The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-24

get : place on the committee. but such er-
dorsatuent a comes TO him from Raleign
WIN tend 10 greatly strengthen his chances.
:. !. !:
Washington, y. c., Nov. 19.-WElle here
attending the melting 81 n Association q
Agricultural Colleges. Dr.. Geo. 7. winston
calJad at the War Department ana secured
t-ro concessions OF Importance > ID" fu-
| turn OF the Agricultural and Mechanical
College At Raleigh. One IS the promise
81 Two pieces Of tie most modern hIccch-
load.ns cannon Tor artillery practice. and
| he other. i, the assurance th-t Capt.
Phelps. the present military Instructor,
will again he detailed TO duty 81 the col
lege.
Capt Phelps las brn with Is four
vcars" said Or. Winston, and ne laS been
al great value TO the institution He has
/ nut il on IN absolutely military hasis, 20
| that IN the government reports there y no
| institution that stands higher in this re-
| spect, and the best part about il, IS that
i has been done with tho favor OF the stu
| dents. even those who might Be excused
| from military duty, taking IT,"
Congressman Small left tonight for
! North Carolina. He makes q speech To-
morrow in Perquimans county at a meet
ing CELEBRATING the completion OF Belviderc
| Academy. This school was founded by the
Ouakers seventy-fve years ago., and hence
Mr.. Small's subject will be the Influence
OF the Quakers on the establishment 81 ed
| ucation in the Colony and State Of North
| Carolina. He Will not return til after
| Thanksgiving.
Congressman Webb VIII also leave Sat.
uraay for North Carolina to spend Thanks
giving with his family at Wake Forest.
1t J. likely that some other OF the North
Carolina delegation viii spend a few days
IT home before the meeting OF the rcgu-
lar SESSION, as the House having passed
the Cuban bill, viii tomorrow adjourn till
Tuesday, and il by that time the Senate
has not passed ii another adjournment Will
be taken.
During the coming session OF Congress
= strong effort Will be made, and indlca-
tons alr that it Will be successful. 10
have the salary Of rural delivery carriers
throughout the country increased.
Tires bills 70 that effect I:,ve aiready
been !ntroduced-tWo IN the Senate. hy
Senator Burrows. CT Michigan, and ,scna-
tor ouarles, OF Wisconsin. and ona IL the
House BY Representative Siblcy, Of Penn
aylvania. That OF Senator 2uarles. in
trodaced Monday, provides for The CLASH
fcation of carriers and fixes thcir ON
pcnsation.
1t divides them into three classes. first.
second and third. according TO the length
% each Toutc the number OF families re-
siding thereon, the climatic conditions ard
the physical characteristics Of the coun-
try, and the state OF the roads over which
such delivery route rams.
It fixes the compensation Of carriers II
the first class at six hundred dollars pei
annu:u that in the second class at seven
hundred dollars; that in the third at nine
hundred dollars per annum; the compen-
%eation 10 cover all expense incurred il
providing and maintaining necessary
equipn2cnt for the performance OF suci
service. The E}I is 10 become operative
on era ate: July Isl, 1904.
Mr.. Thomas. CT North Carolina, has
introduced u LII authorizing and direct
;1- ~, C,hot,~, - ~, yr,oor,r, a.
place q clock with an Illuminated dial Or
the government building ia New Bern
North Carolina. appropriating ten thous
and dollars. or 20 much thereof as may
be necessary, for said purpose.
enato Burton, OF Kansas, chairman 0
the Senatc Committee on Forest Reserya
ton has introduced the following bill FOL
the purchase OF Il national forest reserve
III the Southern Appalachian Mountains
to &c known 81 the National Appalachia,
Forest Reserve:
That the Secretary Of Agriculture i
hereby authorized and empowered, in hi
discretion, to purchase land suited to tn,
purposes OF a national forest reserve il
the Appalachian Mountains within til,
; States Of West Virginia. Virginia. Norti
ICarolina, South Carolina. Georgia, Ala
bama and Tennessee, IN total extent no
to exceed four million acres. and to can
=, for, protect, use. and make accessible tn
, said reserve. the same to he known as tn,
Irrational Appalachian Forest Reserve"
; Section ,. That the Secretary Of Agri
culture shall advertise II the Scvera
!, States named IN this act for lands to b
: purchased under the provisions hereof
! and a. between lands OF equal value. 10
I the purpose OF this act the lowest bid
l shall be accepted. $ <
Section 3. That IL the requirement o
5 lands Tor the purposes OF this act thu
! Secretary of Agriculture stall, in each o
the several States named herein, conform
Ito the conditions prescribed III the pres
ent or future act or acts of the legislator,
OF Zach such State ceding to the Unite,
States the right TO acquire and contro
such lands: Provided. That when tn
t owners OF lands sought to be acquired 10