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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-13
THOSE ILLUMINATING CARTOONS
DaVenp0rtS Great and Noble Work,
Pleading for Animals Tortured for
Mans Amusement.
(Clarkton Expressly

Davenport one Of the master car
toonists Of the day, is doing a great
n noble work in his series of car
toons, now being published, in which
he pleads for animals tortured for
pleasure alone. The third one
in this series, Three Lives for One"
is full of pathos. The mother deer ly-
ing cold and stark in death, the two
little fawns, n standing by her head,
the other a little beyond, starving, and
begging their dead mother for succor.
the group of v%ultures, gathered on a
near by tree. All this loss Of life,
just to satisfy the so called sport of
men. Now. you, who have the sport
ing instinct you who shoot merely
for the pleasure of killing before
pulling the trigger close your eyes for
an instant, and think Of the suffering
that you are causing. Think Of the
motherless fawns. think Of the mother
less birds, who slowly starve to death.
In many sections game laws have been
enacted, thus protecting in some meas
ure the dumb animals from man. But
even this does not always suffice. The
graceful deer, which once bounded so
lightly over the hills. and down the
valleys, is in many places almost ex-
tinct. This is also true of the birds.
These light hearted songsters are
fast being destroyed by the gun of
man. Pitiful. is it not. that such
should be the case? And yet we be-
lleVe that a better day is coming. a
day when man no longer shall delight
in ruthlessly destroying the dumb
creatures, but when he shall delight
in protecting them.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-13
Simon Pure Demagogism.
Cleveland Starr

For specious pleading, downright i'm
~pertinence, and simon-pure emaeog
Ism, Is to the dying wall of
the railroads in their application to
judge Pritchard to modify the order
IN the rate case. 50 as to conform to
the agreement entered into by them
with Governor Glenn the other day.
whine like whipped children. and
charge everybody in sight with being
responsible for their downfall. and
taking that view of it, we suspect they
are about right. Outside of a few
cuckoos every body in North Carolina.
without regard to race, condition. or
previous s~ervitude," were agin them in
their hish-handed attempt to suspend
and nudity the law Of the State.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-13

on party issues, but he has been in
the vanguard on public questions. He
IS an Independent thinker and care
ful speaker. He knows the hardships
OF lie as Few men know them, who
nave won a place so high. Speakfnp
Al Duiuth a year and a half ago. Gov,
attracted attention by his at
ttude toward the rich. Ten thous-
ana a year is enough for any man +"
ne sad, and he betrayed what NAV
De, after all, his real ambition. "As
q NE work he vent on, al would
oe - 1pie 70 provide for the needs
OF q family, enjoy the elIowshi of
sood DOCKS and good friends. and
write one book that would he raad
one hundred years from now than to
- aoie 70 amass all the money in
GOV. is not ar orator hr,
rs IS a fluent speaker. He has exce1N
~ ouaress' IS possessed Of a kee,
nse OF humor. and has long been IN
ADDRESS before the CO
~ thlcago in 1905 attracted a+taa
ION over the whole West. Ana ~
aserage listener does not know that
~ Governor Is not a product OF tbe
@raeSdh puoiic schools. as are most
and public men; ne js rath
81 the leader in point Of ahiI,,a an =
those whose education has 49, 81
pupllc school And this $500 ne
me school of adversely was ~ 81
~nonl the University of PennsviEa
ra nose TINS yea. as Commemorate,
o ~ I adding the honor Of the damrne
oonn a johnson is a man 10 uh-
helfer'a may some day. his friandn
DoTTn ne be proud to point ana Iienas
pfrez IS me name of man the VIZ ay
honesty. Of consistsnt a man Of rugged
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-13

he had heard, and the friends he had
won t~hereupon offered to back him in
the venture. He soon became one Of
the leaders in the country
field in Minnesota State which now
has more than 700 publications. He
naturally entered politics. He was in a
Republican county. but it was by only
a narrow margin that he was defeated
when first he accepted a nomination
for the State Senate His neighbors
knew him, and he was finally elected
Senator.
Twice Elected Governor.
In 1904 the Republicans Of Mime
sofa made an unpopular selection in
picking a candidate for Governor. The
nominee did not command the respect
OF many in his own party. The Dem
ocrats had never elected but one Gov
ernor before, in forty years. But they
saw their opportunity then, and
against his W ~pleadings they nomi-
mated John A. Johnson. He made a
phenomenal run, defeating the Re
publican nominee by a vote of al
most four to one. in a State which
Roosevelt carried overwhelmingly. He
was reelected in 1906, no opponent
arising in either preliminary in his
own parry. And both elections were
scored largely through the general
ship Of Johnson himself.
As Senator and as Governor, Mr..
has been foremost in the
movements for railroad regulation. AS
senator he worked for the raising of
the rate of gross earnings tax. and
as Governor he has been prominent
among the State executives who have
been working for concerted action in
road, and corporate regulation have
won praise from President Roosevelt
himself.
He has not taken advanced ground
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-13
4 CROP WHICH IS MAKING RICii
THE FARMERS OF THE NILE"

How 1t is Grown and Marketed-Cot-
ton Plantations and Their irrigation
Scenes In the F1eids-The Bon
WecviI, Which IS Fought by Forced
Jabor-What the Cairo Agricultural
Department Is Doing-improVeu
seed and Artificial Fertilizers.
Alexandria.
Ihav spent the whole Of today wan
derinc about the cotton WharVes OF Al
exandria. They extend for a mile or
so uD and down the MahmudTych canal
which Joins his city to the Mic, ana
are fanked on the other side by ran
roads filled with cotton trains from
every part of Egypt. These wharves
lie under the shadow Of Pompey RI
lar. and they extend all along the ca
nal. almost 10 the harDor. Upon them
are great warehouses filed with bales
and bags. There are cotton presses
nearby and in the city Itself is a great
cotton exchange, where the people BUY
and sell. lust as they do at Liverpool
from the samples Of lint which repre-
sent the bales brought in from the
plantations.
The Alexandria Cotton Market.
Indeed, cotton is as big a factor mere
as it is in New Orleans, and n banks
of this canal make one think of the
great cotton market OF that city, Inc
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-13

fined courage, who ha8
to the highest"
Minnesota is AZ yet .n '..
Of looking on at this pen"
ernor OF a Republican
dering what place 10 w.|
the leaders Of "A party
n whose judgment h@
clear OF the entaugle"e
ties OF fractional strife
sons friends r able -1
measure Of justihCat.rn t.
a man.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-13

trv Of the world. It's average crop IS
Ara hounds to the acre, which is Iar
in excaes Of ours. DR.. Weber. OF our
Department OF Agriculture. says that
our average is only 100 pounds per
acre. although we have, or course
many acres which produce 500 pounds
and more.
Brings Big Prices.
gyptia cotton brings big prices,
There are some kinds which sell ior
double the amount of u cotton II
is in fact. the hes I cotton or the
is in fact, the best cotton OF the
Island cotton, which grows on the
islands of the coast Of Georgia anu
South Carolina. The Sea Island cox
ton has a little longer fibre than TIE
E,ryptian. The latter is for the most
rsrt brown in color and is noted LOT US
ssiIkfness. which makes ii valuable Tor
manufacturing merceriZed cotton. w
imnort an enormous quantity Of Egyp-
tian cotton to mix with our colloh- l
hear Of cotton here seillns loF ~ LILY
o. cents per pound, n am told that
there is a great difference IN the va
rieties raised, and also as TO the parts
of the Nile valley in which each Klhu
is raised. 49,
Tne very best cotton grows IN the
delta. and that region is now producing
more than four-fifths of the crop.
I aee than a quarter of a million acres
are now in cotton in h valley Oh the
Nile above Cairo, and the yield IS mel
ther so large nor SO good as tnat OF
the delta.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-13
Errand Clerk at Twelve.


johnson was a clerk and errand boy
in a general store when he was twelve,
and until he was fourteen he worked
for SO a month. When he was not
busy in the service OF his employer he
might often have been seen taking
home laundry TO the homes of ST.
Peter people. But when he was four
teen he made his mother stop taking
in washing" and he assumed the full
responsibility of supporting her and a
family of five. He went to work in a
drug store. remaining IN such employ
ment for ten years His schooling,
meanwhile. he carried on for himself.
He spent his odd moments at study.
not at play. He was the man Of the
house. and he showed judgment be-
yond his years.
After he had been a drug clerk for
ten years he was employed for a year
as paymaster for a railway construc-
ton company. For this he received
SIS a month. It was at this time that
he bought in at a tax sale the home
on which the father had permitted
the taxes to lapse.
In 1886 young Johnson turned his
attention to newspaper work. The
men of the town had watched the
young man, n had marked him as
one dependable and thoroughly worth
while A half interest in the Herald.
a weekly newspaper, could be had,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-13

Because Of the PROV.
played by Patrick H'.E
tory of the state u
the interest in him -
the opening OF the JAM
sition in that State. the
colt Company have
have George MorRar
True Patrick Henry
mer; but on acCoLnt
Of work entailed upon
and publisher in prep
prehensive and acg--a
publication, the date
ance has had % be-
September l. Mr..
access to the acruuE
pers Of A hundred
many unused Writ OTIS ,
has gone TO a great IN.
BILE to extract from I'M"
teTial many new hlst'E
the life Of Patrick Hs..- Oh.
never before been pLt
lie.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-13

Some people want 90 ..s. s-
so as tt get the testimpAs
printable
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-03-15
Sidewalk improvements.

John A Wallace and W. H.
Hicks are putting in cement side
walks along the front Of their
blocks and others along the same
street are also preparing to do
so. Contractor John Begrin is
doing the Wallace and Hicks job
and it looks alright to The News
reporter.
Wherever property owners put
in sidewalks the City Council
proposes to furnish the street
crossings and this should be
sufficient inducement to property
owners along both streets lead
ing westward from the public
square to put in good cement
walks as far west, any way, as
the public school building. The
News wants to see this done and
now is the time to take up the
proposition as it will cost each
owner much less to make hotch
potch" job of it than to go one at
a time.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-03-15

family to Texas, and that this
town, from his observation, suit
ed him better than any point he
had then visited. He also said
that if he came here to locate he
would want to found a CONNER
cial and normal college and asked
whether or not we thought the
matter would meet with proper
encouragement from our citi-
zens. The News thought it
would.
Last Friday The News receiv
ed a letter from President Tho
rem stating that in the near fut-
ure he would visit us again to
see what, if anything, could be
done in this matter.
= Such an institution would, UNI
der efficient management, un-
doubtedly be good thing for
the town and not only for the
town, but for its owners. Men
tai attachments, for which Mr..
Thoren has the very highest tes-
timOnialS. do not of themselves
bring about business success
it takes executive ability and OF
a high order, to make any kind OF
a college succeed in new coun-
try like this. Now, if Mr.. Tho
rem possesses this worldly facul-
/ ty along with his well known and
acknowledged high intellectual
ability, and his Iowa friends say
he does. he can feel secure of
success with a college at Canyon
City.
The News. in the interest OF
the town. looks with favor upon
this proposition and urges our
citizens to so consider it as to be
able. on the coming of Mr.. Tho
rem, to take the matter up with
him.
Let every citizen answer fol
himself the question-Do we
want a college:
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-03-15

make a short trip down the road.
1t is a gross injustice to make
people lose a whole or even half
day to accommodate a railroad
whose passenger trains are late
more than three-fOurthS Of the
time. Then besides, the average
business mans time is worth
Just as much to him as the time
of the railroad officials. y great
many of Us have said some hard
things about the Santa Fee, but
this one act of theirs should atone
for all they have done. 1t is
needless to say that the patrons
of this line appreciate beyond
words of expression this move
on the part Of the Santa Fee Off
Gals. Hereford Brand.
Misplaced thanks dear Brand.
The Railroad Commission FORCED
the Santa Fee to doit. Give credit
where it belongs.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-03-15
City Council Proceedings.

The regular monthly meeting
was held Tuesday night and held
to late hour.
Aside from passing on some
accounts and giving orders rela-
tive to some cleaning up and
scavenger work the business
consisted of considering bids for
cement sidewalks and street
crossing work. None were ac-
cepted, the Council concluding
that before going further the
specifications should be so amen.
ded as it seemed to it, the COun-
Gil. that those used by contract
ors as the basis of the bids were
not satisfactory. Premises con
sidered, it was decided that new
specifications be adopted and
that bids be again invited either
this or next week. \ delay was
also considered advisable in or
der TO get samples of corrugated
iron culvertS for use in street
crossing work, which the Mayor
stated would arrive this week
from Dallas.
The application of John a. Wal
lace for permission to move the
wooden structure, formerly oc-
cupied by the Hall-Abbott Land
Co. as an office. from its present
situation to the back of his new
brick, was referred TO the com
mittee on fire limits Council
adjourned subject to call of
Mayor.
The evident intention Of the
Council is to decide on the best
plans for sidewalks and street
crossings and then obtain the
cost per square yard. This done,
the facts. as to the sidewalks,
will be laid before those required
by ordinance to put them IN
,r-l,o, - - aynactn1 fbpv will
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-03-15
DO WE WANT A COLLEGE I?

In February the president OF
Western Union College, DeMars,
Iowa. submitted this question to
the directors of the Commercial
Club.
Talking with The News editor
Rev. Herman II. Thoren, PHI. D.,
the gentleman in question, said
that il was his desire TO move his
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-03-15

Why do we pay rent or live on
the street corners: Why not
buy home and live under your
own vine and fig tree?" I have
places to sell of all kinds, colors.
shapes, sizes, and terms from
1928 up. If you want to buy or
sell it will pay you to see us. We
are live wire and full of bust
ness. Phone Is.
j. f.. COLEMAN.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-03-15
Memphis is to have water

Memphis is to have water
works. The water is to be taken
from the springs north of town
about > - miles off. The Mem
phis Herald says that $50, 900
will be required for the putting
in of the system and all the mon
ey is arranged for and no stock
for sale"
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-03-15
MISPLACED THANKS.

The Santa Fe has at last done
the right thing and put on an
extra passenger train in case the
regular is more than an hour
late. This is great benefit to
the travelling public, since they
will no longer have to wait five or
six hours, or perhaps all day to
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-03-15

The Texico-Farwell papers
claim that McCabe & Steen have
the contract for the long talked
of Texico- Brownwood cutoff and
that work of pushing through
from both ends will begin in
April. 1t may go and it may
not. but if il does it's more likely
to strike Coleman City than
BrOwnwOOd.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-03-15
PROGRESS AND FIRE PROTECTION,

Canyon City, altho town of
1000 people, has, you may say,
no protection whatever in case of
fires. This is so, perhaps, be-
cae the attention of our citi-
zenS has not been called in that
direction.
Canyon City has outgrown her
village garments. Within the
last twelve months it has been
incorporated and ere three more
months are gone the public
square will have been SubStan-
TALLY graded and cement or brick
sidewalks ten feet wide, will have
been placed all around it. y
Stock law has been adopted and
is enforced, thanks to our ener-
getic marshal, and by reason of
it our streets are being bordered
with trees. Many good residen-
ces. built for homes, have been
erected during the last six
months: several more costing be-
tween two and four thousand
dollars each have just been star
ted and plans for others are be-
ing made. Brick and concrete
business houses costing many
thousands of dollars are nearing
ing completion, in fact, progress
toward the making Of good
town is plain to the most casual
observer.
Our people are the taking hold
sort too Witness the raising,
one day last week, Of $4,000 for
an ice and light plant-all sub
scribed in about one hour Then
the ambition of Canyon City peo-
pie to lead in other lines than
strictly business is plainly evil
denced. In this category comes
the brilliant record of our base
ball club for last year and its or
ganization again last week with
over a thousand dollars. sub
.scribed as nucleus fund in
few minutes; our brass band,
splendidly uniformed and of over
twenty pieces, confessedly the
best organization of its character
in the whole Panhandle; our or
chestra, as good as any of its
number in the State; our wide
awake commercial club, and sew
eral other organizations which
have for their object the ministry
to mans wants, both real and
fancied, while here below.
So much for progress along
the line of Canyon City's materi-
al advancement, but what has
she done to protect all these
things from "a fire: Echo an
swers, nothing.
Behold how great a matter a
little fire kindleth." Thus speaks
one of the inspired Bible writer's.
Apply this to a small fire origl-
mating within the incorporate
limits on a windy day or night
with the larger portion Of town
to leeward of it and might we
not say the same thing:
Of course, not having system
Of waterworks Canyon City can
not have "a fire company per Sc,
but it can have an organization
with perhaps. chemical engine
or, at least, suitable buckets, etc,
for use in case Of dire necessity.
At any rate the matter is surely
of sufficient importance to en-
gage the attention Of the Com
mercial Club.
Fire protection is needed,
much more than some other
things talked Of, and it cart
come about too soon.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-03-15
News Roll of Honor.

Under this heading will be found
the amounts received on subscript-
ion to the News since last re.
port, and names of the parties
paying. This will serve as a re-
ceipt to those of our subscribers for
Warding money by mail.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-03-15
Andrew Crane and j. p. Craw-

Andrew Crane and j. p. CraW-
ford have disposed of their inter
ests in the Crawford" barber
shop to W. J. Kennedy, Il New
Yorker, and C. f. Shopgood, who
halls from Michigan, and the
shop will now be conducted by
the latter gentlemen. Mr.. Crane
expects. about the last of this
week. to move to Dalhart.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-03-15

All kinds of Racket Goods
School supplies and Confection-
cry AT Wilson'S. Try us.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-15
HadhN.CMhaftS6

Wednesday OF Miss Isabelle Winlock and
A~lphonsus johnson Murphy Of Dublin,
Ireland. to he celebrated in st. Peter's-b by
the-Sea at Narragansett Pier. X. The
bride IL a daughter OF the late William
Crawford Winlock Of the Smithsonian
Institution and a granddaughter Of the late
Joseph winlook' an astronomer; Mrs.
Of Washington. will attend as matron OF
honor, and HenryG Boyer. son Of DIR, Boyer.
US. ~. will assist IA best man
The marriage in the near future Of Miss
Elizabeth s, Potter. daughter Of MIR. and
Mrs. James Potter Of Philadelphia, and
Frank Lyon Polk Of thiscity will beof much
interest here and will be attended by numer-
Gus friends Of Mr.. Polk. who Is a son of DIR,
and Mrs. William NJ. Polk Of 7 East Thirty
sixth street. Mr.. Polk, who is a member
OF q southern family. has been n popular
society beau since he was graduated from
Yale IN 1894. He Is a lawyer, He has
served many times as an usher NJ smart
weddings and was best man for Cornelius
Vanderbilt on HE marriage 20 Miss Grace
Wilson.
Countess do Laugier-v illsrs sailed on
Thursday for her home in Paris. She
returned from Bar Harbor with her father.
Johnston Livingston. last Sunday and will
noon make him another visit st his home.
500 Fifth venue. Baron Alfons Buesche
returned 20 Europe during the week.
Raroness Goro OF japan will be n OF the
interesting foreign visitors In town for
some time 70 come. She 10 on u tour OF the
world, Baroness Won ketteler Miss Maud
Cas- Ledyard). who 10 the guest Of MIR. and
Mrs. lewis Cass Ledyard at their New port
cottage. will 20 on to Manchester blythe
Sea for the wedding OF Miss Mcmillan and
Col. Sir John Harrington on October IL
Mrs. Henry =. Dimock, who has done
much entertaining during the recent sum
mer at her Bar Harbor cottage. went yes
terday TO her country house IN South
Coventry. Conn. Mr.. and Mrs. W. Earl
Dodge, who have been abroad for several
months, are due to arrive on next Satur-
day, Mrs. Dodge was n OF the Few
cousins OF the bride not present at The re-
cent marriage of Miss Evelyn Sloane TO
William T. &. Griswoid. Mrs, Dodgo's
sister. Miss Emily Sloane, the guest OF her
uncle n aunt. Mr.. and Mrs. William D.
Sloane. and Mr.. and Mrs. John n. Ham
mond, ~returned o town from Lenox early
IN the week. Mr.. and Mrs. William Starr
Miller returned 10 their tow house during
the och after q summer at Newport. Mr..
q Mrs. Eibridge +. Gerry and family.
who have occupied their cottage At that
rsssrt sinos they returned from Europe,
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