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JAMES A. THOMAS, EDITOR.
THE COTOTY, THE STATE, THE UNION,
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VOL. XXXVIII.
LOUISBURG, N. C; x RID AYf JULY 24, I90S.
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FARMERS- INSTITUTE.
LETTER FROM ARIZONA!
QUITE A LARGE ATTENDANCE Whi(;h wil1 B
LAST FRIDAY. u our "eauers. -
Adamana, -Arizona, July 5, 1908.
Editor Times: I shall not wait
i ne liAucuout flwurcaacs ua mc until we. get to California, about
Conductors Highly Pleasing -which so much has been "said and
to Their HearePS Mrs- Holler- written, nor to the National Park, of
,.i.'c Tali Vapv Rnnd. ' which' we have read so muchnor . to
v the : Qrand Canyon, of,, Arizona,
A Farmers Institute for this coun- know;nr X have not a "TiUett pen,
ty was held on Fridaylast at the but will send vou a word from this
; urt house. Messrs. T. B. Parker, ttle villiage of Admana, Arizona,
Franklin Sherman, fetate Entomolo where my sister and I .are quietly
.n.t, and i'rot. JNtwman, conaucted regting on noy day, and writ
t! ,; exercises at the court House, Wtto those we'veJeft behind. '
. -r -i- ii it-... a "!-. ;
uilo oars. Jtioiiowen, ana misses Je are 'fresh from a tri: to the
Ilutt and Cobb, lectured to the ' petrined Forests, which is bound to
ladies at- tne, &. &. Koom oi tne surpass the wildest imagination of
Haptist cnurcii. ineiwomen s meet- anyone. a ride of eleven miles
ins; was uevoteu iu buujw through the .Desert brings us to these
peeial interest to women,, such as encbanted Forests trees turned into
preparation of food andj5are of chil- gtone by a proceS8 ana at' a periol
dren on the farm, thismeeting oc- unknown to man. Thousands of the
cupying all the morning hours and petrified stumps, for four miles, greet
being quite well attended, although VQUr yGj of everyr conceivable color
it must be said that tn of the rainbow, some white as marble,
ladies of Louisburg were con- some black as Joal . some red as coral.
der I was opt of it, I was content to
look on and enjoy . the performance
as a spectator. iShe made il np r all
right and called to me that I wsj
missing the chance of my- life, bat
her argumeiU'were unavailing.- She
spent some time in their homes . and
saw what I. was debarred irom seeing
by faintiieartedness. But didn't 1
recret it "when we retorned to Lagana
rue th water ran on !cr 0;o Rruca),
and the ritrcr b4 w on toy, I
thought tbey were gojinj: atl
iranted to tent my, credulity; Ict It
is a fact, and ihi tor dp; ,i:h
their hoof to tb wur, a ct Mtur
for thftryWM Knd tfct ttt!.
Adamana ts a ni'rc-I Ptatba rthl
to the mUt of . th lrf rt, oirar-1
from iu fits l M$ttlor, Adam an4 Anaa
THE r.lOVIIIG PEOPLE." coToiucrn
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OUT 0? T0W.
St.
Thoso bo Hire Vhitcd Ulv-
' a-tN i J t-'-r v it : 1 1 'J
tt
and heard her tell 'so much oflbe Hannah, auvl can ln rachd cjlr crj
home life of the Indians which bo tha Sinta Fd road. - litre can
bad actually seen, while I stood . on I cet good teams and thw Wt of , f.
fthe barren rock, waiting! 7 -J vico to tak tx to th Ietriri Yet-
I then uld her she : should never I ctt, ' The Patat Dtwrt, Th At
carry that advantage" over (me home, teo ruins and barjinggtoa&d tA th
and I was gom i to eee.it if I had; to I Indiana, whcr my suiter uoj: op
go-back to Acorua the next,, day. I piece of potlerr soppoJ to hate
There, was something uncanny in be-1 been buneu tbtro from eight bua
ing entirely alone among the Indian, I dred to two thoojaod jtars ago. Il
eighteen miles from civilization . and I is richly decorated with IndUahUro-
a white face, and it gave one a weird, I glyphtcs, and the, was otttred U?n
queer feeling. dollars for if hy a tourul who saw it.
. We found there was another set-1 but that is something ordiaary coo
tlement of Indians near , Laguna ( ey cannot boy.
where we could see as much of tbeirj Yours truly rat cut much on the
home life as at A corn a, so we walked J di&;hj 4Uc:un, uul m-y Uw
over to it the next morning. We back yet,
did not see any English speakiogl There are forty inhabitant! tiriog
Indians at first, so-we motioned for I within a radius of one mile and
spicuous by their absence, only a very the hues of the ruby, the amethyst, I permission to enter their homes, and half around Adsraspa, and Mr
few residents of the town proper be- the diamond, all represented. Then
in'' piesent. uc luumiug ai ,uc toaee the who e scene5 illuminated
The morning at the
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court house was occupied by ad- by the eun, presents a view, of grand
dresses by Mr. Parker and Prof. etir aQ(j beauty one can never forget.
Newman in the discussion ot Corn We were driven there by our land
Culture and boil improvement re- lord Mr AL Stephenson, who r ap
spfcctively. Both of these gentle- pomte(i by the government at Wash-
men are authorities -on any subject ini;tonj j). q as custodian of the
pertaining to the tarm ana ineir yore8t8j and is the kmg-of guides, as
talks .luring the moping are spoken be could tell us everything, and
ot lv those present as, uemg Ay. knew evervthinsr we wanted to
interesting and instructive. Alter jlear
the noon recess' a joint meeting of
the ladies and the men was held at
the court house.
If I could only have carried one
TVff Sliairnfln (i I '
' IT onnljl Kurn 1 j w k T- cnflotlflj lnt 1 tQ
. - -y- j y , . j A LICIT VyLl DaLlOUUj J v v V
what they are and the best neuns-of i --z,.- .... '
J . ; A ,0. " liGorernment does not allow any of it
eo J & - .1 oT-rj5rl nr shinr1- but . nil . tb
cn ms xaiK - ' .
Ar same, l nave a nne specimen Tor tne
Times.
We left Springfield, Mo., last Tues
day, where we visitiod relatives, and
a ride ot two days and nights landed
us at the Indian Village, of Iaguna,
NTtw Mexico. We got there at elev
en o'clock at night, and the Agent
kindly piloted us to thd home of Mrs
Marmon a full blooded Indian. She
was our hostess for two days.
Our primaiy object in stopping at
Wnrnmnlncriaf. . Mntl iiti SU
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was of especial importance
II olio well followed Mr. Sherman in
a most excellent talk about farm
homes. Her object was to elevate
and retine the homes of our farmers
to lighten the toil ot the farmers
wife and to make the rural home
an attractiveand pleasant place in
which to live. She pleaded, with the
men tD buy all the laborsaving ma
chines they could afford, such as im
proved churns, sewing machines &c.
, W rt lt i;
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burs: tho Tail Wecfc Thc:M
Who Hito Cone ITItcwhtre r.M ;i-r i Uut -,
for Busiact or Heu&rA. It yii i.H3 ,4
y lUr. K. II. DarU s al. futUy sj I Cj1 v r-nt-J is 1; '
Mr. W. T. FaUer.cf Ikciy l!tt.
U tkiiLn tit rcx fca Mtr'tVZf.
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Mr.T.W. ma-.ibtat;!c.r & " . wm "
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tillf Fla U grn st 51 ra. Jtarit
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Mis 1rbl IV u tu tttfi
frpta a far tkV n!t Mf
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Kotd
h . - . k ctuu4 ftsrjirM Un trVl.
J wtai f IlUt'b T;iy 1 it.,-. .
th tin pur.
Mr. Sarah K. I"5ji.i.;? U?i U
aod Alf rdcn. ,
hey said "Yaw." I looked at the lad J Stephenson told us of th IsdU
der, saw it was wide "at the bottom, J who came down from New i ork to
but narrow at the top" I pointed to J see the Forest and after they goi off
the top, then "circumferencedn the and saw what manner of plac it wa,
'breadbasket business; and shook they got frightened and ran after the
my head. The Indian . understood, train trying to catch it and get on
went and got another ladder. ! sum- and away. Hut tho train Uft thera.
moned all the courage I had and up nor did they leave jn the nt or th
I climbed and I too was in the home I next, but like ottrolvr, ltngfcii t, . , , ,
. . , . ' Mr, u it. u4r aM
or tne inaians. raanv uas in uu encnanica country.
10 have the homes painted, ad ornedS Laguna was to visit Acoma, the home
witfc pictures and whenever possible
an organ
fur the family.
had with the exercise
thrift and economy.
well is a most pleasing and attrac
of the Pueblo Indians, who live now
or piano to furnish music as they lived four hundred years ago,
Ail these are to bo when America was aiscoverea. ve
of a little were a riven xne neii inoruiu 5 uy
Mrs. HoiIOt anotner iuii-Diooaea inaian eiguieen
miles to Acoma and landed at the
. . . . . .iii: fnnr t a mesa. . tnree. Dnnarea ana
tne lady, ot nne miemseuvio ouu vo- " - ,
nessiDT a thorough knowledge of fifty feet high of sand and rock. We
i,.nn,tn. Her talk waa moat looked up. The trail carried us to
mteresting and was paid fine atten- the homes ot the Pueblo Indians. To
tin No nobler wok than this can climb or not to climb, ah, there s tLe
engage the attention of any -Ko.th rub! but bemg pretty well drilled m
C arolina woman. There are nam- the Face-The-Mas.c School, we
bles9 h.mes nght hefo m our own climbed. I woula go up seven steps
county that could be so much bright- and then sit down in the sand to get
ened by the means of whichare entire- my breath, another-seven steps and
ly within the purses of the occupants another remand so on untd I got to
if they could only be shown how to do thotop. When we got to the top o
n .kI iH of lightening the sand we foirhd there was an ascent
so as well as the need, or liguveuius . 4
1 . . , j fn:i Mr vet to be made of rock which loosed
their present drudgery and toil. Mr. .
i u nntT ih Rame line, high to us I oth. I told my sister to
Sherman spoke along the same line. & r , -
. : . t vltriK tits art Qnonn nnn reconnoitre
He spoke of the entire teasiDinty, 01 w .-. nA
having water in the country homes, and see if it was worth while, and
It caa be done with a windmill or a come back and report' - ,
ram and a water tank elevated above . She proved a valuable -scout and
the house. Sounds big and., expen- reported favorably; so up I climbed,
sue but an investigations will .show - W e Were then at the home of - the
it to be practicable. All these things Pueblo Indians, some of, whom we
mean happier and more healthful 'found could speak broken v-Epghsh
" homs. This is just "as important as and somecould not.- Their , houses
' knowing how to .jraiseood' crops, are bmirf adobe, a dirt pecnharTjio
and our people need fnstr notion along the section, aiong rowof homes aU
this line. Mt. Parker then JomeawKii '.rv.c"
some were ou iu
Each family has an toven in the
yard, made of adobe, in which they
do their baking and cooking.! Every
thing is of this adobe, the tloora, the
$alls the fireplaces.
Their, homes are models ot cleanli-
ness and neatness, and ihe .,Trroen
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were well dressed, most of them with
beautiful shawls of silk around their
heads and across their shou.ders.
They were profusely onaraented with
silver bracelets on each arm," many
rings on their fingers, large silver
loops in the eais of many, and they
were, as a rule, clean. Their cos
tumes aie very picturesque, and to us
seemed beautiful.
They were of tar handsomer ma
terial than we had any idea of find
ing in their every day home life.
They did not seem to care to part
from any of their personal belonging?,
but I managed to secure a bead neck
Mace worn by one of them.
We seemed to bo as much an ob-
-
ject of interest to them a9 they ere
to 08, but when my sister took out
her camera they all ran indoors, men,
women and children, and we were
told afterwards that they were afraid
of haying their pictures taken.
We saw their old church, built
Mr. Stephnn kwps a No. 4 hotel
and is sruvle, friend, cooncvllur and
Jncyc'op Ua, and bin guid Jck
is a valuable adjunct mJ mU worth
cultivatins.
Oh, we ne enjoyed our uy ia
the desert, amoag ; the Itviu&v the
Cowboyft and tHLMe car 1 Thty
liked us,and wc liked tlwm. Y"
hd a tooi iiano. and it w a d
light to play for them. .
Tho cliroata here U fio, tho' il it j
i Jit. llfta Lit llMA m . I
t&dta wk i:h Mr. C lJlcm i frw.i a :uirau
vrt tmtrmT9l ffMiul 4 ll .
rwfn4 ia.i irvci a tau - Tsw
Mrs. F IL Itcxfjsii tr4 ! ujVut, j
Kathcrin, hv rtrcfl trvn
xvii ta hr ropC in Gr tVo,
TobacroSxJt to 0;cr.
A .f,r W t,t.e i.J I rsf tint.
vbitiaj; lr j6l la lAiiVwy. Iifl i.;,v.jp. !1
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rcttifnin Kom i'l t hvr 4 fuf Actw lti "vuV
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very hot in the sun. wo havw cccl d- j Mr. P. VCicVlty. iv tVl ints loot,
liohtful nichts. but'ss hot a it is. eTn i hit n?ir. ca lK 1Utt1 ei
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mid-dav, with lh thrmoroeUr at jiai r l$Ur r' Uii
, w.cjtj stay In il all dsy, withoaiM, KictsV,, l?rt
lightful
at
94
anv debilitating effect, or snitrrin- h ul U c-jtau4 4
from the beat. hi iajria.' Hi frit s it wWS
A cool deiichtf al brctte fsut at all vT tt atJ a mtv ri nr.
ti l t a i-bnti it
liv4 Ztili ttc ui:in.
MttttJ Tktvna Ci;viT i
ihe time, and ruak ut wonder where
rr.
jtftUM rtl Ilft5 iLtjir
lUv. K H. Mtwr rr ott? fn. f ar 4 tli Iwet,
Oifcrd tfnl TicfcSxy i Lx
it came from, but we hare to bo pre
pared for the occasion, ity somtrrro
measures sixty inchet in circaratrr-1 burp Hu tsoUt cf il lftca- (Tfctt 0 lib tf t Cd
R-QW be JoC tO th CdfOOtv fill
many frw&Jt ia Iatl r
jl td to t tis.
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1 Aintmi.nt OItne IUO mea.
hprto- 1 floor, some two stories high,. afew
iiuio eA.ecuwive couhuhtoo .1 .. -- -
citizen, from three,ana eacn,: swzy . ; u.o
each township inTnnty;' after reached bymeans of a ladder, .-he
which the .'iDittatecaWtb:.:ef
The visiting gentlemen .expressed and piar-grouna 01 wws
themselves as much gratified, at the aeoond story, v,
attendance and" the interest shown. s 'their- permission, to
There were about " 250 'p-eople enter their homes?: - I- told; her "1
present, including ,some,ofUhe v most
intelligent and successful f aimers in
the County. , i . '
ld draw theMinV thereiy 1 wouU
climb tho sand and scale " the rocks,
but when it came to aim Ding a iau
wholly of adobe, and claimed by
them to be nearly four hundred years
old. The characters sketched oh the
wpII. were quaint and past our under
standing, for it did seem curious to
have a painting of Christ on one end
of the Church, and a painting cf a
cow on the other!
We saw them "grind their Hour, in
an adobe trough in their room. The
women and children rub the wheat
between two rocks lo and behold
you have the Indian rlour!
The Indian -mothers have butlittlo
trouble with their babies. They
nurse them, then hand them over to
an older child, who throw them
around on their back, pull their arms
around their neckv wrap a " shawl
around the baby, which they fasten
some way in front to secure its safety,
and then they run off and play as if
they had no baby attachment Truly
is the laborquestion'in this - depart
ment reduced to a science, " for the
children do not seem to mind it ' at
airbf feel it Vburden, but 1 00k" bap
py and contented. . '
, Amow: the'queerest of all queer
things are the nvers in Arizona(
They aro dry. Only. think of that,
a dry nver! V ben 1 faw ;th5 dry
river beds, I thougnt tne water naa
I dried np, andwhpn the people told
ence, with a nine inch pak, which lioal Heard of h M:ixi;t Cf-
affords ample protection for neck and frtic. ad .t htt Urlt!
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shoulders, a well ftlied.
WkVn we come ta we are cautioned
not to uso water on our faco ot hand.
Las it would blister the skin. Our
lips are badly parched sod swollen,
which is the only incontc&U'nc1
vore net .
In our trip fo the Petrified Foreatt,
which are in the raidtt of the dwrt,
we started from . Adara ana about
a jolly companiot able party of tour
ists, about sixteen. Everybody knew
every bodyifor the' time being ooove n.
tionalily and formality were unknown
quantities. v
We took a regular Stcphenjon
anch with u, whicli we ate nader 1
tree of Jasper and Agate, ; a hug
Monarch of the Joreet, "whicJi had
fallen acre a chasm fifty fU deep
thus causing a Natural Hndg which
cannot bs excelled in Viriaia r
elsewhere a natural txt fKtriKl
into Jasper, v v
Jt is almost patt belief and certain
ly past conception, unte one, c5al4
seojt with thctr own eye. Nv? tal
ter what may bo aheaii of ca, we, can
never cniov aaTlhinc rnorw than'or
stay in New Mexico aod Anson.
When wo ret back . I xrcr all
, j
our friends will want to nra frsa cj
We will havo much so tUll, I asa
afraid :thy will. want to get awsy.
, - - Mr. Joa PrtJto?f.
How Finn.
iuVwv. J. T. Cay ar4 K. A- Tc.
stall two vtry ci tev patlcrrjAt
f armet a ccyirt4.tr target Ut
Finn naise cf CSiy X TstUll, ati
hare bocjjht hm. lllulhi
Docgy lUpair hp t C I. llkt
aratcn,on Kah 5trL TUtx ue
both rt chw workr, wtl
give ihelr patrer.s tJkUtiwt: Mr.
lUchardeott will contra l last
b'siacwi it tt. ptr a3 sia
that no oas sVall rirpat ta la tk
An Enjoratld Cfxnlca.
ani MaRMiRW"-:, k' ty 1
Maa, the Ut a4 iba;
at the ricace cf Mr. D. T. If -V
HotwpMh,of KJ Uit
dav at-Ki. lev crrirs, tt -3
Uroc!e rTe tri. Tt.e Wxii
1st table wju artar:fJ ty ife
whh the cut dcCKi-k cV wis
baled. A f : r Oie w m triol.
JH t-ai S e ?5ta i rut'Ua
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ni ji 3 t-uti i wj.t :b tt
Ff ar- T 1 in.
,Jbt t.t t.. lit f.?n rr '
He wb tfK'k car az;
JTuna n5i.fl.de t t'f! '
I a Ut u-3a H t ! IVVsT -W
f -v rrt ae i f t C t-1.
A w 'Jb f 1 t ft-'.t.t.i
Aal 'sa ii m-i 4 s
Att H t 4 4c (.3 t'Vj
AtJ tle -i-a f ' 4 n
T tt b f y a ff-J
IhotTpeT-tV-iry tf Mr. Ilir
W0fthS bC"CA. 'f -yC
Services Kext Sunday-
JUt. K, II. PaTitf ot GetJibcro,
will j-rc?.ch" tr.orrlr'' sr.d'rjht, ia
the I.fethodiaV Church here . actt
SanJay. All cordully intitcl.
lo twraty 5te cf llh',r tcrxX
liie dr-re, tja. 1 H a J c 1 r-i: a.
Ilawk aad af.K LVr ff r?e
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