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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-27
TAXING THE NECESSITIES.
HOW Hosiery Duties Will Affect the
Consumer.

(BOSton Herald.)

True, coffee and tea, cocoa, and
candy are not necessities of life. They
are Injuries. But they are 6istinctive:y
the Injuries of the common people.
However. the table tax is not the only
part of the tariff bill which has a di-
rect interest for the average man or
Stockings, it Will be generally
conceded, are necessities Of modern
civilization. Whittier's barefoot boy Is
not a type OF young America. Amer
lean civilization has not accepted the
example of Sockless Jerry Simpson.
Stockings it must have. Under the
Dingley bill there has been an aver
age tax on imported hosiery of 5S.SS
per cent. The Payne bill increases
this tax by from 40 to AZ per cent on
the cheaper grades, and 20 per cent
on the medium grades. On stockings
costing 81 a dozen abroad, every
American family must contribute 20
cents TOWARD making up the national
deficit. A Chicago dealer has figured
it out that under the Payne bill So
cen stockings would be advanced to
So cents; 1O-cent stockings would sell
at II and Is cents, and 25-cent stock
ings would sell at 40 cents. DO you
wear stockings? If YOU do, figure out
you interest in the Payne bill. Some
one has figured it that the average
wears out eighteen to twen-
ty-tWo pairs of stocks a year: that the
girl requires fifteen pairs, and
the average woman uses twelve yalrs
of every day stockings every twelve
The imports of WOmen'S no
siery, according to the Ways and
Means committee, are 5,101,5S9 dozen
pairs, or two pairs for each woman
and girl in the country. The average
grade of imported stockings is Of the
value of II cents a pair, OF which
grade the greatest increase in duty is
imposed. The relation OF the tariff
to the individual is thus stated as a
arithmetical problem.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-27
NEARER VIEW OF DOUGLAS.
sons Estimate of nlustrious Fathers
Character,

in view of the interest aroused by
the celebration last October of the
famous ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS debates in Il
linois prior to the Civil War, when the
slavery question was a burding is
sue, the Greensboro Record publishes
the following letter written by Hon.
Robert NJ. Douglas, of Greensboro, the
eldest son of the illuStriOus Stephen
A. Douglas, is of historical interest.
The letter, which was addressed TO
Hon. f. NJ. BoWman, of Alton, III,
chairman Of the executive commit
tee of the Lincon-Douglas celebra-
ton. follows:
Ny Dear Sir: Your very kind let
ter inviting me to attend the semi
centennial celebration Of the Lincoln
Douglas debates, has received. 1T is
deeply appreciated, not only for the
invitation itself, but for the cordial
and a~ppreciative tone of your letter.
AS the lder, and now the only sur
viving, son Of Senator Douglas, it
would give me very great pleasure to
attend the celebration and show my
respect not only for my fathers
memory, but also for that of his great
rival, whom subsequent events, per-
haps beginning with these debates,
have placed among the greatest men
in the ages.
Denied the pleasure Of a personal
attendance, it seems to ME that one
or two instances illustrating my
fathers character would not be out OF
place.
Judge Taft, in his address at Gales
burg, has tersely n correctly stated
the real issues then discussed by
Mr.. Lincoln and Judge Douglas. He
rightly says that neither speaker rep
resented the extreme view Of some Of
his party. The controversy related
to the status of slavery in the Ter
ritories of the United States, and its
succeeding status in the States to be
formed out Of that territory.'
He further says: Mr.. Lincoln,
therefore, While he deplored the eN-
istence of slavery, believed that as q
sworn legislator it was his duty to
vote to provide a fugitive slave law,
and such other protection to slave
ton City through her first cousin. Gov
ernOr David S. Reid, Who was a col
league of Judge Douglas both in the
House of Representatives and in the
Senate. My grandfather, Col. Martin,
dIed in 1848, after my mothers mar
rage, but before my birth.
In his Will, recorded both in this
state and Mississippi, appears the fol-
lowing graph In giving to my
oeaf daughter full and complete con-
ool over my slaves in Mississippi (the
S1aVeS IN North Carolina having been
Ielt TO his wife in fee siunlel T
make TO her one dying request in
.s.sS.l>en iea XQring to reach the case
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-27
SOLAR PLENIS LOVE CENTER.
Chicago Professor Says Cupid IS i'u-
e:liSt, Not an Archer

(ChicacO Dispatch to n. Y. WORLDLY
1t turns out that Cupid is 9. plgil-
ist. not an archer that he does not
speed an arrow through the heart, bur
lands of the solar plexus. T0at is
why love knocks out those enadtGred;
that is why s~weethearts. experience
that Vacuous feeling and grow faint
from affection. At any rate by Shell
don Leavitt says SO. The ~iccnOCias-
tic DR.. Leavitt. who has charge OF the
Rev. Johnston Myers psyCho~thera-
peutic class, picked up the Iona Wor-
shipped image Of Eros last nigh, and
dashed it from it's pedestal. On of
his class, a young woman Who does
o know whether she is in love,
asked Dr.. LeaNitt to diagnose certain
foolish symptoms she has displayed
recently. Said he:
Have you rot at times felt ., ssnh-
ing, gone feeling about the solar
pleNus, particularly sc after q. d;sap-
pOintment in affection? Such o feel
ing always is felt in periods Of pro
found depression, and it shows that
the solar pleNuS is an emotional CEN
ter, if not the actual seat Of aztec
ton. | might properly term it the
great emotional CENTER
After all. DR.. Leavitt's tranSfer4nce
OF the seat Of emotions Will only add
to the Dalpitating doubts Of lovers.
No more Will d shy damsel Dluc3r the
leaves of a field daisy, coyly nur4lur-
ing With each petal:
He loves me-he loves ne not"
Now n viii not know whether she
is torn by jealousy or indigestion.
With the daisy petals she viii aaN:
Does he love me? Or is thi4 shat
Cypress me mince pie, or IS it welsh
rabbit? DO | need a. wedding r}c- OF
blsinuth and pepsin?"
But DR.. Leavitt's discover throws
a Hood of explanatory light on h
expression 'lovesick.' 1t also eStab-
fishes the fac tina Cupid is cham
pion of the world-champion OF tn
champiOns-Who has vanquisheQ. and
VIII always every man or woman Nho
against him; who bars no
or draws a color line, Nho
cares for no previous conditCr -
which class, Of course, III
widows and widowers.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-27
WOMEN y T.ARIEF.
Increased Duties on Towels as Well
as on HOSIERY.
tChicago Tribune.)

Dear Madam: Already We have told
YOU OF the increased taxes made in
the new tariff bill on gloves and no.
siery. But of scarcely less Importance
are the heavy increases III the taxes
on hemstitched and draWn-Work lin
ems. A casual reading of the new
bill would lead one to believe that
linens escape these advances, but a
careful reading disclOses the fact that
IN another portion Of the bill hem
stitched and draWn-WOrk linens are
assessed at a highly increased rate.
The popular grades which have un.
der the present law been taxed So
per cent ad Valorem are now ad-
Nanced to 90 per cent. ad ValOrem.
DO you realize what this means to
you? You will ave to Iavs on every
dollars worth of these Goods not s.
cents, the present tax, hut 60 cents
an increase Of almost 100 per cent.
damask towel for which you now pay
plain hemstitched towel which now.
costs 35 cents will cost YOU so cents.
A plain hemstitched linen lunch cloth
for which o now pay IS cents will
cost YOU 81. The plain hems,itchei
dollies which you now get for SITS
2 dozen will cost you about $3.50 a
dozen.
You should know that these sharp
will apply upon the plainest
hemSt1tched linens as we'll as upon
the most elaborate. An article Of daily
household use is placed IL. the same
as the most expensive. SD
that the p1ainest hemstitched cloth
is assessed at the same rate as one
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-27

grant Of lands that secured the bulll-
ing Of the Illinois Central Rallroad
should be made directly TO the stare
Of Illinois. He then q them given
by the State to the Illinois Cent1a,
Railroad upon condition that the roai
should pay forever to the state seven
per cent. of it's gross receipts, IN Heu
of taxes upon it's original line. l am
informed that under this agreement
the has for several years
paid to the State of Illinois an aver
age Of over n million dollars q
wear. For the year ending April 80,
1906, it paid 81, 143,091.i6.
With kindest regards to all VINO
feel an interest in the name and
7 bear, and with best wishes
for the success Of your ceIebration, l
remain,
Sincerely your,
ROBERT NJ. DOUGLAS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-27
CoI. Bennett "ErectS a Trophy" tn
An>On County Historg,
tWadeSborO AnSoniar,)

Scholars and workers n remote
ana obscure parts Of literature ave
at best scant rewards u. Peters.
OF Germany. said Of the United states
IN 1898: They had no ruins.
There is something almost pathetic
IN the contrast between the l3bour eX-
pended upon such works us Legal
Procedure of CicerO's Time" and In
famla in Roman Law and the meas
ure OF appreciation which the3 IT,
ceiNe.
The burning Of our court house ana
the records therein the 2nd Of pril,
1868, increased many fold the looour
OF future drudSes who MAJ gnaw the
old bone in a corner. The con-
tents OF the registers office gives us
cleavage, likewise the wills Many
OF the early deeds recite the place
where the court issuing the execution
sat. At least ten places We're sites Of
such beholden in the early years OF
our corporate being. The rnost for
ward of these followed the Great Pee
Dee. The field near Joel GaGdy's
residence was trampled by these for
DemOsthenes' who shock the
Phillip of the seas"
The student of our county and his
tory will be helped by these u1ernOr-
anda after some time be passed. 'Tis
ms successor while acting drudge i
half century ahead which stimulates
us to preserve these hints. [ IAN
not accomplish the full history Of our
county in the arduous and crowded
times about me. / am bound hence
and Will erect trophies as I go,
Nan-Lil's something of a musician,
isn't she?
Fan-No, she sings.-Chicago. Trib-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-27

composed entirely of lace.
Does this seem to you 10 he either
reasonable or just? Make yourself =
force in his fight-make it .
fight. Tell your Congressman anu
Senator'S what you think of these in
congruous increases in taxes which
O Will have to pay. Wire OF write
them today.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-27
THE DRAIN ON TIE STATE
MONROE AFFORDS ANOTHER
OBJECT LESSON TO H
FARMERS.

Especial to News and Observer.)
Monroe, \. c., April 20.-Through
the kindness of Mr.. Gus Henderson, of
the Henderson-Snyder Co, whole~
sale grocers. the writer has been en-
abled to gather the following statis-
ties of the farm products which are
shipped into Monroe in the course of
a year. The figures represent very
conservative estimates in every case,
and it should furnish an object lesson
to every farmer in Union county:
5000 bushels corn ........$ go, 900
$1,000 bushels wheat ...... $4,000
1900 tons ship stuff $4,000
1000 barrels appleS....... 1000
$500 bushels Irish potatoes 800
5000 barrels flour....... $4,000
5000 pounds cheese -. 1880
1890 pounds lard ........ 1920
100000 pounds pork ........ sc. 900
1000 doz. cans corn ...... 1000
1000 cans tomatoes ..... 1900
800 doz. cans peaches. $50
The above figures are for Monroe
alone, taking no account of the pro-
ducts shipped into the county at
Marshville, WaxhaW, Wingate and
other points on the railroad. Every
one of these products can be raised
in the county, and it looks as if it
We're l1lle l1dl the FARMERS SI1OuIU
make up their minds to stop sending
their profits from cotton production
to pay their board in other States
while they are merely lodging at
home. 1t is true that not all the i'm
portations from other States are con-
Sumed. within the county, as the
wholesalers in: Monroe ship goods to
other parts Of the State and to points
in South Carolina. But this is anoth-
er argument for home production. as
a market is close at hand for the sur
plus Of food products over what may
be used for home consumption.
Mr.. Rufus Arnfield. of f. A. Arm
field & Sons, dealers in horses and
mules. says that 1000 head of these
animals are shipped into n eV-
cry year, at a conservative
He considers the average price to be
$3.50 a head, making a total Of $780,
900. This, too, involves a suggestion
Of which farmers should take adVant-
age.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-27

Nan-Lil's something Of a u4.sirian.
isn't she?
Fan-No, she sings.-Chicago. Trib-
11n0-
The sun., 1909-06-15
NEW SPANISH CHURCH..
Charles p. Huntington Files Plans for
Washington Heights Edifice,

Charles P. Huntington. as architect.
fled with Building Superintendent Muir
ply yesterday plans for the new Spanish
American Catholic Church to be built
Tor the congregation OF Our Lady of
Guadalupe on the border Of Audubon
Park in 15sth street, west OF Broadway.
overlooking the Huntington Art Museum
Of the Hispanic Society, around which
thriving Spanish American colony is
growing
The new church is TO be two story
and basement edifce OF classic design.
With spacious portico entrance finished
With Ionic columns supporting pediment
crowned with a large cross. and with a
terraced grand staircase leading TO the
portico. The facades are to be OF faced
brick trimmed with terra Gotta in hand
some pattern. The building will have
frontage Of so feet and a depth Of 70
feet and is to cost 900.
The Rev. Adrian Buisson Is rector OF
the congregation. which now worships
IN temporary church in East Fourteenth
street.
The sun., 1909-06-15
THE URIUS IN NEW HAVEN.
Yice.Admirsl and Baroness Entertained
by Friends OF L0nG Standing.

NEW HAVEN. June 4.-Vice-Admiral
Uriu and Baroness Uriu came to New
Haven this afternoon and are the guests
Of Prof. and Mrs. Henry W. Farnam.
This afternoon the Admiral and his wife
were entertained by President and Mrs.
Hadley and tonight they were guests
at a dinner given by Prof. and Mrs: Far
nam. The other guests at the dinner
were President and Mrs. Hadley. Prof.
Theodore s. Woolsey and Miss Ed tn
Woolsey, Chief Justice Simon E. Bald
win, Miss Marion Whitney Of Nassar
and Prof and Mrs. F. Wells Williams.
Baron and Baroness Uriu will be guests
OF Mrs Edward Avery Hartman Of Liv-
inRston street at luncheon tomorrow
and later will make tour OF the uni
sity buildings. The Vice Admiral and
the Baroness will leave for New York
in ssscness sss sSsaln6 6riu lived in this city for
several years. She was one Of number
Of young girls who were sent to this ooun-
try from Japan to be educated and re-
ceived her early schooling here. She
was a member Of the household Of DIR.
Bacon and a close friend Of Miss Alice
Bacon Of this city. Miss Bacon has
spept considerable time in Japan and
has always been entertained by Nine.
Uriu. From here the Baroness went
TO Poughkeepsie, whore she was graduated
from Tasar College.
The sun., 1909-06-15
NEW THEATRE BY THE SEA.
Percy Willlams's New Brighton Opened
With Good Vaudeville Bill.

WIN GOOO Nau0eNlHe blH.
Percy Williams's newest theatre, the
New Brighton. which is on the Ocean
Boulevard midway between Brighton
Beach and Coney Island, was opened
last nj ght with strong vaudeville.
The new house is a modern. hand
some theatre. The interior Is finished in
green, blue. shell pink and mother OF
pearl The structure itself is built Of
brick and concrete and Is freproof, The
theatre was packed to the doors last
night long before the first number was
put on and nothing but praise was heard
Tor the entire scheme OF decoration.
The bill given by Mr.. Williams TO open
the new house was generous. He has
long been Of the opinion that first class
theatre built in more permanent way
than Coney generally gets would be
welcomed by the public.
On last nights bill were Valerie Bergere,
Montgomery and Moore. the acrobatio
troupe OF Willy Painter. Raymond and
Caverly, the Rooney Sisters and Bobby
Doane, former sailor who now throws
anchors around to show his strength;
while Joe Hart's Bathing Girls in six
scenes, headed by Glenmore White and
Pearl Hunt. held the place Of honor as
the headliners.
Mr.. Williams gave to each patron last
night very handsome souvenir book
describing the theatre and containing a
number OF pictures familiar to all who
travel toward Brighton
The sun., 1909-06-15
VIEWS OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS
Lillian Russell Returns From Tour-New
Star In .'rhe Man From HOme.''

uusstb
Star In 1.-The Man From Home"
After a tour that has extended from
New England to the Pacific coast Lillian
Russell returned to New York yesterday
morning.
She picked up a number OF Chinese
porcelains and other ceramics on the
Pacific coast which the press agent says
are worth $4,000. She superintended the
removal OF them from the train and then
went to the Ansonia. where she will occupy
temporary apartments pending her de-
parture for Paris next Saturday after
noon. She will spend six weeks abroad,
taking a good rest, and after designing
her costumes for her new play next season
will return tn New York in August to begir
rehearsals Of the Edmund Day comedy
aThe Widows Might In which klaw d
Erlanger and Joseph Brooks will present
her at the Liberty Theatre next Sep
tember.
as Dd MEL Voorhees, Pike in THE Man From
Home" at the Astor Theatre last night
Mr.. Hodge is on his honeymoon. Mr.
Hall is no stranger to the principal par'
in the Tarkington-Wilson comedy. as al
season he has been playing it IN the cities
outside Of New York while Mr.; Hodge
was entertaining Manhattan audienoes:
Mrs. II ibho - ~ csohLhS 40. 'ot.oh
Nell at the Valencia Theatre in Sar
Francisco this week. Her tour viii
close in Minneapolis on August !!
After brief holiday Mrs; Fiske vii
resume with Salvation Nell in Oc
tober. That play will be used unit
the end Of JANUARY, additional terri
tory having been opened by reason o
the recent understanding reached Will
has arranged Mrs. Fiske's route so as t.
embrace places in which she has no
PLAYED for number OF years. The Soutl
and Texas are included: In Februar,
Mrs. Fiske will appear In new play
Mr.. Fiske concluded yesterday arrange
ments for Mrs. Fiske's appearance in thi
new production at Days Theatre.
Miss Marie Dressler. will sever her oon
nection with the Aerial Gardens at the en-
of the week She signed last night a
three years contract with Lew Fields anc
will be starred by him In new ,productioI
TO open In New York early In September.
The sun., 1909-06-15
THE SEAGOERS.
kronprinzessin VIII Havc Notable New
Workers in Her Cabin.

kronprinzessin Will Have Notable New
YOrkers in Her Cabin.
Sailing to-day by the North German
Lloyd liner Kronprinzessin Cecilie. for
Plymouth. Cherbourg and Bremen:
Mrs W. r Bull. Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus
Busch. the Rev. and Mrs. DR.. Ward Denys
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Gould and Mrs. George
+. shrady. Nelson W. Greenhut, Mr.. and
Mrs. Isaac GuEgenheim. z. Clarence Jones,
Mr., and Mrs. Otto Kahn. Il; de LAsercrantz,
Swedish Minister to Washington, and Mrs.
de Lagerkrantz: Mrs, Roger e. Sullivan,
NJ: wager sWTsyne, W " ana a,asrh,fs ars Sam%e Hr
Miss Muriel Vanderbilt and Mrs Norman
Williams.
Passengers by tho Holland America
steamship Potsdam. for Boulogne and
Rotterdam:
Robert l. Underhill the Rsv. and Mrs:
". Arthur Warner. Capt. and Mrs Sarsfield
L. Young and Mrs. l.. Z. Packard.
Aboard the Italian steamship Europa.
for the Mediterranean:
Prof. F., E. Barrows. T. T, Dsmpeter,
Prof and Mrs. A. Garno. Mrs q. W. Craik
and James 7. Prince.
The sun., 1909-06-15
BRANNS Iconoclsst. voltAires Tale. xAf4p.
Con1ucius, Insersoil. Flagellauou. Sex WersAe.
PRATT, I6l 9th av. -
HE'S MARRYING AT II.
james b. Hazelton to Wed widowed Reia.
tive VINO ID 20.

James Brown Hazelton. II yeart old.
who lives at IL Mill street. West6eld
Mass, and is stopping at the Hotel seaqS
and Mrs. william Person. Hszelt9n,
"a years old, said to be a distant relative,
obtained a marriage license yesterday
at the City Hall.
Mrs. Hazelton has been living st board
ing house at 93 Madison avenue for the.
last Ave weeks. She spent the winter
in Los Angeles. Mrs. Hazelton said that
she was a widow and the daughter ~
Robert n. VanDusen. Mr.. .Haxeltcn is
a widower. He said that the marriage
probably would take place Tomorrow:
WEsrFIELD, Mass, June N.--Janef
Brown Hazelton is one OF Westneld'l
prominent citizens. He is we'll TO DO;
About fifteen years ago Mr. HA1eatoh
married his nurse in New York Ststas;
She was twenty-five years his junior.
She died three years ago. Mr.. HaSei-
toms housekeeper said tonight that sho
knew nothing OF his approaching .pear-
rage. She said Mrs. Hazelton waA q
distant relative. Mr.. HAzelton has Q
fine residence on Mill street ana oxn.
large farm at Grenville, several nhilA'
from Westfeld. s..
The sun., 1909-06-15
NEW WAGNERIAN BARITONE.
Leopold Demuth OF the Imperial Opera
House In Vienna TO Sing Here.

Andreas Dippel has engaged for the
Metropolitan Opera House next season
Leopold Demuth, who has been for sew
eral seasons the leading barytone at the
Imperial Opera House in Vienna. where
he succeeded Theodor Reichmann.
Herr Demuth, who was the son OF an
official in the Austrian administrative
service. was born at Brunn in 1851 and
studied singing under Josef Gaensebacher
at the Vienna conservatory. He has
sung in Vienna since 1897 and before that
had been member of the companies
at Halle. I.eipsic and Hamburg. He has
appeared frequently at Bayreuth. Herr
Demutb is especially famous as an actor,
although he is also regarded as one Of
the foremost Wagner singers of the day.
He comes for only brief season.
The sun., 1909-06-15
CATHOLIC SUMNER SCHOOL.
Arranges . weeks Programme ~ Part
OF the Lake ChAmplain Celebration.

The Catholic Summer School Of America
has completed programme for its part
In the teroentenary celebration Of the
discovery Of Lake Champlain. The ex-
ercises. which will last week, will be
opened on July 4. A pontifical high mass
viii be celebrated that morning on the
shore Of tho lake by Bishop Thomas F..
Hickey OF Rochester. Cardinal Gibbons
will preach the sermon. and Bishop
Hickey will be assisted by Bishop Burke
OF Albany. Bishop Ludden Of Syracuse,
Bishop Cotton Of Buffalo and Mgr. Denis j.
Mcmahon Of this city, who is president Of
the summer school.
President Taft will be the guest OF honor
at a reception to be given by the faculty
OF the summer school on the morning Of
July Z. Thursday, July 8, the play Of
-Hiawatha' will be given by It's Algonquin
Indians from Quebec. The stage for
this play will be floating island. There
will be a pageant OF historical floats
along shore. A reception Is being ar
ranged in honor Of vioe-President Sher-
man which will be attended by several
hundred peominent Catholic laymen Of
the State.
The sun., 1909-06-15
PRESIDENTS BOY HAD NO CASE.
Young Cabrera Gets Nothing for Being
Kicked Out OF Nhitteiis House.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 14.-Diego
Cabrera. son OF the President Of Guate-
mala. was thrown out OF court to-day
when his damage suit for $4,000 against
George Whittel came on for trial. Cabrera
alleged that he had suffered 'gricvous
physical injury" and deep humiliation
on New Years morning, 1908. when Whit
tel! kicked him out Of his home. TO which
ne had been invited by young George
Nhi'tell
Cabrera celebrated New Years eve
win Whittell and a gay party. including
rived al the Whittel! home at in the
morning and were asked to go in and
,ake bath. Instead they began sparring
WIN gloves in young Whittells room
and created so much noise that the elder
Mhittell threw them all out. including
,he son VI the President. whose pride was