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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07

fuhy persuaded, and does not then
issue the writ; but when General Ran
som left, early the next morning. for
mis- nome. he carried this from Judge
rooks IF l were satisfied 1 had the
power 10 issue the writ I would do so.
These men ought to have q fair and
impartial hearing somewhere. Leave
with me your copy of the Fourteenth
Amendment" (Which, happily, General
Ransom had brought with him) and
| Will let You hear from me" We
know the result. On August 6, 1870.
Judge Brooks arrived in Raleigh.
Messrs. Moore, Battle, Graham. Bragg
and Merrimon sign a petition on be-
halI OF Josiah Turner, Jr.. praying for
the writ, the same IS sworn to BY
James II. Moore before Judge Brooks
himself, n the Judge issues the writ.
commanding Kirk, in the name of the
PRESIDENT Of the United States, TO pro-
cuce his prisoners before him at Sails
bury on August Is. 1870.
Governor Holden dies game. on
August 18th he writes President Grant,
DENYING Judge rooks right to inter
feTe, and says: 1t is my to
detaln the prisoners unless the army
OF the United States. under your or
ders. shall denand them"
The Acknowledgement of the United
states replies next day by direction
VI L 1SS1utlll grant,, ana closes MS let
ter as fOllOWs: 4 advise that the State
authorities yield to the United states
JudlciarE.' AT the trial in Salisbury.
Colonel Kirk marches into the court
room With his prisoner under military
escort. He is Indignantly ordered out
Of the room by the Judge. The trial
proceeds; its record reads as follows:
NO cause being shown for the cap
ture and detention of the prisoner, it
is ordered by His Homo that he be dis
charged and allowed to go without
day, and that George W. Kirk pay the
cost OF the proceedings to be taxed
by the clerk of this court"
Judge Brooks died in January, 1881,
and his remains repose under a monu-
n1ent in Hollywood Cemetery, Eliza
beth City, erected by MS wife. This
upright Judge, this noble Christian
omar his wife. the petitioner and
his able and faithful attorneys, the
gallant soldier, accomplished states
man. orator and patriot, have gone to
their reward. But, lest we forget
These are deeds which should not
pass away,
And na1ne that must not wither.
tho the earth
EofgetS her empires with q just de-
cay,
The enslavers and enslaved. their
death and BIRTH
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07
DR.. van Dykes Two Personalities.

DR.. Henry var Dyke, who has re-
entity severed his connection with
Princeton University, said, in reply to
inquiries regarding his future ours
Future plans? ] have none, except
to 90 on writing for a living and
preaching for love in an atmosphere
friendly and favorable 10 that kind OF
work Regret over the resignation
Will be modified by the thought that
this is precisely the work DR.. van
Dyke is best fitted to do. He is IN
doubtcdly one Of those rare men who
can write and preach, too, without
letting the one interfere with the
other. No one would suppose The
other Wise Man had been written
bv a minister. His mission Wonld
seem to be to draw closer the cOnnec
ton between letters and religion and
everyday life: and perhaps his resig-
nation from Princeton, by c~niarging
his sphere Of activities. may prove one
Of the fortunate accidents Of ltera-
fnYP-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07
BOOKS.

(By EDWIN CARLIIE LITSEI.l
Books there be on every theme:
Books to bring the sweet day-dream;
Books which tell Of Science deep,
Rooks to put You fast asleep.
Books to chez you on your way.
Books to make Q sad or gay
Books which deal with problems
grave,
Books which tell OF prince ana slave
Books which sell and books which
won't.
Books which run and books which
don't.
Books s~tupendous, gift books small,
Books and books in cach book-stall.
Pooks and books and books To read,
Books on crime and cant and creed.
Books boxed, books big. books for
Books, books, looks, books, books,
books, books,
The Book News Monthly.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07
DEAFNESS CURED
II have demonstrated that
deafness can be cured" -
DR.. Guy Clifford Powell

Inc secret OF how 10 use the mysterious,
and Invisible nature forces for the cure OF
DEAFNESS and Head Noises has at last hean
discovered by the famous Physician
Scientist, Or. Guy Clifford Powell. Deaf
ness and Head Noises disappear as II by
derful discovery. He will send all who
suffer from Deafness and Head Noises
full how they may be cured.
absolutely free, no matter how long they
nave been deaf, or what caused their deaf
ness. This marvellous Treatment is go
natural and certain that you will
wonder why it was not discovered before.
Investigators marvel ut the quick results.
Any deaf person can have full Information
how 10 be cured quickly and cured 10 stay
cured at home without investing 4 cent
Write today TO DR.. Guy Clifford Powell.
1920 Bank Building. Peoria. H.. aud get
full Information of this new AMI wonder
ful discovery. absolutely free.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07
HOWELIS IN THE LAND OF MARK
TWAIN.

William Dean Howclls sailed last
week for Bermuda, which has been
a~ffectionately called the land of Mark
Twain. The author of my Mark
Twain is sure to be constantly re-
minded of his friend in those islands.
1t may be claimed. in fact. that their
popularity as a winter resort is largely
due to Mark Twain's enthusiasm for
them in his later years. 1T is
heaven he once said in speaking OF
the place, but hell to get there"
Mr.. HOwellS writes in My Mark
Twain" that only a few weeks before
his death he laughed over our de-
feat with one of my family at Ber-
muda.' The defeat referred to was
an incident long ago at the Centen-
MIA Ceremonies at Concord which
Mr.. HOWells ~reciteS with much feel
irS in My Mark Twain"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07
SARAH BEISNHARDT ANALYZED.

William Winter, writing in the cur
rent issue Of Harper's Weekly, ana
lyzes the acting OF Sarah Bernhard,
whose visit to America has been the
feature Of the dramatic easOn The
extraordinary courage. fo~rtitude. ten
acity of purpose, and continuity or
labor that Sarah Bernhard has ex-
hibited have. naturally. aroused ad-
nliration. and that admiration IS we'll
deserved" he writes. But the ex-
ample is not SO exceptional as 10 war
rant an excess Of superlative ad1ec-
tiyes in the celebration Of il. Sarah
Bernhardt, within her natural field,
is a wonderful performer. even a
genius But that natural field. un-
happily, is one Of morbid eccentricity,
and the better its most typical images
are presented the less desirable they
show themselves Of being presented
at all"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07
\ Notable advocate Of the Cause OF
Women.

Wendell Phillips arguments for
Wona suffrage remain to this day
aInong the mast powerful ana most
logical ever uttered in hat cause, says
Charles Edward Russell in Success
Magazine." IN his lecture. Suffrage
for Women" occurs, for example. this
delightful specimen OF his method:
Chen. again, men say: She Is SO
different from man that God did not
mean she should vote Is she Then
l do not know how TO vote for her.
One of two things is true: She is
either exactly like m~an-exactly like
him, teetotally like hi1n-and II she
is, then a ballot-box based upon
brains belongs to her as we'll as to
him; or she is different, and then i
dc not know how TO vote fog her. Il
she is like me, SO much like me tina.
l know just as we'll how to vote for
her as she knows how to vote for her
self, then-the very basis Of the ballot
box elm capacity-she, being the
same as ], has the same right to vote:
and ii she is SO different that she has
a different rauge of ~avocations and
powers and capacities. then it is neces-
sarv she should go into the Legisla-
ture. and with her own voice say what
She wants. and write her wishes into
the statute-bookS, nobody Is
able to interpret her. Choose which,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07

horn OF the dilemma You please. for
on the one or the other the question
of the right Of women to vote must
hang"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07

Rigorous laws are often vigorous
injustice.-Terence.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07

Our sweetest songs are those that
tell Of sadIest thOughtS.-Sheiley.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07
RANSOM INCIVIL
LIFE AFTER WAR
The Story of His Winning Mrs,
Brooks, the Preacher and the
Judge and the Restoration
of Habeas Corpus
=. W. IL. S,
: He present generation

T. present generation can
little realize the deplo-
rable condition Of the
people of North Caro-
lima during the days Of
reconstruction, fro m
1868 to 1871. Today
every one is entitled to
and receives the equal
protection Of the law;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05
FRIENDS OF TAFT
 MUCH ALARMED

Washington, January 4.-(Special.)- 4. Senator Bourne has created some mis- givings in the minds of the White House coterie by the publication of a magazine article entitled "A New Way to Choose Presidents"
 Fear is expressed that it is scheme to prevent Taft's renomination. The Bourne article explains the new presi dential preference law just adopted by the Oregon voters through the ref erendum. It provides that in a presi- dential year the people shall be allowed at the primary election to vote their choice for presidential candidates, and that the delegates shall be bound to stand for the man whom the voters designate
 Senator Bourne thinks the plan will be adopted, in time, In most states, es- pecially those that have popular pri- mary laws. Anti Taft republicans say that under this plan a number of states would instruct delegates for other can didates than Taft. They claim that a systematic effort is afoot to have the plan adopted in some i5 states this winter and next. These include Cali fornia. Washington. Montana. Wyom- ing. Nevada, Colorado Nebraska, both Dakotas, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, maybe Indiana and with a chance at several other states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05
TUDAY'S AGE.HERALD

1-Pension raid planned by defeated republicans.
 London is ashamed of attack on anarchists.
 Big steamship trust Is sued by the government.
 Senator Elkins dies in Washington. Deadlock still unbroken in Ten nessee legislature. 2-Injunction stops action on viaduct by City Council.
 Underwood returns to Washing Heavy production of iron last year. s-Wants to punish Anniston alder Gadsden business men hold ban quet. 4-Editorial comment. 5-County surplus and fees turned over to roads and schools. Hugh Morrow feels sure of election as president.
 Strenuous work by sanitary men. Cahalan imposes fines on sheriff Citizens discuss Percy's commits sion plan.
 Lively fist fight in criminal court. Almon says he has plenty of pledges. 6-City government by commission Engine turns over on Frisco linn tied. 7-Birmingham social events. Dolly Dalrymple's department. S-Insanity increase is very alarming. Motor wagons for the fire depart ment. of stocks boosted upward. Closing prices on wheat very weak. Cotton declines in nervous market. l2-Herre Meek sues for his salary. Patients carried out as hospital burns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05
AIRSHIP FLIGHTS
 MADE IN DALLAS

Dallas, Tex, January 4-Rene Simon gave Texans fresh glimpse of the sue cessful navigation of the air by a heav- ier-than-air machine today when he made four thrilling flights in his Bleriot mono plane.
 Flights were also made by Garros in monoplane and by Hamilton and Fris- bie in biplanes, but Simon was the star of the afternoon, accomplishing marvel ous executions of the spiral glides, the right turn and other foibles of the late John B. Moisant.
 In a cross-country flight attempted by John Frisbie. the Irish aviator. he was forced to make a hurried descent when about a mile from the field and crashed into fence. badly injuring one of the planes of his machine. He was not in jured. In landing after his fourth flight Simon sped his machine along the ground and with the motor still running turned 1t around and ran 1t back to the starting point. This, it is said, is the first time the trick has ever been done.
 The meet will continue five days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05
DEADLOCK STILL JNBROKEN
 IN TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE

Rumors of alleged threats on the seating of Governor Hooper and refus- ing to indorse his appointments have been general, but are not considered well founded. The senate, as did the house, or as many members as have been sworn in, assembled at the agreed time in the afternoon, but getting word of the failure of the differences in the house to be adjusted, again dis persed and will likely continue ad- definitely organized.
 The impending senatorial fight is still somewhat eelipsed by. the chaotic general conditions of things, but the friends of present Senator Frazier, for mer Gov. Benton McMillin, G. T. Fitz- hugh and Luke Wright are losing no opportunity to push the claims of their respective entrants.
 The fusion members of the house tonight issued a statement to the ef- feet that they had taken the oath at the appointed time and place, and were ready to go ahead with business, but that 37 members (regulars) had re- fused to be sworn in and were thus blocking all legislation.
 The statement further says:
 We are willing to settle all diff ferences which exist on the floor of the house while in session with duly sworn in members of the body and do not desire anything except that the wish of the people, as expressed at the ballot box in November, be car ried out. We expect to remain in ses sion, giving an opportunity for the ab- sent to come in, but deem it due to the people of Tennessee to make known who are now stopping the wheels of business"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05

Nashville. January 4.-Tennessee legs- lative business remained paralyzed through today as the promised end of the strike among regular democrats in the lower house failed to materialize.
 Two sessions of each house were at tempted, but aside from the naming of a minor officer in the lower house and the transaction of some trivial business in the senate, each adjourned perfunctorily with no definite intimation as to when differences would be adjusted, and regu- lar matters of legislation be taken up. At the opening of the lower house or the assembling of a majority of its members 1t was understood thet everything ,rokiuz had been arranged and that at o'clock the 3s regular democrats refusing to quail fly would materialize.
 The basis was understood to be that all contests should be withdrawn in both houses except two admittedly legitimate cnes involving the interests of each side an independent democrat getting a dis puted certificate in the house and a reg ular being seated over an independent in the senate. F.s
 Regulars declare that the failure to carry out the programme as far as they were concerned was due to the fusion representatives at the last moment, claiming that the agreement include the dropping of all contests in both houses. The fusion spokesman insisted that this was contemplated from the start. so that as matters stand highly unsettled con- dition prevails.
 that some time tomorrow the warning factions will get together on the basis of dropping all contests except the York-Davis contest in the senate and the Ausmus-Day contest in the house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05
BANKS ARE EASILY
 ROBBED IN KANSAS

Topeka, Kan, January flank Com missioner John Dooly reported today that during the last three months thirty banks have been robbed in Kansas, one every third day, and that the safe-crack- CTS have secured $10oOOo. During this time not one robber has been captured.
 Commissioner Dooly says there are two organizations or gangs, one on the north ern and one on the southern boundary of the state, and that their system of protection Is so perfect as to place bank robbing among the less hazardous occu- pations. Attention Is called to the fact that while the robbers have their head quarters in Nebraska and Oklahoma their operations are confined to small towns in Kansas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05
JAMES J. GALLAGHER
 RECEIVES SENTENCE

New York January 4.--James J.. Gallagher. who shot Mayor Gaynor last August. was sentenced today to 12 years Imprisonment. He was convict ed in Jersey City on an indictment charging him not with shooting Mayor Gaynor but with assaulting with intent to kill William H. Edwards, commits sioner of street cleaning of New York city. The jury was out 40 minutes and the trial lasted but a portion of one day. Tn addition to the 12 years. Gal lagher will have to stay in prison un- til the cost of his prosecution has been paid by prison service. He show ed no emotion when the verdict was read or sentence pronounced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05
GOVERNOR BALDWIN
 ASSUMES HIS DUTIES

Hartford, Conn.,, January 4.-From the highest seat in the judiciary of Connect icut, relinquished a few short months ago because of having reached the age limit, Judge Simeon B. Baldwin passed to the highest elective state office in the gift of the people of the state when this afternoon he became governor. Judge Baldwin is a democrat and 1t had been IS years since one of his party had as- scended to the speakers rostrum to take the governors oath.
 The administrative officers elected in November, all of whom are republicans, took the oath.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05
DR. CLARENCE J. OWENS
 AIDS MEMORIAL PLAN

Washington, January 4.-(Special.)-Dr. Clarence J. Owens of Abbeville, Ala, commander-in-chief of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans. spoke at Confed- crate Memorial Home tonight at meet ing to arrange plans for it's maintenance. He declared that the south was restored to it's strength, that the country was thor cughly reconciled and that there was no impropriety in the maintenance of the Confederate home in the national cap itel. It
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05
Michigan senate Meets

Lansing, Mich., January 1.-The Michigan state senate convened in bi- ennial session today at noon. The house will convene tomorrow. The democrats have only three members in |&he senate and IS in the lower house. |Eharles Townsend of Jackson will be
 lected te succeed Burrows in the sen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05
Truck Garden. Damaged

Bay Minette, January 4.-Orange trees and truck gardens were severely dam aged in this section today by the coldest weather in 25 years. Street thermome- ters here registered 12 above zero; ice nearly an inch thick coated ponds and a frozen crust covered all exposed earth. The cold driven by a high wind pene- trated walls usually warm enough for this climate, while there was intense suffer ing in the fiimsily constructed cabins used by the poor. -> I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05
FREEZE REACHES
 OYER THE SOUTH

New Orleans, January 4.-With the gov ernment thermometer registering P de- grees above zero early this morning, New Orleans is experiencing the coldest weather since 1905, when the minimum temperature was IS degrees above.
 Temperatures ranging from 8 to IA de- grees above zero were reported this morn ing over the interior of the gulf states and IS to 22 degrees was the range along the coast.
 Fair weather Is, predicted over the west gulf coast tonight and Thursday with rising temperatures over most of the dis trict. Low temperatures are expected to continue tonight in the sugar and truck ing sections of Louisiana and Texas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05
Alexander McCracken Is Dend

San Francisco, January 4.-Commander Alexander McCracken. United States navy, retired, died at his home here late yesterday after a short illness resulting from a nervous breakdown. He was 60 years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05
Voted Painter Dead

x Antwerp, January 4.-The landscape
 painter, Francois La Mariniere. many. of whose paintings are owned by
 American collectors. died today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05
Cold Wave Is Severe

Atlanta, January 1.-The cold wave spread it's ice belt over almost the entire southeastern corner of the United States last night, only southern Florida es- caping. From Charleston southward this morning the usual mild weather climate of the coast ports was replaced by freezing temperatures, with forecasts of as low as 20 degrees above for tonight. At interior points in this section the cold was more intense, causing much suffer- ing Augusta reported 21 degrees above this morning, Macon IS above and the mercury was still falling. Last nights minimum ct Atlanta was il above.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05
Heavy Snow In Italy

Rome, January IA very heavy snowfall has interrupted railway com munication with the north.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05
BIG EARTHQUAKE
 OCCURS IN ASIA

London, January 4.-An earthquake of gigantic proportions was recorded by the seismograph at the observatory at West Bromwich between -1f:5 o'clock last night and 3:56 this morning, apparently 5000 or 4OOo miles to the eastward. The oscillation was so violent that the nee dle of the instrument collapsed.
 The earth shocks recorded at West Bpomwich, England, between u:35 o'clock last night and 3:56 o'clock this morning. and felt In Russia Turkestan from un- til 4:30 o'clock this morning. correspond ent allowing for the difference in time with the disturbance reflected by the seis- mographs at Georgetown university, Washington. and other points in this country between 6:41 and s:os o'clock last night
 Tashkent, capital of the general gov ernment of Russian Turkestan, Is an im- portant trade center, with population of about 157,ooo.
 Yyerny, which appears to have suf- fered most, Is a fortified town situated at the northern foot of the Trans -Illi-Ald- Tau, about fifty miles from the River Hi and about the same distance from Lake Issyk-Kul.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05
Destruction at Tashkent

Tashkent, Asiatic Russia, January A. violent earthquake was felt at various points of Russian Turkestan from to 4:3O o'clock this morning. Many build ings were destroyed and there were a number of fatalities, though the loss of life Is not yet known.
 Great Assures opened in the ground. Practically all of the stores and resi- dences at vyerny, the capital of the ter ritory of Somiryetchensk. were destroyed or damaged. The city has population of 23000.
 Communication in the disturbed dis trict Is interrupted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05
THE WEATHER

Washington. January 4.-Forecast for Alabama and Mississlppl Fair and somewhat warmer Thursday; Friday fair; moderate west winds.
 Tennessee: Fair and somewhat warmer Thursday Friday unsettled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05
Division Of Traffic

The complaint charges that the defend ants flor some time past have been en- gagged In the United States, and particu- larly in the southern district of New York in an unlawful combination to restrain a part of the commerce of the United States with foreign nations and the apportion- ment of this commerce. with the excep- ton of traffic consisting of steerage pas sengers forwarded through the Straits of Gibraltar, Is given by the government as fo11oue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05

Local office, United States weather bu- reau, Birmingham. Report for the A hours ended D. m. January 4, 1911:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-05

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