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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30
New Bank Building for Marion.

Marion, N. c., June 27.-Mr. John B.
Newton, general manager of the Virginia
and South Western Railroad, came in
last evening on his special car from Brls-
Ito, Tenn.
Mr.. Newton began railroad service a
few years ago as assistant engineer III the
Knoxville division of the Southern, and
was soon promoted to president OF Uhe
Marietta and North Georgia Railroad.
Some months ago he was made general
manager of the Virginia and Southwestern
road with headquarters at Bristol.
Dirt has been broken for the new build
ing Of the First National Bank of Marion,
on the corner of Main and Court streets,
which is to be a magnificent affair. The
building IS to cost SIS, 900.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30
VETERANS TO MEET
The Oscar B. Rand Camp at Holly Springs on
July 90.

The following notice has been issued:
Headquarters Oscar r. Rand Camp No.
1878, u. c. v, Holly Springs, N. c.,
June 23d, 1903.
Special Order No. -
Comrades of this camp Will meet prompt
Iy at 10 O'Clock a. NJ, July 25th, 1903, at
Holly Springs, N. c., for the purpose of
electing officers for the ensuing year and
for transacting other important business.
DR.. b. F. Dixon will speak on that day
at II o'clock m. after which the United
Daughters of the Confederacv will furnish
dinner for all the old veterans, this being
their annual reunion.
G. b. AFFORD, Commander.
3. S. UTLEY. Adjutant.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30

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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30
The Fourth at Fuquay.

The purchase and arrival of another
passenger coach by the Raleigh and Cape
Fear and the opening of the dining room
Of the Cottage Hotel at Fuquay Springs
for business on the first Of July, give as
surance that adequate provision will be
made for the large numbers of people
who will go to the Springs to enjoy the
fourth. There will be a big barbecue at
Fuquay that day, trains being run both
from Ellington and Raleigh, and a va
riety of refreshments may be obtained at
the hotel dining room.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30
WORST OF ALL .ExPERIEECEs.

Can anything be worse than 10 feel
that every minute will be your last Sncb
was the experience Of Mrs. S. II. Nevson
Decatur, Ala. For three years" she
writes endused irsufferable pain from
INDIGESTION stomach and bowel trouble.
Lean seemed inevitable when doctors and
- remedies tailed, AT length I was in
uuceu 20 try Electric Bitters and the
lesu' was miraculous. 1 improved at
80 ana now I'm completely recovered"
49,. liver, hldney, Stomach and Bowel
ouone electro Bitters is the only me-
all druggists. y
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30
Some Pieless Patriots.

Three division deputies in the Eastern
District of the Internal Revenu service
Will be dropped on the first OF July.
Collector E.. C. Duncan has notified c..
NJ. Rabbit. of New Bern: Thomas W.
Vincent, of Burlington; and S. NJ. King,
OF Elizabeth City, that they must go. The
be done by eight. The men dropped ave
done satisfactory work but orders from
Washingtn reduces the force. When July
the first arrives the Watts act * expected
to put off many store-keepers and gaugers.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30
Death of Mr.. John Parks.

LaGrange, N. c., Tune 27.-Mr. John
Parks died at the home OF his father near
Shine, Greene county yesterday. He was
about thirty years of age and was un-
married. His mind was affected about two
before his death and a few weeks
ago was taken to the hospital at Morgan
ton for treatment. About a week AGO he
Guided the authorities at the hospital and
was found by d policeman wandering in
the streets of Goldsboro and sent home,
where he died. He was Of a jovial, pleas
ant disposition and much liked.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30
Supreme lrt Work.

The Supreme Court Reports for last
term 132 n. c.. now being printed CON
tains ISL opinions. besides some so per
curiam decisions. This is thirty-four
opinions more than any volume Tor several
years past.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30
LEGAL School Tax Elections,

Elections will be held during the sum-
mer at a number of places on the ques-
ton of a local tax for schools. Elections
will be held as follows:
M~organton, July 6; Benson, Johnston
county, middle Of July; two districts in
Gates county, about August 1st; Kit
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30
Trucking Notes.
DuDlin JOurnal)

DupIln JOurnaI.)
]. A. Hines & Bro. shipped pepper Mon
day last and Will be on the market for
some time as there is ''nO flies on pepper
MwhaveUV, ffthe shrd shrd shrdl shrdl n
this season.
On account of the total blight of the
Charleston crop our Cuke
are smiling over their unusually
high prices. $50 baskets, worth $500
were shipped Monday.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30
THAT TEROBBING HEADACHE

Would quickly leave you, if you used
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Thousands
OF sufferers have proved their matchless
merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches.
They make pure blood and build up your
health. Only 25 cents, money back if
not cured. Sold by all druggists.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30
Trains Went Slow,

A slight washout on the Seaboard Air
Line Railroad near Wyatt, Friday
evening, was caused by the heavy rain
trains had orders to run very slowly TO
avoid damage that might be caused by a
high rate of speed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30

trell. Vance county last OF July; Cacar'
cleveland county. July 10: Stonev8lie'
Rockingham county. in August TWO otAeF
in this county VIII petition ~
the July meeting OF the Board OF com
missioners to be allowed to hold elections
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30
ALAMANCE SAYS IT IsJUNE,
Tor falth IN 1t Folks Wouldn't Know
the Ecn b.
(WeldOn NeMsl

4 few days g a prominent farmer Of
HallfaX county, was seen blowing cottoD
with his overcoat on, while his wife ana
children We're sitting by a blazing fire ii
the house, and in the middle OF lime Ini.
is no fish or snake story.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30

uteenvllle, n. C.. June 24.-Prof. w. p.
1--WE, OF Re'dsville, has been elected
suPerlntendent of the G~reenvipa gradcd
Snooi ana has accepted. He will move
here carly IL July.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30
YOU KNO WWHAT YOU ARE TAKING

When you take Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic, because the m is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that it
is simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless
form. No Cure, No Pay. soc.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30
A CROP REPORT.
The Department Of Agriculture Tells Of Crop
Conditions to Date.

The Department of Agriculture issued
yesterday a statement showing the crop
conditions in North Carolina compared
with last year. On June s there were sent
out 1000 blanks and the report Is made
on the returns from these: 100 Is the
basis Of comparison. If the answer to the
question, or condition to be reported is 10
per cent, more than the average, or con-
dition compared with, the answer Is put
at 10; II it IS Is per cent. more, the an
swer is put at rs; or If 10 per cent less,
the answer is put at 80, and SO on.
The United States government report
for cotton issued on June 1st., gives the
acreage for North Carolina as compared
with last year 107 2-10, an increase, while
the present condition o. the cotton crop is
put at II, a decrease OF 26 per cent. The
State Agricultural Department gives the
following per centage as compared with
last year:
Acreage OF cotton :. !. ;. ;. :. !. 100
Present condition of cotton ;. -. 70
Acreage OF tobacco ;. !. I. !. . (. 80
Present condition of tobacco /. j.. . f.. IS
Present condition of corn !. j. SIS
Present condition of wheat =. j. +. E. 20
Present condition of oats :. II
Prospect of apples !. :. +. 80
Prospect of peaches f. j.. :. "a. =. 20
Prospect OF pears !. !. :. -. Y
Prospect Of blackberries :. f. :. s. :. 102
Condition Of Irish potatoes :. :. So
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
SOUTH APPRECIATES NEGRO.
Have Most Kindly Feeling for Him.
 Trouble is Among Outsiders.

Col. J. B. Killebrew in Southern Farm Magazine of Baltimore for January:
 The farmers of the south appreciate fully the value of the negroes as laborers. They have most kindly feelings for them, and 1t is to be regretted that the relations existing between the two races of the south should be so misrepresented and misunderstood by the people of the north. If two per cent of the negroes of the south who are vicious in character should be eliminated the remainder would be considered equal as efficient laborers to any that could be found either among the native white laborers or those of foreign birth To estimate the character of the whole body of negroes from the study of the character of those who are noted either for their virtues or their vices is unjust to the race.
 In this sweeping generalization the fac tor of an inherited sympathy that ex- ists between the two races in the south is disregarded for the reason that no northern man has ever felt it nor can he feel it, because the condition of mas ter and slave which generated this sym pathy has ceased to exist. The apparent affection for the negroes by a certain northern class is maudln sentimentality that calls upon others to do what they are not willing to do themselves. All this twaddle in reference to social equal ity is the offspring of the brain of de- lirious fanacity that sees the world through a false medium that distorts everything.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
MAKING MODERN MINERS.
How Young Technical School Students
 In Big School Are Taught.

The word 'mine,' with it's immediate suggestion of treasures buried deep down in the earth and only awaiting the com ing of a hardy adventurer with pickax and shovel to dig them up and make a fortune hardly suggests the fact that modern mining is a science and that the miner often learns his craft in schools far away from the mining regions. Such, However, is the case, the mining engineer ing department of the Massachusetts h. stitute of Technology for example. being located in historic Boston, in a common wealth that has almost no mines what eves.
 The future mining engineer is not con- fined to classrooms and text books when he has got through the preliminary study of chemistry, physics anl mathematics and has become also a fair draftsman. He practices surveying in the open air, spending much time in the city parks with his surveying instruments, and then it is time for him to learn how work is done in real mines. There are no mines in eastern Massachusetts, but there is pretty complete outfit for practically all kinds of mining operations run by the institute itself for the purpose of training It's mining engineers.
 The student has only to pass from one room into another, and there, under the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
FIREMEN HAVE HAD
 VERY BUSY MONTH
MORE FIRES THIS DECEMBER THAN ANY MONTH SINCE DE. APARTMENT WAS ESTABLISHED. LOSSES HAVE BEEN SMALL.

The fire department has had more runs this month than ever before in ils history and 1t IS probable that 'he nu.sber viii be at least twenty in excess of the pre- vious maximum record
 When the department had little run yesterday afternoon il made the sixty third fire this month. The previous re- cord was accorded to December two years ago, when there were ftv-two hres This month has an average of more than two fires day, but none ot them have been very large
 The total losses during the month will probably not run over $5a040 unless there is a very large fire during the remain ing days. The biggest blaze of the month was when the Birmngha n Grain com pany burned Thursday morning, causing a loss that is estimated at $15.00q.
 The record was expected to be much larger on account of the number If fires early in the month, but Christmas disar- pointed the firemen. fhey had fewer runs by half dozen than they ex?ected. and this has kept the record down to me extent. It is estimated lat there will he about ten more fires this month, is 1t is good time O. the year for the tames to get in their Work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
CHICAGO RIOTERS
 FIGHT POLICEMEN
TWO MEN WHO WERE DETAILED TO RIDE ON GAR AND PROTECT NON-UNION ,REW ARE SEVERE " INJURED.

Chicago, December 27.--Because they had been detailed to ride on a Chicago City Railway electric car in the guise of passengers as a protection to a non-union crew. Policemen James Gibbons and George Oakley were attacked by union sympathizers tonight, and in the fight that followed both policemen were seri- ously injured. The trouble occurred at Twenty street and Archer avenue when a Halstead street car ran into general electric car and was derailed.
 While Gibbons and the non-union con ductor went into a saloon to telephone to the wreck wagon crowd surrounded the disabled car and began throwing bricks and stones. Hearing the disturbance Gib- bo~ came to the assistance of Oakley, but .he rioters were in such great num- bers that both policemen were soon over powered and would undoubtedly have been killed had not several other police men, who had been summoned charged the crowd with clubs. When the mob had found lying unconscious on the ground and both were taken to a hospial. Oak ley was still unconscious at late hour to- night.
 Two of the rioters were arrested and a search Is being made for some of the others who were recognized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
The Bull Fighters Grit.

From the London Globe.
 The death of the famous Spanish torea- dor Reverte recalls one of the most thrill ing incidents ever witnessed in the arena. It was at Bayonne. After dsposing of two bulls Reverte had twice plunged his sword into a third, of great strength and ferocity, and as the beast continued cheer ing wildly the spectators began to hiss Reverte for bungling. Wounded to the very quick of his pride, the Spaniard shouted, "The bull is slaini' and throw ing aside his sword, sank on one knee, with folded arms. in the middle of the ring.
 He was right, but he had not allowed for the margin of accident. The wounded beast charged full upon him, but the metador, splendid to the last, knelt mo- tionless as a statue, while the bull lit- erally bounded at him. and as he sprang he sank in death, with his last effort giving one fearful lunge of the head that drove horn into the thigh of the kneeling man and laid bare the bone from the knee to the joint. Still Reverte never fiinched, but remained kneeling, ex- ultant in victory, but calmly contem- tuous of applause, till he was carried away to heal his wound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
THYROID GERMS.

The microscope shows that in the blood of fevery person suffering from typhoid the little germs can be found as shown above. They are supposed to get into the water or milk we drink. The germs multiply so that one gerru is capable of producing about one hundred trillion germs in twenf ty.four hours That is why if they ever get into the water supply of town they multiply 50 fast that nearly everybody drinking the water comes down with the disease There are exceptions, however, and they are the persons whose health is perfect, whose blood is pure, and liver active. When the germs get into healthy body they are thrown off with the othef poisons Recent Chicago statistics show that one-eiehth of all the deaths in tho past two years in that city have resulted from pneumonia.
 The best advice we can give Is to put tha body into perfectly sound, healthy condi1 ton. Be assured that you have rich, red blood and an active liver.
 Many years ago Dr K. V. Pierce, who iS consulting surgeon to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute at Buffalo, N. Y., found certain herbs and roots which, when made into an alterative extract twithout the use of alcohol), seemed to be the very hest means of putting the stomach, blood and vital organs into proper condition.
 This seemed to him as close to nature'a q way of treating disease as 1t was possible to Ro For over third of a century Drt Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has had q wonderful sale and the cpTes resulting from its use are numbered by thousands. It is a tissue builder better than cod liver oil because it does not sicken the stomach, l or offend the taste It strengthens on renews the assimilative Of digestive pro-l cesses in the stomach and puts on healthy flesh when the weight of the invalid is' reduced below the normal.
 Accept no substitute for UGolden Med-I ical Discovery" Nothing else is Njust RsI good"
 Dr Pierce's Pellets cure biliousness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28

very halls where featuring and book learning flourish, are a glowing of fur naces, rumble of grinding mills and jar of falling stamps, all going on in half concealing and very mine-like at- mosphere of dust from the rock crush CTS In this big room there are usually, in fact, more machines at work and more things going on than at many real mine-amalgamating pans, a jig" by which small copper bearing pebbles are separated from other pebbles bearing nothing in particular; heavy stamps un- der which gold quartz is crushed to pow der and the fine gold gathered on a quick silvered plate or, if it fails to deposit there, finally caught on a broad rubber belt over which streams of water play constantly to wash away the accompany ing mud and leave the clean, bright metal; a reverberating furnace that roasts metals at frghtful temperatures until it melts away their impurities.
 All of this, of course is very different from the romantic picture of the miner with his pickax and shovel, but 1t is an interesting illustration of the com plexity of modern mining operation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
SWEETHEART SAW
 HIM DIE IN AGONY
YOUNG MAN DRINKS CARBOLlC ACID IN PhRLOR OF YOUNG LADY TO WHOM HE WAS ENGAG- ED AND DIES THERE.

Knoxville, Tenn, December 27.-In the parlor of the home of his sweetheart, Miss Sussie Gillian, to whom he was to have been married on Christmas day, J. l.. Householder, aged 20. tonight drank carbolic acid while he had sent the young lady from the room to get him drink of water, and died in terrible agony a few minutes later before her eyes.
 Householder and Miss Gillian had been lovers for three years and were to have been married Christmas. but for some reason unknown the wedding was post poned.
 Early tonight Householder left home with his mother who was going to church, and when he left her to go to the young ladys house kissed her goodbye, saying that he was going to Cincinnati, where he worked at one time.
 Householder left a note to his mother in which he stated that friend would tell her why he had taken his life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 Some millionaires' riches are not equipped with wings-so far as charity is concerned.
 What a pity it is that people who worry over trifies haven't something worth while to trouble theml
 A woman objects to serial stories be- cause she can never tell how they are going to end until they are finished.
 When man gets to the point where he is too lazy to loaf without a salary his friends get him political job.
 Yes, Alonzo, by all means marry a girl who can swim; she will realize the im- portance of keeping her mouth shut.
 The man who informs you that life isn't worth living is the first to telephone for a doctor if a spider bites him.
 Every man expects to wake up some day and find himself famous. As a rule he does get as far as the waking-up part.
 It sometimes happens that the man who has a wife and an automobile has two un- manageable things on his hands at once.
 A man who boasts of being able to &C., complish more in one day than any other man can in week never has occasion to do it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
Disappointments of Tourists.
m the Rochester Post-Express.

From the Rochester Post-Express.
 Hero worship must cultivate an easy credulity when they go on pilgrimage. If they do not, they are almost sure to suffer disenchantment when they reach the longed-for shrine. The Florence of Dante is being given over to the builder of villas, cheap and nasty. Stratford-on-Avon re- gards Shakespeare as a commercial asset. The famous birthplace would not be re- cognized by the poet if he were to set eyes on it today, and as for the treasures of the museum, they are for the most part a collection of antiquated rubbish. J. Cum ing Walters, well known as an authority on Tennyson, has dared to question the worth of these venerated relics, and Sid- ney Lee, the Shakespearean scholar who is also one of the trustees, has consented to make an inquiry into the authenticity of each individual article. Haliwell Phil lips said that the only remaining part of the original Shakespeare house was the cellar. What will remain of the museum when it's contents have been made the subject of a searching inquiry?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
Dickens and Thackeray.
Inc London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
 We have received a letter written by MT. Alfred Tennyson Dickens, who has lived in Melbouriie for many years. As the eldest surviving son of Charles Dick ens he strongly protests against para graph copied into the commonwealth papers from some London source alleging that Dickens. who never liked Thack- cray, told friend he could see nothing to admire in one of Thackerays novels that was being serially published at the time" Mir. A. T. Dickens, with every possible confidence" gives this statement most emphatic contradiction. He re- calls the fact that his father was the chief mourner at Thackerays funeral in Kenzal-Green. and also wrote a bio- graphical sketch of Thackeray in the "Cornhill" of January, 1864, which 'did full justice to the genius and merits of the author of Vanity Fair and 'Penden- his. " Mir. Dickens adds that many time he has heard his father speak in the most glowing terms of Thackeray's wonderful versatility. More than this. I can truthfully say that I never heard him make use of any unl1ind or indis- erect expression in regard to any author or authoress of his time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
OFFICERS MUZZLB
 JAPANESE PRESS
ARMY AUTHORITIES REQUEST
 THE NEWSPAPERS TO REFRAIN FROM PUBLISHING NEWS CON- cERNING TROOPS MOVEMENTS.

London, December 2z-The Daily Mails Kobe correspondent says that the Japa- nese army authorities have requested the newspapers to refrain from publishing news concerning the movements of troops or other war-like preparations. In an editorial the Daily Mail says it regards this as practical censorship and an om- inous sign.
 Editorial articles in other morrln@ news papers express concern ov lVe- ment of foreign warships toMa-@s .ue far east and particularly over the statement that the United States marines have been ordered to Korea, fearing some unfor- seen incident may precipitate events. On the other hand the speech delivered by NJ. Delcasse, the French foreign minister in the senate Saturday, Saying that nothing had occurred to cause him to place faith in the alarming reports that were being published daily), is looked upon as a re- assuring and it is believed that the efforts of the powers may still be successful in preserving peace.
 Special cablegrams published in several newspapers record no important develop ments of far eastern affairs.
 The Daily Mails Tolxio correspondent reports the opening of negotiations with Prince Chings party with the object of forming an offensive and defensive alli- ance between China and Japan.
 The Morning Posts Pekin correspondent says that all classes of Chlnamen unite in believing that in the event of war China must help the Japanese and that If this help should not be given there would be a patriotic instruction against the Man. chu dynasty.