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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03
A NECESSARY RULE.

It is again necessary TO call atten-
don to the fact that resolutions. votes
of thanks, cards of appreciation and
obituaries must be paid for when
published in these columns This is
a necessary rule and one that was
made with regret. 1t sometimes hap
pens, when a good man not known out
of his community dies, half a dozen
lodges or associations to which he
belongs properly adopt resolutions of
respect to his 1t is custom
airy to order them printed, but has not
been customary in North Carolina to
pay for printing them. The cost
upon a whole lodge or association Is
very small, but if not paid for, the bur
den on The newspaper is very heavy.
1t is painful to enforce this rule in
many cases. In some instances friends
have felt that it was a hard rule. but
if they could see how many are sent to
a paper OF the character and wide CIR
culaticn of this paper, they would un-
derstand the necessity of the rule and
of enforcing it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

The Columbia State - frankly zeal
GUS because ~ the approaching state
Fair IN Raleigh there n 10 be q contest
between the f3dlcr. Of the various
counties to determine which is ihe best
fiddler in % STATE. III, paper -
correct IN saying tina. no ~vtoiInis;s arc
admitted to this convention They
II ust be bona fIde fiddisrS Sugar IN
the Gourd" ard Billy IN the Low
ground" represent the type Of music
TO be dispensed at this convention
There viii be a contest for the prize
a. best fiddler and fiddiers viii be
present from Cherokee and Curr4tucE.
but wake and wilkes are just now
leading in entrtes The State says;
W freely admit tha, North Caro-
lima while not having superior ndoleTs
or singers to those To be foxnd N
South Carolina. IS Yet ahead OF Us IN
the organization OF its artists. mat
lis. we might say. North Carolina nu-
sicians are more used to concert per
forrnnnces and consequently their I'd
dlers and singers harmonic with
greater artistic sense OF the en- mass
of music, so TO speak We would ihefe-
fore uggest that some OF the iloo4eFs
OF Quit Carolina attend the conven-
ton IN Raleigh"
why not have an Interstate Ffd-
dler's contest? Let South Carolina nd
dIers contest for the best Palmetto nd
dler and send him 10 Raleigh TO con-
pete with the winner at the State Fair
for the championship OF the two car
olinas. These States not only lead
the South in cotton mills. but also in
hddlers.
we maintain that no fiddler was
ever born who can get as much music
with a cat-gut as fiddlers in Rham-
katie or the Brushes. II the State Is
unwilling to rest under this challenge
let it send South Cardinals champion
to the State Fair TO compete with the
North Carolina champion II he dare.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03
THE SOUTH AND CIVIL SERVICE

Commissioner M%cIhenny, Of the
Civil Service. urges southern young
men and women to take the civil ser
vice examination and enter in larger
the service Of the Govern
naent No clerical work ss SO wen oalo
and most OF those who have enter
ed have been pleased and the otnciels
naturally desire more. Explaining the
Indifference OF Southerners M NC
Ihenny says that among the greater
part Of the S~outherners the impress
zion prevails that the civil service Is
not for them, that they can have no
part in the clerical administrative
work OF the nation. II 10 not in the
least difficult 10 understand why THIS
impression persists. This peiief was
once a fact and not SO long ago
1t IS a conviction based upon years
of experience. during which u was
evident to everybody that a South
erner was the last man who could
hope to get a Federal position Politics
not only entered this question, tut
permeated it. There were southern
ers, Of a sort. who held once under
the government but these were not
of the class which l have been trying
TO interest IN the service. And II was
largely eca11s persons OF a character
OF which little need be said-though
mncb could be said-succeeded In OBJ
tanning and holding office that desir-
able citizens came to the COZ cluslon
that all were closed against
merit and responsibility"
Discussing one reason why South
erners are not more g to enter
one branch of the postal service, the
Houston (Tex.) Post says:
IF Mr.. M~cIlhenny had investigated
further. he might have discovered that
the Authorization of several branches
of the public service has operated
TO discourage Southern interest III the
civil service. In nearly every impor-
tant city of the South, the postal ser
vice has been largely A~fricanized and
it is not difficult to understand why
many Southern young men and wo-
men do not care to work side by side
with negroes. In the Western Oil
vision Of the railway mail service. the
white clerks are bitterly complain
ing because they are forced to work
with negroes, and not long ago there
w o. CIOkS 10 NSA 80 ian -
fee of the supervising architect on ac-
count of the employment Of negro
daughtsmen. 1t has been charged by
SO reliable a newspaper as the New
Circumstances Democrat that there
is a systematic attempt being made to
Africanize mail service and 1t seems
to be true. So long as such condi-
tons exist, the white people of the
South are apt to give the civil service
a wide berth.
The North can take it all and well
come"
While this is true of the postal ser
vice there are other branches that
are inviting to Southern men and
women. In the departments, in the
land, pension and Indian service; in
the departments calling for skill and
knowledge there are many places open
to intelligent men and women We
would advise more Southerners to
take these examinations.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03
NEED PRAYING FOR.

Choirs need praying for sometimes.
More than once a church has been set
by the ears because Of a quarrel in
the choir. Last month in a North
Carolina church of prominence diff
.ferences growing out of choir contro-
versies caused a serious split. AS a
rule, members of our church choirs.
who are not paid, render loving and
faithful service, and the whole CON
gregation yves them a debt Of graft
But if the demon of envy and
jealousy gets in the choir, may the
Lord have mercy on that church.
The Cleveland Star tells Of an old
fashioned Methodist bishop in St.
Louis who recently made this prayer
And Lord, bless the choir, bless
every member, and bless what thew
sung today Bless the words Of the
for thou Lord. knowest what
they sung, though we did not under
stand a single word
If we Ilst could understand the
words of the songs they render all
the rest would be forgiven to the
choir.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03
INCREASE IN RAILROAD EARN.
INGS.

The farce of the testimony bv So
called raldroad experts" is made ap-
parent by the enormous increase in the
for the yea 1906 over 1905.
III the year d December 81, 1906.
gross earnings were s234,442,516 more
than IN the previous year. Net earn
lngs We're S104,72S,224 more than in
1905. "This was in spite of a heavy
Increase of operating expenses due to
higher wages and higher cost of ma
~terial," says the Baltimore Sun. The
increased earnings, accompanied a
largely increased service, the lumber
of passengers carried in the year un-
der notice being 100000 more that
in 1906 and the tonnage Of freight
1~SS,71S,091 tons more
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

Appendicitis seems to be a com
paratively new disease, though doubt
less it was appendicitis and not cramp
collie, as they thought, that killed our
grandfathers. Prof. William Henry
Battle, F. r. G. s.. in a lecture in Lon
don, declared his belief that the
spread Of appendicitis was due to the
worldwide use of American steel
rolled flour. Such an authority as the
Lancet says: I'VE are inclined to
think there may be good foundation
for Prof. Battles story Better eat
corn breadi
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

Because the Southern Railway has
quit buying ties to the temporary in
convenience of men who sell ties, the
Tar Heel says, these people, of
course, Will hold the last Democratic
Legislature responsible for this blow.
1t shows the danger of Democratic su-
premacy of State government as we'll
as National government" Now did
vol ever read anything more absurd ?
The Corporation Commission should
compel the Southern to improve the
roads where dangerous and thereby
stop its present bluff, which is injuri-
ous to business men as we'll as danger
Gus to life.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03
An Eloquent md Able Ma but r7.a-
Would BE Walking Nhcad uf IIm

Petersburg IndeN-ApytaI
The dcspairinR ous, whe MOVE. ..
pected TO live long enough E..
other Southern man Frta.#er- M
United States. would bra. a.
fresh courage take 81 the b,m
party should nominate job. b.
Tel as It's candidate. We Hr."
lieve that the nomination u..t .
equivalent To an clcctorio.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

One of the New York Evening pa
pers quotes a son of Jay Gould as say
ing: IF we could only have war with
japan right now it would not be
such a bad thing as 1t seems on it's
face. For n thing IT would take
Roosevelt's attention away from Wall
Street and direct it in a new line"
If men who talk war even flin-
PANTY knew they would have to
face the guns themselves. the Peace
Congress would have ~ field for
work.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

Third Vice-President Kenly. of the
Atlantic Coast Line, denies tho wide
~ published statement that his road
has reduced wages ten per cent. 1t
was as true as the other canards that
are being printed to break down rate
regulation. The atlantic Coast Line
has no occasion to reduce salaries. It
not only pays dividends on S400 Of
water for every 800 invested. but
last ear paid an additional dividend
of twenty Ave per cent.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

Professor z. 81. Jarar, Of Califor-
MIA. makes the statement that In ten
cents. worth Of peanuts there is twice
the protein and SIX times the energy
contained in q large p~oreeThouse
steak" He says his experiments were
most exhaustive. His experiments and
observations are to be embodied IL a
bulletin to be issued by h govern
ment
The peanut il the particular and
special crop OF North Carolina and
Virginia Or rather or twenty counties
In these TWO States where they grow
TO perfection. IL IS the big CROP Or
these counties ana they know the
value OF the nut thar cheers alike the
baseba rooter and the legislator. But
they bad not known that In ten cents
worth or eanuts there Is twice the
protein ana six times the energy con-
tanned in 4 porterhouse steak" This
Information comes At a peculiarly ap-
propriate time. The beef trust has
put mp the price Of porterhouse steak
TO such a figure that none but the
wealthy ear afford its most succulent
cuts. Bu.-"ten cents worth of pea
nuts'-we can all afford to eat them
and when we know we are getting
from them twice the protein and six
steak we may look to see
US refer to the humble nut as Sir Pea
nut and see the nabobs and nobility
bow down TO this North Carolina pro-
duct. Years ago the Sultan of Tur-
key gave testimony to the delights af-
forded him by Blackwells Durham
Bull Tobacco. We VIII soon see or
ders pour IN for peanuts while the de-
mand for .'porterhouse steak" falls off
until the trust cannot dispose of its
supply. In addition to giving more
protein ana more energy, the advan-
tage of the peanut over the porter
house steak is further seen in the mat
ter Of transportation You cannot ship
porterhouse steak except in refriger-
ator cars and in cold storage. But
you can send peanuts to the ends Of
the world in cotton or Jute bags, and
their coating Of shell preserves their
sweetness, protein and energy in the
hottest of the coolest climate.
The day was when the word Meth
odist was a term of derision USED to
describe the and ways of
Wesley and Whitfield. 1t is now a term
of honor of a great religious denomi-
nation. "Tar-heel' was used as an
an-nllati0n 70 riI;o,Ja tho Month Gore
linian. We now hold it as a title of dis
tinction. A peanut politician has
been applied to petty or unworthy
public men. But, if the peanut shoves
aside the ~porterhouse steak, we shall
have the term Peanut politician" to
highest school of craftsmanship" Who
know? Stranger things have happened.
The late Bishop Lyman discovered
that fresh roasted peanuts, with milk,
upon eating before retiring at night
would cure insomnia and restlessness.
It was never generally adopted out
side the diocese of North Carolina be-
aus the people didn't know thai the
peanut contained SO much protein
an energy.
The peanut now has the endorse
ment Of the distinguished professor
and the eminent bishop, and is des-
tined to come into it's own.
Let US increase the acreage next
year and widely advertise that ten
cents worth of peanuts will give twice
as much protein and six times as much
energy as porterhouse steak.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03
fastening Government o]vner-ar

warren Record.
But both the operators r-" .
companies may be sure 100 n". t"
and that is nat they ar. .
the long suffering public H-..-
government ownership by f..r
lily TO. 4. or course there .
mediate prospect OF such
OF the difficulty. but cysr-
between labor and capital
the public ia hurt drives tr.. .
nearer TO experimenting
that may or may not ha
the disease.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

North Carolina has set the thought
full world to studying. At the Trust
Conference to be held in Chicago un-
der the auspices of the National
Civil Federation, the first day will be
devoted to the problems involved in
the controversies between State and
Federal government, respecting jur-
isdiction over intrastate commerce,
now waging in Minnesota, Missouri,
North Carolina, Alabama and Ar
kansas. Governor Glenn could cleo
trify the meeting with one of his
characteristic speeches.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

Houston CTcx) post.
a report from Durham.
the new crop Of Tobacco"
but the crop Will be long
Well. the situation VIII
If the alfalfa holds out
frs dig at North Carol.
that is usually above rsir
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03
TIE NEGRO AND POLITICS

The sex. taing for the material vel
fare tina, has happened ! n North caro-
iira was the passage OF tho suffrage
which eliminated most
of IN. negroes from tbs ballot boz
Naturally the politicians n has
been getting tho benefit % n negro
vote aia al they could 10 defeat n"
amendment and the negroes were
worked up about II The best whIt"
men. who framed the surrzg~ amend
ment and secured It's passage. ee3icv-
ed {, would be hes; for IN. negro ~
well as for the prosperity and prog
rcxs or tho state Their predictions
have cor1e true. n and
pretudicez OF Isso-iso0 have been al
layod and we have had comparatively
an era OF good feeling IN North
Carolina" since tho negro quit be
ing used As a political slave b. an
Inferior class % white and colorod
politicians. one % the most active ot
the negro politicians or h state
was Abe Middleton. of Duplin county.
He was a member OF the Stale Exc
cutive Committee. Delegate 10 tho
National Republican Convention.
Door Keeker OF the Legislature, an
all-round Big Chief in KcpubloAn
politics. What does he say % the
change since he was relegated 10 the
rear as a politician Upon a recent
visit 10 salisbury. where he attended
a meeting OF Odd Fellows Abe was
asked about his present condition and
said:
81 have been in politics most 81 my
life. | was first a voter AMI a worker
in my township. then "A committee
man from my precinct. rose to county
committeeman, then congressional
committeeman, and finally a member
OF the state executive committee
Since We went out or politics | have
had more satisfaction. have made
more money and enjoyed greater hap
piness han ever did before. /
wouldn't exchange my life now for
ten political lives. | have q farm
OF 245 acres. work il with my own
labor and am making none There y
no race problem In my ncighborhood
and i wouldn't swap OF my white
friends there for all the white people
else"
This testimony is also that OF nearly
all members OF the negro race who
are Industrious and interested in the
material and moral welfare OF the
race. They end that their best friends
are not the white fellows who jollied
them to get their votes, but the
men who always told them the
truth and always show a helping hand
they are industrious and usefui
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

Preachers Tracitrr
liz on


rs bGi..
webster eE
We believe - tr t.
good Ctt3E"ns
ne ~goNrrnu uf
stale AMI Nation E.4r
81 idoutffY htHHfIy ...
parts the oHe ,est
views ant tteel#
work tor roe<i
with his tnw nH.
have long sfnce w..
ssoa that there sr.
cannot aGurd 81
candidates fof
are.
l. Ministers So
= Teacher
; Editors
Tho man vha feel.
the gospel. fu .s#I
anee 10 feed tas
which ~ angel mt.ft ....s
fui. he 2 3 fs.r# "
Nond price. g Hat
ward which WAITS f
The Teachers orr
10 The Ululsts .I'
The futurc citizens u- t..
before them h3gh I.
the Teachings of t0.
them nom tn" WiFt.Fa. .r
nave gpu" before. Ier.e..
acter-bulldluE ana f..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03
Ecel TIC sumo WV.

Wilmington Star.
Remarks the Raleigh %cr
at would be trr'.
ing II the people OF E.r..
lima now and then Wp...
and nominate some r"|.
worthy man who was not
ONCE" TIE balance ~ H# "..'.
est men feel the same way
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

The New York Herald saws: "Vhv
not sell the Philippines? If nobody
viii buy the white elephant, why not
pay somebody to tax it and save
the feed"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

Ex-Governor Durbin says he was
offered 500. 600 as a bribe to honor
the requisition for Ex-Governor Tay-
Tor, Of Kentucky, SO Taylor could
be tried in Kentucky. The bribe is
said to have been offered through a
friend five years II has "a fshy
smell.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

The railroad lawyers always pre-
fer that the attorneys for the state
shall speak so soft and low that they
make no impression. Speaker Justice
is in earnest and a man in earnest.
fighting wlth men who viii stop at
nothing to carry their point, cannot
go about whispering.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

Let Virginia Lead is the latest cry
of those who wish to help forward the
Wall Street Southern man for Presi-
dent sectionalism. The time was
when Virginia did lead, but North Car
DINA and Georgia and Missouri are
leading tie Old Dominion. If Virginia
will make uD and give US some moro
Jeffersons, North Carolina will be glad
to follow as it did in the old times.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

THE mules bray" says the New
York World, is the war-note of the
But wars are generally pre-
coded by the braying of a number of
j~ackasses, is the wise comment Of the
Columbia State.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

The Holly Springs Veterans Reunion
was n OF the bsst of the year. The
people there know how To- put "tha big
pot in the little ones" and show rea.
hospitality. The speeches Of General
Carr and Professor Carlysfe were elo-
quent n charmed the people. Prot.
Carlyle grows in the graces of oratpry
as well as in every good word and
work.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

Have you registered on that $780,
900 bond election? The law requires
a new registration and only a ma
jority of .he voters newly registered
can foist that imposition on the tax
payers. Register at once and help
to defeat that proposition which
would deny any hope Of a suitable
auditorium.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

Secretary Root is now at Muldoon's
treatment for folks run down by over
work or dissipations. This has sug-
gested that the Republicans make
their national ticket Root and Null
doom. The campaign cry would be
"Root-en out and Muldoon Will do
the rest"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

Whlle the editor Of this paper be-
ieSes ne ought to have no public
duty or ambition outside of Journal
ism, still the public service would he
improved If more editors, teachers ana
business men made and executed tho
law.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

n question of Who will pay the
s29,24O.0O0 fine?" is premature. The
question Of whether It will be paid at
all comes frst. II 1t is paid at all.
o may be sure the consumer will
oct the bill.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

Raleigh wants an auditorium, but
1t can builI y IRE feet
wide and suitable for fifty thousand
dollars. Why vote $4,000 bonds
for a narrow and noisy auditorium
that will not give a suitable audi
torium?
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03
A special from Jackson. Mi

A special from Jackson, Miss, says
the moral argument is pot now doing
so much for prohibition as the recog-
milton of the fact that dry towns
are PROSPEROUS. while wet" towns arc
T~etrograding, and their people are
TO a realization hat pure
" from q commercial standpoint. Lacv
can gE- along without the OPEN ssl,ol