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A PROGRfiffliVB NEW^AP^ D£VOTf|b TO THE UPBUILDiwQ OF AMERICAN HOifES AND AMERICAN INDUStSIBS. VL BURLINGTON. N. G.. FEB. 20.1914 A lil OUR SUBSCRIBERS: * Since installinic our new Uni»- * * tnx Michine, we hsTO gone over • * wA re-set ind eorrMted our en- » * tire laailing iut. It i« jxiMible * * tiMt in doing this we have oa- * ^teotiooally misMd the tuiines qt * * Mine of ottT readers and aubacrib- * * era. It is not oar intention or * * wi»h to let anybody not get the • * paper that wanta it, bat errors * * wiU occur in Anything that re * * 4uir«« so much work. * * If the date on your label is not * M you think it should be, see * * if you can find your rceeipt and * * brJnf it to oor ofJce and let’s get • * ill these erreri out of the way • * as «oon. as psi^le. * * If you know of any of yeitf * * friends or neighbors that arc sub- * * serlbers and do "nt cet the paper ' * staee the new list is in as«, please * * Mt!4r u* *t enee. • I EBtertalnment at McLeansviile. HcLeansville, Feb. 17.—The Wo man’s Betterment Association of Hc- LeaasviUe will give an entertainment in the high school auditorium Satur day night, February 21 at 7:15 o’clock when the association will present “After the Honeyraoonj” a delightful Uttle farce comedy. After the play the association will serve refresli- Toents, consisting of ice cream, pea nuts, bananas, etc., without charge. It is said that some cf the best talent in McLeansville will take part in the play. The public is invited. Masonic Notice. There 'vill ba a continuation of reg ular communication of Bula Lodge Ko. 409 A. F. & A. M. in their hall Eext .Monday evening, Febrjary 23rd, iSM, at 7:45 o’clock. Work in the Third Degree. C. A. WALKER, W. M., C. V. .SHARPE, Secy. ’ Kov Farmers Can Te*d Agricnltural Scientists. It is not enough that the county agent be simply a “common carrier of ideas" from farmer to farmer. He is to be a go-between to gather facts and experiences everywhere and to interpret these fact.s and experiences in the light of local conditions and aeeds. Then he is to go a step farth er and carry the experience and the ideas of the farmers themselves to the Department of Agriculture and the agricuitural colleges; for these institutions are as '■much in need of &e farmer’s wisdom and an accu rate knowledge of the farmer’s prob lems as the farmer is in need of the tofonnation which agricultural insti- {qtlons can give. Active and mutually helpful co •peration is needed between the farm ers themselves and «!t of the public agencies intended to promote agricul ture and agricultural education. The farmer weds the facts and the ex planations which the scientists can fiimish. The scientists and teachers are no less in need of the facts and the point of view of the farmers; they Beed to learn the superscience which farmers call common sense, tnai wholesome wisdom that is the es sence of the thoug>t and experience of generations of men who have made good through work and thought .*trid &rift and unconscious adaptation to eircumst^nces. In nearly every county it will be f^nd that most of the serious, agri- cftoral problems have been solved by several of the good farmers. There is so better way of teaching' a eciencific truth than by calling attention to some one who is successfully practic ing it. It will often be found that the (uecessfa! farmer has not stopped to analyze tha cause of his success and may often attribute it to the wrong f^tor. The lesson is that just the Editor Found Dead. Garden City, L. I., Feb. 17.—E. N. • Townsend, editor of the Nassau Co^- ty Republican, was foun^ dead in a snowiMft today in front of his home here. H« had apparently become ex- oiiow drifts last night and had fallen jast S3 he reached his ;ate> His wife iremained up all night anxiously await ing hi4 return. Hr. Townsend was 56 years old ana weighed 300 ]>ounds. SSembers of his family think that his heart failed af- ’ ter his battle with the snow. Boys to Bnied Good Hog& Tfa« Departmient of Agncttltura is eitd^vonng to inbereet boys between .10 18 years on' Souths faims in t^e breeding rf good hogs. It is the object of the department .to en- coura^ the young men to raise at least enough pork for home ocnsump- tions and if possible, a surplus for the market. Pork can be markets in many forms—fresh pork; hams, ba con and ^usage—and can be prO' duced so as to sell much cheaper tlian beef. A shoirtage of beef means all increased demand for pork, and it seems reasonable that there should be a ready demand for all the available supply. This means money in the pocket of the boy hog-raiser. Some of the points which the De partment advises - the youthfvsl hog grower to bear in mind are the fol lowing! 1 The feeding and care are as. im portant as the breeding in producing a good hog. Plenty of feed and good care may make a good hog out of a runt, but lack of it will always make a runt out of a good pig. 2 To make pork cheaply a perma nent pasture and forage crops must be used. 3 Young pigs must have a dry bed and plenty of sunshine. 4 Begin feeding the pig as soon as he will eat, and keep him growing until he is mature. 5 Always keep plenty of clean, fresh water where the hogs may drink at any time. 6 Quarantine all newly purchased animals for three weeks. 7 Never keep a female for a broou sow, no matter how well bred she may be, if she will not produce mor$ than four strong pigs at a Utter. S The more milk a sow will give the faster her pigs will grow. 9 Lice prevent a hog from lioing well. 10 Always keep a mixture of char coal, wood ashes, lime, sulphur, salt and copperas before the hogs. These points are emphasized in a ’ bull^njast Animal Isdusti^, entitled “Boys’ Pig Clubs, with special reference to tneif organization in the South.” It caji be had free by the young farmer by appliration to the department. It contains a number of illustrations, a design of a portable hog house, which can be built easily and cheaply, and a design ro feeding pen for small pigs. In the pamphlet are some very im portant “donta” which .‘should aid the young farmer in preventing the dan gerous disease of hog cholera. Hare are the suggestions: Do not have hog lots next to high ways, railroads, or streams. If your neighbor’s hogs have cholera de not allow anyone from K>s farm to visit your farm, and especially your ime lot or pens, and keep away from your neighbor’s hog lot, whether his hogs have cholera or not. Do net keep pigeons or allow then: to alight on your premises. Quarantine eli new hogs brought to your place until you are sure they are free from disease. Bo not allow a patent medicine man on your place, for you do not know how recently he has visited « sick herd. Disinfect your wagon and your shoes and clothes after hauling hogs to stockyards or railroad loading pens. Avoid every possible way of carry ing infsction to your hogs. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is an old saying, but in this case it is everything. A not unimportant detail of the work to the boys themselves is the money which they are enabled to earn by marjceting their product. They al so come to realize sooner or later that farm life has its interesting side, and that fioccess in the farming business is well worth while. SesBdalous Report Says. Dr. Sander- ford. Durham, Feb. IS.—Dr. J. F. San- deiford, postmaster at Greedmore, about whom sensational reports were published last week, spent a part of today in DuHiam, ?ind denied in toto all of the reports. He said that he was not under the home of Mrs. S. F. Bidlock, as the reports said he was, and that there was no law in the land under which he could be prose cuted even for the most trivial of fense of trespass. It was said that last week some time some of the lead ing citizens of Creedmore were noti fied by an alarm of Mrs. BaUock that ‘scime one was under her house in the dead hours of night. About eight people came out and gave chase to a man, according to the reports, and ran him under the Stftr warehouse The'mayor was sent for and it was found that the man was Dr. Sander- ford, postmaster of that town and a very prominent physician. Dr. Sanderford absolutely denies thut ha was under Mrs. Bullock’s house. H« does say, however, that he was under th* Star warehouse when the irate citiifins arrived. The postmaster says that for the past week or more he has been trying to catch up with some blind tigers in the town who have been selling-liis son whiskey. He was under the ware house at that time because he thought that he could spy on the tigers and thereby get a case against them. The Creedmore physician stated to day that he had no intention of leav ing the town ol Creedmore, and branded as false the reports that he had said that if the Bullock family would not prosecute him he would agree to leave the town. He says he has spent 25 years of his life in that town, : ent his money there and will remain there tilljie dies. Dr. Sandcr- ford has also cenferred with a local attorney, and says that he will sue some of the people of his town who have been spreading these false and scdndalous reports about him. HAMMER WILL BE NAMED. Infant’s Body FouiuL Warrenton, Feb. 19,—A dead child supposed to be about one day old was found this monsing.in a ditch about four miles south of liere. Cor oner Petar was summoned but faiUd to find sufficient evidence to hold an inquest. The body is badly mutilated, having been partially lievcurail uy a dog or cat. It is not certain whether the child is white or, black. Nc clue pointing to the guilty parents has as yet been found. There is considerable excite ment, in t!»t neighborhood and the milty mother -will ^most certainly i be discovered. To Cm-o « Com hi Om iMSf Anybody can get away with an alibia except the monaser fo a base- bail tea^ Liner .\ground; 5!8 Are in Peril. Woodshole, Mass.. Feb. IH.—The I’abre line steamer, Roma, sailing from Spanish ports to New Yotk, is apround on No Man’s I..snd, a smali island south of Martha’s Vineyard Wireless reports say the ship is bcinK pounded heavily by the; K;ile anc! fcit:h seas. There are 4iS passengers and a crew of 100 aboard the vessel. The captain of the Roma reports that the vessel is shijiping no waic-r and that its position may not become more perilous unless the wind turns to the South. The revenue Bitter Itasca started tonight for No Man’s Land. The Itas ca was believed to be at the western end of Long Island sound when it ac knowledged the message sent out by the naval radio station at Ne^nport, The revenue cutter Acushnut, which was docked at New Bedford, Conn., made haste to get under way, but dif ficulty was met in marshallirig the crew, who had been given shore leave. The lug Tasco was ordered ti> the scene from New London. A message from the Roma said that a tug, the name of which was not giv en, had arrived and was pulling on the Roma in an endeavor to free the vessel. The Soma left Marseilles on Jan. 31 for Providence and New York. It was due in Providence today. The passengers include one of the first class for New York and two for Providence; three of the second class for New York and twenty for Provi dence; and twenty of the third class for New York, and .lOfi for Provi dence, together with sixty-six pass engers cf all classes who embarked at the Azore islands, at! bound for Providence. Went for Negro. Shelby, Feb. 19.—.Shelby people are adminng the pluck cf Mr. Kitchin, a traveling man and brother of ex- Governor Kitchin, who in passing through on the aftentopn Seaboard yesterday heard Prank Poston, a ne gro hotel TV>rtir, £urse and £.buse Irvin Allen, a white liveryman, and deliberately got off the train while it stood at the station and pounded ttio negro good. The negro in two good blows, on Mr. J^tchin, but his willing and ready defense of the white man, who is smaller in statue and muscular power th» n the negro, caus ed considerable local praise. Mr. Kitchin boai^ed the train and continued his journey to Washington. Poston was Sned and tiie costs in the recorder’s court this aftAraoon. Present Wilson Will Nominate Him tor Uaited States DiatHct At- tontty Probably Today. Washington, Febl 19.—W. C. Ham mer, of Asheboro, will be appointed District Attorney for the Westera District of North Carolina, probably tomorrow. A. E. Holton is. no long er Dirtrict Attorney, having been re ceived to&y by tte Attorney General. Mr. McReynolds has asked Judge Boyd, of Greensboro, to appoint Clyde Hoey, of Shelby, the present Assistant District Attwn«y, to the vacancy caused by the removal of Mr. Holton. This step was taken upon the request of ^iiator Overman. These are the developments which followed the visit of Senators Over- ftian and Simmons to White House today, where they held a conference with the President on She Hammer case. "Hie Senators h:^ presented their caM only briefly when the Pres ident ,tol3 them that he would appoint Ifo. 'ffimmer'. The President express ed the:Opinion ih«t the filing of the Auman affidavit by Mf. Hammer was' indiscreet, but declared that he did not consider that indiscretion a suf ficient reason why Mr. Hammer should not be appointed District At torney. The Presdent was impressed with the recommendations of Mr. Ham mer and vrith his strong endorse ments from leading Democrats of the State, as well as the endorsements of the two senators. Secretary Daniels has also strongly urged Mr. Ham mer’s selection, having told both the Attorney General and the President that Mr. Hanur.f is thoroughly qual ified for the pla.c. Governor Craig, though at lirst endorsing C. A. Webb for the place, later sent a strong let ter of endorsement of Mr. Hammer. I nview of these strong endorsements and of Mr. Hammer’s e.xceller.t rec ord as a lawyer and a citizen there hus never ^been any real doubt in the minds of ,^bb friends but the Presi dent wouia ajipoint him. CL-iDE HOEY TEMPORARY Al>- POr.N'TMENT. , Senator Overman xnli make no ef fort to hurry confirm:ition in thC] Senate, though he is ivtting Chairman of the Jodieiary Committee, ilc- will let the nomination take its regular course Ihrcugh the .Senate. No fur ther opposition is cxpected. Senator Overman said thi.s afternoon that he asked that Mr. lloey ue appointed to fill the temporary vacancy, knowing the Judge Boyd will not appoint Mr. Hammer if requested to do so. H. A,. PAGE TO NEWSPAPERS. Henry A. Page, who filed the prin cipal protest against Mr. Hammer’s &ppointment, is said to have stated that if Hammer was appointed he would take his protest to the news papers. North Carolinians her^ are expecting to see a statiiment from Mr. Page in one or more of th« North Carolina newspapers within the next few days. The Attorney General will send Mr. Hammer’s name to the President to morrow and the nomination is ex pected to go to thu Senate if the President sends in any nominations at all. GOVERNOR CRAIG iS PLEASED. Governor Craig, who is in Washing ton, tonight expressed his pleasure at the news that Mr. Hammer will be appointed. “Mr. Hammer is my friend,” he said, “and when Mr. Web bwas satisfied with another Fe-d- eral appointment, I wrote a letter of endorsement for Mr. Hammer. I could not have endorsed him any more strongly than I did at that, time and I have found no reason since tu cause any change in my views.” On Saturd&y night iifter Mother ^d paid the bills and bought the ^pes and sav^ enough out for the milk man, and after Father has com pleted his task of- polishing up . all the bar rails oii his way home, it is almost a cinch that poor old Foi^ign Missions is going to run for Swee ney on Sunday. Two females who haven’t seen one another for almost an hour will rush iogether on a crowded street and kiss sach other. Then they will pose around as much as to intimate ^at ;he nasty, dirty, tobacco-chewing men jan now r^lize what they jire tnis«' ing. A woman will spend four hours and a half fixing her hair up so it will look good and then she will put on a hat like an inverted punch bowl so a man, can’t tell whether her head is red or bald. When a married man gets a crav ing to gallcp around, his wife should nol do any worrying. If she ignores him he will get jealous and she won’t be able to get him out of the house at night. A man who will purchase a $5.00 pair of silk stockings for a girl he has only known ten minutes is the same lad who hollers murder if the wife he has known ten years pays more than 25 cents a pair for her limb prot?ctors- The wome’ all right! Let them alone. Give man a swell suit of silk underwear and he wii] puil up his pants and exhibit it every chance he gets. SENATOR OQRE EXONERATED. What has become of the old-fash ioned man who had a chest that look ed like a grizzly bear's back and who wore his shirt open in front so you could see it? Seven Sentence Sermon. Barking dogs seldom bite.—Anon. * Id • There are no bad herbs or bad men; there are only bad cultsrators.—Hugo. * a « He is the freeman, whom the truth Makes free ,\nd all are slaves besides.—Cowper. * * * Be thou faithful unto death, and I will CTOvjn o£ IL??.— Rev. 2:10. • • * The greater our dread of crosses the more necessary they are for us. —Fenelon. 4- • • Speech is lut the broken light upon the depth Of the unspoken.—George Eliot. • * • It is not much business that dis tracts any man; but the want of pur ity, constcncy .and tendency towards Godw-*J««my Taylor. . j£3m CoHege. Briefa Elon College, Feb. 18.—The class t>f 1914 ha-s just planted CO silve?r maples on the campus south of the ladies' ho:I, facing llie railroad, on the :ire;t cleared in the early d;iy.; of the col- le:?e as a i>ase!iall jcrnutid. The l>itsc- !>all ground v.-a, moved to the fine plot on east colejre nvcnue 4 yeai-s and the former ;uart(*r-s' needed re planting with a’.ipropriat* trees, with the result mentioned above. The annual public entertainment of the Clio Literary Society is scheduled to occur here Saturday evening just following the basketball game with Guilford CoUege. Prof. Martyn Summerbell, Ph.D. LL.D. of the college faculty, is to preach two sermons next Sunday on "Faith," and then for the first four days of next week is to lecture to the students and public on the “Pro testant Reformation in France.” Cet Jetton Jury After Days’ Work. Cliariottc. Feb. 19.—By practical ly exhausting a venire of one hun- dned a jury was chosen at 7 o'clock tongiht and the taking of evidence in the trial of R. M. Jetton, the Dav idson druggist, charged with the mur- dei' of Dr. W. II. Wooten, a physician, on February 10, will begin tomorrow moniing in Superior Court. The defense, it is said, will be bas ed upon “Unwritted I.aw,” Jetton stating at the time of the killing that his home had been ruir,ei by Wooten. This statement was at that time de nied by Mrs. Jetton, but at a prelim inary hearing she testified that Woo ten was attempting to assault her when her husband interfered anc shot him. Dr. R. W. Shipp, a physician of Austin, Texasj a brother of Mrs. Jetton, is here for the trial. W. T. Stewart-, vice president and general manager of the Gulfport & Ship Is land Railroad, and C. R. Kemp, an other officer of the same railroad came here from Gulfport, Hiss., Mrs. Jetton’s former home, to attend the trial. It is said these people will be called as witnesses to testify to the character of Mrs. Jetton prior to her marriage. Oklahoma’s Blind Senator Cleared «if Charge by Jury Out Only Ten Minutes. Oklahoma City, Okla^, Feb. 18,— U. S. Senator Gore today was exon erated of charges of improper con duct by a verdict in his favor return ed in District Court here in the suit for $50,000 damages iiistituted by Mrs. Minnie E. Bond, of Oklahoma City. The verdict was return^ at 5:40 I); m., ten minutes after the case given to the jury. Only one bal lot was taken. “We find,” the jury stated in the verdict, “the evidence submitted by the plaintiff entirely insufficient upon v.'hich to base a suit; that said evi dence wholly exonerates the defend ant, and had the defendant, si thi conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence, announced that he desired to introduce no evidence and rested his case, our verdict would have been the same in that event as now returned by us, in favor of the defendant.” Despite the efforts of bailiffs to inaintain order when the last words of the verdict “favor of the defendant,” were read, the crowd which taxed the capacity of the cuurt room, turned into a cheering throng, orderly, but no less determined to give vent to their feelings. Those displeased by the verdict forced their way to the doors and left in silence amid the bantering of the Senator’s friends. Senator Gore heard the jury’s de cision without change of countenance. Mrs. Gore was the first to grasp his hand. When she turned and shook hands with Henry Carpenter, the foreman, tears were on the cheeks of both herself and tiie aged farmer. “The verdict confirms my faith that truth will triumph,” said Senator Gore. “1 never for a moment doubt ed the outcome at the hands of the jury.” From the time the jurors left the room to prepare, their verdict until the demonstration was under way, Mrs. Bond sat in silence, leaning on a table and Kcribbling on a piece of paper. She seemed in no h.^.ste to leave the room until she was rn- proached by her attorneys when -4ie arose and wali;cd away with the.-n and her husband, E. J. Cidditijrs, chief of coun.-;el for Mr.-:, Gotid, st.nied tonight that ,sn appeal to the .Supreme Court would be taken on the grounds that applause and demonstrations in the court room during the trial had influenced th« jury. Senator Gore stated that he would T«main in Oklahoma City until Saturoay when he will ijo M Hot Spiin^ tor a short vacation iiefoM returning to Washington. The termination of the trial whick has attracted more attention and has been more vigorously contested than any held in Oklahoma in recent years, came at the end of a J^y d.?voted t« argument by opposing coii.n.^el is which words w^-.c not ?pnreJ in -la- Rouncipg witne;£.es and opnoK'nf; par ties to the suit. Robert L. Rogi*r.s. .i' I.ittl? Kock. -A.rk., of counit! for Keiiatir Gore, made the direri » ha;'t'e th-xt J. J'\ Mc- Murray, a promiiiont OklahOMA law yer, now ltvi;icr in Wasi>tngtin!, had planned the a!i.;!"cd conspiracy which the defense de^-I.-ir-'d re'^ulted in the charges that th« >^enai.ar a'tempted to assault Mrs. Bond in a Washington hotel last March, the basis for the suit. Attorney W. M. Straight, of Morrilltcn, Ark., spoke for the plain tiff and defended the character of Mrs. Bond. C. B. Stuart and M. S. Rutherford, of Oklahoma City, made the final arguments for the defense. RESULT OF THE CASE. The trial of the suit of Mrs. Bond against Senator Gore began last Wednesday. In her declaration Mrs. Bond alleged that the Senator attack ed her white she was in conference with him at a hotel in Washingtos last March, In connection with the possible appointment of her husband, Julian Bon^ as internal revenue col lector at Oklahoma City. Gore seiz ed her, sha alleged, throwing her vio lently across the bed and she freed herself only after several men al>- peared in the doorway of the room. In the scuffle, Mrs. Bond asserted, her face was scratched and hand lac erated by fragments of her broken eye glasses. In his answer. Senator Gore mads genera! denial of the charges and as a couijter-charge al leged that the suit was instigated by a cotene of his political opponentb who had failed in their efforts to se- Mrs. Herman Goe to Paris. Christiania, Norway, Feb. 18.— Mrs. Charlotte Herman, of Ruther ford, N. J., the companion of Ferdi nand Pinney Earle, the American artist, who was receul'.y extradited to Prance in connection with the kid naping of Earle’s eight-year-old son from a school in France, left here today for Paris. She wus accompa nied by a Norwegian policeman as farJetire Federal patronage, tho ae Swedidi frontier. ! Th® Jury, composed trf rifcs fsxm- POOR