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8 THE FARMER AND MECHANIC The Farmer and Mechanic weekly, nox-partisax paper roi: Till: HOME, FARM, SCHOOL, FACTORY AND FIRESIDE. RALEIGH, X. C. Communications in Agricultural Topics and Questions Relating to Labor and Education in vited. Till: FARMER AND MECHANIC, Raleigh, X. C. Kntered at the postoffice at Rajeigh. X. C, a? .v-nnd -class mail matter. ALL FOR $1.70 There ha never been offered in Xortli Caro lina much good reading for so little money a - are offering under the following proxsition: l or $1.70 ue will r-end the following for one vear: The Weekly NV,s and Observer, an eight page weekly ncwpapei . The Commoner, an al)!e monthly journal, published by William Jennings Bryan. The Farmer and Mechanic, sixteen page Xorth Carolina home and farm weekly journal. Thus for One Dollar and Seventy Cents you ran get all these papers one year. V. C. MOORE, Manager. Till: STATE'S BACKBONE. M o rn ins i onic (Ephesians ii: 10.) WE are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in themr Frank Ii. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution. DON'T tell me ole man Xouh wuz the man that had the fall. Been blamuV it on Adam since 1 kuowed a thing at all! It's so tho Seripter tells it too late to change the song; he wuz, In the apple business, but he didn't linger long! Science-folk may tell it NOT NOAH, any way they will, Adam made the trouble an we'll blame it on him still! 'Course, it doesn't matter whether Adam was the man that jumied into the fire from the stcamln' fryin' pan; but so the Book has told It, an can prove it by the yard, he wuz the first to hit us, an' he hit us mighty hard! Science-folk for Noah the Fall o' Man may claim, but Adam Is our choice an' we'll blame him just the same. A Brooklyn man making his will leaves other people his money and his wife his best wishes. Cot even at last. A three-quarter of a billion loan to the Brit ish from the financiers of this country is being planned, which shows that John Bull is still regarded as a tolerably safe risk. One year ago Friday the Germans entered Brussels. Belgians probably are pretty well convinced that Friday is all that its maligners have said that it is. "Wars may come and wars may go, but the profits of Standard Oil flow on forever. A quar terly dividend of ihree dollars a share and an extra dividend of a like amount was declared a hort time ago. It is reported that the Russians are planning to move their capital from Petrograd to Mos cow. It will be tough on Russia after changing the name of their capital to have to turn in and move out of it. Berlin newspapers were forbidden to com ment on the sinking of the steamship Arabic. It is gratifying, at all events, that there is recog nition in Germany of the delicacy of the situation. The Statesville Landmark, by the addition of a second linotype machine, has broken into the class of newspapers that own a "battery" of machines. Felicitations. The Landmark is a paper that is always welcome. It is a pleasure to sco evidences of its increasing prosperity. Xorth Carolina finds in its agricultural re sources its backbone. In its fertile fields there are grown the crops which have brought wealth to the State, and most properly there is being done by the State all that is possible for the betterment of the farms and farm life. But the farmers of Xorth Carolina are not sitting idly by and waiting for things to "just happen" for their benefit. They are taking steps for their own betterment and improvement, their wives, and their daughters also, doing like wise. And as is shown by the boys of the corn and pig clubs they are not backward in this program of looking out for themselves. This week we are to have an evidence of this self-help on the part of the farmers of Xorth Carolina and of the good women who make home life on the farms of Xorth Carolina the best part of it, for the State Farmers' Conven tion and the Farm Women's Convention are to be in session at the A. and M. College from Tues day through Thursday. The programs which have been arranged for both bodies are programs which show that it is the practical side of farm life which is to engage the attention of those who attend. The topics which are to be dis cussed are such as to interest every farmer and farm woman in the State. A reduced railroad fare rate of three cents per mile, counting mileage one way, which amounts to one and a half cents a mile, with 25 cents added for the round trip ticket, makes the railroad fare low, while the A. and M. Col lege will furnish rooms free, it being only re quired that each person bring pillow slips, sheets, towels, and other necessary toilet articles. Meals will be furnished at the college at 25 cents each. Raleigh is ready with the glad hand of wel come for the assembling of the men and women of the farms. The meeting will be in the na ture of an outing, as well as one of work, and it will prove most pleasant with the social di versions, the recreation, and the instruction in farm matters. Tuesday will see the beginning of a meeting which is great in promise. The Tope of Rome continues his efforts for peace. All sects are united in wanting to see the war come to an end. That is a consumma tion Into which differences of creeds do not enter. Protestants as well as Catholics will wish Benedict Godspeed in his undertakings that look to a termination of the murderous conflict now going on. SELF-WRECKED A LESSOX. It is a sad thing when a man throws away a reputation which he has built up in the years. It is a sad thing for himself, for his family, for his community. And when the man is one who has been held in high honor by the State, has been honored in the holding of positions which made him one in whose counsels the State relied, his fall from high estate comes with the greater shock. Until the startling disclosures which came from Smithfield there was hardly a young man in the State who was held more largely in esteem than Linville H. Allred. His county of Johnston had made him one of its Representatives in the General Assembly, and in that body he had attained such.position as gave him warrant to aspire to the office of Speaker of the House. His town of Smithfield had made him its mayor. His home surroundings were such as to give the impression of an unclouded family life. And with all these things to inspire, the man failed to meet the trusts reposed in him, and now the grand jury of his county has him under indict ment, true bills having been found for false pretense, emv ezzlement, and forgery. Xo unclean personal habits have been charged against Allred, it being said that extravagance of living caused his downfall, that he lived be yond his means. That he had relatives and friends who came to his rescue and arranged to raise the money to make good his financial de faults does not essen the weight of the charges against him. That in his own family there must be sacrifices to meet the trusts in which he failed is another sad feature. The fall of Lin ville H. Allred, the wrecking of his life because he appropriated to his own uses money whiih had been entrusted to him, carries with it a sharp lesson, that above all things a man must be honest. Alked has left the State, some reports being that he has gone West, others that he has gone to South America. It is not known whether he haa the purpose to return. The criminal indict ments whjch have been found against him by the grand jury of Johnston county will cause efforts to be made to have him brought back for trial, if his purpose has been to leave to escape the consequences of his misdoings. The fall of the man is such a one as to bring sorrow that opportunities so splendid should have been thrown away. But no sorrow can be such as to seek to palliate the wrong doings to which he confessed. He had attained such high place, confidence in him was so great, he knew so well that he was doing wrong, that he was violating the law. that these things only accentuate his failure to meet the trusts which had he:; posed in him. The pity of it all is innrecv upon those who knew the m;n and hi- it. opportunities. TRUTH IX THE NEWS COLUMN.. Republican stand-pat newspapers h..- (i grouchy outlook on life in these proven', i . Being of the pessimistic turn of mind th. ; r, . fer the gloom which accompanies i: n..t v howling" and refuse to see that this count: . . h going forward and that prosperity is n - , . . denied the people. In this matter the Philadelphia. Rvcoid : . , ,r trips up and throws on its back its Rep-.;i, , contemporary, the Philadelphia In-.tuirer. h: ting in evidence the statements in th. new columns in contrast with the editoriaJ ptl of the Inquirer. It logins this by Ting ih.. "In the news columns of the Iuu,?trcr, where n i doubt the rule prevails that vrriy tlu- truth si..;;i be told, without any pau'ttmn bias, we find ,;u interesting prediction ef a year of unp--. t. dented prosperity' ior the United States. Ft..i;i every side, it says, romos the same story." r r I it quotes from the Inquirer: It is one of large crops, plenty of mom-y, increased bank deposits, lower cost of living, improved labor conditions, increase m wages, as the demand for both skilled ami ' common labor grows, and an optimism and confidence rising higher and higher as the autumn approaches. Concerning this the Record continues: "Thn gratifying condition of affairs, the Inquirer g. . -on to say, is by no means due to the war order from Europe, which are 'but one factor in tho situation.' Continuing, it says:" The truth of the matter is that tin era of prosperity which the country is facing is ' due very largely to natural and healthy conditions, and that it shows every indica tion of being stable, durable and permanent. Quoting further from the Inquirer the record finds that in its news columns it states: "In many sections of the country reports show wai-fs going up and living cost going down at the same time," and closes its dissertation upon the di-mergence of the news columns and the editorial columns of the Inquirer by saying: "This is only the truth, of course, but it is not usual to find it in standpat contemporaries. Especially is it at variance with the gloomy pictures painted in the editorial columns of The Inquirer, pureb for political effect and with little or no basis ;n fact. But the truth cannot be suppressed. !-. u Republican papers publish it at times." And the Philadelphia Inquirer is only a u of Republican stand-pat papers. They nil d. it THE TOWX AXD THE DEPOT. In various towns throughout the country, and in the west in particular, there can be found ia the vicinity of depots, which are of the sort which ought not to exist, signs which set fortli that the town is not responsible for the denet. that it was built by the railroad company, whil the town was built by the people. Such signs as these are fitting when a city or town has outgrown the depot allowed it. and where there is business done by the ra.ilro.oi which is sufficient to give the place a more de cent and more attractive station. It is not nec essary to go far afield in Xorth Carolina to rind instances where the railroads need a shaking up in order to make them come across with depot worthy of the patronage which is gie-;i. There is a case in point right here in Raieigh. This city is going forward in a splendid niani;. r, and the old Union Station here is not in ke ing with the city of Raleigh. Xeither does it measure up to the patronage which this - affords. With many trains from three rail roads using the station it does seem that we ar-- at a day when the attention of the raiiro:id-; should be given to the matter of providing the traveling public in and out of this city with depot more in keeping with Raleigh and business done here. That there must be a change of the preson depot at some not very distant date is a matter which is certain. We trust that in the mean time the railroads will be getting them.se c in shape to give Raleigh a depot of the worth while kind. And besides this we feel that th" railroads which do business in this State showld of their own accord make a start upon a sst -matic scheme of depot improvement, so as t avoid the necessity for insistent pressure b-ing brought upon them by the people of differert places for better station facilities. Any busi ness which is serving the people should give them accommodations commensurate with th-.-business done. Great business enterprises recog nize this and hence we see magnificent and handsomely equipped business buildings. The rr'lroads should take a lessen from such things as these.