The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-29

A few months ago Mr.. TompkinS pub
llshed volume on Cotton Mil Pro-
cesses and Calculations" which had a
large sale and was favorably received.
The present volume, Illustrated with
fine half tone plates, is written especially
with reference to the new developments
in the cotton growing States, and will be
invaluable to all who contemplate build
ing cotton Mills Mr.. Tompkins DIS
cusseS cotton as a factor IN progress,
values i'll cotton, plans Of organization
Of company, location and surroundings
of a mill. methods of raising capital
investments. costs and profits, book
keeping and accounting, labor, opera
tives' homes. the question of power, the
sale of products, textile education, ROAD
Building aud broad tires and miscellane-
Gus topics bearing upon the subject The
author has worked out to a logical CON
clusion his original and widely quoted
theory that the welfare of cotton grow
ing countries les in their shipping out
manufactured cotton at eighteen to fifty
cents a poundg instead of raw cotton at
five to seven cents FOUND. He gives
particular attention to mill bookkeeping.
and shows how easy it is for Il mill 20
bookkeeping. and how the best and most
conscientious bookkeepers from CONNER
cial life may bring about trouble by not
approaching that there mist be broad
err scope covered i'll the books for
manufacturing plant.
In his preface Mr. TompkinS shows
that in 1910 the amount and variety of
goods manufactured in Virginia, the
Carolinas and Georgia exceeded those in
the whole Of New England. Slavery
and manufacturing did not 90 well to-
gether. The attempt TO introduce negro
labor in the South Carolina Gotten mill IS
the first backward step in Southern
milling. As slavery increased manu-
featuring the South decreased. Slav-
cry was from the first the SDuth.s great
est curse and hindraLce. The South IS
now, after an hundred years of devotion
almost exclusively 10 agriculture. com
ing to take prominent place IN manu-
featuring. Last year North Carolina
raised 100000 bales of cotton of which
il manufactured 10000, leadtg any
other Southern State except South Caro-
lima, which raised 100000 bales of cot
ton and manufactured 53O,u00. The
United States has 80 per cent of the
worlds cotton spindles, and England 43
per cent.
One chapter in the book is devoted to
short biographical sketches of the pion-
eer manufacturers of the South. among
them Edwin NJ. Holt, John w. Leak.
Governor Morehead. Francis Fees and
others. As an appendix essays on DO
nestle Industry" by William Greggs is
published. The typographical appear
ance reflects credit ON the Observer
Printing House.
In this book, as in many other ways,
Mr. Tompei:s has done his State Il
great service in the industrial develop
ment that now distinguishes it. sud es-
tabIished his leadership in a field that
promises great things for the State .
growth and prosperity.
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for
November contains Stephen Cranes new
story. West Pointer and Volunteer, =
which is perhaps the best thing he has
done since "The Red Badge of Courage"
Crane finds "a sympathetic illustrator in
Warren B. Davis, who contributes FIVE
highly spirited drawings.
Among the Boers'' in the November
Frank Leslies Popular Monthly, is the
most interesting magazine article yet
published upon this timely topic. dts
copious illustrations include, views in
johannesburg, and full length portrait,
from life, of Dom Paul Kruger, the
grand old man of the Transvaal.
Clifton johnson, the well known artist
author contributes to the November
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly a pro,
fusely and beautifully illustrated article
upon 'sI'he Old Folks at Home in New
England" which is full of tender charac
ter study.
.aCoaching as a Sport by Gibson Will
lets. in the November Frank Leslie's
Popular Monthly, carries some very
'swagger" Illustrations of this aristocrat-
ic and costly pastfme, as practised i'm and
about New York city.
The marvellous story Of the November
meteors is told in the current F|ra1Ak
Leslie's Popular Monthly by III. F. Pow
ell Rees, with the aid of illustrative dla-
grams by the author.
The Hon. Lyman J. Gage, Secretary OF
the Treasury. continues in the November
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly his adj
mirable review cf the Enhances of Our
Wars" including the Civil War, and the
late Spanish American conflict.
In addition to Stephen Cranes West
Pointer and Volunteer" the November
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly contains
complete short stories 10y Katharine Ty-
nan and Madge Morris, Women in
dramatic Art" by Adeline Stanhope-
Wheatcroft, and 'sOld Virginia Break
fasts,' by Mr.. Roger "A. Pryor together
with illustrated poems and 'Marg,nalia."
lne magazine to be ISSUED by the new
syndicate on November ! will be callel
the Harper Mcclure Review and will
not take the place of either of the other
momthles published by the firm. 1t
aspires to be "a monthly newspaper"
and as such will dispute the field of the
Review of Reviews rather than the
magazines that have been combined"
The current Scribner prints this poem
by Edwin Markham. 1t is called ''The
Suicide"
'Toil-worn, but trusting Zeno's mad be
lief,
A soua went waiIirg from the world OF
grief:
A wild hope led the way,
Then suddenly-dismay!