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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-08
WEEKLY COTTON GOODS.

New York, Dee. 5.-Altbough cotton
goods trading has been generally quiet for
the week some steps have been taken to
revise the prices of goods to a basis near
er the levels at which cotton is selling.
Denims have been sold at a decline Of 1
cent al ~ cent a pound from the top for
this year.
Wide sheetings were revised downward
2L2 cents a yard on some leading num-
bers. Sheeting print cloths, and converti-
bles have been quiet. About 1000 bales
Of standard drills have been sold for ship
ment to India at z cents a yard, i reduc-
ton Of " cent from the last price paid.
Prints. are duh and some lines Of colors
have been withdrawn. Ginghams are
quiet.
Fine and fancy cottons are being re-
ordered In very moderate lots and fine
yarns mills need business. The duck
markets continue firm as a consequence of
large domestic and foreign orders. Mills
are curtailing production on cotton goods
IN several directions, but other mills are
being directed on stock goods because
cotton Is cheap.
Prices continue nominal and irregular
as follows:
Prints cloths 2S inch 64xeO's. 8 cents
G4x6O's. 2N cents; 30 Inch 64x64's, 3kG
4 cents; brown sheetings. southern stand
ards 6h@61a cents; denims, Q ounce 12h
cents; tickings 8 ounce 12Ls cents; stand
ard prints 81 cents; staples ginghams
ga dress ginghams 9A cents.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-08
MARK TWAIN.
The Greatest Boy of Fiction. the
American Roy

The Greatest Boy of Fiction. the
American Boy.
From Hildegrade Hawthorne, Books
and Reading in the December st.
Nicholas.
What a man Mark Twain was, Be-
ginning as a barefoot boy i III sleepy
Mississippi River town. a j~ourneynan
printer with a little education and no
prOmlSeO I a future, a river pilot, an
un1ucky p~rospectOr, he became a man
of worldwide fame and immense in
ffuence. His books have gone every
where, have made generations laugh
and weep He was not only a great
humorist, he was a man Of high cour-
age and fine ideals, a man who hated
shams and lies, and struck at them
fiercely. He knew human nature,
laughed at its queer contradictions.
admired and respected its goodness
and kindness Always he is intensely
American, without being provincial.
Not only did he ave = genius for
writing. He had q genius for be-
ing a man.
II, as a young man, he was inclined
to be too extravagant, too irreverent.
he conquered that tendency. He grew
In wisdom and In perception, and he
loved people, loved men Inc women
n children. That is why we all love
him. There is a glow ID him. You
can Wd1Q your AGaIt as HIS DOCKS,
much as you warm your hands at a
fire.
Mr. Gilbert Chesterton, the English
author, and a withmself, says OF
/ Mark Twain: "All honest people saw
| the point Of Twain's wit. Not a few
dishonest people felt it"
But to the whole world Of youth
! Mark Twain is Tom Sawyer. the i'm
mortal boy, and yet the essential boy
that links all boys Of whatever ma
~tiona1ity together. Tom and Huck-
what more do you want?
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-08
HOUSES
GOOD BUYERS AND
COTTON GOES UP
Close Is at Net Advance of
From Two to Eight Points,
Estimate Places Crop lower
Than Formerly; Germany an
Active Bidder on Spring and
Summer Months

New York, Dee. j.-Houses with foreign
connections were good buyers of cotton
today and prices ruled higher In the
absence Of any aggressive selling. The
close was steady at n net advance Of 2
to ) points. Reports that a Memphis au-
thority estimated the crop at 10, eco
bales. excluding linters or considerably
lower than figures recently published, may
possibly has helped the advance, but talk
OF improving export demand and the
failure Of Southern hedge selling to de
yelop on anything like n material scale,
were the bulliSh factor chiefly discussed
around the ring.
The market opened steady at a decline
or : points to an advance Of four points,
but generally l to 4 points higher in
keeping with steady Liverpool cables.
There was Il little Southern selling but
offerings from that source were not con
sfdered heavy enough to indicate any
weakness in the interior and prices soon
improved on investment buying Of Octo-
Der and trade buying of spring and sum
mer months which was supposed to come
largely from German sources. Active
months sold about Z to II points net
higher in consequence while December
and January contracts were quiet enough
to suggest a much reduced interest and
held within a point of the opening fig
ures.
The close was a shade off from the best
under realizing.
Spot cotton quiet; middling uplands
40; gulf ia.
No sales.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-08
TELLS STORY Of
JERRY N 'kULEy
Preacher Moves Mt. Olive Au-
dience With Account of Stun
Workers Life

On Wednesday night the End ot
December, in h Methodist church
at Mount Olive the e J. V. Williams
Of Brooklyn. y. Y, dlivered a lecture
on Jerry McAuley. He was born in
Ireland. His parents died when he
was a child and he was taken by his
grandmother to raise. who was ad-
dicted to the habit OF drinking. Such
was his early surrounding At the
age of 13 years he anne to New
York. without money or friends and
he naturally drifted into the slums OF
the great city and he became a
thief and a robber and when he ar
rived at young he was EN-
fenced to Sing Sing penitentiary. He
was converted and he commenced
talking to the other prisoners. 3
great revival of religion followed
the Governor e an Of it
in the New York papers n he par
doned Jerry McAuley. He re-
turned to New York and commenced
preaching on the streets in the crimi-
nal districts. Many were converted
and he established j mission for the
reclamation of the fallen. Mr.. VIII
| liarns is engaged in raising funds for
supporting this mission. He was
born in Hyde county, N. c.. and was
a Methodist minister in this State be
fore he engaged in this work. He
spoke an hour and during the whole
| time he held the people spell bound
| n 1 heard men say they could have
listened at him nothe hour. Mr..
Williams told the story Of McAuley's
life in a simple, pathetic, plain.
practical way that could be under
stood by the most uncultured, and at
the same time charm and instruct
the most cultured. He made no at
tempt at prominence or display, OF
rhetorical and literary embellishments
nor did he use any of the arts and
tricks Of the "plain blunt man who
speaks right on His whole heart
was fired with the message he was
telling and it's Importance to the PEG
pie. I have heard great orators
speak and have been charmed by
their eloQuence and rhetoric and
thrilled by their soul stirring elocu-
ton, but I must confess that |
never was more impressed in my life
than when I listened at this plain
man relate his simple, pathetic story
Of Jerry McAuley. True eloquence is
as Webster said. Elm the occasion in
the man and In the subject" 1t is
not in elegant dictum. In glowing
rhetoric and splendid elocution. Mr..
Williams is engaged IN q noble work
and I wish every man In the WORLD
could hear him. May God bless him.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-08
SOME YAWNs FORGIvABLE.
q Mall Gazette.

Z = mall 1d1SlIc.
The young lady OF Wanstead who
broke of her engagement because
her lover yawned IN her presence
showed a proper ~self-respect, or else
a lack OF discrimination. OF course,
there are yawns and yawns. There
is the yaWn Of fatigue and the yawn
Of boredom. The first is not only
excusable; it is positively coy. A
.child's yawn at bed time and a dogs
yawn as he stretches himself before
the fire arc o the most luxurious
expressions Of bienetre which the
world provides. But the yawn-some
times nOisy-Which proceeds from the
bored listener TO speech or sermon is
the most insulting. even il involun-
tary, snub which can possibly be ad-
mlnistered. Any lover who yawns in
the presence Of his mistress, save
from sheer inability to keep his eyes
open and his mouth shut. richly mer-
its instant dismissal.
Nobody looks pretty with half his
mead OFT and mot much Of his face to
wash as the navy said. But it Is in
the stifled yawn that polite rudeness
reaches it's perfection Of refinement.
mere is as much superciliousness in
the nand which is raised to cover the
mouth as in hat which is raised to
Dr1ng the lorgnette to the eyes. Tn
fortunately for those who wish al
ways to be courteous, nature is too
blunt to aid US in preserving u lit
tie artificial rules OF politeness. You
can stifle a yawn, but You cannot do
1t without your effort showing. 1t is
not given to man to control the re
fiexes OF his nerves and muscles. And
yaWning Is horribly infections. II YOU
wlsn TO make a fellow creature mis-
behave nothing is easier than to in
cite MIN to yawn by the simple pro-
cess OF bringing the thumb and fneers
together and slowly opening and shut
unS them before him. The yawn
Whlcn broke an engagement may be
come historic but the leading case
VIII continue to be hat Of the late
Duke OF Devonshire, who stopped to
ya"n IN the middle Of his own speech.
No other has aver been such . candid
critic Of himself.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-08
PRICE Of WHEAT
RISING HIGHER
Advancing Liverpool Quota
tons and italian Purchases
in Argentine Help; Corn IS
Off at Finish

Chicago, Dee. 5.-Wheat prices rose to-
day, helped by advancing quotations at
Liverpool and by reports that Italy was
purchasing oil a large scale in Argentina.
The market closed firm quarter a three
Fights to half above last night. Corn fin
iShed unchanged to 1-1G down, oats un-
changed to g up and provisions at 212W
; to 7hM10 decline.
Grain and provisions closing
WHEAT
December LIZ; May 1.21I.
CORN
december 63h; May 69.
OATS
December 4SA May 5214
PORK
January is. 10; May 1872.
LARD
January 90; May 995.
RIBS
January 80: May 1905.
Cash grain: Wheat NO. 2 red 1.16la@
1.17A No. 2 hard 1.16A 61.17i2.
Corn, No. yellow 64A@h.
Oats, standard 494@B.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-08
RESERVE BANK STATEMENT.

Washington, D. c.. Dee. 5-The con-
solidated statement OF condition Of the
twelve Federal reserve banks at the close
Of business December 4, made public to
day by the Federal Reserve Board shows
but little difference from that Of a
week ago. It follows:
Resources:
Gold coin and certificates $3.50, e12y 600.
Legal tender notes, silver certificates
and subsidiary coin $50, 030, 600.
Total $262, $50 600.
Bills discounted and loans:
Maturities within 80 days, s. 600.
Maturities within 60 days 81. e25.e 600.
Other 81 OK, 600.
Totals $9,S44.0O0
All other resources sos coo.
Total resources $273. O34 ,OOo.
Liabilities:
Capital paid in $1S,O47. 60.
Reserve deposits SOL .G67. 600.
Federal reserve notes in circutatiop
met amount s., 91O 600.
Total liabilities $273, OS4 GOO.
Gold reserve against all liabilities On
per cent.
Cash reserve against all liabilities 1ns
per cent.
Cash reserve against liabilities after
setting aside 40 per cent. Gold reserve
against Federal reserve notes In ef-cu,,.
ton 14 per cent.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-08
EXCHANGE
REvERSESFORM
Bonds Are Dragging While
Stocks Demand Broadens
and Dealings Larger and at
Better Prices

New York, Dec. 5.-Bonds and stocks
moved contrarily today; the former
evincing greater heaviness, while the list
after the close indicated a firmer ten
dency. The only pronounced exception to
the downward tendency in bonds again
was furnished by the several Rock Is
land issues, which rose from one to 3
points, the latter measuring the gain III
the collateral tours.
ger in volume shan on the two preced--
ing days, involved q smaller number Of
issues.
Bid and asked prices Of stocks indicat-
ed not only a rising tendency but a
broader inquiry. Today's business in
to show an increase for the two hours
over the same period or the early days OF
the week.
Contrary to reports, the special COM
mittee in charge Of the stock exchange to-
day announced that plans to effect a re-
sumption Of open dealings in stocks had
not yet gone beyond the tentative stage.
The only feature to foreign exchange
was the increased strength of keichs-
marks. which rose half a cent over yes
terday's quotation.
This weeks bank statement was
especially interesting in that it was the
first full and complete exhibit made since
the outbreak of the war and the first
comparative report of it's kind since the
new Federal reserve system became opera
under general estimates, while the loan
expansion of about So, 100000 was
ascr1bed to various syndicate opera
lions.
Following are the closing prices issued
by the stock exchange committee: last
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-08
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.

New Orleans. La, Dec. Cotton made
. decided show of strength today, stand
Ing at one time nine points up on the
most active months and closing 1T a net
gain OF Z To s points. This was In spite
or much larger crop talk and beariSh
predictions of further weakness in the
spot markets OF the interior. The chief
source OF strength was the demand from
the short side. Sellers Of the week who
wanted to realize profits on the week end
met with only scanty offerings and
quickly bid prices up on themselves.
Gossip said that professional traders
were putting out short cotton on the rise
but their offerings were not large enough
to affect the market.
Statistics had what bears considered
werex strong points against the market
but statistics had little influence. Mill
takings thus far this season were esti-
mated at 3,361.OO0 bales against $500, Geo
q year ago and 1887, 600 two years ago.
This was rather a small total than look
ed for.
Spot cotton steady. Sales on the spot
go bales; to arrive 100.
Cotton futures closed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-08
COTTON SEED OIL.

again firm and higher on covering and
more confident buying on growing eyi-
dences Of a good domestic and export de-
were 2 to IA points net hig her.
The market closed Irregular. Spot
592@6.0o; December 609@6.O5: January
G.O9@610; February 6.1Sm62s. Mach
62S@6.31; April 63766.41: MAY
651; June 6590660; July SS
total sales $500.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-08
DRY O MARKET.

New York, Dec. 5.-Cotton goods were
quiet today. Yarns were dull. Wool
goods Tor domestic use were firm but
business was inactive. Linens were firm.
Burlaps were easy. Knit goods for the
fall OF 1915 were offered and lower prices
than last year proved attractive to some
BUYERS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-08
NAVAL STORES.

Savannah, Ga. Dec. 5.-Turpentine firm
43A bid and refused 44h; asked Sales
none; receipts 531; shipments 80; stocks
SO. S51.
Rosin firm; sales e9s; receipts 1917;
shipments 7SS; stocks 12S, Col
Quote: A. B. 3.25; C.. D. L. a27A to so
As; X. 400; NJ. 4J.O to 4.55; n. 5.25: VIC.
$50: WV. $50.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-08
NEW YORK PROVISIONS.

New York, Dec. 5.-Raw sugar steady;
molasses S.24; centrifugal $50; refined
steady.
Butter firm: cheese steady. unchanged.
Spot coffee hrm Rio No. Z, 6h; Santos
No. 4. ~ 610.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-08
NEARBY COTTON MARKETS.

reported by Division of Markets, North
Carolina Experiment Station)
Norfolk, %middling, &c: sales $50 bales.
Charlotte. midd1ing, &c.
Fayetteville, middling, 6hc-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-08
LIVERPOOL COTTON.

Liverpool, Dee. Cotton: Spot, dull
prices quiet: American middling fair 5.27;
good middling 4.61; middling 435; low
middling 3.S9; good ordinary 324; ordi-
nary 2.79.
Sales 5000 bales, including 300
American and 800 for speculation and ex-
port
Receipts 23,S19 bales, including ii, 400
American.
Futures closed steady.
May-June 40
July-AuZ. 4.15H
Oct. Nov. 4.251a
Jan.-Feb. 4.31
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-08

The value Of gold produced in the
Gold Coast and Ashanti during 1919
was $2.o45.565. the largest pfoducrion
on record.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-08

mere are Sl,SsS organized workers
III missouri, OF whom 3.aoS ara
m
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1914-05-05

Sinp bns traurtec, beaa9enstpertbe
3uitdnbe mn auf9efldrten 20. Sdbr@
bunoertl
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anbers fommen. ga edbe es riber@
baupt feline @obnuneen mebr fin So
milien. Sic &inber tperoen ofs
Staotseieentbum betrahtet unb bes
banbelt unD in sroben .3il4tereien"
nntergebradt. Sas Sa~mtlienleben
urb oas 8echt bes &tnoes unb Der
Gltern miro absel6afft. 9erptb nette
Ausiidtenl Ilio audi tiir Die ourd]
ben Sptn @ottes sebeiligte SnrHh'e
ioQ es Damn feinen Yias mebr 9sben.
Sem eeaeniiber iaeen mir: Has
ben &iubernl 9abre hriitli6e @es
Thinning muB @eiit unb Ser3 Der Be
iiser bon @ietbsbGulern fpleDer be-
berrifeu mrb erfiilen! Oas GbriI ZEN
tbum lebrt DEN @ertb oes ainoes. Ss
ldbt in iebem &inbe Die uniterbli6e,
bMrf gbriti 8lut erfaufte Seele ers
fennen lino ,Sbre gnseI ibausn aQes
seit bas Ingeitft bes bunmlnten
@aters". 8er bic 3inber aufnimmt,
nimmt mid beren Shueen9el nit altt.
go piel ainber, 10 bel @agel i'm
Sauie. SENS, Der gDttlihe ainber@
ireuno. iprtft: User zines bon oieien
aleinen in meinem Namen dnfnimmt,
nimmt mid, alf." Cher lit audi fiir
Eibn fein Hde mebr? DAMN tuebe ben
fpnn,enben G,eif)lehtern!-~S hpeis
3er &atboIif"
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1914-05-05
4laB Den &inbcrn!

9cim 2eieu bcs Seridtes Der bl.
Gdriit iiber Die @eburt l%nleres Setz
Ionbes itoBt man auf einen Sas. Der
rcdlt trauri9 flin9t. Ils Solepb INN
Wtaria in Bethlehem antamen, lpobtn
tic aeu1GB @liiiprperrnS Der peltllt1en
9cbDroe BON Hn5aretb reilten, nm ltd)
o~uslIaeben, ,lpar fein Slae tIr ne.
&pn Sbiir al Sbiir ab9clpielcn, liihten
Tic idlieSlid) eiu fld9lid)cs llntertoin7
men in ciuem Stalle. % erre9t Den
TuIhcin ais pb baS %ieb bnrnlher6tg
iciu .onnc, bnrmher5i9cr als Wen>
idcn. 81 Den Ienidlenlpobnln9en
gnb IS feinen Ylab fir lie.
8ic oft nicberbplen iit bieie tralla
ri0cu @prtc in Der beuti9eu 3eit. sic
flinNcn bart uno 9raliam III Den
Sbrcn armcr, fiuberreiher gbelellte,
ucun tic aui Der Suhc nad elmer
SSpbnltnq iinb. @cbt man ourd) Die
GtrnScn unicrer Stdbtc, ihullt lid Die
Tusb1ngeid)ilbcr Der @pbnrngspcr>
mictbcr an, oher burblicit man Den
G~n;ciactbeil 10 mnnder 3eitnn9cn. fpie
nit wcrbcn ha @obnuneSrdimc an9es
boteu fir .finberloieS Gbepaar" uno
fir .8amilicu nit einem ober 5ipei
Sinpcru". Sic critic Srage on Die
Iictbcr miro mciit bic Iein: "Wie
pielc ainber bringen Sic mtg" Siez
Der reht picle Yartien in eincm @auie.
ncnu nlrr feline pber iucni9c ainpcr.
mcincn bcrsloie Tcrmictbcr. Wan
f6nutc pirtlit oui Den @eoanfen toms
men, eciuiiic Snusbeiieer bdtten einen
f6rmlidcn Strcif ge9en Die ainper
preauiiicrt. ainberrcife. brape Che
Ieutc ncrben abgeitoben, ein5i9 mn
aQcin barmm. neil lie Der mooernen
llniittlihfeit 10 rielcr i'm Gbeleben
tpibcritanben babcn, Sft 9enng III
cine lpld)e nrmc Snrnilie elmer entieb@
Iifcn 8obnunssnptb als9eliefert,
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1914-05-05

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esq"
Sen rid,tieen @rnit bes 2ebens
dber fennt has ainb nod ntd,t. SoB
cs einn1al grpB lperbcn loa, pab Damn
gar ernite Sebeusnufgnben al g her,
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benft CO nod nid,t. .Wfutter. id)
bleibc INNER bel Dir, 10 ertldrt CO
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nod Spiel. abcr bas Spicl III Ibnt
crnit.
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bic Sfnlc gcben. IS ructB nift,
lppSu. Sa, lernen mag mand' zines
id]pn, bariit Srduleiu co germ but.
cber >nntit CO in Ieinem SilSerblldl Die
Spriiflein unb 8eihidten lelen lam.
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pamit IMtter Srelrbe an linn bnben
Iol. ober aud. neil es ielbit Sreuoe
bnrnn bat.
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grfenntnib. aus Selbitdnbigfeit, bas
fommt ibm nod nid,t in ben Sinn.
Snb es gilt. bas 2eben 5u erobern,
bus 6ottesrcid) Su if,affen in Der
Stiac Ser Seelc, in Selbitdnoigfeit, i'll
&f mn Sicg. baran bentt CO nod,
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den I'M parmen Heit.
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mabnt. Sest miro linn eincs cages
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hriitlicte Sunsirou? Slid ober linz
gliid, hod1ite 6reube oper tietItes SelN?
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