The uplift [serial] . ection to the out-side markets. The mountain regionof North Carolina can be likened toa vast treasure house of the fields,forest and mines, locked out from August, 1915 these Western counties to the world,will be the opening of the eyes ofthe world, itself. WADE HAMPTON HARRIS. the world and its people with it. Butthe key has been found and thedoors are swinging open. The keyis the railroad. Your own line leadsyou into the very interior of thestorehouse from which, in order totake, you have but to give in ex-change. The barriers have beenremoved from a stream of wealthlon
The uplift [serial] . ection to the out-side markets. The mountain regionof North Carolina can be likened toa vast treasure house of the fields,forest and mines, locked out from August, 1915 these Western counties to the world,will be the opening of the eyes ofthe world, itself. WADE HAMPTON HARRIS. the world and its people with it. Butthe key has been found and thedoors are swinging open. The keyis the railroad. Your own line leadsyou into the very interior of thestorehouse from which, in order totake, you have but to give in ex-change. The barriers have beenremoved from a stream of wealthlong obstructed and stagnant, andnow set pulsating with the ebb andflow of the tide of industry and com-merce. The railroad development inthe mountain counties, now happilyprogressing after long years of wait-ing and discouragements, is of vastersignificance than our people have yetcome to realize. It means an impetusto the progress and prosperity of theState not at this time dreamed with the opening of. Guard Secret Code Book. Few things are so jealously guard-ed as the secret code book of theUnited States navy. It is a book ofsignals—not the ordinary wigwagsignals used in the daily direction ofthe fleet by a commanding officer—but a code of signals to be used sole-ly in time of war and in thepresence of an enemy. These secret code booksare issued only to executiveofficers of a ship who are en-joined to protect themagainst theft by every possi-ble means. These books arethreatened not so much bythe ordinary thief as bysecret emissaries of othergovernments who desire toobtain knowledge of whatour battleships would do intime of action. Governmentshave no scruple againsttheft in such cases. The loss of one of thesesecret code books by anofficer, unless explained tothe entire satisfaction of thesecretary of the navy, wouldmean court-martial andprobably expulsion from theservice. To the honor of ourservice, no officer has everyet been brought up on acharge with lo
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