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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-08-26
Wind Storm at Minor.

Minor was visited by a terrific
wind and rain storm. All crops were
heavily damaged. The storm assum-
ed the appearance of a tornado for
several miles, blowing down barns and
%granaries in it's path. The barns OF
X. Nelson and Ole Hanson were de-
stroYed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-08-26
FARM STUDY IN SCHOOLS
County Superintendent Plan for
Rural Glasses.
County

The semi-annual meeting of county
superintendent Of North Dakota,
which was held in Valley City, CON
Guided it's two days session after APP
pointing a committee to formulate a
curse of study of elementary agricul-
ture in the rural schools of the state.
This committee will report about
Oct. 1. If the course proves satisfac-
tory an effort will be made to make
it compulsory by state law.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-08-26
TO MEET IN SAN ANTONIO
Transmississippi Commercial Con.
eress Adjourns.

Denver, Aug. 21.-Finally approving
resolutions which, it is believed, will
put an end to the Pinchot controversy
concerning the segregation of lands
other than strictly forest lands, the
Transmississippi Commercial con
gress adjourned to meet again in short
session at San Antonio, Tex, in No
vember.
Colonel Ike T. Pryor of San An
tonic, Tex, was elected president and
Arthur Francis of Cripple Creek, Colo,
secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-08-26
CHICAGO Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Aug. 23.-Wheat-sept.,
9sAc; Dec, 94Mc; May, 9S@9Skc.
Corn-Sept., 65%c; Dec, 56%c; May,
SIC. Oats-Sept., 36hc; Dec, 3ehc;
May, 39hc. Pork-Sept., $22.40; Oct,
s2O.S5; jan, $17.25. Butter-Cream.
cries, 23A@ 27c; dairies, 21@241hc.
Eggs-1S@21hc. Poultry-Turkeys,
lbc; chickens, 14Ac; springs, tic.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-08-26
State Board Raises Taxes.

The state board of equalization de-
cided to make a general raise in as
sesments Of all schedules OF 1917 per
cent. The increase is to meet appro-
priations of the last legislature. This
will make valuation on main lines OF
roads in this state for taxation pur-
poses $14,25O as against $4,000 in for
mer years.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-08-26
PIGGERS ON ANXIOUS SEAT
Grand Jury Summoned in Grand Forks
County Will Investigate.

When the Grand Forks county
grand jury %onven in October anoth-
er question besides that of the poor
farm scandal will be Investigated,
namely, the prohibition question.
States Attorney Bangs is collecting
material which will be placed before
the jury and until it adjourns and the
results are known, the blind piggers
of Grand Forks county will be kept
on the anxious seat.
The states attorney has invited all
those who have any knowledge of the
operation of blind pigs within the
county to place their evidence before
him and he will submit it to the jury.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-08-26
WlTHDRAWs ALL OBJECTIONS
China Agrees to Reconstruction of
Antunq-Mukden Railroad.

Toxic, Aug. 20.-The memorandum
signed at Mukden, M%anchuria, Aug. 10
by representatives of the Japanese and
Chinese governments practically
closed the Antung-Mukden contro-
versy. According to the terms of this
understanding China agrees to afford
Japan every assistance in the recon
struction OF the Antung-Mukden rail
road and withdraws all her objections,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-08-26
Fire in a Department store.

Ten thousand dollars damage was
done to the Tozier department store
at Fargo by a fire supposed to have
started from the explosion OF a larup.
The greater part of tho loss was due
to damage from smoke and water.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-08-26
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Aug. 23.-Wheat-On track
NO. ] hard, $1.03A; No. L Northern,
$1.O2; No. 2 Northern, s1.00. To ar
rive-No. / Northern, 99c; No. q
Northern, SIC; Sept, &c; Oct, 96c;
Dec, 94c; May, CSC. Flax-To arrive
and on track, S1.45; Sept, S1.37h;
Oct, s1.34;k; Nov, S1.34B; Dec,
S1.31.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-08-26
Mans Body Found in Field.

The body Of an unknown man, sup
posed to be Andrew Johnson of Cedar
Rapids, Ia, was found in a field four
miles west of Barlow. The body had
been lying there about a month, and
a newspaper bearing the above ad.
dress was tho only clue to his identity.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-08-26
FORCED TO MAKE LANDING
WeIlman's Balloon Explodes After
Starting for Pole.

Hammerfest, Norway, Aug. 21.-
Walter Wcllman's balloon America
exploded Aug. 10 at a point thirty
two miles distant from his balloon
shed on the island of Spitzbergen.
Wellman and his companions conse-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-08-26
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, Aug. 23.-Wheat-
Sept, 96A @963sc; Dec, 93a@93hc;
May, 979sc. On traak-No. / hard,
s1.11@1.21; No. 1 Northern, old, s1.10
@1.20: new, S1.04 Clio; No. 2 North
ern, old, S1.c5; new, 9Sc0$1.o3; No. 5
Northern, old, S1.05; new. 9Sc@$1.o3.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-08-26
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

St. Paul, Aug. 23.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers. $6.00@6.T5; fair to good,
S5.00M5.50; good to choice cow and
heifers. $4.:z505,25; veals, $5.500G.25.
Hogs-$7.50@7.S0. Sheep-Wethers,
s4.25M4.50; y%earlings, $4.75@5.00;
lambs, $5.oo@6.5o; spring lambs,
SG.ODM7.25.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-08-26
Interstate Fair at Beach.

The Interstate Fair association Of
Billings county is building a race
track and exposition buildings and will
have them completed for the fair,
which will be held at Beach Sept. p
70 "a. Good prizes are offered on
horses. and q fast programme is as
sured.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-08-26
END OF STRIKE IN SIGHT
Swedish Workmen Open Negotiations
With Employers.

Stockholm, Aug. 19.-The end of the
labor troubles, which became acute in
Stockholm the early part of this
month. is in sight. The leaders of the
various unions have opened negotia-
tons with the employers with the OBJ
3ect Of having the men work.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-08-26
SEPTIC POISON OF THE EYE
Causes General Booth TO Abandon
Crusade,

London, Aug. 19.-General Booth of
the Salvation Army is suffering from
septic poison of the eye, a condition
that has necessitated the abandon
ment of his religious crusade in the
provinces and his return to London.
General Booth he's also postponed
his proposed American and Canadian
tour, set for this fall.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-08-26
KILLED by THE CAR STEP
Aged Grand Forks Resident Possibly
Foul Play Victim.

A. ". Cunningham, aged %tifty-seven
years, an old resident of Grand Forks,
was struck and killed by the cal step
Of an incoming Northern Pacific pas
senger train. He was lying by the
side Of the track.
AS the dead mans pockets e
found cut to shreds, foul play is sus-
pected by the police.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-08-26
CURTiss MAKES NEW RECORD
Covers Six and One-fifth Miles ir
Slightly Over Eiqlat Minutes.

SFSTtFy WI ETSTt WTrTUIcS'
Rheims, France, Aug. 23.-Glenn H.
Curtiss, the American aviator, made a
record here. He covered one lap, q
distance of six and one-fifth miles, in
5 minutes 3$5 seconds. This is the
official timing.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
NO HEALTHIER SECTION IN THE WORLD
THAN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A Native, Now Living tn New York, Comes Home When He Can
and is Refreshed, Renewed and Recreated by Its Health
full Atmosphere

To the Editor: If it is a fact whom
the gods wish to destroy they hrst
make mad, then it is as good as settled
that certain North Carolinians' are
pretty near the end of their rope, for
the North Ca%rolinians" in question
are, beyond all doubt, as mad as March
hares. ~
Some of these sons of the odd
North State are trying to prove that
North Carolinians are full of hook
worms" taDe worms, centipedes, II
every other sort of microbe and worm
that was ever heard of: and that UNI
rless something is done, and that i'm
mediately, for the poor devils living
between Cherokee and Currituck, they
will soon be q lot of imbeciles and de-
generates.
Now. the explanation of all this is
hal the fellows making these alarm
ing charges are mad-craZy-mad,
crazy as the worst inmates of the luna
tic asylums.
/ know North Carolina from east TO
west. and from north to south: II j
am prepared to say that there is not
a fairer or healthier section of Gods
earth, and that the people who dwell
in the Old North State are mentally
and physically the equals of any peo-
pie anywhere to be found.
/ lived in North Carolina until I was
a ful1-grown man, and was never sick
a minute, and during the years that
/ have lived away from h grand old
State, 1 have found that as often as
l return to it l am refreshed, renewed,
re-created by it's healthful atmos-
phere.
l know thousands of North Caro-
l~inians, who live, and have always
lived, upon the soil of their native
State, and a finer-looking body of
people could not be found on the
footStool.
To be sure, there are some long,
lank, s~unken-eyed, shriveled-shanked
people in North Carolina; but the
same kind of folks are to be found. in
spots, all over the globe. Man for
man, and woman for oma North
CarolinianS need fear comparison with
the people of no State in the Union.
"Hook-worms!" Fiddle-sticks The
hook-Worms are in the brains of the
sanity, are doing so much to injure
their State in the eyes of the world.
1t is high time that the grand old
State had caught these defamers and
put them where they belong, IN her
insane hospitals.
Another set of North Carolinians''
are trying to persuade the people of
their native State that it is their duty
to turn Republican, and thereby gain
ernment.' These gentlemen are split
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

slaered in connection with this posi-
t1on. One or more friends of District
Attorney Ho1ton has told me that Mr..
Holton had said that he would not
stand for re-appointment. do not
know what MIR. Holton intends do
ing; but it is a fact that he does not
with the organization, and
his peonage suits have not made him
many friends any where. He fell
down on the English girls case and
others OF less fame. But whether
he stands or not, there will be a strug-
gle for the place now held by him.
Among those who want it are:
Thomas S. Rollins and J. j. Britt, of
Asheville, and Mr.. Rollins is a SON
in-law of Judge Jeter c.. Pritchard.
At this juncture Judge Pritchard is
on the horn of a dilemma. If Judge
PurneH had not died, Judge Adams
might have been q candidate for this
district attorneyship. If Judge Adams
fails Of appointment to the judgeship,
he may yet enter the race, and that
honor is in his, own district; and on
account of service. if nothing else.
he, no doubt. would feel that he was
entitled to first consideration. There
fore, Judge Pritchard must hands off.
tucked away in Eastern North Caro-
lima, would clear the water in the
Western district. and Thomas Rollins
could have smooth sailing.
Is 1t to Be a Dark Horse?
People who live outside the district
know more about the successor to
Judge Purnell than anybody else.
Greensboro folks seem to be getting
news not accessible in Raleigh. Edi-
~torially the Record has the following:
There is a suspicious silence in the
news from Washington concerning
contest for Il successor to Judge
Purne1l, but his is no reason why
there is not something doing" 1t
is knOWn here that after Duncan had
filed his application of Judge Adams,
whom he endorsed, and after Mr..
skinner had placed his application
on file and all hands had departed,
the President the next day wired the
whole bunch to return. 1t was an
imperative order and they reached
Washington on their return Sunday
Since this time not a word has been
given out about what's up, but the
inference was strong that Mr.. Roose-
ter, though what caused his ire is
merely conjecture. 1t is known that
he never examined the applications
until after the croWd had left Wash
ingtOn, leaving the idea that after he
had done so he got huffy and had
something he wanted to say other
wise he would not have ordered all
hands pack. They are going to keep
on fighting owe the appointment un-
til the President will have TO take
Tom Settle or Mr.. Fuller. two very
handsome dark horses, neither of
whom have as much as asked for it.
And this is one very good reason why
one of them should be appointed"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

ting their vests hurrahing for the
Taft Club" idea, which they woul8
have endorsed by the people OF ali the
southern States.
Another set of March hares. crazy
as bed-bugs.
North Carolinians are not going TO
turn Republican. The Overwhelming
majority of the fathers, husbands and
sons of the good old State are going
to remain ANTI-REPUBLICAN. No
matter which way they turn. rest as
sured they are not going to turn Re
publican.
They have too much sense for that,
too much self-respect, too mucn pride
in their past, too much hope for their
future.
The peoples who downed R~adicalisnz
in their midst, and put the brand OF
ETERNAL INFAMY upon the tore
heads of the traitors who aided and
abetted that u~nspeakable curse, are
not going back to the curse again, now
that they are fairly rid of it.
Between having mo active voice i'm
the affairs OF government and Rad
calism with its NEGRO RULE they
would prefer the former. Better have
no influence at Washington than to-
nave the BLACK SHAME fastened u.
to them again. Better have tho SUI
premacy IN state affairs, leaving aI
other affairs to go to the devil. than
to have their civilization je~opardIzcd
by Black Barbarians, led on by uu-
principled a~dventurers with white
hides and ebony hearts.
According TO the staff Correspond
ent" of one of the great papers of this
city, the leading men OF the south
are heartily in favor of the Taft Clubs,
and have invited Mr.. John Hays Ham
mond to take charge of the work OF
their organization
But the staff correspondent in
question is fooling nobody. not even
himself. for no one knows better than
himself that he is telling a flat-footcd
lie.
The leading men of the South are
not interested III Taft Clubs, they are
not dying to become Republican.
The leading men of the South are
opposed to RepublicaniSm, and to all
that Republicanism stands for. and
they will be opposed to it forever.
In spite of the 'hook-WormS," and
the North Carolina Society" of this
city, in spite of the pie-eaterS at home
and the poltroons abroad, the Ola
North State is going to remain White,
and transmit to its posterity u White
civilization.
Doubt what else you Will. but never
doubt that.
THOMAS 3. GREGORY.
New York. Dee. so. 1908.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
MARvE[OOSGR0WTH
Of GIANT INDUSTRY
Furniture Manufacturing
a Leading Industrial
Feature
WITH WORLD
Ninety-four Factories Report to the
Labor Commissioners. Having a
Capital Stock of s S,236.357, II
1O,1OO Horsepower, Employing
5,1O1 Hands,.

North Carolina is rapidly gaining
first place among the States in the
manufacture of furniture. With
hard-woodS and other furniture ma
terial in the greatest abundance At
the doors OF the factories, with cheap
labor, cheap power and unsurpassed
transportation facilities, the magic
achievement in this industry in the
past is good augury of what North
Carolina enterprise Will do in the
future.
During 1908 ~ninety-four furniture
factories reported to the Commls-
SiOner of Labor and Printing, but the
total number of factories did lot re-
port. These ninety-four have an ag-
pregate capita, stock of $3,236,357,
using 10,100 horsepower n employ
ing 5.701 men.
In 1890 there were in North Caro-
lima six small furniture factories with
q combined capital stock slightly IN
excess of S%15O.OGO. In 1900 there We're
A factories with a capital stock
amounting to a little over 81, 600, 200.
In 1890 the value of the product was
less tina $160,000 In 1900 the out
put had increased in value to $1,000
900.
In 1906 there were reported to the
Commissioner of Labor and Printing
1U3 factories, with a capital stock just
OF ) 5000 600.
The output of the furniture facto-
rles in 1907 was over. $500. 600, the
statistics for 1908 being as yet incom-
plete.
From the year 1890, when the in
dustry received its first Statewide i'm
pulse to the present day, progress has
phenomenal. Fortunes have
been made in it, fortunes still await
those who can put enterprise and
ability into the business.
Low prices of the staple depressed
the situation somewhat during the
present season, and the panic caused
some mills to close down temporarily,
but they are now working full hours
and many of them day and night.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
kn IMPORTANT QUESTION
immigration of Great Moment
10 Wealth Producing in the
Southern States
BY Hugh MacRae.

Within the mex few years. | think,
the question of immigration to the
South is going to be d Very import
n one because we must have pro-
ducers of wealth if we are to have
education, progress and refinement.
The higher the type of t~oilers, Of
wealth producers. the better off the
country Will be: because of the
ranks there should always be indi-
u making progress and raising
themselves up to the higher levels to
take the places of those in the up
per stratum, who, for various reasons,
90 not make good and are out of the
running. At the present time too
.sreat a percentage of the actual toll
'tfS consist of individuals who, on ac-
count of color and race, cannot rise
ABOVE the present conditions, and my
theory is that we ought to get a very
large proportion of the toiling popu
l~'lon made up of the White people.
Nothing succeeds like the efforts of
d woman to be d~iSagreeabl6.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

! Total. ..s427,445,0 42 $7S9,615,561
The largest increase in value since
1900 has been for corn, from $234,-
64S.128 to $547, 059 ,000. Though the
value of wheat and rye in 1902 was
greater than the respective values for
those crops in 1907, they We're less in
1908 than, in 1900. and though the
value of hay and tobaclo We're less in
1908 than in 1907, they We're greater
than the values in 1900. Between
1900 and 1908 the valueof wheat de-
creased from $6S, 205,370 to $%67,953,-
coo, and the value of rye decreased
from 81, 800, S4S to $1,154,000 In the
same period the value of hay increased
from $~42,4e6,428 to $60,649, 600; of
tobacco from S4O,192,69S to $55,256,-
SCI; of oats from $30,371,O7S to $33,-
$4,000 and Of irish potatoes from
S10,254,497 to $23,566,000.
Mere values of crops are My par
TALLY Illuminating. In tables showing
South in 1908, as we'll as their values,
ity, however, more of potentiality than
of actual results.
The total crop of cor 7S6, $40 goo
bushels. "a considerably above the
average of the past 10 or II years,
but there was only one State, Texas,
in h 200, 600 000-bushel class, and
its production 0 1,S4S,00 bushels,
was exceeded by the crops in Illinois,
29S, $685. 00 bushels; in Iowa, 287,-
1850 bushels; in Nebraska, 2O5,-
767, 200 bushels, and in Missouri, 2O3,-
CAB, 900 bushels.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
DARNELL& THOMAS, Raleigh, NJ. G.

in some cases medals. n these will
be sent on later.
We hand you herewith an order on
the Columbia Nurseries, Gainesville.
for so extra fine Winesap apple
trees. as a prize for the best exhibit
from South of Mason and DiXon's line,
This award was made since we wrote
YOU last. Other prizes, such as
medals, diplomas. etc, will be for
warded as soon as We can have them
Inscribed.
Again thanking you for your many
efforts in behalf of the National Apple
Show, we beg to remain.
Yours very truly,
National Apple Show.
II. j. NELLY. Sec.-Mgr.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
CLOSED AT MIDNIGHT.
SiXeen Saloons and Other Establish
mentS at Salisbury,

Salisbury, N. c., Dec. 31.-The six
teen saloons, five distilleries and seven
packing house in the whiskey bust
ness in Salisbury closed their doors by
order Of the law at midnight tonight.
For weeks the disti1leries are aid to
have been running at their fullest ca
pacity in order to meet the demand
for whiskey. The retail houses have
had unprecedented sales for the past
few months and it is said very small
stocks of Whiskey remained on hand
at the close of business tonight. 1t is
stated that no less than 2 1000, 900
worth of whiskey was shipped from
Salisbury to other States during the
past year and that the traffic here
gave employment to $50 persons, q
majority of whom Will leave at once
for other fields. Many, however, will
engage in other lines of business in
Salisbury and vicinity.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
IS SHE WILMINGTON GIRL?
Miss Bayard Arrested in Rich
mond for False Pretense

Girl OF Is Says She is From Whining
ton and Has Been Visiting. Her
Father ip Virginia Soldiers Home.
and Was Begging Money to Get
Back Home-Bclicvcd to Be a
SMindlcr.
Especial to News and Observer.N
richmond, Va, Dec. 3O.-Miss IiIlv
Henrietta Bayard, who claims Will
mington, n. G., as her home, was
placed under arrest this afternoon
charged with obtaining money under.
false pretense of charity. The police
pelleVe that they have landed the fe-
male sWlndler whom they have been
trailing Tor the past week.
MISS Bayard, Whc is Scarcely more
than eighteen years of age, saws that
she Is making her way back to VIII
after a Christmas visit to her
lather, who is an inmate of the SOL
oiers home at Hampton and that the
olidiilS asked was to enable her TO
pay her way, she having been robbed
OF her purse containing fffv doIIare
between Old Point and Ricbnooa .
She alleges that she has in realty
received no money of anv kind J1biia
mere. The girl has been turned ntar
70 the Associated Charities bv wbon,
she VIII be detained until the noI;na
nave made more detailed inyestiaao
non she says she came to RicbpooSa
because she believed She would 49,
a better chance of securinp mona1
q larger city. S III
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
Two Saloons Close
.a After 80 Days
''WETs' MAY CONTEST
Half Dozen Mail Order Liquor Houses,
Large Whiskey DistilIery and a Big
Bee BreWry Go Out of Business
Anti-SalOOn League Pledges $10,-
OCO to Aid in Enforcing the Law,
(By the Associated Press.)

Roanoke, Va, Dec. 30.-In a local
option election here today The 'drys''
We're victorious by a majority of sc
votes. The "wets" carried three of
the four wards, their total majority
in the three wards being 1O7. The
"drys" carried n ward by a major
ity of 1913.
The effect of the election will be
the closing of within 80 days of forty
two saloons and a half dozen mail or
der liquor houses, Besides these there
are four clubs holding retail licenses.
The town also has q large, whiskey
distillery and a big beer brewery.
The sAnti-Saloon League has
pledged itself to give 5000 to aid
in enforcing the law after the saloons
are closed. The fight has been one Of
the bitterest ever waged in Virginia.
I -iS~&aiAh ~ . @ssets VIII contest the
eIectfon.