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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-29
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4 GENERAL SURVEY.

Most Of the time las, week the daily papers
seem TO have been printed chiefly from force of
hahi, There has been little In them. From
upon General siocasci for his surrender OF por,
Arthur: Nationally. interest has conferred In Goa
gressioasl affairs and In the action OF Republican
and Democratic State Conventions with regard 10
in,orcs, in the hes proposition for suffrage 70.
~stricslon In Maryland and In tho sudden death %.
United States Senator ~i.aiimcr. of South Caro-.
lima.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-29

The question !s sometimes raised whether their
conduct In Influenced by a doelFo to graft. IL In
TO, iikcl} that the whole Legislature or any con
siderable proportion OF 1t Ia affected BY graft:
but /, docs pretn queer that a Legislature would
!'rrsistently refuse tn r.hcu- tn Stat. from III.
graft Ut oth.rp II In tltn~ that the Legislators
al Mississippi should dn something for tho farm.
era of the State. ar explain ~hy ,hay do not,
In tho case OF laws for controlling tho fever
Tick. there In the aamo inac,!on aa Ia found on
other questions. Tho tick matter does not Offer
any chance for graft. and would seem 10 Indicate
that the members Of the Legislature are probably
just n 10, OF politicians who are Interested chief
y In caring for their own jobs and are not con
ccrned In tho larger questions on which the
States prosperity depends. Even Tho New Orleans
Live Stock Exchange recently passed a resolution
asking the Mississippi Legislature TO come To tho
rescue of oatuc raisera by giving protection
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-29

scans As6Fc Et@ fsSsA2AEr u tN1rgTasrI IN - Ers-
ting moro cattle shipped TO New Orleans. which
WOULD DO possible II tho fever tick VAS controlled
In Mississippi. hu, their intores, Ia identical with
the insrrcss of Mississippi farmers.
What Tho farmers fear moet In an oy.rproduc-
successful. more will put their money and land
In cattle raising. and Incidentally less cotton will
be rasard. The cattle ~ili also need NOR. cotton
seed or co,tonsc-d meal for feed Any way Il,
works out. moro cattle In III. State mean more
prone for those who rails. cotton. A legislature
Ia always ready TO &C, when an enrased public
sentiment show Itself: aud IL tho Mississippi
readers of The Gazette ~!il write one postal card
10 tho Governor. one 10 their representative. aud
a third TO tho senator from their pla,rie,s. tho
tick Lava viii go Into effect and In due time will
largely take caro- OF reducing tho cotton acreage
aud making co,,onsccd worth more. DO no,
~ri,o long letters. iaa, a postal card saying:
Il. with o,hera. wan, House nh No. ais for
Tho eradication OF the fever tick passed. aud de-
pend on your aid. for tho good Of tho State"
Tha, much viii DO rcad-moro Nigh, no, be-.
IL will take several thousand such cards. and
each man ought tn Get hs n%eighbors To write
similar onea. II tho farmers do not take enough
intores, In their own welfare TO do this much.
they cannot we'll blame tho Legislature for neg
icctin. IL. These cards must all be- rushed Into
Jackson at once. while the Legislature has the
tick bin before II. II any good Is accomplished.
Remember that instant action Ii required and
that your n~cighbors should write cards also.
Tell them about II. and make tho movement sue
cossfui. A delay OF one day means that tho mat
ter vii DO neglected.. that nothing will be done.
Act at onco Ge, others to act at onoc-wlthout
delay,
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10
A Sad Death.

The death of Mr.. George Mewbern,
principal of the Rock Ridge Academy ,
occurred at $3.50 last evening at the
residence of his wife's sister, Mrs. VIM.
Applewhite.
The circumstances of his taking away
were peculiarly sad. With his most
excellent wife, who assists him in his
school work, he came over to Wilson
Friday morning to attend the Teach
ers' Institute. Reaching here about 9
O'Clock, after the long drive from Rock
Ridge, they went into Mr.. Ruffn's
cafe for breakfast and there he was
stricken unconscious from an attack
ureamia induced from Bright's disease.
Wilson Times.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10
SENTENCES IMPOSED.
A. J. Baird, The Sewing Machine
Man From New York, Goes
To Pen For Three Years.

Jvdgs Neal imposed sentences upon
the following persons at Saturdays s ses-
sion of Superior Court:
Al. Baird, emLszzlement Of sewing
machine and, money, 3 years at hard
work in the State penitentiary.
Lennie Davis, assault, year on
roads.
Sentence of Jonas Dixon changed
from IL months to 8 months.
John Williams, a. d. w., IL months
on roads.
Sentence of Jim Bingham changed
from 2 years to 18 months.
June Williams, larceny, months on
roads.
Adam Hinnant, larceny, years on
roads.
Fletcher Simmons, affray, 6 months
roads. Judgment suspended in case
of Charles Hinnant, charged with be-
ing partner with Simmons in this
affray.
Sohn Roberts, c. c. W., 4smonths on
roads.
Marinda Raid, retailing without
license, months in county Jail.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10
A SAD DEATH.
MIR. W. H. Powell, Of Windsor, Died
In Goldsboro Hospital Last Night.

Some weeks ago the ARGUS made
note of the coming to this city, from m
Windsor, of Mr.. w. II. Powell to fill q
position with the jewelry store Of Mr..
L. D. Giddens. Today it is one So d
nuty to chronicle his death, which oc-
CURED Friday night, at the Goldsbore
Hospital, where he had been a patient
since Thanksgiving Day.
Mr.. Powell had for mouths been q
victim of severe chills from which he
could get no rslief-the ''yellow chill"
variety-and on Thanksgiving eve he
was visited by most severe rigor, and
so unnerved was he by the attack, tha at
his attending physician placed him in
the Hospital and summoned his wife
to his bekside, who came at once, ar
remaining with him to the inexpressi-
bly, sad end, last night.
Mr.. Powell was only % years of age,
and was endeared to all who knew
him. He was q native Of North Hamp.
ton county, this State, but had resided
at Windsor since his marriage. He is
survived by his young wife and an in
fant son, and by his devoted brother,
sDrsCs g. Powell, OF Potecasi, n. c.,
swhoYaaiso, was with him during his
last hours, and who, with the heart
broken young wife, took the remains
on the'Aearly train Saturday to the
old Powell homestead at Potecasi for
intsrment in the family burying
ground.
During his fatal illness, which the
physicians pronounced hopeless from
the first, he had not only the loving
ministrations Of his young wife and
brother, but every attention from the
hospital nurses, the attending physi-
clans and Mr.. Giddens and his fam
lily, who are deeply grieved at his sad
demise.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10
In MEMORY OF
CAPT. GALLOWAY.
Bar Meeting Thiss. Morning: Com.
mittee On Resolutions APP
pointed.

just before the adjournment of court
this morning for the term, the mem
bers of the GoldsboroN Bar resolved
themselves into memorial meeting in
honor of the late Capt. Swift Galloway,
and the following committee was ap-
pointed by Judge Neal, acting as chair
man, to draft suitable resolutions aud
submit to an adjourned meeting of the
Bar at January term of court: Col. I.
F. Dortch, ex-Gov. G. B. Aycock and
ex-Judge w. S. OBJ. Robinson. ~
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10
SWIFT GALLOWAY DEAD
End Came Saturday Night at His
Home in Sn8W Hill.

The death of Capt. Swift Galloway,
critical illness we have noted from
time to time, came Saturday night, at
his home in Snew Hill, w here the fun
eral and interment took place this af-,
ternoon.
Capt. Galloway was one OF the best
known men in the State, having been
solicitor of this district 25 years ago,
when it included larger territory
than at present, and when he made
Goldsboro his home.
After the death of his devoted ans
greatly beloved wife, he took up his
residence in Snow Hill, after retiring
from the solicitoship, and res sumed the
practise of his profession. He repre-
sented Greene county in the last legis
Iature and mum bered his friends by the
will be deeply grieved to learn that
the golden hearted old gentleman is
no moro.
He was a brave Confederate Soldier
and limped through all the Intervening
years from fearfnl wounds received
in the offered sacrifice of his life upon
the altar of his country, and yet SO
Hege was he to the cause that was lost
and it's hallowed memory that his
brave soul ever suppressed the least
murmur of pain at the physical suffer
ing that attended his every limping
footstep. And even in the cleaning OF
lits's eve, when falling sight was added
to his physical woes, his voice was
CHEEKY and his heart joyous. and yet all
of us, who loved him, feel that when
the death angel came, in the waning
light, and kissed his eyelids down, he
was most Welcome, bringing surcsase
of suffering in his touch and, let us
hope, healing in his wings unto i'm
mortality.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10
FRED HOLT
ASSASSINATED
Popular Southern Engineer
Shot Early This Morn
ing.
Standing in His Cab at Coal Chute at
Durham He Receives a Ball
Through the Heart And
Dies in a Few Min.
uieS. Ne Clue.
From Thursdays Daily.

"
Mr.. Fred Holt, the giant engineer of
the Southern, SO well known in this
city and throughout this section, w ere
he married, and once lived, and was
universally esteemed, was shot from
ambush at 1 o'clock this morning, as
his engine, OF the Southern through
freight, was coaling at Durham
Mr.. Holt was standing in his cab ad-
justing the lubricator, and his fire.
man was attending to receiving coal in
the tender, when a shot rang out fro N
under the chute, and Mr.. Holt cried
out that he was hit. His fireman in
stantly gave the alarm to the train
crew, and in the darkness the conduc-
tor and fagman hurried to the wound
ed engineer in the cab, who in his few
moments OF ebbing life sustained the
statement Of his fireman that the shot
came from the coal chute and in 20
minutes, after sending brief farewell
message of love to his dear wife, and
shaking hands with his conductor.
fagman and fireman, was dead. The
ball entered from the back of his right
shoulder, passed the region of the heart
and out.
While running as fireman on the
Southern into this city, some 15 years
orsso ago, Erred Holt,' as every one
called him, married a daughter of Mr..
CASTOR Kelley. formerly a resident OF
this city, but now farming in Duplin
county, and in her sudden, sad and
irreparable bereavement, she has the
sincere coincidence of all our people,
with whom in girlhood she was uni
versal tavorite for her sterling worth
and amiable personality.
The shocking assassination is most
startling and astounding-with a
known reason and without a clue, al
this hour, so far as we have been able
to learn from long distance phone COM
munication with Durham.
Mr. Holt was one of the most highly
esteemed and reliable employees of the
Southern. Starting as hagman he
worked his way steadily to the front
as one of the best engineers of the en-.
tire system and was a general tavorite
and had no known enemy in the
world.
, Only few weeks ago-or few days
a ago probably-he was on ''bir6
hunt" at the home Of his father-in-law W
in Duplin.
F;om Fridays Daily.
! There are no new developments In
the tragic assassination Of the lament
: ed F. A. Holt, the popular SoHtherr
: engineer, an reported in yostsrdsysa
ARGUS, who called Goldsbero hi.
D "home." and where, in considefatiou
. of his great love for the townfsnd oua
people, he will be broughtso be- buried
the funeral taking place from the Firs,
D Baptist church, of which he and his
. wife were members, tomorrow after
D noon at 8 o'clock, and the friends O.
: the dead engineer in this city are in.
vited to the last sorrowful obseQuies.
: An inexpressibly sad feature Of the
whole shocking tragedy is that hia
dear wife is confined to her bed at theil
home in Spencer and their oldes
, daughter is critically Ill with typhoid
fever.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-02-04
Lona.oIstance Land.Ruvlnn.

knowledge of geography is not ac-
CURED solely from books or by travel
The man who persists in buying land
from a distance comes to know his
country pretty thoroughly, but if he is
wise he quits before he gets very far
Many Westerners who are buying land
in places about New York are learn
ing costly lessons in geography. I'm
scrupulous operators catch a surpris-
ing number of innocents, so strong is
the desire in some people to own real
estate.
A humble citizen of Illinois with a
few dollars to spare and a hunger for
land recently received a most elabor-
ate and alluring prospectus setting
forth the suburban advantages of a
New Jersey town as place of resi-
dence for tired city workers and the
great speculative value of lots then
selling at twenty-five dollars each,
full size, twenty by one hundred feet
A map showing the railroad connec-
ton between the town and New York
made the distance look very short.
After pleasant evening spent in
absorbing the Autographed bait. the
Illinois man forwarded money-order
In payment for Lot No. GIG" a tidy
parcel close to the depot. and yet in
the midst of what the diagram indicat.
ed to ba the most desirable residential
section. This lot was one that would
advance to two hundred and fifty dol.
lnTa hnfnrn tho of Il
there was no telling where it would
go to in years tins
I've put a little money into a lot
just across the river from New York"
said the investor TO his cronies at the
village rOstOnice the day the deed ar
rived. quite a boom there. / under.
stand-fortunes being made every day.
m glad I'm I'm ON it. It's safern
stocks; no water to squeeze out of a
good house-Iot"
His eager neighbors paused in their
questioning when the postmaster hand
ed a letter to him from an old resi-.
dent of the New Jersey town The
Illinois man had Glanced TO get his
name and address. and had written at
length To- the stranger for information.
but IL was after he had sent bis mon
ey The letter from the old resident
read:
Shall be glad TO have you iu this
neighborhood and when YOU build on
Tot No 9t6-9IG miles from New York
u know you viii feel right at home
on 1t. at low tide especially. It's pref
ty fun OF soft CLAIMS. but as the old
motto runs there's always room for
one more. Youths Companion
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-02-04
ABANDONED FARMS IN NEW
YORK.
Thousands Of Acres of Unused Lands
in Chenango County.

Thousands Of Acres of Unused Lands
in Chenango County.
There are many abandon I'd farms
In New York State, and Chenango
county has its share. In Columbus,
Sherburne, Smyrna, Otselic, Plymouth,
Pharsali, and North Norwich, in the
northern part of Chenango county, and
i'm the adjoining town of Brookfield.
Madison county, with its many thous-
ands of acres of lease "land" and land
otherwise held, there are thousands
upon thousands of acres of abandoned
and worthless land, whose principal
assets are blue sky, hardpan, boys,
and outcrops of rocks, producing
brakes, various weeds and a dwarfed
wild brush, also valueless snarly
grass. which owes its existence to the
fact that it curls so close to the earth
that The wind cannot sweep it away
On these acres corn is planted with
difficulty, and with this or other crops
1t is a gambling proposition whether
or not the husbandman will get his
seed back. The timber which once
was of some value long ago was de-
nuded of the hemlock, and later the
mills saving the hard woods have
thoroughly cleaned up the scatterings,
leaving the land decidedly barren. And
yet some of these are lands that some
one redeemed from the wilderness.
raised family larger than the aver
age at this day, educated them accord
ing to the advantages prevailing and
maybe left bank account-but that
was many years ago, before the time
of the giant corporations.
In part of the Chenango county To-
cality a tax rate of over 500 on n
thousand, made so by the bonding of
several towns for the old Midland Rail
road, now the Ontario and Western,
did not tighten the load of occupants
of poor farms For several years in
the towns of Smyrna and Otseltic there
have been large farms where any one
could have the option of cutting the
entire growth of hay on halves or pur-
chasing the crop at 81 an acre. This
was the last desperate manoeuvre on
the part of some to raise enough mon
ey to pay taxes and i'm most cases
there were no takers. The land might
serve as poor pasture, but this is inn
because the amount re-
ceived would not pay the cost OF prop
er fencing.-UIca correspondence of
the New York Sun.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-02-04
The Wedding Rlna.

How many women know the full
significance of the wedding ring?
Once in the early history of the
race, when warriors and rulers
thought it degrading to know any
thing of writing, every great man
owned a signet ring, upon which was
engraved some emblem peculiar to
him alone. With this ring he put his
stamp on orders and documents.
The giving of this ring to any one
was a sign of the greatest love and
trust and endowed the receiver with
all the powers of the owner Some
times when men were absent or suf-
fering from illness they gave their
rings to their wives so that they
might transact their business for
them, and this custom continued until
the ring became a symbol of wife
hood.
Gradually tie ring lost its original
Specification of authority and became
more and more token of affection.
Then romance began to weave poetic
fancies about the symbol
It must be made from pure gold,
that purest of metals. to signify the
lasting devotion between husband and
wife; 1t must be a perfect circle. the
figure which was used by the ancients
to denote eternity; IL must be placed
upon the left hand to show that the
wife was subject to the husband. and
lastly it must be worn upon the third
finger. because certain nerve is sup
posed to run directly from there to
the heart-New York Journal.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-02-04
Fashion Notes.

Elegant new styles of black liberty
rufus and collarettes are shown.
The purchased cream puff" has
the advantage of natural curliness.
In waists there is the fluffy front"
the board fence" the sieve" and
the layer cake"
There are no styles more fashion
able in Paris this season than the
Empire and Princess.
Tiny Dresden figures and shadowy
flowers appear on the fabrics designed
for vests of handsome suits
Choose your colored handkerchiefs
with the suits i'm mind with which
YOU are going TO carry them.
An evening coat Of cloth has very
FUN sleeves of lace. the armseye
reaching several inches below the
line of the waist
Very dainty evening Jackets OF
fancy silk are arranged with double
box plaits over the shoulders and
short wide sleeve caps
Self color soutache varied by the
addition of bits of lace or Of buttons.
to sut the gown, is a most satisfac-
tory trimming
scarfs OF the shade of the evening
Gowns with which they are carried
are lowered with huge blossoms I'm
some daluuly harmonlzing shade.
The garden patch" hat probably
affords the widest field for effective
decoration and for discrimination, the
onion alone being impossible to util-
ize
The animal kingdom is well repre-
scutcd in the favorlte shades for
gowns this season. taupe. or mole. eie-
phant gray and the beaver shades be-
ing among the best-liked and most
fashionable colore of the year.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-02-04
Japanese Old Code for Women.

Japanese woman now in this
country was commenting not long
ago, before group of acquaintance,
on tho differences between old and
new Japan as regards the code for
womanklnd. According to her state
ment, the life of the Japanese girl
nowadays-especially the girl who is
receiving the higher education so
much in vogue-differs little, conser-
vatively speaking, from the life of
the American girl. But" she added,
when / was girl such maxims as
these prevailed and were rigidly fol-
lowed by Japanese mothers in their
bringing-up of daughters:
THE girl should have stricter home
education than the boy, for she will
have to live in an unknown family,
and serve her father and mother-in-
law, after she is grown up If par
ents' unrestricted love spoils their
daughter. a great trouble will come
after marriage; she will be disiiked
by her husband, or be unable to agree
with the exact ways of her husbands
parents, and in consequence she will
be expelled from the house, to the
great shame of her parents. II is
wrong for a father and a mother to
complain of other parents crossness;
the shame lies in the lack of educa-
tion of their daughter"
Another old and famous maxim
highly admirable on the whole--un-
doubtedly in large measure accounts
for the universally gentle and lovable
Japanese woman character: Women
should be mostly esteemed for beauty
of heart rather than that of appear
auce. A woman of vicious spirit
looks restless and peevish, with hor-
rible eyes, speaks roughly and unre-
strictedly. feels offended and envious
easily. decries others and boasts of
herself These traits are all contrary
TO womanly virtues. A woman should
be mild and submissive with pure
chastity, warm sympathy and con
tented, quiet spirit."-New York
Tribune
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-02-04
WHAT DOES 1T PROFIT rAEM7

Hear the foolish people grumbling at tho
wind and al the Ialn;
They complain about their losses OF the
mr. little that they gain;
They are frettlng under burdens that
have bent their shoulders low:
Vhey are mourning for the chances that
Shinkins, all the world Is drear.
With sad faces they appear:
But what profits are they gaining for
See the foolish people frowning as they
hurry on their ways.
They have neither time for smiling nor
Tor giving others praise:
They are thinking of their sorrows, which
are always multiplied:
They are bearing woes that ever in their
minds are magnifed:
They are hurrying along
Thinking all that Is is wrong:
But what profits are they gaining for the
joys they put aside?
cied Sights and wrongs:
Ihey decline to search for gladness and
rho,, they hum no hopeful songs;
Ihey are looking out for evils and for
getting in their haste
To perceive the glowing splendor OF the
precious days they waste;
Burdening themselves with hate,
They are cavilling mt Fate;
But what profits are they gaining for the
bitterness they taste?
See the foolish people passing lows they
have the right to share;
They are busy hunting trouble. they are
clinging to despair:
They go pcering into corners in their
search for sin and shame;
They are blind to all the beauty that
surrounds them; full Of blame
For the man whose look is glad
Ihey pass onward, bowed and sad:
But what profits are they gaining for the
glee they will not claim?
s. %. Kiser in Chicago REGARD Herald.