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VOLUME XTI.
LENOIR, N.C., NOVEMBER 9, 1909.
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PHILLIPINE LETTER.
Mr. H. W. Goforth Writes Inter
estinly of L'ncle Sam's
Possessions in the
Far East.
My Dear Father :-
In answer to your request tor a
descriptive letter telling of the
Philippines I am making this cf
fort.
I expected to write this loug ago
but have had such a great amount
of work to do that I have found it
impossible. I had expected to tell
you first of my trip acioss the Paci
fic and my visits to Hawaii, Japau,
and China, but just now I feel
more like writing about the Phil
ippines and the news of the trip
will keep a while louger. If you
want to hear of the trip later let
me kuow and I will tell you of it.
To begin with it might not be
entirely ut of place to say a few
words alnnit the location of the Is
lands. They are situated just a
little In rther South than the Is
land of Cuba and are about eight
thousand miles west of the West
ern Coast of the Tinted States.
There are more than three thous
and of the Islands all together but
many of these are uninhabited.
There aie elm en large ami impor
tant islands. Of these Luzon is
the largest and Miudauoa second
largest.
There is a population of tiloiit
eight million natives, perhaps an
hundred thousand Chinese ten
thousand Americans, and several
thousand Spaniards.
At the present time my work is
that of a Supervising Teacher in
the Bureau of Education. 1 have
under my caiethree Municipalities
which have a population of 34,000
people There are about a dozen
Spaniards iu my territory, several
hundred Chinese, and one other
American official permanently lo
cated here. The other American
refered to is the Lieutenant of
Constabulary (Native soldiers)
and is located at Misamis. There
are liesidcs we two several other
Americans five, 1 believe, at
work as foremen and engineers on
the new road now being built
across my district. There are two
American ex-soldiers who have
settled here, too. 1 rarely go a
week without seeing another white
man now though formerly I have
iK'en without seeing one for several
weeks. I haven't seen an unmarried
American girl in over a year and
only three married ladies.
I have my own house and serv
ants and live very comfortably here
although the expenses are so high
that there is very little money to
be saved. My health has always
been good and I have not lost a
day on account of sickness.
I like the country much better
since learning the customs of the
people and learning to talk, in a
way, their language.
My work is quite pleasant. We
have seventeen schools and under
my authority are thirty-one Fili
pino teachers. There are two thous
and pupils in school. I have
always gotton along very well with
both teachers and pupils and have
never had any trouble at all.
liesides the text book work we
have industrial training. The
text books and all school supplies
are furnished the pupils free of
cost thoug they are allowed to own
their own books if they wish. If
a pupil wishes to buy his book he
can do so very cheaply owing to
the low prices secured by the Gov
ernment. Last year the work done along
Industrial lines was weaving of
bamboo and buri into fans baskets
wall-pockets, picture-frames, nap
kin rings and many such things.
The Exhibits from the schools of
Jimenez were the best shown in
that line in the Province, at the
Industrial Exhibition at Cagayan,
last April . This year the girls are
doing sewing aud the boys Garden
ing. It is more difficult to make
a garden here than it is there be
cause the ants are everywhere here
and eat the seeds and plant., badly.
The boys built fences for the gar
dens themselves and did very well.
I hope the gardens will do well.
We are using a lot of U. S. seeds,
too, and as they are not acclimated
they dj not do very well. The
native plants are doing better. To
ma toes seem to giow best of all the
imported seeds.
I suppose that it seems- strange
to have gardens starting now just
when Jack-Frost is beginning to
haver around the land there does
it not! It is this way, you see. In
January and February we have
lots of rain. In March the dry
season begins and it continues too
dry for gardening until the middle
of June. Then it logins raining
almost every day until the latter
part of July when it gets dry
again and stays dry about a month.
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Alter mai uie rams are very
plentiful until March. So you see
September first is about the best
time to plant theseeds as they will
mature about Christmas. The
weather never gets cold. I do nut
know how low the temperature gets
but I do not iH'lieve that it goes
lower than sixty. It does not go
as high as it does there either,
however. Very ra vly goes over
uinety-two to ninety five. The
w ind generally blows that is
breeze and it is pleasant except
just before a rain or perhaps at
noon on some days.
The nights are cooler than they
are there in the Summer months
and I can always sleep comfortably
while 1 used to want to get out ol
the house there. The rain here is
is not as bad as it is there in win
ter. Of course the Philippines
stretch for 1000 miles and the sea
sons are not the same all over the
Islands. Manila is more than live
hundred miles north of Jimenez
and the seasons there are different
as to rainfell though the tempera
tore is slightly different. The Is
land of Mindanao, second largest
in the group, though far from Ma
nila and containing the fiercest
tribes still has the best climate.
There are many kinds of people
here and more than sixty dialects
are spoken. In the North the
greater pait of people are Tagalogs
while in the South the greater num
ler belong to the Visayan branch.
T here are several kinds of mountain
people in the North the principal
one being thelgorote. Thelgorotes
afe non christian and lormerly
took the heads of their enemies in
war. They were called "Head
hunters." This custom has al
most died out in late years. They
are industrious people the best in
the Islands and have irrigation
ditches most ingeniously devised.
They raise large crops of corn, to
bacco, rice and potatoes. In the
South are two mountain peoples
TheSubanos a harmless kind of
people who are fairly industrious
ftood Cough Medicine for Children
and Grown Folks, Too.
"We could hardly do without
Cliaiiilerlai's Gondii Remedy," says
Mr. Flora Despaln of Bloyd, Ky
"I found it' to be ho good for the
croup and have lined it for years. I
can heartily recommend It for coughs
colds and croup in children and
grown folks, too.'' The above shows
the Implicit confidence that many
mothers place in Chamberlain'
Cough Remedy, a confidence based
n many years' experience in the use
ol it. No one need hesitate to use
this remedy for it contalua no chlor
ofomi, opium or other narcotics and
may be given to a child as confident
ly as to an adult. For sale by J. E
Shell and Dr. Kent, druggists.
and who stay around the foot of
the mountains never coming down
except to see a Fiesta or sell their
products. They are not Christans
but worship spirits. The other
mouutain people and they also
live all over the territory, both
lowland and mountain, further
south are the fierce and war like
Moros. These are the only race bu
conquered by the Spaniards during
their three-hundred years, in the
Philippines. The American .Gov
ernment still has trouble with them
and every week or two a soldier is
killed. About two moots ago a
famous Moro Outlaw, Jiriki, by
name, was attacked iu a cave by
American soldiers and he and his
band were exterminated. One
American was killed and about ten
wounded in the fight. The whole
Moro people are not at enmity with
the U.S., however. I believe that
most of them are treacherous,
though, and would like to kill
and rob if they were not afraid of
the soldiers. The only open out
breaks are occasioned by a kind of
outlaws who incite the neighboring
people to relK'l. These are quick
ly put down by the army. There
has been no attempt to form any
thing like a coalition of the whole
people for about five or six years.
Alwut live or six years ago the
whole people were in arms, and
the war that followed wis the
worst paat of the conflict in the
Philippines. Many American
soldiers were killed and thousands
of Moros. Since peace wasdeelar
ed there has been no outbreak on
a large scale.
(To HK OtNTIMKD.)
Linville Items.
The beautiful autumn weather
hss blown over, and Nov. has
brought with it the cold North
winds, but we are blessed with
plenty ol wood and coal and we sit
comfortably by our blazing fires
while the nioaniug winds howl out
side.
Miss (J race Clay, of Montezuma
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Alfonzo
Loven this week.
Mr. T. A. Coffey of this place
went to Manner Hlk on business
this week.
Mrs. Edna Hodges and Mrs.
Texas Calloway, of the Grand
Father visited friends at the Le
noir House last Sunday.
Mr. H. C. Gragg, of the (ilole
was in town on business this week.
Mr. Wesley Ward's baby that
has been ill so long is inproving
fast.
The school at this place was
pleased last keek to have Prof. Pet
terson, the county supt. visit them
He made a nice talk and seemed
pleased with the school work in
general.
Mr. Joseph Gibbs of this place
is visitidg his family in Yancey Co.
He will attend court at Asheville
while at home.
Mr. Guch Garland, of Colorado
is visiting his people and friends
here.
Mrs. Dalley Lyleanson Hobertis
back from Kentuckey. We are
pleased to have them with us
again.
The Sunday school here is getting
on nicely. Mr. Joseph Gibbs is
oursupt. now.
We were pleased to see the Kel
sey correspondant show up in the
last papers.
We noticed in the last paper
that Prof. Collins of Kelsey has
gotten over his nervous prostration
and is able to shoot a gun again.
Now good readers come on with
your items; we all love the News
and wish it much success.
Nov. 3, 190S) K.
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Relics of By-Gone Days.
Raleigh, Nov. 1. Mrs. Lindsay
Patterson of Winston Salem, whose
interest in literary and historical ,
matters in North Carolina has done
so much for this S ate, has sent to j
Col. F. A. Olds, the director at j
the hall of history, a very notable
collection of wearing apparel and j
articles used by Gen. and Mrs. I
Samuel Finlev Patterson of ''Pal-!
myra," Caldwell county. This is
a wonderfully attractive exhibit of
the domestic life on a great plan
tation, beginning with the year
1S2(, and from time to time Mrs.
Patterson will make-additions to it
until it becomes a comprehensive
exhibit of the handiwork of the
last century." Most historical ex
hibits fail along this line, liecause
so little is preserved except Uioks
and papers. This collection Jiows
remarkably the taste and durabili
ty ofthe old hand-woven material
and perhaps "Palmyra" is the
only place in the world where such
a collection could havelieen gather
M.
General Patterson was a model
proprietor and gentleman of the
old school, and everything was,
fortiinatelv for his State, nreserv
ed, and this orderliness was con
tinued during the long ownership
of the place by his son, the late
lamented Mr. Samuel F. Patterson.
To the collection will soon be add
ed General Patterson's family car
riage, a very line relic indeed.
I'pon this will lie a brass tablet,
with an inscription. Thecarriage,
too, is a gift of the public spirited
Patterson family.
Gastonia, N. C. An election
will probably be called here soon
to vote on the question of issuing
Iwnds for the construction of the
South Atlantic Trans Continental
Railroad through Gaston county.
Kills Her Foe Of 20 Years.
"The most merciless enemy I had
for 20 years."' declares Mrs. James
Duncan, of Haynesvillc, Me., "was
I)ysHpsia. I suffered intensely after
eating or drinking aud could scarce
ly slep. After many remedies had
failed and several doctors gave me
up. I tried Electric Hitters, which
cured me completely. Now 1 can eat
anything. 1 am 70 years old and am
overjoyed to get my health aud
strength back again." For Indiges
tion, Loss of Appetite, Kidney
Trouble, Lame Hack, Female Com
plaints, its unequaled. Only 50c at
J. K. Shell's.
c
Little
You Registered?
1T If not, and you are under fourteen years of
age, we want you to ccme to our store right away
and do so.
We'll give you a most interesting puzzle to
sol ve a beautiful little book fully explaining the
puzzle to jou aud telling you how you can make
the little ''Puck's'' range shown in the card this
little girl is holding, yonr little range.
Contest closes December 1st. Lose no time
register at once and commence w ork on yonr puzzle.
Q
Good Goods
are always worth buying in any line of merchandise,
but when it comes to HARNESS good goods are the
only ones to buy.
Our fine stock of harness, saddles, collars, straps,
etc., has leen very carefully made.
We never handle anything but good goods.
We have made a reputation on good goods.
Not every laxly knows good goods when thev see
them.
We know what good harness is, and we
dently ask you to come and look our stock ovc
make them.
Anylnidy can cut prices, but it takes bn
make a better article.
"WHEN IN. DOUBT, BUY OF PRICE!"
Dust As a Menace to Health
Charlotte Chronicle.
The importance of keeping
the
j streets of a town clean and clear of
I (,t s evidenced in an article by
'i . ii euei uk Ij.
Hoffman which
has U'en published as a bulletin by
the Department of Commerce and
LaUir. He treats not only of
municipal dust, hut of general or
ganic dust, and his data is gather
ed from ofticial sources. Dr. Hoff
man shows that according to the
insurance experience, ''". o percent,
of deaths in occupations with ex
posure to municipal dust were due
to consumption, and in occupations
exposed to general organic dust
the proportion was 23.0 per cent.
As compared with these propor
tions, 14.8 per cent, of deaths of
ni iles 15 years of ago and over in
registration area of the United
States were from consumption.
Among occupations exposed to' animals bring fancy prices, and
municipal dust those showing the!ther0's 1,0 particular reason why
highest mortality were drivers and
teamsters, among whom 25. 8 per
cent, ol death were from consump
tion. Among occupations expos
ed to general organic dust, button
makers showed the highest mortali
ty, per cent, of deaths in this
occupation being from consump
tion. In each of the two groups
the highest consumption mortality
was among persons from 25 to 34
years of age, the proportions of
deaths from consumption among
Girls - Have I
con ti
. We
i s to
persons of these ages lieing H9.6
per cent. i. occupations exposed to
municipal dust and 4K.0 per cent,
in those exposed to general organic
dust, as compared with. '11. 3 per
cent, for males of the same ages in
the registration area.
Dropped the Subject
"Five thousand dollars for a
dog:" he exclaimed as he looked up
from his newspaper. "Do you be
lieve any one ever paid any such
price. Maria?"
"I'm sure I don't know, James,"
j she returned without stopping her
' needlework even for a moment,
"Does the paper say that much
was paid!''
"Yes. There's an article on
valuable dojjfc, and itspeaka of one
that was sold for $", 000. I don't
believe it."
"It may be true, James," she
said. "Some of these well bred
j klnow M
, think of it jns't
But just
grasp the
magnitude of that sum in your
weak feminine mind! You don't
seem to realize it. Five thousand
dollars for a dog! Why. hang it,
Maria, that's more than I'm
worth!"
"I know it, James, but some are
worth more than others."
She went Cilmly on with her sew
ing, while he fumed and sputtered
for a moment and then dropped the
subject, especially the weak femin
ine part of it.
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