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Volume XIV ' Lenoir, N. C, Friday, September 20, 1912 No. 92
NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Interesting Reading Matter of
Local and National Affairs,
in Condensed Form.
Robert W. Doew, collector of
customs at Ragle Pass, Tex.,
has been removed from office by
President Taft on charges the
nature of which customs officials
decline to divulge. James A.
Harbin has been apjxiinted to
succeed lihn.
The street railway company
of Philadelphia is experiment
ing with women conductors on
pay-as-you-entercars. On these
cars the conductor is merely a
cashier, she sits behind a desk,
receives fares, makes change
and records the trips.
Concord X. ('. is having trou
ble with scarlet fever and diph
theria. One case of scarlet fever
a and case of diphtheria were
reKrte(l today. The situation
still remains serious and there
is little indication that the dis
eases are being checked. Con
cord Tillies.
Agricultural Exhibit Car o .Visit Cataw
ba County Fair.
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Arrangements have been made
Raise More Cattlo.
(Charlotte Chronicle.)
Diversified farming is the
with F. S. Puckett, of Raleigh, secret of agricultural success.
Assistant Director of the State. The really successful farmer
Test Farms, to bring the State will in addition look to his
CROP MEDITATIONS.
Some Estimates Showing How
we M, .y Fxpect to Live Dur
ing Yhe Coming Year.
In an attempt to quiet a dis
turbance that Americanized
Mexicans and their unnaturalized
country-men engaged in at the
celebration of Mexico's indepen
dence day. at Phoenix. Aiv...
Monday, the chief of Police and
two Policemen were killed by
Mexicans.
.New York. Sept. 17 Mayor
Gaynor was served today with a
summons m a S1(H),(KK) lib
suit brought against him by
Alderman Cumin, chairman of
the aldenna nic committee inves
tigating graft in the New York
H)lice department. Curran al
leges that the mayor made re
marks deregatory to his charact
er in connection with investiga
tion.
Morehead and Gilmer town
shins, w hich embrace the city of
Greensboro, have voted S'J(X),
(XX) in bonds as the first move
uient in advancing a projected
line of railway to run from
Lynchburg, Va., through tin
State and to the South Atlanta
Coast . I he bonds carry a pro
vision that if the road is not
limit or Greensboro is not given
a connection with the Seaboard
Air Line or .Norfolk A; Southern
within thee years, they shall be
turned back' to the respective
townships.
Douglas. An. . Sept lb. Kl
Tigre. one of the richest mining
camps in northern Mexico, was
retaken by federals at I HO
o'clock this afternoon after hav
ing been in the hands of the
rebel band of Inez Salazar for
two days. The rebels are report
ed to have taken with them $.0.
(MX) worth of gold and silver bul
lion. News of the relief of Kl
Tigre was received here with
much rejoicing. There has been
disquieting rumors all day of
mistreatment of Americans by
rebels
( 'hief Forester Graves is on
his way to San Francisco to
make final arrangements under
which a ( 'alifornia lumber com
puny will purchase M million
feet of timber on the Sierra Na
tional Forest. The timber has
already been awarded, after
public advertisement, to the
highest bidder, but under the
terms of the advertisement the
final signing of the contract will
not take place until the company
has been shown on the ground
what timber the Government
will reserve from cutting in
order to 1 preserve Rood fcrest
obAdifiona ind pro t We for H
Test Farm Exhibit to the Cataw
ba Street Fair at Hickory. The
exhibit this year is installed in
a passenger coach. The car
will be on the side track near
Passenger Depot and will re
main open free to visitors.
The State Test Farm Exhibit
this year will consist of the
leading varieties of corn on the
stalk, showing the height of
ears, size and shape of ears, and
;russ sections shape of grain
md size of cob, also museum
jars graphically representing the
differences between the yields of
the different varieties for the
number of years they have been
tested. The different varieties
)f wheat, oats ami cotton are
shown m a similar way. ! er-
tilizer experiments have been
carried on with these crops, the
results of w hich will be show n
graphically in museum jars.
Other interesting features of
the exhibit will be representa
tives soil types the State shown
in its natural form to a depth
of 'J4 inches, with maps showing
location of the different types;
also the results of fertilizer tests
that have been made on these
soils.
The leading varieties of Irish
potatoes, apples and peaches
will be shown in an attractive
way.
A complete tobacco exhibit is
ilso with the car, showing the
different grades of tobacco from
the distinct tobacco belts of the
State.
A portion of the exhibit that
will be of special interest to the
women is the canned goods ex
hibit, showing fruits and vege
tables canned by the State De
partinent of Agriculture.
Instructive charts, enlarged
photographs and leguminous
plants will be on exhibition also.
The exhibit is instructive, edu
eational and interesting, and
something worth going to tht
fair to see.
poultry yard and his pasture
land for practical results. Here
in the South there are thousands
of acres of good land that could
be profitably used in raising
beef cattle. This would add to
the wealth of the section in both
the increased revenue to the
farmer and also in building up
the soil. Here in the South cat
tle can be pastured from eight
to ten months in the year and
throughout the feeding period
an abundance of good feed can
be had at low cost.
Recently the Southern Kail
way Company has issued an in
teresting booklet devoted to the
feeding and management of beef
cattle and that company is urg
ing the importance of more at
tention to the subject.
In reference to the same sub
ject The Manufacturers' Record
says: "Stress of circumstances.
25 or ;() years ago. prevented a
large portion of the South from
the work of overcoming tlu
tremendous inroads uon its
supply of livestock resulting
from the war. At the close of
hostilities and for 1" or -0
years afterward the South d
voted much of its agricultural
energies to cotton growing as
the quickest means of recovery
from poverty. It has been a long
time recovering from the cotton
growing habit, and its gradual
return toward diversification has
not included the much -to-be de
sired attention to livestock rais
ing justified by conditions in the
country. The South is not rais
ing as much livestock per capita
as it raised ten years ago. How
ever, me re esiaoiisnmeiu oi
packing houses at a number of
points has been a direct en
couragement to stock raising.
and this movement may be ex
pected to be furthered by such
activities as those of the South
ern Railway's livestock department
i(ii-enslji)iu New-
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New York, Sept. 17. Tin
special meeting of Ihe Kepubli
can national committee called
to take act ion in 1 he case o
members who are suspected to
Roosevelt leanings will be held
here tomorrow. Chairman Hilles
who issued the call declined to
give the names or number of
the national committeemen
against whom charges of disloy
alty to the Republican ticket
have been made, but other of
ticials at National headquarters
said that six men have been
labelled "suspects." These men
will be called upon either to de
clare themselves for Taft and
Sherman or resign. In case they
do neither they will be suinmari
ly expelled, according to Mr.
Hilles, and the committee will
elect Taft men in their places.
Five Hundred Soldier Burned.
( 'hicago, Sept. 1 7. F i v e
hundred Chinese soldiers were
burned to death today according
to a Peking despatch to tin
Chicago Daily News in a forest
fire started by a large force of
Mongols retreating from the
Chinese. General Fsih and Tsao
proceeding northward from Ton
anfu with 5,tXX) men, engaged a
force of Mongols at Chiatsetuan
The Mongols were defeated and
fled northward with the Chinese
In pursuit. In a forest near Tab
chlachtl they' started a fire to
maintain:. 'their (stand. The
dricdse troops wtre snabte to
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13 Killed, 50 Injured.
Ll i rpool. Sept . 17. Thirteen
crsons wee killed and ."(' in
jured by the derailment tonight
of the express from Chester to
Liverpool at Ditton Junction,
eight miles from Eieriool. The
train had pressed over tiie long
bridge spanning the Mersep and
was running down the incline
leading to the iimction when, at
the crossover Hints the engint
jumped rails and crashed into
the buttress of a bridge spann
ing the line The coupling of
the car next to the engine parted
and the train of nine cars sped
on U) the station. The leading
cars crashed into the platform
with terrific force and were
wrecked. One car was overturn
ed and caught fire and was soon
consumed. Several bodies in
this car were cremated. Some of
the in hired were rescued from
windows
The engine d i i er w as e rushed
to death and the fireman had
both legs broken. He was pinned
under the locomotive for two
hours
At last Paris has gotten
ashamed of itself and has d
signed a Madonna gown. It is
a "fit" time for Paris to let
"loose" this style.
Kread is the staff of life; and
the outlook now is that the
country will have staff, sufficient
to lean upon. The American
people will not only be able to
supply themselves abundantly,
but will have a larger quantity
than ever before to sell to their
less fortunate fellow beings in
in other parts of the world, if
the estimate made by the United
States department of agriculture
is even approximately correct.
According to the forecast bas
ed on the condition of the corn
crop at present, the country will
produce about thirty bushels of
corn for each man. woman and
child in the country, and the in
crease over last year's crop be
ing in the neighborhood of the
grain per capita will be about
five bushels. This will amply
supply food for the millions of
head ol live stock and leave us
a good supply for our corn bread
mush and other articles of diet
which are composed of Indian
meal.
Hut. besides the corn, tin
country will produce this year
according to the estimate mad
by the Government, about iHH). -(HK),(KK)
bushels of spring wheat,
which will le an average ol
three bushels per capita, an in
crease of one bushel a head ovei
last year, or a total of UM).(MK),
(XX) bushels increase. These tig
ures do not include the crop of
fall wheat, with the rye, which
is also a large crop this year
will swell the supply of bread
stuffs to a very much larger
total than there was last year.
Other kinds of provisions wi
also he hountitul. though somt
classes will not be so plentiful
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is last year, i his is noianiy mt
ase with catt le. which, accord
mtr to recent estimates trom tlu
imiHU tant markets of the count
V, will be something like 100,
IMMUMMi head short of last year
supply. When it is remember
that we have a great main mop
moat lis to feed this yea r than
we had last year, it will he set
Kit the supply ot heel this year
win he decidedly scarcer man
in l'.M I . This will be coinpe nsat
tl tor to some extent, however,
y the increased number of hogs
tnd sheep which the estimates
how will be produced. These
stunates, although not furnish
tl by the govennent. are accept
tl as correct, and they show-
that there will be an increase
this year of IK).(HR) hogs and
HOC), (KM) sheep.
The Government report does
not give in detail information
r"garding all the farm products.
but in addition to the figures
given on corn, wheat and rye, it
is shown that there will be about
KMI.IHMl.OOO bushels of Irish po
tatoes produced this year, which
is more man iii.hh.imi misneis
greater than last year, ami ex
ceods me Dumper crop ol r.'o-.i
by about '.HI.OlKl.OOO bushels
The cotton crop will by on
sitlerably shorter this year than
last year, but enough will b
raised to meet the normal tie
mand. Other crops arc generally
good, so I'ncle Sam may be said
to be a very successful farmer
this year.
Operation Reveals Human Tool Chest.
When physicians operated
u pon John Martiner at the coun
ty hospital in Chicago to learn
what had caused "terrible pains
in his stomach," they found l'J
pocket knives, 17 nails. ' knife
blades, a dozen screws and a
silver dollar.
Martiner, who has been known
to Chicagoans as "The Human
ool Chest," swallowed the ar
ticles on wagers.
"Eating knives and all that
stuff never hurt me," said Mar
tiner before the oieration, "but
sometimes I'd get terrible pains
in my stomach. "
Physicians pronounced the
operation as successful. Martin
r is :;i years old and is a labor
r. Pocket knives, screws and
other articles removed trom
Martiner's stomach were niount-
d on card board by superinten
dent T. P. Tetersof the hospital
ind placed on exhibition in the
institution.
'AH the articles were lodged
in a corner ol the stomacii,
aid the surgeon who operated
on .Martiner. An ulcer nau
formed and the man would have
died within a month if he had
not been operated upon."
Ten of the knives from Mar
tiner s stomach had bone haudles
but the bone had been disolved
by the gastric juices. The wood
n handled knives were intact.
The silver dollar w as swallow
'tl ten years ago ami was as
(right as if the coin had just
come trom the mint, l lie juices
of the stomach hail kept the
ver in a highly polished con
dition. Stunt' of the knife blades
were rust v.
PRESSING NEED SHOWN.
Health Statistics Should be Pub
lished From Every County
in The State.
Many a man wants to paddle
his own canoe By proxy.
The hero finds it mighty hard
work to stay on the job.
Daring Hold Up Memphii Special
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 17.
Two masked bandits held up the
"Memphis special" westbound
from Xew York to Memphis on
the Southern Railroad near
Stevenson. Ala . early Unlay anil
after nthng registered mail
pouches escaped with men
booty. Posses have been formed
and are in pursuit ot the rob
bel's
V pon t he a rn a ; ot t he t ram
here today postoffice officials
denied that any great amount of
valuables were missing, al
though the mail clerks admit
that ! pieces of registered mail
had been stolen and that the
loss will amount to se eral
thousand dollars.
The bandits hoarded the mail
car while the tram was standing
at the water tank near Steven
son, through a half open door
and with the order "All hands
up and everybody he down,"
compelled Charles Flint, one of
the mail clerks, to tie the hand
of the three other clerks and
then lie down himself.
The hold up man remained in
the car for forty miles and left
the tram at Stevens Gap, ese;i
ing through the woo Is, which
arc cry heavy in that icimty
An r.nghshinan s.iys it seems
to I mi i that American women
dislike to wear clothes If that
blooming British jackass had to
pay the dry gtnxls and millinery
bills of one of them he would
change his mind altogether.
Ex
i (rrt't'tislKjro NY w s.j
I'litler the question: "Where
is it healthy?" a recent press
service bulletin of the si to
board of health says the press
ing need for a state wide vital
statistics law is shown by the
many letters received by the
state board of health inquiring
about the health conditions of
various sections of the state.
Here is a sample just received:
"I am thinking of moving with
my family to - County, N.
C. and wish to know if in so do
ing there will ,be much danger
from nmlaria or typhoid. If you
can advise me about the health
conditions there you will be uo
ing me a great favor."
The department of agriculture
has maps showing where certain
crops grow best, and others
which show where certain soils
abound, or where conditions are
favorable for certain industries.
We have maps showing climatic
conditions of the state, such as
the rainfall, the average tem
perature, etc. In fact, we have
definite information on almost
anything in this state, but who
ever saw a map showing health
conditions in the state? Who
knows in what section of the
state people live the longest or
die the soonest? Why should we
not know in which section of the
state there is the least typhoid
or consumption or pellagra? De
finite information showing up
the pest holes of disease would
make those sections wake up
and clean up in order to keep
their health standard up. This
same thing works elsewhere,
why should it not work here?
Give us a statewide vital statis
tics law so we may know where
and what kind of health work to
do. It is largely guess work
now.
Only a short tune ago a visitor
to Greensboro who was on a tour
oi sout hern states, stuovingcon
htions with a view to carrying
advices hack to a number of
northern and eastern people rep
resented by him and who were
looking for locations to invest in
farm lands, called on the Daily
News and one of the first ques
t ions asked was for the vital
statistics record for the state.
He was much surprised when in
formed that this very important
information could not le furnish
ed because it was not kept. This
is one point our next legislature
should not overlook.
Th Lady Moot.
I have joined the newest party
And my reasoning is clear
It's because I think the em
blem,
Is such a perfect deer
Xo man can be perfectly hap
py without a certain amount of
self conceit.
Coffee first was used in Europe
at Venice shortly beior the end
of the sixteenth century
Burglar-Proof Glass.
d'rotn HarjK'r's Weekly.)
There is a glass of Freivh in
vention which is intended to be
proof against the ordinary at
tacks of burglars. So many cases
of burglary have been committed
by the breaking of show win
(lows and snatching of valuables
on exhibition that a serial ef
fort has been made to end this
particular form of theif
The French glass is produced
by a secret process, but the
makers admit that thickness and
care in its manufacture are its
principal essentials. It is made
about three -quarters of an inch
thick and on test has resisted
the blow of a ten pound iron
tlisk. The same blow would have
shattered ordinary plate glass
completely.
"Army worms are stopping
trains in Alabama. Mfclb
they don't know the war Is orer.
Toledo Btade
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