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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-05-25
Curiosidades
Hazanas realizadas por muertos.

Asi como el Gid gan6 bataIlas des-
D1l6s de mueIto, 0trOs Enuchos dliun-
tos Ian realizae}o hazailas mas 8 menos
maravillosas.
Hace POGO tlelnpO, Uln tren america
mo recOrri0 mluchOs ki[6netrOs SIN que
aOs uiajeros sospechasen que Ia docomo-
tora iba gobelqlada por nn eadaver. El
maquinista estaba en su puesto, con Ia
9yabeza asoanada & la yentanilla de Il
anarqueSina, la mano izquierda en- el
regulator. FL fogonero, atenbO a su
obligaci5n, .ecbaba carbon en- ell hogar
Y de vez en- cuando tocaba ell sTEbato
Una dos ve ces dirigi6 pregnntas a.
maquinieta, aunqNe no recibio res
pucsta, lo acllacaba que no telia ga
mas de lablar.
Al acercarSe a una estacl6n :, f5co-
nero hizo la seiiai de kegada c0n Ell
silbat0. perO ell tTen no ac0rt0 IA m-&r-
cha. Entonces TOGO EN- el hombro al
maquinista, y con l espanto qupe es de
inaglnar, VIC que estaba rfgido. Sin
perder Ia serenidad Ell fogonero Sc aba
lanz6 al regulator detuvo ell convoy
EI cuerpo del 1naqulmista estaba FRO,
10 cllal probaba que hepb1a falecido 10
nla1os una hOra antics.
IEace amos Sali6 de San Francisco pa
1-a Alaska el barco General Sanglin'
pero MO lleg0 su }destino- Mjeses des-
pues 10 encontr6 Ia goleta "Arietis'
a dOscientas milas de las costas de la
Colombia inglesa lie hizo sefiales, pc
TO no recibi6 respuesta. Entonces Sc
aproNMno y la tripulaci6n pudO yer I'm
hom|5re rigidO, agarrado q la rueda del
f1Enon, CON la vista fila aFsarentemente
en- ell horizonte. -Aquel ho61lbre era ca
'd3Uer. Del restO de Ia tr8pulaci6n mo
se IA sabldo NADIA. Sc supone que ell
barco f1e cogldo por un tenAporal, al
Terlo en- pellgro de zozobrar la 4ripu-
1acl6n 10 abandono quedandO solo Ell ca
pIt3n, que era el individuo Rnnerto jun
ito al tim0n.
FL primer p1ern1o de Jura carrera de
bIclclGtas ce]ebrada e1l Australia. hace
algnn tiemjo, 10 gam6 IN eiclista que
7al pasar por la meta, iba nnuerto- Guam
do Ia maquina hubo recorido uaos DO
eos metros, despu6s de garsar la carre-
IA, que habia sido 1ouy reni1a, las 100
mil personas que la presenciaban que
daron horrorizadas al yer que, perdido
el impulse, la b5cicEeta Sc tarabaleaba
y ell vencedor cara al srselo. Los me-
dlcos decLaTaron que Ell eiclista .estaba
nuerto cuando pas6 La nae4a.
, 1911-10-14

hSnhAf RT&uuhG6O3 BuOSAAAlAOO 6ShOOlS bAO
School Director must be the immediate
Sunerior, and in SO far all the mem
hers of the Committee shared the same
oninion: but the honorable LIST Member for
Christisnsted objected, that the said words,
if retained unaltered in the Draft, would also
make the School Director in the same man
ner the immediate Superior OF the teachers
of the private schools and Of teachers giving
home Instruction, and as that was not the
opinion of any of the other Members and as
it would not make any real change IN the
School Directors authority, if that clause of
s SO 1927 was taken away, since the balances
of the Draft fully explained the School D-
%rector's authority concerning the private
schools and the Home Instruction, the
Speaker proposed the members of the Com
mittee reconciliated by striking out that
clause of s SO (62), if acceptable by the
School Director.
This was agreed to and on the strength
thereof they did all sign the proposed
amendment.
No one requesting the word further the
Chairmanc losed the 1st Discussion.
4th Grown Member (Ru6Mer-P eterse")
nroposed to let the 2ud Discussion come on
to-day.
It was then tacitly adopted to let the End
Discussion come on to-day. The Fjce-G0U-
ernor gave his consent.
The Chairman then declared the End Dis
.cussion open. No one requested the word
and no new amendments were proposed.
The Chairman then declared, he would
nut the Draft to vote each paragraph separ-
atelv; after it was tacitly decided not to read
the Paragraphs, but to put the Paragraphs
to vote as they now run IN Danish and En-
glish with the amendments and corrections
Hm L. rronk IN 40 fnIlnUQ a
SIS l, 2 and 3, all tacitly adopted.
s / with the proposed amendment tacltIy
adopted.
S 5, g., Z, s, 9, 10. Il and u all tacitly
adopted.
S 10 with the proposed correction in the En-
glish text tacitly adopted.
S. IA, Is and l6 all tacitly adopted.
1T with the proposed amendment tacltly
adopted.
as IS and 10 tacitly adopted.
s 30. with the proposed two amendments
to 1st snd 2ud sections tacitly adopted.
S. 21, % and % tacitly adopted.
"a with the proposed correction IN the
English text tacitly adopted.
IS rs, 26 and 81 all tacitly adopted.
s % with the proposed amendment in the
English text tacitIy adopted.
30 with the proposed corrections tacltly
adopted.
IS 80, 81, 80 and 33 tacitly adopted.
"a with the proposed amendment tacitly
adopted.
S 35 and 36 tacitly adopted.
81 with the proposed amendment tacit-
ly adopted.
s 38 as corrected tacitly adopted.
S. 80, 40, Al, A, 43 and "A all tacitly
adopted.
As with the three proposed amendments
tacltly adopted.
s 46 with the proposed amendment tacitly
adopted.
At with the proposed amendment taoitly
adopted.
adopted.
The proposed new S SIS was taoitly adopt
ed.
The proposed new S SIS was taoitly adopt
ed.
IS 81, So and SO Originally S. Sc, 81 and
So respectively all tacitIy adopted.
so Originally $50 with the proposed
amendment to the English text OF End Sec
ton, tacitly adopted.
81 Originally S COY with the proposed
two amendments to the Danish and The one
, 1911-10-14
REMARKS.

BY Additional Money Bill to the Budget
1909-1O means were granted for the cree
ton of a building for the Children's Ward Of
Peters Farm Hospital.
As the building is now completed and
, 1911-10-14

here are by a foreign tribunal ordered to
pay expenses. 1t will be of some good use
III some cases., especially for foreign inhabi-
tants in these Islands to have this Ordinance
which is a modern one that only can give
facilities and help to avoid q good many
difficulties and expenses. He therefore re-
commended the Draft for favourable consi-
Iteration.
The Chairman called the VIce-G Governors
and the Councils attention to a misprint in
the Draft and obtained the governments
consent to correct same.
LIST Member for Christiausted Town
(~Stakemdnn) said he could With great plea
sure recommend the Draft. 1t would be of
good use here even if not very often. 1t
may bring some benefit and facilities and
it cannot do any harm but only good can be
expected from it.
No one requested the word further and
the Chairman declared the Discussion closed.
The Tice- Governor asked if possible to
let the End and Bird Discussion come on
to-day since it was important to have the
matter quickly decided.
1t was then tacitly adopted to let the 2nd
Discussion come on at once.
The End Discussion on the Draft was
opened No one requested the word aud
no amendments were proposed. The Chair
man then took the Councils vote on each Of
the Paragraphs separately.
l was unanimously adopted.
likewise.
) 3 likewise.
1 likewise.
: 5 likewise.
5 s likewise, after the word 'Inkani-
nationsafgitt" in the Danish text had been
corrected to "Inkaminationsafgift"
Z. unanimously adopted.
s s, likewise.
s 8. likewise.
The whole Draft was afterwards likewise
unanimously adopted, 2nd. Discussion was
then closed whereupon it WAS tacitly adopt
ed also to let 3rd. Discussion come on to-day.
The Vice Governors consent was given.
No one requested the word and no
amendments were proposed, The Chairman
then closed 3rd. Discussion and took the
vote, with the result, that the Draft as pro,
posed from 2nd. Discussion was unanimously
adopted, 1t goes now to Government
ad Item 4.
Introduction of and lst Discussion on
Draft of Additional Money Bill to the
Budget for the Municipality of St. Croix
for the financial year from LIST April
1911 to 3lst March 1912.
SIZE Ltem Y. The Sanitary Department
3. Expenses at the Communal
Hospitals is granted
Salary for a Sicknurse at the
Children's Ward of Peters
Farm Hospital from the LIST
September 1911 d SO Frcs.
monthly ...... ......... .Frcs. $50
Salary for a female servant,
ibidem, and from the same
time q Frcs. 80 monthly. " 21O
Salary for a female night
guard, ibidem, aud from
the same time q Frcs. rs
monthly. ............... " IT'S
Total. .... .Frcs. 1856
The Draft with remarks reads as follows;
, 1911-10-14

Sub ITEM X. The Sanitary Department
3. Expenses at the Communalhospitals IS
granted
Salary for a Sicknurse at the
Children's Ward of Peters FarHi
Hospital from the 1st September
1911 a Frcs. SO monthly $50. .Frcs. $50
Salary for a female servant,
ibidem, and from the same time
d Frcs, 80 monthly ........... 30
Salary for a female night-guard,
ibidem, and from the same time
a Frcs. 20 monthly ............ It's
Total ..... Frcs. 735
, 1911-10-14
Draft

Of additional Money Bill TO the Bud
get for the Nu~mlclpaIsty OF st. Groin
for the financial gear from 1at APr5
1911 to 31St March 1919.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-07-28


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Charles P0sey. Clarence Johnson g
ian T,.r,a- 4-8 r. gF..s-- --s.
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ep'ileaaaoA ~ tAe murder pt n Il
lsAAet q pl@aaas4. @ag @aA @aA ah
cold blood. following aold-mp and
Eo04erg early one morning last
44aFen Archie Eas murdered 9y fe
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-07-28
THE WEATHER
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-19
Prof: Massey's Views On Farming

have the advantage of their tenant
laborers, as none of them are ever
known to become wealthy, and sci
dom have a fat bank account. The
of pleasures and comforts that they
would enjoy il they owned their
homes. What tenant ever plants small
fruits, Strawberries, raspberrieS, black
berries and the many other things
hat help to make the choice morsels
of health-g1ving food, to take the
place Of corn bread and bacon?
Nobody will question the statement
ment that it would be a fine solution
Of the tenant system in the South, or
elsewhere, to take up these old worn
out farms n cultivate them on a
plan that Just gave the tenant enough
Sc he could live from year to year,
and just enough SO he would not cave.
And it is not the very poor that are
desirable as tenants, as they could not
equip and cultivate the land.
Why not encourage the poo men
with families. the tenants of the
South. to buy a small piece Of land
n have a place they could call
their own; do mixed farming, on bet
ter lines, and secure all the benefits :?
The tenant system, Which is about
equivalent to saying poor farming, is
cursing much of the Sunny South to-
day. Offer the inducements, say to
the world we wanx BODYBUILDING
farmers. and the men and families
will come. and thrift, enterprise, bet
ter schools, better improved farms,
better roads, and all that tends to
make a desirable country will come
to u.s."
Now. the tenant system, Or rather
lack Of tenant system, in the Cotton
Belt, is certainly a makeShift, bring
ing poverty to the soil and the tenant
alike. But there are men who are
renting farms in Maryland who fine
it more profitable to live on a rent
ed farm than to own one. AS a class,
they are by no means poO men, for
many Of them are leading men in
their county affairs. I know of one
man who spent his life on a rented
farm. not because he was not able
to own me but because he thought
he could better invest what he made
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-19

! it. In my case I had a lot of school
boys to help every afternoon, and put
for the fact that | could put them at
work backing it out in sacks on a
ladder, it would nave been a Job 10
hoist the feed out A wooden SllO
above ground is not only more con-
venient, as 1t is throwing down the
feed all the time instead of hosting
it up, but the wooden silO, in my eX-
perience, keeps the silage better than
any concrete will. Then it is far
cheaper to build.
The Tenant is Not Necessarily a Poor
In a very interesting letter from Mr.
J. w. McCracken, Of Sulphur Springs.
Ark, he say among other things:
81 am opposed to the tenant system
on principle, no matter what plan or
system is adopted, SO long as the land
lord gets rich and the tenant remains
poor. Professor Massey speaks Of
men who Became millionaires by
renting their farms, and the tenants
thrived and kept up the fertility Of
the farms. Again he says that it
would be a good thing to secure such
desirable farmers to take up the farms
of the South and make them fertile
and productive, SO as to offer an in
ducement to capital to invest in such
lands. We all know that many good
enterprising men r moving South,
and the number will be in exact nro-
portion to the inducements offered
them in this Southland. If we offer
these people farms at fair prices and
them to adopt better meth
DDS, we will Don see better farm
ing. t
Now is 1T best for this large class
Of laboring people that thew be
tenants? AS a, country becomes popu-
ious one or two things must occur:
large land holding must cease, either
by will Of this owners or by the stern
edict Of the law; OF the people must
just exist, as they do today in the
landlord-ridden countries Of the Old
World; and ignorance must cause the
same conditions that exist Ihere-vas-
salage and extreme overly.
The act that landowners become
wealthy, of itself is evidence hat they
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-19

and his great grandson, Alexander
Walters, 6. Mr.. Bennett Walters, the
Oldest member OF the family, and
two sons Rev. Thomas H., and John
F., all three served in the Civil War
and all are living yet.
Mr.. Bennett Walters was born in
Wayne county, N. c., in 1923, and
moved to Rockingham, in Richmond
county. n. c., in 1871 or 1912, where
he married Miss Susan DaWkins. To
them We're born three children, two
sons and one daughter, who died in
infancy. In April or May, 1862, Ben
nett Walters and his son John joined
Captain Webb's company, "the Hal
rington Light Artillery" The other
son, Thomas, a already joined "tha
Richmond Boys" a company raised
by Col. 9. H. Dockery, the same be-
ing the 3Sth North Carolina Regi-
ment. il command of W. J.. Boke.
colonel. and O. II. Dockery, %lieuten-
~ant-colonel. In this company was a
Mr.. Barber, who also had a brother
in the Harrington Light Artillery,
with Mr.. Bennett Walters and his son
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-19

in other enterprises. He occupied
leading position in his county ha3
been a State Senator and moved IN
the best society, but preferred to farm
rented land rather than invest in =
farm, and he left his heirs a good
estate. In the system practiced on tho
Eastern Shore Of Maryland a man
cannot rent a farm unless he has
means for farming vel, and there
are men today living on rented farms
who own other farms which they ara
renting in the same way while tho
remain on a rented farm. The svS-
tenn practiced here is as fair to tho
tenant as to the owner, and the Is
farms belonging to one estate that I
nave mentioned are all better eQuip-
ped than the average farmer could
equip them n farm them himself.
1t is merely a division of labor.
or course. it would be desirable for
every man to w his farm. but if a
man has not the means to buy a farm
but has abundant means to cultivate
and Improve a we~ll-eQuipped farm be
longing 10 some one else, it is often
more profitable to rent until he can
save enough to buy one of his own
There is hardly a mar on the estate
l have described but is able to buy 2
farm it he wanted to. but the major
ity OF them prefer to rent. The owner
~ SAAAo SoSAIS ID odl1Sl1eO With dn an
nual income Of 5 per cent on the in
vestment, and there is hardly a ten
ant on the estate that does not make
more than 5 per cent on his invest
ment. A system like this is profta-
BILE to landowner and tenant alike
and the man who invests his means
in the purchase and equipment Of
farms on which men of fair leans
will be willing to live and farm, is a
public benefactor. But the land-own-
ers in the South who have crop
Ders-Who are not farmers at all, but
land skinners-are making nothing
from their lands and doing no good
to the community.
l would ike to see every man with
a home Of his own, but it is "a mat
ter of Individual preference here.
With good farming there is a chance
for the Southern tenant farmer to
make money.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-19
IGNORANCE CANNOT COMPETED
WITH INTELLIGENCE.
Carolina Union Farmer

(Carolina Union Farmer.)
Next ear is going to be an import
ant year in the history Of the Farm
ers' Union in North Carolina, for the
constructive business policy will be
inaugUrated that means a big step for
ward. The time is ripe for a con-
structive Farmers Union campaign
and the best way to keep posted, and
the only wa to keep posted, on this
forward movement is to read every is
u Of this paper. 1t will be in the
thickest Of the fight in this construct
i've campaign for the establishment Of
business cooperation among our
members, n you can do no better
service for yourself and for the Farm
ers Union than to renew your sub
scriptiOn before your time expires Ito
preVent missing a number) and then
use persistent personal efforts to line
up others with you as readers Of this
publication. The best business plan
on earth will be worthless with an ig-
Horant memberships membership
that doesn't know what co-oDeration
and CniOnism means. If YOU want
TO you must put them on the
reading list! Ignorance can never
compete with intelligence in the com
mercial and business world and it's I'D
to US to either educate or go down in
defeat.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-19
Progressive Farmer.)

Progressive FaTmer.)
When is the best time to prune
trees?' The time to prune peach
trees is Just before the buds swell
in the spring. You can then dis
tinguish easily between wood buds
and blossom buds. The wood buds
are sharper in shape and darker in
color than the blossom buds.
"How about liquid smoke for bacon
and hams?" My opinion is, that real
smoking is far better than painting
the meat with creosote. [ prefer to
use the old-fashioned methods Of
curing rather than proprietary things
hat may make the meat nnwhOleSome
though it MAJ preserve it Preserva-
ton of meat and digestibility are two
different matters.
II ave been growing onions sue
cessfully from the seed but had to
use q large amount Of stable manure
for humus. Am thinking Of plant
ing the onions wide enough for horse
cultivation and in July SOW a row Of
beans between them, so that the bean
vines will make humus. and I can
use fertilizer and get some profit from
the beans, too" Doubtless this will
help a great DEAL. But it seems to
me that your onions should be ripe
enough to pull in July and then you
can SOW pea and after the peas drop
their leaves SOW crimson clover as a
winter cover. and use the land for
onions only in alternate years, apply
ing high-grade fertilizer mixture
heavily. will be better than
stable manure, as it will not bring
in so much weed and grass growth.
What is your objection to concrete
silos? I am intending to renew my
pits and thought to use concrete"
AS you speak of pits, [ assume that
you have underground pit for a silo.
/ once had three of these, each hold
ing 200 tons. My objection was that
there was so much condensation Of
moisture on the cold walls that there
was a great deal of damaged silage
all around the pit. Then, too, a pit
is a poo thing for a silo. 1t costs
too much to hoist the silage out Of
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-19
JUDGE BENNETT ADVISES
WHEAT CULTURE.
{ ritten for the Ansonian.)

ont fail to SOW wheat. It is not
too late, and should be done DESPITE
reasons of the most forceful nature.
Try aloud and fear not. This grain is
the most important in the venue of
the Christian world. To be sure rye
IS a great article Of food for the eau
casian. But I am retained for wheat
and intend to file lis pendens. About
the time Chestnut Sunday falls, which
l apprehend IS Sunday mex before this
day appears@May 26. 1912, the wheat
crop is a beauty upon the ground. It
is a paying crop if you get no more
than the straw Because it is
in a rotation of crops sanely decided
on. 1t Is a yoke upon the farmer i'm
'hal 70 reap a fitting return there
must De SO thorough preparation as to
pass this particular field to the bur-
den OF the next crop all leading IN
TO the encouragement conseouent
upon the maxim "be foremost and e-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-19
UNCLE SAM HAS FAR
THE BEST SYSTEM
Annual Report of Chief Stats
tician OImstead, Issued
Yesterday Lauds Efficiency
OF Crop Reporting System
(By the Associated Press

Washington, Dec. 14.-The crop
reporting system employed by the
United States Department Of A~sricul-
ture is far in advance of hat OF any
other cause in the opinion OF Victor
II. OlEastead, chief statistician of the
Department as expressed in his an
nual report just issued. He saws that
he has found that the crop report
ing systems Of European countries
contain no features or cover no range
better or broader than the system in
use here
An important feature was added
during the past year to the crop re-
porting system Of the bureau" he
says, TO wit: The cumulative inter-
probation of the figures indicating the
coholtlon or growing crops for which
Quantit1tive estimates are made at
the close Of ZACH year.
"Of the leading crops for which
quantitative interpretations Of condi-
uons are made, all are included ex-
cept the cotton crop. In the case OF
cotton It is impossible to interpret the
condition figures ecaus Of tho
Iact that an important element neces-
sary TO such an Interpretation is lack
ing. to wit: The abandoned acreage
or cotton. This cannot be ascertain
eo untli the close ef the season."
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-19

John. The father, anxious to have
both his sons with him secured,
through the kindness of their respec-
tive commanders, the exchange Of
Thomas Walters and the Barber in
the Harrington Light Artillery. Thus
the father and two sons served on to
the close of the war together. All
three are still living, in good health.
and the father, at 88, often walks
Of five miles.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-19

cell We have conquered the diff
Guilty in growing corn. May we not
Guido the aversion Of men hereabouts
to wheat There is a near cut" to
erence Of heart. The short haul
erence Of heart the Short haul
awaits the ~husbandman who would
harvest the sheaves and throw the
burden Of labor upon a different con-
c~atention Of muscles.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-19
THE OLDEST IS 80,
THE YOUNGEST 6
Four Generations of the Wal
ters Family Living in and
Around Raeford, N. C..

Raeford, Dec. 12.-Residing in
Hoke county, in Raeford and vicinity,
are four generations of the Walters
family, the great grandfather, Ben
nett Walters, being SO years old; his
son, Rev. Thomas H. Walters, 81;
his grandson. VIM. F. Walters, A.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-19
Goose Hangs Too High.
Sentinel)

Sentlnel.)
NcDufie Powers, of Bay Creek,
was IN to see us last Tuesday. He
reports everything lovely and the
goose hanging high, (too high to be
reached by the low price of cotton)
in and around Bay Creek.