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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-09
EASTERN TRAINING school.
Correspondent Thinks Explanation a.
Needed From stair Board of
Education

To TIC Ed#tar Newer lu fhn MIN
DRY af the Hr4tDr has sHNfur@9
Cured that mas more as'nut~h@i ine
public than the rcErIf Iuyrt'rtuar
tlon ~ the tE9ar8 ~ Flu alton. Hn
povtponirg the l0cnt uE uf the East
ern Training .huul That such ae
ton was absolutely uuJustinst and
contrary 10 all precedent ie the opiH~
ION unantm0us}y expressed. ht NH iH-
terceted citizen. rcgaril.Nv - th"
community in which they I've ari
that fl nulllfcs and makes an abru-
lutte farce u the board. call fa~
scaled bids Is n ~~ff-eyi4cut tact To
say that this action on the part ~
the Board Of Educai on - unfortunate
does not begin 10 express "a" s''aa-
ton. and that IL viii br productive r
results far reaching AMI d~eplprnhI~
cannot he doubted That II Wi} hurt
the cause Of education IN general AMI
especially the futur" usefulness ~ ths
Eastern Training school ~ q certainty
Had the school been located n~ y
should have been ~ the appointed
tine. all towns and citizens inf~reEfe'
would have accepted the decision
with good grace. believing that fhs
action ~ the board Ma free from
bias. free from politics and free from
untus fav0rit SIN. and thut ~ had the
good Of the cause ~ education ou}y ~
heart But hy this Unnecessary and
unprecedented F4D+8fiTB az 84# Hf7ttNi
bid ethics. they have rubbed the
bloom from or the peach. and lcft
an Interested public 70 ash the Quet-
tion WHY And crho answer Why
whenever The head ~ the educational
evvtcm ~ North CAROLINA places lta"f
in q position 20 com promise tts Sp5r3t
~ absolute fairness. ~ absolute iur-
tfcc and of absolute tuparfaa#tF. in
this greet quest ora question ~
such mOueufous importance 20 NJ,
entire East. then viii tho public lose
will the cause ~ education receive
a seserc blow Thl- writer. nor tho
public with whom he ha2 spoken. does
not !ntend ~ make ans .harge - IN
fairntas or prejudice but tie Good
Book ~adm0us~hes ~ - asp = esrD ne
appearance cvtl and The ~5f1hti"n
"a IL stands today. surely wears a fare
not a. white az snow We earnestly
hope that an explanation v 10 -
forthcoming that 9aI clear the ar
aad satisfy The public mind aud fhr.
the Eastern Training School s3N no,
I be sent forth on 1v m'Hst1r - In
tended u4efJlucrs with n stigma sf-
tached ~ the method ~ - location.
which viii remain ~ 4 biol upon -
fair name and a. an mpedIrrrnf -
building that ~ expect u - accom-
plish.
Very respectfully.
JE<%ES< MORRILL, II H..
Falkland X e., july p
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-09
WAR WOMAN,S MONUMENT.
NlaEaIna Daughters of the Confcd-
cracy Honor Emma Sansom.
- the Associated Press.l

Birmingham. Ala, July 4-Tnder
the auspices Of the Gadsden chapter.
United Daughters Of the 60. nfederacy.
a marble monument was unveiled at
GadSden today TO Emma SAMSON. a
heroine IF the civil war period. During
General Forests pursuit of the Fed
eral army raiders in April. 1868. the
Federal officer. Col. o. d. Streight.
burned the bridge yer Black creek
behind ham and headed for Rome.
Ga. to destroy a Confederate cannon
factory. Miss SAMSON. riding on
General Forests horse behind him.
pointed out the way to a ford a few
miles above the scene OF the burned
bridge. FORESTS troops then over
took the Federals aid captured them.
It is the third monument in the South
ever erected to a m
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-09
a sailor

Asheylle. y e.. July tor tufr~
est 70 many - ne news II fhe mar
rage II NlsE E4Eenla Cameron,
youngest daLght@r ~ Mr. Fl II cam
ervn of this city. t. Mr. Alexander
< Wadsworth. Jr. n the In ted
states Navy The marriage took
place q. Manila II 4. on June 2sts
Miss Cameron. who q daughter ~
the late General + II Cameron. wax
visiting her sister. Mrs Burnett. wif.
OF Lieutenant Charlie Burnett. Fourth
Cavalry, who. AZ present. T. detailed
a. aide tn General Pershlng a. Fort
Mckinley. Manila. =. !
Mrs. Cameron has one 20 New
YORK
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-09
One Profit From Cotton; One ron
Stock

And yet there are thousands Of
farmers who make a bale per acre
and here and there a @good farmer
who makes two bales in a favorable
season. SO that the average is made
by those who never make a paying
crop. And these are those who grow
only cotton, raise nothing else. and
keep no stock. With a prospect for fair
prices for cotton. the area annot be
greatly increased because of the scar
city of labor, and 1t should he the aim
of every good farmer in the South to
increase h yield per acre instead OF
putting in more acres. And mule
raising. cattle raising and hog IA sing
Will hep to DO this, and there is no
section of the entire country where
such an abundance OF good forage for
stool can be produced as in the South.
and no part II the country where
heavier crops Of corn can be made by
good farming.
When the Southern farmers raise
Their own mules their own cows and
their own beeves. they VIII make all
the more money out OF cotton crop.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-09

together and PIE rkgs~~sts- nat an6
save the boy. ar1 yo1rw -e1 cf yuGr
toRn. sand fer thzF ahAch - right
ard say 70 such fools ss us~u - tFs
can't 20 ne tAs zntsk~r svs&sd -ax -
the cna-sctt. Observer to 80 tail 90
tre American Tobacco Company A5a
* TO he'll @3ih IT
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-09

The more times girls refuse 10
marry a man the smarter he thinks
he is TO have enough money TO live
on.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-09

We visited the glass factory. q
lace shop, and a Mosaic factory
and saw the work in actual
process, and it was very interesting in
deed. The men receive from three
to six frances (sixty cents to $1.2O)
and the girls twenty to thirty cents a
day for ten hours work. Living IS
cheap said the proprietor land so IS
labor" It would have beer a great
Joy to you lady readers, I am sure,
if they could have had a chance at
the lace saw at the price it was
offered but | know so little about the
work and articles offered that | dared
NOT venture far.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-09

Let blood tn rivers Tow. AMI t~t
Hut ~h4 take time - gc4l fao rest J
That's All you need - make ; oeuA
one II the AK that sell The best
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-09
FaRMEIls -JsaI~F
YOUR owN MULES
Ea&hcv Than Tax the CostOu Crop
with ExerythlnS-Ts~rr IL Mun%
ey tu Stock Hat~1ng.

~. r AlaS~ev !n Progressive
Farmer
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-09

Yea AK = yeInE srswr.c&n
tie ~ AS &c tAs An& -EAHa@r@@e
No r~1&asAehes A~ro aH@ @8@8@f-
lie m1at ~ chavez. nsAt&ra4sv.
Te~r adj = princess = son~ AanG
That's neesr mentioned o. = rsAP.
Where m~s r~a3 customs hasA
And ~ ans minds ths rs q r&s
Nix in a rival claimant Tor
The shraHe that - shr pin r@a
right
An8 ever single Unav Yea an
JGN let weueso3y star = 0Ghl
TAKE motor ears Ard cipher Caaca
Abeucgioas dungeons. paper taa
lTGos~ Apcret FAIlHE aege &hat
would noecissts aad playa rsets
Go~
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-09

A CORES pendent IN the Central
West. who - thinking - buy rx Land
IN North Carolina assumes from my
long residence there J caa assist him
10 wh&t he wants He wishes 30
kncH hat part - the state = Ette3
for tire raising - mules >ow sg se~r-s
10 me that - til ne great demand fur
mules that away exists ~ the ce-
ton belt and the little attention that
has been Ia q - the industry thu.
most ~ IN. cotton farmers depending
or the cotton crop 10 furnish theru
everything else. and keeping no
breeding animals. that 'here ~puIf
be a fine opening fHr the bree flns of
mules IN the south. Most II the
u4.tlcs sold Ira The cotton bel' are
hr3uEh. there In droyes from Ken
lucky and Missouri ard Inv ss-
Virginia. while all the AMI
+ edmont sections 81 the State -
North Carolina. south Carolina ana
Georgia are as sell fitted for the
breeding y mules and horses - any
ar hnr states
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-09

Jim ana / have been looking for
ward 10 his summer Tor years" SAYS
a Columbia Heights woman Every
wear since our little girl was born
I've had 10 TAX her out ~ town for
two or three months. Of course. and
Jim has never bee. able 10 get away
che summer Is his busy time. Alpeavs
we've promised ourselves 4 summer To-
ether At home. With e11IHs sails
down the river. and troltS rides. and
plenty Of watermelons. and a whole
house 10 ourselves. and all the other
things YOU can have II yoG stay In
town. This year we let our daughter
90 TO a camp up in Vermont With her
teachers-a place where she'll be safe
and = and most scientifically
looked after. She's ! big girl, and
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-09

CATION present. and We recoxnzaa
among them many Of those ~ nnr
worlds Sunday School Convention
delegates.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-09

\ City Without a Horse or Wagon.
was disappointed somewhat in
NeNlce. It is not the city of such
a~az1ling beauty as the pictures of it
."t led me to look for. We reached
i eF" at 10 p. m. by train from Flor
s"'". and were taken to our hotel in
E"H iOlas. In fact there is no other
mode of travel in Venice. Think of a
~r"tt city of nearly one hundred thou
ana people and not a horse. mule,
..'n%ey, billy goat. COW. hog or sheep
m#. Nor is there a bicycle, automo-
D'I' oT other vehicle on wheels. Not
.Alcken or fowl of any kind, but
-'usands of pigeons and those of
'.r readers who have visited Venice
never forget the pigeon feeding
~. Marks square. In addition to
>07e birds being fed by the many
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-09

would say that any OF the mountain
valleys are suitable, and all the roll
ing uplands of the upper Piedmont
section, west Of the man line of the
Southern Railway. In fact, If / were
intending to raise mules in North
Carolina / wOuld select first the val
leys of Cherokee and Macon. the
counties Of Ashe and Allegheny. and
then in the Piedmont section I would
prefer the counties Of CataWba,
Burke. Mcdowell, Rutherford and
Forsyth.
One family with the business and
with the best breeding stock to pro-
duce the cotton mule could make a
very remurerative business in any OF
these counties.
But why should any farmer who IS
engaged in the growing OF cotton,
keep only mules on his farm? Why
should not every farmer in the cotton
belt raise his own mules rather thar
tax the cotton crop with everything ?
And yet there are hundreds. nay thou
sands, of farms in the South on which
there is not a breeding animal. mules
and mules only. and when new mules
are needed it makes a big hole in the
cotton crop to buy them, While the
cost of a mule or two grown on the
farm would hardly be felt, and the
mares would be as available in the
cotton field as the mules. If the
southern cotton grower are ever 70
attain the Independent positions of
real farmers they must realize that
live stock raising in some form lies
at the very foundation Of improving
agriculture. The prospect is that with
the growing demand for cotton. the
price of the staple viii never again
touch the low figures it has in past
years. But it is not in an exclusive
devotion to cotton. even high-priced
cotton, that the development Of South
ern agriculture is to be worked out.
Taking the whole cotton belt the
average crop Of cotton is about zoe
pounds per acre one season with an
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29
NOW GROWING SLOWER
RIG BUILDING UECRE4SE.
Teuements Planned This Year Viii
House Only I10,O50 Persons.

,,ha nnrnfer of tenement houses fer which plans
-, fled I'm 1907 falls considerably below the num-
rer in 1906 In that year plans were filed foT $40
nuuaings of which s26 were in Manhattan. AS in
- 12-onx $50 in Brooklyn 5oi in Queens and Q
a, .,,cbrnond These accommodated IS, us families
ESQ in Manhattan. 1901 in The Bronx. 22,626 in
13rooklyn. 1884 IL Queens and Is in Richmond.
r 8 reputation Of nearly 10000 people, taking the
verage number Of persons 10 family as four and
|. half the number given by the United States
g-s,s,1s in 1890 the average for Manhattan, The
90 and Brooklyn. These buildings were esti-
tsd 10 cost sll2 is7 coo-s55 2aso 900 in Manhattan
x1gzlse0 In The Bronx. s37.s52,Goo in Brooklyn
"a ess zoo IN Queens and $4,000 in Richmond.
Fer +he wear 1901, however, Up to and including
,,e,nber q By which time practically all filing of
sans IS over for The year, plans had been fled for
l,, ss7 buildings. with apartments for 24493 fam
,ae or about I000 persons, At cost OF SO es7 600
y viii ne seen that the accommodations provided
are less than half those provided 1906. and the
,a..1 cast is reduced in proportion.
ar the 2357 buildings for which plans were fled
o. vera for Manhattan $50 for The Bronx 1873 for
Tsroosfvn S74 for Queens and s for Richmond
B-ooklvn still shows the greatest activity with IS
per cent Of the buildings, bet even this large
her is considerably less than half OF those provided
Cor in 1905 The greatest decrease is shown for
Manhattan where the number for 1907 Is only e.
LITTLE over one-foUrth OF those for 1906 On the
e.her hand the total CT the buildings 81 Man
haitian is considerably above that for Brooklyn
sg 7eos as against Se.o11 750--showing the ten
dency toward building the higher priced apart
,nents II Manhattan. The greater total cost is
largely due 10 the larger size Of the houses
II 1907 the total apartments provided II Aanhst-
tan were 7.47 about thirty families house. il
Rrookly total number of llS7s apartments gives
about eight families house: the Bronx. with S.e5S
spartunents and about ten families house. while
Queens has $50 apartments. only i've families
6 house Richmond has so little tenement building
that averages fer that borough do not mean much.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

few minutes after article has been bought and
ordered to be sent home It will be on one OF the
wagons in the plaza, which takes up the main
floor of the annex. The clerk behind the counter
drops the package into a chute. which in turn de-
l!vers It on canvas escalator score Of which
are operated between the two buildings In the
basement of the annex the escalator delivers the
package into a gigantic bowl number OF at
tendants place the parcels chutes, each designed
for certain sections Of the city. In the sub-base-
ment the packages are placed In baskets and sent
TO the loading room on the first floor. One hundred
double horse wagons can be loaded at one time IN
this space. which is OF the largest devoted to
that branch Of the department store industry. In
the concentration Of packages three floors are used
and q system of canvas escalators feeds nearly
forty chutes.
Besides the concentration department, tho annex
contains the incinerator, which turns all waste
matter into fuel. making saving of two and
half tons OF coal day. Almost &C joining the In
cinerator, with its terrific heat, is the ice plant
which is capable of transforming water into sixty
tons OF ice every day. The other compartments or
the sub-basement are used coal bunkers which
have a capacity OF ono thousand tons OF coal.
Above these floors, where the nerves of the de-
partment store system are located, is the employees
room, on the second floor. A restaurant, library,
reading room. social room. entertainment hall and
q coakroam provided for the men and women
connected with the store. hospital is also In
cluded The third floor contains the supplies for
carrying out the department store business, and
the fourth floor is aside for house furnishings
while the fifth floor is refrigerator, in which furs
and other goods requiring cold storage are kept
The workroom where repairs of all kinds are
made will cover the entire sixth floor.
In planning the building 1t was arranged TO
connect the old building with the subway. which, it
is expected, will be in operation next summer.
station Hoyt street Will lead into the basement
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

were fled the result OF orders requiring strlctu-
raj changes issued by the department.
OF special Importance is the work done toward
the removal of the unsanitary school sinks. which
constitute such great evil in the older tenement
house quarters, especially in Manhattan. The
progress made may be judged by the fact that
OF the plans filed In Manhattan more than 80 per
cent were for the removal Of these nusances. Dur
ing the year Cup to the last week in December)
1020 school sinks actually rernoved-s16 in
Manhattan. in The Bronx 81 In Brooklyn IA IN
Queens and in Richmond. In their places during
the time S.3s7 additional water closets were
provided OF proper sanitary type-7.645 In Manhat-
tan. a In The Bronx and 64s in Brooklyn. Queens
and Richmond. Another very important class OF
alterations Is the cutting Of windows into dark In
terror rooms. prescribed by the law During
the year nearly thirteen thousand Of these air.
less, sunless rooms, practically all used bed
rooms, and effording most Unsanitary conditions
in their original state. with opening but
door to the adjoining room. had each window
by feet In size cut in the partition. The
actual numbers 12.7e7. Of which 9.64S were IN
Manhattan IL IN The Bronx and 2SSo In Brooklyn,
Queens and Richmond.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29
STOCK RECORDS LOWER.
Exchange Securities Behind 1905
FIGURES by SZ5, 900. 900.

Tho records Of the New York Stock Exchange
show that the volume OF securities listed this year
was the smallest In ten years with the exception
Of 1so4 The total amount sso. o.Ss7s $50. against
S1ss SGT $50 last year. and was composed or $751;
es7 go stock and 1893 Soe 900 bonds, This was de-
crease of about y75.NO0oo IN tho value Of steeks
and sl7soN0o In bonds from tho usttngs OF tns
preceding year. With tbs exception OF 1904 when
the total only s71o5i4,50o the vaiue OF tne Sc
c,,rttfes listed on the Stock Exchange since 1850
b.. ,.a, considerably In excess Of N,ooAooAooe .
year.
The LARGEST amount listed IN any Ode year du-tns
thi. period was In 1901, when the total was GSes-
oos The largest individual amount OF securities
listed by any corporation this year was ks'ssso'
bv ths International Mercantls Marine; the MAC
kay Companies were second. with Sasa ana
the American Can Company third With ns1ao
of So 4s66 500.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29
DEPARTMENT STORE ECONOMY.
Addition to Brooklyn Place Has Every Fa-
cility for Quick Handling of Goods.

Hundreds Of artisans cash girls. clerks and pack
age concentrators who a part of the Abraham
G Straus department store. IN Fulton street. Brook
lyn, will be assembled in the six story, double
basement building, fronting IN Livingston street.
within few days With the exception of the i'm
mediate attendants in the department store, all the
employees will conduct the shipping OF packages.
repairing of furniture, storing of furs and the
muititudinous other work done in the build
ing, which was completed last week
Connected with the Fulton street store by sub
way under livingston street, the annex is really
part OF the original building. although it makes
possible addition of 6i,0 square feet Of selling
space in the OLD building The necessity of moro
room became evident when the improved transit
facilities increased the suburban business IN Brook
lyn. and the directors of the hardly able
carry the details of the business in the build
ing. which had already been enlarged.
The annex, covering area of 80 by 10 feet,
was then erected and fitted with the latest appii-
ances which make 1t possible to devote the entire
Fulton street building TO the purchasers. Within
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

as IN 1907 only eight buildings were planned, with
1 soartments
This tendency to restriction of building In Man
haitian" says Edmund J. Butler Commissioner Of
the Tenement House Department, "has been going
on since 1906 in which year The largest number OF
buildings in the history Of the department was
planned for, the number being 5.91S buildings. OF
which LA Were in Manhattan. This restriction
is due to several causes Among them the more
complete occupation available building sites, and
the better transportation facilities, allowing the
population TO flow from the crowded island Of
Manhattan to outlying districts where they can
secure the accommodation they require, at less
pense.''
1T may be of interest, as throwing q side Hight
on this question, to note the cost for each
apartment Of the buildings planned for different
years ' This represents the actual investment ex-
elusive OF value Of the lot needed for the housing
Of the average family IN the differnt boroughs at
different times. For the five years 1902 to 1906. in
elusive, the average cost family was $500 for
Manhattan, $500 for The Bronx, S.S50 for Brook
lyn 81, 800 for Queens and 81 $40 for Richmond This
average represents actual difference in character
and quality of the building size dn the sense
of number of apartments provided) and land value
are left out Of account higher cost apart
ment therefore means more expensive construction
or larger rooms to apartment,
ell of these conditions. Taking 1906. It
is seen that the greater numbers in Manhattan
were largely accounted for by the cheaper class
CT houses. as the average cost apartment was
0he same as the total average for the i've years.;
for Brooklyn. $780, about the the general
average For the last half of 1907 the average cost
apartment for Manhattan $1,000, showing
great diminution in activity IN the cheaper tene-
ments. and for The Bronx also an increase in cost
apartment is seen Ghough not so great proper
tionatelyl, with average cost of s2,1oo Brook
lyn, the other hand, with fewer buildings than
in 1906 shows average cost apartment Of
sl6oe against s,s9 in 1906, indicating sacken-
ing in that borough Of the more expensive build
tng.
Great activity has been shown in the alteration
Of old buildings. great proportion OF which was
for the purpose Of complying with the provisions
Of the tenement house act. In 1905 plans filed
alteration OF 1856 tenement houses, S,445 in
Manhattan, :26 in The Bronx. 2,2S2 in Brooklyn. 6S
IN Queens and Is in Richmond. In 1901. up to the
last week in December. plans were filed for the al
teration OF 6O76 buildings, 32S2 In Manhattan, 900
in The Bronx, 2,S56 in Brooklyn 1oS In Queens and
s. in Richmond. From IS to 50 Per cent OF these
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

duences The first was strictly economic ana w.
appreciated only by the business community; the
second was moral and had far-reaching erect on
public opinion 1t is wholesome and encouraging
sign that the American public Will not tolerate the
seandalous exposures which began with life insuR-
ance investigations, extended into corporate man
agernent generally and ended with probing our
street railways Mr. Roosevelt very properly chiefly
concerned himself with the latter causes OF DIS
trust For this he has been quite as unjustiy crf-
cised as would the surgeon for cutting out cancer
from, his sick patient While the Of the
panic were chiefly economic, corruptive influences
were largely responsible for fastening the break
DOWN and President Roosevelt's aggressive policy.
though probaby disturbing at times of extreme
constituencies VIII do toward restoring Amert-
can credit at home and abroad than any sths4
single influence"