The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-01-30

.Ae Alabama Cotton N~4narrtur@
Association J'stph Cannon - .pa-
serl IS : = Il Moo ufr &
- fhr <atth carolina division - tt
COTTON Growers Assocatfss + IS
smith. president ~ the SOUTH t.rnf
nt division ~ the Cotton Growers 49,
sos iatipU. and 6 - Rr1anf @f.ftfs
II that association J l. Allison 81
North Carolina A - Hufchissa
reiafN 20 the Hoi~.rE Yarn A~-a#3
states 80 New Orleans g. IL -tsA
ami Arthur II. Love rcpre~. nt# tec
New England cotton Nta4fA tur r
>sSoeI tian. and maHr others
To Compare Ginnct'~ Reports.
J. \. Taylor. uha Is president n
tst National G4nuer~' N~Saclatfnn na-
secured Secretary TIr.s ~refuIs-laa
~ htl. q look IL the several thaas
I 3ui pfluer~ reports aH WhIsh bsg.-
IoF North. ~ the Census Bureau ht<
boom issuing his mouthfN statements
af the number # bale. ef cotton
glnnei M. faNlor's association E
sues rluncr~ reports too. and ou tee
1otahl. occasions Of late tHer, Uss
been uitr disparity iu tha 1rsf
ahl bureau ISSUED reports \ov whet
u. ana December T.. which N,re rs
remarkable agreement with Those
which Mr.. Taylor associations n5t
forth ON tbs same dates. but t3e BINS
rcau.s reports or December j. #ud
January rs. and the corresponding.
reports If the association differed
greatly. lin one ia-t4nt. TIN. hurt.tfA
figures Of the cotton Einnei exceed
those Of tee association hV eo#.Ht'
and in the other by nearly lnH. nUu
Nh. Iay4or say tho reports WhI.u
agreed WITH his were made firsg bN
states and then by counties. hat that
tho two which differed were maIU
DnfN by St1f.G gfNE1tA-F4Fs8g ts
demanded If Director North bv tc.e-
graph that The figures by counties d..
madc public. If ia" figures we're
made public by counties. ne SAYS ~
would cnahIc him to determine Whcth-
er the bureaus correspondents arc
incompetent or whether some of the
mathamaticians in the bureau are
%culrahIE ignorant OF the rules Of nd
dition.
Mr.. Taylor told Tho Secretary that
he wanted access 10 the individual
%Ginncrs' reports that he might com
pare them with the association rc-
ports, copies Of which he brought
along with him.
Mr.. TAYLOR saws on ono occasion
the Census bureaus report Leaked.
i that 4 cotton operator In Boston
profitcd thereby. He admitted that
on two occasions the reports which
his organization got ont also leaked.
but he says it won't happen again.
POstoficc at MaNton.
Too much Mclean, it is said. is
going TO result in A change in the
poStofficc at Maxton. Mrs. octaVia
Mclean is the present postmaster. She
was appointed four years ago by Pres
idcnt Roosevelt. Since then she is
accredited With having made Nj. Mic
Leans sister IN assistant in the office.
and a son has been given 4 cIcrkship.
Mr.. Mclean. the husband. is a 4. =.
Commissioner. 1t is said Chairman
Rollins had a number Of complaints
about the numerous McLean's in office.
and that as a result. w. NJ. Curry rs
to be recommended for appointment.
Fayetteville Public Building.
In his recommendation. favoIing the
construction of a public building at
Fayetteville, the bill for which has
already passed the Senate. III super
Vising architect IF The Treasury wrote
the chapman of the senate Commit
toe on Public Buildings aud Grounds.
as follows.
j. is estimated that a onc-story aud
basement building~laving 1000 square
feet ground area viii be sufficient. and
that a f~ircproof building Of the dimcn-'
sions indicated. complete. Will cost
$50. 600, exclusive Of site. \ nOu-6re-I
proof building Of the dimensions md.
Gated will cost $4,000. 1t is est.
mated that q suitable site can bc So
cured for $4,000 additional.
The Chinese Boycott.
Among the interesting measures in.
reduced jill Congress his past week
a resolution by senator Tilman.i
authorizing the Committee OLA Iumi-.
GTation to consider and investigate /
the anti-Amcrican boycott, and to re-
port to the Senate the facts IN tho
ease and suggest any remedies that
$500 - L.. u
luton rccites the fact tina the boycott.
is a matter Of very serious and decp4
concern to the capitalists and labOrers
Interested in American manufactured
interests and declares that the com
plafut - Nu Ting Fang and other
Chinese leaders. that ctr Immigration
arc unjust and drastic merit on
=idcration.
Joyncr and Eou~t.
The House Committee on Educa-l
ton has reported f~avorabIy the bill.
t. the National Eiuca-f
tlonai Association If tho United states.
The measure names j. i. JaEanr.
Superintendent IF Public instruction.
ana Prof. j. r. Foust q. tWo II Tho
i~ncorporatOrs. Representative Webb.
is q member of the Committee 'p
Education. says only two such meas
ures have passed Congress.
senator and Mrs. Simmons were i'm
To the dinner given a. the Whit.
House last night by the President end
Mrs. Roosevelt, but We're forced - de-
cline BY reason II the m health of Mr.
simmons. Mrs. simmons has not been
we'll since Congress resumed at the
beginning If the year.
Thomas T.. ovens Who wants - 10
At Clinton. is here. lie has
mad conferences with both Rollins and
Walter Murphy. Of Salisbury. who
has been here on legal business, has
returned ZONE.
Other arrivals include Gen. Julian
:. carr and J. a. Mills. OF Raleigh. and
d. p. Shaw and bride. Of Lumbertou.
Poor Little Lamb.