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THE FARMER AND MECHANIC.
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STATEWIDE FISH LAW MEANS
MUCH TO NORTH CAROLINA
Inderal Government Glad Now to Help Make Fishine a
Great Industry, Since Protection Is Assured For It
Efforts-Many Good Things In Store.
i;
(V. K. YELVFRTOX). j
Washington, D. C, March 13.
mtern North Carolina will be the
,'.t fishing ground in the United
VViruble and valuable fish if the
nromiused co-operation between the
j:ute authorities and the national bu
VVnu of fisheries is realized. This is
tb prediction of Dr. Hugh M. Smith,
r,,nirnis.sioner of fisheries, whose de
light at the final passage of a State
wide fish law by the North - Carolina
t,pt.-Uture is unbounded.
All that North Carolina needs to
,lu t. secure the complete cooperation
resistance of the Federal govern
;ipn! in the fishing interests of the
l-iint is to enforce its new laws im
t.Ttiilly and completely, according
io officials of the national bureau.
Th North Carolina streams and
s-.uimIs will be stocked with the
kinds of fish beat suited to the ter
nary Htul f given protection will add
immeasurably to the State's re
.,irMS and prosperity.
Three Essential Tilings.
('!) three essentials to bringing
.,! ut ideal conditions in the State's
ft.-liiu industry are summarized
.y Dr. II. F. Moore, who is in charge
,t flif bureau's division of scientific
inquiry:
1 Uniform and emcient en-
nmKrked Tlth a buy and others
will be marked within the next few
1901. when 75,400,000 eggs were
taken. In 1902 the take fell tn 37
587,000, and by 1905 the number of
eggs secured had fallen by stages to
5,748,000. In 1906, the year in which
the Var.n bill became effective, 25.
643,000 eggs were taken; in 1509 the
take was 59.6S5.000; in 1913 it had
risen by rapid stages to 138.9192,000,
and even this number could have been
exceeded if the capacity of the hatch
ery at that time had permitted the
eggs to be handled. The season of
1914 showed a temporary decline ow
ing to unfavorable weather conditions.
The shad fishery in Albemarle
III YORK HARBOR
GLOSELY
WATCHED
The blackfish, or sea bass, is the
mcipal fish taken in thpsA
grounds. Thev are nf r,r. j
t,-. oit. auu
IS nun )a fictinJ : : I
when the sunnlv smoii 0JT are a vindication of both ration
catch vaduabl? M nit the aI le&islatin and shad culture. The
wl kta? teS to and acher' ineffective so long as the
frnm y? . ne, tr.ip ,to. and fish were prevented from reaching the
Warships of Uncle Sam Are
Eyeing All Craft That Pass
in and Out
i?sy the Asvxiatr-1 PriV
New York, March 13. The destroy
ers Drayton and McDougal. two of
the fastest in the navy, arrived here
today from Guantanamo to help pre
serve n eutrality regulations. They
will stand guard in the lowr harbor
as a warning to shins nf hAiiimnt
- ' - M "V . x . v 1 1 V
irOMl InP prnnnla V. : t
back beinth Mnf VLVlZlfS beds where ripe eggs may
marks locating the grounds f ootamed, but as soon as an unub-
Dr. Pratt a "Live On 1 ffirrdm nt rf .rt...., i.i i . I nations that thev cannot le?ve tli'.e
lhe bureau of fisheries officials erations could be conducted on a p .n oth?r tlia" peaceful missions,
have almost a personal interest in the scale sufficient to warrant expectation Peir arnval follows close upon a
passage of the North Carolina lw. of economic results. The effects of onference here yesterday to discuss
ror they have co-operated for several the heavier plants of recent years are
years with the legislators f-who have in turn manifested both in the in
attempted to get fish legislation. Dr. crease in the product of tne fishery
Moore has several times accompanied and in the number of eggs obtain
legislative committees in trips able.
through the North Carolina waters "Fortified by the conspicuously
where fishing conditions wereobserv- good effects which followed the pass
ed at first hand. They knew, too, of age of the Vann law, the friends of
the efficient and tireless work of Dr. fishery conservation in North Caro
Joseph Hyde Pratt, of Chapel Hill, in lina have been endeavoring to have
the interest of the law. Dr. Smith its essential features extended to all
speaks of him as "a live one," and is maritime parts of the State, and the
mOSt enthusiastic Shnnt Viio xx'r.r'lr i-r mnvomont - tVot T, .1 V,t, Kaa out.
sn ptipp i well oo v.?o .. , .!xv. I .4 ,1 : j . a -r t ence lth I'resident Wilson last Thiirs-
roads movement:. 190fi n ranvs nf thp v.Mri fivhri aa nint at his request, but it was on
me general! neutrality situation, at
which Collector Malont. Hear Ad
miral Usher, commandant of the
Brooklyn navy yard. Captain Karle,
of the gunboat Dolphin, and Captain
Carden, of the cutter Mohawk, were
present. The two latter vessels also
are assigned to neutrality duty.
Mr. Malone deprecated todav re
ports that the neutrality situation here
was "critical."
"There is no critical situation." he
said. "It is true that I hd ..r.
Dr. Smith Tells of Filit 1 of tne State was made by an agent of
An interesting historv from thP th Bureau, and practically every year
viewpoint of outsiders of the fio-ht in since then an assistant has been de-
. . A, , . 1 North rnrrlinfl fnr- r,c-v. . I tailed to assist and advise in the ram-
fnrtM'mcnt 01 ine law tiirougnout me . ion uacivauuu - . - r - : - -
I T T 1 Tl 1 I1H 1 I 1 I I" I f I. Ill lilt: 7lil.Le il.S ' J -..v.ia i.- ... , . , .....
a department matter. I did not, as
stated, represent to the President that
the neutrality situation in this port
was critical.
As an example of the vigilant watch
maintained, the Mohawk fired three
blank shots as the Standard Oil
steamer John D. Archbold was passing
' - ' fvntu.i ciwuhiciji ui ,1,o 1QC, i" terAsts nf most nnrtc nf the State tft "uu&" Ulc on ner way lO
i,,,.. pivinr' the i?rentr;t lihertv tn the I vao ouuh a. idvv weie maue. t , , i liaton Kouee The steamer mm
C1MI1L, ine J,reaithi nutrij.io lIie I tv,0 ovto : 4 I break wav from the ineffective and ,5 . e sif amt r appa
rst .if the fish supply.
. hole rather than in the temDorarv ,cpuu UL 1Jl- OIIlun' 1S an enective c "MUt iiciauvu iao
frtereit of the fishermen temp0rary argument for a State-wide protective been enacted, each year has shown a
,urfsl?J" 1. e" . law and trives the scientific facts nn greater willingness of the fishery in-
e extract IS as rollOWS: uxtv aw xium lxic niaictu.i; auu r entlv fad not Observe the MnnwV!,
'The history of the fisheries of Pernicious system of county control "1 S tI Lard vlu "
1, is j . , I Dnaoio Iaaq vco-nlatinn o tn " -lBtl. 1 Want tO DOUrO. yOU.
rVJ rf-k TT tl 'rtTilmA -i e-m n An A. I X. I Mill KIIHI' M I I I II I I ' II IM I II III HUM lit! m . ...
a A I ilUl 111 Vai till 11 r. I Mill I M I 111 I I I H I 411 I t-' -- --O v I ' hn ohAtfi r,n;Al.l.. . 1 A a
t:. Urrater Cooperation OCtWeen lt. u..7.. .Lr-C . oHnnt tV,o hrn. ,1 nrineinlec nf Stnte V uuuw ,iull-M uiuugilL IltT 10 a
obedience to local demands, nreiu-
State and the Federal Kovero- ,i"r?0t?inT,T mwnicn ll?e Sminlatratior T without whieir no ef- ftop' a pavy tug went "'oncside and
..articulany tn the planttn, of VtS. XTkr"0 et- the steamer was allowed to pro-
nrnionnnn nnnrnan I " i - i wvv.
.wv4v.v H.pa nnrt loolnnc oc rothnr io Kno I iorceu
v jv w.iv7v4o- iuiiivi viiaii uaocu l
on broad principles having in viewT
the
lisl; rind in
Vt- T'hllitS.
.M, liatcncry on i-aniiico. the interests of the State as a whole ATTACKED BY WILD MOTHERS.
i .... dim uiuueumie ui and a proper regard for the future
i, h th's .ureau are concerned with weifare of both the fisherman and the Five Children Rescued From Savage
..he establishment of a fish hatchery consumer. There was at first a grad- Abode in Georgia Hills.
Z ilhin theJocWnotbo wae in ual increae in the yield, owing to the Atlanta Constitution.
.u.u in ine biuimiib ui nic wavcis in growth nf marlfPtu onH the i
V.1,1. ibl !5SLlf- P?S? it,.fi8i!: mnt of means of transportation, the tale is that it is not a fictional story
of a primeval race
KAISER'S HOUSEHOLD '
ON SHORT ILVTIONS, 1X0
,vt j.resent officials of the bureau do demand thus stimulated resulting in Gf the remnants
f.ot contemplate the establishment of an increase in the number of persons 1 a. strange anc
a Ik U hatchery in the l'amhco region anfi the nuntitv nf annantna on,. n Jt i: x.
iiu.biit in mo 1 H,wiuv-v 1 nnn tne m anritv or nnnarntius em.
.ts they say there is no suitable place ployed. For a period this increase in
vn-ry suiacient spawn can oe iouna the intensity of the fishery had no
and that these waters can be easily very conspicuous influence on the ap-
M'f'ked from the Edenton hatchery-, parent abundance of the fishes, the
Congressional action is necessary effects being further obscured in the
t..-f..r.! a new hatchery can be estab- view of the fishermen by an increase
lisht'J, but thfre is no prohibition in the unit price of the products, due
n Mo.-KiniT Streams Or Otner Waters 1 tn hrnar pr markntc Pwntna lv
tn whvro in the State with fish from
Mi-ting hatcheries. The bureau has
horttofore refused to stock a num-bfi-
of streams in the State with fish
however, the decrease in the fishes
began to manifest itself in the catch,
and this wras most conspicuous in the
more desirable and higher-priced
""Mu.se no regulations for their pro- species like the shad. From 1880,
t tioti in some cases were enforced, the earliest year for which data are
while in many cases where regulations available, the catch of this species
re enforced the laws were not of gradually increased under the opera-
tuft'i. i-Mitly broad scope to be effec- tion of the factors just mentioned, but
t'vv after attaininer the0899 incrmAlnti
after attaining a maximum about
1897 it declined rapidly and in 1904
had sunk to the level of 1880. Es
sentially the same conditions obtained
bin iTnncrressmen. who were refused with respect to other species, ai-
nsi, tor stockintr streams and other iuue" "" h v,n, ti,fl nth whn
w - - I 1 X2-J 1 - I 11V I llC llCllUfl JA. til V AtJ.J J wv v
wen mamiaineu ueuause v, 1
n;.r, will be no such trouble if the many the Je older of the mothers was just
M.Me.wide law is enforced. justly regaraed as lnierior, wmcn in nrime of her vears. but already
.-V-cinl laws which have been en- Vie. rner Penoa were dui uue u u- - - lifetime. The
izea, at a later aate came into greater 1 . r,. . ,T v,,.
demand and found a market which P'PH"r Wa nl? lxteen years hex
Ho ficliormon aill(1 Rlltin V with CllliU ucnift auuui iuui j c.i o u.u.
profit.
"About the time the decrease in the
shad became critical and was impos
ing a serious decrease in the profits
of the fishermen, an inquiry was in
stituted by the Bureau of Fisheries
which demonstrated that the most im
portant, if not practically the sole,
Thorn in Flesh Removed.
TWK state of affairs has caused a
"ln;s3 between the bureau of fish
?rie and some of the North Caro-
e refuse
tu nthe
- - 1 ,
.ht 111 tneir districts. iereatrer 1 "c mamiaineu uu - . i v,; f
No More Receptions or Mvc O'clock
leas and Staff of Servants Redm-ed.
Paris dispatch to London Daily
Chronicle.
A diplomat of a neutral power who
has inst arrived from Rerl
and distant land, spun, tne. rie-irt severeitv nf tt
perhaps, by the weird fancy of a Jack vails at the court of Prussia. There
London, but that it happened m the are no more receptions, no chatty
civilized land of Georgia, It is the o'clock's" in the afternoon, and
experience of Robert S. McCord, of the number of domevstic servants has
the Georgia Children's Home Society, heen reduced to a minimum. The ef-
as told by himself. feet of the general scarcity is begin-
He brought to Atlanta the other ning to be felt in the royal household
day from the hills of Floyd county as elsewhere.
four small children the youngest The Empress has left the Royal
four and a half and the eldest nine palace with its vast and deserted
years, and he placed in a public hos- apartments which gave her profound
pital another suffering from sciatic depression. She has betaken herself
rheumatism and the loss of a toe. to Mon Bijou, which is a conglomera
This is the story: tion of several pavillions in old Ber
There came to Mr. McCord reports lin. She has f- entourage only two
of two mothers and five children liv- ladies of honor and two chamberlains,
ing in destitution verging upon sav- From time to time the Kaiser makes
agery in an unfrequented scetion of a brief appearance at the Court. On
Floyd county. With the sheriff of s.uch occasions he makes it his busi
Floyd county Mr. McCord went to in- ness to see that the necessities of the
vestigate. food regime are being strictly follow
Back up in the hills they found the ed, and in consequence the mode of
home a crude arrangement of tat- life at the Court has undergone a
tered tent cloth, logs, and mud, built radical change.
Meals are modest to a degree. Tne
Empress Augusta Victoria's breakfast
consists of a cup of tea and one plain
boiled egg. Lunch at mid-day con
sists of soup, a single serving of
r' ,-h for several years in the Albe
oi irie Sound region have shown re
iHs 'ifficient to vindicate them com-det-ly
.according to Dr. Smith. This
r.'sri..n had its greatest fishing season
r 1913, according to the bureau's
ords, showing that the fishermen
were in the end benefited most by the
enforcement of the laws. The pros
vn for shad and herring fishing in
this reirion. according to Dr. Smith.
meat and some fruit. For dinner she
has soup, a single dish, and a plate
A 11? t T A A. A
The children. clad in meager 01 venmwm ut uui.iu.iuih. x uu um
stretches of cloth. skittered, like are erveu m tneir jackets, j-umr
chipmunks, in and out of the gaping
boles of the improvised structure.
Their mothers squatted near an open
fire burning several feet distant from
the hut under a battered tin boiler
in which all tehir food was cooked.
The jargon of the mothers was so
illiterate that it was barely intelligle.
them in their raw state is regarded
as a waste of good edible material.
The Kaiser never tires of recom
mending the virtues of war bread,
and he likes the members of hi
suite to nibble it in public."
HYDRO-POWER CONVENTION".
K tho i .7,,.,. .artoiniv cause of the decrease was the exces
ax .. . ' m Rive ii of fishinir imnaratus of all
P-tki Bay inds. fished promiscuously in the in- When it was understood that the new- j, Body To Meet at Ashvill
"The Marvhnd ind Virtrinia neoDle I lets, channels, and sounas so as to ei- wmaa wcic 1.111 c w hj UiVi
ue iViaryiana ana Virginia People I n -r tul Prrvinr' awnv the children. the
eiii unwilling to protect their fish," lcliia-Ii ulX? aa6
f.i.- Dr. Smith, "and fishing on the shad and other anadromous fishes to
Ch.-sapeako has Kne from bad to their spawning grounds.
rs." The Vann Law Helps.
Sab. Water Hatchery in View. "Moved by a consideration of these
-M-.r.y improvements in the fisheries factf the Legislature of North Caro- throit screame inc
J'J'.licM station at Beaufort have iina. in 1905, passed an act, popularly ther members of hi
:'' "dn during the past year, and known as the Vann bill, which pro- 1
tne T.tireau will inaugurate soon a j hibited fishing in certain of the inlets
and important experiment in the I leadine from the sea to the sounds.
propagation of marine species there. and restricted the use of pound nets
The Federal government has no in the upper part of Pamlico Sound
'iiarino hatcheries now south of New an(j aii 0f Croatan, Roanoke, and Al-
J'ngland, but if the Beaufort experi- bemarlcs Sounds to certain prescribed
ments develop ways and means that ZOnes. As amended in 1909, this law
ire teasible a salt waiter hatchery on now nreserves from all nets a strip
tb'j North Carolina coast in the next
lew years is not an improbable fore
leute New Grounds.
of varying width extending from the
ocean inlets to and up the rivers dis
charging into Albemarle Sound.
"There is thus created a broad
Another important activity in the avenue in which the shad and other
J" ar future will be a further survey anadromous fishes may travel without
of the waters off the North Carolina obstruction from the sea to their
oa.t with a view of locating, chart- spawning places in the rivers. The
and marking additional fishing effect of this has become increasingly
grounds. The United States fisheries apparent and perhaps may be illus-
-b'amboat Fish Hawk has already trated best by the history of the op-
in June.
Asheville, March 13. The enter
tainment committee of the local board
of trade has been advised that Juno
16, 17, 18 and 19 have been named
as the dates for the annual convention-
of the Tri-State Water and Light
Association. The executive commit
tee of the organization has selected
W. F. Stieglitz, of Columbia. S. C. the
first president of the association, as
manager of the convention and he is
The sheriff struck 1 preparing to visit Asheville within the
hands before it near iuture wim a view iu uompiemie.
preparations ior tne approacning an
nual meeting.
Asheville was selected as the place
of holding the 1915 convention at last
year's gathering and the water and
light men of the Carolinas and Geor
gia will gather here in large numbers
for th approaching event. Various
speakers of prominence will have im
portant places on the program, which
will be announced within the next
few weeks, it is expected.
carrying: away tne children, tne
mothers went mad with range.
The eldest snatched away from hirn
the child Mr. McCord was leading by
the arm to a big automobile that
stood in the roadway. She flew at his
oherently. The
his party were a
considerable distance away. The
younger mother snatched from in
side the crued hut ,a single-barreled
shotgun, and leveled it upon the as
sociation officer.
the gun from her
was discharged.
The officials were compelled to sub
due both women before the children
could be safely removed.
Land Case Nonsuited.
(Special to The News snd Observer.)
Elizabeth City, March 13. The
case of C. P. Weston against the John
L. Roper Lumber Company, which
was to have been the big suit of Cam
den Superior Court this week, came
to an end abruptly, when Judge
The
mad.- some valuable surveys and has 1 erations of the Bureau's hatchery at Whedbee ordered it nonsuited.
located a number of fishing grounds Edenton, N. C. at the end or Albe- plaintiff was suing to recover posses-
Previously unknown. Even after marie Sound. The station was estab- sion of about a thousand acres of
these have been located and charted lished in 1389 for the utilization of timber land, being lots numbers one
they have not been widely available the eggs from shad resorting to the ;.nd four in the New Lebanon estate,
whig to the fact that they are out of spawning beds in Chowan River and which lies between the Virginia line
sight of landmarks. One of the larg- the adjacent parts of the sound. Its and the Dismal Swamp Canal in
m of these crround0! has been recent- first year of effective operation, was I f aniden county.
A striking illustration of the desire
for education in Formosa is furnished
by the fact that the English Presby
terian mission i founding a high
school in Tainan which will cost $60,
000. Toward this sum $30,000 has
been contributed by non -Christian
Chinese.