The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20
ABOUT SOME OTHER PAPERS.

An farm ana Ianllly
newspaper is what we try to make
The Progressive Farmer, SO that he
who reads it may, without seeing
any other paper, keep we'll posted
upon agricultural progress, the news
of the State, Nation, and the world,
and upon all public questions, at the
same time sesring each week some
Of the choicest bits of general litera-
ture.
But here in the dawn of the TWEEN
tieth century few up-to-date people
are satisfied with one paper only.
Therefore a few words to The Pro
gressive Farmer reader who wishes
to take two or more papers may not
be out of place.
Every man who can do so should
take his county paper to keep in
touch with home folks and local in
t~erests, and we ask for each clean,
enterprising local paper the support
of the people in the territory it
covers
Of papers outside North Carolina,
thousands and thousands solicit your
support. Among these are a large
number of trashy Yankee story
papers that are a disgrace to the
country. Teeming with humbug ad-
vertisements, silly sentimental fc-
ton, and blood curdling stories of
crime or vice, they are very effective
agents of the devil. A home is a
thousand times better off with no
paper at all than with one of this
type. In another way such papers
do much harm. IF some innocent
citizen s~ubscribes for one of them,
reads a few of it's impossible yarns,
and gets bitten by some of the hum
bugs and quacks advertising in it,
he soon becomes d~istrustful of all
newspapers and all advertisers.
Don't subscribe for such papers, and
if they come to you free, it is not a
bad idea to destroy them to keep
their stories, silly if not vicious, out
of the hands of children.
One other class of papers you will
find it we'll to shun. We refer to
those papers that quite plainly &C
knowledge their wOrthlessness by
trying to catch you with some
free prize offered to subscribers.
The paper worth the money is willing
to stand on it's merits, and it is a safe
plan to steer clear of those that
catch suckers with chances in puzzle
or guessing contests. It's merely u
confession in advance that the paper
alone is not worth the money.
But there are thousands of clean
papers that run on business princi-
pies and are worthy of support.
From the multitude of such let us
select a few of special merit.
For convenience sake, we shall
commence with the high priced
magazines.
The Century ($4 per year, is one
of the best known of these. We e
gard it as much superior to Harper's.
Both are handsomely illustrated and
employ the best writeas Of the day.
The Century's articles on historical
subjects are famous.
The Atlantic Monthly ($4per Year,
is more distinctly a literary maya
zine. For many decades it has pub
lished much of the best work of
American statesmen, novelists, and
boOkmen. Some Of the most success
full of recent works of fiction first
appeared in the Atlantic-''To Have
and To Hold, " 'Caleb West" 1.-The
Battle of The Strong" etc.
Among So magazines, Scribner's is
perhaps entitled to first rank in
quality, as it is perhaps in circula-
ton. Fiction, biography, history,
ETC., by the best writer's of the time,
and it's beautiful illustrations make
it a desirable addition to any reading
table.
Lippincott's ($3 per Year, has made
remarkable improvements recently.
Instead of serial stories it gives a
complete long story in each issue.
We value highly Current Litera-
ture, of New York, ($3 per year, It
contains little original matter but
collects the best poems, anecdotes,
and sketches found in other leading
periodicals and in the newest books.
But the worlds news and move