Valley
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Our County—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper.
'T. J. MINEB, MivnaKor
BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N. C., FRIDAY. NOVBIIiER 10, IflOo.
VOL. X-NO. 45
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In View of Their Services
to Man Isn’t* IL Criminal
to Kill Them?
During our recent visit to the
old settled sections of Virginia
we were very forcibly itnpressed
with tlie scarcity of nutiva birds
and the great abundance of in
sects. Around Petersburg we
took long walks into the “rural
shades,” but the only bird w’e
saw in all that section was the
English sparrow.
The apple and pear trees of
that section were heavily laden
with fruit, but they were also
covered with the webs and nests
of unsightly (.*ateri)illars and
worms, whose destrucl ive tend
encies made it almost impossible
to find a [)erfect specimen of any
kind of fruit. We were told that
market gai-dners were compelled
to cover their ^’oung and tendei-
vegetables with canvas in order
to })revent the ravages of the
hordes of insects ever I'eady to
thwart man's endeavors.
.lust now is the “open season”
for bird i\illin<r—that is. it is
iawfnl to shoot what are general
ly known as “game" birds, and
classed with these is the quail,
or partridge as it is known here.
The Audubon society las done
great work in educating the peo
pie of this slate to the value of
our song birds as a helj) to the
farmer—they should now devote
their energies to including the
quail—making it unlawful to kill
these at any season.
A few’ years since a heavy
snow drove the quail to seek food
and protection from the cribs
and stacks which man’s provi
dence had placed within tlieir
reach. A covey came to ilu-
writer's door and were fed by
hands invisibh^ to them for sev
eral days until they became al
most as tame as the chickens.
One day a man with a gun came
into the yard and commenced
shooting. Our lands were not
posted, and it was the “open sea
son.” We never saw any of that
covey again — what were not
killed were frightened away,
l)robably to starve before the
snow’ disa[)peared. There wasn’t
a member of our family whose
heart was not tilled with sorrow
for the fate of our feathered
friends.
The quail is a bird of the fields.
It stays where insects bury in
the ground, and raises its young
just in time to gather in the grass
hoppers which w'ould destroy all
that man undertakes to raise
were it not for the birds. As
long as man is permitted by law
to train dogs to hunt them and
then to shoot them on the wing
and call it “sport.” so long will a
scarcity exist and the farmers
will be the losers.
We notice a tendency among
our young sportsmen C^) to ig
nore the trespass notices iDromi-
nently jjosted on farms, and
when caught they escape jiun-
ishment. This should not be—
violators should be punished un
til they learn to respect the wish
es of the land owners. We are
released to note that many of our
best farmers have learned to ap
preciate the assistance of these
natural helpers and are trying to
protect them, and ihey should
have the assistance of the law
and the courts.
Should it ever occur that the
quail get too numerous and be
come a menace to the growing
and matured cro[)s, the farmer
would only need to seta few tra}is
and thin them out to his liking.
He would thus be enabled to get
some of the benefits of his own
protecting care instead of its
going to the professional hunter
and dog trainer. An amendment
to the Audubon law’ which will in
clude tiie quail is Vjadly needed,
and we hope that wlioever repre
sents our county in the next leg
islature will help to get it.
We have before us the August
bulletin of the iSorth Carolina
State Board of Agriculture and
we gladly co[)y a part of what it
says about the quail Here it is:
The bobwhite, while feeding
chielly upon seeds, grain and ber
ries during the season of tlie year
when it is mostly hunted, is nev
erilieless. during the warmer
months of the year, one of the
greatest insect destroyers in our
iields. The stomach of a quail
taken from a potato tield was ex
amiiied by an oi'nithologist some
time since, and found to contain
the remains of 100 seperate pota
to beetles. Another quail exam
ined by the same authority held
the remnants of live hundred
chinch-bugs. Therefore it is
readily seen that the bobwhite, in
addition to being a money crop
for the sale of his tlesh in market,
is also of mucli practical value af
ter the manner indicated above.
H. S. Anderson of Henderson
ville has brought suit against the
federal office holders of Western
North cai’olina for si’O.OOO dam
ages for failing to get an ofiice
which was promised him in 1900.
It is above the average for an or
dinary lawyer to accumulate Sl’O,-
OOO in a lifetime, but we suppose
Mr. Anderson considers this a
small matter in view of w'hat he
would have received had he han
died the revenues of th(? Western
district of North Carolina since
1900.
“Uncle Joe” Cannon says “one
State” for Oklahoma and Indian
Territory or none at all. and the
country used to understand that
the Speaker is always with the
majority if he sides with the man
who makes the motion though
Uncle Joe may see Oklahoma and
Indian Territory come in seper-
ately yet.
IJeware of Ointments
for Catarrh that contain mercury, as
mercuy will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange tlie
whole system when entering it
through the mucous’ surfaces. Such
aticles should never be used except
on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they do
is ten fold to the good you can possi
bly derive from them. Hall’s Catarrh
(’ure, nuinufactured by F. J. Cheney
& Co, Toledo, O., contains no mercury
and is taken internally, acting direct
ly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. In buying Hall’s
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the gen
uine. It is taken internally, and
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Druggists. Price 75c. per bottle.
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While Mulherry Trees.
The StaLe Will Give Away
20,000 Seedlings.
Gerald McCarthy, biologist of
tlie North Carolin-i department of
agriculture, advertises to dis
tribute 120.000 white mulberry
trees in various sections of the
state. The News would like very
much to get a few’ of th(?se trees,
and we do not doulit that many of
our farmers and townspeople
would like a few to experiment
with. If they will leav(; their or
ders at the News ol'tice, and
enough manifest an interest to
cover either 50 or 100 ti’ees, we
will make an elfort to secure them
and will divide the package as
wanted. Here is the advertise
ment:
The North Carolina Depart
ment of Agriculture will, begin
ning November ir)th, distribute
among the farmers of the state
I’O.OOO seedling white mulberry
t rei*s.
The distribution is intended to
• •MiouvMiro tlu^ growing of silk in
North Carolina, but the trees will
at the same time furnish shade
and food for poultry and hogs.
• A’ery farm in the state should
li.ive a mulberry grove.
Tlie trees should b(3 [)lanted 11’
xlil feet on dry soil and cared foi-
like peach or plum trees.
These trees will be sent by
mail, postpaid, in packages of .‘)0
and 100. Not less than 50 nor
more than 100 trees w’lll be sent
to one address.
To cover cost of packing and
m liiin”-. anplicanis must enclose
( ne cent for each tree. Postage
stamps accepted.
This is ])robably the last distri
bution of mulberry trees that
will be made by the department.
Those who want them should ap
ply at once.
Those who hjive not ti-ied silk
growing should send for a cop3^
of liulletin 181.
Address a))plications for mul
berry trees to the undersigned.
CJekalt) M'Cakthy, Biologist.
N. C. Department of Agriculture.
“Alimony for the husdand” is
the decree of a Cincinnati judge.
The law w’orks around towards
••justice,” sooner or later.
“Come closer” said the IVesi-
dent to veterans at a southern
Soldiers Home. The President
is getting closer to the southern
people and the southern veterans
every day.
From a careful reading of the
President’s .speeches we judge
that he is a stanch earnest and un
changeable friend of everybody,
withont regard to race, color or
previous condition of servitude.
— # mm — —
In Time <>f Pea<*<*.
In the first months of the Russia-
Japan war we had a striking example
of the necessity tor preparation and
the early advantage of'those who, so
to speak, “shingled their roofs in (hy
weather.” The virtu re of prepe ra
tion has made hisotry and given to
us our greatest men. The idividuals
as well as the nation shoukl be pre
pared lor any emergency. Are you
prepared to successfully combat the
first cold you take? A cold can be
cured much more (piii^kly when treat
ed soon as it h*as been contracted and
before it has become settled in the
system. Chamberlain’s Cough Rem
edy is famous for its cures of colds
and it should be kept at hand ready
for instant use.
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WASHINM IHiT
Among the Southern Govern
ors Vardarnan and .Tef Davis mus:
tei‘1 like “The Two (Jr[)!ians. ”
The Czar w’ill doubtless learn
thatyeilding com<\s easier after
one gets in the habit (;f it.
A little reading of the New
\ork pa[)ei’s disi)ols the notiofi
that there was such a thing as
“the silent vote.”
Count Cassini ii he i.s reading
the dispatches from Russia, nov>'
knows about the "bitter end” h»;
I used to worry over.
“Ja[)an is becoming democrat
ic” saysaTokyo writer. W(!ll. Mr
Bryan has bf*en in th3 neigiibor-
hood for a couple of weeks.
Wouldn’t it have been a joke ok
the insurance companies if Col.
Bryan had been electcd in
or 1900, in spiteof their “Bariel.'
While the judges of the Hall of
Fame were trying so hard to de
cide who should get a niche,
strange none of them thougiit of
Pat Crowe.
This announcement tliat eight
een women are bank cashiers in
Iowa is a little sur>)ri.-3ing. We
supposed they would rather be
••tellers. ”
The Sultan of Turkey says that
he would rather perish than sur
render control of the haances of
Macedonia. Talks like a ••life in
surance president.”
An Indian Territoi-y squav,- l as
been discovered who beats i.e/
husband. There is no use in ti y-
ing to get an Indian to take Civi
lization in moderation.
Vv'hen you start a story about a
town being ••in the throes” of
something or other you hav<" to
look twice to see whether the
town is in Russia or Kansas.
W e are about willing to accept
John A. McCall’s assertion that
he is a poor man, now that he ex
plains how he has invested all his
savings in the life insurance.
Another Oregcjn Congressman
has been senten'ced to jail. Ore
gon seems likely to be m(»re })i’()m-
inently re|>resented in the peni
tentiary than it is in Coiigress.
It is going to n:akt'‘ a severe
draft on Russia’s sup})Iy of free
si)eech when th<i Finns and Poles
start in to unload their thougiits
that iiave been snpressed for
years.
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