The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-10-05

LUIS, Will Gull buttons ana
Before accepting the gift kcnnel n "a
tanned permission from his s,,,~
Commander Bingham kenne; -
also received two other gifts uAt
he prizes highly. Both cam
Christmas in 1913. Mrs Gavnn- -
Of the late mayor sent kennel a ,'t,
card case inscribed I'm r~ecogn{tio9 -
his devotion to Mayor William
Gaynor." The other came
Mayor Gaynor's two sisters In -
1t was a silver handled umbrella -
in the letter which Miss Mary r C
nor wrote h thanked him for -.
services to her brother. mo -
Mayor William James Gaynoro IN
most Of the biographies of the N.yn-
printed at the time of his dean ba
vas spoken Of as civilian Jaw c,,
nor"
Kennel has probably made rora
friends than any other man IN ina
city similarly placed. He is a tyD,ral
New Yorker, big, broad shoulderad
white haired, but still active. Tie h,s
had less than fifty days off on account
Of illness, which is a creditable record
when it is considered that besi3as
having numerous encounters with
cranks he has to be ready TO accom-
pany the mayo at night as well AZ
; during h day and must maxi the
round OF the many dinners which
mayors attend. Because OF this dou-
BILE duty he sometimes calls sixteen
hours a days work.
b number Of mysterious looking
individuals that the lieutenant has
steered away from the Mayors once
is too great to be estimated, but there
is no doubt that Kennels ability to get
rid of these suspicious persons diplo-
m~atcally, without having to resort to
force, has gone far to protect the lives
of the mayors. He s~pecializes m
handling suspected gun carriers and
bomb throwers, getting rid Of them
without excitement. Men have called
with pistols n big sticks. Kennel
: still talks OF one instance in which /
crank visited the City Hall ana On
being advised to leave attempted 10
force his way into the mayors office.
Kennel tried to persuade the man %
leave quietly, but the latter insisted
on seeing the mayor. AS a last resort
the lieutenant was forced to check the
intruder bodily and a rumpus followed
The man was finally o~verpoWered and
arrested. He was hurried to Bellevue
Hospital, where his sanity was tested.
r He was found to be insane and be died
in the institution in less than a month,
Kennel has learned that Mondays.
Wednesdays and Fridays are ths
cranks favorite calling days. He at
tributes this to the fac that on sun
days persons who imagine they have
grievances which the mayor should
: hear about brood over them and they
= get to the City Hall the first thing On
Mondays. Tuesday is comparatively
- quiet, but Wednesday finds the crank1
9 at the mayors office in large numbers
= The average number Of visitors i
about fifty on this day.
q There are many normal callers "h(
- come to lodge complaints against tht
u different departments. They complain
l. that the streets are not being properly
swept; that the Health Department
is not doing its work, and that tn
:. Park Department is not attending q
- the lawns. Kennel usually succeed
% in getting rid Of these persons by re
ferring them to the heads Of the De
a partmentS.
q. So many persons pass in and out 0
J., h City Hall in a year that II Is dli
& cult for Kennel to remember all IN
cranks he has had to meet, he doe
admit one thing. however, and that
he that the number Of cranks has u
n minished in recent years. AT presfi
1e most Of them have schemes for Ia
Of reduction Of the number Of une!I
ne ployed, while others think hat WI
~ h mayors aid they can terihlid'
d the European
ry Another class OF persons with "h"l
es Kennel has to deal is inventors ~
Mt one occasion one Of them unfoldeH
scheme to Kennel to prevent knlE'
or and forks sliding from the ann
to tables Of ocean steamers. HIS l1t
,ly was to magnetic the silverwaTe an
to construct the tables Of iron. he q
wv planned that the plan could be pa
ry operation for 500, 600, and when ~
y mel explained that the Mayor WaS q
ay at his office that day the inventor s1'
tn gested hat Kennel contribute 20
cd amount and he would be made rl'h
tie a week. Kennel got rid Of the ma
"a confessing that he had left his ch'.
book at home.
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