Wilmington journal., 1874-01-09
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VALUABLE BOOK.

4 VARIABLE EOek.
We have been kindly permitted, l,-
its author, or rather its compiler,
Colonel John II. Wheeler, to look at
the manuscript i~a-ss Of 4 little book
that we hope very soon to see in print
The book viii not, indeed, lie very
large or a very prctenti"Es one but
for all that, We know of no publication,
at least of ia'e years, that promises to
be Of greater use to the people cf
North Carolina. Tt is cmphatically n
North Carolina book, gotten mp by a
North Carolinian and for North Caro-
l;nians, being ii sort of ''readv rcck-
oHei" III matters political, historical
and statistical pertaining to the State.
70 editors and politicians and, indeed,
to all men who desire to be deceltly
posted in regard to such matters, and
vet who have neither the facilities nor
the leisure for acquiring such infor-
nation, the book will be simply
invaluable.
That North Carolinians know less
OF themselves than OF other people is
not to be wondered at when their
facilities for gaining information con-
cerning themselves are SO extremely
limited. How many people in North
Carolina know when and where
the first State Constitution was
adopted? How many are there
who know who was the first Governor
under that Constitution and by whom
he was elected? How many know who
was the first Governor elected by the
people and in what year it was done?
How many can recall the names Of
dozen other Governors of the State?
Who knows the names even of the
men who have occupied OIL er places
Of trust aud honor in North Carolina?
Who knows the names of our Judges
and of our Attorney Generals?
Who knows where information in
regard to these and other kindred
matters can be had? Is there any one
book in which it can be found, and if
so how many such books are there,
and how many of our readers know Of
their existence? How many OF them
possess these books?
Let the most intelligent of onr peo-
pie answer these questions, and let the
answers decide whether or not there
be necessity for book containing
this information and much other of
equal value III a convenient shape and
at a price so low as to place i, within
the reach of almost every man.
i glance at the following table Of
contents viii show at once both the
scope and value of Colonel Wheeier's
forthcoming publication:
Map of the State, showinG the coun
ties with population Of each, the Con
gressinna! and Senate districts !; the
[. S. Constitution with late amend
mrnts Executive officers OF the
United States from the Revolution to
1911 Diagram showing movement OF
population from 1879 to 1870 the
area OF each State III square miles
and the population of each to every
square mile the ratio Of representa-
ton ut each decade the Constitution
of North Carolina (1SGS) with late
amendments population Of each
county III the State from its organiza-
tion or from 1870 to 1870 Executive,
Judicial and Legislative Departments
OF the State statistical tables Of the
popular vote of each county the reg
istrrcd vote, and a special statement OF
the Qualified voters from records Of
the Census Bureau, never before pull
iishcd the official vote of the State
for President in 1863, Attorney-GcIl-
eral III 1870, Convention III 1871, and
Governor and Congressional vote III
1872 counties of the State, origin OF
nama boundaries with a list Of MEM
berS from d.te of formation 70 pres
ent session, with index to same.
We trust that Colonel Wheeler will
complete the publication Of his book
at an early day and thereby create
another claim to the grateful remem-
brance Of his feilow-citizens Of North
Carolina