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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-28
STAY IN NORTH CAROLINA

The editor of this paper, IN an address
A. and NJ. College last week, sought to
show why young Norm Garollnlans ought
to turn a deaf ear to the temptation to
90 away from the State. The next day a
Young teacher of good education said that
several months ago, he had almost
decided to go to California, and asked the
California, if, in spite OF inducements al
home, a young man was determlned to go
West. Because there may be readers OF
this paper suffering with the Western
fever" we quote below the views OF Mr.
Spainhour. a citizen of Forsyth county
who went to California last February. Al
Mr.. Spainhour writes to the Winston Re
publican and gives his experience IN Cab
fornia. 1t IS from one who followed HI
inclination and tried the Pacific slope ant
likes it, but the writer points out the rea
son why no young man who wants a HON
should go to tina State. We quote:
Eyes, l repeat, this is a fine countr.
and a delightfuI climate and the man tina
has a home here is all rigAt, but If wlthou
a home, it Is hard for him to get one, TO
| have not found any land that can b
bought for less than three hundred dollar
per acre, and if there IS any improvement
il Is much higher. There are home-seet
erS coming here every day, more or les
and find by talking with them that
great many are disappointed, not becaus
they don't like this country, but becaus
they find it impossible to secure home
here. | have talked with men from ever
one Of the States between the MISSISSIPPI
River and the Rocky Mountains, and the
all say that all Of the desirable land hi
been taken up and the great West Is full
80, Mr.. Editor, | think Mr.. Greedy
advice to young men to go West Is no loni
ger in order, but should be changed to C
South, young man, go South for 1T IS n
honest opinion that the cheap lands OF tt
South Will soon be the home-seeker's on
hope" aa. 3s
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-28
SECTIONAL LINES IN LYNCHING,

Between January 1t. and June end,
twelve negroes were l3nched in the United
States-one each IN Delaware. Pcnnsyl-
yania, West Virginia. Mississippi. Georgia
and Florida, and two each in Illinois,
Mississippi and Louisiana. -Four Of the
twelve we're burned to death, only one Of
these being burned in the South.
In proportion to the negro population.
there is much less lynching in tho South
bar in the North as the following table
prepared by an exchange shows:
states. Negroes Negro
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-28

the cow had died. Mr.. Stronach had not
| heard the last report, and when the wo-
tuan next came into his store, he aid
! Pleasantly: How Is the new cow coming
on ?" She replied "Mr. Stronach, when
make a good trade, I say nothing. When
1 makes a bad trade. I do not say a
word" Raleigh spectators are apt to do a
little quiet Dragging when they make a
| pile, but when they get on the wrong side
of the market they do not say a word"
About this time they are as silent as the
little boy when the cat got his tongue.
The craze for getting something for
nothing seems to have afflicted all classes.
1t IS seen particularly IN the cities where
stock gambling prevails. 1t IS said that
women high in social life, educators,
public men, business men, manufacturer
and even some preachers in the good
State Of North Carolina engage in stock
gambling. 1t may DC more reputable than
shooting craps" it may be more respecta-
alizing than the Skin games by winch
country darkies are feeced by city negro
dudes-but it is gambling-plain, old.
fashioned, demoralizing. destructive gamb-
hing.
Stock gambling is ten fold more demon
alizing than the common cards and skin
games" that attract the more ignorant,
h utterly demoralizes young men and
-. hoo, ro-,o,ciblo Cor, tho fn1lIra NJ
more business men IN North Carolina
than any other one thing. Eight business
men out of ten, who had built up a bust
ness of large proportions, who go to the
cause of stock gambling, usually called
Futures 1t is bad enough when mer
are so crazy to get something for nothing
that they get the stock gambling mania
The craze attacks the young men employ
ed in their Offices and stores. They see
their employer-a respected and honore6
and prosperous man-make S 1000 by bet
ting on the price of cotton, corn, wheat OF
some stock. They are filled with the de
sire to get rich quick, and they bet then
little savings on the stock market. L
they win at first, they plunge deeper, anc
where one succeeds fifty lose all tbs
money they have accumulated. But tina
is the least Of the evils. These youns
;, men nave been ruined. In eight case
Y out of ten they nave lost relish for tn
slow and plodding methods OF honest trade
and business. They despise a six per cen
Z Investment. Their whole idea of life /
J to get rich quick, to bet on the markets
I and as soon as they get a few dollars the!
2 nut it up again. Feverish excitement an
| the gambling mania control their lives
= and they soon become unfit for the occu
patton in which they would have succeed
/ ed but for the gambling fever that ha
t taken possession of them.
f Business men should reflect upon tn
: far-reaching and demoralizlng effect Q
e their example upon young men who loo
{ up to them.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-28
$4,000 IN TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES

The High Point people are setting a
good example to theSwhole State with ref
ercnce to the North Carolina exhibit at
the st. Louis Exposition. Mr.. Arendcll
was there last night and had a conference
with representative manufacturers and
business men. After twenty minutes de
liberation they contributed twenty-five
hundred dollars-one hundred dollars a
minute.
Good for High Point, It is because it
knows a good thing when it sees it, and
because it has taken advantage Of every
opportunity that opened, that High Point
today is the greatest furniture manufactur.
ing town IN the whole South, and IS ran,
idly contesting with Grand Rapids, Mich
lgan for first place.
The Wilmington Messenger wants to see
ex-senator Ransom nominated for Vice
President.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-28
THE ELUSIVE RACE PROBLEM
SOLUTION.

Every month for thirty years m
body has come up smiling with a guaran-
teed plan for solving the race problem.
When the war was over, the plan adopted
lot. Then it was to give him social re-
cognition. Then it was to give him Fed
eral offices. Then he was promised forty
acres and a mule. Then it was to deport
him to Liberia or some other country
where negroes could govern negroes.
Then the Kansas fever would solve it.
was to divide the race up about equally
in every State in the Union. And last
it is to give them all what we call an
industrial education, the solution propos-
ed by Booker Washington. SO far it has
secured a big endowment fer Tuskeegee
and given hope to many but the I'M
solved problem is in fact no nearer solu-
ton than when the negro sung in 1865:
80 praise and tanks de Lord he come
To set his people free,
Ole Massa tlnk 1T day o doom,
And we OBJ Jubilee"
There have been so many fake solutions
and so many fakirs, who have failed at
everything else, lave been cock-sure that
, they could solve it, that the people are
getting suspicious of any man who comes
forward saying he can solve the problem
Popular sentiment on the subject is well
expressed in Frank Stanton's latest poem
! which is as follows:
THE RACE PROBLEM FIEND.
He studied de big race problem
Fun de mawnin' ter de night,
En- he hollered 'Halleluyer.
| got it a-gWine right"
But ever mo- dat problem walked
LAX a ghost IN black and white!
En- it follered close benin him,
En- it doomed up big ahead,
En- it lit de flamin' torches
En- lighted him ter bed.
En- he preached its fun'ral sermon,
But it never would stay dead.
III.
En- he finally acknowledged
1t had laid him des eZ fiat
EZ de roll er a big rock crusher,
Or a lick from a base ball bat,
En- he headed fer Ge asylum
Whar de lunatics is att
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-28
LNnchcd. Population.

In other Southern States. where the ne
gro population is very large, Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina. Alabama,
Texas and Arkansas, amounting TO four
or five millions, not a single colored man
was killed by a mob.
Since June 22nd, however. 1t Is but lar
to state that there has been one lynch
ing in North Carolina, a negro who was
guilty Of the heinous crime for the punish
ment Of which lynching first became
known.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-28

Frederick Douglass said that III his long
association with distinguished abolitionists,
Lincoln was the only white person he had
ever met who permitted him to forget for
a moment In his presence that he was a
negro. And he was speaking of Norther1
ab~olitionists. too. ,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-28

It sounded mighty strenuous for East
ern college graduates to make a rush for
the Kansas harvest field home base. but
the hard work knocked most of them out.
They are returning east wiser and sorer
men. There's some difference between
sure enough work and athletics.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-28

When a man IS lynched by hundreds of
men for a heinous crime. some people
men who are, according to Justice Brewer,
'murderers." The answer is found in
Burke's famous expression: Il do not
know the method OF drawing up an in
dictment against a whole people, And
We have no man today who is wiser thar
Burke.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-28
RIGHT SORT OF BOYS

Business men long ago quit employing
young men addicted to drink. Now they
are shutting the door to young men who
do what Is injurious to their health and
Notwithstanding cigarettes. Tuesdays
.Statesville Landmark contained this adver-
tisement: , {; $ IN
WANTED.-Smart boy not afraid to
work. Cigarette smokers and loafers need
not apply. StatesvIle Steam Laundry.
Within three hours twenty-three boys
applied for the JOB and everyone of them
solemnly declared that he did not smoke
cigarettes. This shows that Statesville has
the right sort of boys, and in that town
they are growing men who will have physi
cal and mental stamina.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-28

It's no credit to a man 20 be geo" o
the point of a gun.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-02
SHADE TREES IN CITIES.
Many Are Poisoned by Leaks from
Gas Mains or Injured by Elec.
trio Currents.

Among the dangers to which
shade trees in cities are exposed one
of the chief is illuminating gas, es-
Gaping from mains and dealing death
to the trees in its vicinity. The gas
escapes in small quantities., SO small
as to attract no attention, and final
~ so permeates the soil as to cause
gas poisoning. There is absolutely
no remedy for tree in the advanced
stage of gas poisoning, and nothing
of any practical value for incipient
cases. Soil charged with gas is like
" to remain in that condition for
some time and to constitute an I'M
wholesome environment for trees,
Practically the only remedy is the
prevention of gas leaks. How that
is to be accomplished is hard ques-
ton to answer.
The danger from electric wires and
currents Prof. Stone, of Amherst,
considers less serious, but he thinks
that the ever-increasing mass of
wires on streets and highways is re-
sponsible for the mutilation and dis
fgurement of our trees and streets.
The best possible place for overhead
wires is in the rear of buildings on
private property as much as possible.
The alternating current is less dis
astrous to plant life than the direct
current, and when either is utilized
at certain strength it accelerates
growth and strength. All the injuri-
Gus electrical currents as a rule are
local, j. e., the current causes an in
jury at or near the point of contact
Of the wire with the tree. There is
4 great range in the current which
is required to injure a plant, and it
is impossible to state except in par
ticular cases what current of Ger.
tain strength is capable of doing;
but with the very high electrical re-
sistance of trees and plants in gen.
eral it is evident that under ordinary
circumstances there is little ikeli-
hood of their being killed by cleo
tr5city with present current en-
ployed for commercial Rurposes.-
American Gardening.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-02

aTy QlSOrOeTss OTOpsy, O4aOeles.
Bright's Disease. Doan's Kidney Pills
cure all ills of the kidneys and blad-
der. Read this testimony; it tells of
q cure that lasts:
Mr.. A. w. Lutz, carriage wood
worker, Of 100 18th Ave., Sterling, ILL.,.
says: "After procuring Doan's Kid
ney Pills in the month of November,
1897, I took a course Of the treat
ment which cured me of backache
and other annoyances due to over
excited or weakened kidneys. Dur
ing the three years which have
elapsed, I have had no occasion to re-
tract one word of my statement
made at that time. I now unhesi-
tatingly and emphatically re-endorse
the claims made for Doan's Kidney
Pills.
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Lutz
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Address
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
For sale by all druggists, price so
cents per box.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-02
PAS PROPOSITION.
Gave GLADYS Maude's Admlrer sone.
thlng 70 illuminate On ut Ms
Leisure.

II ha.have cuc-cuc-come, Mr.. Bub-bub-
Broadhead," stammeringly said the callow
and pertnrbed youth, writes Tom T. Nor
gan, in Woman's Home Companion, Il
mummean, I m-er-ah!-here, as it were.
You-we-I-"
"Just SOL" interrupted old man Broad.
head, surveying the length and breadth Of
the visitor with speculative gaze. "You
have arrived, and l Judge you are now en-
deavoring to circumlocute around to the
point Of asking me for Gladys Maude. HIM
yes! So far, SO good; but permit me to
say that am not so tired of my twenty
four-year-old daughter that I am hunting for
: chance to give her away. hardly feel able
to support son-in-law; and presume you
could scarcely maintain me in the style to
which I am accustomed, for you look to me
very much as if you played the guitar fluent.
~. So, tell you what l am willing to do; I
won't give her to you, but don't mind
swapping her off for boy about nine years
old, with freckles on his nose. What dye
say to that?"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-02
Through and THROUGH.

New Bedford, Mass, Mar. 2nd.-At 65s
First st.. this city, lives very happy man.
His name is Uric Levasseur, and he Certain.
ly has good reason to feel glad and proud,
Mr.. Ltevasseur has been sick for a long
time with general weakness and sore pain
in his back At the last he got so bad that
ne could not talk without great misery.
Now he is well and in speaking of this won.
edrful change in him he says:
Il believe 1t to be my duty to tell every
I could not stoop; in fact, I was unable to
walk without great pain. I began taking
Dodd's Kidney Pills and aftera two months
treatment | am well and sound again.
,"Dodd's Kidney Pills are God-sent rem.
edy., will always praise them for their
wonderful cure of my case. They cured me
through and through. am as strong and
able man now as I ever was"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-02
THE MEN AND WOMEN
Who Enjoy the Choicest Products
Of the Worlds Commerce.
portant Than Wealth With.
out 1t.

It must be apparent to every one that
qualities Of the highest order are neces-
sary to enable the best Of the products OF
modern commerce to attain permanently
to universal acceptance. However loudly
heralded. they may not hope for worldwide
prominence unless they meet with tho
general approval not Of individuals only,
but of the many who have the happy
faculty Of selecting. enjoying and learn
ing the real worth Of the choicest prod
ucts. Their commentator. consequently.
becomes important to others, since to
meet the requirements Of the well in
formed Of all countries the method Of
manufacture must be Of the most per-
feet order and the combination the most
excellent Of its kind. The above is true
not Of food products only. but is espe-
cially applicable to medicinal agents and
after nearly quarter Of century Of
growth and general use the excellent
remedy. Syrup Of Figs. is everywhere
accepted. throughout the world, as the
best Of family laxatives. Its quality IL
due not only to the excellence Of the
combination of the laxative and carmin-
alive principles Of plants known to act
most beneficially on the system and pre-
sented in the form Of a pleasant and re-
freshing liquid, but also to the method
VI udAuAdCIuEe Oh Tue CallOTNla El8
Syrup Co., which ensures that uniformi-
ty and purity essential in q remedy in
tended for family use. Ask any physi-
clan who is well informed and he will
answer at once that 1t is an excellent
laxative. II at ali eminent in his p-o-
tession and has made a special study Of
laxatives ami their effects upon the sys-
tenn he will tell you that it IL the best
OF family ltxatives, because It is SIM
pie and VIII .lesome and cleanses and
swee:ens thu system effectrally, when
. laxative is needed. without any un-
peasant after-effects. Every well-in-
formed druggist Of reputable standing
knows that Syrup Of Figs is an excel
lent laxative and is glad to sell 1t, At
the regular price of fifty cents per bot
tie, because It gives general satisfac-
ton, but one should remember that in
order to get the beneficial effects OF
Syrup Of Figs it is necessary to buy the
genuine, which Is sold in original pack
ages only; the name Of the remedy
Syrup Of Figs ard also the full name of
the Company-California Fig Syrup Co.
printed on the front Of every package.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-02
IGNORANCE OF BIRDS.
1t Il Almost Universal, Although
More Noticeable in Some Varle.
ties Than in Others.

Birds, with all their acuteness, often
groove. The chirping sparrows have
persisted in building their nests in the
roof cutters of the next house, ignor.
ing the fact that rain is not unknown
in this climate, and that heavy show
err will flood their tenements and
drown their offspring. Not only this,
but next year and the year after they
will do the same, failing to learn by
experience how to accommodate them
selves to British weather. Jackdaws,
when untainted by civilization dwell
in holes in the rocks, but quickly adapt
themselves to new circumstances. The
writer has been almost smothered by
pletely blocked his chimney, ten feet
from the top. AS the chimney had only
been built few months, it is obvious
that as site it must have been unfa-
miliar to the troublesome birds. Now,
that time is far distant when first chin.
neys. were invented and the first jack
davis descended their blackened
depths; yet long xperience, while it
has shown the birds the convenience
of chimneys for holding their abomin-
able sticks, has not taught them that
their premises cannot be insured
against fire. Perhaps, after all, the
brains of jackdaws are sharper than
is supposed. The nests are placed in
the chimneys just when the fires are
being given up for the summer, so that
the jackways enjoy the use of the
chimneys more than the man who pays
for their erection.-Bird Lore.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-02
WESTERN CANADA AROUSIN0
GREAT INTEREST.
The Wonderful Yields Of Wheat-At.
tracing Thousands.

Until the last five or six years but
little attention was. given to that
vast area of grain-producing land
lying north Of the 49th parallel aud
Immediately adjoining the northern
boundaries of Minnesota and Dakota.
The Canadians thems selves were
aware of the wealth that lay there,
but being unable to fully occupy it,
they have asked the Americans to
assist them in converting the land
from its virgin state to one that will
largely supplement the grain-produc-
ing area of the North American Con.
tinent, and the response has been
most liberal.
During the year 1901 upwards of
10000 from the United States went
over to Canada, being induced to set
tie there by the reports that reached
them of the success of those who had
preceded them during the previous
years. This 10000 was increased to
10000 during the year 1902, and it is
fully expected that there will be fully
$4,000 during the present year. The
work of the immigration branch of the
Canadian Government is not now be-
ing directed towards giving informa-
ton as to the advantages of settle
ment in Canada as it is to extending an
invitation to the American to follow
those who have gone. z.
Those who have charge OF the work
point with considerable pride to the
success of those who have been in
duced to take advantage of the offer
of 100 acres of land free in Canada, and
have no cause to hesitate in continuing
the invitation. Many of those interest
ed say there are no more free home
steads to be had in Canada, but the
writer has most positive assurance
from the Canadian Government that
there are thousands of such home
steads to be had, and in one of the dis
tricts now being opened up fully as
good as the best, and it is probably the
best. 49,
The Canadian Government has estab-
1ished Agencies at St. Paul, Mimi;
Omaha, Neb.; Kansas City, Mo-; Chi
cago, ILL.,; Indianapolis, Ind; Milwau-
kee, Wis; Wausau, Wis; Detroit, SaNlt
Ste. Marie and Marquette, Mich; To-
1edo, Ohio; Watertown, S. Dakota;
= Grand Forks, N. Dakota, and Great
Falls, Montana, and the suggestion is
made that by addressing any of these,
who are the authorized agents of the
Governmental will be to the advantage
of the reader, who will be given tho
fullest and most authentic informa-
ton regarding the results Of mixed
farming, dairying, ranching, and grain
raising, and also supply information a.
to freight and passenger rates, etc.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-02
For Bottom Drawer, No. 2

A lady who was especially fond Of bar.
gains came home from sale and displayed
her purchases.
"Why on earth have you bought this?"
plate for door with the name Of "Wilk-
ms" on it.
well, it was 20 cheap" replied the wife.
"Only think, gave a quarter for it; and III
be bound it cost dollar!"
"But why throw away quarter! What
possible use is it," s,.-
. "Oh," said the bargainer, you never
know how things will come in. For instance,
you might die, and l might marry a man
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-02

bay, and the advantage of the plan
can readily be observed, when it is
noted that the first floor can on state
occasions be practically made into
one. The reception hall has COM
Portable hall seat and a. good-sized
coat closet under the stairs. The
kitchen leads to the front door without
the Inconvenience of passing through
the dining-room to answer the sum-
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-02

The floors are of a good quality, suit
able for covering, excepting in tho
reception hall, in which the floor is to
be planed, sandpapered and vanished.
being rift yellow pine. The front
stairs are of red oak. The cellar is
cemented, and is of stone, pointed
above the grade. The house is sheathed
in and Enclosed with shingles, dipped
in brown stain. The roof, with large