mm fOL. XXLY MOUNT AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1D0S NO. 22 row WIN 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 TCR. 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. it 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. Or- tJ t. 4

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