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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-13
NEW HANOVER ADDS
NEARLY A MILLION
Valuation of Taxable Real and Per-
SonaI Property This Year Shows IN
crease of 1891. 914-That of Ne
9rOeS Decreased.

Wilmington. Aug. 9.-The valua-
ton of the real and personal proper
~ in New Hanover county for 1912
is S13.367,O66, as compared to S12,-
515.1 Il for 1911. showing a gain
Of. $191,914. This is. Of course, ex-
elusive Of corporation excess, rail-
roads. steamships. telephone and tele-
graph companies. and when the last
named items are added the total will
very likely reach S16%.000.0
There was a decrease Of SS4S in
the valuation Of real and personal
property Of colored people. The great
er percentage Of increase in valuation
is in Harnett township. outside the
city Of Wilmineto~ but includes car
Dina Heights. Winter Park and Sea
gate. this fact showing that the prom
ertv in the county is increasing in
value every YEAR.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-13
KINST0N MARKET FOR
TOBACCO LIVENING
Brisk Season Is Expected on Account
Of Favorable Crop Conditions
Some Coming Now.

kinston. Aug. a.-As tho ff,oa..b
approaches the tobacco market IN
klnstch shows more and more signs
" 'e'l,iss. ne local warehousemen
nave arranged their forces and 40
putting their houses, stables e1c
- t"nol'lon to handle the large pat.
ionase antlclpated because Of he do.
cicetly favorable crop conditions
i~oaGs o. the weed are coming in
TN llfie 70 Tune, and advance signs
steinmeries, co~operages and o,ha.
plants mere Of the manufac ,urin.
companies are preparing for the sea
son. and the crews are now hein, %
semble0. as
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-13
Weekly Tonic
I NONlman.l

oNOUllnan.)
There Is Il Principle which is pure
which in different places and
AyeS hath had different ulrtS 1T
y however, pure and proceeds from
God. 1t is deep and inward, Q n
fined to 10 forms Of religion. nor eX-
clnltd from any when the heart
stands in perfect sincerity. In
W~hOmsoever his takes roo and
crews, they become brethren.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-13

You can't lose the Chatham Re
cord when it comes to a snake story.
1t avs: Mr.. W. r. Perry, Of this
township, says he recently killed a
snake hat had two heads, one on
each end. and each head had eye
just like the head Of any other snake.
After killing that snake Mr.. Perry
went to his spring nearby and killed
another snake lust like the first one.
supposed to have been lis mate"
Peat this double-header If YOU can.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-13
ALL 0 $40

There has never been offered TN
North Carolina 50 much good reading
for so little money as we are Offering
under the following propositions: For
$40 w will send the following for
n year:
The Weekly News and Observer, an
cight-page weekly newspaper.
The COn,mOner, al weekly
journal, published by William Jen-
niI,gs Bryan.
The Farmer and Mechanic, sixteen
page North Carolina home n farm
weekly Journal.
Thus for One Dollar and Seventy
Cents you can get all these papers
one year.
v. c. MOORE. Manager.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-13
The Poet Philosopher

Arson county is going to have a
handsome new court house, one that
is claimed will be the finest in the
state. Here's a bouquet for Arson.
And why should not Wake county
get a one?
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-13

II is announced that work is to be-
SIN al once by the Carolina and Yad
Kin River Railroad in connecting up
High Point and T~homasville. That
VIII be linking two mighty fine places.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-13

II is to be hoped that the doctors
Of the various cities and towns in
North Carolina will not try to em,-
late the scale Of prices ~
the Charlotte doctors.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-13
Harry Thaw Nou Sane

We don't blame a woman ror uon+-
ing 10 marry a certain man: il Is far
oeuer than marrying an uncertain
one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-22
LOOT A PULLMAN
Bandits Rob Passengers on the
Golden State Limited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis T.. Benton
Among the Victims.

Chicago, April 22.-Five persons
were robbed of money or valuables or
both by three masked men who went
through the sleeper Nottingham OF
State Limited a few minutes after
midnight Sunday morning at Shelf
field, Ill, SO miles east of Moline.
After the robbers had finished their
work they shot holes in the air sig
nal tube connected with the engine,
thus bringing the train to a standstill
and quickly made their escape.
Under cover of revolvers, the por-
ter was forced to point out to the out
laws the berths that were occupied.
As soon as the robbers entered the
Pullman they forced the porter to
lock the doors. Only the occupants
of one car were disturbed.
Those who were robbed:
w L. Leblanc, 149 Broadway, New
York, $45 and railroad ticket
Mary Heron, 1908 Madison ave-
nue., Chicago, sos.
Otis L. Benton, Oberlin, Kan, gold
watch and diamond valued at $3.50
and $3.50 cash.
D. A. MacFuller and wife, 921 West
Main street, Fort Wayne, Ind, $95
and two watches valued at $50.
J. B. Command, Phoenix, Ariz., $85.
Presence on the train of the three
robbers has not been accounted for.
It is thought the men boarded the
limited at the crossing of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy railroad,
near which a Burlington train was
held up some time ago.
After the desperadoes had taken
their loot they commanded the por
ter to pull the air tube as a signal
for the engineer to stop the train.
When the porter demurred, the men
promptly punctured the tube with bull
let's from their revolvers. The firing IF
the revolvers was the only noise con-
nected with the hold-up.
1t is said at the general offices of the
Rock Island here that a good descrip-
ton of the outlaws was obtained and It
was further said there were hopes of
running them down.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis L Benton, who
were among the victims of the Pullman
robbery on the Golden State Limited,
PASSED through Topeka on their way to
their home at Oberlin Sunday after
noon. There were returning from a
five weeks trip at the time of the rob-
berry, and were carrying but little
money. gold watch and chain were
| taken from Mr.. Benton, while Mrs.
Benton removed a diamond ring from
her finger and gave it to the robber
who covered both her and her husband
with a revolver and threatened to cut
off the finger if she did not hand over
the ring quickly.
According to the story told yesterday
by Mr.. Benton, the robber who went
| through the car was armed with two
revolvers. With one he covered the
porter of the car. whom he compelled
to do the rObbing, and used the other
to hold up his victims as he came 10
them. The passengers had retired, and
after looting the berths each person
robbed was told to button his curtain
and remain quiet A bridal couple on
their wedding trip were left penniless
by the robber.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-22
GARDNER after T. R.
The Congressman Sends Sizzling
Telegram to the Colonel.

Washington. April 22.-Copies of a
telegram from Representative Gard
ner, Massachusetts, to Colonel Roose-
velt sent in reply to the colonePs
declination of Mr.. Gardeners invitation
to a Joint debate have been given out
here.
Mr. Gardner calls upon both Presi-
dent Taft and Colonel Roosevelt to
make public certain correspondence
bearing upon the Lorimer investiga-
ton, which, Mr.. Gardner asserts, will
entirely disprove the charge that Sem
ator Lorimer had any assistance or
support from Mr.. Taft.
A portion of Mr.. Gardeners telegram
is as follows:
you have told the public that
President Taft has alienated your re-
spect by his subserviency to great in
terests. / deny it. President Taft has
instituted proceedings against all the
great offenders. He has made no ex-
ceptions on account of expediency. Can
YOU say as much? I charge you with
making exceptions for your favorities,
sometimes under the allegation OF
technicalities, sometimes for reasons
unknown.
''I challenge you to produce the sup
pressed report of your own commits
sioner of corporations, Herbert Knox
Smith, with regard to the Harvester
trust. I assert that this report ex-
plicitly shows that the Morgan inter
ests always favored your administra-
ton. In the interest of square deal
ing, I demand that you produce copies
of these suppressed papers. If no
copies are in your possession, I de-
mand that the department of justice
proceed at once to discover them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-22

years to complete the work. The in
formation which the committee pur-
poses to collate involves as large an
amount of statistics and as careful
tracing of statistics t. their sources as
does the preparation of scientific
tariff bill. One thing. it is learned, the
committee is now satisfied will be its
happy experience. The members of
the committee are persuaded that the
bankers of the United States will will
ingly furnish all the information
asked, for these bankers are now as
sured that the committee does not
purpose an investigation with intent to
make political capital or to further any
secretive speculative or moneymaking
plans.
Some of the statistics which the
comptroller of the currency Lawrence
.: Murray, has recently collated and
which he will furnish to the house
committee on banking and currency
contain figures almost beyond the
power of the human mind thoroughly
to appreciate. The statistics telling
of the clearings of the New York
clearing house in a single year, con-
siderably in excess of sixty billion dol
lars, of themselves suggest the mag
nitude of the work which the house
committee has undertaken. The clear
ings of the New York clearing house
represent much of the barter or trade
in which the people of the United
States are engaged.
1nen, again, the com m1ttee Will be
informed that the banks of New York
now carry loans approximating two
billion dollars. Or, in other words,
the banks of this city carry loans
which are approximately one-fifth of
the loans carried by the twenty-six
thousand banks of the United States.
The reason for this is something
which the house committee must learn
if its report is to be of any value.
Then, again, the committee will learn
speedily that the banks of New York
have about four hundred and fifty
millions in cash on hand This is
nearly One-third of the reserves car
ried by all the banks of the United
States. Furthermo it is about one
seventh of all the lawful currency of
the United States, if the national bank
notes are excluded from the estimate.
The committee will find that one of
the reasons for this enormous amount
of money in the vaults of the banks of
New York is to be discovered in the
fact that many of the banks of the
United States deposit their own re-
serves with the banks of New York
and Chicago and, to some extent, ST.
Louis, these being the central reserve
cities of the country. Approximately
one-half of the reserves of the banks
doing business in reserve cities are re-
deposited with the banks of New
York, Chicago and st. Louis. I'm
dou btedly the house committee will
discover in this fact one reason why
such a large amount Of money is
loaned out on call, chiefly for Specu-
lative or stock purposes, by New York
banks. HOLLAND.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-22
RECEIVERS 64 BODIES.
Steamer Mackay-B Bennett Picks Up
Floating TITANIC Victims.

st. Johns, N. F., April 22-Sixty-
four bodies have been recovered by
the cable steamer Mackay-Bennett,
which has been searching the vicinity
of the Titanic disaster. according to a
report that reached this city. It is
said that a number of bodies which
were recovered were sunk again. as
they were without Identification
marks. The names of those identified
could not be obtained through the
Cape Race wireless station.
The ga bodies recovered are regard
ed as identihable, according to the re-
port Those that were sunk were pre-
sumably in a condition making their
preservation impossible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-22
RAMMED IN A FOG
Steamer Denver Punches a Big
Hole in Ell Sud.
Nobody Is Hurt and Both YES
sells Make Port.

Galveston, Tex, April pa costly
but far from q disastrous collision be
tween the incoming Mallory liner Den
yer, seven days out from New York,
with Il cabin passengers, and the out
bound New York Morgan line freighter
Ell Sud, occurred in a dense fog Satur
day night.
Both boats reached Galveston under
their own steam, the Denver discharg
ing her passengers safely.
According to Captain Staples of the
Denver, he was incoming at half speed.
slowed down and steered far to star
board to avoid the outbound boat Ell
Sud- however, appeared to have put
across her bow and was rammed in
her port side near the forward hatch,
more than half way through the vessel
and from deck to keel.
Some of the crew of FL Sud Jumped
overheard and others put off in boats
while for a time panic reigned on the
Denver All but one boat load of E
Sud's crew returned when they saw the
vessel was seaworthy, the one being
picked up by the Denver as she lay
at anchor to give assistance.
Captain Forbes, of Ell Sud, said he
heard the Denvers whistles but they
sounded to him on his port side until
too late to get out of the way. FL Sud
was able to reach the Southern Pacific
docks with the aid of two tugs and
the pilot boat Texas. She is now lyins
about 80 feet in the water and the
extent of damage to her has not been
determined.
Much of the cargo of cotton, lumber,
mohair, hops and wine is damaged OF
lost.
Ell Sud, built in 1885, is of 4,572 tons
gross tonnage, while the gross tonnage
of the Denver, built in 1901, is 4,549.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-22
VALUES ARE Low
Corporation Property Reports
Under 1911 Assessment.
Prairie Oil and Gas COmpany's
Cut Is Largest.

All the big corporations of the state
have reported their property vaIua-
tions to the state tax commission.
These valuations are just wee mite
low as compared with the assessment
of property made against them last
year by the commission. For instance
the Prairie Oil and Gas company of
Independ returns six millions
of property when it was assessed
twelve millions last year. The West
ern Union Telegraph company reports
more than a million less than it was
assessed last year and so does the Bell
Telephone company. The railroads
all made returns of millions less than
their assessor ents last year.
The commission, of course. will
make it's own assessm ent on these
properties, basing its figures on knowl-
edge of the plants and their va1ua-
tions. The Santa Fe, Rock Island and
Union Pacific, the three big railroads
of the state, in their returns did not
recapitulate their figures so that totals
can be given at this time. The fol-
lowing reports are available:
Co. returns Amt assessed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-22
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY

In your hand you hold
a five-Cent piece.
Right at the grOcer'S
hand is a package of
Uneeda Biscuit. He
hands you the pack
age-yOu hand him the
coin. A trifling trans
action?
NO-a remarkable one
for you have spent the
smallest sum that will
buy a package of good
fOOd-and the grocer has
sold you the most nutri-
tiOuS food made from
flour as clean and crisp
and delicious as it was
when it came from the
oven.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-22
SPEAKS IN The rain.
Colonel Roosevelt Begins Days
Campaign in North Carolina

Asheville, n. C.. April I'm a
driving rain Colonel Roosevelt spoke
here today to a crowd which came out
to meet him when he arrived at $50
a. m. He made his speech under a
platform at the station. He left for
Greensboro after short stay here.
On the way he was to make a speech
in Salisbury. His chief speech of the
day was to be in Greensboro, where
he was also to visit the normal col
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-22
get that
order now

Mr.. Business Man, you can think right
now of hundreds of instances where a
Day Letter or a Night Letter would have
saved the expense of a trip, captured a
doubtful order, flashed an important
inquiry and brought back the infor-
nation on the jump.
Analyze your territory and you will find
that Western Union Day Letters and
Night Letters will add to your efficiency,
multiply your customers and increase
your sales.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-22
Strikes q Cemetery.

Bloomington, Ill, April "a tornado
Sunday afternoon destroyed a house
and six barns at Piper City and ap-
preaching Chattsworth struck the Gem :
etery, wrecking many monuments.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-15
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49,. !. i n.
1850. ~. ,s., "a ID. J. "a
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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-15
Father Now In Second Place.

She was q prim miss Of thirteen
who stood before the rector Of a we'll
known New York Episcopal church
and looked him squarely in the eye.
please repeat that fifth command
ment again." he said. for he was cate
chising her with regard to her knowl-
edge Of the Scriptures apropos of the
coming combinations. Honor thy
mother and thy father, that thy days
may be long in the land which the
Lord thy God giveth thee" was the
response. Honor thy mother and
thy father" unused the rector. 'Who
taught you that?" Mother" was the
response. these are certainly suf-
fragist days upon which we have fall
en-" remarked the minister. Father
used to come first"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-15
TYRANT DOOMED TO DIE
Former Military Commander Of Haytl
Held Guilty of Murder.

Port Au Prince, Haiti. = Gen.
eral Jules Coicou, the former military
tyrant of Hayti, was condemned to
death by jury in the criminal court
on the charge of having been the
principal author of the fusillade of
March Is, 1908, in which ten persons,
including three of his own brothers
were shot to death. The accomplices
of Coicou We're acquitted.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-15

No man is hero to his stenograph-
or. So say the organized women ste-
nographers Of Chicago For self-pro-
lection then, we shall have to hire
male stenographers for whose opin-
ION we don't gave hang.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-15
'Robber suspect Rearre,ted,

New York, N. T. John McNa-
mara, alias Australian Mack" who
was arrested here recently on charge
Of robbing the bank Of Montreal ct
New Westminster. B. c., Of $241, 900,
was released by United States com.
missioner because Of lack Of evidence.
McNamara was re-arrested on a
charge 81 having broken into garage
in New Westminster on the nisht Of
the robbery and stolen an automobile
IN which the bank burglars made .,leirt
escape later. He will be given
ing March III. fl
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-15
GIRL AVIATOR KILLED
f9-Year-o Old Aeroplans Pilot Falls 200
Feet C EtaWpss. E

Etampes, France. Mile. susanne
Bernard, q 19-yearold aviator. was
killed here while undergoing examins
ation for a pilot license. She had
successfully passed most Of the tests,
when in attempting sharp turn to
the right the machine was caught BY
m eddy s.ld capsized. It fell two hun.
dred fesl and Mile. Bernard was
crushed beneath the motor.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-15
Humorous Thrust.

The savage chief held glittering
spear near the captive missionary.
do you like this?"
His tone was not facetious. but tho
captive was undismayed.
well, If you ask me-
He glanced at the weapon, the pro.
pinquity Of which was not comforting
ct goes against my stomach"
Unfortunately, however, the cap
tive was in a locality where there is
no market for humor. and the end
came soon.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-15

The French government asks for an
appropriation Of 81. 400, 900 for military
aeroplanes. Those who imagined that
the aerial navies would reduce the
cost of peace insurance" may have
to revise their ideas
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-15

Chicago, Illinois.-Six men lost
their lives in fire that charred the
Barnett House, 10 and 15-cent lodg-
ing house and the Salvation Army no.
tel, known at the "Evangeline," adjoin-
ing it. Seven persons who were in
jured and may die, were taken to hos
pitfalls. Fifteen or twenty others were
burned or injured in the fire and panic
that followed.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-15
NAME TALCOTTWILLIAMS
As Head Of the Pulitzer School Of
journalism.

New York, N. Y Talcott Will
liams, editor of the Philadelphia
Press, has been appointed director of
the school of journalism at Columbia
university, endowed by the late Jo-
seph Pulitzer. John w. Cunliffe, head
of the department of English at the
University of Wisconsin for the past
six years, will be associate director of
the school, which will open Sept. IL
next.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-15

A California boy % years Of age
has married lady of 63. We hope
she will be good enough to refrain
from spanking him In case she hap
pens to catch him stealing jam. = is'isssH
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-15
Tho Biblical. injunction.

A Washington clergyman made
call Of consolation upon a woman who
had suffered sad bereavement. II
hope" said the pastor, that In your
bitter trial you have found some ray
Of comfort from the Scriptures"
Indeed I have. SIR" was the conf
dent though fearful reply.
chats grand, sister," was the sym
pathetic observation Of the minister.
MAY ask what passage Of the Good
Book helped you most?"
Grin and bear it."
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-15
FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY
Where the Winters Are Cold and tho
Shows Deep.

Writing from the vicinity David
Harum made famous, man says that
he was an habitual coffee drinker. and.
although he knew it was doing him
harm, was too obstinate to give it up.
till all at once he went to pieces with
nervousness and insomnia, loss of ap-
petite, weakness, and q generally
used.up feeling, which practically I'M
fitted him for his arduous occupation,
and kept him on q couch at home
when his duty did not call him out.
while In this condition Grape
Nuts food was suggested to me, and I
began to use It. Although it was in
the, middle OF winter, and the Their
mometer was often below zero, almost
my entire living for about six weeks
OF severe exposure was on GrapeNuts
food with little bread and butter and
cup Of hot water, till I was Wise
enough to mako Postum my table bey-
erage. .s5 .3s.s
after the first two weeks began
to feel better and during the whole
winter / never lost . trip on my mail
route. frequently being on the road
u or 8 hours q astime. Fl 4
"The constant marvel TO me was
how person could do the amount Of
work and endure the fatigue and hard
ship ash did ,on 20 ANAL an amount
Of food. But I found NY new rations
90 perfectly Eiat isfa Glory that 10 have
continued them using both Poittm
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-15

Who says the F1lipinos have not at
tanned high degree Of civilization?
Manila is grief-stricken over the de-
parture of the troops for China. The
best baseball team in the city went
with them.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-15

Silk stockings are no longer consid-
cred fashionable in Washington. Has
that any possible connection with the
crusade the women Of Washington are
waging against high street car steps?