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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-12
TO PROTECT SOCIETY.
COY. Sheldon Urges Drastic Treatment
of Detectives.

Lincoln. Nebr. Jan. AFTER call
ing attention to the increase in in
sane patients and conVicts retiring
Governor George Sheldon, in his mes
sage. asserted that society was juStl-
fed in adopting laws for protection.
He said:
In order to prevent the confirmed
criminal and the incurable insane
from producing offspring. | suggest
that YOU give careful consideration to
the necessity of passing a law pro-
.viding for the sterilization Of that
cln nSS of nROnlo. -
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-12
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
What it Has to Offer Prospectors
as to investment and Living
Excerpts From the Beaufort lookout
That should Encourage our See
ton Dwelicrs and FInticc Others to
Come and Abide With Is.
(Bcaufort Lookouf)

Eastern North Carolina has n spc-
clai feature of its own. our .sWamBs
will one day be drained; and when
that shall have been done. an immense
arabic territory viii be opened mp for
settlement ana cultivation The pros
pectiye yield. in fruits and vegetables.
is far beyond that OF almost any other
region in the United States. The land
thus to be brought into market is inn
mensclY fertile, it Will require little
enriching, ana it VIII produce at least
two crops in every year Drainage is
the CRYING need Of this section. and. if
undertaken 1t viii repay many. many
times its cost whatever that may be
Add to what has just been said our
climate. 1t is unequaIIed, cool in
summer warm in winter. and amaz-
mglv uniform. The total range Of the
(Continued on Page Seyeu.)
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-12
Row Over a 'POssum.
(Gastonia News.)

Mr.. and Mrs William Franklin
Long have separated after a married
life of eight days. The wife has re-
turned to her own home. She was
Miss ROXY Christine and she and her
husband married after one days &C
quaintancc. The Immediate domestic
trouble arose over the cooking of a
'possum. Mr.. Long bought q possum
up town the other day and took it
home and Mrs. Long refused to dress
and cook the marsupial, and left her
new home.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-12
EARNINGS ON The FARM
Why Does New England Raise
More Corn Per Acre Tnan
North Carolina
Those Interested in the Problem OF
Farmers Need to Compare the IX-
perienceS OF Industrial Farmers iii
the South and Frame Il Law OF
Growth That Can Insure Prosperity.

To the Editor: / have been inter-
ested for some years in the discussion
of agricultural conditions in the South,
and especially in the new awakening
which followed the publication of the
views of Mr.. f. McIVer Williamson,
and as there seems to be little agree
ment among those who have taken
part in efforts to arrive at a satisfac-
tory solution of the problem to which
Mr.. Clarence II. Poe invited the atten-
tion of our people when he reminded
them that in the South Atlantic States
Continued on Page SeVen.)
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-12
SIX NI6;:2T RIDERS
ARE To Be HANGED
Two Others Sentenced to
Life Imprisonment
ALL FOR RANKEN MURDER

attorneys for the Defense fu,urdi-
"''lN Give Notice of an Appeal ta
me supreme Courf-Ir Na inter
ference Comes From This Tribunal
ifeh on February I9th johnson.
burton. Ransom, piuiou. tIoar and
Applcwhitc Must PAY tha p,alb
Penalty.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-12
WEEKLY REVIEW
Of COTTON MARKET.
Enormous Consumption
by the Mills

rs For Weeks Past. the Cotton Market
the Past Week Has stood Out at Its
Dominant Trait Remarkable Firm
ness Which i Not Tracpabic TO
Speculation. But Only to the fGnor
nous Absorption by the Mills Of the
World
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-12
(Bv the Associated Press J


Washington, d. c., jan 9-Thc
census bureau today reported -
470.22G running bales Of cotton
sfnncd from the growth of 1908 to
January t. last, against 9,951,505 4
year AGO and 27,3S6 ginneries opc-
rated AGAINST 27,276 4 year ago. The
percentage of the whole crop ginned
to January 1st. is 80 per cent for 1909
and a0.4 for 1908.
The report includes 221,S21 round
bales ana S6,016 Sea Island bales FOR
1909 II counts round bales as half
bales and excludes linters. The cot
ton ginned to January l. 1907, and
1906 were 11,T41, ,039 and 9,725,426,
respectively. The total crop Of 1897
was lI,057S22, Of which 81 per
cent was ginned to january l. The
crops of 1896 and 1905 We're l., $50
POI ana 10.495, 105 respectively The
running bales by States ginned TO
January / last and ginneries respect
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-12
Where 1t Ends.

The quality of mercy
Is not strained:
But durn the sinner anyhow who
sMiped my old umbrella
When it rained
-Eyening Sun.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-12

~ thcIr OWN phones rbsr
~ titc'S along 4 road going ~ ,,,5,,,.
- "ullu a cooperative Iii}4 D,.ilf,,
-, tApthSe equally We dassril,,. ..,.-
~ correctly then. When ~. ~,
.i,t 'ut exchanges are, cSt3ElfSb..5, ~
iiiii'iN idustiS Tor profit. while IN. ,,,,...t
ii9 ire huit in n co-oupratiys ,l.,.
44's ti@ service 81 those Who Ln;f5
,dsih' ,h' In this way there Is no ea,,
f."ilA - organize, unless Won e3u ~
lfdlnefs Who 90 in toe.tb., ana -
RdilN llne COMPANY
~ system develops SLOWLY T,a,,,,
~ ~ are conservative and they gs,E',.
"iiN want plenty Of time fnr n,at,,.
.oiSlaeratlon before going intn -.
1illhE new. but ii there is > so.it.i,
o3afq put down in a commlInity ri,
'tiGpnnhe itNer viii sprcad an ,iNh,
dild the investment viii he Safa i
vicinity "a 'Ti 1N9lNt
'HA convenience and Country r.co-
dom,
ms modern system of cllieI- ca,,,
nunicatlon is 50 valuable. ana znt :,
cheap, that It is astonishius th,t
iaTmerS viii do without IL Tbara -
dpSolutelE no reason why we sbo,,Il
not aNni ourselves Of this onporf,,,il
L 10 remove the isolation of eolutr,.
ne ana bring oar selves ia ton,b
WIN the commercial world WA,
the development of rural mail da1it-
cry the rural telephone system ana
the special tax for rural high srhonIe
farmers can have the convanicnrae Of
CITY NE. ANA ut the same tine .uin,t
the freedom Of country life
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-12
2,518,721 MORE
THAN LAST YEAR
Cotton Ginned to Jan. 1st
IL. 47O,226 Bales
NORTH CAROLINA 646,73I

Report Of the Census Bureau of the
L. : Department of Agriculture
show, 2.,3S6 Ginnerics Operated.
Aoajn-t 1926 Il Year N9O-Pcr-
ccnta@c of Whole CrOD Ginncd to
and 80 For 1908.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-12

Selma and >GoIdsboro
Stirred by Sensation


Secretary and Treasurer of selma Cot
ton Mills Goes to GoldsbOrO to See
Mr. Wells ON Business But MyS-
tcriousIy Disappears on the Arrival
OF the Train at the Depot and. Has
Not Been Seen by Any One Who
Knew Him Since $50 O'Clock Fri
iav Night, Though He Was to Have
Returned 10 Selma on Next Train
circumstances Point 10 Pre-
trran1pU n;SnDpp1rntlcn
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-11
SpiIlman to Visit Texas.

w. j. Spillman,. agriculturist in
charge of farm management investiga-
lions for the United States depart
ment of agriculture, has accepted an
invitation to deliver an address at the
forthcoming session of the Texas
Farmers congress at Agricultural and
Mechanical college, July ~ to 80.
Mr.. Spillman's work is most inter-
esting and is said to be of great value
to the American farmer. He has an ef-
fcient corps OF men who travel over the
entire country seeking out successful
farms and investigating the methods
employed in the conduct of such farms
and studying the effect of varying con-
ditions. Other men in his division are
engaged in the study of the problems
encountered by farmers in different
sections. The information gathered
enables the department to publish bull
letins brim full Of valuable suggestions
and interesting deductions. In his adj
dress at the congress Mr.. Spillman
will discuss Some Successful South.
ern Farms" and he will tell about the
most successful farms he has found in
the south and how they are conducted.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-11
Investigate Rice Pests.

DIR. w. R. Dodson of the state ex
detrimental station, and William
Newell of the Louisiana crop pest
commission are spending much time
now at the new rice experiment sta
ton at Crowley. Both have visited the
station and they report that splendid
progress is being made in the expert
ments, especially in view of the fact
that this is the first year that the
state has operated the station.
DR.. Dodson does not have to visit
the station much now, as he has an
assistant director in charge, who is
looking after the detail work of carry
ing on the experiments in the grow.
ing of varieties, which is principally
the line of work that is being followed
this year. MI. Newell, however, is
conducting the Investigations relative
to the injurious insects that attack the
rice, a complete study of which in
Louisiana has not been made.
However, he does not confine his
work to the Crowley farm, but will go
anywhere it is convenient in the rice
belt to investigate insects that are re.
ported to the crop pest commission as
attacking the plant.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-11
Cabinet Vetoes

Observation-Disclosures Time has
w scored another victory. President
Taft and his cabinet, after mature de-
liberation, have decided not to en-
croach upon his prerogatives or ques-
j his right to run the clocks of the
government. Whatever distress may
nave been caused the old mar by the
suggestion that the government could
regulate its clocks and run them with
out regard to the rising and setting
OF the u was removed the other day
when the cabinet formally decided
that it would not attempt to interfere
with the well established routine of
affairs.
The federal clocks will continue to
tick out standard time and Father
Time, with absolute confidence, can
depend upon their accuracy.
The federal employee will not be re-
quired to set his alarm clock to com
mence work with the rising of the
SUM-, nor will he be free to gambol on
the green during the hours of early
afternoon. His allotted toll will be
performed during office hours which
have long been established.
While it was generally admitted by
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-11
Job for Widow to Atone for Injustice

death he was survived by a widow
and two daughters.
Maj. Darlington came under the
jurisdiction of the insular courts as a
result of his transfer for temporary
duty from the Twenty-frst infantry
to the command of a battalion of
Filipino scouts. He commanded this
battalion at the time it was brought
to ST. Louis in 1903, to take part in
the exposition.
The charges against him were
based on financial operations which
took place at that time. Many of his
brother officers insisted that the diff.
ficulties in which he became involved
were the result of carelessness rather
than criminal intent. The evidence
against him, however, was sufficient
to cause his court-martial and conse.
quent dismissal from the army. His
conviction by the courts of the islands
was followed by Imprisonment in
Bilabid prison.
During his Incarceration, Mrs. Car
rington and her daughters, through
the efforts of influential friends, Sc
cured positions in some of the gov
eminent departments in Washington.
The order issued by the president
places the widow of the convicted Of
ficer in the classified service.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-11
HOW TO GET RID OF RODENTS.
Government Biologist Gives Several
Methods for determination OF
Rats In Rice Fields.

Or. A. X. Fisher. who has charge of
the economic Investigation department
of the United States biological station
at Washington. has written an inter-
exiting letter to Frank M. Miller, presi-
dent of the board of commissioners for
the protection of birds, game and fish,
on the determination Of field rats.
Some time ago several planters Of
st. John the Baptist parish complained
of the ravages by rats in their fields.
which r principally of rice, and
asked the game commission to help.
Mr.. Miller took the matter up with
the government authorities and DR..
Fisher wrote the following reply:
"In reply ] would state that the
specimen of rat which is devastating
the rice fields in the parish of st. John
the Baptist and which you furnished
for indentification is the common
brown or wharf rat, Mus norvegicus.
ut is a very difficult problem to de-
stroy noxious rodents when attractive
food is in abundance. II it is practic-
able at the present time to flood the
infested areas, large numbers of
young rats may be destroyed by this
method. 1t is probable that you could
make a very effective vehicle for
poison by making a simple rice pud-
ding, consisting Of boiled rice, with
molasses for s~weetening. The pud-
ding should be prepared in the follow
ing manner. Boil Of mounds of rice
until it is pretty well softened; drain
off the water and add a quart of mo-
lasses, together with one unc of sui
plate of sstrychnine, previously dis
solved in a pint of boiling water. After
this mixture has stood for ten or
twelve hours it may be placed in suit
able localities in the evening, out OF
the way of domesticated animals and
wild birds"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-11
Why We Like a Mule.

Because he is the most tirelass
worker on the farm.
He eats less than q horse. but does
more work.
He is always as good as cash in the
bank.
He v falls through a hole in a
bridge, and generally keeps out of dan
ger.
He is an excellent saddle animal II
you know how to saddle him.
His feet stand hard roads better
than those Of a horse.
He is more intelligent than a horse.
He is never in love, but attends
strictly to business all the time.
He is never sick but once, and then
he dies. But who ever saw q dead
mule since the war?
He never stops to fight flies IS =
horse does, because his hide is
tougher.
He is just as gentle as a horse II he
has not been spoiled in breaking.
His age cuts little figure in a SALE
Nobody cares how old q mule is.
He will bring from $3.50 to $3.50
when he is full grown If he il big and
smooth and strong.-Farm World.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-11
Amount of Oil Meals.

Cottonsed meal and linseed meal
are both excellent dairy feeds, yet they
must be fed with moderation. These
oil meals are very rich in nitrogen.
and highly heterogeneous foods should
never be taken to excess, as they place
heavy burden upon the kidneys. A
cow, for instance, is able to appropri-
ate for milk production a limited
amount of cottonseed meal, and any
eaten in excess of this amount goes to
waste and is a burden rather than a
help.
The average dairy cow is able to d.
gest and appropriate for milk produc-
ton from one to two pounds of linseed
or cottonseed meal. In connection with
these, of course, must be fed hay and
other feeds. Oil meal mixed with
ground corn, either with Or without
the cob, is about the best mixed heavy
feed that can be given a cow. These
meals are expensive feeds and the
highest returns car be secured from
them only when they are given in linn
tied amounts that the animals viii
utilize to the best advantage. Find
out by testing just how much each GOV
can utilize to advantage, and Eve
give her any more than this amount.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-11
"More Daylight" Plan

the president and his advisers that
the welfare of the clerks and the
business interests of the government
could be promoted sc far as the vol
ume of work was concerned, by regu-
lating the hours of labor according to
the rising of the sun, 1t was found
that the plans which have been adj
vanced by organized movements in
Cincinnati and other western cities
and are to receive parliamentary con-
s%ideration in England are not feasible
short of a revolution which would dis
turb banking and commercial condi-
tions generally and be widespread in
it's effect upon the railroads.
Advantages to be derived by per-
hitting government clerks all over
the country to commence work In the
cool hours of early morning during
the summer season and discontinue
labors in the early afternoon, with
ample opportunity to enjoy the sun-
light in daily afternoon vacations, ap-
pealed to the president. However. in
view of the fact that the government
could not compel financial and COM
mercial houses to adjust themselves
to the proposed change. and the
further consideration that the bust
ness of the post Office department
would be vitality affected, entailing a
change of schedules upon all rail-
roads, caused the administration to
decide not to attempt to encroach
upon the prerogatives of Father Time
and for the present at least there will
be no change in the daily routine OF
the government clerks.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-11
LIFE OF HEEL FLY
ITS GROWTH AS DESCRIBED BY
ENToMoLoGIsT HERRlck.
Interesting Document on Birth and
Propagation Of This irritating
Little Insect: Annoys Horses
and Cattle.

M
Prof. Glenn w. Herrick. state ento-
mologist and professor of entomology
of the Agricultural and Mechanical
college of Texas at College Station,
who is soon to go to Cornell in a sim
liar position, has contributed an in
teresting document to the discussion
regarding the heel fly. in answer to a
| question by the editor of the Stock
man and Farmer of San Antonio. Prof.
Herrick says:
your letter, accompanied by a fly
in a bottle, received. Yes, indeed,
there is a heel fly, more properly
known as the bot fly or OK MARBLE fly,
because it is this fly that causes the
so-called OK MARBLES or wolves along
the backs of cattle. This fly lays it's
eggs sometimes upon the heels of cat
tie, but it does not bite the latter, as
is the popular notion. A similar fly
lays its yellowish eggs upon the front
legs and shoulders of horses, attach
ing them to the hairs. No doubt
every farmer has seen these eggs,
which are very conspicuous OF horses
in the summer time. These flies do
when they are flying about, the horse
will stamp and throw up it's head, as
though it were being injured by the
fly. AS a matter of fact, this move
ment of the horse is evidently in
stinctive to prevent the fly from de-
nncifiro TIC ounc rofhor fhon from
any harm the fly actually does at the
time. Exactly so with the heel fly.
These flies have a cry curious and
interesting life history. In the case
of the horse, the eggs are licked off
and hatch in the mouth, where the
and attach themselves to the lining of
the stomach and constitute the So
called bots of horses. When these
bots have attained growth they pass
out with the dung, bore into the earth
a short distance, and in 80 or 40 days
come out ready to deposit eggs again
in a short time.
"In a similar way the eggs of the
heel fly are deposited on the hair
around the heels of cattle and are
licked off by the animal into the
mouth. Here they hatch into grubs
or larvae, which actually pass through
the walls of the gullet, and get just
under the skin of the neck. From
here they actually work their way be-
tween the skin and the flesh, through
the loose blubbery tissue, to their posi-
ton along the sides of the backbone
of the animal. Here they are known
as wolves. Each grub has an opening
through the skin for air, and they may
be killed by stopping these openings
with grease. After the wolves com
plete their growth they come out of
the skin, pass through the pupa stage
and eventually develop into an adult
fly, thus completing their life history.
Glenn w. Herrick, State Entomolo-
gist."
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-11

DAINTY, dazzling, delicious, such
are the creations which Dame
Fashion has introduced for the
summer of 1909.
To accommodate the clinging,
slinky, foppy styles now in vogue,
materials are all of a kind calculated
| to fall in soft folds and drape in folds
known as classic and which are
purely Partisan, and as much u
! perior to classic folds as the smart
Paris gown is to the cumbersome
toga, writes Marie de Montague.
Sheer white embroidered robes are
features of this and the coming sea-
son, and these are distinguished for
the delicacy and exquisite workman
| ship of the embroidery. This, in the
| better class of machine-made en-
broidery, rivals hand work in beauty,
and only an adept or the person who
| paid the bills could tell the difference
between them.
Our first illustration shows an ad-
| mirable design in the latest mode for
our warm season. 1t is a gown that
may be made up in a wide variety of
materials, from cloth to chiffon, or
linen t o null. A gorgeous dinner
gown could be created by making the
guimpe and stock; the full drawn
puff across the front between the en-
| pire band and sash, and the sleeves
Of silver tissue with a gown of thin
l1,,o .o+;. ~ of nO1I ficc,,n pvifh N
kind of black evening material. In
the first case the empire bolero with
It's short upperlsleeves; the sash, cuffs,
edge of overskirt and bottom of skirt
would be embroidered or braided in
silver. In the next instance the black
gown would be embroidered in gold.
To make an afternoon gown of this
model use soft silk or satin, and work
an elaborate pattern of tandem
broidery or soutache braid over the
broad part Of the bodice, which is
formed somewhat on the bolero order
in regard to brevity, and which serves
to support the skirt by means OF two
broad, embroidered straps which are
buttoned to the top of the sash. or
course, the strap is usually sewed
firmly to the sash, but it is quite pos
sible to fasten it on the button and
with a concealed hook and eye in each
corner. This would permit one to
wear a sheer blouse on a warm day
without the embroidered covering.
The overskirt is looped in upward
folds on each side. and is embroid-
cred to harmonic with the design
used upon the bodice. This begins
in a tiny scallop high up the front of
the overskirt, and increases in the
size of scallops towards the bottom.
Buttons or button effects are set in
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-11

each scallop. Usually these are of
raised embroidery, beginning with a
mere dot and growing to quite a large
disc lower down on the overskirt.
Upon the skirt is repeated another
harmonizing embroidery or braid de-
sign that extends around the bottom
on and above the hem and struggles
up charmingly into an irregular point
upon the front of the skirt.
The bottom of the skirt lies on the
floor in full, foppy folds all around
and has a slight trail in the back.
Between the embroidered bolero
sleeves and cuff is a plain sleeve, fit
This may be of the dress material or
of the sheer fabric used for the collar
and front of the gown.
When built of thin white or flow
cred summer cotton fabrics the en-
belished portions of the gown may be
cut out of all-over embroidery or lace
and supplied by edgings and founc-
ings to match.
Striped linen is used in making up
the gown shown In the illustration on
the right. A combination of plain and
striped linen would also be most eff.
fective in this model, while silk, in the
same plan, would also serve charm
ingly.
side under a panel front, in each of
which is inserted along the middle a
piece of trimming material. A semi
fitted effect is given the garment by
means of narrow plaits or pin tucks
that extend from below the bust
down and emphasize a short-waisted
appearance. A babyish round collar
is edged with trimming, which may
be either a striped material or tuck
ing, similar to that used upon the
coat panel. Large buttons decorate
each shoulder and also the sleeve cuff
and straps around the upper arm.
Perhaps the most striking feature in
the gown is its prtty sleeve. This
is mousquetaire, of three-Quarter
length, and shows, below it, a fitted
cuff of lace or such embroidered ma
terial as may be selected to trim the
dress with. A plated skirt, made
walking length, completes an effec-
tive costume, which might be made
up attractively in any cotton, linen,
silk OF thin wool goods suitable for
a dress to be worn in the forenoon.
With this costume is shown a BASIN
shaped hat with flowers around the
crow and big loops of soft ribbon
hanging owe the back.
Linen is an admirable material in
which to build the model shown. 1t is
a style equally adapted to light wool
and silk fabrics.-Boston Herald.