TAR HEEL CHRONICLES
Happenings And Doings Gleaned From All Parts
Off The Old North State.
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Awful Tragedy.
Yang ban, Special.—Our town and
community was shocked Sunday af
toraoon when it wna reported that
Mr. Cornelius Shearin, a farmea, CO
year* of age, had taken his life by
shooting himself in the head and
stomaeh with a shot gun. Mr.
Shearin bad been in vary poor health
for some months. Be went to Raleigh
and Durham a few weeks ago to got
in a hospital, but could not get in.
He was living with his son, Mr. Wil
liam Shearin, about two miles from
Vaughan. His wife and one son liva
in Loulsburg, he not having lived
with his wife for about two years.
It is reported that his family bad
forsaken him and that only a few
days ago, in answer to an appeal to
his son George, who lives in Louts
burg, for help, he wrote him that ho
would not give him anything and
that he would not go to see him if
he was dead. This, together with his
poor health, is attributed as the
cause of his committing the rash
act. His son, with whom helived, had
walked out to look over his crop,,
leaving his father and wife and two
small children at home after he had
been gone for about .an hour the old
man went in the house, took down
the gun from a rack over the door,
and went out and placed the muzzle
against his head and pulled the trig
ger, tbe entire load striking his lower
jaw, blowing it off and pieces of flesh
were found stuck up against the side
of the house. As soon as he regained
consciousness he got up, attended'a
call of nature, and then went into the
house, got two other shells and went
back to the satne spot and shot him
self in the stomach, just above the
naval, the second shot killing him in
stantly. ' When his son's wife saw
him coming in the door with about
half of his head shot off, she ran out
of the back door and went tB a
neighbor's house. Mr. Buck Harris
was passing the house just after the
first shot, and Mr. Shearin motioned
to him to come and knock him in the
head, hut he ran on down the road
to n neighbor's bouse to summon
help, but when he got back the fatal
shot had been fired and he was dead.
Now there has arisen a suspicion of
foul play.
Wilkins Jury Tied Up.
Raleigh, Special.—The Federal
Court has a "'hopelessly divided"
jury in the case of Charles Wilkins,
of Goldsboro, charged with writing
two "Black Hand" letters to J. F..
Cole, a prosperous merchant of
Goldsboro, and threatening to blow
up Cole, his store and family if SIOO
was not forthcoming. Wilkins admit
ted writing the letters but his counsel,
Aycock and Winston, made a fight
for him on the ground that he was
so addicted-to the opium habit that
his will power and power, of discrim
inating between right and wrong were
destroyed. • There was evidence that
he took as much as one and a half
ounces of the drug each day, with
consequent physical and mental
wreckage; that he read constantly
novels of the "Black Hand" and
Jesse James sort. Wilkins' wife and
two children attended the trial. His
wife was an important witness in his
behalf. He testified that, under in
fluence of a drug, he often saw
"green alligators with yellow
heads." The prisoner is clearly a
mental and physical wreck from
"dope" and the jury was divided ss
to the degree of responsibility for
his- conduct.
Damage by Flood.
Wadesboro, Special. Another
heavy rain storm passed over the
northern part of the county Saturday
afternoon. The farmers are distress- '
ed concerning grain. Both Black and 1
Lane oreeks were over the bottom 1
lands and thousands of bushels of I
oats were damaged. Rocky river was i
high. The Peedee river is over the i
low bottoms. i
Appalachian Summer School Opens.
Boone, Special.—The summer term
of the Appalachian Training School
opened Monday with the following
■ faculty: B. B. Dougherty, principal; 1
Hoy M. Brown, E^lish; A. Masters, 1
penmanship; Miss Mildred Atkinson, 1
Latin; Mrs. M. Rietzell, arithmetic, i
and Miss Carrie Wiehael, music. Li t
addition to the above the following i
named teachers have been added for j
the sumiper term: H. H. Hughes, f
J. H Downum, Miss Anna Weedon, i
Troy I. Jones, W. L. Winkler and 1
Miss Sallie Kirby. This term bids j
fair to be the best in the history of 1
the school. I
Forest Cit& Bond Issue Carries by
Popular Vela.
Forest City, " Special.—A popular- I
vote was taken Tuesday on the quev I
tion of a bond issue for waterworks, n
snd tbe result was a majority of 140 h
in fsvor of issuing bonds to the 2
amount of $25,000 fer the purpose of s
installing a waterworks system ofr e
j the town. "Waterworks and Pros- I
penty" is the slogan of our town 1
these days. Tbe vote stood 140 for S
bonds; 43 agains. j,
QnMstofn and Biter Win Msdfctei
Durham, Special.—Four of tbe flzv
eet speechs heard in this city in a
long tune were made by R. C. Gold
stein, Asheville, on Another View of
Socialism; by Lehnidas Hlrbin, of
Greensboro, on A Plea for the South
ern Factory Worker; Edgar Wallaea
Knight, Rieh Square, Tbe Uplift of
Country ISfe and, Gitmer SUer on
The Law and Public conscience. Tbe
judges, Joseph G. Bfcown, of Raleigh,
Rev. W. A- Lambeth, of Walkertown
and Prof. G. B. Pegram, of New
York. Tbey awarded the medal to
Mr. Goldstein. There was tremeo
dous applause at his name. Gilmer
Siler, eon of Atlanta preacher form*
erly living in Asheville, was given
the Braxton Craven medal for higt>
est honors of the class, marking latft
time will ever be given for general
work.
B. N. Duke Gives Another $60,000.
Durham, Special.—At the gradu
ating exercises Wednesday at Trinity
College it was announced that Mr. it
N. Duke had donated sf>o.ooo for the
purpose of furnishing another dormi
tory building and in this connection
it was announced that the
class had given SI,OOO for the pur> >
pose of forming an endowment for
the college library. The announce
ment of both these gifts was received
with much enthusiasm and applauso.
This gift of Mr. Duke sums up a
total of about $715,000 that ,Jhe
Dukes have given to Trnity, first and
last. It is a known fact that the late
Washington Duke laid the founda
tion for the great Duke gifts by the
magnificent gifts that he made to
the college. One of these Rifts, for
SIOO,OOO opened the doors of tht» col
lege to women and this act also prac
tically opened the doors of all the
colleges of the State to women.
Albemarle Lands Big Wiscassett Mill.
Albemarle, Special.—The cotton
mill which is intended as an enlarge
ment of the Wiscassett, of this city,
is to be built at Albemarle and not
Kannapolis, Cabartrus county, as
formerly stated. A letter received
by Mr. R. L. Smith, of this place,
from Mr. Cannon states that the mill
will be erected here where the other
mills belonging to the Wiscassett
Company are located. This mill is
to he as large as both the other mills
of this name here and means much
for Albemarle. It together with the
doubled capacity of the Eflrd Manu
facturing Company, which is now a
settled fact, means 10,000 inhabitants
for Albemarle within the next two
days years.
Gaston to Vote on New Court House
August 5.
Gastonia, Special.—At the June
meeting of the county commissioners
Tuesday a special election, in com
pliance with an act of the last Legis
lature, was ordered for August 5 for
the purpose of voting on the ques
tion of a new court Mouse. A com
mittee was named to visit and inspect
court bouses in other-counties of the
J State to ascertain just what is need
ed and the cost of erection. Gas
tonia will again put in a bid for the
removal of the county seat to this
place and a hot fight is protfnsed be
tween now and the date for the elec
tion.
Street Oar Conductor Goes Insane.
Charlotte, Special.—Conductor F.
L. Stewart, of the 4 C's, has lost his
mind and has been sont to his home
at King's Mountain. Sickness seems
to have brought 9t\ this condition.
Mr. Stewart is a young man about
24 yean old.
Hailstorm Damages Crops.
Scotland Neck, Special.—There
was a severe hailstorm in the Pal
myra section two days ago which did
such damage to crops that perhaps
some of the cotton crop will have
to be planted again. Heavy rains
all through Friday night did con
siderable damage to crops in this
community.
Brought a Big Whale.
Raleigh, Special.—Mr. T. W.
Adickes, of the State Museum has
returned from Cspe Lookout and has
brought back with him tbe big whale
that was brought ashore there. This
was left onHhe sands for some time,
till the flesh was off and is now be
ing placed in a huge sand box in the
yard at the State Museum so as to
get all tbe oil out of tbe bones be
fore it is mounted and placed in the
Museum. The whale, which was a
young one, was forty-seven feet long
and nine feet across at tbe thickest
portion of its body,. 1
- North Carolina Bar Association.
Salisbury, Special.—President L.
H. dement of "the North Carolina
Bar Association, announces tbe an
nual meeting of the lawyers, to be
held at Asheville, June 30 to July
2nd, inclusive. A number of noted
speakers will be present and the prin
cipal address will be delivered by
Hon. James Osborne, of New York,
who is a native of the Old North
State, and is recognised as an able
jurist. \
THE JUNE BRIDE.
—Cartoon by lierryman, in the Wwhington Star.
NEW WOMAN A FREAK, SAYS BISHOP DOANE
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One Who Strives For Man's Work "a Horrible, Misshapen Monster," He Da
clares—Sees Suffragists' Doom— Their "Quiet Appeal Will Be Drowned
fy Howling-Dervish Suffragettes'—Talks to Girl Graduates.
Albany, N. Y. Bishop William
Croswell Doane, In Ms address to the
graduating class of St. Agnes' School
bitterly attacked the new woman In
her efforts to do man's work, and de
nounced the woman suffrage cam
paign as a "hysterical clamor em
ployed In the pursuit of this chi
mera."
"Your womanhood Is your especial
gift of greca nnd honor equal to, but
different from, the glory of man
hood," he ssid to the young women
student*. "Nothing but mischief and
misery and confusion worse confound
ed can come from the attempt to
make the two the same. The mascu
line woman, the effeminate man, llko
bearded women or a long haired man.
Is a 111 K us naturae, a monstrum hor
rendum Informe. So, first, you are
to keep and guard as a sacred trust
your womanhood, your femlneness.
"In the strata and strain, In the
crush and pressure of our modern
llfe?\ woman has elbowed herself Into
certain kinds of work In which she
resembles and rivals man. How
much humanity, bow mnch society,
has gained by it. If employed women I
ere to make unemployed men, It is j
difficult. If not Impossible, to say
And yet I believe things will right j
•themselves in time. But this deep
line of distinctive difference remains
unchanged.
"There are still a multitude of oc
cupations In which neither can sup
plant the other. And in our huge
country, with Its growing demands,
the balance will Booner or later be
struck. While each sex must conflme
itself to certain sorts of occupation,
men being unable to do much of
women's work, as women are unable
to do much of men's, where there Is
common ground of possible service
they will not supplant, but rather
supplement, each other.
"Only, whatever the point and
place of meeting be, la mental or
manual labor, In professional, or In
any other, bear yourselves always
with the decency and dignity of true
womanhood, and choose,where eholce
Is left to yon, the occupation and
position that most fitly belongs to
you as women, realizing and remem
bering that equal dignity attaches to
FARMERS MIGHT RULE IF THEY ONLY WOULD
So Secretary Wilson Declare* on Getting Degree of
LL.D. from McGIII University.
Montreal, Canada. —At the special
convocation of the governors of Mc-
GIII University at Macdonald College,
Its new school of agriculture, the de
gree of doctor of laws was conferred
upon James Wilson, the United States
Secretary of Agriculture; Dr. James
Earl Russell, Dean of the Teachers'
College of Columbia University, and
several Canadians.-
In an address Wilson
said:
"Half the people under your flag
snd ours till the soli for A livelihood.
They are not the governing class fn
either country, while ther hold the
balance of power at the ballot box.
"It Is their duty to prepare to use
WHAT AEROPLANES MAY DO.
Not Only End War But Destroy All Present Interna-
tional Rel;
London.—lt Is not easy to explain
how grave a factor In modern clvllt
zatlon tbe aeroplane baa become In
the estimation of all European gov
ernments. The Question seriously
discussed In all the chancelleries Is:
Will the aeroplane end war or will
It first destroy tbe present system of
International relationship?
It it now freely admitted by many
high authorities that wtthfn perhaps
three or four years airships will dom
inate all navies and all armies. Such
alarmists as Captain Bulloch affirm
Faculty Says Moonlight Excursions
Are "Spooning and Silliness."
Springfield, Mass. —On the ground
that the last annual moonlight excur
sion of the Technical High School p«-
plls waa an occasion characterised
chiefly by "spooning and silliness."
tbe faculty of the school has ordered
arrangements for a "moonlight" next
week cancelled.
The faculty announces that instead
there will be a "sunlight" from 1 to 6
p. m., with a basket lunch and a ball
game. Many papils decided to cat
the "Snnday-echool" picnic. 1
every duty done, or every service ren
dered, or every position faithfully
filled. , », V
"I believe myself that the vocation
of a trained burse is as honorable
and as valuable as the calling of a
physician, and to my old-fashioned
notion is more suitable and more be
coming. In spite of the fair figure
nnd quick cleverness of Shakespeare's
Portia, I think the place for the wom
en pleading Is with Mrs. Balllngton
Booth In the cells and corridors of
Jails rather than In the courtroom be
fore a Jury and a Judge. And lam
absolutely sure that the admission or
the intrusion of women into the min
istry Is not only against the teaching
of Scripture and the tradition of cen
turies, but Is the spoiling of their
great power and teaching and Influ
encing in schools and classes a few at
a time those whom the very closeness
and quietness and, privacy Influence
and effeet.
"Deep In tho vef-y roots of nature
nnd character the cleavage of this
difference lies. Guard it and humor
It as the choice and special gift to
you of power, as the Intimation and
J Indication to you of the lines by
I which to shape your lives. Truly as
j the boy Is father of the man so truly
the girl is mother of the woman. And
I have hope and confidence to think
that some such shaping nnd setting
as your womanhood has taken on lior'
will make and mold your womanhood
when you get out into the world.
"I cannot count it necessary and
perhaps it Is not wise for me to cau
tion you against the loudly shrlekod
call to give women the right to vote
and to be voted for. I am disposed
to think that the quiet and decent ap
peal of a few of the so-called suffra
gists will be so drowned in the sort
of holwllng dervish performance of
the so-called Suffragettes that they
will fall of any effect. At any rate,
the argument should bo addressed
rather to legislators than to you, ex
cept so far as one is Justified in say
ing here to you that your womanhood
will gain nothing by suffrage, and la
losing every day in Its dignity and Ita
true influence by the hysterical clam
or which Is employed In the pursuit
ef this chimera."
I power with conservatism and intelll
. gence.
"Many new things are proposed
' with regard to government nowadays
■ that require cool heads to consider,
1 to adopt or to reject. The street cor
i ner and the saloon are not as safe
forums as the farmer's fireside when
, public questions are acute.
"The coming millions that will
find homes on this hemisphere will
look to agriculture to feed and clothe
them. Manufacturing Industries will
exnect to be fed cheaply. Commerce
: will look to the soil for traffic. The
banker will look to the fields to give
life to enterprise and maintain the
i balance of trade, and the educated
farmer will be the wellsprlng of all
these movements."
lationahlpa.
that half a dozen aeroplanes in evil
hands could destroy London.
England has at last an aeroplane
that can fly, but It is a mystery that
has set the whole country wondering.
It flies only at night and it has been
seen at widely different places in thi
vicinity of Peterborough. NoDody
know* from whence H comes.
Stead has a sensational article In
the Mall affirming that in a short
time airships will destroy the cus
toms systems of Europe and obliter
ate the frontiers.
Remarkable Order Jut leaned
by the British Army Council.
London.-—The Army Council issues
a remarkable instruction concerning
the ma of the white flag in tutor*
campaigns In the new field service
regulations Just published for the
guidance of British officers.
It Is stated that ths recognition ot
a white flag In an enemy's position or
lines Is not obligatory on a command
i er. It should be disregarded In casea
where movements of troops or mate
rial are oarried oat under its protec
tion
Something to Do.
Don't allow your breeders to stand
around huddled up In a corner of the
hen house if you want fertile eggs.
Give them something to do. Make
them hunt their food in the litter. An
actlre hens Is worth a dosen inactive
ones In the breeding pen.—Farmers'
Home Journal.
Gasoline Engine.
What do you know about the prac
tical working of the gasoline engine
for plowing and seeding operations?
Some farmers seem to think it is the
coming plan on large farms. Exper
iments hkve been tried for complet
ing the operation of plowing, harrow
ing and seeding at one operation by
hitching the different implements be- I
hind the gasoline engine. We would
like to have photographs and de
scription of such outfits. Epito
n'Ut
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The IToofs of A nlmnls.
The hoofs of animals are constant
ly growing. When they walk aroupd
on the ground the sand, stones and
other hard surfaces wear the hoofs
away enough to keep them in normal
cofiitlon, but stabling cattle with
other animals and keeping them for
months on soft straw gives the hoofs
an opportunity to grow because they
get very little wear. It is often nec
essary to give them attention with a
paring outfit along this time of the
Vear. —Bpltomist.
Potato or Hill Onion.
This onion Is becoming piore of a
favorite each year because of Its abil
ity to withstand the severe colds of
the winter, and Its freedom from tho
ravages of the "onion maggot." Sets
planted in the fall produce market
able bulbs In lato June or early July,
Just at the time the market Is bare
of fresh Btock, and therefore bring a
desirable price. Tho large bulbs
planted In the spring make «ets by
l tho fall, thus making It necessary for
the onion grower to save mature
bulbs for spring planting, In order
lo keep up his supply of sets. The;
matured bulbs sliould be stored in
thin layers in n dry, well ventilated
place.—Farmers' Homo Journal.
Potatoes Under Straw.
I have a big pile of straw and would
like to use it on potatoes. Please ex
;• plain how It la (lone. What do I do
lifter plowing and harrowing the
ground? A. F. S.
Plant the potatoes In pieces, cut In
the usual way, two or three eyes to
the piece, about fifteen Inches apart
In rows thirty inches apart, pressing
Into the ground slightly. Then cover
with straw, two oi' three inches deep.
1* covered too deep they may rot.
If the season happens to be a wet
•ne there Is danger of rotting even
With light covering, and here is per
haps the principal objection to this
taethod. It Is Just the plan for dry
101 l or a dry summer.—lndiana Far
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lleets For Stock.
Heels and mangels are greatly rec-
Jmmended by seedsmen. We r&lsed
lome mangels some few years ago;
the stock liked them only fairly well.
We never raised any more until last
teason, when we conceived the idea
to raise some of the half sugar, stock
beets, to try, our main object being
to have them for our brood sows
when pumpkins gave out.
We planted these In rows about
thirty Inches apart for conveniences
in cultivating. We worked the soil,
which was naturally rich. Into very
good shape; as we had no seed drill
we drilled them in by band and cov
ered shallow by hand.
The first cultivation was tedious
with hoe and fin gen but- they grew
fast, and made a fine lot of beets for
the small patch we had in. The sea-
Bon though was so dry they probably
only got half size; after two or three
sharp freezes we pulled them out and
"ricked" them up on a naturally well
drained spot, covered with a layer of
straw, then dirt; we opened one end
a few days back and they are in fine
shape. The horses and sows went for
them in grand style. We never tried
the other stock on them. I believe
they will prove profitable.—Abraham
Bros., in the Indiana Farmer.
To Save the Early Pigs.
At least two points are important
In saving the early pigs that are
quite generally neglected. The first
is to keep the pigs from chilling im
mediately after , birth. One method
which has been fouhd effective on our
farm la to have" a bushel basket by" a
warm Are at the house and as the
pigs are born put them into a smaller
basket, cover them up warm and car
ry them to the basket at the fire. If
It is in the night tt meant a whole
night's work. This Is kept up until
the sow is through farrowing. The
piga we kept In the basket antil they
are dry and warm through and i
through, and ready for something to i
eat. By this time the sow will have
become Quiet. Then they are carried 1
to their mother, and see that they 1
get something to eat. If it is a very i
cold time the sow should be in warm i
and comfortable quarters, or else the ]
pigs will chill, no matter how .well i
they are dried and warmed at the
start. But a pig that is dry, warm
and fed can stand a good dcpl of cold.
Another method that we have tried
successfully Is to have a tub in the
pen and have a gallon Jug full of hot
water in it, and as fast as the pigs
are dropped put them into the tub
and cover It over with an old horse
blanket. In an hour or two, or as
eoon as they are all dried off well,
put them with their mother.
The second important point that is
too often neglected is the protection
of the young pigs from injury by the
mother. To do this we nail narrow,
planks around the pen, one on each
side, Ave or six inches from the
ground and eight or ten inches from
j the wall of tile pen. These planks
keep the sow from laying down
against the sides of the pen and the
pigs are not nearly so liable to bt
mashed. —lndiana Farmer.
Do Roots Poison the Soil"
No one knows so well as the prao
tlcal farmer how rapidly a naturally
fertile soil may be exhausted by cul
tivation. In this country, the tobacco
lands of Virginia afford an example
of this rapid decline In fertility. The
abandoned New England farm 3, too,
help to illustrate the effects produced
by the constant cultivation of the
same fields. Land that once yielded
crops as If by magic now requires an
artificial preparation before it will
reward the farmer for bis strenuous
labor in the field.
Sir Oliver Lodge, the eminent Eng
lish scientist, Is reported to have ex
pressed his belief In the theory of
tho poisoning of the cultivated lands
of the world. The advocates of this
theory believe that the systematic ro
tation of crops Is needless. They be
lieve that It Is impossible to exhaust
the ground by a crop, as the food sup
plies in the soil are too great to ad
mlt of such a result. Other causes,
therefore, must underlie the failure
of a crop to what was once fertile
soil, and, according to the believers
in the theory, this failure Is due to
root poisoning. According to the
poisoning theory a crop does not do
so well when it Immediately
another of tho same sort because It
excretes an active poison which h de
structive of Its own germs. Artifi
cial measures • e recommended not
so much as a food for the plant as a
remedy against these root poisons.
Very thorough Investigation has,
however, recently been carried out at
Rothamsted, perhaps the most scien
tific farm In the world, which tends
to show that adherents of the poison
ing theory have not yet succeeded in
fully proving their case. If this the
ory be true, manure, in the true
sense, will no longer be necessary, but
something to destroy the poisons ex
creted by the plants will serve a more
useful purpose. As the root poison
Is admitted to exist in small quanti
ties only, the treatment of land by
any new process looking to this end
should be much cheaper than under
the present system ol .fertilization.—«
Philadelphia Record.
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" """ * Farm Notes. * *
Separate good, rich creatn, then
churn It at a lower temperature.
Milk 1b used raw, while most other
food products are cooked In some
way. The very fact that milk Is a
raw food should stimulate those en
gaged In Its production to the greatest
possible care.
Never put warm cream and cold
cream together. Use separate cans,
Don't say you can't afford it. You are
In the dairy business every day in
the year. If conducted properly
there Is money enough In it to buy all
tho necessHry tools.
Milk may be unclean and unfit for
use from either Internal or external —
causes. The cow may be diseased or
the surroundings and the utensils
may be dirty. Trouble may come
from disease in the families of work
men engaged about the premises.
Epidemics of scarlet fever have been
traced to this source.
A quart of milk is said to be equal
In nutrition to a pound of beefsteak.
It is also said to be equal to two
pounds of bread. A pound of steak
costs anywhere from ten to thirty
cents, according to the cut and the
market. Two pounds of bread cost
usually from ten to twelve cents. Why
should milk sell for less than bread
or beefsteak?
Milk and cream take up odors and
taints from unclean vessels in which
they may be placed, or from any sub
stance emitting an odor. They are .-]
easily spoiled and made unwhole
some for food if any dirt or filth gets ,/l
Into them, or if they are covered up
tight so that the fresh air does not
get to them - to'remove the odors and |
gases which may be forming in them.
Good butter contains from twelve
to fifteen per cent, of water. Some I
butter makors try to increase the
weight by increasing the moisturfg
content. This method is not honest
snd it is not good policy. Such work j
is characterized as fraudulent. At- p
tempts are being made to regulate it i
by law, In fact, some authorities
claim that the pure food law as it
now stands covers it.—From "Dairy !
Notes," in the Agricultural Bplto
mist. -• j