The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-19
N0rtherd Men Wish to Make
Mating from Bushes.
NORTH CAROLINA CROPS
The Average Generally is Very Low.
Much Interest in Approaching Good
Roads onvention-Liquor
Men Are Holding Off.
epDeclo, to Tho Times. Dlspatch.


I RALEIGH, N. c., July 1S.-The State
in receipt of n letter from certain New
York and Philadelphia people who are
desirous Of buying large tracts of swamp
lands on which there is growth Of PUSHES
Their purposes is to establish big mat
ting factory. The State owns vast guam
titles OF such lands In the eastern part
OF the state, and will negotiate for the
sale.
The Bank Of Sparta was chartered to-
day with sI5.ocO capital 10 do commercial
and savings business. Ex-LieutenautG Gov
ernor r.. A, Doughton, Is one of the prin-
cipal incorporates.
The Woolscy Manufacturing Company
OF Asheville. is chartered by the state
with 100000 capital, to establish cot
ton mill; n. A. Bernard. w. r. Patter-
son and y S Reynolds are the principal
lncorporators.
JULY CROP REPORT.
The July crop report BY the State Board
Of Agriculture made up from reports of
correspondents in every township of every
county. was Issued to-day and shows the
condition of crops az compared to the
average to bci Cotton. II; tobacco. So;
corn, 81: irish potatoes. s.: sweet pota-
locs, 81; apples. 6S: peaches. 50; pears, s..
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION.
Much interest is being manifested In tho
good roads convention To be held Tues
nay and Wednesday Of next week at the
A. and NJ College In connection with the
summer school. state orga nization Is
10 be effected for the bcttermenc of high
ways
II is asccr,ained that the total expenses
OF public schools IN Wake county. in
Guiding the city Of Raleigh. for the year
ending June 30. 1904. was $50, s2i. 60.
LIQUOR MEN ON THE FENCE.
Mr.. Ed. V. Denton, treasurer OF the
Liquor Dealers Association, says the as
ISOLATION will not spend cent In the
approaching campaign for disrcnsary In
Raleigh. If the business men. said he.
want to close up the twenty-five busl-
ness houses and pacate numerous resi-
dcnccs BY putting in cispensary so
odious In South Carolina 1t Is a matter
for them. We will simply leave the issue
TO the business sense Of the people OF
Raleigh.
a FALLAcY EXPLODED.
The address. OF President Henry Louis
Smith. o. Davidson College last night be-
fore the A and NJ summer school was
most notable effort. his subject being
scientific training as a means Of culture.
The feature was declaration that "a
few years ago silver wen, very low IN
monetary value, and at the same time the
price OF wheat and corn became lower
than In many years, so the western far
rners believed that wheat and corn would
never rise until the price of silver went
up After the price of silver dropped
cotton went down and 1t was argued In
the South that cotton would remain low
until the crime of 1873 was rectifed, and
silver was restored. The very next year
Republican Congress kicked silver en-
tirely out. and that very year cotton went
up. and wheat and corn had already
reached the highest price on record. Thus
the fallacy was demonstra ted and what
had been argued as cause and effect were
not dependent"
This declaration on the part of Or.
Smith was In illustrating how prone a
mind not scientifically trained TO deduce
fallacious conclusions and suppoFe pa.
cause one event preceded another. there
fore, the second event was the effect. and
the former tho cause.