Printing Press on Which Mark
Twain Began His Career Will
Be Retired After 77 Years
The printing preis that launched!
Mark Twain on his literary career
will retire from active service this
summer, says a story in the recent i
issue of the New York Times. A
regular tramp am in;r printing presses
it has been, except that, untramplike, j
51 has never shirked work. Ft has
never missed a weekly issue of its
last job, which had lasted exactly 55
years on .Toly 9. It was on it# next
to-the-last job that the press was the
unassertive partner of young Sam
Clemens.
The last 50 years—not its hardest
—have been spent in the little Cali
fornia town of Independence, on the
edge of the desert. Not only is the
press itself to go out of business:
the Inyo Independent, also, whose
voice the press has spread across the
desert, through the valleys, even so
far as to meet the echo of roaring
Los Angles. The financial burden of
publishing the paper has become too
great, the editor announces.
Ihe press- an old Washington
hand press left New York on its
first assignment in 1818. It landed
in Baton Rogue, where it supported
Zachary Taylor for President. From
Baton Rouge it went to Panama,
where it was sh'pwrecked by the
overturning of a b rge. It was
- 1 -raged fi ni the mud, however, and
out to v <•: k getting out the Panama
GOV. URGES FIRE j
P R E YENTION;
i
Issues Proclamation
Asking Observance
Fire Prevention
Week, Oct. 4-10
Governor McLean has issued a pro
clamation calling upon the people of
North Carolina to observe Fire Pre
vention Week which has been desig
nated for the week of October 4 to 10..
The proclamation follows:
“The State of North Carolina has
foi years led in efforts to reduce
fire waste and its attendant loss of
life and pr party. October 4th to
10th inclusive lias been disignated as
Fire Prevention Week throughout the
United States, and 1 appeal to our
citizenship who are so familiar with
the destruction of fire to become Vit
ally interested in this great economic]
waste.
“The fire 1 sn in the United States |
last year (1924) was more than five
hundred and fifty millions of dollars ;
with more than 17,000 persons killed]
and a vastly larger number crippled
and maimed for life. North Carolina ]
shares in the loss was more than;
five milion three hundred and twenty]
thousand d >l!ars, with 343 lives and 1
hundred'- of our people maimed. It
is well known that carelessness and
ignorance of fire hazard go hand in
hand ;.s the chief causes of our great
national bonfire
“I, therefore, urge that the week
of October 41 h to 10th be set aside
■as F re Prevention Week in accord
ance with Section 6080 of Consoli-j
*iated Statutes, which provides that j
the Governor of North Carolina shall ■
each year in October, issue a procla-)
mation urging the people to a proper j
observance.
“During this week I also urge that
fire drills be held in schools, facto- j
ries, and stores, and that they he'
continued at regular intervals.
“That schools, theatres, churches, j
public and private hospitals and in- j
stitutions, factories, stores, and ho-;
tels be inspected to see that every j
safeguard against fire is provided, j
and also that exit facilities are suf- j
f cient in case of fire.
“That local authorities examine j
their fire ordinances and make them
sufficient if they are lacking in any i
particular.
“To this end I urge our citizerns j
to throughly co-operate with our In-!
surance Department, and that every |
Mayor issue a proclamation. I ear-,
r.estly request to the co-operation of i
every citizen, Chamber of Com- j
tmerce, Rotary Clubs, Kiwanis, and ■
Women’s Clubs, and all other civic j
bodies and the Press. As October!
4th comes on Sunday I especially ap
•peal to the Clergy and Sunday school !
superintendents to bring this to at
tention of their people.
‘“Now, therefore, I, A. W. McLean,
Governor of North Carolina, in ac
cordance with law, do issue this my
proclamation, and I do set aside and
designate October oth to 10th, 1925, i
as Fire Prevention Week, and do '<
j Herald.
In 1850 the press followed Horace
1 Greeley’s advice and turned up in
-an Francisco, arriving on a sailing
ship. There the Placer Times and
Transcript made use of it for a year,
ilt got a belter job in San IDiego,
| publ'shing the new San Diego Her
ald. From there it was persuaded
to enter the service of Brigham
Young, in the Mormon settlement at
San Bernardino.
The old press was next lodged on
a wagon and dragged through desert
sands, up steep mountaint sides and
through rocky passes, to Aurora,
Nev., a mining boom camp. It was
here that it made the acquaintance
of and advertised as widely as pos
! sihle the work of a young and red
i headed reporter, Sam Clemens. The
i Aurora Times was a stanch Union
; paper, and through the Civil war
1 days the editors and their little press
I were faithfully guarded by shotgun
deputies.
When Aurora gave up the brave
i fight, the old press and the young
1 reporter went different ways. The
world watched the reporter, but the
press again made the rocking wagon
, pilgrimage across the mountains and
1 into a little desert pocket below the
level of the sea, in th- edge of the
region that a generation later is was
to help advertise as Imperial Valley.
• urge all the people to a proper ob
| servance of this week in obedience
| to the statutes of North Carolina.
] Done at our City of Raleigh, this
the 9th day of September, in the
year of our Lord, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-five, and in the
one hundred and fift eth year of our
American Independence.
“A. W. McLEAN,
“Governor.”
LIVING WITH “T. B.
WITHOUT DANGER
Sanatorium, N. C., Sep. 11.—There
are a few simple precautions and
sanitary rules that persons living
with a tuberculous patient and the
patient himself may follow that will
make a “T. B.” of no more danger
j than a well porson. When a “T. B.”
and those who are for him follow
these rules an unreasonable fear of
the person suffer.ng with tuberculo
sis is fool’sb.
Infection by (he tubercle bacillus
comes almost exclusively from the
sputum of the tuberculous patient.
So the safe disposal of the sputum
] of the patient is one of the most im
portant precautions. Never spit ex
] cept in a sputum cup which can be
| burned when used, and see that it is
| burned. Covering the mouth with a i
: rag, piece of gauze or a paper nap
kin when the patient coughs or snee
* zos is the next big rule. Don’t use
I the bare hand. The fine spray in
I which the germs live will be spread
! all over it. If sputum is aceidental-
I ly spilled cover it with dis infectant,
‘et stand for a while, wipe up with
a rag and burn the rag.
In disinfecting the room of a “T.
B.” formaldehyde candles may be
used. Every article in the room hung
in the sunshine for three days is
fully as good. Disinfect or bo 1 for
five minutes all dishes or drinking
vessels the patient uses, unless the
] patient uses separate dishes and
] drinking vessels. Surplus food should
ibe boiled or burned. Boil the pa
i lient’s clothes and bed linen five min
utes or soak for two hours in a dis
] infectant before sending to the laun
dry. Strew the floor in the patient’s
I room with damp sawdust or bits of
wet paper before sweeping.
Don’t kiss the patient if he coughs
and never kiss any one on the lips
I even if they do not cough. Never
allow the tuberculous patient to sleep
| with any one. Every time another
! person writs on the patient the
j hands must be washed in soap and
j water.
Children are much more easily in
| fected than adults. Keep them away
| from the person and the room of the
I “T. B.” as long as the patient coughs
jor spits. Never let the patient kiss
jor fondle them or allow them to
handle or eat food or anything the
I patient has had his honds on.
THOMAS JEFFERSON VIOLIN
E. W. Miller, a Guilford man, who I
resides near High Point, has in his i
possession a violin said to have been !
owned and played by Thomas Jeffer
son.
Carved on the inside of the violin i
is Jefferson’s name and the date
January 25, 1777.
M.ller is satisfied beyond any doubt J
th: t Jefferson was the original own- j
er of the instrument.
THE ZKBULON RECORD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18,1925
INSANITY SAVES MURDER’S I
LIFE
Cheatham Evans, convicted Nash
county murderer of A. L. Joyner,
" hite jitney driver, Saturday escaped
the electric chair at the State Prison
by commutation from Governor Mc-
Lean because “it seems to me repug
nant to the tenets of society and civ
ilization to cause the death of a man
who is insane, even though the of
fense committed by him may be an
aggravated one.”
Evans was convicted at the Octo
ber term of the Nash County Supe
ror court and has escaped the chair
four times by reprives.
“While no punishment can be too
severe for this prisoner, if sane,” the
Governor declared, “the dictates of
humanity force me to the conclusion
that, on account of his mental con
dition, there is no other fair and re
asonable course to follow, other than
to commute his sentence to life im
prisonment and I have, therefore, re
lieved the prisoner of the penalty of
death, solely and entirely because of
mental status.”
Dr. J. H. Norman, prison physican
and warden, some time ago stated
that he believed the prisoner to be
insane. Evans will probably be im
mediately transferred from death row
to the criminal insane department of
the State h spital for the Insane.
Governor McLean’s statement on
his action in commuting the sentence
follows in part:
“The homicide was one of the most
'•ratal lha: ha- • ccured n the annals
of our State. The pi isoner was eon
victed and sentenced to death, which
verdict and judgment was later con
firmed by the Supreme court of
North Carolina. The prisoner, being
sentenced to the State Pr'son showed
igns of mental derangement, and,
after his condition was called to my
attention, I put the prisoner under
observation and have had a very care
ful examination made into his mental
status by Drs. R. E. Adams and
John S. McKee. These physicians
and other parties, who have had oc
casion to observe the prisoner, advise
me that there is no question but what
the prisoner is insane and has been
for several months.
“Owing to the horrible murder for
which the prisoner was sentenced, I
have hesitated to commute his sen
tence to life inmpisonment, and for
this reason have heretofore reprived
the prisoner four time, in order to
satisfy myself fully as to whether or
not the prisoner w-as actually insane
or merely feigning insanity.
“The commissioner of pardons has
given the case his most careful con
sideration and personal attention, by
visiting the prisoner and otherwise
obtaining data concerning him and
the commissioner advises me that, in
his opinion, from all facts obtainable,
there can be no question but what
the prisoner is actually insane.
“It is with relutance that I inter
fere with the sentence of the pris
oner, who was fairly convicted in the
courts of so horrible a crime; how
ever, it seems to me to be repugnant
to the tenets of society and civiliza
tion to cause the death of a man who
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is insane, even thugh the offence
committed by him may be an aggra
vated one. While no punishment can
be too severe for this prisoner, if sane,
the dictates of humanity force me to
the conclusion that, on account of
his mental condition, there is no other
fair and reasonable course to follow,
other than to commute his sentence
to life imprisonment and I have,
therefore, relieved the prisoner of the
penalty of death, solely and entirely
because of his mental status.”
SOME MAY LIVE TO SEE THE
END OF TEAPOT DOME CASE
Some day years hence the news
papers will carry an item about the
final decision in the once famous
Teapot Dome case. Many readers of
the item will have never heard of it
before. Others will recall it mistly.
Many will pass it up with a yawn as
of little or no interest.
Recently a judge in the United
States court in Wyoming granted the
Government’s petition for an appeal
coni the decision in the suit against
Harry Sinclair for annulment of the
Naval Oil Reserve lease. The case
now foes into the appellate court and
later, doubtless, to the Supreme
Court.
The Government’s petition for ap
peal assigns 04 errors to Judge Ken
nedy in th# court’s handling of the
annulment suit. 50 of which involve
the exclusion of evidence bearing up
on transactions over Liberty bonds
which the Government charges were
transferred from Sinclair to Secre
tary of the Interior Albert B. Fall,'
pursuant to “collusion and fraud”
in the negotiation and execution of
Teapot Dome lease.
This was the case of the highhand
ed seizure of the nation’s oil reserve
upon which the Navy expected to de
pend in case of war. It is linked
with the similar grab of the Elk j
Hills Naval Oil Reserve. The cases
reeked with corruption, fraud and
hr.bery of high government officials.
The deal was pul over in order to
float a gigantic stock-selling cam
paign. This was successful, and Sin
clair reaped his millions from it with
out drilling an oil well or making!
any serious gesture at operation.
Then there was the Continental Tra
ding Company transaction that the
Government wanted to know about.
They kenw about it, but wanted Mr.
Sinclair to talk about it. They want
ed other witnesses to tell about it.
In all this they were thwarted. Now
the case will drag its weary way
through the courts, to what end no
man may safely predict.—The Union
Herald.
“Don’t those papers make you
tired?” an old gentleman asked the
little newsboy, who was staggering
along with a great bundle of the
Sunday edition. “Naw!” he replied,
“I don’t have to read ’em.”
The organization of any club with
in the membership of a lodge is for
bidden by the Grand Lodge of Wis
consin.
The world owes you a living but
you must show it what for.
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
OCTOBER 4 TO 10
At this season when schools are
open'ng and after a long period of
drouth in almost ail sections of the
state, it is fitting that the Governor
should issue a proclamation asking
for the observance of Fire Prevention
Week, October 4-10. In the fall be
; fore it becomes necessary to have
fires all public and private buildings
should be examined to make sure
that they are safe and all waste pa
per and other inflammable material
should be removed from them. Dur
ing the past year Smithfield has suf
fered heavy losses by fire and we
trust that steps will be taken to pre
vent a recurrence of such unneces
sary waste. The old saying, “An
ounce of prevention is worth a pound
of cure,” is practical advice and
should be followed. Governor Mc-
Lean’s proclamation in part is as
follows:
“The fire loss in the United States
last year (1924) was more than five
hundred and fifty millions of dollars
with more than 17,000 persons killed
and a vastly larger number crippled
and maimed for life. North Caro
lina’s share in this loss was more
than five million three hundred and
twenty thousand dollars, with 343
l.ves and hundreds of our people
maimed. It is well known that care
lessness and ignorance of fire hazard
o hand in hand as the chief causes
f our great national bonfire.
“I therefore, urge that the week J
f October 4th to 10th be set aside;
as Firs Prevention Week in accord-.
ance with Section 0080 of Consolida
ted Statutes, which provides that the
Governor of North Carolina shall, t
each year, in October, issue a pro- 1
clamation urging the people to a i
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Witness:
proper observance.
“During this week I also urge
that fir e drills be held in schools,
factories, and stores, and that they
be continued at regular intervals.
“That schools, theatres, churches,
public and private hospitals and in
stitutions, factories, stores and hotels
be inspected to see that every safe
guard against fire is provided, and
also that exit facilities are sufficient
in case of fire.
“That local authorities examine
their fire ordinances and make them
sufficient if they are lacking in any
particular.
“To this end I urge our citizerns
to thoroughly co-operate with our
Insurance Department, and that eve
ry Mayor issue a proclamation. I
earnestly request the co-operation of
every citizern, Chamber of Com
merce, Rotary Clubs, and all other
civic bodies and the Press. As Octo
ber 4th comes on Sunday I especially
appeal to the Clergy and Sunday
school superintendents to bring this
to the attention of their people.”
NEW CARS ORDERED
BY SOUTHERN RAILWAY
J. S. Bloodworth, district passen
ger agent of the Southern Railway,
Raleigh, has received the following
from officials of the road at Atlanta:
“Four all steel dining cars and ten
70-foot all steel express cars have
just been purchased by hte Southern
Railway System. The dining cars
were ordered from the Pullman Com
pany and delivery in February has
been promised. The express cars,
which are to be especially equipped
for handling thoroughbred horses,
were ordered from the Bethlehem
Company, with promise of delivery
in January.”