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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-05-21

patriotism, as we'll as the eminence he
obtained as an educational statesman
and leader. President Siockard's ex-
quisite poem, we'll rendered by Pro-
feSsor Smith, of the State Normal and
Industrial College, will live. The pre-
%sentation address by Hon. J. Y.
JOyner, chairman of the committee
eloquent as it was brief. AS chair
man of the committee he has been the
in the work, and the other
members of the committee, who have
co-Operated with him, feel that the
chief honor belongs to him for the
money was raised and for carrying
out the good work which the State
praised yesterday when the statue
was unveiled by DR.. McIver's sweet
and lovely young daughter. The
speech of acceptance by the Govern
or, speaking for the official
wealth, was in good taste and en-
phasized the interest of North Caro-
lima in education and its determina-
ton to carry on the great work be-
gun by McIver which is being car
ried on in every part Of the State. The
singing Of America" by the larger
pupils of the Raleigh schools and OF
the song "Carolina" (Which McIver
caused the pupils Of the State Normal
and Industrial College to sing every
day in every SESSION. added to the in
terest of the historical occasion.
A people are known by the sort Of
mel the elevate to leadership and
the sort Of men to whom they erect
monuments after they have passed
away. North Carol Ia, as most other
States, and nations has in the past
erected monuments to soldiers and to
statesmen and this is Well, for the
man who puts his life in jeopardy at
the call Of his State or nation n by
shis acts shows his faith in the max
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-05-21

The 18th of May will ever be a day
memorable in North Carolina be-
cause on that day in the year 1912.
the statue Of Charles Duncan Mc1ver
was unveiled in Capitol Square. 1t is
a stately figure of the most inspiring
educational leader the State has ever
known. and the %orations and the
poem delivered were lofty in theme
and correctly portrayed the inspiring
life of the militant leader, not only
in the educational revival in North
Carolina but in the whole South. In
deed, he was reckoned as one Of the
most vital forces in education and
progress of the whole Republic. From
the opening prayer Of uplift by his
former class mate, Bishop Robert
Strange, who is himself one Of the
most useful and inspiring educational
leaders Of the South, until the singing
of his favorite son 'The Old North
State by the girls from the Normal
and Industrial College which he
founded, the exercises we're in fitting
taste.
The GRAFTON Of DR.. C. Alphonso
Smith, head of the English Depart
ment at the University Of Virginia
who began his career as a teacher
at Sanford near the birth place of Nc
liver, and had known him intimately
since that time) was a classic. I'M
preSsively delivered. 1t was a per-
feet deiineation Of the character and
spirit of McIver. There wasn't a full
some sentence in it. 1t showed a
thorough knowledge Of the springs Of
the mans life, public and private, and
admirably set forth the great service
he rendered the State. The address
Of President Foust, of the Normal
and Industrial College, who was asso-
ciated with DR.. McIver in the con
duct of that institution, correctly por-
trayed his public service and his civic
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-05-21
TAR HEEL HERO DID NOT
SHOW UP FOR PARADE
Harley Ferguson, of Waynesville,
Who Had a Hand in the Raising
Of the Maine Was Expected
Home On Visit.

WaynesNille, y. G.. May IS -NaJo-
Harley II. Ferguson. a Vayues<4te
boy. Of the corps of engineers. L. s.
a, who successfully raised the Maine,
was expected to arrive this afternoon
on train No. IL. WaynesNifle is proud
OF her son, and III his honor business
houses had flags alioat and ! dele
cation Of citizens decorated with his
picture and carrying flags were It
the station to meet him. but All were
disappointed in his non-arriNa1.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-05-21
DEATH OF DEAR Ill
AUNT MONDAY NIGHT.
Slave of the kenans Dies Suddenly
While On q Visit to This City.

Slave of n henanS Dies Suddenly
While On a Visit to This City.
The death Monday night Of Aunt
Martha Monk. who was Of a race Of
slaves extending over five generations
and belonging to the kenan family.
took away a woman to whom the
family was bound by the tenderest
ties.
She was living in Duplin county,
near Kenansyille. and came up here
TO see her people with whom she had
lived so long in servitude. She went
out to the grave of Col. Thomas S.
kenan Monday and came back sick,
dying suddenly that night at nine
o'clock.
Mrs. Kenan mad the body en-
balmed and sent bach to kenansyille
to be buried at the foot Of the grave
of Miss Annie kenan. the mistress
of this sweet and faithful slave. In
death she has the position which she
chose in life, a humility Of affection
that only her kind could ever know
and understand.
During the war between the States,
she was employed by the Federal
army as a cook. She gave all her
earnings to the family, stricken al
most to restitution when Sherman
went upon his devastating march
through the South. She gave every
thing that she made TO the people for
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-05-21

lRi. 1t 5 sweet Z pleasant t. die
for ones country cannot be too
highly honored. II is we'll also that
the statesman y n leads the people
in high things should be thus signal
ly honored s. hat young men who
after them may have the st.ma-
Ius Of their st~atesrnanIke acts. hut
he world las been slow 10 re,o1nlze
that h chief debt IS due not 10 the
soldier CT the statesman bat Ia the
man whose self sacrifice makes posi-
Die many brave soldiers and
wise statesmen. There never liv-
ed q man great in the forum or
i'll the field who did not trace back his
Inspiration 70 high endeayor i, the
lessons talght him at home ana IT,
stimulating influence Of some sre4t
teacher. McIver often paid tribute
10 the debt he owed To John r. Kelly.
an old fashioned and thorough teach
er of the old school for the early
u"lning he ave him and the ambi-
ton he planted in him. and to presi-
dent Kemp P. Battle and Or. George
= " llV ht tIltCI GU ltc I M
versity.
This peaceful decade in North Car
o!ina's history is notable for the fact
That the two nc who were most
hono~ed by the State, most loved by
the people, and did most for the up-
lift Of all the people, were Charles
Duncan NClNer and Charles Brantley
Aycock. They were fellow students
at the Cniversitys and from the day
they graduated in their institution,
they devoted themselves chiefly to
opening up new doors and giving larg-
er opportunity to the children; they
were united in life and gave them
selves unreservedly and fully TO the
ca'!se they lcNe5 and shortened fneir
lives because of their service. 1t is
a high tribute to the spirit Of North
Carolina Of today that, while We have
able statesmen and while We Will soon
unveli q monument in Capitol Square
to the brave young lad, Henry /.
Wyatt, who gay the first blood for
the CCnfederacy, the spirit Of North
Carolina today is hat the man Who
does most to stimulate ambitious
youth and to lift up the people to q
higher plane and give every boy anC
girl a fair chance, are the men who
hold first place in the esteem Of oul
people.
North Carolina is the My State ir
America, except Massachusetts, whicI
erected a statue to Horace Mann, tina
has put the bronze figure of its great
est educator in it's Capitol Square.
The lesson of this appreciation of the
school master and the educational
statesman will be felt in the greater
efforts the State will put forth to edu-
cate its children. There IAN come nc
large and permanent measure OF
prosperity without an educated peo-
pie. McIver's declaration, !" There is
nothing just SO expensive t O the State
as knowiedge-except ignorance
should be blazoned on every schoo
house and every college and every
public place in North Carolina, an6
the unwilling of his monument yes
terday will impress that sentiment
upo every thoughtful man, woman
and child in the State. The story OF
his life will be read in his bronze
figure and thousands of boys will be-
inspired to emulate his life and tc
give themselves to the uplift Of their
fellows.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-05-21
SALE OF j.. b. BISSETT LAND.

BY virtue Of a judgment If Wake
superior Court in a special procted-
ing entitled 'E. NJ. Itenfrow. admin
istrator of j. b. Bissett Mittie Nir-
Ginla Brown and John Henry Bissett.
against Jennie Lee Bissett. Annie
Bissett, and Sadie Bissett, each being
infants under age and without guar
dian and h~eirs-at-law Of j.. b. Bis
sett," and numbered 1884 on the
docket, ! Will offer fot sale in the city
OF Raleigh on Monday. the 18th day
Of May, 1912, at Il o'c'ock NJ, for
cash. the following lots Of land:
Lot No. Zone lot or parcel Of
and near the city Of Raleigh, in
Wake county, \. G., being lot 40. IL
IN BLOCK No :. and lying on the
corner Of Bloodworth ana Porter
streets.
Lot No. 1o6.-Lying and being
near the city of Raleigh and desig-
mated as lot No. 156, in Block No.
...... Described and contained in
map mad by Y. ID. Stronach. q. r.
and registered in Book 1885, at page
III: Both Of these lots being i IN
the plan of Oakdale and conveyed to
j. 3. Bissett by Daniel Allen and J.
Y. Brown, trustees, and lying between
Elm and Swain streets, tina is lot No.
106.
Second Sale.
on Tuesday, the 28th day Of May,
1912, at the bank in the town OF
Wendell, n. c., at II o'clock NJ. for
cash, the following lots Of land:
Another lot situate. lying and be-
ing in the town Of Wendell. Wake
county, and State of North Carolina,
and more particularly bounded and
described as follows. to-wit:
Beginning at a point thirty (3O(
feet from the intersection Of y. Main
street and the Norfolk and southern
Railway right-of-way. and runs west
With the line Of lot No. 8. block elev-
en- 11) TO an alley one hundred and
~thirtv-two I32) feet; thence north
along said alley thirty 800 feet to
the line of No. l in said bIock-said
lot purchased by L. Q. NOVEL;, thence
east along the line Of said L. O.
NOVEL; n hundred and thirty-two
C32( feet to the west side OF
North Main street; thence south thir-
Ut 800 feet along the west side Of
North Main street to the beginning:
Being lot No. 2 in plot No. II Of the
urvey of the land Of the Wendell
Land Company as appears on the
Book of Maps at page 81 as register
ed in the office Of Wake county.
Lot No. seven lT) in plot fourteen
Of the survey of the land of the Wen
dell Land Company. as appears on
Book of Naps-18S5-at page sixty
one t61) Of the office of Wake Coun-
~, and ituate in the town of Wen
dell, Wax County, and State Of
North Carolina, and more particular
" described as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at a point seventy-fye
(75) feet from the northwest inter-
section of Main and Third streets
m running west one hundred and
thirty (130) feet to an alley, thence
north along said alley twenty-five
(25) feet TO the line Of lot No. six CD
Of B. ". Todd; thence along the line
Of lot Of B.. W. Todd to the west sid
of Main street; thence along the west
side of Main street twenty-five $3.50
feet to the beginning.
This sale is made for the purpose
Of raising money with which to pay
the debts Of j. B. Bissett. the surplus.
if any. to be divided among the heirs
at-laW.
Title TO these lots is perfect.
j. c. L. HARRIS,
commissioner.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-30
BALKAN WAR is
NEARING CLOSE
Servia Remains Actlvo--kus-
tria Resents Insult.

Vienna, Nov. 8O.-The tension be.
tween Austria Hungary and Servia
was greatly aggravated by the discov-
cry that dispatches sent by Herr Pro
chaska, the Austrian consul at Pris-
rend, from Uskub, last Sunday. had
been withheld and that others which
were forwarded had been mutilated in
some parts and other passages forged
by Servians.
1t was also learned that the Austrian
flag had been lnsulted at Prisrend and
the archives of the consulate carried
off by the Servians. The great dan
ger now is that Servian officers will
these outrages to be punished. In this
case grave historic events would en-
sue. Sober minded people, however.
are relying on the strong influence
which Russian has over Servia. and
which she is bringing to bear to main
tain peaceful relations between that
country and Austria Hungary.
Up to the time Consul Procheska ar
rived at Uskub on Nov. 20 the Aus
trian foreign office had not heard from
him directly for nearly a month. The
Servian officers took. him in charge
when they captured Prisrend and for
some time refused to take orders from
the civil authorities as to bis release
on the ground that his detention was
a military necessity. 1t was alleged
that whaD tha Serviona antprad Prfs-
rend the consul fired on the troops
from the consulate. 1t was also stated
that he was protecting Albanians In
the consulate. No word was received
from the consul, and his whereabouts
were unknown. Finally Austria Hun
kary brought such pressure to bear
that the consul was sent under escort
to Uskub, where. as already stated.
he arrived on Nov. 26
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-30
INCREASE OF $4,000
IN CITY BUDGET FOR
1918 IS DECIDED ON
Aldermen In Committee Session Last
NIGHT Talk Over Matter Ex-
peCted to be About $4,000.
HEALTH BOARD TO GET $4,000

There Is to be an Increase of but
over that of the present year, accord
ing to decision of the Board of Alder
men arrived at at its committee
meeting last night. The total amount
to be appropriated for the coming
year will probably be $157,000 as
against $1,000 used this year. The
increase will probably be for the
Board of Health, lamps and lights
and salary accounts.
An ordinance providing for the
various appropriations is to be in
troduced and passed upon its first
reading at regular meeting of the
Board of Aldermen Monday night
and before that is done there may be
other changes. According to present
calculations the health board appro-
priation for 1913 will be increased
from $4,000 to $4,000, the police
salary account will be increased
about $4,000 and the appropriation
for lamps and lights will be in
creased two or three thousand dol
lars.
The 1912 budget as introduced
early last December provided for ap-
preparations as follows: Public Lib.
rary, $500; Board of Health, $3,-
600; Memorial Day, 800; public
grounds and buildings, $4,000;
lamps and lights, $4,000; police
s33,500; poor. $4,000; salaries, s10,,
600; District Court, $4,000; hospital
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-30
PICTURE MEN
IN ARGUMENT
1ii,1 X,dorn ,,,,,,s,, . =, E5!aSt s. Nnst Appear
Before Recorder.

Aldermen-elect William F.. Hilker
has been made the defendant in an
assault and battery case in which
Jacob Goldman, competing photog-
rapher, charges that Hilker struck
him in the face. Goldman appeared
before Recorder Kehoe last night
and wanted to swear out warrant
for the arrest of the alderman-elect
The court did not issue a warrant,
but made an order that Hilker be
summoned to appear and answer to
the charge at 7 o'clock Monday night.
The alleged attack is declared to
have taken place yesterday on New
Brunswick avenue, near Smith street,
at time when Goldman was in q
jovial mood and began to Josh Hilker
about his business, and Hilker was
not inclined to be joked with. One
word led to another until the pair
argued about the price one charged
for some enlargements. 1t is de-
clared Goldman called Hilker a vile
name which he resented with blows
in the face.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-30
NEAR DEATH IN
A GAS CHAMBER
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Schosd-
Ter of 236 First Street
Nave Narrow Escape.
COAL STOVE is CAUSE
Husband Awakened by Noise
Manages to Raise Window
--StagQers to Physician.

Rendered almost unconscious by
fumes of escaping coal gas from an
adjoining room, Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Schroeder, OF 236 First street.
awoke this morning about o'clock
near asphyxiated. After feebly walk
ing to the window, which he opened
Mr.. Schroeder fell unconscious for a
a short time near the door which he
also tried to unfasen. Afer an
hour or so in this condition the air
from the window revived him SO that
he could go for a doctor to aid his
wife, who continued all the while in
a semi-unconscious state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schroeder retired
about IL o'clock last night with a
hot, hard coal fire in the cooking
stove In the kitchen adjoining. The
stove was defective and when the fire
burned low, the coal fumes escaped
through the cracks and filled the
kitchen. The draft of the stove had
recently been partially clogged with
SCOT, and the gases rapidly filled the
cook room. When the kitchen could
hold no more of the fumes, they
made their way through the door
leading to the bedroom, where Mr..
and Mrs. Schroeder were sleeping.
BY degrees the bedchamber, which
was air tight, all the windows being
locked, was filled with the noxious
fumes which penetrated the nostrils
of the sleepers.
They were innocently sleeping out
their inevitable fate when Mr.
Schroeder was awakened by loud
noise outdoors near his house. He
half awakened, as the gases had
made him stupid, but he realized
partially his condition and made his
way to window to let in the fresh
air. After this he started for the
door, but fell PROSTATE before he
could open it. In an hour he was
revived by the incoming air, and
finding his wife had not recovered
and was still in a dazen state, started
for Dr. Meinzer's Office at 284 Madi-
son avenue. He was so Weak he
could hardly. walk yak, anu Patrolman L.
sa|e sa|e e-e5e1ifssen 5e1iifssen happening along as he left
the house, assisted him to the doc
tors.
When they returned with DR..
Meinzer for Mrs schaedler, they
found she had regained consciousness
by aid of the fresh air entering the
to completely recover from the ef-
fects Of the experience in few days.
Mr.. Schroeder is a timekeeper for
the General Bakelite Company in
Rector street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-30

$1,000; streets and sewers, $26, 900;
fire, $4,000; Shade Tree Commits
sion, $1,000; Playground Commits
sion, $1,500. which made a total of
$136, 100. To this $4,000 was add
ed last June, making the total
amount s151,100.
The president of the Board of
Health appeared before the alder
men last night with table of figures
to show financial needs for the COM
ing year. 1t is understood the Board
of Health wanted $4,000, an amount
double that received this year. In
1911 it received but $4,000.
The police appropriation Is to be
swelled by about $4,000 to pay for
increase in salaries of large num-
Der of patrolmen, whose salaries in
crease each year according to the
number OF years they have served.
Additional money, probably $4,000
or perhaps $4,000, is to be needed
for lamp and light extensions for the
coming year, aldermen say. Addi-
tional lamps are to be placed about
the streets and provision may be
made to pay part Of the cost Of
current for white ways in the busi-
ness districts.
There will be an increase in the
general salary appropriation. not be-
cause of any increase in salaries,
but to overcome a draft from the
contingent fund, as was made this
wear
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-30
INTERESTING SPEAKER
FOR THE Y. M. G. A.

All men are invited to attend the
lecture at the Library auditorium to-
morrow afternoon under the auspices
Of the religious committee, of the
y. M. G. A. George T. Coxhead, a
secretary OF the International com
mittee, Of New York City, will speak
on "Life's Greatest Question"
A special musical program has
been arranged by o. w. Christian,
chairman Of the music committee.
Miss Emma Greiner and Miss Edith
Marshall will render piano selections,
and James Atherton will sing the
hymn, "Jesus Lover OF My Soul"
The meeting will start at $50 sharp.
and continue about aQ hour.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-30
CITY TO BUY RIGHTS
AT FOOT OF STREETS
Ferry Company Is
Anxious TO Get
! | eusV.
AGREE ON PRICE

Riparian rights to the ends of
Buckingham avenue, Washington,
Commerce and Fayette streets will
probably be purchased soon by the
city, according to the opinion
as expressed at the commit
tee meeting of the Board of Alder
of the newly formed Perth Amboy e
Tottenville Ferry Company were on
hand and asked what the city was
going to do about the proposition.
The company appears anxious to
lease riparian rights for the easterly
end of Buckingham avenue SO that 1t
may establish a ferry slip there and
operate ferryboats between this city
and Tottenville by next summer.
Senator George s. Silzer, appear
Ing as counsel for the new ferry COM
pany, spoke In Its behalf before the
aldermen. He told them of the opin-
ion Of Attorney General Edmund
Wilson concerning the city's right to
lease and spoke of the decision OF
the Riparian Commission to sell the
rights directly to the city at $40 a
lineal foot. President G. G. Baldwin
and other officials of the ferry COM
pany also appeared.
The ferry company representatives
wanted to know If the city
was going to buy the rights at once
and II 1t could lease them for Buck
ingham avenue under original terms.
No definite action was taken by the
city fathers. but 1t appeared likely
that the city would purchase the
rights and would lease them for
Buckingham avenue at the rental
figure originally agreed upon, which
Is the same as that paid for the end
of Smith street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-30
DIR. MCCORMICK WILL
OPEN OFFICES HERE

DR.. w. H. Mccormick, Jr., son OF
Mr. and Mrs. w. n. Mccormick, OF
229 High street, and a native of this
city, who has been connected with
the New Jersey State Village for
Epileptics at Skillman for six months.
has resigned his position there to be-
gin practice in this city Monday.
DR.. Mccormick Is a graduate OF
the local high school and Of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, being a
member of the class of 1911. He
has spent a year in the st. Francis
Hospital in Trenton, where he gain
ed general hospital experience, after
which he took up work at Skillman.
DR.. Mccormick will open his Offices
in the building formerly occupied by
the late DR.. A. e. Hults at 336 High
street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-30
BROTHER
WHILE WHILE AT AT PLAY
Little Boys Had Rifle in
Thar Yard.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Special TO the EVENING NEWS.
New Brunswick, Nov. While
playing with a rifle in the yard at
their home at Ten Mile Run yester-
day afternoon, Howard Pardoe, six
years old, was accidentally shot by
his brother, Hewitt, fourteen years
old, and instantly killed. The bullet
entered the boys head. Coroner
Taylor, of Milestone, was called and
found death was accidental and no
one to blame.
The Pardoe boys are sons OF Rich
ard Pardoe, well known farmer.
He bought the rifle some time ago
and afterward was sorry he had got
ten 1t. Fearing some one would be
harmed the rifle was laid aside. The
boys coaxed their father SO hard for
1t that he gave 1t back to them yes
terday afternoon. An hour after
ward the accident happened.