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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-01

too badly addressed to be delivered.
Ihat alone is quite a chore."
But outside that and more directly
connected with the rural delivery SER
vice is the division of t~opograrhr.
This is little appreciated except here
in the department., but it is am inn
portant cog in our machinery. 1t COL
lects, complies and publishes all the
geographical information required by
the service, including the plating Z
existing post offices and the mail
routes. This information is embodied
IN p~Ost-route maps n in blue-pr}Uts
We have 500 such maps in the de
partment here, and they have to he
corrected to date every month. In
addition We have about tWenty-thTce
thousand special diagrams, which are
intended for the railway mail service
and We have to draft maps Of the
counties where the complete rural de
livery service has been established.
We made 215 new maps of that kind
last year. These maps are of great
value, not only to the department. but
to outsiders. They are used by bust
ness firms and private individuals and
are sold at just 10 per cent over the
cost of printing, h proceeds going
to making more maps Indeed We
have plenty to do"
FRANK @. CARPENTER
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-01
FARM LIFE SCHOOLS AND
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
President Alexander. of the Farmers Union, Shows what that Dig
Farmers Organization Is Undertaking to DO TOT
Farmers Children

must turn the minds n hearls OF
our girls to home making, to Wfiehooo
and motherhood, if We would save the
ace.
This organized campaign for asrt-
cultural education has already MADE
IFS influence felt on our state LeSlS-
lature. AT the last session the county
Farm Life School bill became a law
This is probably the most constructive
piece Of legislation within the history
of his generation. we nope lhat
within the next ten years every coun-
" in the State viii have established
one Of these schools, where our poys
will be given practical training RI
everything pertaining to farm me-
and where our girls will be thoroughly
trained in domestic science ana ART
The result in a few years Will De Won
derful prosperity for our beloved stare
Two blades Of grass will be made TO
grow. where only one had grown De-
fore"
Then the cry of over-production will
no longer be heard in the land. Along
with scientific production Will De
taught scientific marketing and dls-
tribution. A years supply Of no farm
Will be forced on a glutted
marke in a few months time. FRO
ducts Of a perishable character Will De
properly distributed all over the coun-
try. and lnuS dNOlu toiSe7NSo -
procnerOuS hapDV farm homes, with
large families, will be the rule, rather
than the exception.
our courts viii no longer be running
divorce mills, unless our city cousins
furnish the "grist.' Love and rev
erence for home and parents, which IS
now on the wane, viii again be seen
and felt as a beneficent Ut on
the rising generation. The countrv
I,roo tho country Sah00I ana the
country church are the great character
builders of our century. They Will be
run on full time and at full capacity,
and will turn out a product OF Which
no man may be ashamed.
Fraternally.
H. Q. ALEXANDER.
Charlotte. n. c.. July "a.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-01
WICKEDEST OF CITIES.
frkutsk. Siberia. Annually Produces BOO
Mnrde1s With Zen Arrests.

Grkutsk (Siberia) Cor. \. Y. World)
There is no doubt about it-thls IS the
wickedest city in the world One wouln
| hardly come to Irkutsk for a iest cure
With a population of 10000 persons
crammed into a couple of square miles on
\ bend in the Angara River. 1t PRODUCES
500 murders a year, with an average Of
one arrest for each 30 killings. And for
each ten arrests there are but five con
transcription from the city s t,.nlai rec
ords. In one day this month there were
% murders and attempted murders with
in the city limits!
but the citizens look back enviously to
the zenith of its career to the days of
the recent Japanese war- Then cham
payne and wines were often cautiously
transported free Of freight charges from
ST. Petersburg and Moscow in steel cars
labeled "Powder"-cars militant with
painted imperial eagles and CosSack
guards. A colonel of one regiment openly
boosted in the Metropole restaurant the
other night that more champagne was
drunk in Irkutsk in one month during the
Japanese war than is sold on Broadway,
New York, in half a year.
The fun at Irkutsk starts ut midnight:
the city is as dead as a Sunday an hour
before. Then the moving picture shows
of which there are three TO u block on
the Bolshoiskaia. spin off their last films
and the officers and mining engineers
shows in the towns Of Siberia-crowd into
the restaurants.
You enter Il pair of swinging doors.
kick off your felt snow boots, hand your
furs to IN attendant. aud pass into a long
room thronged with diners, gay with the
uniform Of the garrison. and women i'm
smart Partisan costumes. At the far end
IS 4 small stage on when i score of girls
IN 2 minimum of skirt and n maximum of
smile go through fatuous double Shufhes
and dances executed with a degree of in
competency that would bring a blush to
the damask cheek of a Bowery soubrette.
A turn finished. the performers or sins e
ers skip down TO mingie with the audi
ence, scattering around the tables and or
dering the c~oStlieSt fruits and rareSt
wines that the cement Surpasses it
self in providing.
Here. too, the sons OF Cacie Sam keep
the old flag flying. Last year there were.
for instance. the young Harvard graduat
of a burg in the north Of PENNSYLVANIA
and his friend the ~clergyman's son. They
sojourned here for three hectic weeks,
spending $4,000 in our hotel during that
time. The Harvard man disbursed 81 900
in one day. and another day had 50 500
stolen from his person. The parsons son.
always kept, and showed good sense in
the keeping, 4 loaded Browning in one
hip pocket. but he spoiled this display of
prudence by keeping Il wad of 20. 900
rubles $4,000 in the other. to clinch by
the ready money lure any rich bargain in
mines that he might chance to run across.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-01
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-01

not only KNOW the traits Of character
necessary to constitute him, but must
strive earnestly and persistently to de-
EeIop that ~haracte In other words
existence and knowledge are desirable
and useful emily in so far as they are
productive of efficient service. H
that would be great among YOU let him
first be a servant
We can readily see, then, that to
meet the demands of the present day
an education must be of the heart, the
mead and the hand. The church and
her auxiliarieS are labOring for the
enlightenment and regeneration of the
mind and heart. Our school system.
from day schoo to University. has
dealt mainly in the work Of developing
the mind and storing it with knoWl-
edge, but not always useful knowledge.
Thus We see that very little provision
has been made in the past for the
education Of the hand.
And just here we discover the rea-
son of the in~adaptability and inefi-
cheney OF our rural schools. To edu-
cate the hand, it is necessary to know
the vocation to be followed and to Sc
lect text books adapted thereto. Our
people are just awakening to a full
realization of the i'm portance Of vOca-
tional education Of the agricultural
NicS = has ways Doou cO1CeuoO
hat the minister, the doctor and the
lawyer must have special training to
tit him for his calling. But not so with
the farmer. Any fool could farm, and
! am sorry to say hat as a result Of
this idea many of them. poor fellows.
are trying it. is it surprising then.
that agriculture has not kept pace
with the march of ogres in manu-
features, transportation and other in
dustries and callings?
But as stated above the farmer him.
SELF has realized his mistake and is
taxing steps to correct it. AS a result
of our organized movement through
the Union the law recurring
the teaching of elementary agricul-
lure IN the public schools has been put
INTO effect in many counties where it
was before unknown. This ampaign
OF agitation and education will be con
Ilnued until every public school in the
state becomes an embryo agricultural
coileSe. The Importance of this
course can hardly be oyer-estimated.
Elghty-tWo per cent of our population
Is agricultural. That means thai 80
per cent Of our boys and girls must
necessarily spend their lives on and
make their living from the farm. Fur
thermore, S5 per cent of our school
population never advance beyond the
elghth grade in the common school.
How important 1t is, then, that our
public schools should be made the
efhcient means of educating our bows
and girls for farm life and home max
Ing. That they may see new posi-
bilities for prosperity and happiness in
the farm home. That through the in
telligent use of scientific appliances
much of the drudsery and isolation OF
farm life may be eliminated.
We must stop the drain from the
farm of our brightest and most ambf-
tious boys, if We would preserve the
future prosperity of the country. We
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-01

To tie Editor: The extensive clrcu-
lation of your paper and the import
ance Of the subject Of Agricultural Ed
ucation, deserve a more thoughtful ar
ticle than my limited time viii permit
just now. l am on the move n am
writing betWeen trains.
A generation ago the object in seek
ing an education was to KNOW. To-
day the purpose Of an education is
three-fold: To be, to know. to Do. with
emphasis on the active verb. To BE
a noble, useful, perfect man, one must
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-01
TWO
What Makes the Difference Between
the University of Wisconsin, and the
University Of Minnesota?
(COllierS. J

Was it President Jordan, OF San
ford who said the campus Of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin extended across
the State? Men come from China
and from the Mediterranean to study
the methods OF this seat of learning.
That great university has been, ~
the persistent work of Its friends,
kept from the control of interests
which might seek to affect its teach
ing. This picture ought TO teach
something &c Minnesota, Wisconsin s
neighbor State. The reCency Of Min
neSota's university has been for years
toe largely made up of lumber harons
and railroad officials. One OF lt'
most prominent regents is G.. A. Sm1th
who has been indicted BY Federal
grand juries In more than one state.
He was indicted some years ago IN
his own State for timber trespassing
The prosecution was hushed, antf IL
is doubtful If ten persons outside 81
n grand jury that indicted HIM
know of the fact. He was the bold
est and biggest Of all the timber grab
bers in Oregon. In his keeping =
a regent of the University Of Mime
sofa. is the almost fabulous wealth or
h timber and iron ore fields. which
are the property of the school fahl
of the State; yet this timber is small
IN amount compared to that WhtsA
Smith and Ben Nelson, another regent
Of the university and fellow worker
with Smith in timber-acquirine. has
already cured for themselves from
the State. Smiths attorney. and ta
attorney for all of his lumber COM
panies. is another regent of the uni
versity. Pierce Butler. the leddIa-
railroad laWyer of the state. il anptt-
CT. The lumber and railroad la-
terests ought 10 have nothing a. ao
with the policy of the university.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-01
Rare Colonial Flag.
(Spokane Dispatch to the New York
World

World
w. T. DennisOn. of 1872
cherishes an American flag which has
been in the Denniston family for Io1
Years. Ihe flag. which is of bunting
and all hand-SeWn. was made in 1890.
IL is a flag OF the Revolution. having
thirteen stars and thirteen stripes
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-01

Bliss in Possession Will not last;
joys are never past:
At once the fountain. stream and sci
They were, they are, they yet shall te
-Montgomer
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-01

Nhen a man can't lie to his wife -
a sign he hasn't got one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-26
REV. RICHESON PROTESTS HIS
 INNOCENCE TO HIS FATHER

Douglas Richeson of Chicago, broth CT of the minister. All are in the city to aid in the clergyman's fight for acquittal.
 The elimination yesterday of the body of Miss Linnell precipitated the first court clash between attorneys for the prosecution and for the defense. It was the government which scored, for Judge Murray, in municipal court to- day. ruled against the petition of At torney Phillip R. Dunbar that the de- fense be present at a second autopsy.
 The body was subjected to an ex- animation by Medical Examiner Timo- thy Leary early today. following which District Attorney Pelleticr issued q statement declaring that no poison vessel was found buried with the body. He also suggested the possibility that another poison as well as cyanide of potassium may have been used At the conclusion of the medical examiners in- vestigation the coffin was forwarded to Hyaniss and reburied.
 The Suffolk county grand jury will consider the governments evidence at a special session tomorrow. Summonses were issued today for all the members Of the Linnell family, William Hahn the Newton druggist, who told the po- lice that MT Richeson had purchased cyanide of potassium from him, and Frank H. Carter, Tn whose home MT. Richeson's apartments were located.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-26

Boston, October 25.-C. T. Richeson of Amherst, Va, visited Charles street jail today, his youngest son, the Rev. V. T. Richeson, who is accused of the murder of Avis Linnell, his one time fiancee. Since the young man left his Virginia home, seven years ago to enter the Baptist ministry, his father had not seen him until today, and the meeting was dramatic. In the first words of greeting, even before he had clasped hands with his father through his cell door the clergyman eX- claimed. Father, I am innocent"
 The veteran Confederate soldier, who has all along expressed belief in his sons innencence, wiss visislN infected. lie grapsed the bars for support, while he answered only. My boy, my boy"
 For more than an hour father and son conversed and Richeson then left the jail as he came. in closed car riage, and was driven, it is believed, to the home in Brookline of Moses Grant Edmands, father of Miss Violet Edmands, to whom the clergyman was to be married. It was reported that family reunion was to be held at the Edmands home tonight at which would be present also Miss Lllie V. Richeson of Saranac Lake, \. Y., sister, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-26
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1-4ebels win another victory. To obtain talesmen worrying court Politics figuring in Mckee case
 now.
 Rev. T;icheson protests his inno-
 cence.
 Police active investigating Knabe
 murder.
 President Taft will enter Wiscon-
 sin today. 2-Walker Percy replies to article. Rate reduction very important. Roads convention in session. 3--"Bucolic Statesman" Black belt fair opens soon. Prisoners escape from Perry jail. Sheriff's posse on negro's trail. 4--Editorial comment 5-Magazine men to write mp city. Birmingham boys experimenting m
 wireless.
 All ready for golden jubilee. Judge Grubb to sit on court of ap-
 peals Alumni to remember Dr. Smiths birthday.
 Underwood will return by end of
 the week. 6--Sports. 7-Dolly Dalrymple on the Golden
 Jubilee.
 Society. HaE S--Roads delegates get down to work 9---Zapatistas menacing capital. court hears all objections. 1l--Alleged ticket thieves arrested. 13--All are talking about Underwood. 14--Power company anticipates fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-26
ALABAMA BUSINESS MEN WANT
 TO DEVELOP THE COOSA RIVER
BY WALTER HARPER

Washington, October 25.-(Special) )- A delegation of Alabama bushes men, headed by Congressman John L, Burnett and Congressman c. w. Taylor, arrived in Washington tonight for the purpose of appearing before the board of review in the interest of the further develop ment of the Coosa river. They will appear before the board of review to- morrow morning and the principal ad- dress will be made by w. F. Lay of Gadsden.
 Those in the party besides the con gressmen named are: Capt. J. NJ. El- iiott and ". P. Lay of Gadsden and F. M Tutwiler Jr., of Birmin gham. The party was met in Washington by Con- gressman Gordon Lee of Rome, Ga, who Is interested in the development of the river, and who will assist in laying the matter before the board. Congressman Burnett came over from Columbus, O., where he made an address before the purity congress yesterday. While in Columbus, MT. Burnett was entertained by Governor and Mrs. Harmon at their home.
 Alabama is represented in the annual convention of the second and third class
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-26

postmasters of the United States by Miss M. T. Fowler of Uniontown, and Mrs. Ida Tillman of Geneva. Other delegates from Alabama may arrive tomorrow.
 A federal officeholder, a republican from Illinois, in Washington today, declared to your correspondent that he would vote for oscar Underwood if he is nominated by the democrats for President. This gentleman. who does not care to pub fish his name just now. said: If the democrats nominate oscar Underwood of Alabama for President l will vote for hin, but he is the only democrat l would vote for. If President Taft should ask me I would tell him the same thing even though l lost my job the next minute. think Mir Underwood is one of the great est and safest men in public life today of any party or any faith. It will not surprise me to see Underwood nominated after a deadlock between Wilson and Harmon.
 T am not alone among republicans who feel as I do about MT. Underwood. There are thousands of then. all over the east ami west. Thousands of men who have never voted for a democrat would and will vote for Underwood if he Is nomi- mated. They have wanted a safe man to go to outside of the party that is betray- ing them and they would accept a fair and able man like Underwood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-26
Nan Chin and Kwei Lin Are in the Hands of the
 RevOIutiOnists
ACTION OF ASSEMBLY,
 INCREASES GRAVITY
Threats Are Made to Dissolve Un- less Huai Is Dismissed and Punished-U ltimatum Is
 Delivered

London. october 25.-A special dispatch from Peking reports that the revolutionists have outflanked the imperialists 1S0 miles north of Hankow. The rebels, according 10 the dispatch, captured the govern ment's war chest, containing 1,500- 00e taels or $1,00o,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-26

can be carried on just as well at Dayton, O., as here.
 In view of this unexpected decision of Mir Wright, it is believed the tests here will end Saturday when the glider will be shipped back to Dayton.
 AIr. Wright declared that his flights here have disclosed to him that the flight of birds is rendered. safe by reason of their instinctive adaptation to upward trends of air currents. This instinct, the aviator added. must be supplanted by mans knowledge. careful study of air cur rents and their lifting power, in his opn- ion. is necessary to the advancement of aviation.
 The wind was light today and although m re than 20 gldes were made by both Wright and Alexander. none was sensa- tional. Better weather conditions are promised for tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-26
WRIGHT DECIDES 10. QUIT EXPERIMENTS Success Depends on Great CT Knowledge of Air
 Currents

Kill Devil Hill N. C., October 25.-Or- vile Wright today practically decided to abandon the experiments he has been making here with gliding machine in the hope of discovering an automatia method of preserving the equilibrium of heavier than air flying machines. His record breaking test yesterday when he remained virtually stationary in the air for nearly ten minutes, convinced him that the development of aviation depend cd almost completely on a greater knowl- edge of air currents and greater skill on meeting such conditions.
 Any way, he declared, the experiments
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-26

New Orleans, October 25.--G. Gar land. brother of Allan Garland, and chief deputy under Sheriff Swords stated this afternoon that he had re- signed.
 In giving his reasons he said to the Associated Press:
 T secured positive evidence that the sheriff had placed man on the jury
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-26
Holy Ghost Leader Arrested

Durham, Me-, October 25.-The Rev. Frank Sanford, leader of the Holy Ghost and Us society, was arrested today at Shiloh. the society's colony here. by a federal officer. It is understood Sanford was wanted in connection with the death of four of his followers from scuryy. due to insufficient pr{ issfw on board the soclety's yacht Col
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-26
Legacy to Rryn MaMr

New York, october 2o-A hequest of s7o0 GOO is made to Bryn Mawr college by Emma Carola Woerschofer of this city, who died at Cannonsville, N. r., Septem- Ter il, and whose will was admitted to probate today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-26

who had bet that Mrs. Mckee would be acquitted I,stold him I would have nothing more to do with his office. l had been working for his reelection and until learned this I believed In him"
 The sheriff would not make any statement tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-26
BRAINs:

Tampa, Fla. october 25.-After falling from the fifth floor of a a building on which he was working and landing on his head and hands. Lee Maxwell, a negro. got up and walked from the scene this after noon. He sustained only minor in- juries.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-07
~ TOMMY CLARK.

n Y Why is 1t that so little at
q AE tention is given TO base
" ~ sliding during the spring
training season? But