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VOL. I.
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1887.
NO 15'
' The Pine Knot.
PUBLISHED BVXRT SATURDAY MOR51KO AT
- Southern Pines. Macrc Co., I. C.
B. A. GOODRIDGE, Editor.
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TERMS- 1 .OO Per Year in Advance.
Single Copies 5 Cents.
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t3TADVETisiNC Rate promptly fur nished
pon application.
nrtn p.iMTtxr. of ererv description done
with neatness and despatch, and on reasonable
'terms. ....
MTCORRMPOUDKNCS on all topics ,of jren
eral interest invited. Write only on one side of
Yes, sir, we can write 1887 now, ev-
A New York Anarchist has blown
himself to' pieces attempting to manu
facture a bomb. We congratulate him
and the; public. He couldn't have
made a tjeiter beginning of the New
Year. ' '
I Better not take the tax off of tobac
co and whiskey. If ths revenue from
the paper; be brief and to the poin sl8S y2I these villainous drugs tends to make
name and sUte whether you wish it published
or not. I
Kntered at the Postoffice at Southern Pines,
N. C, as second class matter.
BRANSON HOUSE,
RALEIGH. N. C.
our too big surplus bigger, it might be
applied to pensioning the wives and
daughters of the users of them. That
would be some compensation for the
suffering they occasion.
RECLAIMING STATE LANDS.
The Commissioner of Immigration,
in his annual report says, "People ot
capital have been . induced to enter
North Carolina, who are opening up
swamp lands that have for years
yielded no tax to the State, but have
been an eyesore and health destroyer. '
That is all right as far as it goes, but
the State ought not, to allow an eye-
sore and a health destroyer within its
borders. It ought not to wait for pri
vate enterprise to do the work. Some
thing has been done already, but more
is necessary. Below is an interesting
miles of country hitherto unmapped.
When the task is finished, Russia will
have effaced from the map of Europe
one of the oldest and toughest bits of
savage nature on the Continent. From
an engineering, geological, and scien
tific point of view generally, the work
is one of special interest.
Central Location
Week or Month.
Good board by the Bay There's a spice of pleasing uncer-
account of what Russia is doing with
her waste lands, which we reprint
from the Scientific American. ...
The Russian Government is en-
THE STATE'S FINANCE8.
The biennial report of State Treas
urer Bain, now in the hands of the
Governor, shows that the balance on
hand Nov. 30th, 18S4' was $947,068.-
56, and on Nov. 30th,
Or MOnin.. . J- , -r,,. fvm I ain r hnnt Vtm.cn m3iv Mn tViA i 1 a x
Wdpecial terras to riorxnem rivBjicvivia lamij vu. ; gagea in one oi me inosi extensive
and TouriBts.
Kept by
Mrs. L. BRANSON.
Edward 3. Bardi,
.... V ' . ,.. -. 'i
So. 210 Fayetteville St.
RALEIGH. N, C.
Offers at all times a full; and com
pleCe stock of .-.
Grocer ies & Pro vis iorrs
new line in Raleigh. Those litttle! drainage enterprises . ever undertaken
mules may proceed soberly on their ! in any portion of the world. The lo
way or they may take a notion to 1 cation Is what is own as the Pinsk
MircriAc in tVia emit hwP:t nf Kliccio.
jump over each others backs, or the , , r ,. . rru
gion is so extentive as to secure spec
ial designation in the ordinary map of
car even, if that would serve their pur-
!
pose better. But there's this to con
sole the timid, the animals are so small ! Europe, and, in point of area, is very
that thv won't be likelv to do anv ; much larger than Ireland. The mar
serious harm.
If Lord Tennyson: isn't careful ha'H
' l T
earn the sobriquet of Sour Old Man.
1885, $532,521.,
32. The receipts for the fiscal year
ending Nov. 30th, 1886, were from all
sources $843,047.28; the disburse
ments for all purposes, $1,180,018.16,
and the balance on hand Nov. 30th.
1886, $195,550.44, made up as follows:
Educational fund, $23,223.38; public
fund, $106,402,84; four per cent, in
terest fund, $65,924,22.
The total receipts for the school
fund during the two fiscal years have
been upwards of $14,000; the total ex
penditures have been upwards of $12,
000.' The available assetts of the Edu
cational fund are $99,250 of our per
cent, coupon bond, -which sustain a
par value in the markets.
The receipts from the tax on fertil
izers for the two years have been $82,-
of every description, suited to the
want of . first class family trade.
All goods thoroughly guaranteed as to Perhaps if he would emulate Glad-
duality, and soia at iowcsv
prices.
Fine Teas and Coffees,;
wimir Sugars. Meats, Choice Butter,
allies. Pickles, Sauces,
Spices, ; Soaps and Starches, Canned
foods and everything else in the way
of table supplies. .
Orders for goods by Express or
Freight carefully filled.
E.J.HARDIN.
latest production, "Lockley Hall, Six
' 1 i' !
ty Years After", is neither good- po
etry nor enlightened philosophy.
W, H. WETMORE
&C6.
RALEIGH, N.C.,
'.. I : y . ---
Factory Cor. Hargetfic Salisbury Sts.
. Manufacturers of
' Hand Sewed Gaiters,
Button,
Congress and Lace.
Made to order, of the best material,
.it short notice. We also manufacture
a full line of Pegged and
Standard Screw Shoes-
Our Northern friends at Southern
Pinet can have their shoes made to
order at very reasonable prices. Every
pair will give satisfaction.
Prices for Men's Sewed Shoes.
S3.00 to $6.00
shes have become famous in Russian
historv as a refuse-of all maner of ro
mantic-characters, and have remained 500 and from dividends on State stock
an irreclaimable wilderness up to with- ln the N- C- R- Co 1269,310.
in the last two or three years. The ordinary revenues during 1885
In 1870 the R ussian Government were $209,917.62; during 18S0, $050,-
stone's healthful swinging of an ax he , first took in hand seriously the aboli- 601.03, the large increase of revenues
might get brighter views of life. His tion of this wild expanse, owing to its peing cue to ine suspension oi me eoi-
: being perpetually more or less sub- uwu W4 vuc vu yvFJ "
merged and covered" with a jungle the year 1884, inconsequence of the
growth of forest,! preventing not only payment of of ?bUU,U00 by the author
communication between the Russian ities of the Western North Carolina
districts on eitner side, but also be railroad on May 1st, 1884, which a-
John T. Patrick, Commissioner of tween Russia and Austro-Germany. mount was applied to the payment of
Immigration,, has issued a circular let-i A large staff of engineering officers be expenses of the year 1885.
ter to farmers, urging them to attend and several thousand troops were The expenditures during the years
the ioint meeting of Dlanters and the draughted into the region, and these 1885 and 1886 for the Agricultural Pe
ine joint meeting oi planters ana tne rflrrmnf orA so .TV) frr
have oee n engaged upon tne uuuer- f ..v,.w ...v..v-,
taking since. Up to the present time, onds $279,435; for the executive
about 4, 000,000 acres have been re- mansion $2,068.36, and for in vest
claimed by means of the construction mnt in four per cent. State bonds
of several thousand miles of ditches $7,81245.98.
and canals, so byroad as to be naviga- , The estimates of the tseasurer or
ble for barges of several hundred tons future expenses during each of the en
burdeu. Just now the engineers are suing two years amount to S697,6V0,
drawine up the programme for next including $57,000 for the General As-
He won't tell 1 year wnicn compiises tne uramage ui . -
stitutions elsewhere eiven. In sum-
us how.old he is, so we can t say;which of q ditches mary they are: For the support of the
New Year that was. Never mind, l Rud canals j government, 269,750; charitable and
We know it wasn't so long ago that Of the 4 000 000 acres already re- penal institutions, 313,900; interest on
the editorial hand has lost any of its claimed. 600,000 acres consisted of tour Pr cent-deot, ll4,uuu
! tttJ -j .. , " i v. Wn -nrnAW ' The -estimated resources, amount to
ETip.; i e exieuu our coiigraiuiaiious. : - r
i tor timoer purposes oy cutting uown
Doesn't it seem a trifle cold-blooded the underwood and thinning the trees;
Agricultural Board, Jan. 18th. He
offers to secure reduced rates of trans
portation and board for all who at
tend, i Write to him.
Wilmngton
Star
The editor of the
has been having a birthday lately.
Once upon a time he and the New
Year came in together.
for us Americans to be hugging our-, 500,000 acres of good forest laud, for
selves and grinning over the prospeci est oases in the middle of marshes, hith
of a great European war? Rather too erto inaccessible, but which have been
connecieu more or less uy naviga uie
strong a resemblance to a company of
canals, and thereby with the distant
ghouls gloating over the prospect of a , markets; and finally, 2,000,006 acres
rich corpse banquet. Supposing the have been thrown open to cultivation,
I . - . 1 120,000 acres of which have already
war comes and creates a great demand j actually occupied. . Besides mak-
f or American products, we mustn't j ing the canals and ditches, the engi-
. v. . i. v. Ineers have built 179 bridges, bored
forget that the price of such prosper,-, welu 2Q u v
ty is the lives of our fellow men. have made a survey of 20,000 square
792,I97.06, at a tax rate of 23 cents,
which reduction from the ' present rate
the treasurer recommends: ' A further
reduction," Mr. Bain says, "which was
desired, is tendered impracticable by
the large decrease in the valuation of
property, in the last four year, caus
ing considerable lost to the treasury
annually, the necessarily increased
appropriations to some of the institu
tions and the uncertain results of the
reassessment of property, which, un
der existing law, will be made the
present year."
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