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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-18
THE POULTRY INDUSTRY.

The statistics which have been compiled show
in absolute figures that the poultry industry is.
one Of the very greatest industries Of the coun-
try. The amount spent annually in this country
for chickens and eggs mounts up into so many
millions of dollars as hardly to be believed.
In North Carolina there is in but few sections
hat attention given to the poultry industry
which its importance and it's financial value jus
tify. In sections where attention is paid to the
raising of poultry, and to the dealing with eggs,
the evidence is that there is a great return tor
the effort expended. and the business is on the
increase. 1t is an industry from which this State
should receive far larger returns than it does.
A movement has been started in this county
and The Wake Poultry Association has been or
ganized, in order that the industry might be ex-
banded. The movement is one worthy Of the
iuli support Of the farmers of Wake county, and
for all who have premises on which chickens can
be raised, for with proper attention the poultry
industry will be a profit maker Of size. The
Wake Poultry Association has as its purpose the
extension of poultry raising and its plans are
mapped out to make it Of service to all who
take membership with it. The organization is
one built on the idea of mutual aid in the work
and it j is proposed to have in Raleigh, from De-
cember 80 to January 2, a poultry show so as to
give impetus to the movement. None of the
money realized by membership fees is to go for
salaries, but all is to be used for the upbuilding
of the association and the poultry industry. The
movement is one which deserves full supporc.
Queer lot these Mexicans. Here was Uncle
Sam warming up to Old Man Carranza, trying
to be real iriendly.like. and what does Carranza
do in appreciation but frigidly remark that Mex
leo wants no interference with its interior at
fairs? The Generals way of receiving a friendly
overture leaves something to be desired.
South Carolina politics boils but doesn't e1er-
vesce,' SAYS a headline. Wonder what can be
the matter with it1
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-18
Nxcee NaH 0maacm

M wonder that Sir Walter Raleigh was filed
q y with grief and melanchaleigh, as he sat in
his cell; his country owed him for her glory, as
you will know who read his story-he servedsher
passing well. And yet his vain, besotted ruler
took Walt and chuckled him in The cooler, and
fed him stale rye
AFFLICTED GENIUS. bread; James said he
was a Meddling Matty,
and kept him there till nearly batty, and then
cut of his head. And who can think Of old
Jack Bunyan as he sat eating bread and onion,
OF paced the prison yard without desiring, teeth
agnttn', to take a poke at heartless Britain, for
seourgng sage and bard? And Britain still is
quite . dinger at prosecuting sage and singer, ~
Harry Kemp avows; he travelled there for local
color, and Britain, stupider and duler than any
law allows, remarked: FOR bards we have no
uses, but We have divers calabooses, and heaps
Of stone to break" Then she removed the poets
sweater and fixed him with a rusty fsttsr and
chained him to q stake. Oh, Britain, dour and
stony-hsarted, through all the years your ba1ds
have smarted beneath your iron nst; but when
you cast your tyrant glances upon q hatlsss pote
from Kansas, it's time for war, I wist!
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-18
l. FOR S1.7O

These has never been offered in North Carolina
so much good reading for so little money as we
are offering under the following proposition: For
s1.70 we will send the following for one year:
The Weekly News and Observer, an eight-page
weekly newspaper.
The Commorer, an able monthly journal, pub
hshed by William Jennings Bryan.
The Farmer and Mechanic, sixteen page North
Carolina home and farm weekly journal.
Thus for One Dollar and Seventy Cents you
can get all these papers one year.
w.. {. MOORE, Manager.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-18

1t is a pleasure to know that Senator Tillman's
allegorical COW will be permitted to browse
around in the permanent Congressional Record as
well as in the daily issue. She teaches a whole
some lesson.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-18

Huerta is said to be one-half convinced of the
wisdom of the advice that has been given him
by the Washington administration. All things
considered, that is very satisfactory progress.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-18

1t has to be admitted that Huerta is not a
man to be hurried. AS the Washington Star
saws, he is going, but he is one Of the persons
who do not mind missing a few trains.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-18

Now that General Huerta is considering the
question of who would make a suitable successor
to himself, the situation can fairly be said to be
III fine shape.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-18

Charlotte dairymen have followed the example
of those OF Wilmington and put the price of milk
up to twelve and a half cents per Quart, A,
usual, Raleigh has the advantage over other
cities. We have to pay only twelve cents Der
quart for it here.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-18

The Charlotte Observer says it has an idea
that the currency bill will be out of the way
about three days before Thanksgiving. Evil
IDENTIFY thinks the homing instinct of the solons
IS particularly strong around about Thanksgiv-
ing eve. But we hope the Observer is a good
prophet. With the evils of the tariff and of the
currency both remedied so far as that is DOS
slble through the medium of legislation, Con
gressmen could go home with a sense Of duty
faithfully performed and the country would will
ingly allow them a week or ten DAYS before going
back for the regular session.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-18

Mrs. Helen D. Winans, Of New York, died a
few days ago leaving fifty thousand dollars, the
bulk Of her estate, to a dog hospital. it is a far
cry from the attitude of Mrs. Winans to that of
Caswell county where the dog is virtually out
lawed. But it takes all sorts of people to make
up a world, and we must say we have a sort of
partiality for the Caswell county view rather
than that of the New York woman.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-18

Boss Barnes, of New York, says that he has
never had any doubt that Colonel Roosevelt
would try for the Republican nomination in 1916
if he retained his health. If Mr.. Barnes is enter
tanning any hopes that the Colonels health is
going to break down, he is a less discriminating
Individual than some have supposed. So far as
physical fitness is concerned, the former President
is always ready for a chase for office
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-18

Eouth Carolina politics boils but doesn't effer-
vesce." saws a headline. Wonder what can be
the ma tier with itl
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-18
AN ERA OF CONSOLIDATION.

Consolidation is getting quite the order Of tha
dav in educational institutions. the larger as web
as the smaller ones, the practice having some
time since become firmly established in connec-
ton with the rural schools.
A little while ago Richmond had two medical
colleges. They merged. Now there is a strong
probability that the medical department of the
University Of Virginia will be consolidated with
the Richmond institution, the merged school be-
coming a part Of the University but without be-
ing removed from Richmond.
Fewer and better schools seem to be the idea.
It is not a bad one. It might be applied to
churches with advantage. One reason why men
do not go to church is said to be that the ser
mons that they hear at church do not help them.
There are SO many church establishments that
the cost of maintaining them sometimes III indi-
vidual cases makes it inpracticable to secure
able and heart-reaching ministers,
Consolidation of churches is not the prevailing
plan among the various denominations, IN fact.
lack Of multiplicatio of churches is regarded as
a sign Of UNCONVENTIONAL decay and atrophy. But
the problem of reaching the people is ~inslstent,
and to meet changed conditions it is sometimes
necessary to change systems.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-18

talk. She had told him where she
roomed-a cheap but decent place, that
she had no parents. Neither had ne.
That she was afraid of the city. NO.
she didn't go to the theater-never to
dances. She knew no one that she
was not-afraid to go with
The evening ended by his taking
her to a good vaudeville. and then
home. She felt safety and sweetness
and good intention in him, and Dan
glowed with protective zeal. The giri
had found a friend.
A month or two passed and the two
began seeing much of each other. Dan
repaired his little three-room house on
the lot far out. and she worked at
the store. and the relaxation OF goins
out with him and being less lonely
brought more color to her face. All
the time Murray's advice to marry her
ran in Dams thought, but no word De-
yond friendship passed between them.
He was perfectly sure that she woulon
have him; he thought of asking murray
how you got a nice girl to want TO
marry you when you were secretly
afraid of her?
Fate helped out his fears and his
silence, One night ne met her on ner
way back from work and saw at once
that there was trouble
I'm fred she said, land in dis
grace. Some money was given out
too much change. Sadie Wells neu
1t onto me. L couldn't square myself.
He gave her one look and tucked
her arm under his.
Never mind, honey; you marry me
and go out and keep house for me,
and TIL see you righted at the store.
Didn't you know I loved you, Annie!
Didn't you know it?'' They had turn
ed down a quiet side street, and the
girl was choking back tears OF trouble,
tears of joy and relief. Don't you
love met" questioned Dan. Don't
your
She nodded happily, and then for
moment she found her voice.
"Oh, adore you, Dan! You know
He did know.-(Copyright 1918, by the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-18
EVENING CHAT
Helping the World Along.
BIZ RUTH CAMERON.


A sweet faced young woman laid
big bundle of lingerie on the counter
at the laundry. IT want these by to-
morrow afternoon. You'll be sure to
have them for me. won't your" she
said.
The proprietress opened up the big
bundle of fuSSy work and looked dubi-
GUS I'VE really ought to have two full
days." she said doubtfully.
But I'm going away and I must
have them. You know I've brought a
lot of work here" suggestively.
The proprietress reached for a slip.
We'll try our best" she said YEARLY.
"Oh, thank you SO muchi'' said the
sweet faced young woman, in a tone as
sweet as her face, and she tripped light
1y out of the door rejoicing to have
won her point. and to have escaped
from the heat, which even in that
outer office was well nigh unbearable.
The idea that she had done anything
at all wrong or unkind never occurred
to her.
And yet I have heard that same
sweet faced young woman rail quite
bitterly against the rich men who
forced their laborers to work under
unhealthy and disagreeable conditions
or drive them at a cruel pace in order
to add a few dollars to their own for
tunes.
I'm sure she thinks that if she were
rich manufacturer she would never
commit such abuses.
And yet in this little. matter which
was within her Jurisdiction, she prov
ed herself quite as selfish and relent-
less in getting what she wanted at the
price of driving or overtime work for
the laundry employees.
It Is easy to imagine what one would
do if one had great power.
@ M n do xxyhn
should with the small power one act
ually has.
You and I and many other good peo-
pie are greatly troubled by the suffer-
ing which we see around u.s. as a re-
suit of unsa satisfactory social conditions.
We rail against the malefactors OF
great wealth, but we have no right to
rail unless our own hands are abso-
lutely clean. There are malefactors of
little wealth, too.
If we fail in the smaller social re-
sponsibiIities which our particular sta
ton in life puts upon us, we thereby
show our calibre. We have no right to
assume that we would be any more
just or generous in a position of larger
responsibility.
There are many little ways in which
the least powerful of us can do our
dustrial conditions. We can refrain
from making these quasi-public SER
wants whom we indirectly employ work
overtime, or at unnatural speed. for
our idle convenience; we can show OF
appreciation of social justice by pat
ronizing the shop OF factory which
treats it's workers well. We can taboo
the establishment where conditions are
VIGOROUSLY bad.
It's always a temptation to fancy
that we humble folks have no respon-
sibilities in this direction, but it is the
greatest mistake in the world or
course We cannot do other people as
much harm by our self1shness as the
man of wealth and power, but we can
do ourselves just as much harm and
We certainly abdicate any right to
criticize those whose selfshness diff
fers in it's consequences but not in its
character, from our own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-18
QUAKER MEDITATTONs.
From the Philadelphia Rae,

lFrom the Philadelphia Record.J
Unfortunately the man higher nm isn't
always worthy of his hire ~
Many fortune has been dissipated that
had no particularly bad habits
1t is quite possible for a fellow to lose
his head without being decapitated
1t isn't so easy for the average woman
to blush as 1t is to lose her color.
When a mans life is truly an open boolx
1t takes more than Death to close it.
1t is much better for young man to
think seriously of matrimony than to re-
gard it as joke.
OF course there is more than one good
reason why the matchmaking mamma
should be called Mater.
Wigwag-'I really believe am blind to
my own faults" Guzzler-"Come have an
eye-opener with me-"
The man who argues that politeness
never costs anything seems to forget the
seat he gives up in a crowded car.
Snobbs-'I just love the sea; the nobility
of the waves" Blobbs-tN obility?'' Snobbs
Yes, all the waves have crests''
Women make I'D the contradictory sex
When woman realizes that she has been
done up she is apt to exclaim: ALIAS! 1
am undone."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
[From the Cbicapo Na,,

n ToII tne Chicago News1
A sort mark is nearly always hara -,
ing shame. >' Dut not a cry
so Inc pest thing about hope is that it's All
is easily discouraged at nome
Even woman seldom has eausa +o -.
pent because she said too little. " re-
But an ounce of fIattery beats . -
OF truth if you have an ak ~ e-;a pound
When girl begins to call a vo,Ina
last. S "csisns on his
The whistle on the engine mal,a. a..
most NOISE but 1t doesn't help to niIIl me me
Only smart man can tel, ~.
can't tangle him up 'us woman
The man who falls In 1o -.
woHaE az sight by moonlight MAJ r. Il
But oecasion9iI,p y SUNG mt
tne wrong 1uneral-that of the home tas1ss
instead OF the visiting team ie team
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-18
AYHAWKEK JOTS

Baseball may be an American game
but it is mostly Greek to the women
folk, thinks the Ottawa Republic.
The only way to get your moneys
worth, insists the Stanton County
Journal, is to lead a pleasant life.
According to the lola Register, the
new tariff bill has the enthusiastic en-
dorsement of every newspaper in the
Old World
Every person should memorize some
poetry, advises the Winfield Courier
1t has a wonderfully soothing effect
upon the disposition in times of worry.
The old-fashioned schoolboy who is
proud of his pocket knife is among
those present at ST. Francis. One of
the school notes in the ST. Francis
Herald is: O. Robt. Cram now has a
new pocket knife which is quite a now
city. Those wishing their pencils
sharpened might do well to see Mr..
Cram
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-18

which will give him his liberty at least
until there is a final determination of
the habeas corpus suit, a hearing on
which has been set by Judge Dana for
Oct. rs. Through this habeas corpus
proceeding HalloweH is seeking his
freedom on the ground that the sem
tence imposed ON him by Judge Huron
violates the state constitution in that
it is unusual and excessive. But this
or change in the slightest the attitude
towards Hallowell that Judge Huron
maintains
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-18
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE.

There are rocky roads to a number of
points besides Dublin.
When a woman does say that her hus-
band is the household she doesn't mean it.
Public speakers are so long-winded 1t is
strange there are few Marathon run
ners.
You can't convince a man who loves a.
rat girl that she will keep getting more
so.
Short jerks: I'D hate to be preacher
and have to set a good example for my
enemies
While he may neglect other painful
duties, man usually gets mad when he
thinks he should.
There seems to be exceptions to all the
rules except that mems hats keep getting
worse and worse.
If a barber happens to leave two hairs
on mans face his competitor will be
sure to discover them.
The Big Nuisance is the man who holds
you by the lapels and wants to denounce
some one or some thing.
With a great deal of regret it is OBJ
use much face powder as the women.
Every once in while Short jerks spits
and says something about automatic
government" What is an automatic gov
eminent?
The rule is that man waits inpatient
ly for letter and is disappointed when
he gets it. 1t is hard to satisfy the Plain
People.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-18
SOME ANCIENT HISTORY.

Perhaps this will be as interesting
as ancient history so often is.
A couple of years or SO ago H. B.
Halloweli, the old man whose present
sorry predicament is discussed in the
preceding article on this page, took
unto himself a second wife, a woman
who had engaged in three other mat
rimonial ventures. They entered into
a prenuptial contract in which she
renowned her wifely rights to any
share of his estate, which consisted in
the main of a small, heavily mort
gagged farm near Burlingame.
Some time later, Mrs. Hallowell sued
her husband for a divorce, but even
tually the suit resulted in Hallowell
being given the decree. In the pre-
liminaries of this suit, Hallowell was
ordered by the court to provide her
attorney with a fee of $50. She re-
tanned the services of George A
Huron, now judge of the police court,
to act as her attorney. In that ca
paeity he visited the Hal1owell farm
property, and carried on other inves-
cations. Attorney Huron then sug-
gested to Hailowell that satisfactory
basis to Mrs. Hallowell on which the
divorce suit might be settled would
be the payment by him of $500 to
her. HalloweIl refused to entertain
any such proposition, because of the
agreement Mrs. Hallowell made in
their prenuptial contract
In this way the matter ran on for
time, and then Mrs. Hallowel sug-
gested to Judge Huron that she would
like to place her case in the hands of
another attorney. Mr. Huron said this
would be all right with him provided
he received the attorneys fee in the
case, and was recompensed for the
expense he had incurred. But without
making any definite arrangements
concerning this, Mrs. Hallowell went
ahead and placed her suit in the hands
of another attorney, w. I. Jamison
being the man this time. And Jami-
son went ahead and pressed the suit
to it's first trial in the district court.
Shortly after his services had been
engaged by Mrs. HaIlowell, her hus-
band paid him the $50 fee that he was
ordered by the court to provide for his
wife's attorney.
Judge Huron describes himself as
being left holding the sack" in this
instance, and in recounting these
events not many days ago with S.
]. Hallowell, a son of the old man,
Judge Huron remarked: your old
father thought he was pretty smart
when he turned that attorneys fee
elsewhere. I wonder what he is
thinking now?'
Just what the old man HallowelI
was thinking then was undoubtedly
interesting as well as painful. While
this conversation was in progress in
Judge Huron's office at the city prison,
the elder Hal1owen was down in the
Bull Pen in the same building serving
out a sentence of four months impris-
onment and a $500 fine that was i'm
posed on him by Judge Huron for the
sale of a half-pint of whisky
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-18

Running true to the present form
and strength of the Progressive party,
its candidate at the special congress
siona1 election in West Virginia fin
ished third to the Democratic and Re-
publican candidates. This is not en-
couraging to the Progressives who are
bent on getting or remaining in office,
and may explain why some of their
erstwhile number are reluctant to
state whether or not they still stand
with that party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-18
KANSAS COMMENT

WHEAT. ?.
Wheat comes from prehistoric 49,. ,,e
,S crown throughout the temperate 1orS-
T - only on the tables OF the
wealthy, it has become the prlnclpat, roo 81
Of man and nd is 6pn now R of the wheat
Of the United States comes from ~ na coils
Its quality is unsurpassed. Our Vlrsih i SV.o
have produced profitanIe yieius ~~radnaiIy
opened up these new lands until the nili,t
has been reached. Continuous wheat
Kansas permanent supremacy in wheat
must come from carefully woTkeu +per
rotations of this great cereal VII. ad and
stores moisture. During the past sumnne5s
many a we'll titled acre has accum ~
available plant food in excess OF ste NV
mands of the crop grown. Wneat NV
being seeded in these fields vii uunse
this surplus. The experiences OF TINS
ing the truth to Kansas wheat growers
G. C. wheeler, in the Kansas Farmer.
REPENTANCE MISSING.
1t may do them an injustice: BUT
when a man like Al. Jennings, VINO for
many years was a thief and cutthroat,
but who claims to have reformed, is
willing to write out in detail the story
of his misdeeds and sell 1T Tor money
We can't help but think the reforma-
ton rests upon policy and not princlple'
that the man would be a thief and cut
throat still if he hadn't found out that
1T didn't pay. And when a woman who
has had the experience that fell to
Evelyn Thaw is willing to tell for pub
LEGATION the detailed story of that ex-
perience, we can't help thinking that
she still deserves the valuation that
was placed upon her by the men who
used her for their pleasure There can
be no genuine reforma ton without re-
pentance. And repentance does not
parade the sins it deplores.-Iola Reg
lister.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-18

KANSAS AS A HEALTH RESORT
When in shock is ripened corn
Flushing pumpkins on the vine,
lis the time sure's you are born
That the weather here is fine.
When at morn you early rise
And proceed to take walk,
Wan'drous visions greet your eyes,
And fine weather's'' all the talk.
By inhaling atmosphere
Like no other cline can claim
You rejoice you're living here,
And from shouting can't refrain!
For one hundred days OF more.
Here each fall, as all well know.
From .short grass" to eastern shore
Balmy zephyrs gently blow.
AS an all round health resort
This grand state is hard to beat
For her ozone's of the sort
That makes living here a treat.
Oft there comes a little sQuaM
Here in this prolific land
But it's brought here after all
BY the stork-you understand?
NJ. B. NICHOL.
Frankfort Kan.