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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-04-01
THOROUGH TEACHING NEEDED.

In the campaign of education while the paramount matter is to provide
god schools in he rural districts there is need for a campaign for thorough
ness. In education. as in everything else, there is the tempation to skip along
on the surface n to neglect the drilling necmsary to the solid foundation uon
whch a liberal education is to be onaructe A private letter rom me of
the wisest men in Eastern North Carolina, Nj. Thomas H. Battle chairman
of The Rocky Mount school, board, calsauen1on sharply to this tendency. He
says:
" always keep at the front in educational matters nd would like for
yu to publish the enclosed article rom the official head of he educational
struetion Of New York says is as true as gospel right here in North Carolina.
Lack of oroughne in primary education is a great evil 1t is the great evil
OF the lay. The schools are striving after culture at the expense of thorough
ness. Education has become extensive instead of intensive.
men now comtng to The University a woetl lack of training in he rudi-
ad that he snateringt they had of the sciences did them more harm
than good Business mn and tax payers are beginning to say that a "educa-
ional campaign" is more needed in behalf 0. reform in quality rather thar in
that half of the school money is wasted by defects of the methods in teach
by the modern method of letting tn teacher workin instead of he chid. l
kow a lawyer of high standing h sends his children to one of the best graded
schools in the State IN find hem SO poorly taught in spelling tina he is giving
to educate and every man h pays taxes would do well to re this article
from the New Yorksu Superintendent of Public instruction Too much attention
cannot be given to the matter"
Here is h extract enclosed. being a recent statement by Hon Charles N
Skinner, State Superintendent of the Department OF Public instruction of the
State Of Jew York.:
More and more here is a tendency to overcrowdc courses of study. This. ten
dency is not confined to schools of a particular lass, ut is, perhaps, more
in the higher grades. Dur schools are evidently trying to cover too
much ground within a specified time. Our children are being hurried forward
rapidly. This policy certainly tends toward superfcaity. W e are paying
little attention to a we'll grounded preparation i'll what are usually enomi-
mated as essential or fundamental branches. or children are hurrying 90 fast
from one grade to mother, ron one subtc 20 another, without mastering the
successive steps by which hey expect to rise There is DANCE Of our becoming
a nation OF poor spoilers readers M writers. Arithmetic, geography and gram
mar are thrown aside too early after insufficient study, and pupils are hurried
thre.gh essential subjects to give more tim for xperments n fas. We
graduate too young more often carekssly educated, if We can really say
they are educated at Ill"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-04-01
A BLOW AT THE GOOD NAME OF
THE STATE.

Lynch law ought never to be resorted
to in a civilized community, but it has
no semblance of excuse upon any theory
when the criminal has been captured and
put in Jail, awaiting trial. The people
of Washington are greatly Inundated
at the blot put upon their town by the
lynching of the negro who tried to poison
DIR. Tayloe's family. The Washington
Messenger-Gazette voices the popular
sentiment Of the thoughtful people of
that community in the following wise
EDITORIAL:
while we believe the negro lynched
last night for the poisoning of DIR. ID. T..
Tayloe and family, deserved the punish
ment he received. We must say = was
wholly unjuStifiaDle and has cast Il blot
on our community which all law aiding
citizens must regret. There is not q
doubt in our mind but that he would
have been convicted had he been allowed
to live to stand trial, and he would have
received the full penalty Of the law
twenty years in the penitcntiary. Then,
again, what makes the lynchinS last
night still more unjustSiable is it was
not done in the heat of passion, and it
was planned and prenleditated after the
crime had been committed over a week.
1t. would have been much better for the
good name CT our community, ana eSpe-
cially for those who We're engaged in it
to have allowed the law to nave taken
its course AS it is the blood of a hui
man being is on the hands of some of our
citizens. and though they may feel they
were justified in the course they pur-
sued, the memory of last night, and the
launching of q human being into eternity
will be an unpleasant memory as long as
they live. There is only one crime in
which lynching is justifiable, if any, and
thai would not be if the law was so
charged that the unfortunate female was
not compelled to testify of shame in open
court and in the presence of the curios-
ity seeking multitude"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-04-01
A GENEROUS ACT.

The Asheville Citizen prints an incident
showing the generous side of the life of
the great New York millionaire that
ought to be widely read. Here is the
story:
when J.. Pierpont Morgan, the great
railroad financier. who had been on a
southern trip with President Spencer
OF the Southern Railway, passed over
the Asheyille and Knoxville divisions re-
Gently, en- route East, the story was
told him by superintendent Ewing, of
a section hand on this division of the
Southern living nea White Pine, who
had been employed by the road thirty-two
years, had lost everything he had owned,
Il little home, which was once destroyed
by fire, but had in ten years saved about
$500 from his small earnings with which
came and destroyed the house he was liv-
ing in and washed away his savings. The
story greatly impressed Mr.. Morgan and
reaching in his pocket he took out three
crisp 800 bills, which he turned over
with instructions that they be given the
old section hand. The money was pre-
scented the old employee, who was over
come with emotion. Mr.. Morgan %request-
ed Superintendent Ewing not to mention
the incident, which he has not done. The
story leaked out, however, through the
old section hand"
An act so kindly and generous cannot
be kept a secret, and ought not to be
withheld from the world.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-04-01
THE sLANDERERs REBUKED.

1t is gratifying to know that the House
Committee on Elections has limo
reported that Hon. Charles II. Thomas
was honestly elected. and that Russell,
Butler and Fowler had no case. Mr..
Thomas has made an Intelligent, jealous,
efficient and able Coneressman, looking
we'll to every interest of his district. He
has been, of course, harasSed by the con
test, but he has not permitted it to cause
him to neglect any public duty.
The decision of the Republican COM
mittee is a rebuke to the slarderous
charge against the honesty of the good
people Of the Third Congressional dis
trict, formulated by contestant Fowler.
and his attorneys, Russell and Butler.
lie indictment they made of the people
of Mr.. Thomas's district was nothing
short of infamous. Their Republican as
sociates have given It the consideration
it deserved.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-04-01
WHAT MONEY CANNOr DO.

"A Re" days after the death of Mr. Charles Broadway Rouss, the millionaire
merchant OF New YORK, we published in these columns some of the maxims which
h had ALWAYS before i'm. Oe OF them vas: MONEY CAN DO ANY THING
AND ALL THINGS"
mere arc many things that money al d 10 there are many thing tina money
procure.
MI Rouss own life shows the unuuh of his maxim. He offered 81 O 5000
the estcraton OF his eyesight. Even that sum did not buy it He said
ne lad n appn He could live but me life. If money could nt buy him
money IS Valuaoie as a means A a h takes its umulau as an enc
IN lie is acting without wisdom. The nation tina procures everything b money
is already lettering to its fall. All history tell US that
II the attanmen of money is the nc OF life, wha is womans virtue or
mahs hoho: WA becomes OF integrity, kndiness M charity? AS NJ
Houss was dulgent and sef-denying, he deserves credit, but when he placed
money as the emu OF existence his admission HI h found NJ happiness is wha
uttered d post IN a commercial way wtha large salary, he replied, Life too
short. l have 10 time to make money!,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-04-01
A Remarkable Man.
Wilmington MeSSenper.)

1t has been announced that Rev. DIR.
j. M. Buckley, editor of the. New York
Christian Advocate, is to preach the
baccalaurcate sermon before the Uni
Velsity of North Carolina in June next.
Dr. Buckley may not be the greatest
preacher in all Northern Methodism, but
ne IS its most gifted, many-sided, in
Huentlal exponent. The greatest non
conformist minister in 'the nation Of
London,' as Thomas De Quincy called
It when half of it's present size, told
Dew. DR.. Deems that DIR. Buckley was
the most remarkable man he knew. We
got II from cur friend DR.. Deems upon
ms return from a second visit to EurOpe.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-04-01

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1t seems to me." S Mss.
breaking in. that If wu.H.
make tbs Investigation. *
OF investigation after the
House have had an opIor
inc the documents which .
from Tennessee has read
Il do not believe that t.
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thief
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in this matter. 1t mattera# Hiss.
whether Christmas was thief
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belief. he a A briher and wu...
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and instructed To 20 TO our a#.
London.
The gentleman aTtfuly .#E "..
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cried Mr.. Cannon. Indignantly .
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be investigated am for aa .a.
ton
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bring about Il successful terminal
the negotiations
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-04-01
HALF A MILLION TO BRlBE
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS-
Agreement of Denmark to Pay Its Diplomatic Agent
That Sum to Buy Votes For the Treaty
of CessiOn.
THE AGENTS ALLEGED SECRET REPORT
REPUBLICANS FIGHT IT.

ratification of the said treaty of sale
OF the said islands,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-04-01
IN The SPRING

When you have that tired f"eI.".
are and sleeplcss, is a -""+
ach Bitters. 1t is an ideal spE.aa 81
cine and blood purifier, and ".
dyspepsia, Indigestion, malaria ..
and kidney troubles. Try it,. oar "T.
stamp is over the neck of the BOTTLE.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
Fly Sent to Heaven.

X mother who had discovered that the nature of her child was inclined to bo rrucl, WAS vory deS 'rnus of having her bccomo Gtntle and kind.
 one day shc found her at the window catching flies and torturing them by pull ing off their less and wings.
 The loving mother thinking this an op- pprtunc time to give the little daughter ., lesson in kindness. took the little one ''' ,er arms and talked to her in thls way:
 Iy dear. it is wrong to torture the poor flies. They ha"c to papa nor man. ma to love them as little boys and gr Is have. But you should love them. be- "au>" i'd made then and He loves them
 The parent then turned to her duties leaving n" child whcr" she had found her standing by tho window.
 Presently she heard the daughter talk ing Sho quietly stepped to the door, and to hcr great surprise fonnd another fly In the hands of the child.
 The captured Victim was resting hi the girls palm. and was being talked th IT. tNiS manner:
 You poor fly, you have no pa pa nor mamma to love you: only God loves you.
 With the index finger of the other hand she came down upon it with much force that all life was crushed at the samt time saying: Go to God
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19

cocoon.
 But there is woman to be pitied even more-the active woman, she who was made to live and who is forced into thS rut belonging to the woman who was made to exist. Hers is an agony. E frenzy which threatens her with mad ness as the months go oii. To th!s class belong the women who marry sordid m1a who force their wives t1 live the same sOrdid existence. the women whose lives are spent on lonely farms, with thc same narrow life, the same endless mo- YotCny rom morning til night and whose ambition is crushed through doing routine work.
 True, thero are women ready to fill their places: women who dread activity. who long for a peaceful solitude. who q fight in the loneliness of the woods and fields, who have m amb,t on and are sati. lied to live on comfortably from d " to day. What pity their places cannot he changed. Halt the misery in the world today rises from this cause.-the woman who wds made to live has heNn put in the place of the woman who was made to exist. and vice versa.
 But. dear me. how serious I am be- coming! The reason for it all is that l have had visit from one of these round pegs in n square hole. and it occurred to me that women could save themselves much misery if before placing them
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
.* WOMEN WHO WHO fxIsf fzSf .*

Roughly speaking. there are two classes or women--those who live and those who simply eixst The life of the former is an absolute mystery to the latter. and vice versa. The woman who exists takes all things easily. She eats. sleeps and spends the rest of her. time puttcring around. .Puttering' is the word. for she never has anything to show for it. l think it must have been this sort of woman who Invented the saying. Mans work is from sun to sun. but woman's work Is never done." Hers is certainly never done be- cause she is always inventing silly little trifcs to take up her time. She is the woman who. when you ask her how she spent the day. is unable to answer you. She doesn't know: she just did things what, she cannot say.
 On the other hand. the woman who live nies through the life doing an incredible amount of work. She labors hard. she plays hard: she cannot do otherwise. II would be impossible for her to occupy her. self with trities: she must do something which will show. The woman who exist . wonders where the woman ho lives finds time for her numerous gayeties. for read Ing the latest books, for attending to tha many dainty fripperies she wears. She doesn' trealsze that system and the power te do things quickly are two important Factors. Then, too. there is the ability to pick out the most important things to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
cHAUTAUQUA LAKE, NEW YORK
Cool and Pleasant, 1,45o Feet Above
 the Sea.

On main line of Erie Railroad, midway tetween Cincinnati and New York. Tn
 hes; way to go is by way of Erie R, R.. tho natural way. most comfortable. most
 cct No change of cars from Cine IT, nali. Handsome Chautauqua Lake fold TT and Oh autauqua quarterly furnished free on application to s. T. Surratt Tick t Agent. Union Station. in Mont gome ;. Q" vie II. C. Ho.abi.J G. A. P D. Fri Railroad, No. Il West Fourth St, Cinc.n
 ,iati O. Tick, ts sold through to " York With privilege of stopping at Chau- tauqua and Niagara Falls over the E i R. R. from Montgomery without extra harge adv--tf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
IL Costs to be Eaehionohle.

II Is e"ii- to est m mrro to h. in fI sh- i"n hi su'tug than last Reason. thcrc Ar" nl"r" dresses hri. : yu,u cannot impress t1is t3 much '.u The r'!nd of tlc woman Uho Wlrts to iorh .:"alt. The tl"Ct I"a "et : iaE tu wear shi-i w.ts;s -ihat l.. tA.y are Uoj in. tp war thcn 4 .ll mor' lrai. tb1A h,v,, to. So donL ',N in d liz stock of waists. sill, or otherwise, aud if you must have q t.c'S. tain nunibcr t;y tp Crt them tp go with Ne'ir skirts For instance, with a nAlv blue skirt. wear a white or linen colorc d waist embroidered with bli;e dot or figure the exact shade of thr skirt.
 By the WdN. puU-'c iS going to bc cY- ces-;NcN smart tlI" summer and any numhcr "f tub S' it's are tu he made of il. You don't know what .l tub suit is? MnN. il $ an un,i vt affair that you ned a1, b. afraid ot wc,r!H% und,r the most trI ag rH..dil ions because you knew tEat
 Y gil! tH cpnc oHt in thr Wish.5 Per. -"C. hpUiH fog hot weather. these littl, ,.a-t trm, $. and. It me trl you. they arc t"niuS the place of the shirt waist
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
Worth of Some London Property.

Land at c2.6la.6p, so ,cr dos .sot fr.- quenuv c"mc int thr ni'"'-'., 0t"n frecnold of A ,'h apsido ?ts srlH tle sum it realized V9s 1t tA. an"r' r''" per acre: that is to :aN, d f-.r" 'f ground that could hv coyoTrd h5 m "'- II l-2d not at all a bad frr.r fir p1l'ry fve-siNjhs of 2 sonar. "-1 of F"3i "-- tate. Judging fram the r"Hri "eu's s,- cured oa 1n Cprph.N v.l.c'i five pr S'N years ag1 rcl.iz,d 4f2.-no. tAtt is to s"y
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
Con- test Is < Now Wide Open. Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!
 
RULES OF THE CONTEST. Read Carefully and
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
An Editors Mistake.

one morning an editor received letter from an anxious father wanting to know how to make his twins grow up most healthilN. Another one from a farmer wanting 60 know how to kill gra sshop- pers. Tha next morning the father of the twins received this interesting an sNer: Cover them carefully with straw and set fire to it. After jumping in the flames for 9 while the little pests will speedily lm done for. The other man re ,-civeI this lctt1.: Give them castor oil in moderate doses and rub their gum with bone '
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19

to speak or the coarse old rr i n e n woven
 goods which ne> ; CT crush and which make u,' in such a chic manner W h e n combined W l t
 heavy string col pred lace. s. giva your attth
 tion, l beg to |
 few of these un
 lined gowns.
 Any number oi boaa are beinE worn just now. ard quite tn n Q W c st and smartest one is shown in the~ H. lustration. The foundation Is a r4.ps like collar of heavy Arabian 'aca witff d full ruche of dotted chiffon of tho same linen shade. There are long ends of the chif- ion. each in ished with d heavy lace ap- plique and lining the lace collar Is a single thick
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
Black Hats Are Passe.

People are becoming tired of bIaek hat They were really a craze t"is winter "I want to introduce such a nico man to you said Polly Benedict to me the other day. Wont you m, ct me in the tearoom of the Astoria this afternoon at 5?"
 What shall wear? My black hat and my
 :.Oh, not your black hat. Leave that for those who can't wear anything else' Wear some solid color-your rose hat anything Men don't realize how smart < black hat is. They only exclalm in waldly, Oh Lord. here comes another of those eternal black hats!
 And of course. when you meet new man YOU don't want to be classed az one of many So profit from my expe- tiencc Don't wear vour black hat
 New York
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19

instance (especially if you are shortl. when you are wearing q linen waist with a skirt of linen or a black ana wnite foulard waist with a smartly tucked skirt of the same foulard. It only takes few wards more. and the effect Is so much better
 Delightful unlined gowns Of ponEee. linen. pjoue and foulard arc being made tip by all the leading dressmakers. not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
On Parrots.

spectator.
 There seems no limit to the capacity for acquiring the human language pos ;essed by this intelligent bird. It often picks up not only words. but long sen- tenccs, which have been pronounced in .tS presence on q single occasion onl! While as for domestic sounds of all ',ilds from the whmpering of an infant ;o the growing of cocks, and even the :ung of a canary brd all these are readily acquired. The male is. how Nver. given to screaming when angry or acitatod. n sometimes associates words with things. One owned by Mir. Greene would yell "p3tato'' if 1t saw luncheon bid sa loudly that 1t could never he admitted to that meal for 1t always dropped shc potato and shouted for more. There is an idea that tine brilliantly colorod rarronts do not talk There IS no reason why they should not. and man! possess the imitatiyc insinct. One of the most richly coiored of all is the purple capped lory. from the Moluccas. Its whole bod;' is crimson and rose. its wings green. and it's crest purplH. it is thick s,t bird, Ike big builiirch. and can bc hjsfl-- educated IL is tame and gentle. an excellent ''liaauist" and mimic. never sh.ieks. Srd Is very am!1be It ! also a ventfiloquist. It is worth noth- 'ag that some of the lories. which are very fond of flowers. have been poisoned uy being given laburnum blossom. There g d belief that parrots should not he allowed water to drink bat only sopped food We believe that this is q mi.ta-;e which causes them great misery. They re not great water drinkers and some species can go without it for q consdcra- hja time. But in their native state most of those which have been observed come regularly to the water holes to drink,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19

tt The rate o| praet.cauy c55 d -quarc fo,t Ir C-,ti- r5 i .' arr, ;il.r. arc rlnr .;hcr del.. la'd. ., ,ts tn rhc civ enrta t2:u arc, n H .. 8 d. but It wor'. rl how. I,-i. $ t,'. away waca 5up -..r as@ .pr -a' a n,nt4gr of J N'aiu tG l' 'd" ''.,l FN.'I,. -lNo ptunI., r'r Tl," O. -r H,-I m i.,.l.ir5 tNolyo inches ot tNei I.s N'n'd doubtless ho . pr t'u tuh l':-lt tN,n an Irish lanll'rI 't' p.rt Vith his property.
 Tho han rH "ul4 think S30 n month wits '"r s''. !-.. =" !, ,,usci,cl,or vH y'il 1.ur1U r' alt Ina, as d p,r. nal erovu"cc to Ets w.G
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19

selves in given situation they would ask themselves 10 which of the two classes they belong. for it Is useless for a woman who belongs to one cltss to at tempt the work or the lie If the other Apd il $ .ulaoihiu.. you know, to re- atiZu thtL ht f6rrhaud
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19

chffor just to give Gieam oi cotor.
 Neis. of which many are seen m @ @.ius windy weather, are very ornate. The mesh Is not extraordinary in any way, but two kinds of figures are used on the same veil For instance. tn're IS one which has Il big round velvet dot alter niting with three tiny pm dots made in tha mesh itself The latest in yelling is meteor blue. a pretty tint very be- coming to ,ionds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
Central of Georgia Railway Changes

Sch dul's of pasFengar trains Sunday. En ctive Sunday. April c0th. trains of '"ntral will arrive and depart at Mont z i'll ry as f flows:
 Tain N. 6 wi he changed to ave at I:;0 a m iastcad of S:.0 q. m.
 No 19 will h" changed to leave at 4:35 D m int ad of 4.n D. m
 No II will be changed to arrive at tl:lc l. m. iEst ad of l1:l1 a. rl.
 No W Il b. ci a 1gci to rive at 1:iC .i. m in lad of S:Qo D. m. as al present. adV-3t.