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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-25
PLEASURE IN FRUIT GROW

more than anything else is to be
taught how to enjoy the pleasures
and advantages Of life in the
country. When one stops to think
Of it. what a shame it IS that so
mai,y should be huddled together
and cooped up in the great cities.
al, the year round , when they
ought to be out in the openl
Recommend to a friend to try
Inc country, and you will doubtless
fund him ready enough to make the
sttempt, bat in a week or so you
xil, quite iiareiy see him coming
hack again. bag and baggage. He
did not find it to his liking. and
gave it up. And it is only natural
that lac should; a result to be ex-
pecied: for he was simply out Of
his accustomed environment, and
III at ease. He did not know how
70 accustOm hinlsclf to his new
surroundings, and so did not find
the,n satisfactory.
It is the outcome of the same
principle which will he seen at
work in many other fields of cx-
~,ericnce. 1t is said that when a
person beholds the sea for the first
tine, it rarely, if ever. makes an
impression upon him. 1t is to him
4 wide cxpanse of water, and that
Is all. But as one comes to know
ii better, its many moods and ever
changing aspects, it becomes a.
length grand, impressive, awe-in-
spring. and All endless source OF
fascination.
1t is so. too, with the works OF
the great masters of the past. Hs
who looks upon even their creates
masterpieces for the first time
usually wonders, if at all, that they
should appeal to others as they do
But as he comes to be able 10 TIN
dcrstand and appreciate them. h
too, feels their all absorbing charm
and noble inspiration.
Que must know how to appre
ciate the country, in order to enjo.
1t. Confirmed city jewellers ar
accustomed to being amused all tn
time Every one of their wakin'
hours must be frittercd away wit
foiblcs of one kind or another, 0
they are miserable. They will 81
Tor hours and watch a jugglcr pei
form his tricks, though they kno1
them to be but a deception all tn
time, and yet the great processe
OF nature may go On before theI
without arousing their interest /
tho least! But if they only kne'
how to find entertainment III til
changing seasons, the great drama
oi secdtime and harvest, the stor
would he a vastly different one.
As said that the Danish. wholly a
agricultural people, r the haI
piest in the world.
None need ever lack occupatic
and entertainment for all OF n
time, when once he has MAJ
"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-25

Ii Is Oi0 II tr1tc 10 say that a ma
tons prosperity is measured 10y its
agriculture. but it is profoundly
tr1,e nevertheless.
There are 4 thousand ISSUES over
which our statesmen concern them
selves and with which they whip
the people into frenzies OF politi-
cal fervor. But they are not s,rik-
ing at the heart and soul OF the
most vital problem of the day.
These questions are most largely
political. while the greatest eco
nomic iss.e OF this century is to
create such conditions and to sc
educate oar boys as to make them
love, prosper OF aud stick to OUR
farms.
When statesmen big enough and
broad enough fill Dur lawmaking
halls to sense this fact and seek the
remedy, then we shall have a new
era.
Here are just q few random facts
tending to show our farms have
been and are being drained of its
best blood. Sixtv-six per cent OF
the tillers of the soil in the United
States are non-landowners.
In Georgia only thirty~four pc,
cent Of the farmers own the land
which they till; in Alabama and
South Carolina t~hirty-scven pc,
cent. while il other Southern
States conditions are as serious
Similar conditions probably pre-.
vail nationwide. This farm own
ership by those who do not calti
yatc the land is becoming one O
the greatest problems Of the day
and | believe much of it is due /.
the boys leaving the farm for tn
city. This alien land OWNERSHIP
. must be serious when MississiDI
finds it cxpedient to pass a IL,
regulating it.
; We must face this problem al
) find the remedy. Unless this move
naent away from the soil is checke
Cur national prosperity and great
ness is sure to crumble. Agricu'
] tural schools, rural delivery, rur:
!, telephones, wider and more &c,
, eral dissemination Of i~nfor1natio
$ on improved farming and now tt
parcels post are helpful factors an
+ beacon lights along the way, b,
$ much more is to be done to accom-
|piish real results.
) Much depends on the farme
father. They must treat the
boys right teach him how to 10,
the farm and let him share in Il
olprohts Of his toll. The Boys Cot
j. Clubs have demonstrated vel
d clearly what they can and Will
l. if offered the right stimulus, tt
4 hope Of reward. Closer and bctt
community interest and int
Ic course. accurate knowledge of Il
IS soil and the things that best gro
< on tall these from part at lea;
a OF a general upward movement f
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-25

i1lOt( III lCN did. \lOSCl dllIt DSlCCi
community interest and inter
course. accurate knowledge of the
soil and the things that best grow
on it-all these from part at least,
of a general upward movement for
the future farmers Of this country.
Are we to have conditions here
III the South and in the West as
one may find them in many of the
New England States-miles of
abandoned farms and houses va
cant and falling into decay?
flow of boys from the farms to the
fear so unless we can check the
cities. In the South particularly
where the negro farm help is ever,
more pronounced in its tendency to
leave the country and congest In
the cities. the farmers must learn
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which has gone into history as one
Of the most heroic assaults Of all
time. 1t was forlorn hope but 1t was
grasped and the men Of George Ed
ward Pickett. Confederate soldier.
went loyalty and with full hearts to
their death across q shrapnel and rife
swept field.
When the third days fighting open.
ed 1t began with an artillery duel.
hundreds Of guns belching forth shot
and death from the batteries Of both
contending forces. 1t is said that this
was the greatest duel engaged In by
field pieces during the four years Of
the war between the states.
The Union guns at one time ceased
firing, and 1t is said that the southern
commander thought they had been
silenced, and then 1t was that Long
streets men made an assault and
Pickett's men made their charge. The
former generals objective was Big
en- back. Picket formed his division
In brigade columns and they moved
directly across the fields over nat
ground. They had no cover and they
had no sooner come into effective
range than they were met by such a
atorm Of shot as never before swept
over field of battle.
They went on and on, and on clos.
ing in their depleted ranks and NOV
ing steadily forward to their death.
Those Of Pickett's men who reached
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land from invasion, q condition which
military men say always adds sub
tie something to the fighting quality
which is in any man. Some authori-
ties have said that there were 10000
men in the Confederate forces at Get.
tysburg to be confronted by 10000
Union troops. Another authority says
that the Confederate force was $4,000
and the Union force 10000. As It was
the armies were pretty nearly equally
divided in strength.
In June. 1868. General Robert e.
Lee began to move northward. Lee
concentrated his army at Winchester,
Va. and then started for the Potomac
river. which he crossed to reach the
state of Maryland. He fully expected
to be followed by General Hooker's
army and SO General Stuart with a
large force of cavalry was ordered by
Lee to keep in front of Hooker's army
and to check his pursuit of the Con-
federates II 1t was attempted.
Late in June the Confederate. force
reached Hagerstown. in the state of
Maryland. 1t was General Lees in.
tention to strike Harrisburg, Pa.
which was great railroad center
and city where Union armies were
recruited and from which all kinds of
supplies were sent out to the soldiers
in the field. While the Southern com.
mander was on his way with a large
part of his force to the Pennsylvania
capital another part Of his command
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was ordered to make its way into the
Susquehanna Valley through the town
Of Gettysburg and then to turn in its
course after destroying railroads and
gathering in supplies. and to meet the
Confederate commander with the main
army at Harrisburg.
It was General Jubal A. Early of
General Lees command, who reached
Gettysburg after long hard march
on June 26. From there he went to
the town Of York and from thence to
Wrightsville. At this place he was
ordered by General Lee to retrace his
steps and to bring his detachment
back to a camp near Gettysburg.
When Early ahd obeyed Lees order
and had reached a point near Gettys-
burg he found the entire Southern
force was camped within easy strik-
ing distance of the now historic town.
In the meantime things were hap
pening elsewhere. General Hooker
In command of the Union army which
had been depleted at Charlottesville,
had succeeded in out-maneuvering
General Stuart in command of Lees
cavalry. had got around Stuart's COM
mand in q way to prevent the South
ern general from forming junction
with the forces of his chief comman-
der. Lee gave over the proposed
movement on Harrisburg when he
heard of Hooker's approach and
brought the different parts Of his
army together.
Four days before the Gettysburg
fight began General Hooker resigned
as commander of the Union army.
Hooker and General Hallock dis
agreed upon matter concerning
which strategists today say that Cen
eral Hooker was right. Three days
before the battle began, that is. June
20, 1858, General George Gordan
Meade was named as General Hook
er's successor in charge of the North
ern army. General Meade at once
went into the field and established
his Headquarters at point ten or
twelve miles south of the town of
Gettysburg.
Armies Meet at Gettysburg.
1t seems that General Lee on hear
ing that Stuart had not succeeded in
checking the Union army's advance
had made up his mind to turn south
ward to meet the force of Hooker. or
as 1t turned out the force Of Meade.
Lee with his force had advanced
north beyond Gettysburg. while Meade
with his force was south Of the town.
The fields near the Pennsylvania vii
lage had not been picked as place of
battle, but there 1t was that the two
great armies came together and for
three days struggled for the mas
terry.
On the last day Of June. the day
before the real battle of Gettysburg
began, General Reynolds, a corps
commander of the Union army, went
forward to feel out the enemy. He
reached Gettysburg by nightfall. His
corps. the First. together with the
Third and the Eleventh Infantry
Corps with division Of cavalry, COM
posed the Union army's left wing.
The Fifth Army Corps was sent to
Hanover, southeast of Gettysburg,
and the Twelfth Corps was immedi.
ately south of Gettysburg at dis
tance of eight or nine miles. This
was on June 80, and the Union forces
were fairly well separted, but they
were converging and Gettysburg was
their objective.
General Reynolds of the Union
forces arrived at Gettysburg early on
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Southern general did not succeed in
the plan which he had formed to get
by Big Round Top and to attack the
Third Corps from position of van
tage in the rear. General Sickles de-
Tended Round Top and Longstreet
could not take It.
When one visits the battlefield of
Gettysburg he can trace the course
of battle Of the second day where it
ragged at Round Top. Peach Orchard,
Cemetery Hill. Culp's Hill. and what
is known as The DEVILS Den. The
tide of battle ebbed and flowed. Lit
tie Round Top was saved from cap
ture by the timely arrival of a brigade
commanded by General Weed that
dragged the guns Of a United States
regular battery up to the summit by
hand
At the end Of the second days fight
It was found that the Southern army
had failed to break the left flank of
the opposing forces. that 1t had failed
to capture Round Top and that the
right flank of the Northern army, al
though vigorously attacked, had not
been broken. There was a tremen-
dous loss Of life on both sides. and
while in general the day had gone
favorably to the Northern cause Get
tysburg was still drawn battle.
Charge Of Gen. Pickett.
1t was on July 8, the third and last
that Pickett's men made their charge
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the morning OF July /. He dispatched
a courier to Meade saying that the
high ground above Gettysburg was
the proper place to meet the enemy.
Not long after this message was sent
to Meade General Reynolds who dis
patched It. was killed. He was on
horseback near patch Of woods with
his force confronting q large detach-
ment Of Confederate troops which was
coming toward them. These troops Of
the enemy were dispersed by the
Union batteries and Reynolds was
watching the successful solid shot
and shrapnel onset when a, bullet
struck him in the head killing him in
stantly.
General Abner Doubleday succeeded
Reynolds In command Of the troops
at that point Of the field. A brigade
Of Confederates. a Mississippi organi-
zation. charged the Union forces.
broke their organization and succeed
ed in making prisoners Of large part
Of q New York regiment. Later these
men were recaptured and the Missis-
sippi brigade was driven back. por-
tion of 1t surrenderins. In the hght
field or near 1t, one Union regiment.
the 151st Pennsylvania. lost in killed
and wounded 337 men out of = total
Of 446 in little more than a quarter
of an hours fight.
General Doubleday fell back to Sem
mary Ridge and extended his line.
The forces employed against him
here were greater than his own, and
after hard fighting Seminary Ridge
was given up. The first days battle
was In effect and in truth q victory
for the Southern arms. On the night
OF July General Hancock arrived
and succeeded in rallying the Union
forces and putting new heart into the
men. General Meade on that night
ordered the entire army TO Gettys-
burg.
Victory Not Followed Up.
For some reason or other perhaps
unknown to this day, what was virtu-
ally Confederate victory ON the first
of July was not followed up by Cen
eral Lee early on the next morning.
General Meade therefore succeeded in
Strengthening his lines and in pre-
pairing for the greater conflict. One
end of the Union line was some dis
tance east Of Cemetery Hill on Rock
Creek. another end was at Round Top
something more than two miles be-
yond Cemetery Hill to the south. The
Confederate line confronting it was
somewhat longer. =
It is impossible in brief sketch of
this battle to give the names OF the
brigade and the regimental comman-
ders and the names of the regiments
which were engaged on both sides in
this great battle. Meade, Hancock.
Howard. Slocum and sickles with
their men were confronting Lee,
Longstreet. Hill, Ewell and the other
great commanders of the South with
their men. The line Of battle with the
spaces in between the different com
mands was nearly ten miles. 1t was
the Confederate generals intention to
attack at the extreme right and left
and at the center simultaneously. 1t
was to be General Longstreet's duty
to turn the left flank of the Union
army and to break It," Lonsstreet's
intended movement was discovered in
time to have 1t met valiantly. The
battle of the second day really be-
gan with Longstreet's advance. The
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Nal. Gen. John F. Reynolds.

SSsss WYNN ss~y''~'~c'
their destination had a short hand.to-
hand encounter with the northern SOL
diers. It was soon over and Picketts
charge, glorious for all time In his.
tory. was a failure in that which 1t
Attempted to do. but was a success as
helping to show the heroism OF Amer
tcan soldiers.
y The losses at Gettysburg on both
sides were enormous. The Union
army lost Generals Zook. Farnsworth,
Weed and Reynolds, killed; while Gra-
ham, Barnes. Gibbon. Warren, Double
day, Barlow, Sickles, Butterfield and
Hancock were wounded. The total
casualties killed wounded, captured
or missing on the Union side num-
bered nearly $4,000 men. On the Con-
federate side Generals Semnies. Pen
der, Garnet, Armistead, and Barks-
dale were killed. and Generals Kemp
er. Kimbal. Hood, Heth, Johnson and
Trimble were wounded. The entire
Confederate loss is estimated to have
been nearly 10000 men.
The third days fight at Gettysburg
was a victory for northern arms. but
it was a hard won fight and the con-
flict reflects luster today upon the
north and the south. Lee led his
army back southwark, later to con-
front Grant in the campaigns which
finally ended at Appomattox.
Forces Engaged and Losses.
The forces engaged at the Battle OF
Gettysburg we're:
Confederate-Accord to official
accounts the Army of North Virginia,
on the 31st of May, numbered 74.46s.
The detachments which Joined mum.
bered 6.400. making S0.s6s. Deducting
the detachments left IN Virginia
Jankins' brigade, Picketts division,
1900; Corse's brigade, Pickett's divi'
sion, LOO; detachments from Second
corps and cavalry, 1900, in all $500
leaves an aggregate of 1865.
Misunderstanding to the reports OF
the goth Of June, and making allowance
for detachments that Joined In the in.
terim In time to take part In the bat.
tie, the grand aggregate was 100000
officers and men.
The casualties were:
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Northern soil the chances of foreign
Intervention or at least foreign aid to
the Southern cause. would be forth
coming.
General Robert q. Lee late in the
spring Of 1863. made his preparations
to conduct his campaign Northward
into the state of Pennsylvania. He
had under his command three corps,
General James Longstreet command
ing the First. General Richard 8.
Ewell commanding the Second. and
General A. P. Hill commanding the
Third. In the Union army which aft
erward confronted Lee at Gettysburg,
there were seven corps, but the num-
ber OF men in each was much less
than that in a Confederate corps. the
military composition Of each being
different. The Union corps comman-
ders who under Meade were at Get
tysburg, were Generals John F. Rey-
nolds. w. 8. Hancock, Daniel E.
Sickles, George Sykes, John sedgwick,
o. o. Howard and H. W. Slocum.
Forces Almost Evenly Matched.
yond the point Of all dispute just how
many men were engaged on each side
in the battle OF Gettysburg 1t is
known that the armies were very
nearly equal in strength, the proba-
bilities being that the Confederate
force was few thousand men strong
er than the Union force, a difference
which was balanced perhaps by the
fact that the Union armies at Gettys-
burg were fighting in defense Of their
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In the BARRIERS Chair.

mo sooner was l seated in the
chair" began Jones, than the barber
commented on the weather, and di-
sected a current of discourse into my
ears.
"'Je ne comprend pas said l, with
an inward chuckle, thinking his volu-
bility would be checked.
''In very good French he started in
afresh. / looked at him as II bewil-
dered, and then interrupted him by
asking:
Was Sagen Sie?'
He began to repeat in German all
that he had been saying, whenI shut
him off with:
I'm deaf and dumb!'"
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STORY OF FAMOUS
CIVIL WAR FIGHT
Battle Of Gettysburg Which
Brought Credit to Both
Blue and Gray.
TURNING POINT OF CONFLICT
Total Losses on Both sides In Three
Days Fighting Over so,ooo-sev-
sral Generals Killed and
Wounded.
BY EDWARD .. CLARK

- YAsHINGTON.-It IL posi-.
wv BILE. some people would say
probable, that the Battle OF
vv Gettysburg changed utterly
the course Of American his
tory. It was q great fight between
armies OF Americans. for probably
fully ninety per cent. of the men who
fought on the two sides were born
natives to the American soil. The
bravery shown at Gettysburg was of
the order which Americans have
shown on every field and which re-
fleets credit upon the hardy and
heroic ancestry of the men engaged.
no matter from what race they may
have sprung.
At Gettysburg there was nothing to
choose between the valor of the North
and the South. The South lost the
aght, but 1t lost 1t honorably and
with the prestige Of its soldiery un-
dimmed. The charges made on that
field have gone down into history AZ
assaults made under conditions which
every man felt might mean death at
the end. The defenses made at Gettys-
burg were Of the kind which 1t takes
iron In the blood to make perfect. At
Gettysburg Northerners and South
erners replenished their store Of re-
spect for their antagonists. The bat
tie marked the high tide Of the war
between the states. After 1t the
South largely was on the defensive,
but its defense was maintained with
fortitude and in the face Of privations
which could not chill the blood of
men fighting for what they thought
was the right.
The Northern armies were persis-
tent In their attacks through the cam
paigns which after q few months were
started aginst the objective point,
Richmond. Brave men here and brave
men there. and after the end came 1t
was the qualities which keep COM
pany with bravery which made the
soldiers Of the North and South SO
ready to forget and to forgive and to
work again for the good of a COM
mon country.
The great battle of Charlottesville
was fought not long before the oppos-
ing Union and Confederate forces met
on the field Of Gettysburg. Chancel-
lorsville was a Confederate victory.
The Southern government believed
that the vict6Sy should be followed up
by an invasion of the North for, ac-
cording to its reasoning. II an import
ant engagement could be won upon
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signature assss s's Of &fzZZM
In Use For Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Bears the
Logical.

Logical.
Little Robbie had ben refused a
second dish of ice cream. His grand
ma had told him that 1t would cause
him pain in the stomach.
While out walking with his uncle
one afternoon they CHANGED to see a
horse that had been taken sick. Rob-
bic was informed by his uncle that the
horse had a pain in the stomach.
Gazing at the helpless animal, the
boy asked: Uncle. did the horse have
two plates of ice cream?"
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Distinctive.

Distinctive.
Show me some tiaras, please. l
want one for my wife"
Yes. sir. About what price?"
Well. at such price that I can
say: DO you see that woman with the
tiara? She is my wife."-Pearson's
Weekly.
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Puzzled MIssourIan.

Will some one explain why some
people who are invariably lste at
church need no bell to call them to the
moving picture show on uEco
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Some people think it queer that we
have no female after-dinner speak
ers. but there is nothing queer about
1t. Women tell all they know before
dinner is half over.
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important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children. and see that 1t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-11
MEN AND RELIGION
TAKES OFF GLOVES
IN LOCKER FIGHT

Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 10,-That the At
lanta locker clubs are only saloons -
disguise land worse because young
girls are carried to some of Them" is
alleged by the Men and Religion For
ward Movement leaders in their latest
bulletin crossing swords with everJ-
body and everything that has anythin :
to do with the making, handling or
drinking of whiskey, wine or beer.
The Men and Religion writer goes
after 'em all with gloves off. 1t ham
mers the man who drinks as hard cs
the man who sells 1t.
You had a good time last night
Today you force grin and think OF
the dark brown taste and birds nest
in your mouth Poor fool! Maybe, in
a sea of filthy suds, drawn roaming
from fat kegs and shining bottles,
which made you believe their lie OF
good ellowship--maybe, in these you
have lost your home and all that
makes life worth while"
The bulletin says further that IN
1913. by actual statistics. will kill IN