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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03

Is not - active as "a be the moss potter
hal factor in establishing the present cror
level
! ! ten cent basis viii undoubtedly act
a. a check on consumption and. Il main
tanned FOR any length OF time. a crop OF
II 600 ,ooo viii be more than viii Be dc
manded
5. Ten million bales would probably be
consumed on basis or ca to 10 cents.
and If the pressure OF cotton should be
no heavier than il has been 50 far this
season. such ! basis can be maintained
until ten million bales are marketed With
such a November movement however. as
occurred in 1S971SgS and 1S9S-lS99 Il
would be logical" 10 expect a decided de
cline from present quotations, such de-
cline can be prevented only by the ab-
sOrption OF cotton with such rapidity as
70 prevent large accumulations at "dehv-
cry" centuries
There are expectations OF a large No
vember movement. If planters maintain
the policy they have adopted 50 far tins
season, viz: Offering their holdings grad
ually these expectations viii not be
realized. With little pressure to sell, a
moderate demand must create a firm tone
in the markets for time without regar1
TO production.
SOAI ETHINGS TO CONSIDER.
In statement number above, the
Messrs. Aver would appear to be widely
off when talking OF last year and the
Bradstreet report says that il does no1 y
pect the 10, ,727 600 of last year, while Ga
cotton exchange men OF Savannah put the
figure at 0,504, 900, while others figure X
lower than this. The prospect as seen
here is that the crop viii be far less than
that OF last year
In statement number there appears that
which current buying does not bear out
Figuring a ten and half million bale
crop cotton is being bought at over ten
cents. 1t is Of course possible for the
November movement, if large to depress
! prices, but the prospects are that there
Will be no such movement unless The pric,
| hovers about ten cents 1t is with the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03

OF breathing the God given air and DRINK
nG the water ot tie earth Every mtal
q food or clothing hat h. huys !. moo.
fir-t subject to Tie consent oi tho men.
chant With whom he deals
lis lcrtilIzt rs arc selected and asI.v-
cred in restricted 4u~ulf5cs. THO ,Hs
TO his crops is held Ia tine strong b6N ~
the same supply merchant, and when c.aI.,
are harvested must BE- -old III the a..-
tatco Of his creditors All during the har
yestins period of hi, crops bc must us.
Ter hi~ lands to 10 marked by tec foo
printa OF the merchants riding collector
who pushes the sale OF the crops m5rc.
r2pidly than did the producer cultlsats
thom At the end ot the year the rc-'sli
OF the years labor ha- gone 10 swell ,',5
merchants bank account, while all tnaf
the poor, depressed tenant has lcft
the memory OF the food ~ has eaten -
sustain blm and ms family wluil maxim.
the crop ana a few pairs Of cheap -hece
and dresses for hI- tanly. with hut
little 81 no money to bug ~inl Il cloth
ing aEd to make the little ones happy Il.
CHRISTMAS the tenant can only look for-
ward to another year like unto thc one.
just passed
There i but little or no hope foy the.
better and hence VIE find Thousands -
tfat class leaving the farm and going p
the factory where at least tho living
anG social side Of iife = greatly enhanced:
WHIT IT MAY MEAN.
II the tenant farmer would detcrm.a,:
to raise hi supplies and keep out o.
debt as nearly ~ possible. producing ~
cotton largely a. q -urlu- after pay3.r
ki- rents, it would not take many yea1..
before a small farm could be purfha-cs
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03
FEED CATTLE FOR RISTINCT pUR-
POSE

North Carolina correspondent of tie
Southern Planter says: Stock takes
so much feed and care that they eat
their heads off in winter" Then he goes
on to say that he has two bulls, on a
Red Polled and one Polled Angus. He
says that the Angus is evidently a pure
y beef animal and he wants to get rid
OF him, and asks the editor how the REQ
Poll cattle compare for dairy purposes
with the Jersey and the Holstein. TIE
editor tells him that they have done
what no other breed did, taking the flrs:
premium at the Fat Stock Show tor
beef and the first premium at the Dairy
Show as a milk and butter producer
Doubtless an individual of this breed
that had been bred to beef points was
a fine beef animal, but we will warrant
that it had been bred almost entirely
away from the milk type. In like man
ner, the one that took the prize as dairy
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03

People are still demanding better con
nectons at Selma and Goldsboro, bot the
Corporation Commission does nothing 70
compel better connections Yesterday So
licitor Larry Moore, Of Pitt, was here. He
eft Greensboro at a. n. and reached
Raleigh at 30 Two days ago severol gen
tlemen, left at Selma, hired hack 70
come to Raleigh. Have the people no
rights:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03
DURATION OF VITALITY IN BURIED
SEEDS

There has been so many apparent cases
OF termination in seeds long buried In
the soil below the reach of the warmth
Of the sun and influence OF the oxygel.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03

In travelling through the country we see
thousands of farms whose owners cyl.
dently are not in love with their work
Bushes crowd the highway and the
fence rows, the plowing IS poorly doEs
and the cultivation worse. These are
the men who do not find that tarm1os
pays Such as they do certainly dos
not pay The rule that whatever IS
worth doing at all is worth doing we'll
arplies with as great force to the farm
AZ anywhere else. 1t does not pay 10
farm badly, but that it pays to farm " Il
has been abunda ntly proven by these
who like to sing and like the song.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03

Senator H. A. London, of Plttsboro, was
in the city yesterday returning from New
Bern where he spoke Friday night IN he-
half of the temperance movement. TIE
petition for an election will be presented
to the Board of Aldermen on Tuesday
night and Senator London considers inc
outlook most excellent.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03
WHAT IS WORTH DOING AT ALL lS
WORTH DOING WELL.


Professor Thurston, of Cornell. in an
address at the Iowa College, quotes the
following by Stradivarius, the celepraE-
ed violin maker, whose works, as the
centuries pass, increase in value:
who draws a line and satisfies his soui
Making it crooked where it should be
straight?
All idiot with an oyster shell may. draw
His lines upon the sand, all waverng,
Fixing no point or pathway to q point.
An idiot one remove may choose his Inns,
Straggle and be content; but, God DC
praised,
Antonio Stradivari has an eye
That winces at false work and loves the
With hand and arm that play upon the
tool
As willingly as any singing bird
Sets him to sing his morning roundelav
Because he likes to sing and likes the
song.
Ali of which is true IN any line OF
human effort The road to success IN
any employment lies right there, 10 be
satisfied with doing only the best that
is in 4 man. And the man will never
do his best unless he IS in love with his
work. Because he likes to sing ana
likes the song This lies at the ycr1
bottom of all the talk about keeping the
boys on the farm. The boy who WORKS
in a perfunctory way simply because re
has to and has never learned to love the
farm and its work, had far better be
somewhere else where he may get into
some work that he can love and do well.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03
WHAT MIGHT BE DONE.

The gradual purchase and ownership of
our lands IN large bodies by the moniei
men in commercial life may mean TIE
gradual upbuilding Of a kind OF lander
aristocracy to be better known as mer-
chant plutocracy. while the tillers Of tAe
soil will evolute backward 10 peasantry
as it exists today IN many sections OF the
old country Every white tenant who j.
under the dominating influences and con-
troll Of the supply merchant is TO all
intent.and purposes a peasant. He has no
freedom which he can enjoy except that
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03
The T@namt Fa1n1Ln@1or
BY Harvie Jordan.

1t is to be deeply regretted that undel
our present system OF farming tenants arc
annually increasing IN number, Wh.i.
landlords are gradually decreasing Our
lands are largely passing cut OF the hante
OF practical farmers who labor III tn
fields and are being diverted into the
hands OF an element Of our populatl on
who are engaged III commercial business
III towns and cities Principally the new
owners Of our lands are the irrcpressiois
supply merchants. That class Of people
who are reaping thousands OF dollars cacn
year, who furnish farmers with bread arc
meat upon which to exist while producing
a crop OF cotton. l give tins as the prln-
clpal factor because of observation ara
Investigation.
If this i not the prime reason, then
why Is it that in every town and village
We ind PROSPEROUS merchants who
started in life without a dollar and are
row the largest land owners in the cor
munity. Why is that 30 many men are
now renting land from THESE same mer
cl ants who were themselves land owners
a few years ago. and why Is it tha ter
antry on our farms is each year incrcas
ing? # merchants have not been atic
t. get these lands largely through the in
y
to meet their obligation, then how is il
that farmers as landlords are not increas
ing? Farmers do not cucumber the-..
selves with debt caused by luxurious llv-
irg, nor through the purchase OF fine
clothing elegant furniture and carriages
and horses for their families The aver
age debts made by farmers each year are
for provisions, mules and guano.
The three principle items OF debt are Tor
things which should unque,tlonably BE-
produced on the farm, especially the pro-
visions and fertilizers.
1t Is painful to me: it must be painful
to every Georgian interested IN the agri
cultural conditions OF the state TO note
the Increase of white tenant farmers eaca
year.
Every white man, especially Il he has :
is mily, should be the owner OF his home
and of the large or small tract Of laao
that he cultivates. If farming. in Geol
gia were attended with hard-hipS and
d difficulties, such as made it impossible 10
produce provisions while making cotton,
the situation would be different and W
would have to submit to the inevitab bic.
But nature has blessed our state with :.
soil and climate that make diversified
agriculture 50 inviting that it seems hard
that the people most TO be affected aTo
sc, little appreciative OF their wondroHs
possibilities
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03

animal could never have taken a prize as
beet animal, for TO do as she did she
must have been bred into pure dairy
type. The two characteristics cannot ex-
lst in perfection in the same animal as
they are diametricaly opposed to eacu
other. The man who KEGS a COW or two
and = satisfied with a fair supply of milk
for family use and a fair amount of beet
CT veal, may be suited with dual pu,-
pose COW, but he will not and cannot
have the best for either or both in the
same animal. Ii we were feeding beevcs
III winter we would like to have them eat
their heads off by spring and be in fine
condition Tor beef. If we We're feeding
for dairy products we would be sure that
the 'arf and 'arf animal would eat her
mead off in winter, and that her veal i
would not pay for the loss. The Mort n
CarOhan man evidently does not want
beef animal, as he proposes TO get ria
nls Angus bull, which is the best possi-
bic beef animal for the South. Then
one whose interest is in milk and butter
should have the best milk making ma
chine. He should have an animal Whosl
ancestry has been bred for generations
Tor the sole purpose of producing dairy
products, and which is individually built
that way The Red Polled COW may nave
taken the first dairy prize. but we could
pick scrubs here and there that mlghr
have done the same thing and one woua
have no certnty that her calf would
take after her or after the beef type. \
jack fall trades seldom is as good as one
with definite hobby, be it a COW or d
man Good dairy form and capacity IL q
COW Is an entirely different thing from.
good beet form, and no one animal car
have both types IN perfection.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03

planters ketp OF aus &c easc bF l5.
Ing these cotton r. Noeeubs il shrrs
any Indication ot break u tAe pf.ex
The hold oe s-sl,y = th, Nat ,o kerl
frfeaN nm
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-11-13
READ ALICE OF OLD v1NCENNEs.

Of lighter driftwood while making slow
but certa n Roadway toward the hither
bank.
Beverley took bit of punk and a
flint and steel from his pocket, reit his
pipe and stood watching the skillful
boatman conduct his somewhat dan
gerous voyage diagonally against the
rolling current. 1t was u shifting, hide
and seek scene, its features appearing
and disappearing with the action of the
waves and the doubtful light reflected
from fading clouds and sky. Now and
again the man stood up in his skittish
pirogue, balancing himself with care, to
use a short pole in showing driftwood
out of his way, and more than once he
looked to Beverley as if he had plunged
headlong into the dark water.
Beverley stood at ease, idly and half
dreamily looking on, when suddenly
something caused catastrophe, which
for moment he did not comprehend
In fact, the man in the pirogue came
to grief. as man in a pirogue Is very
apt to do, and fairly somersaulted over
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-11-13
Se9al Notices.
Estate of Isaac Seeley.
Order of MOTHERHOOD of VIII.

STATE OF VERMONT, ipno,,..o o-.
oDIsTRICT OF ADDISON, IS. i0o"'o Oourt'
Be 1t remembered, that at a session OF the
Probate Court holden at Middlebury, within
and for the District of Addison, on the Sd
day OF November. A. d. 1908.
Present: VIM. II. BLISS, Judge.
Whereas, certain instrument OF writing,
under seal, purporting to be the last will and
testament OF Isaac Seeley, late of Middlebury
in said district, deceased, having been this
dav presented to said Court for Probate, and
duly filed In the Registers Office Therefore, it
is ordered, that all persons interested in the
estate OF said deceased be notified to appear
before said Court, at the Probate Office In
Middebury, in said District, on the 23d day OF
November, A. ID. 1903, by publication OF this
order, three weeks successfully previous
thereto, in the Middlebury Register, a news
paper printed at Middlebury, to show cause,
IL any they may have, why said instrument in
writing should not be proved and allowed,
as the last will and testament of the said de.
ceased.
A true record,
As CHLOE o. BURRITT, Register.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-11-13
Estate of Adelia G. Pond.


The undersigned. having been appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court for the District of
and adjust all claims against the estate Of
Adelia G. Pond, late of Whiting, in said
Offset thereto, hereby give notice that we will
meet for the purposes aforesaid at National
Bank of Middlebury, in said town of Middle.
bury, on the 2sth day of November, and 18th
day OF April, next, from 10 O'Clock a. M.
until four O'Clock p. M, each Of said days, and
that six months from the 2lst day of October,
A. ID. 1903 is the time limited by said Court for
said creditors to present their claims to US
for examination and allowance.
Dated at Middlebury, this 22d day of Octo.
Der, A. D. 1908.
CHAS. f. PINNEY,
wv. PEET, Commissioners.
FRED NJ. FOOTE,
A. A. FLETCHER, Special Administrator, A
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-11-13
Estate of Amos Wetherbee.
Notice of Settlement,

Notice of Settlement.
STATE OF VERMONT
- DISTRICT OF ADDISON. IS.
THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF
ADDISON
To all persons interested in the estate of
Amos Wetherbe, late OF Middlebury, in said
district, deceased. GREETING:
By the authority of the State OF Vermont,
you are hereby notified to appear before the
said Probate Court, at the Probate Office in
Middlebury, in said district, on the 10th day
OF Nov. A. d. 1908, at 10 o'clock a. NJ, to show
cause, II any you have why the account of
W. ID. WoOdman, Exr., OF the estate OF said
deceased. should not be allowed, and also
why the residue Of said estate should not be
distributed to the parties entitled thereto
Dated at Middlebury, in said district this
18th day OF October, A: D. 1903.
CHLOE o. BURRITT,
Al Register.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-11-13

During the past two years it is an
absolute fact that DIR. j. w. Morrow of
AZ Church St., Burlington, Vt. has made
some of the most astounding and won
derful cures ever recorded to any one
man in the practice of medicine, and it
should be further remembered that every
one of the following cases where the
writer has carefully investigated, has
been doctored by many other physicians,
many of them in the hospitals of Burl-
ington, Boston, Montreal and elsewhere,
and have been given up as incurable, today
are living, walking testimonials of DR..
Merrow's skill.
Below we mention few of the many
severe cases which he has cured during
the past two years since he located in
Vermont, and would space permit every
page of this paper might be covered with
equally astounding cures as the follow
ing:
Judge H. C. Root, 10 Brooks Ave-,
cured of fibroid cancer.
Thomas R. Baker, SO Rose ST., cured
of cancer of the nose.
Mrs. VIM. Mcneil of Shelburne, VT,
cured of rose cancer.
Mrs. Clara Howe of Jericho, VT, cured
of bone cancer.
Each one of the above cases was cured
without the knife, loss of blood and but
very little pain.
This is only four out of fifty-two Others
we might mention that live farther away
from Burlington.
NJ. 1. Haley, SO S. Champlain St., cured
of blood poison.
Fred L. Lucens, Winooski, VT, cured
of nervous debility of sixteen years
standing.
William McKanna, 80 Champlain St.
cured of epileptic fits.
Samuel Richard, Jr., Royalton, Vt.
cured of asthma in its severest form.
Mrs. Adele Albisetti, 90 Foster St.
Barre, after being given up at Mass
General Hospital to die with kidney and
stomach trouble, cured by DIR. Morrow
in seven weeks.
VIM. E. Northrop. Smiths Block
cured of nervous debility.
VT, given up to die by eight physicians
from him snake 10 inches long. Now
he is well.
Mrs. z. A. Clark, North Ave-, cured
of female trouble in its most severe form
Mrs. M. A. Atwood. 1855 Main st.
Barre, VT, cured of tumor of the eye
without the knife.
Fred B. French, Essex Junction, Vt.
crippled with rheumatism for three
years. DR.. Morrow cured him.
Mrs. Chas. Parker, East Charlotte, VT
Cured of large goiter.
Mrs. F. A. Nelson of Orange, VT, cured
of sick headache of 20 years standing.
Mrs. Hester Burton, Burlington, Vt.
paralysis of the right arm for three years
cured.
VIM. MCGEE, 81 South Main St., Barre
VT, says Il owe my life to DR.. Morrow
Cured of catarrh of the bowels"
Mrs. Fannie Burgess, Winooski, VT,
cured of female trouble and liberation
Edward German, 81 George St., Burl-
ington, VT, cured of tape worm with
which he claims he had been suffering
for 81 years.
Clara George Winooski, VT. Cured OF
Bright's disease.
Testimonials of the above cases, many
of them taking up whole column and
more can be seen at DIR. Merrow's office
with thousands of others ON his office
days, Mondays, Wednesdays and Satur-
days, as other days he is busy visiting
those who are not able to go to his office.
| Office hours are from 10 to ~ a. m.
2 tor3 and to 8p. m.
| Entrance. AZ Church street.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-11-13
TAX NOTICE

All the taxes assessed on
the list Of 1903, have this day
been placed in my hands for
collection. The usual dis
count will be allowed on all
taxes paid, for the period of 90
days, and warrants will be
issued, for all that are unpaid,
at the expiration of the said
ninety days.
c. L. PINNEY, Treasurer.
Middlebury, VT. Sept. IS, 1908
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-11-13
NERVOUS DEBILITY,

Vital Weakness and Prostra-
ton from overwork and other
causes. Humphreys Homeo-
pathic Specific No. 20, in use
over 40 years, the only success
full remedy. 81 pervial, or spec
ial package for serious cases, $5.
Sold by Druggists sent prepaid on receipt price
Humphreys Med. Co., William 4 John Sts., N.Y.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-02-06
The Reno Robbery.
oF noITGLAs corNTY.

A telegram from Reno gives the fol-
lowing particulars of how Phillips
came to be suspected of the railroad
robbery:
Railroad officials began checking up
the books in the Reno Office and found
a shortage of 81 ,026, and as it was posi-
lively known that there could not have
been more than $500 on hand the morn
ing the robbery was committed, suspi-
cion was Immediately directed to
crookedness in the office. While the
officials were positive that Agent Phil
lips was implicated in the robbery,
still their main effort was directed to
finding who his accomplice was, and
their efforts were rewarded in the ar
rest of Harry Butts. Phillips had been
gambling, and the theory of the officers
is that, finding that he was unable to
raise the money to make good the de-
ficiency in his office, he conceived the
plan of having himself robbed and in
that way endeavor to cover his short
age. To aid him in this scheme he
employed one of the best known char
acters in the State, Harry Butts. The
plan Of the robbery was neatly arrang-
ed and carefully and successfully exc
cuted, and had it been possible for
Phillips To have shown that he could
have had 81 ,026 on hand to be robbed
of, everything would have gone as in
tended, but this showing could not be
made.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-02-06
THE BUYER OF BEEF.
He Is Man of Consequence About
the stocifynrds.

the stocifynrds.
The buyer occupies position of con-
sequence in the stockyards community.
lie is an expert, usually man of mid
die age, who has obtained his educa-
tion and technical ability partly in the
packing houses and partly on the ranch.
An experienced buyer is likely to re-
eeiye q salary of $4,000 TO $1,000
year, and he is worth all of thai, for on
his ability to tell by "A moments in
spectlon what quality Of beef will be
produced by a steer that he never be-
fore laid eyes on depends primarily the
excellence of the product issued by his
house and hence the increase of its
business.
The buyers work is not arduous, and
20 all appearance his task is simple
one He walks along the fiat board
laid along the top of the fence, glane-
Ing keenIy at the cattle in the different
pens. Some he passes by without
pause, others he stops to inspect more
closely, and occasionally he displays
his interest in a group by asking a
question or two of the man in charge.
Long experience enables him at 4
glance to distinguish between a grass
fed steer and corn fed seer. to de-
eide whether IN animal is entitled to
be classed rs fancy" good" or com
mon and to guess within few pounds
of an animals exact weight by glanc
Ing at him. The buyer makes his pur
chases ION the hoof." paying the mar
ket price ruling FOR the day for the
grade in which it is decided each group
of cattle belongs. In a few words the
transaction is completed. and the buy
er's interest in the affair is ended
Leslie's Monthly.