New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-08
MIR VANDERBILTS FARM.
PHASES OF THE RACE QUESTION IN NORTH
CAROLINA

Asbeviue n. C.. Dec > (SpeclaD.-Tbe allabsorbins
topc Of conversation in this part Of North Carolina
continues TO be about the purchase OF 1000 acres OF
land here by Mr. George Vanderbilt. The purchase
includes miles Of hill and dale and river land Some
~ the bnltops overlook Ashevillc On these hand
some acres a palatal mansion IS to BE- eltcted, the
model Of which has been described in The Tribune
!. VIII he three years before the Improvements on
bie aerate are completed \ forester Is already at
work with large gangs of men, telling and planting
trees and shrrbbcry. Large stables about to he
o,octcd 4 consignment of fine work horses has been
ordered from the North, and steps taken for active
onoratious I'm building. Mr. Natderbilt's primary III
tention Is 10 establish a splendid country home Oh
these hills He also expects TO derive profit from his
fertile acres by raising crops and good cattle. There
l. a lack Of good beef in this country. The man VINO
can raise good beef and mutton IL these mountains
finds ready market for it at his farmyad sat' a.
high prices As stockraser Mr. Vanderbilt has
selected an excellent field in which he can earn
thousands of dollars. and mako his investment IN a
winter residence highly profitable.
AshevIle owes its growing popularity among IN
vallds troubled with pulmonary and kindred diseases
to the favorable climate. From some cause OF
other the natives enjoy absolute immunity from CON
sumption. A large portion Of the days are sunny
The variation of temperature is slight. The absolute
humidity Of the air is but fraction OF gram per
cubic foot The altitude OF 1850 feet gives diNhes''
but Is not SuCh as 10 act unldNOIdDA uP"" ~ ~
ozone is another prominent element in the ar
Until recently no careful ozone record has been taken
II Is now shown that frequently 100 per cent OF me
possible amount Of ozone is found In this an IL
seldom ranges below sixty per cent ms means 'ia'
about three per cent Of all the air Is pure olohc' "
ozone is one Of the surest of disease germ hiels'
Is possble that it keeps people healthy and tends TO
drive off consumption
A Yankee down in Dixie who undertakes to discuss
fine negro question is promptly down upon by me
local residents or from their Wow. ov'rWhelmeo oS
their arguments which arguments have been CUT anu
driving ever since the day OF Lees surrender liz -
also frequently told in very decided manner 'ia M IL
does nor know what he IS talking about ana tHd' 1t
would be best II hc refrain from Vehllia'lIE ~ W.
ions concerning the treatment OF MS eDohS A.
zen and fellOw-vOter at the polls lWheh II' W.
Ia be cast for the Democratic cdndldaie i'cliii-o'
observers OF the people here think that educaIu -
,'.,icI nrestinr- I'm the new south. The application
If education 10 a large par or the Whl' p"Pii'''y
Le ~ br1aden the minds of the whites that they VIII
regard the something NOR mai ~ o,,ier
and as incapable Of executing work OF hleh
a long step will have been taken IN me e,S' a. u
OF this iu-treatcd race. sOutherhel Woin ~
negroes were treated better here than in the no H.
Possibly quarter N century of vigorous eiuo
might instu sense of fairness and a broadness VI
view into the minds OF hundreds OF thou'ahu7 VI III!
educated whites. nearly all Of them roo veD
the whites claiming 10 De educated lax gu o
of things. An Illustration Of the lach OF m In
medical officer who swOrc. a supposed murder case
that certain bones found in the woods were hlnlIn
bones on this testimony man and woman were
imprisoned six week.. Al the time for trial. the phN
sican appeared and testified that the bones supposed %
be human were merely the bones OF a dciunct hog.
II had taken this doctor weeks % ind out what
ought 10 be plain 10 tyIo in SIX seconds Ano'her
doctor who was called upon 10 perform an autopsy on
the body of a found dead on the mountain siu
said the died from apopleXy, because - tohtH,
wa. between MS teeth. A. a matter OF fact. the
teeth were false and had been forced out Of pace.
The man died from exhaustion. These two instances
give onlv faint idea OF the ignorance OF the edi-
cated7 white population Of the men. In fact, VINO
stand in the first rank In the eve Of the public D.
knOw-alls and leaders OF opinion.