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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12
TOM JORNSON'S VICTORY.

Ten years ago, when Mayor Tom
Johnson, of Cleveland, Ohio, began
his famous fight for three cent
fares in that city, the fare was five
cents and a of proper transfers.
Johnson has won most Of his fights
before the people, but delays in the
courts, lack of success in his own
street car venture, and hostile oppo-
sition at every turn have co-operated
TO prevent the victory in the way he
planned. But the compromise ar
ranged this week gives a notable vic
tory to Mayor Johnson. It provides
for three cent fares, with an extra one
cent for transfers; the city reserves
the right to purchase at any time that
municipal ownership is made legal;
Judge Taylor is to fix the value of
the property for assessment; and at
no time shall the rate of fare allow
the company to earn over 6 per cent:
on the value Of the property consist
ent with good service.
The victory of Mayor Johnson, COM
ing through compromise, is all the
more marked since by a narrow mar
gin he lost in the vote for municipal
ownership.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12
1T Is Joys

In inviting Ex-Governor Cameron
editor Of the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
to Raleigh to enjoy the scuppernong
grape, we failed to state that there
are six varieties and all will be on
exhibition at the State Fair. The best
expert testimony agrees that there is
no grape comparable to the scupper-
nong. Unfortunately these grapes
have not been shipped and are not SO
we'll or widely known as their sweet
ness warrants. The Columbia State,
a real connoisseur, says:
1.-The Norfolk V~irginian-Pilot thinks
that there is a better grape thar u
Southern ScuppernOng, and seeks to
place in the ~audacious neighborhOod
Of his emperor of the vine and pleb-
ians-such hybrids-as the Catawba
and Niagara. 1t might have named
the Salem, but would have been in
error even then. Malaga grapes are
very good grapes, but the grapes OF
Smyrna are better: and the scuDper-
nong OF the South is best. He that
eats the scuppernong may say that
he has crushed joys grape against his
palate fine" )
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12
OCTOBER EXAMINATION.
state Department OF Education Has
preDafe1 the Questions.

Tn accordance with section 1852 Of
the public School Law, and in an
SWer to the request OF a large num-
Der of the County superintendent at
the Hendersonville meeting. the State
Department of Education has issued
a complete set of uniform questions
for the ensuing October examination.
The questions have been sent to all
of the County superintendent. These
directions are the same as were sent
with the examination for Five-1ear
State Certificates.
The County superintendent are to
do the grading. 1t is desirable, says
Superintendent Joyner, that the
grading Of papers conform to some
thing of a standard throughout the
State. A first grade certificate in one
county ought 10 mean the same as in
another county. SO let the answers
be graded with uniform accuracy.
After the examination is over and the
papers are graded each County SUI
p~erintendent is requested to send at
least three complete sets of papers to
this office for 4 comparative study of
the systems of grading.
1t is by no means certain that the
State Department will furnish ques-
lions for every examination. 1t is
h not desirable. But it is a
good thing occasionally to give a uni
form standard examination and bring
about, as far as possible, uniformity
IN the grading Of papers
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12
WHY COTTON DIDN'T DROP.

It behooyes the cotton farmers to
be alert to prevent the success of the
movement to keep down the price of
cotton. On the day that the govern
ment reports showed the worst cot
ton conditions in a generation. the
price of cotton was pushed Town by
the gamblers and those desiring cheap
cotton. There was nothing to war
rant the drop. Indeed there was rea-
son for q sharp advance in prices.
The ext day the price did advance.
that the recovery equal to a dollar a
hale was due to the attitude of South
ern farmers in refusing to follow a
lower market and sell their product
at the reduced price.
Southern farmers can help the men
who want low cotton by rushing their
cotton to market n selling it rapid
ly: Many people believe cotton is
going to fifteen cents. Nobody knows
what cotton Will do. But the South's
every interest is bound up in getting
as much as possible for the cotton.
News of probable shutting down part
Of the European mills should not trOu-
bic the South. If all mills have to
shut down awhile to force increase in
the price of their product, unfortunate
as that would be, it would be better
for the South than for It to fail to get
the highest possible price for its cot
ton. 1t is not alone the farmers who
are helped by high cotton. 1t helps
every business in the South. The
world needs 1900, 600 bales of cotton.
The crop will not exceed 11,000,O 600
bales. IL the gamblers cannot sus-
pend the automatic workings of the
law OF supply and demand the price
Of cotton must be higher. If the cot
ton crop is dumped on the market in
October and November, the farmers
Will be helping the gamblers and the
exporters n mill men to keep down
the. price. The South wants high cot
ton. 1t may take some little time
for the mills to get the necessary
higher price for their product, but it
Will come. Southern cotton farmers,
Southern mill men, Southern mer-
chants, Southern bankers are in the
same boat, and, though the mill men
may have TO endure a waiting time,
all will prosper in the long run by
high prices for Southern cotton.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

What is a gentleman? Here is an
answer by Bishop Doane: "A gentle
less; a diamond polished that was a
diamond in the rough; a gentleman is
gentle; a gentleman is modest; q gen
tleman is courteous; a gentleman is
generous; q gentleman is slow to take
%offense, as being one hat never gives
it; a gentleman is slow to surmise evil,
as being one that never thinks it; a
gentleman goes armed only in cOn-
seriousness of right; a gentleman sub
jects his appetites; a gentleman refines
his tastes; a gentleman subdues his
feelings; a gentleman controls his
speech, and finally a gentleman deems
every other better thar himself"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

poH. IN all history. no such SnactacIe
mas been seen. The South is PAVING
more for public schools per hundred
ooIafs OF property owned than Mas
~sachusetts OIL New York. It's people
must pay for separate schools. Manx
have paid this tax cheerfulIy: some
nave hated to pay to educate negro
children, holding that when you edu-
cate a negro you simply spoil a field
hand But the burden has been borne
IN the main cheerfuIly and every edu-
Gator in America who has known the
true condition has honored the
Southern people because of their
treatment Of the negro in the public
schools. And the honor has been
richly deserved. Twenty years age
this school tax came out of poverty
and many who pay it today have to
make sacrifices to do it.
The effect of Mr.. Coon's figures and
estimates and statements is this: In
Carolina paid every dollar for the
education of their own children and
$4,000 more than was spent in the
education of les children. The ma
tural and only possible inference from
Mr.. COON own version of his address
is that the white people used $3.50 0
paid by the negroes in North Caro-
lima to pay the cost of educating white
children. That is what the New York
Evening Post, the California, and the
Indiana papers understood, and there
is no other Inference ~deducibIe
from his own explanation. If it
is true that the white people,
who control the collection and
expenditure of school money, have
they are entitled to, then the claim
of the South to fairness and kindness
to the negro is a pretense- and a
fraud, and the honor the South has
claimed and received is undeserved
More thar that: if it has taken a cent
of money paid by negroes to run white
schools, it has robbed a poor race to
educate a richer race, all the While
hypocritically pretending that it was
giving of its larger wealth to help the
weaker race.
The deduction drawn from Mr..
COon's statements will be on every
tongue and tens of thousands of peo-
pie in the North will be told that the
Southern white people are taking
money paid by negroes to conduct
white schools, and many who accept
that statement will never read the
figures Of Mr.. Joyner and Mr.. Eggle-
ston and others hat completely de-
mo!iSh Mr.. Coon's statement. A sensa
tiOnal statement travels q
thousand miles before a plain and
complete statement is getting on its
boots. There are plenty of people
ready to believe anything bad of the
South with reference to it's treatment
of the negro. They have seized with
avidity upon Mr.. Coon's statement
and it has done incalculable harm,
however much he may have uninten-
tiOnally given this incorrect and mis-
leading impression. That is the chief
of Mr.. Coon's offending, n that is
why Southern newspapers must try IT,
get the actual figures and proper
statements before the country. Before
he made the Atlant speech, the po-
SitiOn of the South was understood
and approved; now the South must
go to work to prove that it is not a k
ing the tax paid by gro to educate
white children.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

The New York Tribune hopes that
the breezy lasses of Houston will not
kiss Mr.. Taft during his stay in this
town. Hardly" says the Houston
Post. 1.-The breezy lasses of Houston
are ~catchers, not pitchers, in the oscu-
latory game. Furthermore, we have
no desire to rob Beverly of the dis
capital"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

Thought dead, the late Col Buck"
Blackwell, is not forgotten in Dur
ham. A literary society and a cigar
have been named in his honor. He
was not a literary man. but what he
did for public schOolS in Durham at
a critical time should never be for
gotten.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

There are 235,664 negroes in Mary
land. On the Eastern Shore they are
very numerous. They are voters for
whatever the white Republican bosses
want-and what hat gang usually
wants is bad. The bulk Of that vote
should be d~isfranchised, for its own
good and the good of the State.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

It is good news from Japan. The
rice CROP is a record-breaklng one 1t
is the largest ever known and VIII
reach 273,O0O,0 900 bushels. Japan
has a big war debt that is burden
some and this big crop will greatly
helm
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

A MI. Woods and a Miss Timbers
figured in the matrimonial records of
Surely this ought to afford
some encouragement to those who are
preaching the doctrine Of reforesta-
ton says the Houston Post.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

Just p hat young Mr.. More
head should carry out his threat and
resign, Would Mr.. Taft still try to
run the government?
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

Seven cities in Kansas are o gov
erned under the Commission plan
Houston and other Texas cities stick
to it and find it the best government
thev have ever had It is growing
in pODularity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-09
Port Arthur Engineers
 Must Now Stand Tria,

St. Petersburg, Oct. 9-The govern ment yesterday announced the person. mel of a court of ten members. five miii- tary and five civil officials, who will try the engineers who superintended the fertilization of Port Arthur. The decision to try the engineers is the result of an official investigat ton just completed.
 The investigators discovered that the fortress was not one-tenth as strong as the St. Petersburg authoi ,- ties had been led to believe 1t. Mili- tary circles concede that it was ex- traordinary that the Russians were able to hold the post as long as they did against the Japanese.
 The engineers. the investigation in dicated received enormous sums of money which they pocketed either do- ing nothing at all to strengthen the foreifications or throwing up defenses which generally had little more than scenic value-
 Friends of General Stoessel who was officially blamed for the fall of Port Arthur. and who was imprisoned for surrendering the fortress, are making a great stir over the discovery which they say completely generates him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-09

upon the establishment of such har7s, Dor line and the estimation sUf5 equal benefits and damages to thefi New York. New Haven and Hartfordy Railroad Company, the railroad com-1 pany will withdraw it's appeal now6 pending. and will ask no costs arisingL; therein to be paid by the City. N {
 Yours truly. '
 c. s. MELLEN, ]
 President, { Upon motion the communication wasL accepted and made part of the record.f Alderman Gould moved that the re-1 port of the special committee on the3 smoke and noise nuisance at the EastS End freight yards and other matterst referring to the same be recalled fronf the board of health and referred to1 the committee on ordinances. Motion carried. sSs Upon motion the board did then ad-% joUrn to Monday evening, Oct. IS, 1909. at o'clock.
 Attest,
 E. T. BUCKINGHAM. L9dS
 City Clerk, 94s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-09
GA TOE IA. -er Bears the z1hs Kind You Aays A!wsys Saugto " Signature ss LGANzzzZM E 70
 .tDN 1Ui COTTON PRICES T
 SHUT DOWN MILLS
Especial from limited Press

(SDec1al from United PreSs.)
 Providence, Oct. 9.-High prices in raw cotton are to result in a shut down of all the leading cotton mills in Rhod&V Island. according to the statements ofy agents here to-day. The shut down will be for at least 30 days and per- haps longer and thousands of workers will be affected. Explaining the pro-Jj posed move a prominent manufactureEn n said:
 "A year ago we were paying fifteen cents for the cotton. This price averIT age is now IA cents but cotton for useyt in finer fabrics. such as are produced here. the price ranges to IF cents and, l cannot see anything that points to a reduction. The crop of cotton this year is but a fair crop. Spectators haves taken advantage of the conditions andh have boosted prices so high that we are forced into this curtailment.
 we do not want to shut up our fac tories but we are forced to take thisb action. It is not our desire to reduce, the hours of labor for the operatives. Conditions make it imperative. The situation is serious. For all that we are going to make the conditions for the working men and women just as light as we possibly can."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-09
ECZEMA CURED Pinples Disappear and Conn., plexion Cleared Overnight

New York.-Thousand are taking advantage of the gener- ous offer made by The Wood worth Co.,, 1161 Broadway, New York City, requesting an exper- imental package of Lemola, the new skin discovery, which is mailed free of charge to all who write for it. It alone is suffi- cient to clear the complexion over night and rid the face of pimples in a few hours.
 Those who have tried LEM OLA will find that the soc box on sale in Bridgeport at all drug stores is sufficient to cure the worst form of Ec- zema where the parts affected are not too large. On the first application of Lemola the itch ing will stop. It has cured thou sands afflicted with Eczema, Teeters, Rashes, Itchings, Irri- tations, Acme, Seedlings and Crusting of skin, scalps of in- fants, children and adults. It is good for the preservation and purification of the skin, scalp, hair and hands. for the preven- tion of the clogging of the pores the usual cause of pimples, blackheads, redness and rough ness and also the treatment of burns, scalds, wounds, sores, and nursery.
 It contains no grease and be- ing fesh-colored the presence of Lemola on the face or hands is not perceptible.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-09
OVER $48,OOO,OOO
 FOR PANAMA CANAL

Washington, Oct. 9.-The estimate ot money advanced necessary to con- tinue the construction of the Panama Canal in the fiscal year 1911 is $48, ,O63,- 524 according to @ report of the com mittee forwarded to-day to the secre- tary of var.
 This is the largest amount asked for any year since the beginning of the. canal construction. It is more than $12, ,00O, ,O00 larger than the estimate for 1910 and s15. 100000 more than for the estimate for 1909. Of the amount $5- GOO 900 will be for skilled and unskilled labor and $2O,0OO, 900 for the purchase and delivery of supplies. The entire amount that has been appropriated for the Canal to date is $210,070. .46S.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-09
PITTSBURG WRAPPED
 IN HEAVY FOG
Especial from United Press.

Especial from United Press)
 Pfttsburg, Oct. 9.-One death from drowning and numerous accidents re. suited early yesterday from a heavy fog that wrapped Pittsburg in almost utter darkness. AS late as 8:30 street lights were going full blast, the streets being black as midnight. Alfred Schoriebe and a horse he was driving to a wagon were drowned in Turtle Creek east of Pittsburg when the fog was at it's worst. A helper in the wagon escaped. He declared Schor- iebe became lost in the fog and drove over a F foot embankment into the creek.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-01-15
Gone To Oklahoma.

The Western fever seems to be
In this county, many OF
our best people having succumbed to
lis attack. The latest Of these are
anderson Wilson and family. Mr.,
Wilson sold his place on Lick creek
TO John wilson and he and his wife
land little ones babe good BY TO
Kentucky friends last Monday aud
started for Oklahoma, which State
will be their home for some time at
least. Mr.. Wilson was good citi-
zen whose life will be felt BY all
who know him
John Wilson and family, who for
r,erly lived in Louisa but who for
some years have resided at Mar
rowbone, win live at the place
I left by Anderson Wilson. !ohI
has a position at Borderland, W
/ Va, and viii work at his trade there
maintaining his residence here.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-01-15
% LOUISA LAWRENCE COUNTY JANUARY IS 1909,
Prosperity.

We have had a good school and
we would like for the board Of trus-
tees to hire Miss Ethel Grubb to
teach for us again.
Dock Jordan and Carl Moore, Of
Cordell, visited our school the last
eayl Mr.. Jordan delivered nice
speech.
Mr.. and Mrs, Winfield Nickols
gave party last Saturday night
for the young people. 1t was large
ly attended.
Mrs. Garfield Moore and Mi!t
Moore were visiting on Hood Sunday
II. s, Burton has returned from
visit to his son, DR.. c. c. Bur
Il n, of Morgan county.
Mrs. Mamie Grubb, who has beer
sick for some time is improving.
o. B Swetnam and o. B. Have
PASSED down our creek few day.
ago.
Lon Cemoger has sold out ant
will move to Oklahoma in a fey
days. School Boy
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-01-15
BOYD VINSON
Dies Suddenly From Rupture Of
BlOcd Vessel.

A ruptured blood vessel caused
the death OF Boyd Vinson, of Kel-
lugg, at Chester, w. Va, Sunday
night. Little is known concerning
the cause OF his death, aside from
the fact that he was seized with
a fit Of coughing shortly after re-
t'ring for the night, and during a
violent paroxysm, a blood vessel burst
and he died almost Immediately.
Mr.. Vinson was bern in Wayne
county, w. Va, being son of the
late Col. s. S. Vinson, and at the
time of his death made his home
With his mother at kellogg. He was
! man barely in the prime of life and
Of splendid physical appearance,
He was a most capable business man;
his demeanor was gentlemanly, and
he possessed high sense of hon
or in his dealings with his fellow
men. He was member of the Ma
sonic fraternity and was a member
of Benz, Kedem temple, Mobiles OF
the Mystic Shrine, at Huntington,
Mr.. Vinson has a nurfAsr OF rel
latives in this city and throughout
the Sandy yalleYyrrbut nose more
closely related to him nre Mrs. s
Is, yinson, and Mrs. Don Clark, motif
er and sister respectively, who re-
side at Kellogg; Col. 2. T. Vinson
DR.. L. T. Vinson and Mrs. james
A Hughes, of Huntington, -Catletts
burg Tribune.
Mr.. Vinson was, so the NEWS u
informed, born in this county eith
er on Vinson branch or in Louisa
; He was 3S years of age.
The burial occurred on Wednesda
, and was attended by Mrs. A. NJ
Hughes, Mrs. A. ]. CARED and Jas
vinson, of this city.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-01-15
DEATH
Claimed the Young Wife Of chas-
P;cklesimer Last Saturday,

Death claimed as victim LAST
Saturday, Bessie, the young wife
OF Charles Picklesimer she lad beeE
sick only short while, and tile at
tack was severe and of very SER
ious character. On Friday it was
thought that some Improvement haoR
occurred, but the hopes aroused were
short lived and the end took place
at the time mentioned The cause q
death was puerpural convulsions.
The body was embalmed and takenz
TO Abingdon, Va, for interment.
Mrs Picklesimer was only q years
Of age and had been married nort
cutie a year. When the critical na--
ture of her illness became known
her mother, Mrs, w. M. Wsrley-
Of Abingdon, and sister and broth
er-inlaw, Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor, Of
Rluefield, were sent for. Her moth
er and the Bluefield relatives came
aud were present at the last sad
1 M
scene.
The deceased had been a resident
of Louisa only short time, but
during that brief period she had
won many friends by her amiability
and sterling worth. All who knew
her speak of her in the highest
terms and deplore the loss CT such
a lovely character. Charles Pickle
1 sinner is son of James Picklesimer.
who with his wife and Mr.. and Mrs
John Worley, accompanied the body
to Abingdon, leaving Saturday night
on the N. & w.
Mrs. Picklesimer was a member o.
the NJ. E. Church South, cf this
place.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-01-15
In the Hospital.

Wayne Hunt. OF prestonsburg, Ky,
who was shot last week by a young
medical student and perhaps fatally
ir iured, was brought TO the Keller
Hospital, Saturday, where he will be
operated upon IL the hopes of saw
ing his lie. Mr. Hp ~ brother and
the young studen 40 mad come
home from Louisville for the holi-
Gays, had had some trouble over some
women, and the studen. shot him,
blowing his head off. Wayne Hunt
rlssea to his brothers side and
was shot through the hip and blad-
der. DIR. Callihan accompanied him
| Il the hospitaL-Iron, p lrontonian.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-01-15
Broke Jail.

Lace Crabtree. who stole a horse
from Elihu Belcher at the the Forks
Of Hurricane, Wayne county, last
week and sold him to man In
Catlettsburg, was arrested in William
son. He was brought to Louisa and
lodged in the lookup but broke
cut some time during the night by
knocking out a hole In the wall
When his escape became known
bloodhounds were brought here
from Huntington and put on the
trail He was followed to a point
near Fallsburg where the scent was
lost or the dog became too tired C
90 any further and the chase was
abandoned.
Crabtree claimed that William
Young who was at Torchlight, KY.
helJed him steal the horse, and
crabtree agreed to cross the rivel
here at Louisa, and swear cut war
rant for Young, which was done
Young was promptly arrested ant
placed in Jail and afterwards takel
Ito Catlettsburg for Identification
but was released from the hors
stealing charge, as Thorps wh
lought the horse stated that /
was not the man.
Crabtree is son of little So
Crabtree, of Wayne county.