North Carolina Newspapers

.THE ASHEVILLR GAZETTE, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER .18, 1897. 2. - i -News: OOO00O .Royal makes the food purej !- w,hoIenie and delicious. Carolina Western J . " V- WESTERN CAROLINA. ' , Interesting Report on Its Resources Made by State Geologist Holmes. Mr. Charlies McNamee, a member of the Stat Geological board returned yes terday from Raleigh. where a meeting of that committee was held for the purpose -of hearing State Geologist Holmes's an nual report. The board consists of Gov- ernor Russell as chairman, Mr. McNamee and Maj. J. .Turner Morehead, of Leaks ville, all of whom were present. The report made "by Mr. Holmes was thorough and exceedingly interesting and was repletie with information in regard to :-t)he State's resources and developments. The work of the geological survey during tte past year ha3 been (oonlJinued along the am general lines pursued during the pi ercotis year buit in the course of the wkrk t&ome new subjects have been taken up, as will appear in 'the statement submitted be low. The work has been mainly in connec tion with the investigation of the f o-llowing pub jests : ' ' ' 1. The clay deposits1 and industries. 2. Gold deposits and mining methods. 3. The minor mineral resources, such as mica, corundum, talc, marble and (miscel laneous mineral deposits. 4. Water poweirs. 5. Forests and forest resources, 6. General and economic geology of the western counties. 7. Topographic maps. '. Mineral waters. . 9. Drinking waker supplies, and especial ly artesian watjer supplies for the eastern counties. . 10. Irrigation and drainage of swamp lands. 11. A magnetic survey of the State. WORK IN WESTERN COUNTIES. A highly interesting report was1 made of toe work in the Western counties as follows: As represenitiing a part of the work of the United . State Geological Survey in North Carolina, co-operating with! the State Survey, Mr. Arthur Keith, one of the geologists of 'the United Stalfces Geo logical Survey, has "been for the past sev eral years assigned to work in North Oar oolina, in the western couinities, these be ing tihe only counties of which accurate topographic maps are in existence. (Dur ing the past year Mr. Keith has been do ing work in structural and economic ge ology in Watauga, 'Burke, Caldwell, (Mitchell, McDowell, Yancey, "Bumcombe, Cherokee, Macon, Graham and Clay coun ties. In McDowell, Yancy and Bumcombe counties new areas were surveyed by him while in the dther counties mentioned the work which was begun during the past few .years was canitinued, additional facts hav ing been discovered. ; Mr. Keith has examined' especially the iron ore deposits in! Mitchell and Mc (DoweM counties; the marble deposits in McDowell1 and Cherokee; the talc depis its 'in Swain, Macon1 and Cherokee, atnd other lesser mineral deposits in: thie sev eral counties. iHe has now in preparation a report on the structural and economic geology of the Cherokee region, and an other on the geology of the cranberry re gion.' " " TOPOGRAPHIC WORK. level and connecting lines with the rail road at Asheville.. Twelve permanent bench marks - were erected, upon 'the brass top of which the elevation of each of those points 'was stamped; and there were Tun aSo miles oe t-rprsfl limes, chiefly on foot, with ,a stadia. , The total cost of this special map was $3,850, or 18.26 per square mile; the rela- lively high' cost or xne wqtk pvuig uu iu the extreme ruggedness of the country, the fact that a. larger part of the surface was covered, with forest growth, and the great omouinlt of detail necessary . in order to iniaure 'the accuracy of the work; Of the total cost of the field work in' the preparation of this map; the United States geological survey contributeds $2,335, and the Biltmore esitate contributed $1,500. The only part that the state survey took in the work, was to organize it, pusn in through and take the credit for it. MAGNETIC SURVEY. Considerable progress has heen made du ring 'the year in connection with, the great topographic and economic map of 'the state, which is being prepared jointly by the UnJjed States geologicail survey and the state survey. In connection with this mak ing of this topographic and geological map, it was found that east of Salisbury no ex act lines -had ever been surveyed and no elevations had ever been determined ac cura''tely; konseq'uen'jly, it was deemed nec essary in oonnedtion with this work to run a carefully surveyed line of levels from the otoean ait Morehead City across the . 6tate. In order to lessen' the expense of this work, the co-openation- of the United States geological survey and the Atlantic and North Carolina -and the Southern rail- ways was obtained; the United Stages geo logical survey agreeing to furnish one ex pert leveler and all of "the expenive instru ments necessary ; the railroad' companies agreeing to furnish free transportation, for 'all "the members of the party, a oar in which -the .party could live and ,to move the car" from station to station along tohe rail way line as it might be necessary ; and in addition, the -Atlantic and 'North Carlo Una railway furnished two men to serve as chain -carriers; the state- survey furnish ing the two rod men, one traverse man and a cook, and provisions for the entire par ty) Along the line, of the .'Southern rail way .the state survey also furnished two dhaiim-carriersi. The surveying of this line was begun ait Morehead Citiy, after having carefully de termined the elevation ait that place above the mean tide of the ocean ; and during 'November and the five months following, the line of exact levels and traverse line were extended along the Atlantic and "North Carolina railway from Monheod Ctiity Ito Goldsboro, and along 'the line of the " Southern railway from Goldaboro to the Tennessee line at "Point Hock. The running 'of. this line of exact levels will be of great service- not only in the making of thee economic' map of the -state, but ialo in determiininig thie exact elevation of alt ipoints in. North. Cajrolina by -using, this line as a basis. The eleva- : " tlon . of various other points in the -state an be determined from the" railroads crossing Uhis line. The leveling (which .was done by Mr. W. Carvel Hall, of the Untted, Staties geologicail survey) was car ried o-ik wi'th so much accuracy that in the total diistance of 457 miles firom (Morehead . City .to Paint Rock the probable error was ;not greater 'tlhun 275 thousandth -of, a foot. ' In the line of the regular topdgrapOiie work," the survey of what is known as the Pisgah sheet, which includes portions- of Buncombe, ; Henderson, Transylvania, ; Haywood and Jackson counties, was com pleibed i dlUTins'; .the present ' year, and the ' map covering that region will be prepared Tor eDgravtog ,iuring Uhe present winter. The United (States .geological survev also . corripil'eted during this year, that' part of ithe Craniberry aicios heet which lies in ' Mitchell: and Caldwell counties. to a portion of . (the; Pisgah areai on - f T-rount of the important "forestry inves titlons beiiig carried on there by the Bd,ltmore estatie,Vit -was deemed advisable o have the unetp of that region on a some what larger, ecale and made more accurate ly.' Consequently the map of that region, of approximately : ten square .miles (134. .000 acres.) is? made, on a scale of 1-45000. ' or approximately one and a'third laches to - the rolile, andi. with-; a -con'touT; intenral jjf-- fifty feeU - - - As illustrating ,the.-.caire with wMch this- sort of work must be done In order thi it have a permanent value it may be stated -i that ; in making the survey , more than 300 fitlnree, hundred) separate tatJons . were locatfd by .-careful trigonometrical ' methods; the exact elevation of 232 points Was determined try means- of the engineer's The attention of the survey hais been Icalled many timies by 'thiei courts, by local aBtorneys and by county surveyors', to the great difficulties which exasit m this state in redetermining and -relocating the boundary Tines of tracts of land which were surveyed and 'recorded at dufferenit times in pasio years; and it must,. be apparemt, es xiecdally to every attorney who has had ex perience in this line of work, as Well as to every surveyor, that re as or great impor tance -that there should be loca'teia at tne court: house in every county, some definite and permanent monument giving the diirec- iion of the true north and souro, in oroer that anv surveyor may go tinere at any tame and determine for himself the amount of varfeLioh in his compass' at that par- tiniLlajr time. It is furthermore of great importance that there 'should toe prepared maps and tahfles, showing the variation- of the conrcass needle m the several' counties of the sfia'te at different timies in the past, in order that knowing the present varia tion of the compass and the . variation at ;Jhe time of certain deeds' destrihing sur veys of a certain date, the surveys can easily locatte the old lines. We have now m .preparation a lamai bulletin, in which such instructions are given, as will enable the average counny surveyor to re -locate-old boundary lines in a satisfactory manner, and it is the m- tMitiion of the sta';e geologist during 1898, to propose to the county commissioners in the several counties of the state that if !jhey will bear the expense of erecting per manent monuments, tne geouogicai survey will locate by means of these monuments the true meridian in each, ot tne several counties. The probablecost to each' coun- tv in that case will be less than $50.U0, out the benefit which each county would derive from this work would be of cantaiaerao-ie importance. ROAD CONSTRUCTION. Last, hut not least, the survey has de voted a considerable amount or attention during the year to the investigation of road materials in the tJafferenit portions or me state, and the best methods of using these materials in the construction or Dexter roads; and we have How nearly reaay ror the printer a. new report ((Bulletin ino. 18. j on fthis suWect. This report in addition to giving a description of the road materials, and the best method of using tnem, win describe in some detail the general meth ods of building roads and of constructing the culverts and bridges, and judging from the numerous ' aipplicataons which have been' received in advance, it 1 believed that this (report will fill a mifcth needed want, and Will result in a decided nteneflt Itto the state., The. state geologist in his mflnmie.rou's trios has vtisited the different points where !road making was in progress, and in every way has rendered assistance tx the road supervisors and1 superinten dents in connection with the use of road materials and the re-location of roads, and re-l'ocaidon of roads, and has acceptel, as far as consistent to deliver addresses on road im'provement in different portions of the state. bIltmore exhibitX The exhibits of the 'Alamance and Bilt more f arms at -the iPiedircont Poultry ehow attract still the greatest attention, says the Spartanburg Herald. All the litltle ones are delighted with the quartette of guiinea pigs in the former exhibit. The bla-tik-and-tan rabbits shown are said to be the only ones of their kind in fthe South. It was semi -officially announced last night .that the judges had awarded the first pre mium to a pair of 'imported Belghum hares recently purchased by Prof. B. W. Getsin ger. On account of the large variety of fowls dudks, pigeons, guineas and rabbits the Alamance exhibits drew fonih many favorable criticisms from every one. The Billtmore farm seems to be in the race for prizes. Every bird exhibited by Mr. Vanderbilt is an almost perfect speci men. The trio of Toulouse gueese are beautiful animals, With their long, grace ful necks, their light-gray color and Itheir tremendous bodies, ithey merit the , never ceasing admratjien which they receive. It is a question among the patrons of the show which of the cocks in this exhibit is of the greatest size and weight, . Two light Brahmas and a Buff CocuindiVlde this hon or at present and only the experienced judges can say which one is ent&til'ed to the distinction. ' White iLeghornis, Barred Plymouth Rocks, S Golden Wyandottes, White -Plymouth Rocks, and OBlack (Min orcas are present in abundance. A bronze 'turkey in this exhibit is a magnifieenit fowl With a weight of tihirty-'two pounds. (It Is not every day that the opportunity Is giv en of seeing .Mr. Vanderbilt's f amous pouil ttry, and this fact should :be remembered by farmers and townspeople alike. . ' M ORG ANTON'S NEW BANK. '' , The new' propoed .' bank for Morgaaton, bids fair to 'be one of ithe best and'safest in the state, says the H'Jekory Press, and the people ofMorganibon and Burke and adjoining counties ore to be 'congratulated for having isuch an institution, expecially under the control and .management of the gemtlemen composing the company. They are all citi'zens of Hickory and are known to be -prudent, safe and honest men and fully understand the business. They are men of means, whose property Will aggre gate over a quarter of a million dollars, which, according to' Ithe agreement signed, with their 'affixed seals, is responsible for the liabilities of said bank.' So it will be as safe as the safest. The capital is $25,000. FROM SEVERAL TOWNS. 'A .correspondent' from Grange . to . the Sylvan'. Valley News -says : -News Is very scarce in this section unlessf .-.you - 'want com. rf .Plenity of What commodity- here.". ) 'Never in the history of Chterokee county did the people have-more encouragemenlt to work and raise stock and, all kinds of famm produce than: at present' says the ; Scout. Everythtog s to . good demantd' ait. good ts Htumerative prices. . - ,. i-. Eniglneer 'B. i T. Egerton (has made a be ginning on h'iii projecjted. I'miproveanenit of the depot groundsv says the Sylvan. Valley News. He decorates hi ngln with ever- Absolutely Pure ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. greens in Henderson county and trans pl'att.s them after arriving here. The bit of color he is thus introducing to tan other wise Darren iandigcape 'is a relief to .'the monotony around the depot. - The Symington plantation, under the su pervis'lon of W. H. Iuck worth as overseer is Tapidly conning to the fronlt in the mat ter of productiveness. During the present season the farm producea 981 'bushefls of rye and 5,005 bushels Of corn. This shows what the "worn-out" creek bottoms in this county will do with -intelligent cultivation. We believe that other men who have idle morney would find a farm in the French 'Broad valley a paying investment. Sylvan vawey News-. HOW TO LIVE FOREVER. A few years ago a physician discovered that klisksdng was perilous and reprehensi ble, being a frequent cause of 'the dis semination of microbes Now come some doctors in New York '-to show that hand shaking, also, is a dangerous practice. The bacilli ot, diphtheria, smallpox and scarlet fever may be distributed by the hand clasp of friendship: "HandshakinR." says one of the doctors, "is a fearful men ace to public health. Most f the known types o bacteria have 'been found on the normal hand, and "the clinical demonstra tion supporting these conditions is as undeniable as the knowledge of the causa tive relation between thie microbes and disease." It is true that mankind has been in dulging In handshaking for many cen turies without knowing anything about the frightful risks ineured, but now that the truth -has been disclosed, let the prac tice be stopped. It should be abolished, together with all other habits involving similar dangers. Don't rub elbows with people in a crowd; elbows are frequently charged with bacteria. Oh greeting a friend who insists on walking by your side, keep a bottle of carbollic acid be tween him and yourself. "Never lift your9! hat to a lady; the 'brim may be covered with ' bacfteria. Be sure that your knife and fork are aotiseptically treated before e&ting. I Do not walk out of doors; the stole of your 'boot will become incrusted with microbes, and the air is sure to be full of them. If a stranger addresses you, turn and run; how do you know that he isn't saturated with bacteria? "Make it a fixed principle to live in seclusion, with hermetically sealed doors and windows, and keep powerful diisinfectan'ts at hand night and day. For centuries the race has been going on to destruction in its own way, just for lack of a few simple precautions like these. Chicago News. CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD. Under the caption "Santla Olaus Around the World,' A. B. de Guerville, in The Illustrated (American of (December 18, flashes before us a' series of glimpses, piquant, sad or beautiful, of the strange things seen by the jolly old sainlt m the course of his globe-trot'ing. "A Triad of Christmas Tales" also car ries our imagination afield into the regions o" the unfamiliar and the DictuTesoiifl. These tales are recounted by Henry Aus tin, m. oe Uipman and; '"One to Whom Twas Told." Speaker Reed contrihu'tes an article on The Newspaper's 'Intrusion Upon Pri vacy." The double page pifeture, by George 8 Shadows Coming Events Their Before Them, But past events don't always leave their shadows behind them. So it was with our special sale of $10.00 suits the past week scarcely a shadow of them left. Our Special This Week Will be all 12.00 and $12.50 suits for $10.00. This line -lp composed of cheviots, worsteds, plaids, checks and mixtures cut in the very latest styles, made by none other than the best of tailors, and fit you like they had been made to your measure. Will Continue This Week Our cut-rates on Boy's and Children's Clothing cost sale. These suits are of this season's production no old stock we carried' over none only the laltest styles and patterns. Entire line cheviot, trfcot and worsted suits, also all Boy's and Chil dren's Reef ers and Overcoats at - cost. Reefers in sizes 3 to 8, were $2.50, $4.53 and $5.00 now $2.00, $3.50- and $3.75 Boy's Overcoats and Ulsters in Chinchil la, Astrachan, Beaver and Freize, sizes 3 to 20, were $2.50 to $7.00, now $2.00 to $5.00. Boy's 50e. Waists at 39c. This sale will positively last only one week. Don't put off coming until the last of the week. You will miss agood thing like many who call ed too late to be fitted from our special $10.00 line. These will surely not last many days. Peyser's famous 2100 4 ply linen 10c col lars are the best made 15c. sox now $1.00 per dou$n. ALEXANDER & COURTNEY, Clothing, Shoes, Mats and Furnishings. Drhumor Block. 50 Patton Avenue. Cibbs, " 'Wives? and Sweethearts-!' The Mess -Room Toast oa Christmas Eve Aboard the Worship," is complemented by a short sketch of the jollifications of Jack on thia universail feast-day. 'Christmas aa Oisman's," a story by Albert Bigelow Paine, tells how, through the pathetic faith of a low -caste Chinaman, the Christmas spirit of gentleness and beauty swayed to its own benign ends the drunken brutality of a mining camp. "What's Downstairs?" a charming bit of verse by Catherine Young Glen, with illustrations by 'Lee Woodward Ze'igler, shows us Christmas eve from sfcM another point of view. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it falls to cure. 25c. The genuine has L. B. Q each tablet. HOW TO LOOK GOOD. Good looks are really more than skin deep, depending entirely on a healthy con dition of all the vital organs. If the liver be inactive, you have a bilious look; if your stomach be disordered, you have a dyspeptic look; if your kidneys be affected, you have a pinched look. Secure good health and you will surely have good looks. "Electric Bitters" is a good alter ative and tonic. Acs directly on the stom ach, liver and kidneys. Purifies the blood, cures pimples, blotches, and boils, and gives a good complexion. 'Every bottfle guaranteed. Sold at T. C. Smith's drug store and Pelham's Pharmacy. 50 cents per bottle. 5 A Kentucky editor cla nis that an editor on ! without enemies is not serving , the peo ple. A GOOD CUP OF TEA. A good cup of tea Is acknowledged to be A great restorer in sadness. It enlivens the frame, And quickens life's flame, And diffueses a spirit of gladness. Served hot every day at the Woman's Exchange. SUNDAY SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT. There will .be an entertainment given by the West Asheville Sunday school at Dea ver's Hall next Monday. A small admis sion will be charged. A good time is in store for all who may attend. The pro ceeds are for 'the benefit of the Sunday school. 266- Sweet, Florida oranges fit The Alcazar, 8 Patton avenue. e The highest endorsement given by conserva- home-keepers. Universally accepted; tive, discriminating They know the great importance of wholesome food; they realize the risk of the packing house lard. i : Refuse worthless imitations of lyQ L 1 I Nv I! IS AX 1 1 genuine is soia everywnere in 3 'tins of one, three and five ppunds, with trade marks-" Cotteiene" and steer s head in cotton-plant wreatAOn eyeP tin. -7 , Hade ronl3r tor ' ' r ;THE f. K. ; FAIRBANK COMPANY, D Loni9f Chicago, New Orleans Baltimore, I- v V ' ' ' , - , . , i -