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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21
GOING 142 MILES AN HOUR.
Barney Oldtiek Tells HOW 1t Feel,
To Break Motor Records.

tKansas City starr
How many accidents have you had
in your eight-year career of motor
racing?" a visitor asked Barney Old
field at the Hotel Baltimore yesterday.
"Oh, several" answered the holder
of the worlds record for speed.
Bad? 2"
-Four of EN- were pretty bad"
Some one hurt?'
Two killed one time. and one an
other. Yes. J got bruised up pretty
bad myself once
Oldfeld is the most modest Of per
sons. It's hard to see why, but it
must be. 1t isn't ~taciturnity or any
thing of the kind. because he's per
fectly willing to talk on things that
don't concern the achievements of
Barney OIdheld-it's just plain, bare
faced, deep-rooted modesty. More
over. he is clean faced. clear eyed,
good looking and a pleasant mar 60
hold conversation with.
These accidents of hiS-he's unwill-
inc, to talk about them, but by dint
of much pressure will-are purely in
cidental, and, he soberly explains, un-
a~voidahle.
It's like this he said yesterday
afternoon. "Of course, | don't always
so 142 miles an hour'-that his rec
ord-'but even at loo things come
along pretty fast. At 100 q broom
stick laid across the track will make
a ear shoot SO or 90 feet without
touching the ground. You can't stick
your hand straight out and shift thu
gearS-the winds too strong for any
thine like hat. You've got to slide
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21
MAKING ALTO

Do we indeed desire the dead
Should still be near us at our side?
Is there no baseness we would hide,
No inner vileness that we dread!
Shall he for whose applause ! Strove,
| had such reverence for his blame,
See with clear eyes some hidden shame
And | be leSsened in his love-
! wrong the grave with fears untrue;
Shall love be blamed for want Of faith ::
There must be wisdom with great Death
The dead shall look me through and
through.
Be near us when we climb or fall
ie watch. like God, the rolling hours
With larger other eyes than ours,
TO make allowance for us all.
-IennySOn.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21
WHO BLEW UP THE MAINE?
The Late Thomas B. Reed Said
1t Was Internal
Greensboro RecordN


The Washington Herald has a spe-
cial from Terra Haute. Indiana. that
is someu hat sensational. In substance
IT Is a story related quite recently hy
Representative Lamb, of Indiana,
about a conversation he had with the
late Ihonas z Reed. for many wears
Speaker of the House. concerning
the VII up OF the hattlehip Maine
IN Havana hat Dor that had all to do
With ringing on the Spanish war. Mr..
Lamb met Mr.. Reed in Florida some
months after the event and like al
most every one else. he believed the
enemy blew up the big ship. but he
was astonlShed 10 learn that Mr.. Reed
entertained quite different views. MIR.
Lamb did not understand him fully
and asked him what he meant. when
Mr.. Reed said:
Il mean lust what saw. mean
that the SpaniaFdS did not blow up
the Name mean that the explosion
was internal. and not nal. I
mean that the board OF inquiry which
made the investigation knows that it
was an Internal and M an external
explosion. mean that Admiral Samp-
son knows the explosion was internal
and not external. | mean that the
Nav Committee OF the House knows
and that Amos Cummings here. who
IS q iIeiIfpeT OIL II. Knows lhat th6 tX-
plOSion was internal and not external.
| mean that President Mckinley
knows that the explosion was internal
and not external.
4 mean further" continued the
speaker. that on the Saturday before
Congress met in the special session,
which declared war upon Spain | was
sent for by the President to come
to the White House and read the
message which he intended to send
to Congress on Monday. a message
which advised that SPANS request for
arbitration be granted. and which /
heartily approved. on the Sunday
following. however. Mark Hanna,
Stephen B. Elkins. and a few others
of that ilk went to the White House
and persuaded the President that II
he sent that message in on Monday
hte Republicans would lose the fall
elections and perhaps the control of
the National House of Representa-
tives. And SO the message which
saw was destroyed. and the next day
at noon the message from the PreSi-
dent was received by Congress which
made the declaration of war ineNi-
BILE
This makes interesting reading at
least. late though it is. Mr.. Lamb said
it was not given to him in confidence,
but by reason of its nature he never
told it until recently.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21
Teddy unit Me unit GOtt.

CA ReviSiOn.)
Der Kaiser Of dis Vaterlandt
INT Colt on high all dings COM
mandt-
Eggsept, of course, you understand
Dere's
1t used to be dot me unit Colt
Could run der vorldt as Veil as not,
But now of help We get a lot
From Teddy.
Who told US two unit two makes four
Unt neffer either less or more
INT all about our ancient lore?
Wy, Teddy.
Who salt to me, Il like YOU Bill"7
Who helped me not to keep right
still
INT talk of animals to kill?
Dot Teddy.
Who told me vat mein army needs
INT how words dOesn count NIT
deeds?
Who va!ks and talks der vile he
reads?
Dot eddy.
Who told me dings nefer knew
Who told me vat | ought to DO
INT how to say 'Dee-lighded.' too2
Dot Teddy.
Dare is no bleak unit lonesome spot
Nich We don't cheer tell you dot
Der vorldt ISIS bossed by me INT
Int Teddy.
Jefferson Toombs, in Harper's
Weekly.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21

it out on an angle. When l tried the
other thing, | came pretty close 10
leaving my best hand behind me, At
$50 a broken tire means an ~acrobatic
motor car, with YOU doing the 4tound
It's pretty hard TO hin
machine is really going faster than
the mind. If here's something III
the way half a mile ahead. you've got
TO start turning right away. A sud
den twist Of an inch on the wheel
would turn you over. Oh. its some
thing 0 can't really describe"
If you can't, l don't see how any
ones going to- commented the NiSi-
tor. especially as no one else in che
worlds ever gone that fast
Maybe somebody has answered
Oidfelc, and we just don't know
about him" (How's that, when the
nearest NOV record to Oldtield is
l26 miles an hour?)
"Maybee,' he went on, it'll give
you some idea, hen | tell you that
the pressure of a pair of ordinary
goggles against my cheeks and fore
head was SO painful that | couldn
drive until ! got a special racing mask
That was when | first tried out the
Benz. CIhe Benz car or "Lightnirs
Ben is the one he broke the record
with n uses at presently
What would happen if anything
broke going at 1902
Wait till something breaks and I'll
tell you. Say. | could go $50 though,
in that Benz if she'd hold the track
Man, she'll develop 250-horSepower
any time. Believe me, it's the great
est car"-and OIdfeld launched out
enthusiastically upon the car. Ana
at the end, you decided that, after all
Rarnev Oldfield's success wasn't due
to luck or fate, but to enthusiasm
backed by a good, healthy body and
a strong heart.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21
Judge Bennett on Music and Death
(Wadesboro AnSonian.)

W w Do1o 80
Art is the most civilized work OF
man Music is the universal Ian
guage of the world. 1t should have
been the tongue Of the races. Vocal
music is the nobleSt organ ever at
tuned for the entertainment OF our
being.
The experience of a long life free
from gusts of passion, quick ana
shocking impressions from without
us for an attitude OF nlTu
exemplary and becoming our blessed
Father in his unbroken ence
toward all the responsible creations
of his power, becomes the more MANI
fest daily and we rest more upon the
promises Of his word without reserve
Of thought or inisgivings OF his ever
lasting ~oundation.
Addison, in the presence of death.
then upOn him. asked that his step
son should come and see how a Chris
itan can die. 1t must be said, to give
history it's proportions, he was Their
drunk.
Judge Clark, a writer in the News
and Observer of today, puts the killed
on our side in the battle Of Benton
Vile, at 1000. Is this correct?
hope you keep your health. Your DO
mestic loss so shocked me that could
not disturb you. X. L. D..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21
Some Interesting "reminiscences Con
nected With the Late Rev. jesse
Rankin.

The Hickory Mercury ~unearthS an
interesting "Reminiscences concerning
n preaching of one Rev. Jesse Ran
KIN. of Lenoir, who preached the
second sermon ever delivered in the
town Of Lenoir. The Mercury says:
There WAS a great scarcity Of preach
ing in those days. and everybody was
glad to turn out to hear Mr.. Rankin S
fine m But one one occasion,
when the good old mar was to preach.
there was a balloon ascension, ana all
the world and his wife went to that.
leavinei Mr.. Rankin to preach to the
empty benches. Whereupon, in giving
out his next sermon notice he said:
NE will be divine services IN THIS
place on the second Sunday of next
month and if there be no balloon as
tensions or other amusefnents for the
people to attend, | should be glad to
have them give heed to the message
of salvation.'" Copying this the
Sta~tesville Landmark adds-"lt IS OF
Mr.. Rankin of whom it is told that
during the Civil War he prayed long
and earnestly Sunday MORNINGS for
the Confederate soldiers, and this
was his only reference to the Fed
erals: oh, Lord, for our enemies We
ask nothing; We leave them to Thy
righteous Judgment" This rernin6s
us that in q town not a thousand
miles from Greensboro the cOngrega-
ton of a certain church was SO pa
triotic hat they gave away the big
hell to be mouIed up into a cannon
to shoot Yankees with.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21
THE OLD MAID.


She gave her life to love. She never knew
What other women gave their al TO gain.
Others were tickle She was passing true,
She gave pure love, and faith without a
stain.
She never married. Suitors came and went
The dark eyes flashed their love on one
alone.
Her life was passed in quiet and content.
The old love reigned. No rival shared
the throne.
Think you her life was wasted? Vale and
Blossomed in summer and white winter
The blue ice stirened on the silent rin.
All times the seasons found her still the
same.
Her heart was full of sweetness till the
What once she gave she never took away
Through all her youth she loved one faith
full friend:
She loves him now her hair is growing
gray. George Barlow.
When Earth's last picture is painted
And the tubes are twisted and dried,
When the oldest colors have faded,
And the youngest critic has died.
We shall rest-and, faith, we shall need
Lie down for an con or two,
Till the master of All Good Workmen
Shall set Us to work anew
And those that are good shall be happy;
They shall sit III q golden choir;
They shall splash at a ten lea gue canvass
With brushes Of comets hair;
they shall find real saints to draw from
Magdalene. Peter and Paul;
They shall work for AZ age at Il sitting
And never get tired at ALL
And only the Master shall praise rs,
And only the Master shall blame;
And no one shall work for money.
And no one shall work for fame;
But each for the joy of the working,
And each in his separate star,
Shall draw the Thing as he sees 1t,
For the God of Things as They Are.
-Rudyard Kipling.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21
THE FARMER AND MECHANIC

r j. Reynolds, Winston. ...., 10000
First National Bank, Asheboro... 5000
Benton koontz, aleigh...... 5000
e.. II. Meadows, New Bern 1900
Jos. +. Pogue and ]. It. Rowland,
Raleigh......... .......... 80. 1900
JOS. b. Pogue. Rale gh.......... p 1000
{. \. Mason. North Harlowe. 1000
Citizens Bank of FranklintOn.. 90
w. Il. Buchanan. Sanford. ... 6.0No
w. /. Buchanan, agent. Sanford. 5000
Julian S. Carr, Jr. Durham.... 2l.OOO
National Bank of New Bern. 81. 600
Concord National Bank.......... 5000
Citizens National Bank, Durham. ., 600
First National Bank, KinSton.... 10000
North State Life Insurance Co,
hlnston. ..,... ......... $1,000. 1000
The following subscriptions were made
from purely patriotic motives with the re
quest that if not needed the subscription
should not be counted. To this argeed.
and In accordance herewith, their names
will be omitted in the allotment. and their
certified checks Will be returned
MurchiSons National Bank. Will
mington, additional subscrip-
j. s. Carr. Lr. Durham. ......... -. 0O0
Branch Banking Co. WilSon...... 5000
Concord National Bank.... 5000
b. K. LACY.
State Treasurer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21
The Risk Of IlaiIroading.

DanbufN Reporter.
Probably the family of the vounci
man -Ashburn Who was killed by the
train at Pilot Mountain a few days
ago. would be surprised if not con
soled in their grief to know what a
vast Of dead their relative
becomes q member Of from the same
cause. A writer il this months Is
sue Of hcCIure's Magazine gathers re
liable statistics to snow that the rail
roads of the United states are killing
an ernplOye every two hours. ana
manning one for life every six minutes.
The appalling slaughter is
to the destruction of a continuous
war. and hardly any insurance com
pany will insLre d railroad man.
Several employees Of railroads were
killed in the state last week.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21
Its Own People Buy Its Bonds.

Baltimore sun.
h bankers Of North Carolina have
come to the rescue of their State
They have taken all the S1.127.500
unsold Of the S3,43O,0G0 of refunding
bonds, and the entire issue fs thus sold
at par. Governor kitchin Will not be
compelled to call an extra session OF
the Legislature, and the situation is
relieved. When its own people snow
Such confidence in the securities Of
their State or city. it more firmly es-
tablishes its credit. Baltimore proved
this. North Carolina confirmG it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21
BIDDERS FOR STATE BONDS
STATE TREASURER LACY GIVES
OUT THE FOLLOWING LIST
WHICH IS OFFTCIAI-BONDS
WE'RE OVERSUBSCFIBED S474.-

There has been such a number Of
INQUIRIES as to who were the bidders
for the State bonds. State Treasurer
Lacy has furnished the information.
The corrected list of bidders for North
Carolina 4 per cent. bonds apears below.
From this it will be seen that the bonds
were over-subscribed $474, 900. The aIlot-
ment Will appear later.
u y richardson. Jr. Inc Reds
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21

DUTY has the virtue of making US
feel the reality of a positive world,
while at the same time detaching US
from
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-03
FOR SALE,

near Cedar street; also Lac feet on
Cary, near West Street. will sell very
low.
SUTTON g. co.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-03

| NJ nm Excellent Five Room
- .Z(VI Home or Investment on
~ Twenty eighth Sire g /,
not Tar from broad street. For par
! ttculars, see
| SULLIVAN & COMPANY.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-03
$4,000

Most Attractive New Eight Room
Brick Dwelling on Hanover Street. near
car line, vapor heat and very attrac-
tive; Will sell on very reasonable terms.
SUTTON G. co.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-27
AGAINST THE DEEP WATERWAY


Washington, Jan. S5,7..The Drelimi
nary reDbrt OF the National Waterway
commission turns down the lakes-to
the,gulf deep waterway project as ,
ship canal proposition. The commits
sion says. however, that the Upper
Mississippi. Lower Mississippi, and
the Missouri are rivers adaptable tc
Improvement by Republication
which should increase greatly theii
availability for navigation.
In a general way the report Is IA
vorable to a generrSS policy Of grant
ing federal asslsta. : to q system Of
permanently Improving the principal
rivers of the country, 1t is not pro
posed that the government do all the
work. The commission says there
should be more cooperation Of statei
and municipalities with the movement
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-27

Tucker Rissman died at her home
four miles east Of salina on the old
Kicker place. Sunday afternoon. at
the age Of 80 years. She leaves be-
side her husband, two small sons
one seven and the other two years
old, two brothers, one sister and
father and mother Mrs. Rsssman
married Paul Rlssman in 1903. at
Abilene and With her husband came
to the Kicker farm last March, she
was born near Abilene where her par
ents stIi reside. There we're short
funeral services held at the home
At 10 o'clock this morning, Rev. ,. c.
MsKsan officiating. The body vas
,klppsd to TIE home o. her parslls
81 sfIsnoon On ne Rost Islrnd.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-27
lJneI. Gam pIsIIkes PennIes.

washington. Jan. 25,- Estimatei
made BY oficlsls OF the postofice dc
partment Indicate that 3OO.00o.O 900 one.
cent pieces are taken annually by the
rural letter carriers from letter boxes
for the payment Of postage on mail
matter deposited. Complaints against
the practice have become so vide
spread that the postoiice department
issued instructions to ell postmasters
at rural delivery o1iees that after
February Is the practice wiz be dis
continued
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-27
TRUSTS THE CAUSE
OF HIGH PRICES
Secretary Wilson Testifies Before
Congressional Committee.
THERE IS NO CATTLE SHORTAGE
American Farm Products Sold Cheaper
Abroad Than at heme-Tho
Farmer Does Not Get
lIS SHARE.

Washington, Jan. 25.-Secretary o
Agriculture Wilson in his TESTIMONY
before the congressional committed
which ID investigating the raise In th'
prices Of foodstufs in the district o.
Columbia declared that American
farm products are sold cheaper abroad
than they are in this country. HI
intimated that the trusts we're tt
blame but declined to 80 into any
lengthy explanation because the In
vestigatlon which he Is conducting hal
not yet been completed. He blamed
cost Of living to this, together with the
exorbitant profits demanded by the re
tail dealers. He prescribed as one
remedy for the evil, a return to the
farm. More farmers and more intelli
gent farming, he declared, would great
ly remedy conditions.
James J. Hill, president Of the Greai
Northern Railroad also added the value
Of his testimony to the investigation
In an interview in which he character
cally declared that the problem wat
not so much, "the high cost Of livlnI
as Of the cost of high living"
To-day the agriculture department
will issue its bulletin upon the In
crease in the supply Of cattle on thu
ranges. It Is understood that these
figures will confirm information com
Ing from various sections Of the coun
try that there is unprecedented pros
perity In the animal industry Of the
country. They promise to show thai
instead Of scarcity in the sources o.
meat supply there is unusual plenty
They will show concluslvely, 1t Is pre-
dIcted, that the present high prices O.
meat products are therefore the result
Of monopoly by combinations in contro
Of meat supply and are contrary to the
law Of supply and demand.
The figures that the secretary o.
agriculture has collected thus fal
showed on January, 1909, that the
price Of beef was 22.6 per cent higher
than the average level Of prices in the
ave years from 1896 to 1900 inclusive
The price that the'farmer got for biz
COWS before they were fattened wal
only trihe higher than the average
price he had received In the 1S96-1SO'
period. The increase In prices that
= - -. "a. naktIn NnfkamnH an carr
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-27
MUTUAL INSU nee
The Kansas Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
Of Upland Dickinson County, Kansas
INsURING PUBLIC, LOOK

statement for ending December 81 leOS A. - tne
statement have made Also examine the STEADY cws
gratifying take this opportunity q
policy holders for their parOnage Waca aaC S
that in helping 70 a.
yourself policy MAKES
worth Just the dollars It's face indicates
meeting the 18th day Of January 1919 re Io
elected directors succeed those whose M y
office had expired
J. J. Kugier, Abilene t
H. Ryan Wakefield IN
p H. Gfeller Junction City
Es{tF 1F5G C. B. Weaver, Wakefield
D. G. Hanna Chapman
adjournment Of meeting directors held meeting
and elected the following officers:
John wilkins. President
c. j. Olson, Secretary
Executive committee j. 4. Meek H. GeIer, p G. Hanna
Inspector Of risks: J. A. Meek A4JS
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-27
GROWTH OF THE COMPANY
PROPERTY OWNERS

PROPERTY OWNERS
KEEP KANSAS MONEY KANsAsAEE THE WEST INDEPENDENT
The above statement what been done Are you n
sured If not? why dwellings barns good
yours involving the loss OF millions o. dp
WIN shoud might take
different viz through your own over
and children BY the explosion
accidents spark from the chimney stroke o.
spontaneous combustion Even nl
fire By SGnceang con-
place your Farmers Mutual Insurance Assoa
as hs company the located
of the profits returning 70
at distant point and better still
mutual insurance at
These companies people and in the interest Of home
the home people get all the penei ana none OF e
the business out Of the state .EAH
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-27

san francisco, jan. 2ES-JudgmenI
for the payment Of Insurance policies
amounting to s1ss,2s95o has been
given In the federal circuit court
against three English insurance com,
panies - tie Alliance Commercial
Unlon and Palatlne. All Of the claims
arose out Of the earthquake disaster
q 1905. These companies have the
earthquake clause IN their policies.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-27
SMALL BOYS MUST QUIT.
Bowling Alley Age Limit Fixed AZ
Eighteen.

The city council met in adjourned
session this morning An ordinance
was adopted fixing the age under
which no boys are to be allowed n
bowling alleys at IS years, This Is
to head off lot Of small boys who
ought to be in school.
The fire department was authorlz-
ed to buy 500 feet Of new horse
A contract vas completed VITA Z.
o. Farrer for setting shrubs, trees
and pisHss IN Library PARK Al
isurned
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-27
HAD sIEMoRIAL sERvIcE.
a. A. R. Remembers Its Departed
Comrades.

me @. A. R. held memorial ser
vice last evening for four departed
members. The w. R. c. was invited
ana the Methodist choir sang. Ad-
aresses were made. 7. A. Smith
sDote Of the life Of D. V. Mari, W.
3 Anderson Of Peter Minlck, Rev.
+. s Altman Of 7. c. nitf and W T.
Davidson Of W. II. Eichoitz. Suit
.bls resolutions Wsrs hd0ptod and
~ ssrvlcs vas impressive through
ont
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-27
state ot Kansas, County Of Dickinson, IS:

1ohr u,tins president Olson secretary OF the Kansas
Mutual Association being duly sworn aen TOT
officers
Association ana that on Dece .s
- hs the absolute properly q tne
Uany free liens claims thereon eD. ~
or referred to- and correct exhibit Of all the assets .
correct
e .rs of the said company December 81 last and for the
year endhe on uhS' Ne'' ~ JOHN WILKINS, President
,.s G. j OLSON Secretary.
$50 20 bafoe me this goth day OF January. D. 1910.
subscribed anu M H BRECHBILL, Notary Public
tcommi..On expires s1st day of January, 1920
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-01-27
MRS RrssalAN DEAD
Former Abilene Girl Passed Away
at age Of 80.

Mrs. Paul Rissman. aged 80, died
Al her home near Saline sunday az
ternoon. she leaves a husband ana
two children. Funeral "Wednesday
afternoon At the Presbyterian church,
Raw. DR.. Blaynsy officiating, burial
m Abilene esmetery. Mrs. RiHaman
Va ! daughter OF @. Y. Tucker and
ssent most Of her NE II thls county
ne bay vas brought here Mon
day -.