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15 1 D ll 1 1 If! Jko it N 5 $I.OO a Year, In Advance. FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." Single Xopy 5 Cents, V VOL. X VI. PLYMOUTH, N, C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1906. NO. 48 r JJi 4 EN. GEORGE WASHING- )& T0N lie(1 December 14, itv'J. at ms sear, - .jiouiu Vernon." Ills body was placed In the old family vault on the estate tbree days subsequently. For many years there were- memorial services in churches on the anniversary of his death, but it passes now unnoticed the happier anniversary his natal day being alone remembered. Recently I was one of a party- chatting at a gen tleman's bouse, in which there were Hire noted physicians: and surgeons of the city. The conversation drifted to the subject of Washington's death and its causes, ultimate and immediate, the sum total of which was interesting, but rather sensational as shaped by iXtZZZ Vjn ,1L.?M Vu8sv rt c? a,.y- j2ij-xxjctrirT'''--r 4 t r- ' L i i-oui u wood cuu u HVASIIKNUTON DELIVERING HIS ' INAUGURAL ADDRESS FROM TUB OLD CUT HALL, NEW YORK, APIfJL,- 1780. the views of the gentlemen learned in medical practice,, for the keynote was "Washington's death was a plain. case of homicide." "Yes. I cannot view it otherwise. Washington's death was :nothing less than homicide, and were 1 to treat a patient as Washington was treated. I wouJd not be surprised to be brought before a Coroner's Jury or even a Grand Jury nud liave a true bill of criminal malpractice made out against inc. The only mitigating circum stances in my favor In the case, would be unintentional wrong-doing and ig- m$mmmmMi c SltlllBIISI TnB RED lN WHICH -1 .'.. norance of my profession. I can easily imagine District Attorney Graham, with his great chest tones, outlining the case to a jury on my trial: 'Here was a man of remarkably sturdy, ro bust build, of massive frame, in height six feet three and one-half inches, weighing over 200 pounds, only sixty eight years old, without an hereditary disease, coming of a long-lived family of farmers; iu every way large, -powerful and healthy ' " "No, not perfectly healthy," Interrupt fHL some one. "He lost his teeth early; ;I troublesome abscess in his jaw 'bone r.nd was'subject to lumbago and. rlienraatisiu?' ' ' :.' ' "Well, generally in perfect health; who caught a cold by 'beiiyj dut'.In n sleetstorm in which- no alarming symptoms were developed, and only i evinced itself by hoarseness jjpd diffl j culfy of breathing thiouglvhis nostrils. You all know what kind of a 'cold 1 tave in mind. The deceased's pri vate secretary, Who will give you n clear understanding of what happened in his knowledge and presence, will state that Washington on retiring to bed appeared to be in perfect health, excepting the cold and hoarseness, which he, the deceased, considered trifling, and which he made light of, as he' would never take anything to carry off a cold, always observing, 'Let it go as it .came.' In the morning he was no better, .being 'stopped up and his throat sore. Ills' family was sur prised and worried: and -here is where the doctor began his nefarious mal practice, as 1 will show by intelligent teachers of the practice of medicine. Let us follow his procedure and prac tice: . "1. A mixture of molasses, vinegar and butter was given him to gargle. "2. The artery in his forearm was opened, and the -patient-.bled and a half pint of blood taken. i "3 Throat bathed externally with a liniment. "4. His feet soaked in hot water. "5. A blister of cantharldis put on his throat. ' ' ' "u . ' "G. More blood taken from him. and a blister administered. ' . , "7. Inhaled hot vinegar vapor. "8. Gargle of sage tea and vinegar given. , "9. .More blood taken; 11 o'clock a. m. "10. More blood taken; 3 o'clock p. m. . Ran slowly and very thick. . "11: Calomel 1 and tartar emetic given; "4 p. in. . WASHINGTON ...DIED. 1 ' "Patient at' 4.30 was so weak he asked for his two wills. Destroyed one and said: 'I find I am going. " "At T.30 p. m. the patient said to the doctor, 'I feel myself going. You had better not take any more trouble about me, but let me go off quietij-. I cannot last long. ,The great, strong man was exhausted by the frequent draughts of bis blood, and felt 'blue.' "32. Lllisters applied to his legs, S p. tn. . ' "From this time he . aopeared to breathe will less difficulty than be had done, as his secretary will state; but nothing .was done to counteract the effects of. the loss of so much blood, and at 10 p. in. he said: "I am going. Have me decently buried, and do not let my body be put into the vault in less than two days after I am dead. Do you understand me?' he asked the secretary, who replied he did. and the great man uttered his last words: ' 'Tis well,' and died a few minutes af teiwards. "About ten, minutes before he ex pired his breathing became much eas ie, but be was exhausted, his vitality. l .1 ..vil his life's blood gone, and he was a vic tim of phlebotomy. He bled to death! and then the District Attorney would expatiate on the horrors of the case andfisk for a verdict in accord with the evidence he would produce, and so forth, until I seem to be now awaken ing from a horrid nightmare while 1 think of it. How a man in tbe vigor of his manhood, with every possibility of his living a score of years more at end dying a violent death by the criminal ignorance of his physicians least, had been hurried to his untimely after a single day's illness." The doctor ceased speaking, but no one dissented from his opinion, and shortly we separated. Whether tbe others ever again thought of the im aginary, homicide case the doctor had drawn, it made quite an impression on me, and "Washington was bled to death," "Washington died a victim of malpractice," runs in my head yet. General Washington's private secre tary, Tobias Lear, made notes of the occurrences of the last illness of his chief, writing them on t,he Sunday fol lowing his death, which occurred Sat urday night, December 14. between the hours of 10 and 11. He states that the General on Thursday, 12th, rode out to his farms about 10 o'clock and did not return home till past 3 o'clock. Soon after he went out the weather became very bad, rain and hail and snow falling alternately, with a cold wind. When he came in his neck ap peared to be wet and snow was hang ing on his hair. He went to dinnet without changing bis clothes. In the evening he appeared as well as usual. On Friday, the 13th. a heavy fall" of snow took place, which prevented the General from riding out. Anyway, he caught a slight cold and buried him-, self in his study, when he wrote his last letter. His principal physician in attendance was Dr. Cruik, an old friend and ex army surgeon. He was Ifs'slsted in his heroic treatment of the patient by Dr. Gustavus R. Brown, of Port Tobacco. Md., and Dr. Dick: so there were plen ty of medical talent present in the sick room. On the last day the General made a brave struggle with death," for at S o'clock in the morning he got up and was dressed and sat by the lire for two hours, and at 5 o'clock in the afternoon he sat bythe fire for an hour, but was too weak to talk, so what he himself thought of liis treatment lias not come down to us. On Sunday, December 13, the coffin was ordered from Alexandria, the measurement of the body sent being: In length, six feet three and, one-half inches exact. Across the shoulders, one foot nine inches exact. 1 Across the elbows; two feet one inch exact. , Mr. Lear says he paid Dr. Dick and Dr. Brown $40 each for their services, "whiclCium Dr. Cruik advised" as very 'proper." About '12 o'clock Saturday night the body was taken down stairs and laid out in the large room, and on Tuesday was placed in the coffin a mahogany one, lined with lead and on Wednes day. 18th, at 3 p.- m.. the interment took place, with modest military and Ma sonic ceremonies. On Monday "meas ures were taken to make provision for the refreshment of a large number of people," and after depositing the body in the vault, "all then returned to the house and partook of some refresh ment, the remains of the provision were distributed among the blacks." Washington was not buried with the military honors due his rank, nor was the funeral attended by any represen tative of the. Government. Seven colonels acted as pall bearers, and "the' friends of the family" were its neigh- j bors. The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Davis L rM&S'i'ISi? -X3';fe-tf&& - read the Episcopal burial service, and the Masons performed their ceremon ies, so, aside from the slight display of the Alexandria militia, the funeral was that of au unostentatious person. AT WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS RICHMOND. Very well known are the buildings of Philadelphia, Germantown and vicin ity which have associations with Gen eral George Washington. Less familiar is the "Washington's Headquarters House," the oldest buifding in Rich mond, Va., and sometimes called the Old Stone House. This was built in 1737, according to local authorities, and is said to have often sheltered Patrick Henry, George Washington, Jefferson, Monroe and Madison, besides the. Marquis de Lafayette and others who were prominent in the early strug gles to achieve liberty for this Nation. The Headquarters House stands on Main street, between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets. WKSliliiertiiii's Jinny Pew. It is hardly conceivable that George Washington could have remained the richest man in America had he paid rent for all the church pews accred ited to him. Scarcely a village that had a church in his day but points with pride now to the Washington fam ily pew. It is true, however, that he had much need of the invocation of spiritual grace, for when he lost con trol of a temper, never very mild, as he did at Trenton and other places, he was quite capable of swearing a vol ley of good, round oaths, says a Pitts burg paper. By 4he way, is a man morally re sponsible for profanity, say, occasioned under stress of great excitement, such as may occur while commanding troops in battle? One of the purest and most devout men we ever knew was a Bap tist deacon, who was a lieutenant-colonel in the Civil War who always' went into battle praying, and who" prayed fervently when the ' battle .'was over, but who lost his religion absolutely while the battle was on, and would swear as loud and as fiercely as any trooper in Flanders. The man's sin cerity could not be questioned, for most men prayed when he stopped praj-ing and flopped praying when he started: ' A IVnBlimgton Letter. A' firm of toViacco manufacturers in Bristol, EngUrnd, has a letter from George Washington to the firm 150 years ago, while the Fatherof His Coun try was a grower of tobacco. It ruus as follows: "Virginia, 23th November, 1759. Gentlemen. Some time this week I expect to get on board the 'Cary' for your house fifty hogsheads of tobacco of my own and Jno. Parke Custis's, which please to insure in the usual manner. I shall also by the same ship send you ten or twelve hogsheads more if I can get them on board in time; but this, I believe, will be im practicable, if Captain Tulman uses that dispatch in loading which he now has in Ids power to do. I am, gentle men, your most obedient, humble ser vant. G. Washington." lII f SOUTHERN :ri: TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANTER. STOCKMAN ANO TRUCK GROWER, Feeding the Dairy Cow. There are two common 'mistakes made in feeding cows; first, not feed ing liberally enough; second, feeding a ration not properly balanced. It has been found by experiment that about sixty per cent, of what a cow can eat is necessary to merely maintain fcer without producing any milk; or gaining in weight. This being true, it Is evident that it is not economy to feed only a little more-than this sisty per cent, needed to keep up the cow's body. Below are given balanced rations that will furnish the materials neces sary to produce milk in about the rigbt proportions. By ,the term "rations" Is meant the feed for twenty-fourhours. If a cow will not give a good flow of milk in the early part of the milkliisF period when fed. a liberal amount these rations, it indicates that she is not adapted by nature' to; ;be a dairy" animal, and should be disposed of. The amounts given are considered about right for a cow giving from twenty to twenty-five pouuds of milk per day. For heavy milkers these rations are to be increased and reduced for lighter milkers. In making tip these rations it is designed that the cow be given practically all .of the roughness she will eat and then suSicient graia is, added to furnish the necessary amount of di gestible material. 1. Clover hay, twenty pounds; bran, five pounds; corn, six to .eight pounds, 2. Clover hay, twenty pounds, oats, four to five pounds; corn, sii'to eight pounds. 3. Clover hay, twenty pounds; corn and cob meal, eight to ten pounds gluten or cottonseed meal, two pounds. 4. Alfalfa or cowpea hay, fifteen to twenty pounds: corn, ' nine -to twelve pounds. o. Airaira or cowpea nay, ten pounds; corn stover, ten pounds; corn eight to ten' pounds,,urrnd bran, two pounds. Professor C. H. Eckels, of Missouri Agricultural College. Roughness l'or 11 ef Making. During the past winter an interest ing experiment with sixty head of beef cattle w:as -conducted at the Expert ment Station. The twenty . cattle fed silage made an average gain of 1.46 pound per head per day; the twenty cattle fed timothy hay, 1.10 pound per head per day, and the twenty cattle fed shredded corn 6tover, .97 pound per head per day. There was thus a difference of one-third to one-half pound of gain per head per day in favor of the silage fed cattle. The sliage fed cattle finished off the best and showed more quality than, the others, and in any discriminating mar ket would have brought a considerably higher price. The strong prejudice against using silage for the winter feeding of beef cattle is hard to under stand, for-it has-been fully demon strated that silage fed cattle will. kill out quite 'as well a's the dry fed cattle, and the meat'Js, generally speaking, of superior quality, whereas, the silage was all. eaten up, 13.5 of the stover and 4.1G per cent, of the hay was wasted. . The gains show that the cattle fed were not of a satisfactory quality.- In previous experiments ..a pound of gain has been made for. a consumption of three to four pounds of grain. The silage fed. cattle in. this test consumed G.54 pounds of gfai".faV- a pound, of gain; -the stover fed'ttrttle 11.18 pounds, or, afcout twice-as much,' and the hay fed cattle. 8.99. pounds, or'; 2.43 pounds more per head than the silage fed cattle- With better br.ed animals 'l'ed'in' previous'exeriments, the average "gain per head per day has often been 2.1S paupds. thro.ugh.lhe six months' feeding period, .which again testifies to the unsatisfactory quality of the animals fed in this test. An drew M. Soufe, Director,- Virginia' Ex periment Station, Biacksburg. Feeding Dalrj'Cowi, The Kentucky Experiment Station has published a superior bulletin en titled, "Feeding Dairy eXrjy- It gives the result of . experiiaeBjts ,that -affect various dairy question, -and is sunn marized as. follows: . . . 1. Select cows of dairy type. While pure bred "dairy "Animals will bring a higher price, they will also tend more to reproduce the dairy -type and" are" therefore recommended. . . ... 2. Take a strict account of" tin? cost of milk and butter from each individu al cow of the herd, so'that'tha uriprof-" itable ones may be culled out. 3. Exercise and pu -e air are very essential to the best results from milch cows,, but . exposure fo severe weather, e-sptcially cold rains; should be avoided.' - '. ' 4. Feed to get the largest amount of milk with profit, The, j-ieid o'f milk and thereby the yield of butter.-is.. greatly influenced by the amount and character of the feed, the percentage 1 of fat remaining fairly constant. " ' 5. Increase the amount and the . icngn oi me eeason or pastures, for : FA RM fOTES. they represent profitable gains in dairy ing. ' 6. Good roughness is essential in dairying, and the more palatable these foods may be, the more of the higher priced grain feeds they will replace. Of our coarse feeds grass, corn silage, alfalfa and vlqver hay rank high. 1 7. Study the profits in grain feeding in order to" avoid giving more grain than the Value of the resulting in creased yield- Our leading grain ra tion is a combination of ground corn and br"an This ration may under some circumstance's be 'bette-ed or cheap ened by Ithe addition of certain by -products cf .cereal find oil mills. Grow Kape For Pasture Rape ia not used, as much in the South as "it 'should be. It would af , foul succulent pasture throughout the cooler portion of Ubjxar'.iii the jpice belt and would be of. sreat. help to stock especially- sheep. '" Experiments by ProfesW&r; Craig at the Iowa ExperT iment Station sJjqw that one acre of well grown 'rdpe'ls worth 2600 pound of the mixtrxe of two-thirds corn and one-third, shorts by weight. The exper iments w:ere carried on" for two years with two 'lots' of pigs. One lot grazed the rapeahcf received the grain mix ture, while the other received only,j the grain. For producing gain in hogs one acre of rape Is- wor h f orty-r six bushel's of corn,. Professor Craig adds that "the hogs receiving the rape were thr4f tlor atflT-rrfade more rapid! ; gains from a heavy feeding of grain'., after. being removed, from Ihe". rape, ', than did those that had received gram -only. ' They were unusually strong and ac-. five on their legs after having been :: fed grain for twelve weeks. Twenty-1 eight hogs averaging 210 pounds when rape feeding ended, were pen fed twelve weeks on grain, at the end of which time they averaged 340 pounds.' This is a gain of a little over a pound and a half per day for three months.' The rice farmer cannot hope to pro duce forty-six bushels of corn regular- ' ly per acre. But he can grow rape and one acre of rape Is worth forty-sir bushels of corn fr -hog "feed. More rape I will mean mare; hogs, cheaper-4g!fcifi.r: healthier hogs, much more profit froa Iwgs. .- . . ." " ; , " V , Burn. 'Weed Seeds. ..... -A.' ' f Someone' who knew what he was talking-about said. Destroy aserpelSf m while it is la the egg. If he ha'd beea talking abou weedsi no 'doubt h" would have said, Destroy weeds .while 4 . .... they are in the -seed. At this season . there is spare time that should, beused , in cleaning the farm of weeds-. They;' are along the Feve'ds and Teiices.' Thf y. ..- -. . are in "almost eTery .negited twaer.'V" - of the farm. Many of 'them have uiou- " , sands of seeds for each one. To permit them to remain standing, - so that every passing wind- can'shatter . . ' and spread the seed,. is 4o. sit idly. by; and watch the trouble growing, troa- . ble that could now be easily turned ,..' aside. During the dry weather a' wag-' on and team could be used to hau r - straw from the stack to weed patches." By. placing a foundation of straw on -.'.. dry place and piling the weeds pU.' It, fiije will soon destroy all.the-f.fjsds, . are, must be used not to. shatter the ?eeds-on the land. , Some of the weeds ave; dropped part or all of their seeds; , tout hi case of doubt use the tire cure. ' . It 'never fails to accomplish its pury; !ose." .... ..-:;;.. . . . Objection may be raised that this . . .r work wilUa-cuire sdmeimP;- o-netr jyive that-iobjectioui-'to 'nltfcu- 'weight: " ' ';t Time is not v-ry valuable jWflfc'': r. ". farms just' iiqw- tuA an 1 ereiie'' ,."' workman can dispose of many noxious ' seeds 'to a short tlmV: Tri ' iifi-as' ' there is more time.vnow . to destroy, seeds than there will be . during th e busy season. ' ireeMlng Hogs For Fronr ' A series of experiments by the Mis souri Agricultural College show"''tba farmers who fatten hgs.tUis-faliia.,vi;t ' add linfirly fifty per. oent to tbe vaitfa " o"f their corn by -feeding- linseed'rrietfl '."- with It in proportion; by Veighf; df TfiVe fefl aitfne. Is-rorth fo'rtj-' .ta forty-eight cents when fed with lin--,eed meal. For this purpose 'the cbru"' may be gx-Qiind or,.sfceJled. '.U',' It is necessary to siiQplpmeBt . cora; in- seni such manner owing to the fact that it is deiic'ient in -protein oris " I of -the - essential elements of pork pro- parts, corn to one pltTt nrejfr That is to " sa-, corn worth thirty ' feu ts" peF bushel when fed 'aicmtf Is ' rortll f ortvfive ' .every tissue 'of the, b6di .and .is -the ' ' principal element ofUau-'meafCjom -gi furnishes the. mineral, mAtteV.. f& -.tbfe-i.-banes, fend, the starch, gtignr-' and fatl- .-" -,i4heKoiULCa:lfat aa be;9-.ah".'-. - - tenance or the r.tttji -wocry," -bfrr tt ' does not furnish, tbe protein-, essential to the tissues. It becomes necessary, therefore, to supply "this through som other food.