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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-06
Bill ArIp's Letter.

satisfied with the experiment and nope
that ! will not have tc use paris green at
all. | shall continue my bargain with
the children. even if il is expensive. |
overheard chem plotting this evening
about going 10 the drug store tomorrow
and buying some ice cream, and they
agreed &c take TWO saucers apiece.
These little girls are great inventions.
and | love to watch them and then
Illuminate and pon,e: why it was that
children, especially boys, get more sci
fish and deceitful as they grow older.
The devil seems to let them alone until
they get weaned from their mother.
The good and the bad are strangely
mixed in this world. Now plaques ana
pestilcncc keep on coming, both on AMI
nal and vegetable life, but a KIND
Providence has provided remedies ana
given us minds TO find them. 6ut |
have found no way TO keep the pigeons
from pIeying upon my young peas as
they peep out of the ground. they
utterly destroyed my first planting and
have begun on the second. We nave mad
a flock for many years, ana ! never
knew them to trouble the garden before.
| say, Col. ReddiEg, what must | DO
about it? My wife says cover them
with brush. and | Will if | can find the
brush. The English srarroWs do leaVv
us most of the crop, but the plgeont
don't leave US anything. Reckon | will
have to turn the boys loose on them.
The beans. onions and early corn are all
right yet, and the strawberries seem to
faVe no enemies. They make q beauti-
full show, and give US great comfort.
In a week or two we viii have ripe
fruit in abundance and shall send sorte
to the preachers. Brother Marlborough
says he does not think it any harm to
send good things to a preacher even on
Sunday. Strawberry culture is spread
ing rapidly in or town and some of the
nelehborS are trying it as q business tor
profit. DIR. Felton,, Jr, has put out
thirty Thousand plants the last season.
1t was Isaac Walton, the great fisher
man, who wrote in his book Gil angling,
"Dr. Butler said that doubtless God
could have made a better berry than the
strawberry, bat doubtless God never
did and so l say that God never made
a more calm, quiet, innocent occupation
than anglin@:." My good friends, Or.
Benha2n and Col. Murphy. heartily in
dorse Walton on fishing and will sit in a
boat half a day in a summers sun and
watch the corks and ruminate and not
catch enough fish fer suppe If was as
fond of ii as they are [ think | Wollld
move to Florida and stay there. I have
caught more fish there il one dav than
in all my life up here in North Georgia.
[ did not go to Dallas, the long spell
Ct grippe left me too dilapidatad TO
travel that far and give up my home
habits and comforts, but / read all about
the great reunion with keen satisfaction.
There is life in the old land yet and love
for the Lost Cause ir the hearts of
cur people, the Confederates and their
children end children's children. May
il never be e~xtinguished.
BILL ARP.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-06
The Battle Over the Plant Millions
(By the Associated Press.)

New Haven. Conn. May 3.-The trans
fer of the estate of the late Henry b.
Plant. amounting to eighteen or twenty
millions of dollars. from Connecticut 10
New York courts will be vigorously OPP
posed by Horace G.. and Chas. +. Hoadley,
of Waterbury, Conn, sons OF the late
Horace Hoadley. of this city. who was
a half brother Of the lead millionaire.
The case comes up next Monday.
Counsel for the Hoadleys viii oppose the
transfer on the ground that the Will of
Henry Bradley Plant, if executed her"
Will hold the entire property IN trust
unit the unborn grandson Of the testator
shall nave attained his majority, and be-
cause of the alleged fact that If the
widow and Morton Plant and his son
should die the will would be void and
the HOadleys would become legal heirs
to the millionaire.
On the other hand, it is alleged that
if the transfer is made to New York
the courts there will not recognize the
will, and will divide the estate, giving
one-third to the widow and two thirds
to Morton p. Plant.
Besides contesting the proposed trans
fer. Col. Lucien A. Burpee, of Water
bury, who represents the contestants,
has brought injunction proceedings to
restrain temporarily the local court from
authorizing the release of the funds.
This injunction has been issued by Judge
Robinson Of the Hartford Superior court.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-06
FOR THE 8APT|STS
AsheviIle Prepares to Enter
tain 1000 Delegates
Five Special Trains Will Bring Them From
Southern Points. Other News From
AsheviIie.
Especial to News and Ob~seryer.)

Especial to News and Observer
Asheville, N. c., May chairman
Tucker, of the Baptist convention COM
mlttee, received word today that five
special trains Will be run to Asheville
from southern points for the convention.
two OF the trains via Sp~artanburg. two
by Hot Springs and one from Salisbury.
Preparations are being made to accom-
modate four thousand delegates.
James Atkins and others, owners Of
the Ashevllle College property, have
levied an attachment upon all the prop
erty OF Prof. Jones, president of the
college,, who recently decided to close
the school. The affidavit for the attach
ment states that the defendant is in
debted to plaintiff over six thousand dol
lars.
The new dairy on Biltmore estate, said
to be the finest in the world, is nearly
completed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-06

oil along tho route. Several Of the Chaf-
lotto veterans carried large hornets
nests which attracted much attehtion'
And iuet here we would state that ChaF-
lotto sent the largest and finest Ioohihs
daleoation that went from this state
Consnienous was the old tattered oat'ie
flag of the 4Stn North Carolina resi-
ment which was proudly carried by one
of that regiments gallant survivors. III
,ha procession were two companies from
Tennessee. armed and uniformed Just as
they were during the war, anu as ny
uassed seemed like apparitions from
he dead. Their old faded uniforms Were
in unison with their shrunken cheeh9'
and their heads were as gray as thell
old gray jackets, and yet those olo
heroes marched as proudly with head9
erect as they did forty years ago IL was
indeed an inspiring and yet most pa
thetic scene.
The reunion exercises were held III
the large auditorium at the Fair GROUNDS
and several eloquent speeches Were
made. Although this auditorium held
several thousand persons and was uauaiiy
crowded. vet when anyone would go out
he would not miss that crowd from the
surging throngs that were everywhere
IN it4 va -
getting from the city to the Fair Grounds
or in going about the city. The street
cars We're utterly inadequate TO handle
the vast crowd. and every car going in
any direction was densely packed-al-
most to suffocat ion-and people on top
and hanging on TO the sides. The re
union will be held next year at New
Orleans, which being a city OF over
300, coo inhabitants, will be enabled to
accommodate a crowd more comfortably
than Dallas could.
"Although Dallas was so overrun with
q vast crowd, yet everything possible
was done for the comfort of the visitors.
and the citizens Of Dallas have cause to
DE proud Of their city. From a small
village Dallas has grown since the war
to a city of about GO, 600 inhabitants, and
is the centre of the most thickly popu-
lated area of Texas. 1t claims to be the
leading market in the world for cotton
gin machinery and for the manufacture
and sale of saddlery, and is the second
largest market in the world for farm
machinery. Dallas claims to be the
leading business city of the Southwest,
and sustains that claim with many in
teresting statistics.
vegetation is two or three weeks
further advanced around Dallas than
here. On the DIST of April we found the
trees in full foliage, and corn and cotton
growing nicely.
"Both at Dallas and in travelling to
and from there we found many per.
sons, who were either themselves born
in North Carolina or one of their pa
rents was. This seemed to be true of
nearly every person with whom we would
casually converse. What a great State
North Carolina would be if none of our
'dispersed abroad" had removed from
her borders.'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-06
BILL

own way has a very poor way, and the
man who is led by God is on the road
to heaven.
Once feel Gods hand on your shoulder
and you will forget the world and make
a world of your own. What others enjoy
will be nothing to you, and what you
will find in your own pathway when you
are in the right relation to Him is suffi-
cient for you. If we were to live here
forever it would be different. Then we
should feel hardly to be deprived of
pleasures which others enjoy; but since
this life is so short and the other life is
SO long what matters it that others
have riches and We poverty, others
leisure and we severe toll or others
health and we sickness? These things
are mere details in the economy of the
soul whose value we have greatly ex-
aggerated. We can get on bravely and
sturdlly and live our little lives SO
worthily that when the perfect day
comes we shall be warmly welcomed.
There are no circumstances in which
we may not build character. and char
acter is all there is to live for. Be pa
tient, therefore,. and the morning will
break at last. Be cheerful even in the
twilight OF illness greatly prolonged and
the shadows will disappear.
When the painful experience can be
avoided your efforts must not cease. but
when the unavoidable occurs fit Yourself
to it, let it be your mission to use it TO
your souls advantages, and you will soon
leaIn that no life is without peace and
JOY. Resignation is itself a source of
comfort and happiness.
GEORGE H. HEPWORTH.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-06

UCopvriqht 1902 by The Constitution)
am irving Col. Redding's plan to
externiaate the potato bugs. He says
begin early and watch for the 1Tst ones
that come. Make an inspection every
morning and kill the large striped ones
before they lay their eggs. My crop
is about six inches high. | have six long
rows in the garden and the other morn
Ing | found the pesky things had come.
! killed about thirty and then told the
children-the grand-children | mean
that would pay them a nickel for
every dozen bugs they found. nat
evening they killed sixty and next morn
ing forty, and this morning fifteen, ana
this evening ten. SO the three little
girls brought me IN DEBT sixty Genus
and feel rich, TIE bargain is that they
are TO pay me back for all | mo ana
| have not found but five yet, though
/ don't lCOk very cafefullY. ohllllell
like to work for money gust llKe grow
folks. | remember we'll the frSt fal1
dollar ever earned. NV tafher was
clearing land and told me | might nave
the saplings il | would trim them Up
and pile the brush and | might nave
the wagon and team to haul them 10
town and sell them. had the evenings
after school and SATURDAYS 10 work
and soon had a load ready and sold II
Ia our school teacher for 2 SILVER nan
dollar. ! was rich, and as / drove nome
felt CT it in nv pocket every htlle
Will to be sure il Was there. L IKE
to cWard these little chaps, TOR 1t does
them so much good and makes them
love me. The love of an innocent child
is the purest on earth except the owe OF
a mother | have no greater comfort
now than the glad smile of a little one
thai jumps into my arms whenever l
come. 1t ~flatters my vanity. for though
I am old and ugly the little one VIII
hug NE and pat my Wrinkled cheeks
and turn away from those VINO are
Young and handsome. The greatest in
ducement for a parent TO be a Christian
is to secure the salvation OF their chill
dren and meet them in heaven, for 1T
is said in the scriptures in three places
'RelieVe in the Lord Jesus Christ and
thou shalt be saved-thou ard thine
house" 1t vas said by Paul and ~
Peter and the Spirit, thou and thine
house" SO let the good mother not
despair Of her wicke son who went
unrepentant to his death and may these
words always comfort her. thou and
thine house" For the sake of ten good
people the Lord would have saved Sodom
and for the sake of good parents He will
save the children.
Last year my potato crop was serious
ly damaged by these bugs, and by the
paris green, too, for ! used too much Of
it, and so | am taking Col. Redding's
advice and killing off the big striped
beetles before they lay their patches OF
yellow eggs on the under side of the
leaves. | instructed the children 10
look for eggs and they found only two
lea.e s with eggs on them With a little
sharpened stick they dug around the
base of every plant, and there found
most CT the BEETLES. but | am already
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-06
Sunday Sermon.

Thy will be done on earth, as it is in
heayen.-St. Matthew, vi, 10.
1t Wonld be an act of folly to be re-
signed to a disagreeable condition of af-
fairs il that condition were ayoidable.
A man is bound to get its fullest extent
of happiness out of life, and it is a sa-
cred duty to do so. He ought to do his
utmost endeavOr to make his environ
ment as pleasant and as cheerful as
possible. II he foresees an evil he should
carefully plan to get it out of his way,
and work hard to accomplish that object.
There is no reason why we should not
extract from passing time the very best
and pleasantest it is capable Of furnish
ing. 1t is as much an injunction of re-
ligion to do this as it is to be Just and
honest and charitable. The old notion
that one can be religious only when he
is half miserable, or that We should be
gloomy in order to please the Almighty,
is now obsolete; it is a libel against Him
who made the sky blue and scattered
flowers over the earth.
The same rule holds good when a dis
agreeable condition is permanent and
unavoidable; that is to say, it is q duty
to take the brighter rather than the
more sOmbre view Of the situation and
Ind as much peace and happiness as the
circumstances contain. There is no life
so narrow that it does not hold more Of
good than We at first think conceivable.
If instead OF looking with covetous eye
on the superior benefits which other
enjoy we set at work to live our own
life in our own way we shall be sur
prised to find that flowers blossom in
soil which we thought only productive
OF weeds. The great secret is to force
ourselves into harmony with our sur
roundings-it is not always easy to do
thls-and compel them to yield their
best product. This resignation is one OF
~loftiest Of virtues and one of the most
heroic.
| can imagine that a tree when cut
down, split asunder, steamed and bent
INTO the shape of a vessels ribs may
complain that it is hardly used: that it
IS unjust to tear it from it's native
forest and change its destiny and it's
purpose. But when the vessel is afoat,
breasting the storms of old ocean and
bearing a rich argosy from port to port,
L can also imagine a strange awakening
on the part OF that tree and a conscious
thanksgiving that it was not left to
flourish with other forest trees but was
singled out for special duty by a special
decree Of Providence.
In like manner l have seen a human
HE crushed by a disappointment or by
a bereavement Or by some heart sorrow
worse than death. It seemed as though
all the light had gone out of it-a black
night and gloom. And yet as time wore
on the stars came out, and when the
soil mad become accustomed to the new
environment there was a peace, a calm
resignation which yielded no small de-
gree OF actual happiness. The narrow
circle gave more than the larger circle
or other days. and the burdened life had
overs in it which do not blossom in soil
"hlch is rich with excitement and
pleasure. Many a man has learned What
life means through affliction, and I some
tunes think that our sorrows are the
best part of us. The man who has his
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-06
Mr. Pearson Makes a Statement.

* J
10 the Editor: l see in Major Wilson'S
cara a statement which it is proper that
l should correct. 1t is not true that
Judge clark communicated with me
either directly or indirectly in reference
10 my appointment as Railroad Commits
sloner. ] had but a passing acouaintanca
with him before my induction into office
The appointment was never at any time
a subject OF discussion or CORRESPONDENCE
between us, | was appointed without
any previous application from me. my in
formation was that Gov. Russell avowed
ms purpose to appoint a Democrat G
was a Democratic member of tho House
from Burke), and a POpulist to fill the
vacancies made by removal of the Will
sons, and that / was commend bv
that class of Democrats who wished 10
see the railroad companies so regulated
as to give the people better service and
cheaper rates. The first intimation T
had OF being appointed Railroad Commits
sloner was a letter from the Governor
to my brother, d. c.. Pearson, (who is a
Republican,, asking him to request me TO
come to Raleigh at once. | left home
the day following, called at the Executive
Office and was rendered the position va
not Maj. j.. w. Wilson. My reply TO Gov.
Russell was that l accepted. as a Demo-
crat, and his answer was who the devil
asked GU to take it any other way?"
Respectfully.
Jno. H. PEARSON.
Morganton, N. c., May 1.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-06
The School Give q Concert.
Especial to the News and Observe

Especial to the News and Observer.)
Scotland Neck. n. c., May 1.-The free
schools of the town taught by Misses
Minnie Dunn mad Ethel Webb gave 2
concert last night at the close of the
four months term. The concert con
sisted of songs and recitations by the
children and a fine recitation by Miss
Lucy Dunn.
The public schools in this part of the
county have been carefully looked after
Ter a number OF years by Mr.. w. A.
Dunn, who IS a busy lawyer, but takes
time to interest himself in the pupIic
schools, and of course without remunera-
ton. The schools which gave tie CON
cert last night will continue one month
longer, making one continuous season of
five months, and there will be moro
money for these schools, It is thought
before the end OF the year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-06
Rockefeller Behind the Move.
(By the Associated PreSS.)

W IN <AoooIldltu IItSS.t
Berlin, May 3.-John D. Rockefeller. it
is understood, is behind the Virginia.
Carolina Chemical Company's designs on
the German potash fields. While Messrs.
). L. Morgan, c. d. Crenshaw and E. G..
Sputsbury are the only Americans kim
part IN the conferences which are being
held daily at the Hotel Bristol with the
members of the German potash svndi-
cate, Peter B. Bradley and S. F.. Glib
bonS, representing Mr.. Rockefeller are
at the same hotel waiting for the out
come of the negotiations and prepared
TO flnance the project. Mr.. Bradley, in
behalf of himself, and Mr.. Gibbon,
hrmly denies that they are here for any
such purpose, but the potash syndicate
people OF Stassfurt have been so in
formed.
The ownership Of the syndicate nro-
pertles is widely distributed and buying
control Of the properties is likely To ra-
qulre a capital exceeding $50, 900, 600.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-06
A. III. Ely in Bankruptcy.
(Ry the Associated Press

Ncrfolk' Va, May ga. NJ. Elv. WIZ
has been conducting the lumber b,1sinac.
on a large scale in Sussex county was
thrown into bankruptcy in the Irnitoa
States court here today, the petjtionino
creditors being Duke e Smith. II I.
Page and others. Mr.. Ely operoted
three lumber mills in Sussex county tho
output of Which amounts to from o. 900
to 10000 feet daily. He also owned !
large amount of standing timber in Sns-
sex. 1t is claimed that if the assatc orc
properly handled the bankrupt will nron
ably be able TO paw dollar for don,
ne liabilities amount to $40. 900. Tho
court VIII be asked TO permit the raca,v
ers TO continue the operations of ia
mills. LAX
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-06
Brokers Hope to Weather the Storm
(By the Associated Press

AN'os
New York, May 3.-Mr. Moore ~ the
firm of Offenbach e Moore which voc
asked yesterday to take up certain col
lateral on which loans mad been made
said today:
" nave made arrangements Which
are satisfactory to all exchange firms
and as no deliveries are made TODAY we
expect TO be able to make arrangements
by Monday which will be equally salts
factory to the curb brokers. Our trouble
arose chiefly through the s%tringency in
the money market, and was in connection
with the taking up of stock being deliv-
cred 20 US"
President Keppler, of the Stock Ex-
change. said there was nothing the mat
ter this morning and that he hoped all
the difficulties OF the firm would be
satisfactorily arranged.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-06
GATHER
Four States Represented al
the Convention.
The Biennial Assembling Of Delegates ffo"
Christian Churches OF the South. rro-
ce.dings Of, the Day.
fcnacial TO News and Observer.

Suffolk. Va. May 3.-At todays session
Of the southern Christian Convention =
Asheboro. North Carolina. the welcome
address BY f. l.. Moffitt. OF Asheooro'
was responded TO by Rev. |. W Johnson
Of Virginia. Reports We're made oy tHe
executive committee and by lFeaSui'i
J. A. Mills, OF Raleigh Rev J. - Fos'ti'
Of the Orphanage Society. reported $5'ooo
on hand. Devotional exercises W.
conducted by Rev. J. w. MELONS, VINO mas
attended every convention for forty
seven years.
DR.. j. c. Land and Or. w. W. Staley
viii preach Sunday. Or. J. f. Barrett
preached tonight.
The convention embraces the states OF
Virginia. North Carolina. Georgia ana
Alabama. 1t meets biennialiy.
The sessions will last five dayj. Res.
Mr.. Fleming is presiding.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-06
THE WARREN PRIMARIES.
a majority Of the Delegates Favor Kerr o.
Solicitor.
Especial to News and Obso

'opeclal TO News and Observor
leh'on, \. G., May 3.-Democratic
7 u heid IN this county today give
. oooa . solicitor of this district
a soou majority OF the deleeatas = -
county convention to be beid ne
at winch time delegates will ~ io'h,
{ various conventions and ~ eie.'e"
anu legislative ticket nominated ''
me primaries had tho lou
ance ever seen in the county. attend
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-06

Wilson, N. c., May 2.-Dr. j. C. Cog
gins, president-elect of the Atlantic
Christian College at Wilson, breaches
both morning 4 evening at Wilson's
Mills Sunday.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-06

Winston, May Thomas Moore, a
farmer near Price. Rockingham county,
has died from injuries received ia q
friendly wrestling bout.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-06

III II. I EE{TNSO1V.
Morganton, N. c., May I.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-06

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National Special Tobacco
National Fertilizer
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