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ble ha ha d up the inJiitryi at
Hull, we have .t rre-iTe! if rn:ati n
v t. but tVinobr A t U citrve.
Dunkirk.. rnnr. i.'s tU cate
lpirtneu: inforioAtuo. i'r-o t;:at
4.mt. th.t ! eruhrs there are
uou h trotiMrd t ieW t . w.rk cn
If.. , Tte holder- et fiNi d
jUhe nut. .
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hem the continent m
C.rri Britain. It t worth unJly irora
$10 t. $l per t--- Thi accounts, in
a great nieaim tor th hih price pid
for th cotton td.
I ,i Hoi tivor th etp.rtAtKi of ct
t. ih-sL Tlev ho!d not leave the
couotrv. But the-- fact point to t'
Hueti.3a: 1st. If thc oil ck w o
lU'r " -v" -
,,x,rlv artiatfl here in ih South?
We c"rvatl nerd ovp additions to our
rearer.. 2nd. If the
prvsisior iadutrv i o printable there,
that it p t import erd from Anier-,
U- and FJype. wh.v il Ut C.r ta
prr the srl in North Carolina.
A suteracat i gp& round of
the ppr., I.urp- started by the oil
tailU who would like to keep ethr out
f the baio4-s. that th- prohibitory t
duty put pea ccttaa eei ell W the
To IMMIGRATION. TIIK INWrfTRlAI Aft IU( VtlTUiYa L. MINERAL, COMMERCIAiZ EPUCATi6nAL
Italian .rrnrnnt will (lepra the
pricr ( thf nil l.r r . T) aancr U
that th- rctiral ttrlusion of cotton
uil frtn IuK incr lat January
o. wtkkMv cfftcttij the priw.
Itslv um nnlrOrTlOquintaN of cotton
"il in Drvrrohrr the Urgrct
imp.,rttm any month. ThU U hanllr
!r. iu th Inickrt. Th IulUnt
harr hurt tkonJw hy deluding thU
aumtinL "fhr ir
i Mwaufulcrmnrv,; thwwf-? rr9 It -etrxc
il ith it. Thw IxfttK'M h now onJj
been tmint. rrt.l t MartrilJ! ami oiJjef
-iu fntnhil. aUk. thrhoruede
nund f"t rttt -r riJ i griming
trrtnewltttiAlr. NVw u are foumt for
it rntinuaIlT. Tht- lttt that I have
fulU ul a a riint oil. It h imjunwi
Mr tr u now tr prolict all the uc- of
thU Iujih!r oil. A cheap vegetable
', oil c;in 6nJ tlfuanl of iir in th
art.
TMKLATS JOHN H. WHEELER.
f ti tj; w. m 4K It Ia.
" fw ax jut mcu of letter. o t-ui-nent
have Ijeeu the servicn of Col.
Wheeler. c feel it to !e- a duty we
owe th. public to publish njull outline
of hw life, with an opinion of h! life
nirk. a far a detail are accessible at
the moment. The grandfather of our
fuhject came from New Jetey. and a
a revolutionary oldicr. nphyaician and
a resident of Miirfrrvsboro, at the time
of hi decease. The father of I ol.
VheeIr a a merchant .and Pot
mater of that village, where' he himelf
horn in ISJ. Yuun Wheeler wa
graJuateil from Columbian Collide,
District vf Columbia, with the decree of
Bachelor !' Art., in l ".'ij. I If rend
law with Chief Justice Tavlr. anl
jbtanl liceii'f to practice in the !!
hiwtu; ear. The decree of Master- if
Art a conl'erre! on hini itf l H2 by
the University of North Carolina. Frni
l'Z7 to h' na a n ruber of the
although Urrl tf the age ?r,r y ar.
- i
nwmWrhip,
Mr. U heeler wa-
, un.u eve ful caudidate fr Conirr-s
from the Edenlon district against the
taiittititr and talented William
rheptrl For three year, from I "!.
Mr. Whcflrr 3i S crctary.by appoint
meut of Pnridcnt Jackson and on
firuoitiou of the Senate, of the impor-
taut lloard of Commissioners under the
( convention with France. Thew Com
: mislircr were Hon. George W.Camp
f bell, of Tennee ; Hon. John K. Kane
of Philadelphia: and Hon. Romulus M.
Saunders of North Carolina. They
undcml him a vote of thanks for hi
! ctScincy. In January 17. Pridcnt
i Van Burtn apTointcI Mr. Wheeler
I Superintendent oftheMintat Charl.tte.
which office he held until 1MI. So
puUr had he Ueomc by hi official
rrtdrocr among them, the lVrucnits
of Meckleuburg county nominatetl him,
in 1542, a candidate for the House of
Commou. ThU office he decined. a
h had deeid-l to move hi rvsiden-e to
Lincoln Counjv. Frm W2 to 1M4
he na.Trrurvr f the State. Between
' the latter date aud the year loi he
' wa engal ui- hi -History of
1 North Carolina. published by Lippin
cott. (Iramb.. A Co . Philadelphia, in
the UAt menti ueU rtir. iunng
PicrrV admintstratiou Col. Whndcr
. the lniie. States Minister to
Nicaragua, and .' there when the ill
fted Walker eivlitK. terminated.
He
did all that w;s -v.iiie i.y
diplomacy
I '
art the .tastrpne
K.., Kf . t. i.m.N J r. i ne nckH-M
t. Y.
fdibuter
In atPr . ear Col. Wheeler
- . tr.-. -ls viic i ii r oi w mm
.it r. .Mintinr hi et-ru fi'-v
.linlomat. lie nsitc.1 Ln-land
linloinat. lie isitcl
xt v,;!i
""'V ,' "
informctl that
puolicaiiou. s-
ft i. a valuable mine
of biographical
and historical facJ I" addition to
Ihtmi Ubom Col. Wheeler prepaml a
handbook of tatUtics about the btatc
and furnished many rticle tor the
I periodical and newspajKr pro
: ast work on which he w ci
i ne
cngagcJ
i before partial hi
cauMI the
.
dntinuance ol
,phptcal abnitv r
f cuuou for
uch taskt, and
was wanting, was a
or the Raicigh Acr-
Oorrer. establishing the .State claim
to important military senice in u.c
War of the Revolution. I-or sonic
the war he was assistant
in Arnxc and soeial reiauons
CoL Vheeler was one of the most
WILMINGTON, N. C
amiable of
OI Uletl. Ills limt Wlfi
Mi Mary, the daughter of Rev. (). B.
i ,n?:.. t! bin-ton ; hu second,
1.1 Jen. laughter of the jrreat artbt.
inr.ma ully. of Philadelphia. She
UrviVt-H him. He leaven three children
apd several grand children.
treat ns U the volume of his service
to hi nauv. .utj-. it i "The Hi-tory
of North Carolina" which U th- best
monunKitt toiki racuiorv. lie it was
rtir rTOetht.freatrr tlian 'OIf
Mortafitr." prtservnl not only the
namc ot the illustrious dead, but nlso
their record-. But for ("ol. Wheler
many injporutut lacts muit have
erihet utterlr. Over a Inn wate o
year?, from 3Iartin to Hanks who was
not able to carry his labor beyond the
d.-r mII. no hUtorian art: to" tell the
Mory of a stcrlinc but imple-ininded
jH.plc. except John H. Wheeler. The
whole held was hu. and I r the more
imjrtant part of his work he had lo
depend entirely upon original research.
Ia-1 no man think it m an easv thinr to
! write the history of any common wt-a I th,
mall or ;iTat. ancient or mixlerii. To
I infinite jmtiiiuv in lindinr materia!, he
mui ailil nmiihI judgment in selection
or rejection of facts, and in their efl
loention nnd -resentation. The juIi
tie of m jurUl are to ! retntoreed by
thoAeofn literary artit. Time. tare.
inlu-try. judgment, intelligence .f a
hiLh order. oiiM,ientiou.ni to a
rcmarkablc degnv, with culture ami
wid? special information the requisites
for the Lak are enormous, almost
apjuiuinir: lint ( oi. v heeler was no I
ordinary man. and he sat down to his
Nelf-K-ii:nrt task with the spirit which
loijrht hae inspired Tacitu in th f
iniiii.ii t:d works which ortray lor u )
the grandeur and the decay of e-d. .al j
R'e-
It Utru.- that with rai- iuHlety. he '
cht.- the simpler fi.rm .of narrative !
which is U-t dcscriitctl bv hi- title w irl
"Sketch. ;' and that he ga- Lis
in I
equally a-. V' "
l-ii-t- -ire in Wheeler. pl.o"eii imu ;
j , v can read sepannelv. The xnlne
of tie stor U im-stimable; it i the
ore-h .v. of information nlout North :
Clinauicn U full of j
v roii ii. i unii u -. uw , . i
interest to CVCfV true ,ortn varoinuan. ,
If a "renter th'an Wheeler arise, he
lulisi iiiiiim u 'n
State Tuws in age, opulence uu
pwer. other historian will apjiar; but j
a Hume coasulte.1 the Saxon Chroni-
cle Matthew Pari and Clarendon.
ai.d'.Macaulav. Burnett and the great I
di.irif w ill the future Froudes and
Fret man of North Carolina con,ult the j
UUrious. judicious ami patriotic w riter
: ;..f t.n
t .... 1 I
nir iR-riiimiiv i- j -- i
in?rishanie pari
1-iviti'dv laid awav ui the eilv of W ash
tngtoii.
IU -fore wo are hne, one word about
the passionate regard of Col. Wheeler
fi-r the State of hi Inrth and all her
Pn i-oplc. It wa almost sreater
than the love of woman.
He engraved it upon his door-plate,
but it w a graven deeper on hi heart,
liven- respectable North Carolinian
wa hi friend, and some-such was his
"vaM pilv" for the n-mi of mifortuiie
- -uh- wen- haMlv to re clas-i in tni i
eateg'-rv. lie wn. orapnssiouate,
philanthropic and magnanimous. Hi
bom.- in Washin-ton. oocupitd ilKV
hi ioi-i .n 1 1 Nicaragua, before the
war. wa- :twi.. like his heart. CJHii to
..rlh I ';ti."ii"a gentlemen and ladn. ;
H- dw. it with tenderness on the i
d. i
..! v..rthi..- r.l the Mate, lie
va. int-rto! in paing events which
r..n-ericd her. Her present ami future
re uhj. t er which he lingend
-t'..udlv - r wilh solicitude.
MANUFACTORIES.
. The article of last week, in our edi
torial column, has attracted a good
deal of attention from the poiut of its
suggestions. Embarkation in manufac
tories i the one thing needful to cm
phas'uc the prosperity of this town.
Here is health and bcautv of scenery,
.ieil attractions.
readv accessibility;
and hero i enterprise, and public spirit,
.,.n;r-i1 returdto town improvement.
But all thi-se thing arconlv preliminary
t thoe operations wl
hich lav the loUU
datiou of deep and lasting prosperity.
A town cannot consist alone of the rich
or the pleasure eeker, or the merchant,
or the landlord. There must gather
;.k a Iarrc proportion oi me
nit n " t 1
.
the mechanic, me
laoorer.
demand for
' their labor,
prosper according to the activity of
business and the steadiness of employ-
I hi.trv n trollg biographical ca-t.
; llh repet onulting opul:ir !a-te wi-er it they vouM stiM further expaut I marble, granite, limpid quartz, garnet, i
! rather than literal-' JJ" r U.tar. iIcl.! ,Vhe futuC's-'-X this s-otioii amethvst, beryl, chaleedony, erystalized i
nu i ei.'i si . ' " -r - ... - .. t -eiAi.r i.viSiiN
t.rv ..fVip'inia."Bro.dhead's "History i the area ot prnduction increases, a no i iron, uov,.- r, w.-.,. ---j
of Sew York "or HuUi.insnV"lli,t..rV ' the reputation of the prcltict enlarges. ; ,,.,,, sprrngs wlie waters have been j
oi .w iorK ! i ....... ....oiu- ; ! i found beneficial to invalids Amousr
B. of Massachusetts he w,.nm nave .kvu i .... "7" i .... t:,i. ..V,nK.
r.i tn .1,,. .... . i.nii. -ui iKnit nor (n v ior saie. out iiiem, x immuxii . y"i-7
, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1882.
I nielli Tint nnnmia mi.iTl i.
r nrecariom if reiving solelv'uwn the
capricious action of fashion, or the irreg-
! ular demands for service. There must
be a fteadv uniform emDloTment rur
1 rouvi ti, tiurain twr.nTatmn nnfl iht-rn
P
muft Ic reliable indueeraeirt to invite
its increase.
There is nothing f sure to conduce
Ui tlicse things as nianufactiirinindua
tries. We mearly J31t the often
quoted examples of otLtr"towh in the
State which have been colled into promi
nence by acting on this principle." That
example U commended again to the
consideration of the citizens of Aaheville,
and also to capitalists abroad looking
. round for profitable investment of money.
One great drawback liM been removed.
Accessibility and facilities of transporta
tion dispose of th6 great obstacle that
existed in pait years! Those things
obtained, it would be not onlv .1 stand
ing reproach, but would exhibit great
waut of foresight in refusing to take
advantage of jositiou. Asheville might
take the altitude in which Knoxville
now stands in relation to the (surround
ing sectiuii. Coal and iron is not more
remote from here than Irom that city.
Lumber is much nearer of better and
of more varied kinds. There is every
reason nhy car shops, wagon and ear
l iage factories, agricultural implement
establishment, furniture factories, spoke
and handle factories should flourish here
iu a degree not within the reach of towns
I les favoreil.
; North (,'aroli
Population in Western
ma
l ranutJv increasing.
ealth is accumu luting, new wants are
becoming felt, and new demands are
In-ing created. Outside of this there is
the great wide world of business oc-ned
by roads alni(wt built, to be renehetl by
others to le built at no distant day, all
ttj be taught to look to this as their
great centre of supplies,
The onlv article of manufacture on a
(large scale which has as vet invited !
' decided interest i" t4baeci. IIanufae
turers are wise in this, and "would be; i
- . " " r': . ' K K;,.i-n. .nnU-
i"i hmiiuuh iuh. - --ir.-,
of stock, comparative low valuation of ;
real otate. cheapness of living, abuml- !
amv of labor, health ; and la.t but not j
least, greater proximity to the markets
.... rj ...i. 'j r, u-iiAroKv n mn. i
oi me .ruwt . j " :
j.tcrial saving is made m freight charges ,
nil eombinetl. ouirht to fix the eye of
' cj r
. t 1 urk .imtnfiiijiinrr n lAlnT
rawwi uj w wu.u..v..6
That capital need not be timid. It
would not only be safe but profitable,
And employing itself as above suggested,
it would not only prove the difference
between the worth of a slow shilling and
a nimble sixpence, but by adding to
population and its profitable mamten-
nnee would add ereatlv to the value
o . . .
of those investments iu real estate, the
present favorite mode of investment
now like the seed buried in the ground,
to develop by the slow process of a
gcrminatiou which is more often than
otherwise fostered by the care of others,
and grows in stature by the operation
of chance or accident. This is not the
enterpri-e or the sagacity that builds
up a town. Energy, sagacity, boldness,
these arc what must open the purses
and quicken the pulse of those who hold
i the keys ot the lutureoi ..sneviue.
STOKES COUNTY MINERALS.
'iitSoirv Iif;.rtr..
To Mr. James A. rep- r. wl... hi.-, j
devotcl alni'-'si the entire current year
i to the investigation of the mineral re- j
source of thi county, we are indebted j
f..r lhe following information:
Bitummous coal is found in the routh- ;
t eaetcru part of the county along the ;
' Town Fork creek fur a distance of !
nine miles. It has bet-n mined in three j
plaits near Stokeburg. and the quality
is pronounced excellent. The lack of
facilities for transportation nas prevent
ed the development of coal-mining in
this section ; but the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley railroad will traverse
the entire length of this deposit, and we
may expect very soon to see this in
dustry in a flourishing condition.
The iron of Stokes has long been fa
mous for its excellence ; having been
worked extensively in the early part of
the present century, and sold through
out the CarOlinaa and southern Virginia.
i -onn oi lan river arc immense ue-
posits of viagnctic ore, several of which
have been developed. Among these
arc the Rodger s mine, owned by Col.
J. M. Heck, of Raleigh, which- l per
haps the richest mine in the South: also
I . 1 - .1 . T- . .1
me eison mine, me rro?i mine, me
j Hard, the Whaling mine, the Cherry
! Tree, or Martin mine, the Shropshire
! mine, the Banner mine, lhe Hairston
mine, and others bf less importance.
AND GENERAL DEVELOPMENT
On the south side of the river, ore1 is of
the hematite variety, and has long leen
known to exist in great abundance but
owing to its inferibritv to the magnetic
ores, it has never been developed to any
extent. The entire iron belt of Stokes
is about eight miles in length by four
in width. The projected railroad from
Walnut Cow, on the C. F. & Y. V.
road, arid Patrick C. H., Va., on the
Danville and 'New ;lUvt.r. road, r wil
pass" directly tlTougJ ' tcfc beft;'
afford a short line of transit to the' iron
centres of the West.
The limestone of Stokes is of the very
best quality, and is found in extensive
beds. "It was long successfully used as
a flux in smelting ores, as well as for
making quick-limc. The greater-part
of the lime used in the State before the
advent of railroads, was made in this
county. The principle quarries former
ly worked, are Tiolejack's on Town
lork, Bole's on Neatman creek, Bit-
tiugs, on the waters of town Fork,
Shackelford's near Dan river, and
Martin s on Snow creek.
Copper has lately been found in two
places in this county. Near the Shrop
shire iron mine, three miles and a half
north of Danbury there , is a mine of
copper of line quality and considerable
extent. There is also a mine at Tilly's
eight miles north-west of Danbury.
Mica is abundant on : Sandy Ridge
and Brown Mountain. The Messrs.
Pepper are now working u mine at the.
lnrmr r place, with some suece. They
are euttinij it bv various patterns rang
ing Sx8 inches downward, though sheets
12x12 could be got in, large quantities.
Smith's mine on Brown -Mountain has
been worked extensively in spite of the
poor facilities for shipping. The mica
industry bids fair to become an impor
tant one in this section. j
Extensive deposits of- graphite of
ood quality exists on the Little Xadkin
river in the South-western part of the
countv. Tr. Pepiwr has also shown us
beautiful specimens of meerschaum.
Wate. two and a half miles northwest of
: , . i
Danbnry have for manv years enjoyed
a hiSU de. of pulanty. Alm
Spring, half a mile west or Piedmont
has attracted much attention, though
th iroiertv has never been improved.
i .. 'fn
Moore's Springs five miles west of Dan-
bury, is at present a favorite summer
resort, and with railway facilfties
would beyond doubt become exceeding
ly popular. Its waters are also Alum.
Besides these there are several other
springs whose waters are considered
valuable for their medicinal properties.
THE NEW SOUTH.
Letter & Boston Herald.
You have heard much of the New
South, but you have not heard the half
of what may truthfully be said about it.
Materially, it is not new yet the
metamorphosis has just begun; but in
sentiment there has . already been a
complete revolution. These people are
now almost begging your people to
come into their midst, and they will
receive them with open arms and warm,
generous hearts. Said a prominent
! Mississippi planter to a Connecticut
! cotton manufacturer, who was in atten
j dance at the Cotton Planters' Conven-
tion: "Go back and tell your farmers
'. v. ho are scuffling for a livelihood on
small cramped places whose soil is gen
erally far from fertile; to sell out - and
come tu us. Wv. have thousands, of
acres of as rich laud as ever the crow
llew over, that ,ean be, bouglrt for al
most nothing.'' '
"But," broke in the manufacturer,
"our farmers do not understand cotton
culture." -
"So much the better," was the plan
ter's reply. ,-Our lands will raise every
thing that may be srrown in Illinois or
Kansas, and too much cotton is the
curse ot our country. Diversified farm
ing will not onlv pa in MissLssipp,
but will pav .handsomely. iNow, l.arai
so anxious to have some of your New
England people in my county that I'll
tell you what I am willing to do; I: will
give not sell to any wide-awake,
practical farmer you may send me, with
your letters of endorsement, an im
proved farm of 200 acres give it to
him and his heirs forever."
The question of the Northern man's
social status here is one concerning
which so much has been said that 1
made many inquiries on the subject
from members of the Planters' Conven
tion, 'who undoubtedly reflected the
sentiments of their respective communi
ties. The result of tfiese inquiries was
loiniseueci: xne useiui citizen
and
his family will enjoy as cordial a eocial
OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE SOUTH
welcome in the South as they would in
Kansas; in fact, the desire to impress
them favorably, nnd to have ihem send
back to friends ( favorable accounts,
would be so great that people would
vie with one another in showing them
polite attentions.'
FERTILE LAHDS WHICH
VELOPINC.
NEED DE-
-We' have 'much landinr'North Caro
lina, of great fertility, yet undeveloped,
but which in the next generation is
likely to be subdued to the uses of man.
A friend writing from Washington says
the South Creek and Bay River lands
are the best under our southern sky.
"There alone have I seen five hundred
pounds of lint cotton gathered from an
acre, and that I saw ' on many farms.
This is . the method : First a road is
opened, then the swampland commands
ten dollars an acre and brings it readily.
Then they contract to have it ditched
for five dollars an acre. It is then
"deadened" and the small growth put
and burned for five I dollars an acre.
The fencing costs five dollars an acre,
and planting one dollar. I mean dotted
dow n irregularly, when, without a hoe
or a plov.-, it will produce eight to ten
barrels of corn. Next year the large
trees are felled arid the land cultivated,
yielding twelve barrels sixty bushels
of corn; ori500 pound bag of cotton, i
It opens better than in Texas.
More of these lands are unnanlly
being brought under cultivation, and
yearly these eastern counties arc be
coming richer in consequence. In ten
years, when our population will be con
siderably increased, the Old North State
will be quite another so far as the,
magnitude of her productions is con-i
cerned, from what she ever has been.
But we must prepare to make cotton
at eight cents a per pound. We cannot
produce too much corn we may readily
glut the market with cotton. ;
A FORTUNE FOR i SOMEBODY.
served in sugar, put up in neat boxes,
and believed to come from the East
Indies7it would be considered a luxury
worth a quarter of a dollar a pound.
"Far fetched and dear bought' would
make it delicious. But when it can be
gathered so handily from the familiar
'simmon tree, it is no better than
'possum fruit. In old times thrifty
house-keepers made the persimmons into
cakes, dried them thoroughly in the
sunshine or in the dirt oven and pack
ed them away for winter beer. Mixed
with apple peelings, with quantum ug
of water poured on, a drink w as made
"fit for the gods" in fact it was better
than any nectar we ever tasted. The
most scr-unulous temperance man L or
woman even Mrs. W illard, who i:
' be here shortly could not object t
f. - m r i n
And then the old tashionea persim
pudding ! excuso us, we cannot,
justice to the subject on paper. T
DUPLIN'S SORGHUM INDUSTRY..
Greensboro Patriot.
The sorghum industry in Duplin
county is assuming vast proportions,
yielding a big revenue to the people.
From advanced sheets, furnished by
Ed. Pearsall, statistical agent for that
countv. we notice that 1,500 acres were
j in cultivation this year against 300 in
1881, yielding 25,000 .gals, against
5,000. In addition about l,bw lbs. ot
sorghum sugar was made. The evapor
ator has been successfully introduced
and the making of sugar" will be among
the Duplin industries in' the future.
North Carolina-made evaporators are
! being used exclusively in its manufac-
ture. Preference is given, according to
our informant, to the ; evaporator rhadc
by W. E. Turner & Co., Stokes county.
All of which is noted as evidence of the
State's material progress and develop
ment. ;
THE NEW SOUTH.
T&eXeu TorkSoua. .
The rehabilitation of the South is now
being accomplished, and nothing is
more gratifying to: the mind of the
genuine friend of this country than such
an assurance. The!' past season has
been most auspicious!, and the Southern
Sotoc nva unii- 5n n nnnAitinn ftf-minrpefv.
dented prosperity. Rich in soil, blessed
,. r j i. 11 i
in climate grand in. mternal .advant-
tages, nothing has been wanting but
mills and workshops to utilize this
. . . t . . 1
vast internal wealth. But it - takes
capital to plant and move such nranur
facturing interests, i and monev only
will continue to put these new industrie's
in Ml, and succful operation.
Within two years, more than .a. hun-
dred millions of Northern capital has
k i- VJ MA V 11 . ...v.. .-j.... -
! been invested in the Southern .
lera States,
PRICE 5 CENTS.
and that is now forming a very' lasting
chain, speeially adapted to binding
together the hearts of men, by -binding
in one their seemingly diversified
interests. A New South a manufac
turing kingdom rv HI be the result; and
what is grown here wjill be placed upon
the market A3 manufactured fabric, and
every profit connected therewith will be
retained at hpme. lhe next' five years
will sJiow j!i greater addition to the
wealth of the , South 'than, has t any
previous twenty, and the beat outcome
will be a wealth of harmon5r, which
inevitably accompanies a union of
interests. . '
1
THE COLORED PEOPLE.
Not iMiiistfullys' but truthfully does (he
Enterprise -claim, that the colored race in
North Carolina ha fliore colleges, more
normal schools nioro, nen-spapcrs, more in wj)
bcrs of the General Assembly of the Stat ,
than it hns in any other Statu in the Union. '
We alho claim Jthat in this State was held the
first State Fnirly th rice; we Here the fore
mc4 to inaugurate a.raiilrostd project; the lirtt
to enjoy the beneficent intiuenec of a female'
seminary of note. Now we say to our youn
men- and ladies aim hftjh. - ('k-libnrn Enter
prise. Aac i of.- bun,
The Bethel Literary Society, an a.-oci-'
atifen of colored men in WaKhmrton. discUMed
the Nejrro as a politifian the other night, and
the principal speaker declared il to Is? hi
opinion,. alter travel. an.l observation iu the
Sojilh, that the Nero in that capacity ws a
faflfere'. Insteal of lcinir a discourasinif cut-
lookr44irsis a hopefaksijm. The bet.t citizens ' '
ot a state arc not it politicians, but Hhe tnen
who do the quiet voting on election ; day and
:ittertl to other business the rest of the year.
The colored men of the South do not need
political leaders of their own race, buj educa
tion, which will make theni intelligent and
independent voters." Let the llethcl Literary
Society work in that j direction, and their
hrethrcn in the South kill mwa lake rare of
themselves. ,
! WIIKG WITTERS.
.The Silver Valley Mining CJurnpany
have erected a warehouse .wt ThomhsviSle jfoV
the storage of their ore while awaiting1) ship
ment. Tfiey have shipped over five hupdfed
ions, r jjtspatci. i v-
Mr. E!i Soriuffv
hv purchased
three hundred and live feet deep, white there
are two other cma Her shafts, eneh one hun
dred and thirty feet deep. IV-siJes the shafts,
there are two thousand lojd five hundred feet
of levels under ronnd The pumps, tttarap
mills, engines, etc, arc cf the very bent make
and the most improved pattern known. Tbe
property is considered to have been sold at -4
cheap price. Chartoitc Observer.
The Pepper Mining Company of ibi
place have gone to work in earnest develop
ing the minerals of Stokes. They now hare
several hands regularly at work, and wilt in
crease the force as fast as the deTeopmcnts
w ill justify. They have already brought to
light several things that promise. , to be of
considerable pecuniary; interest lo the owners
of the lands upon Which they are tit work,
such as heavy deposits of iron ore, extensive
beds of mica,' and graphite or black: Jed, and
we were shown a few days since sonic leauti
ful garnets of a dark 'wine color, nearly as
large as partridge ' eggs, and a mineral
thought to be meerschaum, also a number of
other minerals which' in addition to their
besuty, possess more or less commercial value.
Danbury Reporter. J '
, iTITE inDUSTRIAL ITEMST . ;
The wagon manufactories of Waughtown
arc turning out about fifteen w sirens ler week
- Wiimton Sentinel. -
The Newton Cotton mills will be ready
for work; by the last of next week, but the pro
prietors do not hue nd starting mntill the first
of January. - Entei-prise. ' v j .
--The huge "Robcrdeir factory in this
vicinity will Boon h completed and ready for
the machinery. - The roof 1 n w leing put
on. It i li'inJ-torrre ntr:iiHnr. llnrhitiyhuin
Spirit. ;j
i yjr. Ibson is tealily working i'p the
tlie eottoifc factory. Ie U now runiVi(J eight
hundnd and forty f.pivllcs aud turning ot ,
about four hundrtid p'ns of y.n ti- 'cr day
.- -Xeiv Heme Jwi'cM)
'1 ii , i
J. Van Lindiey'lr fruit ires the.
season .exceeds by $17,0M)- any previous
fieasoiM work. He finds a cuustantly i reread
ing demand for choice 4trt-e.s and iitvi sell
from the Potomac river t- the W XiranJ.
Grecritboro Patriot.! -.
The factories of thi countv pay 2,000.
oO in taxes. The Eandleman ilrtnufacturlnfi
(Jompanv pavs $GG1.50; Naomi, $ 1 1-5.00;
Worth, $28t).0OrCentral-Falls, $230.00; Cedar
Falls, $223.67; Franklinsville, $170.07; Col
umbia, $ 204. 10; and -Enterprise, tS.O.'l.
Athboro Courier,
-.Messrs. Geo. . Moore and , "icu. U.
Bair of Ealtimoic arc iu the city and have
been here for several days prospecting for the
erection of an extensive canning establish
ment. These gentlemen say'they employ several
hundred hands, and; will can oysters, iruiis,
P", fn-s " V''r-
fact all vegetable and fruits ; worth canninr.
j v, Jo.jrnal
a . .y . ,,-.1
i ;.- J hc S'lSuiTVa
,1 attention here now-more attention, in ?aci,
lhan c cr jt j, t.vdent that home-
j thing iriu.t be done, some impetus given to
i business. There are maiiy people unemployed,
Factories and water-works w-illgive lUlcightj
! gSt Jf3"ST'
j fore.si3htod and enterprising citirens to foroe
the others to keen step to the raunic of pio-
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