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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-22
Should Have a Local Count

mo matter whether Birmingham makes
a satisfactory showing in the federal CEN
sus or not, 1t would be well if local
census were taken in the early summer"
said a member of the Board of Educa-
ton.
"a complete school census Of Greater
Birmingham will be taken then, and with
little or no additional expense full
count of noses could be made. This work
should be done without any rush. The
public would be thoroughly prepared for
It, and would cooperate.
THE outside world accepts only the
government census figures, but it would
be some satisfaction for us folks at
home to know just how many souls are
here"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-22
EGGS DE LIKE.

1t was just the other day that Worship
full Brother Anthony Drexel, who has SO
much money that he could stoke the
Mauretania with dollar bills, let out an
awful yowl because he had to pay $l.75
at his hotel for his eggs and coffee In
the morning. Well, it did sound like a
heap of money, especially the way Wor-
shipful Brother Drexel put it. Lots of
'em in this country don't make more than
81 rs per day." said he. II tell you
and he wagged his head like semaphore
on the road to something is wrong
with a land where 1t costs more for
breakfast than a good mans day will
bring in wage"
He certainly had us all convinced for
a time, And then I got to looking up
some of the reasons why Drexefs eggs
cost him so much at the gold-plated no.
tel where he let out the wall referred to.
And the discovery was made that the
hotel does not keep a flock of hens in
its own back yard and feed them on
kitchen refuse. Eggs cost money in this
town. Fastidious, refined double extra
eggs like the swell hotels serve cost
double money. There is one chicken
farm which holds the contract with the
two hotels which are considered the
warmest numbers. A hen is only kept
on the hotel contract while she Is In the
very prime of life. hen physician
looks at her every day, and If she even
seems listless she is chased to the hos
pital Her quarters are lot cleaner
than most of the east side tenements.
Crispus Attacks, yes! Her quarters are
absolutely clean, well ventilated, sunny,
warm on cold days and cool on warm
ones. When she does her ovoid duty
the egg slides down a padded runway
on to a clean platter, which is covered
by fresh cotton batting. An electrical
connection rings bell, and the valet
takes the egg, and stamps on 1t the
date and hour, and then dips it in a mix
ture of so-caled liquid glass and after
scientifically cooling it out it Is washed
and then he puts it with, the shipment
which goes to town three times a day.
If you want, you can get this morning S
eggs served to you at either of these
hotels In it's individual glass case. and
you may depend on it that the date and
hour are correctly stated by the stamp.
For all that the hotel only pays $3.50 a
dozen-but 1t is obvious that the Drexels
of this life have to kick in when they
have a few poached.-New York cores
pendent Of the Cincinnati Times Star.
THE HAND OF THE POTTER
A hunchback passed along the street,
when a young fellow, more thoughless
than unkind, was seen to smile. Don't
L
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-22
A PAINFIII, REMINDER.

A PAINFUL REMINDER.
''Why does he object to house with a
southern exposure?'
HE was exposed down south. That's
why he came NORTH
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-22

We thought there was no more behind
But such a day tomorrow as today,
And to be boy eternal.
Winters Tale.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-22
SUN SPOTS.

cts fortunate that most sun-worship
ers have dark skins
"And why, Gladys Maud?"
"Otherwise they'd get terribly freck
led"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-22
POOR WOMAN.
FOR REMEMBRANCE.

"But can't marry you ~
"Al right Well call this souvenir
SPOON
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-22
THE HAND OF THE PORTER.

THE HAND OF THE POTTER. 9
A hunchback passed along the street,
when a young fellow, more thoughless
than unknd, was seen to smile. Don't
do that" said his companion. you ara
familiar, no doubt. with the oriental sym
bolism of the Potter and the pots May
be. in the case Of that poor fellow. the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-22
THE cONETos POWFR.

LIE So4hGi . - w i1i@
IT take off my hat to Halley's comet =
''As a mark of respect?'
LAS a mark of respect. MyNwife looked
at it for five minutes without saying a
word.'
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-11
HOW ABOUT "LAYING-BY" TIME?
That Are Followed
Methods
By A. L. French.

ford means for getting rid Of what
little moisture there is in the soil just
at the critical period of the plants
growth when 1t needs moisture more
than at any other stage.
He made mistake here sure.
didn't he? He should have used that
small-tooth cultivator instead of the
pillow to bust out with, and then used
1t time or two more until time to
seed the land in peas.
And yet. the fellow will make some
corn. Nature is mighty kind to her
little ones"
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-11

Tor ourselves what they are doing
for us.
We need better implements, more
and heavier teams. and plenty of live
stock to eat our hay and grain, and
turn 1t into meat and manure-the
meat to go to market at the present
fancy prices. and the manure to go
to improve the sadly depleted fields
of our beautiful Southland.
THOMAS BELL.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-11
go AIS

owls and the smaller predatory man.
mails.
2. Greater cleanliness and care in
the disposal of waste and garbage so
that the rats cannot readily get at
them.
3. Care in the construction of
buildings and drains so as not to
provide entrances and retreats for
rats, and the closing of rat holes in
old buildings.
a. Early threshing and marketing
of grains on farms.
5. Removal Of straw stacks and
piles of lumber or trash in the fields.
6. Rat-proofing of all buildings for
the storage Of provisions, grains, or
feed stuffs.
Z. The keeping of effective rat
dogs.
8. Systematic destruction of rats
by trapping, poisoning and hunt
ing.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-11
"How to Destroy Rats"

Farmers Bulletin No. 500, How
to Destroy Rats" has been lately is
sued by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture. 1t may be had
by addressing the Secretary of
Agriculture, Washington, D. c. The
summary of recommendations in
cludes:
1. Protection of native hawks and
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-11
BETTER TOOLS AND HEAVIER
TEAMS.

The Two Go Together and Will Yet
Bring About u New Era In south.
ern Farming.
Messrs. Editors: The Western
farmer Is making use OF the best
farming implements to be had, and
as result he furnishes the corn for
a good many Of the Southern farmers
TO feed their mule while they make
two trips across q field to cultivate
one row OF cotton or peanuts or to-
oacco. This Is not as 1t should be,
for We can grow as much corn to
the acre here as can be grown any
where.
We need more time. and labor-sav-
Ing tools. used In practical manner,
will give us more time. Better tools
however. will generally call for more
II not heavier teams with the South
ern farmers. II IL useless to expect
an implement to do good work and
not have a heavier draft than enc
that does not do SO much or SO good
work. That Is. do not expect some
thing for nothing. II you find pillow
that Will do your work exactly, but IL
little too much for your team,
change the team and not the plow.
IL two will not do the work, try three
abreast.
The double cultivator and two-row
corn planter have come to stay. and
slowly but surely the light one-horse
pillow is giving way to the heavier pillow
OF the chilled type; but the majority
have yet to learn to run them deep
enough. 1t Is also a very hard mat
ter to get some OF our farmers to
stop using the turn pillow to cultivate
the corn crop. but the change Is
gradually coming about
The Southern farmers are learning
to replace the decreasing amount Of
vegetable matter In their soils; and
while the average yields per acre Of
the Western farmers are growing
smaller because he thinks his land Is
inexhaustible. that Of the Southern
farmer Is slowly increasing, because
OF the increasing amount of humus.
Now II We will only use the imple-
ments and methods of cultivation
that they use. and thus produce our
crops ut a decreased cost by saving
In time and labor we may hope to do
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-11
GREAT MANY of our farmers

nerhaps 1t may not be out of place for
us 100, 900 farmers who read The Pro-
gressive Farmer and Gazette to gath
or around close, discuss cultivation
little and see II we can not get a lit
tie better understanding OF this LAY
ing-by" matter. All over our upper
Piedmont country of the South-the
Bright Tobacco Belt-strong men.
full grown. some over-grown, are to-
day pushing on the rope lines and
admonishing the T00-pound mule TO
come up" and incidentally In COM
ing up bring the Boy Dixie alongside
the row OF corn barring 1t on" 1t
is almost unbelievable that thousands
OF farmers plant corn yet with the
slngle-shovel TO "lay-on." the boys
and women TO drop the seed. and the
double-shovel to cover. Then the
land Is left for nature TO work her
miracle OF bringing forth plants un-
der such unfavorable conditions un-
aided by harrow. weeder or other
new-fangled things. The rows get
and the children are there to chop
II out" while the old man and the
mule bar of.
You fellows out there In the cotton
country needn't laugh. for this is no
laughing business but a statement OF
actual conditions as they prevail over
much OF the country tributary to the
mountains. and really dislike much
TO say IL. but | actually saw big
fellow out in your section driving
powerful small mule one day some
years ago.
This Is a condition. as | have said.
that prevails: but II is not necessary
condition at all. Perhaps this meth
cd had best be called habit. for IL
certainly Is not harder or more ex-
pensivc Job TO use n one-horse plant
er in place OF the shovel pillow or
double sh ovel. children. etc Then 1t
would be only little harder on n
mans feelings to harrow the land
two or three times with n one-section
harrow than To just sit around and
let the grass and weeds grow until
barring on time"
After all. what Is the use of the
barring or" anyway II that field
had been narrowed thoroughly and all
weed and grass aeed killed In the up
per two inches OF the soil. wouldn't n
Ave or aeycn-tooth single cultivator
have answered all the purposes OF
cultivation Just AS we'll and saved
bringing more weed seed up within
sproutIng distance? Would IL not
have been best. too. not to have plow-
ed that furrow alongside the tender
plants. cutting many roots and leav-
Ing thousands OF others exposed to
the heat OF the sun TO wither away
aud die7 And how many barrels OF
water. think you. will have been
eyaporated from that rough exposed
surface? Water. too. that will be
much needed by the thirsty corn
plants along in July and August
The fellows made few mistakes
so Tar along. didn't they? Well, to
proceed; In about ten days the fur
row Is turned back to the corn and
we are glad to see the dirt cover up
these corn roots and I'll up that
rough, exposed surface: but the trou-
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-11
Columbus
New BettendOrf
Weber
Steel King

The a
built to the high H sandard-not down price
Don't be mised by a
OF snsand price too often the only
The materials The wood
stock the hna dried seasoned and inspected at
in fact every part of H is good the widest experience
the materials slu
chney make Every equally good equally and equally
strong There weak spots in the H line
The Weber the King of All with IS
experience back of it. The Columbus high
suitable
The New Betendorf steel
to the H standard and rapidly gaining popularity
call the
let him show of these You will the difference
of the c line all
direct for booklet other information
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY OF AMERICA
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-11

cheap materials with cheap machinery
Is expensive prce-when figure its
Thousands of business
the getting the and satisfaction
do well to choose these styles
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08
FALSE NEWSPAPER METHODS.

The properly conducted newspaper
should not inject into its news col
umns editorial opinion. That is re-
served for the editorial page, but its
news columns should treat Of matters
as they happened and with veiw to
respect the opinions of its readers,
who necessarily may differ with the
opinion of the writer.
In it's news columns the Raleigh
News and Observer injects as much
political venom and malice as in its
editorial page, and that is saying
much. Headlines that do not in any
way agree with the body of the story,
but which reflect the opinion of the
editor are common. Reports of Oc-
currences are so distorted that its
news is a standing joke wherever it
is known.
A case in point was its garbled re-
port of Hon. E. A. Holton's speech
here last Saturday. No one who
heard it can honestly deny that ii
was one of the most powerful, one
of the ablest speeches ever heard
here, even though they may differ
with Mr.. HOlton in his deductions
But the News and Observer went out
of it's way to attempt to cast ridicule
upon it, calling it lame duck
/ speech, whatever it may mean By
that, and similar expressions.
How different with the Charlotte
Observer. It's news report was emf
nently fair and gave Mr.. Holton due
credit. The report in the Greens
boro News, which does not always
agree with Mr.. Holton, was equal.
fair and both reports reflect credi
on the newspapers that publishes
them.
In this noe instance, there was
reason" for the News and Observer
incorrect report. Mr.. Holton pierce,
a Vulnerable spot in the armour of tn
editor of that paper and showed u
his duplicity and double dealing tina
laid open very sore spot on the ed
itor's political anatomy. We kno,
it hurt and he tried TO get back il
the only way he understands, an
that was to misrepresent.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08

that BE nnda himself 60 situated. aad
hope. for his sake. be rssy BE able 20
clear himself Of The charge against
hin-
But we do object 20 the position OF
the Tines. II II IL 10 Be ths censor
Of the public morals and the defen-
der of the majesty Of the Law. let II
he consistent IL IL Just that IL
should publish the name Of = man
because he happened 10 get in the
hands OF the officers. and because he
happened 20 be 0 Republican. which.
perhaps, was the main oyense in the
eyes of the Times. and then to sup
press the name Of another. similarly
placed, whose extenuation. In the
eyes OF the Times. we presume. Is
that he is a member OF a Democratic
family.
What is sauce for the Republican
goose should be sauce for the Demo
cratic gander.
Since writing the above The Times
publishes the Police Court proceed
ings of Wednesday, in which men
ton is made of the case. This does
not excuse The Times. Its present
position does not agree with its an
nounced intentions. The arrest was
made Saturday, was published in the
Sunday morning papers and yet for
three whole days the Times ignored
il. Why?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08

TIE Raleigh Evesing Tines &C.
vo.es considerable space 10 the Re-
uun,sesn convention which me- asre
lnx. saturday and wants 10 know II
the people OF wake County are VII
snx TO trust their Affairs 10 the hands
of ..ssch raskils." or words 10 that
effect
The Caucasian 10 free TO admit
that the behaviour Of one or Two
delegates vas repreaensieie but u
mos. emphatIcaily declines TO accept
the position theoretically assumed b.
the Times and hold the convention
responsible for the acts or words OF
one or two indiscreet members. The
convention was composed OF n good
men as there are in Wake County
and the editorial Of the Times Is In
sulting to the highest degree.
The memory OF the Times Is eth
CT very sAoAk Va rs
lacking. Does IL remember the dis
graceful rows engaged in. not by one
or two Democratic delegates. but by
the whole body of them. when curses
of the vilest form were hurled right
and left, and, as one of the leaders,
Mr.. ]. William Bailey has openly
charged, actual murder was planned.
These conventions were a disgrace to
the State, not alone to the county,
and they are of so recent occurrence
that it seems impossible that the
Times could have fogotten them.
Do the people of Wake County
want to trust their affairs to men
who engage in such? Does the Times
think they do? And is the Times
willing to trust their affairs in the
+ hands Of men whom the Times itself
only a short while ago, charged witt
/ fraud, Misrepresentation and Islander
of good men and with actual lying
We suggest that the editor OF the
Times take the memory cure. or read
back files or his own paper during
the late dark and bloody days"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08
A VICIOUS ATTITUDE.

Some weeks ago Republican, who
held petty Government job was ar
rested for being Intoxicated on the
streets. That day and the next his
name appeared in the columns of the
Raleigh Evening Times, fully setting
out the facts, to the humility of the
person referred to and his family.
and finally resulting in the loss of his
little job.
In an editorial of considerable
length the Times, with a finely as
sumed attitude of Indignation, an
nounced it's intention of publishing
the names of any who came under
the displeasure of the law, regard
less of who. what. or how they might
be. Very fine it sounded, but unfor-
tunately it ended in sound, as many
of the other positions assumed by the
Times have ended.
On Saturday last, young man. q
scion of one of our prominent fam
lilies, relative of city Official, one
OF the leaders in the discredited re-
form (sic) element of the city, was
arrested on charge of selling Ii
quor, the specific charge being that
| he sold whiskey to a negro. The
morning paper published an account
with names. but the Times, despite
its statement, had not one word te
say regarding the case.
We have no desire to humiliate the
young man or his family. We regret
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08

The attempt to besmirch Vice
President Sherman and Senator Cur
tbs of Kansas in the matter of the
Oklahoma Indian contracts died a
bornin'. This is the Congressional
Committees report:
'The committee has heard
and carefully considered all OF
the testimony submitted and is
unanimous in the opinion that
there is and was no warrant for
any person to use the names of
Vice-President Sherman and
Senator Charles Curtis in con-
nection with any improper rela-
ton with any Indian contract
whatever.
At the last minute Senator Gore
whose testimony at the opening OF
the investigation sought to connect
the two statesmen with the fraudu
lent contracts, addressed a letter tt
the Congressional Committee re
questing that the committee max.
an authoritative statement that M
evidence has been presented tendin,
to establish any improper conduct OIL
the part of either Vice-Presiden
Sherman or Senator Curtis respectin,
the subject Of this Investigation"
And thus what looks like an at
tempted assassination of characte
for partisan purposes utterly fails.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08

A prominent Republioan - =.
eastern part OF the State writes y,
81 was so delighted with the -s-r,s.
copy OF The Caucasian that SIS ss-,
me, that / went out at once and p,
up the following club OF subs-- -z-s e.
which. by the way. was .se.sa
one.
often We get letters SAVING. Z
can't do without my Caucasian. ana
1T Is the best paper in the State"
These are very much appreciate
for we are endeayoring TO get o., /.
good paper and TO preach the gospel
Of true Republicanism.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08
CREDIT DUE TO MR.. GILLIAN
GRISSOM.

There has been much said about
who deserves the credit for the over
throw of the old referee system in
this State.
As we see it. credit is primarily
due to President Taft, who. in his
now famous Greensboro speech, de-
clared that the referee system in the
South must be overthrow in order
to build up strong, progressive and
winning Republican party in the
South.
Had it not been for that speech
Mr.. Morehead would not have &C
cepted the nomination for Congress,
and if he had he would not have
been elected. That speech, and the
fast growing discomfort against false
Democratic rule. are largely respon-
sible for the gaining of over 900
recruits by the Republican party in
the last campaign.
In the recent fight, for re-organi-
zation and regeneration, the rank
and file of the Republican party from
every section of the State rallied to
the support of the President to con-
denim the rule of the ring bosses and
to declare for an open-door policy for
Republican growth and success.
The Caucasian, however, knowing
the facts, wants to saw that M on,
deserves more credit for bringing to
the attention OF the people of the
State the facts about the true situa.
ton and the necessity for a chance
than does Mr.. Gillian Grissom. Re
is the man who put Mr.. Morehead n
nomination for Congress two wears
ago, and he is the man who will do
the effective detail work this year r.
hberate the State from the blightine
rule OF the Simmons, Kitchin. and
Daniels machine.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08

The Wilmington Star. in an ed
ltoAal commenting upon the nomins
ton of Hon. Iredell Meares for Cor
gress in the Sixth District, says:
The Republican COMPRESSION
al Convention of the Sixth Dis
trict met in Wilmington yester-
day and unanimously nominated
lredeii Meares, Esq, for the Ma
t1onal House of Representatives.
1t must be admitted that the
convention named its best and
ablest man for the honor, but.
with united Democracy, it win
be an empty honor.
Mr.. Meares is a LAWYER of
recognized ability and is an ex-
perienced campaigner. We have
heard him when he was a DEM
ocratic spell-binder and he is
Quite well prepared to give a
good account of himself against
all Corners. However, the cause
ne represents will be his handi-
cap and will furnish the COM
pietest justification for his de-
feat.
The Republican nominee
Stands on platform which is
published elsewhere in to-day's
star 1t is typical Republi-
can platform, buncombe and all.
and 1t commits Candidate Meare-
to fight for a high tariff .
principle of which Consumers
nave had their fill. There is
nothing in that platform to at
tract a single voter. Really
Mr. Meares personality is strong
ger than his platform, but that
IS no inducement for a loyaI
North Carelinian and a tariff-
uuraened consumer to cast Re-
publican ballot"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08

The Charlotte Observe. -
menting On the Republic s..,,
platform. says:
Its declaration for l7cal elf.
government In North Ca-.#-,
must favorably impress evs-r -
lever in the fundamenia. ..-.
ocratic principle which Ne-~s
Carolina Democracy do,s Odd.
at present. espouse"
This Is a truth known L. d.. -.
The question now arises, w. Ca,
Democracy now stand for
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08

Greensboro Daily News.l

Greensboro Daily News.1
The Lincolnton Times says: IL
getting high time that taxpayeT
were making a strike al the bal!@
box for justice. AS long as theT
blindly vote for party they may e.
pect to be taxed to pay the pets. tie
rings, the bosses" The truth; an
the people are now preparing
strike.
The Democratic party has maas
Independents of men by its own az
bitrary and fragrant disregard ah'
abuse of the rights of men.