Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-20

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STATE wSria's TAR conn. isz.ooer fof
North Car 1aA, and SECRETARY 81 tsse
state hoard o. axrlcotafs- he i ii
The city buying tnTnifpss tor ti1s STATS
exnikat .'4saTs . great slate, = s<ii
Mr. brones l2ss evening" ~llse ses1ifk
against the staircase. lleA<a4nx - l-rHli-
oic's elAsssoal fcnsltoD az TIE
Eovers. and Ina TIE Akn thai Wrote
1s-Ik-r~-tcom. decay" A sondfff0l
state" oonuncec HE gsa.<l south
erasr. -fs~ psfsoes re@ilae ne great
Resources. IL ext<acs fIom The coAkl
10 TIC eastern border 81 ths sspzlk-
ehlan systen- In that distance OF 40
nsiiss tie surface fisee from TIE ssz
level 10 bsixnt Of SO feet. We are
the northern boundary 81 tue tropsoA.
plants. ana the sousDsrn boundary OF
The northern fora. la cur state VII
be found many Of the sxrltsies q
ferns, palms. p2lmettos aud other
tfopie pl2nts. Ia Tie n0sth western part
OF the sfzts Ne have The Canadian t4l-
esta and the pine, spruce and ff trees
OF the extreme norla temperate resioa.
AgDcrliursliy. tie state 10 DIVIDED
into four dn-rent civlsona Ia
The northeast Il the great ~
bscoo belt Ii the southern coQni.ss
nothing hut cotton y raised. Tie
western piateaus, or Piedmont csuHtry
IS u 10 called. 10 devoted 10 hay. corn.
wheat and Data Market gardening y
the exclusive occupation ~ The
eastern part Of the state. | knew one
man who planted 100 barrels of irish
potatoes last year. snd spent 50. 90
| for fertilizers We have great mineral
ranges that need only development 70
be mica Of wealth. There are now
somewhere between 800 and 900 gold
mines in the state. Mitchell county e
the great msne-producing region Il
| the country. That's where Hysnin' Q
org nAted the grestsfkke' rot fo!it,-
caily We have a gfez, state. to-. al
though condition exlsts there now that
has not existed since le76. The demo-
Gratis have coutros Of the state govern
ment, but have only plurality OF the
| two houses. That IL the nearest the
republicans, or alliance men. have
come 10 controlling the stata IN seven
teen yesrs. The stats legislature tss
| just passed = bill anuulling the old
charter OF the alliance. new char
ter will be granted 10 take effect IN
| August. The new charter kbolishes
the secret feature of the order, and
does away with the trust benefit That
means death TO the ordor as q political
factor. Any mention OF North Caro-
ina politlcs necessarily includes some
statement about the negro voters.
They surprised us thls year Some
OF the meet thickly settled negro c un-
trles gave Ne democratic malorities
from 700 10 zoo. The negro voter was
between the devil and the deep sea last
fall. The alliance wanted him and
two factions OF the republicans wanted
him. AZ . result. votes were dirt
cheap. Ny experience with the negro
voter has been that he 10 always fol
sale TO the highest bidder. lie u q
creature OF impulse; but st.ll he is q
very desirable citizen in our state. lie
IS making wonderful progress. In tie
great tobacco industry only negfoe.
are employed; but you never see say-
thing but white man IN = cotton mill.
In some pursuits you can see. any day,
negroes and white men work ing slce
by eide. But it's IN the big tobacco
factories that the darkev "a king. They
work by the piece. making plug iotac.
co. Some Of them earn SIS, ESQ and
even 800 q month. May Of them are
becoming rich men. IL Il sight worth
seeing IN one OF the BIG factories when
all the colored hands Get q work.
They generally work TO music One o!