The State Journal from Raleigh, North Carolina • Page 13

THE STATE JOURNAL. Friday, Alpinist 'lit, 191:3. North Carolina Poems over $1,000,000, being one of the largest orders following those of the New York tunnels. The power-house will be about COO feet by 1,000 feet. The greatest portion of the power will run a vast aluminum plant which will occupy eighteen acres in the immediate vicinity, to be financed and operated by a French company with a capital of $10,000,000.

There will be a surplus of power to drive shops at a distance. Cincinnati Enquirer. Gunners' Convention and Hound-Up Institute. The Farmers' Convention and ttound-up Institute which was held at the A. M.

College in Raleigh this week was a notable occasion, one of the most important features being the Housewives' Convention which was held in connection with it. The Capital City has been thronged with farmers and their wives from every part of the State. On Wednesday nearly one hundred came from Sampson County alone, and many other counties have been largely represented. The addresses and institute work generally were of a very high order, a number of the addresses being by noted speakers from a distance. The demonstration work and the discussions of the Housewives' Convention were particular entertaining, instructive, and uplifting.

Mrs. Julian Heath, of New York, founder of the Housewives' League of America was present and her addresses were greatly enjoyed. And Mrs. Charles McKimmon, of Raleigh, who has been so active in institute work in the State, took a prominent part in the meetings. ROBERT IJRANK VANCE.

The Author. Robert Brank Vance, son of David Vance, and Mira Margaret Baird, was born in Buncombe County, April 24, 1828. His youngest brother was the distinguished Zebulon Baird Vance. At twenty years of age he was elected clerk of court of common pleas and quarter session of Buncombe County and served in that capacity for eight years. On retiring from this office he engaged in merchandising at Asheville.

But when the War Between the States broke out, he organized a company of soldiers and was unanimously elected colonel. He served in Tennessee, and was promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General on account of his distinguished services at Cumberland Gap, Murfreesboro and other battles of East Tennessee. In one of his attempts to cross Smoky Mountains and aid General Longstreet, he was captured by the enemy and confined first at Camp Chase and later at Fort Delaware. On March 14, 18G5, he was paroled and came South. In 1872 he was elected to represent his district in Congress, and he continued its representative for twelve years.

In 1884 President Cleveland appointed him Assistant Commissioner of Patents. He was an active member of the Methodist Church and was several times elected to the General Conference. General Vance wrote a great deal for the press. Many of his verses were collected and published in a little volume entitled, "Heart-Throbs From the Mountains," from which volume this selection is made. General Vance was twice married, first to Miss Harriet V.

McElroy, and later to Miss Lizzie R. Cook. He died November 28, 1899. Dr. Mitchell's Grave.

Dr. Ellsha Mitchell, a distinguished professor of the University of North C'ar-his life, June 27, 1857, while exploring one of the mountain peaks of We.st-Oarolina. He was buried on the summit of the mountain where a mumi- Note. olina, lost fin North lnent later his honor. A HOME FOR THE HOMELESS.

Rev. John N. Cole, Superintendent of the Methodist Orphanage at Raleigh, expresses this beautiful thought in the Orphans' Friend: "Let me say first that the first, need of the dependent orphan child is bread and raiment and shelter. His mind can wait for a time but his stomach cannot wait for a day his frail body must be clothed and the defense and protection of home must be put above him. He must not be left hungry and bare on the streets or in the big road to beg.

These physical needs are his immediate and absolute needs, and it is a great mercy that the orphanage extends to him when it takes him off the street and washes him clean, and feeds and clothes his body and tucks him in his warm bed and gives him the protection and comfort of home. "I have sometimes tried to think of the peace that comes to the troubled heart of the homeless orphan when he enters the orphanage and begins to take in the fact that this is his home that good people have built for him. I have tried to think how he feels when first he lays his defenceless head on a pillow that is his, and believes in his little heart that 'God is in the heavens," and that his angels there and here keep watch over him, and that he is safe and protected from an evil world. The Pope of Rome feels secure in the Vatican on his forty acres of land where he is undisputed lord. I have sometimes imagined as I have looked upon our children out here on our grounds at the Methodist Orphanage that they felt the same way when they looked upon our niaety acres of land and knew that every foot of it was theirs, and that nobody could take it from them.

It is a great mercy to the dependent orphan child to have a home and 1 thank God that the good people have made these homes possible through the various orphanages of the State. I know of no money that is more precious in the sight of heaven than that which is given for the care and protection of the dependent orphan child." "Put Up or Shut Up." (From The Concord Chronicle) We are giving our readers this week an article published in The State Journal. This paper, we are glad, is one of the pioneers in fighting the exorbitant rates charged by insurance companies in North Carolina. The charge has been made by the insurance trusts that The Journal is unfair that their side of the question should be presented. Now, The State Journal comes forward in a manly way, and says, here are our columns free, use them.

Now let these great trusts put up or shut up. Our own experience in being connected with mutual insurance companies tells us that the arguments made by The State Journal are valid, and the trusts will have a tremendous task to prove to the contrary. It seems to us that the Insurance Commission of the State should take this matter up and treat it as the laws provide and as the interest of the people demands. No one contends that money invested in forming strong insurance companies should be non-productive to the investors, but there is reason in all things and the people should not be gouged. The action of our insurance companies are right along with the railroads in excessive rates.

wa.s erected to his memory. The mountain was named MiteheH's IVuk in On the highest peak of a mighty chain Of hill and mountain fastness, Where nature doth her primal rule maintain Amid their solemn vastness, There's a lonely grave that the mountain gave, Which the sorrowing moonbeams gently lave. No echoing sound of the city's hum Shall reach the peaceful sleeper; No note of joy or grief to him shall come From plow-boy or from reaper; But silent he'll sleep, while the ivies creep, And the angels their sacred vigils keep. The deafening peals of the thunder's voice Shall never break his dreaming, Though the tempests wild in their might rejoice Amid the lightning's gleaming; His rest still is deep on the mountain steep, Though his pupils mourn and his loved ones weep. The tremulous trills of the mother bird, As she sings her songs so slowly, Though a sweeter tone the ear never heard, Touch not a rest so holy; For God keeps him there, in the upper air, Sleeping and waiting for the morning fair.

The clustering blooms of the flowerets wild, Their fragrance sweet distilling, Though ever himself kind nature's fond child, Breaks not the tryst he's filling; For God knows so well the spot where he fell That nothing but Heaven can unlock the spell. The summer and autumn, they come and go, Old winter oft-times lingers, And spring rhododendrons after the snow Lift up their beautiful fingers; But changes may sweep over the land and the deep, Yet nothing disturbs his satisfied sleep. In Alma Mater's halls voices and tears May speak the heart's deep yearning, And oft to the eye Mount Mitchell appears When fancy's lights are burning; But the tolling bell and its mournful knell Shall bring him no more, for he resteth well. But a morn shall come, glorious morn! W7hen the trumpet's shrill sounding Shall reach every soul that ever was born, And life anew be bounding; And God in His might, from the mountain height, Shall wake His servant to the wondrous sight. A Hard Slain.

The dernier cri in bread-pudding is reported from the Restaurant Marguery, in Paris, which serves "Pudding a l'Ancienne." Chicago Tribune. Whitney Next to Niagara. One of the greatest enterprises in our country for developing electric power from water power, if, indeed, it is not to be the very greatest thus far, next to Niagara, has been commenced on the Yadkin River, at Whitney, N. C. This historic river narrows at this point from 1,800 feet to sixty feet, where its deep torrent rushes through a gorge.

Here it is to be harnessed for production of at least 150,000 horse-power. The cement alone for the dams and other features of this plant will cost As a Rule. Willie: "Paw, what does argument pro and con mean?" Paw: "The pro is your convincing statement, and the con is what the other fellow uses, my son." Cincinnati Enquirer. GUT OUT AND MAIL ONE OF HESE COUPONS TODAY The State Journal, Raleigh, N. C.

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