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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-10-06

Before the n eat war crime as compared
with now was small in this blessed South
land. The criminal statistics show much
less crime in the South among the whites
than III the North prior to the great CON
tiict between the two sections. Even
now there is in proportion to population
more crimes among Northern white peO-
pie than there is among Southern white
people. The North is great, tlOurishIng,
rich. and b~oastful of It's education. But
somehow neither education nor riches pre-
vent crime. and OF a most diabOlical kind
There is something else to live Tor than
to accumulate colossal fortunes and dwell
in palaces. There are better guides and
xample in morals and religion than are
found among the propagandlstS OF notions
from the North. Make haste slowly IS i
good rule if an ancient saw. Do nothing
that blinds while it intensifies tanaticIsm,
infames passion and prejudice and leads
to a swift, easy surrender of ancestral
faith, and the high and noble principles
Of our forefathers. Many of the educated
people in the South are so blinded by the
glare of wealth, so consumed by the fever
of greed. so enamored of Northern civil
cation and Northern methods, that they
are for surrendering Well-nigh everything
convictions Of duty, reverence for the
Constitution, political opinions and con-
v~ictions, religious faiths, the grand old
name of Southron, and even the pro
nunciation OF words that has prevailed
for a century among the refined and truly
cultivated circles IN our dear Southland.
happen to be informed as to one point:
] know that the best educated men IN
the South in the past pronounced like the
educated class in ~England-the profess
sions, the Established clergy, the men of
letters, the ablest, most scholarly lawyers.
We should be very careful in receiving IN
novations AMI new customs. Let US keep
our eyes open wide, and move with eau
ton before making a complete surrender
in anything to the aggressive, boasttul
North with its notions and methods and
ideas. Let us educate, but let US rely
upon ourselves. Prior to the great war
there was no section of the globe, there
were no people or nationality, that pos
sessed a more elevated, a more admirable,
a more perfect civilization, illustrated by
the noblest examples of MANHOOD and the
purest and most refined types OF man
hood than were to be found in this reviled
South of ours.
T~hirty-one per cent. of the insane are
produced by the drink habit. Large fac
tories, railroads, banks of the safer and
better class, are all declining to employ
drinkers. The Bible is clear and en-
phatic, for it declares so plainly that
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-10-06

important S'uitn III : Shy III ne N"rta'
ma set an t&eeileIo FAaHpis t' the &C
ohiinoa'tl dH4 'eid'ii'o'e4 re re-
lusto eLhphl'.sdAy ~ HaIis couple
"Hel 'he = the "pplie'n's "a Oeeh IN
.a"lulis diVofeea, lie 9nei iouf-qnaTe
~ 100 : iiH.rIl"i oIis "a" LOT
ChIis'i'Is' me ,nailoe'e riesos teflah
1ldhna1u iotils w ~ sl,"i y IT
DIXON - Ltsai.@'a dauisis has 81
way beeh ! herd .hihg IL ieouht rom
the Gays % conn ne hap'iS5 unit now.
bll 10 ehui'h ~ iii'ii~'el - omtSl can
afIoid 10 cohaohe the SIN ~ any 0Aaao"
OF 'ohipIonl9e III -
!,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-10-06

The total population OF these five is
$3.50, 424. Total foreign born, AZ, 996. Lit
tie Vermont with but 343,041 inhabitants
has 4f,747 foreign born. The negroes in
the above five States number App, $40, or
less than one-half of the whites. North
Carolina remains more American tnan any
other State. It's white population nearly
or quite doubles the blacks.
/ give correctly with the real authors
names lines that are often m~lsquOted, ven
in book or magazine: The great poet,
philosopher, critic and conversationalist,
Samuel Taylor Colridge, of whom the
celebrated DR.. Thomas Arnold, Master Of
Rugby, the great school IN England, said
that he was the greatest intellectual
giant since John Milton, wrote this:
The knights bones are dust,
And his good sword rust,
His soul IS with the saints, | trust
The knights Tomb.
Percy Bysshe Shelley, one of the seven
or eight greatest Of English poets, wrote
this on another really great poet, John
Keats, who died before he was twenty
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-10-06

ii francs. while in ISIS. 2 good harvest
brought IA ~t~yenty-elSht millions. IN
ISe2 ne returns fell to Il. 100000 francs
Ills discussion is absolute and Instructive
make but oue more citation from him
M. Guyot points ont thai II per cent
af Australa~lau exports 10 Great Br5taIu
are wool. and II raw material were *
empted. whIlc gold. copper. silver ami nm
.oGll not ~ privileged. there would bt
10 resource hut 10 put . high duty on
mutton. thus faVor.ng New zealand '@
.he other hani. the new system "ohat
favor canada. - per cent. IS whose cN-
ports : composed 81 focal SUNS and TIM
Der.
The British New Liberal Review goes
,or I'll, robbrr advocates. ana hits GAtm
L,rlaln hard Tor his nop and noon strf
eles. One OF tie contributors IS Ar ~
fred Emmett ! member 8: Par. tmetf
IL makes i point and argues II. but q
take oulI the opening statement.
The real reumcn Tor free TRADE II thst
a nation eauno. iii lte long San 81 y WILD.
out buying or huy without selling, M.
that the individual ~ society "llt Nas'
prohtabIy produce what liz can best sell
II n himself can buy what H. wants ~,
the lowest possible price. To increase u,
home demand ~ protection duties b io
raise the COST OF prediction and the c'st
Of consumption IN TIE country where The
! duties are levied. and his must handicap
the e>port-r ii his external trade This
is particularly the case in { country like
England. dependent ON it's export traIo
for much OF its daily bread
The Unite! states are naw Lu.lruei
With the highest. most INDUSTRIOUS tariff
tax that ever ingenuity devised or satanic
power enforced. 1t is ~inlQuItous, unequal
and unjust. at3 IS i disgrace to ciNgll@a-
ton. and TO any country not enyelop,d
in the clouds Ct ignorance and the dark
ness OF sin such az cursed the European
nations in medieval times. Since writ
ing the above the Tory Cabinet is smash
cd Chamberlain and other members have
retired and chaos threatens the country.
The War Records published by III, t.
&. Government III some 30 or more large
volumes, give the loss OF North Carolina
at. IN round numbers 40. 900. These dIcl
in the seryice Of the South. Tho Con
federate Hand Book gives the dead for
/ North Carolina as above 80. 900. She voted
1880 in 1S5G-the largest white vote eyer
polled. She suffered from the killing sc
The following officers: Major Generals
William p. Fender, stephen -. Ramseur
and james =. Gordon. Brigadicr Generals:
George =. Anderson, l.. OBJ. Branch,
James Johnston Pettigrew. North Caro-
Ina had several native born officers XII
ed, but hailirg from other States, Lieu
tenant General Leonidas Polk, Louisiana
Brigadier Generals: Ben McCulloch.
Texas: Felix Zollicoffer, Tennessee, aud
perhaps others.
OF her native sons who Were OF high
rank I give the following: General BraX-
ton Bragg, Louisiana; Lieutenant Gener
als-Leonidas Polk, T. H. Holmes,
Louisiana; Major Generals, G.. NJ. Will
cox, Tennessee. North Carolina had the
following commanders among sons at
home: Major Cenerals-Robert Ransom,
w. d. PendeI, Robert f.. Hoke, James
/ 3. Gordon, s. D. Ramseur. Bryan
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-10-06

produced by the drink habit. Large fac
tories, railroads, banks of the safer and
better class, are all declining to employ
drinkers. The Bible is clear and en-
phatic, for it declares SO plainly that
Il way-faring man though a fool shall not
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-10-06
The Prizes

The Prizes
Of the number of cash admission Exclusive of riroadO We will give:
Additional Cash Prizes:
Should the succesfle estimate be received befueO Oct 2Hh, we will gIen cash 500
Conditions in Sending in Estimates in the State Fair
Contest
The fife is open to every one upon this basis:
l. New SUBSCRIPTIONS paid one year in advance to the weekly NORTH CARO-
LINIAN and weekly FARMER AND MECHANIC 100, entnIe the subscriber to
to % eshmaes.s sen with the subscription.
g. RENEWAL subscription for one Year to THE NORTH OH and
THE FARMER AND MECHANIC, $NO sent b present subscribers during
tern of contest, entue subscriber to wv % estimates
g. POSITIVE RULE. The money and the subscription and the estimate mus
com in the same envelope every mt.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-10-06
$500 Hackney Buggy Free
CD. Ray, Prop, WYATT Harness Comma

100 East Martin ST., Raleigh, n. c., Oh
To the person guessing the nearest to the MI
next State Fair at Raleigh. October 70 to "a,
pons. Contest opens May IS, 1908.
What it Takes to Make a Home Happy, Set Q
ness Co., Hackney Buggy and a Geo. E.
papers. All for sale by Wyatt Harness
In ordef to guess for the above buggy you III
Mechanic ard North Car olinian.
The Farmer and Mechanic and North CarolIn
prizes: $40 and SIS.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-10-15

theoretical ABOUT the work. The men
se.ected as institute workers are
experts and specialists, thoroughly
familiar win the subjects Chey dis
cuss. The addresses are mainly state
ments of facts regarding things actu-
ally done on the farm, and results &C
complished. Principles laid down and
conclusions reached are based on
these facts"
Mr.. Blanchard then gave a very
interesting talk on the subject of
larry farming. The editor of the Will
apa Pilot was present and says of
this meeting:
"Mr. Blanchard is practical farm
er of Jefferson county this state,
where the climate and other condi-
tons are almost precisely similar to
our own and is for that reason, if. for
no other, eminently qualified to adj
wise our farmers, but, in addition to
this, he is man of great intelligence,
deep thinker and an experimental
turn of mind who reasons, experiments
and watches results.
LAS a mater of fact it fould be diff
cult to find three men in all respects
better qualified to- conduct an insti-
tute than Mesrs. Smith, Blanchard
and L Lawrence, and it is Enthusiastically
apparent that great good is certain 20
result from the institute just held. p"
The first lecture at 10 a. m. Thurs
day morning was by Prof. Lawrence
on PLANT Diseases" The subject
was handled intelligently and the au-
dience grew intensely interested as
the speaker described in minute de-
tail the various plant diseases and the
best known method for combating
them. Many questions were asked
and lively discussion followed.
H. L. Blanchard followed Prof. Law
renee with a char acteristic talk ON
poultry. The story has been told and
retold in The Ranch, but it is good
enough to repeat over and over again.
This is what the Pilot editor thought
of it:
j" Poultry Prof. Blanchard's topic,
was one which directly interested
every person present and was listened
to with keen interest.
Poultry products of this state, dur
ing the year 1902, the lecturer de-
clared, amounted to the astonishing
sum of 100000, hence, we can only
conclude that poultry raising is rap
idly developing into one of our lead
ing industries. On his own farm, Mr..
Blanchard said, the income from poul-
try is fem 500 to $1,000 per year.
Poultry raising, he continued, is of
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-10-15
IIOW'S THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fol
any case vi Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. ]. CHENEY x CO., Props
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Halls Family Pills are the best
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-10-15
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST

The beautiful 72-page booklet Issued by
the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com,
Idaho, contains much Interest to the pros
pective settler, and many are turning their
eyes toward that section of tine Union. The
booklet is nicely illustrated and gives at.
states Send six cents In stamps to A. l..
Craige, General Passenger Agent, The Ore
gon Railroad and Navigation Co., Portland,
Oregon, and receive one Of these beautiful
booklets.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-10-15
FARMERS INSTITUTE AT MENLo.
Staff Correspondence.

apa valley, well adapted Tor successful
dairying and fruit growing. The clear
ings are generally small and the lum-
Der industry is still the most import
ant one all through this section. The
large number of men employed in the
mills and logging camps furnish a
ready market for a considerable por-
ton of the farm produce of all kinds
at fair prices. The. climate Use mild;
the rainfall abundant; the soil rich
and comparatively easy .to@werk. All
the clovers and grasses thrive luAu-
riantly. Red clover properly handled
will furnish two good crops of ensilage
and one fine hay crop each season.
Aangels, carrots and rutabagas yield
large crops. Barley and oats also
yield well. Apples. pears aid plums
bear an abundance when the trees
are properly cared for, but cherries do
not do so we'll All the berries are
grown successfully although very little
attention has been given this branch
of horticulture. Poultry is a prOfita-
BILE and satisfactory branch of farm
ing that has been much neglected,
Tut is receiving mole attention eacn
year. The growing interest in the
poultry was well evidenced by the
interest taken in Blanchard's poultry
talks and the numerous questions
asked, especially by the ladies.
Dairying is an important industry,
there being two cheese factories, both
doing a good business and some milk
being shipped to the condenser al
Cnehalis. There are some excelle4t
cows in the neighborhod, including
thoroughbreds and high grades OF
Holstein, Guernsey and Jersey breeos
The long season Of pasturage, the ex-
pense OF bringing Tie .and under Gull
,ivation, coupled with high prices for
grain, has favored summer rather
than winter dairying in the past; but
with better COWS and better care
few are already learning that there
is a good margin for profit in winter
carrying. one FARMER VINO does not
take kindly 70 what he terms the
drudgery OF milking makes very
fair profit from his COWS by buying
calves, turning two calves to COW,
then as soon as a calf is ready Tor
veal it is sent to market and another
calf puC On the cow thus raising
four to six good veal calves on a
single COW While the pront is less
than from good dairy cow and the
tendency is toward building down
la.ner IMAM up in Ml-n p4ouuctlon,' II
is certainly a labor saving method.
The instructors sent i the WASH
ington Agricultural College for this
institute were Prof. w. H. Lawrence,
IT, l.. Blanchard and G. L. Smith. The
tain from the east arriving late IN
the afternoon, the first session opened
at D. m. in Tie church, which was
we'll filled with farmers and their
families, fully one-half being ladies'.
Mr.. K. V. McCash, FARMER and local
merchant who takes an active inter
est in everything that will tend to
stimulate or or encourage improve
nents. acted as chairman and calico
The meeting to order. l1r. Smith, the
hrst speaner, explained the aims ana
Purposes of the Farmers Institute.
Among many other good things ne
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-10-15
B|anchard's Poultry Book.

n
made
n
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08
McCIure's for January.

Never did McCIure's Magazine begin a
new year SO auspicious'y as with the
present January number. THE Shame
of Minneapolis" by Lincoln Steffens. is
full of interest 1t was only a few
months ago that Mr.. Steffen-' "rwe,d
DAYS in st. Louis" came out in Mcclure S
and made the whole country stop and
consider, and peop'e who thought they
knew something about mnnicipa' cOrrup-
ton reconsider. Now follows M'nneap-
oils. As pieces of storytelling thfse two
papers beat ninety-nlna per cent. OF our
fiction; but they are much more than
this-they are n public service.
Ida NJ. Tarbell's tlistorya,f Standard
Oil also is writing of that same kind, and
the third insta!lment oiit. which appears
in January, The Oil War of '72," is
magnificent. Then there are Mr.. Ray
Stannard Bakers star tiing stories Of
''scabs" i'm the great coal strike entitl'd.
1.-The Right to Work, straightforward
ungarbled accounts of What it cost som"
of the workers in ,h- coal ii Ids tn stick
to the work as their cnnscirnre bad
them. John Swain writes eXre'l"ntiy al
Adolf Lnrenz, "rhe Great Austrian Sur
geon with fhs soft, strong hand. telling
us Just What We want to kno~ Of Tie
great surgeons hi>tor, aud OF his IA
nous operation Clara Morris coutrit'-
utes, / Stand Between Lady Macb'ti
and Matrmony." aud never wrote moie
ent-rtainingly, which is not surprising,
considering the two subjects of her aitG-
Gle This is the first of a series Of aut',.
/, biographical papers which Miss Morri-
will contribute % Uc(h,re's Genrge :"
Sinailev reminisces again about Eng
Iish Men and Letters, and his list il Il
| varied one, including Du Manri"r, Hardy
Trollopp. W. s. Gilbert and Mrs. Hum,
phrey Ward.
There are five tip-top short stor,e-
THE Impnrtinence Of Charles Edward.
hy H. s. Rhodes, is an exceptionally III
| genious love story, in which "a serious
| breach of etiquette brings about an in
| ternational marriage Samuel Hopkins
Adams has mystery story, "The Flying
Death" that succeeds in mrstifying t.
| the readers complete satisfaction, and
| which the author leaves us to puzzl'
over until the February number. Across
the State" by Georg~ki:,be Turner. is 1
| powerful story of a child and fugitive
murderer; another delightful love sior,
il "a Fair Upsetter cf Customs" b,
Charles F. Embree; and S'ephen Bonsaf'
"a Pilgrim From Abyssinia," ia an en-
crossing and vivid tale Of a strang
land McCIure's has its work cut out t.
| live up to the resolutions Of it's Januar,
number.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08
THE UNSPOKEN WORD.

1t was the hour when the street
was full of weary workers returning
from the days labor, says the Chris
tian Work. A little girl stood at
the entrance of an alley, looking
down the street with a show Of ex-
pectancy in her bright young face,
Somebody was coming surely, and
in a few moments a man wearing the
garb of a day Iaborer came in sight.
Instantly the little girl came to his
side and looked up into his face with
a loving expression.
The man glanced at the child, but
did not say a word or take the little
hand that evidently had hoped to be
placed in his. The alley was the
short cut 10 the home in the tene-
ment building two blocks away.
They walked side by side, not a word
being spoken, the child evidently too
timid to speak if the father did not.
The person who had been interested
in this meeting followed on and could
not help saying in CHEEKY voice to
the father: "Why don't you speak
to the little girl and tell her you are
glad she came to meet you, and take
her hand?" ooh, she knows it with
out saying it, he replied in a gruff
voice. Yes, that is the way so much
cheer that would make life so much
happier and easier for others is lost;
the words are not spoken: We take
it for granted our dear ones know
the unspoken words we ought to
speak. We do not say them when
we should. In our homes with our
loved ones how often we forget to
say the word of commendation that
is due them for kindness and self
sacrifice made in our behalf.
How many there are in the world
who have unselfishly tried to do
their best for us, to whom no words
of commendation have been given!
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08
AS GOD HATH pROSpERED YOU

Rev. Z. Il. Law in Lumberton Robesonian,
As the civic year draws to Il close
the minds OF men are turned to wind
ing up and settling business matters
for the period This is therefore fit
OCCASION to advert to the Scriptures
to refresh our memories about the
duty OF tithlng, or proportionate
giving. Let every one OF yOu lay
by him in store, as God hath pros
pered him" Ifany have not done SO
let them set tie with the Lords Treas
urer's in the church. There are man
fest advantages in giving proper
tionately. which are cogent argu-
ments in its favor. 1t soon trans
forms the duty of giving into de-
light 1t makes the using of money
positively a means Of grace. Tenn
poral prosperity is enhanced by it.
Men are required thereby to know
what their income *. 1t prevents
many selfish expenditures and pro-
motas economy. 1t introduces IL
standard Of giving, which is as scrip
tural and equitable as the Sabbath.
The church OF God is exalted before
men by it. II elevates this sordid
money question to high spiritual
foundation. Such are some OF the
things to be gained by setting apart
a definite and certain proportion Oi
our grincomes to the Lord 'swork The
inspiring thought OF having God as
our partner in our year = work in this
real and tangible manner, should
! govern all aud lead TO it's universal
adoption. If the Lords part of ouI
incomes Tor the yc1rha5 not been lie
voted TO Him already let ali vet do il
as We exact our own from the crOl
. made by our tenant.