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Vol. 5. No 45
from Mr.
Leary
Oct. 1914,
fo The Edifcon It ;
I wended my way
tp Washington, D. C., to ; the
Postmasters' Convention of the
. District of Columbia - and five
states to-wit: North and South,
Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and
Delaware, which met on the 5th,
6th and 7th inst., and the Nation
al Postmasters' Association of
the Pi Residential Classes " I reach
ed Washington on the morning
of the 5th ; and went immediate?
ly lo the New Ebbitt," the head
quarters of the National Associa
tion. 1 soon found brother Hani
bal Hopkins, the secretary and
Mr. Edgar E. Poagy the presi
dent. Both -gentlemen. are clever
and held in high esteem: by the
Association. Later on I went
down to the New National Mu
seum Auditorium, a most beau
tiful hall for lecturing or holding
conventions in. We were called
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to order about 12 o'clock and pro
ceeded with business. After sing
ing America and a prayer by liev
Henry N. Conden, chaplain of
the House of RepresentatiTes,
speeches of welcome were deliy
ered by several gentlemen and
Mr. Spilman, superintendent of
City delivery division of the PosU.
office Depaftment ;; He laid great
stress on economy- and reducing
overhead
4 expenses 'ijfralt;
vfef?Sil
. lYt then appointed ajthat somenrovisionjyfori the old
dictions
master-General and see' if he
would receive us. Wthen ad
juuiucu lor me aay w inspect
the new postoffice building and
the latest devices for handling
the mails etc. Washington is
always interesting with its mag
nificent capitol building, Con
gressional Library, Union Bfail
way Station new Postoffice Wd
many other public buildings
The patent office contains the
most curious and ingenious de
vices contrived by man ; and I
do not doubt the fact that there
is no other building in the world
that has so many of these devices
demonstrating the wonderful
mental working of. the human
mind. They can hardly be num
' ered fr they are so numerous.
Just think of the many 'patents
that you run upr against in every
day life. Many of them little
simple patents, but great time
savers and money makers for
their owners. In. every direction
you see many government build
ings. There is the Treasury
building within whose Walls is
kePt the money of Uncle Sam,
which is many times the wealth
of Croesus. The Engraving
building to my mind is one of
the most interesting and all seem
ed to be pleased with the sights
found here. There are thousands
of things to be seen in the city
. which would take many days to
see, if noted. The first class
hotels are very fine, and - I sup
Pose as fine as can be found any-wherc-
An one of these, The
New Willard, Mrs. Joscphus
Daniels, the wife of the Secre
ry of the Navy, had a splendid
display or exhibit- of cotton,
cotton goods and cotton -fabrics,
manufactured articles such as
woman's apparel etc. I am frank
t0 cnfess that I had no idea that
ay thing like vthe material and
'esses could be produced frorri
cotton., A good many people
went to see these exhibit which
were very: tastefully arranged and
admired. Mrs. Daniels
ucscrves great praise
and credit for the interest taken
in giving such .a demonstration,
which must ;be . helpful to the
south and. southerp farmers. . I
vJfe3&
travelled " around some but it
never occurred to me that so
much could be done with cotton,
Some of the dresses were silk
like and beautifnl I will not at-
tempt to describe them for only words of the present ad minis
a woman could do this success- tration of our departmenth Tne
fully. An bid lady remarked to postoffice is no longer a olaceVo
me that the presses were very
pretty and the one in front of usUnd of the monthv all must wort
looKea nee . suk, and pointing
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over to another dress said,. "You
should go over there and look at
it for it is such a beautiful dress "
After looking at it I thought- so
ioo. One lady asked me if J I
was a manufacturer. I attended
f all the meetings and.heard a good
many interesting talks, amqng
them the First Assistant Post-
master general delivered a most
. u . .
speaKer, s weir mimed and
seems., greatly interested in his
work. : I listened to him with
un
ever
mem
made sol
mat iney win not nave to go to I
. o . I
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the almshouse after "having spent
their life in the Service of the
Government. However it is a
matter for Congress to adjust
Among the amusing things I saw t . : t ; - j x . 7 Adams Ale to the thirsty popn
. . . . M district superintendents ofv the actions are due loan uneasiness iar p,ir" Jof i " t
was a carnage with a . bride and XTU ,i - - ? ;i, u .u lace. : Pure water and plenty of
groom in it. Around the carriage
were, banners' The Newly-Weds '
ltjusrmarried,on their bridal
trip," etc.; dragging behind the
carriage with cord were old shoes,
tin cans,, coffee pots, tea pots etc.
,
puuea jover cne coDDie siones in
the street. As soon as we saw
the carriage we hurried up to the
Union Station where the Newly-
. - i
Weds were wending their way
and got there in time to see them I
alight and receive a shower or
baptism of rice ; They ..soon jnov
ed in the station and we lost
sight of them and, their
friends. They -seemed like a
lively set of young people. It
carried me back to earlier , days.
Ihe parks were green and pretty.
1 lovea to waiK m tnem. 1 saw
several squirrejs. , One little boy
........
talked to me about them and said
?You ought to see them eating
peanuts ana now junny tney sit
on ineir mnu iect ana eat tnem.
I afterwards saw a squirrel fol-
lowing a policeman who gave
him a peanut, and the squirrel
carried it off and ate it while wc
talked to the policeman. 1
think my little friend I met
would have been delighted to
have seen the squirrel enjoying
this meal. The next day; Thurs
day, "we had an appointment to
meet the president, Mr. Wilson
At 2-1 fi n. m - Since I heard hi m l
make. a speech at Jamestown Ex
position he has grown older and
his hair whiter.' He has seen a
lot of trouble and -I ' sympathize
with him. . He ; ; has a gentler vdiceJ
anda mild manner about him that
impresses you. fxia iaar. aca aw
ring makers a feelihe I
over ydu:; that yorK -wo
like to affo d him some conltoirt
ii not consoiauon. i am
that 1 saw him WP r,a;H
our respects " to our chie;fs: the'
Postmaster General and the four
Assistant Postmaster Wpm-rU
who received us in a most, agree
able manner. AH of them are
hard woYkea nri .
time to spare, hooin to :m:
plish much bv ecnnnmv
efficienrv of th (nmJt,nA
which 1 believe
reV and draw your ' pay at the
I i i . r T
or ho pay
Respectfully,
Wm J. LEAHY, Sr;
Facts About Qermany
. And Jaban.
Bishop John
x. ixiuciscii. ai -
of the Methodist
s:
church, writes from Zurich,
Iland, as folio w:
hU
e every country in En-
rope including those that are neu
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trv to meet this comincr wrlrr anrJ I
J ,Mi,u .
I have promised that as soon as 1 1
receive a military pass, I shall I
come and consult with them. "
"Whatever may be the outcome
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of the war and wherever the blame
for it may rest, unless the Ameri
lon ma-
7,
- t V uerman methodist,
we snail nave tn rinc rni rit-uir-c r i
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Ti V 7 -c"u,cacs
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rvw,ut lw,,u wc caiiixmreau, in uiseassing xne repon
get. . nut uuiy mis. . j uniess - we
xr. k.il:. ,tti . . 1
help those of . our, members who
aic uuuwi. out ui wurn ana tne
tamuies ot those who have fallen I
in war, a number of lour people
wm Buncr iiuciisciv. meinoaism 1
in Europe has never I acedia crisis
like thi and something
extraor-lnnfl
dinarv i imnprativ
"Ever since the war broke out I
. ;
have remained in Switzerland try
ing to keep in touch with the dif-
ferent fields by telegrams and let-
ters 1 am writing to all the dis
trict superintendents, editors and
many" individual pastors, advising
them and cheering them ud When
the war closesall of Europe will
have to e reconstructed, and
mission work will also hav- to
reconstructed.
i he highest divorce rate in any
icpuniry is 10 iapau; tne next nign
est is in the U nited States.
The latest, religious census of
Germany gives the following fig-
ures: Of the 61,720,529 people
counted, : 38,374.048 I professed
adherence 1 : to- the Evangelical
church; 22,00,35 ta the Catho-
and 566.909 to the
urch. " The 3.98.893
Peyonf;n Prussia were divided
ISSJSi Evangelical :churdh
.?ir.&'?.!?l t 'vattioiic lJ.t?Ot$,loo;
-?iopIen'r: Bavaria as follows:
EW6i;67dr- Catholic
4,bl3;m&and Jewish: 53.723.
Creatures
' 'i-A.T.,
rds and animals are
f iSfeyather forecasters. A
pohl :a1orSo Farm and rireside
desi ;:s3 the fanner in which
inafc$ ha ihpreparatibn
p!;ri; pr ;windy weath will be
lonc i tp shorten and strengthen
storp, is - qrer- fce v Wln ; lengthen
r Sll iipieaiot- storms by
bline on the land, hnfc, thu
is me a search for food.- They
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- t '.i'viyuyw :iuai iuh rain
u d Jeiashtch
-auifctopa!"-? ana
fPr";
high la fair weather the
ftrorhnl
fi;i.wlii-., -.L':
and;, straw
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nmvu wuu aio
troubled with coma or rhfinmatism I
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experience just previons ;to a
storm, and are caused both by the
variation in barometric pressure
and the. changes in the electrical
,.t . . ,
condition of the atmosphere.
t. .l t.
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. By banners; ; ;
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. wasnington, v. . uet An
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recently issued by the covernmenti
dealing with the term of ; becu-
pan cy 01 iarms in the United
States; said :
. "Thi frequency of Imoving
irnm mrm to f Arm nr mofuh f.v i
of occupancy very likely, forms
of the ehiftf ajii.cac for fha
hindrance to ar.fcr nrntri-AB.
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Frequency of remoyal of farmers
results in general ' shifllessness;
the roads and bridafiarftc,fttirRllv
in a poor condition b, cause the
farmers, moving at frequent
pei iods.are not particularly in
terested in their upkeep. - Farm
buildings of such farms are not
usually kept in , good ; repair, as
the farmer who is about to move
will leaver the repairs for -the next
tenant to make. The same rea
sons will apply for lack of inter:
est by the anstaDle - farms in
the schools, churches and general
welfare of ; tha community. They
moverrirequently; Hhey do not
remain on a farm long enough ' to
get the best reaultfoct U; con
sequently they are usually" in
poor fi nancial condition."
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Parni
Notes
Farming successful onlv
when the crops have been profit
ably marketed - v
Good roads broaden our sym
pathy, lessen " distance Jand
ini.
crease usef dlness.;
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It's . the man who really coun ts
in farming. Fertile land is neces
s2Lt but a master mind must
splve the Problem of production
I and marketing
"ou mere is strength and
The farmer Can neither heln
mmself flor helped by others
u uu "organizes.
'l A COOQ Dlace to feel th. mile.
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of animal life, as it ouenrhecitc
thirt at th. Uki ..s-
ns , n -,;-af i.l
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com
and
r;Y;;.iii. .
Mly feleasirreihd har3ahi)i
'SftspriM
mMcttzens3
KiSiaipiSSS
imS
communrty tTthan : at- the towh
pump ISveiy village in North
I 'AtfnliM . .k.U-, 1
iwivuu miuuiu nave a town!
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PumP and every city W1th Vater-l
works shoald hare a drinking
fountain where a stream of pure
runmng water, freely, dispenses
ft Js ft gQod community builder.
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Good Roads.
Baltimore, Oct. 21, 1914.
In
" 1,1 Wl Ud""g
View of the aDDroachihcr
.meeting of the American Boad
CongVess irr Atlanta,-the first
, . : . - -
wme tne vongJcss nas cer met
inthe Southland the indica
won wai u win De tne most im-
portant meeting ever held in
.
this or anvr other countrv in
half of good roads and eood
streets, the, Manufacturers Re
cord has turned this week's issue
into a special Good Roads pnbli
AoHnn vrit-H a n,
ing the statement:
"Good Boads
MeanProgress and Life.
BadR.oads. .
Mean Poverty and Death."
ETvery phase of the road ques
tion is-f isussed and broadly
covered. Details of ex-pendN
tures that are naw being made
by the sixteen Southern, States
show that he South is now an
nually putting out over 150000,
000 in the. building and mainte
nance of roads without -counting
its expenditure on street improve
ments fn towns and cities. The
work that is being done in every
State is covered by letters from
the Governors or from the High-,
way. . Commissioners, -or X other
authorities who are handling the
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road question in the various
Spates. I Experts discuss . various
road building, materials, including
epd-clay, brick, , cement, maca
dam and all other ph-ss of road
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In War.
I
Jejiderbf the ftarfuiiola o
life in the.Eurorj
v??5 eslrofEnlHslt"
arm 0fficeraowCih,e tJnlted "
Sf atlrchasing "
sked Iwhyiihferior mbuhferwerV
purchased for calvary se'rVice ihey
teph thtse of.
f hof.se ,on lhe grc battle r lines ;
in France and fielgiurrf isf!but
hree or four days tlier'e7 is nbf
need of higli bred horsS v Whose
lives wouidoC
thejfiringllihe; ; TheS-cbmi5aji-.
uve ngures on the litet3fHthe sol
dier of the several iStfrins wbeiT
actually, in conictS eeir es-'.
timated as follows : v German, . 61
days ; French ; and Beiciah.t - 6
days; English1, 7 daysvBerv3an;'
days ; Kussiani 9 days." The
average life of a ; horse 1 for the
same countries when use'ihtttri:
battle line is : Gerrhari days;
Enghsb ; and Belgian 45; ta?s :
French, Russian r and Servian, 5-
days.y:;Theiyere
on the firing lirte,; usinj"ihfedii-
bined figures, is shown to be only
Qldays ani
4:idays
tt meVawfelb
Pickettcliargeat
eyeigimr)rt?i v"i
significant.
News.
;x-nc;
Probition In Rassia
0
An iBterestiiig prohibition echo
comes from warring Rassia wheg ,
the sale of alchol has been forbid
den bf the imperial - goverrtmeaii ?
i u xiuaajau ovenimein? :jc
heretofore had a mpnoriy
the sale of the national fnloxie&ntj
yodka, and the action of tle
Czar in stopping; its. sale is ia
large measure due to the. efforts of f
the Russian Onion of Abstinence. '
The leading newspaper Petro
grad says that since the sale of
vodka has been , suppressed the
saving bank - -deposiW.ia that
city have increased over, eleven
million dollars for September in
spite of the war The Tidewater '
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North , Carolina. . Faraefi
Move, Frequently-, .
Washington Oct. Jn
compiling data for the last Eedex-
al Census, the .enumerators asked
every farmer in .North;, Carolina
this question v 4How long - baye'
you lived on thb farm: you' 'oqw
occupy?" This, question izsa
answered by 225,657 of the 253,
725 farm operators in this State.
More than 61,000 stated that they
had occupied their farina only one
year or less; 54,746 from 2i. tp.; 4
years; 36,170 from 5 to -,9.Vyiear8
and 73,469, 10 years . and oer.
The most restless class of ; people
in this State is the ! tenant rsJio
operates his farm , ouLtha share
basis. There are 8423 of tfcesa.
farmers in this State7&yJ5?0; ol
them made answer to . th qusrj
and their replies indicated that
39,041, or about 20 per- eh of
them moved every; year.' : y
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