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V0,.niKI. NUMBER 52. RALEIGH, NOETH CAEOLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1893. PRICE $1.00 A YEAR. Table of Contents. .i r ,,r , urrn the pEnrUL v i IUilu. . v t'S-lt U ; t ..vTKt OTIo. p. r inri r. . . . I ') 'A.KU IX A WtU. l.(THI.,HUUW . t.r the Passage or THE j t L. I ,;J I' , . r. Fall wheat. (v.inf Ktw rr. nn lu.r. -w hie Guur Divide. : kt An w stxTom i Will. i SatAL. "To M TTE. ! H 4TTLX. . Taxation. ; r w rra the Yankees. , rUS LEutSUHTRE. t : , floXBlSATIOS TO 1ETEAT THE l r the Sherman Law. i irr Reports. v HrtETIE.VT. . .r i'letixa.vd is now at Gray .u( IVJttring hi metMage to n rf iVrijfTrwA. um'IaJ has Iwo given , ! the tolKKn tittle of n Mooday the Direc- M:nt i-urrha.l 107,500 ounce t-r?t price yrt known in .f .rovrrntm-nt purvh.ur. , t . :..; news comes from Forsyth . u: Hitlrr sajs that there is . r with the country but wht it U. Whjr, Mary -.r jft Spinning to think . tti.w rvt-rj thing about the h.r to run it. We now rv the kind of creature of Gnvly twice naid: "Yes; .. tat. confident Lilly, lei me . . itI Alatthlj never made wi- a that frllo :' (ulhK who be apatvntly ' -r. r f.rstteo the returns of r. ..f lit Sovrniber, have bisued U.ii tim. J. II. Wearer will t!. f.it. ne it month. begin- r ; in Aun county. Ail "rrv.iman Thorn Watson, . k niM !o speak here, opening . !- r. to IMrtie countjr, August i '-in tbi attempt to "gt together' . . -n c l BuinT till in the dark a ' tL?ry are at." The stinging dtf . 't Fall h. only tuul the effect nimi; tb.'in to fTter efTorta i t . .. t them on to dperatkQ. r , . . K-,t .me thing for the lemocrat- ; t . !.. Give them such another -. el-,.' . tVy will not aooo forget. I .' , .:.t a:ii(aijCi) iu North Carolina , r.l fuAQ with the nepob- : !'in iily adrorated. , t . r . anin.-tit if the first and nec i r. m. nr at Camp Itrt, More- I '. l.r..k.ti up U.t Saturday lii" iu i ..ri! ji few days be f .r-h..l lnt .lrja r;u t:.rir various ..vr:. ..i fuv? ajtn r-lanital to the . i..v frm wh;.-h t! rmergeJ for r'. f.in.-. Thr thinl and fourth r. .-'rr!.-f:f w;U ml., tump at Charlotte : tii.!h lu-s,!,-, the cumpanie of - "t :. th- tv Willi.-t-veral companies "..iittt t 'a!4;ux The encampment . - .-:i naiuil l amp Cameron in honor -n t' l tir.n, Adjutant-Gen- r ti.r e.te Guard. The annual :.; i... m i.f our State soldiery ist mL.ha for training a i--fu! an. I effective milita Thi. a recognli by i U --Liinre when it refused to u ch ajropriatioa made for And in the tight of our -!. City esperience remarks - - ilue to the State of an tfS- ; f armed men would be but Mil I ITII U ITU THE PEOPLE. th- motto of the Democratic North Cak4Jmax stood on Utf.rni last October, and I "i it to-dsy. We look to see .urry out the whole of that f.-. .y tep. H lTt.TIC 50RT1I CARD I.M a. RAILKOAD. uUtitic Jt North Carolina rail- - I r..;-ring under the wiseman- f lreident Chad wick as it . v lm fore. Lt year, for the : tn the thirty-three years of its tt declared a dividend of t per it rapital stock. This put " r.i.) the State treasury and leit - ( t'J.ooo in the company! In addition to this, the man- bought aod paid for two -.-. two rlnt-cLaM passenger urlor chair car and twenty .r. ha.I id for many other - improvement ana had dis ' - 'i jit th rt.kting indebteUness of l nm down from former ad- ."lit. .(..V r.. . nt ntetpting of the directors in r''abrr dividend of S percent ' ir-. s;at4e on and after Sep- - ' to all storkbokler of record I Thi wUl pat ., 500 more trwmury aod leavea a sur-?.-.j in the treasury of the - ixlend i declared tn the face of 'i-. tj.litun- for rolling stock and ..; fr.rment made necessary by patronage of the railroad. i. ukaUy good showing iodi ' only fine business manage :. f!. part of President Chad wick ' A-.jiate, but the rapidly in- 4 rpnty of the Eastern see- the State. ANOTHER PE58IO.W FRAUD. It was only recently thai, it was dis covered tnat Senator Manderson was drawing a Urge pension for "total help- lAMnesA" and at tbeaame time getting 13,000 a year as United States. Senator. Now comes another case of the same kind and which is attracting much At tent ion. It Is the case of Judge Chas. D. Long who has been drawing a pension of $T2 a month for '"total helplessness' while earning a salary of $7,000 as Jus tice of the Supreme Cbart of Michigan. This is added another most painful ob ject lesson of the appalling extent to which pension profligacy was earned under the former administration and the dollars of the people spent regardless of the demands of common justice and Vommon honesty. . It is to Commissioner Tanner that Judge Long owes thanks for this big pension and the fact that be was allowed two rera tings, each carrying large ar rearagea of pay amounting to nearly $7,000, without having either made legal application or undergone any medical examination. In other words it was teal, pure and simple allowed by a man who bad been entrusted with a fund dedicated to helpless and disabled sol diervand received by one who was oocu pying a place of trust and honor and drawing a large salary for laying down the law to the people, while he himself was violating it both in spirit and letter. Judge Long was wounded at the battle of Wilmington 11 nd, Ga., early in the war, bring shot in the arm and through the hip and abdomon; and it is not de nied that he is entitled to the small pen sion of f i a tnonth which be at first re ceived. But to assume that a man who can earn $7,000 a year as Justice of the Supreme Court of his State, was con tcmplated by the pension act of 1878 and is entitled to $7,000 hack pensions and $72 a month is utterly preposterous. The most grotesque feature of this business b the fact that such pensions can only be granted, to use the exact language of the law, for "total helplessness requir ing the regular aid and attendance of another physician . It is just such cases as these that have brought our pension system into public distrust. There are thousands of men who fought bravely and were so dis abled that tbey cannot earn a living for themselves and family, and all such should be ensioned. But for a million aire Senator like Manderxon, with a sal ary of $3,000 a year, or a Judge like Long, with a salary of $7,000 to exhaust our pension money there can be no rea son, justice or honesty, either to the tax payer or the honest veteran. It is for tunate for the country that commis sioner Locbren is making such good headway in unearthing theee fraudulent cases. .1EW MILL CONSTRUCTION. The Semi Annual Report of New Mill Construction presents, in a very accurate manner, the condition of business in the different branches of the textile industry luring the first six months of 1993. From a careful study of this report we glean the following interesting facts: First. In comparison with the' report for the same period in 1892, the new cot ton mills show a falling off in number. But the new mills undertaken this year are of good size and in strong bands. and the productive capacity will compare favorably with that of last year. Second The relation of the Northern and Southern groups has changed. The growth of cotton manufacturing has been greater in the North than In the South. n the first six months of 1892, 21 new mills were started in the South and 19 in the North. For a corresponding period in 1893, but 9 are credited to the South and 15 to the North. Third. The tendency is shown by the new mill construction toward concentra tion in well defined centres where skilled help in each line is most plentiful This would seem to indicate that in the loca tion of new plants, the plentiful supply of skilled help Is considered by manufac turers to be a more important factor than cheap rent or power. Fourth. During this period 4 out of the 9 new cotton mills credited to the South, have been built in North Caro lina, and all of them of good size and by prosperous and well-established com panies. This does not, of course, include the enlargement and extensive improve ment of many mills already in opera tion in the Stale, nor several new mills now in course of erection and equip ment. Fifth. There has been a decline in woollen mill construction and a probable decrease of7 the total productive capacity. No new factories have been erected in this State. Sixth. There has been a rapid yet solid growth of the knitting goods industry. Two new knitting mills have been start ed in North Carolina, besides these, the list of improvements other than new mills is a long one and the tendency has been to the production of finer fabrics. We note with pleasure the entire ab sence of the "town boom" feature in these new enterprises in this and other States. Good business and a demand for their products has brought most of the new plants into existence. Many of them are extensions of well-established firms. DErosrroBS withdrew $3,000,000 from Denver banks. As a result seven banks failed there in two days. The banks would be all right if the depositors were. As the Norra Caeouxuk predicted two months ago, the round-trip rats to the Chicago Exposition has been reduced to one fare. It will be lower still before the Fair closes. AT THE FROHT. NORTH CAROLINA AT THE BIf. WORLD'S FAIR. The Tar Heel State Makes the Best Ex aitftlt, Fer the Least Xfeaey. to fse Sees la Chicago. Edllirrial Correwpondence. Chicago, III., July 22, ,1893. The attendance from North Carolina at the world's Fair has so far reached nearly half a thousand, and, while this is small fraction of our population, it is a larger attendance than I had expected so early. In fact, owing to the stringency of the money market, I had not expected that more than a score or so of North Carolinians had enjoyed the great privi lege of seeing this wonderful aggregation of the best things the world produces. It is a matter of profound regret that so few, comparatively, of our people will be able to come here, owing to the distance. But all who can possibly do so, ought to come. This generation will never have another chance of seeing anthing half so wonderful, for not again in this decade will eighty million dollars be expended in bringing together, from every clime, the best fruits of the earth and the best of man's handiwork. After my first day's vis it, I said to-a patriotic North Carolina wo man: "I'd give anything in the world if some way could be devised by which the great majority of the people, especially the bright young folks, in North Carolina could learn all that a trip to this Exposi tion exhibits." This is, indeed, a great university in which all ages, all countries and all tongues teach their lessons of progress and growth. The pessimist is dumb before the splendor of man's achievements. Few of the Southern States have put their best foot foremost here, and tbey have thus lost the best opportunity they could have to effectively advertise the advantages of their section. The South to-day offers more advantages to settlers seeking homes than any other portion of our vast domain, but the world does not know this because we do not impress it so effectively as the less desirable States of the NorthwesL West Virginia, Vir ginia, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Ar kansas, Louisiana and Texas are the only Southern States that have State build ings, and some of these notably Virgin ia have put all their money in a build ing, and have scanty displays in the great halls which everybody frequents. The representation of Mount Vernon by the people of Virginia was most appropriate, but as that State only had $40,000 with which to make its whole exhibit, nothing was left to show the present great wealth and opportunity offered by Virginia to capitalists and home-seekers. The result is, that in glorious memories, Virginia is at the front, but in a display of its for estry, agricultural and mineral wealth, it is far behind States not half so rich. When it was decided that the fund in band was too small to enable Noith Car olina to erect a StAte building at the Fair, confess to a feeling of great disappoint ment and mortification. I felt, then, that every North Carolinian who visited the Fair would be forced to bang his head in shame. And I say now that it is a great pity that North Carolina did not erect a building here in keeping with its history and its untold wealth. But the practical question with the Board of management was: "How can we best employ the $25,000 that we have?" To erect a suitable building almost, if not quite, every dollar of our appropriation would have been exhausted and we would have had no exhibits in the great buildings of the Fair. Besides it was an open question then, and has not yet been decided, whether exhibitsjof forestry, for example, in the State buildings can come in competition with the exhibits in the great Forestry Building erected solely for the purpose of giving a display of the products of the forests. Because of doubt upon this question some of the States, after ' erecting their buildings, put all their exhibits in the great halls and virtually turned their State buildings into club houses for the convenience of visitors from their States. Hampered by the lack of funds, North Carolina was forced to decide upon either erecting State building to be used as a club house with no exhibit worthy of the name. or putting all its money in arranging three or four attractive displays in those departments in which it has the most to show. The wisdom of the course adopt ed, in view of the circumstancea, is ap parent to all visitors. Of course the vis itor who comes here and expects to see North Carolina's display as great and showy as California's, Missouri's, New York's, Illinois' and some other States, will be disappointed. California spent $300,000 of public money, in addition to many private exhibits. New York spent $350,000, and except in its elegant build ing. North Carolina, on its $25,000, sur passes its exhibit. The same is true of llinois, which spent $300,000. Missouri spent $100,000 and spent it well, though in some departments North Carolina is far ahead of it. The North Carolina display is confined to Agriculture, Forestry, Mining, Fish eries and Horticulture though the horti cultural display is too small to do credit to the State. There are wines from our Tiniculturista, but, except from one or two gentlemen, the display is too .small to attract the least attention. There is no fruit here from North Carolina of any character. THE AGBICtXTVEAL DISPLAT. The most money was spent on the Ag ricultural display, and properfy so, be cause seventy per cent, of our population is engaged in agricultural pursuits. More money was therefore used to illustrate the agricultural resource of the State than in any other way. It is the main office of Mr. Peter M. Wilson, our Execu tive Commissioner, and is fitted op com fortably for the reception of visitors. Here, as in the Mining department, pre - sided over by Mr. T. K. Brnner, a regis - ter of visitors is kept. The exhibit is made in the shape of a pagoda, the grain of the State forming the outside of the pagoda in glass, making it like a window frame. The different colors, from dark buckwheat to the eolden yellow of the rice and the white of the cotton makes a pagoda that has the appearance of stain ed glass. A tasty railing of copper en closes the whole exhibit, and at the very handsomeentranceisasplendidrepresen- -lWB V1 w m iHuutcu ujr mr. n . u. luuuuu, suu lus i : j v i i ..u wxonufc- aiU uoauj u, onmgui uiwuj euounuuuu ui ine arust. i wemj two flags are appropriately hong. . Alto gether it is the most elaborate arrange ment, to show Jts agricultural wealth, ever made by the State. This display in the Agricultural build ing occupies 1600 square feet, on the main aisle, and is opposite the exhibits made by France and New York. It at- iracis many visitors, especially among the western people, on account of the great variety or agricultural products which wo show. They are especially struck with the quality and quantity of our ueans ana peas, ana wiin tne quanty of our corn. " They say that the structure of our grains of corn surpasses anything tney grow. Uur bngnt tobacco 'is a drawing card. A model tobacco barn, fitted up with the flues for curing, shows the manner and method of curing this bright tobacco. But it is not always that this model barn teaches the lesson that is intended. Yesterday I .was standing in the pagoda in which form our exhibit is arranged and saw a lady and gentleman stop to examine the to bacco barn. They hadn't any idea what it was used for and thought it was built to show the quality of our sassafras wood in North Carolina though there isn't a suspicion of sassafras about the small house. An old tobacco planter in Gran ville county would have been disgusted at such a display of ignorance, though he might have displayed as much ignorance in regard to preparing the crops of some other section for market. Special em phasis is laid on the fact that North Car olina grows 80 per cent, of all the tobac co sold on . the markets as "Virginia bright We show the only exhibit of cotton in any quantity at tne fair, mere is a stalk of open cotton and a bale of the fleecy staple. - There is also shown cotton seed and all the various uses to which they are put. There are samples of soils and analyses of the same: fertilizers, ime and crude rock. The women show, in preserves, the magnificent fruit which we raise. All kinds of crops grown, in cluding tea plants from Fayetteville, are shown. Upon all ' the exhibits there are large printed cards, giving the census figures, also the range of climate of the different sections; the soils and quantity of stuff produced in our trucking region. The whole exhibit is illustrated by over 200 photographs of farms and farming opera tions in all sections of the State. Among them are views of the splendid cattle to be seen on Capt. B. P. Williamson's farm near Raleigh, and on Dr. H. T. Bohnson's near Salem. There are several views of 'Bracebridge" the farm of our farmer Governor, in Edgecombe county. One of them is a photograph of the Governor tanding in a field of growing crops. I don't remember whether it was a crop of cotton or peas he raises both. THE MINING DISPLAY There are few things in the Fair that interests visitors more than North Caro- ina's display of minerals, The exhibit is enclosed in a white colonade sprinkled with mica dust, giving it the appearance of silver. The space is filled with many handsome cases in which the whole range of the mineral resources of the State about 200 species are shown. Tbey are arranged according to their classification as precious mewus, goiu suu suer, iree goia ana goia ore; copper ana iron ores; economic meiais sucn as laic, asoesios, Vavlin an1 rka Kitillintv TVia o fq n ma I " " I ment is similar to that in the display twenty 8pecies of wild ducks, Canada made by the Geological survey, and is geese, 8a0w geese, and shore birds, with the one approved by geologists. These ratmmha. Of course the aristocratic exhibits have the popular names attached so tnat tne way-ianng man, as weu as tne scientist, can ten wnat ne is loosing au ii me managers uau pursueu course of other States and bought mas- gtate A Tery flne collection of photo sive specimens it would not have been I anhs . th cnfiri and view8 from more illustrative of our great variety of minerals, ana wouiu a.TBns.psw three or four times as large as we had I 1 J 1J V x.l - I to contain iu jmoss oi me specimens are i in eight-inch cubes. The rough and the polished are both shown. One of the most attractive, as well as the most val uable, features of the display is the very large display of gems and gem stones embracing nearly everything, from dia- monds to the least valuable stones. There is also quite a collection loaned by Dr. C. D. Smith, Dr. Lucas, CoL H. CDeming, Garrett Ray, A. M. Field, T. K. Brnner, W. S. Primrose, Bowen Bros., and others. Maoon county does itself and the State credit by sending a very nice case made of the woods grown in Macon county, containing gems, gem stones, mica, etc. There are over 60 specimens of granite, ' v a " brownstone and marble. The rnarble from Cherokee is a thing of beauty. The ML Airy Granite Company send a speci men that over-tops anything in the Fair. There is coal from the Egypt coal mines and iron from Cranberry. The mica ex hibit is perhaps the most beautiful of all the beautiful things in this department. There is one crystal that is worth several I hundred dollars. Several Chicago con I tractors have made inquiries about the - 1 freight on our granite and brownstone, - 1 and are investigating with a desire to use I it in the buildings of this city. In addi 1 tkra to the names of those who lent gems 1 to the exhibit, it is proper to say that the I Richmond St Danville railroad, throug I Col. Andtews, loaned some handsome J specimens tt minerals and timbers from I counties through which the W. N. C. R. I R. runs. riSH AND FISHEBISa. Among scores of interesting and ela borate exhibits in the Fishing building, that of the State of North Carolina is unique. The State Commissioner's, hav tagfand thJ fact that the whole ex hibit will have a permanent place in the I ct-i. I museum at Raleigh after the . World's Fair is over, had all the furni tore made handsome and substantial, and the solid oak cases in which the numer ous specimens are exhibited add much to the appearance of the many handsome and valuable fishes and birds that are shown therein. . The space occupied by North Carolina is 60 feet long by 30 feet wide. On the twelve-foot partition sep arating it from the adjoining exhibit i &re 8hOWI1 a iree variety of nets and 1 implements used in the capture of dif ferent kinds of fishes and other forms o: I aquatic life. A sturgeon net is a con j 8pjCUOU8 feature of this partition wal i and scattered along it and arranged so I M to make the display most attractive 8ucn implements as clam and oyster tougs, whale irons, clam rakes, sturgeon gaffs, boat hooks, sound pullers, tc. and a very interesting tool is a whale harpoon from Morehead City that has helped to kill no less than 29 whales, some of them reaching nearly 80 feet in length and $2,000 in value. A typical "rush camp" is built on the space fronting the main aisle and is snr rounded by an artificial bach of sand and sea-shells. These camps are used by the fishermen in Eastern North Carolina when operating the mullet fisheries in the fall of the year and this one shown is built of rushes cut on the salt-water marshes near Beaufort and shipped here to Chicago and is an exact reproduction both in size and constructive material of a camp on Shackleford's banks at the Mullet Pond Fishery. Two corners of the sand beach sur rounding the camp are shaded by large Palmetto palms from Smith's Island at the mouth of the Cape Fear river and at another corner is a pen of live diamond back terrapins, the most valuable table delicacy found in America, selling now at $50.00 per dozen, wholesale. Around the camp are piles of oysters and clams of fine quality and the whole effect of this part of the exhibit almost, makes one listen for the roar of the breakers on the bar outside. Between the camp and the north aisle are four handsome oak tables on which are shown models of all the different kinds of nets operated in the various fisheries of the coast. Overhead and around the edges of the gallery are hung festoons of red, white and blue netting and a section of one of the great seins of the Albemarle Sound with cork, line and lead line of actual size and a section of the great rope, three miles long, used for hauling the neat ashore. The eastern half of the space is occu pied by eight large, flue oak cases with glass sides and ends and in these are shown mounted specimens of all the more valuable food fishes found in North Carolina waters and also a fine collection of the various species of game birds and water-fowl that swarm on the coasts of the State. Here too are handsome models of some of the more prominent types of boats and vessels used in the fisheries and also jars of the various grades of canned herring, shad, &c. The mounted fishes shown include almost all native species of value from the nine foot stur geon to the little six inch perch. A pair of remarkably fine Spanish mackerel are quite conspicuous, a large roe shad from the Albemarle Sound looks almost fresh enough to eat,' pompano, sheepshead, sero, porgy, red and mack drum, spotted and troutf tentog) mollett hog croaker, blue fish, black bass, her ringj carpi albacore, &c., all go to show the wealth of the North Carolina waters. .... ... The water-fowl shown include over canv&8 and neada are n?te. lKnted by ;fine specimens and beaver, mink) muskrat &a represent the val n-ble fur-bearinir animals found in the othep of the 8tate complete this interesting-and valuable exhibit, thfl finegt made by any state in this de. . f It would be an inexcusable omission if I did not say that the State and the fish industry is indebted largely to Mr. H. H. Brimley, to whose intelligent and enthu siastic zeaL coupled with patriotic in- dagtry this exhibit has been made and attractively displayed. THE FOSESTBT DISPLAY. "- The space allotted to North Carolina for its Forestry Exhibit is 1800 square feet in the shape of an L, in the main aisle and lake front. . It has eight very graceful cases of pollard oak in which are set, at an agreeable angle, planks of I seventy varieties of useful woods cut liV , f with fti ""vu Tr " 77 " ,1 illustrated photographs of the identical trees exhib ited, and a view of the forest from which the tree was taken. Each specimen is scientifically and popularly labeled, and a full history of each specimen is given. CONTINUE!) OX TOUKTH PAGE. Oak Ridge Institute. THE INTERESTING CAREER OF A PROMINENT EDUCATION, i At INSTITUTION, j Eighteen Years Under Its Pre neat Mai agemeatUaasaal Advantage for Business Education Unparallelled growth and Prosperity of this School Its Past Achievement! aad Fat ore Prospects. I Staff Correspondence. Oak Ridge, N. C, July 22, 1893. ine mstory of education among any people is, to a very great extent, the his tory of that people. There is no greater factor in History, and he who does not realize this sees but the surface of things and cannot be expected to know the trend of the mi&rhtv current of causes sweeping hidden below any event. This influence is indirect, 'tis true, but the historian will find in it one of the most potential of his primal causes. Men are now beginning to acknowledge that it is our schools and system of education that places us so far in advance of past ages. Every one who has read Dr. Chas. Lee Smith's "History of Education in North Carolina" must realize the work of this mighty power in our own State history. It is in view of these facts that the writer of this sketch feels justified in briefly touching upon the history and work of Oak Ridge Institute, one of the most flourishing and important schools in the State. LOCATION AND HEALTH. In Guilford county, in the beautiful Piedmont section of North Carolina is Oak Ridge situated. The surrounding county is both beautiful and historic. Hills green with growing crops and vine yards and valleys, watered with abund ant streams, fertile soil and forests of oak and maple these go to make up the beauty of the immediate section, while far to the West looms up in gran deur the purple outlines of the Blue Ridge and Sauratown Mountains. The high altitude, the pure water and the bracing air combine to make this one of the healthiest places in the State. This fact, together with the thorough system of training and high scholarships which nas been introduced, and kept up to the highest standard by the principals for more than forty years has given Oak Ridge a stand among the first educa tional institutions of the kind in the South. Oak Ridge proper comprises about six miles lying on a ridge which extends more than fifty miles from near Salis bury to the vicinity of Reids ville, N. C. Along which the old Salisbury and Dan ville stage road runs. It is a beautiful ridge with a heavy oak and hickory growth, finely adapted to the growth of wneat, corn, oats, and tobacco, while for fruit of all kinds apples, peaches, pears, grapes, cherries, apricots, and plums, it has no superior m the State. It is within forty minutes drive of rail way stations on both the Richmond & Danville and Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley railroads from Kernersville, Summer field or Stokesdale. There is a telegraph office at Oak Ridge. EARLY HISTORY. ! This school was founded in! 1852 and has a record of which many much more pretentious institutions might well be proud. Oak Ridge Institute--1875. The above cut shows the school build ing occupied in 1875 at which time Prof. Allen Holt began tne tall session in it with six students from the immediate neighborhood. It was a two story frame building 24x40 ft. and admirably answered its purpose till the growing fame and in creasing patronage or tne institution made necessary enlarged accommoda tions. Prof. J. A. Holt was joined by his brother Prof. Martin H. Holt in the work here in 1879. Oak Ridge Institute is not an inheri tance but was made what it is, by the noble and big-hearted men who are at its head and have been toiling as teachers for many years. Truly they have build ed better than they knew. I GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS. The campus on which the buildings are situated is a beautiful rolling lawn beau tified and improved by the art and in dustry of man. j : Sixty-five acres of mil, treesr grass, gravel, buildings, part of it level enough for baseball, athletic grounds, ana race track; abundant sunshine and shade the place is a great gift. In 1884 a large two story bnct build ing, 52x72 feet, was erectea. ine cut of the building given below also shows somewhat in the back grounds, the old building which is now used as luncn room for day scholars, bed rooms for school officers and as a printing office. Here is where that bright little school paper, The Oak Leaf, is printed. On the nrst floor of tnis new building there is a hallway running through from East to West, on one side of wnicn are the halls of the Athenian and Philoma thean Literary societies. These halls are spacious and furnished at an expense of more than one thousand dollars eacn. On the floors are handsome Brussels car pets, the chairs of the latest improved, andsomely upholstered. rrom tne ceilings are suspended large chandeliers, while on the walls nang oeaumui pic tures, and portraits of noted men and statesmen. On the Presidents rostrum are handsome large high-back, plush up holstered chairs and marble top tables. The halls of both societies are furn ished very much alike except the pre- ailing color of one is red and tne otner blue. Upon a centre table in each are albums containing the photographs of students and members of the societies. On the opposite side of the hallway is the Business College department. Here are taught Book-keeping, Typewriting, Stenography, and Telegraphy, : and j in fact, every branch of a business that is taught at any school or college. This room is fitted up especially ior tne busi ness, and it is truly a business room.' In this department is tne teiegrapn omce, which is quite a convenience, not only for the school, but to this entire section. t is plain to me that any young man or woman who desires to be prepared thor oughly for any of the various branches , , . ...... n J ol business can get the best possible training and practical advantages at Oak Ridge. j The second floor of this building is used as a chapel and auditorium. HOLT HALL, The new building just completed, is the handsomest country building in North Carolina. It is connected with the Chapel by a two-story arcade, the main hall below being continuous with that of the first floor of Chapel building above, entering at door back of rostrum. To the right of entrance is the Principals' office; to the rear of that ' is Prof. Martin HJ Holt's recitation-room, commanding a view of the hall extend ing to west front of Chapel, 168 feet. Adjoining this is a large study room, capable of seating one hundred students. To the left of the main entrance is the Telegraphy and Typewriting room, and opposite this across the hall is Professor Whitaker's recitation-room. On second floor to right of entrance from balcony is Teachers' Reference Room and Museum, and to the rear of this the spacious and well-lighted Library and Reading-room. Adjoining that is another large study room. To the left is Professor Wills's recitation-room and two music rooms, and across the hall the Preparatory Z.JJ'y. :cr- sCk-i Y- TKs 1 wm Oak Ridge Koom. Adjoining that Is a 6x27 pri vate toilet, wash and cloak-room. This building has more real working rooms than any other one school build ing I know of in this State. The third floor is devoted exclusively to the Young Men's Christian Associa- Oak Ridge Institute 1890. tion work of the school, and contains parlor, assembly-room, commmittee room, Gymnasium and locker-room. These are all spacious and , well equip ped for the work to be done. The Gym nasium is one of the most complete and beautiful to be found south of Washing ton. Each room is ventilated by brick flues reaching to the top of building, and for the present the building is heated by coal-stoves. jThe ventilation is all that could be desired, while the large triple and double windows (see cut) furnish abundance o? light. The study-rooms are all arranged on the north side of the building for the protection of the eyes of the pupils. The furnishing is in every way first class and modern, with no equal in any other school in this State. However, their business is boys and young men -not things. They work in the school rooms play but of doors when they can, making most of sun. and leaf and sky; when they can't, they use the Gymnasium. ! Plenty of work makes mm wm mm mm. Lm::i i Holt Hall Oak Ridge Institute -Erected m 1891. play pleasant, plenty of play makes work profitable. ' On the top of this building is a large observatory where you can sit and feast your eyes on magnificent landscape. THE LITERARY AND SPECIAL COURSES. The Literary course of study is 5 years in length, 4 years of which are compul sory, and the last, Post-Senoir, is option al. It is divided into. English and Clas sical, the first two years of each of these being the same. Students completing either of these courses are awarded a diploma," and are prepared for an honor able standing in college; or, if opportun ity does not allow them to attend college, the scholarship and drill acquired during this course will be found amply sufficient for the ordinary duties of life. By the thorough drill to which students are sub jected in the Classics and Mathematics, and by the use j of maps, charts, physi cal apparatus and various other expe dients and modern methods- in the study of the Natural Sciences, these eourses of study are intended to be the equal of any in the country. The special courses of Oak Ridge, are Book-keeping, Penmanship, Shorthand, Telegraphy and Typewriting. . The writer is personally acquainted with a number of young men who have graduated at Oak Ridge in some of these special eourses and who are now filling with credit to their altna mater and profit to themselves, responsible places of trust and importance. The graduates of this school are scattered throughout this and other Southern States. This institution has prepared as many boys for the University and col leges as any other school in North Caro lina. Its students have always taken a high stand in the colleges which they at tend. ATHLETICS. The Physical culture and development of a boy is here looked after as well as his mental training. The principals are both magnificent types of strong, healthy manhood and thoroughly understands that the two should go together, hence they encour age such athletic games as football, base ball, etc For years "The live Oaks" has been one of the best baseball teams in the State. All other athletics sports such as football, leaping, running, and etc., are also engaged in by students, and en couraged by the management. GENERAL NOTES. The campus and grounds belonging iiivn nirn Institute 1880. to the Institute embrace 65 acres of ma jestio shade oaks, while the woodland scenery just 50 yards from the buildings, is picturesque and beautiful. Board can 1)0 secured in private fami lies at from $7.50 to $10 per month, and studonts receive that homo rare and at tention here that go a great way towards elevation and cultivation. The postoffico has been moved, and is now only 60 yards from Holt Hall, this is also a money order office. The health record of this institute has been remarkable for the last 18 years; out of over 3,000 students who have been here, there has only been four deaths at the Institute. The summer business school begins about July 10th, and lasts three months. The value of the buildings, furnish ings, libraries, and rtsal property of the Institution is about $40,000. Above all things, the school prepares for an active business life. Students are prepared to earn their own living. But Oak Ridge Institute As It Now. Is. the business course is also combined with a course of liberal studies, for', after all. it is refinement, culture and intelligence that constitute the charm of life, and to this end the efforts of the pupils are also directed. - The faculty consists of twelvemeihbers, representing leading Anieritmn and Eu- , 71 ropean institutions. The school is well equipped with all modern appliances and apparatus that can aid either! teacher or student. There is a library and reading. ;.room, observatory, laboratory and mu seum, s - The organization of the institution 'is stronger, and its prospects brighter than at any time in the past. Iu motto is advancement, and its best days are yet to come. Notwithstanding the financial depression a greater number of pupils than usual are applying for admission. A newspaper sketch can scarcely pre sent the varied attractions and excellen cies of this school. The handsome and artistic souvenir and catalogue of the in stitution will prove of interest to any one interested in education, and will be for warded free upon application to the prin cipals. IL B. II. The first bale of cotton of the crop of 1893 received at New Orleans arrived there on July 13, from Beeville, Texas. It weighed 586 pounds, and was sold at auction the following day for $81 to Mr. ' Alex. Serentine. Last year the first bale also came from Texas, reaching New Or leans on July 12. 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The North Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.)
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July 28, 1893, edition 1
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