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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-05-31
RESULTS OF SHOOTING WELL.
Fully 200 Feet of Pipe Crashes Through
Dsrr,ck's Top.

Fully 200 Feet of Pipe Crashes Through
Dsrr,ck's Top.
A remarkable accident ccurred dur
ing the shooting" of an oil we'll five
miles west of this city, on the Rem
ringer farm, says Findlay, O., corre-
spondent of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. A 200-quart shot of nitroglyc-
crime had been put into the well and
Contractor Craig himself dropped the
goodwill" The effects Of the shot
were most startling. The column OF
oil as usual mounted to the top of the
derrick and several score Of feet in the
air. But there was long black line
that extended still farther into the
ether and continued to project after
the flow Of oil had subsidized. It was
what is known as the casing Of the
we'll, several hundred feet of iron pipe
about five inches in diameter that is
sunk into the well, while being drilled
to keep out the surface fluids. Fully
200 feet of the pipe had been shot
into the air, crashing through the top
of the derrick AS the men surged
forward around the we'll the sections
Of pipe began to break off and fell
crashing down on the derrick, smash
ing oak timbers and falling into the
crowd. All fled for their lives. Eight
or ten sections broke off and then an
other unexpected event happened, the
balance of the pipe slid back into the
well. The men are at present at work
trying to fish the pipe out of the well,
as the flow is partly obstructed. The
derrick is a total wreck.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-05-31
God,s D,scipl,n,

But look into the dream of that
schoolboy who. without saying any
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-05-31

lean mountains would have been. per-
haps for all Asia and for much OF
Europe. living civilization. But for
her arrogance she was cast out and
cast down. The Lord weighed her
spirit.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-05-31
A Cheerful Faith.

All through that mans experience
there runs a faith that will keep him
cheerful and busy and triumphant.
like the watchword OF Cromwells
Ironsides, the men who feared moth
ing and dared everything, going into
battle with the shout: THE Lord of
hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is
our REFUGEE Selah!" No balance that
human brain ever planned or human
hand ever constructed is worthy Of
weighing such spirit. Gold and pre-
cious stones are measured by the
carat. which is four grains. The deal
er puts the diamond or the pearl on
one side of the scales and the carat on
the other side and tells you the weight.
But we need something more delicate
ly constructed to weigh that wonderful
quality of faith which l am glad to
know will be recognized and rewarded
for all time and all eternity. The
earthly weighman counterpoises on
metallic balances the iron, the coal.
the articles of human food, the solids
of earthly merchandise, but he cannot
test or announce the amount of things
spiritual. Here is something which
the Attic and Babylonian weighing
systems of the past and the metric
weighing system of the present can
not manage. The Lord weigheth the
spirits.
Cots Discipline.
But look into the dream of that
schoolboy who. without saying any
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-05-31

A white object can be seen at a DIS
lance of 1880 times its own diameter
in strong sunlight-that is to say
white disc a foot across can be soan
1880 feet away.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-05-31
nlr emo for Tnllers.

George Caabury, the English ohoco-
late manufacturer, has presented to
the city of Birmingham an estate OF
416 acres, valued at 100000, upon
which TO build houses for working
people.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-05-31
Analytic Experiments with Air.

Recent experiments made By M.
Gautier of Paris have shown that n.y.
drogen is a constant constituent of the
air to the extent of two in 10000 parts
by volume.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-05-31
Castellane Would

Casteliane Would Absorb the Surplus.
A partnership between Mr.. Carnegie
and Count Boni de Castellane would
enable the former 10 die much poorer
and to anticipate the date a few years.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-05-31

some three hundred yards away in the
blurred landscape, the great rock
called the Giants Foot-stool," the
huge boulder, which by some strange
caprice of Nature, has been left for
ages to hang over the wall OF the
canon II appears to be almost cubical
IN shape but wind and rain and frost
have been at work there and on the
side next to the canon have followed
opt a small semi-circular cavern, ex-
tending to the very heart of the
Boulder. The upper part of the rock
has defied this undermining process
which has been going on at its base,
The times., 1901-04-27
Choice for s3.95 Worth s.

Boys Grey Herringbone Cheviot 3
piece Suits with vests) strictly all
wool; coats are single breasted, vests
are double breasted; Innings are of
dOuDle-warp serge, and all seams are
silk sewed; sizes to Is years.
Boys Grey Mixed All-wool Chcvfot
dOuble-breasted Short Pants Suits:
lined with fine Italian cloth and sewed
with silk; all seams re-enforced; very
dressy and very durable; sizes Z to 10
years.
The times., 1901-04-27
BoNDsMEN SEEK RELIEF.
Howgnte's sureties TO Appeal From
The Courts Decisinn

Justice Clabaugh yesterday overruled
the motion TO quash the writ of execution
issued out Of the Supreme Court Of the
District against the bondsmen of Henry
W Howgate, who was convicted in 1894
Of misa appropriating funds belonging TO
the United States Government. The
amount OF the bond a the time of it's for
feiture was $1,000; now the sum claimed
is about $1,000
When judgment was first obtained
against the bondsmen an appeal was
taken from the decision Of the trial court
to the Supreme Court Of the United
States. That tribunal, however on June
H. 1899, affirmed the decision Of the court
below and about two weeks later u writ
Of execution was issued.
The bondsmen in the meantime sought
relief before Congress. After much delay
a bin providing for the relief asked
passed both houses. but was not signed
by the President, and thus became una
Vailing.
When Justice Clabaugh announced his
decision the bondsmen gave notice that
they win take an appeal from the judg
ment of the court.
The times., 1901-04-27

their public services I can most heartily
congratulate the national officers of the
order whom / welcome in the name of
the District of Columbia, upon the honor
of presiding over such magnificent So
ciety Of admirable citizens
At the conclusion Of ~. Macfarland
address Grand Master Durfey introduced
the Grand Secretary, who spoke at some
length. He referred in glowing terms to
the celebration of the day. and touched
upon the growth and development of the
order since its organization nearly CEN
fury before Numerous anecdotes formed
a prominent part of the address, and were
well received. At the conclusion ol MT
Grants address Mrs. Thomas {. Noyes
rendered a solo and the Deputy Grand
Sire John B. Goodwin, was introduced.
Mr. Goodwin referred, in the course of
his remarks. to the marvellous growth of
the order and quoted in general way
statistics re garGing its work. The amount
to almost four million dollars, was one
proof of its greatness. Mr.. Goodwin said.
but the greatest works of beneVolence and
charity were those carried on among the
members. following out the preCepts of the
secrets Of the order.
OF especial interest 10 Washington Odd
Fellows was the presentation Of jewel
to William i. Allan. Nj. Allan is one of
the oldest Odd Fellows in the District of
Columbia. He has Teta ned membership in
the order for thirty-iive years. and has
held numerous important offices. The
presentation speech was mace by Past
Master John Ward, who referred at length
to The valuable services rendered the order
by Mr.. Allan. The jewel was a beautiful
creation of the goldsmith : art, and was
set with diamonds. IT can be conferred
only upon odd Fellows who have received
the Grand Decoration of ChiYalry. This
distinction was accorded Mr.. Allan at the
meeting OF the Sovereign Grand Lodge in
Richmond last SeptembpT.
The times., 1901-04-27
Ne,r consnIto Mexico.

Charles II. Egbert, of Streator, H.. has
been appointed United States Consul al
Durango. Mexico.
He has been ordered 20 appear before the
State Department for examination, so that
the President can sign his commission be-
fore leaving for the Pacific Coast.
The times., 1901-04-27
Is Your Aiiment Catarrh-'T had

Catarrh for / year" 81 had Catarrh for .
years" 81 had Catauh for years" 81 had
Catarrh for 20 years" II had Cathrrh for so
years and DIR. Agnews Catarrhal Powder cured
volumes Of testimony for this great catarrh cure,
words from men and women all over the conti-
nent, who have been cured. 1t relieves In ten
minutes. Sold by f. 6. Williams Ninth and
Streets; Edmonds & Williams Third Street and
Pennsylvania Ayenue.-2o.
The times., 1901-04-27

Boys neat Brown Check CheviOt
Suits. guaranteed all wool; lined with
Italian cloth and sewed with silk;
Double-breasted and Novelty styles.
EXTRA PAIR OF PANTS WITH
EACH SUIT. All sizes to is years.
Boys Washington Mills Blue Serge
Suits in Sailor, Double-breasted, and
Novelty styles; Sailors have full-cut
blouse, the Novelties are handsomely
trimmed with braid. Guaranteed ALL
WOOL and FAST COLOR. Sizes 3
to 10 years.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-17
THE NATIONS R

President Mckinley is dead, and
the nation mourns. All former diff
ferences are forgotten and every
citizen is anxious to pay tribute to
the man whose private worth and
faithful public service have won for
him and his memory the undying
love of a mighty nation.
Great as we're his public services,
the American people honor their
dead President quite as much because
of his high personal character and
the purity of his private life. A
consistent Christian, the most tender
of husbands, a faithful friend, scorn
ing all schemipg and hypocrisy-his
bitterest opponents could fud no
vulnerable point in his character.
OF his public services we shall not
now speak, but in any consideration
of them, his freedom from sectional
bias and his effective Efforts TO bind
closer the North and the South
should lot be forgotten.
AS we write this, the poor and
the rich, the ignorant and the cul-
tured, political opponents and politi-
cal friends, are meeting in thousands
of cities and hamIets to express their
sorrow at his death. They do we'll
1t is indeed a national calamity.
owe have lost him he is gone
We know him now all narrow. ieal-
OuSes
Are silent; and we see him as he
moved,
How modest, kindly, all accomplish
ed, wise;
Not making his high place the law.
less perch
OF winged ambition, nor a vantage
ground
For pleasure; but through all this
tract of years
Wearing the white flower of a blame
less life"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-17

chaser of a piece of property had
security whatever of the validi+n
the transaction. He was oompellos
to depend entirely upon his Cons
denoe in his lawyer. In New Yo,l
City alone there are each year nearln
$4,000 land conveyances, amountin.
to we'll over 800, OOO, 900 no citv .
this country has more to gain fro,,
such a simplifcation, for in no otbo,
city is the number of transfers !.
proportion to the total number n,
holdings so large. Yet this reform
long tested in Australia, and in D.,
in many parts of Continental Eurons|
for hundreds of years, which has
been adopted in Massachusetts fl,
the last two years, which has been
tried with eminent success in Oh;
cago, which Minnesota will put ins,I
operation this month, which is unde,
consideration in half a dozen otbe,
States, and the adoption of which i,
New York was agitated fifteen YEAR
ago-seems as far away as ever al
this date.
It has been objected that the orip
inal Torrens Act gave a judicial and
discretionary power to the Regists
not in conformity with American
law and this caused the law in Ohm
and the first Chicago statute to b
pronounced invalid by the courts
But the necessary adaptation IA
American institutions is really
simple matter and has been success
fully carried out elsewhere and TIA
causes for the slowness of adoption
seem to be the usual exGraordinar
conservatism of legal enactments
and the fact that the people WIN
know most of the a~bsurdities of tba
present law, the lawyers and tA
guarantee companies, are constsn
benefciaries by its provisions. A
general change to the Torrens ss
tenn would inevitably drive out d
business the private companies who
guarantee stiles, and it would make
the services of a lawyer quite unneG
essary in land transferenoe. Few
classes of men can believe desirable
any change in long established Gus
tom which would dispense with thel
own services /; but it is an evidence Of
the hurry and absorption of our time
and country, as we'll as of the lack
of interest in public matters, that
the people have not before this de
manded this reform.-The Worlds
Work for September.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-17
THE TORRENs LAND LAW.

Special attention has been called
to the recent adoption by the State
of Minnesota of the Torrens Land
Law, which goes into operation in
September
By this system-which like the
secret ballot is an importation from
Austraiia-the business of transfer
ring land is 50 simplifed that it is
we'll nigh incredible the plan has not
been universally adopted in the
United States. Its fundamental idea
is that each land title is registered
at the Register s office, and the State,
having thoroughly searched the title,
issues a certificate of ownership to
the holder. All subsequent transfers,
liens, mortgages or cOnveyanc6s Of
any sort T entered upon this GER
tifcate, duplicate records being kept,
carefully indexed, by the officials.
The government 6 Aarantees the titles
to the holders of these certificates.
The total initial expense is only $25,
and of subsequent registration only
So. Under the present system, when
ever a piece of land is transferred or
a mortgage is given, a lawyer must
be employed to search through q
voluminous mass of records, oftenin
q shocking state of confusion-and
if the same parcel is sold again next
year, the whole process is once more
gone through with from the begin
ming. The system is inconceiVaOly
cumbersome, antiquated and expen-
siye. Until the advent of the private
! title guarantee companies the pur-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-17
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS

It is shown by a comparison of th3
statistics of the textile machinery il
the United States compiled from th
Textile Worlds Directory for 1901
with the figures for 1900, that al
increase has occurred in each of th3
latter. There are 1,578,O4 NOR
cotton spindles reported for tbi
whole country in 1901 than in 19OI
Over 81 per cent. of these n8T
spindles are located in the South
Compared with this increase for tb'
whole country, the percentage Of iT
crease in the looms and spindleS &
South is all the more noteworthy
During the past year there has beei
installed in the Southern States 965I
166 cotton spindles and 49, 75 COZ
ton looms, Or an increase Of 15'I
per cent. in the cotton spindl6s q
this section, as compared with Y
per cent. increase for the whoi
country. It is estimated that th
~ per cent, if continued ''woul
result in doubling the spinning g
pacity Of the country in ten years
The Southern rate of increase wou
double the number of spindleS >
four and a half years. In this PEI
centage of il crease, North Carol3
shows up well. From 1,49g,N
spindles in 1900 this State goes to
692, 1913 in 1901, and from 81, 732 loom
to 35, 588. On silk goods there a
80, 900 spindles and 1,45O looms no
in operation in North Carolina.
industrial progress the South 81
leads the country, and this ot'I
continues to lead the South.-CnD
lOtte Observer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-17

"The law has not been made a
terror to evildoers. Our magistrates
inf1ict the minimum of punishment
always, or if not always, the excep-
ton is so rare as to make the people
wonder. The abortion of justice in
elimination cases has long been a
reproach and has become a stencil in
the nostrils of decency. These are
strong terms, but not too strong, for
the odor of this crime against civil
ization smells to heaven. For years
criminals have gone unwhipped. 1t
is said that grand juries will not in
dict on positive testimony, and even
when by some mistake a bill is found,
the petit jury will not convict"
The above complaint comes from
a writer in the Atlanta Constitution,
and certainly applies to almost every
section of the country. Magistrates
too often suspend Judgment on
payment of COSTS" While this is
right in many cases, it is d right that
has been abused, and magistrates be-
come largely to blame for repeated
disorders because of their not hav-
ing previously inflicted the punish
ment that public good called for.
When an officer is found running his
''justioe" shop merely for the fees
that are in it, there should be some
law to send him to Jail or make him
suffer for the t~ravesties he has COM
mitted in the name of justice. This
is a growing evil and demands severe
efforts to correct .-Stanly Enterprise
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-17
HARDLY so MUCH.

Commenting on the really remark
able figures just given out by the
Census Bureau, the Chicago Tribune
says:
Ten years ago our average age of
death was 31.1 years; now it is 35.2
years. In general there is an in
9 a of deaths from old age dis
eases and a decrease in the diseases
of infancy. While infant deaths
still constitute about one-t third of
the total, there is an encouraging
falling off in DEATH from infantile
diseases. This Improvement no doubt
is due TO better sanitation, purer
water and a more general observance
of the laws of health"
We believe that the increase in
length of life is due to the causes
mentioned by The Tribune, and we
honor our scientists and our medical
and sanitary authorities for it. But
we do not believe that in ten years
they have heightened life to the ex,
tent that the census figures indicate
we think that this increase is more
apparent than real. A marked gain
has doubtless been made, but with
four years added each decade, we
should soon become a race of Ne
thusalehs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-17
The Thinkers.
FOR A RURAL GRADED SCHOOL,

J. N. Price, Esq, of Prices Ellis,
Union county, has a communication
in The Monroe Journal of this week
telling of plans for the establishments
of a rural graded school in his com
munity. Under an act of the last
Legislature the people of the district
have voted upon themselves a special
tax of $3.50 on the poll and so
cents on the 800 valuation of prop
erty, to supplement the regular ap-
portionment, and it is believed that
! this will be sufficient to establish a
good school and keep it going, but a
school building is the first problem
which ~confronts those interested.
To erect and furnish a building for
the purpose intended will cost 81, 900,
and in raising this the people of the
district call for outside help. A con
tribution of SO from Philadelphia
is acknowledged Mr.. B. D. Heath,
of Charlotte, has given $25, and "a
number in Monroe have contributed
literally"
The undertaking is interesting for
the reason that this is, we believe,
the first effort to establish a graded
school in any strictly country dis
trict in the State. A number of
quite small towns have them but
this would be a strictly country
graded school, and rs a start in a
new and distinctive part Of the edu-
cational field the undertaking de-
serves the sympathy and support OF
the friends of education everywhere.
The Observer is anxious to e it
succeed and gives it it's best wishes.
For aught that can be told this may
be the beginning Of great things for
education in North Carolina. Mr.
Price will receive and receipt for
contributions, Charlotte Observer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-17
AT YOUR COURTHOUSE, SATURDAY, SEP
TENDER DIST.

This is the last issue of The Prog
ressive Farmer that will appear be-
fore the county meetings of cotton
growers, called for the purpose OF
considering ways and means of secur-
ing better prices for cotton seed.
The facts that make these meetings
necessary for the protection of the
farmers have already been fully sgt
forth in our columns, but it may be
worth while to emphasize the fact
that all cotton growers of all creeds
and conditions are urged to attend
these meetings. If you raise cotton,
is matters not whether you have
ever been a member of the Alliance
or of any other farmers organiza-
ton, this old-fashioned advice is
given you: Go, and take your neigh
Dor with you.
There are no cut and-dried pro
grammes for these meetings. Each
cotton grower is asked to go and ex-
plain what plan he thinks will in
sure best prices for seed.
Remember too that these r TO be
strictly farmers meetings, affecting
the welfare of the farmers them
selves. If they are to be successful
therefore, the farmers must make
them so. No one will get an office
as a result of them, consequently no
politician will canvass the county to
insure full attendance. Instead let
each farmer reader of The Progress
i've Farmer see his neighbors person
ally and insist that as many of them
as can possibly do so go with him to
the courthouse, Saturday, September
21st. This method only will insure
the success of the movement, and
the cotton growers must take enough
interest in their own welfare to
adopt it.
Resolve now that, however busy
you may be, you will be at your
courthouse Saturday, and with all
others that meet there, give one day
TO this fight against a trust no less
greedy and oppressive than that
which attempted to rob you ten years
ago-the jute bagging trust that
died young.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-17
1.-THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUoAT1oN-

'1HE INDUSTRIAL AND DCOA4ACN
AL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARA
HOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
OF STATE POLICY, is the motto of The
Progressive Farmer, and upon this
platform it shall rise or fall. Serving
40 master, ruled by no faction, cir
cumscribed by no selfish or narrow
policy, it's aim will be to foster and
promote the best interests of the
whole people of the State. 1t will be
srue to the instincts, traditions and
history of the AnglO-SaxOn race. On
all matters relating specially to the
great interests it represents, it will
speak with no uncertain voice, but
will fearlessly the right defend and
mpartially the wrong condemn
From Col. Folks Salutatory, Feb.
10, 1886
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-17

News and Observer Here's
instance of what the large dog u
is doing for North Carolina. !
Richmond Dispatch tells OF d )
Heel who is going to Virgin" :,
raise sheep, because the ''yap
cur" makes that industry an imp
sibility in North Carolina. 1t say
"Mr. D. "A. Cobdell, of North 70.
lima, called upon CommlSSloI
Koiner yesterday with a view TO 2
ting information in regard 30 ]
advantages of Virginia as a sn01
raising State, The CommlsSlo7
gave his visitor full information
this subject and most favoraOy I
pressed the North Carolinlan II
the opportunities offered by '"1
for those who wished to ongaos
the industry. Mr.. Cobdell Trims
locating in Southside Virginia.
will very probably do So
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-17

Before the end of this gear North
Carolina should hare at least $50
rural free deIirery routes instead of
II as at present; and 500 rural school
libraries instead of 1O4 as ut present.
"FTrst come, first SerUed."