The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-10

Several letters came too late for me
to notice last week. Lille FillYaw de.
lighted us with a letter after such q
long silence. We had been wondering
what had become of her.
Attentive listeners invariably greet
Tennessee Boy. I am delighted to
know that so many of you are becom
ing a little tired of the bachelor sub
ject. I see that some circles are very
much interested in the subj ct: us it
better to have loved and lost than
lever to hsve loved at all9' What do
you think of it, Others are a~nxiously
discussing how we should spend the
Sabbath. Both are good subjects and
elicit much earnest bought.
We are delighted to welcome Bache
Ior Bob. He is evidently not lacking
in courage, or he would not have
signed his letter as he did; but please
remember that many Of u girls do
not mean half they say on paper or at
least it would seem that they do not,
for bachelors often win them.
A letter from Mrs. Flllyaw this week
is interesting.
Helen Kimball ia also with us again.
She is a busy girl and we are so glad
that she has at last found time in
which to write US.
We ell extend the hand of welcome
to Cornelia whose first letter appears
this week.
E4telle's motto is a good one. How
little we would accomplish in this life
if we made no effort after the first
failure.
Where are Lillian Lee Archer, Mrs.
Pamela Q. Reade, and Isabella2 I did
not intend calling the roll again but we
miss these and others so much.
And while making their new years
resolutions, I hope many housekeeper's
and farmers wives resolved to write
this year for the Chat. Some splendid
representatives OF the young manhood
and womanhood of this and other
states have written for cur corner and
OF this we are glad. The n thing
needed in our Chat for 1899 is 10 hold
these and secure q larger representa-
ton Of wives and mothers. Let Mrs.
Reade, Mrs. FllyaW, Lillian Lee Archer,
Mossa, Happiness, Jessamine, Mrs. J..
Z. D., etc., write monthly and encour-
age others to follow their good FIX
ample.
am glad to notice that the editors
Of our paper are Offering to enew sub
scriptions to certain clean, useful pa
pers such as the Detroit Free Press, at
reduced rates. One of the greatest
sources Of evil in this land is the circu
lation Of morbid, sickly, sensational
yellow journals Of the North. They
are of all shapes and are published in
many places but I am thankful to say
few o. them are published in the South.
hope that all those who read this will
attempt to get other fRmilies-their
neighbors and friends-to read The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER and other clean
papers. There are no better educators.
On the other hand I hope you will all
join in a crusade against the
tional sheets from New England, New
York and Chicago. The best plscs for
them is in the fire, and that is where
the were invariably deposited by my
parents. Let me give you some of the
characteristics Of these papers: They
are, as a rule, SEM as sample copies
printed on poor paper illustrated; with
stories of crime, of detectives, or with
silly love stories. These stories are
often serial. The weeklies usually CON
tain pictures and descriptions of crimes
and criminals. The ads too are usually
the veriest humbugs. Let me ask you,
parents, when you find a paper of this
class to withhold it from the flames
only long enough to register the name,
40 that If another copy IF it comes it
may not remain in your home even
that long. Many a criminal has on
the galloWs confessed that such papers
as I have described and such books as
the Life of Jesse James,, " Dalton Boys,
and other murderers and notorious
criminals started him on the road to
endless ruin. If your boy or girl reads
of and admires Biblical heroes, or the
heroes and statesmen told of in
Piutarch's Lives or the histories of our
State or nation, the chances are that
when an opportunity presents Itself
that boy or girl will initiate those
heroes, heroines, Oh Statement; but if
your boy or girl reads Of criminals, Of
immoral people, or of the silly, sicken-