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If ASHIXGTON. Senator, Luke Lea
1 of Tennessee is congratulating
iself upon having turned the ta
fs pn his colleague, Senator William
Webb. When Mr. Webb found
jhself suddenly lifted from the presi
iicy of a disciplining school for boys
ja seat, in the greatest legislative
ly in the world he sent for Mr.
t, who, while still a young man, al
rJy is a veteran in legislation. He
;-ited advice from the man of Wash
jton experience as to how he should
fduct himself upon his first appear
I e in the senate.
Itr. Lea complied most willingly,
Ing the professor-senator that he
aid wear a Prince Albert coat,
:en his necktie down in the back,
w himself , to be escorted to the pre
eg officer's desk by his colleague,
how, then, he must shake hands
,'i the president pro tempore,
rhat," said Mr. Lea by way of final
ark, "is the formula for becoming
)l!s of the Immortal Orators Are Still Unclouded
j the boys still "speak pieces"
F Friday afternoons in school? Do
still shatter the atmosphere with
t diabolical oratorical dynamics as
created when the schoolboy mind
ps the full power of "Somebody
he Gladiators?" Do they still re
; "Abou Ben Adhem?" Is "The
net 'of Navare" still held up as
,)riflimme of a host of mailed bat
ise artists upon the pleasant lands
ranee?. Is Webster's reply dead?
-the rolls of the immortal orators
rilk-hat generation clouded over
the dust of an unappreciative
lolboy generation? Or do they
tiEtn as we used to while that
fdest of teachers, Charles Bedford
I
cause if they do here's a piece
a real orator. It fell from the
of one of the most interesting
in congress, Judge Adamson of
ia. He is the man who is said
ave dressed in a whirlwind and
jr to have rearranged his toilet,
he typhoon interfered not a whit
I his wit or speech. Just imagine
ire a schoolboy, the prize speaker
1 at Friday afternoon class in ora
I the punch and ginger, couldn't
ear the air if you had this? Try
i maledictions mean hatred the
h. denunciations of the dual and
parous minority in this house
destroy every patriot here and
Wheels of
2 of the big hotels was crowded
': ith women and girls. It was one
le numerous excursions which
S down on Washington in the
in the summer. In the autumn
-n the winter. These excursions
I great educational aid to the ex
Imist. They see the wheels of
J nment go round, they exercise
I proprietary rights in the na
il city, they get a better balanced
Hf the magnitude of the American
nment and of the machinery of
'nment. and they strengthen their
in Washington.
J , while one, and also many, of
Jotels were packed tight with
j woman excursionists, and while
lerks behind the office counter
; boutonniers and happy smiles.
I their sweetest and showed
; best manners ,and their best
. -s, the young man at the cigar
'ital Wayside Signs
I ot the changes that has come
ver the roads around Washing
! the decline in the number of
ie signs the advertisements of
o, clothing, lumber, etc., which
I once the custom to tack on
and trees. Once upon a time
de trees were tagged with tin
announcing that it was ten
to John Doe's store, the best
'o buy hats, caps, shoes, shawls,
j is, lumber, lime and hardware.
into the city a mile farther on
mild se the same character of
mounting that it was now nine
to John Doe's store. Of course
oe's store was not the only
Jvertised by these mile signs on
and fences. Many other
were thus advertised, and then
t dI Af general advertising
t f : n lecal establishments
' w" trevs arul fences, and
m -. . Lt in uxa'iy kinds of p-
iainn the
mum
U. S. Senator Luke Lea
a senator after you get to Washing
ton." Mr. Webb was profuse in his
thanks. Indeed his thanks partook of
the nature of an apology.
"You would not apologize to me if
you only knew Avaht delight you have
given me," responded the younger
ma. Then he told his new colleague
how during all the years of his school
life he had lived in dread of being
sent to the Webb school.
"It is one of the best schools in
the south," he said in explanation,
"and the professor has the reputation
of being the finest disciplinarian in
the country for boys. When I was a
youngster I was not looking especially
for discipline, but my father had dif
ferent views, and many times was on
the verge of sending me to Professor
Webb to be straightened out. This
fate was the dread of my life.
"And .that," he added, "is the rea
son why I felt so delighted to aid him
with a bit of advice about his initia
tion into the senate. When it really
came to the point of his sending for
me and asking me to instruct him I
knew that at last, I had reached the
period of life where I need not longer
stand in fear of being sent to Profes
sor Webb for discipline. I had the
best of him. and I felt really meanly
triumphant."
permit the return to po-r.er of that
horde which has held high carnival of
misrule discrimination and robbery
with short, intermissions and slight
hindrance for fifty years That gal
lant old king, warrior, priest and poet,
the Psalmist David, said in his wrath,
'All men are liars.' As it was easy
for him to get forgiveness, I have
no doubt he was forgiven for that un
kind remark, but if he had lived in
this day and familiarized himself with
the jargon of protection apologists he
would have been able to conclude in
his sober judgment that some men in
high places are careless about their
information and reckless about their
statements. ,He might have been
tempted to sing in the sweetest
strains of sacred verse his religious
opinions about the heterophemy of
discredited politicians, the dissensions
of divided political camps quarreling
over the method of their destruction
while railing at the victors and in
dulging in the wildest flights of hyper
bolical language, Selah."
the Government Go Round
and newsstand looked pensive and un
occupied. -
"You don't seem to be selling many
nickel cigars for 10 cents this even
ing?" said the Rambler.
"Man, the ladies may have adopted
many manly traits and notions, but
they have not yet as a class -become
heavy smokers. I have some sensa
tional newspapers on my stand which
publish Sunday articles about how wo
men have become enslaved to the cig
arette and to Lady Nicotine and all
that, but If I depended on their trade
I would be as hard up as those gentle
men who sit around this hotel office
every evening and discuss, million-dollar
deals. With this house full of fair
guests my trade Is confined to the
sale of United States postage stamps
and one-cent stamps, at that. You
perhaps know that the profit on the
sale of postage stamps is not large.
"The ladies God bless 'em do not
even buy from me the post cards, on
which they put the stamps. These ex
cursionists get loaded up with Wash
ington post cards on the trains coming
into Washington. When they reach
here they have nothing to do but
write on these cards 'I wish you were
here," address a bunch of them, buy
the stamps from me, and incidentally
get all my small change."
Are Fast Disappearing
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tent medicines, chewing and smoking
tobacco and red liquors.
It used to be quite a business, the
tacking up of these signs. Men and
wagons traveled up and down the
country roads carrying on this work.
They not only tacked up signs for one
business concern, but would carry
"side lines," as It were, or a wagon
load of tin signs advertising other,
though not competing, wares. This
srork i3 going on today, but in a much
smaller way.
THE $40,000 CAII
HOT BE DIVIDED
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THE MONEY MUST BE SPENT ON
ONE ROAD OR CONTINUOUS
SECTION.
SO SAYS P. 0. DEPARTMENT
The Ruling Comes From Washington
as to How the Federal Appropria
tion For the "Sample" Road Must
be Used in This State.
Raleigh. Points of the conrpass,
sectional pride, or even ths voice of
the governor will not be determining
factors for cause of distribution of
the Federal appropriation of $40,000
for road building in .North Carolina,
to be equally distributed on three dis
tinct pieces of highways in the east,
west and central sections as was
once planned. A communication from
the postoffice department at Wash
ington to the executive department
here thwarts all plans so deemed, and
makes this provision for the appropri
ation of the fund for road building,
that "one road or a continuous section
of fifty miles in length on which one
or more rural delivery routes are ii
operation."
"For," continues the letter to the
governor authorizing that the funds
are to be centered on one piece of
highway, "to divide the Federal al
lotment, and the state's contribution
into several portions for the improve
ment of a number of disconnected
roads would not produce the results
desired."
This information. Issued direct
from the postoffice Separtment in
Washington, 'which together with the
agricultural department, has in charge
the expenditure of this money, will
have a tendency to throw a damper
on more than one section of North
Carolina that had already pictured an
improved highway running "by its
very door. Likewise win the news
cut short the flood of petitions from
almost every community tf the state
to the governor letfuesting prayer
fully that he remember their section
when the fund was distributed. Al
ready in fact ever since the news -war
flashed from the national capitol that
North Carolina was to Teceive federal
aid in road building, towns In the
east, west and throughout Piedmont
Carolina have been active In bringing
all pressure possible to Bear on Gov.
Craig to kindly remenber them when
the distribution of tne 540,000 "was
made.
Tree Infection in Guilford.
A tree infection, known as the
chestnut tree bark disease, or Wight,
which attacks and destroys chestnut
trees and which spreads with mar
velous rapidity over large terrrtoriee,
has been discovered jo Guilford coun
ty and an agent of the United States
department of agriculture, working in
association with the officers of the
North Carolina agricultural experi
ment station, has been in the country
for the past two weeks investigating
the infection and fighting it.
Culture of Corn in State.
The management of the Charlotte
Fair Association is determined to do
all in its power to promote the cul
ture of corn not only n Mecklenburg
county but in the state- of North Caf
ollina, as well. To this end, a num
ber of prizes in the form of cups, cash
donations and eertificaxes win be Is
sued, not only at the approaching fair
but also each succeeding fair doubt
less during the period of existence of
the association.
To Emerge From Paoper Class.
Green county, according to a re
port from Snow Hill, bids fair shortly
to emerge from the pauper county
class. As a result ot the careful ad
ministration of affairs by its mode)
board of commissioners, Greene has
a balance of nearly twelve thousand
dollars in the county treasury from
a total tax income of $20,231, fr the
fiscal year just ended.
Cotton Crop Short in Greene.
According to a report from a reli
able source fully 25 per cent of the
cotton crop in Greene county has
been lost because of fclie present se
vera climatic conditions. The staple
had a poor "stand" before the heavy
rains came on, and now it Is rotting
in the ground In low spots from toe
much moisture and lack of sunshine.
The planters in some localities are
plowing up their cotton to replant in
corn - and other crops, and oa one
farm, 12 acre3 was treated in that
manner.
True Bill Against Sanders.
The grand jury la the federal court
returned a true bill against Editor
W. O. Sanders of The Down Homer,
Elizabeth City, charging him with a
violation of the postal laws in mailing
a recent edition of hla publication
contained an article headed "Blease
ought to be Shot," and specifying in
the article that It wa3 Governor Blease
of South Carolina, Following the re
turn of the true bill the case is order
ed transferred from this court to the
lerra of court at Elizabeth City, in
October. , .
POSITIONS FOR TAB HEELS
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Thoe Having Technical Knowledge
Gf Railroad Work May Take Civil '
Service Examination.
Raleigh. A special from Washing
ton states that. North Carolinians,
those having a technical knowledge
of railroad work being preferred, whe
wish to aid in making a physical valu
atioa of the railroads of the country
are invited to take the civtil service
examination and qualify themselves.
Examinations will be held at the
following places between July 21 and
July 23: Charlotte, Asheville, Dur
ham, Goldsboro, Greensboro, Raleigt
and Wilmington.
It is estimated by the interstate
commerce commission which is di
rected to make the investigation,
that the work will require three
years. After that a part of the fore
win be retained to keep the material
up to date.
The interstate commerce commis
sion, in connection with the physical
valuation of railroads will have to
malie quite a large number of ap
pointments with in the near future.
All of these positions are under the
civil service and will almost exclu
sively be filled by persons who have
had actual experience and technical
knowledge in connection ' with rail
road work.
The civil service commission has
announced examinations on July 21
for the following positions in conec-
tion with this service: senior civil en
glneer, senior structural engineer,
senior Inspector of car equipment,
senior electrical enifineer, senior
inspector of motive power, senior
railway signal engineer, senior me
chanical engineer, senior architect.
The examinations are only open to
males. Any one desiring to take
either of these examinations should
write to the Civil Service Commis
sion, Washington, for Form 2039.
NO BAD FAITH BY RAILROADS
Presidents of North Carolina Lines
Present Their Side of Road Con
troversy. Asserting that in their negotiations
with the legislative com mission in re
gard to freight rates in North Caro-
lina points they have acted in the best
of faith, the presidents of the rail
roads ; operating in North Carolina
have addressed a letter to W. C.
Dowd, editor of the Charlotte News,
giving a full history of the negotia
tions. The railroad presidents quote
the ful text of the agreement made
with the legislative commission on
February 26th and state that under
it they made a proposition embracing
substantial rate reductions but which
was not satisfactory to the commis
sion. The commission then made a
proposition which the railroads after
careful study concluded they could
not 'possibly accept and they gave
their reasons in full to the commis
sion In writing. As the commission
was not willing to accept what the
railroads offered and the railroads felt
that they could not accept the propo
sition of th commission, both sides
believing their position correct, there
was then an issue as to what was
just As the interstate commerce
commission is the only tribunal with
authority to deoide such questions
ught not Uhis issue, the railroad.
pveiiidvwts ask, be submitted to it. In
their letter to Mr. Dowd, the railroac"
presidents promise if this question i?
submitted to the interstate commerce
(Commission to co-operate in every
possible manner to expedite its hear
ing and to accept the commission's
decision, whatever it may be, with
out appeal.
Summer School Has Big Opening.
Three hundred and fifty teacherstu
dents, coming from every section oi
North Carolina, gathered in Gerrard
Hall recently to be present at thf
formal opening of the 1913 session of
the Summer School of the University
of North Carolina. Following the an
nounceraents by Director N. W. Walk
er, the summer school faculty outlin
ed briefly the work to be done in the
various courses, and themachinery o'
the school was set running. Director
Walker, in a brief address, empha
sized the opportunities presented b:
the school to the teachers for the so
lution of many of the problems In
cident to educational work.
Christian Endeavor Union.
With Greensboro for the conven
tion city in 1914, and Rev. Dr. A. D.
McClure, eminent Presbyterian min
ister, president; the fifteenth annual
convention of the Christian Endeavor
Unian of North Carolina, adjourned.
The convention fell upon the fiercest
weather of all that the union has ex
perienced in its many years of work
Rain in great abundance, attended by
a chill that belongs to Christmas, kept
the town people frightened away,
while Jthe visitors were considerably
fewerv
Intsrest in Tomato janning.
Interest In tomato canning has
been stimulated by the offer of prize?
aggregating $100 to be given by thf
Southern Hardware Company to clubs
of Mecklenburg county. Quality
quantity, variety, profit and -wrrlte-up
will be considered. The first prize
will be $15, the second a canning out
fit. the third a set of gardening tools
and the fourth a family scale. Prizes
will be offered for the best essays or
the subject, "How I orew My Tom.
tosa." There will be. thre district
prizes.
PRESS ASSOCIATION
WILL HOLD ANNUAL MEETING I
ASHEVILE IN THE NEAR
FUTURE.
ARRANGE THE PROGRAMME
A Meeting of the Executive Committee
of the Association Was Held In
Asheville Several Days Ago. Tenta
tive Program Given.
Concord. The annual meeting - of
the North Carolina Press Association
will be held in Asheville on Wednes
day and Thursday, July 23 and 24,
1913. A meeting of the executive com
mittee of the association, was held in
Asheville to arrange for. the pro
gram of the meeting. The following
Is ft tentative program:
Wednesday Morning, July 23, 90'clock
Address of welcome by mayor" of
Asheville. ' "
Response by Mr. James IL Cowan,
of the Wilmington Dispatch.
President's address. V
Address by Mr. A. E. Gonzales, of
the Columbia State.
Paper by members fc-f the association
and discussion thereon.
Wednesday Afternoon.
Trolley ride after which a ball
game will be witnessed. .
Wednesday Evening.
Dutch luncheon and concert on Lan-
green roof garden, Which is on "the
fifth floor of a six story building."
Thursday morning.
Meeting of association, with ad
dress by Gov. Craig, to be followed
by addresses, discussions, etc.
Thursday Afternoon and Night.
Theater party at the Majestic to be
followed by a dinner at the Grove
Park Hotel, and a reception at the
Battery Park.
On Friday the editorial party will
be taken to Waynesville to spend the
day.
The railroads of the state will make
the- usual exchange of transportation
for advertising. Write to the follow
ing .for transportation for yourseli
and one dependent member of your
family to use in attenflmg this meet
ing:
Southern Railway H. F. Cary, G. P.
A., Washington, D. C.
Seaboard Air Line H. S. Leard,
D. P. A., Raleigh, N. C.
Atlantic Coast Line T. J. White,
G. P. A, Wilmington, N. C.
Norfolk Southern W. W. Croxton,
G. P. A., Norfolk, Va.
Agents Visit Iredell Test Farm.
Statesvllle. A pa"ty of eight coun
ty farm demonstration agents operafr
ing in Western North Carolina nder
the direction of District Agent F. S.
Millsaps, of Statesville, visited the
Iredell test farm of the state depart
ment of agriculture, near - Statesville,
In company with" Mr, Millsaps. The
agents, who work under the auspices
of the national department of agricul
ture, put In their time at the state
farm familiarizing themselves with
the experiments being made there.
Many Postoffices Being Robbed.
Winton. The Winton postoffice was
broken into and robbed by parties
unknown. They secured and carried
away everything in. sight, including
money, stamps and quite a number, of
notes and mortgages and other secur
ities,' the private papers of the post
office. " The loot was complete and
successful evasion of detection was
made. No suspicion rests anywhere
except the robbery of postoffices in
th!s section for the past month has
become a sort of epidemic. Quite a
large number of offices have recently
been broken Into and robbed.
North Carolina Losing Interest.
Washington, D. C. North Carolina
fa losing Interest in converting depos
its in" government banks into postal
savings, banks, If the figures an
nounced by the postoffice department
are significant. Four men and three.
women in the state have applied for
bonds to the, amount of $1,480, while
last January 10 people applied for
$2,080 worth, a decrease of 28.8 per
cent.
Caldwell County Falls in Line.
Lenoir. Caldwell county and Le
noir have now fallen dn line with all
other progressive counties and towns
of, the state and organized a Just
Freight Rate Association to work in
co-operation with tht state associa
tion. Caldwell county is pre-eminently
a manufacturing county, and , per
haps no shippers . in ny county in
the state have felt the burden of un
just discrimination any more than
these manufacturers. At a mass
meeting the organization was perfect
ed and officers elected.
- Map of North Carolina.
Raleigh. A comparatively revised
railroad map of North Carolina has
just been received for distribution by
the North Carolina corporation com
mission, the first s'nee 1907. There
are "a number of new and very valu
able features. It enows with clear
demarcation all the steam and elec
tric railway Hne3 that have been
built or extended since the former
map was Issued, and shows the in
land waterway from Norfolk to Beau
fort and thence southward. The map
shows 2S0 miles of new railway lines.
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KEEP TAB ON CHICKS
Toe Marks Valuable Where Line
Breeding Is Worked.
Considerable Time and Labor In
volved, but It Pays Fancy Breed
er to Pedigree His Bird
and Eliminate Culls.
In practicing line breedings I use
trap nests in my breeding pens dup
ing the hatching season. If I wish tr
keep a record of the chicks from ln
dividual hens, each hen's eggs are set
under bantam hens. These little
midgets are just the things for this-
purpose, . as they will cover from
seven to ten eggs, so you can set
each, hen's eggs before they are toa
old.
After the chicks are hatched, each
brood is placed in separate coups
with runs attached, and when a
week old are toe-marked with a punch
made for the purpose, which can be
procured at any poultry supply house,
or a harness punch may be used,
writes Archie E. Vandervort of Dela
ware county, N. Ja the Farm and
Home. As will be seen by the dia
gram, a good many different marks
can be made. The coops are placed'
In convenient places about the farm
as far apart as possible, so if a chick
happens to get out of the yard it will
not mingle with the others.
After they are three or four
months old they are- leg-banded with
sealed bands and then are allowed to
run together. AH the band numbers
are carefully recorded, as well as the
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Punch Marks Between Toes.
way in which the toes were marked.
Of course, all this takes considerable
time, but to the fancy breeder it pay
to pedigree his birds, and he will have
less per cent of culls.
If you do your hatching in incuba
tors, you can get some pedigree trays
to place in the incubator, instead of
the regular trays. These are con
structed with compartments so that
the eggs can be kept separate, and
also the chicks hatched therefrom.
Before placing the chicks in the
brooder they are carefully toe
marked. '
GET EARLY LAYING PULLETS
First Egg From White Leghorn
Chicken at Four Months and Four
teen Days at Ohio College.
A single-comb White Leghorn pul.
let, that laid her first egg just four
months and fourteen days from tho
date of her hatching, is one of the re
sults of breeding for early maturity
obtained by the Ohio Agricultural
college. The usual age at which pul
lets begin laying is about six months.
This extraordinary fowl was one of a
group of 720 that were hatched at th
same time. Five or six others from
this group began laying much earliei
than ordinary fowls, showing that lt
pays to breed for early maturity.
They were from the Yesterlald strain
of single-comb White Leghorns, that
had been bred especially to develop
early laying.
It may be interesting to know just
how this flock was fed. From tha
first day to the sixth week they re
ceived twice a day a grain ration ot
two pounds fine cracked corn and
three pounds cracked wheat. Up un
til the twenty-first day they also re
ceived three times a day a moist
mash composed of four pounds rolled
oats, three pounds cornmeal, three
pounds wheat middlings, six pounds
wheat bran, four pounds sifted meal
scraps, two pounds alfalfa meal, one
quarter pound bone meal, one-quarter
pound fine charcoal. This was mixed
with skim milk or buttermilk and fed
In shallow Jtrays. Prom the sixth
week to maturity they received a
grain ration of two pounds cracked
corn and two pounds whole wheat, fed
In open hoppers. From "the twenty
first day to maturity they received a
mash composed of one pound rolled
oats, one pound corn meal; ons
pound wheat middlings, two pound?
wheat bran, one pound sifted meat
scraps, one-half pound alfalfa meal,
two ounces fine charcoal. This was
fed dry In open hoppers. In addition
they were given green foods and
grits.
Duckling and Chick.
A duckling does not know how to
get out of danger. Instead it will
become panic-stricken and remain an
easy prey for the enemy. On the con
trary, a chicken is always on the
alert, scampering off to some hiding
place the moment that it hears som
itranxa noise.