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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-08
ROCKINGsHAM'S WEALTH.
It's Cotton a1ad Tobacco Manufac-
turing Growing and Prosperous

Rockingham county, with Wentworth as
the county seat. has a population of
nearly $4,000, two thirds of which are
white and the negligible number of 81 of
which are forei On born. 1t was formed
in 1885 from Guilford county, and was
named in honor Of Charles w. Went
worth, Marquis of Rockingham, friend
Of America in Parliament
It's area is 600 square miles. 1t has
$50 miles of imp, owed roads, which under
the efficient management of Superintend-
ent Blackburn, are being continually i'm
proved. Macadanlized roads in the near
future are not improbable.
Reidsville, the largest. town, has about
,4,a0O population, and is steadily improv-
ing. 1t is located in the center of the
golden tobacco belt, on the main line of
the Southern Railway, and has no su-
perior as tobacco market in the world.
While its industries are increasing and
diversifying the sale and manufacture of
leaf tobacco remain the principal inter-
ests- Tobacco is manufactured into al
most every form for chewing and smok-
ing. 1t has cotton mill, a fertilizer
factory, lumber mill, box factory, a
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To visitor accustomed to the eastern
plains lay off here is of peculiarly at
tractive interest. Standing on knoll to
the north of Main street a splendid view
of Marion. with her many pretty homes,
large mercantile houses and numerous
manufacturing plants, is had Looking
to the North is to be seen some of West
ern Cardinals most celebrated mountain
peaks, among them the Table Rock,
Hawk Bill, Grand Father, Yellow Noun
tain, Linville, Roam, Unacoy, Black
Mountain, with its peak of celebrity,
Mitchell, Clingmans Dome and Craggie
Indeed, turn in any direction and there
greets the eye panorama of SURPRISING
loneliness in hill and valley. Overcome
with the picture the visitor feels like
settling and erecting a home amid sur
roundings SO enchanting. Perhaps at no
given point-nestling as does Marion in
1.-The mountain section of Western North
Carolina-can so extended and sublime a
view of mountain scenery be had as at
almost any elevated point in and around
the capital city of Mcdowell.
Located at the foot of a vast range of
Cardinals greatest mountains, the OPEN
ing to the southeastward toward the ris-
ing sun, gives TO the place, IN the WIN
ter months. a warmth of temperature
that is unknown to trans mountain coun-
ties to the north and west of Marion.
TO THE HEALTH SEEKER
the field is a most inviting one. The
healthfulness of the climate, so widely
known, has made Marion the favorite
resort for persons suffering with pulmo-
nary troubles. Protected from the cold
winds in winter on the north by the Blue
Ridge range one takes his sun bath on
an elevated table land yet at an altitude
Of some 1,400 feet above the sea. Later on
astride some fleet footed horse or afoot,
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Dslefs Of Corn Whskey only and the largest in the State

bacco warehouses, three tobacco factories,
carriage factory, etc.
Mayodan, with 900, has a splendid wa
ter power, on which are located two cot
ton mills.
Madison, with about 500, has two to-
bacco warehouses, one tobacco factory,
and variety of local interests.
Stoneville and Wentworth are small
towns, the former growing nicely.
The tax rate is low The climate and
natural advantages will compare favor
ably with those of any county in the
country. -Four systems of railroads pene-
trate the county in every section. There
are four newspapers. Banking facilities
are ample. Public and private schools
are efficient Leading denominations are
represented in churches.
Advantages to capitalists, who would
develop industries in the towns, and
utilize the unemployed power of the
streams, are many. The home seeker and
the agriculturalist have the prom
Use of a genial climate and substantial
harvests.
Reidsville, c., April 8, 1902.
j. R. JOYCE.
Member State Board of Agriculture.
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l will mention the names of farmers
who have made a success in raising cot
ton in Jones county, to-wit: Messrs.
John Simmons, J. c. Parker. j. J. Sim
mons, John Pearce, j. N. Foscue, Isaac
Brock Benz Brown and j. B. Banks, all
commenced comparatively poor men. Mr..
John Simmons savings for the rainy
day" will run up in the thousands. The
others mentioned are all good substantial
men financially.
Jones county is one of the best farm
ing counties in North Carolina.
r. e. KOONCE.
Trenton, N c., April 3.
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just, content with her little self. But one
day a breath of new life famed the
brow of her sleeping population and
there awoke among them certain, alive
to Marion's possibilities, and there sprang
into being a new impetus. With the new
impetus new life, and ever since the
buzz of the saw and the hum of the ham
mer and the click of the trowel has been
heard in the land of Marion. Now there
are no sleeping ones. Everybody is
awake, wide awake and there exists great
activity in Marion and this fever, if such
it may be termed, is catching and far
reaching in effect. Folks who drop in
for a day or two take it and the progress
of Marion is abroad in the land. Climb
the mountains to the north and west, de-
scend these and trace the ever winding,
rushing, plunging, roaring, beautiful
French Broad river and country sur
rounding and you hear it on every hand
and at every turn-the progress of Ma
rion-and it is so.
The hamlet of few years ago is to-
day one of the most thriving and pros
porous towns in all the hill country.
From a population of $50 just little
while in the past her population has
grown to some $500 sturdy, industrious
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rose of reality, will make Marion a rail
road center, giving better markets for
agricultural, mineral and manufactured
products.
THE HOME SEEKER
always makes diligent inquiry as to
educational advantages and here these
are up to date. Realizing the great value
of good schools and to keep abreast of
the educational progress everywhere
evident in the Old North State, the town
recently issued bonds and sold them at
par to enlarge and improve the Marion
Academy, which work was completed a
few months ago. The building is COM
modiOus, the corps of teachers most ef-
ficient and it is the purpose of the man
agement to make this graded school the
pride of Mcdowell county. Besides is
located here the Elhanan Institute, a
building comprising quite a hundred
rooms. The institute is a magnificent
structure, located on a broad hill, pictur-
esCue and inviting.
The home seeker likewise looks into
the moral atmosphere amid which he
must needs rear his children and church
spires, topping splendid church edifices,
weld an influence. Here such find four
churches, the Presbyterian, Baptist,
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2 1-2 Bales of Cotton to the Acre

Mr.. S. c. Carlye, of Lumberton, for four
years in succession, made four bales of
cotton, averaging 500 pounds, on two acres
OF land. Another year on the same land
he made five bales. The first four crops
were fortified with stable manure and a
thousand ponds of guano to the two
acres; the last year he used a ton of
guano without any other fertilizer. The
land has been in cotton eighteen years
and has never made less than a bale per
acre.
The writer's father, on an acre of creek
land in Sampson county, once grew one
hundred and twenty bushels of corn. This
land was not fortified at all, the soil
consisting of four or five feet of vegetable
mold.
Mr.. B. Godwino on the two acre lot now
occupied by Robson Institute is said to
nave made seven bales of cotton a few
years ago.
o. ]. PETERSON,
Editor Argus.
Lumberton, n c., April 4.
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ate the aged and make bright and
happy the young.
RAILROAD FACILITIES,
while not so complete as desired, are not
so very bad. Marion is at the crossing
or intersection of two railroads, viz:
the Southern, running east and west, and
the South Carolina and Georgia extension
(now said to be the property of the
Southern), running south. Besides addi-
tional facilities are budding for the near
future. The o. r. and G. has been built
to point from Johnson City, Tenn, to
a point in Yancey county, thirty-six
miles distant, and the surveying corps
has reached the Catawba, within five
miles of town. The Marion and North
western has a line projected from Ma
rion to Tennessee, and the promise
of it's speedy construction is encouraging.
These buds of promise, once full grown
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1000 Bushels of Sweet Potatoes to
the Acre.

The annual production of sweet po-
tatoes in the South Atlantic and Gulf
States is 100000 bushels, the average
yield per acre is rs bushels. In North
Carolina the average is IS bushels. With
high cultivation in North Carolina $50
bushels per acre is not uncommon. while
the maximum record is 1000 bushels to
the acre.
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Tobacco Profits in Johnston.

Mr.. j. P. Edumundson on 25 acres sold
his tobacco for $4,000; Joseph Lee on Z
acres sold his tobacco for LOO; Skinner
& Ragsdale on II acres sold their tobacco
for $1,742; ]. B. Smith on s acres sold his
tobacco for $1,000; R. E. Lee on acres
sold his tobacco for $500; w. H. Smith
on % acres sold his tobacco for $4,000;
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to compete with like industries
of other towns.
THE OPPORTUNITIES
for fruit growing are most inviting. No
section of Western Carolina offers SUI
yCIior advantages in adaptability of soil
and better climatic conditions. The hill
sides exposed to the southeast are pecu-
liarly advantageous in this respect AT
! certain elevations, which vary in differ
ent parts of Mcdowell county and in
many of these mountain coves there are
belts of land where the the fruits are
never killed by ordinary frosts, and, ex-
cept in years very far separated, are
never killed at all. Such lands are
plentiful in the county and can be had
at reasonable prices. The climatic con-
ditions are such as to be exactly suited
to the growing of winter or keeping ap-
pies" There is just the right elevations
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hotel and opera house are public neces-
stiles, and promise good returns
Spray, with nearly 5000, comes next.
II has five cotton and one wooden mill,
power companies, etc. It's growth has
been the most rapid of any town in the
county.
Leaksville with about 700 has two to-
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W. A. Smith on acres sold his tobacco
for $500; Robt. Sanders on s acres sold
his tobacco for $500. The average per
acre is 1000 pounds. Average cost per
acre is from $25 to $50.
ALLEN K SMITH.
Smithfield, N. c., April 4.
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he climbs hills and descends hiIlsides.
breathing the pure, collaborating noun
tain air, soon forgetful that Just a few
days ago he came and was helped from
the cars quite an invalid Talking with
one Of many Northern and Western
health-s seekers, now visitor, he remark
ed: Il had no thought when I came
three months would elapse and find me
here, but here I am and so delighted and
benefited I'll remain yet another month
or two and then return home to loved
ones as hale and hearty as in days of
yore."
PURE, WHOLESOME WATER.
coupled with pure. dry mountain air
both obtained here. is enough to refuyen
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Tobacco Paid Him Well.

Mr.. A. r. Strickland planted thirty
two acres in tobacco. Raised 130(
pounds to the acre. 1t averaged 23c. pei
pound and the cost of production was
only 20 per cent of the above
THOS. WESTRAY.
Finch, N. c., April 1902.
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BLUE RIDGE DISTILLING CO.. N

and is worthy of the mention herein given.
G. G. EAVES,
Editor Marion News
Marion, N. c., April 2.
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Methodist and Episcopal denominations
being represented. The people are a
church going one and there prevails a
healthy moral sentiment. A splendid
municipality also greets him in Mr.. G.
G. Eaves, the Mayor; DR.. G. l. White,
DR.. M. F. Morphew, Messrs. j. L. Nor
gan, B. N. Lonon and E. H. Dysart the
Board of Aldermen, guardians of the
public veal, all energetic business men,
full of public spirit ready to lend every
encouragement conducive to the welfare
of those who light among them"
These things of themselves make Ma
rion and vicinity most inviting to the
health seeker, the home seeker and like
wise to the capitalist, but the trial is
also interested in other things. And, it
is "these other things that figure so
prominently in Marion and her opportu-
mites. Only few years since Marion was
but a hamlet, sleeping the sleep of the
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nat contribute so largely TOWARDS ac-
slerating her steady industrial growth
there are a number among them: three
large furniture manufactures, with
ground broken for the fourth, new
company recently organized with capt.
tai stock of $25, OO0 whose product is en-
tering the homes of people of this and
other States, every concern running full
time capacity taxed to the utmost, or
ders booked ahead; two tanneries, one
roller Touring mill and corn mill, the
largest corn whiskey distillery in the
State, a large rectifying house and a
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yg Point ~ N Nurture Man. wi advantages M
Offering Opportunities hH s
Sit Mario hCh
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mattress factory, etc. There is need for
other Industrial enterprises, some of
which are in contemplation. modern
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-08
THE OPPORTUNITIES.

industries to compete with like industries
of other towns.
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citizens. Her table land and valleys and
millsides are dotted with coy homes,
commodious school buildings, splendid
church edifices, handsome brick stores
nd huge manufacturing plants and the
eld is inviting for more.
OF MANUFACTURING PLANTS
hot cont rihntn 60 LARGELY tnWardS aC-
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Lumberton, N. c., April 4.
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ate the agAd and make bright and
hannv the vni1no
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Trenton, N. c., April 3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-21
A WASHINGTON BOY HoNoRED.
George Cook Nominated for the Legis-
lature of New JERSEY.

Mr.. George Cook. formerly of Washing
ton, was nominated by the republicans of
the sixth district of New Jersey for the
assembly of that state. Mr.. Cook was
reared and educated in Washington having
attended the public schools, and graduated
from the Emerson Institute and then from
the law school of Columbian College in
1882. He was admitted to the bar and to
practice before the Supreme Court of the
United States. He then went to New York
and engaged in the practice of patent law
and has been very successful. His residence
Is in Allendale. N. J.. Of which town he was
twice elected mayor
The contest for the nomination for the
sixth district was very spirited. and Mr..
Cook, owing to his great popularity.
brought out as a dark horse" and wop
the race. AS the district Is strongly re-
publican his election is assured.
He Is the son of Mr.. John Cook, secretary
of the Perpetual Building Association of
this city, and inherits many Of the sterling
qualities of his father.
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SPEED TO BE SACRIFICED.
Naval Boards Decision on New
Armored Cruisers.

The naval board on construction has final
ly decided upon the features of the ar
.nored cruisers authorized by last Congress.
Speed has been sacrificed in a measure to
power. By vote Of four against one En-
gineer-in- Chief Melviile's proposition to give
the big ships $4,000 horsepower and a speed
of twenty three knots at a minimum was
rejected, and the horse power will stand at
25,O0O, which he. estimates will actually
bring the speed down to about twenty-one
and a half knots.
Thus the new boats will be three and a
half knots slower than the four famous
English armored cruisers of the Drake
class. To offset this lack of speed the Ten
nessee class will have much more power
full battery, with four 19-ineh guns in two
turrets against two J1a-inch guns in the
main batteries efathe British ships. The
Tenne ssee ciasstalso will have more armor.
the protectives deck at Its thickest mart he
ing Az inchessH.ithB side armor. The
ships have bee aiven So much power of
otfense and aefepast that the engine erin
chief declares that the intent of Congress
has been eva9ed ara the board has design
cd actual asthe ships, and not speedy ar
mored cruisers,, He will make a minority
report to SecretaryrTMoody
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HEART STAB SEWED UP.
Fair Chance Of Recovery of Patient
in Bellevue.


The New York American of today says
The rarest operation known to surgery
the sewing up of a severed ventricle of a
human heart-was performed last night at
Bellevue Hospital.
Professor George B. Stewart, professor
of anatomy and clinical surgery Of the
Bellevue Medical College, performed the
operation.
The patient was Annie Kingsley, a wo-
man who had been brought to the hospital
late last night stabbed to the heart by her
husband during a quarrel on the street.
She was dying. The blood was pouring
from a long wound in the left ventrlcie,
which supplies the body with blood, While
the right ventricle pumps blood to the
lungs The surgeons knew the flow must
be checked at once if the woman was 10
be saved.
The operation was decided upon. There
were present DR.. Stewart. who performed
the operation; DR.. Cash, stan surgeon oi
the hospital, who assisted, and nfteen sur
geons as witnesses.
The heart was laid bare ana the surgeons
saw that the wound was very severe. II
would require six stitches. In the Intervals
between the beats of the heart the needle
was inserted six times anu the now ei
blood was stopped.
The wound was skil.fully dressed and the
surgeons waited to see the result.
Slowly the patient rallied. Then more
Quickly the surgeons were astounded. This
woman with the sewed-up heart was show
ing remarkable vitality
She kept on improving steadily, and at
midnight Professor Stewart said to the
American reporter who was present: ! am
astonished at her strength. She is doing
remarkably well. / may say that there
is very fair chance Of her ultimate recov-
cry" > s.s.ss /.
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THE TKtJFh- REFORMERS
CORNER s40NElLAID YESTERDAY
OF A SfACIobs STRUCTURE.
Headquartefs for the Order and an
ArmorF forrthe Colored Dis
yitric8 Militia.

Members ofthe District Grand Lodge of
Masons had Charge of the ceremonies at
tending the layingffof the corner stone of
the building Of tfsnGrand Fountain of the
United Order of True Reformers, at 18th
ana U streets northwest, yesterday after
noon The order is one Of the most prom
nent organizations of colored pc ople in the
United States, and has membership in
the District of Columbia of nearly 5000.
1t was formed in Richmond, January 1.
1881, and William w. Browne of this city
was the first president
The new building is being erected by the
local branch Of the order. W. s. Wocdson
called the assemblage to order yesterday
afternoon. Rev. Robert Johnson, ID.
read from the Scriptures and prayer was
offered by Rev. D. F. Rivers. DID,, of the
Berean Baptist Churcl. J. c. Robinson of
Richmond made an address. The principal
ADDRESS was by Rev. w. L. Taylor of Rich
mond on The Results Of Combination, Con-
w. P. Burrell of Richmond gave an ex-
tended history Of the order. George H.
mite. former representative from North
Carolina spoke on True Reformerism1Its
National Effect" Rev. George w. Lee,
3D. gave an address on True Reformer-
ism-1ts Religious Effect
There were deposited in the corner stone
a copy OF the charter of the mercantile as
sociatlon OF the order copy OF the con-
stltution and bylaws of the Grand Foun-
tain. copies of the various race papers and
OF the Washington newspapers and current
coins.
Judge Terrill laid the stone and the cere-
monies closed with the singing of the dox-
oiogy and benediction pronounced by Rev
James Lee, DID. of the Third Baptist
Church.
The building will be of brick. 60x1O0 feet
and four stories in height 1t will contain
an armory for the colored militia of the
District. store rooms, lodge rooms and q
hall for public meetings.
The committee on arrangements was COM
posed of w. S. Woodson. chairman; E. w.
Turner, Mrs. Harriet Dabney, j. w. Lewis,
George Patterson, c. L. Marshall. John H.
Thornton Phillip Gaines, John Boone. Mrs.
F. II. James, ]. A. Landlord, 8. H. Boiling.
]. A. Bostic, F. w. Dixon, secretary; Mrs.
S: E. Baum. Thomas B. Mann, A. ]. Aver
cite, c. P. Griffin
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Ocean Mail for Mexico.

BIDS were epeneaa at the Post Office De-
partment late yesterday for the contracts
for carrying the naails between New York
and Havana and. nTampico. Mexico. The
only bidder was the New York and Cuba
Mail Steamship Company. whose bid was
81 a mile forg each. of the two routes, and
it's bid will be accepted. One route is
from New York toiHavana, and the CON
tract is to be for five years. beginning No
vember 1. 1902, with weekly service at a
minimum speed of fourteen knots an hour
and a minimum tonnage of $500. The other
route is from New York to Tuxpan, Mex
leo, stopping at Havana, Progresso and
Tampico on the outward trip, and Vera
Cruz and other points on the return. The
same speed and tonnage requirements are
made and service is to be performed week
w. The contract is to be for ten wears. he
ginning November 1. In both routes
American-built ships are to be used
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Money for the Beers.

A dispatch from Berlin last night says:
Gen. De Wet spoke In his night shirt at
o'clock Sunday morning at the Hanover
station to a thousand persons who almost
stormed the train The general leaned out
of window as he addressed the assem-
blage, recounting the warmth of the Beers
reception in Berlin and the lberality of the
Germans.
The generals collected a total of $S7 500
here. They undertook to give photographic
receipts to every contributor of $1.25 and
had to spend several hours daily signing
receipts. De Wet said that If the thing
kept up his right arm would be in a sling
as the result of writer's paralysis. En-
velopes containing money were thrown into
the Beers carriages when they were out
driving.