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i T K. 11 SI k A VOL. XXVI. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1908. No. 31 EDITORIAL BRIEFS. Possibly, after all, those Falrriew chickens were broiled Instead of fried. Some one should now explain the difference between an intoxicated person and one who Is drunk. If large contributions are to be made public why not make public the small contributions also? If any one should have any busi ness with the Governor this week they might wire him at Chicago. Mr. Simmons could now show his loyalty to the party by making speeches for his friend (?) Kltchin this fall. The Democrats have already flgur 'J out Bryan's election. They did the same figuring eight years ago but McKInley was elected. Mr. Bryan was formally notified yesterday of his nomination for the presidency by the Democratic party. Though it was so sudden, he accept ed the nomination. The last issue of Our Home, pub lished at Marshville, contained twenty-one advertisements from Democrats seeking a political job. They are certainly a patriotic set in that County. The Chaplain of the First regi- ment says that he did not see any one drunk at the encampment but saw two intoxicated, which leads the Raleigh Times to ask if two intox- I Icated will not make one drunk. The Democratic leaders in Dur- I ham County are having a hard time to get the men they want to run for I office. Possibly they have already conceded the County to the Republi cans and do not care to make a sac rifice run. Mr. Bryan says he favors publici ty of campaign (contributions but that it is not necessary to make pub lic - the small amounts contributed. Under that rule the trusts can con - tribute small amounts daily without the total contribution ever being known. The talk in some quarters of rais-Jtwo ing the Governor's salary has caused th rwh ithm following timely observation: I want to be Governor are willing . to spena so much to get It furnishes no I vana excuse ror raising the salary attached to the office." The sugestion of the Wilmington Star that the annual encampment of the State Guard be held at Fort Caswell, under the supervision of regular army officers, is a good one. If reports are true the encampment this year was only a frolic and with- out due regard for the prohibition laws. I Wonder why the Governor 'has I Tint" nrrlafaH an lnvaatlffaflnn r? thn I conduct of the members of the First mit that tney air Republikins, trans regiment, white, in encampment at ack the business usually done at a Morehead this summer. If the Gov-1 ernor does order an Investigation if o,, Via ii " u u " " " I doors as was the case in the invest!- gation of the management of the A. I & N. C. Road. I Mr. Kerr's suggestion that he Governor's salary should be raised caused the Charlotte Chronicle to make the following observation: "As it is, the Governor gets a good home free of cost. And if he stays in Raleigh and attends to his busi- ness, the modest salary as it now stands oueht to be sufficient to pull him throueh" Could the Chronicle be hitting at Governor Glenn for being absent so much? We are sure the Governor has been in his office at least a week durinsr the Dast two months. T,tstpn to thft following from the ., , OA wuinuiBiuu uir. .... . . . x 1 "it may be true tnat mere is noui- ing new under the sun, but there seems to he something new in pontics down this way in the present cam- paign, for the Clarkton Express says there is the unusual sight in Bladen County at the offices of State Sen- ator and Representative : chasing through the woods and swamps In search of men to fill the places." It is a well known fact that an office does not have to chase a Dem - ocrauc poUUCan when-there .s hope of his election. The indications are that the Democratic politicians of Bladen have conceded the Leglsla- i. pDn,',Mip0T,0 LETTER FItOM BILKINS. Bryan Stock Banning Ixm BJlkiiM Predict Politically Historical Fact About the Democratic Tarty Johnston County Republican The Major May Move Iiilkinsville to Alexander Count Wtiere Bran dy Flows. Correspondence of the Caucasian Enterprise. Bilkinsville, N. C, Aug. 10, 1S08. Well, you may think what you please about hit, but I hain't hearn the name ov Billy J. Bryan men- shloned in a week, an I hev bin mixin' up rite mutch with the pee- ple, too. I may not be mutch ov a prphet, though I think I am, and I don't mind sayln that In my ester mashun Bryan stock Iz runnin' mity low not over 20 centa on th AnUnr an no blddin' goln' on. I never seed anything fall az flat az hiz nom ernashun did. The Convention that nomernated Billy Bryan a few weeks ergo must hev bin made up ov 10- year old boys, or ov 75-year old cranks or else hit wuz like I rit you sum time ergo made up ov Repub- Hklns who wuz lookin fer easy money. Why, Bill Bryan won't make a greazy spot in the bottom ov the perlitical pot. He will be lucky if he carries a few small townships. I hev bin a powerful strong dymakrat, an I can't git the pizen out ov my blood, but I am bound ter say that the usual axident iz erbout ter hap pen our party Iz goln' ter be buried so deep next November that we will never be able ter skratch out. If we do happen ter git our noses out, we won't be able ter recognize any body nor be recognized. Fer forty years hit haz bin the same; except when Cleveland wuz president, an we wuz so sick then tuat luc uut,lLUls ieiuseQ ier vlslt us, fearin' that we'd die before we could swoller the medisin What sort ov game air we playin anyhow. I can't see any sense in hit. So far , . . . . az 1 Kin see awl we do every rour years, iz ter git more or less exsited , ... . . , . an eit licked everv time. We orter nev a gardeen appinted an' hav sum- body ter look after us or first thing we know we will git lost clear out ov site. I hope awl gude peeple will pray fer us an' that awl bad peeple will abuse us, fer we stand in need ov everytning we Kin git tree ov cost. We holler an' howl erbout the greatness ov the dymakrat party an' try ter make people think we air more important than the Christian religion an' byjingo we really ain't ndthin' but a naborhood disturb lance No, sir, we don't ermount ter a drop in the bucket when hit cums ter elecktin' a Preserdent Why, my mule Bob kin git out in the wheat stubble pasture any day In the week an' bray like a jackass or three times an' carry more States than we kin with Bill Bryan runnin fer Preserdent on a cast-iron I nlof TArm orrvin1 o floor marta fv on. i , ? -ui j , cial delegashun made up ov disor derly persons an' long-haired fugi- tives rrom justis, j notis in one ov the papers that Rennblikin countv convention hez jist bin held in Johnson county an' nit iz claimed that at least fifteen hundred persons auenaea tne con vention. Ov course, awl them peeple wuz not Republikins. I expeckt that a gude many ov them wuz thar to see what was eoln on. An sum that wuz there caxvym' a Republikin flag will not turn uij on eleckshun day. If they do they will vote the dymakrat ticket not awl ov them, but some ov them. But the fact that any considerable number of persons can openly assemble at Smithfield in A o ttH crYi f of o mi ViU rlr r1o rc 1 1 Iro tVto " county convention an not git killed shows a wonderful change in pub ck sentiment. Why, I kin remem ber the. day, an' hit wuz not many yearg fergo, when if a man stated that he wuz in sympathy with Republikin principles an policies in Johnson county, he had ter git in a rifle-pit mree iuuuujs ueiure tue biwksuuu I an stay thar six months after the eleckshun ter escape with hiz life, an he didn't git ter vote at all. Ten chances ter one hiz house or barn would be burned before the year wuz out an skulls an' cross-bones would be painted on hiz front door every nite in the week. In fack, the gude citizens ov Johnson county didn't Iknow anything that they would not d n defee ov o jj-rate party that sum feller discovered a gude many yearg ergo anV which started out wjtn sunday school songs fer musick an fer hits many mottos, an Scriptural quotations fer the main I planks in hits platform; la party which, even in its dotage flirts with I the Decklarashun ov Independence att' makes Thomas Jefferson turn 1 over in Wz grave an say things ter clothe hit in respecktability; a party th t h z had mucn trouble durin hitg fitful existence an' that hez, in gum seckshuns, gone ter the polls marcnin' ter the musick ov guns an' nlstoia because hits deluded rank an' file had got hit in their heads that fallure ment ruin an they did not mean ter fail ter carry the eleckshun I no matter what methods had ter "be 1 adopted. Az I sed, Billy Bryan may L? j mare naz bin entirely ' uprooted in eyery portion of the United States. Mrs. Bilkins iz gittin erlong very I well up here. But. she seems ter wrs cratg a thirst fer brandy In gpite oy the fackt that be it a rank Prohl Diuonut. She uster be a strong Populiet till the legislature declared, or rather, passed a law. makln the Populist party unconstitutional. o now fehe iz posin az a prohlblshunist an' I reckon that naturally create a thirst. I notis a grate many wagons, buggies an carriages pa&sin the roads goln toward Alexander county, an az none ov them are comin back. I can't help thinkin' that awl rumors air true an new brandy iz flowin In the bed ov every stream in that gude old county. I reckon we mite az well move Bil kinsville ter that county an be done with hit fer that seems ter be the only way to keep peace in the family. I hev bin amused lately watchln the anticks ov a pair ov sweethearts So far az I kin tell both air dead In love with each other. But the fun ny part ov the whole thing iz that neither ov them wants ter let the other one know hit not yet any way. An that ov course leads ter trouble. Sumtimes the young man will brace, up an look brave, an I suspect that erlong erbout that time he gets in sum gude work. The girl, who iz pretty an' quite young, seems ter be what we polly tishuns call party-sept-criminus." But, like awl the female sex slnse the days ov Adam an Eve, she purty nigh worries the life out ov the young man by leadin him ter be leeve she jist naturally hates him. Man like, he haint got sense enuff ter git out ov the way an' make her beleeve that he iz ready, or hez give up the race. If he would do that she'd soon be out lookin' fer him with tears in her eyes, or in some way tryin' ter make up with him. Ov course, you must know how. If you do, a girl will chase you like a dog chasin' a rabbit, an' you kin hev most ov the fun, especially when she z ready ter make up an' let bygones be bygones, fer hit Iz plain that she will soon git ready ter hold a peace conference, that iz if he don't weak on too soon. Even if hit takes weeks ter bring her erround, hit will be time well-spent, fer she will be slt- tin' at the side ov the house the nearest ter him an' regrettin' her conduct every minit ov the day, or my name is not Bilkins. In fackt, when a feller finds out that he wants girl, the way ter do iz ter court her an' then, at the first opportunity, fall out with her an' go home an' tay thar fer awhile. The leaven will soon rise. Az ever. ZEKE BILKINS. STRIKERS FIRE INTO A TRAIN. Ambushed a Cai Carrying Non- Union Men to Alabama Mines. Three Were Killed and Many Wounded. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 9. Three men were instantly killed ana eleven injured, two of whom will probably die, when striking miners fired into a passenger train on the Birmingham Mineral Railroad at Blocton this morning about 2 o'clock. The train was a special bearing non-union men to the Blocton mines under guard of soldiers and deputies. On the outskirts of the town the engineer suddenly saw a log across the track and at once a fusillade was fired into the train. The engineer did not stop, but let the coal catcher throw the log from the track and put on full speed. The place where the attack was made was in a cut, the ground being on a level with the ower part of the windows. The as sailants behind the rocks above pour ed a murderous fire directly Into the windows and at the. engineer. PrafHfnllv ptwv winrlnw n thfl train was DroKen ana snots strucK an parts of the engine and cab. The train proceeded to Blocton ind the dead and Injured were returned to Birmingham. Dogs were hurried to the scene and took trails through the woods directly to the -union quarters. Eight negroes were ar rested this afternoon and other ar rests are expected. ANOTHER KENTUCKY FEUD Three are Killed and Several Se riously WoundedTrouble Arose Over a School Election. Frankfort, Ky., Aug. 6. The bloodiest battle to ocur in eastern Kentucky since the days of the as sassinations of the Marcums in Breathitt county and the fight . be tween the Eversoles and Frenches in Perry county, took place late yes terday at Layman, on the Cumber land river, in Harlan county, in which three persons were killed and many seriously wounded. The trouble was caused by long standing . enmity between the Tay lors and the Blantons, which dates back several generations. The school trustees election In Harlan county last Saturday after noon furnished the means for the feud to break out afresh. ' The Taylors accused the Blantons of attempting to cheat, and in less than time to tell it, both sides had out their guns. Twelve Hundred Cotton Mill Hands Go Out on Strike. New Orleans, La., Aug. 11.- Twelve hundred hands in the Lane & McGinnls; Cotton Mills struck yester day because of a reduction of 20 per cent in wages. The strike was un expected. 1 BRYAN'S ONE HOPE Must Oct the Ncfro Vole in In dkjui and Other States to Win. WHICH SIDE IS STANDARD OIL Hie Signiflcanct of Taft Sf-kttlng a Southern Keott aa Hi Hammer IIadquarters The I evolution Which Makes It Possible The Tact lie lias Hltown Taft aad the Southern Patronage Machine. Special to The Caucasian: Washington, D. Aug. 12. 1908. A newspaper Elan, who is famil iar with the political situation in In diana and what , is going on. said to-day that Bryan's hope of carrying Indiana was based entirely on the negro vote, and that special effort was being made to line it up for the Democratic State and National tick et. Continuing he said: "You have noticed the recent report sent out by the Associated Press from Lin coln, Neb., to the effect that a Negro Bryan and Kern Club had been form ed in Nebraska, and hat the club had marched to Bryan's home and had been served with friend chicken on the lawn, has not been denied by Mr. Bryan. Though it is known that a number of Southern Democratic leaders have urged that this should be denied, yet it Is has not been done." In this connection, it. should be noted that Mr. Josephus Daniels, the Democratic National Committeeman, and head of the Bryan Literary Bu reau, was present when the Negro Club-fried chicken affair occurred. On Which Hide is Standard Oil? A prominent lawyer from New York City who was here yesterday, said that he considered the present movements of the Standard Oil crowd very significant. He called attention to their strenuous efforts to get the fine against the Standard Oil Company revoked during the present campaign, and said that if they did, that then Mr. Bryan could say with truth that Roosevelt had failed to enforce the law, and that the only thing to do was to elect the Democratic ticket He said that he was sure that the Standard Oil and other large trusts, who simply want to be let alone, would feel more se cure if there was a change in the administration a dead-lock between the two parties. Taft and the South. There has been no little comment on the selection of Hot Springs, a Southern resort in Virginia, as his summer headquarters. A Southern man remarked that he was glad to see that the time had come when a Republican candidate for President could do. this without it hurting him in the North. In reply a Northern man said he was glad to see that the time had come when the South could show such friendliness to a Northern Re publican candidate. A third person, who was born and raised in the District of Columbia, said that he thought that both sec tions and the whole country was to be congratulated upon what it meant for the future. The general opinion s that it was a -very wise move on the part of Judge Taft and that it may help carry some of the border States for him, where he is very popular. There is much interest in the speech which Judge Taft is soon to make, addressed openly to the South. Of course, every one - ex pects him to reiterate the sentiments which he expressed in his speech at Greensboro two years ago. That ha3 already attracted many Independent and Democratic votes tp him. Mr. Taft seems to understand that recruits sufficient to win will never come to the Republican party in the South, under the leadership of the Federal patronage machine. MR. KEITH INTER VIEWED. Thinks Taft Will Carry State, and That Judge Pritchard the Strong est Candidate for Governor. (The Washington Post.) "Republicans nave more than a fighting chance of carrying North Carolina this year," remarked B. F, Keith, collector of customs, of Wil mington, N. C, at the Raleigh. "This applies not only to the national ticket, but the State ticket as well No nomination has yet been made for governor. There are four men prominently mentioned Judge Pritchard, Cy Thompson, former sec retary of State; Mr. Frelse, of Win ston, and Mr. Cox, of High Point, The two last named are well known, popular and able business men. "I believe that Judge Pritchard would surely carry the State, but I am doubtful if he will consent to run. His position on the bench is a congenial one, and I do not believe he could be Induced to qu.t ithe bench to become the candidate for governor. He has a strong follow ing throughout the State, and Is per sonally popular. Mr. Thompson also is well liked and his popularity is at tested by the fact that he was elect ed secretary of state. Either one of - these two men, I think, - would make a winning candidate for the Republicans. "Taft's prospects of carrying North ! Carolina arv exrallent. This Li not optimum, but a belief br4 oa glome observation mod dUcoMios with Democrats In different parts of the State. la towtubipa where ordl&art Ij there are not a doea KepubUcaa vote. I have had Democrat tell me that there will fea from 30 to 43 vote for the Republican ticket thl fall. The people believe that Taft will follow in Jtooaeveira footstep and give an administration for their benefit. Now, had Rooevelt been nominated, there ia not the lightt question that he would have carried not only North Carolina but Georgia. Tennessee and some other Southern States. North Carolina would as surely have gone Republican as Mas sachusetts or Vermont. There no longer would be a solid South. You cannot understand the popularity of Roosevelt In the South unless you lived there. I believe Taft will make an exceedingly popular chief exec utive." Mr. Keith is. on his way home from Boston, where he went to at tend a convention. While in Phila delphia he visited his namesake, B. F. Keith, of theatrical fame. THE ELECTION OF TAFT The Best Thing for Georgia and the Wlkole South. (Washington Post.) Taft's election will be productive of greater good for the South than would that of Bryan," said W. N. Mitchell, of Atlanta, Ga., who is in Washington on his way home, after a conference with the Republican candidate at Hot Springs. Mr. Mitchell is at the Raleigh. "If Georgia could become a doubt ful State," said Mr. Mitchell, "it would be of incalculable advantage to her and the South generally in all national affairs. The negro ques tion is a bugaboo raised by politi cians to solidify the South. It is ike old-fashioned cross sticks hung with a worn-out coat to frighten crows, it some wise old crow would only pick it, every crow in the coun try would flock to the corn field. "My conference with Judge Taft at Hot Springs was along general ines," added Mr. Mitchell. "By birth, by association, and environ ment, I became a Democrat, but I never voted for Bryan, and cannot do so this year. I shall vote for Taft, because I believe the best in terests of the country will be served by his election. If Taft Is elected and I have no doubt he will be he will give the country a broad, conservative administration. Cor porations' - and wage-earners alike will profit by an administration such as Taft will give. The country has suffered enough from the erratic ac tion of politicians who have used the railroads agitation to lift them into office, and to insure a healthier tone n every line of business we must nave a oroad, conservative adminis tration. I admire President Roose velt. He was the dynamic force that opened to view the nation's slug gish regard for honest commercial conditions, and Taft, with his train ed legal mind, will be the careful en gineer to carry on the good work needed." THAW IS A BANKRUPT. The Slayer of White Says He Was Forced to Take Course to Protect Himself Evelyn's Income Will Not Be Disturbed. Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 7. A volun tary petition in bankruptcy was filed after 8 o'clock tonight in the United States Court by Attorney Charles Morschauser, of New York, repre senting Harry K. Thaw, of this city, who is now confined in the Dutchess county, N. Y., jail. In the petition Thaw states that his assets are $128,012.38 and his liabilities $453,140.43. Roger O'Mara, a well-known Pitts burg detective and personal friend of the Thaw family, was appointed as receiver. His bond was placed at $200,000. The most interesting information given regarding the proceedings is to be found in the petition asking for the appointment of a receiver in which it is al'oged that the action is taken for the purpose of prevent ing his property being dissipated in litigation over claims, many of which are unjust. The figures in the bank ruptcy show that this refers to law yers and doctors. Thaw states that he is confined in jail in Dutchess county, N. Y., and is likely to be there for some time. He says some of his creditors have commenced suits against him and others are , contemplating simi lar action. He is unable, he says, to give the litigation his atention, ow ing to the confinement. Loans amounting to $191,500 from his mother, Mrs. Wiliam Thaw, are not disputed. Richmond Liquor Dealers Must Not Sell to Habitual Drunkards. Richmond, Va., Aug. 10. Every saloon in Richmond is to be supplied by the police department with a pla card, publishing the names of habit ual drunkards and also the warning that the bearers of the names are under the ban of the probation of ficer and must not he allowed, to purchase: any intoxicating drinks. The cards will be placed in con splcuous places on the walls of the saloons, the names being written or printed large enough to be easily read. . ' .- AMKtUCAff tXOrr AT XKW TtULAM. Arrived Three tMslay Morwlag After Tltirty-Uire ttay'a Vjg frwaa Saa tvaaeWw. Auckland. N. ZL, Saaday. Ag Hixteea white ship. ootcprtUsg the battleship dUUloa of the l'alt4 State Atlantic fleet, aftder cot&ma&4 of Hear Admiral Charles S. Sperry. arrived here at a: 10 o'clock this morning and anchored la lo col u m ns in the roadstead abrt of the city after a voyag of thirty three days from Han Francisco. In cluding a stop-over of mix days at Honolulu. They will remain here until next Saturday. When the warship, entered the harbor the usual salutes er ex changed between them and the shore batteries and the Australian fiaghlp Powerful and the cruisers Encoun ter and Pioneer. Shortly after anchoring, Admiral Sperry, accompanied by his staff, w?nt ashore and paid hU respects to Lord Plunkitt, the Governor of New Zealand, and afterwards visit ed William A. Brickett, the Ameri can Consul General. "THE NEW JKSl'H" ARRESTED. Charge! With KUfng a Girl "In the Name of the Lord." Newark, N. J., Aug. 8. John A. Heckerson, a negro who calls himself the new high priest of the band of his race in this vicinity, each of wbom. men and women, claims to be "the new Jesus , was arrested here today with William Hughes, a white man, who is a follower of the sect. Both are held iiendlng an in vestigation of the order next Monday. Heckerson was arrested on infor mation furnished by the fourteen-year-old daughter of Hughes. She said that she, with her six-year-old sister and brother, thirteen years old, were taken to the local headquar ters of the sect a few days ago by her father and that she and the other children were detained two days and that Heckerson kissed her in the name of the Lord." William Smith, also a negro, and an apostle of Heckerson, was ar rested, and when the three were ar raigned today Hughes hailed Heck erson as the Messiah and said that leckerson loved and kissed the children. Hughes was a telegraph operator in a signal tower of the New Jersey Central Railroad. The headquarters of the new sect is said by Hughe to be in Baltimore. ARRESTED FOR KIDNAPPING. Two Men and Two Women Arrested in Durham for Abducting a Greensboro Hoy. The following special from Dur ham appeared In Sunday's News and Observer: "Four people, two white men and two white women, were arresiea here last night charged with kid napping and today the quartette and the little boy that It Is alleged they kidnapped in Greensboro, were tak en back to that city for trial. The four arrested were taken Into cus tody under the names of Ken Sur ratt, Walter Ashby, Becky Roberson and Jennie Taylor, although they claim that they are married and that t is Mr. and Mrs. Surratt and Mr. and Mrs. Ashby. The boy with them. who looks to be about ten years of age, is Bennie Ashby, son of John Ashby of Greensboro. All five spent the night In jail and Sheriff Har ward, who, with Deputy Sheriff Joe Pleasants landed the bunch as soon as they reacnea juurnam, nouuea Greensboro to send a man to get the prisoners and the boy. It is a dirty, rough looking set. They walked all the way from Greensboro, taking a week on the trip, and were tired and dirty when they reached Durham. Before leav ing Greensboro they shipped their belongings by freight and this re sulted in the; authorities here being notified and caused their arrest. Be fore being arrested they had rented one small dirty room in a negru settlement and all five were pre paring to make that room home. The younger of the two women. Becky Roberson, says she Is but nineteen years of age and would be fairly good to look upon If she was given a good application of wate and soap and given new clothes. The two women and Surratt say they live in Wytheville, Virginia, and Walter Ashby is a brother of the boy that it is charged they kidnapped, and lives in Greensboro. The prisoners deny they , kidnap ped the boy. They say that he fol lowed them out of Grensboro s and caught up with the party several miles this side of that city. They were coming here, so they claim..f o get work in a cotton mill, claiming to be cotton mill operatives. The tramp through the country Was tak en as a bit of recreation Vnd not from necessity. On the mora than fifty-mile tramp they begged, sfWpped to do odd jobs of worjk and slpt in barns and out houses, one ortwo nights being spent in the woodL The tax rate has been increased In a good many counties and cities of the State. This is doubtless another evidence of Democratic good govern ment. Those who dance to Demo cratic rule or ruin music can expect to pay the fiddler his own price. 4 Union Republican. FAH&? comoas (Ytsi&Qt ioc$m!t Appolati Cecimlttce of Irmstlgatioal FARMS THE COUNTRY'S BASE Mr. tUrtt WaaU to Ilrta A Wat iW-fte txlaL feaaitArjr aad tKwnlc (WJHUm mm Attweiraa I'arat VU! Male Iteewanswestala liu to Cisgn . tta IHWlaat lluctMf Thaa lite (Wsiry llae. Oyster Bay. N. Y.. Aug 10--VUh a view to bftagi&g owl better smtUI sanitary and economic co&diUoat t& American farms. President HjMtrlt has requested five eiperta oa coun try life to make an loveaUgatioa into the whole matter and to report to him with rrcomtuecdattoaa for Improvements. The report aad re commendations which the President himself may desire to snake, all! l-e Incorporated into message wbtch the President will send to Congress probably early nest. year. The tuen President Uooevrtt has asked to act as aa Investigating rnt mittee are Prof. L. II. Bailer, of te New York College of Agriculture; Henry Wallace, of Wallace's Fsrturr. Ds Moines, la.; Prof. Kenyon Hut terfieid. of the Massachusetts Agri cultural College; Gilford Pinrhot, ut the United Slates Forest Retort e,. and Walter 11. Page, editor of The World s Work. New York. In a letter to Prof, liatley, aklng htm to accept the chalriuannhlp of the commission, the preidt-ut out lines his desires In the direction of improvements on the farms. "No nation, he says, has ever achieved permanent greatoc un less this greatness was based on the well being of the great farmer cIsm, the men who live on the soil, for It Is upon their welfare, material and moral, that the welfare of the real of the nation ultimately rest. In the United States, disregarding cer tain sections and taking the nation as a wbole 1 believe It to be true that the farmers in general are better off today than they ever were before. We Americans are making great progress In the development of our agricultural resources, but It Is equsl ly true that the social and economic Institutions of the open country are not keeping pace with the develop ment of the nation as a wbole. The farmer is, as a rule, better off than his forbears, but his increase In well being has not kept pace with that of the country aa a whole. "While the conditions of the far mers in some of our best farming regions leaves little to be desired, we are far from having reached so high a level In all parts of the coun try. In portions of the South, for example, where the departments of agriculture, through the farmers' co operative demonstration work of Dr. Knapp, is directly Instructing 30.000 farmers In better methods of farm ing, there is, nevertheless, much un necessary suffering and needless lou of efficiency on the farm. "It is especially important that whatever will serve to prepare your children for life on the farm and whatever will brighten home life In the country and make it richer and more attractive for the mother, the wives and daughters of farmers, should be done promptly, thorough ly and gladly. There is no more im portant persons measured in influ ence, upon the life of the nation than the farmer's wife, no more im portant home than the country home and it la of national Importance to do the best we can for both. BLOODY FIGHT IX EDGECOMBE. S. W. Sparks Ktabbed R, B. O'Neal to Dcatl An Old Grudge And Whiskey the Cause. Tarboro, N. C, Aug. 7. As a re sult of one of the most bloody fights In the history of Edgecombe County last night at Lawrence, R. B. O'Neal died this afternoon and S. W. Sparks was lodged In jail on the charge of murder. - The two . men had an old grudge but were quite sociable yesterday 1 evening, having taken a number of drinks In the presence of Kennedy Bland at Dave Williams' saloon. Upon meeting at the bar Sparks attacked O'Neal upon a small prov ocation and drawing a keen edged pocket knife stabbed O'Neal five times, twice in the abdomen, from which five feet of his Intestines ooz ed out, once In the right lung, once in the left lung and the left arm. Physicians stated today that be was. tke. worst carved man they had ever seen. O neal was aged au years the son of the late Robert O'Neal, and leaves a wife and five children. Sparks is aged 32 years. Sparks attempted to escape after the fight. Whither Are We Drifting? . Among the ' "modern improve ments", in the Old North State, re ported last week, was a bunch of excursionists from ML Airy to Winston-Salem; among ! whom f several women were In a pretty drunken condition. This Is something new; for a North Carolina crowd and it ; Is perhaps true that drinking among women Is on the increase. Grens horo Christian Advocate. ' H VC LIC' n. k iuv u fc ax f
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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Aug. 13, 1908, edition 1
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