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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-02-11
The Presidents Message.
To the Senate and House of Repr,
Sentatives:

sentatives:
transmit herewith the report OF
the Commission on country life At
the outset | desire to point out that
not a dollar of the public money has
ben paid TO any commissioner for
his work on the Commission.
The report shows the general con
dition Of farming life in the open
country, and points out its larger
problems; it indicates ways in which
the Government, National and State,
may show the people how to solve
gests a continuance of the work
which the Commission began.
Judging by thirty public hearings,
TO which farmers and farmers wives
from forty States and Territories
came, and from 10000 answers to
printed questions sent out by the De
partment of Agriculture, the Com
mission finds that the general level
of country life is high compared with
any preceding time or with any 9th
er land. If it has in recent years
slipped down in some places it has
risen in more places. Its progress
has been general, if not uniform.
Yet farming does not yield either
the profit or the satisfaction that it
ought to yeild and may be made to
yield. There is discomfort in the
country, and in places discourage
a
magnify their calling, and the move
ment to the towns. though. | am
happy to say. less than formerly. isl
still strong.
Under our system it is helpful to
promote discussion Of ways in which
the people can help themselves. There
are three main directions in which
the farmers can help themselves -
namely. better farming, better bust
ness and better living on the farm.
The National Department of Agricul-
ture which has rendered services
eQualed by no other similar depart
ment in any other time or place; the
State Departments of Agriculture;
the State Colleges of Agriculture and
the Mechanic Arts, especially through
their extension work; the State Ag-
ricultural Experiment Stations; the
Farmers Union; the Grange; the ag
ricultural press, and other similar
agencies; have all combined to place
within the reach of the American
farmer an amount and quality of ag
ricu1tura1 information which if an
piled, would enable him, over large
areas, to double the production of
the farm
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-02-11
EDITORIAL BRIEFS
We were afraid that penitentiary
surplus would vanish.

To trust or antitrust is the ques-
tion now before the Legislature
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-02-11

One of the Democratic members of
the Legislature is also a postmaster.
He has been asked to resign one OF
th@ other but has refused. Not salts
fed with one Office bat wants 70 mold
two offices at the same time. This
is another case that goes to disprove
the charge often made by Democrats
that Republicans are the only u. :
seekers. -
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-02-11
SE\ATE-TuI liSDAl

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Passed Final Reading.
II. b. To amend section 31T3 q
the Revisal relating to bridges in
WAYNE County.
II. B. To regulate the pay Of ju
rors in Duplin County.
II. b. To authorize the cOmmis-
sioners of Chatham County to issue
bonds to pay its Indebtedness.
S. b. To render secure from dam
age. and notably secure from damage
by fires, such woodlands Of North
Carolina as may be situated above
the contour line of 2 700 feet. and a.
may be declared the State Forests OF
North Carolina.
S. B. To amend Section 2777 of
the Revisal allowing sherins a fee
for seizing Illicit distillerics. making
the fee s25 to be awarded 10 an,
sheriff or police officer for the seizure
of each distillery.
II. b. Fixing the liability OF =
.,,.,'i-
a six months statute Of limitations
S. b. To amend Section 573 Of
the Revisal relative to the dockcting
Of judgments.
II. B. To repeal Chapter 513.
public Laws Of 1907. relative to in
creasing the commissioners In Samp-
son County.
II y To amend Section 3l3G 81
the Reyisal so as TO make the time
reauired for the publication Of ci'a-
tion in cases Of caveat four instead
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-02-11
Where Country Life Fails.

1t should be idle t. assert tnat
life on the farm occupies as good a
position in dignity. desirability and
business results as the farmers might
easily give it If they chose. One of
CONTINUED on Page p
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-02-11
WITH THE S0LONS
Stock Food Bill Held Up in the
Senate.
FOR Bio BOND ISSUE

Of i'cnit~atiary Wants
Money Hack irum state Trv-A~urs-r.
/ Substitute to Trust nlII-I'T--
cmPt"ry Challenges In Capital
tascs-Hou~c Vote to Fay Tu-
neral ENpcn>s> oT RrpT,~eataGiNc
Hayes. Of Wilkrs-Irgt~iatuFy Al
tuuTn> in HIS Memory.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07

LT Naa aS5F}S3DH10)[HlLE3[El
Suppress That Nervous Laugh.

A musical laugh is rare gift;
hearty one is Infectious; but if you are
incapable of either, suppress 6 laugh
that means nothing. The woman who
really la Ighs is a joy TO those around
her. II may not possess a pitch that
delights musicianly ear; it may have
infectious little notes that do not stand
Cor harmony; but if it is real and joy
Gus it will make all those who hear 1t
smile.
The laugh that is annoying is the
one without meaning. 1t is nervous
ripple that is often used as period
or an exclamation point. 1t is placed
at the ending of every sentence, and
takes from the spoken word any mean
ing or emphasis it might have. Many
women who do it are not conscious OF
1t. They are far from silly women.
They have poise and sense, and are not
rs easily confused as one would judge
by the futile laughter they give after
their sentences. If this idea impresses
you at all, watch your own style OF
talking when outside the family circle
and intimate friends. You may not be
given to laughter but again you may
find that you unconsciously punctuate
your most commonplace sentences with
a laugh that is as artificial as your
back puffs
If you DO this, stop it. This noise,
which is a giggle in girls, an inane
laugh in women, is the result of pure
thoughtlessness.
The remarkable sound, given to man
alone, called laughter, should be used
only to express mirth. When 1t is not
spontaneous it is not laughter, and the
men who write dictionaries should give
1t another name. Giggle is the only
substitute so far, but it does not desig-
nate that insipid, mirthless sound that
hundreds CT women permit themselves.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07
TN< ana ~ncIe<


The cuirass has suddenly become a
as a glove from neck to wrist and hip
line.
The newest sleeveless coat Is cut
out generously under the arms and
the sides are held together by cords
instead of bands and straps.
The fichu of Marie Antoinette folds
round the shoulder. forms sleeve,
crosses In front and ties at the back,
concealing much of the figure.
The outline of the Vatican plat
grows almost a familiar sight. 1t Is
belted in or allowed to fall loosely, &C
cording to the gown and the occasion.
Some charming old-world frocks are
carried out In soft taffetas, shot with
three or four pale colorings. such, for
instance. as mauve. pink and per-
Wrinkle blue.
Leather hats promise to be particu-
larly popular with the traveller. They
are to be had In patent leather as well
as suede, and in wide range OF
shapes and colors.
The modified kimolo, which is the
old wrapper with Japanese touch in
the sleeve and banded edge around the
neck and downward, remains IA
vorite for bedroom wear.
The center parting of the hair with
the wide Racamier chignon and wide
puffs at the sides COMFORTS well with
the big millinery of the day. Women
with small, delicate features find il
especially becoming.
Sashes worn with the cuirass gown
of the moyen age are fastened so tina,
their fat folds lie close upon the low
er edge of the cuirass. while the bow
! tied to the right of the center back
| falls among the lower plaits of the
skirt
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07
Women Take Mem. Jobs.

OF the 4,S33,630 women workers in
the United States. according to the
latest census returns, 44.2 per cent
nearly half-are under % years OF
age, while 81 per cent have not
reached the age of 81. OF the 303 &C.
equations In which bread winners Of
the country are engaged, women have
pre-empted place in all but nine,
says the Van Norden Magazine In the
list Of unusual pursuits adopted five
were pilots. ten were baggagewomen
on steam railroads, thirty-one brake
women and twenty-six switchwomen,
yardwomen. and flagwomen. forty
three were carriage and hack drivers,
and sos machinists.
A man who wanted a new house
built might have all the work done by
women, for the report shows that be-
sides the 100 architects. who come
more properly under the "profes-
si0ns," there are $50 women builders
and contractors in the United States,
167 women masons, 545 women car
penters. As women plasterers, 1859
women painters, GLACIERS and varnish-
ers, 126 women plumbers, 241 women
paperhangers. and two women skaters
and ro0fers. 1t is not unusual in the
middle west and Pacific coast states to
meet with the actual performance of
these mechanical lines of work by
women.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07

from $40 to $50 per acre. Already the
homestead and exemption lands are
being well filled.
In the district of Calgary and in Cen
trail Alberta, since the report Of year
ago was made, the increased acreage
in crop has been remarkable. The new
ly-..rrived settler has got to work and
with the steam-plow and ordinary
methods of farming large amount OF
new land is contributing To the wealth
of the country. Railroads have pro-
jected and built branches which reach
out laterally from the main line, and
il is now possible to reach parts rich
In agricultural possibilities that were
not accessible year ago. Towns have
come into existence during that time
that will soon become cities; schools
and churches have been erected
throughout the country districts; tele-
phone lines have been constructed, and
an air of prosperity is everywhere APP
parent There are to be found those
who speak of pioneering life In
western Canada, but as one man said,
IF this is pioneering 1 don't for the
life of me see what our forefathers had
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07

In most corsets the steels and hooks
extend down the center, and in press
ing the hooks and eyes together 1t Is
no uncommon thing to pinch a ridge
of flesh between them or tear gar
ment. With the stays shown In the
illustration this annoyance is eliminat-
ed They lace down the center and
the hooking arrangement Is to one
side. Underneath the hooking device
IS shield which presents perfectly
fat surface at all times to the body
and no matter how hard 1t Is to get
the corset together, there Ia never any
danger of squeezing or injuring the
flesh or clothing In the operation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07
Health ma Beauty Hints.


The woman who exercises can more
safely indulge in rich foods, fat meats,
sweets and pastry than she who leads
sedentary life.
Forcing food Is one Of the surest
roads to dyspepsia. Except when not
in normal health the average person
should skip a meal occasionally when
not hungry.
Eyes which have become inflamed
from exposure to the sun can have the
bloodshot condition quickly reduced by
bathing them for five minutes In water
as hot as is comfortable.
Biliousness should be fought in the
first stages. Try regulating diet. Take
glass of hot water half-hour before
each meal and at bedtime. In either
morning or evening glass squeeze juice
of half a lemon.
Do not neglect the value of fruit in
improving the complexion. Nothing
equals the juice of oranges and lemons
to clear up the skin and brighten ewes.
Inc latter must De diluted and taken
without sugar. half lemon In a glass
of water.
Perfect cleanliness Of the teeth is
most essential and can be secured by
a thorough brushing in the morning
and after each meal and using an
antiseptic lorion. Dental floss should
be drawn between the teeth after each
meal and before retiring.
You must not stop laughing, or you
will be like the woman who at an
advanced age had not line or wrinkle
In her face. but whose countenance
was entirely expressionless. Dreading
these same lines and wrinkles, she
had all her life schooled her features
to express neither joy nor sorrow.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07

tic views regarding the Canadian rail-
roads and lands. but his trip has con-
WINGED him, not only OF the soundness
of his views, but it also has established
the conviction that the great expan-
sion of the next few years will be in
Canada's western areas. Il have never
seen such wheat" said he.
1t takes an army Of men TO handle
the Western Canada crop. and ii is
estimated that $4,000 people have been
brought in this year to assist in the
great undertaking; there being excur-
sions from the outside world nearly
every day for the past six weeks.
In this article no attention has been
given to the growth of fax which has
had great attention paid to 1t in some
districts. 1t is safe TO say that in addi-
ton to the 120 million bushels OF
wheat the 10 million bushels of oats
and the 80 million bushels of barley,
there will be over two million bushels
of flax The approximate value of all
these crops may safely be put at One
Hundred and Sixty Million Dollars, as
against a total of lis million dollars
in 1908.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07

seem a reflection on the intelligence OF
the reading public to repeat ii. 1t Is
not proposed to do so. Its Topographic
cal characteristics are divergent. There
is the level prairie with its rich deep
loan and underlying subsoil, the high
er and rolling lands with their groves
of timber. the wooded lands rich in
soil. The wants of all can be supplied;
some want one kind and some another
and they can all be suited. The man
who wants to put in his steam plow
and force the energies of the soil into
immediate production can be suited.
and so can the man who wishes large
tracts for the same purposes, and at
the same time enjoy the companion
ship of the timber. In many parts 1T
is possible to have hundred mile
square of wheat, without break A
writer says: I'VE were driven west and
north of Moose Jaw through 20 miles
of dead ripe wheat, acres of stocks and
well-worked summer-fallows. One OF
these fields would yield 4e bushels to
the acre, and another man had oats
that would yield 80 or 100 bushels to
the acre In this district wheat will
average 80 to So bushels. The condi-
tlons were never better and through
out the district the people are assured
of a most prosperous year" In the
Melfort district. three hundred miles
in another direction, we hear of far
mer whose yield of oats will run from
IS to 100 bushels per acre: then trav-
cling over another stretch of three
hundred miles the Pipestone district in
Manitoba is reached and we learn Of
more 80 and 40 bushels to the acre
crops of wheat. So it will be seen that
the splendid crops are not confined TO
one district, but are general throughout
the entire country.
Speaking of his experiences while
travelling through the Canadian West,
Thomas C. Shotwell. financial Editor
of the New York American, said that
heretofore he had entertained optimis-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07

DR.. Osler has stated that the ques-
ton of preserving the teeth Is more
important than the liquor question.
cayed and defective teeth, which pre-
clude complete mastication of the food
(even If anybody in America had the
time to eat properly. Dentists, like
doctors. are now beginning to realize
that their true mission Is not "a gen.
eral rebuilding system" but system
attic and well-consldered effort to pre-
vent and overcome the decay and loos-
ening or human teeth.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07
THE CROSS-WAYS.
Time Comes When the Older Sister
Must step Aside.

Time Comes When the Older Sister
Must step Aside.
Sibyl, her pretty girlish face angry
and mutinous, dashed from the room,
slamming the door behind her. In the
silence that followed. her last words
still seemed to echo.
1T isn't fair-just because you're
the oldest and have always had things,
that We should never have anything.
It's our turn. How would you have
liked 1t when you were eighteen?
You've had your good times. It's just
downright selfish of you not to let
us have ours, and I'm going to say it
out for once. so now!"
Virginia drew long breath. 1t had
been said out" unquestionably. Co.
ing to the door, she turned the key.
1t had been coming for a long time
some such crisis as this; now that
it had come, she was going to face 1t
without fiinching She seated her
self before her dressing-table and loo X
ed steadily in the glass. Yes, 1t was
true-she was not so pretty as she
had been; the first girlish bloom was
gone-gone to Sibyl and Evelyn.
Point one" she said, slowly. "Vir-
ginia Crane, you are jealous of your
little sisters.
Point two. Sibyl is right. You
have had your good times, and 1t Is
their turn.
Point three. Something must be
done at once. What shall 1t be?"
There was a long silence after the
third point. Virginia was thinking.
There were several things she might
do. She could go abroad with the
Clarendons. She thought that over a
while, and then put 1t aside. Il won't
shirk." she declared She could take
up settlement work. for instance.
That, too. she rejected.
1T wouldn't" she said. with grim
humor. be fair to the poor. They
have enough to bear without having
to help out the poor rich"
There remained one way, a very dis.
tasteful one, but she could do tat
least, she could give 1t a trial. She
would study the art Of being an older
sister 1t would not be easy for her
to step aside gracefully, not half SO
easy as for some girls. but she could
try; she could study it as she had
studied over her music. For an hour
she sat there, thinking it out Then
she opened her door.
"Sibyl!" she called
Sibyl. half-ashamed and half-defiant
came hesitatingly.
1--WE changed my mind about the
| concert" Virginia said. You are
! right-it Is your turn. I'll stay and
| entertain Aunt Gracia. And would
you like to wear my string Of pearls
to your party?"
Sibyl stared in bewilde, ment, the
color flooding her face. 20 Virginia.
she gasped, do you mean it? l.
| impetuously she threw her arms abou
| her sisters neck-"I was such a hor
rid pig" she cried.
And suddenly to Virginia there
came a strange thought. Suppose IN
the good times she were missing the
Joy of being a sister.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07

vested and it is now safe to speak of
results Throughout the entire grain
growing area of $4,000 square miles
there has been a uniform production
and a high average. Careful estimates
place the yield of spring wheat at so
bushels per acre, winter wheat at over
40 bushels and oats exceed so bushels
per acre. Barley also has proved an
abundant yield. What will attract the
reading public more than volumes of
figures will be the fact that those who
have been induced through the influ-
ence of the Government to accept of
100 acres of free grant land, or, by the
persuasion of friends to leave their
home State of Dakota, Minnesota.
Iowa, Illinois. Michigan, Indiana. Ohio,
Nebraska or the other States from
which people have gone, have done
well. Financially, they are in a better
position than many of them ever ex-
pected to be, and in the matter of
health, in social conditions, they have
lost nothing
The columns of Canadian newspa-
pers are filled with accounts of this
years harvest. writer's vying with each
other in giving the proper coloring to
their reports. These make exhilarating
reading to the man who has interests
in that country. Lethbridge people
claim it 20 be the keystone of Southern
Alberta, while Calgary people claim
the same for their district. 1t was in
this district that the growing oe win
ter wheat in western Canada originat-
ed. Its success there led the farmers
east and west of it to experiment and
what can now be said of one part ma y
well be said of the whole. In few
years from now these great plains over
whose breadth for years roved hun
dreds of thousands of heads of cattle,
following the millions of buffalo that
once grazed their grasses, will be a
solid grain field covering territory of
over 10000 square miles. and very lit
tie of it but what will yet be worth
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07
UNFAMILIAR FACTS.

The European capitals are just be-
ing connected by telephone.
The Ohio State University will con-
duct wireless course next year.
Illuminated signs are a feature of
some of the subway cars in New
York. The sign tells the name of the
next stop.
Three million dollars will be spent
in building a subway for electric cars
under the harbor at Sidney. New
South Wales.
1t is estimated that there will be
produced in Alberta. this year, 10000
900 bushels CT wheat, and that the
western half of Saskatchewan will do
at least rs well.
Poison from infected or rotten
cheese is not so very rare. The Ger
nan government proved that some
/ cheeses are deliciously ripened by
ways too nasty to tell.
The Prince Regent has proposed to
release all the slaves in the employ
of the Princes. Dukes and others for
ever AID prohibit the employment Of
such slaves.-Shanghai Mercury.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07
to complain Of" He didn't know.


though, for the pioneering Of his
forefathers was discomfort and hard
ship. The opening up and development
of western Canada, with its railroad:
lines 10 carry one to almost the utter
most part of it, the telegraph line to
flash the news to the other outside
world the telephone TO talk TO ones
neighbour the daily and weekly mail
service which brings and carries letters
to the friends in distant parts; the
schools headed by college-bred and
highly certificated teachers; the
churches manned by brilliant divines;
the clubs; the social and festive life;
what is there about any of this to give
TO the man who goes there to make
his home the credit of being a pioneer?
Nothing. He might as well be in any
of the old middle west states.
A few years ago when this country
was not as well known as to-day there
was some justification in long winded
attempts to educate the reader on con-
ditions there. to tell him of Its geo.
graphical relation with the United
States, but with about 100000 Ameri-
cans now there writing back to their
friends, with the mass of literature
that has been placed in the homes OF
farmers in every State of the Union
and the thousands of columns descrip-
tive of the country that have appeared
! in newspapers and magazines, It would