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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-21

10 visit the Eastern part
of the State to see for themselves,
During the month Of November
the Norfolk Southern Railroad, fol-
lowing out its policy of advertising
the State, made another exhibit az
the Land and Industrial Show, held
in the Madison Square Garden New
York. The exhibit was unique IN
character. and attracted widespread
attention. 1t represented in NINA
ture a farm. The fence surrounding
the farm was Of corn-stalks, topped
off by ears of corn, made something
like a picket fence. On the right
hand side as o entered the booth
which came from the eastern part Of
the State. This corn represented
exactly a field OF corn, and the stalks
measured II feet high, Well cared and
in fine proportion. The soy bean
and peas We're shown on the corn.
with the vines of the pea running ~
the stalk almost to the top. On the
left hand was q field Of cotton ready
for the pickerS, the stalks having
been pulled from actual field cultiva-
ton. As a background We're shown
the gfc.rs and grasses that are grown
in the EASTERN part Of the State. Over
lead nung the. bright tobacco, with
prices marked al which same actually
sold on the floor of the market, and
this attracted a great deal of atten-
ton. The fruits and vegetables We're
displayed to a very great advantage,
and the whole was unique in char
acter, and while in small space com
pared very favorably with the OK
hibits made by the great systems OF
the North and Northwest where many
thousands of dollars a been spent
in the preparation Of their exhibits.
The result Of this WOrk has be n 10
attract the attention of a very high
class of farmers Of the Northwest TO
the eastern part of North Carolina,
sCroo Of whom have already acquired
property and are preparing to make
extensive improvements. 1t is b.
lieved a great man others will iui-
low.
If the Norfolk Southern RaiIr .:..1
continues its policy and can be a6h
up by the people in the section from
Underwater to the Piedmont country,
it will lead to Il great awakening,
largely increasing the values of prop
erty, and turn the waste places to tn.
finest homes to be found in~ the It
fantic States and inhabited by the
finest class OF agricultural pc pile.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-21
HOLDERS
LIKE BANK PLAN
Cotton Growers of Harnett
Avail Themselves of FaciIi-
ties Offered Other News
Events in and Around Duke
Especial to News and Observer.)

Especial to News and Observer
Duke. N c., Nov. 1S.-A new en-
terprise has been started, or organ
lied at Duke and will begin business
about the first of December, under
the name Of the Standard Poultry
Farm. Two classes of chickens will
be kept, one for utility purposes,
which will produce egg for the home
market and broilers in season. then
kept for breeding purposes and a few
ggs from this pen will be offered
for Matching purposes. The Stand
ard Poultry Farm will keep Buff
Orpingtons exclusively, Eating eggs
from the farm will be put on the
gathered up and all eggs will be
guaranteed sound n not over three
days old.
Since the Bank of Harnett gave no.
tice that it would lend money on
cotton stored in the warehouses of
large number of those holding cotton
have made use of this privilege, all
borrowing only enough to meet neces-
sary obligations. The Slight rise in
the price in the past few days has
caused a great lea of cotton to be
put on the market and the farmers
generally seem to think this is the
sign of better prices.
Mr.. E. S. Yarbrough has exhibited
the largest sweet potato seen on the
market this season. He raised it in
his garden and says hat while his
entire patch was free from grass,
kept SO by chickens running on it,
that the weather kept him from
working the potatoes at all after they
We're planted, but hat the land was
in excellent shape lei planted. The
potato mentioned weighed eight and
one-half pounds and was on exhibit
ton at the HasSell-JOhnson Company,
only a short while, for a Durham res
taurant man came along and bought
it. The potato by measure was more
than a half peck.
MIR. j. A. Thomas, formerly Of this
place, has quit the Durham and
Southern Railway Company. at Dunn,
=. G., and accepted Il position with
the Norfolk Southern at Raleigh as
night operator.
Quite a MI of mill people here
nave found it profitable to keep o he
or more hogs* This is killing time.
and lots of them are saving from one
hoS $50 TO $40 worth of polk. They
say mat outside Of the waste from
the table that it only cost them about
,ouI cents per pound to raise the
moss. Ihey keep fine stock.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-21
SOCIETY TO PREVENT
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
Ladies of High Point Will Undertake
Formation of Such Organization.

Especial to News and Observer
High Point, Nov. 17.-Several Of
the leading ladies of High Point have
under consideration the organization
of a Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals. Pretty nearly
every one Of the city school teachers,
we understand, now also make II q
point to inStil into the minds Of their
pupils the humane fact that no real
&c ilenanly bow tor NAM vvill or
abuse or mistreat any of our dumb
brutes. Many Of the Pupils, as well
a the teachers, have reau that spteI-
did story. BLACK Beauty and its
truths are making "a good impress
sion.
The firm of Smith x Bouldin.
gTocers, on North Main street. have
sold out their interests to Mr.. y. +.
Mcclure. who will continue the bust-
ness at the same place.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-21

More Colts Seen in Cabarrus This
Year Than Ever Before.
I'rihu

Mr.. r. V. Caldwell, a good citizen
OF No. Z township, and one of those
good farmers who live at home and
board at the same place. was in Con-
cord a few afternoons ago. While in
conversation with a representative Of
this paper Mr.. CaldWelPs attention
was called to the fact that there was
an unusually large number of colts
following the teams from the country
mere this fall. Il have noticed that
more this year than any year since /
have been living in this county; 1 was
Doln and iedieu here ne said
There are more colts in Cabarrus
now than there ever was and stock
iaising is certainly on the increase. l
nave got six colts at my home, two
horse colts@and three mule colts, and
nave Il to break each spring"
When asked what it costs to raise
the colts Mir. Caldwell replied hat he
did not know as he did not miss the
feed very much and with the excep-
ton of sowing rye for them to run on
ne had no extra expense to raise
them. Il raise the colts in connec-
ton with NV farming, and don't go
TO extra work in doing so. but with a
small amount Of extra work and at
tention mules and horses could be
p1oftably raised in this county, and l
believe the farmers are realizing this
fact, too. for they arr certainly in
creaSing.'
Mr.. Caldwell also has q fine herd
of cattle in which there are twenty
young Jersey heifers and he not ONLY
has q large supply of butter and milk.
but can furnish the market With y
Jersey COW on short notice and al
ways receive 4 good price for her
The above facts are conclusive
proof that it is Just as poor bnsinass
for q farmer to buy Western hav at
$50 Il ton, when it can be produced At
homo for 50 per ton; Illinois corn for
81 per bushel when it can be pro
duced at home for 2Oc. q bushel and
Western meat for - cents when it
can lie produced at home for ) cents.
as It is TO pay $3.50 for j Missouri
mule When YOU can raise u CaDarrue
mule and hardly Mss the cost.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-21

II Mr.. Mcfarland is in n OF the
corr contests he will be pretty apt 10
capture some of the prizes
Mr.. j. A. tells us that hts
son Robert who is only 10 years Of
age, made this ear a fraction over
"a bushels OF corn on an acre OF land.
He used only $40 worth OF fertilizer.
This boy is in both the county and
State contests and stands Il chance Of
winning a prize.
finished gathering, s~hucking and crib
bling their corn and are nov busy SOW
ing wheat. They made good crops
of wheat the past year. This ana
the low price of cotton should be an
inducement to them to increase their
acreage in wheat another.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-21
BUSINESS IN POLITICS.
There Is No Danger of Socialism in
the United States.

(John Hays Hammond, in New York
American.)
The general complaint among bust
ness men is that there is too much
playing politics. and | believe there
is much truth in this view. Never
theleSs, there are great legislative
problems vitality affecting industry 10
be solved, but it is unfortunate that
the solution OF these questions is left
too much to denagogues or 20 incom-
petent legislators. The moral of this
is there should be more business men
in public life.
There is undoubtedly Il readjust-
ment between capital and labor TAX
ing place the world over. The proper
equilibrium tina will be established
will be for the advantage of both cap
ital and bor
There is much that is valid in the
complaint of the less fortunate or less
successful against many who have ac-
great wealth. All that
Americans should expect in the race
of life is equal opportunity, SO far is
the law can provide.
One of the best safeguards VIC
Americans have against socialistic
doctrines Of the destructive kind IS
hat ability and enterprise are not
handicapped by class legislation or by
conditions Of caste. The great bull
warks against dangerous socialism in
this country are the Roman Catholic
and Hebrew churches and the labor
organization.
With respect to the high cost of
living in America, j am convinced, as
q result of careful Investigations Of
the question in other parts OF the
world, that we live better. according
to our American of living.
for less money than the people OF 9TH
1- @,,, 49, 10 - fDnn-i -
true that we live higher than any 9TH
CT nation in the world, from the CAPT
talist to the Wage-earner FOrtunate-
ly, TO compensate for the Increased
cost of the higher standard of living.
we have in this country a compensate
ing higher wage.
The genius Of modern industry lies
in the conduc OF operations upon q
large scale. Were we to revert to in
dustrial operation upon the system Of
small units, not only would there he
ineVita bly, an increase of the cost OF
manufacture products, but our ma
ton would be hopelessly handicapped
in its competition for the markets OF
the world.
All other great commercial nations
encourage combinations Of capital
and the operation Of Industries upon
a large scale. Industrial development
on these lines is, of course, fraught
with the danger or nOp and II
is here that governmental supervision
must come in.
But whatever is effected in the way
OF great reforms must be by compro
mise, and Drejudices and many pre-
conceived ideas must be subordinated
to the accomplishment Of all great
1t is important that the
proper sense IF proportion be main
tanned, and hat the end justihes the
means.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-21
ESTABLISH
FRUIT STATIONS
Seven Points in Western North
Carolina Selected BY Gov
eminent For This
DIRECTOR BENSON GOES
TO WAKE ARRANGEMENTS

Experiment Will Be Made as the Re-
sui Of Recent Investigations BY Mr..
benson, Mr.. HUT and Prof. Cox.
and Will Be Under the General SUI
pervision of the Raleigh Office
Instruments Necessary Will Be
Provided For the Carrying on of
the Work.
leigh office of the United States
Weather Bureau. left last night for
the western part of the State, to es-
tabliSh fruit belt districts at Tryon,
Blantyre, Waynesville, ASheville,
Mount Airy. Investigations leading
up to the establishment OF these dis
trlctS were made recently by Director
benson, State HORTICULTURE HUT n
Prof. Cox. experts, of the United
States Weather Bureau OF Chicago.
Director benson will now take steps
toward having outfits installed at the
) tations selected. h instruments
Will consist of thermOgraphS, hygrO-
graphs, maximum and minimum Their
mOmeters, ain and snow cages. There
will be twenty-nine instruments at the
seven stations. to be used from the
valleys to the tops of the mountains,
in the fruit orchards. BY the use Of
these instruments there will be ascer-
tanned the temperature, the amount
Of frost, dew. humidity, etc.
This is the first work Of it's kind
ever attempted anywhere in the Unit
81 States and it's results will be
watched with keenest interest. 1t is
claimed that in Western North Caro-
lima conditions are especially adapted
to fruit raising. The work will be in
for several years, and will
be under the general supervision of
Director benson, of the Raleigh Of
fee, who will remain in the western
part Of the State about a month on
his trip. After the records have
been collected, Prof. Coz will assem-
bic those interested and discuss re-
suits.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-21
Feeding Hogs ChcapIy.
lProgressIxe Earmor.l

Progressive E'armcr.)
II SOY beans are worth rr0Tn Sl.33
a bushel when hogs are selling NJ D
cents n pound, TO S2.51 Il bushel with
hogs selling at 6 cents . pound, aS
WAS shown at Indiana experiments.
certainly the Southern farmer, VINO
an grow from 30 to 40 bushels OF
SOY beans per acre. which the o
viii harvest without cost, can afford
to grow this crop for hog feeding.
rather than continue to feed corn
alone.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-21
Good Farming in Lee County.

ISaIlOrd FNDress.)
We are informed that AFR. John Nc
Farland. of .Joncsboro. raised this
year 325 bushels OF corn on . -
acres of land. If this IS not good
farming where Wili yos 20 To find it?
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-13
AND THIS IN OLD OHIO.
Mob Thirsts for Blood of Girls Al.:
legged Assailant.

,Massillon, Ohio, July 10.-With
the cries of hang him." lynch the
brute" mob Of several hundred
gathered in the northern part OF
this city to-day and threatened to.
wreak vengeance upon Harvey Mick
ems, negro, who is accused Of hav-,
ing attacked Myrtle Evans, 16-5
year-old white girl. The negro was
captured by a posse that chased him
for several miles upon handcar. As
crowd surrounded the city jail and.
made a demonstration of violence,l
but was quickly repelled by the POI
lice and deputies. 81
News of the attempted ASSAULT
had gained with currency and intense
excitement prevailed, as the mem-9
bers Of the posse, with their prfson-:
er, arrived in the police station this
evening. The county and city au-'
thorities, anticipating an outbreak
had ordered the entire police force:
to the city prison, and, supplement-:
ing this force, a large number OF
special deputies had been swSfn in.8
Later tonight Mickens was spirit
ed away to the county jail, at Canton
for safe-keeping.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-13
Auto Explodes.

Grants Pass, Ore, July IA
family automobile party, touring
from Portland to San Francisco, end
ed near Crescent City, Oregon, yes
terday when the machines fuel tank
exploded, fatally burning one young
woman and inficting serious inju-
ries upon her sister, father and two
little brothers for whose protection
she gave her life. The dead is Myrna
Kelly. The injured: j. B. Kelly,
Myrna's father, Miss Angela Kelly,
Hobart Kelly, Homer Kelly, all OF
San Francisco.
A bump in the road struck the
bottom of the car stripping the gear
and tearing loose the gasoline tank.
AS the car sprang forward fire from
the burners streamed back, touching
the tank. An explosion followed
and flames enveloped the tonneau.
Myrna Kelly, with her arms around
her six and eight year-old broth
ers, crowded them down in the car
but was herself caught by the full
blast of the fire. She died late last
night.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-13
MAY Ask for Fielder.

It is rumored that the disgensary
commission is discussing the advisa-
bility of requesting Gov. Smith of
Georgia to honor requisition papers
for T. B. Fielder, the Atlanta attor-
ney, wanted in this State by the go7-
ernor on the charge of attempting to
bribe a State official and with con-
spiracy to defraud the State of South
Carolina. The commission held a
long executive session here on Satur-
day, and it is said that the Fielder
requisition question was generally
discussed, but no definite action was
taken.
The Newberry county grand jury
refused to indict T. B. Fielder on the
charges presented, and the governor
has offered a reward of 5000 for his
apprehension. Gov. Brown Of Geor-
gia refused to honor requ1sit1on
papers a few days before retiring
from Office.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-13
Seaboard Trains Into Florence.

Florence, July 8.-The construc-
ton of the Seaboard road has ad-
vanced to the Coast Line tracks in
Florence and the question of cross
ing the Coast Line will be a live is
sue again. Judging by the expert
ence in Darlington, there will be no
obstacles thrown in the way, and 1t
is expected that the road will be run
ming trains into Florence in a few
weeks, as the track is surfaced.
The gang of graders has been sent
from Florence to Mullins, where the
construction of the road on to George
town will be continued. There is an
unauthorized rumor that the Sea-
board will make a connection with
the Dargan road to Pamplico and be
pushed further on to Savage in the
lower part of this county, where con-
nection will be made with the road
being extended from Mullins and the
one now nearly completed from Rose
mary to Savage.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-13
More Money for Carriers.

Washington, July 9.-The 10000.
odd rural free delivery carriers in
the United States are to receive sal
ary increases as result of an order
issued to-day by Postmaster General
Hitchcock. The order provides for
the disbursement during the current
fiscal year of s4,000,000, which will
mean an increase for all carriers.
Congress provided last session for
the expenditure of this extra s4,000,-
900, but left it to the discretion of
the postmaster general as to how
much of it should be expended. Mr..
Hitchcock decided to-day to author
ize the expenditure of the full
amount.
His desire to compensate the car
riers for any additional burden which
may be placed on them, if the parcel
post system he has recommended for
rural routes is approved by congress,
was the important consideration, Mr..
Hitchcock declared to-day, which led
him to make the authorization.
The rural delivery system was
started Is years ago with SO carriers
who were paid only 5000 year. On
July there were 41,562 carriers,
their aggregate salaries being $685.
$4,000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-13
COST OF LIVING.
High Price Shown by Business Re-
ports-Increase of 4 per cent.

Washington, July S.-The high
cost of living is no myth. An investi-
cation by the bureau of labor OF the
prices of 257 commodities during
1910 shows that wholesale prices in
that year were 4 per cent. higher
than in 1909, and 1.6 per cent. above
the average of 1907, which was the
year of highest prices since 1890.
In view of the Canadian reciprocity
discussion an interesting item in the
bureau report shows that the whole
sale price of farm products was TO
per cent higher in 1910 than in
1909.
Wholesale prices in 1910 were
1911 per cent. higher than in 1900;
46.7 per cent. higher than 1897
(Which was the year of lowest prices
between 1890 and 1910.) The high
est prices in this decade were reach
ed in October, 1907, when general
decline began, which continued until
August, 1908.
Rise Continued.
A rise then set in and, there were
monthly increases without a break
up to March, 1910, when wholesale
prices reached the highest point in
20 years. They were then 21.1 per
cent higher than the average of
1900.
Then followed slight decline, and
from June to December, 1910, prices
remained nearly level, and at the
close of the calendar year 1910 they
were still 80 per cent. higher than
the ten-year average between 1890
and 1900. Of the 257 commodities
considered in the Investigation, 14S
showed an average increase, 26 show
ed no change and SO showed de-
creases.
Some Details.
Prices of lumber and building ma
terials increased 10.7 per cent; farm
products rs per cent; drugs Al per
cent; foodstuffs 3.2 per cent; cloth
ing 2.7. per cent; and the miscellan-
eous group of commodities 81 per
cent. House furnishings decreased
Oh per cent, and fuel and light 3
per cent.
Some extraordinary variations
were recorded during 1910. Pota-
toes increasd 800 per cent; eggs 80
per cent; coffee 60 per cent; mess
beef 35 per cent.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-13
BAMBERG, S. G., THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1911
CURSES ALABAMA GOVERNOR.
Court.martial in Store for National
Guard Captain.

Montgomery, July 6.-George H
Todd, of Montgomery, captain of Bat
terry B, End regiment, Alabama Ma
tional Guard, was elected from the
camp at Picket Springs tonight by
Col. Bricken and company of in.
fantry, for cursing the governor, the
adjutant general and his fellow Off
GERS. A court-martial will be ordered
in his case.
Todd was thrown from his horse
when a salute was being fired in hon
or of the visit of Gov. O'Neal to the
camp. It made him angry and be-
cause the men at the. gun laughed
at him, he swore they should not
complete the firing nor should they
lower the flag. Capt Lewis, of the
Tuskegee company, officer of the day,
ordered the salute to 60 on and when
Todd attempted to interfere, placed
him under arrest.
At a consultation held later, ADJ.
Gen. Scully told Col. Bricken to do
what he thought best and a guard
was ordered to escort Todd to the
outskirts of the camp. The affair
caused a grea. sensation.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-13
sTABBING AT BRANDON MILL.
C. F.. McCon Seriously Wounded by
A. l.. Pittman.

Greenville, July 10.-In a des-
perate condition from the effects Of
eight deep knife wounds, inflicted
by one A. l.. Pittman, c. F. McColl,
boss spinner at the Brandon cotton
mills, hovers between death and life
at his residence, in the Brandon mill
village. The trouble took place yes
terday morning about half-past s
o'clock, when Mr.. McColl was ap-
preached by Pittman, in the spins
ming room of the mill, in reference
to Mrs. Pittman's connection with
the mill.
Pittman was lodged in Jail early
yesterday morning, and will probe
bly, not be admitted to bail until there.
is very decided change for the bet.
ter in Mr.. McColl's condition. $
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-13
THREE LIVES LOST.
Terrific Wind and Hail Storm Does
$1Oe, 900 Damage.

Washington, Ca, July 6-Three
lives lost and a property damage of
100000 is the result of a terrific
wind and hail storm that swept over
the northern portion of Wilkes and
Lincoln counties Monday afternoon.
The path of the storm was approx
imately four miles wide and ten
long, embracing the larger portion OF
the plantations of several big plan
ters of Wilkes and Lincoln, among
them being M. A. Pharr, J. O. and
N. B. Chenault, D. J. Muse, B. j. Du-
Bose and j. M. Harper.
The havoc of the hail is without a
parallel in this section and unusual
this late in the year. On the farm of
Mr.. Pharr, for example, where seven
teen plows are run, there is not left
standing. on the entire place a stalk
of cotton or of corn. A field of 100
acres is nothing but broken stalks
now about foot high.
In the worst affected sections the
hail stripped the foliage of the woods
and fields, destroyed the fruit, killed
hogs and poultry in the barnyard and
rabbits and birds in the field.
During the storm lightning in
stantly killed three negro women in
the same house.
So marvellous were the statements
of the disaster that interested Wash
ington citizens would not believe the
reports until several parties returned
last night from the scene with assur-
ance that the picture had not been
overdraWn.