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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-10
AT THE PASTURE BARS,

Leaning his head on his brown young hands,
He stands at the pasture bars.
A barefoot boy, with never a care,
Watching the still, clear stars.
The mist drifts down on the rivers breast,
While softly the shadows fall;
And all about him the mountains rise,
Pine-toppeda and dark and tall.
He longs to know, with a vague unrest,
What the future will bring TO him,
And wishes that he might cross the hills,
That stretch so far and dim;
He pictures the country that lies beyond,
And signs for the path untried,
Which will lead him across the mountain top
To the world ON the other side.
y = +
Leaning a gray and toil-bent head
On hands that are thin and worn,
Hands that have battled. with bush and brier
And broken the mountain thorn,
He sits and dreams of the years long fed,
When the world was as yet untried,
Ere he Climbedt the path to the mountain top
And crossed to the other side.
For, although he has found the country fair,
And the skies have been blue for him,
His eyes yet seek, with a yearning light,
The hills that stretch far and dim
He dreams of the mist on the rivers breast,
And longs for the old nome stars,
And TO be, once more, q barefoot boy,
Care free, at the pasture bars.
Minnie Reid, IN Northwestern Christian 1
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-10

DEAR AUNT JENNIE 81 oanro.
main silent longer when called
TO express an opinion, or give
vice upon the all-important
ton Of training the children.
It is evident that not anv ~
are perfect in the rearing Of
children, and we often make sar,ou
mistakes which seem very inaioH.
fcant at the time, but ~afterws~s,
rise before US too late as mounto,S+
insurmountable. Yet at the sonas
time we can see mistakes not nearlS
so great as our own made bv 9th
parents whom we are ready to coS
denim. So let us judge wisely AZ,
not condemn others because tSsS
do not think as we do, Solomon
says: ''Train up a child up a chia
in tho way he should co." etc.
In the above passage of sacraa
Word we notice that there is a worE
TO be doneAa work which SHAH
as long as life lasts, for Solomon ~
claFes that when she is old he Will
not depart from it," So we read,,1
see if there is a work to do. sor,.
one must do it. When solomor
spoke these words he certainly va,
speaking TO father and mother aliks
So I believe the same obligation rest,
upon parents now as then.
Children are very sensitive and nh
serve CLOSELY the many little thino,
to which we pay no attention, thu,
we should use the utmost care not n
implant In their tender minds exam.
pies or precepts which would unfit
them for a high and noble purpose
in this life and the one to come
Now, there is an important work n
do and the father and mother sliks
are duty-bound to do it. In the
home? Yes. In our secular work
in and around our home? Yes. In
our public school? Yes. In thu
church? Yes. Where else? In the
Sunday School. All, here it is, in
the church and in the Sunday School
them Alright here and we need
have no fear for the hereafter. It'll
my opinion that there is no work
more ennObling for fathers and
to engage in than the Sun.
day School work. Here it is that all
can come and have something to do,
something suited to their abilities,
and then all unite in singing the
sweet songs of Zion; then let them
return home and partake Of that
the mothers can quickly pre-.
pare, and be thankful for it. Mother,
word to you. IF there is a greater
resting upon one parent
than the other, it is upon you, A
word to the wise is sufficient. So
take care what kind of examples you
set before your children.
MRS. LOULA G. B.
Cabarrus Co n. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-10
THE sELF-CHEAPENED WOMAN.

It is a sad fact that there are wo-
men of the loftiest purposes and the
purest motives who are unapprecia-
ted in their homes, those most nearly
related to them by family ties seem
ing blind to their real worth while
constantly accepting their sacrifices.
In such cases the woman, ii her
makeup is according TO a generous
pattern, goes on in her self-sacrihcing
course, developing a beautiful char
acter, making the home atmosphere
sweet and pure. And though she
may lay down her work all too soon,
and expressions of love and gratitude
come too late to reach her ears, her
service is not lost somewhere, the
seeds of loving h~elpfulness will
spring up to bear fruit it may be
in the character of any descendant
removed by many years from the
time when the unselfsh. service was
offered.
A wise, loving womanhoOd is the
constructor and hope of society and
becomes the pride and glory of
worthy sons and daughters who re-
alize that their manhood and woman
hood is of a nobler quality than it
could have been without the early
possible influence. But there is
a woman's sacrifice hardly worthy
the name that defeats the best pur-
poses and works unhappness, often
times ruin, because it lacks insight,
reason and proper control.
There are wives and mothers who
spend themselves for the home, put
ting into their efforts time, strength,
losing opportunities for mental and
spiritual development, sacrificing
personal appearance, all through a
blind love impelled by the impulse TO
give of themselves wholly. Who
does not know such elf-effaced wo-
men? With their absorbing pur-
pose to lay their all upon the altar,
they do not call forth admiration,
often not even respect, for their
giving has in it an element of slav-
ishness.
A young wife who enters upon her
marriage career may determine her
position as soon as she crosses the
threshold of her new home. If at
the start, through a mistaken view
of helpfulness she begins a course of
inefficient self-sacrifce by taking
burdens that should be shared
wholly upon her own shoulders, in.
sisting upon doing herself what a
servant should, taking a maids place,
in many instances against the wish
and will'of her husband, through
the force of the sentiment that
makes it so delightful to perform
these trifing services for him if she
does all of this, with the motive
mentioned, ~neglecting as she must
at times the holding of personal at
Effectiveness and a freshness of spirit
needed for the companionship with
her husband for the dinner or the
evening hour, she has begun the
cheapening process.
There r wives who do not begin
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-10
ToMMY's FORTUNATE FATHER.

"You children turn up your noses
at everything on the table. When I
was a boy 1 was glad to get enough
dry bread"
81 say, pa, you are having a better
time Of it now you are living with
Us T. replied Tommy consolingly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-10

cations always 60 good and never TO
evil mistaken for good; ~forecasting
always things bravest and best TO
be done and supplying inspiration
enough to have made a hero" :
What more than that could one ask
for a woman?-Mary R. Baldwin, in
the Interior.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-10
Tie Home Circle.


observation-disclosures are in the sound
Dreams in the warm and yellow ground,
Dreams in the ripening leaves of trees,
And in the drone of lazy bees,
And in the haze upon the hills,
And in the sleepy meadow rills
Dreams in the soft fruit-soented air,
That watts away the hghtest carei
Dreams full Of whispers in the corn
That heaps the stubble newly shorn.
e. c.. Tonpktns, IN Frank LesJfe's Popular 81
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28
Debenture Business in Ohio Dead
(By the Associated Fress.)

Columbus Ohio, March 2C.-The State
Supreme Court dealt death blow to
the so-called debenture business in
Ohio. In the quo warranto proceedings
brought by the Attorney General
against State Investment Com
pany of Cincinnati the court entered
judgment of custer.
The syllabus of the Supreme court in
the case is as follows.
Contracts of investment security,
debentures or certificates which, by the
device of 'numeral apara' may be call
ed in and redeemed at any period before
>they would regularly accumulate
credit in the reserve fund equal to the
stipulated endowment value, and other
wise giving unequal advantages to the
certificate holders, contain the ele-
ments of chance and prize constituting
a lottery and are unlawful
Contracts of investment security,
debentures or certificates which cam
not reasonably be expected to accumu-
late a sufficient reserve fund to equal
the stipulated endowment values with
in the stated period without aid from
lapses or appropriation from premiums
on new business are fraudulent, con-
trary to public policy and unlawful
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28
ALEXANDER WILL CASE.
Called Meeting of the Synod to Correct the
Error in Minutes.

The Synod of North Carolina met at
the First Presbyterian church of this city
last night.
The meeting had been called for the
purpose of correcting an error in the min
utes OF the last meeting of thc Syrci.
The matter On which tho mistake as
made was in the action taken by tho
Synod relative to the acceptance. OF a
bequest to the Synod made by NJ, S. r..
Alexander, of Charlotte. At lis recent
meeting the Synod passed a resolution
of thanks and designated the Committee
on Synodical Missions as the proper body
to receive the fund. The trustees in
whose hands the fund is, declines to pay
it except in accordance with the terms
of the will. The meeting last night was
for the purpose of making the minutes
conform to the requirements Of the trus-
tees of the fund
On motion of DR.. Eugene Daniel, a COM
mittee was appointed to examine into
the matter, and report their finding to
the Synod On this committee was APP
pointed Rev. E. E. Gillespie, Rev. Will
liam Black, Mr.. r. H. Hayes and Mr.. T.
B. 'Womack.
They reported a resolution that the
treasurer of the Synod be authorized to
receive the money, and give bond for the
faithful discharge of his duty in connec-
ton with 1t. This resolution was adopted
and the Synod adjourned.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28
10 A GREAT SUCCESS
Warm Words Of Communication For the Legis'
lative Edition.

Col. Jno S. Cunningham was in the city
yesterday, having returned from bust
ness trip to New York the day before.
Speaking of the forty-page Legislative
edition of the News and Observer, pub
lished Sunday, he said:
Il am very much pleased at the mag
nificent Legislative edition just issued.
1t is like all the splendid special editions
of the News and Observer 1t is. credit
to the paper and to the State. It's former
special editions on the Cotton Mills, the
Tobacco Interests, and it's mammoth
Twentieth Century Edition contributed
largely. to put North Carolina in the
front rank as a manufacturing State and
showed to the world what wonderful ad-
yantages we have in this State. l nave
always believed in advertising and
think the people Of North Carolina are
beginning to recognize that it is time
to let the outside world see what we
have in the State, and these special edl-
tions of the News and Observer are the
best channels with which to reach II.
think that the editions already issued
have been largely instrumental In draw
ing attention to the State and in causing
North Carolina to become the Leading
cotton manufacturing State.
A letter received yesterday by the
News and Observer from Mr.. Paul Jones,
a leading young attorney, of Tarboro, and
the editor of the Law Journal, says:
Il shall not bother you with long let
ter, but 1 just want to congratulate you
upon your splendid edition of the News
and Observer of March "a. 1t is just
what you said it would be and in fact
more than you saw fit to claim. l shall
make use of it in the future in the prep
aration of matter for the Law Journal
From any other quarters come similar
expressions concerning the value Oh the
Legislative Edition, which is recognized
as a great success.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28
NO TRACE OF sArE-BREAKERs
There is no Clue to the Men VIC Kf &c the At
tempt on the Express Co.'s Safe.

The police have as yet found no defi-
mite clue TO the identity of the men
who blew up the safe at the Southern
Express Company's office Monday
night They were last seen running
out Hargett street toward the Seaboard
Air Line road. The young men who
saw them say that they only obtained
momentary glimpse and would not
know them again If they should see
them.
Mr.. d. B. Shaw, OF Goldsboro, de-
tective arrived here yesterday morning
to work on the case. lie made an ex-
animation of the premises and also ex-
amined the safe. 1t was said late yes
terday afternoon that no clue had been
found. All the nearby towns have been
telegraphed 20, and it is hoped that
something may be learned of the where
abouts of The burglars.
1t is not thought that the men were
professionals. The instruments they
used were net professional tools, but
were taken from Holloway's blacksmith
shop. The bungling manner in which
they secured entrance, and the UNI
skilful work in blasting the door and
their trepidation and sudden flight in
dictate that they were not at nome in
this kind of work.
On the other hand il is evident that
they were familiar With the hours OBJ
served at the office, and that they knew
the young man who usually sleeps
there was at the play.
Suspicion has somewhat conferred on
three men who have been in Raleigh
about five days getting their meals at
! Geirsch's restaurant. These men had
| disappeared yesterday morning. 1t
could not be learned what their names
| were nor where they stayed. Mr.. Has
ten Poe. the agent, says he has it on
reliable authority that they Swallowed
him Saturday night. and he thinks it
probable they intended making the at
tempt then. but did ret for the reason
he remained there until late.
There were three men in the station
house here whom, it is said, some sus-
pect were implicated IN the affair. The
police, however, did not think they had
anything to do with it and they were
turned loose. Two of them were ar
rested for begging on the streets and
the other voluntarily came to the sta
| ton house and asked for something to
eat. The police say they have no clue
as to who the guilty parties are.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28
sw1NDLERs STRUCK IT RICH.
Mr.. Wheeler of Newberry Says They Once
Robbed Him of $1,000.

Greensboro, N. c., March 26.-Mr.
d. H. Wheeler, of Newberry, S. c., ar
rived in the city last night and this
morning identified the three confidence
men confined in jail as the swindlers
who robbed him of $500 six years ago.
They operated then under the same
names and pursued the same methods
that they used on sir Paul Garrett in
this case, with the exception that they
were then able to carry the scheme
through successfully. Mr.. Wheeler is
accompanied by his son, Mr.. S. f.
Wheeler, who is manager of a hotel at
HendersonVille.
This morning Chief of Police Scott
and officer WhittinSton arrested Bob
johnson, a negro who assaulted and
attempted to rob Mr.. Myer Sternberger
as he was passing along Summit Ave-
nue. one night about month ago.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28
TAXES ON TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
Regulations Issued by the Commissioner of In
terual Revenue
lBy the Associated Press.)

Washington. March 26.-The Commits
sicner of Internal Revenue today issued
rules and regulations concerning taxes
on tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes, ana
relating to rebate on taxes on tobacco,
snuff and cigars, held by manufacturers
and dealers on the first day of July, 1901,
under act of March End, 1901.
A new series of internal revenue stamps
will be prepared and issued for the pay
ment of taxes on cigars and small cigar
cites at the new rates.
These stamps will not be sold or de-
livered to manufacturers or importers Oh
cigars prior to July 1st, 1901.
Unused staps of the series of 1897 and
1898, for the payment of taxes on cigars
and small cigarettes, and held by manu-
facturers of cigars on the first day OF
Julv 1901. will be redeemed. provided
however that stamps of the series of 1898
issued for payment of tax on cigarettes
weighing more than three pounds per
thousand will not be retired nor stamps
of any other series be issued in lieu
thereof.
1t is held that the wholesale value or
price of cigarettes weighing not more
than three pounds per thousand, will in
clude the tax and If such wholesale value
or price with tax included does not ex-
coed So per thousand, tax will be i'm
posed of SAC per thousand.
If, however, the wholesale value or
price of cigarettes with tax included ex-
ceeds 81 per thousand, a tax at the rate
of $1.O8 per thousand will be imposed.
Collectors before selling stamps to
manufacturers, or importers of cigarettes,
at the rate of 81 cents per thousand. must
be satisfied that the wholesale value or
price of the cigarettes. properly packed,
labeled and stamped will not exceed 81
per thousand.
1t appears that the wholesale value or
price of cigarettes per thousand at the
present time is not in any case less than
$3.50 per thousand. freight prepaid.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28
MISS BUCKLEY Is SILENT.
viii Make No Statement and Will Not Ap-
pear Against MOulton.
(By the Associated Press)


New York, March 23-Miss May Buck
ley, who narrowly escaped becoming one
of Robert Moulton's victims, when he sue
ceeded in woundiGg two men at the
Rathskeller of the Pabst Hotel, refused
to make a statement today or even TO
be seen.
She appeared as usual, however. in Ihe
Price of Peace" at the Broadway Theatre
this afternoon.
Moulton was taken to Bellevue Hospltal
from the prison of the West Side Court
last night, because his condition had pc
come serious after the effect of the llq-
uor and drugs he had taken had worn
off
Moulton will be arraigned in court next
Monday if his condition will permit, nut
Miss Buckley, it is said, will not appear
against him. She will leave that to Alex
ander w. Dingwall, manager, and John
B. LeffngweH who were with her. MF'
Dingwell is still at Roosevelt Hospital
with the bullet in his shoulder, but MS
condition, according to the house sur
geon, is rapidly improving 1t is ex-
pected he will ,e able to appear in court
on Monday. Moulton's mother is ex-
pected here tomorrow.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28
DEARDUrF STOLE THE DIAMONDS.
His Scheme is Suspected and he Breaks Dowa
and Confesses.
(By the Assotlated Press.l


Kansas City, Mo-, March 26--William
Dearduff, 20 years old, clerk, was ar
rested today. charged with stealing So
100 worth of diamond rings from his
employers, Edwards and Sloan, whole
sale jewelers.. Later, when confronted
with the rings which had been found
hidden in the basement OF the firms
building, Dearduff broke down and con-
fessed. Dearduff also confessed to hay-
ing sent Mr.. Edwards the senior mem
Der of the firm, a letter threatening to
kidnap the jewelers. son if he did not
Immediately produce $1,000
Dearduff said he planned the robbery
by himself and had taken no one into
his confidence. His idea was simply to
steal the tray of diamonds. He ac-
complished this, he said, during the
afternoon of March 18th and hid the
rings in the basement. II then occurred
to him that he could not Immediately
negotiate sale of the diamonds and
the scheme tc extort money from MIR.
Edwards was conceived
The following is copy of the letter
sent to Mr.. Edwards.
sir: we are the men that relieved
you of your diamonds the other day.
Finding that we are short of funds we
ask you to oblige us with the sum of
$1,000 in twenty dollar bills; give 1t to
the clerk, Dearduff and at the hour of
II tonight have him meet us at the cor
ner of Forty-third and Magee aGone.
We ask you to send him for we know
him when we see him. Show this to
the police or fail in any way to obey
orders and your son George will pay
the penalty. We mean business as YOU
have learned heretofore.
(Signed) r. r. j. c."
Edwards had his son guarded while he
made UP package of waste paper and
sent it by Dearduff to the place indi-
Gated in the letter. Dearduff reported
that he was met by two men who took
the package from him, Later he report
ed finding the empty tray i'm the base
ment and asserted that someone had
stabbed him. Deardun admitted hav-
ing inflicted the wound himself. Dear
duff has been employed by the firm for
eighteen months He will be prose
cuted for grand larceny.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28
TIE VERDICT NOT GUILTY.
The Case Against ]. H. Bailey Has Consumed
Two Days.

The jury brought in verdict OF not
guilty in the case against J. II. Bailey.
The case was warmly contested and
took up nearly all of two days.
Mr.. S. G. Ryan appeared for the per-
secution and Messrs Argo and Snow ana
]. C. L. Harris appeared for the defense
In the case against Macon Baker 1or
larceny and receiving, the warrant was
amended so as to include forcible tres
PASS and the defendant plead guilty
and was discharged upon the payment
of cost,
w. A Hartsfield, charged with an as
sault with a deadly weapon plead not
guilty and vas acquitted.
Maggie Rand. charged with larceny
and receiving plead guilty and Judg-
ment suspended upon payment OF costs.
The case of Shade Wilder, charged
with assault with deadly weapon was
continued pending the appeal from the
Supreme court.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28
ICE men ASSEMBLE
North Carolina Ice AssoCia-
ton Born.
They Met to Take Steps to Reduce the Cost 0
Manufacture and to Regulate
Prices.

Goldsboro, N. G.. March 26.-The ice
manufacturers of the State, about 20
strong, are in session here tonight.
Among these present are: VIM. E.
Worth, Wilmington; A. ]. Haygood, Char
Iotte; C. M Thomas, Winston; M. w.
Thompson, Greensboro; E. r. Conger,
Edenton; H. B. Mayo, Washington; B, H.
Bum, ]. w Hines, l.. H. Simmons, ROCKY
Mount: c. d. Osborne, oxford; F. G. Dunn,
Kinston. Their object is to meet, confer
and take steps to curtail cost OF manu-
facture and to regulate The price looking
to the protection of their interest
viii there be formed an ice trust
Those present say not.
The body have organized as the North
Carolina Ice Association, and will elect
officers before adjournment. There ses-
sion is of course private.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28
HIS HEAD WAS BURNED OFF.
An Old Mans Awful Death in his Burning
Home.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News ana ODSeIFeIJ
Charlotte, N. c.. March 23.-Mr. Henry
Brack, an aged citizen of Cabarrus county,
met an awful death yesterday afternoon.
The old mans two sons left home early
in the morning leaving the old man.
who was in his S1st year, alone in the
house. About 5 o'clock some OF the
neighbors, in passing, discovered that the
Brack house was on fire. They called for
help, and no time was lost in trying to
save the old man. who, it was known,
had been left in the house. The fire had
progressed too far, however His body
was fshed out of the flames by means OF
barbea wire hooks, but the head had been
burned off. The old man had been so
feeble for some months that when he lay
down he could not get up without assist
ance.
It is supposed that he went to sleep be-
fore the fire, and that spark popped out
on him or the sofa.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-28
CHILD THIEVES FAIL
Daring Attempt to kidnap
Edward McAvery.
ChIoroformed and WhirIed Away in Surrey,
He Revives and Obtains Aid by
His Cries.
INV the Associated Press.)

Wilkesbarre, Pa, March ga daring
attempt was made to kidnap Edward Nc
Avery, aged IL years. of this city today
Two men picked him up in the yard OF his
fathers house. carried him to surrey,
placed a handkerchief saturated with
chloroform over his nose and drove away.
The child became unconscious from the
drug, and when he revived he found him.
self on the back seat of the vehicle, which
was then Earring over country road.
Young MyAvery jumped from the carriage.
One of the men ran after him. but the
youngsters cries attracted the attention
of the occupants of another carriage,
which was passing at the time. and the
kidnappers becoming scared whipped up
their horses and disappeared.