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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-19
GIANT K|NSTON
BIRTHDAY DINNER
Nearly Five Hundred Gather
In Honor of Mr.. Harvey'S
Fifty-seventh Natal Day

Kinston. May 16.-From many
points in North and South Carolina
and Virginia more than 200 people
assembled here yesterday TO honor a
local business man, and more than
that number of Kinstonians practical
IL laid aside their private affairs TO
help entertain the out-of-town guests.
m occasion was the 18th birthday
Of Mr.. Thomas Harvey. The $50
or 500 who celebrated Mir. Harvey's
natal anniversary partoOk of a din
ner in PARROTS Park in the after
noon. 1t was the most elaborate
feast of the kind aver known in this
section, the home of such d~elicacies
as barbecue, Brunswick stew and the
delectable shad stew. The cooks were
numerous enough to feed a regiment,
and the supplies required to feed the
multitude were an immense quantity.
A single item was 400 pounds Of rock
fish. The tables were spread under
trees d stones throw from Neuse
river. Some of the guests of Mr..
Harvey probably Immediately forgot
the number of the anniversary, If they
took the trouble at all to learn it, but
what was more important, the last
one of them was prOfuse in Shl
him many returns. The Celebrant was
the recipient of a number Of hand
some presents, including all expensive
SOIU IedCeO Cdllc anu q Splciiu1d WolS1i
the latter the gift of his out-of-tOwn
admirers. When the dinner began
all the diStinctively native d~eliCacles
were first introduced for the edifica-
ton and delight Of the visitors. The
assemblage included professional,
business and working men, and towns
hundreds of miles distant sent large
delegations. A string of automobiles
d quarter of d mile long brought a
portion Of hem Speeches were call
ed for. and responding were Lieut.
Gov. Daughtridge, Of Rocky Mount;
Superior Court Judge 0. II. Allen.
Solicitor II. f. Shaw, Representative
Emmett r. Wooten and Hon. N. J.
Rouse, of Kipston: X. +. Sutton and
Superintendent of Schools Joseph
kinsey. of Lemon county; DR.. Chas.
LaughinGhouse, Of Creenville, and MI
c. S. Wooten. OF Mount Olive.
The local schools closed last night
for the SuTnme vacation period. A,
the high school Hon. #. ". Beckett
secretary ct State, made the com
m~enceInent address. There were q
in the graduating class, IL of whom
were girls. A new superintendent Will
be in charge Of the city schools sys.
tenn next year Samuel 3. Underwood
VINO recently resigned as superintend
ent, will go to Greenyille or June
to take the position OF superintendent
of Pitt county schools and the afiliat,
ed position of instructor in school ad.
ministration at the East Carolinz
Teachers Training School.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-19
CHARLOTTE MAN
KILLS PAINTER
AT DANVIlLE
BY The Associated Press

Dahtlile, Va, May 16.-AIfred 81
lows, - years old, a painter by pro
resSion and unmarried, was shot
tWice this evening and killed by Luke
McoaIl. a mill operative, at School-
Held. Witnesses at the corone!te II
quest who We're beside BilloWs wH~r
the killing occurred said that Mccall
walked up to him and h a wore
shot him in the stomach at clos.
range and then. after abusing him a.
ne lay on the ground, turned AID fec
Officers and mill operatives TOOK up
the chase and ran Mccall into =
swamp on the edge Of the Nireinl.-
carolina line. He was brought bah
to the city where he refused 70 max.
any statement.
BAD blood IS said to have existed
between BillOWs and Mccall for some
tiine. though the former declared that
tne shooting was unprOyoEeG ana
without cause. Mccall IS from char
lotte.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-19
LUMBER WORKER
KILLED BY TRAIN
Body of Archie Smith Found
Near Wendell; Head Is
Crushed

With his head crushed almost into
a jelly Archie Smith, a Croatan, was
found dead early yesterday morning
beside the Norfolk Southern Railroad
tracks. about three-GuarterS Of a mile
this side of Wendell, 20 miles east of
Raleigh. From evidence disclosed he
had been struc by a train during the
night, but the in which he
lost his life will probably never be
known. Smith worked for Adams
and McNair, lumbermen. and came
to Wendell with his brother about
two months ago from Maxton. He
was a single man. -
The first information Of Smiths
death was given to people in Wendell
by the train crew of the Norfolk
Southern passenger train, which ar
rived in Wendell about I o'clock. The
engineer saw the body lying beside
the track and stopped his train, an
examination revealing that Smith had
been dead several hours. Coroner
! Charles A. Separk was nOGhed- in
Raleigh BY Deputy Sheriff Biggs. and
he went to the scene, but deemed al
inquest Unnecessary The body was
turned over to the, dead mans
brother.
According to export from Wendell
the man left home last night and hi:
whereabouts were, anti
news of the finding Of the body wa.
conveyed to Wendell. Several month,
ago he was struck on the head by {
falling tree and it is thought his mine
was unbalanced. 1t is thought b,
trends in Wendell that he wandered
up the. railroad track and sat dow
to rest. a freight striking him will
probably he was sleeping.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-19
CHARLOTTE MAN
HELD WITHOUT BAIL
ON MURDER CHARGE

Charlotte. ". c., May 17.-Charies.
Y. Trull. formerly night cashier Of
d local cafe, and said to be the son
of "a prominent business mar of Co
!umbia, s. c., was this afternoon
committed to jail without bond. a cor
oner's jury charging him with the
murder of Sidney Swain, Mint street
grocer, who died this morning at a
hospital here ron wounds inflicted
on his head with a section OF iron
pipe by somebody who Waylaid n
robbed him within $50 feet of his
home this morning about l o'clock.
John Barton, arrested with Trull, is
held as q witness.
Barton says rull last night Dor
rowed IS cents from him, came to a
on South TTyon Street at II
o'clock and wanted to exchange
clothes with him. AT two o'clock
according to Barton, Trull returned
and asked him to join hin seeing the
town, loaning him $40. Trousers said
TO have been worn by Trull until two
o'clock this morning were blood
stained, as were his shoes, which cor
responded with tracks at the scene
of the murder.
on Trults person was found
$a1I5O.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-19
COCKTAILS SUPREME IN lone.
Canal Governor is Given Wide Scopt
of Authority. s

Washington, d. c., May 16.-Wid-
est authority in the punishment of
~offenses against the law in the canal
zone has been conferred upon Col.
Goethals by President Wilson. In an
executive order today the Governor
of the Panama Canal is empowered
to grant %pardons and reprieves for of
lenses against the laws and regula-
lions and 10 commute sentences and
remit fines.
He Also ma establish a parole sys-
tenn and prescribe regulations for the
employment and welfare OF the pris-
oners in the penal institutions in the
zone.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-19
Illness of Wendell Merchant

InformatiOn reached the city YES
terday of the critical illness of Mr..
n. c. Fuller, ap rominent merchant
IF Wendell who is web known in the
county. Mr.. Fuller was stricken. with
paralysis late Saturday night and
grave hope. are held. for his
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-19

for Congress in the seventh District.
As nearly as can be obtained, with
some returns incomplete, the result is:
Nnson-Page, 500; Beasley, 331.
Hontgomcry-Page, 779: Beasley,
IL.
Scotiand-Page, 1S1; Beasley, 230.
MOore-Page, 624; Beasley, l2S.
tniOn-Page, 634; Beasley. SS3.
DavidsOn-Page by 1874 majority.
WilkeS-Page, 592: Beasley, 2O7.
KandOIph-Page. 923; Beasley. lao.
Richmond-Page 10y about 500 ma
tority.
icc-Pase, Pos: Beasley, 292.
Oavie-Page, sos; BeasIey, Go.
HOkc-No report, bat carried by
Page.
Nadkin-Page, 22S; Beasley, -.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-19
PAGES FIGURES
GROWING LARGER
BeasIey Opposing Him For
Congress Is Credited With
Only One County

charlotte, May 1.-The latest re
turns increase the majority by which
Congressman X. y. Page, Of Moore,
has defeated K. r. BeaSley. of Union,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-12

go Why well. he then with a cetnpar-
ion started d restaurant IN d small!
town where everybody ute al home
and after eating UP the most OF his
stock Of sandwiches heiagain took 70.
the road with his goods. The nara.
goes on 70 relate that he start.
ed without money with his brother to
to the homes Of his uncIes a hum
.dred miles away. how he sold goods
along the weary roads with his pack
en- his back, eating and sleeping in
the open, how he was at times forced
TO travel all night because he. could.
notstind iodgingin the country, and.
various sotller liardshtps that he suf4
Tered in his struggle for an educa4
ton that ought Ro puit Nope III the
.llisaaFto = x every poor boy VIC feels,
that a4a gt NO opportunity in the
world for. an education. or for u sue
Ieessful business career, (which the au-
thor. has attained q elbeiag now one
.ofthe most prosperous 'magazinc'pub+
fishers in the country.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-12
SOME GOOD LESSONS.

The autobiography of S. S: Me-
Clurc, publisher of McClure's Maya
zine, now running in that publica.
ton, should be read by every boy Of
school age. The pampered sons of the
well-to-do class as we'll as the ones
Who belieye they r less favored, can
get some good Sound lessons from MIR.
slcelare's early experienSe. he tells
Of IFS coming 10 this country from
ireland, in early YOUTH the death Of
his father, and the llardships of the
family in their struggle against pow
crtS after landing in this country. He
tells how he worked his way through
college by peddling through the
country during vacations, how he
lived on eighteen cents a week by
on stale bread, soup bones
and other cheap articles of diet. He
commenced to peddle.a patented cof-
fee pot with a few cents gained by
the sale of the. article, which did not
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-12
ONE WoMAN,S WAY!

!, Lady Bathurst, editor Iiand pub
Usher OF the London Daily Post. one
of England's most influential news
papers, does not permit the publica-
ton Of society news in her newspaper
and will not waste space upon such
.frivelities us the description OF a
lady's gown worn at an afternoon tea.
She charges $3.50 per line for an
nouncements of society events in the
Fost. Naturally one would expect
that a newspaper published by the
female of the specie" would be more
or less crowded with the gossip of So
cial events, but 1T takes a good prog
n%osticator to tell just what a woman
will do.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-12
JOSEPH pUL1TzER's START.

10
The early experiences of S. s. Nc
clure brings to mind the early strug-
giles of Joseph Pulitzer, foundar, and
until the time of Ills death a year or
30 ago, publisher of the New York
World, possibly the greatest newspa.
per on the American continent. MIR.
Pulitzer, a poverty stricken immi-
grant, in a strange country, not only
became one of the wealthiest publish
ers Of the country but he was one of
the best read men ofo his time and
wieldedga powerful influence over the
political and business affairs ofeth4
nntiohf by his foreeful awritin G s4atnd
fearless style of journalism; although
ii was '1h a1ndieaapp5eSd, ii his later ! years
!, 81 the afflletion Of total blindness.
laying to get, his information Q ( curs
lrent1t events throughathaI reading sot
hisasecretary.5y Every boy c be.
come a Pulitzer or2ae Mcclure but he
can extract from a knowledge OF their
early lives a radiant hope and u force
full Inspiration that should make of
lin a better and more useful citi-
zen.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-12
union REV|VAL
Four Churches Unite FORA Series
Of Melting, sstssial eAsis
* o. I
Leader Secured.

i; 5Ag 3g.|ITSN, GAIIg
~ 4
3p4G%.ssS I'm respyI
n - soS,Th, sgp.' U Jug
SUI ssa'teu ." WIN u VIM
,ass ese't;hs when me ,nft.al ser
owinr i, INV tna - ,a ~ iMat .s Sn.pay,
was he ~ ,as. s"s. esse'aas
as NV - 81 W
pasaora.e = u; Z: .: stoe SS ms
eons esaf.on Mofsh'pea n thelf
oMn eaHrsn put tonight IONS In
M.ln '"e othef three mentioned
c.c''r aei'hqueh's IS 10 oe avoid
VIZ =. .ne Greatest reVlVa.s ever
hei IN tais city. Despite the TACT
that 'ne irespyterians were not
ptess't .he iarse Oh me
e,np'e "aS packed ior the service
" broomfeld, was chosen by the
pastors 70 10 .he preaching Tor the
series Oh meetings n preached an
eAeeiieht ana inspiring sermon last
y Z Meme" lteasons Tor
lhe need ~ a revival In, this city at
sns lame n IN his usualIforce+I
ttieafiy aefpnstratea
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-12
AsksA
2.bTstssY s1GStnst,h ,yBf3
Session, oil The /
Legislature
SPEAKER TAYLOR GEORGE
!, REQUESTS GOV. TO CONVENE
S0L0NS SOON.
POINTS OUT URGENT NECESSITY
FOR AN EARLY C0NSIDERA-
TON OF MATTERS.
by Associated Press

by Associated Press.1
CHARLESTON. Jan. 12.-Taylor
George, speaker of the West vir-
gihia House of delegates, formally
requested Governor Hatfield to cali
a SPECIAL session Of the legislature
not later than Feb. L. Speaker
George declared, in his letter TO the
governor that beginning with July
l, when the prohibitory amendment
to the. constitution becomes OPERA
tive the revenues, Of the state viii
be M million dollars less than itlldf
amount required to. carry on It's all
fairs, and y will be necessary III
provide other taxes to make Up. this
deficit. Mr.. George suggests that
among other things the legislature
should enact a law taxing the pros
duction of. oil and gas, a corrupt
practice act, and an act providing
for uniform primaries. Governor
Hatfield was not IN the city this
but 1t was expected at the
state touse. that he would prompt
" reply to the demands of speaker
George. although his position as tol
extra session was moi known.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-12

make no attempt to arrange our price lists
they may appear more allpring than, the
les rea liy are nor do we seek to make you
evethe reductions are as severe as some you
find about town. To do so it would first
necessary to go through our entire stock and
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-12
AN INSPIRED MILLIONAIRE

To Henry Ford's competitors his
SIC, 0 600 pr%oGt-sharing plan is a
shrewd piece of advertising.
To emotional sociologists. 1t is the
sudden dawn of an Industrial mil
lennium.
To political economists it is a
doubtful experiment In idealism
which can be judged only by time.
the weight of experience being
against 1t.
To the country in general it is an
Intellectual and economic stimulus,
adding new interest TO the compli-
Gated problem of readiusting the
relations between employer and EN-
ployec.
Mr.. Ford himself believes that
its u sound thing economically and
socially that we have done. and the
time Is not far distant when none
can fail to realize Be that us
1t may. the undertaking is magni-
ticent in its conception of Industrial
Justice and nobly patriotic in its
ultimate purposes.
The American people can say
Eel -.
without boasting that they arc the
only people in the world who breed
men that. are willing to spend $1O,-
000,0 a year in establishing the
practical worth of an ideal. Mr..
Ford is not the first American man
ufacturer to undertake proht-shar-
Ing with his employees. Many have
admitted their employees as stock
holders: Many more liaYe estabr
lIisliedi Systems, Of .old-ages. pensions
supported entirely out. sQf bprolltss.
NJ. FoEd Is rdaing, an aold tlinglin 4
new way. and bdoinguitr. on ,ao scale
that appeals, toethe imagination .of
everybody9'a His plan may prove 1intt
successful; Abut' tt Is worth much TO
'atgreatt Industrial country 'fike tlnt
United States to learn, lie limitaL
tions Of Immediate proat-sharing
and to have men who do not hest
tate TO eXpend millions in maintain
ing generous and humane theories.
Even though failure result. II
will not be the failure Of Home
stead. 1t will not be the failure of
the anthracite coal fields. 1t will
not be the failure of Cripple Creek
and Occur d'Alene. 1t will not be
the failure of the West Virginia
bituminous coal fields or the fail
ure of the Michigan copper country.
1t is never necessary to call our
troops to suppress the consequences
of such an industrial theory as Mr..
Ford is carrying into effect.
For itself, The World docs not
see how3Mr. Ford's plan be general
lyhapplied' to industry. His success
as a. manufactures is, almost aun-
precedented. and profits cannot be
divided on 'sucll- scale unless there
are profits TO divide. Men cannot
be paid a minimum wage of SIS a
day unless means. can be found to
enable, them to earn SIS day. II
all manufacturers were Henry
Fords. the thing might be easy. but
unfortunately Fords are few and
far between; otherwise American
industry might be a continuous
romance.
Nevertheless. here is one of the
inspired millionaires whose coming
was foreseen by Gerald Stanley Lee,
and he deserves his welcomc.-New.
iworId
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-12
DOVENER OF
UNS0UND MIND
IT'S ALLEGED
WIFE ASKS FOR a LuNAcy COM
MISSION FOR Ex- CONGRESS.
> MAN AND LAWYER.
THE APPLICATION ALLEGES HE
IS UNABLE TO LOOK AFTER
BUSINESS AFFAIRS.
by Associated press.l

.
WHEELING, W. Va, Jun. 49,.
Judge c. G. Newman was asked in
the circuit court Of Ohio county to-
Gay to appoint a lunacy commission
for Capt. B. B. Doyener. II of the
best known lawyers of West Virginia.
Capt. Dovener, whose health has been
failing for some time, is alleged by
his wife who made the application to
be unable to look af,tr ms aT9i:s. He
served in congress as ,h2 r~ep.esenta-
tive OF the First West Virginia dis
trict from 1894 until 1904, and was
for five years n Of the best known
members of1the Rivers, , arna. H Iags !.
!:o"'''''ee' s1ad9jUH ,4tltlh aEI:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-12
a ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION

John D.. Rockefellcr has broken u
long, habitual silence and given an
interview for publication showing
that he has a very optimistic view
OF the future welfare of his coun-
try which has permitted him to
prosper so %abundantly. Most peo-
pie, by reading Of the Standard Oil
Company, and its methods Of crush.
ing out competition, and establish
ing Q monopoly Of the oil business
that has made Rockefeller possibly
the richest man in the world, and
surely the wealtlliest man in this
country, have formed a very ad.
verse opinion 81 the modern Croesus
but there are traits of his carefully
guarded and none too well under.
stood character that cause us to
look upon him in n more charitable
manner than that in which Nc Is
usually observed. He, has demon.
stratedl as mo other man has done
the force OF organization and shown
perhaps tile greatest executive abil-
fty OF modern or any other time. He
has, It is true, been very uncor-
municative but he has certainly
shown a great deal of patience in
.forbearfntgg for SO many years the
adverse criticism that have been
thrown in his direction. He has
horne the burden of his great
wealth with great .fortitude and
s:ngleness of purpose in the mean
time placing many millions IN
charitable channels in his own
peculiar way. In his recently pub
lished interview he states that he
believes in charity but not in Tho
charity that affords temporary re.
lief, which he says encourages lazi.
ness and cultivates a state of de-
pendability in the beneficiary.
He fayors. he says, the kind!eT'a s.
sistanceoefAat 4siSs w1R to those
who need-it-and points ou~tlthe-@elI
known truth that the employed are
che best s%ontented; 4tsssg ST.
His psincipalY b~ehefactions have
been to the cause of education. sci
cnee and religion, and in his rec
ents ldeclining years he perfected q
plan Of establishing the Rockefeller
Foundation TO perpetuate his man.
ner of giving. which was frowned
upon by congress and the country
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-12
GrainEleuator
Is Burned
ycLARKsBURG FIRM HEAVY Los.
10 Frs BY FIRE-TW0 B. &
CARS BURN.
to west virgfnian.l

Special to West virginian.)
cLARKsBURG, Jan. 12.-The F.
c. Watkins grain elevator here was
destroyed by fire this morning with
loss OF $15o,ooo. The fire started
in the big ware house and famed by
8 fierce wind drove everything be-
fore 1t until the plant was completely
destroyed. Two freight cars on the
D: & o. railroad side tracks also were
burned.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-12
%generalIy las being against pub

policy. u
We agree WITH him in his last
conclusions, that :he best form of
charity is that which will give en-
ployment to those who need it. and
we will offer a suggestion to him
that would carry out this idea and
immortalize his name, but with
very little hope that he will take
our advice. and that is that he put
q few of his millions in the con
struction of good roais. This would
establish a Rockefeller Foundation
that would be worth while, and en-
tirely worthy of any philanthropist
who wants to do the greatest good
to the greatest number of people.
He would in this way not only give
in a manner that would furnish enl-
pioyment to those VINO want to
work, hut. he would be, advancing
the cause III of educatSioMf Ii a more
! substantial malneE that w tbuildips
a few colleges that do not reach
with their advAasntiagaeahe t6nsidsr
ReeelSSs number e. e. y lths a5 PSs0 E5es& Ct r.
Icountry.
} wMest, Virginia wouid 0b9{a gdSa
place to start the work. West WI
gfnia has been very good to Stan
dard Oil and incidentally to Mr..
Rockefeller, who has had his for
tune considerably enhanced by the
steady flow of oil and gas from the
oil fields of this state.
He no doubt can recall during
his early development of the OF!
business, the muddy roads over
which hoop-poles, slaves and pipe
for his pipe lines were hauled and
how much faster the development OF
this industry would have been had
sous, far seeing .philanthropist
established d System of good roads
before his time over which he could
have. hauled his material.
An ocean to ocean highway would
not be an undertaking beyond his
means, and while he might not be
blessed with a sufficient span of life
to see his work completed he could
carry out his Foundation scheme in
.perpetuationsand no doubt he would
face the Great Hereafter with 0
clearer conscience and more hopeful
outlook for smooth travel through
the pcarly gates and golden streets
Of tho New Jerusalem than II he
undertakes to carry the burden of
his riches to the time of his fast
approaching .innrmity.
o.. rc,singpecugfocmf uinbg RI rrr
a Rockefeller Foundation of Mae
adam stretching from coast TO coast
would indeed be a monument to the
greatest financicr aud most success
full business man Of our country. Such
q splendid be%nefaction to the people
would impress upon the pages Of the
history of this country n memorial
that would stand for all time and the
coming generation would learn to
have a much more friendly opinion OF
the oil king than the people OF the
present, who would in fact have their
t%eninions very much Changed, displac-
ing to very large extent an antqgan.
!Stic criticism with asfaeling aftpler-
dltion far alleged oppression. nolss4l
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-12

TTT-5 TTE775TTT'
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-12
Political Equality.

The Political Equality club will
hold t~hensecond Of aoserieatofs pub
lie meetingslithis rev6nins at $3.50.
Gclbekodt til ac6urtoho,rse. :JPromi!'
nent business mensiofotife 7ottyswilt1
address the mceting and an invita-.
ton Is extended 70 the public to- at