THE MORNING POST; SUNDAY. DECEMBER I I go I
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GUILFORD COUNTY
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A Cha pter Treating of Its Early Schools
and Industries
r WrlUn forThe morning Post V
(f By SALLIE WALKER STOCKARD
innyard, carpenter shop were all tended
lr slaves.
Pally Day, the cook's wife, wag a
free negro woman who went into bond
age to marry. She became "a skilled
tilor and dressmakerr
In (Jiiilford the industries are more
varied than in any other conntv. Each
had his specialty in the old days. On
all the farms the people were practical
ly independent, makiuj? t-noush for
home supply and always . seme goods 01
produce to sell. They had a' great va
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oni was one of the pioneer coun-t-
incarion. Richard Mendenhall,
:nwn. established one of the
male academies in the County.
near the opening. of the nine
. . r.tury. Dr. David Caldv ell's
i'M,i already done a great work for
j, irioii of young men.
- h.ioi for young women at
,vn was taught by the sisters of
! Mendenhall, a family whose
, ! have always been remirkabli for
.jth and beauty of ' ch.iraetpr -!a
, .; of heart as well as head. At
ai.' in the history of educarioa i.i
,-ti.:n has the school room Leon
, i- a .Mendenhall as teacher. Mis
I s Meudonhall and her sis.er taught
::c-'!;h courses, the higher lrau?h?s
r iay. ana nne neetiie worn, uus
jaker school so nobody was is-
i 'by the practice of mu-'io, no
niu the songs of birds for the
l-rti. TI-AmQll liuoiltlfltl 111 iVlfMl"
lli'llii "JU.ltVCl ffVUHU, ... .......
tr,R2th and sobermindwdness. Yoviig
ivm'a from western Guilfori a ad a
f, w !-m other States came t' James
t.wi: to tomplete their education. Th
5,h'i continued several years.
(Jui f ird College, established in 1S37.
up, r ded this school, the wtjn 1 "o-.
fdni'.i i 'tal college in the United States.
w.iul ii)ly. I think, to Oberl'tn in HYer
ir.i ! yming women advantages eiual
tn viiiuiU' men.
Th- buildings of the Mendenhall
,-h-Ml at Jamestown are still srandin;?.
Ai: Jn lith and Mis$ Minerva Un.len-
y were horn ana rearea at -nme-
hoth excellent teachers until
young man. howed up to ask me for my
daughter's hand I would have revenge,
not only for what I had to pass through
when I urged my suit, but for being1'
shoved to the background during the
present .proceedings. ; ,
"Well, he called at my office yester
day, and I told my office boy to admit
him and leave us alone and see that
we were not. disturbed.
: " 'Just dropped in said he. easily,
declining to take a seat, ; to tell ' you
that I am going to marry your daughter
the middle of next month. " It will be an
informal affair, so you may consider
yourself 'invited without further notice.
Good day,'
''Before I could catch my breath he
waVgone, and 'when I complained to my
daughter about-h's treatment of iu. ail
the comfort I got was that 1 1 could con
sider myself fortunate "In getting an in
vitation, as it was to be an exclusive
affair." -
America tn England
(From the Westminister Gazette.)
The Americanizing of one part of Lan
cashire, -namely, Traff.ml 'Park Estate.
Manchester, t now proceeding apace.
About T.tMlO houses, mostly of the cot
tage type. h:-.ve been erected there and
riety on the farms everybody had line I '' being raj -!" tenanted by artisan
ache yesterday, and, when I found the
books didn't balance, I sat and stared
at the figures. We had. $5 that didn't
seem to belong to us, but I couldn't by
any mental effort, decide whether the
surplus meant whence or whither. I
didn't have a glimmerinsr idea of the
meaning of thp two words. My brain
refused to work. Luckily my French
had survived the mental wreck.' I gave
up the whence and whither and just
wrote a big 'trop' opposite the $5. My
partner will understand perfectly. She's
a great comfort." '
orenards. lliey raised -sheen, horse,, i who are
cattle. Guilford is a tine irrass crow air ' pleyed at
country. The'peach orchards of Geor- j which are being p?ned in Trnfftird Park,
gia were planted front the i)U'v. Ties ,;' The laying out -of. this ininiattvre town,
Guilford. Men are living today who'whuh has sprung Juto heing in a p he
know when the Georgia people had u vomevr.V.y short time, s iiug igorv.ijvly
orchards: these nn'n sol.l fruit trees i pushed l" iV.ini. Streets are l elnvr
there and this introduced the culture oj planned on th? Americaa system, and
the peach to one of the very finest fruit j instead of being named aft?;- the Hng
growing sections. Georgia and South I lish fa.-iiit o. arc Ln-inz numbered con-
rVrolina limiirht thtir fii-st fruit tn-es 1 selttlVc!V ;i in tile States, 'lhey .".re
from Guilford .county. X. C. j lighted l;.v C
Previous to the war Guilford was al-! cfwculngs tum;H- f ing tu:s new
IS EASTER !f NATIONAL PARK
A Project for One In New England, to
Kttibrac Parts ofTbr Klata -
(Lewiston Evening Journal.)
There is talk of a national park in
Xew England, including part of Maine,
as a forest reservation. The entire area
of forest reservations nd parks approxi
mates tifty million acres. The parks
differ from the forest reserves in that
no lumbering can be carried on within
thein. and their came animals are pro
tected. The milling laws do not apply
within their territory, except in Mount
lialnier Park, and they rre in care of
Ml Prnil'Pill trnnv.c Tlio fi,iil ta-.i.
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Handbook
Suit Free
OntoOUttL
THE i
KEELCT
Bells
e .:
CALL FOR
Wedding'
FlowerSeS
That's what we have. We,
make handsome
Brides' Boquet
And furnish .
DR. W. E. WEIHE,
Veterinary Surgeon
Grtdaata of Cornell Univrlty.
PAEK ROAD, WEST RALEIGH.
Interstate 'Phoae No. 43.
The Beat Prescription for Malaria
Chilis and Ferer is a bottle of Groves'
Tasteless Chili Tonic. It is simply iron
and quinine in a tasteless form. 2fi
core, no pay. Price 50c. -
M. S.CaIvert,
p
RALEIGH, N. C.
Cotut reporting dona anywhera Id
orth Carolina. Pnce a application.
lie
...,,..'.,',-. ) .... w. t.wi . i,., rm- i aliens, on the other hand, are admiuis-
".l:rr. I tered by th. Secretaiv of the Interior,
i tue. ;ur -u lue uri i 4i , , . . ...... ' .
and Nexv Hampshire already have State pwv'
and forest it 'commissions, and it mi.cht AND
bo practicable to secure their coopera- j
tion in the ceurrol and direction of .such !
n whi7Msevcrii stSeTife atiuirei Roses for , wedaings. We ship to
forest reservations or have taken meas-lall DOlIltS ill this aad adjoining
,?;:ls',,hv,.3;r,e;:'J States. Give list of wants and
AMERICAN BEAUTY
most entirely independent of the out.?iJ
world. To live and have the very is
tires to protect sue
: i ...... .... ........ i . i t "l'ii- m
crrieity. as are also the ' ,,,n 1 1 1 ' s ra,inues I0T
thw i- couiroiiuiK siun .reservation m a nre.ta
Chester colony. Shops retsvllinjr- all kinds
of socs are spnnjrmsr tnto existence
of everythins did not eost-anything then! here and thtr.. The most Jmpovtar.t in-
custriai t '.oieeni wnicn i niiumr a nome
here is th; Westinjrhouse Eleenie and
.Manufactun'r.K Company. Limited, whose
workshops are eKpeeted" to jjive employ
ment to over i.CHMi nuMi snt youth
Some of ihe for'iii'Mi en
except ianor. 1 he Kooels were Home
made, powl, comfortable and subr.tiu.dial.
Thenv are some industries tday :h::
are jtrosiieriiiK. .Tint the farmers .'i c:iy
a'rom the railroad are not nearTT- so we!"
off as before 18G1. The Civil War de
stroyed country life, for the South. 'I iie
railroad, while an advantage to ie;ile
able to meet eomwtitiou ry srv: ' u-t-1 ccrns in
ter transnoitaticn. is the zf.i'est power i fineries, dynamo- work
for change in the South, greater ;han j works, electric light aJ -'ower station-.
timoer yards, wareiiou:-es tor cotton, etc
NOT S IMin ICII HLANDS
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Tlae 'aui( I'oruirrlv Applied to lb
n:i
itu: years. Mis Minerva's services j
n-p-e required in Tennessee, r or vears ttie fret,jnp of. the negroes
h, was matron in the State llosp.til ;er l The- farmers were unused to eonipeii
Iisuie at Nashville. These sister tion. they were unable to T'e.teiv and
,.vel 'he generation following that, of therefore to meet with competition, that
th, first female school at -lamestowii. 1 Sreat "Saint-Iemoiu" wU:t n Is li t!i
Jiiilford has always been" interested in etHH aiuKbad. best for those who cra-p
lailn-trial training. This was of old the ;t bravest, worst for those vh yid.!.
Tmmty of hatters, plow makers, tan- Therefore they began in becom. chiimi ii
TT-.rwi-t mrlcrs ete. Th-'Utih aiv -lf-li,.nr tuiii,r .urn -ill'. ni' vtnolivt"
a'rc.-ly under Quaker influence, and peo-! lt is a temptath)n t.liiy the ' hea; ai-S'hl;v, ",TatiHl ,tue. estaUishuient of
. .A -.. a!11 it i inin-!ir l.. :. . I. l3 .i tlllC 101UUMUUCUI0IIS. OOlwn'll 111
perhaps that Guilford was a great jdace i,Uy an article, however cheap it may
fur making guns. Young men and boys -,)e . haii to produye it nnl. ss the buyer
wn' apprenticed to gun makers. In ,.aa j,e hptter employed. Ti'ii? is lost
the section of country between High ju buying things that might be ma.b
Point and Guilford College there were nuiess the purchaser is leir; r -mpli.ved;
a iiiimber of gunsmiths, i. e.. the jrt fvnisttme more than one can priae
Wrights, the Armtields, the Lambs, tae ; to become poorer. " The 'specialties of
way, unsnVcteil by local or private in-
tfiest. upon plans that will .permit the
use of. "private forests that remain, di
recting with intelligence such cutting as
is ju-i.per. and promoting new growth
on tli!- denuded areas. The subject is
exceedingly important in its relation to
the prospei irv of the farmer, who is
l"Gd arC liter- j .m-pfminn en -uinaie ;mu raw
uui; '.o me gr'at nianii) aciuring inter
ests, more e.r lss dependent n the
watpr iwvr foriiisln:! hv o;ir rivers
write us for prices. Send us your
order and card for shipments you
wish made to "friends." Order
funeral designs by telegraph.
leans, and the nasal tivang is not alto-j
get her missing. Other industrial eoa- :
brick and tile 1,1 "l1" growing cuies ami towns
i wnos v. ;ucr supply is urawu troni our
rortlu rn takes, and to the health and
j ple.-.'O.in-' (J ihmi sands who annually
tisi; the 'mountains and uplands of
! northern Vermont. Xew Hampshire and
J. Illllf!
URSERYCO
bcliietters. the Stephens, the Conches, skilled "workmen is an economic arrauge-
llawnlluii Cironp is Now Seldom I cd
The preamble to a resolution adopted
lrv the Chamber of Commerce the otmr
United States and the Philippines by
way of the Sandwich Island." This
designation of the Hawaiian Islands was
probably mere force of old h"abif or a
"sdip of the pen." The name Sandwich
Islands is not properly applied today
tieograph-
Main.
The White Mountain region of New
Hampshire covers an area of more than
l.'JtKt square miles, between the lake
country of New Hampshire on the south
and the valleys of the Ammonoosuc and
Androscoggin on -he north, Connecte
with it easterly are the great forest
areas of Maine, extending to the Cana
dian frontier, ami on the west are the
contiguous 'mountain districts of Ver
mont. This whole section, including parts of
the three States named, is of the high-
t'lese !1)erit 0f civilization. The St'nith is com
'iheir ! ;ilsr ,v the railroads into -closer warfare
Mx n, Johnson, etc. Many of
K?r ciiiisimths bv families.
VMiuclS were soul m many urates. j (,r economics. ill she oe ante to sianti:
.Henry Wright used to employ gun s Xot without industrial training. The
tzent? as Mr. J. Van Lindley does for, present is a fight of fact instead o!
hi trees. These agents visited courts. 1 1 henries as in the great day of religious
fathering. - etc. They travelel, carry-"j and poetry.
inz suns in wagons. One Of these. The numerous skilled workmen :t
llaaman Brown, once went away with a Uuilfor'd county made an easier step for
to our lerntory or Hawaii
ers aitd mapmakers all over the world est scenic interest, comprising ihouu-
i - . i . (. e u - . -: ., 1.-1... .... I . 1 l l
nave discontinue.! me use oi-me mrmc.
POMONA, N. C.
(Near Greensboro.)
f-fOTEL DORSET!
RALEIGH, N. C.
Thirty Newly Furnished
Rooms, all Modern Conven
iences. European and Ameri
can Plan.
One block from post office.
Two blocks from Opera
Honpe. Next door to Com
mercial and Farmers Bank.
Up-to-date Cafe for Ladies
and Gentlemen.
name.
The Hawaiian Islands' tvere called
the Sandwich Inlands by the famous
('apt. Cook, when he discovered them,
in h ner of a British noblf.nau who
was one of the most conspicuous promot
ers of geographical discoveiy in his day.
At th time the islands were named in
t-o-hre wagon and big load of gnn het from the old to the new order. Be- J ,5 u :i ' " 'V V- V
... . .i. ... ..n .7. ....i - .. . ..... . i.. ' Adwirnllv. It was under his ad-
nit a; lvcKeis. uui en noies w oc ivi-; iore tue war Mtmcoru ni. a tram. ng. -; . " .1" W . . . (. ,. ,.;..i,t),i
li" JllllliMl ill iOli " V-.ll. V...i.-l i,i,.i...vw
jei"!. He went to Georgia, soiu ui 4j;lr hjS
to, cottecteti ,tue notes, sow me ; present.
been a great benefit to he
tj'ii ;U;1 .wagon and absconded, like) High Point, with her forty factories
son;-1 ' the negro overseers. Haatn:" 'working in wood, is the lretnt deve
Jltfuva hts never been heard of since. opment of h - 'beautiful sysren of the
TV guns made in Guilford were r' industrial training of old t Juilford. O?:
principally rifles. About the first . guns : of th-y old he. grown tbe new.
with percussion locks were made by i What is progress? Is it not .'the push
those people. The Lambs made flint ing of a greater momentum tii.'n is iie.-d-k
here for the soldiers and Tories of ed for present existence? V"h-u h. r
tip Revolution. There are still gun- raw timber is xTr1;ed up 'nlo the l.nest
emits in uuiiiora cut tne snois are
pup. The 'Guilford County Rifle'
Tva known in other States, standing as
Iiizh In its good' name as the Kemington
er Winchester of today.
Lmg ago boys were apprenticed to
plf-w makers.
The plows of Guilford, like the guns
of -Cuilford. were excellent and attract
ed public attention. The metal or case
iron mould board succeeded the wooden
mould board. This form of plow, was in
rental In Guilford. Eli Pngh manufac
tured fi'ows near Jamestown front 1S3
to 1M.". He .employel a half dozen oi
Bore hkmi; their output was about three
drizcr. .plows per week.
OrhnieP Hyatt also made plows and-
kejir a foundry. Several others kopc
plcw-hops also as a regular business,
fipplying plows for the country ronul,
boiling them for long weary miles m
vagons to the farmers.'
fine Mr. Jennings was a wag i agent
fr j iws. He traveled all over 'he
country, lie must appear to be very
v ise in erder that . the neonte he ' met
mi-'ht respet-t . him the more .md buy
many plows.' He drove t four-hirse
tfn:). Once when setting out on a tour
h' s:tid: "There now! I just, forgot to
vrite to Jonathan Parker to send ice
the captions." What were the "oqi
tio.is?" The acts of the Legislature.
Th.u body had recently adjourned. If
If hnd the "captions" he would be to
th. whole territory traveled over th-3
uponnd.-r of law and of politics, new5
twrier and shaper of events in general.
Of old the wanderer and traveler was
linger, or . historian, a troubadour or
Jrs, -phe bagpipe of Scotland and
th nvet story teller of snnny Franc
rere imw undergoing an Ymerican tran
f onnati The old plow agents and
Tin agents. I suppose, were i cross, be
taepii the mediaeval singe." of ballads
the modern ambassador if trade.
Commerce and politics have swallowed
Bp their sweet love stories and romance
lives place to business.
A m,,st notable example of . old time
Hidnvrries carried On by slave labor was
f T.i;netown. From 1820 to 1845
Geor;-.' c. Mendenhall had a large ?ys
t m or industrial lalior On Deep river,
i OiTilf.jril county, he had n large farm.
His slues were all special workmen:
tl-ey were tnugh.tr a trade and worked at
tilth -pecial ty, not running around, from
thin to another. He introduced
thp v.,Inp system among his slaves that
Piiled among the white people fin this
ennimnnirj- jn that day. His stofe was
rtPiidf.i by a negro clerk, ' who -bought
nd sold grods. AT" harness shop was
k'pt '.y a slave, a set. of whose harness
t k firt premium at the State Fair at
"1-,-gli. a double et of carriage fcr
Df s- His m?n Herbert was a fine ear
Pfpter and worked on many of the best
tn:Mh1rp in Raleigh helped to build
'-.Otlltol.
-fderson,' his cook and caterer. "'was
)rdectfd to -nrait VrasiAant 'Rnchanan
i that disnitarv visited the State
'VPt-sxtv at fhnt.Pl Tfi-11.
' 1 I -hum was a shoemaken, making
Ff"H substantial shoes for the farming
jns . f nponlt'.
11 Adam was a celebrated tonsorial
,"t! He followed his master o all
jh e-onrts to wait on him and to shave
thcr lawyers and judges.
f?o, ,(. MciHionhall had a workshop
r'- ' plows, rakes and other, tools.
Ihe large, flouring mill, cotton gin, farm,
chairs, suits of furniture, uimoiste el
and luxurious, aud finds gooc niorker
for these all over the Cr.it el States
more than fs flPed.-.i at h'snie. is that not
progress? Truly so, wh?rt this is Pe
result of man's inirenuity a-i l energy.
1'LOItlOA ORANftKS
The Industry la Asnln a Potent tartar
In the Production of Wealth
Only six years have elapsed since the
last fatal freeze in Florida destroyed
most of -the orange trees in that State.
Florida had twice suffered from this
calamity within a dec-ade. It was feared
that the days. of orange growing there
were at an end. It did not seem likely
that growers would have the courage to
plant new groves, liable to be destroyed
in, a night after the investment of much
capital and Ialior. '
.The growers "did plant again, how
efer, and this year's crop'is a fine one.
Air. Stephen Powers, secretary of the
Florida Horticultural Society, says that
Florida will give the country this sea
son about l,00,fi(X boxes. Nearly a
million trees have been planted within
the pastsfew years. Xot more than half
as many trees are yet in bearing, how
ever, as were a source of profit before
the last great freeze. '
Florida orange growers have had bitter
experience and are profiting by it.
Many scores of wealthy growers and
even poor men are providing sheds and
tents for the protection of their groves
against . frost. The luost expensive
methods.-of protecting cost from ?400 to
$1,200 an acre, but it is found that eveu
this large outlay pays with good man
agement, (rowers are also moving the
area of cultivation further- So.uth where
no frost has ever reached. Groves arc
now flourishing on the edge of the Ever
glades in Dade county.: The fertilizers
and cultural systems used in the upper
counties are also being employed in the
south. This southward movement has
thus far been very successful, the re
sults showing that there-Is ntthing in
the climate or soil of the new region
whiich unfavorably influences the or
ange. ,
The orange growers did fairly well in
the years they were waiting for their
new groves to come into bearing. Thov
canned fruits of various kinds, raised
stock and poultry, milk and eggs, an 1
snapped melons, cantaloupes, pineapples,
strawberries and vegetables to Northern
markets. They did not handle as much
money as before their orange trees were
killed; but they lived very comfortably
and now have before them the bright
prospect of a complete renewal of their
former prosperity as raisers of Florida
oranges. '
V: r
Getting tb Old man's Concent
. (Detroit Free Press.)
"It was settled some time ago that he-
was to marry my daughter," said the.
father of a jwrl of the period, "but it
jvt remained for the young man to get
my consent. It was merely a formality,
however, as I bad cut no figure what
ever during the campaign, my girl ar
ranging matters to suit . herself without
consulting me or iuy wishes.'
"Now I remember with.' what trepi
dation I had tipproAcheii. my wife's
fatlier when 'I asked htm for her hand
and I made up my mind that when that
geography with so many spbndid and
impoiiant discoveries. The naming of
the islands tor Lord Sandwich was re
ferred to at the tune as "a tribute justly
due to that nolle peoa for the lileral
support these voyages have derived
from his Hwer."
For many years the islands were
known as the Sandwich Islands. When,
however, the natives became somewhat
advanced' ia civilization they began to
protest against the abolition of the name
which they and their fathers had known
for many generations. They never-used
the name which Capt. Cook gave them,
'i hey called their country the Kingdom
of Hawaii. In all their relations with
other countries, in all their official pa
pers, the name Sandwich never ai
pearcd. When King Kalakaua visited
this country he was occasionally spoken
kof as "The King of the feandwicn is
lands." He never bailed to correct,
most politely, the person who named
him in this manner. The ,only 'refer
ence to his little Kingdom that ever
seempd to digress him was when it was
called the -Sandwich Islands. Many
missionaries and merchants sympathized
with the desire of the natives to pre
serve their ancient name.
For years past it has been regarded
as improper for an explorer to attach
a new name to any geographical object
having a distinct native name. The
British themselves have been great
sticklers for the retention of native
names except when some most conspi
cuous ebjeer was named after members
of their royal family. But the fact that
the retention of native names is gener
ally advocated helped to bring about
the disuse of the nam? that Capt. Cook
gave to the Hawaiian group.
All the best atlases now give the na
tive name to the group. "The Interna
tional Oeography," the latest impor
tant geography published in Great
Britain, speaks of the Hawaiian Isl.inds
as "formerly known as th? Sandwich
Islands."
Of course the islauds can never be
called the Sandwich Islands in our
country for this would be contrary to
the present usage in all lands and to our
own official designation of the new
"Territory of "Hawaii."
$
AfCOtSTS KEPT WOMAN'S WAV
A Nove ?tni Tli at Robs Boolikaep
Ing of Itu Tedlons Details
A New York society wqniau who in
company with a friend has recently car
ried a business venture to phenomena!
success has a system of bookkeeping
warranted to rob business of its horrors
for femininity. .
"We thought the bookkeeping might
be rather a nuisance," she says, nirly
"but it is perfectly simple. I really
cant understand why men make such
work of it. Of course, we have to be
careful about entering everything in the
beoks. Then, at the end of the day, we
add ud the figures. If the debt and
credit totals match, its all right. If they
don't, we so" over it all again. If that
dosen t stralsrhten out the discrepancy,
we don't worry about it any more.
"When we find that we have' more
money than we ought to have- we maie
a note of the amount and write 'whence
opposite in big letters, just to diow that
we Know tne Daiance is tnat mu ;n oiu
of joint. If we are out a certain
amount of .money we write 'whither'
opposite the sum. After that we just
don't -bother about, if. What's the use,?
t Buppose the bookswould look cueer to
a professional double-back-action book
keeper, but we understand them, and
jyhat's bookkeeping for?
' "One does get things mixed occasiop
ally, though, even when the system 's as
simple as ours. I had a dreadful'" head-
tain, lake and river. Dominated by
Mount Washington and the Presidential
Range, flanked by the Franeonia and
Sandwich ranges,-', it includes also
f;i!eps of lesser jeaks covered by for
efts, inclosing mountain walled lakes
of surpassing beaurv. feed in ir the Con-
int. Ii... if ,il lloKpInuin a.?.-.-,.... , 1. .-. i2 n .
IIt.llltL ,liH4 .tin nwi u inn?. IIIC ..nt.
the Androscoggin, the Kennebec, the
PRIVATE PINING ROOMS
FOR PARTIES.
W. L. DORSETT, Proprietor.
Penobscot, and many tributary streams.
the source of the water power t-f hun
dreds of ninnui'af-ttnir.g " villages ami
cities, to which the growth and pros
parity of New England are so largely
due.
It is a region of great historic interest,
closely associated with the past and
present life of New England, inter
woven with its romance, poetry, art and
tradition. The territory is easily ac
cessible from eveTy point, and available
to a large percentage of our urban pop
ulation. The eastern section is well
stocked with fish and game, anil other
parts might under proper conditions be
restocked. Each year, however, marks
ihe cutting for commercial purposes of
many acres of its forest growth, and the
encroachment u'jon its "iiorders of the
expanding life! of the towns is constant
ly more obvious.
SEA ICR PR XT AHOY !
Fallen In with Near fliuk tbao Island
' In nlncae TVaiera
(Shanghai Mercury.)
The Hong Kong Daily Press has re
ceived the following "official" report on
a sea serpent seen last week in local
waters: ' v
On Sunday, August 18, 1901. at 11:20
n. m.. as the Chinese customs cruising
launch Itingtsiiig was steaming at half
speed headed for Boddam cove. Tungho
Island, in latitude north 22 degrees, 8
minutes. 110 seconds, and longitude east
llo' degrees. 48 minutes, 40 seconds; at
about ten cables' length from the Clink
Chao Island. I sighted a dark object on
the surface of the water, one point to the
starboard bow, and which looked to me
like a rock. I at once gave the order
"full sped astern," and the vessel
passed 'about thirty feet clear of the
object, which, to my surprise, was a
large serpent, lying in a round coil,
with its head raised two or three feet
and slightly moving. Stopped engines
and lowered starboard gig. I dispatched
Mr. Kuster. second officer in gig. with
orders to kill the monster if possible.
Mr. Kuster stood: in bow of gig with a
boathook ready to strike. The -serpent
had now lowered its head again, but on
aproach of the gig suddenly struck out,
hitting blade of one of the oars, turning
the sailor turtle back. It then raised its
head to the level of the launch's davit
about fifteen feet at a distance of not
more than ten feet from, the gig and
thirty feet from the launch where I
stood. The crew of gig were scared
and -prepared ,to jump overboard. Mr.
Kuster, still standing in bow of g'ig, pre
pared to strike with the boathook, but
before he could do so the monster sud
denly lived and matle off. Its action in
swimming1 was like that of an ordinary
water s-nake. The water being clear
the reptile could be plainly seen a few
feet down. It dived very quickly and
made considerable disturbance of the ,
water.
We judged the serpent to be from
forty to fifty feet long and about a foot
in diameter. It had a kind of crest on
its head and two fins high up on the
neck, jnst behind the jaws. The thick
est part of its body appeared to-be.
about fifteen feet from the head, taper
ing both ways. Its head was as big as a
Rugby foot ball, with large eyes and
mouth opened wide when striking. It
was of a very dark color on the back
striped and mottled but lighter on the
belly.
As soon as the serpent disappeared
and we on the launch had recovered
from our first surprise I ordered the
ten -barreled Nordenfeldt to be loaded
launch moved slowly, around for
The Mechanics and .
Investors Union
Owns the best investment and loan
plans for monthly payment certificates.
Guaranteed to mature in one hundred
months. Also full paid, ten year, six
per cent coupon certificates. With
taxes paid by the company.
We can aid yon to save money. Ten
cents per day will mature $400 in 100
months. You can own a home in 100
months, for about what you. are now
paying for rent. Business done in any
part of the state. Address GEORGE
ALLEN, Raleigh, N. C.
Garrett-Williams Co's
Solace
OW MANY PEOPLE
There are that have been sorely disap
pointed with their Grates and have con'
demed the open fire-places? All because,
they did not consult a practical firm, which wonldi
have told them at the outset jnst HOW to prooeed to
have Mantels, Tiling and Grates ''one harmonious
whole." That's our business. Consult us. "Special
Cahill" Grates, please. We guarantee them. We"
are State "Agents. Write us.
McCLAM ROCK BROS.,
222 South Elm St.. GREENSBORO, N: O;
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CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC:!
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Has no superior. Limited to seventy boaters. Leseheclzky system of
Music; nothinjf equal to It in the State. Two Music professors. Ad-
t vanced courses to suit any one. Specialists In all departments. Term, t
f will suit you. ; Ask for free catalogue. Next session besins Santemhor I tl
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11th. 1001. JAMES DIN WIDDIE, Principal,' Raleigh, N. 0.
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FOB SALE HV
L. J. Walker,
309 Fayetteville St.,
RALEIGH, N.C.
MDC T,len ued fc over alxtr yor kf
HinOr raillhirta of mothers for their children
MtfillOl n.U'C trhi'eteethinpttith perreoi
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Above stove is one of the most attractive air-tlghts made
iron ton and bottom, with swinging dome and swintr
The bottom is disked and ribbed to insure strength and durability The hod
is made of polished bine steel, with heavy steel linings. Two foot rails fur
nished with every stove. Mckel-platad urn and knobs. Collar on back or ton.
desired, at same price. -
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No. 1J) For medium rooms..
No. 22 For large rooms
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world. Be sure ad asfc lor "Mr.. AVias'ow'a
Soothing Syrup." and Uk m tker JkiadU
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ILLUSTRATION OF FIVE YEAR DIVIDEND
PLAN OF THE JETNA LIFE IN
SURANCE COMPANY.
Chubchill, N. C, Sept. 26th, 1901.
Mr. J. D. Boushall, Gen'l Agt., Raleigh, N. C.
Dear Sir: Yours of yesterday received with notice of ac
cumulated dividend amorln ting to $28.46 on my policy No.
217028. I execute and enclose form 110 and 234, for which
you will please pay the premium 27.73 due Sept 29th,"
1901, and send rne check for balance.
I am most grateful to the Company for the Iargf dividend
that has been accumulated under my policy. I must say
that insurance is the best investment that a young man can
put his money in, especially in the old JEtna. I will re
commend the iEtna to those who want insurance as the very -best
Life Insurance Company in America.
Wishing the iEtna and all of its officers much success, I
am, 1 Yours very truly,
J. J. "NICHOLSON".
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Elsewhere When You Can Get Better Policies in the
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Ten Per Cent to Twenty Per Cent CHeaper.
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$27.30
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Life,
$31.83
34.76
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JATe. Life. New York. Mutual Lite, Benefit. Life Mutugk 1
$31.83 $30.48 $30.25 $30.77 $30.12 $30 6S : - $31 B871;",
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Hfffeen or twenty minutes in hopes that r poUcles irsuea dj xne m. ftX " - " - - - . -.v
the reptile would - reappear, but, not J OecKM tabulatifcfaSf Surreader. Loan per cent), PatS-up and Aotomatle Extension Values. .
doing so, vessel proceeded on her way to All cntam wn iai j w p-Bftg of the ComnanT. Dividends mar ba used Annually 'or to Aeeomolat.
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Boddam cove. F WOLFE,
Officer in charge C. L. Liuigtsing,
August 21, 1901.-. - ,
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