The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-01-30
Letter from WoIfviI|e, n. S.


The year 1907 brought several import
ant changes to Acadia College, located
here. Among them may be mentioned
the, election of new PreSident-ReV.
DIR. William B. Hutchinson-to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the resignation
of Rev. DR.. Thomas Trotter, who year
ago accepted the Passionate of large
BAPTIST church in Toledo, Ohio. DIT.
Hutchinson is q graduate of the col
lege. and also of Newton Theological
Seminary of the class of 1890, class,
by the way. that furnished three college
presidents, viz, Rev. c. l.. White OF
Colby and Rev. Dr. B. l.. Whitman,
formerly Pres. of Colby, and later Pres.
of Columbian University, Washington,
d. c. DR.. Hutchinson has been pastor
of the North Baptist church, Topeka,
Kansas, for some years, and is now III
ling exceptionally we'll the position va
Gated by the gifted man who preceded
him. Some three years ago, through
the efforts of President TrOtter, Mr..
Rockefeller offered to give 100000,
provided the constituency of the col
lege would give an equal amount by
JAM 1905, and Mr. Carnegie also offered
to give $50, 900. The amount has all
been subscribed and paid, together with
a few thousand additional to meet ex-
penses of soliciting and collecting. Thus,
on Jan. /, 1908, the college came into
possession of s230OOO Some eight years
ago Pres. Trotter received from Mr..
Rockefeller S15 000 on condition that
500, 600 additional should be raised by
the friends of the college, which was
done About the same time bequest
of 100000 was left for a theological
department by Mr.. Godfrey 7. Pazant,
late of Windsor n. S. At present there
are forty students having the ministry
IN view, and three theological profess
sors. A fourth will soon be added.
Thus, the college was never SO prosper
GUS, nor so well equipped, since it was
founded, which was in the year 1888.
The United states keeps making con
tlnuous drafts upon the Provinces to
6U positions in the various callings OF
life. Not only are lawyers, physicians,
ministers and business men numerous
across tile border. who once held similar
positions here, but many teachers also,
Several riomment Canadians are on the
teaching staff in the leading colleges,
such as Harvard, Brown, Colgate and
others. The gifted young president OF
Cornell [ University Was student, amt
then professor at Acadia College two
years before going there. And within
a fortnight young Halifax man, only
-. a graduate of Dalhousie College OF
that city, DR.. \. Ross Hill, has been
chosen President of the State Uniyer-
sity OF Missouri, very prosperous IN
stituton having some three thousand
students.
New manufacturing industries are
Spriugiug up in various centers of the
Province. Within the past year Var
mouth that used to build many wooden
vessels. has constructed steel ship
building plant, and two passenger steam
ers and three OK four tug boats have
been turned out. The cotton mill, en-
poying 300 hands, has been greatly en-
larged, new and up-to-date machinery
installed, and the output during 1907
was $500, 900 worth of goods of the high
est standard of quality. At Amherst
the Rhodes, Curry CO. car shops turned
out last year manufactured goods to
the value of 50, $50, 000. And the output
of the shoe factory was $3.50, 900. At
New Glasgow the iron and steel plant,
covering number of acres, has, for a
dozen years or more, paid good divl-
bends to the stockholders: but of late
a steel shipbuilding plant has been in
augurated. And on the identical spot
on the banks of the East River where,
i'll former days, the wooden craft was
paramount and many a dividend pay
ing vessel took to the water like ducks
to a pond, now the burr of the steel
riveter coming from the direction of
the old shipyard, is one of the first
sounds to break the stiffness Of the
early morning hours. Other towns,
such as Truro, for example, have be
come thriving manufacturing centeTs
in recent years.
The apple crop from the Annapolis
and CORVALLIS valleys was in 1907
about 600 barrels, valued at 81, 3d.
900. During the first week in January
the shipments from Halifax were %, 100
barrels. There are about 10000 acres
of orchard, and the area is yearly en-
largng Some 81, 600 acres were planted
with potatoes, giving crop value OF
81, 400, O00 The town of Windsor 4f
miles west of Halifax, the seat of
Kings College, founded 1899, is bean
tiful for situation, and has superior
transportation facilities. From its
wharves were shipped last year 300 DOC
tons Of gypsum, and some 100000
feet OF lumber 1T was the home OF
Halliburton author Of Sam Slick
Another thriving town is Lunenburg,