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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
CITY INTENT BY COM
MISSION

The Houston (Texas) Post has e
cartoon. representing Il voter Aus
tin reading 4 volume entitled Three
and~a Half Years of Progress FOR
Houston Under u Commission Gov
eminent" and on q lean sheet before
him the Austin man has written
Resolved. / viii adopt the Commis-
sion Government as Practised BY
Houston
That cartoon speaks volumes. The
Commission method of city govern
ment, first tried With great success by
Galveston. has been a pronounced
success at Houston. Des NIoines AMI
other cities. and will no doubt he
adopted by some progressive cities in
North Carolina this wear. The Raj
eigh Good Government Gu has pre-
pared an act that viii be introduced
IN the General Assembly that is the
result of long and careful study of
the question by thouEhtful ana puhIi,-
spirited citizens who wish AN fmprnya-
ment in municipal government ~
has been widely ana hishly com
mended all over the state. The gen
tlemen who drew the measure do not
regard it as perfect but they believe
II. VIII afford n basis for legislative
consideration and the more ii is con
sldered the more it will be approved
There is need of change and inn
provement in municipal adminiStr9-
ton. 1t is the weakest point in gov
eminent Change OF method ana bet
ter system can help. but the real need
is to arouse the civic pride uuo gIl5.
interest Of the people SO that mono.
except the best mon can be chu4eu
as officials and a spirit Of such follow
ing the official acts of the men elect
ed US to make them understand thai
the public viii tolerate nothing but
the highest performance Of public
duty.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
THEY ALL SNEEZE WHEN TAFT
TAKES SNUFF.

During the last campaign the Sub
speakers told the voters that the Re
publican party had no longer any aft
liutions with the negro, that the suf-
fragc acknowledgement over their
opposition, by the way)-had elimi-
mated h negro. and that white voters
could safely divide upon economic
questions. Some voters, with short
memories. listening to talk of that sort
from Republican and MugWump pa
pcrs and Republican speakers, did act
uaiiN vote the Republican National
ticket and some did worse: voted for q
portion Of the State ticket. Since the
election of Mr.. Taft these same Re
publican II Mugwump fellows have
been assuring the South that MI. Taft
people, that in his New York speech
be approved the Southern settlement
AAhc suffrage question e1iminatin"
most Of the negroes from the ballot.
and hat the South should follow Taft
and become Republican. Just as they
were about to convince some short
sighted Southern folks tina Taft had
repudiated the reduction of Southern
representation in the Ohio and Nation
al republican platform. Mr.. Taft
comes forward. r~epudiates the con-
StructiOn they had put upon his speech
before the North Carolina Society, and
declares that laws passed to carry
the southern settlement of negro Suf-
We're not drawn in the spirit
voters. Democratic and ReDubli-
to vote against the pending suf-
TRACE measure which is exactly along
the line OF the Louisiana, North Car
DINA. Georgia and those suffrage
amendments adopted in other States.
II the Maryland amendment is mot
iraWn in the spirit of Justice" neither
the amendment of any other
southern State drawn in the spirit of
Justice. If Mr.. Taft, before Inaugural
Us to make war upon the Mary
ana pending suffrage amendment. will
ne not also make wal upon the like
already adopted in the
Yesterdays Subsidized News has as
is leader MIR. Taft's Position" in
which it prints the letter of the Bal
lmorc Collector Of Customs to Mr..
ait anu Mr.. Tafts reply, which an
'careI in The News and Observer
week, and the News says that Mr..
ait is opposed without reservation
Q the proposed Maryland Democratic
fstitutiona amendment which is
to disfran,h isc the bulk If
negro vote"
ihese are the words of the Repub-
lcan oilce-holder's organ. The OBJ
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
ALL FOR $1.70

There has never been offered III
North Carolina so much good rcadLng
for so little money as we are O1lefInS
under The following propositions: For
St.1O we will send the following Tor
one Gcar:
The North Carolinian, an eight
page Democratic weekly newspaper.
The COmmOne an able weekly
Journal. published by William Jen-
nings Bryan,
1hc Farmer and Mechanic. eight
page North Carolina home and farm
weekly journal.
Thus for One Dollar and Seventy
Gents You can get all these apcrS
one wear.
JOSEPUCS DANIELS.
Raleigh, y. {.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
THE FARnER AND MECHANIC.

~ W -
ings and give an annual appropriation
of $4,000. The report will be. trans
mitted to the General Assembly D,
lGoNernor Glenn AMI there is no douo'
that it will properly equip n care
for this youngest institution OF the
State. the only one located east o.
Raleigh. With the parent State NOE
ma and Industrial College at Green
boro for women the Pedagogy De
partment at the University of North
Carolina for men, the Cullowee High
School in transmoutane North Car
DINA for men and m the APP
~palachian School for men and women
in Northwestern North Carolina, and
the Eastern North Carolina Teachers
Training School. this good State will
provide the best facilities for prepar-
ing teachers for the public schools.
They will also stimulate desire for
and give us a new generation where
illiteracy Will be q thing OF the past
in the good Commonwealth.
Every man, woman and child in
Pitt county takes a pride in h new
institution. Almost every one had a
han in securing the location and all
will help to pay the 500, 600 town and
county bond issue from the proceeds OF
which the buildings have been erect
ed. They all take the keenest inter
est in the work and the people of this
and other eastern counties who are
Door see in the establishment of this
institution q better chance to give
their children an education that Will
prepare them for teaching and for
the duties of life.
There is a notion in Piedmont North
progress in manufacturing, hat it is
doing greater things than those sec
ions having fewer spindles and MAX
ing less noise. The truth is that East
ern North Carolina has been second
to no part of the State in solid growth
and leads all sections in the returns
per acre from the farm. The past two
the floods and heavy rains have done
OF cotton causes all the farmers who
can do SO to hold their cotton for liv-
ing prices. To sell now means to swap
dollars. The farmers who make large
crops are generally holding the cotton.
From one big life insurance company
$4,000 was borrowed this week to en-
able farmers to hold cotton. hi has
made money tighter than usual in this
as in other cotton counties, but
GreenVille looks to the future with
present prosperity and confidence in
greater enlargement n prosperity in
the new year. It's business men are sec
ond to none in the tate; it's banks
solid as the rock of Gibraltar; it's en-
terprises founded upon firm founda-
lions and well managed: its. bar able
and resourceful, full of public spirit
and leading for everything to help
county and town: its public officials
'fit, honest. capable measuring uptO
the Jeffersonian tandard it's daily
newspaper. d. j. Whichard's Refiec-
tor, true to everything for material
and educational upbuilding; and the
and file OF, its people building
upon faith in industry, honesty and in
teHigencc. 1t is in such a happy en-
vironment North Carolina has located
its baby educational institution Which
is destined to bear a conspicuous paf1
in the real uplift of Eastern North
Carolina and win a place among the
most Influential institutions in the
State. J. D..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
\ Horrible HOId-Up.

About ten years ago my brother
was he'd up" in his work. health
and happiness by what was believed
- =" h""e'ess Consumption" writes
w. L. LipScomb, of Washington, n.
1. tie took all kinds Of remedies
ana treatment from several doctors.
nnf found no help til he used DR..
Kings New Discovery and was
wholly cured by six bottles. He is =
welt man today It's quick to re
lleVe and the surest cure for weak or
sore lungs. Hemorrhages, Coughs and
Colds, Bronchitis. La Grippe. Asthma
and al Bronchial affections. soc,
and sl.O0. Trial bottle free. Guar
a.nteed by all druggists.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

The session of the General Assem-
bly, convenes on Wednesday at noon
The people have chosen representative
men to legislate for them and there is
every reason to believe they will be
as wise and as patriotic as the people.
they represent. The people of Raj
eiSh viii give glad welcome to the
legislators who viii begin To arrive to-
morrow.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

gives to North Carolina. When con-
trasted with the management of the
State Prison under the Republican adj
ministration it is like a comparison
of Hyperion to a Satyr. q dunghil to
q diamond" to quote the classic words
of the late James c.. Blaine.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

The handful of North Caroliuiaus
at the New York Society dinner who
laudcd Taft az Il friend of tho South
should rcad this editorial paragraph
from the Tarboro S~outherner:
MIR. Taft has expressed himself as
opposed to the Maryland suffraEr
amendment. 1T is SO similar to ours
that 1T can be taken for granted that
he is opposed to ours in North Caro-
lima as the S~outhcrner has heretofore
cOntended.'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

The cry once was ION to hm0 :"
Every prohibition election held ia Viz
GINA last year went dry. The last vic
torres were Lynchburg. Roanoke. Suf-
ioik. DanVllle and South Boston. SO
mat except the capital and the biz
tldcWater cities Virginia is now nearly
dry. The cry soon will BE- "On to
Richmond"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

The year 1908 was i year when it,
was hard TO get money. and yet thu
story Of progressive cities and towns
in North Carolina in todav's paDcr is
q story to cheer and every
patriotic heart. Let 1903 surpass it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

y little while Z those who ware
opposing democratic nominees loudly
lamented that they did not rnakr IN
reduction Of the tariff the leading Is
sue. Those that were insinccrc and
used the tariff as Il cloak are now
siyiy getting in favor Of the robbcr
tariff.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

inc Legislature must and viii pro
wac recorders courts and more Su-
perlor courts for the half a dozen
counties whore the dockcts are badlv
cohsested. These Will give tho relief
needed without the necessity ~ cr...
ing any new districts.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

Thc so-cdllcd "Jplift Commiss on"
IS IN hot water in the Northwest. 1t
reports that IN q certain section thu
average OF hours that the farmers work
IN winter arc four and in thu busy se.-
son did not exceed nine. There was
vigorous protest ANA q citizen told o5
a school teacher Who worked at teach
ing from = q. IN. to 4 =. m. bat after
Sh" married a farmer she worked
~ Z a. m. To g =. IN. Farm life
isn't as near a bed of roses as teach
ing IN a Pullman to "uplift" the farm
CrS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

III you wish to know what North
Carolina is doing read tho special ar
tclcs and the letters from the mayors
IN todayS issue. 1t will timulate
State pride as you begin the New Year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

iait is TO deliver an address stu
me Southern ucoplc" al AtI.nt. .n
Ilteenth of January. If h, dos ma
repudlate his MARYLAND letter his
ooncy VIII open 8 ~Pandora's bon ~
evils for the South
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

the Italians n,adc homeless Nv, ,bn
eaftheuakes The world owes - .efe.,t
er debt to italy than it can ever ma,
winch should quicken generosity H.
those In sore distnssS
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

me Iamous--or rather notorious
Buck Shcal litigation Is al 1r rrd
ana Captain McRcc. Mrs, H,r,f.nn
Hhu Nrs- Eastman retire from tho
iime-iiRhc Colonel McBce gets 81 800
nrd makes q Quit claim Iced To Ruck
ohoals property. What does tho
tlrSt Mrs Eastman get?
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
THE NEW TARIFF LAW.

lhe Republican members OF tb.
Ways and Means Committee arc hold
ing secret meetings 10 FRI mo Il tarin
act that Will honestly carry out the
pledge of tariff revision" ana be ac-
ceptablc to all the t~ariff-enrichcd cam
palSn contributors. That calls for
much expert figuring by tho mon
employed by the tariff beneGciaric<
Hero IS the way it is to he worked out
the steel trust, as shown by testimony.
needs no tariff bounty to enablg II to
underseil steel manufacturers ia
Europe but it wishes a tariff to enable
1t to easily preserve its mOnopoIv. It's
experts are under cOmpulSion to draw
i schedule that VIII show "a reduction
IN the tariff rate but not low enough
10 take anything from tho trust or to
ilelp the If the present
steel rate can be cut down tWrnty-GN.
per cent and still "guafantce the mono
poly or the trust, the reduction viii bu
made and widely Published as a re-
auction, but Whcn tao consumer goes
to buy he Will find that tho so-calIcd
reduction has not helped him.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

The magnitude Of the wniskc, h,Si
ness IN Salisbury may he realized by
the statement in the Salisbury Post
mat the shipments Of whiskev from
salisbury to other States last wear
$1,000, 900.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

Poor Italy. It is estimated that
l@.o00.o00 people have been killed in
hat country by earthquakes sine
laf AID The one in the closing DAYS
OF 1908 was the most destructive Of
recent years.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

1hc chief need today in .Jr pub
lie school policy is capabIe
Specially educated for the w."# This
sheed is felt here in Pitt a#' IN all
Eastern North Carolina. lack
was The prime motive that 7ed all
the representatives in Eastu North
carolina to mite to. secure ' stab
iishmcnt Of q Teachers inning
school in the Eastern pa 1t IN"
State. The training Of teac...S VIII
pc th2 work Of the school j Z and
IL is confidently believed 81 n the
uoorS open next ~September, ne en-
rolifnent will be equal to til scon-
hundred "a. HilS.
ne trustees, among the frs zen III
Eastern North Carolina, head, " eH-
Governor Jarvis, will ask the -1Slsla-
, 1909-03-03

On the 7A December last year Lieut.. A
Trollo Of the Danish navy read a paper at q
meeting Of the Royal Geographical Society
held on that date, do-cribing the Myths
Erickson expedition in 1907 to the north
east coast Of Greenland, the object OF which
was to explore tue then unknown space be
tween the farthest nc. thorn points reached
on the east and west coasts, and this was
accomplished, although, as we all know, at
the cost of the life of the leader and two Of
his brave companions.
The Lieutonant's paper was printed
in the January number OF the Socie-
tvs Monthly Journal, and We have
found 50 much inter st in reading it, that
we have Reprinted part Of it in the present
number of the Avis and hope to publish tho
rest on Saturday.
We are sorry that it is impossible to re-
produce for our readers the beautiful photo
graphs Of tho ice cliffs, an ice grotto and
1narveIlous.to tell, a lake with foperS OH It's
shore in that bleak land, but if any reader
is sufficiently Interested we shall be happy
to show him these photographs IN the pages
of the journal at our office,
, 1909-03-03
TELEGRAMS.
ST. Q STANTON

London, Feb. 27th-SeyernI other sutfra-
gettes, including Mrs. Desperd, have been
sentenced to the customary one months
imprisonment.
The signatories Of the Berlin treoty have
accepted Frances suggestion to make joint
representation to Sorvia against demanding
territorial compensation from Austria tor the
%latter's annexation of Bosnia andii,rzegovina.
and the limitations of those representations
are under discussion Russia accepts the
, 1909-03-03

wv -
was fixed on Monday at $40 per 100 lbs.
sugar, which gives 8.94 cents per 100 Tbs.
canes.
The Central Factory commenced work
on Monday and Lower Love had commenced
on the 18th Of last month, Shortly the har-
vesting Of the crop will lee in full swing.
Mr., Jean Peterson writes us that the total
rainfall for February in West End has been
u and four-tftha lines, which fell on 10
days. In Christianstod it was 214 lilqsa,
falling on l6 days.
The IS, Horoaa, ON her way to New York,
is due at Frederiksted on Saturday morning
6 O'clock, calling at St. Thomas.
The SIS. "Pari,na" from New York arrived
Mt Frodoriksted at s o'clock this morning and
vail sail 8 p. IN. for Windw0rd.
, 1909-03-03

L'DA4 - ENCCNJ $3.50 ONO-NA
c.usion Of a notification Of Russia's Austen
ton from supporting Sery.a in the event Of
hOstilities.
The French Parliamentary Arbitra ion
Group is promoting an appeal to the public
opinion of the world to compel the powers to
intervene for the preservation Of Potce, and
resolutions have beer communicates t. the
p~lrliameuts OF all the si5nltoIa5 Of the
Hague Convention, calling attention to
tnoir agreement tor mediation, which
are not to be con4iderel uufri snlIy.
The support Of the Governments Of North
and South America is especial y sought, auI
action is counselled before it is too late.
A Berlin telegram quotes Prince Won
Bulow's address to the bloc, that Germany'5
representation to Russia ore not Il disguise,
and tue Berlin correspondent of the Paris
Matin says if Russia should forcibiy sup
port Scrvia, Germany should attack Russia.
The situation resembles a lighted torch
beside an open powder barrel.
The Austro-Turk 5h protocol has been
signed and the boycott Of Austrian trade
has ended.
The new Naval War Code contains seventy
one articles, and is to be published on March
twentieth throughout the world.
A Shanghai telegram says the action Of
the Auti-opium Conference is regarded as
- Pi"o.lo"1 I02"A1' ~ ~ Di0
gates nogotiyod the majority Of the
American proposals.
The Ieheran correspondent Of the Times
states that the Shah, in an interview, has de-
cjared hIhAolt antagonIstle to the IIu5so-
British propos to compose Persian politics.
A PARIS telegram announces she death Of
Caron D. Ache, tire cartoonist.
Berlin dispatches report the capture of
q jack the ripper upon the thirty sixth ease,
which was attempted in . crowded shopping
street, but the difficulties Of identification
suggest either that there are several offen-
ders, or the right one has not been caught.
The Tax Committee Of the Reicbstag are
considering heavily increasing the state con.
tributions to the imperial treasury instead
Of levying death duties. Herr Sydow, the
imperial Treasurer, has announced that the
Government is irroyocably committed to
death duties, this necessitates the Govern
mont accepting the support of the Lib 7 Is,
Radicals and Socialists, otherwise a disso-
luton must take place, with Prince BuIow's
fate doubtful. Prince Bulow is considering
a modification of the death duties to secure
conservative adherence, the coffee duties are
also to be increased.
Connecticut western news., 1909-02-04
POINTERS

Messrs Hoyt 6 Bauman of Lakeville become NEWS advertisers this week They wish to estimate on the installa- tion of furnaces and on repairs on same. See their announcement.
 Bullock 6 Felten have just received a large shipment of various kinds of i'm ported and American cheese, of Beech Nut" brand of goods, and of Florida oranges. These adv. in to-day's paper gives prices.
 Leo Werner of Canaan advertises that he is disposing of his stock of winter goods at less than wholesale prices. He is also selling 10 cent crockery and glass ware at cents per piece. See his adv
 J. P. Rains is making the sort of loaf cake that mother used to make. See adv.
 On Saturday of this week c E Badge ley. will sell ham at 9 aud 10 cents @ pound. See his adv.
 Thomas F. Corcoran of Canaan saves you the middleman's profit on monu- ments, headstones etc. Read his adv.
 E. J. Atkins of Ashley Falls, Mass. has the agency for Columbia grapho- phones and records. Read his adv.
Connecticut western news., 1909-02-04
FEED THE BIRDS
They are Gold and Hungry in This
 Season of Short Days.

They are Gold and Hungry in This
 Season of Short Days.
 Now is the time for the men who really take interest i'll bird life-not only game birds, according to the strict interpretation of the text of the statute but in everything that wears feathers ill a natural waY-to do little active work to preserve their winged friends.
 A repitition of such day as Sunday, January 31, will do more to put the birds out of the struggle for existence than most hunters can do in an entire season.
 Grain carefully placed aud rough shelters built will be greatly appre ciated by the birds And right now is 0 good time to call to mind that every year the investigation of bird life shows more and more clearly that there are very few birds. if indeed any, that can really be classed as vermin altogether. A plea for the songbirds comes not amiss. Food scattered where birds ire quent is always found and seized with avidity, but even though the materia be only a few crumbs of table scraps thrown out to sparrows the distribution can be made of much better use to the birds if it is so placed that it IS in 8 measure protected from snow and ice. A few meat scraps, crumbs and such trif1es can be placed around the house in a manner so that it will not be frozen up under an icy covering and it is sur prising to see how many varieties of birds will come along to the feast ia little time.-New London Day.
Connecticut western news., 1909-02-04
That "OId" Paper

Among the possessions of Jonathan Haight is copy ot the "Ulster County Gazette, published at Kingston, Ulster county, N. Y. by Samuel Freer 6 Son Saturday January 1, 180O." A news item like the above, which we found in an exchange, appears frequently in the various papers and the people who take these "old" papers to the newspaper offices and exhibit them are sincere in their belief that they possess something really antique and possibly some of them do although hardly probable, The fact of the matter is that a number of years ago hundreds of copies of the above named "Ulster County Gazette" were sold in various parts of the country and nelrly, if not quite ali, of them were imitations-and good ones. The type was that of years ago with each "f' looking like an "s," the paper of differ ent texture than that used to-day and artiflcially 'aged." In many cases the water mark (modern in every particular in the paper exposed the fake. Of cour; SC the Gazette" you have may be the genuine article but we doubt it.