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AMONG THE J1USTKIAL lliliEBS COTTON JJILLS .goutK Carolina Case, Cited' by .government CivirSer yice Investigator .Proving' Falseness 'V' Regarding Many Statements 1 of Chife Labor in the South. , , CNorfolkVir The muck raking in which some of 1 Eastern newspapers and " maga 1 are given to indulging anent the ne .Viiirt-lubftr-in the South . rr.a Ol .-.nciusive answer -In a recent dication which The New York Sun f!" the subject of ; an . elarate "SlSal article. -Following the ex tent occasioned - by the y sensa ffl speech delivered by Mr. Bever .AL of Indiana some five: years ago.; !? eres authorized . an investigation Of what. Lilc -i-tj j w vw j . a t of American children and the ruin f future American citizens,' and ap- nated the sum of three hundred propr iri8.Lcu Liio v. v j j jnllors ilAfrftw tVi ATnn thousanu u--, - - s thereof. Under the authority con ferred bv the act, Maj. Thomas Rob inson Dawley, a government civil ser- inlvi nroa 4&ocmn tail r rice JJJ ei;l.lgX.V " J WOAfctw ,v South and probe . to -the bottom go rv phase. He did his work well.' Not riiv did he visit the mills and facto rs and make careful and exhaustive. investigation of conditions therein. Z 7 he also went through the rural Actions from Which! the; miU and factories draw their.; suppliees of 4a; hnr luore i" " -.. t toeraphs showing, the conditions un der which the operatives have-lived In their native surroundings; the" con tiohs under which" theV laborm .the mills and factories and, the conditions hich they live in their; new, Ks.-- IacJndOnprfcere was no change in their social anov in dustrial life effected by mill or factory Sloyment which he did dt CPVer tftri fullness and accuracy. . Supplied with this data; 'gathered by personal investigation and backed : by photographic evidence,. Major Tiawley returned to Washington and Lde his report to the Commissioner Jabor. Not only, did the Dabor Bu decline to receive or print the Uort, but Major Dawley was. inform-- ed that nis services wuio e v needed by the government.' This,-of -course, meant not that the report- did not portray conditions as they actu auy exist, but that it did not .develop the situation which the administration desired developed. , - But Major Dawley was, not content to let the matter rest -there. ' Rightly holding that facts - gathered y at so much trouble to himself and expense to the tax-payers : .of the country should, in the interest of truth and fairness, see the light of day. he has put them in book form and had them printed. The gist of this book is that the cotton mills, far.from being "mur derers of American children and the ruin of future American citizens," ad painted by - Beveridge, the national child labor committee and others with muckraking propensities, are not tmrjf making a new South ' financially, but "are its social saciors" as well.-. Hpw. this reformation and transformation, tih being effected is illustrated by the story- f fc& Stee;tas'ecure by irijoK Dawley' through a;dnver-j satioa with kn ; old mountaineer; Here is the stpryi4 r ,;. - . .' - Twenty-odd years ago, O'Steen was liring withThis . wife and .five children J in a one-room box-house in the moun tains of Transylvania County. He tiacksmithed a little and could read MECKLENBURG (Special to The Chronicle.) MECKLENBURG MILL, Dec. 14. r Mrs. N. A. Stutts and sons. Masters Devoe and' Melvirie, 7 spent . last Satur day and Sunday in Rock Hill, S. .C, visiting relatives and friends. They returned home Sunday afternoon. ' Miss Daisy Austin has resigned her position with the Mecklenburg- Mill and has gone to Kannapoliel to work. Miss Austin- has made her : home in ivortn cnariotte ror a nnmoer ox years and has been' aJUed with the Meck lenburg Mill-for some. time. Miss Aus tin will return to .her home for the Christmas holidaysT' v" ' 7 Mrs. Watts, has been quite sick for the past few weeks at her home at .the Mecklenburg. - j v ; Dr. J. O. Simmons" killed a line hog last Tuesday, weighing 650 pounds. It was an exceptionally large one. Over S3 pounds of sausage was -made and about 65 pounds of lard. -'--,. Rev. Mr. Boggs of the editorial staff of The Presbyterian Standard, occu pied the pulpit of the Presbyterian church of North Charlotte " last SdhV day night in the absence of the pastof; Rev. g. W. Cheek. He was greeted by a very good sized congregation. ' : Rev. Mr. Chick will be ordained to morrow at- Groveton -. Presbyterian church of which he is pastor:' The hour of service will be at 3 o'clock. A large crowd is expected ; to be pres ent. The hour of service at the Presbyte rJan church has changed from the toornin? until the ' night service. The reason of changing is that the Grove ton church is quite, a distance from fcev. Mr. Cheek's home and they ' wll haVe the benefit of the morning serv lco while the people 7of North Char lotte have the evening service. The new spinning mill of the Johh 8n Manufacturing Company has been completed and all of the .machinery has been installed and - it' "will begin Work next Monday; This mill adds another industry to the thriving man ufacturing town of North ' Charlotte and it will furnish employment to al)out. 75 people. It' has been .equip ped with 5.0Q0 spindles. " ; ?- -A- number of new houses have been ected just eyond the Mecklenburg Mni village for the operatives of the Johnson Manufacturing Company and People have begun moving In- to be. ready for work. The mill will bring number of people to 'North Char- lotte. . , ;v.;;:: Rev. Lv M. .Hobbs .preached io.his. ew charge, the Baptist church of eimont, last Sunday,. He preacb es AS CiVILIZERS glhlan - Pilot) and write some, "although he had no schooling. ; , Some : one told him that ifrhfe would take his children to pied mont, they could get work in the inill and make a good living, and so they Went. The children were all under Xi. . ".; , ; ' - v V 'Now, what has become of the . family? J ; asked when my informant had told me this. - , . ' 'I was down there last year,' he answered, 'and rthe-. old man .seemed to be i doing pretty , well. ' - He had eight or ten acres in cotton and show ed tne nigh- onto a 'dozen houses he owned himself.' - . " 'Well, the children! I want to know about the .children," ! said. ''The children! Well, let me see, said the .man. 'Frank was the oldest boy. , He is now . superintendent of tn Poe Mills,- getting $4,000 a year. Jeff .-la at the Brandon Mills,, getting about the same, and , the youngest boy is a professional baseball player getting more than the Governor of the State. The k twov girls are parried, keeping house and raising ', a family of their own.' ' ' . -. If anybody "has any doubt about' the Jruth of this story. Major Dawley sug gests that he again ascertain who are the superintendents of the mills men tioned and that he look up the hatting "averages of North and South Caro lina baseball rtlayers. , . ' i - Contrasting the lives lived by the Mill loperativfes' with those lived by the mountaineers from among whom they cpme, Major Dawley . declares that among the latter immorality is prav lalent, with incidental degeneracy; that the children work at the . hardest kind of manual labor and are 111 fed and ill clad. On the, other hand, the mills 'are prdvlding.' schools for the children; who work in the mills spend about a : third of their, time in the factories in most instances and the rest of their time in school or at play; while, the younger children-are in ehe mills merely as "learners" and the schooling -they get is far -better "than the- State can. provide. In conclusion, Major -Dawley re marks: "If I were a Carnegie or a Rockefeller seeking to improve , the condition of the poor in the rural districts I would - first build them - a cotton . mill. r No doubt there is still room for Im provement in the labor situation In the South as it affects children and women. The same ; thing is also and even more true: of other sections .of the country if we may Judge by dis closures recently made' by conditions obtaining, in the canning factories of Nw York1 State, ' which disclosures Were the subject of brief comment in these columns a .few days ago.: But Major ' Da wleys . carefully gathered and impartially prepared data makes It plain beyond peradventure that in dustrial ; conditions in F "the Southern States : are accompanied by none of the horrors with which they -have been credited; that the mills and fac tories of jthls section, instead of grinding-the life, spirit and ambition out of a- large percentage of the infant popu-f lation, . are furnishing tens of j thous ands of -children both the opportu nity and incentive to better their con-, ditions socially and financially and otherwise to his other charge, the North Char lotte Baptist Chureh, tomorrow. r Mrs. M. E. Broom has been quite sick, for some time at her hqme In North Charlotte. !" v ; : Miss Margaret Erwin, teacher of the Mecklenburg Mill county" school is preparing a very pretty program to be ; given during the Christmas holi days. "The Search For Happiness," which was given' by . the Philathea class of ' the North Charlotte Metho dist Episcopal Church will be given again at the' school house.. The class has kindly consented.- - . -' v The friends of Miss Erwin will be saddened to learn that, her grandfa ther, 'Squire Hilton is seriously ill at his home on Soath Tryon street. He had a slight stroke of paralysis Sun day afternoon but since he has been suffering with pneumonia. Squire Hil ton has a host of : friends throughout the! county who will regret to hear that he is so seriously sick. Never was there a - happier throng' than the one that invaded the North Charlotte Methodist parsonage - last Saturday, evening. Wringing tokens ' of esteem for their new pastor and wife. To. an onlooker- there seemed to he a large .crowd. ; ; Numerous things were given "by their many! friends. The work on the Norfolk SoutherA Railroad is propresslng rapidly. Hun dreds of people have been to see the' 'large steam shovel while in operation. The Norfolk Southern will be running trains,. into Charlotte by the middle or the ' latter' part of. July, as given out by Mr W. R. Womble, one of the officials of the road. , AVON t GASTONIA, , Dec. Mr. Reid Hudson of Bessemer City was a visitor hefreJSunday. ' ; . y Mr. dr Cook, and Miss Ada San ders were married. Friday night. They will make their future home at. Mc-. Coll,- S. C. r ' ' ' ' Ir. -and Mrs. A. M. Ballard of Rock Hill, S. C, are "here visiting Mr. Bal lard's mother, Mrs. M. 11.' BallardC , Mrs;- Sloan. Rhyne of 7Rock Hill, 1 S. C. was 'here Sunday Visiting her sis ter,. Mrs. S. E. McArthurs. A "revival' meeting is in -progress at- the "Wesleyan Methodist church, conducted hy Rev. J. L. Clement. Mr, F, Falls pf JcColl, .S. C; Js visiting relatives here' ' . , i Miss LiHiah-Bradshaw-of Bennetts ville,' S. C, is here visiting frienda Mr. Frank ' Rodin anli ' Miss . Lynh: were married Sunday. ; .-Mr-and Mrs C. L, - Houston "and lit tle daughter spent ' Sunday at Clover. THE CHARLOTTE EVBNING. CHRONICLE, ' (SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1912, . HIGHXiAITP PABK ; ' - 1 (Special to The Chronicle.). v HIGHLAND PARK, tec II. Mrs. B. D... 'aojnes 'and childeh. of Rock HUIn S' C," have returned home afr ter a visit t6 Mts. Goines parents,-.Mr. and Mrs. ' S. R Kidd.' Mrs. ; Gbines cama to attend the fmierai of her lit itle nephew, Thomas Franklin Hasty. t Rev. and; Mrs. Jt)X.J. Fatrington and family have moved to their new home at Advance. : They left Friday of last week. - v . ' Miss Jessie Rae Kidd. the young daughter of Mr., and Mrs. s. R. Kidd, 'has been quite sick for the, past week ,with tonsllltls. . - - : J i Miss Ella Austin has .resigned her position with the Highland .Park Manufacturing. ; Company, and i ha gone ) to Kannapolis to ' wprk: - Miss Austin has lived in North Charlotte for nearly nine years.'- N Quite a surprise wasv given the new pastor of the Methodist church; and his wife, Rev. and MrsvvW. B. Davis, last Saturday evening in the way of a. pounding. r it was a surprise. Every thing imaginable was given them in the line of vegetables. . Mr. and Mrs. Davis have already won many friends during their short stay ih North " Char lotte. Mr.: Davis preached to his new congregation for. the first tJ me t last Sunday, morning and night. ' -"Messrs. Howard and Junius McClel lan spent last Sunday in Concord vis iting friends. , , . t t Mrs, Ina Hortie will spend the Christmas holidays with her two sons, Masters Doyle and. Harris, of the Ba rium Springs Orphanage. ; . Mr. and Mrs. S. -R. Kidd and daugh ters, Misses .Jessie, Margaret and Ad die Kidd, expect to spend the .Christ mas holidays visiting relatives and friends in Rock Hill, S. C. Mr. Kidd and (family formerly lived; in Rock Hill for : nearly twenty years before moving to North Charlotte. ' . Miss Ella Honeycutt of the Odd Fellows' 'Orphan Home at Ooldsboro is expecting to spend the Christmas holidays with her mother, Mrs.' Elixa Honeycutt ' in North Charlotte. " Little Miss Jessie, the' daughter of Mr. and Mrs.; John Gattis, has been sick .for the past few days. 1 . " I Miss Lula Maye Collins has accept ed a position with the Highland Park Mill as weaver. . ' .-. Mrs, Wolfe and daughter Miss Mar garet Wolfe, have returned home af ter visiting relatives in Fort Mill, S. C. , , - . Mrs Perry . Staton and children, spent a few days recently with' the Misses Miller in Fort Mill, S. C. , Mrs. L. M. Hobbs left last week for Lilesvilie, S. C, "for a visit to her mother, who has been quite ill. She will remain there for' several weeks. " 1; MrdMrOieta LayVi little in fant son has been sick." f . - .- i - The little Infant son. pf Mrs, Emma 'Totmg;has been sick. . . . ' Mr.; -John iaxtbii has accepted'. position as bo'sa'quiller of the . High land . Park Mill."? This position was formerly occupied by Mr. Ben Paxton of Raleigh. ' :V . I v '? ' The program that is being arranged by Mr. B. F. Cato Is progressing rapr idly. A Christmas tree' will be giv en for the children of - the.1 Sunday school. There will also be Christmas trees given by the Presbyterian and Methodist Sunday schools, j : - Miss Beulah Payseur of Gastonla visited; at the home r'of'v; her sisteri Mrs. G. W. Fisher in North Charlotte last week. Miss Payseur Is pleasantly remembered in North Charlotte, hav ing visited here frequently. w Miss Mattle Hatneoek has been sick at her home in North Charlotte. CHADWICK-HOSKIN HOSKINS, Dec 14. Mrs. C. E. Spurrier has returned . from King's Mountain where she has been spend ing : af ew days visiting . friends and relatives. Mrs. Janey Earney of Lowell spent Sunday with Mrs. J. A. Combs at HoskinS. w Miss Beulah Smith of King's Moun tain spent Saturday and Sunday, with her sister, Mrs. Lula Medlln, at Hls kins. -' v -. ' - - - ' Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hayes of Char lotted spent SUndky 'with relatives at Hosklns. , . " ' '- . , -V - Mr. ' Edward , Brinkley of Sali0aury has been visiting friends and relatives at Chadwick. - ' , ' Mr. William Harkey of ; punters ville has been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs, J. L.' Blackmon near Hosklns. y - v Little Cora Leigh, who has been sick for some time at-Chadwick, is slowly improving. - 5 Katherlne, , the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs." S. A. Morris, has been quite sick but is fast Improving. , ' . Johnwa, the little daughter of Mr, and . Mrs. John Winchester, is sick with diphtheria. , . o Rev. and ' Mfs. J. R. Pace have re turned from Durham, after visiting friends and relatives. - Mr. Pace also attended the State - Convention at Goldsboro. - - , - : Rev. N. S. Richardson, the new pas tor of the Methodist Chureh .entered upon' his new duties -last Sunday morning and preached to an excellent congregation. ' Mr. Edgar Mayhew and Mr. W. .R. Etters are now occupying theirs new store near Hosklns. ' ' " ' ...r Textile ; Course at A. & M. ' ' (From ' Mill News.) ;vt;y , An eight-weeks course in carding and v spinning, weaving, and dyeing will again be offered by the textile department of the A. ft M, College , at Raleigh, beginning the first I week In January, -1913. . These subjects will be-, taught practically, and any mill man will be benefited by-4 taking this course; No tuition charge.- is j made the only cost being for board, room rent and other necessary ' expenses, njMnli th ! rtlrnctor-, davs : shmilrl not1 which the director says should not exceed 35 -for the eisrht weeks. ... PROGRESSIVE IT2IIS 1 ; - " ', - ' (Mill. News.) - HILLSBORO The Bellevue Manu facturing Company ..is rebuilding .the dye : house recently destroyed hy fire. GREENVjlLLE, S. C-Parker Cot 'ton . Mill Gompany -has d'eclared a quarterly dividend of, ! 3i per cent on guaranteed ' stock v. and i" 12 per cent on 'preferred . t t ' ' 1 , CONCORD--The : managers, of the Franklin Mills - expects : to have the new. addition ready for operation in a few weeks, r The machinery is being put in.. The stee of the plant Js about doubled. Thirty-eight new cottages have been built. BLACKSBURG," S-t C.The adver tised sale of . the Whittaker Mills at Blacksburg did not v take place last Tuesday. Some of the machinery was offered and bid In by Messrs, J, Ed; Jeffries and C. M. Smith of Gaffney, but the property as a whole was not disposed of, . . - . ' -v ". : " 11,1-1 ,l , . . - . MOUNT JPLEASANIW-The Tusca-J rbra Cotton Mill has been closed for a few days on account of lack of wa ter,' but a pipe line ? has J been laid f ror4 a stream half a .mile away, and It is thought the supply will now be sufficient.: The mill; will bev started again December 2&.' J - ;;,'V'-';rt,.f?v ";:-y if.Ai';.. . GREENVILLE. S. C--HoldIng that the South Carolina statute which for bids the shipment of cotton Into that State from a State infected by the boll weevil to -be unconstitutional and violative of the IniJfate - commerce ( laws, Chancellor Whitmon of Missis sippi awarded Newberger ' & Levy, cotton dealers of Meridian, Miss.,; tl 94.95 damages because of the refu sal of the Pelaer. Manufacturing Com pany of Pelzer, S. C, to accept a ship ment1 of contract cotton. The : case will be . fought through the courts as a test? of "; the constitutionality of the1 South Carolina law. " , ' Bumgarner-Bumgarner, " (Special to' The Chronicle.) . ELIZABETH MILL. Dec. 14. There was . a surprise marriage ' of Elizabeth Mill people last ' Sunday night when Miss Frances Bumgarner.. daughter of Mr, M. R. Bumgarner and a sister of Nl L. Bumgarner, spinner at the Elizabeth MilL married Mr John R Bumgarner. - The couple was married quietly at the home of , the bride at 8 p. m. , y- . ; .' ; ; ' . , The marriage came as ; a great sur prise to " everybody who knew the couple, only a few of. the most inti- femate friends of the., bride and groom I witnessing the ceremony. Those who were present;' at the' marriagef were not notified : of - tie event until a e w minutes . before it was due T to 'take places;?ev.Gwr Z.Bumgarne;pastoJ5; of the Elizabeth Baptist Church, off flciated.... , , , . ... k .i:: Mir. and ,Mrs.. Bumgarner . are na tives; of' Alexander County, a -; few miles' from Taylprsville, but have heen living in and around Charlotte for a number of yeara The. groom is an employe of the Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company. .The couple ' will stay at the home, of the bride Until December -21 and will then go to the mountains and vis it relatives uxitil after Christmas. ; THEY TWO. They-are left alone in 4he dear old home,. After so many -years, When the house was full of frolic and fun,. ,- . ; . .,'' i. Of childish laughter and tears. They are left alone they two once more Beginning life over again, Just as they did in the days of yore, Before they were nine or ten. And the table is set for two these days; The . children ..went one by one , ; Away from home on their separate, ways when childhood days were done. How healthily hungry they used to be! What romping they .used to do! ; And mother for weeping can hardly see AO sec ine uLie ior iwvw They used to gather around, the fire : While some one would read , aloud. But whether at study or work or play Twas a loving, merry crowd. ' " " .. And now they are two that gather there 'At evening to read or sew, . ' And it seems almost too much to bearv When they think of the long ago. Ah, well ah. well, . .'tis the : way of the world. v ' ( . Children stay but a little while Aftd then, into other scenes are whirled," Where other homes beguile; -But it matters not how far they roam, Their hearts are fond and true, ; , v And there's never a home like the dear .i... old home -"" :'' -":' " Where. the table Is set. for two. . ' . - . A. E. IC - . ' - Information Wasted,. ; (The Green Bag.) ' In a certain case tried in Missouri Where the charge . was theft of ;"- a watch," the evidence was most con flicting, and, as the jury retired, the judge observed that he would be glad to assist in the adjustment of any dif ficulties that "might present themselves to the mind of the jury. fAU but one of the jurors had filed out of the box. t. There was no face Of the one . who remained an expres sion betokening the extremest perplex ity. - tOb8erying this hesitancy, tiis honor "Is there any question you'd like to ask me?" - At this the twelfth juror's " face brightened. VYes. your honor," was the eager response. "I'd be awful glad if you'd, tell me wnetner me prisoner really stole the watch." f - " . ' --' Sounds Bostonish.. i-- (Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph, ' . iThe other day a visitor surprised7 a distinguished prof eBsor, ; who was say ing to; his baby: . . . ' " ' "On-ny, 1 no-ny, 'e mussy. tick his footsy tootsies "' vjust then he caught sight of the visitor, blushed and muttered? i "No, no; you must not expose your pedal extremities by extending them beyond the protective covering of the blankets, or you. will lay your system nnpn tn "atlacks"- of catarrhal aTtpc. open to Uon." CHRONICLE TIi3 And r janagement Of The Mey From A Warragansett Turkey, : BY DR. STANLEY A, MERKLEY. . c No domestic fowl .has come into such general favor, throughout the entire world, for holiday feasting, as the turkey. The. raising of turkeys therefore. Is - considered one of the most . profitable branches of the poul try industry, - Inasmuch as the cost of production per pound of. turkey is less than that of any met producing animal on the farms, and the prices per pound received is the highest. Origin. - The turkeys, in all countries are said to have originated from the wild turkeys- of North America. . There are three distinct classes of : wlid " turkeys found on this continent the North American the Mexican and the Hon duras turkeys. . . . ' . From . these have ' been developed the f. several kinds . of our domestic turkeys by crossing ' and Inbreeding,, namely : Bronze, Narragansett, Buff, Slate, . White, Black and . Bourbon Reda , ' . Bronze Turkey. ' ,.y . The- mammoth Bronze turkey Is the largest and mpst beautiful and popu lar of the turkey family. ; The adult' females -weigh about 16 ' pounds and the males 36 pounds. The coloring is a ground of black, blazoned. or. shaded' With? bronze, . This ' shading ; is , rich an4 glowing, and when , the sun's rays are reflected from these,,. colors, they shine likepolished steel. .The female is not as rich in color i as . the male but both have; the same-; color V and shadings. The . rich coloring " in the ing with- the, wild turkeys., Qf all ouf Bronze turkeys is improved by cross- klonaestic- fowla.none. suffer from.; in breeding so much .as- turkeys; tnxs out-crossing r with th wild : birds im-1 proves tne vitaiity or tne onrsprmg.- , : 1 -: The Narragansett Turkey. I These stand next in size - to "the Bronze, i They - are of black" ground color, each 'feather "ending In a band of steel gray edged with black. This Imports a grayish - cast . to ' the entire surface '' plumage -"Mixed - with this lis the finish of metallic black brown luster. '. . , The Bull Turkey. .The Bull turkey is not raised exten sively. They are smaller than either the Bronze-or Narragansett, and are a reddish, buff in color. White, Black and Slate urkeys. These are not so common as the others already '.'mentioned, and have no special feature to recommend them over the bronze- . Selecting . Breeding Stock. . : First. -. Always use as breeders tur key, hens over one year old. Be sure they are strong, healthy, vigorous and of medium Bize. Do not select the extremely large ones. -,;.''. " Second. The male may be a year ling or over, medium size, vigorous and well proportioned. . Third. Avoid close breeding. New blood is . of vital Importance In turkey raising. Better send a thousand miles away- for a male bird than to risk the chances of Inbreeding. - Keep ; one . male bird for each five females, and allow only one male with the hens at a. time. , - The- breeding' stock should be al lowed to forage over the fields and roost in open sheds. . ?; The natural food, thus received in their hunts over the ranges, seems : -v Exhaustive Oratory, j ? ; : ' ' (The Argonaut.) J Mr. William T. Evans.-of ' Cincin nati is what might be termed exhaus tive in his oratory. . . If he t undertook to tell of an adventure witn a taxicab chauffeur- he would begin with Adam and finally"1 reach the , street . .crossing where yellow. taxi No.-41,144 hit him. Mr. Evans". was one of the principal speakers on the program of the Wo man's Press Club ,.at the Waldorf one afternoon; One of the other- gentle men on the program was Mr. William A. Chase, the dean of American painters. Mr. Chase occupied a seat upon the : platform somewhat to "Mr, Evans'.' left. - - .-,'' n' "And so," said Mr. Evans, VI believe that my! conclusions are Justified. I am sure that my : dear 'friend, ' Mr. Chase will support me in this. IA not that so, Mr. Chase?" - " .V Mr. Evans turned tto gaze be nignantly upon Mr. Chase. " The fem inine audience rustled expectantly and craned its "several , rounded necks -to behold Mr. Chase. , : Mr., Chase, head slightly upon one side and eyes closed, slept sweetly on. "Ah poooMr.' Chase breathed soft ly through his parted lips, - ' - ' Compliments. ' I (Washington Star.) . Said a certain eminent actor, who at the age-of 69 looks no more than 35: . : "I try to keep my hair "on and my stomach off--that is the true secret:, of perennial youth." - Then he told one of , his famous etoriCs illustrative of the horrors of corpulence, . " "A fat man,"- he said,, "could not help laughing one. - day at - the ludi crous ? appearance ..of a very- bow legged , chap one t of those arch looking' chape, you know, -Though a total stranger, to him, the fat man slapped the bowlegged chap - on the back and said : , 'By jingo, brother, you . loo.k as t you?d been elding .a. barrel. The bowlegged man smiled and poked ' his . finger- deep; into : the fat man's soft,, loose .stomach.- .'And you -look -as if.Jyou'd swallowed one. ba ald.". 'POULTRY' Tom. A Bronze . Turkey Tom Proudly Strutting : better Adapted to their needs than; our - artificial methods of supplying foods. . - : If the birds are fed a ' little each evening' near their shed they, will al ways come to roost.- The close con finement during the Winter months of turkeys will unfit them, as . breeders, and the poults will be hard to raise,' lacking in vitality.' ) s ' During the . Winter ' months they should be fed on wheat, oats, barley, corn, but great care should be taken not to make them over fat. - : Fresh water, grit an doyster shells should w be kept : within ieach. - Egg " Laying and Incubation, v r The : hen . turkey will begin to lay between V. the middle ' of - March : and the first of April-. A feature of great importance is that' the eggs are' all fertile. . 'The one service' by the ; male bird, V Is - sufficient to ; guarantee v fer tility, in, all thfe eggs I the turkey hen will lay until' , she becomes broody Nests can be made of barrels laid on the side ah half -filled with straw. Eggs should be gathered If the weather ; is cool, so they - do not get chilled. Always "leave ..a nest egg in the nest. .. -' ':' :"-.' ;. ? , -- . - The eggs can toe placed under set ting hens, Just what .they can easily cover, usually nine' eggs is the-limit The ' turkey hen. .when she ; ? gets broody can be confined . for a few days " and vwjlir then .: make ' prepara tions to lay another batch of eggs. The hatching of turkey eggs with in cubators, or , the' brooding of x the lit tle turks by artificial mothers has not been a success." The old turkey-hen should be allowed, to hatch her : last nest of eggs and Is then, given all, the poults produced from her eggs. t She will forage with - them much better than their foster ;mother'r7;-'-- hUp It takes .28 day's to incubate turkey eggs, "? The. setting hen ' 'should x be dusted- several timeis during.' this time to destroy all"' lices. A . mixture of grains and grit shoudl ,be kept .near the hatching. coop,. ,": ' ' '; " : ': . ' Caring for the- Poults. " ; This is the; 'most- difficult part of turkey raising. If the breeding stock has ' been handled ' properly and not pampered, 'the little poults are easily raised. Confine the little turks' when 24 hours old in . a dry,, comfortable coop, 5 with their" foster mother; feed every two. hours some stale bread soaked In sweet milk and - squeezed dry again. : This can be fed for two days,- then hard-boiled eggs can be added to the diet, also oatmeal and chopped onion tops. , . v - ,'- ;;- Keep the. little fellows from . the cold winds and damp grass and there will be little trouble raising them. Always have good fresh water, before them a-jd their coop perfectly clean. Never feed more than they can eat up readily. - ,'. ' " : ...'. Keep a : supply cf coarse sand near the coop, - they . need grit..'- : Finely ground fresh meat should be included in their rations . occasionally, , while they are' yet "confined. ' : -" . ' " - V: . They should ; be fed early in the morning, - and -at frequent- intervals during the day. i . Too : much hard boiled egg will produce bowel trouble. Indigestion kills a great per cent of the turkeys, due to overfeeding. Hulled oats is - considered - one of the best grains for growing turkeys; when they get older ; they can .. be fed cracked com. : .-? .' - .'' , v . Always keep In mind that they are a domesticated 'wild bird, and treat Ml' " f' ' '; -I-'- r; s-: '-.u- . v. - - ;yv :vv-?v : '. i- .-.-. r? -. . I I ..- , ;- ' :. :: . ' andaJldunn and, coot rfor 1 babies. ? - 5 l A Perfect5ba? O0;" Heater b almost indlspens. able when there are children in the horned Every borne ha: uses tor it . Mmdm with mtckol trimmin Ham " tlrmtmm. Onuimrii iltrm. Blair . . . . . oium arum: mutuant at. Kmtikf mwffd front room to STAtmARD OIL COMPAOT V '1'- '.. (beotparatcd fat NwJrr) - - n ': The Egg To. Hie Tatils the -accordingly. The sooner they can get the natural food on the. range, - thev' better they will develop. ' -But care must be taken, that in con-, v tinuediwet spells of weather,, they are--? ': not Jieglected.lv During such times the : birds must be fed. ;'; Then again,' after , the hard-frosts In .'the fail,- the birds must ; be ; gradually Induced - to ' par- . take of grains." .Old; corn .'Is best for turkeys, but ; when . taking them off the range and preparing them Stof market, great care must be taken riot to overfeed them with the frain foods " at the start' ' ''' ;) ''"'' '' v. , -, Feeding for Market. :- Keep them growing from the start and they will ;be ready Jor Thanks giving market, when .prices 4 are the best. The later broods may be held over for . the Christmas, market. As soon as the blr4s hav,e J become ac customed : to the grain ration after getting them- off the :; range, they can be . fed twice- a day a', mixture of ground ' oats and cornmeal, mixed ., with milk. This should be given in addition to a liberal supply of ; corn and wheat. During the last few days before ' killing, : Bome fat-suet . -or butcher's soraps can be added to the mash. sThe birds , can be confined , during the last few days of fattening. The killing and . dressing and selling of all poultry products (turkeys In cluded) was taken up In our article last week. . ;:-"'.. ,' ' ; Diseases of Turkeys. ; ' ' : v Little turkeys succumb very, quickly to bloodsucking, lice. Great care .. shuld be taken that the mother hen and nest Are free of lice before they are hatched. A little sweet - oil on' -' the back -of thevhead, also under the throat about' , the ; wings and near, the vent willt drive lice away. V ' ' " i'.T Blackhead. "" '', ''.,'-' ' -V ' - - In many localities the turkeys have been wiped out entirely by this dls- ease. " It- first' attacks the eeeum the blind gut between the large and small .. intestines. , The .liver . soon, becomes enlarged" and 'discolored -with - dark -yellowish" spots. '- - . -. . - -Dlarthpea is mostJmarked and con stant symptom." ' ' ' . - J' -' A peculiar discoloration- of the' head occurs . when the :, disease is - at ? Its height, which has led to the popular , designation "blackhead." The disease attacks very young turkeys and often lasts' several months r. before killing time. v. . - ' , - f v - , . Treatment. . . . - -, ' Mix five or ten grains of sulphur. with one grain of sulphate of lron.--and one grain of sulphate of quinine. Give .this three times a day and con tinue till . results are obtained. ; Feed boiled, rice J every. day to. stop the diarrhoea. '.""' :-'. ,..';.''".';., ,?; '"''. A Ground pepper, ginger, ' cinnamon and , clover mixed in the mash will prevent diarrhoea. -''. i .' .'The real cause of blackhead is not ' known, but- it is supposed to . be in- . duced by the lowering of the vitality in. the; birds due to inbreeding.; "Pre- . cention is " better'' than cure"," so .keep only vigorous breeding stock well mated.- Give the poultry good care -and feed, and there will be. very -little mortality In. your flock. . There has been a decrease of - 45 , per. cent In the number of - turkeys raised last year, when compared .with . other years. The market is better J than ever, and the poultryman who ' has made a close study of turkey rais- . ing will gnd his reward at Thanks-. giving. ;'-:'--v'--j:,;.. . :'.: ;.?": -I--'" lira For the;. Modem Baby, Daddy .doesn't go out to hunt for rabbit skins to keep the baby warm. lie is less romantic j but more practical. Hebuys a . -" aimml mtmmim m fiminaf.a. 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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 14, 1912, edition 1
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