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5UNDY MORNING, MARCH 7, 19.5. THE NEWS AND OBSERVER. STATE CAN TAKE CARE OF HER INSTITUTIONS, WHY NOT DO IT? Must Graham, Foust, McBrayer, Ray and the Rest Keep On Wasting Their Time Holding Out Their Hat to the Legisla ture? Utilization of Talent Will Solve the Problem BIOS II. BCTIiEK Montrose. March S. "Though I ntak with the tongue of men and of angels and have not charity, 1 am become as sounding bram und a tinkling cymbal." 80 wrote Paul to the Corinthians, and his doctrine has (teen repeated many a time, tor It is creditable to him. But I have dis covered x au other prophet who is worthy of being heard. A few days alio in the Yaj-boroufch House in Kaleigh Dr. I.- H. Mrltrayer assed out through the lobby and as he went out a bunch of men fell to dis- ussing the State Sanatorium at Montrose, and Senator J. W. Johnson, if Hoke county, gave us a new idea. said tie, Sume of these minus you rail charily are strictly business. Mow, I am In favor of giving that man enough money to make that hospital an emphatic success, or of -muttlng It up right now without any more debate. It is the climax of fol ly to ask a man like Dr. McHrayer to eave his work up at Ashevllle. where lie Was well established, and come-i down here to Montrose unless We mean as a State to profit ' by t he ability and. professional knowledge he puts at the disposal of that institu tion, lie can't afford to waste his time fiddling; with that thing the way it has been going on, and unless we mean lo THJ something that will make it possible for him to do some thing I see no sense In running the place another day. That is one of the best busiuess institutions in .North Css-olliia. and the sooner we insist emphatically that the Montrose Sanatorium is one of the best busi ness projects of this Stale the sooner . 1 m wilt gsl with It sensibly.'.' ... "Charity" a Misnomer. There was more talk along that line, but Senator Johnson had cut into the Jugular. We had iulle a lit fl heart to heart 'talk bti "the' suHJecl of charities, and Jjy the time we were ready to turn to something else the meeting was pretty well agreed tfytt .charity was art! right In the days of St. I'uul. but that what most of us call charity in these days is strictly punk. --t4iiic.fi that night in the Yar borough House I have seen this thing from three points of view, and It is ill the name, charity is simply a misnomer. Atthe Yarborough the night we were discussing the Sanatorium I' fell in with Dr. Graham, of Chapel ' Hill, ut the Supper table. He was over at Kaleigh on an errand similar to that which brought Dr. McBrayer up from Montrose, the effort to secure as big an appropriation aa possible for the State Piilvcrslty. I stopped at the University not long ago, and to my mind Came this one question why must a man of the caliber of Dr. Graham waste his energy In go- ing over to Kaleigh to hold out his hat to the Legislature and ask for funds to' carry oh this work of train ing our young men? Within the last few days I wander ed over the campus at the Greensboro Normal College with Ir. Foust, and there it was the same thing. This .man Is an educator. He is doing great work In tralnlnfj young men to undertake the task of developing the bovs and girls who are to be the men and women Into whose hands is to lie put the future nf North Carolina, 1 North Carolina that Ik to be nHich more pretentious and important than the North Carolir.a of today. Yet he is constantly hampered by the neces sity of standing out with his hand ipen asking for" largess 1 happened In Col. 1'ogue's office it Raleigh within the last few days ind in came John K Hay. the man who is fighting the battle for the illnd. and the burden of his song was the same. Fund. John K. Hay is a broad and syfovpathetlc man. whose heart is In fits work, but in stead of being at the work he is con cerned In .you see him wasting his lime trying " get .money to carry on his Institution. Mere Matter of Huslnf. - Then 1 got back to Senator John win again, for while 1 rannot recall his words A'xaotly, ,yet in his com plaint there at the Yarborough House he shattered! down the whole house of cards by Insisting that It is ...11.. 1 . . I .... L. . . n f liu,.. I Vll ni.. mm charity, for there are never any re sults when we try tojnakswa charity of what is really a simple business matter. Tn analyse Senator John son's idea would be to take one of the Inmates nf the sanatorium and consider ytBat tha tnmate signifies Sore Teeth Foul Breath ll-ook-t-d. fore TrrUi, Gunl Die4r : and Foul Breath Yield Quickly to Thks Home Treatment m au i'Mi aar- h tts na'sr aa- r'- r.ti, rem asaita tarollro and ear-apa U "uirturta ' th itenlal -t.sl r liSlowliaj this n- f W tlKflWll ' at iMSMi. Il tO allr-k. I A- mmmrn arM SlsaaOlll. Srtl-i 11 fa sail.- WV , im raids a---'- II Ssnh vM I im ai tat ssr mm mx a. too ts MM ar Bitot ' ". Mi.aMa, fcsl i--llta mm ""IS". TREE BOOK TELLS HOW stop Despairing! Don't litre C'p Hope of saving Toar Teeth V UnpM br-ar li1 ill Mrit ' sro pterins k-o Um posse will Srlns m Uh 1-S-f atst W n HMtrr ms ap-isIM mnfri w wim So sot Mi H. Ims'I oapta ss Ins - rrStr-Uaa last ara fa-ariaMj. a faiwnitr. Writ to Si tariay. ana tears abaaat ttisi saSi. tma, siiailj. Iimf um him rty tliat aai ran mmr at baaua. aa tbara alU ! a ranter naxd tmr rmm a arxVraa tha kass. pamfal ar tis"uara Ssfttal Saaliarwi. HlfclS'a. Cmrnmm and TUm TrS ara oiMatifl and rarT '' aallaf artrwy. aas Irrrroisti rHIa traatawfit af Ui raaaaa S had airl r-r.l(H tart, raw rrsraaa and foal kraatk tkai aaaaahl - aaa r aaatmitiitia rnrrkai ar SlaSt PS atnsinua. ir ijbs naa w-mmawmv mw wmmw ajUtl ia bad Caalaa Oiaa. raur ova asaa. pens aaaHof tears. , ' im. a ffeva xirir tmA'wmt at Iw.tKtj rna - Vaa a fnr Sato will win r tkat In Wittaie-i . a.asia. . attavKt Ha BraM fa aat aaa ara sas far. Issit aa 1aT fa aa aala tasiamit ail a. w aaa 1 1 1.1 11 a ararta V Cura faun fil N auira) tan aaaal ir .rniM af rtel.ara Bad Urar taaaia of lit u bH, iroaa Trrauamt St Orjr. AiSftoaa rc t. W- aiUaUI. Wat. faaaia Say it is the mother of a family of 4 children. If she had stayed at home and suffered a fatal sickness it would .have meant a bill of two or three hundred dollars, which would include doctor's charges, nursing, funeral, etc. It would mean leaving the family to the charity of friends and neighbors, and that would be actual charity, not the charity we talk of when we pay money to the State institutions. The loss of the one mother is a loss to the commu nity and the State. In slavery days an able negro woman was rat ed as worth probably a thous and dollars A white woman la worth fully as much. We fey to attract settles to the State from other sections. A &-Jieltler brought here from Iowa is nt worth as much as a citixen mised on the ground, for the home raised product is familiar with bis surroundings. You can go further than that and say that the whole value of the-entire State r North Carolina lies solely in tire two and a half million peopla of the State. Take them away and North Carolina would have nn more value than the same area in the mid dle of the sea. Kxhlblt .V 1 hope John E. Hay. Dr. Cralum, Dr. Foust and Iir. Mclirayer will not object to serving aa an exhibit for this story. Lei us take them, willing or unwilling. Seriatim, Mr. lUiy Is trying his best to make of the blind population of the State a self-sup-lOMitig self-dependent force. He Is making of helpless Individuals help ful Individuals. of burdens he is making assets, lln is converting in elttclenl . perauna . luLu , croatora of value: He Is Hot a charity, but he Is puttin necessary charity aalde, and In Its place developing a creative power, and his work is one" of the most profitable "to encourage. We can't afford to have people helpless because they are blind. To sustain them that way Is charity and un profitable. We cannot kill them, and dispose of, them. Common fairness as well as 'common btunness senrje says help them to become self-dependent, and that is strictly business. It is not charity, any more than it is charity 10 take a saw log and spend money making It "into fine lumber, (iraham first, I told Dr. (iraham I thought His institution ought to have about a million dollars and he laughed. 1 told Ir. Foust he ought to have a million and he laughed. I told Dr. McHrayer he ought to have about a million and he laughed, and Mr. Kay laughed at the same sugKestit n. Now why did they laugh? Every one of these men knows he should have at least tluf much Jioney, and we all know that the results would pay In the product thnt Is turned out of these, and similar State Institutions So why do they laugh at what they know is the sober truth? Simply be cause the money la not available. What's Tlie Matter? That brings up a right serious question. Why is It not available? Why Is a State as big as North Caro lina compelled to weigh so plain a problem as taring for her sick, and her blind and her boys and icirls In school? If a horse is. sick we figure that II has a value of a hundred and fifty dollars and we send for 1'ad Kelly to corns out and give it some boiled tobacco ur some laudanum and linseed oil, or If a cow Is sick It has a value of fifty dollurs and we wrlto to Kaleigh to the Stnte Veterinarian, and we try to avoid the lua of the unlmal. But men and. women and boys and girls have no acllit.K value for cash, so we;huve not yet learned to late them b.s cash itssetn. al though that la whem they are en titled to be ranked. The trouble is that men and women ara not private -property. They are stnte property. They are part of the general resources, and therefore the Individual Is not so keen to put money Into them unless it Is one he U Interested in directly. So we shove fhes things off on the Stale, and then we fight against anything that In volves taxes, and there we arc. Kver been at Montrose? It is worth while for two or three reasons. From the summit here at the sana torium you can look out over the country for a distance of I should guess ten to thirty miles. Call It twentv 'for the sake of easy flfrtiring. ft is not hard to believe that vrtth i it the vision from the high points herecan be -een 750. 000 acres of land, and It is probably safe to say that within that range is half a mil lion acres of hind that Is not In cub ilvation. and which could easily yield a product of 123 to tha acre. Here In fgth. If we had the people. ' we could make a product worth ten to fifteen hundred dollars on a single acre. A single square mile of that kind of land intensely cultivated would give oyer half a million dol lars, and in sight of us Is a lot of ground that will main) fifty dollars to the acre, and that does make It year afterear. Within the range of vision, can 1 found -enough water power to tlrive a lot of wheels, and supply a power big enough for a great factory. Within sight of Mont rose sanatorium afe resources enough If they were developed to provide from ordinary taxation on thir de veloped product plenty of revenue to care tor this institution without ef fort, and the same thing could be done at a hundred different points in the State. Kxamptf of What Can lie Dnnr. Coming over from tireensboro to Raleigh last week Ihis same thing was Impressing itself on me all the way. 'n the route are five imurnlfl cent counties tiutlford. Alamance, orange. Durham, and Wake.- Out north f Oreensboro Is the Revolu tion Proximity and White Oak group of cotton mills controlled by the Cone Interest. They are among the big' Industries of the world. ,A run out that way showed Just one thing that is seeded to fell us what North Carolina can do with her pub lic Institutions, and thar one thing Is that now when everybody is com plaining at dull trade a big mill of this group of big mills ts pour ing thousands of dollars into enlarge ment. The new walls and the new roof on an enormous .building signi fies that in thai particular part of the State North Carolina, ts adding to Its Industrial power. It Is needless to dwell on the resources of Oullford county except to say that they may be developed- to an extent that we can not now comprehend. hTleven acres Of floor space they said -is In as at h White Oak Mill. Why that development ? Because men like Moses and Caesar Cons reahaed1 the value of the oppot-tnnity in Dull ford county.' and they have created titers the greatest denim factory in the world. Whits Oak. Proximity nl Revolution afford a study of on of the great social problems. It tremendous misfortune when M Cone died a few years ago.- Bat tftlok what a misfortune If he h.d died be fore he opened the rtstd for th,-se great Improvements, which exist af ter him and leave their influence 11s long aa men are engaged in Industrial lines. Ttiei Opportunities. In Alamance. Out through Alamance the opportu nltiex are staring the traveler in the face all the way. Water power ex ists from the north to the south boun dary and the farm possibilities are just as big as the county. Alamance, orange and Dufharn, and little more than half way from fJreensboro to Raleigh is the Occonoechee farm of (Jem-rat J. S. Carr. The Worth ofOtfoiicei lu'O. A stranger 011 the rieat behind inn on thai trip was taken with the ap pearance of Ceneral Carr's farm as we were passing if. After making some remnrks about" It he asked what 1 supposed It was worth. I told him that to the State of North Carolina it was worth probably five million dol lars, for It has set an example of what can be done in various ways, and while the example had not yet been followed to Us ultimate conclu sion it would, be In the course of time, and probably he would find thnt five millions would be too low a figure "Must be a pretty big farm." said the stranger. 1 answered him that I did not know the acreage, but 1 did not iinugine the price 1 put on it would run -over ten '.hoiist -nd dollars an acre, u It hough It might, but if it did I would still hang to 'my estimate, mil simply on the iHiid value, but on the fftrm value. He might as well have asked me what Chapel Hill Is worth, for I would have told him that we could only figure that In .one way, and ibat is by the unnual rt-tum. There are uhouf a thot-sund husky young chaps l Chapel Hill thin year, and If a fourth of them come away with 11 thousand dollars' worth of education that means 1250. 000. which is Interest on several millions a' live per cent. IntewUiM'iit Not CliariticM. Montrose Is not u ciiurity. The blind asylum is not it charity. The various institutions of the State ara not charities. They are Investments. Vhtit is Montros" worth a year to ih State? 1 would say thai Dr. Mcllray. er alone Is worth mure. than the. Slate appropriation to his institution, for he is carrying on a training school which Is carrying war ugaihst tuber culosis, and that war hn been met in various ways, and Is proliiK effective. The people nf this State are backing this man. and If he is given the chance to do the work he has plannejl to do, he will be Helped by a thousand nge ti des. Caesar Cone is figuring on a department that shall be a- hospital ward and a school, The fraternal or ders are contemplating the endow ment of special wards or wings. A training school for nurses to go out over the State is another. Kvery pa tient who goes away from Moiitrosu carries' along a knowledge of how to com I mi t the plague, and In- thai way a few hundred lighter can arouse every section of the State and sewt ler information from the sea to the mountains. Oetting biu'k to the Cones Caesar Coiw 4s a big man In cotton manufacturing. He Is a big ger man there than many a man Is In fields that are ranked as bigger than cotton manufacturing. He has taken up a line of work In a set lion nf the Ftate- and mnde that work and that section prominent nil over th- world. In that same manner Dr McHrayer hiu shown himself H big mad. To be the successful head of a gigantic work such N possible at Montrose Is greater than to be Ooverniir of the State. Dr Mrltrayer's ambition Is to make ut Montros. a he.-idiuarleis of health antl of knowl.-dge of health that will mnke North Carolina health ful . and famous If his work can be carried out. What's Nettled? Why. To Oct Busy. And what Is necessary? Simply that re all furn in and make North Carotlnn resources produce the funds necessary to take rare of the State In Mtttutuuis. Perhaps we want a lot more people to develop the resources. If we do why not let us get the peo ple? If w-e will make it a State task to fill this State full as II will hold with people, and to make every acre us productive as It run be made, and to bring North Carolina to the front its it an be brought we' will look back to laugh at the Idea thut the men who are at the head of the State institutions ever had to go to Kaleigh with their hats in their, hands held out to ask for a few tliuusand dollars to carry on their work. A -every institution that 1 know of In the 'State tif North Carolina for which State a(d Is asked the same ar gument presents Itself right in the vi cinity. TJie occuneechee farm tells flZ" FOR ACHING, SORE, TIRED FEET "Til!'' for tender, puffed-up, burning, calloused feet and corns. People w:ho are forced to stand on" their feet all day know shit sore, tender, sweaty, burning feet mean. They use "TIZ" and "T1Z cures their feet right up. It keeps feet In perfect condition. TIZ" Is the only remedy In the world that draws out all the poisonous exudations which rrtiff up the feet and cause tender, sore, tired, aching feet. It Instantly stops the pain ill corns, callouses, and bunions. It's simply glorious. Ah: how comfortable your feet fret after using "TIZ." You'll teer limp or draw up your face in pain. Your shoes won't tighten). and ' hurt your feet . ' . tret a 85 cent bx of TIZ" now from auy druggist. ' department or general store Just think! a whole yeara fooi tamtorf t or enljr i cents, j - - TOBACCOliPg fAk. stswUt. Mil of ' t ant m mmmh p4pi IVsrStsg tssmfc ssstsjtM Is (MM t us beyond persdventure thar? Orange county alone, were H producing to the limit that It ssould produce, could make a few hundred thousand dollars a year for the (State 1'nlversity look like a little sum. one of the most tragic things I ever saw is. the big Haven wood plantation down In Jofie county, capable "of making two million bushels of corn a year, and actually making a few thousand for want of men to plow and cultivate A planta tion capable of making two million bushels of corn a year and tat a time when men. of the highest Intelligence In our State are wasting their time In a constant struggle to coax from the legislature enough money to run their Institutions, not because therleg- tslaiure is not generously inclined. buiJ because we as a people are not pro ducing It. Krsnsirrew Ample. Only one thing ueeds to be offered here us a suggestion In this respect. Half a tloxeii yeavrs ago we thought all over North .Carolina (hat we could not afford to build good roads. Today we laugh at thai foolishness. The township that boldly undertook the Job of building two or thre miles of kood road Is Insistent -now on build ing more. It has found out that it Can do anything that is worth while j. soon sb It finds out thut the thing pays. You can not argue, with a township thut has a few miles of good roads or a school district that has a special tax. Those two individuals are the nulst obstinate creations under the sun. You may let a district crip ple along for forty years with Its one teacher In a four months' term of school, but the first year that It votes special tax and Increases Its school term and adds another teacher you mtXTi mm aMsjsrk. ym Jrw MM fsMMf it. sjTtni- 1-" - WASHINGTON LETTER IN THE KEEPING OF NORTH CAROLINA By H. D. W. CONNOR. Washington. D- '.. March 7. Among the manuscripts in possession of the Nortti Carolina-Historical Com mission is an interesting letter yellow with age, bearing the autograph of Jeorge Washington, who lyad but re cently taken the nut 11 of office as President of the) l ulled States. The letter Is dated June 18, 17SH, ami is addressed "To the (iotrrnor and Council of the Htate (If North Cam Una." and has several Interesting and significant points. The circumstances from which It originated are Interest ing. The State pf North Carolina at thai time was not a member of the Color of States known as the "I'nlted Stales or America." A convention of the Slate during the previous year had refused to ratify the newly proposed Const It ut bm of the 1'nttrd Stntes. and the new Federal government had been orguntned and launched 11 pun Its ca reer without the help of North Caro lina. But a new convention had been called and was soon, tu convene for the purpose of reconsider ing the -rut-Itlcatlon of the Constitution, and un der the circumstances the Governor and his Council thought It advisable to address a communication t" the President "f the United States stating the sentiments of the Htate of North Carolina with respect to the I'nlted Suites. The Governor was Samuel Johnston, a stmnK Federalist, and the members of his Council were John Skinner, of Perquimans; James Ire dell, of Chow'an: John Klnchen. of Orange, James Armstrongs of Pitt; .losiah Collins, of TyrrelK Whitniel Hill, of Martin, und Lremsey Conner, of I'Hsipiotahk . of these Johnston, Slilnner. Iredell. Collins ami Hill had all been members of the Convention of 1 7St and had voted for the ratifi cation of the Federal Constitution. At -a-meeting of the Council of State, held at Kdentoii. May 1". 17K. the follow ing entry was made In the Journal: -"The Govurnor and Council consid ering that it may le- f great moment to the Interests of this Hnate, thut the Senttinc -its of the People In respect to the new Form nf Government for the Ciiited States should not be misrepre sented, and by that means Ihe tiar inony between th,e different Stse he In any danger of Interruption, think proper that the following address .should be presented to General WtuJh ington; the said rtddreas to be eigne! by the Governor and by the Presi dent In bejialf of the Council"."' "To His Kxcellency George Washing ton. Kstiiire. President of the I'nlt ed States. "Sir: "Amidst the congratulations which surround you from all quarters. We. the Governor ami Vurrcil of the Stare of North Carolina, beg leave to offer ours with eiiual Sincerity and fer vency tli any w hich can he nresenf ed to you. Tliowgh this State be not yet a member bf tine' Virion under the new , forni of Government., we look forward with the pleasing hie of Its shortly becoming such, and In the meantime consider ourselves hound in a Common Interest and Affection with the other States, waiting only for the happy event of such alterations being -proposed, as will remove the Apprehensions of many of the good .Citixen of this State for those lib erties for which they have fought and suffered-In common with others. This happy event we doubt not will be ac- twdlerated by vnur Kxcellency's mu polntment to the first office In the 1'nion, since we are well assured the same greatness of mind, which in all scenes has so eminently characterized Your Kxcellency. will induce you to advise every . measure calculated tn compose Party I l visions, nrnl ln abate any nnlr.ioslty tliat may be excited b a mere difference in Opinion. Your Kxcellency will consider (however others may forget) how extremely dif ficult it Is to l nlte all the People of u great Country In one common Senti ment, upon almost any poltical Sub ject, much less upon a new form of Government. materially different' from one they .have been accustomed to, and will therefore rather b dis posed to rejoice that so much has lieen effected. tlsm regret that more could not all at one be accomplished. We sincerely believe America Is the only country In the world where such a deliberate change of government con hi take pla;e under any clrcum etences whatever.'- jv- "We hope your KxceHMiey will par don the liberty we take 111 writing so particularly oKOthis Subject, but this State, huweif'-r It may differ Ip any Political opinions with the other Stales, cordially Joins with them in Sentiments of the utmost 'gratitude and veneration for those distinguish ed talents' and that Illustrious Virtue., which we feel a pride In saying we believe' under God . Have been the principal means of preserving the Liberty and procurlifg the Independ encrv of Your " Country. We "cannot help considering you glr In some measure as the Father of It. and hope to sxpeiierice'the Jfood effects of that confidence you to justly have acquired. could not more get It .to go back to the old way than you could get the sun to shift its course and rise in the west. The resources of North Caro lina are ample for all these things we want to do. Right along here past the sanltorlum is one of the best roads In the world. It Is built here In a township that has little cultivated land, and a wilderness of undeveloped land, yet It is ambitious enough tu build miles of good roads, and a man from Pennsylvania riding by In an automobile said that the thing that surprised and interested htm most In North Carolina Is fliese' marvelous roads. Five years ago when this road system was planned the people said this Is a pour olslrtrT. It has no money, and cannot build good roads. Today these same people w-outd tell you thai under no possible circum stances could they gel along with the roads they had five year.. -ago. Profit in pcvelopiiM-nt. Development, pays. An improved man Is Just as valuable as an improved road. What we want In this Stute is to make up our minds that where Na ture has leen so lavish w-e can meet practically sny calls that can be made on us within reason, and then let ihe heads of the various institution, and every other thing that should te fos tered by the state tell us what they want and feel sure thut while the money is not ..11 hand to be glvn Just now It ill be when we wake up the old Sta'e from end to ei.d and set It to producing eterything that can be asked for. North Carolina Is -not a poor State. It is one of the richly endowed members of the Federal I11I..11. and nil that Is necessary Is to whirl In and dig up the riches that abound on ail sides and find for our people and our- institutions ample means for every legitimate public and private need , The Sanatorium is merely an inci dent. si is the rniverslty, and the Blind Astlum hiuI the Normal College. Tha- main iiiesiinn is that North Carolina has In latent form enough for all who are here and for the mil lions v.h" should I..- her-aaud thut we should nil be ircttinfc that enough In 1 available sha pt . HISTORICAL COMMISSION In an abatement of the party spirit which so much endangers a I'iiiou oti which the safi-ty ami happiness of America can alone Is- foiindetl. Mat- that I'nlon. .it a short ilistance of tlmer'be as jierfcit itnd more safe than ever, and in the loean tthlb- may the Slate of North Carolina lie consid ered, us It truly deserves to l-e. at tached with ciinl warmth with any State In the I'nlon. to the trm Interest I'rospt-rtt and Glory of America, dif fering only in some particulars in Mpinlon as to the menus of promoting them' To this aildi President Washing ton. In the h-tier referred to abovt , re plied as follows: "To the Governor and Council of the State of North Carolina. Gentlemen . "It was scarctly possible for any Address to bate tiw-n me greaicf pleasure, than -Thai which I have Just received from you: h'-caiise I consider it not only demonstra' l e uf our ap probation of my conduct In accepting the first office in the I'nlon. but also I imiici.ttt - of the good dispoe.it ione of Ihe ctillens of your Stale towards their Sister States, and of InV .ref- 11 lit y of their speedily acceding lo the new general Government. "Ill Justification of the opinion which you are pleased to express, -of my 1 eudtness "to adtl.- every mea-s tire calculated to compose parly dlti Mnns. a, id 10 abate any animosity that may be excited b mere difference of opinion. " I take the liberty of refer ring yon to tin- sentiments communi cated l Hie to the two Houses of Congress, iin this occasion, I am lik v. ise hitppt in betng aide to add the alronceM .issunt nci-n, that I eiiteri-tin a w ell-til o.indVil expectation that llothiiiK uill he u-.'iultng oil the part of tin- dilYerent branches of the gen eral Government to render the I'nlon as perfect, and men- safe than ever It has lieen. "A dlfTi relict- til fiuiaoii on political points 1- 11.1, t to be imputed to Freemen as 11 f l.lllt. since it is 10 lie presumed that ihet ,-m- all actu.-tfed by an equal ly laudi lde iiid sacred regard -t or the- Hhert.cs of their Country. If the mind is so formed in ilitfeietit tiers., 11s as to consider Ihe seme object to I somctt bat ilfler'.-iit 111 its. nature and Coiie.ii.i-ri-eH. as It happens to be placed in different points of view, and If the old. st. the ablest and Ihe most virtuous Stnt'-siiien hate often ilifT. r ed in Judgment ns to ihe best form of Got erutn.nl W'e ought. indeed rather -to reini.-e that s. much - has been ifT.-.-ted. thin to rejcr.t that more could to.t ail at once tie ssconi- plishcd Gratified l. the favourable s.-nii merits w hi. h nr.- -v lnce.1 In vonr ad dress to in-. 1. nd impressed with an idea thai the 1 'it ieus cf your Stale are sin erely ,'ittsciie.i to the Interests, the. Prospftiv and tb- .Glory tf Amerlts I iiiosi earnestly Implore t fte f i ins ben. -di. 'ion and guidance in th- nun-cllsv-whicli are Mlv-.rU to l.e t4tk--n by their Delegates on a subject of the lilosi ninmculotiS ' n,!).se;nictices. I nicun. the political relation which if to subsist' hereafter, between the Slate of Nrfth Garulina and tit-mes- now In I'mon under th new general Gov ernment. GKO. WASHINGTON. ,'tv rk. - - Jju- Huh. 1 7 y I KM-: M.K':S THRU Itl.lMl. I Children Ib.rn lgblb rn-r Male-til-Iron on MoilM-r. 1 ;r-enstnirg il'a 1 sfiecml to Washing ton post. After- a cuise pronounced on In.t wife bad been f. Hosed by blindness nif bis ihn-e children. George Yusko. a patter hanger and tuiiiiter of Mount pleasant, l-ft his alfe and cjiildxen. It Is- alleged, r fusing longer to sup port thorn Yusko was arreste.1 on 1 charge of desertion, and before Joe tice of Pea-e I S. llhodes Yusk'i lold an i-mazjtuc iry. When a fcirl -of sitt.-en Mrs. Annie Yusko. 'II wa.s testllled. put out th eves of seven ducks owned by 1 neighbor, using a w irf to erfriii the act. 'Finding her rffrttded ducks, the enraged neighbor "hurfetl maledictions on the girl. Pxiresins Ihe hne that G.mI woubl piinish her likewise. Mr and Mrs Vusko ,-irn. thec par ems of thrw children, esch of niiijjn is almost totally blind. IWrilled what seemed to be a fulfillment of Ihe neighbor's curss. Yusko urged his wife lo ask for fnrtrivetiess of the nelghboritnd hex that the spell of the curse be broken. This Mrs. Yusko refused to do. " Then Yusko left home. .He .produced hjs three children Jn the oftl;" of the Justice as evidence "of the truth of his woFda. -c Physicisns present at the hearing said that the t-urse had preyed so upon Mrs. Ytteko's mirtd that her children were influenced prenautlly and . blindness resulted .-- , j Lead pencil ' manufacture in the I'nlted States Is consuming 71.rjfttv.Kifl feet of lumber annually, of which about one-half la estimated to be wasted In sharpening or throwing away short a4tv ' T DONALD LOWRIE Former Convict, Now Assistant to Warden Osborne, of Sing Sing. At the recent meeting of the North Carolina Social Service Conference, Mr. ponald Lsiwrle, assistant to Mr. Thomas Mott Osborne. warden of J ULd. 111,.., . .. ...... -.....-S lit , o n..n . invii, .. 1 1 , , which was one of the features of the Conference. Warden Osborne himself ls hilled to speak, but on account of sickness could nut come, Mr. I.owrie coming In his stead. ' Donald fsiwrle is a man wteh a unique career. After serving u tel-m In the California penltehtiary he Joined the staff of the Hun Francisco Htilletin. where his articles and stories, chiefly About prison life, per formed a great public service and won for him the respect of the people of California. The American Magazine of October. 112. carried an article on Donald laiurte written by John l. Harry. The News an observer ls Indebted Mr Krwin A. Holt, of Hurllng- ton. for il copy of the magaxttie and to the publishers of the American for permission fo reproduce Mr Harrys article, which follows: A little more than a year ago Ire motit older. Managing Kdltor of the Sun Francisco Hull-tin. was making one of bis many visits to San liueii tln Prison. Whllt) be was calling on Warden Hoyle the Warden re icrk- ed: "There's a manuscript In my desk that may Interest you. It was writ-te-u by one .tf the priste-ra." During the next few minutes Mr ohler was absorbed it. reading file srtlcle It dealt with the Indetermin ate sentence. "This lellow can write," he said '1 should like to meet him." Presently there entered a tall, slim, young in.'in. with a clear-cut face and dark e.s Mr older shook bands with him and expressed ids interest. "If you can gel out of heie I will give ou a Job on my paper," he said. "I'm eligible for parole." l.uwrle re plied. ... Wt.-.l, tu see if we rani -have, -the mailer I roiighi up before the Ib.ard of Dire. I. At once Mr 1 'I. let went tu work At the lo-xl ineethov of the Hoard of Dlnectorf the ciise of l.wrfe was fa vorably considered. Kaiiy In August he ii,ii ..ut nil psrob He took a. week to adjust himself to Ihe new- "millions Then he wt 111 10 work oil th.- stair of The Hull-tin lie has been Working there ever since. Donald Iiwrle hwd served two terms for burglary lie went lo pris on a foolish, rebt'lllous. and reckness l..y. lie came out. iti the early thirties, a grave man. sad-faced, slow of movement, his tall figure so lean that one nil-ht have fancied that be hud been half starved for years In priami he had made a flue record for good behavior and for Intelligence and abllit) He was one nf the inostS accurate ami painstaking nf accnunt anis. t-'or years he hatl worked on the prison records. He knew the his tory of nearly every man In the insti tution during his time. Whatever lealsure lit bad he spent in study. His iiulet. gentle wsy won frtends foi him everywhere Him rending and study ing develoMl In him a desire tu w rite in his cell by the oil lamp he made his llrst literary efforts Some of these, were published in IJ f", The -Atlantic Monthly, and Sunset. No won der be was s marked nutn among the prisoners und the favorite of the war dens. ISut in the world the situation (Weekly News letter. C S. Depait ment i f Agriculture I In at leitst 3 of our 4s Slates tner. aie pea- b lnt-r"sts of commercial I111 lrtuii e. according to 'i new Farmers' Bulletin i No mil of the department on "Grow lni; Peaches." This bulle tin is lh- tu-s of three .Hi !!r general subject f penrli growing, which will treat of fundamental orchard opera tions. Th u'lcstlons of site, propaga tion, pla ntiiiK, tillage, and soil fertil llv are treated In the llrst bulletin llptt belliK issued. In locating a peach as well ns un other oichar.i other advinlages must .btv.cxtnsideietl ImsUU-s lbs lwtur--U.is of .'.(mate and s.,11 If an orchard Is too -r iiiot'e from a shipping station, too ar :)wa from u suitnbl" marl. el. or located whir- be for refrbeutlor tars .1111 not b- Conveniently supplied, it may not he possible t grow pea lies tiler- profitably. Peaches may do w-11 m n w pb-rank- of sol! types. inchiduiK even son. ft :lo- moderately beuvy obey lou-iii-, ,. J.11-J clttj's- Hut whatever tin lytic, a soil must be thoroughly well dr. lined to be suitable f.r peaches. They will not succeed tin pooiiy drained soils. II follows thai tin; heavy t;yi types w hich are so hard und imp rtiouK thai water does not percolate through litem readltv are 1.. ite avoided tts a rub. Moletel. a il stftibi b moderately ftsilde. One vert rich j ti"i itioken .a not to b le-su-tl a a k-eneral rule, since IT is lil.-lv to iiu.uce an excessive ktowOi of , i'olii.s-e. in the other band, the in pressiou ivl, Mi Is somewhat com mon ihrti a 1 r uni.-rllle soil is "good enough for jpeaches" Is rrniieutis. In district in which alkali soils oc cur, sites should be stlect-.l with a ti.w lo avoiding' them. While the lieu, h tree can be grown where there Is a liriiii d amount rrf the ni kali -sltst. ih-v i-ii-i- disaster if preser t in large H'i 1 n : it ics. If is safer, therefore. ' ft, 11 toid Hi, 111 us far as possible. l b tal. d Arcs Preferred. , r a ket-ersl proposition, a .ilte lb.'-.t Is elevated considerably ttbove the surr-u noiivg area is t be preferred for n peach orchard. l Kelatlve eletatim. ts generally . of greater importance than actual elevation above sea level. If is a weli-recngnixrt fact, though one too often overlooked In selecting ite for orchards, that cold air set tles to the lower levels. For tlfis rea son it ie.iten colder at the lower levatltnie- than ft-is at higher points In the same locality. This Is what is meant bit ' atmospheric drainage." The occurrence of frost In low places when (here is none on elevated areas is thus explained. For the same rear Mil peach buds ure often w lnterkille-1 "r the blossoms are Injured' by frost in 'flee spring In low places when near- by orchards on higher elevations are-i injured much less, or even es -SiS en- llr4v, - - .j Where tin orchard nfPutiiet a site GROWING PEACHES I jiai is Wd lucent to 11 large body JifJsa4444-rV- of such water, the ImubrtaiP'e ot a relatively High elevation largely disappear". To be a fat or in flu -matter, however a Itody .f Wi.tr must h of . sufficient. 'rt aitd ilepth to have art anureciiiMe Influence on ihe local climate. Be cause the water warms up ill -the spring more elnwlv than -the .ttmos nliese, it St-fs In effect as a refriger ator, making the temts-rt-ldl-e Jn is 'jrimetVaif vicinity c.iHer than It is st pointsftsoniealiat distant frm it c,ir ths "sssnn. reeetatlon within the -one of this influence advances more -OS IJ IS ine soril-.g irisil It tmrt i"Ji- Ide'of fbn -one. The tendency is for the blossoming of peach trees sit uated "within the xone to be delayed nniil after. the season of spring (rosts ts past. In -the fall ftosta ara delared In was different- He had to make good. At first he was bewildered and de pressed. The street noises troubled him. The multitude of Impressions . crowding on him caused ' him both physical and mental fatigue. His eyes ached. I sed as he was to walking the flat spaces of Han Quentln. h found climbing the hills of Ban Fran cisco a great strain on his muscles. In a few days, however, he was ready . for work. Fremo.it Older had a place waiting for him on the staff of The Bulletin. His first contribution consisted of an instalment of his studies, "My l.lfe In Prison." At once he attracted attention. - As he went on from day to day the interest grew. J ii twt. weeks he was the sen sation of San Francisco. In the street cars, on the ferries.. In trains, everywhere In public, peopl 1 were eagerly reading Donald Lrowrle. and discussing his revelations. The wcrlt -revealed fine observation and dra-. ; uiatic power - As 11 went on from week to week without a break, the marvel grew. Hero was a new writer" that could publish an interesting ar tide each day for six days' In the" week. In a few weeks Donald lrowrle -printed more than one hundred thou . sand words. ' 1' The success .rf the articles made Donald Iowrie a notable figure not v only In Ban Francisco but throughout . California. "Many requests were made ' to him for lectures. He declined thwo-all He had a dread nf being siared at After several months, how ever, he was persuaded to address at -body of clergymen Interested in hear-, Ing about prison conditions. To bis surprise he found that he oould sceak. He even enjoyed speaking. Snnri he was speaking here ant there, before women's clubs and before or:" gaiil7.ttio.ns of business men, like the -Commonwealth Club of San Kratl elsco, and bt fore societies Interested, ' its priet re-frtrrrv.--" Meanwhile ex-prii""" oners were constantly seeking hint out. asking for help. Most jrf--Ma.. sulary he whs giving aWay in loanf. As tiie iiemandH Increased, both, on his time and on ills resources, he reel Ixed that there was need for systems, tic work In behalf of prisoners. . Hacked by Mr. Older and The Bul letin, and by several women and men of prominence in San Francisco, he . slit r led u Prison Itureau for the pur pose of securing w ork for ex-prlson ;'" ers. The Hureau Is now In operation ' arid bus already placed hundreds of men in Jobs. Donald I.owrie has made good. He,, Is a successful und a useful cttlxeru Iiv personal appearance he has greatly changed. The prison pallor has given place to at healthy glow. He la less grave than before, more animated. He lives In u little cottage In Mill Val ley, near San Francisco. An Old , broken-down ex-prisoner takes ear of the -bouse and the garden, bowrie does his writing In the open air, look ing out' on the mountains and the bay. Two nr three times a week tit) publishes a. story In The Bulletin,.-1 . nearly alwavs on some theme directly of . indirectly related to prison HlsV" He now gives promise of becoming a -fonsplcTious figure both as a writer hiiiI as wit a-tivociite of wiser "methods1""' in doHlihi: with prisoners.' ..The pub lication of bis articles In a volume will extend tiis influence all over thi country. . ' si 1 11I lt r manner, except that the large 4 body of water, having ahsorbed much" rent du ring the Mli'mmer, cools off lit ' tin tall more slowly man tne aimos- , pbere, mid itetice il tends to keep the ' leinf.i ratine vvlihin its zone of influ- - -i vv.iriiie'- ih.ui It would otherwise - ' I, Is I.e. -rinse of these reasons that ' pern-lies me ..Town with marked suc cess und Injury to" the crops by ad ei. so temperature conditions Is com- parutiviiy lurreiiiieiu in the portions ..1 evv ..rk ami ihe Province of On inrbi 1 hn t border 1-aUe Ontario; In Ohio nloiig IjiKe Krle; in southwest em Mif-htjmt! - tin IjcRe Michigan"; andT In some oilier districts which are ad- , . In cent to large bodies tf witter, 'JCSfrf rul-. th- z-i'io .f influence of bodies f wiiir. s-ich as those named,' 'is x ather i.nrrnvv. usually 1101 extending 1-iick 11 in tb- -hore more than a few lull--. , . .m.-. Vs '" TlH" MlopeV -. 'Iin sl..ie t.r ,-i'i-ur f a site l" '' rhe point ..r the t-niiipass toward wln-b tie land inclines. A question vei v ,-on it uske, ts. "What slope is l-1-.i :"' It Is ope that admits of no dire- -niiswer. 'o one slope Is pre- ... f. ralde .iti'd. r till conditions and jK'"' ,-tli res lot s tn fad. the Influenoa which a piiitit-iilar exposure may have hi the success of an orchard Is proh al.lv much nverr-riipha.slzed In the pop- ular mind As 1 rule, il Is doubtless safe to as-sirt-r thar n she having .a mnderato "" slop, in some direction ls to tie pre- - feried for orchard purposes, other things being equal, to one that is level. One having a alms? will usually have better soil and uimoPpherlo drtinage than i level area. Tbe new bulletin shows how tern perauire is a limiting factor in peach l" cm wiui; It als.. moUitis the gwneral ; features of th- ).ropagatlon or peach trees w-'bicb sbuld le understood by ptHch ginwcis. even though the aver age peach k row.-r is not concerned dt- i-i-tiv ,i, the .-uii.c( The bulletin " fheti piimipiI. to give details regard-, big the plat ting and tilage of the orchard, as ai.ll.fo au explanation of lii-iho'ls ,.f maiBUataHsg the fertlllt-' ' f the ..t! There, are a" number ot tlirures Itlusttating the new pamphlet which tiiuv tre hr,rf by application to the d p.-irtnient '" - " I, MF. OVKHIH Ns GKIIMAWT. Vtlltl nliiisls (..( a Itmplle huV' ' Ilunfcrs Xre at War. Frankfurter JC-itung- , wing to the summoning of a large ; from bcr of h u n t rs ju, -the- colors. Oer- . many is suffering from a decline. Ill -the inaiki t nf game f.Kids and anln- rea.se in tiie dantagc done py wild animals. here ask. c oinlilatnla in many dis tricts alioul growing damage by wild animals at this time, tn which all pos- State of affairs should lie "avokied. Since the closed season is regulated In Germany by the variutts federated governments, a single regulation for all by the? central , government fs not practicable. Sev eral of the federated governments,,: however.- have- adreadyj extended the open season for the hunting of red deer, venison and -rabbits. . Thus, for etample. the open season for the hunting of old deer and yearlings and fawn has- been extended to January' JO and to January St for hunting of rabbits. Sea fowls' eggs are almost conical In form, so that they will only roU In a circle. ..As many of them are laid tm the bare ledges of high , rocks, this prevision' of nature prevsata their roUins; a, - - ' ,r . - -i' -
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