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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-20
FEET STRAY
TO DfA'H2
Following Papa, liny Emily
Sees Night Close Down,
Perhaps Forever.
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Greensboro, n. c., Nov. 19.-News of
distressing loss of little Emily Shofi-
ner, the three-year-old daughter of Phil
lip Shoffner, living FIVE miles in the coun-
try has just reached here. The parents
IF The child We're tenants on the lands
of Mr.. w. R. Smith, and last Tuesday
moved from there to the Hodgin place, six
miles distant. The father carried the first
load OF household effects late in the after
room, leaving the family behind Little
Emily, bareheaded and barefooted, followed
the fathers wagon, unknown to him, for
quite a distance down the road The
mother missed the child, but was told
that it had gone with the father, and
felt no concern. When the father came
back, sometime after dark. it was found
that he knew nothing of the child's alb
stpce.
1t was then raining heavily, but search
for the little one was begun. and kept
up all night. No tidlngs could be heard
Of it, Yesterday, the whole community,
white and colored. joined in the search,
and ere still looking for the lost child.
1t is feared that il was drowned in a
stream near the home. the heavy rains
having swollen it. No trace whatever of
the missing one has been discovered and
even had it not been drowned, the ex-
posure Tuesday night. and the bitter cold
OF last night, would have inevitably
caused death before this
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Mr.. D. A Frazier Hurt.
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High Point. n. c., Nov 19.-Mr. d. O.
Frazier was quite seriously hurt yester-
day He was on his wheel riding at a
lively gait when he came in contact with
DR.. Burton's buggy at the corner OF Main
street and Railroad Avenue. The wheels
of the buggy passed over Mr.. Frazier S
body inficting painful though not serious
injuries
The first series of the People Building
and Loan Association has matured and
Mr.. Jno. A. Lindsay, secretary and treas
urer, is this week distributing $4,000 to
the stockholders who did not borrow on
their stock and 1000 in mortgages will
also be cancelled, making total altogether
of $50, 600 for the first series, Three other
series have since started. There are sew
eral other building and loan associations
here and all are doing well, enabling the
working class to provide home and thus
build up the town and at the same time
increase the wealth of those who take
stock and are not obliged to borrow the
principal or any part OF 1T.
At the Augusta, Ga, show last week Mr..
a. T.. Tate, of this place, won first prize
on cock and hen and second prize on cock
crel and pen on his celebrated Plymouth
Rock chickens. He missed winning the
silver loving cup on pen by fraction.
The Bank of brownsville will be made a
national bank, with a capital stock OF
$25. 900 to be known as the First National
Bank of Thomasville.
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LABOR IS SCARCE
IN 90 COUNTIES,
Eighty Per Cent Want Com.
puIsory School Law.
FARMING STAIISTCSS
Some Extracts for For hcanitg Repo Ct the
Labor Commissioner. kinrty CouL.
ties Rep,rt lmp,oy m n,
in Educ ton,

The annual report of the State Commits
sioner of Labor, which will be issued in
January, will contain some very interest
ing agricultural statistics, arranged in
average tables compiled from blanks filed
out by representative farmers from every
county in the State
The returns were received during the
period from July / to October l, 1903,
which explains the difference in selling
price of cotton and other products.
Table No. shows an increase in value
of land in seventy-fou counties, and no
change in twenty-three. Seventy three
report fertility of land maintained, and
twenty-four not maintained. Eighty cour
ties report tendency to smaller farms,
six to larger, and eleven 10 change
Ninety counties report labor scarce, SIX
plenty, and one abundant. Ninety-fve re-
port negro labor unreliable, one relia-
bic. and one no negro labor. Forty-six
counties report employment regular, aud
ffty-one not regular
Table No. 2 shows cost OF Ewing increa sde
IN eighty nine counties, and no increase in
eight counties. Highest average wages
OF men per month SLIT, lowest s10.77.
highest wages of women S109S. lowest
$3.50; wages of children 1896. Sixty-four
counties report increase of wages and
thirty-three no increase.
Table No shows sixty-three counties
produce cotton at average cost of $29 10
per 5G0-pound bale; seventy-four produce
wheat at 72 cents per bushel; ninety
two produce corn at IS cents per bush
el; eighty-seyen produce oats at 81 cent?
per bushel; fiftythree produce tobacco
at sos per 100 pounds.
Table No. 4 shows average market price
OF cotton S57.75 per 50o-pound bale; wheat.
81 cents per bushel: corn, Is cents pc
bushel; OATS 81 cents per bushel tobacco,
1856 per 100 pounds. These prices make
the profit on products s2S.56 per bale for
cotton; % cents per bushel for wheat /;
q cents per bushel for corn: II cents Ger
bushel for oats; $1.51 per hundred for to
bacco.
Table No . shows educati condi.
ton good in eight counties fair in fortv-
five, and poor in forty-four Ninety coun-
ties report improvement in education. and
seven report no Improvement Twenty.
five counties report moral condition good.
fifty eight fair and fourteen poor Sew
enty-two counties report improvement il,
morals, and twenty-five no Improvement
Thirteen counties report financial cond;
ton good. forty-nine fair, and thirty five
poor. Eighty report financial condition
improving, and seventeen report no i'm
provement.
Eighty per cent. answered the quest
ton. do you favor compulsory school
law" "Yes," and twenty per cent, mo
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Nosed Out Pal tridges.
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Greensboro, n. c., Nov. 19.-Game War-
den Weatherly yesterday was ''nosing"
around the depot, and noticed an unsus-
picious looking express package being
handled on n truck, marked from Poin-
dexter Matthews & Co., Sloan, Yadku
county, y. c., to ]. II. Walensten e. Co..
Washington, d. C." The warden shifted
the box and smelt partridges. Anyway
he seized the package, and on opening
it found 81 nicely dressed cartridges. 1t
being a violation of the law to ship birds
out of the state, the officer confiscated
them, and this morning sold them at auc-
ton at the court --olSc door Mr.. G.. s.
Bradshaw being the highest bidder. and
getting the toothsomc game Tor SlO0.
Mr.. J. Henry Phipps living on Ashe-
boro street, gave his town friends treat
last night, by inviting them to an old
fashioned corn shocking (no huskiug
about it, where, after the work was
over, and the harvest songs had been
sung by the old timers white and col
ored, the tables We're spread in the cook
house" and a bountful supper was served
IL the style of We olden time, 10 the de-
light OF even the new issue.
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paid to the wound as the dog had been a
pet around the house for several months.
During the day the same dog bit another
dog and then left and had not been seen
up to the time that Mr.. Warrlck left home
YESTERDAYS. Yesterday morning the dog that
had been bitten showed unmistakable signs
of hydrophobia and was killed. Mr.. War.
rick then made arrangements to leave i'm.
mediately for Baltimore to have the child
treated for the dread disease.
Mr.. Robert Hairston, the popular buyer
for the American Tobacco Company, on
this market and Mr.. j X. Jones, the ener
getic proprietor Of the Farmers warehouse
for the sale OF leaf tobacco, are now the
champion hunters of this
section They went over Neuse river yes
terday and besides bagging number OF
birds. brought home a wild turkey which
weighed twenty-three pounds and meas
ured a foot from tip to tip of the wings
1t was an immense gobbler and was killed
by the above named gentlemen in the low
lands of Neuse river.
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expectation, nor is expectation begun I'LL
til they are committed to the common
carrier for transportation out of the
State to the State of their destination,
or have started on their ultimate passage
to that State
I'm Diamond Match Company V. Onton-
agon, decided by the Supreme Court of
the United States on January 10 1908,
similar question arose The opinion
of the court was delivered by Mr.. JUS
tice McKenra, and the case Of Coe Y.
Enrol. supra. was largely quoted from,
and the doctrine of that case affirmed.
In this case the court recognized the dec
trine that whenever commodity has
begun to move as an article of trade
from one State to another that Inter
State Commerce has commenced. But,
continues the court, this movement does
rot begin until the articles have been
shipped or started Tor transportation from,
one State to the other. The carrying
OF them in carts or other vehicles. or
even floating them to the depot where
the journey is to commence is no part
OF hat Journey
The ties and poles being az rest in
the city of Wilmington on the first day
OF June, 1903, awaiting transportation
to their ultimate destination, constituted
property within the Stac and is liable
&c taxation.
Il am of the opinion. ,-crefore, as
hereinbefore announced. that these ties
and poles were properly listed. and that
the taxing authorities of New Hanover
county are authorized to collect the tax
due thereon
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PROPERTY Liable TAX .rION
UNTIL STARTED OUT OF STATE.
Poles and cross.Ties Shipped to Wilmington
and Wsihng to b Shipped to
Anothsr State Are Taxed.

At the recucs, OF State Treasurer b. r.
Lacy, Attorney General Gilmer has rend-
cred an opinion regarding tho liability OF
the Standard Pole and Tie Company to
tax on poles and cross ties shipped from
various points in the State TO Whining
ton. where they were held until sufficient
quantities of certain sizes and grades
accumulated. when they were reshipped to
another State. Sheriff Steadman, of New
Hanover, had levied on this property. and
the company protested to the State
Treasurer, who referred tho matter TO the
Attorney General. Here is General Gil
mer's opinion in the case:
II have the honor 10 acknowledge he
receipt of your favor of recent date coli
tanning copy of communication from
Messrs. Mclean. Mclean & Mccormick
to Mr. +. H. Steadman, Sheriff OF New
Hanover county in regard to the liability
OF the Standard Pole and Tic Company
10 pay tax on certain cross-ties and
Juniper poles alleged to be in transit at
the time they were listed for taxation
rrder protest. by the SAID company.
From the letter to Mr.. Steadman
gather the facts to be as follows: That
these cross-ties and poles had been shipped
from various parties up the Cape Fear
river to the Standard Pole and Tic Gem
pany and were unloaded at some point
in the city of Wilmington, and remained
there until sufficient quantity of cor.
tain sizes and grades had accumula ted,
and were then reloaded and restipped to
their final destination.
The liability OF this property TO taxa
ton presents question not entirely free
from difficulty. but, after q careful jnyes
t;cation of the subject. have reached
the conclusion that it was properly listed
for taxation and that the company y;
liable for the tax at the assessed yalua-
ton. $4,000.
..As ] understand the facts the ties
and roles were shipped from various
rcints to Wilmington ana waited there
for convenient opportunity for their
final transportation to their place OF des-
tipation.
1T was decided by the Supreme Court
OF the United States in Coo V. Enrol. lilo
Z. S. 517. that logs cut at place in New
Hampshire. hauled down to the town Oh
Enrol on the Androscogein river in mat
State. to be transported from thence 70
the river to Lewiston, Maine: and waited
81 Enrol for a convenient onortunity for
scch transportation. were still part OF the
general mass of property OF the State.
and liable 10 taxation. In this opinion 1t
X further said that: When the products
of the farm or the forest arc collected
and brought IN from the surroundine
country TO, a town or station serving
as an entrepot for that particular re-
gion. whether on river or Oh line
OK railroad such products are not yet
exports, nor are they in the process Of
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-20
North Carolina Road to Sell Land.

At recent meeting of the stockholders
of the North Carolina Railroad, it was
decided TO sell land situate in the town
of Burlington belonging TO the railroad.
A committee was APPOINTED TO take
charge OF the matter The last issue
OF the Burlington News tells how they
have done their work:
I'VE wish to compliment the land
committee of the n. G. Railroad Com
pany for their wise action in having the
land owned by the company placed on
the market. They are gong ahead IN
brsiness-like manner and selling the lots
at good prices and yet in such a way
and at such prices that our people can
afford 10 buy. They have had the piece
OF woods in the rear of the steel bridge
works cleaned up. and now, instead OF
being a place for the secret crap shooter
and devilment in general, is valuable
piece of real estate which will soon be
occupied by nice residences. The State
* to be congratulated upon having such
safe and wise men as General r. F. Hoke,
DR.. V. 4. Turner and our friend Mr.. l..
Banks Holt on this committee. In put
ting the land on the market they went
over each lot and noted its exact location
I'd value and priced it accordingly
While they of course, N duty bcurd,
have placed prices on the property that
shall secure to the state its worth, and
while many Of our people think it lit
tie high, yet the prices placed are rea-
sonabe, and the lots will sell and the
district back there viii soon be one Of
nice residences and activity. We COM
mend the committee for their business
Ike management of this department.
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DR., DAVID McBsYOE DIES.
Promire emit and Beloved Citizen Of Robson
County.

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Maxton, n. c., Nov 19.-About eight
O'Clock this a. m, DR.. David McBryde, an
elderly and prominent physician of Robe
son county. died suddenly, the immediate
cause of his death being heart failure. He
had been i'll but a day or two and his con-
dition was not considered at all serious.
Dr.. McBryde was in his seventy eighth
year and his career as medical pracn-
toner had been long and useful one.
The deceased who was much beloved by
all who knew him, leaves large family
connection TO bemoan his death and hosts
of friends who will long remember him as
benefactor and Christian gentleman
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-20

Get Blue Ribbon Vanilla Extract. At
all fancy grocers.
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To Take Pastaur Treatment,
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Go.dsboro, n. c., Nov. 1a.--Mr., George
NJ. warrick member of the Board of
County Commissioners from Cirantham' s
township, was in the city last night with
his six-year-old child on their way to Bal.
timore, where he was going to have tbs
Pa6telr treatment administered to the
child. who it Is supposed was bitten by a
mad dog on Tuesday. The child was bitten
By a dog belonging to Mr.. Warrick at the
time mentioned, but little attention was
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-20
Hat bard hasten Stabbe d
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Winston-Salem, n. c., Nov. 19.-Hub-
bard Hasten, aged about IS, resident
OF Kernersville. was stabbed in the abdo-
men last night by Rufus Robertson, =
citizen Of the same place. The wound Is
several inches long and it is feared that
it will prove fatal 1t Was sufficient to
cause protrusion of the bowels. II ten
was brought to the hospital here to W
Robertson escaped arrest.
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Blue Ribbon Lemon and Vanilla EX-
tracts flavor best and are most economical.
Two sizes. 10 and 20 cents.
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The new Baptist church al Faison will
probably be dedicated on the third Sum
day in December. It Is a beautiful church
and will be a great help to the COM
munity. -DupLn Journal.
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ChaS. w. Barrett
ARCHITECT
RALEIGH, n. c.,
Publisher Of
Colonial Southern Homes.

A exo book of Is pages. showing large
oumber of ideal floor plans and designs
for Southern homes. Also cEurcnes, pub
lie buildings and interiors. Prlce' hand-
somely bound. S1.0b
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-05

ceive b, which is also a 1X3-inch slat,
two inches longer than the trough.
To B are nailed 1X2-inch Stats, - or
IA inches long, four inches apart on
alternate sides, and the 1x2-inch Stats
long enough to just reach the bottom
of trough, when B. to which they are
nailed, is set in the slots and three
inch wood pins put through at top
end to keep pigs from lifting it out of
place by drawing out the pins. Part
with 1x2-inch Stats nailed on can be
taken off, and trough is easily cleaned.
l have a small pen to set the trough in,
and when the trough is filled open the
slide door and let in the pigs. They
can drink on either side; when pigs
are over four months old they should
have a larger trough. This is the best
thing 1 have ever tried to keep pigs
out of the trough, as they have no room
to get more than their noses in the
trough.-Carl A. Wiebke, in Epitomist.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-05
EARLY M LATE PIGS.
Instructive Discussion of a ct
Wherein Every Western Farm
err Is vitality Interested.

Every swine raiser probably has his
own ideas about the proper time for
the pigs to be Uttered, and there is no
doubt that the different localities and
the accommodations for their -recep-
ton which have been provided make
a difference as to the best season for
them to come. Ii good shelter and
comfortable houses for the brood SOW
nave been provided, there is no doubt
that the pig narrowed in February or
March will be a profitable piece of
property, but without these they had
better come later. If the breeder fol-
lows the practice of raising two filters
a year, as many of them do, early far
rowing is a necessity. A pig that
makes its appearance from the mid
die of February to the latter part of
March can be so managed that the
second litter car come and be well
on the way before the cold weather
sets in. A pig which comes early in
the season has the advantage of grass,
and he will thrive, come to maturity
ana become fat at much less expense
than II which is narrowed in the
fall.
Another advantage is that pigs born
in the early months of the year can
be fattened and sem to market before
the hogs which have been fed on the
new corn are sent in to glut the mar
ket and u a depreciation in prices.
In addition to having warm shelter,
the brood SOW should have more than
ordinary care when she is expected
to bring forth her litter while the colo
weather is still in evidence. During
the period of CESSATION they should
not be kept fat enough TO make good
pork, but at the same time they should
be kept in good condition. Their food
should not consist exclusively of corn,
but should be varied with a diet that
Will produce bone and muscle as well
as fat and warmth. A good feed for
soWs at this time is potatoes, boiled
and mashed and mixed with ground
oats and corn, with the addition OF a
small quantity of bran. The small po-
tatoes which have been sorted out
from the marketable ones can be util-
lied very profitably in this manner.
Scalded clover hay is also a good addi-
ton to the slop, as is also all the skim
milk that can be spared from the kitch-
en.-Chicago Drovers' Journal.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-05
TURKEYS IN RED A
Maryland Spinster First P1ucked the
Birds and Then Supplied Them
with Warm Clothing.

Miss Sallie Blake, who lived in
was in the habit of gathering
chicken-grapes in the autumn, and
making them into medicines by pre-
serving them in spirits.
1t happened once, after the con-
tents of a jar containing the decoc-
ton had been exhausted, that Miss
Blake emptied the liquor-soaked
grapes on the ground. Here her fine
brood of turkeys quickly gobbled
them, relates the Baltimore Sun.
Presently Miss Blake found the
turkeys lying on the ground and, not
realizing the cause of their stupor,
she thought they were dead. In or
der to realize something from the
feathers, she had the turkeys picked.
The carcasses were thrown outdoors.
The next morning there was a
great hue and cry from the servants
in the backyard, and, looking out of
the window, Miss Blake saw her tur-
keys walking about, absolutely bare
except for a few tail and wing feath-
ers.
| In order to protect them from the
cold, the good old woman bought
enough red flannel to make each tur-
key a comfortable garment. Very
soon, to the wonder of the neighbors
far and wide, Miss Blake's turkeys
stalked abroad, wearing their red
coats with the same easy grace with
which they had worn their feathers.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-05
SOME MUSICAL CATS.
One Used the Telephone, Another
Played the Piano and n Third
Was u Guitar yirtuOsO.

One particularly interesting cat that
l knew had a long life. He had reached
the advanced age of IA years. He was
not a blue-blooded cat, but simply a
plain, black cat, without pedigree, and
bore the plebeian name of Tom, but he
often displayed a high degree of COM
mon EMS and sometimes of reason.
In the house he lived in was a speaking
tube of the ordinary kind, passing from
the upper to the ground floor. On one
occasion Tom was left alone in the
downstairs room, the doors of which
were closed. Desiring to get out of the
room, and having no means of opening
the door, he climbed upon a chair near
the speaking tube, erected himself
upon his hind legs, steadied himself by
placing his paws upon the back of the
chair, placed his mouth to the tube,
and began whining and mewing into it.
In this attitude he was found by his
young mistress, who came into the
room at the moment that he was try
ing to call some one to his aid.
Tom had evidently observed that the
tuDe was uoeu loT Sucu purposes. anu
that some one usually came in re-
sponse to it. He did not know enough
of its mechanism to remove the plug
or to use the whistle, but he certainly
showed hat he knew something about
the use of the instrument. and as far
as he had ever seen into the mystery
used it accordingly.
There lives at this day in New Jer-
sey a cat whose tastes are esthetic, if
not cultured. She answers to the
name of Bonny. While she is the pet
of all the family. she is especially de-
voted to the only daughter, who is a
young lady of some 20 summers, and
she is equally devoted to the cat.
Bonny is fond of music, and is per-
haps the only n of her race that per-
forms upon the piano. This she does
of her own volition, and apparently for
her W pleasure, for she is shy of
performing in the presence of
strangers; but while alone or in the
presence of her young mistress she
does not hesitate. Bonny seems to
have a clear sense of the fitness of
time and place. and never interrupts