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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12
GIRL BEATS BOYS
In Durham it is a Girl Who
Wins in Boys Corn Club
She Made Seventy Bushels on One
Acre With Her Fathers Mule at a
Cost of Il. 5O-,JeS~e Won
the First Prize For the Bows.

Durham, \. c.. December 9.-The
Boys Corn Contest. like Dombey's
Son, who happened to be a girl. be-
came a girls contest to-day when
Miss Addie b. Raglan of Lebanon
Township, a likely looking girl of
produced for the
dation of the Durham people 70 bush
els Of corn which she raised with her
fathers mule and $3.50 in fertilizer.
Considering the amour put in ferti-
liZer, she really won the prize for
Lebanon Township isn't an uncom-
mon township in soil. 1t has been
accused Of raising too much orr in
essence, blockade corn, which the late
beautifully less upon many a raid.
Miss Raglan was awarded this purely
upon her merits and being no con-
testant, she had to be given special
prize. And it was given to her. The
patriotic men raised $3.50 and pre-
scented it to her. \ mule did the
good work with her while her inYa-
lid father rested secure in the thought
that his corr crop should not fail
Government demonstrators present
declared that this was the first time
that a woman had ever raised corr
on q contest of this nature and the
government has called for her picture
and Specitica lions.
Jesse Nichols Of Route No. 6, w o
first prize. $25 in gold. His yield wa:
1928 IL bushels and safely beat The
record Of last year. 1t was bad fol-
corn too and his yield was all the bet
ter. The county has been much talk
ed about for its poor agriculture bu'
it did something this time and every.
BODY was happy over it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12
CASTOR FORESTRY ASSOCIATIONS
To COMBAT THE PINE REETTE

nrough the efforts of Mr.. A @
Stroup, Vice President Of the North
carolina Forestry Association. 2 meet
ing was held in the courthouse at
Gastonla on Tuesday, December 5th
at l:3e p. M, to consider the WAYS
and mean for carrying out the meth
OBS recommended by the L. S. Bu-
reau Of Entomology for the control
or the Southern Pine Beetle. This
insect has done enormous damage to
n pine forests of CASTOR and sur
rounding counties, and the people
have begun to realize that something
must be done, if possible, to pre-
vent further d~epredations.
The following officers were elected:
Mr.. ". w. FAIRIES, PRESIDENT: Mr.. r.
=. Johnson, first vice PRESIDENT; Mr.. J.
r. McCarVer, second vice president;
Mr.. A. c. StrOup, secretary.
After the melting a large party went
out to the woods south of Gastonia,
where a large amount of timber had
been killed by the beetle. Here Mr..
Mason and Mr.. Snider held a demon
stration showing just what trees il
was necessary to cut in order to de-
stroy the beetle while dormant this
winter.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12
ARE HERE
League Party of Home Seek.
ers Visiting Eastern North
Carolina
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer
kinston, Dec. "a party of home
eeker from Ohio is being entertained
bere today by the Chamber of Com
merce. The party consists of eigh-
teen gentlemen and one lady. They
were met al the Norfolk Southern
depot at one o'clock today and taken
for an extended trip into the sur
rounding country in automobiles. The
party lunched zen picnic and return
ed to the city in time to board a
special on the kinStOn-CarOlina Rail
road for Pink Hill, in charge Of Mr..
w. NJ. Hayes, the general manager OF
that road. Tonight they are being
entertained at a public reception in
the auditorium of the courthouse,
after which they will be given an Old
time oyster roast at the electric light
station. The members Of the party
express themselves as greatly pleased
With the looks of things here, and it
is thought hat many of them and
friends at home Will come back to
Dixie to live.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12

~Stanhope Pullen bought some cotton
during Cleveland's administration and
sold il when the Lord broke the mon
ey trust BY increasing the supply =
gold IN the world. Mr.. Pullen died
rich. made money of Of his cotton.
shoWed his faith in n Providence
OF God and left a good name and a
park 10 his memory near the city.
The effect Of a farmer coming on
L market and buying only ten bates
or cotton at ten cents a pound would
be electrical. The effect Of i bona
ide purchase Of a thousand bales II
ten cents would start cotton up be-
cause il would indicate real brother
hood between the well-to-do farmer
and mis- poorer n~eighbor. History
teaches US that IIannibals fate wAs
sealed when some patriotic Roman
OF good Judgment and great faith IN
his ountry bought the ground the
great conqueror was camping on. he
fore the city. at its fun value but Il
requires only ordinary faith and judg-
TIent To See that cotton viii go be-
yond ten cents 4 pound and especial
l. II the course here suggested IS
tried.
1t costs the average man ten cents
a pound To make cotton especially tho
average rich or well-to-do farmer Who
has to hire his labor. therefore. il is
juts IS cheap for him To buy his
neighbours crop at ten cents 4 pound
as ii is TO make another crop. and
far more patriotic. II the rich and
well-to-do farmer had stood To his
brother at the beginning OF this sea
son in the manner above Indicated
cotton wonld never have gone below
twelve cents a pound.
This is far better than the storage,
and advancement Of part Of the price
which cotton buyers viii aid. This
aid Is doubtless often from bear
money and cotton in its clutches may
be worked as Well FOR bear" prices
as l. 1t We're actually sold at present
prices. w. J. PEELE.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12
BRADSTREET'S REPORT.

New York. Dec. 8.-Bradstreet's
tomorrow Will say:
Expansion in holiday trade. earlier
than usual clearance sales by job
bers which haN attracted numerous
buyers; a seasonably good trade in
staple lines at retail. Notwithstanding
higher prices for steel and iron were
the features of the week.
Wholesale trade has become some
what quiet, largely on account Of tho
season for inventory approaching,
while statesmen are being gradually
Withdrawn from the road. Buying
for sDring is still marked by more or
less conservatism. Southern points be-
ing especially conspicuous in this re-
spect.
Leather is quiet. but strong IN
price. In jewelry, inquiries seem 70
he for the cheaper grades. Pig iron
is active but prices remain low.
though quotations on finished steel
tive belief that the corner has been
turned. However, it is recognized
that some weeks must elapse before
definite views as to sustained higher
prices can be formed.
business failures in the United
States for the week ending December
we're 267 against 216 last week. POI
in the like week OF 1910. -3S III If'''
2q8 in 1905 and 284 in 1907
Business failures in Canada for he
week number s.. contrasting with %
last week and 30 in the corresponding
week Of last year
Wheat. including flour. exports
from the United States and Canada
for the week ending December az
ereeate 2.391.582 bushels against f.
s55.2t6 last week and 3.ts8.45S this
week last year. For the t"enty-three
weeks ending December !. exports
are T4126.oZ3 bushels against o.
226.5a0 in the corresponding period
last year. Corn exports for tne week
are 1906 bushels against 1885
last week and 161.015 in 1910 For
the twenty-three weeks ending De-
cember I. corn exports axe ll.2l@.3b5
bushels against S.3T3.o67 last year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12
Movement of Cotton.


New York. Dee. S.-The following sta
tiSticS OF the movement Of cotton for the
week ending Friday. December Sth, were
compiled by the New York Cotton Ex-
change.
Weekly movement
Port receipts. 396. +3& this year. 462. GA
last year; overland TO mills and Canada.
1882 this year. 3G.S22 last year; Southern
mill takingS teStimatedt. 10000 this year,
Q 1000 last year: gain of stock at interior
towns. 39.413 this year, Sc ,626 last wear !;
brought into sight for the week. 55~. l.S
this year. 636,115 Last year.
Total crop oSement-
Port receipts. 4.949,292 this year. 5.Sot,-
S44 last year; overland to mills and Cam
ada. 4lJ.236 this year. 30. 1j2 last year:
Southern mill takings (estimatedt. 100000
this year. 1.0S0. GD last year: stock at in
terror towns in excess Of September lSt.
611.153 this year. II .10t last year; brought
into sight thus far for season, 1.o61. 1ol
this year, 1874 100 last year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12
Comparative Cotton Statement

New York, Dee. S.-For the week ending
Friday, December 8:
Net receipts ut all Z. s. ports during
week, 464.312; net receipts at all Z. ).
ports same week last year. 391 ,05l; total
receipts since September 1St. 5.S61 $3.50
total receipts to same date last year, f.
915.O74; export for the week, 219.9f1; ex-
ports for same week last year, 312.64l
total exports since September 1st, 4,o4o,9o6;
total exports same date last year, 5,4d0. I3o
stock at all United States ports, 1898, 10
stock at all United States ports same
time last year. 1852. 61S stock at all in
terror towns. S74.S36; stock at all interior
towns same time last year. 1S3,4SI: stock
nj liverpool. $4,000: stock at Liverpool
same time last year. 100000: stock OF
American afloat for Great Britain, "
stock of American afloat for Great Bfit-
ain same time last year. 46O,oO0.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12
ON HOLDING COTTON.
How Some Farmers May Aid Others
and TheHiseIves-How to Use Our
Idle Resources in This Fight.

To the Editor: | have for some
time been of the opinion that the
price Of cotton is largely due TO an
understanding effected between the
American and European SplnnerS.
The Yankee, of course, is the orig
inatOr of the combination. From the
best Information | am able to CLEAN
out of the public prints, the Yankee
spinner had q hard time in getting all
of the Southern cotton mills into ms
amalgamated association. Inc South
ern mill owners had so many inter
ests identified with our people outside
of cotton spinning that when they
we're finally brought into the conf
hinatiOn and the uniform intermittent
system was adopted by which q given
per cent of the mills could remain
idle at the exDense of the whole com
bination, the cotton situation was
easier handled and a united front
could be presented in the American
effort to bring the English SplnnerS
into the combination. The hard times
and bread riots in the manufacturing
towns of England seem to indicate
that the intermittent spinning system
is operating over there too. At any
rate there appears to be less than the
usual demand for cotton III spite or
low prices.
The worldly wisdom of the AmerI-
can and European cotton mill com
binatiOn must be admired by all men
of shrewd business sense and the haZy
| atmosphere of doubt, uncertainty, and
INSTRUMENTATION to the public by which
they protect all their operations from
the gaze of the common people are
still more to be admired; and strlklng
the cotton situation when there ap-
hears to be q twelve million bale crop,
thew have been able to largely con
troll the price up to the present.
Now for he remedy. All the COuil-
ter combinations, associations, reSo-
buttons to limit product in the future
varehou schemes to store What
we've got, appear to be good, out the
suggestion l offer is that the Wcll-to-
do farmer go into the market ana buJ
cotton from his neighbOr who is III
debt at an advance Of the market
price. Let the Uell-tO-dO m pc
come bulls now and proceed Win
faith il themselves and their JuQS-
ment and the determination 70 heIp
lin the fight against what is pressing
hard upon the man heavily III debt
the man who is bound to sell soon at
whatever price is offered-and ne IS
the man whose necessities are h"IplhR
TO cause the low prices. Relieve TINS
man and cotton will start up ana you
v;iI mt the money for the crop III
circ,,Iation too. Pay him ten cents
for his cotton now. You know It's
eoinc to bring from ten 70 twelve
cents in less than six months-espc-
cialIy will it do this II you DO nan
Your duty. There are some men "no
will buy at ten cents to help out their
no0rer neighbors even if they had TO
wait a year OF two TO realize q prom
on their actual investment because
they are wise enough To kno" there
i. a profit in this fight which accFues
IN > thousand ways one cannot always
see or estimate.
If remember correCily Inc idte
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12
Cotton Receipts.

New York. Dec. S.-The following are
the total net receipts Of cotton at all ports
since September LIST:
Galveston. 1.SS6.O72: New Orleans. CIT
Dos: Mobile. Isl SOB; Savannah. 1.&59.3%9 I:
Charleston. 252, 327; Wilmington. 30 i2s {:
Norfolk. 1863. 102: Baltimore. 409lG: New
York. 2.230; Boston. %, 1S6: Newport News.
3.15S: San Francisco. 1896; Brunswick,
21I,042: Port Townsend, 1910, Pensacola,
PISS: Port Arthur and Sabine Pass. g.
933: Jacksonville. 2J.12T: Laredo, Texas,
1921: Georgetown. 31S; Gulfport. 15:3@:
Texas City, 343.197; minor ports. 2.5}'.
Total. J.S61 500 bales.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12
Demonstration Work i'll Moore.
Stanford EXDreSS.)

The Tourist says Farm De1nonstra-
tor McI4ean stated last week that the
average yield of all demonstration
acres in Moore county would pc
somewhere between SO and so bush
els to the acre. One acre yielded
al As, another so, two others 60.
another 63. This looks like lemon
stration work is being carried on
successfully in Moore county ana
there is no doubt that great Sood is
going to be accomplished by it. In
order to make time count DenlOnstra-
tor Mclean travels in an
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12
Sea Island Cotton.

Charleston, S. c., Dec. S.-Receipts,
342 bags; exports, none; sales, l'b2t!
stock. 1928. Market quiet NO. OIL
soc: No. ? off IS cents.
Savannah, Ga, Dec. S.-tancy
Florida and Georgia, - - - eA-
ira choice Florida. Il al - cfoIes'
onc oxtra fine. IS: fine. Il: COM
n,on Is I-2M16: sales. 2,s6I: re-
rain1s. 2.SIo: Shipments. 3,e7l: stocks,
100 o.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12
\ NEGLECTED. VEGETABLE.

The artichoke, which can be grown
in almost any garden, makes a
delicious change in the vegetable
dishes for the table. The plant is
perennial, but declines rapidly, and
should be reset every three years.
1t is propagated from seed, and the
suckers are set out, producing edible
heads the second year. The heads
are from three to four inches in
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12

LIVERPOOL. Dee. S.-Following are
the weekly cotton statistics:
Imports of all kinds, 10000 bales;
imports. American. $4,000 bales;
stock. all kinds. 638,O00 bales; stock,
American. $4,000; American for
varded, $1,000 bales. Total exports,
O 100 bales.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12
Union EnvieS Chatham.
Monroe JOnrna1.)

Rabbit here, rabbit there, and rab-
bit everyWhere-UniOn county is 60
ing to push Chatham in the produce
ton of this animal if she keeps on.
The market places in Monroe are
piled with rabbit meat these days. If
any one begins to show hopping signs
in his walk, put him down as a too
much rabbit eater.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12
Better Corn Crops.
(LenOir News

Clarence T. Coffey, of Risden. Cald-
we'll county, produced on one acre Of
land 113 bushels So lbs. Of shelled
corn at q cost Of % Il cents per
buShel.
Last year he raised on the same
acre 81 bushels and 80 lbs. at a
cost Of 80 cents per bushel, winning
first prize in this district.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12

diameter, and are ready to cut Tor the
table lust before they open.
For picking, the heads are often
taken when about half grown. Inc
leaves are sometimes blancneu dhu
eaten. and these form the salad
plants which are seen on the market.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12
Double the Number of Pounds
in November this Year Over
November of Last
Total is e5,91s, 9.s as Against IL, ss3, 1876 in
November, 191O-Winston-Salem Leads
With Sales OF Over -Four and a Half
Million Pounds, With Henderson Second
and Wilson Third in Sales.

Double the sales of leaf tobacco in North
Carolina are reported for November, 1911.
as against November, 1910, the sales tor
the November just passed having been 3D.
916.27S pounds OF leaf tobacco, while in
November, 1910, the sales were II, 49,, 1856
pounds.
Winston-Salem led last month with sales
of 4,J11.33S pounds. with Henderson sec
ond with 2,11,4SO pounds. and Wilson
third with 2,1S1 $40 pounds. Greenville.
Oxford and kinston each sold in excess Of
q million and a half pounds; Roxboro,
Reidsville and Rocky Mount in excess Of
8 million pounds. The first hand sales,
these from farmers, amounted to %. 94i. O3O
pounds. dealers sales ESQ, 434 pounds and
resales 1~,294,514 pounds, a total Of 25.91S :
97S as follows in the statistics gathered
by the State Department of Agriculture
November Tobacco Sales.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-13
New Field for Women

New York.-Many large real estate
firms in New York, Baltimore, Boston.
Philadelphia and Washington are EN-
ploying women in skyscrapers to keep
an eye on things. They are better
than men in this RESPECT, it is con
tended. The pioneer in this new field
for women came from Chicago and &C.
a position as general Superintendent
in a New York Office building. She
regulates the sweepers, busters and
eye Ge employees below the, earth
line, iaeaufiing ~iirelnen. and SO forth.
One Guty of this busy woman is to
she's. Vacant rooms. The agent or the
buinsfEg says she works wonders. A
pretty end attractive young woman.
who p~ersuasively relates all hi CON
veniences of her building-how clean
ly are its attendants, how regular its
fremen and janitors-can fill up any
sort of Office
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-13
UNCLE SAM NOW ISA BANKER
POSTAL SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS
OPENED IN EACH STATE.
List OF the Cities Where the Experk
ment Is Being Tried-Dcposi-
tors Receive 2 Per Cent.
Interest.

Observation-Disclosures Sam became q
f~ull-ledged banker Tuesday when
an experimental postal savings
bank was opened in every state and
territory in the Union, i n accordance
with the postal savings bank bill
passed at the second session OF the
Sixty-first congress. The postofices
designated to accept deposits are all
Of the secon class, and are located
in communities where the laboring
element of the population is large,
For the past month Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock has had the various
postmasters who will handle deposits
in Washington instructing them in re-
gard to the details of the new system.
Following is a list Of the cities
where postal banks were opened:
Globe, Ariz.: Oroville, CAL; Lead
vile, Col; Occur d'Alene, Idaho; A n
aconda, Mont: Carson City. Nev.;
Ration, N. M; klamath Falls, Ore;
Provo. Utah; Olympia, Wash; Lara
ME, Wye; Bessemer, Ala; Stuttgart,
Ark; Ansonia, Conn; Dover, Del;
Key West, Fla; Brunswick, Ga;
Pekin, H.; Princeton, Ind; DEBORAH,
Ia; P%ittsburg, Kan; Middlesboro,
KY; New Iberia, La; Rumford, Me-;
Frostburg. Md; Norwood, Mass:
Houghton. Mich: Bemidji, Mimi:
Gulfport, Miss; Carthage, Mo-; Ne.
braska City, Neb.; Berlin, N. H.;
Rutherford, N. j.; Cohoes, N. Y; Sal.
isbury, N. c.; Wahpeton, N. D.; Ash.
tabula. o.; Guymon, Okla: Dubois,
Pa; Bristol. R. l.; EewbeTry, S c.:
Deadwood, 8. D.: Johnson City,
Tenn; Montpelier. Vt; Clifton Forge.
Va; Grafton. ". Va, and Manitowoc,
Wis.
The postal banks will be conducted
on strictly banking lines with tho
exception that there will be no pass
books, certificates of deposits being
issued In duplicate. Depositors will
be paid two per cent. interest yearly.
The postal funds, placed in designated
banks by the board OF trustees, will
yield the government IN per cent. II
Is believed that this quarter of one
per cent. difference will be sufficient
to meet all necessary expenses Of
conducting the postal savings deposit.
tories.
"A SIu SLuOy u tue law Creating
postal savings banks makes it clear
that the government will be bene.
fitted largely. and that within a year
or two after the system has been in
operation Uncle Sam may have all the
money necessary to meet deficiencies,
n to make effective public improve
ments without having to appeal to
Wall street for financial aid.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-13
Six Die After Shooting Eight In Battle
-iiss-o IN aTsd=is
zz Long.

London.-In a pitched battle in the
heart of London Tuesday six an
archist were slain, three police off,
GERS, three civilians and two soldiers
were shot and a number Of firemen
injured.
The anarchists, armed with rapid
firing guns, and barricaded in their
quarters in a four-story Sidney street
building. fought ! 600 policemen and
two half companies of soldiers, as
we'll az a squad OF artiiierymen, for
hours.
They were driven, finally. to the
root. The building had been set on
fire, either by the police to smoke
out" the suspects or by the men them.
selves to avoid capture. When the
supports burned the roof fell. and the
anarchists fell into seething furnace.
The dead anarchists are believed
to have belonged to = band that was
plotting o kill King George v. during
his coronation ceremonies. Two Of
them were suspected OF the recent
murder OF three policemen In q bur-
sglary In the H~oundsditch district.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-13
IS NOW FIRST LADY
Girl OF Is presides Over c.'a'
homa's Executive Mansion.
Governors Motherless Daughter, VINO
Is a Half-Blood Indian, sun
Duties Ordinarily Dcvolvins
on an Older Person.

Ardmore, .Okla.-Oklahoma's new
'arst lady" mistress of the executive
mansion and debutante daughter Oh
Gov. Lee Cruce, is a half-blood IN
dian. Her mother has been DEAD
since she was a little girl n ner
father has devoted himself to MS
daughter, who is now a student IN
Hargrove college, this city.
Miss Lorena Jane Cruce is the full
name of the young girl. She is only
sixteen years old, but the bsenc OF
anybody else to take charge of the
[~~cia1 ID domestic affairs Of the exc
CUT mansion makes it necessary LOT
tho governors daughter to step to the
frcgG G.ll assume the duties ordlnar-
lily GcvoLving On an older person.
Cfr7so was ro~r-,ed in 1893 to
CHI 10 J.ore. c. full-blood Chicka-
saw-Choctaw Indian OF the noted lie
Flore family of Carter county. She
was conceded to /, II of the most
beautiful girls in that section OF the
territory. She and her sister were
known throughout the southern par
Of the state as "Chickie and Chockle.'
The mother of the girls was a Chick
asaw and the father a Choctaw. Mrs.
Cruce, who died eight years ago, in
herited the facial characteristics OF
the Chickasaws and was m
"Chickie," while the name, "Chockie,'
was given to the other twin, who re-
sembled the fathers ace. the Choc'
taws.
Cruce came to the Indian territory
from Kentucky in 1891 and settled at
Ardmore. He had studied law at
night, receiving final instruction at
Vanderbilt university. He went into
the office of his brother, A. G. Cruce,
who had preceded him from Ken
lucky, and they formed a partnership
with w. B. Johnson, former United
States attorney of the Indian territory
district. The law firm was known as
Cruce, johnson & C-uce until A. c.