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

There ave been two enemies at
work to injure Eastern North Caro-
lima. and just two, and they are enc
mics that can be conquered by the
expenditure OF enough money and
enough thought and every dollar ex-
p nded will bring a big return OF the
investment. These two enemies are
water and mosquitoes, and if you can
get rid Of the excess Of water and
drain the country the mosquitoes
can be more easily exterminated.
The fourth annual convention OF
the North Carolina Drainage AssocIa-
ton, which is III session at Elizabeth
City. his week, is one of the most
important meetings that has been
held in the State in years. It is only
recently hat the proper attention has
been paid to this matter Of drainage.
In the past we have gone at 1t in the
old-fashioned line Of 1ndiyidualism.
each mar draining his own farm or
trying to do SO, but 1t was found that
no one sv~tem of drainage would work
unless the whole community entered
into it SO that when one man drained
his farm he need not let the excess Of
water overflow on his neighbours
farm.
Chiefly under the leadership Of
Hon. John II. Small, the Legislature
drainage law patterned somewhat
after the irrigation laws Of the West,
in which drainage districts are laid
off and all the property Of that dis
trict is assessed to q the expens. in
proportion to the benefits derived
Already fifty-four of these districts
have been established, and while this
need is felt chiefly in North Carolina.
it is felt all over the State. This is
seen in that fifteen Of the fifty-four
drainage districts already organized
are west Of Raleigh. There are hun
dreis Of thousands Of acres Of land
that are now practically worthless
which can be made the richest land
in the State by the proper drainage
and every time an acre OF this kind
Of and is redeemed. it not only adds
to rhe wealth Of the State. but to the
health Of the community. for malaria
and mosquitoes are found wherever
the land is submerged in water.
This year the crops in Hyde and
other counties In extreme Eastern
North Carolina are very good be-
cause it has been a very dry ear but
for five or six years previous the
crops nave nearly every year been
drowned out or greatly diminished by
reason Of the excessive rains. There
is but one remedy and that Is drain
age. Hyde county is going into drain
age on a big scale. It's population
has not increased and many Of it's
young men have gone to other coun.
ties, driven away from home because
h excess Of water has made agri-
culture Improbable in most parts Of
the county. With drainage we shall
have profitable agriculture in all sec
tons now troubled with too much
water,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-21
THE BIC SOUTHPORT
R. R. CELEBRATION
Thousands of People Through
out that Section Will Parti-
cipate and Gov. Will Attend
FORECAST OF EVENT
SET FOR NOVEMBER %

Governor Kitchin. Who Had a Prior
engagement, Announces That He
VIII be Able to be Present, Having
Rearranged His Dates-Senators
Simmons and Overman and Other
Distinguished Men Who Will Take
Part in the Important Occasion
Former Brunswick Citizens Now
Residing in Wilmington VIII At
tend in a Body.
Wilmington, Nov. 1S.-Preparations
go merrily on for the big port n
railroad celebration to be held at
Southport Thursday, November 23d,
and several thousand people from all
Owe Brunswick county and from
other sections OF the State will be III
attendance. Governor kitchin last
night wired the committee OF rrang
nents that his engagement at Swanns-
boro. n. c., for November 23d had
beer postponed in order to allow him
to speak at Southport on that date.
This will add greatly to the occasion
and ~intensities the Importance of the
event. senator Simmons mi Ovor-
man ave already signified their in
tention Of being present and Will de-
liver addresses. An address will be
delivered by Mayor Joseph d. Smith,
of Wilmington, who will officially re-
resent this city at the celebration, his
speech being in the nature of a re-
sponse TO the address Of welcome,
which will be delivered by r. w.
Davis. Esq, of Southport.
Great preparations are being nad
TO let a great umbe see just what
4 port the Old North State has. AS
having the Governor, Senators and
other distinguished guests and citi-
zens on board, a picture will be taken
of the leadslnan taking a sounu
showing 80 feet of water on the bar.
The entire State should rejoice that
a port is now open by rail that will
make a rate-basing point for freight
traffic, resulting In lower freight rates
throughout the State. The motor
boat parade in the harbor will demon
Strate what nature has done for
Southport in providing a natural har-
Dor of refuge for shipping. Its near
ness to the Panam Canal and its stu
alton south Of Cape Hatteras, make il
the logical point for the second city on
the Atlantic boa
Rumor has it that the United States
Government contemplates the estab-
u q SoHkAi1S L IA
opening up Of the ina Canal, anu
Secretary Meyer is expected to attend
the celebration Thursday.
A loyal group of former citizens of
Brunswick county met in the court
house last night and perfected plars
Tor attending in a body the celebrd-
ton. The former Brunswickites will
oCcupy a special car and will take he
first train out, leaving here at 5 O'Clock
In the morning. Two trains will be
nTarotnI ny-or tho road f~n tho aiTv
one leaving at s o'clock and the other
at $50, and on the return trip. leav-
ing Southport at 8 n 6 .. m. Both
trains will doubtless be crowded and
there is great interest throughout
this section in the celebration.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-21
\ NEW BOOK BIZ GEORGE
ARVEY

1.-The Power of Tolerance" by
George Harvey, is announced for i'm
mediate publication by the Harpers.
The book contains some two-score
speeches and addresses delivered by
the author on various occasions dur
ing the past few years. hey cover
q wide diversity OF subjects. Among
the titles are ''The Conservation of
Common Sense" "A Government of
Laws" 1.-The South and the Nation
and '"The Problem. the Solution, and
the Man.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-21
Earth Shocks In Alsace-
Lorraine
lBy the Associated Press

lBy The AsSOciated PresS.)
MulhauSen. Alsace-Lorraine. Nov.
1.-two earthquake shocks of unus-
ual violence passed from west to east
tonight. People fled to the open in
terror. A huge stone fell from the
steeple of st. Stephens Church. Walls
in the upper stories Of many dwell
ings were cracked. A performance in
8 theatre was suspended, the audience
terrified, fleeing to the streets, which
were Uttered with fallen bricks and
tiles.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-21
Sheriff of Webb County Takes
the Noted Mexican Soldier
Statesman Into Custody
CHARGE is VIOLATION
OF NEUTRALITY LAWS

-Four Other MeXicanS of Prominence
We're Arrested Also-1hey Are
Charged With Conspiring to yio~
late the Neutrality Laws OF the
United States-They We're Arrested
on Indictments Already Found b,
Grand Jury of T.. s. District Court
ut Laredo, Understanding Now
for Alleged Secretcd Arms and Am
niunitiOn.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-21
RALEIGH HIGH SCHOOL
DEFEATED DONALDSON.

Fayetteville, Nov. 1S.-Superior
team work enabled the Raleigh High
school to defeat ~onalds Military
School, 50 to 13, this afternoon. III
the last minutes of play CrlnkIey lay
down near the side line until the bali
was snapped and leaped up to re-
ceiTe q forward pass from Jeffrey
eiuded four tacklers and ran half
n length Of the field for q touch
down.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-21
A GAMBLERS Chances.
water.

Ieast-"Do you consider MARRIAGE ).
game of CHANGER "
C~rlmSonbeak-I certainly do ~ !.
gamble Just what sort of q mother-in-;aw
a fellows going to se<.-Youk-rs states
man.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-21

There lived a man In oUr town
Who wore 4 bat OF fuzz.
And IL you asked h'm why he did
He ansv@rp-t: lust bekuz"
-HilwaHkee Sentinel.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-23
A Concurrent Opinion.

Hon. John G. Bell. attorney general
OF Pennsylvania, tells the following
story:
In many Of tie interior counties of
Pennsylvania there are lay judges who
assist the law judges In disposing OF
miscellaneous cases. Several years ago
there was introduced into the legiS
lature a bin to abolish the office Of lay
Judge Judge Blank. himself lay
Judge. appeared before the senate ju-
dietary committee at Harrisburg. which
was considering the matter.
His argument was this: There is
before your august body bill to abol
ish the Office OF lay Judge. | am 10
favor OF it's passage. For ten years
have been Il lay judge myself. sitting
day by day with judge learned in the
law But he does all the work. and
have no show. In all these years
have only once been asked for Il con
current opinion. and that was last
week. when. after listening to two Ia "
yers argue an equity case for three
days. my colleague turned to me and
said. Judge. dent these gol burned
long winded lawyers give you \
pain T"-AIetropolitan Magazine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-23
CHOLERA SCARE IN
new YORK RENEWED
BY the Death of Spanish
Sailer in Hospital
Was Ninth Victim.
(National News Association

New York, July 22-The cholera
scare, which had been considerably
abated as result Of the declaration
by Federal and state authorities that
they had the plague practically under
control here, was renewed today when
the disease claimed it's ninth victim
in the port of New York and a Spanish
sailor, taken to Bellevue hospital two
days ago from the lower east side, was
found to be suffering from genuine
Asiatic cholera.
burne Island isolation hospital, the
victim being Demetrio Anagnoston,
aged II. He was a steerage passen-
ger on the steamer Moltke, which has
been detained with it's passengers
since the vessel arrived here.
The patient at Bellevue hospital
found to be suffering from the disease
is Manuel Bermudez. AS a result of
the fact that he was taken from a sea
mems boarding house of the east side,
the health officials fear that the
plague may break out in the congested
section of the city. Bermudez arrived
here from South America. where no
cholera cases have hitherto been re-
ported. An examination of his blood
today by chief health inspector Hub
bard caused the latter to make the fol-
lowing report:
1T is well developed case of Asiat-
ic cholera"
The patient has been placed in an
isolated ward, with two nurses and
two physicians in attendance All 9th.
err attendants are barred from the
room
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-23
TEN INCREASES MADE
In Assessment of Property
Valuations.

Though county auditor has not
made complete summary OF the
work of the county board of review at
its session this year. general esti-
mate of the work done is given. Per
haps seventy-five complaints were
heard. most of the number being in
regard to the assessment of city
property.
There are about ten Instances
wherein the board Increased the as
sessments, the increases ranging from
$40 TO $4,000 All increases We're on
city property. The number of reduc-
lions made was greater and ranging
in amount from $40 TO $500. In near
~ every case the reductions were on
Richmond property. there being two
III Jefferson township. one in Ahins-
ton township. one in Center town
ship and six in Wayne township out
side OF Richmond. The board in either
making increases or reductions did
so 10 eqauliZe the value of property
assessed with that of like property
which surrounded it and equally as
valuable on the market.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-23
HE WAS PROSECUTED
By Cortelyou, St. Louis Pub
Usher Testifies.
National News .Associat ion1

Washington, July a2-Tellins the
house committee investigating the
postcffice department that he had
lost millions through the persecution
OF former acknowledgement George
B. Cortelyou. E. G. Lewis president
OF the Lewis Publishing company. OF
St. Louis, today told a sensational
story of the six years controversy be-
tween the department and his COM
pany.
At one point in his testimony, Mr.
Lewis referred to other persons who
could sUbstantiate some of his state.
ments.
will you have these witnesses
summoned?' asked a member of the
committee.
Mr.. Lewis replied: Il will be glad
to have the mhere. but will be frank
with the committee. Several years
ago l was worth between two and
three million dollars. Since the &C.
ton of the post office department, my
property has been swept away, the
coIipduS is III the ndnQS or Il re-
ceiyer and l had to borrow money to
come to Washington. / am unable to
pay the expenses of witnesses, and il
they come they will have to come at
the expense of the committee"
Mr.. Lewis told how his publications
had been debarred from the second
class privileges.
In 1905" said Mr.. Lewis. Post
office inspectors came to ST Louis
and almost forcibly took control OF
the Lewis plant. The inundated EN-
ployes. ransacked files and took
charge of the establishment
We were treated as though we
We're criminals" said MIR. Lewis
They locked up the office at night
and pasted a seal over the door My
employees had to wait each morning
to get into their work, as the inspec
tors had taken forcible possession OF
the keys"
Former third assistant postmaster
general Edwin G.. Madden, now an at
torney for the Lewis concern, has tes
titled that these acts We're done UNI
der the direction of Postmaster-Gener
al Cortelyou and that Cortelyou had
taken the Lewis matter out of his
hands.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-23
YOUNG HUSBAND IS
HELLO FOR MURDER
Prominent Richmond, Va,
Man Is Suspected of Hav-
ing Killed His Wife.
(National News Association

Richmond, Va, July 22.-With Hen,
~ Clay Batatis, jr., under arrest on
the charge of killing his wife of q
year, and his second cousin. Paul
Beattis held as a material witness
the inquest into the sensational case
was resumed today by Coroner Low.
ing. The arrest of the young hus
band was caused by the story told by
his cousin, who asserted that he
bought a shotgun for n. c. Beattie
jr., last Saturday, only three days be
fore Mrs. Beattie was shot to death in
Midlothian turnpike and her husband
sped five niles into town with the
sped five miles into town with the
been shot to death and he himself
wounded by an apparent maniac in
the struggle that followed.
All the wealth of young Harry Beat
ties father will be used to clear his
son. Able lawyers have been retain
ed. The story of the cousin who is
said to have attempted to commit sui
eide after accusing his cousin, will
be vigorously combatted.
Paul is now in the last stages of con
sumption. He is a street car conduc
tor and the social difference between
the two cousins is wide.
The young husband is calm under
the accusation, though public senti
ment is steadily growing against him
as result of the testimony given &c
Beulah Binford as to their liason
She declared that Beattie was with
her the night before the murder
though he had advised her not to re
turn to Richmond from Norfolk
There is every indication that an
other arrest will be made and the
person arrested will be charged with
having actually done the shooting
with the knowledge and consent OF
Henry c.. Beatatie Beulah Binford
has admitted that she declared thai
if she believed it would do Beattie any
good she would swear that she had
shot and killed the mans wife
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-23
SUIT ON ACCOUNT
AGAINST CAMPFTELD

Charging that E. NJ. Campfield has
been in arrears on an account since
March 1907, the Jeltes Stuck and
company of Grand Rapids, M furni-
ture and fixture dealers, ye\erday
filed suit in the Wayne circuit court
against the former contractor, de-
handing judgment in the sum Of s4,-
600
The complaining company AYERS
that when Campbell was engaged in
carrying out his contract for the con.
struction of large library and high
school building in Ann Arbor, Mich
he contracted with the company for
the furniture and fixtures at $4,000
He paid S1647.S0 on the account, it is
alleged in the complaint, but the re
naming s2942.40 of the principal re
mains unpaid as we'll as the accrued
interest at per cent per annum and
attorneys fees, it is stated.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-23
Tho Most Worthy One.

The late Archbishop Ryan OF Phila'
&eIphia Was a diplomat Of the first or
der an6 was possessed Of n full share
Of Celtiv wit and kindly humor.
Before the Catholic Standard and the
Catholic Ti,,.es were combined to form
one publication there were keen rivalry
and much controversy between their
proprietOrs and renders as 10 which
was the more truly representative Ro-
man Catholic organ in Philadelphia
Each sought eagerly to gain the 9th
cial Endorsement of the archbishop. On
one occasion ii prominent layman tried
to trap him into statement as to
which Of the two publications he pre-
ferred
"WeIl. will give you my Onion.
said the archbishop deliberately. 1T is
certain that the Standard Is far ahead
Of the times. and it Is equally certain
that the Times is much above The
standard: therefore | prefer to regard
rs most worthy the one which is thus
proved to be superior"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-23
GOOD ROADS man
GIVES OPINION OF
INDIANA HIGHWAYS
c. Jefferson Davis, Organizer
of Travelling Mems Good
Roads Association, Tells of
the Movement.
CONTINUED from Page One.)

roads a continuous chain of ruts and
holes with the old trees cut down and
entertainments and steep pits in their
place. The traction lines were allowed
to do this and the same was done on
the strip between Richmond and Indi-
annapolis.
But the Rebellion is on and we who
realize the benefits and necessity of
having good roads are adding many
recruits to our now great army of
Good Road advocates and l believe in
the next few years we shall have the
finest roadways. highways, transconti-
mental roads and avenues of travel
obtainable~and | want to say emphat-
ically. we advocates won't cease un-
I'll shis Is accomplished.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-23
new COAL CONTRACT
With County Landed by the
Harsh Company.

Despite the fact little effort was
manifested on the part of the coal
dealers to secure the contract for
supplying the county with coal during
the coming season, the county COM
missioners yesterday contracted with
the A. Harsh Coal and Supply COM
pany for four hundred tons at sew
enteen cents less per ton than the
price charged last year. During the
proceeding season, which run from
about October l, 1910, to May Is,
1911, and which was one OF the long
est heating periods in the history OF
the county, the court house bill
amounted to over thousand dollars.
The Harsh company agrees to fur
nish 400 tons this year at 1895 per
ton. Pocohontas run of mine is the
variety to be supplied. Mather Bros.
avs the only other firm to attempt to
$500 per ton for unscreened coal and
$3.50 for the screened coal. Last
year the coal was supplied at S3.12
per ton. OF course the acceptance OF
the Harsh company's bid is condition
al upon the approval of engineer John
Darnell.
Mather Bros. and the A. Harsh com
pany were the only bidders for the
contract at the Jail. The former Sc
cured the contract, agreeing to sup
ply 10y tons at S3.S5 per ton. The
bid of the other company was 81 pIr
ton. In case either fifty tons at the
Jail or four hundred tons at the court
house are not sufficient, the bidders
agreed to furnish as much as was
needed in addition at the contract
price
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-23
lmrrvvino on HORSEPOWER.

In Venezuela many years ago q
wealthy agriculturist was appointed
minister of marine. Being hard
worker. he asked at once for particu
lars Of the neet. The secretary brough,
him particulars about the only war
ship. The details gave length. tonnage
and horsepower. At this last the min
lister stopped the secretary and bade
him write down quickly an order to
the chief Of customs. Take out these
100 horses ut once. and | will send you
good mules In their places" explaining
that mules were much more econom
ical both as regards food and ability
IN wesAStord FarY~,,p
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-23
Der. $1,000. - .-.~1 Monday.

Ger. % MONDAY.
The term blue Monday was derived
from a custom prevalent in the six
teenth century Of decorating the
churches In Europe with blue colors
on the Monday before Lent. The fash
ion Of making a holiday Of this par
ticular Monday. especially for those
whose vocations compelled them t.
work on Sunday, was subsequently
transferred to all Mondays. Excesse:
produced by the celebration resulted
in stringent enactments on the sub
ject. and finally the custom was abol
ished. One tradition has it that the
name originated from the Monday hol
iday revels. which generally left blue
marks upon the faces of quarrelsomt
persons.-New York Telegram.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-23
SUIT WITHDRAWN

Joseph A. Greenstreet. who brought
suit on account, demanding the ap-
pointment of receiver for the Char.
ter Oak Handle and Lumber company,
foreign corporation. doing business
In Missouri and Arkansas, and in
which several Richmond people are in
terested, has withdrawn his complaint
from the circuit court. The difficult
ties have been adjudicated out of
court. The complainant alleged the
company was mismanaged.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-23
His Hugs Sense Of Humor.


Uncle Joe Cannon's capacity for
temperinG his wrath with humor. even
when he is wrathy. prompted one con
gresham to remark:
"In every walk OF life a sense OF
humor Is help and blessing At the
same time even this may exist in ex-
cess I. for my part. shouldn't care to
have so great sense Of humOr as Il
British soldier | once heard about.
This soldier was ordered to he fogsed
During the logging he laughed contin
ually. The lash was laid on all the
harder. but the rain Of blows only
seemed to increase his delight.
What are yOu laughing at" the
sergeant finally asked
why the soldier chuckled. I'm
the wrong man.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-23
AZ the Chauffeurs' School,

"Now. sir" said the examiner. sup,
pose you were climbing a steep hill
and your power should suddenly give
out and the car begin to slide back.
ward in the direction Of a precipice.
What would you do nrsty"
"rd yell for an ambulance and tele-
graph my wife where to end my acct.
dent insurance policy" said the pupil
-Harper's Weekly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-23
A Hard Case.

"Percy French told ME on one occa
sion." says Mr. ramsay COLES In his
book. In Castle and Courthouse.
that he was stayi,. in the country at
a house where the iandlady IrOtessed
70 give bed and board for - shillings
week. i assure yOu. said French
gravely. i was there II week before !
discovered which was the bed and
which WAS the board"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-23
"A Deadlock.

"Burton's marriage with that heir
ess will never come or"
why not:''
''She won't marry him till he's paid
all his debts. and he cant pay his
debts till she marries him."-LondOn
Telegraph.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-23
City Statistics
Deaths and Funerals,

CONNER-The funeral of Ruth Con-
ner, the daughter of Mrs. Florence
Conner Cole of indianapolis, will be
held at Earlham cemetery on Monday
morning at 1913 o'clock. Friends are
requested to meet at the cemetery.