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The News Printery t IS NOW PREPAREL) TO DO fc i NEWSPAPER. THE VEUY BEST ADVERTISING MEDI UM. READ BY EVERYBODY. ONLY $1.00 THKYEAn, YOUR JOB PRINTING. ALL THE LATEST TYPE FACES USED. GIVE US A CALL. A TRIAL IS ALL WE ASK. A A. A. ' ' M I C 7 1 Ill V W EC. O, MAHTXST, EDITOR ilNT PnOP. '- y : ; IUEUSHED TUESMS AM FF.I3ATS. ;K ; ; : PRICE 81.00 THE YEAR. ;: -v A BILL. For Acquiring National Forests In the Southern Appalachian 1 Mountains and White Mountains. Editor News: I enclose you an exact copy of bill introduced in Congress Decern ber the 19th, 1907, to establish a Rational Forest in the South, &c, which will explain itself. As there is great interest in this bill among our mountain people. 1 wrote to the Secretary of Agricul tare for a copy, and ask you to publish it, that our people may know just what it contains. I do not see how any one can oppose the bill in as much as it means so much to our section of the country. You will notice all lands must be "acquired by purchase or gift.' No one parts with his lands with out his free and voluntary consent. Very truly, M. N. Habsmaw, Treasury not otherwise" approprj ated, an& sail sum shall be avail able immediately and s until ex pended for said purpose: Provided, That the Secretary of -Agriculture 8hall each yearmake a detailed re- port to Congress on the lands ac quired under this Act and the cost thereof. Sec. 6. That whareas small areas of land chiefly valuable for agricul ture may of necessity' or by in advertence be included in tracts acquired under this Act, the Sec retary of Agriculture may in his discretion and he is hereby au thorized, upon application or other wise, to examine and ascertain the location and extent of snch areas as, in his opinion, may be- occupied for agricultural purposes without injury to the forests and which are n,ot needed for public purposes, and may list and describe the same by metes and bounds, or otherwise, and offer them for sale as home That there shall not be paid to any State for any county an amount equal to more than forty per cen tum of the total income . of tsuch county from all other sources. Sec. 10. That the Secretary of Agriculture may, for the futher protection of the watersheds of said navigable streams, in his discretion, ana he is hereby authorized, on such conditions as he deems wise, OLD SOLDIERS EXPERIENCES. ' ' . j " ' Incidents Recorded From 1861 Jo 1865. How Admiral Evans Saved His Lef s. The adventurous career of "Fighting Bob" Evans in Current to stipulate and agree to administer Literature, there is especially one and nmf.t fnr a dofinit term of incident which is characteristic of years, any private forest lands sit- the man 8 mettle, in the attacK uated upon any watershed whereon npon Fort Fisher, Midshipman lonrU marho rurmononHvrMorvpH EvanS WOS 8h0t. He WaS hitthTOe held, and administered as national times before he fell. Then he was forest lands under the provisions 8not a fourth time as he lay on the of this Act; but such stipulations sand, and the sharpshooter get nr OfTruomanf. fiVia.11 nmviilo thr tine ready for a fifth shot. Bob the owner of such private lands felt that the proceedings were be- shall cut and remove the timber coming monotonous, and he ad thereon onlv under rules and re- dressed a few emphatic remarks to gulations to be expressed in the that effect to the sharpshooter stiDniation or agreement for the As the remarks seemed insufficient, protection and conservation of the he did a little sharpsnooung the matter, than death that But a fate to Bob soon United States of America in Con gress assembled. That the Sec retary of Agriculture is hereby aut horized and directed, in his dis cretion, to acquire for national for est purposes, by purchase or gift, lands more valuable for the regula- steads, at their true value to be forest thereon; and such stipuia- fiTPrt hv him to actual settlers in tion or agreement may in any case worse traets not exceeding eirhtv acres provide that the private lands so seemed imminent, for he was tak Be it enacted by the Senate and in ftrpa undpr surh ioint ruies and administered protected shall dur- en to the hospital at .Norfolk and House of Representatives of the rerulations as the Secretarv of ing such term be subject to all the he overheard the surgeon in charge I . f iL- l r it. aov fn hie aeeictiint 'TbA I Wit h Agriculture and the Secretary ot provisions 01 mis aci aim ui me j the Interior may prescribe. And laws, rules, and regulations gov- p wmmug. no riht. title, interest, or claim erning national forests so far as the snppea a revolver unuer nis pn i s i .,,. Lomo mou onlihlp nd in low and waited with set teeth for iu vi w any lauua ttcquncu uiiuci i """j - ft ! i this Act or the waters thereon, or that case the said private lands the morning. lie was only eigh the products, resources, or use shall, during such term, be so sub- teen and he felt that he had use thereof after such lands shall have ject to all such provisions, tion of stream tlow than for other t,, s0 acquired, shall be initiated rules, and regulations purposes and situated on the water- or perfected except as in this sec sheds or navigable streams in the tion provided. And the Secretary Imnrnvidence Gone Mad. laws, Southern Appalachian Mountains within theStates of Maryland, Vir ginia, West Virginia, North Car olina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, and Tenn essee, and in the White Mountains within the States of New Hamp- and Maiue. Such acquisition may in any case Iks conditioned upon the exception and reservation to the owner from whom title passes to the United States of the min erals and of the merchantable tim of Agriculture may, under be rules Charlotte Observer. I 4... 1 : I. I aim rvguiauuiu w u nuu in an article copied yesterday Vtr Kim onf ViAri TCk tVid coin nf ant I ujmm, a,,,,, v "v from thft ilkeshoro corresDon i a t i . . j ,i I products oi cue xanus acquireu u..- . f The Inaustrial Kews it der this Act and the use xf any such land or the resources thereof censistent with its reservation for forest purposes. Sec. 7. That, subject to the pro visions of the last preceding sec- for those legs. V hen the assis tant came to prepare him for the operation, Bob at first protested earnestly, but in vain. Then he pulled his revolver from under the pillow, and told the doctor that it had six cartridges and that if any body entered the place with a case of instruments six men would be BORROWING Don't worry your neigh bor by continuously bor row his paper. Subscribe to the News and get one of your own. Court week will be a good time to at tend to it, while you are in town. Only the small sum of 1.00 per year, two papers a week. THE LEROIR NEWS. J V V- n..iw. ? Icq was stated that in recent y kiUed before the operation began. Wilkes countv has not raised en ough food products from home con sumption but has annually sent out thousands of dollars for corn, flour, bacon and other necessities. In- tion, the lauds acquired under this 0f making these the people Act shall be permanently reserved, bave devoted themselves to getting held, and administered as national lumber and tan-bark. It might The legs were saved. t . f uer, or wuiei vi ay v. . . , nnderthe r,r0visions of uo in that. t.hv 1 I I1UI V WAJU vvv vj within or upon such lands at date of the conveyance, but iu every such case such exception and reservation and the time within which sueh timber shall be removed and the rules and regulations un der which the cutting and removal of such timber and the mining and removal of such minerals shall be done, shall be expressed in the - written instrument of conveyance, and thereafter the mining, cutting, and removal of the timber, and minerals so excepted and reserved shall be done onlv under and in obediwicc to the rules and regula tions ao sxpressed. Sec. '2. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall advertise in the several States named in section one for lands to bo acquired under the provisions hereof: and as between lands of equal value the lowest bids shall be accepted: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall have the right to reject any and all bids. Sec. 3. That no deed or other instrument of convevance shall be awpnted or approved by the Sec - We remember another man do- ine verv much as Evans did. He was shot in the left arm at the bat tle of Frazier's Farm. The bone of the arm was shattered all to pieces, he went to the field hospi tal, when the doctor examined his arm and put him in a small room, saying he would take it off as soon as he got through wtifc .some other work he was doing. The" wounded man lav down on a eignt men I m. . i 1 i i .r ii : t " " I inus me lanus areofcrippwiui uiir ftnd . t there nntil gnn.up section twenty four of the Act ap- for these, and for hauling them to proved March third, eighteen railroad stations, just about day hundred and ninety-one (volume wages, and the tan-bark peelers twenty six, Statutes at Large, Cut down the trees for the bark and page eleven hundred and three), legye the trees to rot on thegrouud. and Acta supplemental to and am endatory thereof. And the Sec- timber, without any adequate com- mm.n5ntr am, tw Mn awHV i. 4 J It Mn.. fnrr. I ., . J I J rerJWASmumue iuj pensauon, and me money receiveu . went to Riohmond His time to Umo divido the lands ac ig 8ent off for food supplies. In .tlkM Kio., i - 1 infA diiaIi I..t . j i. . . VtTJlt 1- i. 4-t I 7 quireuuiiuc. tU tnis matter nxes is not uavu- wounded next dav, and came to apvciuv; iiauvuoi luiraa auu u w onal among western couDuea: were TJ. hmnnil ftnli ,.n his B1KumureMu.clu, maj mv.u, are oiners vnai pursue me same hrothoP ftnd snpnt a short time best for administrative purpose. wasteful, poverty invitiug policy Sec. 8. That the jurisdiction, A citizen of Alexander county said both civil and criminal, over per- to the writer, eighteen months ago, sons upon land acpuired under that in his opinion his county is this Act shall not be affected or worse off financially than it was changed by their permanent re- twenty years ago: that his people sorvation and administration as are cutting their timber, selling it national forest lands, except so far for a song, for hardly more than it as the punishment of offenses is worth to haul it to market, buy against the Uuited States is con- ing provisions for the money they cerned: the intend and meaning of get and while their wood land this section being that the State their chief asset in natural wealth, wherein any such land is situated is disappearing, their stock and shall not, by reason of such re- wagons are running down. servation and administration lose Those people need an Appalachian been, and its jurisdiction, nor the inhabitants reserve or something to save them saved thereof their rights and privileges from themselves. North, it may as citizens, or be absolved lrom be added, has derived tnis neneui Notice. spent a with him. Before leaving, he said, "Brother these d doctors will want to take your arm off, don't lett them do it, unless you find your arm or your life one must go, then let the arm go. 1 will leave my pistol with you, it necessary use it." The doctors came to him every morning for two weeks lag ging him to let them take the arm off. He did not do it. He still has his arm. Thanks to a brother doctor. Hundreds of arms and legs were taken off that conld have ought to have been, C. mrorv of Aorlcultui-e under this hi, th stat from the panic: that it has so re- Act until the legislature of the State sec. 8. That ten per centum of duced dema"dfr L0,' ... . i in which the land lies shall nave The annual meeting of the Bap Kiwv.mill men will not not nav lor ui i t.!t.. r iiWn all mmiov revived ilnrinff anv 7 'j . '-' consented to the acquisition of such U8Cal vear from each national for- L-hich they have been buying it County will convene with Kings 1 l 1, (l,,, ITn tml HtatPM I0r l, l l;. i. .l. : 1 .. .1 I... .I.,t,t5.n. n-nrl- ,.f flu, V-lvCK ClllirClI Oil OSllUIUMV UVIUJC juiui.-i uj Km . est mio wnicn tne lauua utuuiiuu i anu uiuwwuv.ui ..vm v v.. i national forest purposes. nn(W this Ant mar from time to axe and tho saw-mill has liecn at the filth hunday in .Marcn, iw, u r , -.u.i, ! A least temporarily suspended. at 10 a. m.. and will continue mat inc ortiutaij vi nine uc uiviueu snail ue paiu hii ... the end of Rnnh vear hv the 8er- ' lnrouSn oy. ... tf . . , Lt.,v of th Treusnrv to the RLit The Democrat SavS that Jim anu ounuay ocuouw are va. - in whir-h s,,eh nftHonal forest is Tv. eolored. is in fail at Marion ly requested to send delegates. Lu.,at tn AtA a thUn nuer for the killing of CiU Each church and each Sunday Has always been the bug bear of the tailor. Shrink is what kills style in clothes, The Royal Tailors of New York and Chicago, are doing something no other tailor in the world can do. To every customer they give a legal guarantee that Royal Tailoring will hold its stylo until worn out. This shrinking process is a trade secret, it takes ev ery last inch of Shrink out of cloth and linings, then when style is sewed into Royal Tailor Clothes it stays ; there forever. x Why Take Chances? Royal Clothes ajd get a Royal legal guaran tee that you can pin your faith on. To see the goods is to say the words. They're going fasten fact, prices were reduced for immediate Clearance. We invite you to call in and inspect our line of Spring and Sum mer Samples. We also represent Lamm & Co., Wana maker, Brown and Great Western Tailoring Co. Trade is sensitive: It goes where it is invited and stays where it is well treated. We invite your trade and will treat you well. OUR MOTTO: WE STRIVE TO PLEASE YOl NOT OURSELVES. Melton, Telle & Bafflewe Shell BTd'g., S. M. St., Lenoir, N.C. Sec. 4 Agriculture may do all things nec essary to secure the safe title in the United States to the lands to be acquired under this Act; but no payment shall be made for any such land until the title shall be satisfactory to the Attorney General and shall be vested in the United States. Sec. 5. That tho sum of five mil lion dollars is hereby appropriated to carry out tho provisions of this Act. out of anv moneys in the atowlaromnvnreseril for T.vle. ko colored, at a railroad I school is enuueo to one ueiegawe " , iL. n..... ,i a.. u.i i ... rtQ;r, aioTVuv. i in buuiuuu w me i. aswr uu ou- notional fnf lo u m,nfv on the f.th. The ne- periiitendent. Program will ap- ill IfUltU DUVU llttWVUW AvavtJV I V- vvuiivj w- I .Ifnof . TWtrWml Thaf-when an bpooq n-r rhrowinff nowder CUIlS Par later J " CURTIS, V Auiaw iuv mmmmj v.v - O I national forest is in more than one at each, other for sport. Ray was State or county the distributive drinking and got mad. Securing share to each from the proceeds of an axe he struck Lyle a blow Mrs, B. L. Beall, of Greensboro, i which proved fatal .Statesville 1 who has been vert. sick, is much Its area therein t Provided i further, I Landmark. . I improved at this writing. We Are Now Wanting Hides. Highest Market Prices are paid in Cash. When For Committee. HI HESS & GOUPHIIY. j Do you get the Newst If not, yon should subscribe right tow. ll .00. 't-t
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