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The farmer and mechanic., 1913-01-07
DRUG STORE WANTS BACK
WHlSKEY LICENSE MONEY
Since Sudden Departure of Man in
Whose Name License was Issued
Colonel LnSk Objects for Reasons.

Asheville, Jan. AT the meeting
Of the board Of aldermen last night,
Charles G. Lee, an attorney, represent
ing the Langren drug store. appeared
before the board and asked that the
$500, recently paid by the company for
the privilege of selling whiskey on pre-
scription, be returned to them and the
license cancelled. They explained that
since the departure Of Thomas w.
Grimes. in whose name the license was
issued. they had decided to discontinue
the sale Of liquor.
In an instant Col. V. S. Lusk. who
makes a speciality Of prosecuting illicit
liquor dealers, was on his feet, declar-
ing that Mr.. Grimes left the city be-
cause a warrant had been issued for
him, charging him with violating the
prohibition law. Colonel Lusk pro-
tested vigorously against the city S
paying back the $500. The aldermen
took the position that they had no
right to refund any money unless 20
Mr.. Grimes, although the attorney for
the drug store stated that the COM
pany had put up the money for Mr.
Grimes to secure the license. The al
! dermen finally closed the matter by
stating that they would return the
| money to Mr.. Grimes and to no other
D. Men. MacKay, proprietor OF
| MacKay's pharmacy, was before the
board, asking for license to sci
| spirituous and vinous liquors on a ply
sician's prescription. He agreed to pa,
the license. $1,000 a year. and after
close vote was granted a license.
The farmer and mechanic., 1913-01-07

has been outdistanceA by DIR. Ferrall
and his helpers. North Carolina has
tho distinction Of standing first in the
work Of the eradication OF the hook
worm disease and the campaign dur
ing the past year has been praised by
Secretary Rose as very pleasing to the
Rockefeller commission. The work
accomplished" says DR.. Ferrel.
stands as the best evidence that every
organized agency is taking a hand in
the work. The press has encouraged
the work in many ways. the educa-
tiOnal forces have been active, and
the doctors as q rule have been enthu-
siastic and magnanimous in their at
titude The work accredited to them
in the report tells OF but a small part
Of what they have done. The county
commissioners have listened to the
appeal Of tho helpless and made this
great free work possible"
1t is hoped by the State board Of
health that the present year will see
even a greater work accomplished.
The farmer and mechanic., 1913-01-07
VETERANS WANT RAILROAD
FARE TO GETTYSBURG
Henry Wyatt Camp Asks State to Pay
Expenses General Carr to
Present Bill-Yets Entertained.

Henderson, Jan. 4-The Orren Ran
dolph Smith chapter, Children Of the
Confederacy, entertained for the men,
bers of the Henry L. Wyatt camp this
morning after the meeting adjourned
at Kings Daughters hall, serving the
old soldiers hot coffee, sandwiches and
fruit. It is the first time the chapter
has entertained the senior soldiers.
At the veterans meeting it was re-
solved that at the opening Of the Legis
lature General Carr would be asked by
this camp to present bill asking the
State to pay the transportation Of the
veterans of the North Carolina Divis-
ion Confederate States of America to
Gettysburg next summer. and copy
of the resolution be sent to State Sem
atOr j. H. Bridgers and to Represent
tive I. j. Young, asking them to see
| that the bill was passed
The farmer and mechanic., 1913-01-07
ANDREW JOHNSON'S HABITS.
The Whole Country Saw Him the
Only Time In His Life He Was

1Recollections by his Secretary, Maj.
Trauman, in the Century Magazine.]
Andrew Johnson was one Of the
neatest men in his dress and person /
have ever known. During his three
years in Nashville. in particular, he
dressed in black broadcloth, frock coat
and WaistcOat and black dOeskin trOu-
sers, and wore a silk hat. This had
been his attire for thirty years. and
for most OF that time. whether as gov
ernor Of Tennessee, member Of Con-
gress or United States Senator, he
had made all his own clothes. He was
so scrupulous about his linen that he
| invariably changed all of 1t daily, and
| sometimes oftener.
He was matchlessly perfect in figure.
about five feet 10, had handsome
broad shoulder. fine forehead, superb
face, dark bushy hair, and small
hands and feet. The most marked
feature about him was his eyes, which
| we're small, and, although such eyes
are not usually attractive, his were
black, sparkling. and absolutely beau
tiful.
/ He was not a gamester at anything.
and could play only indifferently at
checkers. In 1853 he explained to me
that he had never visited a theatre
because in his youth he lacked the op-
portunity, and always afterwards
would rather study and work or go to
. bed than spend his time at a play
house. He looked on all kinds OF
gambling as wrong. never knew one
, card from another, and was never at
a horse race. He had been to a few
circuses and minstrel shows, and the
!, | like then.
Andrew Johnson has been called q
drunkard as we'll as a traitor; but the
whirling Of time has set him right or
the latter, and today there is no mar
of the Civil War who is receiving Sc
much honest attention at the hands o.
historians. But that Andrew johnson
> was a drunkard is more difficult to dis
prove This is partly because the oni.
:, time he was ever under the influence
: Of liquor in his life, the whole nation
: : saw him. either with their eyes o
g read of it, and upon an occasion whe1
:. he should have been absolutely sober
n | I mean when he was inaugurated a
s vice president on the 4th Of March
r 1865.
: "But had not Johnson been a drink
a ing man through life?" I have ofte
! been asked Not to the extent the on
r incident implied. Indeed Johnson ha
! always been considered temperat
h man in all things. I sat with him a
e the same table in Nashville at leas
c, once a day for eighteen months, an
e never saw him take wine or liquo
II with any meal He never drank
cocktail in his life. never was in
- barroom and did not care for cham
!. pagne. He did take two or thre
s. or four glasses of Robertson count
- and some days and weeks no liquor q
. ALL So as drinking went in Tennessee
20 Johnson would have been termed
"A strictly temperate man.
The farmer and mechanic., 1913-01-07
TWO ARE: PARDONED.
Governor Kitchin Gives Reasons for
Course.

Governor AltCn10 OlVeS fledSOnS 1Of
Course.
Two men were paruOned yesterday
by Governor Kitchin, Chester Webb of
Mitchell, receiving his freedom after
having served nearly thirteen years
of his sentence. The governor says:
Last June I declined application
because I found that the petitioners
and the solicitor had made their
recommendations upon a misappre-
hension Of certain facts set out in
such recommendations. A new petit
ton of the county officers and other
prominent citizens, and a new recon-
mendatiOn from the solicitor, with
full knowledge of the true facts have
been presented. He is paralytic,
unable to work. His father is able
and desires to take care Of him. For
reasons stated in the recommends
tions of the trial judge and solicitor
and others. I pardon prisoner on con-
ditiOn that he remain law abiding,
sober. and of good behavior"
Sam Barbee, who was convicted in
Durham in May. 1908. of attempting
to commit felony. was granted q
pardon. The mother Of the girl, the
police officers. the trial judge and
solicitor recommend the pardon
The farmer and mechanic., 1913-01-07
NEW DUNN POSTMASTER.

Eugene T. Lee Appointed to Fill I'm
expected Term.
Dunn. Jan. 4.-The death of 7. J.
Jackson a few days ago. who was
postmaster here. caused a vacancy for
his uneKpired term. His bondsmen.
r. T. MAaee1gin. DIR. Charles High
smith. NJ. B. Wilson and George F.
POpe met Tuesday and appointed
Eugene T. Lee, who viii act until De-
cen her % ef THE year when this term
expires
The farmer and mechanic., 1913-01-07
OPERATION ON TWOAT.

FuQHoy Springs. Jan. 81. iass
Lee underwent = very serious opera
ton on his throat at his home at FIJI
quay Springs. Ers- Whitaker. DAyi.
and Cheek. attending physicians He
is doing as well as could BE- expected.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-08
In Touch With Croker Land.

The Croker Land expedition bears about the same
relation to a dash to the North Pole that an ice
cold tub, leisurely experienced, does to a rapid
Donald b. Macmillan and his hardy companions
have left us to penetrate within few miles OF
Peary's goal and to stay thereto stay there. that
is long enough to explore and survey the unknown
region called Croker Land considered by some to
possess an area Of half million square miles; TO
become acquainted with its mountain ranges, its
polar bears its focks of brant and its Esquimaus, if
any.
The young men who have set out to learn all
about this last bit Of the earth'S surface to defy
mans curiosity expect TO get back to high tenn
peratures and fresh vegetables in the late summer
of 1915 at the earliest. They haven't such def
mite and supreme inspiration the hope Of discov-
ering either of the earths poles to urge them on
through adversely although the exploration Of this
region Of mystery would seem incentive enough to
face great hardships They will have on the other
hand one comfort denied to all former Arctic excur
slons the comfort of telling their troubles as they
occur to their anxious friends and relations at
home and of receiving in return words OF sympathy
and encouragement not to mention the latest base
ball scores.
This modern improvement on polar silence will
station at Flagler Bay, their winter headquarters
The Tribune will print their messages, received
from time to time exclusively.
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THE PEOPLES COLUMN

der never complained. He was always
present and ready for any duty, and ac-
cepted the food and the conditions and
circumstances as the United states pro-
vided without grumbling. | heard no
grumbling in all the time ! was present
from the real soldiers. One can easily
discern the true from the false If he will
observe closely.
look upon the reunion at Gettysburg
as one of the wisest things ever done for
the army, for We OF the North were met
with a kindly and generous spirit ana
loyal welcome. with warm grasp OF the
hand which was extended TO those Of the
South. Not one word was uttered or one
act done TO mar the happy and agreeable
meeting Of Johnnie" and "Yank," as We
were termed In lS6l-'6J, But every one
from the South exclaimed. We are with
YOU to-day" and when the Pickett charge
was consummated the men Of the North
and the South threw their arms around
each other, too overcome to speak, while
tears rolled down their cheeks. minslinS
in deep sorrow for those brave boys who
are buried there and in pity that the cost
had been so fearful
But let us rejoice and make the Union
stronger-create a new nation upon the
pedestal laid by our fathers.
Brooklyn, July 4, 1918. \ VETERAN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-08
Trousers and Women.

The widespread revolt of the once weaker sex mas
attained TO the trOuser stage at Lake HopatcohS.
The women campers there, it is reported, have
adopted khaki trousers as an undress UNIFORM, III
modern emulation of Diana. Some of them, Win
the noble freedom of the divine huntress, also mod
ernized have even emerged from the woods 50
attired unless the dispatches deceive us, to go
a-shopping at Noan's Point.
The screams, the protests, the bowls of despair
engendered by such behavior are coming, as they
invariably do at first from their sisters. That is
not to say there is not a host of men who VIII
object to an abandonment Of the skirt, ample or
tight, by woman. Urged on by home influence, some
Of the males will undoubtedly soon spring to It's
defence. In the mean time permit us word or
two Of caution.
Don't base your objections to universal bifurcation
on plea for greater modesty. In view of present
styles such an argument might prove a boomerang.
And if you condemn the trousers as an inartstic
and therefore wholly unworthy garment for Great
ures semi-divne, be prepared to lead the errlng
sister back into the paths of sartorial felicity by
yourself reverting to the old Roman toga, the
Indians blanket or the Scotch kilt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-08
Justice. Not WhitewaSh.

In the investigation which begins at Albany to-day
the Legislature itself will be trial scarcely less
than Justice Cohalan The object Of the investlga-
ton is TO determine the truth or fasty of certain
grave charges against Mr. Cohalan, but it will also
demonstrate whether or not the Legislature, is
morally capable Of conducting such an investiga-
ton thoroughly fearlessy and honestly in the face
Of powerful political influences.
The Stilwell case is still too fresh in the public
mind TO encourage unbounded confidence in the
Legislature. Nor have there been lacking other in
dications Of subserviency to political bossism and
its exigences The public will be interested in see
ing TO what extent the Legislature may be moved
by considerations Of party advantage or of personal
and political friendship.
If Mr.. Cohalan is acquitted and deserves to be
acquitted as an innocent man, there will be cause
for sincere rejoicing. But must hope that in such
a case his innocence is made so clear to all the
world that no "man in the street" will question it
or wonder how the Legislature ever arrived at such
a verdict There must not only be no whitewash-
ing, there must be no ground for suspecting any.
What is wanted is not whtewashing nor persecu-
ton, but justice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-08
ANCIENT AND NOBLE PREFIX
The Irish o Extolled by Fortunate
Heir.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: II is pity so many people here drop
the Irish o, for II Is a prefix OF nobility
that Is the oldest In Europe. Many of our
best Dutch families In New York came
here without surname, but there is not
a family in Ireland possessing a surname
in o that has not borne that surname
since at least the twelfth century. That
Is surely high distinction and proof OF
social standing that Irelands fall from
her high estate cannot obliterate. | be-
lieve that Venice has families whose sur
names date from the ninth century, but
with that exception Irish surnames are
the oldest in Europe.
Under cOmpulsion of the penal laws
many people In Leinster adopted English
names, but these people belonged mainly
to the lower classes, and the names they
adopted-Smith. Carpenter. Cook, Butcher
showed their occupations. and the mean
ing OF their Irish surnames. Such names
always bore the Mac, and I'm Ireland's
whole history you will find nowhere in
her ancient nobility family bearing a
name associated with any trade or occu-
prehxed. Howard or Hogward, the most
aristocratic name in Britain. would have
been borne only by hereditary swineherds
In the old Irish world
other evidence shows the high reverence
in which the o. which means descend
ant" was held. Thus It is rare in Scot
land. an Irish province TO which only the
poorer Irish emigrated. The o. moreover
was never prehxed to names beginning
with the word Giolla (servanO, seen in
the Scotch "gilly." ODonovan. the cele-
brated translator OF the Annals OF the
Four Masters" says: Throughout the
Annals Of the Four Masters only one
O'Gioila namely, O'Giolla Phadrulg QKil-
patrick, occurs, and that I'm only one i'm
stance. and / have no doubt that this Is a
mere error of transcription" These an
nails were compiled in the seventeenth
century by the four masters from more
ancient manuscripts. and they contain
every existing Irish name.
The belief prevails in parts of Ireland
and Europe that only five families rightly
bear the O-the O'Nells, high monarchs
of ireland, and kings of Ulster; the
O'Donnes, princes OF Tyrconnell. the
OConors. kings of Connaught; the
O'Brens kings of Thomond, and the
o'Flahertys. princes OF lar Connaught
Sir Henry Piers wrote In 1852: such as
have o preixed were of old superior
lords or princes, and such as have Mac
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-08
Coming the Mules Way.

When several years ago Mr.. Bryan wrote HIS
well-known eulogy on the mule he was taxing MS
tory by the fOrelock. The mule was at that time
not very highly regarded, even as walking ana
talking symbol of the Democratic party. NOW notn-
ing is too good to be said about the genial ana gentle
ouadruped who has come into his own colncldently
with the advent of the era of the New Freedom
Mr. A. ID. Cottingham. mule dealer OF Kansas
City, on visit here, quoted the otner DAY rs
saying that the selling value of mule is now from
three to four times great as it was twenty years
ago and that the mule Of to-day is the incest
dumb brute there is" Mules have always been
rated as more intelligent than horses, but according
to expert opinion in Missouri, the greatest mule
state in the Union they have now attained sweet
reasonableness of temper and kindness OF dlspo
sition which make the once noble horse look
parrenu by comparison.
The mule is browsing these days knee deep IN
clover In his cOntentment he may seem as regeh-
Grated as the press agents picture him. Yet his ire
time friend and companion, the plantation hahu'
would probably throw up his hands if told that
there was no more kick left in a mules hind leg
than there is in two-gallon demijohn of State De-
partment grape juice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-08
GRUMsLERs POOR FIGHTERS.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | am sorry to see in the papers
reports from veterans such as the one
voiced by the Connecticut reserve which
went TO Gettysburg on July 1. The camp
was most excellent. | came from there
yesterday. July 3. and | must say that
while all of the conditions were not per-
feet to my mind, they were splendid for
so large a crowd and considering the
weather.
The cooking was very. very good: the
provisions were first class. the coffee was
as good as you will find in nine out OF
ten houses in this country. There are
people always ready to ind fault. and
believe that those that complained were
among those who had the whole fronts Of
their coats covered with decorations and
were the ones who did all the fighting, ii
they are allowed to tell the story.
They and their company rushed the
hardest when there was no enemy pres
ent and did but little OF the real fighting:
they were sick or I'm the rear. out OF
harms way but consplcuously present
when the battle ended 10 claim the glory.
They then were strikingly visible re-
counting their deeds of heroism.
The grumblers In the army were alwaye
Of this sort-the coffee poor. the bread
heavy and sour. the meat unit 10 eat
and everything wrong-but the real SOL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-08
War at Its Worst.

The only certainty in the Balkans is that there Is
being waged a war Of considerable extent and
ferocity and of almost incredible folly and wicked
ness. Never were reports more contradictory as
"a who is winning and who losing. But the line
Of battle seems to reach from the Egean Sea to the
headwaters of the Morava, or the whole length of
Macedonia and along it the Greeks and Serbs on
The one side and the Bulgars the other are fight
ing with at least as much hatred and destructive
fury as they all recently displayed toward their
common Turkish foe. And they allies under a
twenty-five years treaty!
II Rumania should join in the fray, as she has
been threatening to do, another item would be
added to the indictment of the great powers. We
have already pointed out that it was Austrias prac-
teal seizure of Servias spos Of war in Albania
that brought about the present conflict Seryia being
resolved to seek elsewhere compensation for that
hagrant robbery. So it was Russia's spolaton of
Rumana a generation ago that gave that country
a grievance which it now purposes to get compen-
sation for at Bugaria's expense. The moral re-
sponsibity for the whole business rests upon those
two great powers and upon the others which ac
quiesced in their sordd greed.
The war of last winter seemed to be one of
exceptional justification and honor for the redemp
ton of Macedonia and Albania from alien oppres
sion and the practical expulsion Of the, Turk from
Europe. But this one which follows it is at the
very nadir Of deprayity. Solemn faith pledged
among the allies and the prOfessed benevoence of
the great powers are together thrown into the
waste basket while as for the bghsounding phrases
Of The Hague they not so much as Thought
Of Never in the Dark Ages was there more i'm
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-08
IN PRAISE OF GETTYSBURG
More Veterans Rise to Refute the
Connecticut Malcontents.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: IL is with sorrow that ! read IN
your morning issue Report Camp lat
Gettysburg in Bad shape by Connect
cut veterans. 1t would be very strange
IL the Connecticut veterans did not fare
as well as others where the provision
was alike all over that great camp. My
experience did not subs tantiate such an
unfortunate description OF conditions,
which to my knowledge did not exist
With the New York veterans | arrived
at o'clock on Sunday evening, and with
the exception of the detail OF assign
ment TO tents on the part of the Penn
sylvania headquarters. l was very agree
ably surprised at the completeness OF
the camp In all it's details for our COM
fort.
Each tent was provided with eight
good cots. a tin pail. two candle Ian
terms and each occupant was supplied
with two good and clean blankets. The
hygienic arrangements were uncommon
ly good. Hydrants were at the head OF
each street and cook house for each
two rows of tents
lnOSt III NHdl &c VI Aut pldllillilb oii'
detail Of construction of that great camp
are entitled to the congratulations and
gratitude of every occupant of the camp.
The food was all good, and consisted OF
bread. butter coffee with sugar and con-
densed milk or plain: meats, potatoes,
vegetables, fruit, eggs enough for all
who desired to eat, and plenty OF II.
A quart cup, granite dish. spoons, large
and small and knives and forks were
provided.
/ was CHARTERED with seven men, all
coffee drinkers. and | did not hear a
word of criticism from a single one of
them. AS | never drink coffee, | cannot
testify from personal taste to its flavor,
but, not hearing single word of criti-
Cism, | believe the criticism of the Con-
necticut veteran calumny, to put it
mildly.
Please take ii from me, a veteran OF
the Gettysburg campaign of nifty years
ago, that the charge OF bad conditions"
at the camp by the Connecticut writer
is unwarranted, not to say false. 1t
smacks of looking gift horse in the
face" and is in very bad taste.
JAMES II. l.. EAGER,
Company G., 5th Pennsylvania Reserves.
No. 1871 Washington avenue. Brooklyn,
July 4, 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-08
No New National Anthem.

There will doubtless be some disappointment at
the failure of the Eisteddfod at Pittsburgh to dis
close a new national anthem which should forth
with take first rank in popular regard. 1t will.
however be chiefly felt by the unsuccessful authors
and composers who competed and by those who
have an itch for novelty for its own sake.
Most people will feel little regret and no surprise
Neither the occasion at Pittsburgh nor the need Of
our times was sufficient to inspire supreme
achievement, such as has, indeed, been credited to
only few countries in the world. Obviously, it is
far better to do without new and specially written
anthem than to accept one which would not enjoy
prompt and general recognition as work of genius.
Meantime we are approaching the centenary OF
"The Star-Spangled Banner; for more than a CEN
fury Hail, Columbian has been sung and loved;
America" and "The Red, White and Blue have
been borrowed so long that we have almost ac-
qured propretorship of them and there isn't a
heart with red blood in 1t that does not thrill at
the first notes of Dixie" and 1.-THE Battle Hymn Of
the Republic.