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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-13

| not answer. Ninety-fve and Eve
tenths per cent of answers in
dlcate that labor laws ar,
complied with; seven-tenths Of on.
| per cent that they are not. three ant
eleht-tenths per cent do not answer
Ter cent OF operatives who read anC
write is given as eignty-fiye and one.
tenth.
The high average Of wages 70,
males is sass; low average. e3 cents
The high average for females Is
80; low average, 56 cents
One hundred and eight Of the 295
pay wages weekly: 121 pay twice a
month; Is pay monty; one pays tri-
monthly, mills do not give this in
formation
he average number Of hours
constituting a days work is ten hours
and forty-flve minutes The average
hours for the mills doing night work
IS 10 hours and thirty minutes.
One hundred and eight OF the ok
mills reporting power use steam as
motive power; eighty use electricity.
1oIty-tWo steam and water; TWENTY
nine water: twenty-six steam and
electric, three steam, water and elac-
trlc, four water and electric. three
DO not report.
Knitting Mills.
11Ao -H'c hHlttlns mills are re-
ported for 1911, and "a show a can
ital stock of $3,043,125. The number
y spiholes IN use in these mills is
gwen as 1882; knitting machines
'''oz; sewing machines. $50: making
use OF 4.735 horsepower. Seven AZ
not report horsepower.
An'rty-nVe mills use steam for
power; thirteen use electricity: nine
gasollne; four. electric and steam.
.tlrte' water; one, electric and gas:
see 90 not give power used. Num-
per or employees reported is 6.475.
.oo1 males and $3.50 females;
three mills, employing 583 do not
employees, 1876 persons are
dependent on the oneration Of thesc
minis Tor a livelihood
Wages are as follows. H;ph aror
age, males, 1929; low average males
81 cents; high average. females
la; low average. females II cants
employees Of twenty-two mills are
paid weekly; twenty-nine mills san,;
nonhtly; three monthly. two mills
10 not answer. The average nnn,
'er OF hours worked per day ten
iours and thirteen minutes.
IWenty-nine mills renort ~
mango IN wages; twenty-three 70.
'ort wages increased: one mill re-
'orts decrease: five mills do not an
'"er the question: Forty-two mile
SpoFt financial condition o. en-
'Ioyes improved; nine report that i
not improved; five do not answer |
1eneral proficiency is renortad /
~ pro'ed from forty-three mills: FIVE |
nat II IS not improved; eight do ont
epOrt." - oi1'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-13
STATE BOARD OF
EDUCATION MET
Slxty-Six Counties Received Aid
Last Year-Number Reduced
This Year-Only One-Half Of
Counties Now Require Aid
Loans Were Granted from State
Loan Fund for Buildings-Pub-
lie School Houses.

At meeting of the State Board Of
F.ducation yesterday the special state
appropriation, known as> the seto,s
huhoreo thousand dollars. to provide
Iour-months' school term, was an
portloned to fifty counties. The nnn-
per OF counties requiring aid from tho
state Tor fOur-months school tern,
las1 year was sixty-six The number
mad, therefore, been reduced sixt.a,
counties. Just one-half Of the co,n-
lies Or the State now require aid from,
TINS special State appropriation for 4
tour-lnOnths' school
Last year the amount needed az
teoed the appropriation by about
Soo,oOo. This year there was ! hal
ance OF $13,957 left after apportion-
.Is 70 each Of the fifty counties an
ehat Il was legally entitled to receive
- 1our-months' term. This redIr-
tlon IN the number of counties need
.ng aid and in the total amonnt
needed for four-months' school 10
uue 20 the increase in the elementary
o,iooi luna by the increase of the
achool tax by the General Assembly
y l9ll from eighteen to twenty
oen's on the one hundred dollars val
n
= 1aseo assessment of property, which
VII increase the elementary school
nnd or the State this year probably
sovo'o'o or s350,00O. AS a further re,
SUIT q this Increase in the elementary
40 = hooi luna, the school terms in the
NY counties Of the State and
~, age school term. of the State
VIII De materially heightened.
me state Board at the same meet
aiSo granted loans from the State
4oan fund for building and improy
~ puohc school houses to fifty-ono
oun.les aggregating $77,265. Accord
ng to the applications ira .,,
ne school houses and improvements
: De made with the aid Of these loans
>ssfesates 1922, AIS, and the value or
oenool property Of the State will
9 IN increased by this amount.
a;,. 80 amount and what counties re
OW: Ppeoi9 ne
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-13
VI. W II. STEWART. HERO
BATTLE OF THE CRATER. DEAN
N".ed confederate Officer Passes
away at the Age Of 30. in Ports

Norfolk, Va, Feb. S.-Col William
Il Stewart. hero Of the battle Of the
crater, one Of the bravest Confeder-
ale officers who drew sword. and
FORMER communicative chief Of tho
nited Confederate Veterans died : :,
his home in Portsmouth tonight
ter short illness from pneuman;a
Colonel Stewart was g years -,
His last public appearance ~.
speaker was at the annual
Confederate veterans when he at+a, -
cd Woodrow Wilson's history Of fsl ~
American people - the
Colonel Stewart wac TO-
monwealth Attorney Of Parta Com
He was q DISTINGUISHED ,silouth.
writer; among his writings - and
lorS 81 the Battle Of the T-.. - his
OF Underwater Virginia. ater, and
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-13

PeopIcs Gas los 8
Pittsburg. {. &. and St. Louis. 100 L
plt;sburg Cral. ............. II
Pressed .j.,e4 Car .... 81 !.
Pu Imam Paiace Car. 15s
hallway Steel Spring. ....... q Z
i,efulns LOB 2
Republic Steel. 2oa.
Republic steel, pfd ...........15
Rock Island CO.. 23A
Rock Island Co.. pfd . 49,
ST. Loui; and San Francisco,
?nd p{d SO
st. Louis Southwestern 80
81 Louis Southwestern, pfd. 50
Sloss Sheffield Steel and Iron. 40
Southern Pacific q
southern Hallway 27hs
southern hallway. pfd. ...... 72A
tennessee Copper ............ 50 l.
Texas and Pacific q
Toledo, ST. Louis and Western. 10
Toledo. St Louis and West pfd. 32lz
mon flcltlc. 1929
Union Pacific, pfd 92K
United States Realty Ct
I nited States Rubber 45A
United States Steel 20
nltcd States Steel, pfd 1919
Ctan copper. SAL
Virginia Carolina Chemical 531a
yUhA .'.... Is
w oasn, pfd ISL
w estern Maryland 81
W estlnghouse Electric 7O,.
w estern Union S4n
Wheeling and Lake Erie AZ
l1ehlgh Valley 157A
American Tobacco, common $50
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-13
Cotton, Wooden, Silk and Knit.
ting Industries Treated of
IN Report of Commissioner
OF Labor and Printing
o'a'stits Which Show the Import-
ance of the Industries ana ~,
with Depressions in Business &c
the Cotton Mills There is a va~v
Large Effect Upon EMPLOYEES and
various Lines of Business.

me Commissioner Of Labor and
: 'ihuns, Hon. NJ l.. Shipman. in his
iol'hcomlng report in the chapter 70
,'.,iis 20 the cotton, wooden and sill,
'iS VI the state gives figures Of
49, In this chapter he
lellS OF the large number affected ~,
depression in the business Of tho OK
Ton mills, Of how sensitive is 10
BUSINESS, and Of the effect Of shut
uoWns. IN his report he saws:
ne colton mills have, for the
pas' Two and half years, been suf-
iHs from depression of more ar
less intensity Short periods Of 70.
liel nave been experienced. bur tho
uurauons Of these periods have hean
% SNORT as TO almost contradict anv
statement that they had relieved The
80 mn INDUSTRY is. perhaps, more
70 depression than any or
lne olher classes Of mannfacturae
and at the same time . danrass;o-
ne BUSINESS has q more Widesnread
ana immediate effect. The cause for
eills latter result can readily he seen
"hen consideration is given ia tho
nu'loeI OF persons employed. COM
pared 70 the number in other indus
trles OF the State The shuttine
uo"h or any one mill throws a great
CT OF less number of persons ont ~
EN- pioyment: and as a rule these
persons constitute by far the
sei ulVlslon OF the popu
.a'loh. rms, Of course, does
not hold where cotton mills ara 49,,
60 ~ cl'les. Naturally. the pay OF
nus large proportion of the nonu,a-
tlon being cut off affects the mer-
cnallts, removes an outlet for tn.
, n,le OF farm products, truck and the
iihe. ms strikes at the very hasa
u industrial activity, and is there
iore' acute IN it's effects, from its very
beginning. o1iA - Nels
ne tables following furnish the
'anies Tor these Deductions:
ne number of cotton, wooden and
SIN 'nllis reporting is sos. OF this
NUMBER two hundred and ninety
snow an authorized capital of $50
's2,15O. The number Of spindlas
tported is 3,332,s11. looms, 56.9e7.
oralders go, cards, 7,457; emn,ov.
ing 13b.6o2 horsepower. The an
proxl1nate amount of raw materia,
use 2s9,2o2,781 lbs. The total MN.
Der Of employees reported is 54o57
~ these 30,535 are males; 21.e21 ar.
lemales; eight mills employing 1.eo,
90 not classify employee The es,,
'ilateu number Of persons dependan.
proves for a livelihood is l5S.ei7
SeNenty-flve per cent of the min.
report that there is an improvemar,
m general proficiency of Operatives
ten and tive-tenths Of one per cent
report no Improvement. fourteen ana
IEe-tenths per cent do not answer
olXty-seVen and one-tenth per cen-
report Improvement in financial con-
union o. employees. tWenty-one and
7tNeh-'ehtns per cent report no i'm
proFement; eleven and two-tenths
per cent do not answer. Fightv-tua
and four-tenths per cent report i'm
proVement in educational lines: seven
aI q one-tenth Der cent no improve
~ mt; ten and fve-tenths per cent do
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-13

IS no hsr ~ % Sunday school notices
saw-d,, n.roer than making meals .o g,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-13
SELLING At A LOSS
Stock Market Suffers from Attack
of Heart Failure; Bonds r.
regular; Loss in Cash by
Banks
I by the Associated Press. J

New York, Feb. 1O.-Quotations OF
stocks were depressed sharply today
by a sudden attack on the market
The session began quietly and the
list seemed to have lapsed into com
plete stagnation. Variations In
prices Of the leading issues were 80
small and business was 80 light that
traders looked ahead to n dull and
prOitleSS day. But before the end
OF the first hour prices began to
move definitely downward and dur
Ing the second part Of the half -da y
session. the movement was active.
Stocks were sold in large amounts
and L. 5. Steel, the Hartman Paci-
hcs. Reading, Amalgamated Copper.
American Smelling and a number of
other prominent stocks lost from /
to ! 1-2 points.
Pressure was heaviest against L.
S. Steel which sold down to SO. Sell
ing OF this stock was explained when
the monthly statement of untitled
tonnage appeared at the close of the
market. 1t showed an increase of
2Si. 900 tons In untitled orders at the
end Of January. Movements among
the specialties were irregular. A
large decrease In the number OF idle
freight cars was shown by the fort
nightly report.
The expected loss in cash bv the
banks was shown In the weekly state
ment which disclosed an actual cash
loss Of $5,143, 900.
Bonds were irregular. with an
easier tcnency. Total sales (par
valued S. ,604 900.
S. 3's, registered. advanced IS
and the coupon IS, one point on call
on the week.
Total sales OF stocks for the day
We're 24S, 400 shares including the
following: Sugar 200, Tobacco pfd.
500, Atlantic Coast Line 400; Chesa-
peake and Ohio 500; Louisville and
Nashville 100; Norfolk and Western
900; Reading 1890, Southern Rail-
way 500, do. preferred 1900; Ten
nessee Copper 500: Union Pacific 49,
500; L. S. Steel S4,100; American To-
bacco, common, 900.
STOCK LIST.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-13
.LtLAt lays IT
TO Press AGENT
DENIES SHE NOTIFIED FiANcE
HE MUST SHOW MONEY OR THE
WEDDING WAS OFF.

NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-Although
Miss Lillian Russell, fiancee of Alex
ander P. Moore, Pittsburg editor and
spokesman for Col. Theodore Roose-
Welt, has not completed her usual
morning calistheniCs at noon today,
she sent word from her bondoig that
her press agent appeared TO- "have
slipped one over on her" Through
her sister, Mrs. Ross. she denied that
she Ind served notice on Editor Moore
that although he is the friend Of good
men, he must show her real money II
they are to wed. z
Tho report detailed iat great length
how the fair Lillian as the result Of
her varied matrimonial experiences
had decided that happy marriage
must be wealthy one. She was re-
ported to have notified Moore that un-
less he could show her by bank ac-
count or otherwise that he was in pos
session Of an income of 100000 annual
~ there would be mo wedding bells
for them" -
q never was piker,' Lillian was
reported to have said, neither at the
races or at the matrimonial game. A
married woman may be happy for a
few weeks on love, but then she has
to commence signing checks.
But at her home, on West Eighty
ninth street. today Lillian said her
press agent had overdone it. Maybe
she had some opinions regarding
money and matrimony, but still, ac-
cording to Mrs. Ross, there had been
no rift yet in the lute of her engage
ment to Moore and they are still en-
gagged to BE married.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-13
NEW YORK

New York, which is one 81 fhelmost
prosperous and enterprlsiRg cities on
The East River, was discovered a 1903
by Hendrick Hudson, who ran INTO 1t
while he was loelting for some hing
else. Soon after landing Hendrick
made the acquaintance o. the Long
Island mosquito, which Accomplished
him where'er he went and took his
mind off other matters. scatter Ship
ping a flttIe soft coal and court plas-
ter he removed himself from the prem
Uses, never to return Two years later
gentleman named Block happened
along that way and opened a saloon on
the .Bcwery. AS Mr.. Blocks head bore
close resemblance to his name he
was not annoyed by the mosquitoes
and remained until Wall street, which
was then playing table stakes game,
tapped him for all he had in sight.
New York's chief curiosity is Ham
many Hall, w.iich is led out in view
CT the struggling masses every two
years and beaten to a melancholy drib-
let by the forces Of refold. This has
happened so often that Tammally has.
MT much left but the general assembly
and the city administration. New York
is one OF the cheapest places in the
country to live in. "A man can secure
a neat single room, with all the COM
forts Of home, including the sleep
walking gas meter, for1 less than he
could afford to build a bungalow on
Fifth avenue, and fair initiation Of
creamery butter seldom costs over SO
a square inch. Somerof the buildings
in New York are so tall that the ele.
yators are equipped with upper and
lower berths. Every once in while
somebody who doesn't want to stop.
over jumps from the upper deck OF one
Of these buildings with so much sue
cess that he has to be identified by
his Masonic demit, New York mas a
large floating debt, which is kept afoat
by genial boost in the tax levy at
stated periods. In the winter the city
is filled with unearned Increment and
the parasitic rich and in the summer
with the plalntiye mulmur Of the sun
stroke 1t is a delightful place to
spend vacation on your wlre's money.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-13

No Boxing Tor Washington Girls.
Teach glflA III The high and normal
schools boxing? Well, hardly think
so" =
That expresses the general attitude
Of the school officials WHen asked
whether they thought L would be n
good plan to Introduce the many mt
among the young women Of Washing
ton. Yes, they were in favor u
physical culture, and wanted to sec
the girls courageous bt0- yes. II was
a good idea. an excellent one. In fact
but Aud there the matter stood
A dispatch recently received here
from les Angeles, Cal toIl how TIE
girls OF tile schools there hati beer IN
the habit OF donning boxing gloves Ii
spare moments. The dispatch Was
the cause of the discussion at school
headquarters, =
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-13
HOW AsoUTtr?

,F1UW Adult ~
The new year strains against Its
traces, as young colts will, when feel
ing gay; and grave and melancholy
faces, i see around me every day. At
Christmas time-you may remember,
twas but little while ago, about the
last week In December-&e said we'd
cut out useless woe. We'd try to make
the Christmas spirit remain With US
the whole. year through; we'd can our
cares, or pretty near It, and raise a
Joyous whoopysdo We'd be SO kind
ton one another, and loving anthems
We would chant, and every guy we'd
call brother, and let him come and
wed our aunt. And; though this years
extremely youthful, where are those
now? Can You stand up
serene and truthful, and say you've
kept Christmas vow? Alas. we're
feeble, efrtng mortals who seldom walk
as we aspire. And Col. Satan stands
and schortles, and heaps more brim.
stone on the fire.
81: s;syisi ''', VI ~ = l6aaA2ns.sn4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-13
DON I PULL OUT
]. THE. GRAY HAIRS !!
Anew Applications Of a Simple
Remedy VIII Bring Back
lie Natural Color

"Pull out one gray hair and n dozen
will t.tkc its place" is an old saying,
which Is. to great extent, true, u no
,tcp& are taken to stop the cause, When
gray hairs appear II is q sign that Ma
nrc needs assistance. 1t is Natures
all for help. Gray hair, dull, ltfelcss
lair, or hair that is falling out. is not
necessarily sign OF advancing age, for
there are thousands Of elderly people
with perfect heads of hair without a
single streak of gray.
When gray hairs conc. or when the
hair seems to be lifelcss or dead. some
.oyl. reliable hair-restoring treatment
ho.it be rcsortcd to at onre. Special
,sts shy TINT one of the best prepara-
ions 10 use il the oltl-faslicned ..'snge
m" which our grandparents, used. The
,eSt preparation oftllis Kind is Wyetl's
sage aud sulphur Hair Remedy. prep
ration OF domestic sage and sulphur
cicrstfcally compounded withllater dis
'oFcacd hnir tones and stimulants. the
whp!r mixture leing carefully balanced
lal tasted Iy EXPERTS.
NEfh's Sage and sulphur Is clean and
Wholesome and perfectly harmless 1t
.rtresh@s, dry, Farchcd hair, removes
larGwI;f aNl gradually restores faded
hair 10 n natural color.
ha.s't delay auother minute. Start
si@. Eydlis SaGe. aud sulphur at
,,il7 oql see what a difference few
aTs' Treatment will rake In yopr hair.
mis- Nrnt,o m finn Il offered TO the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-13

. * K 4 q. : tNt -asfa 3
An unusual means OF baptism was
used in Duquoln, ILL.,, last week by
Rev. c. 3, Smith, Of the Christian
church, when summoned to the home
OF Robert Barnes, who was critically
Ill. The sick man wanted to be bap.
tlzed and unite with The church, but
was SO weak that he could not attend
church. "A wagon with a water-ttght
bed was drawn to the door, and after
it was half filed with warm water
Barnes was baptized by Rev. Smith
in the presence Of several witnesses.
Barnes died that night.
AS a result OF the formation of a
club at Peabody Kansas, to invite
marrlageable young women from swe-
den, card has been issued, signed
by twelve Peabody girls, which says:
"The undersigned desire to exercise
their leap.year privilege by protesting
against the men ofthis county making
such efforts to get wives from s@e'
den. We desire to state tia. right
'herei ePabody there are yctng la.
dies-who in personal appearance, edu-
cation, culture, refinement and in
business, cooking and housekeeping
ability arc the. peers of any women
in the world"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-13
Must conceal Personal ecudae.

.
Old.time enhntues srchas eAisred be.
tween nlaine and GonElInE haze been
unknown in late years at Washsng,tn
A public man Rassing another wi;hmA
a word Of greeting is a IaJe spectacle
in the Washington OF To-Day Pu6lDc
opinion has little patience win The
man who holds q grlidge'ap5 the old
tine cutting at sotiat functions VIII
not be tolerated The most profoaacsd
political enemies nsin'eb social
polse and courtesy, pIrIlhIs marks q
change in the tEtercoagse u political
life. Even leadership lscEs much al
the personal characteristics. Of 'o;,aet
years. Issues today are bredorsiLani,
aud the political leader mist keep ill
title personal grudgs haItbet well con;
cealed, #
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-13

" y .
We win hand BACK to oa eferS PENNY
yop paid us for them I'hefefose "a
trying them upon our ecornniahaatlon
you take no risk Whateyss.
Rexall orderlIes teste lie aiid aie
eaten like eaady They 40 ioi fipe,
cause neusea. excessive -loosenes o.
any other annoyance They 3ct s.
easily that they may Be taken u aii,
time, day or night They are llarticlI.
larry good for children, dslis
cate persons. They areput hp iii con.
yenient tablets IN three slzes 81
ages. Prices, 1Ocs 2be a soc.
Remember, Rexall Rened dies can be
obtained in this conmlnit only d
our stores-The Rexali store Nom.
tain City Drug Co. Eairnlont ii.
and Han Drug Co, aQ4 yafsf
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-13

I C T. Is, & - r.
1 People az Mohtezuma. Iowa are ex'
cited over the discovery that the late
Joshua stuller, an aged reciuse VINO
lived in that community for many
years. left an estate valued at $4,000.
stuIler never talked much; and for
that reason nobody ever dreamed that tat
he owned two fine farms and a House -
and lot.
For more than five years John Kline
Teller and Morris Eshenour, farmers
living near Harrisburg, Pa, have been
at litigation over heller which is
claimed to have wandered from Eshe-
hours place into one Of Kllnefeller's
fields. Suits and cross suits followed,
until $1,000 or more has been spent IN
costs and. counsel fees, and the end Is
not in sight.
The funeral of,Joe Gagliano, at Bes-
semer, Ala, who was killed by a ne
gro last week. was stopped temporar-
liz while the mourners took the muir
derer from the police and killed him.
Miss Agnes Pearl Weller and her
sisser Mrs. Catherine Smith, Of Salt
Lake City, Utah, daughters of the late
CHIEF Justice Weller. OF the Supreme
Court of that State. were arrested in
New York last week on a charge Of
shop-llfting, and paid fine Of 500
each.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-13
TAE EEFEcnvE LAxAT!yE
faste. LIZ and /. Eaten AZ osndy

I'm our experience in the handing Of
drugs and medicines, we believe we
have never mad experience with any
Remedy that gave such great sattsfac-
fion to our customers as do Rexali
orderlies. This Remedy is not like
any other laxative or csthartlc. 1t
contains all the good features. of other
laxatives, but none Of their faults.
= Our own faith in Rexall orderlies is
SO strong that we offer them to you
with our own positive personal guar.
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-13

When Mr.. Edison reaches success
with his concrete houses and is able
to build them for $1,000, he expects
to be able to furnish such house COM
pletely with concrete beds, tables, etc,
at about 5000.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-13

The White Star Company has placed.
at Belfast an order for the construc.
ton of 1,OOO-foot steamship. II it
sails to New York 1t must dock at
South Brooklyn, where alone are piers
of sufficient lenpth to accommodate II.