North Carolina Newspapers

! - 'A . ; . -..,V'.- y UAl , ; . : - ' GREENSBORO, N,C PAGE TWO PLANTING TREES, ft MR. GILLIAM'S SMILE. Wh ere Confederacy Got Powder. y&n lmjunisl. rranK s. wooason, f veteran newspaper man and 11 for a long time editor of the Danville, Virginia, Register, has been doing stunts these latter years on the Richmond Times- Dispatch, developing into a booster of the most modern school in Dre- sen ting in very attractive form the splendid resources and business op portunities of the N Old Dominion. The industrial section carried each Sunday by the big Richmond daily has been Woodson's work, and, we ta'ke it that the several pages devot ed to the "magic city" of Hopewell (the name is significant) was a part of his assignment. (Mr. Woodson does not live entire ly in the future, however. Occasion ally he takes an hour off for a little excursion into the past; quits the grind long enough to become remin iscent and draw comparisons between the then and now. It was in one of these moods suggested, no doubt, by the sights and scenes around the home of the Du Pont -powder works that he recalled an interesting bit of war history which appeared simul taneously with the Hopewell write up. . ... "Something over fifty years ago," 'says Mr. Woodson, "when the great War Between the States was raging, ukic nao uuc UIJBiei WHICH Lilt? North sought to, but failed to solve until the close of the war. Mr. Lin coln, General Grant and the others at the head of affairs .knowing that tney nad all of the Southern' ports blockaded, and knowing that the Southerners were not powde-mak ers, wondered how the Confederate government kept s6 well supplied with ammunition, for, as a matttr of fact, it was as well supplied as was the North until after the fall of Rich mond and Petersburg. "Mr. Lincoln and his advisers ar gued that somewhere in the Con' federacy there, must be an immense supply stored away, and if they could find where it was, capture ajid de stroy it at any cost, the end of the Confederacy would be at hand, butjturies. and the price of their nuts they never were able to find where it was, not even with, the aid of spies, raiders and secret-service agents. But few readers of war f history know to this day where the Confederacy had its powder and lead hidden, away. The missing link in the chain of his tory can be supplied. " "Away hack yonder, about the year 1810, Major John Clark, some of whose descendants still live ? in ..Richmond, built a foundry, or arsen ' al, for the manufacture of cannon Sand small arras on a commanding inClrt: 1 - ;v chty; over- -iaii'ari tcie I. . the United 'ates "government, ' and hundreds tt. i thousands of the guns 'used ag:?t the British In the War of v 1812 "were; made there , by Major "In 1813 the United States gov ernment bought the property " from Major Clark. "A square : of - two and . one-third acres, was laid off and surrounded with high rock : and Tbrick walls, and within these walls, and in some cases forming a part of them, were erected substantial factories for the manufacture of maskets and other small arms, and there was also erect ed a large addition to the Clark can non foundry and large forces of hands were put to work in them, turning out the man-killing imple ments. The place was named Belona Arsenal, and it is today known lo cally as 'Old Belona Arsenal.' "Along in the late forties, or early fifties, when the railroads commenc ed to stretch out through the coun try, the government built .other ar senals at places where the railroads coujd. be taken advantage of, and Belona Arsenal was abandoned. A few years later, when Jefferson Dav is was Secretary of War, he ordered the Belona Arsenal property to be sold at auction. "When Mr. Davis became Presi dent of the Southern Confederacy he loresaw prooaDie blockades of South ern ports, and on his recommenda tion the Confederate government made haste to buy powder and lead and shells in Europe . by shiploads and have them hurried to Norfolk, Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah had not fallen into the hands of the Union armies, or had not been block aded. From these ports very many shiploads of ammunition were rail roaded to Richmond. "It was then that Mr. Davis re membered the old abandoned Belona Arsenal which he, as Secretary of War in Uncle Sam's government, had sold to Dr. Archer. He proceeded, through his proper officers, to lease the . property from General Cocke, the then owner, put the cannon and musket factories to work again and filled the magazine with the powder and hall brought from Europe. Whenever, ammunition was required the powder and lead were brought to Richmond and Manchester, where the cartridges were made and shells loaded and rushed on to the front. Old Belona Arsenal was re-opened and rehabilitated in all of its glory. but its existence and its operations wert kept as much of a secret as - nnsRlhlp and stranro tn rolato thaf . with . all of their spies and all of their friends on the south side of the and the United States government ' never knew of the rehabilitation un til the war was over. Then they knew for the first time where the blockaded Confederacy had kept: so much powder on tap, stored away in the old stone magazine that was built nearly fifty years before by Presi 4ent Madison. v "At the close of the war Uncle Sam claimed the property and took possession of it, but finally it went back to General Cocke.. It changed hands several times within the next few years,, and one. of the purchasers tore down some of the arsenal build ings and some of the walls to use the brick in (Richmond, but the most of them are there yet. W. J. Camack, a -good old Chesterfield county farm - Why Not Plant Something Of Per manent Value To State. hllevwe.are building state and national -highways and while our State Forestry association and all civic organizations are urging every- Doay to piani trees, wu; .nut jpuh those of permanent and constantly increasing value instead of those that serve' no further purpose than to furnish shade in summer and per- haps please the eye if the bloom or foliage happens to be particularly at tractive. Why not plant not only for the next generation, but the next, and the next, and the next-not only for your children but your grand children several times removed? Some one has proposed to plant apple trees along the public highway, and the idea is good. Any kind of fruit tree that will live a reasonable length of time and produce some thing of Value while furnishing shel ter from the sun's rays is more worth while than those sorely for orna mental purposes. But the apple tree is short lived, as the life of a tree is reckoned, and in sections where cli matic conditions are favorable the English walnut would be infinitely more desirable. Statistics show that we import from England and other countries every year. over $5,000,000 worth of walnuts and about $500,000 worth of timber : from the trees on which they grow. In food value the English walnut excels all other nuts. There is more nutriment in a pound of good wal nuts than in the same amount of beefsteak.. ' -. In England fresh walnuts, with the outer skin removed, are consid ered a. great delicacy to serve with along very well reading my chiro wine for dessert. ' They are also ex- 'graphy- although at first, blush it tensively used in pickles, catsup and preserves. In France every year many tons of them are crushed to make an oil which is a very satisfac tory substitute for olive oil. But the sweet-flavored and nour ishing nuts are not. all that the wal nut tree produces. Its timber is more valuable than mahogany and is much used in the manufacture of gunstocks and furniture. It has a handsome grain and is remarkably heavy so heavy, in fact, that when green it will not float in water. What a splendid investment for future generations a grove of walnut trees is can be seen from the fact that they will live and bear for cen- and timber is steadily increasing. ; In England many fine trees may be found that are hundreds of years old. Some are nearly 100 feet high, with a spread of more than 100 feet and bearing thousands of nuts for their owners every year. One tree that is said to be more than one thousand years old produces more than 100,000 nuts a year-and is a chief factor in the support of five families. " - , iif nig to its peculiar alkaline sap the. English walnut tree . has never been . preyed .upon by .. the San Jose scale or arty c tier . Hct reVt Z? 6m try and agriculture are doing all they . can to ' encourage tht' English walnut industry. . , in California" the industry is already on a sound foot ing, more than 12,000 tons of nuts,. worth about S3,500,ouo, naving been raised rthere last year. ; Some States are considering the advisability of planting walnut trees, along the new State roads after the custom in England and Germany.. where practically all the walnuts are distributed along the drives or serve as ornamental shade trees upon the, lawns. . ': There is one avenue in Germany which is bordered on both sides for ten miles by enormous English wal nut trees which meet in the centre, thus forming a beautifully covered lane and at the same time yielding hundreds of dollars worth of nut each season. It is the custom in England and Germany to lease the trees to com panies which pay so much for the privilege of harvesting the nuts, thus attaching to the tres a value similar to that of giltedged bonds, yielding a steady income to the owners, with no work involved. WILLING TO DIE FOR HIM. A Negro Father Begs To Pay Penalty ; For Wayward Son. A human interest story is told in the following news item under a Wilmington date line: "William Merrick, an aged colored man, begged Judge Daniels in Super ior Court to let him pay death pen alty for his son, Thomas Merrick, 18 years old, who was convicted of first degree murder of Mr. L. B. Hudson, a popular young white mail of this city, some weeks ago, having "shot him to death with a shot gun follow ing a dispute over a hitching rein. "The jury had been out 22 hours, when the verdict was returned. Feb. 10, next, f was named as the date of electrocution. Attorneys for defend ant took appeal to the Supreme Court. The father of the condemned youth is a butler in the home of a prominent family." ' - There are people who claim that the ties of blood are not as strong in the 'negro race as in the white that the , negro parent does not suffer the same degree of sorrow over a fallen sotf or daughter that the white par ent does. ',-'-..;'.,.- But it all depends. The" average negro, of course, by reason of a more limited capacity for the higher and nobler sentiments, is less sensitive to disgrace and more indifferent to men's opinions.. Occasionally, how ever, you find a case, like the one re lated above, where the love of the father or mother for the offending offspring is something pathetic and worthy of our deepest respect and admiration. .V ; Few white fathers, when put to the test, would voluntarily go to -the electric chair to save an erring son, and so we say all honor to the Wil mington negro, bowed down with the burden of a great sorrow. ; . er, now owns the property. He has converted the cannon factory into a grist mill, and the big briek arsenal buildings, with their ..loopholes, into stables and cattle . barns while the old' magazine is well covered with "vines and shaded with trees that 1 have grown up within the walls." Reminiscent. J) In this Department the Old Man writes panslnff fancies maybe recalling bappen Ings tf forty year go maybe something f only n few months. All people live either in the pKt or the future. It is what you did yesterday or wbat you will 1o tomorrow. Never wbat yon are doing now. This department 4s conducted sim ply to take care of those pleasant things (hat b:ipene1 as we walked along the rnd that la now proas grown and Indis tinct the rond over which we will never walk again. ' The Union. A few suggestions from the print ers' union during ; the last few days brings to mind an experience or two I had in the, early days with ', print ers, and one of the experiences is worth relating iny this reminiscent column. Way back in 1884 I pur chased a half interest in a morning newspaper at Nebraska City the Press, the oldest newspaper in that state. I had just come in from Call fornia, and I was to be the editor, and I edited. I wrote about all the paper. It wasn t much of a rag -we had only eight compositors. In those days types were set by hand and the men worked at so much per thousand "ems." We had a pretty good crowd of compositors and the loreman was tne limit. He was a Rochester, New York, man, and he was full of the East and the east wind as 'well and he was always springing something new and as it was a union shop I had to listen. Couldn't Read Writing. I had before furnished copy for newspapers and the compositors got isn't as plain as print. But old time 'printers have told me that when they once "got on to it" they read It just like they would read copper plate But my writing wasn't plain enough, or, at least, it furnished an excuse for Doughty, the foreman, to make a kick. He had already kicked on the style heads I had adopted: he had kicked on the manner in which I marked the proof sheets, because I read my own proofs; he had kicked on a great many things and while did nott"view him with alarm" I felt that maybe trouble was brewing, and that some - night if I stood my ground there could easily be a walk out. And I decided to Jet it come if I was clearly in the right. After Doughty had kicked on all the things he could conjure up, he came into the editorial rooms one day about three o'clock and informed me he had a whining voice which sounded like the voice of a sheep stealing dog would sound if the aog could talk and he said: "Mr. Fairhrother, we have had a. meeting and concluded that-you write such a hard hand to read that we lose a great deal of time in trying to decipher it and we have voted to charge an additional five cents per thousand on all your manuscript" I was utterly astound ed becar"erIkr,v,tfcat any inte"? it rapidly and thtre vas ' nothing in Doughty's scheme except a gr a tinea-! tion of his inherent desire to kick and 'be ugly. I wanted to know if he didn't think if I would write slower I could make it plain, enough that with the amount of copy I was turn ing out an additional five cents a thousand the rate then-was forty cents it would increase composition bills but he was satisfied that . I couldn't do it. I asked him v when this new order was to go into, effect, and he said at once. To See About It. I told them, I would see what could be done, and they looked like they were very kappy, Doughty wanted his underlings to remark again that he was a great man that they had whipped the front office. In the town was a law firm, Watson & Woodehouse, and Woodehouse was agent for the Calligraph, made by the American . Writing Machine Co. This was the first writing machine on the market with the basket prin ciple and for many years even the Remington people paid a royalty for the use of that principle. The Calli graph sold for $80. Luckily Woode house had a new one in stock and I had Ben, Watson's nigger, bring it down to me. It was after four o'clock and I swore that I would hand one to Mr. Doughty. Now I am here to tell you that if you never ran- a type writer you don't get up much speed the first" three or four days but my intense interest in what . I was doing, and having written a few letters on the used machine in the law office, made it possible for me to progress with what I consid ered surprising speed and accuracy. The Copy Printed. So I buckled down. Composition commenced then at 7.30. and when that hour arrived I threw about six columns of the pure stuph into the box and said nothing. I had. not been to supper and I didn't want any supper. I was pounding that ma chine. And I kept on; And I furn ished all the copy, ll wrote the heads for the front page and along about midnight I figured them out with a pencil and then put them on the machine. I never mentioned the introduction of the typewriter. I saw Doughty and I saw the printers -but never a word was said. I kept up the lick and was always thankful to Doughty for forcing me to do some thing. My partner said that Doughty had said to him that I was a pretty hard fellow to get ahead of but he never said a word to me. Since Then. Since then I have used all kinds of machines. I have two Smith Prem iers in California; I have two Mon archs in wis town and will have an other In Arizona and what may be interesting to all is the fact that that same old Calligraph which I bought in Nebraska City in 1884 is today in Petaluma, California, owned by H. I Cameron and now and then he writes me a letter on it Of course this only interests those who have monkeyed with the unrea sonable man in the union, in J the church, in the community. Thefl is always- some kicker; ' some fellow who wants to upset all the-pleasant relations that might prevail and Doughty was one Of them. And his counterpart is everywhere and -.he isn't to blame. He was just natural- jiy horn that way and can't help It. But I beat Mr. Douehtv to it and have used a machine ever since. A Man Who Can Laugh In Face Of Success Or Disaster. The Raleigh News and Observer hands this little bouquet to our gen ial friend and neighbor of the Pro tectionist, and all who know Mr. Grissom will agree that it is well de served. And if, as the Raleigh edi tor claims, he is able to smile and be always optimistic in the face of de feat as well as in the hour of triumph, why doesn't he come very near measuring up Mr. Kipling's definition of a "Man?" The News and Observer says: ...... "We confess that it Is always a source of pleasure to us to see Gil liam Grissom at a meeting. He is the secretary of the Republican State executive committee and when he is at his writing and talking post at a Republican . meeting he nleases the eye. "For Mr. Grissom has a face that smiles with 'the smile that won't come off. It is the Republican smile of hope which illumines his countenance, for wih or lose Gilliam Grissom carries the smile. Why, he even smiles when there is a majority of over a hundred thousand against North Carolina Republicans, and he smiles some more when the Repub lican party goes smash into factions in the State. "Gilliam Grissom's smile is the smile of optimism. No matter how bad are affairs his smile says that it might have been worse. And so after the bumps on the rocks which the Republican party got In 1912, Gilliam Grissom and his smile were here yesterday. And it was so che rubic a smile, so expansive a smile, so hopeful a smile, that we felt somewhat sorry for him in view of the swatting which is in store for the Republicans in 1916. But know ing Gilliam Grissom we know that his smile is going to survive and that he will continue to be secretary." o - - GUILFORD FARMERS MEET. Pass Resolutions . Endorsing Work Of County Demonstrator. At an enthusiastic meeting of Guilford county farmers held last Saturday in the Guilford county court house, the following resolu tions were adopted: "Resolved, That this meeting in dorse the objects aimed at by main taining a farm demonstration agent in Guilford county. "That we commend the action of the county commissioners in sup porting it up to this time and strongly recommend that this sup port be. continued. "That: this meeting elect a com mittee of three to co-operate with a like committee from the chamber of commerce of Greensboro and repre sentatives of. the United States agri cultural department and state exten sion bureau In selecting a farm de monstrator and directing his activ ities; and that, this committee shall consist ;of Z.-.L.' Groome, B. . S. Klm nery -and T, M. ,Sellers.,;Jl; - - ' chairman, of th-meeting, with J. C. Forester as , secretary, and during the morning there were talks by the following men: J. G. Frazier, of Guiflord College; L. L. Groom, of Groomtown; J. A.. Hughes, R. W. H. Stone, A. M. Scales and O. M. Rock- ett, of Greensboro; J. A. Hoskins. of Summerfield; D. A. Kirkpatrick, of near Greensboro; T. M. Sellers, of Brown Summitt, and E. S. Mill saps, district agent of farm demon stration work for the North Carolina department of agriculture. THE MINISTERS. Changes And Appointments in The Greensboro District. Greensboro -Methodists are inter ested In the transfer of Rev. W. O. Goode from the pastorate of Spring Garden Street Methodist church to Thomasville station. He is succeed ed by Rev. Z. E. Barnhardt, who is recognized as a preacher of ability and a popular pastor. Another change was that of Rev. R. D. Sherrill, who has faithfully served his four year limit as pastor of Centenary Methodist church. He Is appointed to the pastorate""- of Hawthorne Lane church in Char lotte. Kev. j. t. Bennett Is ap pointed pastor of . Centenary church Other appointments were: J. H. Weaver, presiding elder. Asheboro, J. E. Thompson. Coleridge, R. L.' Melton. Denton, .J. M. Varner, supply. Deep River, W. B. Thompson, supply. v Greensboro Centenary, J. H. Bennett; Spring Garden. Z. E. Barn hardt; C. Jones, preacher; Walnut Street, Carraway Memorial, W. M. Robins; West Market Street, C. W. Byrd. Greensboro circuit, J. E. Wools- ley. West Greensboro circuit, S. T Barber. Gibsonville, A. C. Gibbs. High Point 'Main Street, H. Robbins; Wesley Memorial, G. H T. Rowe; East and West, W. A. Bar ber, supply. Pleasant Garden, C. F. Sherrill. Ramseur-Franklinville, H. C. By num. ' Randleman-Naomi, A. R. Bell. Randolph, E. N. Crowder. Reidsville.'W. A. Lambeth. Ruffln, J. J. Edwards. v Uwharrie, C. E. Steadman. Wentworth, T. C. Jordan. President Greensboro College Women, S. B. Turrentine. Treasurer Greensboro College Women, W. M. Curtis. for for Conference missionary secretary. Frank Sileri. Editor North Carolina Christian Advocate, H. M. Blair. State Sunday-school . secretary, J W. Long. Missionary to Korea, J. R. Moose. Conference evangelist, W. L. Daw- sons: f 1 Student in Emory and Henryv Col lege, J. E. Womack. Hard On Tommy Atkins. The Library -Committee of Wads- worth, a" -southwestern suburb : of London, has de&uW to add to the war depression by placing a ban on the circulation of all works of fic tion to either adult or Juvenile until after peace is declared. Promises The. Artie Ice & Coal Company has reached its present position of prominence and strength through rigidly pursuing the following policy: To get business on a sound basis and to offer no inducements that it cannot fulfill or live up to, by constantly fulfilling every expectation of its old customers, we have attracted the attention of new ones. Promises kept have been theTkeynote of this progress, and all business intrusted to us will re ceive the most careful attention. It will have the benefit of our perience. Telephones: EL: AM GETTING BETTER. Mr. George T. Penny Says Hum. Things Mr. George T. Penny he should be a Colonel, of the American Auc tion and Healty Co., tells us that things are again as they used to be in the real estate business. He says his company has a sale booked for every day up to the first of the year that people are buying and they have the money, and do not Beem afraid to part with it. He reports High Point booming now factories on full time, and he predicts gTeat things in the real es tate market for next year. There Is only one George Penny in all the world. .. Cold Pizen. novelist, 'Itook- a 'dose of cold poison and died Miss Knealey was suing a publishing house for slander and didn't win her case and she thought the best way out was the surest and she drank the poison and died. Poor thing. STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! If yon want your work done well rail on the STARR PRESSING CLUB In rear of the Banner Bids'. In basement. We keep a first claea plare for ladlea and genta. No loafing- allowed. AV. M. HAIRSTON. PROP. Phone 808 . Room 8 and 9 Candy, Candy, Candy and more Candy. We make our Candy every day. CANDY KITCHEN We have opened an up-to-date Candy Kitchen and Ice Cream Parlor at 324 South Elm street and are ready to serve the public with fresh home-made candies. Come to see us. Give our candies a trial and you will be convinced that we handle only the best. This is the place where your money goes the furthest. OLYMPIA GAUDY KITCHEN 324 South Elm St. Here is the Foster Flyer, a truly great Cooking Stoye Value This is one of the best con structed stoves we have ever sold, It has a duplex grate with sec tional back and burns either wood or coal. Heats quickly and is an ideal baker. . ' PRICES $16 AND $18:50 Also have a big line of heating stores now on display. GUILFORD HARDWARE COMPANY South Greensboro Audi FVoinress great equipment and years of ex- 1822. 1&23. 1824. "''Si IXZZIE How About A Coat Suit?' Ellis-Stone & Co. want to supply your needs in coat suits, and wraps and everything necessary t for the comfort of a well-dressed woman during the winter season. The dis play is most inviting and the service such as to satisfy the most exacting customer. THE BROKEN FIVE DOLLAR BILL rr Slips through your fingers as though the fragments were greased. . You "break" a five lollar bill and with the change In your pocket it gets away trom you? QUICK. . - 'With a Bank Account, you write checks for what you. spend; we do' -your book-keeping for you, and with no money to throw away you . don't throw it away.. THE GREENSBQR01 NATIONAL . BANK Asks yoC to JOpeh an account and see how it will save you money. ' Member Federal rfeaerr. Bank, .Fifth District. Tv ; j ' " Corner Sonth Elmand East Washington Street.. Tobacco Higher Tobacco Is the highest It has been any time this season. We have not had aissatisned farmer for several days. Bring us your next load" and we will please you too. We do not care where you have been : selling and on what market we will guarantee we can get'you as much or more than you . can get anywhere else." Best lighted house. Besitf force, and prices to be found anywhere.- z. Center Brick Warehouse KING AND AYDELETTE, PROPS. OVERCOATS AVe carry in A stock a well selected assortment of tailored over coats and can fit you out handsomely right here in our own shop. Xew patterns and styles justireceived this week. " ' " ' ' .. ': If you haven't made arrangements for your winter suit we would be glad for you to make a 'thorough inspection of our pat terns, -'mi' "--' - " ' a. ' ' " STO C K A RD AND WIMBISH FURWIf UM AT COST THIS IS NO -FAKE SALE BUT A FACT We are absolutely going out of business. Every thing In oar storeys for; sale at COST. Gome see us. Get prices. Select what you want tor today or for CHRISTMAS. Here is Opportunity. . . . . Hot an arliclerilenei Cash" will talk here for the next thirty flays, i: MEDEARTS Opposite American Exchange National Bank, Greensboro.' p S Also 2 honeamSSggj; l"inrnl6ire wagon- and twosets ' of harness will be sold. kit L! i if . AA III : V Mrs. Iseley Passes. r , Mrs. Sarah Angeline Isley died last Sunday at the home of her son, Mr. Ira B. Iseley, In this city. She )ias been for years a devoted mem ber of the Methodist Episcopal church, funeral services being con ducted from Centenary church and Interment . in Green Hill cemetery. ' lOOOl iE3QOor3rz FURNITURE CO. 5 .' j r ,