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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-13
SOCIAL PROBLEMS ISSUE
OF Y. NJ. C. A. CONFERENCE
Strong Address By DIR. W~eatherford
at Meeting at ElOn College.

Il College, Oct. 10.-The theme
of today's work for the Young Mems
Christian Association Conference.
which has been in session here since
Wednesday evening, was the social
problems at home and abroad. DR..
w. d. Weatherford. Nashville. Tenn.
Student Secretary Of the International
Committee, was the chief leader Of the
day. The keynote OF the morning
session was What the Y. NJ. {. a.
could do to better the social prob
lens Of the country. Also the causes
Of social problems II why we should
study them We're discussed with no
small talent.
The afternoon session was the work
in detail; how it is actually done. why
1t is done, and where it is done. DR..
WeatherfOrd is a thinker, an attract
i've speaker, and hence filled and
thrilled the Conference in something
more than theory. He declared that
the social problem was one of the
greatest resting upon the college stu
dent today and concerned every true
American. His appeal was for great
talent. mighty men and willing hearts
TO help make the country better by
living in cleaner places. He showed
wherein it was sin to live in places
OF filthy surroundings when better
places could be secured.
1Hc HlSut session 1OunQ us maxi
mum item in an address by Or.
Weatherford to the Conference. tho
entire student body, villagers, and
many others who came to hear him
The negroes Of the South. the poor
whites in the mill districts, the peas
ant in the crowded city, and such
phases Of life were discussed n a
most able to the enlishten-
ment of all.
the college Sunday
school with it's four hundred students
IS to meet the Conference in the col
iege auditorium at nine O'Clock in a
regular Bible study conference, and
at the eleven hour, instead Of the
regular preaching service, DR.. Wealth
erford will address the Conference
n college students.
The students Of the college are do
ing themselves proud in entertaining
the Conference. All meals are being
served in h college dining hall and
70 hear the college yel,s from North
Cardinals institutions going up in va
rious parts of the large room make
the hours agreeable and enjoyable.
Dr. j. O. Atkinson. President W. A.
harper. Mrs. w. A. Harper. Rev. L. l..
COX, DR.. w G. Wicker and Rev. j. F.
Aorsan. will leave here Monday morn
ing for Springfield. Ohio, TO attend
the American Christian Convention
"hlch cOnvenes in hat city october
iSth Tor a weeks session.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-13

meanor for them to be alone outs,t.
OF the Incorporated limits.
The indirect effect Of this law
to allow any farmer Ia saoot A lone
dog on his property. The owner -
the dog. before he can bring sui, "a
damages for the killing of the do
necessarily must eSta biiSh proof
that the dog was at large and Tins
subject himself to a fine up To SO
Although the law was passed very
recently. a number Of counties hava
signified their intention OF making i
a county rule. and in these counties
owners of waste land are ALREADY
making preparations to establish
flockS of sheep.
The text of the law is as follows.
3 il enacted by the Gener A.
sembly OF Virginia. that it shall h..
the duty of every person owning or
having in charge any dog or dogs.
to at all times cOnhne such dog or
| dogs to the limits of his own prem
iseS or the premises on which sucn
| dogs is, or are regularly kept: Pro
vided. that nothing in this act shali
be constructed to prevent the owner
Of any dog or dogs. or other person
or persons having such dog or dogs
in his or their charge from allowing
such dog or logs to such
owner or other person or persons
elsewhere than on the premises on
which such dog or dogs is. or are
regularly kept.
ANY person violating this act
shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanOF and shall be fined not les,
than two nor more than fifty dollars
One-half of such fine to be payable
to the officer or other person furnish
ing the evidence upon which such
owner or other person having such
dog or dogs in his charge is convict
ed of such violation.
This act shall not apply to the
running at large of any dog or dogs
within the corporate limits of any
city or town in this State that re
Quire a license tag to be kept on
dogs. But this act shall not apply
in any county in this State until the
same has been adopted by the bo~rd
of supervisors of such county"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-13
Johnston is now in his 83rd year n
a lifelong citizen of the county.
A True Farmer.

Johnston is now in his SSTd year anu
a lifelong citizen of the county.
A True Farmer
"I-ncla Johnnie the appellatlon
accorded him for miles around. has
been a resident Of orange county from
boyhood. He is a true apostle OF the
calling cs a farmer. He, too. IS an
adyocate of the dea of ROWING nome
SUPPLIES irst-his favorlte crops VI
corn. oats and wheat indicate as
much. Cotton. though as
all -important by his neighoors. never
had first call with him. He amaSSeo
quite a bit of real eState-lateiy OIL
yided into nine small farms as shares
of his Wife's relatives. The original
tract contained TOO acres. most Oh
which IS situated three miles east Oh
Chapel Hill on the road 10 durham.
His characterization OF ola age
that life is sweet but when you get
old YOU are not much account
/ illustrates his philosophy. He spends
the greater portion of the day on the
littla porch adjacent to his snug room.
He calmly resigns to the fate OF be
ing shu in from the outside WORLD
his lettering steps cannot Sa1eiy d.
rect him far from his home. He has
to be assisted in descending OF
ascending the steps leading into the
porch. His greatest worry IS ex-
pressed in his reply to the inquiry,
How are you getting along, Uncle
Johnnie: Il am all right, except
got the Mysteries: it is the worst ols-
ease in the world" He has never
been afflicted with any l~Ong-sufferlne
or contagious diseases. The efficacy
of the Metchnikoff theory seems tc
be unQeStiOned-too. his simplicity o.
living has been an important attn
butte in prolonging his life far be
You'd mans allotted three score anc
ten 1t is said hat in Bulgaria
where the staple food is yahourth. {
soured milk, there is a surprising
number of -centenarians.
The comments of Mr.. VickerS OF
modern day inventions and fads ar
highly interesting. His comment i
usually brief and to the point. HI
contents himself with frank state
ments concerning topics-never ad
vancing long-draWn out arguments
He is no advocate Of woman suffrage
and contents his mind with the state
ment, don't think women have mucl
right to vote" The automobile ant
aerOplane are inventions that hav'
o~utdistanced his day and living-fe i
puzzled over their existence and won
ders what it all signifies.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-13

in substance, that the Tactic acid in
buttermilk is a p~reservative of life.
Uncle ohnnie Vickers. of Orange
county. North Carolina. now APP
preaching his 10th birthday, is a liv-
ing example that further strengthens
the Metchnikoff theory. True, his
diet is not as restricted as the Am
broise Joulet, but a striking similarity
exists. His diet conforms in the main
to that prescribed by the Russian
phySiologiSt-he drinks one-half a
gallon Of buttermilk each day, eats
a quantity of fruits, some meats, and
includes in his bill of fare often at
one helping as many as nine pods of
red pepper. His physician, DIR. Louis
II. Webb. of Chapel Hill. further full
fills the prescription of Metchnikoff
for cure Of advancing age by admin
istering regular doses of Bulgarian
tablets. 1t is claimed that the merits
of these tablets are in keeping with
the theory: IF length Of life is due
to freedom from intestinal microbes
a preventive of bacterial life must be
found"
ExplOdes Fresh Air Theory.
Uncle Johnnie" Vickers' length of
years expiodeS the fresh-air theory.
During SO years of his life he has
been hemmed in a 6x10 room. COM
pactly built. devoid Of a window or
any Outlet In direct contact with
wholesome air. Mr.. Vickers makes
his entry and exit into his sleeping
Quarters-the small room projecting
from h main dwelling house-by
way Of the door adjoining the main
rooms of the building. Here he spends
II Of the "a hours in peaceful sleep.
Mr.. Vickers' span of years extends
through three great wars. and the
struggle 10 embroiling all Europe
adds the fourth to his list. He was a
youth of between seven or eight years
old when the war Of 1912 broke out
his memory in his declining years
yields faint recollection of that strug-
gle. The Mexican War came in the
heydey of his prime manhood, anG
although enlisted for service, he was
not called to the front. The Civil
War to him was a happening Of onl,
yesterday. as it were. He was too ole
to enlist for active service; he saw
the younger generation of Orans,
county leave hi farms to take w
arms for their country. O. c. Nc.
Fariand, a relative of Mr.. Vickers
who is 63 years old, tn,
claims of Mr.. Vickers' age-main
tanning that he was upward of S,
years old when he was a boy. Stat,
Senator Charles Johnston, one o
Orange county's oldest and best know
citizens, knows Of. no contradiction
evidence to refute the e claim O
Mr.. VickerS-that Of 400 years. MI
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-13
THE DOG LAW OF VIRGINIA
A Statute That is Believed Will Prove
Effective in Handling the Dog


Weekly News Letter. U. S. Depart
ment Of Agriculture.
The State of Virginia, at the recent
session Of its Legislature, has passed
a novel dog law, which it is believed
will enable hat State to raise sheep
successfully on a large amount OF
waste land heretofore idle. This law
makes it a miSdemeanor punishable
by a fine up t. $50 for the owner to
allow his dogs to run at large in the
country.
This waste land, while entirely
suitable for s-heep-raising, was not
we'll adapted to cattle, for the reason
hat winter feed in those districts
was toe high to make the wintering
Of beef cattle profitable. ALI that
stood in the way Of a profitable sheep
in large numbers in the shanty set
Elements. These dogs. rarely fed at
home, lived on the young game dur
ing the spring and summer and
preyed on the sheep whenever they
were lot watched, and especially in
winter.
The old dog license law merely
meant that a dog was 81
a year hungrier for sheep. The gen
eral law permitted a sheep owner
| whose flock had been ravaged to sue
the owner Of the dog but
ly the owner owned nothing bur
dogs and the sheep farmer could not
recover. Moreover, if the sheen
owner shot a stray dog on his prem
ises, the owner of the dog could sue
the farmer for damages. TIE farm
ers of Nirginia grew tired of hayipc
their waste land idle and finally in
duced the Legislature to pass the ac-
cOmpanying dog law. This lar
when adopted by a county. makes !,
a misdemeanOr for the owner Of -
dog TO allow the dog off his own
proPerty unless he is with the doc
IN a case OF incorporated village
and towns. the law erm;t RI. naass
ling of dogs but makes il q $50
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-13

settlers from North Carolina among
his ancestors. Between 1896 and 1910
the population of the State increased
only two per cent, When it should
have been thirty.
Four Great Upheavals.
But in the last fifty years we have
had an entirely different state of
things. We have had no less than
four great social and political up
heavalS. Our revolutions have been
almost as rapid as those in Mexico.
The great struggle from 1876
was the eruption of a volcano, chang
ing the entire life of this State. For
the first time it brought our people
together from one end Of the State to
the other and caused them to know
each other. Companies from the
mountains. companies from the cen
ter. and companies from the east,
were placed in the same regiments
and b~rigades and came to know a.
other. Then, too, our population had
become stratified, so as to speak. So
ciety was in layers, which had small
intercourse with each other, and their
limits were fixed. Fused in the fierce
fire of battle men of courage AND
ability often rose to the command
over those whose ancestors had been
their social superiOrs. AS if by a
great earthquake all classes were
broken up and mingled. The bullets
of the enemy were democratic. They
spared none on account of social po-
sition or military rank.
Great as was the destruction of
property and terrible the loss in lives
the war was not an unmixed evil. 1t
made a new North Carolina. Men
OF the battlefield learned each 9th
ers intrinsic worth and measured
each other accordingly. They found
1t true The rank is but the guinea's
stamp. A mans a man for a. that
Purified as by fire our people came
out of that struggle more united thar
they had ever been, with sectional
and social ~antagOniSmS forever shat
tered and roke A new vision was
before US.
Three times since have we had a
great CONFUSION in the body polite
In 1876 led by the States creates,
SON.. ZebulOn B. Vance, there was the
great campaign from one end Of the
State to the other to displace the
carpet bag and alien rule which had
been imposed on us by the power Of
; the bayonet. The evils Of the system
which We then threw off by a mighty
struggle are becoming dim to the peO'
pie of this day. But they should
never be forgotten. Prof. DeROulha(
Hamilton has depicted the situation
in his recent admirable work Recon
struction," which should be read ant
preserved in every home in NORTH
; Carolina, that we may remember thu
pit from which we have been digged.
A somewhat similar struggle tool
; place in 1900 when with one fina
and united effort we put of the illit
crate, ignorant and debauched suf
y frage of an inferior race which wa.
I the last survival of the rule of tn
;. | bayOnet. This is too recent to nee
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-13
DRINKS MUCH BUTTERMiLK
Eats Quantity of Fruits, Some
Meat and Quantities of Red
Pepper and Takes Regular
Doses of Bulgarian Tablets.
Sleeps IL Out of "a Hours
in Room Without Window

Chapel Hin, Oct. 10.-Elie Met
Chnikoff, sub-director of PaSteur In
stitute in Paris. and celebrated Rus
sian Psychologist, discovered that Am
broise Joulet. "A laborer Of Verdun, had
attained the age Of Ill years through
the merits Of his simple daily diet
late nothing but u~nleavened bread
and drank nothing but skinned
milk. From this and similar illus
trtti"ne. Natr"itii- "ff abliShed his
far-famed theory of longevity of life
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-13
BIG RED MEMS PICNIC.

GaStonia. Oct 10.@Clarasaanknow
irloe. improved Order of Red Men.
neid its annual picnic at its hunting
round near Gastonia today at one
o CLOCK. The Daughters Of Pocahon-
tas assisted in serving h dinner on
the grounds. Addresses were made by
Mayor {. +. Armstrong. A. G. Man
gum A Al. Dixon. Sheriff elect w. ~.
laws. "A L. Buiwinkle, G. r. Carpen-
Ter. H. d. Mason Recorder A.. C.
! Jones. j. W. TimberIake. Solicitor
Geo W. Wilson. a.. j. Smith AID
others- Music was furnished by
C1arasaanknow band.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29

You can't afford to
buy or make a new
garment of any kind
for spring or summer
without first getting
your Free copy of this
Big Bargain Style Besl
and price maker. Senl
for it Now-today.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-26
AT THE CHURCHES.

Strangers in the city and the pub
lie are cordially invited to ell SER
vices at the following churches:
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
j. B Eshman, Pastor.
Sunday School at $3.50.
Preaching at IL a. m.
Christian Endeavor $50.
Preaching at 7:30 D. m.
First Baptist Church. Rev. c. M.
Thompson, Pastor. Sevices as
usual.
Sunday School-9:30 q. m.
Morning Service --11:00 a. n,
Evening Service-7:30 D. m.
Second Baptist Church-Rev. W
r. Goodman, Pastor.
Sunday School-9.45 a. m.
Preaching-11 a. m.
Preaching-7:30 p. m.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
night-7:30 p. m.
Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev.
A. R. Kasey, Pastor.
Sunday SCHOOLGIRL a. m.
Morning Service-10:45 a. m.
Epworth League-6:30 p. m.
Evening Service-7:30 p. m.
Prayer meeting at 7:30 p. m. every
Wednesday.
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Rev. c. H. H. Branch, Pastor.
Sunday SCHOOLGIRL a. m.
Mems Bible Class--10:00 a. m.
Morning Service-11:45 a. m.
Evening Service 7;30 p. m.
First Presbyterian Churchill
mer Gabbard, Pas tor.
Sunday School-9:30 a. m.
Morning Service 11:U0 a. m.
Evening Service 1880.
Christian Endeavor-6:45 D. m.
Weekly Prayer Meeting. -Wednes-
day-7:30 !. m.
Grace Church-Rev. Geo. c. Alb
bitt. Rector.
Morning prayer and sermon at
10:45.
Sunday School at $50 a. m.
Vestry Tuesday at 4:30.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-26
Explosion to Be DEPICTED.

Five hundred pounds of dynamite,
and 1000 pounds of gunpowder will
be used to blow up an island near La.
guna beach, in a moving picture. The
blowing up of the island is a part OF
a film drama, depicting several phases
Of naval affairs, which has its finale
in the destruction of Notifications, in
order to prevent their falling into the
hands of an alien nation.
AS a prelude to the hurting of the
island into oblivion by the explosive
several hundred thousand dollars will
be expended in building the replica OF
a modern coast fertilization, with Off
GERS quarters and other appurte-
nances. 1t is expected that the island
recently purchased by the Universal
company, will be wiped out Of exis
tence.
A company of Is motion picture
actors, who will participate in the
film drama, left here under the di,
rection of Phillips Smalley and Louis
Weber, who will superintend the pro
duction of the photo-play, which will
have its finale in the destruction OF
the island.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-26
GOOD
ROADS
GOOD ROADS PROVE BENEFIT
Improved Highways Increase Attend.
anee at Rural Schools---states Ma
king oreatcet Progress.

While II is true that various factors
contribute to increase or decrease the
attendance at schools in given sections
of the country, II is worthy of com
ment that in the states having high
percentage of improved roads much
larger percentage of the students en-
rolled regularly attend the schools
than in the states having a small per-
centage of improved roads. In five
eastern and western states, which
have large mileage of improved
roads, the average attendance of en-
rolled pupils in 1909 was so per cent,
while in four southern states and one
northwestern state, which are noted
for bad roads, the average attendance
for the same year was GA per cent
so per cent in the good roads states
as against Ga per cent in the bad
roads states. In the states first named
35 per cent Of the roads have been
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-26
BENEFIT OF IMPROVED ROAD
Among Many other Things II Attracts
Investors Looking for Advan-
taoeous Locations.

A long stretch OF improved road Is
one of the best advertisements a state
can have. II attracts a class Of tour
lists who are able and willing TO pay
for entertainment. II brings investors
who are looking for advantageous To-
cations. It includes agricultural inves-
tigation and consequent immigration
aud investment. not only along the line
of the road, but In other accessible
sections II changes, by the sheer
force of publicity, backward localities
into progressive ones; enhances val
ues, and brings into general notice re-
sources which had only been known
locally; or, II known. not appreciated.
The advantages which such stretches
OF main roads cause to accrue are ad-
vantages which affect the entire state,
as well as the localities themselves.
II should. therefore, be assumed as a
principle that such main roads should
be built, IN ghole or IN part. by the
state; that their management and
maintenance should be in the hands
OF the state authorities.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-26
Historic Battle Picture.

One Of the most stupendous photo
dramas ever reproduced is the BAT
tie of Waterloo" reproduced again be
fore the motion picture camera on the
spot Of the original battle. 1t is said
to be correct in every historical de-
tail. The movements of the troops,
the guns and the various details of
the happenings preliminary to the ac-
tual engagement. as well as the bat
tie itself, are based upon historically
accurate documents. An army of men
almost as great as that engaged in
the original battle take part in the
struggle and 500 cannon and 5000
honsas are utilized. This photodrama
Is a European importation and its ex-
hibition is one OF its first In this coun
try.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-26

improved, while in the latter group of
states there are only IL per cent Of
the roads improved
That improved roads would benefit
our country school system there would
seem to be no doubt. Improved roads
make it possible to consolidate or CEN
tralize the schools and to establish
graded schools in the rural districts.
Such schools centrally located will &C
commodate all of the children within a
radius of from four to five miles. In
many communities having the advan-
tage of improved roads commodious
buildings have been provided, more
competent teachers have been en-
ployed, and modern facilities for teach
ing have been supplied at minimum
cost. For instance, since the improve
ment Of the main highways in Durham
county, North Carolina, the number of
school houses has been reduced from
65 to AZ, of which II are graded and
have two or more rooms and employ
two or more teachers.
There are at the present time about
two thousand consolidated rural
schools in the United States. 1t APP
pears that Massachusetts, Ohio and
Indiana have made the greatest prog
ress along these lines, and it is rather
significant to note that in these states
about one-third Of the roads have been
improved. According to statistics of
the agricultural department there was
expended in 1899, S22, 116 in Massachu-
sets for the conveyance of pupils to
consolidated schools, but in 1908 the
expenditure for this purpose amounted
to $292,213. In Indiana the expendi-
ture for this purpose in 1904 amounted
to $4,000, while in 1908, s29O,OO0 was
expended. This expenditure for trans
portation reflects, in a general way,
the extent and progress OF this new
educational movement. 1t must not be
understood that this is an additional
burden, as the expenditure thus made
is saved In other directions,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-26
.0LDPREJUD|CEGONE
indians Have Overcome Their
Fear of the Camera.
Moving Pictures Responsible for
Changed Attitude Of the Red Men
Now Take Delight In Posing
for the Films.

The Wild West shows and the NOV
les" have broken down the Indians
prejudice against being photographed.
Old overland travellers will smile at
the statement, but 1t is true.
The Indian brave who experiences
the excitement of the Wild West
arena and the admiring attention OF
the crowd, or who engages in a mo-
ton picture battle scene in which his
prowess as a warrior and his skill as
horseman are exploited, almost in
variably becomes a fan" on having
his picture taken" He will pose al
most without question for the cam
era fiend," and will travel any distance
to see film in which he appears. He
is as proud of his picture as a cowboy
is of pair of new chaps"
The Indians natural dislike to be-
ing photographed was formerly IA
miliar fact to passengers on the trans
continental railway lines. Travellers
In the West and Southwest will recall
the efforts of the Indians to keep
from being "snap-shotted" by amateur
photographers. The Indian woman
who clustered about the railway sta
lions and offered pottery and bead
work for sale we're keenly alert for
the Kodak" and would cover their
faces the moment they saw a devil
machine" turned toward them.
II they submitted to being photo
graphed, it was with great hesitancy
and for a stipulated price, and their
uneasiness during the operation"
was evident. But never, with their
consent, was it possible to snap