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Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-03
THE WATKINS CASE.
Arguments for Prosecution and De.
fense Close Today.

Asheville, n. c., Oct. 29.-The en-
tire day in the trial of Fleet c. Wat
kins, the Black Mountain constable,
on the charge of killing John Hill
Bunting at the Hotel Gladstone at
Black Mountain in the early morning
of August z, was taken up with argu-
ment of counsel for the state and de-
fense.
The first speech this morning was
made by Allen T. Morrison for the
defense, followed by Judge j. d. MUIR
ply, also for the defense; then R. R.
Williams for the state and private
prosecution, and J. H. Martin for the
defense Judge Thomas A Jones
spoke this afternoon for the prosecu-
ton, and Locke Craig closed the day
arguing for the defense of the officer
Garland A Thompson will make the
first argument in the morning for the
defense, followed by Mr. Craig, who
will make the concluding speech for
the defense. Solicitor Frank w. Brown
will make the closing argument for
the state.
1t is expected that Judge Adams
will charge the jury about noon to-
morrow, and they will then take un-
der deliberation murder trial which
has awakened the keenest interest
from ocean to mountain top in this
State.
The defense advanced as their ar
gument that Watkins was called to
the hotel; he had a right in the room
by invitation of those inside, who said
"Come in; that when he was inside
sent as an officer of the law to quell
a disturbance, the two men jumped on
!, him, grabbed his gun, and pinned hin
against the wall, and that he was com
PEELED to shoot in self-defense. The
point to the evidence which seems tt
show considerable noise in the
room, as bearing out the contention
that the men jumped on him, and tha
the men, in a drunken state, said "Wk
take care of all officers in here" LEI
him to believe they were going tt
harm him.
Considerable stress was laid on th
fact that testimony at variance witt
the negroes has been introduced, AM
the fact that witnesses were produce'
who swore that the negroes just afte
the shooting had said, 'He had t
shoot; they had him down."
The prosecution on the other han
: advanced as their line of argumen
that it was quiet when the officer ar
rived; even the fact that many of tn
= witnesses sWore to hearing mate
: struck was indicative of that; tha
I Watkins was a man who had kille
. and shot at people in the past, that b
= was naturally "quick on the trigger,
L that when he went into the room b
was excited, and the light going ou
and the men rising from the bed b
mistook an involuntary motion of Co
Inns when he raised his hand as
hostile movement, and that he fire
reckless1y, with the result that b
= took one life and endangered serious
l. ly that of another. The prosecute
argued that Watkins had not told tE
evidence straight in certain particl
u lars.
The defense is being vigorousl
presented, while the state is prosecu
in gthe case to the utmost extent. Tt
outcome is uncertain, with ode
y slightly in favor of the defense.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-03
WORTHY OF NOTE.
Three GOIdsbOrO Graded School Edu-
Gators Highly HOnOred.

It is worthy of note-and in keep
ing with Goldsboro's distinguished
record-that three of the Rockefeller
trustees for the expenditure of his
recent princely benefaction for the
amelioration of afflicted humanity,
are men who first saw service in the
Goldsboro graded school, DR.. E. A. AL
derman, Hon. J. Y. Joyner, and Mr.. p.
P. Claxton.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-03

A Chicago Judge told the women of
a club there what they couldn't do
That judge is one of two things-very
wise, or very courageous.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-03

We are approaching the shank of
the year and all who are behind on
their list of good resolutions for the
year should work overtime to catch
dD
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-03
PNEUMONIA

kills its tens of thousands. sGoWANS
PREPARATION kills pneumonia by de-
stroyine the congestion and inflammation.
pains and soreness in lungs and throat.
External and harmless. All drueGists.
$t.0o, Soc Csc,
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-03
ASSASSIN IDENTIFIED.
Man Who Killed Prince Ito Former
Editor of Seoul Newspaper.

Hardin, Manchuria, Oct. 2S.-The
assassin of Prince Ito was identified
today as Inchan Angan, former edi-
tor of newspaper at Seoul.
He said that he was one of an or
ganization of twenty Koreans who had
taken an oath that they would kill the
Japanese statesman.
The assassin used dumdum bullets
which had been poisoned with cyan.
ide.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-03

Lady Cook says she will spend a
million dollars. herself in the suffra-
gette cause. She is entitled certainly
to mention under such circumstances.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-03

Candidates in the New York mayor
atty race addressed the voters before
daylight. Must have been mostly
Tammany voters at a. m.
The Ordway new era., 1909-06-04
UNklNo FAKE.
Women to Fight tuberculosis.

One million women. representing
cities. towns, villages and isolated
rural settlements In every section OF
the country. are today enlisted in
campaign against tuberculosis. accord
Ing to statement issued by the Ma
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention Of tuberculosis. In legis-
latures, in congress at Washington, In
society gatherings. in churches and
clubs. through speaking and writing
in every possible way. the women Of
the country are persistently fighting
consumption.
With an organization established In
every state OF the country. under the
direction OF the General Federation OF
Women's Clubs. and with associated
clubs in Alaska. the Hawaiian islands.
Porto Rico and the canal zone, the
women of the country have entered a
systematic crusade to carry the mes
sage of the prevention and cure of
tuberculosis into every American
home
The Ordway new era., 1909-06-04

In obtaining seed corn from places
at distance 1t is always best to Sc
cure 1t in the ear, because in this
form 1t can be picked over. Judged
and all ears that are not suited for
planting may be thrown aside. while
II It is shelled no such selection can
be made.
The selection OF seed corn by the
farmer from his own crop is generally
accomplished in one OF three ways:
First. by picking out the seed after
the corn has been cribbed; second, by
selecting the best ears while gather
ing. and third, by going into the field
before harvesting time and selecting
the most desirable ears. OF these
three ways my experience has shown
the last to be the best. because n bet
ter selection can be made when that
is the only aim in view and when the
entire plant, and not simply the ear.
can be considered Whatever the
method, more seed than is really need
ed should be selected. in order that
a second wedding out of the poor
est ears just before planting may still
leave enough good seed.
On our farm we have tried still
another method for obtaining the best
seed corn-namely. to grow 1t in n
special plot of ground. We used the
following method: Take any number
OF selected ears-say so. for example
and plant them In so separate
parallel rows. one ear to the row.
This makes 1t necessary for the plot
OF ground to be at least so corn rows
wide. and 1t should be long enough for
the planting of about twothirds of an
ear In each row. II possible. this
ground should be as far removed from
other fields OF corn as can be. to pre-.
vent outside pollination. To further
protect from foreign pollen we have
found 1t good plan to take the re-
maining one-third of the selected corn
and use It to plant a border around
the breeding plot. Before the pollen
natures every alternate row is detas.
seled. to prevent self or close pollina.
The Ordway new era., 1909-06-04
MAKING MONEY
RAISING SKUNKS
How the Animals Are Bred and
Why their Breeding Profitable.

Skunk farming Is becoming an i'm
portant industry in some parts Of the
United States. and yet the man who
suggested 1t was regarded as mentally
unsound. To-day there are hundreds
of such farms on paying basis.
The average skunk produces
quart of oil and the fur or skin always
brings a good price. fashion regu-
lating the value. At the present time
the skins which are the most valuable
are the darker ones. A pure black
skin is worth from s1.25 to $3.50. ac-
cording to the quality and size;
striped skunk skin brings in the mar
ket about so or so cents. while those
with part stripe are worth in the
neighborhood Of a dollar.
who understands skunk farming can
begin on 20 skunks. Is females and
five males. and In a few years he can
have a healthy bank account. 1t is
not difficult to calculate how rapidly
these 20 skunks will increase In mum.
ber. Say you begin work early in the
fall and that in December they breed.
At once you have an increase Of 100
skunks, putting the average of each
litter at eight. In June they breed
again. and II the same ratio Of in.
crease be kept up. at the expiration
of a year and half you will have
1.495 skunks.
Put the pelts at one dollar each, the
pelts of 200 male skunks would bring
5000; the oil at so cents an ounce
would be worth $500. Then figuring
as was done on the increase in
skunks. at the expiration of a year
and half you could kill 3.7OO male
skunks. the pelts OF which would be
worth that many dollars.
The amount of oil gathered from
this number would be 29.6O0 ounces,
worth Just $14,s0O. At the expiration
Of four years you would have killed
100000 males, the pelts Of which
would be worth $780, 900. and the oil.
15,120,OOO ounces. worth $7,56O,OOO.
And you would still have 100000
skunks left!
1t is not surprising that skunk
farming is being taken up throughout
the country. and il it was possible to
deodorize the skunk the industry
Would be even more popular.
The Ordway new era., 1909-06-04

we'll covered. In the spring. before
planting time. every ear should be
tested. especially when there is any
doubt as to its vitality. We have box
fixed for this purpose; 1t is four feet
long by three feet wide by six inches
deep. We have bored holes through
the sides two inches from the bottom
and 21a inches apart; through these
holes we have stretched fine wire.
both lengthways and crossways, thus
dividing the box into 2k-inch squares.
At one end these rows of squares are
numbered: along one side the squares
in each row are numbered. When
ready to test the corn, we get enough
moist, rich dirt to fill the box up even
with the wire: next we number the
ears to be tested. For example, the
first ear is marked ear one. row one:
the next. ear two, row one. When We
have enough for the first row. the
first ear in the second row Is marked
ear one. row two. and so on. When
tsa ears are all numbered. take four
or i've grains from different parts OF
each ear and plant them in the square
with the corresponding number. In
this box we can test about 275 ears at
one time. OF course. the box can be
larger or smaller. as the case may de.
mand
The Ordway new era., 1909-06-04
Settled Strike For Graft.

Chicago.-After forty-six hours OF
almost constant wrangling the jury in
the case of M. B. C"Skinny") Madden.
M. ], Boyle and F. A. Pouchet. labor
leaders, charged with strike grating,
brought in a verdict of guilty, filming
each of the defendants $500. The men
were brought to trial on an Indictment
charging that they conspired to extort
n 900 and did extort that sum from
Emil Klicka, through George 8. Andres,
an agent, in order to settle q strike ON
The plant of the Klicka Company.
The Ordway new era., 1909-06-04
OVER THE FENCE
Nelghbor Says Something.

The front yard fence is a famous
council place on pleasant days. Maybe
to chat with some one along the street.
or for friendly gossip with next door
neighbor. Sometimes 1t is only small
talk but other times neighbor has
something really good to offer.
An old resident of Baird, Texas, got
some mighty good advice this way
once.
He says:
Drinking coffee left me nearly dead
with dyspepsia, kidney disease and
bowel trouble, with constant pains in
my stomach, back and side, and SO
weak l could scarcely walk.
"One day l was chatting with one OF
my neighbors about my trouble and
told her believed coffee hurt me.
Neighbor said she knew lots OF people
to whom coffee was poison and she
pleaded with me to quit 1t and give
Postum a trial. 1 did not take her
advice right away but tried a change
OF climate, which did not do me any
good. Then dropped coffee and took
up Postum.
MY improvement began immediate
ly and l got better every day used
Postum.
MY bowels became regular in two
weeks, all my pains were gone. Now
am well and strong and can eat any
thing want to without distress. All
of this is due to my having quit cof-
fee, and to the use Of Postum regu-
larly.
my son who was troubled with indi-
gestion thought that If Postum helped
me 80. 1t might help him. 1t did, too.
and he is now well and strong again.
I'VE like Postum as we'll as we ever
liked the coffee and use it altogether
in my. family in place Of coffee and all
keep WE'LL" There's a Reason" Read
1.-THE Road to Wellville," in Pkgs.
Ever read the above lettert A new
one appeafs from time to t1mes they
are Genuiae, trss, and fall Of human
s.s~
The Ordway new era., 1909-06-04

hing Edwards brown colt Minoru
Justified his name, which ia Jon.naso
lor success by winning the derby
on 'he EPSON track May 2Gth.
personally conducted touring par.
ties under the management OF n mo.
tor car manufacturing concern are he.
Ing organized In several sectjons n,
the country.
hitro'slycerine factory of the Du.
poht Powder Company. located nj
howard Junction. five miles south o:
bradford. Pa. exploded a few dayn
e'hce' Two men were blown to atoms
ana much damage was done.
The widow OF Robert Ingersoll will
secure $l3S,OO0 from the estate of tho
lhte Andrew C.. Davis of Butte. Mont
being the amount OF fees for legal ser.
vices by Colonel lngersoll that have
peeh IN litigation nearly twenty years.
The Zeppelin H.. the dirigible which
ls TO replace the airship destroyed at
Echterdingen last year, had most
successful first trial at Friederich.
h' fs'pD'llll IL. IL OTutreu
Tor the German government and will
soon be taken over by the authorities.
The United States Circuit Court
or Appeals has denied re.
hearing to the Northwestern
Mutual Life in the McCue case,
as result OF which the Moth.
western Mutual will be compelled to
pay the death claim OF $4,000 on the
life Of J. S. McCue. former mayor of
Charlottesville. Va. who was hanged
for wife murder.
There Is trouble coming for aero
plane builders In this country who
shall attempt to put their machines on
the market The Wright brothers
claim the basic patents on all ma.
chimes of the biplane pattern aero
curves" In the main sustaining planes.
and practically all OF the flying ma.
chimes in America which have thus
far flown or have given promise of fly
Ing are OF this general design.
The Ordway new era., 1909-06-04
Quite True.

Marian. little three-year.old. Is
very stubborn. One day. when she
was f-etful, her mother. wishing to
engage her mind. attracted her atten-
ton to COW in vacant lot and asked
what 1t was.
Marian replied. "hoss" (horse) and
stubbornly refused to give In. Her
mother. wishing to get a correct an
swer without scolding. asked: What
eats grass besides n horse?" More
hoss." was the quick response.-De-
lineator.
The Ordway new era., 1909-06-04
Mutual Surprise.

A mission worker in New Orleans
was visiting q reformatory near that
city not long ago when she observed
among the inmates an old acquaint-
ance. a negro lad long thought to be
. model Of integrity. "Jim!" ex-
claimed the mission worker. rs It
possible l ind you here" '.Yassum." !"
biithely responded the backslider. rs
charged with stealin' barrel o sweet
pertaters." The visitor sighed. You.
Jim" she repeated. II am surprised.
"Yassum." said Jim. 80 was ! or I
wouldn't be here!"
The Ordway new era., 1909-06-04

Dry Potatoes for Food.-According
to the Magdeburgische Zeitung. Consul
Frank S. Hannah says that the recent
experiments in the drying of potatoes
under the auspices of the imperial in.
terror department has had such good
results that a new and important field
of activity may be offered for the Ger.
man farmers.
The potatoes are reduced by this
process to about one-quarter Of their
original weight and can be kept in
good condition in this compressed
form for an indefinite length 6f time.
The military authorities have made
thorough experiments with this prod.
uct and have become convinced that
its nutritious value is fully equal to
that Of corn, and that the dried pota.
toes can take the place Of one-third of
the former ration VI oats.
The Ordway new era., 1909-06-04

tion; also any stalks in the rest of the
rows that are imperfect to a marked
degree in any way should be detas-
seled.
All the seemingly good ears from
good stalks, In good position on the
stalk, should be gathered from the de-
tasseled rows. Out of all these ears
first pick out the best ones for next
years breeding plot. From that re-
manning the best ears can be selected
for next seasons seed corn for the
main crop.
In regard to the type Of ear to Sc.
lect for seed the following points are
essential: The main object In view is
the production of as large quantity
of grain to the ear as possible; the
ear should be cylindrical in shape.
about ten inches in length and IN
inches In circumference. Both ends
should be we'll filled out with large
kernels. The rows of kernels, as we'll
as the kernels themselves. should be
closely pressed together, in order that
the ear will be compact and solid.
Each ear can be readily tested for
weight by weighing the entire ear
first and then the shelled corn OBJ
tained from 1t. The grain should con.
stitute from 85 to 80 per cent. of the
whole ear. The kernels should be as
nearly uniform in size as possible, to
insure good, even stand; they should
be wedged shaped.
The vitality of the corn should al
ways ways be tested. Improper dry
ing and storing away Of seed corn
very often lowers the vitality of the
seed, but II It is thoroughly cured and
kept dry no injury II likely to take
place. We have found 1t q very salts.
factory method to string the corn and
tie It up In the barn, provided Il IL
The Ordway new era., 1909-06-04
GENERAL NEWS.

hna, mas oeen discovered that the earth
|ho . ol May cath so badly damaged
n, m mclean college at bloomington,
'na' 1t will have to be rebuilt.
,r.auy s,y because he had been whipped,
Illos i fierce. aged sixteen, shot and
e. ~ MS stepfather. Park Willard.
e,a, a,'eoerick, Md. Then he surren-
e'ed to the police.
b,., ,am E. Darragh, the New York
ar who ran down and killed
aara Trimble, the eleven-year-old
e,o prominent Kentucky lawyer.
p,n., Mafeh 9th, was found guilty Of
,,,. ,,aushter In the first degree. The
ki.onmn penalty is twenty years. I'M
W OF the kind.
The Ordway new era., 1909-06-04
WESTON, oeean.to.ocean Walker,

WESTON, Oeean-to-Ocean Walker,
Said recently: when you feel down and
out. feel there is no use living, just take
your bad thoughts with you and walk
them off. Before you have walked a mile
things will look roster. Just try it," Have
you noticed the increase in walking of
late in every community: Many attribute
it to the comfort which Aliens Foot-Easc.
the antiscptic powder to be shaken into
the shoes, gives to the millions now using
it. As Weston has said 1T has real mer-
walk. 10000 testimonials. Order n 25c
package to-day of any Druggist and be
ready to forget you have feet. 4 trial
package of ALIENS FOOT.EASE sent
FREE. Address Allen S. Olmstcd, Le
Roy, n y.
The Ordway new era., 1909-06-04
Assembly Goes to Nashville.

Denver.-The next meeting place for
the general assembly of the Presbyter-
ian church is to be Nashville. Tenn.
according to the decision of the spec
ial committee Thursday. When the
announcement was made that the COM
mittee would decide the next place.
commissioners hurried to the commit
tee room to present the reasons why
their respective cities be chosen.
The Ordway new era., 1909-06-04
Good to Remember.

Physical defects can be turned into
Incentives to success instead OF draw.
backs. what we look upon as handi.
caps in the end may prove spurs to en-
able us to reach the goal of desire. II
we know but how to use them. We
make our own happines. we carve our
own success.-Exchange.
The Ordway new era., 1909-06-04
Count zeppeIin's Long Flight.

Goeppingen.-After covering dis
tance of about $50 miles In thirty
seven hours, Count Zeppelin's airship
on its return trip from Bitterfeld to
Friedrichschafen, came to grief In an
open field near here Monday. In ma
neuyering for a landing the airship
came in contact with n tree and Its
position was dangerous.
The Ordway new era., 1909-06-04

Farmers FamllIes.-It is estimated
that there are about 100000 farmers
families in the United States to-day,
taking the word farmer IN its b.va lest
sense, and including all families hvinS
In the open country.
The Ordway new era., 1909-06-04
His Kick.

"My wife has no idea Of proper
tion."
whats wrong?"
she had 5000 gown made to
match . $40 dog."-Milwaukee jour
nal
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-05
LIPToN's PUBLICITY METHODS.

Says There Is Much Virtue In AdVer"
Using and Quick Action.
81 dare say I owe great deal Of
my success to advertising" says Sir
Thomas Upton in the Strand. Il al
WAYS tried to get hold Of some new
method. To attract attention used
to post cartoons in my shop window.
In later years, when my business had
spread on one occasion I engaged an
aeronaut to throw out from his car
10000 telegraph messages addressed
to one of my shops. I offered prizes
to the first twenty people who arrived
with a message, and, the finders COM
ing from all parts Of the city, much
popular interest resulted.
Advertisement sometimes, as have
found, results most Unexpectedly and
from untoward conditions. About 6
I was awakened by the telephone bell
ringing in my bedroom. Sprtng1ng out
of bed, I soon learned that fire had
broken out at my Newry branch. On
arrival at the scene of the fire l found
nothing could be saved, so l 1mmedt-
ately telegraphed to my Dublin and
Belfast stores and ordered fresh
stock of provisions to be sent by pas
senger trains Meanwhile I found an
other shop close by, and at the usual
hour the following morning I had the
new premises in full working order.
And there was more business done at
the second shop than at the first. The
fire, it appeared, had drawn public at
tention to US, and our smartness in
opening another shop so quickly was
practically appreciated"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-05
American Colleges.

The American college is in every
way unique. 1t may be defined in a
word as a school for imparting more
general and advanced instruction than
can be obtained in the various acade-
mics and private schools. The univer-
sity, however, more particularly COM
prises a number of technical schools,
imparting instruction in all depart
ments of knowledge, including classic
al literature, the arts and sciences, as
biology, medicine, surgery, law, theol.
ogy, mechanics and so on. The issue
as to which is the most desirable, the
most useful, has been discussed at ed
vocational congresses, In the public
press and notably in the leading re-
views. There has been evident in
these discussions a tendency to look
upon the college as kind of inferior
school which must be given it's place
only when there Is not enough money
to establish the more expensive uni
versity. On the other hand, the col
lege has not wanted it's stout cham
pions, in whose view the American col
lege, with its concentrated curriculum,
the closeness of touch between pupil
and professor, is not only an institu-
ton that is to be conserved, but is one
that often, if not always, offers a bet
ter kind of education than Is available
in the university.-Leslie's Weekly.