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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-14
LAW MAKERS ARE To
VISIT ASAEv|LLE
And Investigate Lands Pur
chasc3 by Government Un-
der Weeks Act-Cominq
Next Month.

Asheville, Oct. Flor the pur-
DOS Of Investigating the lands which
have been purchased by the govern
ment under the Weeks act, including
several thousands OF acres OF forests
in Western North Carolina, twenty
Eve or thirty senator's and represent
tAtives will visit this section Of the
State during the latter part Of next
month. according to an announcement
made by Congressman James N. Gud-
ger, Jr., yesterday. The members OF
Congress, it is understood. will deter
minte by personal examination
whether or not conditions warrant
the purchase Of additional property.
The plan is believed to promise ex-
traordinary benefit for the mountain
section. The lands SO far acquired
by the government have been bought
by a commission Of limited power and
u and few members Of Con-
gress have personally viewed the op-
p~ortunities open to the nation under
h forest reserve act Those promOt-
ing the plan believe hat when a num-
Der of representative congressman
tamiliariZe themselves with the cOndi-
lions of forest lands in western North
Carolina and have pointed out to
them the desirability Of additional
purchases, they will wish to make
here a forest reserve far greater than
has been contemplated.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-14
SUICIDE BILL SHIFTS.


low 70 BE IN the E8SSs NOW II - \"
the West.
New York Herald.
According to statistics Of suicides
in this country printed In h current
issue Of the Spectator. an insurance
publication, h socalled "siclde
beltc has shifted from the East to the
In proportion to population due TO
e f-destruction was in San Francisco
and Sacramento. Cal
Hoboken, which tor many years
headed the percentage list Of deaths
due to suicide, has lost its place t"
cities more than three thousand miles
away. The rate was somewhat lower
than in 1911: in fact, it has been on
the decline since 1903. Chicago has
the greatest number Of deaths due
to this cause, and Manhattan and the
Bronx is second. Frederick l. Hof-
man, writer Of the article, who also
complied the statistics. asserts thas
the decline in the rate would seem
to indicate that, for the time being at
least, the ecohomic condition Of the
country Is improving over previous
years as there il close relation In the
suicide rate and business failures
The decline writes Mr.. Hoffman.
also would indicate the moral condI-
IIoiiS are OetIcI. the ldCe
that the present annual mortRliy from
suicide throughout the United States
Is approximately 1900 suggests a far
rom Satisfactory state of affairs
The table OF comparative suicide
In one hundred cities Of this country
SHOWS that during 1912 the rate in
creased over the decennial average III
Iorty-six cities and decreased, or re-
manned stationary, in the remaining
| Nty-four places. The rate Of Hobo
kNn, which is always considerably
Dove the average, also declined dur
ing 1917, but q slight increase &C
CURED in the rates in st Louis.
Seattle and Salt AXE City. Tbs
hlghest suicide rate during 1912 pre-
vailed in San Francisco. where the
figures were a. per TOO, e0s persons.
followed by SACRAMENTO. with 39.S,
Tacoma, with 1877; Los Angeles. with
s'-z;~ San Diego. with 35.4. and
springfield. III. with 3s...
N~iifiamsport, Pa, has the unique
distinction of having no suicides, dur
ing 1912, and during the preceding:
decade the rate was only 81 per ieO.-
ooV population, or less than one-half
the averagcc&One undred cities -
largo
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-14

suit OF environment. or are they in.
grained In the marrow Of conviction.
Is our religion q habit OF . p%rinciplef
Have We loved the simple life because
garish sights OF the more compla1
civilization.
If our virtue has been the result a
freedom from temptation. we shah
presently see It replaced by induls-
ence, for the world is no longer far
removed. The serious question with
us today is: Will faith rise supe-
rior to the skepticism hat assails
it? Will III resistance be equal 10
our temptations? Do we prefer hon
est poverty to the sins hat are COM
mitted by those who make haste TO be
rich? The day Of isolation has passed
forever. We were pious and courage
ous-(brave enough to be poor. n
there Is no higher bravery in a day Of
others). before our State was honey
combed with railroads. Was u clean
ness of life and faith in God fitted
only for the days OF the stage coach,
or is it Of such stern stuff it will abide
with us as we 90 into this electrical
age?
Myriads of voices call to US. We
cannot Iinger in the paths OF gentle
dalliance or the retreats where life
ran pleasantly and our wants were
few. We must mix with men and
| prosper" We must harness the light
ming and ride upon the storms We
| must dream great dreams and trans
late our dreams into giant factories.
and make Nature bour its riches into
| our laps We were brave and patriot
| ic in the days OF simple living. What
labout the new days? Did the North
| Carolina spirit, which gave us robust
ness OF faith, grid us with strength
! for the hour of endurance? Or has
lit has been a figurement OF our imagi-
nation? The religion that needs a
cloister, the faith that fears tempta
ton. the life that is correct only when
in the secluded retreat, have nothing
in common with North Carolina spirit
Those virtues were not the accident
fof environment. They were-they
fare-they always will be-. the texture
Of our lives I believe that they have
been wrought into u being, and
that, under God they will keep us in
| the days Of our complex life as they
preserved us in the days OF poverty
and of isolation, of slow int
the larger life into which our beloved
commonwealth has grown. | cali
upon the young men OF North Caro-
lima to i~ncarnate this North Carolina
Esprit in their lives and let it be the
inspiring light Of the future as it has
been the steady glow Of the past. The
North Carolina spirit Of simple lie
and simple faith. Of o OF one
Eneighbors, of open hearts and. warn
hospitality, OF rugged integrity and
courage, has led US to the heights
upon which we stand in this glad
hour. Girt about with that spirit
and strengthened by the example o.
those TN whom it was incarnate. LEI
US be thankful it has brought US to
day to this Appii Forum, let US now
invoke tina Spirit, thank God and
take courage"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-14

stand all tempests and the wrath Of
the clouds and the winds. The mes |
sage 1 bring to the young men Of
n University today IL to counsel |
them to hold fast to h faith in which
they were Graded and to remove not
the ancient landmarks which the
fathers have set" As long as we
look unto the hills from whence
cometh our help" we are free from
the Q~uicksands Of materiAlism and
he miasma h a blights that people
who forget God.
Love. Liberty and Independence.
Closely akin to our religious life is
independence which are found in
North CarOlinians. From the earliest
settlement we have loved the outdoor
life n freedom has bee a passion.
In the days Of the earliest settlement
our forefathers secured for them
selves and transmitted to IS both lib
erty OF conscience and conduct"
Bancroft asked, "Are there any who
doubt mans capacity for self-sovern-
ment. Let them study the history Of
North Carolina It's inhabitants were
restless and ~turbulent in their imper-
feet submission to a government i'm
posed on them from abroad. The
administration Of the colony was firm,
humape. tranquil, when they were
left to take are Of themselves Any
government but one Of their cwn in
stitution was oppressive. They were
tender and open, gentle to the weak,
and fierce only against tyranny. They
were led to the choice Of their resi-
dence from the hatred Of restraint,
lost themselves in the wood in search
OF independence. They were discip-
lined in frugality and patient OF toll
and imbued with 8 passion for liber-
ty." And Mr.. Bancroft declares, 1.-The
first voice for dissolving all connec-
ton with Great Britain came. not
from the Puritans OF New England.
h Dutch OF New York, or the plant
tiers Of Virginia, but from the Scotch
Preshyterians OF North Carolina" II
there be any in this State who seek
TO discredit the Necklenburg Declare
ton OF Independence, let them debate
with Bancroft. i choose to believe
he wrote the true history rather thar
To follow those who have no part In
State history except interest in icon.
oclasm n destruction.
1 verify believe that the North Car
DINA people have a owe Of State moi
shared by others. 1t is not h sort
OF pride in achievement that is seer
in Massachusetts,. 1t is not the rev.
ercnce for traditions that dominate,
Virginia. We love our traditions am
are proud OF our achievements. Our.
is the sort Of love one has for hi:
mother. He loves her just for herself
and not for what she has attained O.
what n Possesses. Go where yo,
will and find a North Carolinian, AM
he rs happiest when recalling The day
of his youth. The rillS and the hill
of his native home are more beauti
ful to him than the towering peak
or the majestic city to which he ma,
Y travelled. A. c. Dixon, a Cieve
land county product. who now fills tn
pulpit of S~purgeOn-and fills il, min,
you-is the author Of the expression
ut has bee said that Israel got OF
nj Egypt in forty-eight hours, but
took forty years to get Egypt out G
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-14
GLtMPSES NORTH
CAROLINA SPIRIT
AS FOUND iNCARNATE

Continued from Page Three.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-14

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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-14

Cleveland Plain Dealer. When his
turn came to be interviewed he said
that he wanted to sue a man for heavy
damages. He had been run down by
motor car; his shoulder was dislocat-
ed, his clothes torn, his ankle sprained
severely. He had been knocked into
the gutter and the driver of the car
had put on full speed without trying
to ascertain the condition of the vic
tim. The latter had taken the number
of the car. however, and he said he
could produce witnesses. 1t was good
case, and the lawyer agreed to take it
Ell can't pay you no money
now, SIR" mumbled the client, in an
embarrassed manner. II amt got a
cent. an II you don't want ter"
That's all right" said the lawyer.
We'll settle that when I win your
case. By the way. If you're broke you'n
need q little to 60 on" And a. green
back changed hands.
There wouldn't have been much Of a
story in this II the motor car victim
hadn't gone to five other lawyers In
the same building before he consid'
cred that his case would be sufficiently
we'll handled. He collected about $50
and then recovered from his bruisef
and disappeared.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-14

~One thing 1t ought to learn you Is
not to be so dern obliging," the jan
itor continued, after glazing moment
or two ON the abashed assistant. You
amt in Souwegia now. You're in the
land Of the free where one mans
just as good as another and blamed
sight better, as the fellow says. You
want to keep that in mind and see that
everybody else does. You go around
doing things for people that they can
do for themselves or hire done Just
as we'll as not, and 1t won't be but
little while before you're a-workins
over hours and giving out the i'm
preston that your time amt worth
nothing. When a man once begins
to make q pack horse Of himself
everybody for miles around will come
a-running with a full sack to put on
him, and they'll give him the CAD II
he amt moving fast enough to salt
EN-.
Yesterday l seen you run ont and
pick up box q guy had dropped out
OF his dray and carry 1t over half a
block to where he had pulled up and
was awaiting for you. I guess that
box weighed forty or fifty pounds,
but you didn't care. II 1t had been a
safe, 1t would have been all the same.
You was a-goin' to be accommodating
If you bust them new suspenders of
yours. Wouldn't have done to have
hollered at him and let him drive back
for 1t and load it in himself, would
It? You amt mean enough to do a
trick like that, are you? What dad
you get for that there kind act? You
needn't lie, because / heard the cuss-
ing he gave you for hosting the box
onto his corn.
And 1t wasn't ten minutes after
that that you dropped your broom
onto the sidewalk and jumped to
As just because she had a few par
cells in her arms. She couldn't have
laid them parcels down and opened
the door herself, could she? Certain
ly not. Shed have probably waited
there all afternoon. And what die
] shC w WhCu JOu Hdu OpCuOu bhs
door? Asked you II you wouldn't rims
her bell for her, and you done 1t, jus
the same as you bumped your bacl
helping them huskies up three flight
this morning with the piano. The!
give you an invite to go around tn,
corner with them and wet up. didn'
they? Not much, they didn't. The!
was afraid OF hurting your feelings
and they didn't know but what you
might be on the water wagon any
way. What they done was to blam
the plaster they knocked off the wal
onto you when spoke to them abou
It, and then drive over to Mikes b,
sjsmselves.
"I1l tell you Nels" said the JAM
ter. You want 70 understand tina
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-14
The Basement
Philosopher

BY KENNETH HARRIS

"Nels, my friend" said the janitor
10 his Scandinavian assistant, with
more than his usual blandness, "Nels.
my friend, would you do me the favor
20 bring me them there old shoes
that's a-standing behind the door?
Thank you kindly. I'm much obliged
20 you, Nels. You're an accommodate
ing sort Of guy. you are, and I've
been a-noticing 1t. And now since
you're here. maybe you'll pull of these
here boots of mine for me. They're
hurting my feet considerable"
The janitor leaned back In his
chair and his assistant, backing up to
him, straddled the extended leg and
STOPPING, gripped the heel Of a boot
that was we'll plastered with recent
mud. The janitor placed his other
foot against that part Of his assist
ants person that was nearest and
pushed firmly but gently.
Good work." commented the jan
itor, as the boot slid off. Il never
seen that better done, Now for the
other one, If 1t amt troubling you toe
much"
The operation was repeated, but
this time the janitor applied so much
force to his part of it that the assist
ant was propelled violently forward on
his hands and knees, from which pos
ture he arose with a red face, mutter
ing words in a strange tongue.
Holy smoke!" calculated the jan
itor, with an appearance of extreme
Irritation. What was you a-trying to
do? Throw somersaults? Say, didn't
you know that boot was -.-going to
come off, or did you think you was
hitched up to a load Of coal on ar
upgrade? It's a pity you didn't rur
your thick head into the wall You've
got lots of sense, you have. Skinned
your knuckles, have you? I'm glad o
it. Maybe it'll learn you something
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-14
What Becomes of Old cIothes2

Black cloth clothes purchased BIZ
second hand dealers, provided they are
too far gone to be revived" are sent
to France, Russia, and Poland to be
made into caps, which the working
people OF these countries wear. The
cast-off red coats of the British sol
diers almost ali go to Holland for in
that damp country the people have
notion that red cloth keeps off rheu-
matism; therefore, all careful Dutch
men of the laboring classes wear red
cloth waistcoats next their skin.
These are made by cutting off the
sleeves OF the British soldiers red
coats and altering the shape little.
The snowy uniforms of the guards
and the fulldress hveries of the lord
mayors footmen and the royal SER
wants come into the hands OF the old.
clothes dealers, and go chiefly to the
south coast of Africa, where they are
sold to the native chiefs. o.
Travellers are sometimes amused at
being received in full state by a
swarthy chief on his throne dressed
out In footman's livery or rifieman's
niform.-Northern Weekly Gazette.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-14

I'm an obllging man, myself. Why, It
was only last fall one OF the tenants
zones to me and slips me hve'spot
and says he'd like to have me look
after his bull pup for a couple vi
weeks while he was off on his vaca-
ton. l didn't hang back. l told him
that l was willing to accommodate
MIN, and l done SO. That was some
pup, too, ! want to tell you. Inside
of the two weeks that fellow was
gone, l matched him up against four
different dogs that was considered
pippins. and what l did to the ginks
that backed 'em was sin and a
shame. l could tell you Of lots OF
other obligfng things I've done right
In this building, II wanted to brag.
l believe in being helpful. l amt op-
posed to It In moderation, only I like
to feel tolerable certain that the guy
I help is going to appreciate what l
do for him and that he is In a position
to show it
Don't get the idea that I'm all the
time a-looking for thanks. amt
Mike was telling me one time about
friend of his that started up a
poultry farm out near Lake Forest
He was a grateful man, Mikes friend
was, and every time his hens laid an
egg he thanked them for It, Aftel
while the hens quit laying and ht
come to Mike and wanted to know
what was the best thing to do.
"'Try some chicken feed on 'em,
says Mike.
Now I amt no hen, Nels. but
like some chicken feed now ant
then" said the janitor as he pulled
on his shoes. And you remembe
what I've told you. What did you ge
when you accommodated me jus
now?
You got the boot, Nels, my friend
and that's what they all get. Nov
you can shake down them CRATES"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-14

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FOR SAiE-MisceIlaneous

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No. :, good as new. $780,. L.
Weiborn. lS-2t
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

FOR SALB-A nice home in a small
town on the C. & S. |. R. R., 80
miles from Gulfport, Miss. This Is
a nice little town to live in. They
have a fine school and large saw
min in one mile of the place. This
would be a fine location for young
doctor. For other information see
w. D. Smith, Real Etate Agent,
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FOR SALE-6-roOm house on corner
of Johns street and Rebecca avenue,
at bargain. This place has large
lot and plenty outbuildiAgs and II
you are looking for a nice home,
come and see new. D. Smith,
The Real Estate Man, fairfield
Bldg. 11-tf
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-14
TIME TABLE
GULF AND SnIr ISLAND r. x. co.
Effective Aug. 3. 1918.

Main Unconstitutional.
Parlor car service on trains 8. 4. 5
and 6. between Gulfport and Jackson.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-14

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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-14

Strengthen the tired kidneys and
'rrify the liver and bowels with few
'oses CT Prickly Ash 8itters. 1t is
Il admirable kidney tonic.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-14
Honest Dealer.

Does that parrot use bad Ian
guage?"
We'll, mum, that ere bird amt no
purist, cause he amt had no college
addication, an bein' as how he were
taught to talk by sailor, his Eng
lish amt none tor cord Int I've
never heard hir-
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PUT UNDER CONTRIBUTION
Cleveland Lawyers Left Holding tho
Bag" After Tramp Made Good
His Departure.

A pathetic looking tramp hobbled
into a lawyers Office in the downtown
district a few weeks ago, relates the
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-17
JURY CALLS sOLONs
STONE AMONG WITNESSES IN
LAMAR INQUIRY.
investigating Under Law to Punish
for Impersonatlng Government
Officials In New York.

New York.--The federal grand jury
continued its investigation In the
case of David Lamar, under that Sec
ton of the United States statutes
which provides punishment for the
impersonation of an office. or en-
ploye of the government.
Paul D. Cravath an attorney who
testified before the senate lobby in
vestigating committee. in connection
with Lamar's activities in the So
called Union Pacific conspiracy, was
one of the witnesses under subpoena
to appear before the jury.
Other witnesses, it is said, will be
u. S. Senator Stone and RcpreseS-
tatives Palmer and Riordan, whom La
mar confessed before the committee
that he had impersonated in telephone
conversations with Lewis Cass Led
yard and others.
The first witnesses examined were
George F. Baker. chairman of the
First National bank. and j. Sergeant
Kramm, lawyer prominent in Tam
many circles. Both were mentioned
in testimony before the lobby commit
tee in connection with the activities
OF Lamar and Edward Lauterbach
relative to the investigation Of the
U. $. Steel Corporation by the Stan
ley committee.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-17
TWO PACIFIC COAST TRAINS IN
REAR.END CRASH NEAR
Los ANGELES.
ONE HUNDRED ARE INJURED
Victims Terrisly Crushed as Several
Coaches Telescope Each Other
Reporters Trying TO Get Pic.
lures Of Wreck Mobbed.

Los Angeles, Cain a semi-rcar.
end collision OF TWO Pacific electric
trains returning from Venice and
Santa Monica TO Los Angeles between
Is and IS people were killed and about
a hundred were injured.
The crash occurred in cut al the
junction OF the Santa Monica and en-.
ice lines, on the edge a. the city.
Every car Of the train was SLED
with Sunday pleasure seekers return.
Ing home. and as one car tclcscoped
into the other the victims were ter.
ribly bruised and many Of them al
most beyond recognition.
Three trains approached the juno.
ton at about the same time. The first
was stalled because Of some tangle
in the overhead wires and put out dan.
ger lights. The train following saw
those lights and went back 10 the
junction, but before its crew had time
TO put out danger signals the third
train crashed into It.
Doctors and nurses were rushed 10
the disaster on special cars and auto
mobiles were pressed into service. An
immense crowd congregated. but
above its din could be heard the an.
guished cries to the wounded. The
crowd was frantic and mobbed news.
paper men who tried to take fashlight
pictures of the cars being rammed into
each other it took two hours to re-
move the dead.
The first 10 arrived at the receiving
hospital fully an hour after the acct.
dent. II is feared at least twenty
more will be added to the death list.
The motorman of train 3 was killed
instantly. A woman who was stand
ing by his side had her hand cut off
as clean as If with a knife. Several of
the mangled, pinned between seats,
begged bystanders to kill them so as
70 relieve their intense suffering.
Those who escaped injury in the
cars were the first to reider assist.
ance TO the injured, and the women
! especially tore petticoats and other
garments to furnish emergency band.
ages for the wounded.