The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1884-02-21

- reps Of Tar, Pitch and Turf c
tine Squeezed From the Press
of North Carolina.

According t. the Enquirer, Eden
ton mas the largest magnolia tree in
the State. 1t shades at Least sixty or
seventy feet, measures b tween five
and six feet in circumference and Is
Older than the ottiast iEhaoitant.
Esasszs asesxssszsssxx Sssses xss1satssxsEAs.
that there Is every proha bility that
the Western North Carolina railroad
company will pay ia the 5 ate Treas
urpr before the first day of May
5000 100 under the agreement made
by the last legislature"
Edenton Enquirer: The fourth
edition OF Moore's "H iStory of North
Carolina" schOol edition. is being
published by Alfred v illiams & Co.
Mi. Moore is a worthy son of the
East. and we wish Linn much luck
in his valuable history.
Winston Republican: Mr.. J. B
Kerns of Dalton. Stokes county, y.
g.. came from Pennsylvania to North
Carolina four years ago and since
living here has had born 6 children.
He mas been married to the same
wife q Years aud has % living chit
Is een. Of which are hoys aud s
: :. So ~ Co., ,,aal -. 49,,
.calcuistes tt have 6 rn0re.
We have received copy Of the
annual report Of the board OF dirpc-
tors and the upetintendent Of the
North Carolina insane asylum 1t
shows that 1920 patients have been
amItted since the asylum was opened
III 1886 There are now 1911 persons
under treatment. 90 were trans
ferred to the western asylum at Nor.
Canton, during the past year.
The number OF employees in the in
tern Il revenae department in North
Carolina foOts up the little army Of
6l9. or these; collector White has
squad OF Is, collector Young a com
panV of 50, Wheeler two com pauies
If 1872 and Cooper has battalion Of
4O3. The pay OF this little army Of
otfi:e holders amounts to $s7f, 900
Couldn't there be ''reirenchment aud
reform' right here?
There are no less than forty thou
sand square smiles of almost unbrO-
Ken forests In North Carolina-pine,
Chestnut, oak, maple, beech, ana
hickory, timber in their finest
growth Within the next ten years
II Is estimated that the timber alone
lii North Carolina will exceed IN
value The present total valuation OF
all the property in the Safe, inclu-
ulng laud. lac State grows as many
as nineteen varieties of oak, and It's
pine forests are Of The heaviest.
Richmond Rocket: New indus
tries are sprinslng up all over North
Carolina. aud soon she will tIOsSUul
as The rose. The latest is a French
COLONY to settle near Hoffman in
this county, for the purpose of max
ing WIue aud silk. M. des Lluriers,
f enchman who has been extern
s!Veiy engaged in the business III
the United states for several years,
last week purchased a lot of land in
Moore county, and the colony will
move in shortly and commence ope-
ratioDs.
! DsIIflimhre Eay: Ju7 s:aiulg ii cor T:
respondent teiegraphs that petroleum
has been discovered in North Caro-
oilna, and IL Is only a day OF two
since ne Informed Us that the State
| chemist had been sent out with &
rowing com mission to test the rich
! deposits Of phosphate rock found in
various parts Of the State; while ir
Il dispatch elsewhere Incidental men
ton IS made Of a famous North Car
DINA gold mine. Truly, the ole
| liz n e,
prove the Montana of the SJuth.
Score another one for the Old North
State. lin ore has been discovered
at Kings Mountains. the Charlotte
Observer says The vein was dis
covered by Captain Bell and hi,
party several days ago, but they
covered il up and endeavOred TO keel
quiet until they perf4c ed all theil
arrangements for properly bonding
the land. The vein is four or five
feet thick, but how deep or how Ions
is as yet unknown. When all the
| bonding arrangements are compile
/ TED the work of developing the vein
will he pushed forward and its prob
able extent investigated. There is nt
doubt of the fact that it is real tir
ore vein, the ore being exactly sim.
/ liar in weight and appearance to tina,
sent TO the Charlotte mint for assay
and from, which quantity of pure
tin WAS reduced ana left AT the o..
server Office for inspection. The
5. vein has been found, and the pros
poets for tin mine at Kings Noun.
tain are promising The property
upon which the vein has been found
is bonded by Judge Avery. DIR. c.
W. Dabney, Capt. w. L. II. Bell anC
Mr.. j. L. Claywell.
Don't buy corn and oats til yol
Call, at BRIDG ERs'. 6,