The Gastonia
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V°l. XVIII. {wTJ',,!iSS5J(S^,} Gastoula, N. C., September 2# 1807.
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MAJOR JONES’ COURTSHIP.
By flajor Joseph Jones, of Pincvllle, Georgia.
LETTKB IV.
riMBYILLB, Sept. 0.—To Mr.
Thompeoo: Dear Sir—1 begin to think
education la the rooit tuprmneal thing
la the world- -specially female edeca
tioa. If things goes on tbe war they
I* now, Mr. Montgomery are we'll bare
a grate moral revolution—that tbe
wlmin will turn the world up-aide
down With ther amartneM. and mao
what haiht got uo edeoatinn wont
eland no eon of obanoe with ’em.
Sense I went in Macon to the ramioa
tlon I've altered my notion about this
matter. I uied to thiok human nater
waa jeet like the yeath about cultiva
tion. Everybody knows ther'a rich
land, pore land what can be made toler
able good, sod tome bomlnable ahallor,
rollln truck what all the manure lo
creation wouldn't grow cow peaa.
Well, ther’a some people wlioae oateral
amartneM help! 'em along drat rate,
■one wiiat takes a mighty sight of
akoolla, and aouio that all ihs edeoa
tlon in tbe world wouldn’t do no man
ner of good—they'd be nateral fools
any way you oould dx Vm. Ther
Hindi la too slialler and rollln; Uiey
helntgot no foundation, and all tlie
akoolln you could pat into ’em
wouldn't stay no longer nor ao mneb
cnannre oo the aide of a red sandhill.
Mew, 1 need lo think all the galla, or
moat of ’em, was Jaat this sort, and
that It waa only Ibrowtn away money
to try to edooAie ’em above rnadlne,
wrllln and ctferln and playln on tbe
planner; hot If anybody wauls to be
convlnoad that It'a all a ml stake about
galla not bavin aa good sanae aa any
body (Lae, Jeet let ’em go to the Macon
College. I baint altered my notion
about tbe nater of the human mind,
but I’ve come to the coodualon that
ther la jeat aa good intellectual soil
among the galla aa among the boye!
and I wouldn’t be aupprlaen If wa waa
to have a “moral revolution,” shore
enough; and If we waa to have, George
Washington and Joans Adamses and
Tobliha Jefferaona, what would do aa
much to 'mortaliM ther tax and ele
vate the caraoter of the female raoe, aa
the hero# of the revoletlon did to our
glorious Independence war.
1 had beam ao much about tlie Fe
male College, and Mlaa Mary teemed
to ba.ao entirely tuck n» with it when
at* waa borne, tbit 1 termioed to go
lo tbe lamination and aae wbat kind
of piao* U waa. Wall, belo aa Mlaa
Mary waa tbar. I put on my beat
clothes, and mounted Selim and set off
for Maoon. You know it's a ding’d
long ride from rinerille, and it tack
me moat two days to gtt that.
When T got ther l pul up at the
Washington Hall—a monstrous fine
tayern—whar ther was lots of old
Chapa from all part of ths Stale, who
had can down after ther daughters to
the Collage. They pat me la a room
to sleep whar tber was taro old codgers
who was talkln all nlgbl about animel
magnltiam—a new sort of lam what
has jest broke out In the North, with
which tltcy sed they could cany a body
all over the yeatli, lieaven and ball. If
they could jest gtt him to go to sleep
They talked a mighty eight about what
some fellers had done—how they tack
one feller to heaven wber we beard the
angels elnglo' aampmeetto' tunas by
the tbousaiM, and bow they task him
to New York, wbar be seed Fenny
Etaler dance the creek-over-ennr, aa
tliey call It; then they lock blm to
Constantinople, whar he seed lota of
long-beardod chape ktssLo the galls,
and then down to ths Infernal regions,
wbar’be feed the devils danclnjlgs
with pore elnnerv, and trlppln’ ’em up
Into bllin hot brlaralons. and drlukln’
nigger ram aod smoklo Yankee cigars,
and cornin' Ilka pipers. I never hearn
of itch devilish doio’e afore, and 1
couldn’t go to (leey for fear they
■nought try aome of tber projects with
roe. I’d like well enough to to to New
York aod Constantinople, but 1 didn’t
keer about swine to heaveu beforu my
time; and If they was to take cm to
totber place, I know’dl’d be so tkeer’d
that I’d wake up, end then I’d be In a
monstrous preety fix—wida awake In
the Infernal regions, and no way to git
out. It was moat daylight before
them old chape got still about edeca
tlon, modern science, and magnetism,
end I didn’t git more'n two hoars’
sleep. If 1 did Uutt.
4 flsr hrfiakfsat 1st ft Km mnrain enKIsK
waa monatroua good, cocildrrin they
war tan people, I tuck a walk up to
Ihe Famalo College on the hill. 1 tell
you what, ll’a a mighty alaoebeoue
lookin’ Uklic* and look* far oil -at a
diatanoe when yo’re gw live up to II.
"Well, wbeo t gut tbar I found tba
aamlaatloo, and alob another lot of
pretty galla ain’t to lie aeed often oat
uf Qeorgla. Blew ther tweet little
aotea, tbar I bey all aot on benches la
one cod of the room, lookin’ aa smilin'
and aa lonerceat aa If they waa never
a* w la* to brake nobody'* bear!; bat
I’m moat eertalo.' if I’d been to them
old ebap’a magnetism, I coold be ye
aeed little Coopid thar with bit bow
and arrow, poppln away like a Ken
tucky rifle-maa at a ebooUa match.
The room begun to git mighty foil
of people, and Urn preeldrat aed \jt
hoped the gentlemen would make room
oo tba front btncbet for th* lady*; but
tber weaa’t one of ’em moved. Hicvo
by be cum Back and ad be meant th*
yovafl gentlemen, only the yo*eg gen
tlemen ; then. If you eoald aeed ’em
scatter you would thought lher wasn’t
o* old men In tha room Two or three
Old oodgera with wlga eo Ilk* to brake
ther neck* trytn to lump over the
back* of tba bunch**. Jeet to be amart
before the galla Ther waa plenty of
room for the lady* after lHal.
. | eat oa * bank seat la tit* feat place,
aad kap leoklug net for MM* Wary
bat thee waa ao many beautiful eraten
tbar that It waa like lookts for owe
perl leal ar itar in the milk way. or any
wbar alee, whoa they’re all ahlotn thar
teat.
Btmeby tha ball raag aad tha mass I
nation eommaaced—aad awli lamin'
aa we bad Mar daa’t grew la IN
plny-woods, 1 tell you. The muter, a
mighty sharp-look in, hatchet-fncul Ut
ile man, with gold apeak* on, talked to
Vm 3eat Ilka lie thought they knotted
everythlug and lie waa termtaed to
make ’em out with It, Some of the
galls looked kind o' skter'd end some
of 'em cried a little, but you knuw
galla cry ao easy, It don't hurt Vm
none.
After akin* Vm a heap of questions
about ’rtlhraetlc and grammar and tbe
like, aee he, “Whav’a Mathew Matlxf"
My heart began to kick when ho
mentioned that feller’a name. I rla up
and looked over a tall feller's shoulder
so I could aee It 1m wu tbar. Jest
then I eotch'd Mias Mary's eye—she
waa looklu’ her pmtytat. 1 felt kind
of faioty—
"Matbewmatlx," aee she. "la the
science o( quantity—magnitude— num
ber— ," end she went on with a heap
of larnln. llut I couldn't hear no
more; my face got as rrd u lire, and
Mile Mary kind of laughed, right In
the middle of her speech.
"tro to tbe board," said Hie master
—and maybe ebedidu'l eltloe when ebe
walked up to a great black hoard, what
stood In tbe corner, aod tuck bold uf a
piece of chalk uot half ao white u her
pretty little hand Itoelf.
*'Spoee a cannon lull |* Bred at the
moon,” aea tbe muter, "how long
would it take it to go thsr?”
I reckon It woo id done ynu good to
see her chalk slide over that board.
She luado flger* faster than l could
ooiinl, and the chalk rattled oo the
board like a Book of chtokcu* plckin
corn off a clap board; the whole board
wu kiversd oyer in no time. liiraeby
tea she:
“One thouund one hundred and
a-tveuly-elght years, live monllii. throe
weeks, four days, sixteen hours, lwen
ly-lbrve mtonies and forty two seconds
aod a half!”
My lord! think* I, bow could she tell
It no l-actly to half a second 1
WheuMIsa Mary luck her seat Um
Muter called Vm up. one after lotbei,
and axed Vm tbe Lard eat questions he
could Bad la the book, but he oouldn'C
stump Vm no bow be ooutd fix 1L
Whenever oar class wu done, then
one of tbe galls went to tbe planner
and played a tnne or two— sumltmes
they sung, aod I never did hear sicb
good mnilek. If Miss Mary hadn't
been tbar, 1 would fall In love with
every one what sung: bleu 'em. tbar
•Meet voice* went right to my heart so.
Tbe timlnatlon went on for three or
four day*, and I don’t believe the gall*
told ccore’D halt tb«r larnln ell the
tin*. I never eeed sich amart criet
er»; why, soma of tbe little one* ecu Id
tell I vow much three pound* and three
quarter* « pound of beef come to at
Lbree cents and tbra* quarter* a pound,
a* quick &i you could any Jack Robin
non, and that's mor’n some grown
folk* kin do. 1 navar could do It, At
night they bad a alng. All the galls
tuck a part, and I balnt got some of
them tune* out of mv bead yit. Tbey
aung tb* moat dHUkth tone* jeit like
It coco* nateral to ’em.
Tbe last day was intareitiurst occa
sion of all. The graduation class read
tber apeechea and got ther diplomas,
as they call 'em. I spoae they’re •
•ort of certificate of good behavior.
Ther waa 13 of 'am—all buUful a* an
geli, and all dreaasd aactly alike iu
white. When they waa dooa madia’
their speeches, the President called
’em ’round him and made k speech to
'em. Pore, deer creeters. they stood
thar and trembled like tbey waa gwlne
to be married right off; and when the
old man told Vim they was now gwlne
to separate, and that they waa Ilk*
Turn KlmMea—that love wae like hi*
lever, and the human heart waa thv
fulcrum with which tbey could npwet
the world, they bad to put ther haud
kerebitf* to Uveir face* to hid* their
tear*. A good many other folk* wa*
cry Id’, and t felt *ort o* damp about
tbe eye* myself.
AO«r It was all over, I started down
lo the tavern to git my lioei, and was
gwlne along thliikln’ ot Mias Mary
and (be Female College, and thankin'
my sura that Mathew Malta and Nat
Flloaofr wasn't nobody to be afraid of.
when what ahoold I hear but a band of
mnatecomlo op the bill. Rain a military
man ay self, i waa anxious to see that
Macon company what Qt the Ingloa to,
and 1 harried 'roaod the corner, when
—grate Istn oiuyl-1 never eeed
•loh a tight la all my born day*.
Heaveoa and yeatbl llilnka I, whar
could they oome from?—they couldn't
belong to no eivallted nation, no liuw.
Thar waa Turk* and Chineses. Arabs,
^ICgvra. Hoteotots, Indiana aad Tar
tars. Soma bad face* as Mg aa a sow,
Ciloted and flxed off nil aorta of fash
no; one feller waa rtdtn' on the back
of bis graodmammy, soother fetter bed
a ooaa mads out of a powder boro; one
otiap was rid In’ a big goose; ell of ’em
had wee poos of alt kinds aod an
ahapes; soma of 'am on lioaeei bad
STerUilln' grate, long tworda, ns much
aa they could tote, and one feller had
oowoambera, sixblloe, gourde, pou
ter*. roartlrv-eara, pepper pod* and
•vary ether kind of garden truok you
could think of, all strung ’round him.
They waa march! n’ right up to the
College, and I felt a Metis 'lermad for
feai they waa gwlne to oarry off the
galls; to I turned back, and tblaks I,
I kaowa one llltle angel lo periloular
what you wool git till yon kill Major
Jones fust. Jest as I got clues op to
'em a boas cam rearin’ almost on top
of me, aod 1 never earn so near drap
rn* right In my lracks In alt my life.
never was so skeared afore. Thar
was a tkap oa the bo*a with a grata,
long, aharp-ntnted dart In hla hand,
aimed straight at met Hs had horns
on hia head, nod looked Jett like Death
la Ike primer) I could ana every bone
lo kit body! I kind o' gasped for
breath, aod Um a inland lab case rods
off without raying a word.
Up to Uw College, aM tl.e galls was
out on the portlao balMrto’wad shout
in' Ilka bleies, and I ran Ilka thunder;
but when l gut op to ’em I found they
wm only laughin'.
-My tbrdl" «m I, "Mil* Mar*, ain't
you attested?'’
“Shaw, no, Majer." sea she, "It'a
only tlw Fanieatlktls!’’
“Pao-wbet-lklla?" aea I.
"Tbe Fuotaatlklla. "
“Ohl"eea I, for Jeet liieu I law a
grate, long-lagged fuller among ’em
with a fan In Ida band. faunln' a nig
ger woman »b«l had fainted. Tbe
clutp that had Uiu fan bad a dough
face ou. that looked ae pitiful u If all
bis relatione waa dead; and asory line
the nigger fainted he would kelch her
in Ida arm* and fan her and look ao
sorry at her.
The galls squealed and laughed while
the Fantaetlklla marched round tbo
College and liaeu marched down to
town agio. I soon fotlerrd, hot I kep
away from that chap on the hoaa.
Down to the Hall, 1 paid my Mil and
eut out. No mote from your friend,
till death. Jou-Jonks.
PiNKVfLLg, September 27.—To Mr.
Thompson: Dear Sir Soma tiroes 1
think 1 Is the onlockleet man In the
world. Everlastingly ther’a tome
earned thing bappenln to m, lu spits
of all 1 kin do. Mcnao 1 eomn beck
from Macon, and o; (recount of the
lamination's ben reed by meet every
body bout here. I believe my poptlart
ty’a ria considerable. Min Mary said
abe wouldn’t be sopprised much If I
turned out a perfect Lord Hlruo, or
Ctiarlee Dickens, acd 'mortabzed ell
the ladya of tuy acquaintance. She
was mighty proud of what I said about
her buty and Undo, but she aea I
didn’t give the right auswer to the
•um about (he cannon bell and the
moon. But t(u«t’a no matter uow.
) want to tell you about a scrape I
got In toUier day, aa I know you never
beard of jeet a ten a oalastarfy before.
Last loader Mias Mary aud Mlsa
I’arllne and Miea KeaUli and alt of the
BtaUlnaea wer at ebureh, and when It
waa out I jeet rid right uptoMiaa
Mary and 'lowed I'd aee her home.
Bba didn’t aay nothin, aud 1 rid aloog
aids of bar a filUa ways, and bagun to
feel mighty good; hut before we got
eut of sight of the church tbvr waa a
whole gang of fellers, aud a heap more
louug ladya, oum rldln up and relnin
In, tod praneln and oavnrtln about ao
that uobndy could tell who was rldln
with which; all jabberin aud talk Id
and laughln, a* If they’d boon to a
eornahuckln Instead of a meetln-houae.
Of course, oouala Pale was thar, on
uncle Josh’s old white-eyed hoaa, with
bla saddle-bags on—for he always car
ry* ’em wherever ha goes, lo tusks
tolka blleve be'a a doctor—and the
way lie tumbled the big words about
was 'atooisbln. I didn’t aay much,
but rid monstrous close to ooe aide of
Mias Mary, ao cousin Pete couldn’t
ibioe much thar.
uan, we all got lo OKI Mias StalUu
lei without any pel Heeler accident
happenln, though I > pec led every tolu
It to eea aome or ’em hi*lad rlu In lb*
mud, the way they kep whlpplo uu*
soolher’e boasea unaware, and playin
all manner of prank* with ooe another.
When ire got thar tbe whole crowd
itoped, nod aorae one propoard to walk
down to lbs braoob to git aome grapea
All hand* was agreed, 'cept old Mia*
dtalllus, who aed tbe gall* better stay
home and raad tbe Bible. Hut you
know it aint any use to talk about re
ligion to young galls when they ain’t
lick nor aoTry bout nothin. 80 away
we waot—but I tuck monstrous good
care to git along aid* or Mlia Mary,
end tier 1 stuck tIU we got down to
the braucb wbar tbe grapes wer. You
know iba wild grapea la Jaat gillie
good mow—and I never seed a pretty
young Indy yet that didn’t like toma
thlng anur. Tim's loU of fox grapea
all aroond the plantation, bnt the beat
ones is down on tbe bntneh. Cousin
Pet* and Boil Biers, and all the fellers,
(ell tu gettln’ grape* for the lady*, bot
they all had their Sunday Axin’* on and
waa afraid to go into the brush much.
’•Ob. my! wlnt pretty grapea la on
that tree!” said Mbs Mary, lookin’ up
half-way to Ums lop of tlis grate big
gum that atood right over tbe water—
and har pretty bright ay<* sparklin'
like dew-drops in the sunshine. ”Oh.
I wish l bad mom*.’’
txjosii) **io nra o'(hi tryin' to make
himself vary pop>l*r with Mlaa Mary,
but ha didn’t seem to care about them
high grapee mora’n some that low
er down. Bat ell the gall* had got
tlier area on them high grape*.
’-Them grapes la Ilka tba yoong
ladya,” are Cousin Fat*.
-Why is that Ilka Uia gat*?” *aya
Mlaa Kasiab.
"Oh. cause—cause they’* sweat,”
set Cuusln Pete.
*•1 reckon It’s oauas they** hard to
git.” aaa Bill Wilson.
If* cause they’* more trouble to
git than tbay’a worth,” aaa Tom fits I
lias.
“Ain’t you ashamed, brother Tom?"
as* Mlaa Carl .no.
“Wbat do you think, Majar?” a*s
Mlaa Mary— and alia gin mods of
them witofain’ tide-looks of her* that
almost made me Jump rite out of my
boot*.
"Why,” sen I,-I think lhay'a Ilka
the young lailya, cause they'* auur
grapa* to Ihotn u ose't git ’am.”
“Yaa, Majar,” aaa aba, “but you
know they can fit ’em that baa the
prowess to win *era”—and than aba gin
oa a look that made me feel prouder
than I seer did afore In my lira—“and
you can git ’em if yon try, Majar; I
know you kin.”
When aka said that last part. I send
Cousin Feta'S lip sett o’ drop. My
heart liked to knocked the button* off
■y Jacket, and I do belter* I'd had
them grapes It I'd had to dig the tree
up by the roots My hat want off
quicker tbau * flash, and ap the aid
awaat-gua I want like a cat squirrel.
“Don’t fall. Malar,” aa*i Mias Mary.
When aha said that. I awar I Ilka to
Mt go. It made me fuel ao interestin'.
1 wasn't no time gettln' to Uia very
tiptop branch, and tba fust thing I
dona was to eat off the largest beach
and throw It ilta down to Mlaa Mary's
fact.
“Thank yoo, Major— thank yoa,”
"“Throw me asm*. Majar," aaa Mia
p»rUa», “and aa, too,"—“and me.
too,''-“lbai>k you, Msjer"— “throw
•• •ooao. Mayor"—"ain't the Major
kind?”—"it takta him lo climb Uew,”
aw all lbs gal I a
"ne'e good aa a conn," iee Ben
■tank
"I can beat him any time," mi Tom
SUIIlaa.
"No yr-o-u ean’t. lirotlwr Tom, no
■tali tiling,” i«a Min Mary poutin' out
her pretty lips at him
By tliti time l bud gin Vm mom
grapw Ilian tliay coaid all eat. and car
n booia to boot; and If I bid jest oontt
down then, I'd oomo out tort rate.
Bat you know that1* tba uloo pint—lo
know wtien u> atop; thar* ta loch a
thing an bein' a leetle too Miart—and
tbitta Jwt whir 1 alit thiflduro.
» **• •tandla' on ooa vine right over
tbe branch, with gy band! holt o( ooa
ovar my head, and thlnka I to mywlf,
how It would itoolsb ’em ill now to
■ro ms aVIn tin oat. Mi spunk ww
up, and thinks I, III jeat ibov'em
wtrat 1 klu do. So up I pnOi my foot
•nd t wilted 'em around through my
■rmi over back ward*, end was l«(Un
my body down totber tide foremost,
wtanUny all liollend out:
"Ob, look at Mejer Jonwl"—“Oli,
we what ha's doln‘1”
"Ob, I’m eo frald," we Mlw Mery.
That made me went to do my bait,
•o I let iDyaelt down llow and easy,
e*d I begun to feel with my rest for
tbe vine brlow.
“Ota, my aracioiiel"ew Mlw KwUh,
"eeu how ha u twisted hit arm*
round.”
Someliow I couldn’t Bod the vine,
end my arm* begun to hurt, but I
didn’t lay nothin’.
. “*■ '-a a-t-l e further forward, Me
jer," an Tom Stullina.
“No; mote to tba right," aw Urn
Dlera.
Tba galls wcie all lookin' and didn’t
know wh«t tony. I kep tryln to tourb
both wive, but nnu the vine. It wasn't
thar. Then I tried to gll hack agin,
bat t couldn’t r«tw myeelf somobow,
end I begun to fool mooilroui ditty;
tlie water below looked aort o’ yalter
*"d green, and had iparfca of Ore run
aio' all through it, and my eyes begun
lo feel so Ugbt I thought they would
huit. They wag all hollarin' soma
thing dowu below, bat I couldn't bear
nothin hut a terrible roar In sound, and
Lho fust thing I knoad something lock
me right under the obla, and before I
bad time to breathe, kerslash 1 went,
right In the cold water, coore'n sir rest
deep. I got my mouth chook full of
muddy water, nud bow upon ywth I
ever got out without drouadm I cant
tee; for 1 u almost dead before I
Irapt, and whan I eome down I bit
matching tbit like to broke my jaw
bone, ana skinned my nnee moat 'bom
! liable.
" nen i gJi oufc, lira gain war all
icreamiD’ for life, and Mlaa Mary waa
[sale aa har pockelhnnktrcher.
‘‘Oh, I’m ao clad you ain’t hurt ho
worae. Malar,” era ahe;” I thought
fou wai killed.”
But, lord ! aba didn’t begin tf> know
sow bed 1 waa bart. I lot down on a
log a little, end tba fellora ell come
round laughin’ Ilka tli«y was a 1 ovoat
Lick el’d to death.
‘‘Waan’t l right, Majer—ain’t they
more trouble to fit then thay’« worth
after you’* got ’em ?”
I didn’t lay nothin’ to Tim StallIna,
Sanaa lie’a Mtaa Mary’a brother; but
Cuualo Pete come up wilk bla Doe
rlglo’e on, leafftilng liko a grate loog
iegged fool, aa ha la. Say a he :
“Ain't you ebemnd to cut inch ao
tleka aa that—I’d here moreaenee— Jaat
look at your noeo—ha, be 1- Ain’t you
got youraelf In s nice Ox with yer
anoartnra ?”
The galla wai glttln’ ready to go
house: Mlaa Mery waa lookin' nson
atroue aerloua.
“Duu’t you tblok- Im look a Ilka a
drounded rat, Mian Mary axed
Otusln Pete.
“I think he tonka aa good ne you do
any time,” are abe. lookin' aa mad aa
aha oonld.
row fort at loom m teeus iltMpiih i
and turned 'round and tiled to laugh.1
“I wouldn't take rich a dockin’ ••
an that not for all the tour grapes nor
sour twlla In Georgia,” tea ha.
Think* I, that** tort of personally
InaulUn to Mtaa Mary, tod 1 aeed bar
face grow tort 0’ rod. It wouldn't
ueverdolo letCooatn Petabort Im
realm's ao right afora ny faoe, so sea I:
"You wouldn’t* wouldn't yout”
nod with that I j«et task liold of ths
gentleman and pitched him neck and
beels Into tho branch.
When he got oat, he ’lowod he’d set
tle It with me aome other time, when
thar wasn’t uo Udys along to taka My
part. That’s lit* way Oouain PaU tat
tles all hi* aoeouaU—some other time.
Tom HUlllcf luek bla sietets borne,
and the teat of the galls and falters
wool along; bat Cousin Pet a and 1
didn’t aliow ourasvlea no mote that
day. I haln'l seed him aaoaa, tho’
that 'a been all aorta of a muaa ’tween
mother and Aont Mainly about that
Sunday blaneta. I don’t think l’llevar
sklu the eat agio. No Bora from your
friend, Ull death. Jos. Joxsa.
P. S.- Mias Mary tent U> Inquire
how my nose was. and told tha nlggsr
not to ull me *bo sent her. Don’t
yon think aba’s eocaln’. too f Ihofc
out for a weddtn’ about Crlamoe lime.
If tbtaga does work out rite, you may
look tor a oak* as big as your head.
(To Ba Continued Next Th*radar. I
MlMnlna.
PhSa4*iktM» Bsaoed.
It la naalaaa to attempt to Ignore the
fact that the centre of American Iron
prod actios baa eblfted to the Sooth
During the month of June shipments
of Iron from the Southern Qaida ag
gregated 100.961 toes, and for tha etx
montha ended July l the total area
above 500.000 tone. Tha grand total
of ilia year la gactal* to exoaad 1.500.•
000 Iona, and mar reach 3,000,000 tana.
Tha markat for Saethern iron now ex
taeda to Boglaad, tha greet pa it tl the
Qoatloaat, India, Jagee, Afrtea aad
Sooth America.
We aeil Xante, tha (real Mood reaae
d*. A sera ours foe falling maahood.
Treat Torrence A Oa. OaataaU, 5. a
BLOWING ROCK’S ROAD.
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Lbmoiu, hag. 86.—Out friends at
Blowing Bock, wbo naturally wlib to
ba connected by rail with tba “oslalde
world." ara fortuaaU Id baring more
than one atrtog to their bow. Thar*
lua bon a good dial written lo tlie
newspapers lately on U>U sutyeot, nod
the wain point arrived at appaata ta ba
to gat a railroad to bo batlt from Blow
ing Book ao ai to connect It with the
south and east. Aod behind this
writing tbero baa been much talk at
Blowing Bock and in this section of
tha Mate. That a road will be beUt
In the future is taken for granted.
Various roads barre bate built oa pa
par. vis . from Mowing Bock to M or
canton, via CoUetUvtile, 96 ■Ilea:
From Blow lug Ho k to Lenoir, via
UolIvtUvIDv, 88 miles; from Blowing
Book to Inolr, vix Melberry, %
miles; from Ulowlog Bock to Lenoir,
via Mulberry, 96 suite; from Lenoir to
Blowing Bock, vln Patterson aod ap
ibe Yadkla river. 80 miles.
Tha kind of railroad the moat ,
miaea or ia a propoaea electric railroad
from Wowing Hook to Morgaotoo, ala
GullrUsvilta. 3d mllea. Tbto road
could lie built via Collettsrllla aod via
Laoolr. dttoanoe 44 mllaa. Tbta read
could ba Milt from Mertantnn. via
Laoolr aod via l’ausjson. op live Yad
klo rl*er, dUtaueo 30 milaa. T(va caw
of building the road between M organ
too and Wowing Hock, taking la
Laoolr nod Patteraon, would bo the
cheapest electric road that eon Id be
oooetrueted. And tba coat of build
ing the 44 mllaa of rood via Collet le
vllie and taking lo Lenoir would per
haps ba little grantor than that of
building the SO mllaa via CnUtlUvIlls
aod leaving out Laoolr.
Tim- «nau who build* e railroad ia
like tins cn m wlto goes u-warfare ha
coueti-th Uie ooil tad tokath stock of
what ilutli in hia path. W notion an
electric rallruad ur a ateam railroad ia
built, the builder* will naturally look
over ilia ground* end oooeider the dis
tances and natural advantages. Le
noir U the northern Urmhiue nf tba
Caroline and Northwestern Hall way.
aod la dlaunt from-Btowing Rock, vie
the Oildwell and Watauga turnpike,
20 mllea. Prom Leeolr to Boeek’a.
two mllea from Green Park poatoffioe,
too dtatanoa la 10 mllaa, end a railroad
of any alod could bo oocatrueted with
very easy grading. Prom Leuolr to
ColletUvIlIe. lb mllea, there has been
built o well-graded and •pleodidly
ballaeled aod ironed track by the
Caldwell A Northern Kaliway Com
pany, wbleb operates toe rood for tba
accommodation of paewngera and tba
transportation of freight. Tba dls
tones from ColletUvIlIe to Blowing
Book to Jest 18 mlloe, ao Blowing Bock
to practically within 18 mllaa of a rail
road at (JoUattoville.
Ho, car friend* et Blowing Rock
■earn not to bo reaching out as far as
some may thlok. They ere really
nearer to a railroad than moat people
who go to Blowing Rook think, end It
to ctoer that, with ell tbeae advaulagee
In their favor, they stobd a good
efieoce of making arrangements to
have the linn from Lenoir to CuUutU
vllte, the Caldwell A Northern, be
come a part of line to bring them la
oomveotiou with the regular trunk
tinea.
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»• nvnim \IIC rw^uiP IWHU U[
•rar matanallia or not, or whether
Morgan ton, or Lenoir, or Uolletiarille,
or othar towns bs on the Urn of their
railroad, we think tba Mowing Book
neople bare ample reason to bop* that
tha small gap that exists between them
and a railroad can be flUad In wKh
moderate earn.
Tba Carelloa ft Northwestern rail
road having wall defined plana for tba
•ateoaion of tbalr line aoroaa the
mosntatna. and being In a poaltloo to
(uraUh U* equipment nod important
materia) aid In oooatruotlou, It wontd
•earn that the Intareata of Blowing
Rook and Intermediate point* wonld
dictate a combination with an organ
laad railroad company a* tha Burnt
aad at the same lias the beet scheme
far eecering railroad connection tor
three pelnla Tba extension of tba
Carolina A Morthwestern le euthoriaed
by Its charter, aad the location of tba
tin* will, of aooraa, depend o* the In
ducement* offered by the rirsl lines,
one following John’s rlvnr nod tba
otlier the Yadkin riser.
Tb* economy of Utla plan will aug
gaat Itaair to tbs moat snperBelsi ob
, mrrar. That* wonld be raw mils* of
Lreck to be graded aad l re wed. This
dona, the only additional axpanm to
the Carolina * Kortli waatarn would ba
that of operating any where from 1R to
85 mlleeof new road. In addition to
thle an ludependeat company wonld ba
out ta lb* additional expense of a fell
equipment of power of tome kind,
whether electricity or steam, a fall
complement of ralHag etaok, a fall
staff of employes to do Use business of
ibe abort line, all of which could be
attended to at aach lam axpaoy* by a
aompaay already organised sod run
ning 10t> miles of roaJT
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