davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-20
(Cary Farmers Journal.)

BY reference to the article pub
lished elsewhere in our columns it
will be seen that the electors in Wake
county will soon have the opportunity
to decide whether or not our grand
old county will inaugurate a forward
movement, both in road Improvement
and education for the children on the
farm. In voting for bonds for road
improvement, the county will not in
crease taxation one penny, as we
understand the proposition. The
bonds and interest Will be paid out
Of the funds arising from the present
county oad tax. It is a measure to
realize at present the benefits Of our
road tax for several years to come
by paying 5 per cent interest on
$500, 900, the amount Of the road bond
issue. h question the voter Will be
called on to decide is: Will it pay
the county to pay 5 per cent for good
roads now, or wait for them some
years longer That money invested
in good roads is a paying investment
cannot be doubted.
Without good the resources
Of the county can never develop.
Good roads are the arteries along
which the traffic flows, giving life and
energy to the whole industrial sys-
tenn. There may be some who will be
inclined to decide the question by
asking: "Nill a road be built by my
farm or by my house?" A road may
not be built by your farm or house;
it is impossible to build a DAD by
every mans house,: but if one is built
halfway to every mans house he is
benefited; if it is built three-quarters
of the way he is benefited still more,
and if it is built nine-tenths of the
distance he is benefited almost as
much as any one, and in either case
10 1afo {ho- ~ orfh OF fbo
tax he pays for roads. The Journal is
not astraddle of the fence on either
proposition. but is for both-goOd,
hard, first, last and all the time.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-20
NORTH CAROLINA A GOOD PLACE
Human Nature in North Carolina is
Much Like Human Nature in Penn
SYlXania-And the wa is Over.

(Bion H. Butler, in Southern Pines
TouriSt.)
An old friend in Pennsylvania
writes me to say that his wife and
he asks me about North Carolina.
His questions are so interesting to me
that I had to write him a curious
letter, answering many Of his Ques-
tons by asking him others.
One Of the first things he wants to
know Is whether a man from the
North can live comfortably with the
by asking him if 1 do not live among
the people of the South.
OF course this refers to the theory
that the war Of fifty years ago is still
a living factor. My friend who writes
to me was not born when the wa
broke out. He is a kindly, neighbor-
ly fellow, who would make friends
anywhere, even in the p~enitentiary,
and he wonders If he would be re-
ceived cordially by the people here
It is so hard to get the people Of
the North to understand that a man
In North Carolina has about the same
character as the man born in Penn
s%ylvania. He has the same cOrdiality,
the same good fellowship, the same
kind of heart, the same sympathy for
a fellow-creature, and when I think
vi liz IhdIy Sool 1Sio = 80
around me-men born in this county,
men who fought in the Confederate
ranks. men too young to have fought
in either army, boys whose fathers
were sOldiers-and when l remember
that we live in the present. not in the
days Of half a century ago., it seems
strange hat men should ask me if
people from the North a get along
with people of the South.
Let me tell to everybody a truth
about men. It IS not where your
neighbors was born and raised tina
makes him a friend. 1t is his traits
of character. Andu while I am on
this line I will tell you what told
a man down at Raeford the other
day when he asked me how I liked
the people Of the South. I answered
him that / liked them just as we'll
and no better than the people any
where else: that wherever / had seen
people they appeared to me to be
about the same kind Of plumber; that
I could never find one section any
better or worse than anotherc that
the cautious canny Scotch blooa OF
Qukwhiffle township. where 1 live
now, is just about as cautious and
canny, and Just as honest and kindly
and hospitable as the Scotch OF
Washington township, where l came
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-20
Small Tools on the Farm.

If the average farmer were asked "How
much money have you INVESTED in the
that after a moment of thought, during
which he would have q mental picture of
an axe, a handsaw, a grind-stone and
rather a confused idea that there was II
lot of stuff of one sort or another some
where about the farm, would reply that
from s25 to $50 would cover the cost,
A recent investigation conducted in
Ohio, discloses the fact that this is far
short of the mark. Careful inventories
were taken on thirty-three farms, and in
every instance the total amount was
ed"
The fact that these small tools are
bought, one at a time as needed, and
are not cared for Systematically leads 1.
a very erroneous idea Of their value. Sum
marking the inventories of these thirty
three farms, it is estimated that to COM
pletely equip a general farm of 16o acres
in Ohio with small tools will probably
cost from $500 to $500, or in excess of the
farmers guess by more than 500 pei
cent. An error in Judgment CT thi.
against the farm is serious enough to
challenge attention.
Even on farms where inventories are
habitnally taken these tools Of mino.
"other small tools and given a guessed
at value, somewhat after the stereotyped
expression appearing on sale bills: "oher
articles too numerous to mention"
Farm requirements differ very greatly
the highest specialized farm not ned
ing nearly so many tools as the general
farm, The necessity Of a fairly complete
outfit is apparent if the farmer would
avoid expensive trips to town or to the
neighbors to meet some immediate ueed.
thereby stopping teams and laborers un-
til the repair is affected. The advantage
Of some systematic arran cement is also
apparent, in order that the exact tool
may be at hand when wanted and thus
avoid loss and delay by reason Of mis-
laid. borrowed, stolen or lost tools.
Some of these tools can be charged
to special farm enterprises. as to the
horses, the dairy, corn, hay. grain, etc,
but by far the great majority constitute
an overhead charge against the farm.
FL connection between an auger bit
handle and bushel Of wheat may not be
at once apparent to the miller but 1t re-
quires the auger bit handle to turn the
bit to bore the hole in the plank, OF make
the wagon-jack, to grease the wagon
that hauled the grain to the machine, and
that brought the wheat to the mill. Re
fore he bushel of wheat can yield a profit
it must helr the farmer pay for the aug
er bit handle and the other minor tools
which total a hundred or more dollars IN
value on any we'll managed farm. The
item is small but it is a part Of that
great overhead charge which exists on cC.
cry farm and which goes TO helm make
up the difference between what the farm
er gets and what some people think he
gets.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-20

the Central Highway, and good roads
and will build the Central highway
from New Bern to Kinston by the way
of Fort Barnwell route. also by the
way of Trenton in Jones county 10
Kinston. Craven Will also build a
frst-cIass road from New Bern TO
HarIowe and on to the Carteret county
line. The progressive citizens Of the
town of Morehead City have pledged
5000, a sufficient amount 10 Dulld d
frst-class sand clay road from More
head City to the Craven county llne'
Beaufort, the county seat OF Carteret
county has subscribed etWeen $1,000
and $4,000. and will build their link
of the Central Highway, connecting
with Craven county at HarloWe.
'The Central Highway is one Of
the most important undertakings
that has ever been attempted in North
Carolina. 1t is the largest stretch OF
road hat has ever been attempted pS
any State in the Union, and Will De
an object lesson Of the
through which it runs and VIII mean
that these counties in a snort Tune
will have a perfect system of GOOD
roads throughout their counties. This
Highway will connect at the Tennes-
see line with the great highway that
is being built across Tennessee 10 the
Mississippi River, for which the last
General Assembly Of Tennessee made
an appropriation Of $4,000 to DO the
preliminary work that has been done
in North Carolina by the trustees
without money. The North Cafollha
trustees have done better and more
effective work than Tennessee simply
because the people know that they
were working unselfshly for the
upbuilding of North Caro1lna ana
were In a position to speak the truth,
and to condemn bad roads where they
needed condemning and TO praise
good roads where they had been built.
THE good roads movement in
movement has ever grown, and means
as much to the State as n move
ment that has ever been started, and
is going to sweep North Carolina like
a cyclone.
This good roads sentiment is not
only strong in North Carolina, but
throughout the country, and It Will
be only a few years before the Ma
tional Government will aid the States
and the States will give libera1 aid 70
the counties and they will have a.
perfect system Of roads, which will
mean more to the upbuilding Of the
State materially than anything that
has ever been attempted. But II the
counties wait for the States or If the
State waits for the nation to help
them, nothing will be done. The
place to begin is at home. The eyes
Of the State are on Wake county. and
If she falls down on this bond election,
it will be a disgrace to the entire
State, and will be a black y to
North Carolina. Wherever a pond
issue fails, 1t Is conclusive evidence
that there Is a lack of progressive
leadership IN that community
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-20
THE POTATO FIELD.

There is no work on the farm that
Will pay larger and more certain prot
it's than frequent cultivation OF the
potato field before planting time. All
of the weed seeds that may have
better capillary attraction of moisture
is established with the subsoil. The
frequent working Of the soil Will make
considerable plant food available ana
the young plants will take on a more
vigorous and rapid early growth.
We make a practice of rolling our
potato field as soon as Ii is plo"@d,
and going over lengthwise of the fur
row with a light harrow. so that the
interspaces between the furrow may
become filed with loose soil to prevent
the evaporation of moisture. After
the field has lain a few days the s"dS
are cut with a disc harrow both ways
and the field narrowed with q common
spring-tooth harrow until the seed
bed is established.
Much of the subsequent labor 70
quired to care for a crop Of potatoes
may be avoided when the ground has
thorough and careful preparation be-
fore the crop IS planted.
We grow better tuhers when W"
plant in check rows and cultivate hoth
ways. The yield is slightly emaIier,
but the tubers are more uniform ana
will grade better when marketed.
There is little real in plant
ing small potatoes for seed. although
some years they will produce fairy
crops of potatoes.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-20
SHALL WAKE 60 FORWARD?
Chance Offered to Take leng
Progressive Step

Without Good Road and Good
to It's Children OF Its People, At
tract Desirable Settlers or Make
That Progress That Live
Are Making.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-20

The horse population ~ the world q
estimated az more than III .oGO.D 900 # Hhfch
about 43. Oe0. 600 are in Europe, 2SHtitpp
IN North America. 100000 in AshIa.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-20

If you keep a lot of cats. YOU wont
ave birds about the place. Birds de-
stroy a great many insect pests.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-20
Chairman Warner of Gen.
trail Highway Commits
sion Tells of Outlook
FINE FORCENTRAL HIGHWAY

Every Foot of Territory for 1t Is Or
Organized and Throughout the State
Their Is Enthusiasm on the Subject
OF Good Roads, Many of the Coun-
ties Having Voted GoodIy Sums
With Splendid Prospects in Others
for Increased Work.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-15
COUNT DE CATCHY FREE
lie Is Convicted, Sentenced 10 Month
in JAIL, and I%tclensch.

Tours. France. January l~i.-"Count'
DAulby dc Catchy Was convicted to-
day and sentenced to ono months I'm
~hr:sonmcnt As he already h;ti spent
more than a month In Jail while await
ng trial, D'Aulb% Was given his free
lon. The spectators applauded the
findings OF the court. The Judge an
nounced that he had found D'.>ulby
guilty of fraud in connection with the
sale OF 4 Corot.
The Countess D.Anlby, who also
"as on trial with her husband. bur
against whom the charge was aban-
ioncd by the prosecution. was ac-
quitte1.
D'.Aulby was accused BY thc Duchess
&c Choiscul-Praslin With fraud IN con
ncction with the sale TO her and her
late husband. Charles hamilton Paine,
Of Boston. of a collection of pictures.
The duchess withdrew her complaint
after the case had been in the courts
for several DAYS, but the public prose
cutor refused to stop the proceedings.
Tho dcfcndupt maintained his good
faith in his dealings with the Paincs.
claiming that II the pictures were not
what he represented them To be it was
because he had been deceived himself.
He also defended his claim TO the self
imposed title of count. His wife was
4 Boston woman.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-15
A,ks Innc.tIuntInn-

Washington, u. c., January l..-An
investigation Of thc Department. Of JUS
ticc, 10 determine why 1t has Instituted
no prosecutions of the cotton and
wheat manipulotors OF 1898 and 1910,
Is requested in ii joint resolution Intro
duccd in the House to-day by Repre-
sentative Craig. Of Alabama.
1t calls for a joint committee with
full power TO summon witnesses, en-
anime papers ant records and com
pei witnesses TO testify. The rcsolu-
ticn directs an investigation into the
administration and conduct of the De-
part.ncnt OF Justice, its bureaus, Off
GERS and employees, touching upon the
prosecution or failure TO prosecute per-
sons. corporations or combinations for
violation OF the antitrust law.
Tie Craig resolution asks the COM
mittec TO particularly make an IN
vestigation Of the failure of the de-
partmcnt to make an investigation and
prosecute any person Tor violating said
law in Illegally c%onspiring to control
the price OF wheat by advancing or
raising the same in the spring and
summer of 1908; and a like failure to
prosecute any person for violating said
Law in illegally c%onspiring to control
the price of cotton by Reducing or
lowering the same during the talI.
spring and summer of 1910"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-15
Sec Mnndw rItIng nn Mail.

Especial to The Timcs-Dispatch1
Washington. January l4-Sevcrai In
formal conferences were held at the
capitol this afternoon by friends OF
the resolution providing for the popu-
lar election Of Senators. Tho SUCCESS
or Mr.. Borah, In charge of the rcsolu-
Ton. when he pressed the question yes
tcrdaE. startled even the warinest
Champions of this senatorial reform.
II IS evident that several Senator'S.
heretofore supposed TO he bitterly am
taS3niaiic TO this resolution, have seen
ihe handwriting upon the political
walls OF their own States and read
Alright what would be the result If they
opposed that which their constituents
demand.
senator Borah is much encouraged
oNcE inc success of the first days con
test, and to-day said he believed there
was no longer any doubt but that the
senate would agree to the resolution
and that 1t would be disposed of in
amp.e lime for the House TO ACT before
adjournment.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-15
STRIKE IS ENDED
fhfrtS-Ffvc Thousand Garment Work
crs VIII Return to Work.

Chicago. January 1i.-Tho strike of
INC garment workers of Chicago,
which has hccn drawn out for MANY
weeks. and which was participated in
by nearly. $4,000 workers. was pructi.
cally settled to-day. when an agree
n'ent was signed with Hart. Schaffnor
~ Marx, tho largest of tho clothing
manitacturers which will result i'm
1850 employees returning 10 work
within the next ten days. 1t is pre-
alctcu tho restoration of peace be-
tween the union and Hart. Schafrncr &.
MarX viii mean tho speedy settlement
or the strike between the smaller
Shops and end the long contest. Tho
main points to the agreement follow:
All striking employees shall return
TO work within ton days.
Ihero shall be no discrimination on
the part Of the employers between
union n ~non-union workers.
All grievances shall be adJudicatcd
by an arbitration committee.
The arbitration COMMITTEES shall nx
a method by which future grievances
slau be settled. The findings OF n
majority of the committee shall be
bindinS upon both parties to the agree.
y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-15

Especial TO The Times Dispatch.1
Alexandria. Va, January IL
Through Commemorative Attorney
Samuel G. Brent. S. Il. Donahoc. State
Auditor, to-day instituted suit In tho
Corporation Court of this city for tia
appointment OF other or additional re-
ceivcrs for tho Virginia Safe Deposit
and Trust Corporations; also instituted
suit for the recovery of SlS.2os.5s, be-
longing to the state OF Virginia. and
which has been deposited with tho
defendant corporation By Thomas ".
robinson. City Treasurer.
The petition sets forth that the
Corporation Commission on tho Stl
OF December. 1910, advised the cor
~poratton and directors that the securi-
ties had been impaired, and notified
them that unless the same were made
Sood within twenty days the commits
sion would take action. and place the
institution in the hands of receivers:
that the Commissioner Of Insurance
had notified c. J. RiNcy tina the de-
v~elopments showed that the corpora
ton was not solvent. and directed him
to issue no new bonds or renew others;
that c. j. RiXey and John s. Barbour
were unsuccessful in their efforts to
have the order withdrawing: tina the
corporation was insolvert n long time
prior to December IS, 1910: that its
condition could have been known from
an examination OF it's books. and thar
tho law requires the cashier to make
statements every three months, and
the directors to examine the same and
ascertain their truth.
Inv Not Complied With.
il is also Set out in the petition that
the law had not been complied with.
and everything was turned over TO c.
]. Rixey: that said c. J. Rixcy. over
drew his account S~3a.6SS.3s. and to Sc
cure ard make good the ovcrdraft took
S"o.o0o OF the money and property of
the corporation without giving note or
security; also that lie had issued TO
him Sl02,700 worth OF the capital stool,
of the said corporation. without pay
Ing a dollar for the same, ~disposinS
of this stock from time to time until
but $4,000 was left i'm his name: that
8 per cent. interest was paid investors
in the corporation, which had made no
such profits. which fact was known or
could have been known by the dircc-
tors: that the hank discov-
cred that Rixey had wrongfully aD-
propriatcd and cmbezzled $4,000 OF
the money and property of the corpo-
ration. and communicated this fact ia
the directors November 90, 1910: that
ItiXey acknowledged to n committee OF
the corporation that tho entry credit
Ing him with $4,000 was in his own
writing.
The petition prays that Riycy and
the board of directors of the defendant
corporation be madc parties to the
SUIT, and should the assets prove in
ADEQUATE to meet the States claim thai
they be made to pay the deficiency.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-15
AN AMBITIOUS PLAN
metropolitan opcrn md New Theatre
Mny lie Combined.
Especial to Tho TI,ncs-pisr,tch,

tSlSnidi W lnc tCn.1
New York, January 14-N nlnn 1.
oelnE considered by William X. Van
uerDilt. j. Picrpont Morgan. Otto Kahn
ana other milllonaires IN the direc-
1orates of tho Metropolitan Opcra
louise n the New Theatre to com
hino these Two institutions under one
roof in the largest and most maEni-
iicent structure of rs kind in the
World. MIR. Kahn has had the most
prominent part in tho moyement ns
MI. Vanderbilt and Mr.. Morgan are
~ theatrical syndicate. headed by the
ShunertS. has offered To take over tho
present New. Theatre building and man
age IL IN the production of n Spectacular
pla%s. simultaneously, Il tentative Of
Ier Is said TO have been made 10 David
Belasco to take charge OF the proposed
colossal theatre, which will be built az
q part of the new opera house, Just as
tho Garden Theatre Is n structural
part OF the Madison Square Garden.
MT. Shubcrt would not discuss the
matter to-day. and Mr.. Bclasco. through
a Representative. said he had no state
nlent to make at present
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-15
TAFT DETERMINED
FOR TARIFF BOARD
Committee men Sum
moned to Meet Him
at White aouse.
WILL URGE PARTY
MEN TO LIN E UP
Invitation Follows on Heels of
Intellectual Effort to Reach
Agreement at Conference.
Borah Still Hopes for Di-
rect Senatorial Elcc-
ton Law.
Especial to rhc Times Dispatch.

W~ashlnsto,:. January li.-PrcsiGcnt
Iait has summoned all the Republican
members Of tho Ways and Means Com
mlttec to meet him at a White House
dinner tomorrow night. The opo
tariff commission viii te the sub
icct discussed N this dinner. The Prcsi-
dcnt viii take Il determined stand for
a permanent tariff body. and the pro-
,cstihg Republican committeeman will
be urged to see tho light.
This dinner invitation enmc on the
heels of an Intellectual ciiort on the
part of committeeman this morning TO
set together on "A bill providing for
a permanent tariff board CT commits
sion. Eleven members OF the com
thlttec We're at his conference. 1t is
understood that ninc of them agreed TO
the Longworth bill with some modinca-
tons and that Dalzoll anu Fordney
stubbornly opposed 1t.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-15
HOPE ABOUT ABANDONED
'TInthtubp MnGnntrs NAV PIead GuiIt>,
mud Take C-Onacnuences

Washington, january 14.-Attornevs
the so-called "bathtub trust" have
practically abandoned their efforts to
get tho Department of Justice to con-
sent to fines. and It was reported in
counsel had advised their clients to
plead guilty and depend upon the courts
for l%eniency.
The governments prosecutors OK
poet to get the case to trial In the
United states Circuit Court In Detroit
early In March.
The indicted ones have until Feb
tho indictments. They have Headed
not guilty.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-15
AGAIN ATTACKS SMITH
Elcc~ Wilson Assaults Him IN
Candidates. Own Camp.
[Spccinl to The Timcs-Dispntch1

Especial to The Timcs-Dispatch1
New York. January li.--Governor-
Elect W'Ddrow Wilson. OF New Jer-
Scy,. Tonight made his second speech
In his campaign against tho candi-
dhcy of former senator Smith. who de-
sircs TO succeed United States Scna-
Tor kcan. The speech was made In
smiths own cam" in Newark before
an audience that filled tho audito-
The fact that two OF tho Essex coun-
y delegates who We're pledged to
smith have broken away. and the
runior thai others are w%cnkoning
added To the interest of the meeting.
me Govcrnor-clcct, in his light for
James u. MARITIME, who was the choice
AZ tho, primary, reiterated all the
tnlhyS ne said against Smith last week.
IN the home county OF Smith. where
ne is tho absolute boss OF the machine.
the G~ovcrnor-clect Tonight declared
that not 1000 persons wanted Smith,
ana said his cmoval from tho soma
'orlhl situation was no moro of n
capital operation SO far as tho De-
,nocricy was concerned tina would
clinic.