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The News aurad Observer SECTION TWO PAGES 1 r tor20 Best Adveil5lnt , Medium in North Carolina , VOL CI. N0.8S. RALEIGH, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, 1915. PRICE 5 CENTS NORTH CAROLINA MEMBERS REVIEW WORK OF CONGRESS Senators Simmons and Overman, Represent atives Pou, Page, and Webb Tell of Its Won derful Record. NOTHING TO EQUAL IT SINCE FORMATIVE DAYS This Is The Enthusiastic Enco : d j 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 r vvi'ii i 1 1 i i 1 1 1 i .i ii MIUI II I U OUVVl ' y f'V 1 1 VW" structive Legislation; A New Freedom For The People and Business Given After Long . Period of Agitation and In- arttnn1' Rut Prnurl Ac TIip . Record Is, There Is Much Yet . . Left To Be Done; This State Has Eight Veterans in Next House and Two in Senate in "Next' Congress' and Holds a . uommanding Position W. K. YK.I.VKRTOV Washington. D. (. March 6. No Stat delegation Is more enthusiastic over the work of the pant Congress than the North Carolina delgeatioti, and no Htate. delegation hud a larger part In the achievements of the Dem ocrat thaji the twelve men who rep resent the Tar Heel Stale in the Capt- ziai. j nf next t undress will see noi n houses of the National legislature headed by North Carolinian as chair men of .the moat itrKrtant commit tee In both bodies, Kitehin in the House, Simmons In the Henate. Every member of the North Caro lina delegation nerved in the past Con gress on Important committees. In the next Congress there will he only two new number. The North Caro lina Senators and eight of the state's , Congressmen will he legislative veti-r- uii. each seasoned by more tlian two terms of service. All are work er!, all are ambitious and all received, n nvlncinif majorities In their elec tion. Vesterday The News ami OlKmOT correspondent asked the. North Caro lina nT-ni. viii rt ,00 an man ihtiiiiitib .f the House us could le found in .the rush of departure to outline briefly and Informally their Impres sions of the work of the Congress Just closed. Nobody was unapprecla Tlve of the work done, but nobody he-i lleved It perfect; nobody criticised the wonderful record of the 3rd Con gress, but nobody believed that there is not plenty of work abend in the next. Following- are aoine of the Im pressions and some of th hopes for the future: )KN IXHt hlMMO.!. "I don't think any Congress in the nlslory of (be republic baa accom plished as much consirwilve and beneficial legislation a his one. Its work has neen pre-einiriently conr structive. While all that was needed to relieve the people against abuses and against systems that the public sentiment of the country has disa'p oroved has not yet been completed. - work has so-far progressed that - the orogram can be easily completed dur ing the remainlne days of the present administration. "The reform In the tariff system Is a Democratic una and up to the beginning fA the war it was working admirably. Hut to a large extent lt operation has been suspended as a result of war condit ions. When nor mal times return and wofrlclent op portunity Is given for business to ad Just Itself to the changes from protec tive to revenue system there ran he no reasonable doubt but thnt it will Justify abundantly the claims of the Democratic party which passed It. . "About the beuencent errect on nuai neas of the reforms brought atsiut by our new financial ntm there does not now seem to be any question, even from those who most bitterly opposed this 1iftslat ion. . The anti trust law passed by the party together with 'the trades commission act will undoubtedly liberate the business of the country from the dominion of trusts and monopolies. Just as the fed eral reserve system will liberate the finances of the country from the con trol of the chief representatives of mg nnance. "But for the Interference of the special interests the session Just closed would have aeen the enactment of a hip-purchase bill which would have - led -to the rehabilitation of our mer chant marine. On account of the .Short session, these Interests, which represent the coastwise trade, the in icrns tibial shipping trust and allied hanking interets Un the big seaport titles ' hare tieen able tempcra-tlv .-V--t fK. fr.rfa of the adminis tration to relieve the foreign trail e or this country from the hampering sit uation of having to depend upon our competitors for-an transportation 'Tha short' session and the Ion fili buster over the shipping-MtCjWrent-ed the passage of the Philippine bill nd the waterpower hill which would have it--' " -- r the develop ment of the waterpwer In the eoni try The same, aquation-made It lm oosslble tor the ia.rty to pass propel rural credit legislation. The first work of the next session of Congress should be a revision of the rales o the Senate so thst meth ods bv which necessarr and proper legislation have bep held up and de feated I" the pas session can never be en. o(oved again and to the-end that the Senate mav after reasonable debate record the will of the matortty representing as it does the will of the majority oMthe people. That Imped iment out of the wav, we can easily (Jur'iner he next session pass a ship ping, bill, hecessatry conservation Iff jp'ation and a comprehensive system of rural' credits,, so as to give the farmer fnonev on- such term and con ditions as wlrt a-salc blm to Uv. and aevion eto wd- t'"f I -"Xfeel that 'he passage-un omny bus claims Mil mn.imtrrou'Ht'VVVXJa-:rvnS th.TlalrnVarete be congratulated. , I have great pride In the part I took In making arrangements to help se cure Its final passage." & SENATOR OtKKMAV "The Demis-ratic party came into power two. years ago pledged to great reforms. f'arty pledges . ure seldom kept, but our promises to the people have been almost performed with onv or two exceptions. The Democratic party has revised the tariff downward and ft has passed a federal reserve act which all parlies recognize ms a good reform without which we would now probably have the worsi panic known to histor). "The anti-trust bill and the com mission .bill will prt-vent mom-poll from siiueexing small business tiin' to death ant will give. oerhody a chance. The work of the gov eminent fur the farmers by mean? of agricul tural education has been of Immense benelit to the country at large. "The filibuster on the shipping bill, which lathed of- lww ntoiU, re vented the passage of a rural credits hlil and other remedial legislation. It prevented many bills of importance from being enacted. In the last days of the tVngress au amendment was attached on an appropriation bill pro viding for a rural credits system, but everybody thought that this aa nu lime to attempt legislatlon-of such im portance. It was believed that a mea sure po important as this should be considered until It could be made as nearly perfect as possible. This will be the great problem of the next ses sion. "No party has ever done as much even in ten vears us our party has done in !h1at two. Intricate iues- tions of fori Un rel- ions have come up to embarrass us. ion our course has been so steered that we have peace and are the only great nation which is not now at war. New ouestloiis of foreign relations are custinually ris ing, and we passed n law giving the President . the authority' to seiile thi-ni. president 1N011 "Is the one of all men to be unin!'-i this authority. "The appropriations have -been ki'pt Wlihln limits hut i tils is a great coun try and Its- neeijs arc correspondingly great llivers and harbors, the army and navy, ship building, repairing warships, reclamation projects, the fight against disease, prevention of pianT diseases rd plant enemies, rat tle diseaj"-. farm demonstration work all tliee activities have required much ni'ini'i. It takes a lot of money to run this government on progressive Hues especially when wo are building for generations to come. iur revenues are short on account of the war. As soon a the war is over the I'nitcl Miu-s will exberb tire prjerity such as has never been si en c.ftori1. it l ino-eo mnunnif that ihi' 1 it-mocratic party was in power In such tiroes as fhsc.. It Is fortunate that Wovidrow Wilson Is at the head of the nation, with his cour age, his patriotism, ill" "nnn ami his love c peat''-. KF.PIlKSKTiTl: POt . 'This Congress has made the great est record In the history of the gov ernment. We couldn't do every thing at once. We passed a tariff bill which Is not perfect, l ilt is far belter than unv other larlf hill we have ever nan A few amendments to the law will make it almost perfect. In my Judg ment. The value of -the -carreney bill will develop slowly It was a very r.idi cal change and will require tlm- to Justify itself "In the, next i'ongress I shall do what I can to secure favorable consid eration of two measure's. I'trst. gov ernment aid to the stales In building rural hb.-hwavs I voted for the rivers mid Harbors hill In this Congress. hu I shall not continue tin support bills appropxialtnv: millions for the im provement of rivers and harbors un lie corresponding help is given to the importance of ur public road system "The public rend which leads to.the small towns Is th- very basis of the prosperity of the nation We put the cart In froiif of the horse w hen we dig out rivers and hsrt"rs and pay no at tentlon. to dirt roads. 1 know this means the expenditure 'n great sum of money, but the people pay the taxes and if they know the money they pay as taxes la bclrupent for their own good they will Mind with, us. lconsider IB, good roads propo sition the i.lggen thing Congress can deal witW. "Second. I shall do what I can to pass the rural credits bill hacked by sovernment aid. A bill which d no have the backing of the government according to mv way of thinking, is no bill at all. I voted against the con ference report in the agricultural ap propriation bill as a protest against the side-tracking of rural credit legis lation. "There are other Important meas ures' but In my Judgment these are the two big things which ought to engage the attention of the next Congress. I shall press them as best I . can and hope to see favorable action on both." RKPRKSKNT.VnVK PVGK "I don't think" anybody, .particularly those who did the work, can place a proper estimate at this time of the various laws which the past Con gress has placed' the statute hooka No man can tell the entire wisdom of the tariff law because. the disturbance n comerce owing ' to the European war hair so affected Imports thst the taw .has bad no proper test. Adverse trade conditions are- not because of the tariff, but because for the first tfme In a number of years we have bad. In effect, as" exclusion of Imports entirely. "In my Judgment, the plecof legis lation which will ultimately mean more to the mass of people In their prosperity Is the curency law. It will be found not only equal to the finan cial street, at the ttrrra of Its organisa tion, but particularly under normal conditions will It prove Its real Worth. "In my work nf asaietlng In appro priating for : (coverameot a-ttrltlra. IJ find that the failure of Congress to re duce materlaJy the amount of money appropriated-., for, the govern men t Is butit Ly eojitlnualy grown. g of the people Jth. part of th. nrvmentrwh. was unitr'thi generation taken care of by local communities and 8tatea. An Instance of this Is legislation by a former Congress to require the Inter state Comerce Commission to make a physical valuation of the property of the railroads. "This was demanded l.y the people as an Incident to rate regulation. The people themselves did not stop to con sider the cost, but to meet this de mand will require an expenditure of from llfteen to twenty-five million dol lars. While I lielleve the government could and should be, -(operated at much less cost, I doubt seriously whether It ever will be for the simple reanim that people seem to demand thut the gov ernment shall enter Into activities cre ating new and .Increased demands on the treasury. "Personally, my efforts have been expended In an effort to reduce the bums of money appropriated along many lines and from many causes they have been by this administration materialy reduced. Hut the money saved has been Immediately claimed by some new activity of the government The big questions that the admin istration had to undertake are behind us and the next Congres will be in a Position to give more time and atten tion to the details of government ex penditures." HPPKKSKT TI h. W I MB. "I am phased with the work that the Congress has dons. 1 think that wh'-n the record is fully conbldi red, that; 11 will be accurded a place sec ond to no other Congress since the formative period of our .government. In writing on the statute books con-.i structive and helpful legislation Agreeable in tln-lr promise to the people; a-i-smn as i-t : -men-Vverswerv. elected .they revised the tariff, and rea lised it In accordance w it h their cam paign pledges, by increasing the fri-e list and greatly redlining the tariff duties, so as to make the tariff bur dens liffhee'r on the great necessities of life. Hefore they undertook this great work they broke up the lobby t'hat had gathered in the National Capitol for the purpose of represent ing the special interests that had been profiting by the past iniquitous tariff laws. It I well understood and an accepted fuct that 1 iJils Democratic Congress has fully carried out its promise to the people to revise the tariff ami that this revision has been a sub'tsntial reduction , "The income tax is also the work os titis fobgress It. too. helps to equal ize the burdens of the government by taxing those with larger inc onietotheir Just share for the protection that the government accords to them. This, loo. is in accordance with the Demo cratic prumise to the people. "These laws have alieady ilemon Htrateu their value. The business of tile country has suffered on account of conditions produced b tin; Kuro pian war. but as these conditions change, the laws will fully demon strate the wisdom of their fratyers. "The passage of the l-'ctleral He serve Act by this Congress was a great aecoinpliahment. For years this coun try hua smYrred for" the lack of a modern and clastic currency system. Th- Republicans, for years, have been confronted with the demand for such legislation, but year after year, failed to mei t the demand. It remained for a Iicmocratic administration to fake up the question and solve it. The bill when p tiding in Congress had strong enemies vv ho did not hesitate to protilie--v that its passage would bring dire result.-. The bill wa passed and hits l e:i ,-everely tried during thfe months since the Kuropean war broke out It' baa been a strong factor In helping to curry us over these trying times of unrest and wars that are affecting the world. Its enemies have been hushed and all are ready to ac knowledge Its value. "This Congress has to Its credit, also, the anti-trust law which was. hard fought. Our Republican oppo nents again attempted to scare the people by telling them that the Demo-, crats were trvlng to upset business and bring on a panic. The bill be came a law and the people have seen that the scary Speeches and news pit i. it articles were not well founded. The act served to mark the line be tween honest business and Illegal acts It has served to reassure honest busi ness, and done much to settle th problems that have arisen under the twsvdern manner of conducting bul ness. "Hut It Is impossible to refer fo all the work of this Congrcs. The Dem ocratic majority went about it to ful fill th? pledges to the people, and maintain our moral Integrity with the nations of the world. They made our laws conform - to ur solemn treaty promises In regard to the Panama Canal tools. They have provided for greater aid to the agricultural indus try of this country by widening the acope of operations of the Anficult ural I lepari merit In various lines. We have inaugurated, during this admintra tion a avsem of parcel pout and ex tended the benefits of the rural free dellveFV. The parcel post system haa been a irreat bon to our rural popu lation and Is one of the special ac rmTipttirrTT.eTita nf ttifa artmtTiiMrariori This 1 the. Pennsylvania, to be launched i Man-u in. ai rtewporT .'New-.. ani Mtws ' t:iittti KMh, derihel . hr ihv0rnr IlrTiiubi: ttfh m the "sT-e(et gr In Vun ylranls. Stie will hrtnteo the vei.Mrl Tho battleship is Alt feet tnc with a beam 17 feet; she will he Jnst able to qtteexe thmtirh the Panatna t'ansl If she U (sent that war U tue Paelrtc. (tr-au. she Is1 of ."l.ftsl torn.affe, n-blembljr tarter e t J ' . a -., ... I - . - jwrry 7'-., , : - - - i - i i . gryov feo. t.t.- W--j(4 en -Toe : --V- 'V Here U .A nUbiUiJKJUftt-ih. juwt.t-tkttu.-li--t'u Ihs-t the ffutUQ In motil to vv lih hlf barrni. that tbt Amrtu-m. ttntf tthw' unl'tnriueHl. The ph'tuif h.m tnk u hi the i that should be fully Mppr'ni( th- Mople. , j, "VVe met th prtil'l ms tJmt iroh whfln the European witr 1'ttk uiM, by pptivUlinR , for the it Minini-t nf nhipH from American p.rts l the lovrTfiiiu'iit, . and k 1 1 m p' i to KtreiiK' hen our A merit u rue re hunt marine liy paHHrnttr rmittin? the rt'Kint ration umler American re ltrj f'r forelK"-t'Uilt lut Ameru un owned HhipK. "Thin Adininint rut umi hut- Htoo(l? f.ir mar v more public tiieas.ii res w hi' h u the opinion of the A.iininliT ratlun woulU oh helpful, lott u hii'h hive nt yei hten enatel into laws. tiii' utnoiiiT thefte la the Hl.:iiiItif 11-11. whl' h would authorize m t.urern ment nsrenry to provide n 'merchant irturliie to carry the pond rrnin our frtrnn- and factorieH t forpuxn nnm tries. 1 hid. I think, would be . wty helpful in jH titn en. Iut ureal est itnportfince mm neiM for Inrcfjn frcluhl are hard (o procurf and when the freight charjifn jire very unreasonable. "Am the people Mudy thin prob lern Htid beeome more lamiliHr with H, they wilt reAlift' Itn importance. It In hurtful to producers to rattie in ore producti?.. from onr farmn, to manufacture more froodx or mine more wealth from the Kr,uiid than we need fur our own use., it we can find im fon-jgn market -ftr (hem that ran be reached. ur foreign trade could now be icreally lncre;ied In my opinion, if y e but had chips to carry the goods. The shjpfc from forelun nations hnv been i arrytnis t 9' per cent of our commerce. These ships cannot now Im depended upon on ac count of the war. and bustne h made lo HiiYTer thereby. ' Vhen the farmers, manufacturers ami miners of this country fully understand how this Hunt has been waged in t'on nre for theU benefit- they will rally to its inpport and create such a sen timent In Its behalf at will guaran tee Itn enactment Into law. "While -Tenures haa treen wording 6ut the plans for remedial legisla tion the I .enot ratic Adiulntstratjon htt - ttiMnUvinlnar rteattrH-144-y amoiiK the warring nations of Ku rope and has thus far avoided war with Mexico This rountry has abounding faith In the sincerity and Judgment of Preideht Wilson ; this name confidence in a ha red by mem bers nf l o meres. I'nrter the wise leadirship of Frestdent Wllstm. with the hearty ror operation of a remocrntir t'onress, we have ' revised the tariff, changed the currency aysteni and paHt-s-d many other laa whicii miU helpful o businew When the European war In over. thU country will enjoy such a. season of prosperity as baa never been know in the past. "Republican politicians Trt ihp past have been able to frighten some of our penple by their prophecies of m.sjjie8s diKaster If the Democratic party Ttlls enTrnMed with power. As the policies of thia administration are tested In actual practice, they wtU dispel .&U th dubta that may MU Unicer In the minds of any, and thof,e who ure narrow-enough to hof.e thst they ran Vrlng about Memrratic de feat tiy-Tt.1 meihod." will And them- America's Greatest Battleship, tljn fetie ,ti-en Hiutheth. Itriiiili.'- grrat new hiiftictitlp. niit. ii hsa tMi'll ifieflv etnimentsl in intviutf t he frt4 of f iit I 'srilsiteMeK. Tlh- 't of t tie lintel, when eimde:ed, . If I l- xhi'Ut $1 Ml Knlh 1- a srndear at the nM.n rark Heiuinsrr " Wahlna:tiin. !he in the ilmtjfhter of Utuis J. Kolh. a fnrtner prenbletrl o f in- I'.mo- Kb hard- Club .f I'h.tfc.lel hlrv. t i ti . - . L.-T: St . American Flag: Still Flies in Constantinople fn,al t. S l-'-eV. - J- , '. e , v v i V .- L ' . ' - ' -I It.-lt - I -'--v- ?'-. JT Xeks. - . JL.' . i mr- !li' . .- j a v . i lialttt-u UrltiA unv. ir Iwh Ur4if-- Z."-."!: -IT! V r' .Tn- "7 i Kii r 'isjiit iiii.irti'r I rir flu id i.. 1 It m ih mm nil tiri..ii ntfampr In tit- ! 1 -1 T : y r tin iliitf it left f Uir lftiir. , otliT rtnj; iitHii- tr- MMf selvea 'overwhelmed h a sentiment for Democratic success The elec tion In i. ! 1 will in mj opinion ,n kU ter a hearty Jippieviil of Democratic policies." CENTRAL HIGHWAY UP THE BLUE RIDGE SOON WILL BE DONE 'Spf. tftl t.. Tlx Ntr aii.l IH.vrvrr I Asheville, Man h Tnat the link of the Central l itbwuy of North Carolina, seven ami one-half mil.s lii lenkth. running from Old Kort to Hldgecreai. will be i-ompleted by the Mr of .lune Is the stati'iiient of (. corgi' Snitdlin. one oT the promoters of the highway, who has Just returned from a trip of inspection over the road For years, this link of the road has appeared mm Insurmountable barrier to the ( eirtral lllghwiy, - running over one of the highest t.eaks ol the lilin Klilge chain and requiring a large ex penditure i Sometime sgo. however the "Id l-'ort towirship voted, a .bond issue or 3,MI for the construct!. of the road and the government gave iii.imiii. work was started in tc toher and only light work remains to bo done. The highway is being built linger the supervision of a government en- sinc'T hiiii sven siei i bridges ovi-r moiintnln str-nms have In-en i on strinteil. almost a bridge tii every nillo f be road is above the level of the watt r courses and is eighteen fet wide in the clear (inlvanine.l Iron was used In spanning gutters and It is declared be nearly permanent as. it ii possible to build a mountain hlghw.iv. Long curves have enabled the builders to maintain a good grade, the steepest ascent being but four per cent. KINS1Y Itl.VIVAI. SKVXOV V otn I ilc Ministers to Assist PaMors Im rll. 'S-il -. TW Nr.i ihI OliMTrr 1 "Kinslon. Mar April will be. a "religious tnoiijh In Klnston Serv ices will be held in all the princliwl churches in the city 'every day for thi- better part of the month. There wtll be at bast two hundred services held in half a doxen churches "Simul taneous meetings" will be held throughout the ct for two or three weeks beginning un the tlrst Sundav. Itev II A.- Mumble, pastor of uui-en street Methodist church. Is trying to secure -Kvangellst Kaytnond llrown noW In Maine to conduct that church's services Kvicngelist llrown claims residence in l.lttlenton, N. C.. hut travels extensively throughout the Kast. ,ni icIp.HJng that the congrega tions wilt ifit-gnw the hnndsome J u en..?tr'i.et church. 1'ftstor I'umble is ari inging to bold s rvices under a tent , w ith a sealing capacity of .iioo on east Lenoir street. Pr. II. M. Wharton, of llalilmore. will have charg- of Itev. C W- llliinchard's program of servl-es In the -rtrst Itnp tlst church. lie will lie assisted by rof F. SV. Hush, a niited singer. Who. will have charge f -the music. Iliv . N' Harrison, of Caswvll street and Girl Who Will Christen Her. f 1 ,i-7.-s k I VhAq ' ', & - - ' " i J- . -. i ' ' I M '.k Hi -ija,.sj v i-.iWi- tf '. r..rt-- r-rri th- ttJ-rmiiD PTT1r nT T"r a. .ti - , . i. t hut nucti liutilt.' f tbfm woulJ Mithodlst church, may conduct his own s r i . !( Corgi- H. Ilanra han tu.iv set ure r Morion, of Itocky .Mount, to assume i ha.!.'- of ihe meet '8m Ms in his i lunch, the Atkinson Me morial I 'resbvierian Castor III maid I' Smith, of Cordon street Christian church, will arrange to conduct his own serv Ices, or have noted pulpiteers preside over them when possible. This church will be n center of the movement be. a use of Its large seat ing rapacity Itev J. J I II ill, sup erintendent of the famous tiulilee mis- sum in I'hiladelpliia. will be here fer a week in St Mary's and Christ Kpis copal churches Ir Hall ta in the liigeesi mission in the ountr. frank l and agri sslvely at work In the very heart of Philadelphia's tenderloin It is reported that a. du'.vmtown thea tre may be pressed Into service dur ing the simultaneous meetings, and business men asked to devote twenty mlni.tcs. of. I he noon hour there each dav. Tl:e various ministers would alrrrnate in conducting these services. NOTI-.I MAMA'S IN VITLKB H-e.rtlis i,t MflrnliaU KtMNted at XlM'.illc t.atltcrtnit. I Hj 1-laU ' ' Til N' ONsftTlf Asheville. March . Many Masonic notables. Including Vice - President 'I honum I;. M.irKhiiil. have len In vitd to utte-nd tin- spring reunion of the S'-.-ttish Kite bodieM hich will be hebi hi-re April Hii.l 27 and which will niak- the formal 'penin. nf the handsome new Scottish Kite t'fithcdrMl ben While no roply has been received from ' te- I'residen t Marshall, a is (he i.elujf f (he se,re tftry of h- Masom' bodies at Ashe ville. Willi un I' Kniidolph. that he will be Hi'.kv. t.. tteni The national officers have been isued invitationa to be preHent on thi occasion which promises fo ht one if unusual Interest tit frnrrriml ir les f this city, mark ink', a il does, ihf dedtt itlon of the sitruiU4ire whb h wili be Mnifhed dur ins the middb oflhe present mouth and which will represent sn expendi ture ,,f iTTi.toto, Tl IINKKV STOfS NM.KOKS. lti-k Vl. .nut. M.ir h - What woiiitf lave in a f'-w minutes. teen a hiil Telier, was frusl rate! by the t inift HppeHmh' e ,rf t Kim;, the turnkey of the local Jail who, hearing n noise started in the direction of the bit -k-up to oiid that fMi-r tteitrtt--s held thet in had escaped I heir cHs and: were jtt that lime mmiMiik valiant ef Iwrif Xa jjiel out id thi- aaieway dm.r. and into the street The four neirroea detirtnert m The 'star top Weft hrnuichf here fro xu Y,1 tir wftiir? Hpern ftmrt wtiere the were trie.i tins week Thet were (icero Hroatlneik, sentenced to live year for r.-bt-liiK a Soijifiern ratl- wa y f rei ti h I -.ir. Will m irrin and Isaiah l'i II nifiit ed t ore year each tor roboin.; the store of l TalR, and Tom '"h t nrri. sent et.ced to sixtv davs f(r HthtinK. These negro wete IsiotK held tfi tlw -atim u wait t lit; th arnval jf puarda, fnm the Ito.-);y Mount na.l dlstrb t. wfirr t bev ar- i- w.- V n re-pe-rttv s nten.-c-x i- -a- ANDREWS MAn -BOOSTS TOWN Strong Points of Hustling Little City in Cherokee Are " Set Forth FIVE RAILROADS SOON And Then It Will Be Some Sure', Enough Growing Town Midway Between Asheville and Atlanta Owns Its Wa ter Works and Light and Power Ssy stems Mr. V. B. rlsher, of Andrews, was In the city several days last week In the Interest of legislation that he desired enacted. While In the city he gave the News and ijhatrvr an inter- -. eating interview on Andrews. . oomr-w. ne Saiu. is siiuaiea in l ,.. r,. 1 . . , . . " ' ' vv.uiojr, inr riirrmr weal ern county , The town is only twenty-live years old and has' had moat , ut - its- n t h In- he -last stror seven years. . . It Juu nil ths jiiudern ciiva-w Unci's nf a large city. Including one of Die finest water and electric light ... .. , , iiuvu States. The water system is operat ed hy a gravity line- running back .. Into the mountains some three ml I eg ' from town oblalnlng 5B0 feet fall.""" The water is ronveyed In eight Inch pipe down the mountain gorges to .-''." a (mint on a high ridge into a large concrete reservoir, whhh holds en- '". ough water- to supply a town of tea thousand peohle. "Hai k of the reservoir is the sand, lied filter which thoroughly cleanses the water and empties it Into th reservoir as dear as crystal and iipim fi Thi. a. i - I . to practically all the Inhal. Hants of the town, which number about fif teen hundred and is sold to each res-I.,.,,..-.. ut i 1 1 . ......... .. 1 - i.vv " i u"J lr I lFtTTIlllla I ITT all the water they want to use. "A sample of this water Is express ed to the State authorities once every month for Stlalvsis and never alnna the plant was started Ave years ago nas. mere been a typhoid germ found in It. Klectrit? f'Mirrnt. "Just hack of the reservoir tha line is tapped and the pressure Is picked up from the head of the stream f;.u feet fall and ennyeved in a Ide down the bill a short dis tance .and put against a 2 4 Inch Pel- . ton wheel which develops 8( horse power and this connected to a dy- -j namo furnishes the electric current which Is conveyed to practically all the dwellings and business houses of Ihe city and is sold to them at twenty cents per light for all they want to burn ' - '.'The revenue derived from the water and lights Is taking care of the Interest on sixty thousand dollars worth of bonds. The municipality owns the plants, hence such cheap rates. The town has about fifteen hundred f.eople and has about one million dollars worth of property and money bonded for sixty thousand forty thousand of this Invested In tha water and light systems and the re mainder In sewers, sidewalks and street ImpriAPtnent. "The tax ruts Is not aa high as It was five yearn ago when there was p.ioiic improvement In the town, " being on an average for the last three J ' ' ' 17 roof ir-om Oil ma hundred ThU Is due to the muni- clallty owning Its own water and light system. 'Th- town has n large tannery, a, 4 large extract factory, large lumber mills, a lari.-c furniture factory now under construction. The pay rolls i. from ihe above amount to several housand per month. In lies ul if ill Valley. "Andrews is situated in the beau tiful Valley Ulver Vallfy -he valley iHim ten- miles in length and two miles lonjr coristsT'tng of some of the finest farming land in the ttate, sur- ' rouniletl " tir high mountains th ! " srenrry of which cannot be enuallasi In the hnd of Switzerland 1 ne town In un the Muriihv branch of tin- Soiituern. about half way be-', l'fn Asheville and Atlanta. It has two railroads riinuliig back into the ', mountains a dlMance of i or s miles ami two others now being UuiU. tine going eoiilO ibr.Mmh Clay - county, to connect at C-ilnesville, tla., and th. other going north through " I iYti bi 10 .-..iitili. v i.u. . 1 . I . . '- Terminal, giving Andrews, a throughv line from kimxvtile to 1 Gainesville, tla., a dnstance of about 12 miles. "When these roa's are completed Andrews will have five railroads and It is anticipated that she wilt grow very rapidly. The rumirmnWy .has in 1 abundance of water power.' farming lands and mountains and cavea adapted to stock raising, fruit grow-s. tng. etc.. and millions of dollar Wrapped up in these lands waiting to le unearthed by the capitalists It Is beautifully located, and has largo stores, hotels, miuaiantial bank, threw churches, livery stables, up-to-data post office situated in fine climate and could le made one of the finest sum mer resorts In all. the country. "It" Is situated directly on the At- -lanta and Asheville highway and will sHn have automobile conneo-1 flons over a good graded road to all points north and south. B tnem licking l"p. -, "Business Is picking up after some , what of a fall off on account of thst war and everything is running smooth. . People are flocking Into ths town by large numbers and there Is. not a vacant house here. Thre la' a fine opening for real estate dealers and building and loan associations. Last of all and best of all. there la located here one of the finest schools , In the State, a large, handsome brick school building Just being completed at a cost of thirty thousand dollar, equipped up to date In every, respect. Mr. Fisher states that when you are tired of everywhere else and In- , tend seeking a new i'dime," - and ' v want the best la the Ptste. lust taka , the -sou rh bound train for "Andrewa, N. C." The cltltenshlp. water, health. scenery 'and climate cannot 1st -x- celled, he InsJstsJ; ' Mr. Flsner runs a large, ory-gooda store, also has a farm near the foww. Ha-has 4he first slip in the five wests (Continued on Page Twenty.) .. -V ... - ... v -: . -,. : -v .-V-..-; ,. " - ' - -. - ' " . , '. t - '' " -' . - .- - . . ' ' 1
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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