The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-16
WITH THE RDIToRSA

The Telegram, of Greensboro, is now
a seven.column paper.
The Populist Banner has just made
it's appearance at fredericksburg, Nd. A
bright reform paper.
Paul Dana, son of Chas. A. Dana,
succeeds his father as editor OF the
the New York Sun.
Farm and Home, of Springfield,
Mass, issued a beautiful "a page edl
ton Nov. 1. It is a credit to agricul-
tural journalism. -
An advertisement in a recent morn
ing paper announced that the adver
tiser wanted a servant who knows
how to wash, cook and take care OF
children"
Mr. Will K Coley, will be the night
editor of the new Raleigh daily, the
Post. Mayor Blount of M~ocksville, as
sumes the editorial management Of the
Davie Times.
Henry George, the lamented candi-
date for Mayor of greater New York
was at one time a printer, then a re-
porter, and finally editor of the San
Francisco CCal) Times.
The N. @. Journal of Education for
November is out. It is bright and in
teresting. The educators of North
Carolina need an organ, and this seems
to "fll the bill" We advise all inter
ested in education to buy and try it.
"The newspapers are now discussing
the question, how many times can a
man kiss a woman3 AS many times
as he has opportunity, of cours. So
says the gallant and level headed young
editor of the Hickory Times"
Editor Sossaman, of the Charlotte
Peoples Paper, gives the names of
those who have paid up within the last
week, thanks them and says he has a
few thanks left for the next man. Same
way with THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER,
brother.
A man stopping his paper wrote to
the editor: II think foxes ottent to
spend thar mummy fur a paypor my
dadda din't, and every body sed he was
the t~elligentest man in the country,
and had the smartest family ov boise
that ever dugged -taters."
An Arkansas editor who read that a
young lady in New York kneads bread
with her gloves on, says: 1--WE need
bread with our pants on; we need bread
with our boots on, and if our subscrib
ers in arrears don'T pay up soon we
shall need bread without anything on.
The Buffalo Express says that a Kan
sas editor was blown up by a cyclone a
short time ago. THAT is a good town
to rise in" he observed as the cyclone
lifted him to the top of a tall pine;
but when men start on the downward
road" he added, as he lost his hold,
their descent is rapid"
The Sentinel, a brand new paper
from Eastern North Carolina, says:
In order to run a newspaper success
fully it is only necessary to learn to do
three things: eat dried apples for break
fast, drink warm water for dinner, and
swell up 10 b that means an
editor can get three square meals q
day.
Last week we mentioned the new
Raleigh daily billed to appear in a few
days-the Post. Now we hear of still
another soon to appear. That settles
it We thought last week there would
be room if a few died OUT but if an
other one appears there will not be
room enough in the cemetery. Then
what will happens
The editor of the Chatham IN. ~
Courier gets off the following:
How dear to our heart is
Cash on subscription,
When the generous subscriber
Presents lG to view;
But the man who don't pay
We refrain from description
For, perhaps, gentle reader,
That man might be you.
: Frank Stockton has just completed
a combination ghost and Christmas
story. The possibilities Of such a com
bination are great, and Mr.. Stockton is
the man to bring them out entertain
ingly. This new story was written
especially for Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly, and it will appear in the
Christmas number of that periodical.
Newspaper men can't please all. AS
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