NORTH CAROLINA 



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a wine tint, is said to have health-giving prop- 

 erties. 



The southward shore current and the north- 

 ward-bound Gulf Stream meet off the coast of 

 North Carolina, and the turbulent region where 

 the meeting takes place is called by sailors 

 Little Hell." 



>me of the pine forests of the state are 

 found curious samples of wood that has been 

 converted to iron. The knots and the grain 

 of the wood are plainly visible, but they are 

 metal and not wood. 



Mount Mitchell, the highest peak east of the 

 Mississippi, was named for Dr. Elisha Mitchell, 

 who was killed by a fall over one of its preci- 

 pices. His grave is on the summit. 



From the top of Mount Mitchell seven states 

 may be seen. E.B.P. 



Consult Salley's Narratives of Early Carolina; 

 Fitch's Some Neglected History of North Caro- 

 lina. 



Related Subject*. The following articles in 

 these volumes are recommended to the reader 

 who desirps to know more of the geography and 

 the activities of North Carolina : 



CITIES 



Asheville 



Charlotte 



Concord 



Durham 



Elizabeth City 



Greensboro 



High Point 



Newbern 



Raleigh 



Rocky Mount 



Wilmington 



Winston-Salem 



COASTAL FEATURES 



Albemarle Sound Hatteras, Cape 



Fear, Cape Pamllco Sound 



LEADING PRODUCTS 



Corn Oyster 



Cotton Peanut 



Cottonseed Oil Shad 



ing Sorghum 



Kaolin Sweet Potato 



.tier Tobacco 



Mica Turpentine 



SURFACE FEATURES 



Appalachian Mountains Piedmont Region 

 Mountain.* Roanoke River 



NORTH CAROLINA, UNIVERSITY OP, at 

 Chapel Hill, a pioneer institution of learning 

 in the South, and one of the oldest state uni- 

 versities in the United States. It received its 

 -'I, opened in 1795, and by the be- 

 mnnnm <>f the War of Secession had a student 

 enrolment of 430. During the first half century 

 of its existence it graduated many who after- 

 ward became notable national and state of- 

 mrlutimg a United States President, 

 K. Polk. Senators, Representatives and 

 Cabinet members. On the outbreak of th. u ..r 



fourteen members of the faculty and a large 

 number of the students volunteered for active 

 service, and when peace came the institution 

 was almost without resources. Brave efforts 

 were made to maintain it, but during the recon- 

 struction period its sessions had to be aban- 

 doned. In 1875, through the loyalty of friends 

 and alumni, the institution was reopened, and 

 since 1881 has enjoyed the benefit of state ap- 

 propriations. It now has a campus of fifty 

 acres, over twenty buildings, and a library of 

 72,000 volumes. 



The university comprises a college of liberal 

 arts, a college of applied sciences, a graduate 

 school and schools of law, mining, pharmacy 

 and engineering. Graduates of colleges and uni- 

 versities, candidates for the ministry, teachers 

 and young men preparing to teach have the 

 benefit of instruction without paying tuition 

 fees. The student body numbers nearly 1,700, 

 and the faculty about 100. 



NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE OF AGRI- 

 CULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS, opened 

 in 1889 at West Raleigh, is one of the land- 

 grant colleges whose establishment was provided 

 by the Morrill Act of 1862 (see AGRU TI.TI KK. 

 subhead Land-Grant Colleges). It is supported 

 both by state and by Federal appropriations. 

 The college grounds, including an experiment 

 farm, occupy a tract of land about 400 acres 

 in extent, and the buildings and equipment 

 are valued at $850,000. This institution offers 

 technical and industrial courses, maintaining 

 departments of agriculture and of chemistry, 

 schools of civil, electrical and mechanical en- 

 gineering, a textile school, a veterinary school 

 and a summer course in agriculture. English, 

 mathematics, science and modern languages are 

 included in all courses of study. The college 

 experiment station cooperates with the state 

 department of agriculture, and comprehensive 

 extension courses in agriculture are carried on. 

 The institution is equipped with a library of 

 about 10,000 volumes; there are v in- 



structors and the student enrolment is nearly 

 800. 



NORTHCLIFFE, north' clif. ALKKKD CHARLES 

 WILLIAM HARMSWORTH, Lord (1865- ). the 

 chief proprietor and director of London's most 

 powerful journals. Through his papers he ex- 

 erts an immense influence upon Knglish public 

 life and opinion and has brought about many 

 social and economic reforms. At the outl> 

 of the War of the Nations he \ mmou-ly ui>helil 

 the alliance of Great Britain with France and 

 Russia and favored conscription. He openly 



