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OXFORD FOBLIC LEDGER, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17, 191 1 1 US"" REGISTERED. REGISTERED. The Origiii of Royster Fertilizers: Mr. Royster believed that success awaited the Manufacturer of Fertilizers who would place quality above other considerations. This was Mr. Royster's idea Twenty-seven years ago and this is his idea to-day; the result has been that it requires Eight Factories to supply the demand for Royster Fertilizers CONSPIRACY TO MUTINY. F. S. ROYSTER GUANO COMPANY, FACTORIES AND SALES OFFICES. NORFOLK, VA. TARBORO, N. C. COLUMBIA, S. C. SPARTANBURG, S. C. MACON, GA COLUMBUS, QA. MONTGOMERY, ALA. BALTIMORE, Mb. t V, El Consumption of Tanning Materials. Washington, D. C. Tanbark an tanning extracts were consumed in the United States during the calan dar year 1909 to the value of $21, 304,927, as against $21,361,719 in 1908 and $21,205,457 in 1907. Of these totals the outlay for extracts formed 49.2 per cent during 1909, 49-4 per cent in 1908, and 45.5 per cent in 1907. This information appears in the perliminary comparative report cov ering 1909, 1908 and 1907, which was transmitted today to Census Di rector Durand by Chief Statistician Wm. M- Stuart, under whose super vision it was prepared by J.E. Whel chel, expert special agent of the Di vision of Manufacturers. In co-operation with the forest service of the department of agriculture, the bureau of the census annually col lects and publishes statistics per- oininop Vio orrftnTi rf lnmhor snH timber industries. While the total expenditure for vegetable tanning materials has "been fairly evenly divided between the group of barks, etc., on the. one hand an4-that extracts on the other - during the past; 3 years, the averag-!cost peT cord of barks has advace steadily from $?-52 in 1907 'tO $9 f8 in 1908 and 1$0. 31 in 1909 ThiA increase in the aver se cos per' cord has been accom pdix.tcFvs. "war followed by a ocrrespOnd,J ing decrease in the quantity annu ally consumed during the same pe riod, the total for 1908 being7.2 per cent less than that for 1907, and that for 1909 4.3 pei cent less that that for 1908. The most mark ed decrease in annual consumption is shown for hemlock which was the bark used in greatest quantity in all three years, the reported total of this special for 1909 being less than that for 1908 by 13.8 per cent, and less than that for 1907 by 14.4 jer cent. Increase in Total consumption. The showing for extracts is sim ilar to that for barks, etc., with re spect to cost, though entirely differ ent when the annual consumption is concerned. The average cost per sumed during 1907 was $0.0264, pound of extracts of all kinds con while in 1908 it was $0.0269 and in 1909 was greater than that in 1907 by 21,918.360 pounds, or 6 per cent, though slightly less than that reported for 1908, the total for which year was the largest of which there is record. --- . The most marked increase among the leading extracts was in chest nut extract, the reported consump tion of which in 1909 exceeded that of 1908 by 24-5 per cent and that of 1907 by 35.6 per cent. This movement in the tanning industry toward the supplanting of barks - as mata f,mV extracts, has been dis ce5T Jieshowings f or sev- eafs" past and follows . log ically the growing scarcity and rap- J idly increasing cost of the barks. jFuthermore the fact that the sup ply of barks is not only diminishing but at the same time becoming more remote from- transportation facili ties contributes to the decreasing use of tanning materials in this form. The tanning industry, or that por tion - . of it using vegetable tanning materials, is widely distributed: The consumption of, extracts was report ed from 33 states, and of barks from 25 in 1909, but the four sta tes of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin.West Virgiifia, and Michigan, l ranks in point of consumption in the order named, used nearly two-thirds of the total quantity of barks reported and, with Masschusetts, about three fifths of that of extract. Pennsyl vanit continues, however, to be far in the lead of all other states in the quantity of both barks and ex tracts annually consumed, this state alone reporting 28.8 per cent of the barks and 32.2 per cent of the extracts used during 1909- BILIi NYE MEMORIAL DAY. An Open Letter From State Super intendent J.-. Y. Joyner to the Public School Teachers of the State. ' To the county Superintendents and The Public School Teachres: The public press of North Caro lina has always responded : generous- Execnticn at Sea ol Philip Spencer, S3 Midshipman, Son of The Secre tary of War, and One Petty Officer and 0neSeaman. There has never been a fleet mutiny , or a squadron mutiny in the United States navy. The mosl notorious case in the naval his tory of this country was the conspi racy to mutiny on the brig of war Somers, which was discovered be fore it came to a head and resulted in the execution at sea of Philip Spehcer midshipman, son of the the secretary of war, and . one petty officer and one seaman. - Another famous case was the one in which Commodore Porter acted with such vigor and promtitude that he completely crushed the re bellious spirit that had manifested -litself and saved his ship. when Commodore Porter was in command of the Essex in the ear ly, history of our navy there was an attempted munity on moard.Here is an account of how it was sup pressed, which is vouched for as authentic: "While the Essex was lying at the Marquesas island, re cruiting and refreshing her crew from one of the long and . ardous cruises in the Pacific, Commodore Porter was informed through a ser vant of one of the officers that the mutiny had been planned and was on the eve of consummation; that it was the intention 6T mutineers to rise upon the officers take doss- iession of the ship and after hav ing remained as long as they found agreeable at the island to hoist the black flag and cruise on their own account,'-' - ""Having satisfied himself of the truth of the information, Commo dore Porter ascended to the quar terdeck and ordered all the crw to be summoned after- Waiting until the last man had come from belo he informed them that he under stood that a mutiny was on foot and that he had summoned them for the purpose of inquiring into its truth. 'Those men who are in favor of standing by the ship and her officers," said the "commodorewill go over to the starboard side; those who are against them will remain where they are." The crew to a man moved over to the starboard side. The ship was still as the grave. Fixing his eyes on them steadily and sternly for a few mo ments, the commodore said, 'Rob ert White, step out.' The man obey ed, standing pale and agitated, guilt stamped on every lineament of his countenance, in front of his comra des. ' "The commodore looked at him a moment, then, seizing a cutless from the nearest rack, said in a suppressed voice, but in tones so deep ; that they rang like a knell upon J the ears of the guilty among the crew: 'Villian! You are the ring leader of this mutiny! Jump over board!' The man dropped on hi, knees;-: imploring for mercy, saying th-tt&iyff could ' not swim.". - Then jttWIfVtPCUUlldl'tsli said tuie com- There are several things to be con sidered in selecting your bank. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Strength financial strength. The care which the bank is managed. The courtesy and spirit of accommo dation displayed by the officers and employees. v The banking experience of its officers. The ability of the bank to properly and promptly handle all your business. To those wishing desirable banking rela tions, we offer our services as an old estab lished, permanent, conservative and accom modating bank, promising courteous treat ment and careful attention to all business intrusted to our care. Tine : " IBamtlk oil . GrairnvMe. E. T. WHITE, n. G. COOPER. W. T. YANCEY, President. Vice-President. Cashier. ly. andT unselfishly.. to' every callol the DUblic ohoo!s J for 1i.rvlfti -' promoting the development of these schools and the progress of educa tion in the state. The county su- I perintendents and the public schools teachers now have an opportunity to express their appreciation of this service and to render at the same time a valuable service toa most worthy cause by co-operating heart ily with the "Bill Nye Memorial Committee" in their commendable effort to raise funds for the erec tion of a central or main building at the "Stonewall Jackson"Manual Training School," to be known as the "Bill Nye Memorial School." The comittee has prepared an interesting program for the celebra tion of Bill Nye Day in the public schools. An hour devoted to honor ing the memory of such a man.who loved . all children and all men, who devoted his splendid talents to mak ing them hapier and better through his writings, will be properly and profitably spent. - .' I earnestly request and urge the county superintendents of each coun ty to distribute these programs to the public school teachers of the county, accompanied by a letter to each teacher, directing the setting apart of an hour in the school for this celebration, and urging the hearty co-operation of the teacher for the success of the celebration. The noble work of the Stonewall Jackson Training School for giving wayward boys of the state a chance to have a chance to be trainedin to good citizens should appeal stronj ly to the hearts of the children of the public schools, who but for the mercy of God might be like these wayward boys. It is a privilege.there fore, for these children to have an opportunity to make a contribution to such a work. It will do them good. I urgently urge, therefore, that county superintendents and teachers lend their hearty co-operation in securing at least a penny contribution from every child in the public schools for the erection of the Bill Nye Memorial Building for increasing the facilities at the state's school for training wayward boys. I designate Wednesday, the 22nd day of Feb. for this celebration. I suggest that the tfeacher devote an hour to this day to reading to the pupils this booklet and to arous ing an enthusiastic interest in Bill Nye and his work and in the work of the Stonewall Jackson Training School, concluding the exercises witt an earnest appeal for a contribution of at least one penny from every child, to be brought next morning. All contributions should be for warded by the . teacher or the prin cipal of the school to Mr. R. "WV Vincent, secretary of the Bill Nye Memorial Committee, Charlotte, N. C, and they will be acknowledged in three columns of The Charlotte Observer. Very truly yours, J Y. JOYNER, Supt. Public instruction. MERCHANT: Write for price of Sea Island Cotton meal C. O. Ball, Broker, (ltpd) Raleigh. car seed cut him down. 'Overboard instant ly!' And the man jumped over the the side of the ship; He then turn ed to the trembling crew and ad dressed them with much feeling.the tears standing upon his bronzed cheek as he spoke. He asked them What he had done that his ship should be disgraced by a mutiny. He asked whether he had ever dishon ored the flag, whether he had ever treated them with other than kind ness, whether they had ever been wanting for anything to their com fort that " discipline and the rules of the service would allow and that it was in his power to give. . "At the close of his address he said: 'Men before I came on deck I laid a train to the magazine,and I would have blown all on board into eternity before my ship should have been disgraced by a successful mutiny. I never would have' sur vived the dishonor of my ship. Go to your duty.' The men were much affected by the commodore's ad dress and immediately returned to their duty, showing every sign of contrition. "But mark the sequel of this mutiny and let those who, in the calm security of their firesides,are so severe upon the course of con duct pursued by- of f icres in such crit ical situations see how much inno cent blood would have been saved, if "White had been cut down instant ly for hanged at the yarndarn. As he went overboard he succeeded in reaching a canoe floating at a little distance and-paddled ashore- Some few months afterward, when Lieuten ant Gamble, of the marines, was at the islands, in charge of one of the large prizes, short handed and in distress, this same White, at the head of a party of natives, at tacked the ship, killed two of the officers and a number of men, and i was with great difficulty that she was . prevented from falling into their hands." New York Post. WEDDED THE DEAD. Queer Marriage Ceremony That Wat , - Performed In Japan. -j' . , The tragic ending of a Japanese love story is reported by the Japan Chronicle from Tsuzuki, a little seaside village in toe province of Shizuoka. Ono Matsusaka, twenty years, old, fell in love with Ono O-bun, a girl seventeen years old. The young couple - sought the consent of their parentis, and the father and mother of the girl refused to sanction the union. The two lovers decided to commit sul cide rather than be separated. By ap pointment they met at a trysting place that had been the scene of their lorn making and embarked in a fishing boat At a point some distance from shore tbey bound themselves togeth with some cloth brought alo-ig to serv that purpose and threw themselves into the sea. Committing "shlnju, as lovers' sut cides are called in Japan, is such an ordinary occurrence that little atten tion is attracted by it. but this tragedy was followed by something exceptional in .la pan. When the two bodies, still bound to gether, were washed ashore the ofli cials who examined them turned them over to their respective parents. The villagers were so deeply affected that they, called upon the two bereaved families to "do justice" to the boy and girl by uniting them In 'marriage after death. The mayor of the village was especially insistent that the rites b? performed, "so that the deceased might be safely united in the next world." The parents agreed, the cere mony was carried out in due form. I and presents were exchanged between the two families. The ceremony was legally registered just as If it had taken place before the deaths of the bride and bridegroom. Lafcadio Hearn in bis "Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan" and "Gleanings In Buddha-fields" never brought the at tention of the Occident to any. Japa nese custom or occurrence stranger than this real happening that finds its way into the columns of a Japanese newspaper as a feature of the day's news. Louisville Courier-Journal. MADDENING MONOTONY. FACXXATIXG HAIR. JtSvery Woman Who Uses Parisian Sage Has Plenty .of it. Parisian Sage will greatly improve the attractiveness of any person's hair in a few days- Itwill do more; it will rid the scalp of every par ticle of disgusting dandruff; it will stop falling hair and itching scalp, or money back. - Parisian Sage will greatly improve fumed preparation, delightfully re freshing, 'and free from grease-, or stickiness. It will make hair grow. Sold and guaranteed by J. G. Hall for 50 cents a large bottle.The girl - with the Auburn hair is on every, bottle, - : - li you want your house covered, and want to. get net wholesade fig ures! get Davis -prices at . pnee, for we tot the goods, and we need the caslV'so nugh , said"-Galvanized and paiiAed steel roofing, COTRIGHT tin fhingles, and the .famous VTJL CAJIOL.D Asf alt roofing guaranteed fifteen years. Davis, the "Roof ing fcaan." Clarksville, Va. The Graveyard Sort of Life That Ob tains In Sierra Leone. - - It is difficult to explain how com plete in normal times is the dullness of the small villages in the protecto rate of Sierra Leone, on the coast of western Africa, says a writer in the Nineteenth "Century and After. An hour before sunrise shadowy figures move. noiselessly through the narrow alleys which separate the" mud walled houses and in single file pass out ol sight toward the farm lands. A little later children and a few women leave the houses to obtain water for cook ing. Tbey also go in single file and in a short while will return in' the same manner carrying water in calabashes, except, perchance, one or two may be affluent enough to possess a tin in which kerosene oil has been imported. During the great heat of the day peo ple return and sit, silent and motion less, in the thatched roof verandas. Toward evening there is more move ment. Food time generally brightens people even when it only means rice and peppers. Soon after sunset all sign of life ceases. There is no light in the houses, because oil is expensive, and a dying fire is enough when there is nothing to see except those you have seen all day; there are no sounds, save a baby's cry at intervals, or perhaps the weird call of some night bird, be cause people cannot talk much when no one has anything fresh to say. Next day will be the same, and so will be every day in the year except at festival times, such as when the girls or boys return, dancing and gayly decked, from the Porroh Bush. There is no church, no postman, no passing horse or carriage and no newspapers. LIGHTED BY ELECTRICITY. Warming Gold Dishes. Castle Kilkenny is one of the oldest inhabited dwellings in the world, some of the rooms being 800 years old Among its ancient treasures Is a serv ice of gold plate. Besides the ordi nary plate service. Castle Kilkenny has the whole series of gold cups used at coronation banquets down to the time of George IV. The gold of tbt service plates is almost without alloy, consequently very soft and easily marred: hence the plates are warmed and presumably also washed after use by being dipped into hot water, helu by a pair of tongs whose tips have been muffled in chamois leather. Lon don Mail. ' - . ' A Freak of Nature. Colonel Dennison had become the happy father of twins, and his un bounded pride in this twofold blessed ness found expression on every oc casion. , He stood with a friend on the bank steps one day as a young woman passed wheeling a baby carriage con taining a pretty girl baby. . "Doesn't a woman look queer." said the colonel loftily, "with only one child?" Success Magazine. Got the Whole Story. What made you so late?" "I met Jinx." "Well, that's no reason why you should be an hour late getting hotn to supper." . "I know, but I asked him how h was feeling and the fool - insisted oi; telling me." Houston Post. The Chicago, Burlington and Qciscy Railrcads Equipped With Electric lights. During the past few years - there has been a marked effort on the part of th erailroads to light mora trains by electricity. Explosions off illuminating gas and fires caused oy dripping oil lamps were the di rect cause of this movement to wards electric lighting. The ter rific explosion of Pintsch gas, besides for lighting passenger coaches In. the Grand Central Depot, New York, again revealed the dangers attending gar for illuminating purposes on railroad- trains. Leading railroads of the country, including the New York Central and the Pennsylvania ATP lldW lltrhHntr mnot nf ttiaii. ti cipal trains by the electric current i:ieecricity gives a brilliant, econo mical and safe lighting and it ia not. surprising that its use is rapidV ly increasing. The Chicago, Burlington & Quin cy railroads has now equipped all its through trains with electric, lighting, sixty-seven of the best locomotives being equipped witbx Curtis turbogenerators. These littla steam turbines, which whirl small but powerful electric generators.are mounted on top of the locomotive boiler and take up so little room that they are hardly noticible.Eachi turbine secures its steam from the main boiler. As all the coaches are wired and fitted for electric lights all that is necessary in mak ing up the train is to lock the ca ble connections between the engine and the first coach, and operation.' that takes but a second or two. The tiny turbine requires but little steam and keeps up a steady flow of electricity during the entire ranv whether the train is in motion or not, thereby doing away with aJL storage batteries such as are need ed where axle-driven generators are used. So absolutely reliable is this sys tem that no other means of illumi nating is provided, Nearly all the suburban trains on. this same railroad are lighted withi electricity, each coach being equipp ed with twenty-one 1 6-eandle-power lamps. Four lights are furnished, for platform illumination, one for the - toilet-room, and sixteen are. placed in the body of the car under neath the deck sash. In the loco motive cab a suitable number of electric lamps are used to illuminate, the gauges. The locomotive .headlight whlclL has been adopted is a 50 c-p car bon filament stereopticon lamp, ar ranged with the usual ref lector.and! is said to give six times as much light ; as the old-fashioned oil head light "used in suburHan serviee.There is a marble panel in the cab of the locomotive equipped with a voltme ter and rheostat, the latter permitt ing adjustment to meet the vary ing load on the lamp .circuit. A number of other railroads throughout the country use steam, turbines for train 'tl lighting ,purpo- ses bu t install the turbine arid gen erator in the baggage car instead, of f astening it to the" locomotive Such a turbine generator set re quires but little floor space In the car- As it is practically automatic,, self-oiling and reliable, no one la required to care for it between. runs. The chief dangers of gas and oil for trains lighting exist in time of serious wrecks. Time and time, again the old oil lamps have orer- turned, scattreing inflammable oil about, and setting the train on flrev In cases where the cars are over turned and twisted about the gas- i.lfrM n m 3 T- tt Vi t 1t -n Miles. vuucb auu jjijjo .nave? uiwacu, v ing serious explosions and the fires, started by the gas lamps, quickly follow the trail of leaking gas throughout the train - and . reduce it to ashes. FOB AGED PEOPLE. Long Courtship. Maud Are you engaged to Jack foi good? Ethel It looks so. I don't think he l! ever be In a position to marry me. -Boston Transcript. Old Folks Should be Careful in Their Selection of Regulative Med t icine. "We have a safe, dependable and altogether ideal remedy that ia particularly adapted to the require ments of aged people and persons of weak constitutions who suffer from constipation or other bowel disorders. We are so certain that it will relieve these complaints and. give absolute satisfaction in every particular that we offer it with our personal guarantee that it shall coat, the user nothing if.it fails to sub stantiate our claims. This remedy is called Rexall "Ordrelies. Rexall Orderlies have a soothing healing, strengthening, tonic and. regulative action upon the bowelsv They remove all irritation, dryness, soreness and weakness. They re store the bowels and associate organs to move vigorous and heal thy activity. They are eaten like candy, may be taken at any time without inconvenience, do not cause any griping, nausea, diarrhoea, ex cessive looseness, flatulence or otlt er disagreeable effect- Price 25c and 10c. Sold only at our store The Rexall Store-J. G. Hall's. Now is the time to see or write Davis, about wire of every descrip tion. More wire than I have roonx for, and got to be sold to make room for other goods coming.Don't fail to write or come at once for some very attractive prices being made now. Davis the '"Wire Man." SALE OP PERSONAL. PROPERTY. As agent for the owner, we will on Tuesday the 21st day of February, 1911, sell at public-auction at the Home place of M B Hobgood a large lot of personal property, consisting of" Household and Kitchen furniture, horses, cOws, hogs, wagons and farm implements of every kind and de scription. Any of this property cant be bought privately from the un dersigned before the day of sale. Time of sale 10 o'clock a- m. February 9, 1911. Titus Currin ( AGENTS 1 n'-r- Fred Currin.
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