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The farmer and mechanic., 1915-02-23
FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS
Chairman Of Literature Calls For Worthwhile Pa
pers-Chailman of Library Extension Tenders
Aid

for the beginning of q small c1uh -...
scription library, or q free public y.
brary, and submit TO YOU = pla-
organization.
The State Library Commissio9 s,.
its very efficient and ohliging scr.
tary Will also aid You in plans for
ganiZing and the choice OF hooks
the Commission will send YOU Tratal
ing Libraries without charge S,~f
q library placed in d store. telepha-s
exchange or other public place c7y..
the same service that d public iibr.r>
renders and would possibly b. H..
means OF interesting your citizens
having a library OF their own.
l know it is difficult TO anSvar ,fs
letters from your chairman promrtlr
but remember you have chosen th.t.
AS your leaders III your departInert.f
work and unless you give them your
full cooperation they cannot accom-
plish the work necessary TO success.
| am especially anxious TO b. ahl.
to report at the annual meeting OF
the Federation that the women OF the
/, North Carolina Federation OF CIahs
realizing that the Public Library il
q dominant factor il civic efticiencv
and the creates; educational factor
that we have. have determined fnat
not one town that boasts ol d F'cdel-
! ated Woman's Club shall not .t.,
boast of 3 good library.
| In this [ appeal to you earu-StG. he
your interest ana aid. and agaju 3
offer you my services in helping 1u.
| To establish library in your town
| Cordially yours,
| MRS. \. II. POW Ell
Chairman Library E.Eteuslu.
| oxford. y. G..
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-02-23
FIN, JUST AS SAFE As 10 wN,o.
MAYBE
FerilS uf Air Solved ny c. ~Ciii,.u-~..i-
burg. After Eight Years. Testing
New I Ork Tribune.

New York Tribune
Cheers: Muct Joy Aviation ,a-
come into its own. Ii is as sate -
walking, perhaps safer-Who kn0N-~
If you doubt it. go to 309 Broadvpa<
Talk with George Schleusselburg dna
be convinced. Or. if you haven't the
energy ponder over this extract from
a letter prepared for investors by him
and his associates:
we wish to call your attention 10
the unlimited possibilities which This
extraordinary proposition offers to
large and small investors. At last {,
machine has been constructed which
makes flying absolutely safe. Tho
president of this corporation. George
SchleusSelburg, has succeeded CATER
eight years Of experimenting, in solv-
ing the problem
In order to enable the inventor u
start with the construction of his
aeroplane on larger scale, a corpora.
ton with a capital Of 100000 all in
common stock at 25 cents par valus
a share, has been formed, of which
we offer 100000 shares for sale -
raise the necessary funds.
1T is we'll known that this country
offers better inducements than any
other at present to realize fortunes bg
the exploitation Of new and revolu.
uonlzlng idea like the one in Quee-
| ton.
| The American army is notoriouslv
| backward in its aerial equipment.
and as soon as the superiority of OUT
| machine has been demonstrated sat-
| lsfactorily to the authorities in Wash
| ington there is not the least doubt
| that same will be adopted. We have
| already opened negotiations TO that
! effect.
! There is no preferred stock for
sale, thus insuring to the purchaser
| OF even only a few shares in this
| stock substantial profit"
The beauty Of the proposition H.
| that orders for as little as ten shares
OF stock will be promptly filled. Nj
Schuleusselburg has the handsome
| certificates all ready. A few strokes
| of pen and there you are For $3.50
YOU can tote away the proof that you
own d whole thousand shares And
| the certificate is as big and looks
quite as fascinating as the one that
goes with the shares in the big rail
| roads
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-02-23
BOND ISSUE ASKED BY
HIGH POINT COUNCIL
One ~ Objects is Payment OF DAM
ages Recently Awarded Against the
(ifv
Especial to The New and Observer. J


High Point, Feb. 20.-In a recent
statement Mayor Fred N Tate re-
marked that the city iounhil has
unanimously agreed upon a bond is
sue Of $40,0 for the purpose of Wip-
ing out all the floating Indebtedness
which has been made necessary dur
ing the past several years because OF
excess income expenditures occasion
ed by providing public necessities in
sections of the city where demands
were urgent mad imperative, and in
completing other similar public i'm
provementS where sufficient funds
were not already available; also in
settling, out of court, numerous dam
| age suits Instituted against the city,
| caused by conditions OF many years
standing, for which no blame can be
attached to any previous administra-
| ton, either recent or remote.
| proper funding bond issue bill in
the sum Of $4,000 has been prepared
and delivered to Representative
Brockett, at Raleigh. with unanimous
. request from the city council that the
same be introduced and enacted into
law as early as practicable, as 1t is
the earnest desire of the present coun-
Gil to turn over the affairs Of the city
to their successors in May without any
burden of debt as a legacy These
debts were all contracted as matters
of pressing and vital necessities an6
| were duly authorized under the pro
visions of the city charter. and the
council feels that in liquidating the
same in this matter they will be saw
ing the city money in the elrate Of in
terest and at the same time place the
financial affairs of the city on basi
which may be beneficial to the incom
ing administration.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-02-23

That each chapter in North Caro-
lima of the Daughters OF the Conted-
eracy ~ once communicate with the
North Carolina Congressional d@lega-
tion and urge them TO work and vote
FOR the Works bill to provide nu-
tional home for disabled eX-Confed-
crate soldiers, their wives and widows
is requested in letter which Mrs.
Mary Bennett Little, OF Wadesboro.
president Of the North Carolina Di-
Vision, has just given TO the press.
The women OF the South point out
that since the war the South has paid
out nearly five billion dollars FOR ma
tional pensions and support Of ma
tional Union homes, and they main
tain that the time has come that the
South should have government aid for
Its aged, afflicted, INDECENT men and
women. Mrs. Iittle's letter. to the
Daughters Of the Confederacy in this
State follows:
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-02-23
The Horse and the Motor
Baltimore Sun.

All of US love the horse, that faith
full servant Of the innumerable CEN
turies, and he will still for some
years, at least, fill place Of impor-
tance and affection in our affairs. But
his neck is not clothed with the thun-
der nor his limbs with the swiftness
Of this modern marvel, and more and
more he must give way to the motor
car. In twenty years a horse will
probably be as rare q spectacle in our
city streets as one of those machines
was twenty or thirty years ago, and
in forty, perhaps, he may be rarely
seen even in the country. The farm
ers are already using the motor car
very largely instead Of the old time
buggy or family carriage, and even
tually neighborhood motors may plOw
the lands of their communities, just
as thrashing machines now go around
from farm to farm. The horse, in
fact, is likely to survive longer for
military than for peaceful purposes
but the present European conflict has
shown that even in war the automo-
bile has become an essential factor.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-02-23
TWO HURT IN RV<aN
DuHnn fung Men Have Narrow -
, cape From Serious Hurt

Warsaw, Feb. 20.-W r. Powell
and Floyd Strickland. two well-kno~U
white men, had a very narrow e~-
cape from death Oh Thursday after
noon when a spirited horse which
the} We're driving ran away and threw
tnem from the buggy
The horse had been hitched al tue
rear or the store owned by : +
Hines, and when the two young fueu
got into the buggy and started away.
the horse started 10 run. Mr.. StrlcH
land had the reins, bat the horse be
longed 10 Mr.. Powell The hcr~+-
nade four springs when the TeIa-
broke. and started AT full speed. turr
ing the buggy upside down. an0
throwing Sir. foweu out seVereiy
DfIlslhs his forensad, face, eyes. a.
the BODY. Mr. Strickland was ori4is-
ID about the body and legs. but 49,
not rs lfadlS hurt as Mr. Powell
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-02-23
Mrs. I.ittle's Letter.


federacy. n. 6. Division:
Through the courtesy of the press
am bringing before you a movement
which calls for official action on our
part, the President General I. -. G.
having affixed her signature TO this
movement.
The Inspector General Of the United
States Army, in his report for 1914,
suggests that the National Union
Homes at Johnson City, Tennessee
and Marion, Indiana, be discontinued
and the inmates transferred to othef
homes, there being an excess OF ca
pacity over inmates in the ten Ma
tional Homes of over five thousand
persons A bill recently introduced
by Senator Works, OF California,
Union veteran and a noble hearted,
patriotic gentleman, provides for the
turning over of the Johnson City
Home, which has capacity OF 2,26e
persons, to INDECENT ex-Confederates
their wives and widows, and transfer
ring the present inmates to other
homes.
At the Savannah Convention L. d.
c., Mrs. Cornelia Branch Stone, Of
Texas, formerly President General,
made a motion which passed unani-
rnously, substantially as follows:
That Congress be requested to ex-
tend the same aid to the homes Of
the Southern States as it is now CIV
ing to Northern States homes, viz:
$4,000 per capita. The bill of Sena-
tor Works appropriates 300,OOO.O0
for this purpose as against 81, 100000
to the State homes Of the North.
Mrs. Stone, in her remarks. very
properly said 1--WE are asking not
charity, but justice" The South has
paid her pro rata of nearly five bill
lion dollars since the war for pen
sions and support Of National Union
homes and it is but proper that We
should have government aid for ouI
aged, INDECENT, afflicted men and wo.
men. General EstopinaI, of Louisiana
Confederate veteran. introduced the
Works bill in the House. Both ht
and Senator Works deserve our sin
cere thanks.
This is now, Thank God, 81 United
country: the principle of local self
government for which the South Wen
to war, is still an ardent question
among the nations of the earth Nine
tenths of the people of the South, wht
help pay the pensions to the United
States soldiers, were children or no
born when the war ended. L ask tha
each chapter will at once commu az
cate with it's Representative and cu
Senator's on this subject.
Faithfully yours,
MARY BENNETT LITTLE,
President n. G. Division, Unite,
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Wadesboro. n. G.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-02-23
Text OF Works Bill.

The Works Bill, which bears the
caption, "A bill TO provide a national
home for disabled ex-Confedera;e
soldiers. their wives and widows Is
as follows:
Be 1t enacted by the Senate ana
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con-
gress assembled.
the National Home for Disabled Vol
untoer Soldiers of the United States
shall as early as possible, distribute
the inmates now at the Mountain
Branch Home, Johnson City, Tennes-
see, among the other branches, and,
that said Mountain Branch Home
shall be turned over by or before July
l, 1915 to board of five managers.
to be elected by Congress, to be used
as home for disabled ex-Confeder-
ate soldiers, their wives and widows,
and that the sum of 100000. or as
much thereof as may be necessary, be
and the same ia hereby appropriated
for this purpose.
Section 2. That a branch home be
rented at Washington, ID. c., for dis
abled ex-Confederate soldiers, their
wives and widows residing in the Dis
trist of Columbia and for the same
class of persons living in States where
there are no Confederate homes, and
that the sum of $4,000 or as much
thereof as may be necessary, be and
tre same is hereby appropriated fol
this purpose.
Section 8. That the sum OF $500. 900
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-02-23

ISSUED by Publicity Department.
North Carolina Federation Of Wo-
mans Clubs. Mrs. Palmer Jerman.
Chairman.
To the literary clubs of the North
Carolina Federation:-
Allow me to call your attention
again to the contests in the Literary
Clubs Of the State in poetry, short
story writing and research work.
There are no limitations in subjects
in poetry and stories quality is the
point. In the various clubs in the
State there must be many papers
very much worth while in history.
literary history. travel, biography,
compiled with great care by the
women working in these clubs. Be
sure to let me have them We hope
for at least one representative in these
contests from each club. Send ma
terial. typed, not later than March
1st., to Mrs. Il. s. Vance, Box 673,
New Bern, n. ..
In order to know what study is
going on in the literary clubs, | am
1914-15 work. [ have two thus far
from the sixty or more clubs i'll the
State.
Also your chairman Of literature is
quite anxious to be OF assistance in
making out your programS for an
other year II you wish any sugges-
tons write me a full account of your
club, and just what sort Of work you
wish to do and it will give me great
pleasure to do what [ can by way of
suggestion. ! have programs prepar-
ed on -Four italian Cities an In
troductory Year with Robert Brown
ing also i Second Year with
! Robert Browning." AIn working on
| other programs which l hope to have
ready in few weeks. A program
| made out along suggestive lines
| fit your particular needs will be OF
most service, [ am sure. Such will
be furnished any club upon applica-
| ton to and correspondence with yOuI
chairman of literature.
[ want TO impress upon the clubs
| that are pursuing literary topics, that
such work is indeed very important
not only to the individuals who are
| doing the work. but often out of study
| clubs there arise opportunities foI
work for others. Genuine selfim
prOvement always means work fol
others. Remember that it was from
little groups Of women gathered to
gether for self-improvement and {
cup OF tea that many Of these won
derfully helpful departments Of worl
for others had their births. Their.
heart, stirs the brain, and calls fortl
the highest type Of service in tn
sincere contemplation Of pure litera
ture. For out Of this sort Of work
often crude il is true, but alWay
genuine in aspiration for highe
things, there have come the altruis
tic movements that occupy SO mucl
Of the attention OF all Of us at tn
present time. While we are killin
the flies and mosquitoes, cleaning u
the towns and making all of ther
cities beautiful. let's not forget t
, spend more time at the fountai
, head, let us not forget to give our
selves with an open mind and genuin
. zeal to the intelligent study Of 9TH
) best that has been thought and said i
the world"
With keenest interest in the for
. ward movement of all the study club
9 of the Federation, / am, sincerely.
MARY HENDREN VANCE,
State Chairman OF Literature \ {
F'ederati ton.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-02-23

Until recently all miners safety
lamps used in the United States ex-
cept those burning kerosene were Of
foreign manufacture, but two Ameri-
can naptha lamps have been per
fected,
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-02-23

The diseases to which caisson work
ers are subject, according to q French
authority. are due to the fact that,
when air is compressed ALPHABETICALLY
il loses nearly one-fifth Of its oxygen.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-11
BON HoMME COUNTY D. THURSDAYS Nc EnBER il. 1915

Bon Homme, Lincoln, Turner,
Hutchinson, Charles Mix and Yank-
ton counties, attended the annual
meeting held yesterday at Vermil-
lion. During the three sessions
which were held ia Science Hall Of
the University of South Dakota, q
number Of instructive papers and
demonstrations were given. Dir.
3. D. Coolidge, Of the dental COL
lege Of the University Of Illinois,
was the principal speaker, reading
a paper on 1.-The Treatment Of
Ruot Canals" " which he illustrated
with lantern slides. Dr.. Fiield,
also Of Chicago, gave a paper.
Papers and discussions on various
phases Of dentistry we're given by
Drs. G. E. Westwood, OF Sioux
City; 9. G. Fleischer, of Sioux
Falls; B. f. Lockwood and E. Nj.
Hohf, of Yankton; j. III. Dayls, of
Armour; R. B. Driver, Of Philip;
Robt. Jasman, of Scotland !; E. s.
Schnaidt, of Memo; A. W. Pail
thorpe, OF Wagner: E. Nj. Straus-
berry, of Vermillion.
Ia a discussion Of the subject,
"The DENTIST and The Doctor" G.
r. Albertson, professor Of anatomy
at the University Of South Dakota
struck a new note by advocating
strongly the closer cooperation be.
tween dentists and doctors. "Den.
fists, said DR.. Albertson, might
with great advantage become aural
specialists, and doctors and dem
fists should join in the giving Of
many operations"
Nine dentists from Sioux City
and five from Lemars were in ut
tendance at the meetings Yank-
ton was chosen for the next annual
meeting, which will be held on Oct.
1, 1916.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-11

According to immigration Com
missioner McCaffree, South Da-
kota will under the 1915 cen
sus figures, set up the claim
of having the largest per capita
wealth of any state in the
union. The 1915 per capita wealth
showing in South Dakota is So,
182.Ol. This average is based up.
on the assessment returns which
do not give full valuation returns
on either real or personal property.
The commissioner estimates that q
full valuation showing Of property
would fix Sou.h Dakota's wealth at
"a, 800 for each man, woman and
child. The question now remains,
is your per capita below or above
the average 2-Vermillion Repub-
lican.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-11
POINTS OUT NEW OCCUPATION
Expert of Department of Agriculture
Urges the Cultivation of Edible
SnaiIs.

Snail culture apparently has not yet
made beginning in this country, the
few snails found on the market here
being brought over from Europe alive
in barrels and casks and sold by fish
dealers in our large cities. Writing in
the last Yearbook of the department
of agriculture, Mr.. e. w. Rust sug
gests that the opportunities for snail
growing are really much better in the
United States than in Europe. While
in the old world the snail grower gen.
orally has but small piece of land
on which the snails must be confined
by a eence of special design, and
where they must be regularly fed, in
this country there is an abundance of
waste land where the creatures might
be successfully raised without atten-
ton, and as they do not wander far,
they would not need to be confined.
Mr.. Rust states that the Mississippi
valley offers ideal conditions for snail
culture. There is no reason why
snails should not be used to some eX-
tent as a substitute for oysters, which
they resemble in flavor. Their feed
ing habits do not, as in the case of
oysters, involve the possible danger
of infection with typhoid and other
diseases. Scientific American.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-11
Lumber to Travel 10000 Miles.

A cargo Of Douglas fir to be used in
building docks at Port Nelson on Hud-
son bay will travel nearly 10000 miles
on shipboard before it reaches it's des-
tination at the end of a voyage which
has already begun with the vessels
departure from British Columbia. Al
though, "as the crow flies," the for
ests that produced this lumber are
only 1,400 miles from the Hudson bay
port to which it has been shipped,
transportation by way of the Panama
canal, through which it is being sent,
means a trip which has been estimated
at $500 miles, or seven times the
actual distance between Vancouver
and Port Nelson. Consul Julius D.
Dreher, at Toronto, Canada, who re-
ports on this matter, states that a con-
signnlent Of British Columbia timber
is on the way to the Poison Iron works
at Toronto, by way be the Panama
canal, to be made into nasts for a
dredge being built for use at Port Mel
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-11
1e Quinn Stephenson

The Quinn Shepherdson Co.,
grain commission merchants of
Sioux Falls, is sending out appeals
to farmers, urging them to take ex-
ira care in preserving their corn.
The weather the past month has
been very favorable for drying the
corn, but there will be consider
able poor, soft corn in the best Of
fields. The company urges the
farmers to carefully sort the corn
before crlbbing, throwing out all
the soft corn, as one bad ear with
each five good ears in a crib
means considerable damage. They
recommend putting the corn in.
to narrow cribs, with extra venti.
lators and having good roofs. Some
farmers have one man at the cribs
to each two or three huskers, tc
sor: out the poor corn and throw il
aside for immediate feeding.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-11

A monster parade of more than
10000 people was pulled off in
Chicago last Sunday as protest
against the Sunday closing OF the
saloons. 1t was gotten up by the
United Societies for Local Self
Government, and was declared to
be protest against the law rather
than against the enforcement of it.
Some Of the banners carried in the
parade hardly bear out this inter.
probation. For instance, one of
the banners read, eff all fool laws
were enforced, more than half the
people would be injail " Such ex-
pressions voiced by a mob are sure
to be interpreted by the rabbe as
a protest against The enforcement
of the law, and are thus breeders
of anarchy. The closing order is
in conformity with state law.
and a protest against law enforce.
ment is not good citizenship.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-11

The inheritance tax collected by
the state during the pact year was
s3S, ,248.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-11

The supreme coui decided
the primary law csssssss csss i and thus
set at rest the question Of wha.
law we are to operate under at the
next primary N the question IN
yolving the right of the legislature
to amend or repeal law that has
been enacted by vote of the peo-
pie the court holds that the legis-
issture has that right unless such
right is expressly restricted by the
'conGttsution. as no such restric-
lions are contained in the South
Dakota constitution the legislature
had the right to repeal the Rich
ards law. On the other point in
volved, the right of the legisla
ture to declare that an emergency
exists and by a two thirds vote de.
clare any law in effect at once,
and thus shut off the opportunity
for referendum proceedings, the
epurt reyerses II previous decision
that had been in force for fifteen
years. The former decision made
the legislature the sole Judge as to
the existence of an emergency, and
it could be applied to any law.
This ruling, in connection with the
recent one giving the legislature
the right to repeal an initiated or
referended law, .-ould have made
the initiative and referendum law
a farce. The last decision holds
that an emergency must actually
exist, and if it does not. any decla
ration of the legislature to that ef-
feet is OF no effect. This means
that the emergency clause attached
to the new primary law was of no
effect, and had a referendum peti.
tion been filed before the statute
of limitation expired it would have
been valid. Of course no such pc
tition was filed, as the ruling Of
the court then in force would have
made it useless, so the new prima
ry law enacted by the last legisla-
ture will remain in force. liowev-
er, this does not finally settle the
primary question, as an Initiative
petition has already been filed by
R. O. Richards for a revised edi-
ton of his old law, and this will
have to be voted on at the next
election.