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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-04

is difficult to see how Great Britain can gain b.
the crisis; and there IS every prospect that It We
hasten her decadence-evidence of which has
been at hand for a decade.
But what of the Umted States,
First, this country will not be involved. Thanks
to recent experiences we know that President VII
son can be trusted to guide Us By the dangers
of war.
But our people will suffer; and We fear TIE
South will suffer most.
At the present moment money IS hard 70 get:
credit has been practically suspended in the Big
centres. Trade with Europe is p%aralyzed.
Foed products will likely rse in value. But the
market for manufactured products. cotton above
all, will be cut off. People exercise economy first
in clothes. We are likely, therefore, to find the
market for our Southern money crop dull for a
time.
On the other hand, the war will give rs new
markets. Europe has always outstrpred the
United States in Oriental and South American
trade. 1t has not been six weeks since the British
press was boasting that the Panama canal would
mean more to her than to us. But with Britain.
Germany and France engaged in war, We may
proceed to develop a commerce in the Far East
and in South America that will far more than
compensate the losses we must suffer at tAst. The
canal opens not an hour too soon.
In fact, it is likely that one big result Of the
war will be to transfer the financial and CONNER
cial centre of the world to the United States. We
may take Great Britain's place. The New York
Stock Exchange met the crisis last week-the
severest crisis in histOry-with splendid stamina.
And the Washington government gave an eXht
bition of poise, confidence, calnness and reserve
power that was as astonishing to other nations
as it was satisfying to our own people. The Sec.
rotary of the Treasury sufficiently Teplenished the
impoverished circulation of currency; and the
President proceeded to lay plans with the great
captains of finance to prevent a panic. 1t was
wonderfully we'll done And we must remark
that Mr.. Wilson seems equal to every occasion
and emergency. In 1907 incomparably lesser
causes Frustrated our finances. Today we are
| steady in the most terrible of storms.
The United States, however well we may argue
that the war may bring her good rather than
evil, will take no pleasure in the horrible events
that are now inevitable. On the other hand, she
will be first to offer her offices in behalf {" peace:
and her people-her Southern people with the
fellow-feeling of kindred experimental suffer
with the millions now to be offered upon the red
affairs of battle.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-04
AN INDICTMENT OF CIVILIZATION.

That there should be such a terrific outburst in
Europe, with nations flying at the threats OF ma
tons is an indictment Of the civilza ton OF the
age about which the world has of late been SO
proudly pluning itself. And civilization stands
indicted at the bar of the world because there
are three men whose power is SO immense that
they can rush millions into war at the nod OF
their heads.
The world, all Of humanity, may indeed stand
aghast at the present occurrences III Europe and
at the threat which they give to the rest OF the
world. What is to come of it all no man can say
today, but every man who has reason and who
will use this without the bias of nationality and
partisanship will agree that no issue SO nornen-
tous as that which now envelops Europe should
be dependent upon the whlm, or the desire OF
any three men. Reviewing this condition, decry-
ing it, and declaring In emphatic terms that 1t
should not be possible, the New York Wo2d, IN
an editorial on Saturday under the caption of
can Indictment Of Civilization" takes a position
which will be recognized as the correct one, its
editorial, which will forcibly appeal. to every man
who reads it, being:
In Vienna there is a doddering old man, the
offspring Of a tainted house, who sits on the
throne Of the dual empire.
In st. Petersburg there is a weak, we'll
meaning neurotc who by the accident of birth
happens to be the Gear Of All the Russias.
In Berlin there is a brilliant, talented, am
bilious manipulation of politics who is Ger
man Emperor by grace of the genius Of Bis
marck, Moltke and Room.
OF these three men, only the one in Berlin
has more than mediocre abilities; yet the
three are permitted to play with the lives of
millions OF men, with property worth thou
sands OF millions of dollars, with the COM
merce and industry and prosperity and laws
and institutions not merely of empires and
kingdoms but of continents. It is left to
them to determine whether the world is to
, witness the most deadly and devastating war
of all history.
The thing would be Iaughable, ridiculous, if
it were not so ghasty.
War OF itself may be wise or unwise, Just or
unjust; but that the issue of a worldwide
war should rest in the hands of three men
any three men-and that the hundreds of mil
lions who will bear the burden and be afflicted
in every relation of life by the outcome of
such a war should passiveIy leave the de-
cision to these three men is an indictment of
civilization itself.
Human progress is slow indeed when a whole
continent is still ready to fight for anything
except the right to life, liberty and self
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-04

The Kaiser will try to find several places on
which he can dump the blame, but those who
have kept up with the progress Of events viii
find it difficult to believe otherwise than that tho
Kaiser had more to do with it than anybody else.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-04
Morning Tonic
augustine.

(Augustine.l
~ Cd will not suffer men to have the knowl
W edge of things to come; for if he had pre-
science of his prosperity he would be careless, and
understanding of his adversely he would be sense
less.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-04
ALL FOR $1.7O

There has never been offered In North Carolina
are Offering under the following proposition: For
$1.70 we will send the following for one year:
The Weekly News and Observer, an eightpage
weekly newspaper.
The Commoner, an able monthly journal, pub
hshed by William Jennings Bryan.
The Farmer and Mechanic, sixteen page North
Carolina home and farm weekly journal.
Thus for One Dollar and Seventy Cents you
can get all these papers one year.
v. c. MOORE, Manager.
TUESDAY August 4, 1914.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-04

The European war will mean among other
things that the men who know the ropes will clean
up some good-slzed profits. The cotton mill men
of the South have a big chance to make a killing.
it is said.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-04

THE Councilman who banishes Growing ROSTERS
from the city limits" says the Norfolk Ledger
Dispatch, will make a name for himself" Yes.
but he could never get back on Council.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-04

Little Italy is appearing in better light than
any of them. 1t has had the courage to declare
its neutrality.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-04

A son of the Kaiser was married Friday, but
the Emperor,s way of 'eleb1ftins the wedding is
not to be commended.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-04

And France may not be SO averse to a little
brush with Germany. Maybe the time has come
TO get even for the rape of Alsace and Lorraine.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-04

The Interstate Commerce Commission appears
80 have given the railroads a half a loaf and the
shippers a half.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-04

The Triple Entente looks better to Italy ius
now than the Triple Alliance.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-04
NmcA Nall moncm

THERE used to be a foolish r1mor that women
= have no sense of humor, and can't inspire a
smile; but Mrs. Rinehart's joyous stories, among
their other charms and glories, have wit that's
worth the while. Her sense of humor" fairly
bubbles, and makes a guy forget his troubles, his
worries and
MARY ROBERTS RINEHART. his debts; of
all the cheer
full books I treasure, of all which give me endless
pleasure, her novels are my pets. The fiction fans,
in countless legions, throughout all sane, enlight-
ened regions, entranced, enraptured look, when
busy publishers are limiting that they are now
engaged in printing another Rinehart book. That
means another round of laughter, without distress
or collie after. a tonic for the mind, a solace for the
soul that's weary, a book to cheer the day that's
dreary, and ease the beastly grind. They say
that Mary's coming money; I hope it's tue-a
dame so funny should have a big reward; she
came. this great and graceful writer, she came to
make the gray world brighter, anointed by the
Lord.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-04

In saturdays News and Observer there was
carried the announcement that the Wake County
Board OF Education had made an appropriation
tor a night school at the Royal Cotton Mill VII.
lage at Wake Forest, the local committee to make
an appropriation also. 1t was one Of the most
Significant items in that particular issue Of the
paper. In the same issue there was the statement
that the South was leading the North in efacine
%ilhteracy. The action as to the night school for
the Wake Forest mill indicates the STRENGTH of II.
sentiment for education in North Carolina ard
the South.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-04

All Oh 'he departments Of the national govern
ment have been exceptionally busy and effective
since they were reorganized with the advent Of
II wilson administration. The Department IF
agriculture has kept pace with the rest. It IS
progressive always. frequently it has taken
some forward step to show that it is on the alert
10 take good care of the farming interests. Ono
oi these forward moves is told of in the announce.
ment that plans have been made to form home
classes Tor the study of agriculture and domestic
science. This is extension work of the utmost i'm.
portance- The operation Of the plan will be
watched with the heenest interest.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-04

The people who live in Europe, especially in
countries other than France and England, are to
be pitied. There can be no wonder in the light of
recent developments that swarTns of men, women
and children have come into this country. Com
paratively speaking, it is indeed the home of the
free
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-04

Thirty million dollars in double eagl. gold coins
was shipped from the Philadelphia mint to the
subtreasury in New York Saturday. Twenty
million had been sent . few days before and
another twenty million will go forward today.
Little news notes like that are calculated to make
q citizen of the United States feel fairly comfort
sble despite the wars and rumors of wars Of
Europe. This is the country.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-04

4, 1914.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-29
Summer-Spoiled Skin
Removed by Absorption

As undue summer exposure usu.
ally leaves an undesirable. surface
81 tan. dust or grease. often fFerkiHs.
too, II IL more sensible to remove
such surface than to hide Il with
cosmetics. There's nothing better
Tor this than ordinary msrcoilEsd
wal which actually ahsorhH an IN.
wholesome complexion. The thin
layer OF surface skin ia itself alb
sorbed. gently. gradually. 40 there's
no Inconvenience. no detention In.
doors Spread thu wax lightly over
the entire face at bedtime and lake ~
off In the morning with warm water.
IL you Will get one ounce Of mcreoi-
lied wax at the drug store. use for
week or 80. you may expect mark cd
Improvement daily. When the un-
DERIVING skin Is wholly IN view your
complexion viii be marvel OF spot.
Less purity and beautiful whitoness
Don't let thos. summer wrinkles
worry you. worry breeds more wrtu.
kles. Danish them by bathing the
face In solution Of powdered saxo-
lite. l o.. dissolved In v pit witch
hazel. Used daily for awhile this
VIII be found wonderfully effective
advertisement
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-29

Niagara Falls.
Hlohwsyvnsn kin two mon a o.
troit
un6sr~ood says treasury osfleli
n dream. and quotes figures %
show s3o.0oo.o00 surplus.
Jane N. Anderson. areat-oranc
daughter OF Thomas Jefferson
died at Savannah. Ca.
Japanese press stirred up over
California alien land issue.
Federal grand jury will probe
charges OF graft against Chicago
labor union agents.
Central Trust Co., chIca 100
takes over Colonial Trust Co, In
creasing deposits $4,000. 900.
Eugene citizens open fire or
postoffioe robbers. driving them
away from 5000 loot I'm stamps.
Masked men hold up New York
billiard hall aud rob patrons Of
81 900.
The steamer Manissee burned
with 100000 loss. at Grand Rap
ids. Mich.
On his way 20 a small blaze, Fire
Lieutenant Frank Meacham was
thrown under a truck and Killed nj
San Francisco.
Vernon X. Jones. exposition
sculptor. died OF injuries received
when thrown from q motorcycle al
San Francisco.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-29
A Challenge to the Defenders
of the Charter

TIME STAR hereby issues challenge to the trainers and
defenders Of the Hinky pnk charter to deny, II they
can that minority as low as OF the 30 eounemen will
be able dictase the appointment OF the $1,000 city
manager
The Star makes this challenge specifically to Judge
Moore Let him II challenges Josiah Collins.
let him answer 1t 1t challenges Elmer Todd and O. b.
Thorrrirson and r. Lppy. and Rev Major. and William
Pit, Trmble and " Bouilon and DR. Eagleson and Vim.
NJ Calhoun and C. Erickson who signed the charter
II challenges Judge Burke and Howard Waterman and the
standpat press and the other Hinky Dink defenders
Ii would bad enough il majority OF the 80 council
men we're to the ty manager the big boss OF the town
under the proposed charter But il win be infinitely
for under the Joker preferential system contained in the
Hinky scheme minority of members will be able
him
III seven councmer stick together for the Seattle Flee
trio Co for example they will be able TO control under the
following condition OF affairs
Suppose the councilmen voting city divide
their first choice among eight candidates. A gets
four votes g. c ,. 5. L ?. 4. G. g. Y 2 In such a
case will be appointment first choice and second
will have be counted and then third choice and
fourth and fifth and sixth and seventh. until either
ortv for candidate the choices exhausted
First full second oneha third
one-shird votes Fractions counted Now
what may happen stick together and vote second
and third choice for dummy candidates:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-29

Seattle orssls TO honor return u
war survivors with entertainment
81 Hibernian hall. Ninth and Yes
Ter. Tuesday.
Queen City Assembly, United
Artisans. dedicated new picnic
grounds at Kingston Sunday.
w. r. Davis. pool room proprie-
tor. ss2a 10th 1T. y. W. arrested.
said TO have obtained 1850 on fraud
uIant mortgage
Rev. sydney strong returns from
Alaska
James Morrison. 10. dispiays
jewelry stolen from Hotel Spring
Crest and lands In jail.
Government o. k.'s widening OF
East waterway.
chak-chak tribe. Improved Order
Of Red Men. install officers Thurs
day.
q. G. Libert may lose sight Of
one eye as result of injury from
stone.
Mrs. Christine HoaIund, ~, 672i
Alonxo ct. cuts her throat Near
death In city hospital.
Mayor Gill will crown queen OF
Everett carnival.
r. e. White. civil war veteran.
dies.
Seattle Insurance Underwriters
visit Everett tonight
Funeral for Adam Ihrla will be
held Tuesday.
p. o. messenger boy examination
here July Is.
John r. Slater. father Of John c.
Slater. laid to rest.
Eighty Broadway high sopho.
mores have big time as guests oil
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-29
Johnny Writes

n y, frldy-it amt eyry hus.
band that's ready to speak a
good word for his wife when he
gifts chanst.
but sumtimes there is one. N
a lady in brooklin found out.
This lady has n washwoman
with large fameiy OF small
children, and evry onct in n
while the lady goes out to see
how they are Citing along
The washwoman also has n
husband named uncle Jake, but
he aint around the house much
In the daytime. speshely In the
fishing season.
The other day the lady went
over TO zee the famely. and Just
a. she was going In the gate,
here was uncle Jake coming out
OF It with a fish pole in his hand
uncle Jake. she said. | don't see
how you can 30 off fishing like
this and leave your wife at the
washtub
oh. that's all right. maam. says
uncle jake. she don't need no
wGtchin. che Will work Just as
hard as II was there
JOUNy
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-29
FOOLISH QUESTION

Aunt Eliza came up the walk
and said 10 her small nephew.
Good morning. Willie. n your
mother In
SURE. she's In replied Willie
trucnlently. Dye s'poss Id be
workln' IN the garden on satur-
day morning n she WASN'T"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-29
HERE AND FL SEWHERE

trial fair. At Armory Aug. i7-22.
taken.
John otssn. seattle man. invents
sled which makes speed OF 81
miles per hour. for use In North.
Mra Lottie r. Noble. wife u Or.
G. 3. Noble. IL dead.
Auto hits George Hsrilhy nj Sec
ond and James and drives on.
Fred Lincoln. 10. disappears and
police asked TO find him.
Baby urhurf when auto. driven
by c. r. Alexander OF Tolt. hits
perambulator wheeled by Mrs. A.
Appleton AZ Second and Union.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-29

Ford Trsmble, on Blake ialand. Sat
urday.
Plans for Scotch picnic ~ Wild
wood park ncxt Saturday com
picted.
J. w. seuoder, Seattle. elected 10
Gamma Sigma Delta. honor agri.
culture frat. az O. A. @.
Members Of state university fac
ulty will lecture at summer school.
Transportation club held picnic
at Wildwood park Sunday.
Mrs. Walter Johnson, noted
Canadian singer. will warble at
Canadian picnic. Woodland park.
July I.
Fifty per cent Of space for Man.
ufacturers' and Merchants Indus
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-29

listen under the walls to hearken
after scandalous tales. Ia q common
nuisance and presentable at tho
court OF leet."
II was political secrets the caves
troopers OF BlackHtones day were
after. and they got them by hang.
ing over the caves Of houses where
political men met TO plan the be.
heading OF king or the election
10 high office Of a commoner.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-29
GETS ASSISTANT

Rev. w. II. Bliss. canon OF All
Saints cathedral. Spokane. has
been called by Trinity parish here
10 become associate rector With
Dr. Gowen. who plans 10 retain the
conducting OF the Sunday services.
but To turn over the rest OF the
work to Rev. Bliss.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-29

II you take the time you how councimen
appoint the city manager.
YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE FIGURES.
BUT THE CHARTER COMMISSIONERS DO AND
REST ASSURED THAT THE FRANCHISE GRABBING
CORPORATIONS UNDERSTAND THEM TOO AND
WILL KNOW HOW TO JUGGLE THEM TO THEIR
OWN ENDS.
Judge Moore Saturday told the democrats he did know
much about the preferential voting system 1T CERTAINLY
LOOKS LIKE 1T OR HE WOULDN'T ESPOUSE A
CAUSE WHICH LEAVES MINORITY OF SEVEN
THE CHANCE TO DICTATE TO A COUNCIL OF 80.
ALL THAT THE SEATTLE ELECTRIC CO NEEDS
rs TO ELECT SEVEN cOUNcILMEN. THEN. GOOD
NIGHTi
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-29
ElsEW HERE

Alfred Brinksio~. ksnsas farm
or. sleeps In buggy. falls out
breaks neck.
Washington state memorial tab
let will be placed at ae0.foot level In
Washington monument.
Dynamite planted In Standard
OF Co. yards AT Jersey City.
Every bone In body OF Nance
Murphy broken by lightning at
Lyeriy. Ca
Underwood says corporations
and individuals hide assets TO e..
cape income tar.
Disbrow makes new record on
half mile dirt track at Toledo.
Mile In 1854.
Geo. D. Ruddy dropped dead al
Los Angeles while addressing an
audience on how to live long.
Mexican situation demorallxcs
shipping along western coast,
Chicago couple married In aerial
cage 325 feet above ground.
Simon Jennings hid $3.50 In old
boot Wife cleaned house. burned
boot.
Chris A. Evans. manager Trl.
State News. dropped dead at Pitts
burg.
Samuel MCGOWAN named general
paymsster OF navy.
Tourists fight fire on east aide
OF Mt Tamalpais
Speaker Clark locks for an all.
summer session OF congress.
slide al curaraeha prevents yes.
sells from passing through canal
July l.
John D. Rockefeller gives $500
900 to Institute OF Medical Re.
search. bringing total requests to
tf2.500. 900.
Fifteen thousand Sunday school
workers parade at Chicago.
lnhfnlnd cauaea 100000 fire A
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-29
GUILTY Of FRAUD

A jury In the case OF Arthur q
Bird and r. Il. Kelly. charged wit1
using the mails TO defraud. -
turned verdict OF guilty late Sat
urday. They are charged with d.
ing crooked work in advertising
loans on farm mortgages
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-29

day. his lot Is
not as bad az Il
was a hundred
years ago when
Blackstone, ( b e
lawmaker. wrote:
The eavesdrop-
pcr or such ma
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-29
A Tribute OF Praise

A Tribute Of Praise
They're six fine sons ye
have. Casey" said Denis
They are replied Casey.
do - have any trouble with
themT" inquired Denis.
"Troublef- repeated Casey.
-rve never had 10 raise my
hand TO one OF them. except In
self.defenne."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-29
A Wonderful Place

A farmer who had gone 10 Lon.
don for the first time was walk.
Ing along the Strand. lie was
filling his pipe when a match boy
came up 10 him with his usual
Lights. EirT"
The farmer took the Dor from
the boy. extracted 4 match. III his
Pipe. and handed tho boz back 70
the astonished lad, passing on
with tho remark:
Lori Wha, a wonderful place
London is. TO be sure."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-29
GOOD DAY FOR IT

Thousands sat on the hot sands
OF Alki teach yesterday afternoon
and poured the stuff down each
others shoes. laughed at fat ladies
learning TO swim and enjoyed the
harmony from wagner's band.
Boats and cars we're jammed all
day.
cnvannugh'E hand. supplemented
by Helen Priscilla IN song. al Wood.
land park in the afternoon. and
Cowen park in the evening. and
Wagner's band again at Volunteer
park. entertained many more thou
sands.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-29
SAME OLD STUFF:
DELAY BY COURT!

The improvement of Rainier ax1
viii be again delayed. This time
the delay will depend upon the So
preme court. Chief Justice Grow
has requested the city council.
through Assistant Corporation
Counsel Findley. TO halt the I'M
provement until the court disposes
Of the motion by Receiver Scott
calhous for a writ OF supersede-
az prohibiting the regrade. Just
when the motion Will be decided
Is not certain II may not b tn
fall.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-29
-Ad in Mercyville. Ia. Banner



In q Frstsrnai Spirit
A certain eurste was OF . pain.
fully nervous temperament. and
In consequence was constantly
making awkward remarks--in-
tended a. eompllments--so the
bishop and others.
Having distinguished himself In
an unusual degree during a gath
erlng OF clergy AZ an afternoon
tea. he was taken 10 task for his
faiilnos by a senior eurste. who
was one Of his companions on the
way home.
look here" said slmms. TIRE
senior. decidedly. "vou are .
donkey. Why can't you keep quiet
instead Of speaking your asinins
remarked am speaking TO you
now ~ . brother"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-29

ers probably fatally explosion Michigan
here They working 1000
surface when the explosion occurred The the