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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-09-20
USE OF THE ROAD DElG

Some Of the folks i'm our township
claim they have not had ma.1 5'
cess with the road drag ah1 81.
is not what it is cracked up l'
From what / have seen th' n
trouble lies in not dragging s-
right time. If dragged goo S'''
q hard rain the road will be- in r.l--.
Of Md and if dragged when dry 'a..
will be a mass Of dast. Drag Jus.
as soon after a rain as the dir. snow. .@
snffioient moisture to pack WI. - ."'
are dragged late in tn fall. .] ]-5' s' ~
fore a hard freeze. they ".. -. d..
smooth a long time. 1t Is .,7. ~
this some afternoon wh"n ln,.. 7
signs of a hard freeze that "'-". hes,
know the King road dIa7 '.l 20,
thing that has ever oe''
soft country ROADS. ,,.,IIE.
,. NN-fL"'
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JE HUY C4RRET KEH Tic MEWN
SENT ~ -MECA

He is q money-maker as we'll as money
saver, and the English government al
lows him out of the revenues Of the
countr $500. geo a year. He has single
estates which will, / venture, approxi-
mate a million dollars each in actual
value and stocks and bonds in many
of the best institutions of Egypt. He
owns apartment houses ii Cairo, cot
ton plantations in the delta and much
land which would sell at auction for
from $500 to 81. 600 per acre.
His highness has good business judg-
ment, and everything he touches seems
to turn into money. His subjects often
criticise the simplicity OF his 1iving,
and say it would be better for the
country if he spent, as his old grand
father Ismail did, tens of thousands
Of dollars a month on entertainments
Of n kind or other
The Khedive's Family.
The khedive was married years ago.
and has five children. all by that wife.
According to the Koran, he has the
right to our wives and any Der
or concublnes; and a story is current
that he has increased his harem with
IN the past few months. 1t is not
polite to ask a Mohammedan as to
the ladies of his family, and practi-
cal1y nothing is known Of what goes
children consist of four girls and a
boy, the latter being the heir to the
throne. In addition to these he has a
brother, the Prince Mohammed Ali;
" unc1es and an aunt, all of whom
are prominent features Of this city of
Cairo.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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TIE NHEDIvE
80 OF EGYPT
CONTINUED from page thirteen.)

breeding, and has some o. the sWlftest
of dromedaries. Some of his camelS
can travel seventy-five miles a day,
and are worth as much as the flnest
horse. His highness exhibits at many
of he AGRICULTURAL shows, and Is often
among the prize winners there.
His Daily Life.
During ouT talk [ asked the G
as to his daily life. He replied that
he had all he could do from daylight
to dark, but thai he believed in hard
work and thriyed upon it. In addition
to his official duties. which are many,
he has the management of his own
estates and yariou/ enterprises. lie
said thai many Of his days from y
O'Clock in the morning until . O'Clock
at night were taken up at h palace.
From other sources l learned that
the khejive is almost as strenuous as
Theodore Roosevelt. He rises at D
o'clock in the morning, and; after
dressing and attending prayers at a
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mosque, he takes a long drive in q
carriage or motor car through one of
his farms. Sometime S he goes on pa
rade and attends a review Of troops.
He is usually back for breakfast It
1:30. or rather for his cup Of coffe
for be takes little else. After this
ne looks Over his official papers until
noon, when he has lunch, or break
fast, as it is called here. After break
fast he chat with his visitors and
gives receptions Of one kind or
another, and then reads or works away
until sunset. when he again goes to
his farms. At 7 or 8 O'Clock ne is
back in the palace for dinner, and
his evenings are spent with his family.
The khedive is a sportsman. He rides
Well and shoots straight, and, like our
own ex-President, can wear
out almost any man Of his suite.
The Palaces of the kfediye.
The khedive has a half dozen pal
aces. The Abdine Palace, where l
was received, is his chief official resi-
dence. 1t is a struggling pink ard
white building with a grand staircase,
enormous rooms and gorgeous furni-
ture. 1t is lighted with electric lights
and carpeted with rugs mostly from
Europe. The furniture is European.
The khedive's bedroom has a
marble bathroom attached. with spe-
clai arrangements for shower and
douche, but there is no Turkish bath,
His study looks like a workroom. It
has a big library table in the center,
and his highness has a telephone al
ways at hand. The ballroom of this
palace is large, and it is especially gay
every winter on the occasion Of the
khedive's annual ball, to which 1900
guests are invited. Connected with
this room high up is a ~lattice-work,
through which the yelled ladies of the
royal harem can peep down and watch
the dancers while they listen TO the
strains of the band.
Another official palace is that OF
Rasel-Teen, at This lies
outlook over the Mediterranean Sea.
His favorite residence near Alexandria
is at Montana, which is within a mile
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Of Aboukir bay, made famous by Mel
sons victory over the Frencn Ileet
there about a century ago. ms lat
ter estate was reclaimed from t1e
desert only a few ear since. 1t mas
now forests Of q~uick-grOWlng trees
and parks which have been Stocked
with game from Europe. The khedlVe
has a camel corps on the farm, ana
he starts out from there with Beooulh
riders to make long excursions INTO
the desert. The place lies rlgnt on
the sea and the khediVe's yacht IS OIL
ten seen there at anchor.
His royal highness has a turbine
yacht which is said to be one OF the
finest on the mediterranean. 1t was
originally a ~wo-funnele paddle
steamer Of about eleyen knots, buil'
forty or more years ago. This was
sent back to Glasgow and rearranged
throughout. The ship has noW ParsOn
turbines and three screws. 1t can
make seventeen knots an hour, ana
has averaged seventeen and three
fourths knots for a long distance.
The yacht is beautifully furnished IN
style, and its appointments
are those of a millionaire.
A Rich Ruler.
AS to the wealth Of the khedlye, he
has, [ doubt not, millions and to spare.
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SIDE IN THE
REVOLUTION
CONTINUED From Page EleNen.)

1890. This means of raising revenue
was adopted quite early in the State of
North Carolina and proved to be a
rather important source OF income.
Congress used this expedient to in
demnifv all classes of creditors Of the
United States. Large amounts We're
allotted to the soldiers and the funds
arising from the sale of the public do
main went towards defraying the
claims of foreign and dom este credi-
tors. The benefits arising from this
source came rather late to be made
use Of in the struggle or ~independ-
ence as it was not until after the war
that the States relinquished their rights
to these lands and ceded them to the
central government. But during the
first few years following the Revoiu-
ton. the government needed money
almost as badly as it did during the
war.
In addition to the foregoing re-
sources of the Continental Congress-.
the Bank of North America which was
established during the administration
Of Morris. furnished considerable sums
for the treasury. In Hamilton's re
port Of 1876 the amount borrowed
from this source was placed at $1,212,-
S42.55. Or several occasions. the
States made donations to Congress for
bolstering up the credit of the United
I III o'NoAiS ~ -
the form Of a grant of money or q
~cession of land and sometimes both.
The sums thus received by Congress
were considerable in the aggregate.
The aid afforded by the
Bank Of North America and the dona-
tons made by the States were highly
acceptable as the demands upon Con-
gress were far in excess Of its IN
come.
From the foregoing consideration Of
the ~our of North Carolina and
the Continental Congress, it was seen
tina they were Very much the same
for both. The great and leading ques-
ton throughout the Revolution vas
taxation. This was the great source
from which by far the greatest part
Of the income was to be derived. But
this was altogether too Inadequate
and had tc be supplemented by foreign
loans.
The paper money, Notwithstanding
its deficiencies, performed a very i'm
pOrtant service. For the first three
years OF the war it furnished supplies
and ammunition for the army and fit
ted out several priVateers, which ena-
bled the c%olonists to Withstand the at
tacks Of the British forces until 1778,
when a definite treaty Of alliance was
entered into with France. At the be
had no character abroad aud no
u cut. 0liOCI THESE ClituilIStdIICt7
the opposition to British tyranny
would have collapsed had it not been
for this fiat currency issued by the
Continental Congress.
OF equal Importance was the for
eign aid, particularly Of France. Had
1t not been for this. ii is extremely
questionable what the outcome Of the
struggle for independence would haye
been.
L. Y. TUBRS.
University of Illinois.
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LOVES

Twas spring when I.frst found it out;
Twas autumn when | told it.
The gloomy winter made me doubt,
And summer scarce could hold it;
'She loves" the mating robins sang
In sweet, delicious trebles,
And in the brooks the echo rang
In music Ger the pebbles.
The fresh air, filled with fragrant scent
OF blossoms, softly limited
The self-same song: where'er I went
l found the message printed
On bud and leaf, on earth and sky,
Through sun and rain it ~glistened,
And though 1 never reasoned why,
/ always read or listened.
The summer dawned and still the
birds
Sang in their tree-top glory,
And something seemed to make their
words
A sequel to my story;
you love- they twittered in the
trees;
Whene'er the light wind stirred
Distracting wOrds on every breeze
They futtered and l heard them.
At last the mellow autumn came,
And all the leaves were turning,
The fields and forests were aflame
In golden sunlight burning;
parting birds sang out again
A sentimental meSsage:
go tell her" whispered they, and
then
I thought twas loves first presage
0 timid-hearted twenty-four,
To faint and lose your courage.
Or half reluctantly implore
A pretty girl at your age,
For when / s~taInnered what tbav
sung,
And all their secret told her.
n said the birds were right and
hung 81"
Her head upon my shoulder.
frank Dempster SHERMAN
resentment gratifes him who in
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-09-20
A WISH.

My very soul I'd give
To write a line to live
Forever and for aye.
For in thai single line
This bartered soul Of NINE
Would dwell, and dwelling there
would live Away
Kendrick Bangs IN october
Smart Set.
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like kA''

Maine went
He'll bent,
Like shipwreck"4 ''
For the Demo-T'.-
Influence is not g-oEer"m'1'
Washington. +.s...-
Johnson.
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resentment gratifies him who IN
:enueo an INJURY and pains him I'M
justly who did not intend it.-Jobn-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-09-20

treatment write ItlaniS
DR.. H. II. Green's Sons. bo1
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-08-06
the BEST HOUR OF LIFE

is when you do some great deed or dis
cover some wonderful fact. This hour
came to j. r. Pitt, of Rocky Mt. N. C.
when he was suffering intensely. as he
says, from the worst cold ever had.
then proved to my great satisfaction
what a wonderful Cold and Cough CURE
DIR. Kings New Discovery is. For, after
taking one bottle. was entirely cured
You can't say anything too good OF
medicine like that" Its the surest ant
best remedy for diseased lungs. Hemor-
rhages. LaGrippp. Asthma, Hay Fever
any Throat or Lung Troubles. SOC. ant
$lOO. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by
ALL DRUGGISTS.
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The Craze For AutOmO-
bileS.
IN. O. Daley States)


From all accounts the growth OF
the automobile trade throughout
the Southwest has resulted in pro-
pagatiDg borrowing even to the
extent of mortgagiug homes, and
the matter has become SO serious
that bankers in the territory ada
cent to st. Louis are viewing the
situation with considerable alarm.
Recently a st. Louis brokerage
firm sent a letter of inquiry to $50
BANKERS IN the Middle West. the
South and Southwest asking if the
purchasing of automobiles in their
sections was by persons who pay
cash or by persons who bought
with borrowed money on time pay
ment.
1t seems that almost every one
of the bankers to whom this letter
was sent expressed himself in
terms of condemnation against the
purchase of automobiles by per-
SONS who could not afford them.
A banker of Cape Girardeau, Mo-,
declared that the number of auto
mobilea had increased 800 per
cent during the last year, and with
in the last six months only 80 per
cent were paid for by persons able
to maintain them. Little Rock,
Ark, has gone crazy on the auto
mobile question, aud We are told
that it has as many people who
have bought the machines without
being able to own them as any
city of it's size in the country, and
one-half of them were bought on
borrowed funds or credit.
A banker writing from Moulton,
Tex, says some persons there have
spent the last dollar of their say.
ings for years, aud borrowed the
balance, to make payments on au-
tomobiles. Quite a number of
bankers expressed the opinion that
the business is a menace to the
prosperity of the country and very
soon the brokerage aud banking
houses will be compelled to take
notice of it.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-08-06
Archbishop Will Celebrate
Silver Jubilee.

Archbishop BLINK, the capable
archbishop of this diocese, who is
So dearly loved by all of his peo-
pie, will celebrate his silver jubi-
lee as n priest on the 10th of Au-
gust.
The Archbishop is fifty four
years, aud his life is filled with
good works done in mapy parts of
the world. He was born in Ger.
many, and lived in that country TO
the aye of eight. He was a resi-.
dent of New Orleans until he VAS
fourteen, when he began his pre-
paration for the priesthood at ILL.,.
chester, and at DundaIk, Ireland.
He was ordained at Twenty-Five,
aud then returned to Louisiana,
where for ten years he was profess
sor aud later president of Jeffer-
son College. He spent one year
in France, three years in Algiers
as pastor of the Holy Name of
Mary Church. seven years in Por-
to Rico as its bishop, and four
years again in New Orleans as it's
archbishop. His career has not
only been of continuous success.
but one of doing good every day
that he has lived. - The Assump.
ton Pioneer.
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expense.

Dysentery is a dangerous disease but
can be cured. Chamberlain Collie, Che.
lera and DiarIhOea Remedy has been
successfully used in nine epidemics OF
dysentery. 1t has never been known TO
fail. 1t is equally valuable for children
and adults, and when reduced with wa.
ter and sweetened, it is pleasant to take
sold by ALL DRUGGISTS.
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Sheriff's Sale.
Bank of st. Martinville
DOrestan Frederick
No. lU62y
State Of Louisiana, Parish of st. Martin
18th Judial District Court.
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NOTICE..

The public is hereby notified that !
have lost certificate Of deposit No. 55573
issued to me for $500 by the Bank OF
st. Martinvillp, dated Feb. LIST 1910.
without my endorsement. and this no.
tice is to warn the public not to nego-
tiate this said lost certificate.
July 10, 1910. JOHN LOUIS.
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Staggers Skeptics.

That clean. nice. fragrant compound
like Bucklen's Arnica Salve will instant.
ly relieve bad burn. cut. scald, wound
or piles. s.aggers skeptics. But great
cures prove its a wonderful healer of the
worst sores, ulcers, bOils. felohs, eczema,
skin eruptiOns. as also chapped hands,
sprains and cOrns. Try it. 25c at ALL
DRUGGISTS.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-08-06
The Iowa Dragged Road
On. o. Daily States

A few years ago the State OF
Iowa expended five million of dol
lars annually on lis roads without
satisfactory results because of a
lack of system and supervision by
the township officers. But a bright
young man named Eichinger, who
was the news editor of the Des
Moines Capital, conceived the idea
that the bad roads were due to hu-
man foolishness and inefficiency,
and that good roads could be had
almost for nothing in place of the
bad ones that were costing five
millions a year, provided the peo-
pie could be induced to work to-
gether intelligently.
Eichinger succeeded IN arous-
ing public interest in the matter
with the result that Iowa today
has one road $50 miles long, from
Davenport, on the west bank Of
the Mississippi, to Council Bluffs,
Oh the east bank of the Missouri.
This road was made by tho people
of the towns through which it
passes, with the help Of the coun.
ty authorities, but without any
public appropriation. The sys-
TEN devised by Eichinger affords
what is known as a dragges road
which is we'll surfaced highway
properly crowned without holes or
ruts and which is not injured by
rains.
1t appears that the principle of
the dragged road is to smooth the
top surface and to eliminate the
ruts aud holes in order to prevent
water standing on the surface and
softening the bed CT the roadway.
We are told that the best time to
use the drag is soon after a rain
when the ground is soft. 1t may
be dragged with excellent results
even when the surface is slushy
for the mud when smoothed over
is soon dried by the wind and ba-
ked by the sun. The drag throws
but "A small portion of dirt to the
center at each trip, and this pro-
Cess kept up for few season pro-
duces nicely rounded top surface
of successive layers Of dried and
baked dirt which becomes SO hard
that it lis practically impervous 10
water, unless permitted to stand
and soaked for considerable
length of time. The ordinary rain
fall that strikes that surface of the
highway merely rolls away to the
side bitches without doing any da-
mage.
The process of making a road
by the use of the drag cannot be
successfully applied to steep hills,
but throughout a very large part
of Louisiana, where the ground is
level, the Iowa method can be
used to secure greatly improved
highways at comparatively slight
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II your liver is sluggish and out of
tone. andy you feel dull. bilious, constipa-
ted. take a dose of Chamberlain Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets tonight before re-
firing aud you will feel all right in the
morning. Sold by ALL DRUGGISTS
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Single Ltd, Plaquemine Schwng
hng!s Co., Ltd Ramos Lumber Ltd Gotten Bros Cypress
Der Co Ltd Morgan City Geo vns" snngle thanksgiving Company
d Patterson Kyle Lumde Co Ltd Franklin Jeanrse La mb Shns
Iberia Cypress Co Ltd, New IBERIA JJ Burdn Il Bro, St.
il Nut -
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Saturday the 18th day Aug.
1910

the following described property; to-wit:
That certain tract Of laud situated in
the Parish of st. Martin. Louisiana, mea.
surfing twenty superficial arpents iu
area and bounded north by land Of Clair
Vile MelancOn, south by land of Augusle
Pierre. east by land Of L. Wilt. and west
by land of Arthur j. Riggs.
Sold 10 satisfy said above writ.
Terms and cOnditiOns-Cash
Sheriff's office this 9th day of July,
A. ID. 1910.
A. L. BROUSSARD, Sheriff.
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For sale-A fine Oak bar with glass
and counter cost $3.50 will sell II taken
at once for $50. Laizaire Bienyen,l.
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CHARTER.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF ST. MARTIN \

SIAlE Of LOUlSlANA
PARISH OF ST. MARTIN
Known ye that on this 18th day Of Ju
ly. 1910. Before the undersigned Notary.
Appeared the persons whose names are
hSr unto subscribed. who declare that
they do organize into Corporation for
the purpose hereinafter mentioned.
Its Corporate name is Hope Oil Co..
dOmiciled st. Martinville, La, with
$4,000 Capital Stock Of 500 per share,
l0-lCO payable cash. the when called
for by Board Of Directors to commence
operation when said ten per cent. is paid
in.
1t shall exist for twenty five years,
and shall sue and be sued through it,
President. It's affairs shall be mana
ged by BOard Of Directors. The first
Board shall be K. Martin, f. A. Davis,
George Knight. Jas. j. Martin, and Dr..
Geo. j. Sabatier, who shall meet and
elect officers, adopt all necessary by
laws to carry out the object and pur
pose OF this Corporation. The object OF
this Corporation is mining for oil. gas.
and all kinds of minerals. and the pro
ducliOn and marketing thereof, and f..
that purpose to build transportation anu
communication facilities, to buy, lease.
operate, sell. pledge. and mortgage real
estate and ot her nruDprfV
This Charter may be amended, or dis
solved by a twO-thirds vote of the CAPT
tai Stock, at any regular meeting. upon
fifteen days previous notice in writing
tn each stakeholder, whose liability I'M
der Charter is limited to unpaid balance
of his stock.
Thus done and passed as aforesaid, at
my Office at st. Martinville, La, this 18th
day of July A. u. 1910.
Signed: K. Martin. 10 shares
Geo. Knight, 10 shares
K. A. Davis, 10 shares
g. j. Sabatier, 10 shares
j. j. Martin. 2 shares
L. L. Martsn, 2 shares.
Witnesses
Signed: Felix VOORHEES,
A. b. TertrOu.
Signed: +. Z. DELAHOUssAYE.
Notary Public.
Recorded July 10, 1910.
A true copy attest
l. BIENvENU, Deputy Clerk.
Sheriff's Sale.
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By virtue Of an order of seizure and sale
issued out Of the 18th Judicial District
Court of the Parish Of st. Martin.
State Of Louisiana. in the above emit
tied and numbered suit. dated this 18th
day of January 1910.
have seized and will proceed to sell
as public auction to the last and high
est bidder at the front door Of the Court
House in the Town of st. Martinyille.
La, on
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-01-13

An opers glass Is Of great use IN
visiting art galleries ~ we'll a. IN
studying birds. says an experienced
globe trotter. With an opera glass
ono can sit Of cas- and enjoy the pic.
lures without perpetuaIly going up 10
read numbers titles and artists namesD
In cathedrsls. too, the lofty carvings
can be brought down 20 earth In tha1
way.
A6abIe Psssenger-Indeed and you
are music hall nrtisfi am banker,
spd ! think n must be II least twenty
years since ! was IN q music hall
Music Hall Artist tregretfuIly)-And
I'm quite certain. sIr. us twenty year
since I was IN bank.-LoEdon Tit
Bits.
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to the student body as Major"
and was loved and respected by
all who knew him. \.
The following will act as pail
bearers: W. D. Toy, A. A.
| Kluttz. M. C. S. Noble, G. 7.
| Wooden, ]. M. Markham and
Jas. C. Taylor.
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A novel suit is instituted in
Wake Superior Court, in which
the Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Company is sued for $4,000
damages, for failure to provide
seats Tor the plaintiffs ID train
from Portsmouth TO Raleigh, i,
l.. Richardson and r. u. Whitley,
Of Selma, are the Plaintiffs.