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r 7 o L LI i I ! i i ' : ; ! : j i I i i - j I , X i 1 1 ) . SECOND SECTION, second, srcrio::. KORTII STATE'S WEALTH SOME FACTS ABOUT THE STATE ' Has a Greater Diversity of Resources - Than Anjr Other Stauj In the Union A Greater Variety of Climate . Ita Timber Resources, Ita Truck Itms and Its Manufacturing In tereets -Her Vat- Mineral .' Stores , r Not Exploited .Need of Railroads The HUte'a Ileniarkable Fro greslveness..';:k ; ! The ,.Tra4aamaniV-:'.''-;''. '1:$Z -..&:. - , The .'.'statement that North Carolina LJhaa a fttaXtt, diversity of resources ,n ttian Any' otner ' In, th ; United ' States .nay seem ' exaggerated, ' but, an ex-; ' 1 amlnatlon - of its Various ) products bears out this assertion. . It should be - remembered that located aa It Is on the dividing line between.the temper- Ate and -sUb-troplcal region, It pro duces vegetation natural to both cones. v- , ' ' Comprising over ' 60.000 miles In i area, it is considerably larger than the State of New Xork. and Its topo- g'aphy Includes mountains, plateau plains ' and swamp land, which yield resources of great value. Beginning a survey, of the State at the coast line, attention Is at first called to the ex ' . tent of its fisheries. In value these , at present are equal to tne combined Industry in South Carolina, Georgia . and Florida, and are among the most Important in -the United States. The money revenue at present secured from them amounts to nearly 1 2,0 00, :. 000 annually and they glve employ v ment to no less than 15,000 men. This is partly,, due to the natural advan tages for "the . industry as the east t ' ern section of North Carolina in cludes the three great sounds Pam lico, Albemarle, and Currituck, Pam lico Sound Is an inland sea In dimen sion, being no less than 80 miles in length with a maximum widfn of thirty. Albemarle Is 0 miles long and Currituck 60 miles, the total area v of these natural fishing ponds aggre gating over 8,000 square miles. Bor dering the sounds Is a territory which at present has been but little devel- oped except in securing the literal wealth of timber which it contains. In this territory is oak as well as cy press, and althougn the lumbering In dustry In North Carolina has attained very large proportions, but a com paratively small proportion of the hard wood has beeen thus far secur ed, the principal Industry being con lined to the long leaf pine which originally covered 15,000 square miles of the State. TIMBER AND TRUCK FARMING. The timber product from the low lying territory adjacent to the sound is largely transported by water for tne reason that the mileage of rail road lines is extremely small. In fact, the only railroad of Importance ex tending parallel with the coast In the far eastern section is that between Wilmington and Newbern leaving a very large area of the northeastern ' part of the State with no railroad mileage whatever. For this reason, much land especially suitable for ag riculture is as yet unoccupied, this section of the State containing a very small population in contrast with the central and even tne western portions. That this land is especially adapted to certain kinds of . farm products Is indicated by the remarkable de velopment in the growing of fruit and vegetables, which is to be noted fur ther south, especially in the vicinity of Wilmington. This Industry has literally progressed by leaps and bounds within the last few years and contributes no small portion to the yearly income of the people of North Carolina. As an illustration of tne extent and profit at truck-raising it may be stated that one farm con taining about 1,000 acres in the vi cinity of Newbern has yielded a net revenue of 150,000 in a single year after deducting all expenses, including taxes and Interest on the original in vestment made in the land. The re sults obtained from operations on a smaller scale have been equally as profitable in this part of the State, for, by reason of the climate and soil, the locality is especially adapt ed for the growing of winter vege tables. This is one of the reasons why North Carolina ranks among tne most important States In the cultiva tion of sweet potatoes. The extent of this branch of agriculture is such that during the shipping season en tire train loads of vegetables and small fruits are sent to the Northern market, while the coast-wise steamers plying from Newbern and other towns depend largely upon It for freight. The natural conditions in eastern North Carolina are somewhat simi lar to those in southern Florlday. Investigations by engineers shows that much of the land at present un der water can be readily drained, .hll It. Hi-hn, a allnh that it will produce abundantly without fertilisa tion of any kind. THE MANUFACTORIES. Few States have been as naturally favored for manufacturing as Uorth Carolina on account of ita topography and fne number of large rivers flow ing across it Into the sea. In this respect it equals South Carolina or any other Southern Commonwealth. ' A recent survey of the various water power available for development shows that In the aggregate they rep resent over 3,500,000 horse-power. Some of the single sites at the present tjme develop . 100,000 horse-power utilised directly for factory purposes or for generating the electric current to be employed for' Illumination as well as power distribution in various . ways. Tnls is one reason why North Carolina containing so many small cotton- mills. No other State equals It in this respect and the percentage , of small mills being operated at a ' profit Is very notable. It may be needless to say that the number of httns engaged in , textile work an North Carolina Is equal to if not . greater than In the State, as Massa chusetts, despite the period of time in vhlch this Industry naa been carried h In New Rna-lanrf. Aa In flout h "Carolina a number of communities L are notaoio as being important cen ters or tne Industry. For example, ' over SO mills are situated within a short distance of the city of Char lotte, which has attained Its reputa - tlon as being one of most progressive cities in the South principally for tnis reason, in uaston county in the extreme southwestern section of the ' State are probable more Industries of : this kind than In any other countv'ln ;. fne United States. It is an Interesting ract mat tne racaiities for "the pro , ; ductlon of yarn and cloth at a small , cost are such that many of the fac torles In this county as well aa else where have been conducted and f equipped largely by the mill hands v . rnemseives. in ether words the ea operative system has been carried out ; more extensively In fnla state than elsewhere on a successful basis. While r of late the . tendency h been to build plants of much, larger capacity m man lorm-ny, mere is no question - but what the abundant water-nower In addition to the proximity of the . . raw material nas enabled , the small mills to be operated ' noaalht- with Tester success than In other parts ! of the Smith. The opportunity for ob smlng W.eflg t more' horse-power , xrom, , single ; site, However, ; has caused the Investment of a larger amount of capital, both Southern and Northern, at 'several points In the State within the last few years. One of the most notable of tneso projects is c at Greensboro, where '. advantage has been taken of the power afforded to Invest, a large amount of New York capital. ..-7 ..;: ;V. ;;;:'.,; ,;, Such are some of the reasons why the value of manufactured . cotton to the State doubled in the pelrod be tween, 1890, and, 1000, while, at pres ent It represents nearly 40 per cent.; of the combined value of. North Car olina's industrial output, but. as al ready stated, only- a portion of the ixnter. available (has ,. been ; utilised and tne possibilities for not only the textile but -Other forms of manufact uring are' practically limitless.. As it is, the cotton miUs.have a consump tion equaL to all of the staple which is grown in. the State' and ' take a considerable quantity, from outside. AGRICULTURE. - - The various -branches of agricul ture further 'Indicate "the', diversified resources of this , Commonwealth, While about 80 per cent, of the farm area is devoted to corn, the cultiva tion of tobacco has increased so rap idly that at the present time the acre age is more than double the territi ry which was planted ' even fifteen years ago, placing ; North Carolina next to Kentucky In the Importance and value of this crop. ' At such mar kets as Henderson and Durham, to bacco of such a grade is raised in the vicinity that it Is sold In the ware houses directly to the representatives of the manufaceurers at princes rang ing as high as 80 cents to the pound and over. There is - no question but what this asset Is one of the most Im portant In connection with the wealth of the State and that It can be great ly expanded as more territory is tak en up by the tobacco grower and more economical methods adopted In the cultivation.. Reference has already been made to the importance of lumbering, es pecially in the eastern part of the State, but including the hardwood for ests in the western section this form of activity has made literally phe nomenal progress. In 1890, the cen sus records show the entire value of tne output was but $8,000,000. In ten years this had Increased to near ly 18,000,000, a gain of 250 per cent., while conservative estimates of the quantity of hardwood and pine pro ducts which now some from the sev eral plants througout the State, place the yearly value at fully $20,000,000. As In the esatern section, the western part of the State still contains very large tracts of hardwood timber w'nlch remain untouched bartly for the reason that they are Inaccessible, for lack of transportation facilities, with the construction of additional railroad, lines the industry promises to expand In the near future even more rapidly than It has expanded in the last decade. Unquestionably the opportunity for railroad promotion and construction are still very great in ..orth Carolina. At the present time the total mileage aoes not ex ceed 4,000, being combined princi pally In the Southeri; the Seaboard Air Line and the Atlantic Coast Line systems. Several projects, 'nowever, are now under way which promise to considerably increase the transpor tation facilities. One of these is the completion of a railroad Which will skirt the coast, giving the eastern por tion of the State . direct connection with Norfolk. The Norfolk Southern has passed. Into the hands of a syndicate which will extend It to a connection with the Wilmington and Newbern line at the latter city. This extension wll comprise 75 miles and reach a large area of territory, In cluding several counties which de pend entirely uon vessels f"r com munication with the local and North ern markets. GpLD AND OTHER MINERALS. The need of additional railways In the western portion of the State has also caused several plans to be con sidered for reaching not only the tim ber but mineral territory. As yet the mineral resources of North Carolina have been but little exploited, al thougn they are both 'extensive and varied. For example, the deposits of Iron ore are of much importance, al though as yet the annual output Is an Insignificant tonnage as compared with Alabama or Georgia. North Car olina contains some of the finest gran ite in America, and what Is practical ly an inexhaustible supply, but its quarrying Industry Is still of very smai proportions. In the vicinity of Charlotte gold has been secured for a period of years, but most of the min ing Is performed with antiquated ma chinery and by such crude Methods that the revenue does not justify the development of the industry on a more extensive scale. The remarkable progresslveness of the State Is perhaps best shown by statistics relative to Its banks. As in the case of Virginia, North Carolina suffered heavily as a restult. of the civil war and recovered much more slowly. This in Indicated by the fact that as recently as 1890 tne number of banks of all kinds within the lim its oi North Carolina represented but a nominal ngure. In fact, the pcoplo were nearly destitute of such facilities. Since that time, howevor, Institutions doing business under State charters as well as private banks and saving banks have been organised to such an extent that the present lime Norm Carolina contains over 175, having a total capital of nearly $8, 000,000. Their success Is, best shown by t'ne figures of the combined sur plus which amounts to nearly $2,000. 000. Their deposit everage $.000,000 annually with loans of the same amount. Here Is a record of which the people of North Carolina may well be proud, for it represents a business which has literally been created with in the last fifteen years. One notable feature of the financial activity In banking haa been the establishment of savings banks. The State contains nearly twenty of these institutions have been of much benefit especially In the factory- towns, where their patrons are largely mill operatives, , CHARLOTTE. The Capital City of tho Carolina Health Conditions- Prospects For Rapid Growth. E. R. Preston, President of the Great er Charlotte Club, In The Trades man. The expression, capital of the Car olines, has been used with no Inten tion of giving offence to our Sister cities of Raleigh, N. C, and Columbia, 8. C; the idea we wish to convey is merely thst Charlotte is the natural commercial centre of the Carolina, because It Is the geographical and railroad centre of the two States; be ing located In a south middle posi tion as to North Carolina,' and only a few miles from the" heart of South Carolina, six railways radiate from It In all directions ss the spokes from the hub of -a wheel If, therefore, any concern wishes to locate an office or factory, fgrim Whlfh to do business over'the two States, Charlotte ta cer tainly the- Ideal .place ' and numbers of buslaess-firms sre yearly coming to n for this wanonand M other, .We have now a population of over 40,000, and a reasonable hope of at least 100,000 within the next ten years. , 1 ,;J . . '. ; ; f : Speaking ; of location and, geogra phy, naturally leads to the question of climate. The late 1 Dr.? Robert Hall Morrison, - one of North Caroli na's most distinguished men, used to say In his old age,, that he had traveled widely, but In his opinion the climate of Charlotte and Its vicin ity was about the best In the world,' certainly the entire ; freedom from lung troubles together with the great age to which many of Its cltlsens at tain will bear out this statement. The fall. Winter, and spring are delightful, while the summer; weather. Is rarely oppressive. " ;;.v' , i" y-- ;' ' The city health authorities ave always been active in putting into operation all precautionary measures tor the prevention of disease, and consequently the death rate Is unus ually low. . ' Taking Into consideration all of its many advantages loyal Charlotteans are fond of calling, their home town the Queen City. Before entering into any detailed statement, It may be well to inquire: Wherein lies the present commer cial strength and hope for futuro greatness of this, the Queen City of the Carollnas? The answer is as cer tain as It Is simple. . Leaving out of view all other advantages, we can say without boastful exaggeration, that Charlotte is now. the acknowl edged cotton mill centre of the Soujth, and we believe that it Is destined to become the cotton mill centre of the world within the next thirty years. Why? Because we have gotten under "full sail" before other South ern cities, and such lead means much; In fact New England holds her own to-day in the textile world, prin cipally on account of "the lead" she has heretofore obtained. , In the next place the conditions in the piedmont section of the Caroli nes are practically perfect for cotton manufacturing: the mild yet not op pressive climate, the low price of liv ing, the ever-diminishing cost of pow er for running the machinery, all contribute in making Charlotte and her sister towns ideal locations for mills. Our piedmont section is fast com ing to mean. In the popular mind, the cotton manufacturing portion of the. South. Within a radius of 100 miles of Charlotte there are already over 335 cotton mills, representing an investment of about $180,000,000. and operating over 4,000,000 spindles. More than one-half of the looms and spindles of the entire South are wlth two hours' ride of Charlotte. But the piedmont section Is not alone famous as a cotton centre, it Is rapidly making a national reputation through the growth and development in Its furniture factories of which there are over 200, and raw material is still available In sufficient quanti ties to sustain many more. High Point, with its 35 furniture factories, Is the Grand Rapids of the South. There are also In Charlotte a great number of enterprises mere or less connected with the manufacture of cotton, which Is without question the greatest of Southern industries. It might be mentioned in this connec tion that here is to be found the only cltv In the United States where a con tract can be made In the building and fitting out of a complete cotton npll, or cotton seed oil mill. Four such engineering and contracting firms in Charlotte contract build and equip throughout the world, plants for the manufacture of cloth, yarns and the various other products of King Cot ton. In regard to the cotton oil Industry It might be of Interest to noto that rapid growth and development In this line also during the past twenty years one of the above men tioned firms alone has built more than 200 cotton oil mills. A consider able portion of this cotton oil ma chinery has been exported, and a contract to build and equip an oil mill In Brazil was recently executed by the D. A. Tompkins Co., of Char lotte. Our city already has twenty cot ton mills, and three oil mills; the dally capacity of the latter Is 350 tons of seed. We have seven machine shops en gaged In building cotton gins, press es, engines boilers, mining and mill machinery. Though It may bo considered a rash statement , we make bold to assert that Charlotte banks don't fall, not a single one having gone Into liquida tion during the past twenty-five years. Our financial Institutions have all been conducted by able bus iness men, on the soundest basis, command the entire cofldence of the people, and are thus enabled to great ly promote the growth of the city. Another factor In our progress Is the newspapers. Nowhere in the South are to be found Journals which are striving harder to build up their own particular section than the three great dallies of Charlotte, which have made reputations for themselves far beyond the Stato borders. Among the most successful con cerns here are five trouser factftrles, which have placed Charlotte In the front rank of this business. In ad dition to the above there are miny other diversified Industries springing up which sre too numerous to men tion. But according to the parable of tho wine at the feast, we have reserved Charlotte's best advantage until the last. No town In the South, with which the writer Is acquainted, has such present facilities or future pos sibilities for the development of elec tric power, as has Charlotte. Hlec trictity is destined to be the peculiar wonder of the twentieth century, es pecially in the matter of manufactur ing, and Charlotte has been a leader In this work, thanks to the two great companies which hsve been engaged In developing electric power, the Southern Power Company, on the Catawba, and the Whitney Company, on the Tadkln. Millions have already been spent on these water powers and millions more are to be spent It Is estimated that in a short while Charlotte will have available by this" means 100, 000 electrical horse power at about one-hslf the cost of steam. The Southern Power Company, un der the liberal and progressive man agement of Mr. W. fi. Lee, Jr.,-and his associates, has already become a tremendous developing and upbuild ing force in this whole region, and It Is stated ' on good authority that the Whitney Company .will eooa be send Ing Its lines to Charlotte. ' This is but a beginning. No Stato In the Union has such water power as North Carolina. There are 4,100 miles of streams whose average felt fs five feet to the mile, and It is esti mated that their energy represents minimum of 8S,O0.OO horsepower, an ftmouot sufficient to drive all 'the wheels thsi are now revolving in the world.'. , i .'.' . . ,. , - Eve In this so-called commercial age,, however, a man's life consists not entirely in the; "abundance of the things he possrsseth," and the iuture resident may;; well ask the question, what of Charlotte as a place to; live? Certainly no one who knows our local conditions, and judg es them fairly, ' will hesitate to say that as a home; Charlotte Is delight ful We have all the advantages of a great city, newspapers, . , theatres, churches, colleges, street cars, e,tc, without the walled-up secluslveness. Three; building: and loan associa tions ars in most successful opera tion, and by this means hundreds of working men have been enabled ' to buy their own places, and Charlotte' has become preeminently a city of "home owners.'' No sketch, like the present one would be complete without a word as to the street.car lines. Some years ago Mr. E. D: La,tta and his associ ates began the great work of giving to the citizens the, best possible street railway advantages :ln this they have succeeded, and have now undertaken the still greater work of building In terurban systems. The Southern Railway is laying double tracks from Washington to Atlanta, and the Sea board has recently bought a large quantity of land here for the purpose of enlarging its freight facilities, and making this a terminal point. Tho passenger trains are bo ar ranged that Charlotte is probably the most accessible point In the Caroll nas, for a one day business or pleas ure trip. A magnificent new hotel, the Sel wyn, to be under the management of the famous Boston firm, Harvey & Wood, has Just been completed, and will In a few months take its place as one of the first-class houses In the South. It Is hard,, to stop enumerat ing all of the Jhlngs that are being done in Charlotte, but considera tion must be shown for the patience of the casual reader. Our citizens were 'never so enthusi astic about Charlotte, as at tho pres ent, and there tan be little doubt that the growth In the next decade will be much more remarkable than during the one Just past. In biblical phrase, the conclusion of the whole matter Is that every thing points to Charlotte's becoming the great city of the piedmont section. That "Unwritten Law" Business. Davidson Dispatch. The "unwritten law" is doing more business than the written law. Actu ally there seems to be an epidemic of unwritten law episodes. It ex tends from State to State and spreads all over the Union. There is no more Insidious foe than this same un written law business. It creeps up on your sentimental side, your blind side, and before you know It, you, too, are a champion of the unwritten law when you are normally opposed to anything of the sort. Juries could not serve their country a. better turn than allowing this rot to get under their feet while they consider only the written law and deal out a few of Its mandates to a few of the crimi nals who shoot and otherwise cut up under the wrlttenc6de "" r r A Pertinent Inquiry. Salisbury livening Post'. Wonder if Perkins ever did find the right page to that letter! Dr. Former Hansen, who haa recently returned from Abyssinia, savs that on tat occasion th boy who is to mir- ceea to tne hjniperor Menellk s throno stnndu by the Kmperor's side "In Atns sinlan dress, carrying a long srs-ar. an I wearing on his head that promlmsit mark of European civilization, the Ens- iiiii iop nai. A PRAYER, Ella HlgRlnson, In Serlbner. God of tho lonely soul. God of tho comfortless God of the broken heart for these. lay tenaernes. For prayers there be enough. Yea! prayers there, be' to spare. f or tnosn or men and proud estate. iju in nun 1 1 in iMimc, But the beggar h( ny .door, The tnier behind the- oars. And thoie rha be too blind to see The shining start; The outcast In his hut. The uiele bands, the old. Whoever walks tho city's streets, tiomeiesi ana cow. The tad and lone of soul Whom no man understands And those of secret sin, with stains upon their hands And italns upon their muIs Who shudder In their deep And walk their way with trembling nrnni Afraid to wrep: For the childless mother. Lord, Ana. Hh the little child Weeping tho mother In her grave God of the lonely soul. God of the comfortless. For these and such as thetc. I ask Thy temlernes Whoso sin be the greatest. Lord If such deservo Ms lot: If eenh but reap as he hath sown- I ak Thee not I only ask of Thee The marvel of n space When those forgot and blind may look lipon Tny lace. WHAT MATTERS IT? What reck we of the creeds of men? We see them we shall tec again. What reck we of the tempest's shock? Whst reck we where our anchor lock, On golden marl or mold, In salt sea flower or liver rock. What matter, to It hold? What matters If the ipot we fill On earth's green sod, when all Is tal.l? When feet and hands and heart ure still .And alt our pirises quieted? When hate or love can kill nor thrill. When we are done with life arid dead? So we be haunted night or day By any sin that we have sinned. What matter where we dream nway The ages? In the Me of Ind, In Tybee. Cuba or Cathay, Or In soma world of winter wind? i U may be I would wish to riesp Beneath the wan, whit stars of June, And hear the southern breezes creep Between me and the mellow moon; Cut so 1 do not wake to weep At any night or sny moon; nd so the generous gods allow Repose and peace from evil dreamt. It matters little where or how My couch be spread; by, moving streams. Or by some ancient mountain's brow Kissed by the mora s . or , sunset's beam. ' ' ... .. ..... i 1 For ' we shall ' rest : - the , brain that planned, ' . - That thought or wrought for well or . III. . '"' ; At gas like Joshua s moon thall stand, Nt working sny work or will. -While' eye end 1r sn heart ent tmnd1 -.Shall All b still-shall aft be still! ( -Georgs frtdtrkk Cameron, ' I '' TIDE TUBNING, TO HUGHES NEW YORKEItS LIKE MESSAGE A Tone About the New ' Governor's , Deliverance to the Legislature , Which Indicated : That the Man Who Wrote It Meant What He Said Already Talking Him As "residential Timber Tlio Fight to ust Mayor McClollan Causing ' Groat Deal of Talk Sonio - Sym pathy In High Places for Hearst McClollan a Man Without Friends The Toddy Bear Craze The Ex ploits of the Statistical Fiend. BY CHARLES PHILLIPS RUSSELL. New York, Jan. 7. Men interested in the turn of the political wheel, and there are not many men who are not, are having lots to talk about in this neck of the woods these' days. GovernorHujjhes message made New Tork sit up and take notice. It has been the principal topic for discus sion wherever men congregate ever since is appeared. Gov. Hughes' sup porters, of course, are In nigh glee, deriving much satisfaction in telling everybody they meet, "I told you so." Hearstltes are scarcely less Joyful, as fne Governor has declared himself in unmistakable terms in favor of the very reforms which Hearst loudly de clared he was going to bring about it elected but which the majority of the people of the State, as they showed by their votes, doubted he would do. Immediately on the message s appear ance the Hearst papers rose up - and solemnly declared that Governor Hughes had simply stolen Hearst s political clothes and that all the ideas incorporated In the message were merely appropriated from the Hearst platform. The difference is that 'Hearst was full of promises, but his acceptance of the support of . Charles e. Murpny, tne Tammany doss, caused doubts as to his sincerity, whereas Governor Hughes promised nothing before election and has a clear track before him. The general feeling of jubilance with which the message was read was marked. here was a tone about It which seemed to Indicate that tne man who wrote it meant what he said. People up here have become suspicious of campaign promises, sine District Attorney Jerome "handed them a lemon," as the popular say ing has It; but tho absence of any rhetorical fireworks and spectacular posing in the message created con fidence. It Is said that the atmosphere around Albany Is one of deep gloom. Tne old-time gathering of "practical polltlclons is no more. Tho old crowd of statesmen who were anxious to save the country by getting into puubltc office and by telling a new Governor Just what he ought to do Is no more. The line-up at thn pie- counter which always has been tne regular thing Immediately on the In stallation of a new Governor has dis appeared. To the deep grief and utter confounding of professional politici ans, Governor Hughes seems to take no one into his confidence and up to this time has applied to no one for advice as to how to run tho State. Such is the news sent from Albany to the local papers. It Is being read with a great deal of satisfaction, and already people arc talking about HugncB as tho next Republican pres idential candidate. They say If he "makes good," his calm efficiency, and dignified administration would (orrte as a great relief after the succes sion of Rooseveltlsm tempests at Washington. Another thing that Is causing a great deal of tulk and discussion In New York at present is the tight to oust Mayor MeCIrllan from 'nls chair. attorney General Jacksmi, recently elected on the Democratic and in dependence League tickets, made an nouncement of his suit to that end to-day. There Is a widespread belief in New York that Mr. Met 'Mian was not fairly elected mayor and that Hearst was really counted out. This belief Is not confined to Mr. (carta's so called "yellow constituency," but ob tains among a pretty solid, substan tial class of citizens. Of course, tho Hearst papers have fostered and en couraged this belief with might and main, but the fact Is that there are a great many people In New York, not yellow-minded by any moans either, who believe that even If Hearst did lose In t'ne mayorallty contest he was entitled to a recount and that If May or McClellatj was fairly and squarely elected ho would not be moving heav en and earth, as ho is at present, to smash the movement for this recount. Governor Hughes voices the sentiment of a great many people when he sug gested in his message that If there wa any reason for doubting that a fair count was not made, It was only Just to have the votes counted over again. Tne mayor has small sympathy In his fight against a recount. In fact, Mayor Mct'lellan occupies small place In the hearts of tho people In the city, anyhow. Instead of devoting his time to advancing the welfare of the peoplo who have selected him as their mayor, he Is accused of directing all his attention to the furtherance of His fight aaginst Charles K. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall. He has lit tle public, sympathy behind him In splto of the fact that ho is warring on the Tammany chieftain, who. It Is said. Is as corrupt a bosa as the city ever had. Tho clly believes that It will gain little, for after splitting off from Murphy, tho mayor has taken up with Htate Senator "Pot" McCar mi. leader, of t'no King's county Dem ocracy and boss of Brooklyn, whose reputation Is distinctly unswvory, hav ing been rendered odorous by his con nection with tho gas trust and the Standard Oil Company. There Is no doubt that the mayor has lost considerable ground through his failure to live up to the pledge made for him by Judge Alton B. Par ker. Just after the mayoralty elec tion last year .udge Parker, as coun sel for the mayor announced that Mayor McClellan would do notnlng to prevent a recount, and that If he did, he, Pf rker, would not represent him. It is strange that the man behind the scenes, who has tho mayor under his thumb, Is Wlllam F. Shcrhan. counsel for tho Brooklyn Rapid Tran sit Company, the corporation most heartily cursed In New York to-day. Sneehan Is also reputed to be a ser vant of August Belmont. Mr. Bel mont Is the American agent of the Rothschilds. He and Mr. Thomas F. Ryan, through their acquirement of all the traction facilities of the city hsve been referred to by radical pa pers as "the proprietors of New Yor... Mr. Sheehan Is also law part ner of Judge Alton B. Parker. There Is no one to refute these charges or to take up the cudgols In defense of the msyor, as he has not a friend among the newspapers of the city.. The mayor wss placed In his seat by Tammany and no paper, of course, wsnts to be known as defend ing any man who has any connection with Tammany. There may be a great deal to be said on his side., . This Is a queer town. This remark Is not original, having been made a number of times before, but It con tnualty recurs.' Ths air Is constsnt- hr flitted with talk about hooea and trusts. - They, say Tammany,- under Boss Murphy, controls the city's gov ernment. They say Ryan and; Bel mont are the proprietors ' of New York. They curse the Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Company for the awful crushes on Brooklyn Bridge, c They howl about the ice trust In summer. They raise a yell with the coal. trust in winter. They complain of the food trust all the year around. The out-of-town man sometimes wonders why "the! the people don't do i some thing , about it. .Yet-when election comes around, ."they" go and vote, the same old way, and Tammany's power Is as secure as ever. . If the Republi can party Is as bad as the Democratic, as "they" say and nos benefit Is to be derived from either, one la tempted to wonder why they don't decline to vote for either and organize a party of their own. Hearst did it, and threw a precious scare Into the ranks of the regulars, too. Harry Thaw's wife came out of the Tombs the morning after New Year's fondling clasping u "Teddy bear" in her arms. "Isn't he sweet?" she said to the reporters. "Harry gave him to me. lsn t he Just too dear for any thing!" And with a final cuddle, she stepped into her carriage. This Teddy bear , craze has about reached the limit. For a while It was confined to the children, but now it has reached the grown women. Fashionably dressed women ride up and down Fifth avenue' In open car riages fondling In their laps these lit tle stuffed toys with their glassy eyes and Inanimate expression arid calling them all sorts of endearing names. Rustling and bejeweled women walk up and down Broadway toting Tedddy bears In their arms and talking baby talk to them. It may be all right. The women seem to think nothing of It, but to see a tall, well-dressed woman, anywhere between 20 and 60 years of age, pa rading tho streets talking baby-talk to a piece of hide stuffed out with saw dust to Imitate a bear cub gives an ordinary, gross-minded, unfeeling male person a faint sensation at the pit of the stomach. The fashionable women with their snarling, snapping, spoiled, conceited little lap dogs whom they kissed on the point of the nose In public and fed on bonbons and chocolate Ice cream soda were bad enough, but to see a grown Wo man who looks as If she might have had sense lovlnglcomblng the hair on a stuffed toy and lavishing ca resses on it makes a healthy man want to go off and be real rude to sotWebody. Teddy bears are already being hawked on the streets. Directly there will be a Teddy Bear Trust. Then about the time the society wo men got tired of Teddy bears and they are relegated ip the tenement children, the market wll be curtailed and prices will bo raised. Then the newspapers will come out with douhle-hnrelled editorials on the Ted dy Hear Trust. Well, It Is an 111 wind, etc. Tt Is said that the man who first put Teddy bears on the market has made a fortune out of them, and he needed the money, too. With the advent of the New Year, the statistical llend has broken loose again. Now New York Is rejoicing over the fact that President Roose velt can't point the condemnatory finger at It and exclaim: "Race sui cide!" . There were 4 8,355 marriages in New York last year and 111.772 births. Now If these babies wore placed end to end, they would reach seventeen and a half times around tho the earth and enough would be left over to consume tne total annual out put of there paregoric factories, sev enstorles high and 27 feet long, and to keep the entire population of a city the size of Nashville. Tenn., awake nlghls and to but enough. It Is strange what a passion for statistics lends one too. Kvery day In New York last vear 306 babies wore born. Every day 132 couple were married. Eevery day 209 people died. The total deaths were 76,206. NOTES AND NUMBERS T1IK HROKEN BONG. PcmeHnies InlrM, with rapt and listen ing ear. My fleshly bonds dissolved, and all my to 111 God-pointed, I ran hear the glorious strain, The music of the universe, tho song IMvlne th:it water-melody 'and trill Of blrdt ami sobbing of the homeless wind And all the broken chords of human voice. Of human life and striving, shadow forth Imporfeetly-a uplendnr and a truth Beyond their range. My heaven-self re- voitu Wliep. In a moment born for ons to soar. That music still; bereft, I feel the pang ' i O'erwheimlng, I am not Owl's master piece .Shu nod In JIln Imnge, breathed upon by turn. Yit I may not the finished mnlesty Of Ills own being know; but ever when The iionK Is unrest and the vision points Ucynrnl. shove. Into the boundle iwoen of wonder nnd of goodnens down tho lyre Alth nil lis witchcraft crashes, and tho light Iirsens ir y fulling, helplert, human eyes: High loiifcitiK aspirations high cast lloWII, When onlv fragment and sad dreams lomaln! Instead of poetry, the prune of life lunis in upon me, nnd the ilckenlng loiind Of words unlovely :uid of deeds unswoct rrorlulm illusive all the alr-wlnged hope Whereby I was transported. Yel. O Oo,l. In Thy appointed time, when life Is rlpo To bo of Death's lips eaten that, now I.I re M:iy blossom and mature, when Indeed These mortal vestments lunve me, yea. and when Hoft ti.'irmenia shining shall usurp the pin co Of hiirshnes and of frailty, t hope My blindness nnd my difnoa shall transmute. And miny 'twill be to walk and talk within Thy grwit perfection. Till which time. O Ixnl. Preserve In ine the memory of the song That, breaking, left me; In my breast preservo Th' Ignited candle of' Thy truth, un it lmmod Perhaps, but burning; grant my sinking life Be strengthened, be encouraged, human ised. Fed. softened, and to nobler levels led By visions that peeped through the mystic vu And, mortal-startled, passed into the Void. TUB STAR AND THE SEA. In loving communion I walk with the night. Where tar-hesrts are pulsing In ceswless delight,' v And melody ripples Surphssliigly bright. I launch en" the ocean. And linger, at rest. On the wild, throbbing motion ':t -of hr billowy breast, .- t . V Espousing forever ' V ;' ',k '''. Her foam-flashing, crest V'"-'-";. i''"','1 , But the star of my life1 .V '. Is the ea of my love.. ' , ,, - , , WJipre Mint and all fragrance V . ' ' ln 'melody move, , j, . . '.'" -1 And eeer m? fancies ' r11- - t Reprsssleisl rove.- .mi-... ' . , -OAKLAND. OREIfiVER. MILLS BUY LAND. Long Island Cotton Mill Company Buys Thre Tra M on Catawba and 7 Will Build Other Mills Other .. Deals.' : v y'l' '';' :'' (i&it ;' V ' Special to The Observer, t Statesvllle, Jan. 11. The Long Is land Cotton Mill Company, which op erates two mills oh the Catawba river 10 miles from Statesvllle, ha bought the Daniel Moore place on the river, for 14,000; also an island of three or . four acres, and about an acre on this side of the river irom Mr. ;, Wade Clark for the sum of H,000. The -present mills are on the opposite side : ' of the river I rom BtatesviUe. In Ca- h -tawba county. The' land recently ' it: purchased, above named, Is mile i or so up the river from the present v mill site and nearer the Southern ; Railway's bridge across ; the jrtver. , : There is pretty good fall la the . . river at this point and It is unaerstooa that the Long Island Company will J.nulnn th.-ahnal. an1 htllM ttht " ' rntlAn mill tn h run hv th " nower ;''! "i ": '; obtained from them. 'ii-'j.r Eufola station is Just two miles this , , . side of the railroad bridge across the river and only about a mile and a auarter from the river, the railroad ; following the bed of the river somovvy W distance. The company will endeav- . ' or to get the railroad people to movV&V.';' the station a mile nearer the river ''z-,'i nnn nnve inem run a. siainir la last w1 river bank. If this were done, the -i'f mill tuuiu uau ciijt uvuw w wuu,B.',s1.l.1,n their goods to the siding and savoSfV the great expense they now have of ifi-rf-hauling the goods to Eufola. Mr. B. B. Webb, who was for a long Pi-f time connected wun me aroiinaj.;;;;;: ; , Marble and Granite Company, butvp'; w ho gove ud the business about nvoSftkSl years ago and has since been in tho . a, railway postal service, has bought H- .Vf :t out the former business and will again J4C Webb has resigned his position in the ; postal service, his resignation to take ; effect the 15th Instant. Last summer ho moved to Salisbury to be at the end of his run, but he will move back : here In a week or so. Mr. Webb Is not only experienced In tho marble and granite business but Is capable and energetic and has a fine oppor tunity to succeed In his old business in his home town. Mr. B. Webb, who has been In the marble and granite business since early boyhood, and who was presi dent of the Carolina Marble and Gran Its Company, has not decided on his futuro work. He will retain his in terest In the murble business at Sails-, bury, which he owns with Mr. T. 3. Rabe, and will give his attention to that for the present, although he does not in tend leaving Statesvllle. Mr. It. L. Flanlgarr, who has been secretary and treasurer of the com pany, will retire and give his atten tion to other matters. . There have been quite a number of real estate deals during the past few days. Mr. N. B. Mills has sold a lot corner Oak and Alexander streets to Mr. P. W. Eagle, of SharpoHburg township, and Mr. Eagle will build on It and move to town. Mr. Isidore Wallace has sold to Mr. W. W. Llndloy, of Turnersburg, a lot on Fourth street and Mr. Llndley will build on the lot Mr. H. O. Steele has bought from Prof. J. H. Hill a part of the valuable Statesvllle Academy lot. ..corner Bell and Mul berry streets. Mr. Steele will prob ably build. Mr. John M. Sharpe. real estate agent, has sold a small house and lot on Fifth strfeet to Mr. J. F. Rumple. Mr. Rumplo will Improve the prop erty. The price paid was $400. Mr. J. P. Ingram, who recently returned to the county from Wyoming, has bought two lots on Hill street from Mr. Sharpe for, $800 and will build houses on them to rent. Mr. Sharpe has sold a house and lot on Tradd street to Mrs. Tom Cook, the consid eration being $1,100. He has also wild fgor Mr. N. W. Fowler a house and lot on Tradd street to Mr r p Crawford for $1,700; and one on Front street belonging to Mr. M. L. Gunn to Mr. rawford for $1,550 NOTES OF FORKIGX LIFE. ploy post offh-es for current banking ac' . ..,, , Klrc 1'orur.s on tne post -. orrice in the same manner as on ordinary -banks, is under the consideration of the.: b"oi iiniriii. On Dor. "9 Hi Tnn.. u- j , " - wu-iwnri n iiau nan tun nnin for let than on hour In a week , don variety. The Cockney fell aggrlev- i 7 "imi allowance or nin- hlne In December Is a total of 13 hours. The Rev. Dr. Manning. vicar of gt. Andrews Church. Leytonatnne, England, printed 'the other day In the church msg- ailne he edits a sermon he had recently prenched mmnrbiMv- "r ,wi r nio, becauw I hear It was very much . ,, inrrnore pronnhly did some An order hum h,nn .aai... - . ,t. , . ' ' ' "' - ioc mill- tsry luwpltnl Aldershnt from the' Krltlsh U'nr roTi... ,n,,i.. . , lure. In .sieg where a stimulant Is n.. cewary. niodiml officers sre to prescribe whiskey (intend of hrandv. The doctors nit- nil protesting nt this latest stroke of pcnnnniv um ih,.v In n ess from medical standpoint and .... o i - mr oranny. ARIZONA'S "TJXWKITTEV LAW." V " ' "i i"w turn American. . Jurk Hnrworwl wu, n Ku,4 . . . " - uun, inn. . .! . - piiiiimv. nisi nni game; -Ho never drew bis gun too late andi V'.-V The fighting men of Tusoon knew hie '!v rvoiTi an too wen, , 4 . And when his hnre looed Into town a ' v .' uKuiiiiisn siienca reii. i Once, in the town of Tombstone, not 1 j jrmia lis,!., i-J.-. Ho shot two faro- dealers nnd ffur "v tlro:iaera In a mw . :- '.- And once, at Twin Buttes mining ramp: , , J when tliliiara siam hu.kl. . . . Three gun men bit the sawdust, never v. ' "" nrr uip sna. , .--w.'. Jack wasn't altogether bad, so lib stltuents said; t 4 Hla better nature. .knl .M. . A.'v V when he was In h!s bed. V v And so. for fifteen yenrs or more, hie '' '-'v " fortunes seemed to thrive. r? f ' By reason (for the most pert) of . hlS V lightning foiiv-nve. wren rnoenix mil. tne gambler, grab-, i r bed an ace off Harwood'e kne, . He chuckled. "Wal. a loke'i a Inks . and added. "Let him be" Tbu thlnus went on from bed to worse ' Jack living on hla name, . . vJ. Until he stole a broncho and was csptur-' : , ed with the taiue. - ,' . v ';' The trial was short and Suddenno at. : torney nsd hit J.iw . v ... Jack standing pat. for hla defense.' on ' ; "The Unwritten .Law." -am V 7' This' was the nlea he uttered, and "Ma words eut like a knife: - - "I, st ol that broncho front a man that " tried to steal my wife!" ), ., r ,....,, f, i ,a , S v , Next morning Jack was swinging from . a little ttee's green crest And this is how y'Th T'Bwrltten Law" : made Its dobut out West. The first carload of seeded prunes wst shipped th other day from 8lni.. )r Ban Jnequln Valley, to Boston. It I expected that freeing the , t" allformi prune 4 the pit will add sreatty to its popularity. A machine ln b-n r. r fevted that Seeds prunes cheaply. T' e ielilt Is hst prunes nmv be put tin In hor like raistna and rved at i from bovtt or cartons.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Jan. 13, 1907, edition 1
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