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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-02

NV illness was of little consequence,
but the next day Brinkley had severe
cold and the following night he was
attacked with a congestiVe chill and
died on the succeeding day.
got to his bedside shortly before he
expired. He was talking in a weak
hurried tone to his wife. As | went
up TO where he lay his eyes frightened
up and he said: Teacher, / am sho'
glad you come. l have plowed my las
fur, an It's now getherinr in time with
me. DR.. Harrell SEE / mus go. But
teacher, le'me tell vel dreamed NV
that big fine church last night what
you told me NV, and L seed that
gal singin' up in the loft with
all her fine1y on An le'ne
tell We sumthin' else / fixed up
a nice present fur YOU that I war gOin'
to give you. It is in a checked pillow
slip down in the old green chist. My
wife will gitit fur you after the buryin
Sorry that / can't give you more kase,
teacher, if hadn't been fur you all my
swamp Ian would done been gone
The rude coffin was placed on the
cart, and the big patient OK, of which
Brinkley was SO fond, carried him to
his last resting place. three miles away.
AS / helped to shovel the dirt into
the humble grave l thought of how /
once had played with his ignorance
and a pang of remorse struck my
heart and | could hear him saying:
I'd give half my life cyl could jes go
one time to a fine church an hyar one
NV EN- ar big preachers preach.
When I was ready to leave the
swamp settlement | went to tell Brink
ley's widow good bye. She handed me
Il checked homeSpun pillow slip tied
up securely, and said: "Hyar is that
i tod tl
then covering up her face with her
apron she began to cry
[ opened the slip and saw inside a
pint bottle full of strained honey, six
big twists of tobacco and n large Whet-
stone. [ took the articles out of the
slip and carried them out to Il wash
bench in the yard where | had left q
valise, and as [ opened it and began to
place nv books to make room for my
present, 1 thought of all that Hrinkiey
had been to me--truly a friend in
need.
The OK peered at me through his log
stall. with his large solemn eyes. The
wild bonavsuckle that had entWined
itself about the stick and dirt chimney
rustled in the wind and above it all |
could hear Brinkley's words ringing
in my ears:
EFF it hadn't been fur you all my
swamp Ian would done been gone
and a big tear rolled down my face
and spattered on the green back of an
old Bingham's Latin Grammar. When
| shook hands with Mrs. Brinkley and
| expressed my wishes as to her future
prosperity, her pale face TT NJ up WITH VI n. a
| nation given at the surveying affair.
would rather that she would have
| struck me.
In the lot of relics / have collected
| from the several counties of our State
there is one that hangs in my room in
| a little velvet wall, pocket, over the
door, II is q large twist of yellow to-
bacco and one of the six that Brinkley
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-02
inc Fishing
A SWAMP SURVEY.
B. LEM SEAWELL.

plain to you the meaning of the word
degree.
A spirit of deviltry got hold of me
and 1 thought that l would have some
fun before administering to Brinkley' S
ignorance. So / said: Gentlemen, l
refuse to be party in this abominable
scheme of robbing Mr.. Brinkley of his
land. Then addressing the owner Of
the bull and the ten or twelve de
gress' under fence, l continued, MIR.
Brinl;ley, you are unquestionably right.
A degree is an acre, and sometimes in
swamp land it is two"
There by Gawd." exclaimed Brink
ley, and quickly wrapping his pillow
lines around the handles of his pillow,
he snatched an old cypress root off
the ground and made for his enemies.
Pots took to his heels, but the survey
or dropped his compass and chain and
taking his staff in both hands, warded
off the first blow flindering the roots
into pieces. The men clenched and
Pots ran back to separate them. 1t was
too much excitement for the OK and he
lost his nerve and started around the
field like horse in circus ring.
About the second time he started on
his circuit he got all mixed up with
the combatants and the point of the
pillow scooped up Brinkley"s boots and
for about three minutes there was a
perfect blur of Jacob staffs, bulls sur
veyors, OK names and profanity.
Soon Brinkley emerged from the
cloud of dust and gloom that they had
kicked up, triumphantly bearing the
surveyor, holding him with one hand
clutched in the seat of his pants while
with the other he secured him by the
nape of the neck and the surveyor was
tanning the air with his legs like bal
looniSt steering his parachute. Brinkley
dumped his burden over into the road
and then looked around for Pots, but
that Individual could cross fence un-
aided. The victor of the hour then
picked up the surveyors staff and toss
ed it into the road and taking up the
compass he eyed it critically for q
short while and said: MIR. Surveyor,
This err is pinted towards Whiteville,
an thare is whur you'd better git, and
the next time you go degree huntin'
you had better take another direction
Potts was disposed to take the mat
ter good naturedly-, but not SO with
Brookshire who was boiling over with
wrath. AS | was helping Brinkley gear
his OK the surveyor picked up his in
struments and limped off a few steps
then turning around he gave me a
whitening look and in a trembling voice
said: "A degree may be an acre, and in
swamp land perhaps it is two, but
there is one thing of which L am GER
tain, there is a id fool teaching al
Honey HILL
l stayed with Brinkiey till Potts and
Brookshire were out of sight. When
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-02
inc Bathing

Hon. 7. c. Clingman, young man
who represented this district in Con-
gress from 1S43 to 1859, made
speech in a strong Wing township, for
General Harrison for President, in
1870, and praised General Harrison for
his novel movement" against the IN
dams in the Florida war; and as he
had no opponent present at the time,
the Wings We're enthusiastic and as
sured Mr.. Clingman that the township
would cast its vote almost unanimous
ly for his candidate; but, in few days
after, it was announced that the Dem
ocrats had a man to reply to Cling
mans speech, in the person of a school
teacher of the district and for every
body to come out to hear him. The day
arrived and the school master was on
hand He began his speech by saying
that Clingman was an educated man,
knew full we'll that the mountain men
and women had not the advantage or
rubbing their heads against the col
lege wall, and that he knew how to use
words to advantage and made use OF
the word novel to cover up. one OF the
most damnable and corrupt scandals
that ever dsgraced man. Now. gen-
tlemen. YOU all know how he spoke OF
the novel movement, but he never
once tried to explain to you what the
word novel meant / hold in my hands
book, the authority and standard of
the English language, by Noah Web-
ster, and L will read to you what that
great and good man meant Novel -
here it is, novel. short tale NOW
YOU Wings laugh and say whether you
will ever support any man for the high
office of President who was guilty OF
short tail movement. The result was
that not a man in the precinct voted
for the election of General Harrison,
and. had that speech been made, in
eyelv precinct in. North Carolina, and
| might say all over the United states
the result would, no doubt, have been
different, and '"Tippecanoe< and Tyler
too" would never have been our chief
magistrates"
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gave me. On my desk is n square whet-
stone polished to the smoothness of a
mirror, it is my paper weight. | take it
up occasionally and as | turn it about
gently in my hands, my mind goes
back to the sWamps of Carolina, and
l see a little cabin, almost surrounded
by q growth of cypress, near a rice
field. / see the big patient OK standing
in his stall and then / think of the man
who would have given half of his life
just to have gone once to a fine church
IAN hearn one Nv EN- ar big preachers
preach" | think of his midnight ride
through the drenching rain, why he
did it and its fatal result. | can hear
him saying, over and over. "a degree
is sho an acre an in swamp lam it is
sometimes two, and, teacher, eff it
hadn't been fur you all my swamp Ian
would done been gone" Then l get up
and walk around the room, trying to
ease my conscience.
TEN SEAWELL.
Fayetteville n. c. "..fsf%
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MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY WORKS GREAT Yacht

thereafter. The inference is that he
did not use tobacco in the first grade,
but took it up later. There was one
each in the third, fourth, and fifth
grades, who was promoted in the sixth
but not with distinction and condi-
tional in the seventh on two studies.
There was one in the sixth, but the
same one was conditioned in the
seventh and failed utterly in the
fourth who failed each year there
after.
Among those who gained promo
ton, but not with distinction, there
were sixteen who failed in higher
grades and dropped out of school en-
tirely There were ten promoted but
were conditioned in nearly every case
There were also some that were pro-
noted in the lower grades but could
not stand the higher. The inference
is clear.
Among those reported to the office
by teachers as being unruly and dis
obedient there were thirty-nine users
of tobacco, two users, and six uncer-
tain. Those either expelled or sus-
pended, eight in all, are tobacco users
The roll of honor also shows re-
markable condition of affairs. For the
five years mentioned there We're 2,06S
names on the roll of honor. Of these
76 were known to be tobacco users,
1887 non-users, and five unknown. 1t
is also shown by the records that the
tobacco users who got on the roll of
honor got on mostly in the lower
grades, which seems to show that they
were non-userS then.
These are the facts briefly set forth.
I shall make no comment as the con-
clusion is too, plain to be overlooked
Respectfully
w. c. ALLEN, Supt.
VaVneSYille Graded Schools.
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were caressing the rough floor and
slab benches of the district school
house at Honey Hill, y. c. 1t was
about p. m. and l sat with my arms
resting on an empty sugar barrel
which standing bottom up had served
as my desk since l had been installed
as the new teacher three. months
previous.
Before me stood a sallOw faced jul
venile of nine or ten years of age. He
held a book in his left hand while with
the index finger of the right he was
laboriously tracing those characters
of the alphabet that compose the word
neuralgia Hog Swamp mud had con-
geaIed between his bare toes and
around his heels. Occasionally a yell
low fly would seize him by the calf of
his leg and jerking up his foot he
would dig after it with his toes in a
manner calculated to rake the hide
from that rusty part of his anatomy.
"A white circle fringed with red and
purple around his mouth indicated
that butter milk and dew berries were
on the bill of fare at his noon day
meal.
The sound of,voices from an ada
cent field floated in through the open
window and looking out l see Sid
Brinlkley, the owner of the field, VINO
had been ploughfng an OK all day en-
gagged in a heated conversation with
saw mill man named Potts and one
Brookshire, q surveyor. who lived at
Whiteville. Potts crosses the fence and
coming near the school house, beck
onS me out to him.
"SeaweH." says he, I want you to go
up to the field and tell that fool Brink
ley what a degree is. / am trying to
buy enough land from him to open a
road through his field to the Whining
ton road, and when Brookshire started
to make the plot he said something
about degrees and Brinkley has got it
into his head that a degree is an acre,
and thinks that we are trying to cheat
him. We want you to go up there and
settle the matter for u.s..
| went back with Potts and as
was climbing over the fence / heard
Brinkley saying: Every fool art ter
know that a degree is an acre. Thar is
no use NV argifyin eny futher, how
somever hyar is the teacher an we will
AK him."
| took in the ludicrous situation
Rrinkley was standing propped against
his ploW. with his mouth half cooked
ignorance personified. The OK was sui
lenly gazing at the several degrees he
must go over before the corn was
Laid by"
Rrookshire with his surveying inn
elements in his hands was cycling
Brinkley with an air of disgust. Potts
who had now climbed back into the
field, says:
"Brinkley, the teacher will now ex-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-02
TOBACCO AND SCHOOL BOYS.
Reliable Data AbOua the Use of To-
baccO Among the Boys of the
WaynesviIle Graded School.
(Cor. Waynesville Courier.D


About two months ago I began to
investigate the record made by the
boys in the public schools of this
town, with the intention of showing
the effects of the use of tobacco upon
student life. My purpose at that time
was to get such information as would
serve me in n chapel talk to the boys
against the use OF tobacco.
After spending portions of three
weeks in looking over the permanent
and other records. filed away in my
office at the graded school building, l
gathered the following facts, which /
used in my talk to the boys, and
which are so convincing that | am
constrained to give them to the public.
The investigation covered q period
of five years from 1899 to.1904 The
record of the present year had not at
that time been made, but will form
part OF the report now given out
During the six years of the school
there have been an even fifty grad
yates from the high school five classes
The hOnorS of each class were won by
non-useTs of tobacco. It's true that
the majority of those who have re-
ceived diplomas are young ladies' but
that does not alter the significance of
the statement as in two of the classes
the valedictory was won by young
gentlemen. who are nOn-users of to-
bacco, While the users in each class
have had their hands full to pun
through by the skin of the teeth.
In the record of pupils who did
not miss duty during any of the
six years the honors were universally
given to the non-userS. The users were
usually irregular in attendance or
derelict in the performance of duty.
In the promotion lists the most
startling array of facts is presented
Among those promoted with distinc-
ton there was one tobacco user, after
wards discovered, in the first grade
but failed to promotion every year
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-02
Wauted:. More Men Like Folk in
Public Office.
az. c.. Baptist

Folk may never be governor of Mis-
souri, again or hold any other public
office. but he is surely living up to. his
duty While he occupies the guberna-
toriaI chair. He is after the gamblers
md liquor sellers of the State. Folk
wants his state TO be the greatest in
the union and does not reckon these
fellows\ as worth much in real estate
building. There is one part of his
anatomy that we can Youch for-he
has backbone.
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In Full Sympathy.
(Lumberton Argus.l

1t has been frequently a marvel to
this writer how the host Of hackmen
20 be seen at the depot in Raleigh at
one o'clock in the morning could
make eniugh to live and keep their
teams. 1t develops that they have
been solicitors for the bawdy houses.
We are in full sympathy with the
News and Observer i'm its campaign
against those hel-holes and their var
ious agents.
The oasis., 1905-02-18

Sonora Time
 Dining Stations
 Pullman Sleepers are attached to these trains.
 Trains makes connection at Torres with Torres x Prietas Railroad leaving at s00 n. m. and D. n daily for Colorado, and Minas prietas.
 Pacific Coast Steamship Colnpanys steamer "ouracao' sailing the 17th of each month for AItata, Mazatlan. Cape St. Lucas Magdalena !. A. Martinez Steamship Line. and others lines calling at this port.
 For particulars address. j. A. NAUGLE,
 Gen'l Pass. Ag't. auaymaa. Sonora. Mex.
The oasis., 1905-02-18
ACROSS THE BORDER.

Journal of Commerce: The Para.
 sitological Commission has senti
 structions to the agent of the De-
 partment of Fomento, in Chiapas,
 to instruct the natives of that
 state not to kill the tarantula as 1t is useful to agriculturists for its insectivorous qualities. In that section the natives blame the tar antula for the disease, which at tacks stock, called 'yerba." This disease is really caused by a species of frog g-hopper, or cuckoo spit.
 Torreon Enterprise: Mir. R. H. Leadley, for the past three years with the Torreon Shelter, has left for the State of Sonora where he goes to accept a position with the Yaqui Smelling < Refining Co. The many friends of Mr. Leadley regret his departure. Many of them accompanied him to the train to wish him 9 successful trip and offer their friendly advice to beware of the Indians. Mir. Lead ley has mining interests in this vicinity which he leaves in the hands of MT. Ed Williams to look after.
 Torreon Enterprise: Last Friday afternoon the well known mining man, William Skinner of Parral, fell from the top of the gallows frame he was constructing over the San Patricio mine of the Parral Corporation; his body struck car at the mouth of the shaft after the first fall of some twenty feet and he was thrown to the bottom of the shaft which is about 150 feet deep. His fall was caused by the turning of the ladder upon which he was working and it is believed that he was instantly killed when he hit the car.
 Mexican Herald: The Tamesi river colony was founded last week by r. l.. Fowler of Tampico, with ten settlers, who have taken up 2 800 acres among them. Thirty families, all from Sugden and Rush Springs, in Oklahoma territory, are interested in the settlement, and are expected to arrive ln the near future. The location is about seventy miles up the river Tamesi, following its windings, and about thirty-five miles from Tampico, on an air line. The nearest town is Rayon, ten miles distant; the near est point of the Central railway is about the same distance.
 Journal of Commerce. In the National Museum among the inn proyements planned is that of hall for storing archaeological l monuments while they are being thoroughly studied In this ball 1 the monoIiths discovered in Hue yapan del Sur will be placed. These stones, according to Curator Batres, belong to the Maya civilization; l the stones discovered recently in Oaxaca and those now being dug up on the site of the new National l Theatre. After being studied and ! classified the stones will be sent to their respective departments in the Archaeological Historical and Eth | biographical groups.
 Torreon Enterprise: The sudden closing down of the Velardena mines controlled by the Guggen-
The oasis., 1905-02-18

in finding work elsewhere Prior
 Co Che closing oi these mines work
 mou were very scarce in the Velar.
 deha district and miners and other
 laborers were in great demand. lt
 Is probable that these mines will
 not De again opened up until the completion of the new mammoth
 1000 ton shelter, which is now be- ing constructed with all possible
 haste, but 1t is calculated that it
 will take at least one year to finish it.
 Mexican Herald: Mir. Thomas J. Ryder has resigned his position as general manager of the Waters Pierce Oil Company for the repub- lie of Mexico, but will remain for several months yet, pending the of his successor. He will, as soon as his official duties permit, devote himself to import ant personal interests. One of the matters which it is understood he IS personally interested in is the project for a smelter in the state of Oaxaca, for which he has federal and state concession. By those ac- quainted with the mineral re- sources of Oaxaca, this project is considered fine business proposi tion. It is also known that he is interested in several profitable properties in Mexico, to which he will hereafter give his personal attention.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1905-03-21

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periihert, Die IN oieiem Stante nid)t
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gertht entidieb, OaB Der Igent in
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lid boftbor lit, Sn Dem betreffen-
Den Sale bate Der Igent Salomea
Die &lGger nit $4,000 BEL 5lpei Chi,
cagoer @eielihaften perii6ert iutb
Die ErGilien coleftirt. Sehs 500
note ipGter bronnte Dos periiferte
8ebdnoe ob lno es itelte iid beraus,
Dob lene 5pei @eiealdoften nift MIR
feline Si5ens 5ltm @eid1ftsbetrieb in
Soma botten, ionoern oltd 5oblmgs-
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linterer Snitan5 sur 3ablung Der
$4,000 nebit 3inien lnb 8cri6tsfo-
item perlirtbeilt mo Dieie gntihei.
Dung mliroe iest pom Sbergcritt be-
itGtigt.
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Sin idpar5icberiider Gungrek.
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men ni6t 10 merOen, menit man ct.
SafobS Del gebrallft, on eS err
wGrmt, it1rft mo furirt, uno Ole
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