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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-12-23

workmanship" which their guarantee
CD covers. So when you get right
down to the bottom. what are their
claims of guarantees, but a clever ruse
to get your order.
We are right here where We have to
make good what we claim; compare
the sizes of our stoves, the weights
and you will find we give you fully
as much for your money to say moth
ing of seeing what You get. of deliv.
ering your stove the day you order
it saving you freight charges.
between a guarantee covering "de-
and our guarantee Of perfect salts.
decision to your Judgement, but we
e the comparison before you buy. 1t
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-21
TIE PLAGUE SPREADS.
Skins of Animals From Infected Dis
triCf Shipped to America.

Seattle, Wash. Feb. 18.-AccOrdihg
to a Mukden letter, the plague broke
out at Khailor and Ts'thar City, where
& quantity Of t~arDagan skins had been
gathered by En- enterprisinG rad
who has since shipped them TO Amer
lea. The plague is said to have or
iginated with the tarbagan or Mon
golian marrnot. The tarbasan is
about he size Of Il full-srown cat, and
has yellow sh brown fur, which is
used in the fabrication Of cheap ''im-
itatiOn' fufs. The :5teppeS of Mon
soiia swarm with the animals, which
III their habits are much like the
prairie dogs OF the Tn ted States.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-21

\ Homicide ~ BennettsyjIie. South
lSsFOI;na.

EennettsNille :. c. FEB. 1S.-S. la
l-ayette Rivers was snot and Instantly
killed here this evening by W. Gary
Smith, who received Il wound IN the
neck. III homicide occurred II q
back room Of tee Matheson building,
on Broad street. NO one else was
present. bur frcln The circumstances II
seems that Rivers fired the first shot
The men married each others sisters
ard Wee on good terms SO far as is
known. A jag. partly filled with wnis-
key. was found III the room after the
shooting.
The corolaeg'+ jury charged SIlit1
with the crime, and ha is now IL it1i.
His wound is not necessarily fa1at.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-21
Bennett Resolutions.
-By the Associated Press

Washington, D.. C.. Feb. lS.-Taking
advantage Of the permission given by
the House rules, Representative Ben
ret, Ct New York. has bad both OF
his resolutions directed owards Ca
madam annexation placed upon the
Calendar Of the House. where they wills
be reached il regular order. The
kFrign afTairsi COMMITTEES made ad-
verse erOrts on both Ofthe Bennett
resolutions, Ar. EeDnet being tlleonly
2en1be Of the committee voting i'll
faVur Of the measures.
To-day he filed minority reports on
Tie resolutions. and pu, them upon
the calendar uitl2fthe adverse rejnrts
0fthc committee
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-21
BILL NYE DAY IS
WEDNESDAY NEXT
TO be Celebrated in the
Public Schools
FOR MEMORIAL BUILDING

interesting Program ficp"fc" aaH
The Funds Received FTonh Penny
tn,ieat:ons From the Children Snh
BE Used il. Erecting fsus'f:ins a. a
Press Memorial At tln. StoEis-sFaif
Training School \, lie
Bill NYe Building
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-21
I'ngflist Married.
lRv the Ass,

tBv the Associated Psess.>
Grand Rapids, Mich, Feb. IS
Adolph C"Ad") Wolgast, champion
lightweight pugilist. was quietly mar
ried here today to Miss Mildred EN-
sign, aged 10 y ears. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. S. c. S.rick-
land at his home. There We're no
witnesses. The bride was a child
hood school mate OF Wolgast.
The honeymoon will be a trip 70
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-21
TWO Killed by Explosion,
CEy the Associated Prese.l

(Ey the Associated Pfese.l
CDjontown, Pa, FEB. 1s.-Two nen
were killed and . third probably IA
tally injured | ate today when All eX-
Diosion wrecked the corniiS depart
n ea,t OF the Dupont Powder Company
at Oiaphant. located IL the noun
ta;l&. six miles froln here.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-21
III the Police Court.

Jim High, Robert High. II ice
Hight, oil col0reu. were il the police
ccnrt Yesterday, charged with the jar
ceny Of ii pi2, near Fishers farm. II
High were bound over TO court under
bend IN the sum OF 800 c2cfl. WIilc
light bond was tiXed ct 20.
John Williams. white. was fined
800 for selling cocaine. He appealed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-21
UNREST IN NiCAEi;{,t.
Z ising Brewing Against Estrada
Go yerHDlent.

New Orleans. La. Feb. 1s.-A pr
vate cablegrafn received here today
Q Managua, N,icaragu, stated that
the country is in a state of unrest and
a general uprising against The Estrada
government is. brewing.
For several weeks members of the
ZelaSaista. Junta here. many OF whom
fled Nicaragua when the Estrada rev
dictionary forces captured the capital,
have been planning another war IL
that country. That money is being eX-
pended for this purpose by The Iunta
here is an open secret.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-21

New York. where the champion
lights 'tKnockout' Brown, on March
third.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-21
4 Daily Thought.

I sometimes think that never blows
SO red
The rose as where some buried
Caesar bled;
every hyacinth the garden wears
DroDt in her lap from some once
lovely head.
Omar Ehay.tp1.
A man has an iucurable idea that
his wife ought to prefer 10 sit around
and see him smoke an Old pipe TO ms
taking her to theOpera.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-21

'.You took the word right out of my
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-17

could do so without Qualifications in case of war between Great Britain and some foreign nation.
 But the main questions pertains to ourselves if involved in war with either European or Asiatic powers. In such case. the canal if unfortified might be nearly or quite as useful to the enemy as to urselves; it would afford easy facilities for simultaneous attacks upon both our coasts.
 It is easy to talk of neutralizing the canal. To what would neutraliza ton amount in case of war with, for in- stance, Germany which practically controls several other powers. or for instance. with Japan which has a tight alliance with Great Britain? It would be brushed aside at once. The Pan anna Canal is one of our defences in time of war; naturalization would de- prive us of its exclusive benefit. AL most as we'll might one of our coast harbors be neutralized and thus~serve as a base for an invading army.
 The canal will cost us about $375,- 000C00. The principal argument used to warrant this enormous expenditure was the utility of the canal in case of war. It is now proposed to extend such utility to all possible enemies.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-17
NETTRALTZTNG THE
 PANAMA CANAL

The protest of a number of promi- nent men against fertilization of the Panama Canal summarizes the various arguments against the pending propo- sition. It contains six points of ob- jection- That, if unfortified. coast places cannot be bombarded'. under the agreement signed by the Hague Conference: that the original inten- fion was not to fortify: that the Suez Canal is neutralized; that mo nation would dare to break it's naturalization pledge with the combined powers" j;
 that our war measures should not be increased until we have asked for complete arbitration treaties with all possible future enemies and have been refused: that in the event of war,
 we would be compelled to place a guard Of battleships at the canals en- frances. which would render fortifica- lions unnecessary. Incidentally the protest states that under treaty obli- cations. we are to keep the canal open
 at all times to British ships of war, r.hinh raiaas the onastion Thathar UA
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-17
How It Feels to Be Run Over.

"When 1 was run Over,' writes a correspondent, T had not seen the car approaching. The first thing I knew was that I was on the ground, kicking upward with my legs in an effort to get from under the car. Then I felt a wheel going over my chest, which bent as it passed over. In the inter vening second or two l went through several minutes worth Of feelings. l had the sensations of astOnishment at being on the ground, of wanting to rol aside and away, of bracing myself and my chest especially-stiff to resist something, whatever it might be, while a lightning flash of fear was dimly there and subconscious query, What on earth next? Yet it was hardly fear, because there was no time for such durable sensation. It was rath- CT a sense of being suddenly confront ed with grave reality, of doubtful obscurely terrible import" - London Chronicle
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-17
n.a~sna a N a jor.

John Esten Cooke, who went into the war as an enlisted man in a Rich mond battery, was soon afterward ap- pointed an officer on the staff of Gen eral J. E. E. Stuart. On Stuart's staff, MT. George Cary Eggleston says in "Recollections of Varied Life,' he distinguished himself by a certain laughing nonchalance under fire and by his eager readiness to undertake Stuart's most perilous missions.
 It was in recognition of some spe- cially daring service of that kind that Stuart gave him his promotion. The delightful way ill which the great boy ish southerner did it is best told in MT. EgglestCn'S own words.
 You're about my size, Cooke" Stu art said, but you're not so broad in the chest.''
 ''Yes, am," answered Cooke.
 Let's see if you are,' said Stuart, taking off his coat as if for a boxing match. 'Try that on''
 Cooke donned the coat with its three stars on the collar and found it fit.
 Cut off two of the stars," Stuart commanded, land wear the coat to Richmond. Tell the people in the war department to make you major and send you back to me in a hurry. I'll need you tomorrow
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-17
VERY SUCCESSFUL AUTO SHOW
Great Attendance, Excep tional Interest and Very
 Many Sales

That the interest of the public in motor cars is increasing steadily and rapidly was proved beyond argument by the attendance during the first week of the eleventh national automo- bile show in Madison Square Garden. Saturday night there was a greater crowd of visitors in the building than there was when the show opened on the previous Saturday night. and it was a better crowd from the stand point of the exhibitors. for many who paused only to look at cars on the opening night, stopped to leave their orders last evening. The box office figures show that the part one period of the show drew 35 per cent more visitors than did the tenth national show a year ago.
 Colonel George Pope, chairman of the Show committee of the association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers said that he was greatly pleased with the exhibition. To his mind, one of the most striking features has been the interest displayed in both cars and accessories by the boys and girls who had visited the Garden with their par ents. Colonel Pope noticed that even the children knew lot about auto mobiles and he believes this must have a beneficial effect on business, as a great many cars in these days are simple enough so children can run them for short trips around coun- try homes.
 Without exception the men in charge of exhibits of cars reported that their firms had made great many sales during the week. Most all of the sales were retail ones, as the makers who are members of the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers are so we'll established that they have no need of getting new agents at the national show. The New York deal CTS from most every big city in the country met customers from their home cities from whom they took or derS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-17
HOW THE TARIFF
 QUESTION STANDS

It now seems probable that Thurs ' day nights caucus of Democratic rnelnbers-elect of the next House will construct the committee on Ways and Means. to permit the preparation of a tariff bill during the nine months intervening between the end of the present Congress and the assembling of its successor. That the next House wi! pass . downward revision. though rt.rhaps limited to a few schedules or individual items seems a certainty. Evt the Senate is doubtful quan- si.v
 Tn the Senate. tariff questions are de~it with by the Finance committee. Four of the leading standpat members or that confnittee-Aldrich. Hale. Bur ruIs and Fiiut-retire on March 4th, ana no one knows nov what kind of men will succeed them on the commit tes- though the Insurgents will seek representation thereupon. Whatever Ire appointments may be. the Demo- cratic and Insurgents Senators can. in combining. carry a House measure through and it is to prevent such a scTrtinatinn that the Republican reg i,lsrS are now working. Should they succred. any House measure would urop between the two branches; should they fail. the regulars would expect A Presidential veto and the Demo- crets and Insurgents will not have the ty-a-thirds vote required to override a veto
 Such result would make the tariff question the predominant issue in the Presidential campaign of 1912. The Democratic party would welcome that issue: the Republican regulars may cndeavor to avert it by throwing some slight sop to the popular whale. either during the few remaining weeks of the present Congress. or by conceding some items of downward revision during the first session of the next Congress which begins it's labors in December next. unless in the mean time. President Taft should decide to call a special session as a means of retiring the tariff issue from the cam paign of 1912.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-17
EXPLOSIVES ON EMPHASIZES
Great Difficulty in Placing Coal Bunkers to Avoid
 Explosions and Fires

Washington, Jan. 17-Investigation of the manner of storing coal on United States battleships is expected in the near future by officers of the Navy.
 The immediate cause for such an in quiry is found in the fact that explo- sions recently occurred in the coal hunkers of two battleships. causing the death of man in each instance, They were on the North Dakota and on the Michigan. Coal passer Evans, of the North Dakota died after ling ering nearly two weeks from the time of his being burned. Benjamin Me Cleary, coal passer on the Michigan, died within two days after the acci- dent. Both men were injured while the fleet was in the English Channel. Though such explosions are not un- krown in the Navy, officers are fresh ly alarmed at what seems to be an increase in their frequency.
 According to the report of the Board Of Inquiry on the North Dakota, coal dust was responsible for the explosion on that battleship. Evans declared that he had crawled into the bunker to take a nap. Needing a light he scratched a match, and the explosion followed, severely burning him. The board reported that there was no trace of gas in the bunker. No detail- ed report on the Michigan explosion has yet been received, but the circum- stances, so far as known, were sini- lar.
 Lack of ventilation, naval officers say. IS the dangerous factor in battle ship coal bunkers. On most of the ships, if the traps are opened and kept open to admit air, water also gets in. It is we'll known that water in small quantities, with large amounts of soft coal, will induce spontaneous combus- tion. The difficulty of the problem is increased by the fact that there is little choice in placing the bunkers, all must open into the fire room.
 Many officers are convinced that these recent explosions offer a strong argument for the adoption of oil burn CTS. The danger from coal, they say,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-17
WE ARE TAKING . BEER INSTEAD OF
 CHAMPAGNE TODAY

New York, Jan. 17-Figures that have just been tabulated for 1910 show there was a remarkable falling off in the quantity of high priced wines inn ported into the United States. It may be deduced fairly that, reckless as the American public is in it's expenditures on creature comforts, large portion of it refuses to pay the increased price due to the added tax. Instead it turn ed to cheap wines beer and whislkey.
 The resume of the business of the year published in Comforts wine and Spirit Circular, the trade authority, shows that the biggest drop was in champagnes. Bordeaux and Burgun- dies, the most expensive kinds of wine imported. Importations of champagne fell from 355,619 dozens in 1909 to 1S6,- 306 dozens last year. Though part of that falling off may be charged to the fact that growers rushed in large quantities just previous to the date the Payne-Aldrich bill became law, it is, nevertheless, true that 1910 was the lowest year for receipts of cham pagne since 1897.
 In Bordeaux and Burgundies the drop was from 322,G80 gallons in wood for 1909 to 119,64O gallons in 1910, with similar drop in bottled goods.
 The change in the taste of the wine drinking public of the United States
 
 importations of Italian and Spanish wines, besides port and sherry. Ger man and Hungarian wines did not fall in demand, the amount received being practically the same as the pre- viOuS year.
 In spirituous liquors the taste for foreign brandies and British gins fell off, but there was a larger demand than usual for Hollands. In Scotch and Irish there was a very slight de- crease but this was due to the increas- ed importations in 1909 to get the ben eft of the lower duties.
 From the official figures it appears that the public found solace in native beer and whiskey. There were $751; 620 more barrels brewed in 1910 than in 1909 and 153,931 ,632 gallons of whis- key were distilled, a great increase over 1909. In fact, with the exception of 1907 last year was the biggest whis- key producing year on record.
 Throughout the United States 59.- 4S5,117 barrels of beer were consumed, the biggest quantity in the history of the American brewery trade. In Greater New York alone S,4S9442 bar rels were drunk, or more than two barrels a year for every man, woman and child. New York State drank more beer than any other common wealth in the Union.
 Other interesting figures are that there are 217,S13 retail liquor dealers in the United States 6,652 wholesale dealers, 19,655 retail malt liquor deal CTS and 11,645 wholesale
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-17
Danbury Trolley Line
 Petitions the Council

While the Connecticut company through it's vice president, E. C.. Buckland announced a few days ago that it had petitioned the legislature to extend it's tracks from its present terminus opposite Terry Place in North Main street to Bethany chapel. the Bridgeport & Danbury Electric Railroad petitioned the Common Council last night for permission to begin the work of building single track line from the present terminal of the Connecticut Go. in North Main street to the Trumbull town line. The petition was made through the com pany's attorneys, Marsh, Stoddard & Day and was accompanied by a map of seven blue prints showing the To- cation of it's tracks, wires, conduct ors. fixtures and other permanent structures.
 The Street committee made a re- port last evening relative to the peti- tion of the company and recommend ed that a public hearing be called upon the matter on Feb. G. On the motion of Alderman Jackson the re- port of the committee<was laid on the table until the next meeting of the council which will be on Jan 30, as the council adjourned to that date
 Any piece of woolen Wrung out in on aSolana makes a good duStar
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-17
Mixina His Dates,

There is story of a man who was so transported with joy as he stood up at the altar rail to be married that his thoughts reverted to day when he stood up at the prisoners bar in a court of justice to plead guilty" or mot guilty" to a criminal charge. So powerfully did that, the most painful event of his life, obtrude itself upon his mind that when the clergyman put the question, Wilt thou have this wo- man to be thy welded wifeY' and so on, the poor distracted bridegroom an- swered with startling d!stinctness, "Not guilty, so help me"-Fron Tuck erman's Personal Recollections."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-17
NO TEARS ARE BEING SHED

IT. is not extremely probable that
 any one in this wide country Will sheo
 bitter tears. over the plight of the
 coId-storaee men of Chicago. New
 York and other cities who have over
 reached in their greed for inordinate
 nrofits and find themselves so over
 stocked with butter. eggs and poultry
 as 10 he compelled to unload at quite
 lraterial losses. For about i've years
 they have been buying in flush mar ket periods at comparatively low prices
 ard placing their large purchases Tn ..ot5 storage. with a view to practically ..,rnerfnr the markets and gathering in ir7u1effse profits. Now, they are compelled to market these long-storeG commodities at a loss. If we might venture 2 suggestion it would be that fIe government make very thorough inspection of these long withheld fooc n-nducts. In addition. the situation also suggests the enactment Of law nlacine a limit rot only upon the duration of storage. but also upon the !ayrounf. Such prolonged cold storage as has produced the present condition ifs as much in restraint of trade as IS any practice of the railroads ana. the .h1r trusts. And the people have been --naxinr the -bill''-witness. the ex- tre.nely high prices of food commool- ties for some years past. It was. in : large rart. the withdrawal of eggs. hntter and poultry for cold storage. which caused an artificial scarcity and advanced prices to an abnormally high level
 Ii is for such reasons that no one is mourning the righteous punishment which has befallen the cold-storage speculators It is even to be regretted that the punishment is only monetary in character 4 criminal penalty would. if possible. be of salutary eff fsct Penalties could not easily be made too severe for specuiators in food products. Of all "get-rich schemes, that of advancing the cost of living arbitrarily is among the worst. if not the very worst.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-17

enough Is the formation or a mass or carbon. Peat, found often in swampy tracts, is the first stage in the coal forming process, and the further stages are formed by the burial of these vegetable deposits under great loads of sediment, where they become subject to pressure and sometimes to heat. This effects series of changes, consolidation and loss of oxygen and gives series of products whose na- ture depends on the degree to which the original vegetable matter has been changed. The products are known as Ignite, bituminous coal and anthracite coal