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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-13

Most all the fellows Of an NM
p~ortance were born in North Carolina
Jerry Moore. the 1~5-year-o1d boy VINO
raised 22S "a bushels Of corn on on"
acre of land in Florence county, > -
was born in Arson county, n. &. A"'
Jerry bought his seed from Mr.. bal's
il Wake county. N. c.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-13
UNCLE WALT
The Poet Philosopher

have my views of right and
wrong, and they are strict and
straight: no mar can
THE my approval gain. un-
REFOkhiiS less he goes my gait.
He must admit that
I'm the fOunt of virtue and of truth:
1 am "a beacon for the old q SISnpOst
for the youth: he must admit tina
when ] speak all little dogs should
hush: when l say HALT" he'll
straiehtway stop: when I say 60"
he'll rush. And il he should dispute
my word. or in obciSance fail. the
proper place for him to be is in the
county jail. Some spine.ess creatures
say to me that S,asiol is tic goods to
touch the hard and sinful hearts in,
human ncighbOrhOOdS: they Say tlat
men arc mostly good. and open to
appeais-but 1 believe in hanging
men. and breaking them on wheels
Alas, u soft, dacadeft age has Danish
ed block and rack; we cannot boil
offenders NOW, or drOSn them i'm !;
sack! We cannot use the iron boot
OF Hog them Or impaIc, but we can
surely fashion laws 10 send them al
10 jail.
&c., me~~
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-13
BOY WINS,

There has just closed at Columbia
South Carolina, a big Corn Exposition
tina would have beer a big thine Tor
Kansas or any other strictly corn
State. Premiums aggregatlnG ten
thousand dollars were offered ana
there were over eight hundred entrees
North Carolina corn was AWARDED
the silver cup for the best single ear
OF corn in the exhibit and won many
other prizes The ear OF corn th4i
got the first prize was grown by E1unS
Goodwin, a thirteen-year-old farmer
boy who lives IN the county q
Chatham.
Chatham takes the cake now i4F
corn as we'll as for rabbits.
If YOU want a railroad job, YOU hao
better stop smoking those coffin tackS'
labelled cigarettes. IT is announced
that the Atch'son, Topeka q Santa re
Railroad is d~ischarging those OF lts
men whose yellow fingers" DetTa5
their addiction to the habit of smot'
ing cigarettes. Beginning with th.S
month, no more cigarette smokers "li
be employed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-13
ALL FOR $1.7O

There has never been offered in
North Carolina 50 much good reading
for SO little money as we are Offering
under the following propositions: For
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one year:
The Weekly News and Observer. AZ
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nings Bryan.
The Farmer ans Mechanic, sixteen
page North Carolina home and farm
weekly Journal.
Thus for One Dollar and Seventy
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one year.
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-13

Oaex ma@~
COPYRIGHT, 1908 by George Matthew
Adams.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15
JURY IN SENSATIONAL CASE AC-
QUITS AFTER ONE HOUR
DELIBERATIONS
VERDICT WAS POPULAR
Demonstration in Court Lasted IS
Minutes Court Refuses to
Hold Hattie as Witness
Against Mrs. Glover.

Cambridge, Mass, Dec IA. Hattie
LeBlanc's pathetic plea that she be
allowed to % back to her home In
West Aricit, G. B., with her father.
was granted today when the jury
after celebrating an hour and a half,
decided that she was moi guilty of the
murder OF Clarence f. Glover, laun
Gry man at Waitham.
The yerd ct was so popular that
the traditional decorum of the Mas.
eachusetts court was swept asiGe
while men ami women cheered shout
-ed and wept for joy
The demonstration continued tif
teen minutes. and the court officials
were powerless to stem the tide Of
enthusiasm.
Immediately after the girl was dis
charged, Assistant District ATTORNEY
Wier endeavored to persuade Judge
Bond to hold Hattie as a witness to
give evidence before the grand jury
which might warrant the indictment
of Mrs. Lillian M. Glover, the widow
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15
FN|BUSIER|NG
CROPPING OUT
BRlSToW TAKES UP MOST OF
SENATE'S TIME -- RENEWAL
RULES FIGHT THREATENED
FOR WHILE IN HOUSE.

Washington, Dec. 14---tMila llibus
ters marked the session in both
houses of congress today. In the sen
ate most Of the time was taken by
Senator Bristow, of Kansas, who in
opposition to the Frencn spoilat!oG
claims, includes in the omnibus bill
prevented the passage of that meas
pre.
What for an hour threatened to be
3 renewal Of the bitter fight on the
rules marked the opening of the blisi
ness Of the house when opposition de-
veloped to the taking up OF the bill
for the codiication and revision o.
the laws relating to the judiciary
Speaker Cannon declined to sit y
Judgment on the question OF whethGl
the house, under the rules, could takt
UP measure from the calendai
which 1t had up for consideration o.
"a previous calendar Wednesday. Ac
cordingly the house, 1f6 to 81, dc
cided to take up the bill. 1t was still
being considered when the house ad
jaurned.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15
THOMAS y. LYNCH WAS ELECTED
PRESIDENT or NATIONAL
LEAGUE YESTERDAY
SMALL LEAGUES WIN OUT
In Fight to Retain Their Present clas-
sifcation--Boston National Lea
que Club is Still in Pro,
cess OF Sale.

New York, Dec l4.-With the clcs s.
ing Of the National Baseball League
injecting. which reelected President
Thomas ]. Lynch for one year, and
the opening Of American League meet
ling, TO-DAY, the Three | League AMI
Western League won victory In the
fight to retain their present rating.
Both the major leagues received pc
tiuons from the Western AMI Three !
to retain the present classification.
Under the recent census the Western
League would lose its rating in class
A and the Three would go back
from class b to class c. Both the
major leagues appointed their pTesi-
dents to confer on the matter Un-
der the lower rating the majors would
MOI have to pay SO much for drafted
players
Pefore Lynch was reelected prnsi-
|deat OF the National League an effort
was made to chance the constitution
so that president night be elected
for more tim year. But the effort
was lost, tie insurgents" defeating
lit by one vote. They were Murphy.
of Chicago. Fbhets. OF BROOKLYN. and
Fogel OF Philadelphia. Fnt when the
proposal was defeated Murphy him
self nominated Lynch for president
and the nomination was carried unani
mSasly. The leagne adopted a resp-
ntion agains! the acceptance by p,ay-,
|ers Of prizes such as were contested
lfor by Lajoie and Cobb last year.
The Boston National League club
US In process OF sale. William Hep
lhurn Russell was to have paid $780,
0os for the majority interest to-day,
held BY John p Harris, but was able
to show only 100000 cash. Frei Ten
| Iney will be manager next season, no
matter who the owner is.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15
GOVERNMENT WILL INSTITUTE
GREAT TRUST BUSTING Ac.
TioN VERY SOON.
SECTION At A TINE
Believed Proceedings viii Cost Gov.
ernnaent $t.0oo,oeo to Com
plete--Wil involve the
Patent Law.

Washington, Dec, 14.-The govern
ments attack on the electrical trust
vii begin before New Years day, un.
les the present plans are changed. A
bill in equity against one section Of
the coordination will be filed in some
F'nited States court east OF the Mis-
si3sippi.
Inen will begin what the depart
ment OF Justice considers the mann
moth trust busting suit of its history
and one which involves a test Of the
Sherman law never brought before.
The governments case will depend
largely on the Interpretation Of the
patent laws.
A government prosecutor declares
that when the action is instituted it
Will eclipse the Standard Oil. case in
magnitude and public importance, anil
a conservative estimate is that it will
cost the government $1,000,00Q to
prosecute to the end. The depart
ment Of justice has abandoned idea of
attacking the combination as whole
ana intends to fight the trust in sec
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15
ANDREW CARNEGIE ESTA6.
LlSHES NEW FOUNDATION IN
INTEREST or PROGRESS.
SELECTS Il DELEGATES
Senator Root Made chairnan--Func
Made Up Of Five Per Cent
Bonds With Market
Value Of 11,5O0,ooo.

Washington. Dec. 14.Surroundc,
nv twenty-seyen trustees Of his choos
ing, comprising former cabinet mem
hers, ambassadors, college presidents
lawyers and educators, Andrew Car
negie today transferred $l0,0000lC
five per cent bonds, Of market value
of $li, 500. 900, to be devoted primarily
TO the establishment of universe
peace, by the abolition Of war be
tween nations and such friction as
may impair the progress and hap
piness Of man.
When wars between nations have
ceased, the fund is to be applied ID
such altrustic purposes as will "bes,
nelp man in his glorious ascent up
ward" by the banishment OF the
most degrading evil or evils"
Carnegie announced the genera
phl pOSS VI tire sltt- TIC lold Vi iuIf
dents which inspired the giving o
the money and declared the English
speaking race is consolidated in the
movement and its success viii be as
sured. Great Britain joins in tht
movement most heartily,
A committee will be formed to loof
after the details, frame charter and
act as trustees.
Senator Elihu Root OF New York
was elected permanent chairman ant
James Barry Scott, solicitor Of th'
state department, was chosen per
manent secretary Of the trustees unit
a, definite organization san bt
formed
A feeling of delight and apprecia
ton was manifested by the trustees
at the meeting.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15
GUERRA IS DISMISSED
Frcm Command Of Cuban Army--cul.
mlnation of Strained Relations
With president Gomez.

Havana, Dec. 1.-THE strained re-.
lations between President Gomez and
Major General Pino Guerra, conman.
der Of the Cuban army, which we're
brought into prominence after the
attempted assassination OF Guerra. re
suited today in the president reliev-
ing Guerra Of command OF the army
and appcinting Col Jose Marti, Cue.
ra's chief of staff. 20 succeed him
The Presidents action leayes Guerra
tfa alternative Of accepting foreign
mission on rasigning.~
Guerra has a large following in the
Amy and rumors are rife Of an anti
administration conspiracy In tfe
army.
clnerra IL d prisoner surrounded BY
guards.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15

Washington, Zee. 14.--Willfs Van
Devanter was born in Indiana and Is
now fifty-one years old. He was a
graduate of Asbury, now DePauw uni
versity, and was a graduate of the
Cincinnati Law school In 1881. After
three years of practice in Indiana ne
moved to Cheyenne, where he was
commissioner to revise the Wyoming
statutes in 1885, city attorney, 1891
member territorial legislature and
chairman of its Judiciary committee,
1888; chief justice of the supreme
court of Wyoming from 1889, by ap'
pointment while it was a territory
ana by election after it became a
state. He resigned from the supreme
court to resume the practice of law.
In 1897 he was appointed attorney
general OF the United States and as
signed to the department of the in
terror. In February, 1903, he was ap.
pointed United States circuit Judge OF
the Eighth judicial circuit. He was
a professor Of equity, pleading ami
practice and equity jurisprudence in
Columbia university. In politics he
is Republican.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15
DENEEN GOES TO WASHINGTON

Chicago, Dec. IA A-Governor De-
neen today left for Washington for a
conference with the president He
declined to reveal the subject Of the
conference
He was asked II the current r,imor
mat the trip was the result OF the
effort of tae president To bring the
different factions Of TIE Republican
party III Illinois together. The COVER
ncr would npr colrnit himself.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15
rs BUILDING or PANAMA CANAL,
SAYS ROOSEVELT IN LEG
TURE AT CAMBRIDGE.
PRAISES COL. COCKTAILS.
Also reclares Pinchot and Garfield
Deserve Great Credit For Con-
servation Work Lauds
carnegie's Plan.

Cambridge, Mass, Dec. Ill!
speaking of applied ethics" in lee
ture in the theatre here tonight
Theodore Roosevelt touched on the
hnilding Of the Panama Canal as pro
press in conservation, and move
ment toward general peace.
Just before geing on the platform
tonight Roosevelt learned of the Car
negie peace Foundation. He hailed tht
announcement with delight and was
especially pleased with the selection
of Senator Root as permanent presi
dent.
Toward the end OF the lecture
Roosevelt made special reference tc
the gift as providing a means of max
ling real progress in bringing abou'
ItAe results which Carnegie desired tc
achieve. Carnegie is entitled to tie
hearty good will, he said, CT all pat
rons of all countries
BY the relation of moral theories
OF government put into practi"e CT
wnat he termed applied morality
he sought to Illustrate by the Paaam
| canal, under the direction of Co
Goethals, who. he said, deserved mos
IF the 8praise for the canal work
i conservation as eXemplihed by thf
laDors of Garfield and Pinchot, ant
| the peace movement as fu1tsered bl
John Hay and Elihn Root He fav
ored the furtifcatiop Of the canal an
a larger navy, as The best guarantees
Of peace a,
1T is the easiest thing m TIE wprlJ
to sketch out svsten Of goYern
ment; and 1t is one of the most fdf
ficult things in the world to make q
government according to the sketch
| wish to give concrete i'lrstrato7s2
He then spoke on the theory work
ed out. He said it was owing to the
liability of Col. Goethals as well as to
many others that we can accomplish
one OF the greatest Business and
engineering feats of all ages.
He used the conservation Of natura
resources as another illustration.
Roosevelt said it is not difficult tt
make speeches on that subject, or tc
|hoid conventions and applaud tht
declarations in favor of conservation
-9ut men in working out the doctrine
faced all kinds of selfish interests
and we're exposed to greater danger
of being honestly misunderstood b.
honest men,.
Those who actually do the worl
of conservation" he said, have there
fore. peculiar positions. While | was
president there were no two men Il
wnom / felt owed more, from |
lstandpoint of public service, thar
Garfield and Pinchot for the worl
they did in connection with conserva
ton. Their work was done not onl,
| with zeal, but with utmost efficiency.
| Speaking OF peace he said,
"What has been accomplished b,
| friendly treaty during Ifresiden
Taft's administration represents {
|mass of substantial achievement, o
triumph over the formidable oh
stacles"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15
WILL CALL OFF STRIKE
Today VIII Probably See End OF
WsIkout on Missouri Pacific,
Says President o'conneII.

ST. Louis, Dec. 1.-THE strike OF
the Missouri Pacific machinists, boiler
makers and blacksmlths. which has
teen in progress for seven months,
will probably be called off tomorrow,
according to statement by James
OConnell, president of the Interna-
tional Association of Mechanics to;
night at a conference with General
Manager of the NJ ssourl Pacific Sui
llvan and others.
O'Connell said the unions would
lot withdraw their demands.
General Manager Sullivan was non.
committal regarding any change In
the attitude Of the company.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15
REFUSE TO ARB|TRATE
Engineers Sent Communication Ia
This Effect to 81 Railroad Man.
ayers at Chicago.

Chicago, Dec. 4.--The engineers Of
sixtyone eastern railrads who sub.
mitted a strike ultimatum to the
roads on Monday, today sent a COM
munication to the railroad managers
committee refusing to arbitrate their
demand for an increase in the wages.
The communication was in answe.'
to one sent by the managers commit
zee yesterday, which, while not only
offering arbitration, paved the way
for conferences between the Opposing
forces. w
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15
NAMING OF COMMITTEES
In Next House viii Be Accomplished
In New Way--New Speaker VIII
Not Have That Power.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE speaker
Of the next house Of representatives
will not name the committees Of that
body. Champ Clark, Representative
Wood, Of Alabama, prospective chari
man Of the ways and means commit
tee when the Democrats assume con-
troll of tNc congress, and others (
the conservative wing OF the house
Democracy, have reached the con
clusion that the committees be select.
cd in some other way than by the
present system of appointment by the
speaker
This win be ratified publicly at a
caucus in January or February.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15
SENATOR YOUNG PRESIDED
SHORT TIME YESTERDAY

Washington, Dec. 14.-Senator La
Fayette Young, of Iowa, had mis- fihst
experience in the vice president
chair today as president pro tempo.c
,of the senate. Shortly after he toot
his seat as presiding officer, a roll
cal was demanded on an amendment
10 the general claim bill With a
clerk who stood at nis. elbow, Youne
was enabled to recognize other mem
bers OF the senate and get through
the ordeal without difficulty.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15
FIERCE BATTLE At
GUERRERO; REBELS
ARE Fighting fRARD

Mexico City, Dec. 14--A dispatch
from Chihuahua says tie main body
OF the revouticnists who were routed
Sunday has been attacked at Guer-
rero and that the. conflict is stiil In
pre- gress. For three hours after Sun
days rout Of the rebels, the federal
forces pursued them. capturing many.
General Navarro then gathered his de
t2oin&nts and after short rest took
thA road for Guerrero. determined to
p.ess the advance.
The Ggnt at Guerrero began last
night but eeaged at darkness This
morning tue attack was renewed.
The reyolutienists, $40 Strong,
male d stubborn resistance. NJ
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15
CHRISTIAN ENDEAV0R


Boston, Dec. 14.--The next worlds
convention of the Christian Enaeayor
Union will be held at Sydney, Aus
tralia, in 1914. This was decided at
the annual business meeting of the
un'on today. The executive commit
tee of the board OF trustees of the
United Society Of the Christian En-.
deavor also discussed the program Of
the coming international convention
at Atlantic City. next July
There Is now no religious society
in the world equal to the Christian
Societies. N
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15

of the murdered man. who was ac
cused by the counsel for the defense
Of being the real culprit in the case
Judge Bond declined to grant the
request saying the evidence present
Cd against Mrs. Glover In the present
trial was m sufficient to convict. Last
spring t.fs, Glover was acquitted cr
a charge of being an accessory afteu
the fact.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15
ONE KILLED IN VRECY
Fcrty-one lniured--Two May Die
Three Cars Plunge From Bridge
Forty Feet Into River.

Davis, Okla, Zee. 14.--Floyd Goan,
an Indian, was killed, and Al OTHER
persons We're seriously injured today
when three cars Of south bound
Santa Fe train were thrown from q
bridge into the Washita river by a
broken rail.
The, smoking car and chair car
plunged forty feet into Gle river, land
ing bottom up.
The locomotive and other cars kept
to the track.
The bridge was almost demolished
Two OF the injured may die.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15

ti3ns.
lncandescent lights are said 10 be
controlled by one group, copper wird
ancther street car motors by anoth-
en- transforming machinery by still
antoher and so eli down thElist of
electrical appliances.
The government win file ats suit
against one section and folloM by ac
tions against others as fast as the in
vestigatons are completed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15
BETROTRAL ANNOUNCED
Lord Decies and Miss ViviaN Gould
Second Daughter Of George J.
Gould viii be Married.

London, Dec. 14-The betrothal Is
announced Of Lord Decies and Miss
Vivian Gould, second daughter of
George J. Gould, of New Yo'k
John Graham. Hope Horsley Beres-
ford, fifth baron of Decies, succeeded
to the title "a short time ago through
the death of his. brother. He was
born in 1865. He has fought in many
campaigns, serving against the Mac
Mullah in Sonialiland, in the Mata.
belle war and the Hoer war.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15

Legislation, Judicial end Executive
Measure Carries Aggregate Of
s35, ,325,21s.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE legisla
tive, executive and judicial appropria-
tion bill, aggregating s35,325,2ls, or
s432.S75 less than the estimates, was
reported to the house today by the
appropriations committee. 1t is the
fourth of the biz supply measures.
rssc bill makes numerous reduc-
jtions in the various departments. 1t
transfers the duties Of deputies 70
auditors and chef clerks.
Among other things the bill appro
PIRATES 100000 for the expenses 81
the census VIA
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15
IS JEWS ARE ELECTED
To British parliament--37 Are candi
dates--Eiections. Continue Mo-
notonously Along.

London, Dec. 14.--The results OF
the general elections announced to-
night leave the positions of the rival
parties unchanged
The government coalition has elect
ed 33l opposition 251.
\. An interesting feature Of the cleo
Ftions is the candidacy OF 81 Jews for
parliament. Sixteen Of them have
been elected.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15
NEW GOVERNOR For eAuM.

Washington, Dec. l4.--@o~marder
George II. Salisbury was today ap-
pointed by Secretary Meyer To be gov
ernor OF Guam and comnandant OF
the naval forces there. Commander
Salisbury has been detached from the
command OF the Wilmington. fie will
relieve Captain Edward ]. Dorm as
governor of Guam.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15
TOMMY BURNS INJURED
SEVERELY IN RAIL WRECK

Seattle, Dec. 14.--Tommy Burns
former heavyweight champion pugi'
list. was severely injured in a col
lision on the Seattle and Tacoma
suburban railroad last night, and
WIN be confined to his bed for an
Indefinite period
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-15
TWO sEAMEN BADLY BURNED

icherbourg, Dec, 1f.--An explosion
occurred Today in the coal bunker Of
the battleship North Dakota. Two
aeamen were terribly burned
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1910-11-26
tombstone Killed In Flight.

Ralph tombstone was killed by q
drop of 500 feet In his runaway biplane
ut Overland Park at Denver. Col. He
tried to remove his helmet after he
struck the earth. gave few short
gasps and expired. Nearly every bone
In his body was broken.
From the time he lost control OF the
machine until II struck the earth II
turned three complete somersaults.
and 1t IL u question whether something
broke or whether the machine was
broken by the strain OF these evolu.
lions before II struck the ground.
When the crowd saw the machine
whirling downward there was scat
tering. and the space on which II fell
was clear OF people until the crash.
Then there was a rush TO the spot
where Johnstone's crushed and bloody
body lay. Police were the first at his
side and lifted the motor which bore
him down. Then the crowd was driven
back and a canvas stretcher secured
to remove the body. Forced backward
by the officers. the crowd next rushed
TO where the lighter parts of the ma.
chine lay in a tangled heap thirty
feet away, and before the police could
prevent II the framework and every
thing had been broken or tora TO bits
and carried away by souvenir fiends.