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MOUNT AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1D0S
NO. 22
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Yea) Have fin4 up the Barns Se Wie
Steak Can be Cemtertakle, Haw
Abeut tha Wlla and Children.
With the coming of winter,
there is a vhole lot of "fixing'
up" that needs to be done on
mos farms, not only about the
barns and in the poultry yard
and around the potato shed, but
also, and more especially, in and
about the house.
Is your winter stove wood rea-
dy?
A whole lot of winter comfort
depends upon the fuel supply
Most of our Southern farmers
burn wood; and everybody knows
that dry wood burns better than
wet wood. The wood should
have been cut long enough ago
to be getting dried out by this
time. If it was not it may at
least yet be put under a shed.
"To have to go out in the rain or
snow1 to get wood isn't a pleas
ant job; and when the wife has
go out in such weather for stove
wood, and then find none cut or
else find it all wet and "sobby"
. well we can only say that no
good farmer should allow such
"caryin'-ons" at his home.
HOW ABOUT THE WATER SUPPLY.
A more serious problem is of
ten the water supply. Too many
farm-houses depend uoon a spring
or well away from the house for
their water; and the women and
children have to go out after it
in all sorts of weather. This is
a shameful state of affairs. Manv
houses could have wtf r pumped
into them by a hydraWc ram or
gfe jnwj thout any exceasi ve
outlay to begin with; and with
postive profit when two or three
years of water carrying or pump
ing are considered. The time
will come when a supply of wa
ter in the house will be regarded
as essential to the comfort of the
country, just as it now is in the
city.
KITCHEN CONVENIENCE WORTH
CONSIDERING.
Then it is worth while to think
about the conveniences of the
kitchin and the facilities the
wife and daughters have there
ot doing their work. No good
farmer would expect to get along
without the use of improved
tools and machinery, or to keep
his stock in uncomfortable sheds
or barns during the winter. But
many seem to think that any old
up-and-down dasher churn, and
a back-breal...ig wash-board, are
all the conveniences their wives
need. She may have to stav,
too, in a little, insufficiently
lighted and poorly ventilated kit
chen, that is dark on cloudy days
intolerably hot in summer, and
the coldest place in the he use in
winter.
It may be away off the ground
with no underpinning so that the
wind can blow under it and cool
off the feet of the unlucky cock
without any restraint. No one
would expect a cow or horse to
do well under such conditions;
lut women, you know, can stand
a great deal.
THE NECESSARY MINISTRY OF
BEAUTY.
Mere physicial comforts is not
all, either. There are many
houses that have a general ex
pect of forlorn dilapidation, and
look like places in which misery
was meant to dwell. A little
patching up a little paint, walks
or two, a few shrubs or vines or
ehade trees will often make a
world of differenceB in the ap
.pearance of a place, and in the
feeling of a home-likeness that
goes with it.
The inside of the home is too
ften neglectei. The boys and
.jiSs on fome faraa are not so
weJ cared for as are the j igs
YOU HOME READY
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and calves. They may be fed
well just as the pigs and calves;
but children require something
more. Can you call that place
a home for the child which makes
no provision for h'n mental and
spiritual development?
THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD.
Every child has certain indi
vidual rights which even his par
ents may not violate which
they, in fact, are under a sacred
obligation to secure to him. A
mong these is the right to share
in the beauty an joy of life.
The man who will not make any
effort to make his home beautiful
who cares nothing for grass and
flowers outside or for pictures
within, who regards music as a
waste of time and books as un
necessary luxuries, is wronging
his children as surely as if he
failed to feed or clothe them suf
ficiently.
Make the home attractive.
When you sell the crop do not re
gard it as extravagant to bright
en up the old house 1 ttle, to
get some new books for Johny
or a piano for Maiy. Your life
and the lives of all about you
will be happier for the associa
tion with the wit and wisdom of
the best books, for the sweet
ness of music in your home and
for the beauty of sward and shade
and bloom about it Progressive
Farmer.
Machiniat la Elaetreeutee'.
Yorkville, S. C. Dec. lO.-Wil-iam
F. Downs, head machinist
of the Tavora Cotton Mills, at
this place, is dead as the resul t
of placing his hand on a live
-Jcctric wire Jn-the-iraneforrasr
house at the mill this morning a
bout 9 o'clock. The machinery
of the plant is propelled by elec
tricity supplied by the Southern
Power Company. At the usual
starting time this morning it was
found that there was something
wrong with the current and that
the machinery could not be start
ed, and up to 9 o'clock there was
still no current, or there was
supposed to be none, when Mr.
J. T. Ramseur, the supperinten
dent, and Mr. Downs were en
gaged in trying to locate the
trouble and get the machinery
started. It is said that the
switch which forms the connec
tion between the power line and
the motor that drives the mach
inery, or cuts themaff as desired
was open. While the two men
were investigating Downs placed
a hand on a wire which he sup
posed was dead; but it was not,
and as a result he was instantly
killed.
Cana Va. Ntwa.
The weather is very cold and
the roads very bad through this
section at the present.
Ij&at week there was quite a
still time at Cana, most of the
people gone to Hillsville court.
The Revenue Officers located
and cut a still and arrested Zack
aria Payne about 11-2 miles from
Cana Tuesday of last week.
Married on Sunday Dec. 6th at
the home os Kev.
H. M. Easter
Mr. Henry Easter to Miss Min
nie Tolbert, Esq. W. V. Johnson
officiating.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Combs
from Woodlawn V irginia were
visiting home folks and friends
at Cana last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. D. Sells
from Greensboro N. ,C. were vis
iting Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Towe
of Cana Sunday.
Mr. J. M. Edwards of Cana is
improving his dwelling consider
ably this week.
Mr. J. 0. Speaa'is gone to
Galax Va. this week on busi
ness. Mr. G. W. Thomas' dwelling
v ill be ompleted in the course
of eight or ten days.
A reader.
An tntereetine. f amity.
Charlotte Observer.
Editor Bighant insists
communication from me,
am at a loss for a subject.
on a
but I
Perhaps I may
interest your
readers by telling of some things
I saw out of Mecklenburg coun
ty. Recently I have spent sixteen
nights in sixteen different farm
home3.
At one home the family was a
fine exhibit of physical make-up
the father a giant in build, over
six feet tall, 210 pounds weight,
48 years old. By his side was
the wile, handsome ana with
nne iace, teaming witn Kind
ness. Around the fire were ten
children, every one a perfect
picture of health.
Sitting before the large open
fire place in the light made by
the blaze of pine knots, I listen
ed to the conversation. The talk
was about cutting timber, gath-
enng corn, tne sowing or wneat,
the killing of hogs in the light
m a t
or dark of the moon, etc. etc
Not a word was said about
President Taft or Governor Kit-
chin, the revision of the tariff
was not mentioned, and when I
ventured a remark about the ag
ricultural department of North
Carolina, the oldest son, 20 years
old. said he did not know that
the state maintained a depart
ment to help farmers in their
farm work.
Only one member of this fam
ily can read and write; there are
no newspapers,, no farm papers,
and no church paper,
The whole family know how
to work and at 4 a. m. all over
six years of age were up and do
ing their particular part of the
morning work.
Before it was good day light,
the plows, harrow, and grain
were moving over the field.
This is a happy family. They
know nothing of the Academy
of music, the moving picture
hall, nor the skating rink; they
are content with their home ma
ny miles from a railroad and ap
parently do not bother themsel
ves with Charlotte News or New
York commercial reports.
The head of the house said
that 9 cents was not enough for
cotton and unless he could sell
for above 11 he could not buy
new shoes this winter for all the
feet in his family.
I asked him if he knew what it
cost to grow cotton, how much
per pound? He said "Yes, it
cost my schooling when I was a
boy and it is now depriving my
children of their schooling."
Not one of this family at school
and no school open in the neigh
borhood. S:rely cotton is a costly crop.
C. C. Moore.
Preacher Killed in Fight Ovar Nigra.
Washington, Ga., Dec. 11.
At the end of a brief fierce quar
rel over the employment of a ne-
Pgro laborer, the Rer. G. Forest
Tuttle, aged fifty years, was
shot and instantly killed near
here this morning by Warren
Bailey, aged twenty-one, who,
as he shot, was felled by an iron
wedge, used by the , preacher
and lies unconscious with a brok
en skull, himself near to death.
A negro whom Mr. Tuttle had
employed went to work for Bail
ey and the preacher went to the
latter's home, quarreled with
him and the fight followed.
It is stated by an eye witness
that Bailey fired while the iron
wedge was in the air after hav
ing been hurled by Mr. Tuttle.
The preacher leaves a Urge fam-
iiy.
Three Bandits Maid Up Train.
Spokane, Wash., Dec. 10.
Three men held up theeastbound
Great Northern train. No. 4 a
mile and a half east of Hillyard
j the mail car and mde thdr es
cape.
Only the p resence of mind of
the fireman prevented the loot
mgof the express car, which
carried a large amount of money
including $20,000 consigned from
the Spokane bank to a Montana
town.
The train had slowed down in
the yard at Hillyard when three
men, armed with revolvers.
crawled over the tender of the
ffcngine, and
covering the engi
neer and fireman ordered the
train brought to a standstill, a
little over a mile from the sta
tion.
The engineer obeyed and when
the train had come to a stop the
bandits forced the engineer and
fireman to leave the cab.
While two of the robbers stood
guard over the engineer the oth
er took Frieman Perrin back to
uncouple the mail and express
cars from the rest of the train.
In the darkness the bandits
failed to notice that the first car
was mail, while the s. rond was
baggage, and the exptess car,
which contained the desired boo
ty, was the third in the train.
Perrin saw this mistake, and
quickly taking advantage of it,
in spite of the menacing revol
ver held close to his head, cut off
the baggage cars, leaving the
express car attached to the
train.
neer and fireman' with the train
and boarded the locomotive and
themselves ran it several miles
east from where they brought it
to a stop, rifled the mail car, then
again boarded the engine, un
coupling it from the cars, which
they left on the track, and pro
ceeded three miles to Read.
There a rig was awaiting them
and they made their escape.
Read is only 10 miles from Spo
kane, and it is supposed the ban
dits were on their way to Spo
kane. '
The amount of their booty is
unknown.
Girl Changed her Mind.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 11. -En
gaged to be married to a North
Carolina beauty, Nicholas F: Als
ton, of New York City, while on
his way to see his pretty fiancee,
.vas met in this city with a tele
gram telling him that he had
been jilted and that the girl,
who was Miss Nan Branch daugh
ter of Alpheus Branch, of Wilson
N. C, had been married to Fred
Carr, private secretary to Sena
tor Overman. The telegram
stated further that the marriage
had been performed at the resi
dence of Mrs. S. H. Harrison,
sister of the bride, and was in
the nature of a surprise,
Mr. Alston is deeply grieved
over the fickleness of his fiancee
but takes the matter philosophi
cally. Mr. and Mrs. Carr left
on a bridal tour which will take
them to points in Florida and
Cuba, immediately after the cer
emony. Alston, instead of pur
suing his journey to Wilson, re
mained over fin Richmond to
night and will return to New
York to-morrow. When inter
viewed at his hotel to-night he
acknowledged that his sweet
heart had jilted him for his more
successful rival. The date for
his marriago to Miss Branch had
been set for December 22nd. His
visit to the South at this time
was for the purpose of making
final arrangements for the cere
mony.
C Seuth, Yeung- Man, Tha Cry.
Washington. D. C.Dec. 10.
Years ago Horace Greeley urgedr
young men to go west and grow
up with the country. John Bar
rett, director of the international
bureau of American republics,
enjoins young men to learn
Spanish cr Portugues and go to
South America to make their
fortunes. He ha3 this to say on
the subject:
"There is today in the United
States a sad lack of young men
having a knowledge of Spanish
or Portuguese, who mizht Quali
fy as commerical representative!
in Latin America, and yet there
is a great opportunity in this di
rection. Some commercial col
lege ought to make a specialty
of preparing young men for this
work, and large business houses
should follow the example of Eu
ropean companies in sending the
young men of their offices to
Latin America; not at first to get
business, but to learn the lan
guage, study the people, the con
ditions of life and trade, and fin
ally to become efficient, trusted
and car able representatives.
Akin to this is the thought
that Spanish should be taught
far more generally in the colle
ges and high grade schools of
the United States. The demand
for knowledge of it during the
next decade will far exceed that
for German or French, If schol
arships could be endowed which
would send a certain number of
students of the United States
each year to the universities and
colleges of Latin America, and
o help to provide a corpa of
tralruvKnen, a n tj.i4r
vance would be taken."
Man and Wife Carry flails.
Pittaboro Record.
Mr. George H. Beavers of
Matthews townships, is the mail
carrier for the star route betwetn
Siler City and Pittaboro, and his
wife is the mail carrier on the
rural free delivery route No. 3
from Siler City. We wonder if
there is another such instance in
the United States of a man and
his wife both being mail carriers?
Sunday is the only day they
spend at home.
Rading illicit stills in the Ken
tucky mountains is a dangerous
undertaking and mang a mar
shal or deputy has lost his life in
the attempt. Equally dangerous
though from different reasons,
seeim to be to travel in an auto
mobile while rading unlicensed
saloons in Westchester county.
An under sheriff and two special
deputies started out in an auto
the other day to raid unlicensed
saloons in that country and came
near losing their lives. After
four saloons had been raided the
under sheriff mistook a stone
wall forming the abutment of a
bridge, for the road and ran his
machine into it with great force.
The machine was completely
wrecked and the occupants of
the vehicle seriously injured.
Raiding saloons is a risky thing.
Some men are known to have
been so completely upset by raid
ing but a single saloon, that they
"saw things' and had to be tak
en to the hospital.
One hundred fine
100
der before they are picked over.
JOHN A. YOUNG.
Greensboro, N. C.
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JTOBACCO SALES FOR WOV.
RaWighrN. O- Dee. 10. -The
November report of the sale
sale ofN
a . . . .
pared with 41,201,239 pounds for
October.
Winston-Salem leads .again
with 3,112.249 pounds: Wilson
second, with 1,899,010; ITfc'Mt
Airy third, with 1.470,643; Rocky
Mount fourth, with 1,291,202.
and Greenville fifth, with 1,13V
"871 pounds.
loose leal tobacco by the ware
houses in North Carolina, made -
public .today at the state depart
ment of agriculture, shows 17,
831,000 pounds total sales, first
hand, from the growers, as com
There are forty-one markets
reporting sales, the smallest a
mount being 1,554 pounds by
Fairment.
The sales as reported by the ....
various markets follow: Winston
Salem. 3,112,249; Wilson. 1,899,
010; Mt. Airy, 1,470.643; Rocky
Mount, 1,291,202; Greenville, 1.
139,371; Kinston, 979,651; Dur
ham, 941,600; Oxford, 831,542;
Reidsville, 759,268; Roxboro, 664..
959; Henderson, 627,895; Louis-
burg. 501,088; Farmville, 323,
839; Warrenton, 296,564; Stone
ville 264,398; Creedmore, 238,722
La Grange, 194,312; Leaksville,
199,153; Goldsboro, 187,923; Mad
ison, 172,214; Apex, 157,338, .
Snow Hill, 156,481: Youngsville,
116,344: Smithfield, 138,080; En
field, 134,131; Zebulqn. 133,478;
Williamston. 116,125; Greensboro
103,762; Robersonville, 86.380;
Burlington, 86,712; Wendell, 83,
381; Ahoskie, 79,120; Ayden, Th
072; Raleigh, 66.020; Fu
SprhJgy 47.W0V. rJ.chkr
26,345; Pilot Mountain, 25,103;
Dunn, 18.984; Fairmont, 1,554;
Total, 17,831,000.
NtOCRAMrASTOIIS, LAY-LEAD-CRS
DISTRICT STEWARDS MEET
INQ.
Elkin, N. C. Dec. 29,30, 1908
Tuesday 29th:
2. P. M. Opening and organi
zation. 3 P. M. Where and why we
succeed 8nd where and why we
failed last year, Rev. W. M. Bag
by. 3:30 P. M. A forward move
ment for 1909, E. II. Kochtitzky.
4 P. M. The work of the Dis
trict Evangelist, Rev. Z. Paris.
4:30 P. M. District stewards
meeting.
7 P. M. Financial Systems,
Discussion opened by E. H.
Kochtitzky.
Wednesday 30:
9 Full collections and how Rev.
D. M. Litaker. '
9:30 Soul winning Rev. Z. E.
Barnhardt and W. I Dawson.
10 How to reach unoccupied
Territory, Discussion opened by
Rev. T. J. Houck.
11 The pastor and his work
Rev. D. V. Price.
11:30 Closing words from the
Presiding Elder.
Please notify Rev. D. L. Lita
ker when you will arrive at El
kin. It it a Wonder,
ChumberlHin'a Liniment ia one of the
most remarkable preparations yet pro
duced for the relief of rheumatic pains,
and for lame back, apraina and bruieea.
1 he quick relier from pain which tt af
fords tn cane of rheumatiam ia alone
worth many times ita coat. Price, 25
cents; large size 50 cents. For sale by
Gwyn Drurf Co.
PIGS.
pigs on hand.
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