex tending gt sonte points more than a -hundred ; miles into the. -Interior,, It ha i been under- theshelter of ibis J belt, -of timber that truck fanning oyer inc envir srew Hjiriiis uicuhi rrom Virginia to Texas nas oeen car; tied on so successfully..' Probably, not less "than- alroilllon of people arc en gaged , there In, """this , Industry and . 'producing food -products surncient rot -p five; minion rv pegpie chiefly in'4, the , great , cities of the Northeast, " The rsttn.ahnWfor high prices for lumber largely induced by governmental action to the West has maue rni pen in : recent ; ywtrs . ino point of attack of i the. great lumber kings who have . capture and. sub dued the lake State. This . belt' of timber is now being felled. and sawed at the rate of 800,000,000 board feet per month, according to the .returns of the yellow Pine Association tor- im, That 1s to say at the rate of 3,600,- 000,000 feet per annum, or in term of tree units, .7.200,000 trees per an num; At this rat of consumption within 25 years' at Uhe longest,' this belt of timber will entirety disappear, for neither State or nation is planting one seedling to take -the place of the 7.200,000 that are felled annually. Now this belt of timber standing) as a phy siographic feature, competes sharply with- it commercial value down and Into lumber. It retains and dissipates backwards' the heat of the warm winds from ,the gulf, and, on the other hand, it parries the shock of the cold winds from the North, thus furnish ing the ideal trucking region. In a few years these conditions will be changed, truck farming will be be lated and hazardous from uncertain frost to bankruptcy. And yet our na tional forest policy can only find oc cupation In the far West. The very great Importance of the subject, Mr. President, is the only excuse I have to offer In asking for enough of your valuable time to run over these suggestions. For it Is known to you that the Industry of wood products Is the fourth in the United Htates in annual value, amounting In the last census year to $1,031,000,000 tnd that of the total earnings, $1,900,000,000 of our railroads In 1904. Forty per cent, of this reve nue was derived from transportation of forest products." DOUBTFUL OF OO'VERNMENT POLICY. You will catch from this summary of the Iforest situation that 1 am doubtful a-bout the forest ixjIIcv ut Washington. So long as the entire forest interests of this country ure left to one man to deal with, so long shall we have a one-sided forest pol icy. If we are ever to have the White Mountain Park, and the Appalachian Park, we must first have a forest pol icy at Washington, that is in favor of these parks. Wc must have a for est administration that is broad enough to Include the whole country. So long as the forest administration spend the entire forest appropriation on the reserves In the far West, we may be sure the effort at Washing ton In behalf of the White Mountain and the Appalachian parks arc not sincere enought to accomplish any thing. I say, most eamesly, that we shall never get these parka until we have re-organlzed the forest adminis tration In Washington. We want to become a part of that administration in the way that I have suggested, so that we can make our wishes known, and at the same time have the power to enforce them. The East and South furnished the votes In Congress to make a forest administration possible: and yet the Bust and the South are being made to suffer, In order lo do something In the far West that the people there do not want. That Is the exact situa tion to-day. If your proposed meet ing will take steps to change this or der of things, and organise to keep up the agitation for national parks in the Est. It will have served a good and useful purpose. THOMAH P. IVEY. Centre Conway, N. H., Feb. 21, 1903. II Kill POINT PVT1IIANH. They Will Have a Big Time To Mglit Guilford Suniluj School Convention. Special to The Observer. 1 1 iBh Point, Feb. 28. -The Tate Fur niture Company will Install a modern sprinkler system ul Its factory which will be a safeguard against fire and at the same time, maieriully decrease the com of Insurance. Thursday night at the Opera House the PyihlHiiH of the city will have a big time. There will be an address hy Mayor Murphy, of Greensboro, on Pvt lilunlMm. A musical nrnirammfi hv ' !h. MIatIi Point OrfhPMl r hik! u ainln by Miss Edith Moore, are also fea tures of the evening's entertainment. Following the entertainment In the Opera House there will be a public re ception In the lodge room. At the Friends church, March 22nd, the Oullford County Hunday School Association will meet. Hunday schools from all over the county will be rep resented. Mr. H. A. Moffltt, the president, will soon Issue u pro gramme of the occasion and mull to all the Hundar schools. Miss Klhel Pickett and Miss Maude Puikett. of the Woman's College, Itk'hmond, passed through last night on their way to Nashville, Tenn., to attend the Htudent's Volunteer Con vention. Miss Pli-kett Is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Pickett, of High Point. The family of Mr. Claude C. Ilarbee have moved to Archdale, having leased the Hue liollowelt place for a year, Mr. Lyon's family will occupy Mr. Barbee's house. Mr. Newt Cumpbell, who hus been rnnAned to his bed with a severe case of rheumatism. Is recovering so he can get about with the aid of crutches. Those from Hlah Point attendlnfi the reunion of the blue and the gray at Plnehurst Saturday say that the speech of Governor Glenn was one of his grsatest efforts and that, as the speaker's eloquence was fired to Its highest pitch, hundreds of people wept like little children. In refutation of the charge now and then made that a Hebrew doesn't care to own any real estate or help build up a town. It will be of Interest to state that the Messrs Harris, of this place, Hebrew merchants, have bought severs! pieces of real estate here re cently and that the senior member of th firm is now building a t.,000 resi dence on South Main street. Knew lie Had Been There. Concord Tribune. As soon as we saw .The CharlolU Chronicle yesterday we knew that Wade Harris had been In , Concord Sunday, He left fcl trail' from Con cord to Charlotte. Ha and comment ed cm the cotton' at ths Harrisburg gin, told about our hail storm Hunday and our big tree nine intlr away. We saw at once Hist the editor had been about Concord. - , DANGERS OF PNEUMONIA. ' ' A cold st this tim If nesleeted Is U. Me t cause pneumonia which la so of ten fatal, and even ' whstv the patient has reuovsred the lungs are - wenkeneA, making them peculiarly susoeptlbl to lbs development of coiwumpttotu ;- Foley's Honey d Tar will stop the cough, heal and strengthen th lungs and prevent pneumonia. - LA Ortpps . coughs. -yield qulekly. to ths wonderful eursllvs ouali- fles or- roiey-s noney-an Tar. Titer Is nothing nlss ','Just as good." R. il. jorastt to. MARCII MAGAZIXrs. Th March number " ot " "Farming' la an -inspiration to begin, work,, and to improve on . some;, of th old way ot doing things, - The cover design a plowing scene, l. typical of what ' 1 going on sii .over the, country. f Two -pages' are devoted to the mouth's opportunities. M Farmers are not only reminded of om things that mignt be overlooked.' but a, lot of new unes or activity arei suggested. ;- -, iiure article on tn jersey cow and iter record as th best butter pro ducer Is .typical 'of '.a ,eries of . llv stocit article that will be published from time to- time, "The, Possibilities of Swine Breeding, by A. J,' JLovejoy. a pig farmer Jn the middle West, la a readable and Instructive article, ft - - - , "How jCowpea Made Profit ot Is. ifo in a. Year from an. Unsalable Farm" is an appeal to th owners ot run-down , Southern farm lands in the cowpea district. It Is a remark able story of .; what may be accom plished by th judicious selection of a crop. t V, ' ' .i ,;'Y A' most timely article Is the compre hensive discussion on the method-ot ,A-hl K, Oaa..I BMaiAM MM .WAVot uilnill.V; XHIIIIUC1 X .- , Cftft ft. It shows what a tot of Judgment Is re quired to do this ; properly, It Is un- questionably ;n most useiu. nature of this number to farmers. ,,x ' . Chloken fanciers will And a volution to one of -th "real problems of poul try culture, -' th care of Incubator chickens. In the story of how to make fi'jm two piano boxes a combination brooder and colony house - that - will carry the chicks through from hatch lng time to laying time. 1 The various departments of farm life are covered in timely note by au thorities in their specie! lines. Pro fessor Wilcox discusses the subject of cattle and horses from the view point df f-he farmer. Professor IBurkmt'a "Field Crops" ' are suggestions -of the March work. The other departments. Poultry and Pigeons, The Orchard, Forestry, The Young Farmer, Dairy ing, Good Roads, Government t Land, and Farm Impliments. treat their re spective subjects from th Spring standpoint, ,. ', Hv Th 'lessons or tne international Live Stock Exhibition serve as Illus trations of what really can be accom plished by live stock breeders In ap proaching an Ideal type. Tho WorW work for March. The leading article In the' March World's Work Is M. O. CunnlfTs com prehensive explanation of "Texas and the Texans. It shows, with the aid of photographs how our biggest Com monwealth is marching uncorrupted, to a great future. It reveals . with many human Interest stories the char actor of the people who are making the great empire of the Southwest. Eugene P. Lyle's series, of West In dian Investigations is continued inter estingly with the story of "Capt. Ba ker and Jamaica." which tells how a shrewd Cape Ood fisherman became master of on of England's fairest Islands. "Q. Ps" remarkable series of Insurance articles which have at tracted such wide attention, deals in this number with "Life Insurance Cor ruption" epitomising the causes of t scandals and the revelations of tn Armstrong investigation. "The Growth of Fletcherlsm" by Isaac F. Marcos son explains how the science of right eating Is being widely adopted and what It means. William a. Fitzger ald tells In "The German Army" horn the Kaiser has the largest and most efficient fighting organisation in the world. The career of Mr. Odell as business. boss Is dealt with at first hand in "Industrial Politics." "Colonel Arden's Intrusion" by Free man Harding is the account of how one trust sandbagged another Jn the game of high finance. A particularly timely article is "Autirooblles for Ev erybody," In which Harry B. Haines rfhows the comparison between the cost of keeping a motor-car and the cost of maintaining horses. Bertha M. Smith describes the "Growing Or anges in California,"' while Adele Marie Shaw adequately tells of the Boston and Chicago Parental Schools. The usual financial article advises a man of moderate mean how he may Invest. The department of the New Science of Business tells "How a Desk System Worked." Among The World's Works includes brief but snappy sto ries of achievement while The March of Events takes a comprehensive eweep of world activities. There are appraisals of new books, too. The Editorial Portraits Include the Impe rial Chinese Industrial Commission, President Fallieres of France, Charles Francis Heney and Horace Fletcher. The March World's Work Is an unus ually good number. ENDORSES MR. W. C. NEWLAXD. Citizen of Lrnolr Believe Ho Should lie Renominated Mr. Newland Has Announced Ills Candidacy. To the Editor of Th Observer: Mr. W. C. Newland, when asked by your correspondent if -h would b a candidate for renomlnatton for Con gress In the eighth district, replied, "Yes. I would Ilk to hav the nomi nation again. If my defeat two years ago had been accomplished by mv running behind the ticket I would not ask for the nomination this tim. but it was not. I received -mor votes In the eleven counties composing the district than any other Democrat, who was voted for In thos counties, on either the State or national ticket. Mr. Roosevelt' majority over Mr. Parker in this district was 890, while Mr. Blackburn's majority over me was only 245, with local conditions de cidedly In his favor, and verv one who knows that theentlr batteries of the enemy were aimed at me, and the late Investigations in th Federal Court at Greensboro show how effect ual was their aim - But for the frauds that were perpetrated against me In th district, I would "hav been elect ed by a good majority. I fel that In view of the irregularities; and fraud that were committed against mm In the last campaign I am .entitled to a re-nomination and Shalt make an hon orable rac for It and :ilt gppeal to my friends lu th district ' to rally round m once roor 4 My 6 views on both State and national issue' arc well defined. nd atand 'exactly wher I did In th Jaat campaign.",: The above atatement I cltctsd from Mr. Newland, and ht view of th ad vrs conditions-under which he made th campaign In IW4 jat gtat expense to himself, but not a dollar expend ed in other than a legitimate and hon orable way. I reach th conclusion that no man In th district could hvs done better, and tn another campaign these facts will strengthen bl candi dacy in, th m llev that reward kshould com tn those who earn them. On this lln of thought and for many thr reasons which I could give I most, sincerely endorse th candidacy Of ,v Mr, Nw land for r-nomlnatlon.T ...a,. t t. O- HALt Lenoir, Feb, 54. 1900. v 1 - j- ii. i n j i " -1 ; ' v . Oiarlotte's Now Depot, Gi cnia News, i, ' , Th psopie 'of Charlotte, are now using their handsome new Southern passenger depot. Th depot .will be a great convenlsnc end advertlsment for Charlotte, 'The dlfftrenc between Gastotila and Charlotte In the -depot tin I that Charlott neded a depot and now ha n--aastonla needs on and has nona " 1." . i , . " cvv ) v V THE SOUTH CAROLINA GAZETTE, lltei for May, Juno and July,' 1T75, In Charleston Library Contain Much i Matte, of Interest to North Caro- linlans, ; - To the Editor of The Observer r ' "' During a recent visit to Charleston, . C . t went to the Charleston Li brary to ascertain whether they .had ny copies of tb Cape Fear- Mercury of Revolutionary' times and also to sea tor myself tbe Mecklenburg Besom tlon of May 31st in the South Carol! na Gasette ot 1776. Though perhaps it Is too soon to' gay positively that there are no copies of th Cap Fear- Mer cury in the library, yet they, do not xnow inat there are gny. 4 ., . There are two files of the South Car ollna Gasette of 177&. In one. the cop- aes rrom some date In April to some oate m August are, missing, in tne other they are (I believe) complete . No resolutions of the gist are published in The Gasette of June 13th. There are quite a number of things concerning North Carolina In the naper of May. june ana July tb only eooles I exam Ined. Among others. letters from New orn, , Wilmington, Governor Martin's proclamation, and other things I dis covered in trace of the resolutions of th 20th. I found in Th Gaxetta of July 11th 1775, a copy of Judge Alex ander Martin's charge to tbe rrand Jury, on June 1st. at th district court in Salisbury, also a copy of a letter from the grand Jury to the judge com mending the charge and requesting a copy; aiso a letter from the judge ex pressing his gratification end comply- ilng With their request- Also a letter fro the magistrates commending the cnarge tints letter is oatea'une stnj also Judge Martin's reply. One para graph of the charge about commotions, etc., is blurred (in printing, I think) but under a glass I feel sure every word could be made out. I knew that the proceedings of the district court at Salisbury were printed In th tenth volume of the Colonial - Record but could- - not remember . whether the judge' charge was printed in It. I did not take a copy because I thought I might find it in the Colonial Records and because I did not have a glass suitable to examine the blurred part. The whole of these Gazettes for May, June, and July. 1775. including extras and advertisement could be reprinted. I think on the eight extra pages The Observer prints in its Sunday , edition and, if so printed would form a more valuable supplement than The Observ er has ever printed. If put together In book form they would be very valuable. But, at any rate, a column and a half of The Observer would hold the judge's charge and accomplish wqfl p t-Dt-hJ charge and accompanying documents, and if the State of North Carolina, has not printed them already they would be much appreciated. F, J. MURDOOC. Salisbury, Feb. 24, 1909. DISPENSARY ELECTIONS. Sou ill Carolina Board of Control Hears Argument as to Their Aalltll- ty la Certain Counties. Observer Bureau. Columbia. S. C, Feb. S7. There was an election a couple ot months ago in Laurens county, by which a dispensary was voted out. The county board of control declared the election Invalid. An appeal was taken to the State board of control and this appeal was . argued to-night before the State board of canvassers. There were only four members of the board present, Messrs. Jones, Frost, Gantt and Yeldell. ' The first argument against the elec tion and hi , favor of the retention of the dispensary was by Mr. Cannon, or Laurens. He argued that the elec tions at Laurens court house, Clinton and Princeton were Invalid, because voters were allowed to vote without registration certificates and because voters at these precincts were allowed to vote but- should have gone to other boxes, and at Laurens because the managers of the election did not cer tify to the poll and tally list. Messrs. Ritchie and Col. Ferguson argued ht favor of the validity ot the election and Insisted that the elec tion was valid and the expression of the people, after due notice, was against the dispensary. At 11 o'clock Mr. R. H. Welch, whq was to close the argument, took up the situation. The board will probably render Its decision to-morrow. Mr. Welch ar gued against the validity of the elec tion and the board of canvassers thought it would be better to review the situation to-morrow and file its opinion at that time. . A CHICAGO' ALDERMAN OWES HIS ELECTION TO CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY. "I can heartily and conscientiously recommend Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy for affections of the throat and lungs." says Hon. John Shenlck. 220 So. Peoria St.. Chicago. "Two years ago during a political campaign, I caught cold after being overheated, which ir. ritated my throat and I was finally com pelled to stop, as I could not speak aloud. In my extremity a. friend ad vised me to use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I took two doses that after, noon and could not believe my senses when I found the next morning the In. flammatiort had largely subsided. I took several doses that day, kept right on talking through the campaign, and I thank tills medicine that I won my seat In the Council." 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In fact, the city owns three farms, for there Is a 10-acre tract at the pest house, an 8&-acre farm at hte new ' water works plant at Belo's. and a 600-acre farm at the new water works. This tit th crop gathered last year; 1,890 bush els of corn, 'one barn of tobacco. 75 bushels of wheat, 40,000 pounds of hay, 60 bushels of oats.. Of courre there were; other farm products also raised, but these are the principal ones. Tho 600-acr farm at, the new water plant is not cultivated except In a few spots. This large tract is intended solely as ft water' shed' and was purchased a year or so ago upon recommendation of the city engineer and health board. Most of it Is In forest and special care will be taken to keep it in its prime- vial condition.' Mayor Eaton superin tends the work on . tbe " farms.. He hires the labor and gives the work his general - supervision. . Some ; thought that,' when the Belo pond was drained; it would be a ' menace to th health of the cjty, but th mayor had the bot tom wall ditched and tt is now as pret ty as a piece of meadow land as can be found anywhere. When it la stated that 60,000 pounds of hay was gather ed there the first year it goes without saying that the mayor was tight, In his contention that the city " would make money by cultivating th tract. This year If - "crops are good" - thero will be -100,000 pounds of. bay and ; other products will Increase : proportionally. Negro Boy Stabs Father. ''" Correspondence of The Observer. W Salisbury, Feb. Zi.News was re ceived here this morning that Tom Barrlnger, a negro man about M years old, was perhaps fatally - st abbed by his - son Sunday evening. Th crime took place several miles In th coun try and the boy made good his es cape' after.: doing the vlsclous work. The boy Is only IS years old. 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Newborn and Morebsad City at Danville for Norfolk. , t'lt ftv tn i i-allv 1V.lt WArlr RI1L Chester, Columbia and local statlona . 1 1 :10 m: tn. No. ). dally except Sunday, i for - Statsavtlle. Taylorsville and Ipoa V ' points; connects at Moovii: for Win- f ston-Salem,- end at Btatesvlll tor, Hlok- ; ory. lAimolr. Blowing Rock, AshvUl d . : other points west- . - s' u - T:1S a ra. No. 89, dally, New Tork anfl Atlanta Express. Pullman sleeper to Co. ? lumbus. flu . rnnii aw mh-Iim to Atlanta. ; Close eonneetkta . at Goartanburg . for :.; Henderson vil I and AshevlUa n' 8:38 a. ni. No. 38, dally. New York an. Plorida Express, for Bock HUU Chester. WinnesboroL Columbia. Savannah-. Jack -iu. uining car sc""s , , ,- a, m. No . w dally. TT. V FatJfaO ; i for Washington and ail points North. -Pullman drawing rooma sleep N ,:x York and . Richmond; day coaches Nw ,-, i; Orleans to Washington. Dining, car r- - vice. Connects at Greensboro for WLn- ston-j alem, Sahtigh and Ooiosboro. s . : a. m. No. , dally, sslwitatoa and Suthwestern, Limited. P.jlman drawmap mnm . v1a .a. Ktmmm OvlMni 'V and Birmingham. Pullman observation ft, car New Tork to Macon. Dining car set- vice, eoild Pullman trsr - Z " 1048 a. -m. Ma. In. WaSnlnrtOB v Florida Limited. Pullmsn drawing room sleepers to New fork; hrfct class coach to wasnington. uiwtng cat -wrTiuo. ., ': 4.-AI Al a At-.. T .A. MmM ,'- Mooresville. Barber Junotlua. Coolnie- Mocksvllle, Wlnston-8alr and Aoaa, ; ; I..DU a, in . wmrt. mi niinr. i ir .n.'u -- va., ana Meal oolria. . - . t : l -. . -,e . a, . . -. a . mmjk local stations: connect fjpartanburg ' for, Hendersonville ana AsheviUe. M.da n. Fit. ran i nj.11 w . , nr mi um i. m 7: n. m. No. fc. dallv. for RlehmonU - nd local station.: connects at oreeaj. " boro.for Raleigh and Ooldsboro.' PyOt man sleeper Greensboro to Raleigh. , Charlotte to Norfolk, and Cbarlott t . -x: Kictimond. . - , 8-00 n. n. Na. ttaltv. aveeot Sunday. ' freight and nassenaer fo? Chaster. C. - nd local ipolnta 7:1 p m. No. tt, daily, except Sunday. for Taylorsville and local stations: con- nects st sutesv.ll. for Ashsvma ano- f vllle. Chattanooga and Memphis. ' : n. m No. M.: dallv. Wuahmrto snd ' .-' Southwestern Limited, for Waablngton ''':;. and all points North. Pullman sleeper snd pulfman . observation -ar to New xerk, Lilnlng car servlca 8r4ld "fuu- -man train. .- - . ' - . 10: p. tn. No. M, dally. New York and t lorioa Kzoresa. tor . wuunnos Joints - North. Pullman Jeerers . from scksonville and August to New Tork. r irst class day coacn, jacasoRviiie to Washington. - ' ' u Jf 9:50 p. m. No. S9, dally, Washington and Florida Limlttd. for Columbia. : auausta. .; Charleston. Savannah and JacksonvtUe, ' Pullman drawing .room sleep. ng car to ? Jacksonrtlla. First eJass aJT eoachM .' - Washington to .acksonviue. ,11:05 d. m. No. 40. daily, for Washlnston s and point North. Pullman lepr to Washington. First claaa day coach, Al- lsntu in WnahlniKtAn -- 1 10:20 p. in. mc. . dally. United StaUs - Fast Mall, for Atlanta and points South :, and Southwest, Pullman drawJur rooet. sleepers to New Orleans and . Ulrmiiig bam. Day coaches, Washington to Nsw.t -Orleans. Dining car service. ', ; sirtin called tar ana Vhecked trow Transfer Company, en orders left at City iiuibiai ait,. ..viumivw .'A -" .,-. ... W - A -1 n A, U.14.A.AA . k. ' Vl-lMki.A-4 fr. .,,".!U''.7" Ticket Office. ' v t . & H. HARDWICK, Passongw Train - Manager. " W. H. TATLOW, Oen. pssnsr agent. Washington, u. c. SEABOARD mj) Al R LINE RAILWAY Direct line to principal titles North, a East, South and South west. Schedul j feetlv January ., IMS. - . rjtl i t, 'i rains leave Charlott as follews: ; - 1.T a aa Hull v. ..t-s-nl- a. s&.. fav MmiM i':'":,1!1 Hamlet and Wilmington, connect at Monro - tor Atlanta. Birmingham and 4 nolnts South, at Hamlet for Raleigh, V. l?orfolk nRlchmond., Washington. New 1 York and all points Nortn and Kast; for - t Columbia, Savannah an Florl.la points No. 133, daily, at 10:1 a. m., for dnooln. , C ton. . - . -..-----" v nta at Lineointon witn j. is. w. So. 1M pi.ra" for Monn, - v JLl Jxi tor Atlanta. Birmingham a!l - Mints South; also for Hamlet. Norfolk. r : f?iln.,H Richmond. Washington? kLZZ . vork. and alt points North and Kait. At - Hamlet for ' Columbia, Savannan mn , ' Charlotte to portsmoutn-Norf'Wk. . i CSS? i toialrelght, dally exMpt Bam. . , da, with coaca attached, at lbT. 1 r 5oT l at a m.. from points North 8 No? t at 10: p. . from Wilmington, Himiet and Monro! also front ju onriri mad. st Monro, mlu lltltrough trains for points North and VomU Twblch J eompcaed of veetlbuiid , coach"- PjUm drawing room sloping ears and dining ear"letwa, Atlanta, through Richmond and Vasu tntvu to ywJCork. , . . , For- ratea v-tims tables. reservations. DDlr to ticket agent or, - . appiy w JAMKg KER, C. t. A., x , - .- ' . . Chsriotta N. C. 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