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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28
ABOUT PARDONS AGAIN..

The Governor Of a State is not the
only man TO blame when a pardon is
the method for the miscarriage of
Justice, though he should not escape
criticism because others sign papers
that are intended to induce the chief
executive to exercise undeserved elem
ency, though the men who favor i'm
proper pardons are as much to be
Criticized as the executive. The Nor
ven correspondent tof the Wadesboro
Ansonian congresses a world of wis
dom in the following paragraph:
I'VE notice the Governor has re-
ceived many criticisms Of late for
~pardoning so many criminals, per-
haps the criticisms are just, but we
fail to see where the whole blame
ishould rest on him, for. as a rule. after
twelve jurors have said guilty and the
judge passes sentence, this same set of
men who sent the party to the pen,
say to the Governor, We now ask you
to send this man home a free man,
and Of course the Governor is i'm
pressed that this great number of
citizens know more about conditions
than he and he acts in good faith and
grants their request. SO let us not ask
the Governor to do these things he
ought not to do. We are OF the opinion
that pardons should be far and wide
between
Jurors and officials and private citi-
izens should take their share of the re-
sponsibility and criticism. Opinions
should be far and wide between but
there are cases in which a Governor
would be unfit for his high Office if he
did not grant them.
The public should not be quick to
criticize the action of a Governor in
the use Of the pardoning power ex-
cept in cases like in Tennessee when
it was used for political and
was therefore corrupt. But where an
executive is honest. criticism should
be tempered except in such cases
where the miscarriage of justice is
plain and dangerous. The News and
Observer adopts this course as to all
Governors. 1t has never criticized but
one pardon by the present Governor
and that was the indefenSible and dan
use of the power in the case Of
ShemWell.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28
A GIFT.

"Once a Raleigh man, always in love
with Raleigh
That is a maxim lat received new
approval yesterday When the gift of
Mr.. Herbert ". Jackson, now
president of the Virginia Trust Com
pany in Richmond, Without solicita-
ton. sent a contribution of one thou
sane dollars to the Y. M. G. A. fund
Raleigh is now raising. It was hand
some and generous, and everybody
said, 1T is just like Herbert Jackson"
1t came just at the time to carry the
total subscription Of two days beyond
the $4,000 mark.
North Carolina never bred a truer
or better man than Mr.. Jackson, and
Raleigh never lent another State a
son who was more esteemed than Mr..
Jackson. In his new home he is APP
preciated and has more than made
good. but it warns the heart of all
Raleigh to him to know that he is
still as much devoted to the best well
fare of Raleigh as when he was one of
it's most honored and beloved citizens.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28
TAR HEEL DIRT Is HIGH.

North Carolina dirt is going some"
these days, and is in great demand.
The prices are soaring, too Will the
higher prices appear IN the tax list?
The Fayetteville Observer thus shows
how folks value Cumberland county
dirt:
Or. j. P. Ewing Yesterday sold the
Cottonade place, in Seventy-first, or at
least the $50 acres Of the original 1900
acres which he retained after selling
off the rest. to Messrs. J. W. and r. S.
Moore, prominent citizens of Dillon,
;. g.. for $4,000. Mr.. j. w. Moore
will shortly nov to Cottonade with
his family and manage the properly.
The Messrs. Moore already own large
bodies Of land adjoining the Cottonade
place., several hundred acres of Which
was a part of the original 1900 acres.
This 1900 acres sold less than ten
years g for $500, and now $50
acres Of it sells for $16,0 600. This
gives some idea of the enhancement of
land values in Cumberland r%ecently.'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28

It is 2 belief in the Bible. the 1rui.s
of deep meditation, which has serve
, me as a guide Of my moral ana ny
arary life. I have found it q capl.ai'
safely invested and richly productive
Of interest-Goethe.
had never in all my life so sreat
an inlet into the word Of Cod as now.
Those Scriptures that l saw notnihs
in before are made in this place ana
state to shine upon me. Jesus Cnrlst
was never more real and apparent
now: here I nave seen n felt him
indeed-Bunyan (while in PRISON..
The Emperor Of Germany, IN a re-
cent interview with a Well-knoWn pas
tor of Berlin. said:
Il often read the Bible. 1t IS a
pleasure to read it every Ugh A
Bible lies on a table at my bedside. L
cannot understand how so many peo-
pie exist who do not attend to Gods
Word. 1t is the source from which l
draw strength and light
President S~churnan, of Cornell,
says:
NO man can be unedueated who
knows the Bible
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28
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Copyright. 1909, by George Matthew
Adams.j
WEEKLY TONIC.
WEEKLY TONIC.
What Some Men Have Said About the
Bible.

To the Bible men Will return. And
why? Because they cannot do with
out it.-Matthew Arnold.
a noble book! All mems book. the
Bible. 1t is our first, ola est statement
of the never-ending problem-men's
destiny and Gods ways With him here
on the carth.-ThOmaS CARLYLE.
If we abide by the principles taught
III the Bible, our country Will go on
prospering and to prosper.-Daniel
Webst II.
The whole hope of una progress
IS suspended on the e~Ver-groWinS in
fuenre of the Bible.-William H. Sew
ard.
1t is impossible to rightly govern the
world without God and the Bible
George Washington.
Hold last to the Bible as the sheet
anchor of Your lbertieS. Write its
pFecelpts in your hearts and practice
them in your lives.-UlysSes S. Grant.
1t IS the Bible, the Bible itself. which
eombats and triumphs most etica-
c1oustN in the war between incr5dulity
.nu unbCllef.-GuiZOt.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28
Good Measure The Legislature
Did Not Adopt Will Be Enactesi Into
Law by Future General Assembly.
(Wilminctcn
Dispatch.

wilmington DlSpatch.)
u greensboro Telegram catches
our idea precisely. The legislature
cannot kill advocacy OF a good meas
ure. and because the legislature saw
fit not to enact certain laws is no rea-
son these laws should not be enacted
The Telegram makes comment there
upon hat is pointed and intcrestin@
and covers the idea better than We
could avs The Telegram:
The Wilmington Dispatch rejects
the idea that all bills urn down
by the recent Legislature are dead for
all time. The Dispatch is correct. The
majority of a legislature is not always
light. In fact. in these modern times.
legislative majorities are wrong more
often than the majority of the people.
and the majority of the voters are not
always right. No question Of public
Importance no problem Of government
or OF civics or economies is settled uH-
til it is settled right. If the Legislature
Killed some bills which in righteous
ness and justice to the people. ought
TO have been enacted into law, those
DIS are not dead but sleeping. They
will be by the influence of
an aroused public conscience
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28
HONOR FOR GILES WESTBROOK

The worlds honor and praise are
said TO be due to the man who causes
two blades of grass to grow where one
formerly grew. If that is. true, how
much more honor is due to the man
who discovers a new hog food, since
hog and hominy are the hope of the
country? Mr.. WeStbrOok, who is a
membe of the famous Wea brook
family who were pioneers in Straw
berry culture in Eastern North Caro-
lima, discovered this new food by no.
ticing his hogs roofing around for
something in the ground: he investi-
gated and saw an herb with small roots
to it, of which the hogs were wildly
fond. This was some years ago since
which time he has been prOpagatinp
the food and finds it not ONLY GOOD
but exceedingly cheap. He has been
fattening his hogs on it and saws tho
meat IS better and finer than when
the hogs are fed on other things
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28
UNCLE WALT
The Poet PHILOSOPHER

Your friends will come to your hum
bic cot, and SIT on the porch with you,
and talk of the tariff until they're hot,
and help you to smoke
FRIENDS and chew. But when you
are needing a Ii p z
hand TO carry a trunk upstairs. your
friends will scatter to beat the band,
each bent on his own affairs. You
neighbors will lean on the backyard
fence, and help you roast the law, and
shoot fiery arrow of eloquence at eff
figies made of straw. Your friends
are thoughtful and kindly men. the salt
of this booming land: but when you are
trying to catch a hen. there's no one
TO lend a hand. Your friends Will help
you TO dance and sing. and eat up your
cake and PIE, II they'll give advice
and perhaps they'll bring some flow
~ers to you when you die That man
should cherish and lOye his friends the
law of this life demands: but he who
wins in this world depends alone on
his own two hands.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28

L am a human DYNAMO says Ell
bert Hubbard, and my source Of pow
er is not dope There is a lesson in
that for all VINO hin they increase
their power by the use Of stimulants,
alcoholic or dope. Cut it out if you
tine
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28
She Would Have Done More.

Why did you spend 50 much money
on your Eife's funeral?" asked a man
Of his ~neighbor.
All. sir was the reply. she
would Nave done as much for me- and
more too. with pleasure"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28

We have known ali along hat Chief
Justice White was made of extra good
stuff. The Fayetteville Observer now
tells US that his grandfather was born
in Fayetteville. Blood Will tell.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28
OBJECT LESSON TO FARMERS.

In the death Of Capt. ohn A. Nc
Bride, of Scotland county. North Caro-
lima has lost one Of its best citizens,
who had illustrated the highest vir-
tues of North Carolina manhood.
Seventy per cent of people in North
Carolina live on the farm or in small
villages, and agriculture is the chief
Industry Of the State. The man who
is a leader in agriculture is therefore
the man who is doing most for the
States development in the way that
will do it most good.
Capt. Mcbride was a pioneer in
good farming. and so successful was
he that he left an estate worth over
$1,000 600. In the year 1902 on ten
acres Of land, he produced thirty
bales of cotton, weighing five hundred
pounds each, to the acre. On the
same land last year he made two and
one-half bales of cotton to the acre.
The reason Of this was that he studied
farming and understood it and mas
tered it just as a doctor masters medi-
cine, or a lawyer masters law.
His life and example was worth
1uC 70 Itlc STATE, a1u yet HIS i1CUeSIS
was as conspicuous as his worth. The
object lesson of the life and leader
ship of such a man as Capt. Mcbride
in the State of North Carolina cannot
be too highly estimated.
More progress has been made in
agriculture in North Carolina in the
past ten years than in manufacturing
or commerce, and it is due to the ex-
ample of such men as Capt. Mcbride,
and to the ung men, who follow
ing in their footsteps, are revolution
izing agriculture in North Carolina.
Referring to the action of the to-
bacco .rmers to devise ways and
to secure a better price for
their tobacco, h StatesNille Land
mark says:
Every man who believes in risht and
Justice will hope to Goo that the to-
bacco farmerS can form an organlza-
ton that will give the trust q dose
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28

"A nan kin aIIus fix I'D arguments
to quiet his conscience said Uncle
Eben, but faint no use. No matter
how much YOU turns de clock back.
shutdown gwinter come jes' DE- same
Washington Star.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28

Raleigh never fails to do right who,
its people are aroused. 1t is not case
to unite them into enthusiastic work
but when it is done there is no civ
that rings more true. They are get
ting together for the Y. VI. c a. and
will make things come To pass All
ogether!
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-28

Il have sold my bic typewriter"
You were sensible. JinN married
hfs.-W aShington Herald
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

mistake. That some one must take
time to inform their neighbors
friends and probably TO strangers
md uninterested parties and with
out knowing any facts concerning
the case and without first GLOW
ing their parents TO know of tNeir
mistake or If they have no par
ents trying TO help them instead
Of showing them further down by
tattling or suspicion. Did yod
evr stop TO think that this is one
Of the causes of so many people
making low elias of people. They
after so long time I;3''' III
their minds that they den {
amount 10 very much, if any
thing, and grow from bad to
worse by having others tr'le OF
them. Let 5 use the old rule, the
Golden Rule, do unto others as
you would have them do unto
YOU. Let's give one and all the
benefit of the doubt until We know
and speak wei of others or keep
silent and you Will avoid il you
will try not to pry into something
that really does not concern you
when a party trys to start a con
versation with you about Il neigh
Dor or friend or any one that does
not involve yourself aud does not
concern you. You should avoid
tattle 10 carry the con ersatiou
further by saying that You do not
know or understand, etc, and 10y
50 doing you viii help Snydcr and
the world. This is the way to
make Snyder a more pleasant f.sc
desirable place to live. Praise
upward and not downward.
Speak we'll or not speak at all.
Knockers are generally the sor-
riest and least amounted TO of
any thing in a country.
Geo. T. Curtis.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21


a people, now employ for our al.
vancement, l would not write il
"steel age" nor electric age,
nor this sge Of steam" nor
would ! write ''houseless age
which others think we are enter
ing.
To my mind this day is pre-em.
inently day of organization. Oh
all the mighty influences of our
time which make for progress
this is chief. 1t would seem that
we are henceforth TO 60 forward
not so much by the substitution
of new materials and metals foi
those nowi use. as by the per
lection of new and comprehen
sive methods in industry, govern
ment and religion.
Sin has been defined as will
ing incompleteness, if this be
true, then we are in sin just tc
that degree that we fail to avail
ourselves of the best methods OF
organization.
In this however. let us fail not
that we always and at all times
subordinate the means, methods
of organization to the end "a
larger and a completer life, work
ed out in harmony with the prin-
ciple of the Cross.
Verify, it has been revealed to
a few rare souls, and it is coming
more to the knowledge of us OF
eommoner day. that by a working
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

John sharp Williams. the new.
b. elected senator from MiS>iS>-
iopi. SayS he has attained ths
ambition of his lfo. That 81 occa.
qssng the Same desk In the Cnii-
e3 >tsioS S,uait that was used
hy Jefferson Dawes DAVIS has
received the scrce>l 6canncia-
t5on ana fhe snctre>i pgaiSs 81
any ma. who Aas sclre3 prsmt
uarE n Ire affairs ot ihis gov
rumHL TIE ketn sairi>f-
I.w hur2e6 his sharnass 90
-ic1l 1s-cs tf Tire head o DAVIS
lr1 we an5 him to-day attr -ht
iVst ol hnlt a century iaken s.
Sd example ,f rht 3ofti1S- i5fals
in craftsmanship fg ONE Of tht
>or.h> moss Chc5 ard scholar
B. rrhie men, ihc new senator
lram Mississippi % is generally
ronce5c5 now lha- DAVIS was che
Of -ht rra ststesmu of fis 5sr
I'd .aef IS d loufrr 81 lis So.
nraor n ststrc-a- tr 1re3
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

Il IS estimated that 10000
American farmers wiil move into
Canada tins year. These farmers
all go from the northern states as
10 s0athern man cares 10 immi-
CRATE to the cold regions Of the
north where conditions are not 80
favorable for earning q livelihood
IS here in the south. Ii hehoove>
the Souih and west 10 mm 5his
siroam 81 immigration from Can
ada. and we have no doubt hut
that thousands Of these farmers
could be brought 20 Texas hy
simply giving thtm the facts con
cemuc the sol and climate OF the
stale.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

with the pros in the great cam
lpaign for a dry state.
What If the state goes dryg
This will be step towards caus-
ing men to be moral, also a step
taken to cause men TO be immoral
Such is the case of all states that
have put the matter to a test. Ad.
hitting that this is one step at
least for the morality of man, vet
such is not step towards making
man a Christian. Hence the
minister is departing from his sa-
cred duty. Consider if you please
the mission of the church which
was the "Christianizing of the
Nations. Is it not a fact that in
order to Christianize people you
have to present to them the things
that are necessary in order that
they may be made Christiansl
Was this not the way such was
done in primitive finest Then
is it not the way todayi If not
unchanged it and by who's au-
thorityl
To Christianize nations, was to
be done by the simple thing of
preaching what the church was
to preach is plainly stated and we
find that such was preached by
people receiving such was made
Christians. viii such make
Christians today if preahcedi If
not why notl
| am opposed TO the sale of whis-
key, am no anti, but would not
walk ten steps to cast a probibi-
ton ticket in order to Christian
ize any nation. This would be no
step taken to make Christian,
bat calculated to make morals.
One great principle if put into
operation would solve the liquor
question. Teach people TO be
Christians by presenting to them
the conditions of Christian and
when they have become such then
step by step, individual by indi-
vidual the question would be 4,
an end.
J. a. Bradherry
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

Our Young Mems Business
League is reminded of the plan
adopted by Wichita Falls to
bcantify their city. Now is the
time to get busy. Wichita Falls
Business League gives free peck
ages Of flower seed TO those in
tcrcsted and no doub; the plan
would work well in Snyder.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

Congressman Smith of III Paso
says that he is sure the stockmen
will stay with him in his fight for
free raw materials. Well. none
ef those who lived in the West
under the administration OF
Grover Cleveland will stay very
stout. Val Verde Herald.
Congressman Smith 5 position
ON the tariff is the position of the
democratic party as announced in
the National platform and there
are many who lived in the west
during Cleveland 5 administra-
ton who are living here now. It
looks pretty much like the argu.
ment of a republican TO be always
barking back to the days of the
molly democratic president since
the civil war for an example OF
low prices and general financial
depression. The democratic party
was not TO blame then, neither
was Mr.. Cleveland, The question
move is whether or not the farm
crs shall continue the prey OF
predatory interests, such as the
lumber trusts.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

The an,iprohihitiOniS,s are Civ.
ing ont some startling informa.
ton from their headquarters
down at Houston. in which shey
10 not hesitate 10 lay claim to
mos; 81 the leaders in the dem
ocrasic party from jefferson on
down, and even inSin0aie that 81.
Paul was leading anti because
81 the fa;herly advice be gave
TimeAy
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

Or. Hyer, president Of South
western ~ Georgetown. has been
selected 10 head the new WeS.
Ivan University TO be established
az Dallas
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

a- % ecuVle-l0l 1- orEE--zaf-'r
n TIRE fhree rtsl-ls 81 -ncusir--
government ard relEi,1. arr Wt
sn1-v Go E-1lre at TIE --le-ilr
and 6as-E-e lhe c-oakuCs OF ne
-ssuis1- -le 51un az thar tzrqy
cy d h-elkEr
Tas- o. Dszttteh
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21
Thoughts for Thinkers

Concerning prohibition, people
are being taught very extensively
in Texas today Ministers are
forsaking all and taking a stand
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

". T. Spencer Of RrownHel6
Aas been appointed Sudgc Of the
newly created - judicial dis.
szsct-
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

Eon. ". j. Bryan delivers an
address FrsaaS a; Huntsville up
On the OnVeiling 81 a monument
%. Gen. Sam Houston.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

The REMAINS Af Tom JOhnsoa
were land 10 rest in Brooklyn. y.
Y. beside those 81 his friend,
Henry George.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

tude that the great republic Of
the west owes to France and her
sons who gave their lives and
fortunes in the cause of human
liberty.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

The initiative, reoaN and pti-
eren6Um - applied 10 mnnNipsl
governments is Sson TO become
effective IN California is under
re0GhlScan rsle and hSS been .os
years
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

David Jayne Hin, amhasSado,
e Germany from the United
states has resigned.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

A BIG Seht over the prohihiiion
question: Is again SoinS on ever in
Tennessee. The ants fnt the
law 50 modified thar 81 wan give
them control Of the larger cities
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

The contract has been signed
FOR a $se,ooo.o0 hotel and opera
house, watea Snyder grow.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

Ssoncwall county voted a $50
600 bond issue Tor a new cOur,
house. .,smaA
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

Tn ScoI bl * Sm h,uy
Congress The PRIMARY alieo o..
vlich IS fo sho.iSh the cetsm -
changes Mhga ihe DID become.
q lav abe Snih rl he rlacc5 Il
tht mercy of lhe os>gu mf1ln
ulaNrS as never h,tora
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

Snyder viii soon have water
works and sewerage.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

The NcniSon Improvement
League has appointed a commit
tee 10 wage war on flies and mo-
sQuitoeS an sumner.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

R--Can is Ssi5 40 have an eve
on The democratic nomination Cor
presidency 10 1912 B-gan VIII
noi De she nominee and 81 BE
shoul6 d.. there - 30 possible
chance Of olcciinC Inn.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-21

Claude Huaspefh 81 81 psso
has The Congressional bee ia rs
bonnet hui IS Said 90 he AFRAID o.
~. &. smith. NJ 6ouhi Euis-
peih woula have t6f suypoIs OF
Jake Mo,ftrS and hiS followers