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LINCOLNTON. N. C, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1908.
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No. 17
Vol. II.
NOVA SCOTIA.
Observations Of A "Tar Heel'
In The
"Land Of The Blue Noses."
At the request of the editor of
The Lincoln County News and by
promise of compliance therewith,
the undersigued begs to submit to
the readers of this paper a few ob
servations relative to Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia is a land rich in
romance and legends and full of
charms' both in natural features
and local traditions. Its .history
is replete with incidents of more
than passing interest. Here the
historian can reap a rich reward
for his researches, the budding
poet by a simple "presto" can
iniul the hushful muse at his feet
subservient to his commands, and
the lover of . romance can compel
the genii to his assistance in the
weaving of his mystic tales Not
a race but backs have here played
important parts. Thecountry has
been the playground of history as
no other section of Northeastern
America has. Here have been
witnessed scenes and have occurred
events, the relation of which still
'thrills -the blood, delights the fan
cy and impresses the mind. Here
the savage Micmacks roamed the
forests, fished in the beautiful
and resisted the
encroachments of the "pale face,"
whilst the French and British were
engaged in the long and incessant
struggle for supremacy and the
ownership of the land.
History has left numerous traces
upou the people and soil of Nova
Scotia and at this day evidence of
the fact is to be had iu the names
of its inhabitants ana luwuiucs
and in the lingering ho'd upon an
cient customs. Even the names
by which the country has been
called 1 'Megguraaage, " "Mark
land," "Acadie," "Nova Scotia,"
and "Land of Evangeline" are
Kuk armollat.ions SUCffestive Of
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epochs and events in its history.
"Mcggumaage" (Land of the Meg
gaamacks) was the name given the
country by its original inhabitants,
the Meggaamacks (or Micmacks,
as thev are called today), a tribe
of the great Algongum family,
,Ur. jioi.i awav nvrr the land be-
i w
fore the European came and de
prived them of their rightful pos
sessions. Of these savage people,
a remnant of which still remains
in the land, and of their traits,
customs, and mode of life, their
language,superstition, and religion,
much of interest might be written,
bat space here forbids.
"Markland" is the name that
.. commemorates the visit to our
shores of the hardy sea-rovers of
the, North, the Northmen, or
Norsemen, who led by the re
nowncd and adventurous Lief the
Lucky in the year 1002, A. D.yac
cordiuff to a well-authenticated
record in the sagas of the Iceland
ers, visited this part of the coast,
named the country "Markland"
(Land of Woods), sailed thence
across the Bav of Fundy, and
made land pgain away to the South
on the New England Coast, to
which thev gave the name "Vin
ln.l rT,anrfnf Vines. 1
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' "Acadie," or "Acadia," (an
Indian word, said to mean abun
dance) is the namegiven the coun
try by the French, and as origin
ally applied included also the
nrovince of New Brunswick. The
name is first found in the petition
of DcMouts to the French King
for leave to colonize ths portion of
the new worltj, The petitiou
granted, De Monts led an expedi
tion and formed a settlement in
the spring of 1604 at Port Royal,
fnow Annapolis Royal, the oldest
towh except St. Augustine in all
Ndrth Amenfca. Port Royal was
the first settlement ever attempted
on any part of the peninsula, and
with this event the authentic his
tory of Nova Scotia begins.
The name "Nova Scotia" (New
Scotland) was first used in 1621
when Sir WiUiam Alexander, a
Scottish Knight at the court of
James I, obtained from the King a
grant of the peninsula, which iu
the royal charter was named
"Nova Scotia"instead of "Acadie, "
the old name given the colony by
the French Sir William who
was ambitious of founding a colony
in America and anxious to expel
the French who were rapidly tak
ing possession of the country, en
deavored to colonize his possessions
on an extensive scale but his at
tempts were frustrated by the
French.
For many years the conflicting
claims of the English and the
French to the country gave rise to
an almost uninterrupted struggle
betwen them, and the country was
now in possession of the English
and again of the French and thus
"it passed back and forth like a
shuttle between the two nations"
until 1713 when the country was
transferred from the French to the
Euglish flag and it became a per
manent En dish possession. But
its inhabitants were French Aca-
dians and they refused to transfer
their allegiance to the English
crown. At lengtn, as a last resort,
the English determined to deport
the Acad ians and scatter them
among the American colonies.
This event occurred in the year
1755 and is memorable both on ac
count of the wide-spread interest
which it has excited and its impor
tant bearing on the history of the
province. The characters, inci
dents, and scenery described in
Longfellow's immortal story of
"Evangeline" are ! all connected
with this sad expulsion. The poet
has thus made a part of the early
history of Nova Scotia familiar to
all lovers of true poetry and his
famous poem has given this coun-
trv the beautiful name "Land of
Evangeline."
Besides the names of historical
significance, there arc two other
appellations by which Nova Scotia
is known, namelv: "The Land of
the Blue Noses" and "The Long
Wharf of the Dominion." The
former name was given thecountry
some years ago by the people of
Boston who were eager purchasers
of a fine variety of potatoes raised
here of a bluish color which they
designated "blue nose potatoes."
Eventually the country began to
be spoken of as "The Land of the
Blue Noses" and today every na
tive of this country is referred to
as a "Blue Nose'-' just as one born
in North Carolina is called a. "Tar
Heel." The fastest train of the
province is designated "The Blue
Nose Flyer."
Stretching out into the ocean
highways and - possessing safe and
accessible harbors, the finest in the
world, Nova Scotia has acquired
the name "The Long Wharf of the
Dominion." This Ijteing the sev
enth appellation, and the number
seven signifying perfection, the list
may now be regarded as complete.
THE COUNTRY ITSELF.
And what is Nova Scotia! "Why,
it is the land of Evangeline" re
plies the average American, as
though Evangeline and her sad
story and the history of the un
happy Acadians were the vAlpha
and Omega of Nova Scotia. There
isLowever, something more - than
that to give to the province its in
dividuality. It holds a place in
history and the great family of
countries beside which' that of the
poet's creation is but a single cir
cumstance. For an-inadequate
description of Nova Scotia the
space of a volume would be re
quired and even then the interest
ing features of the laud could only
be touched upon.
To sum up briefly, Nova Scotia
is a province of the Canadian Do
minion made up of a rock-bound
peninsula within whose territory,
which is less than half that of
North Carolina, are stored rich
samples of nearly all the natural
beauty, mineral and agricultural
riches, aid industrial enterprises
of the North American continent.
Nature was in ' a very prodigal
mood when she endowed Nova
Scotia, and seems to have shared
with it the best of all her posses
sions. The entire province, in
cluding Cape Breton Island is 300
miles in length and 100 miles in
extreme breadth. It is bounded
on the North by the Gulf of St.
Lawrence, on the E.ist and South
by the waters of the Atlautic, and
on the West by the Bay of Fundy
and New Brunswick. It is con
ncctcd -with this hitter province by
a narrow neck of land thirteen
miles in width "unlucky thir
teen" that prevented its becoming
au island! But after all, Nova
Scotia has every advantage of an
island and is indented by bun
drcds of fine bays and magnificent
harbors. Its coast is wichout a
peer upon the continent. Its in
dentations eive it a sea-shore
mileago surprisingly out of pro
portion to the journeying distance
between its Northern aud Southern
points. The principal poits of the
coast are open the year around to
the commerce of the worldand
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m'fl distant oniv a snort waier
journey of one to three days from
Portland, Boston, New York, and
Philadelphia.
The interior of Nova Scotia is in
tersectcd by chains of lofty hills
and is threaded by winding rivers
and sparkling lakes. While there
are no elevations really entitled to
the name of mountains, the land
sometimes takes a very ambitious
turn and uprears itself to a height
of 600 or 1000 feet, so that there is
never any monotony to the scen
ery and once iu a while there is
something akiu to grandeur. The
province being a narrow peninsula,
the rivers are consequently short,
but the country is particularly
well-watered and has a great u um
ber of streams, some of which are
navigable for large sea-going ves
sels for a distance of from twelve
to eighteen miles. The country is
a perfect network of lakes, nearly
one-fifth of its area being water,
In the county in which the writer
resides (Lunenburg county) there
are 242 lakes, including those that
border on the county line, and in
Yarmouth county the number is
even greater. The other sixteen
counties jof the province likewise
are dotted with themTFor the
most part these lakes abound in
fish of various kinds which come
to the surface and make plaintive
appeals for some one to come and
catch them 1 " " ' ""' ' ' '
The larger bays, which in many
places extend far into the interior,
are thronged with islands. One of
these alone, which we have had
the pleasure of viewing, contains
366 islands, one for every day in
the year, with an extra one added
for leap year I
Magnificent growths of wood
lands many of them still "the
forest primeval" and many so
dense that a deer could not pene
trate them abound in almost
every part of the province. In
the woods are plenty of birds,
partridge, . woodcock, ducks, and
snipe, and through the vast forest
tracts moose and deer range in
goodly number. As a resort for
sportsmen Nova Scotia rivals
Maine and New Brunswick. It
affords all possible pleasures of the
forest, the lake, the river and the
sea. '
(TO BE CONTINUED)
' Miss Margaret Tiddy, who has
been undergoing treatment for her
eyes at the Lincoln Hospital, left
Tuesday, much improved.
ASHLEY HORNE'S PLATFORM,
States Hit Position on the State Issues of
The Campaign.
Clayton, N. C. Feb. 21, 1908.
Mr. J. A. Lockhart, Chairman,
Wadesboro, N. C.
My Dear Sir:
I wish to express my apprecia
tion of the invitation you so kind
ly extended me to be present at
yo.ur celebration on the z2na ol ,
February. I wish' that my en
gagements would permit me the
pleasure of mixing with your peo
ple, and shaking hands with them.
eveu if I did not make a speech on
the occasion. Speaking is not my
specialty; I only claim to be a bus
iness man. Remembering, howev
er, some of the experiences of our
party in the past when our demo
cratic candidates have joined in
public discussions, and loving the
welfare ol my party above all oth
er considerations, I am loath to
participate in a discussion that
might tend to array some demo
crats against other democrats. Of
course if I am nominated, I shall
take the stump agaitist the nomi
nee of the other party.
We are all pretty close together
in our policies. To be sure, our
creed is democracy, as it is de
clared in our platforms, both State
and National; to all of which I am
loyal iu every particular. I reah
ize, however, that the people of
my party at whose hands I am
asking the nomination for Gover
nor are entitled to know my posi
tion upon any and every issue that
may confront us; aud for that rea
son, I take pleasure iu stating my
views iu respect to certain matters
of interest iu this State. I shall ;
not refer to National issues,
cause with those the candidates
for the office of Governor are not
primarily concerned:
":' 'J" '" FAKMERS. ;
My first desire, if elected, will
be to do all that is in my power to
promote the welfue of the farmers
of this State .1 have no hesitancy
in declaring this in the very be
ginning of v hat I have to say. I
am a farmer, myself, and have
been all of my life. I have ever
been interested in all that maks
for the good of the. agricultural in
terests of this whole State. It was
my pleasure to have a hand in the
establishment of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College oi North
Carolina, and I rejoice in the work
that it has been doing for the bet
terment of farming conditions.
For a short time I have been a
member of the Board directing the
Department of Agricuiture of the
State, and it is my earnest desire
to make Dot only this department
of the State government more
fruitful of good to that class of
men who make up so large a per
centage of our- population Here
tofore this department has been
burdeued with the expenses of un
dertakings not pertaining entirely
to agriculture, and its efficiency
thereby in a measure crippled; but
with this empediment removed, I
hope to see it make itself not only
beneficial, but even indispensible
to our farmers. Itshould be made
a department strictly by and for
the farmers.
. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
Since the settlement of the race
question eight years ago, the State
of North Carolina has made won
derful progress along lines of edu
cation and temperance."" While
keeping steadily in view these
great purposes, I believe the time
is now ripe for a forward move
ment in our business and indus
trial development. Realizing that
I am not a politician, nor an ora
tor, and that my shortcomings in
this respect might be a disappoint
ment to some of our citizens, I
should, if elected to the office of
Governor, give my best energies as
a business man to promote the wel-
fare of the State by upbuilding her
industries, helping her laboring
men, and developing her wonder
ful resources. I shall try to make
up for my deficiencies as a speaker
by earnest work.
EDUCATION. '
We must take no backward step
in the matter of education, but
must maintain, and as far as pos
sible advance our achievements in
this direction. .
prohibition. :
I shall vote for prohibition in
May, as I did in 1881. If the peo
ple ratify prohibition, and I am
elected, I shall do my best to en
force the law.
RAILROADS.
I rejoice that the railroad litiga
tion is about settled, and that the
people of the State may avoid the
expense aud vexation which the
further progress of that litigation
might entail. Theuew rateshould
be given a fair trial. If it proves
sufficiently remunerative to euable
the railroads to give good service,
pay living wages, and a fair re
turn on the true mouev value of
the property (but nothing upou
any watered stock), we may re
gard the matter as settled for some
years to come. I am sure that the
people of this State do not want
rates so unprofitable as to force
railroads to cheapen service, re
duce wages, discharge employees,
or stop improvements.
In making rates, three factors
must be considered, the wages
paid employees, the service due
the public, and the profit due the
i-i - ii f t. . i
viuu.
ine worK 01 ine rmmn. employee
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inust go regardless of time or
weather. Every hour he is in
jeopardy. No thoughtful man will
deny that he is entitled to a fair
living Avage commensurate with
his labor and the hazard of his
employment. The public ought
not to demand a rate so low that
the workman must suffer, and no
stockholder should expect a divi
dend until after the employees are
paid fair wages. The public should
be given good service, and granted
every protection in the power of
the railroads which will increase
their comfort and prevent their in
jury, such as the establishment
and enforcement of the block sys
tem aud double tracking as early
as business demands it.
The railroads, after paying their
employees good wages, and after
; paying the cost of maintaining and
completing their extensive improve
ments, are justly entitled, to a good
profit on the real value of the prop
erty.T am opposed to any divi
dends on watered stock, and am
iu favor of the enactment of laws
preventing the taxation of the
people for the wrongful purpose of
paying dividends on such stock. I
believe in the rigid control of rail
roads, and when so controlled, in
treating them fairly. I have never
owned railroad bonds or stock (ex
ccpt two shares in the Atlantic
and North Carolina Railroad Com
pany, which I took for a debt from
another merchant), and I have
never ridden on a pass.
FREIGHT DISCRIMINATION.
The -. flagrant discrimination
against North Carolina towns in
the matter of freight rates - must
cease. However much we may
have suffered from high ratesus
iness has been injured ten fold
more by unequal rates and ' dis
criminations against us in favor of
Virginia cities. We demand
equality with our sisters States,
and to obtain that equality and
justice the whole legal power of
the State must if necessary be put
in motion.
CORPORATIONS.
Corporations are necessities for
modern business. They are pow-1
erful agencies for good when con-
trolled by and kept within the
law. I favor their firm control
aud regulation. So ''..controlled,
they should be treated fairly and
justly, the same as au individual.
I favor a law making political con
tributions by corporations illegaL
They should avoid the very ap
pearance of evil.
TRUSTS.
.'; The suppression of competition
is a crime. The man or corpora
tion that suppresses competition
and establishes a monopoly is a
criminal, and should be treated as
such. The Protective Tariff is the
prolific mother of trusts, aud State
regulations cannot reach her. But
SUte legislation cau to some ex
tent reach her progeny, these pir
ates of commerce; and every, at
tempt to restrict competition iu
buying and selling should be made
criminal,
LEGAL. PROCEEDINGS.
made more expeditious aud less ex
pensive. When a docket is full of
important matters, it seems a
waste of time for a Superior court
to be trying a multitude of cases
which could more appropriately
be disposed of in a police court.
PARDONS.
Pardousshould be gran ted when
ever the innocence of the defend
ant is established after conviction; r
aud upon failure of health, aud
tor other cogent reasons they can
be properly granted. But ordi-
uarily a court and jury, with the
defendant present and represented
by counsel, and with the witnesses
on both sides present, furnish the
best tribunal for the trial aud pun
ishment of crime. Usually their
decisions had best not be disturb
ed by the Executive.
FRAUDULENT STATE BONDS.
If elected Governor, I shall with
all the legal power of the State re
sist any attempt to collect the
fraudulent special tax bonds issued
by the Legislature of 1868.
THE PENITENTIARY.
The penitentiary should be self-
sustaining. The present policy of
making it contribute to the sup
port of the State government is a
wise one. Crime is expensive, and
it is nothing but right that crimi
nals should be made to contribute
towards defraying the expenses
they make necessary.
- pnnr.in rw a pittas
Our unfortunates, insane, deaf,
blind must be treated liberally.
If times become hard, and our re
sources lessened,-, economies and
deprivations must fall upon those
Af 1 1 n nrk. nA nltln 4-n r r
care of ourselves. The unfortu
nate anrl defftnsplpss miist, not ha
forgotten. , , -
CONFEDERATE SOLDIER.
Our State must do all possible
for the comfort and cheer of those
brave men who dared all perils for
the welfare of this State from 1861
to 1865. I shall be glad to have
an opportunity to do all that a
governor may to brighten the last
years of my surviving comrades of
those memorable days of hardship
and privation. As increase of age
augments their needs, our bounty
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muse De noerai. we snoum not
regard this expense as a tax or a
burden! It is a proud privilege
to minister to the comfort of these
brave men. "" ' " .' ' ' "
1.II.U1UUA1 lUI .
Immieration is to be desired.
r r T-y-i i nr r t
provided the immigrants are the
right kind of people; but no immi
grants should be sought from un
desireable foreign sections. We
have been sorely troubled already
by one face problem; it would
hardly be wise to import another.
If our industries were more fully
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