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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-16
A QUESTION OUR BOYS AND GIRLS MUST
ANSWER.

A few months ago an English man
utacturing town was thrown into a
state of great excitement by the dis
cOvery that a large number of the
community were showing symptoms
of poisoning. Men who had been
strong and vigorous a few weeks be-
fore, suddenly became helpless bur
dens on their families, instead of
being able to care for them. In a
verv short time the poisoning was
traced to the beer which was being
sold, and a marked decline in the de
mand for that beverage Immediately
followed.
The dismayed dealers and manu-
f%acturers at once gathered for con-
sultatiOn and the most expert chem
lists were called to their assistance.
1t was found that in a certain ele-
ment in the beer which ordinarily
contains a small percentage of
strychnine, the amount had been
dangerously increased. And though
its introduction was evidently a mis-
take, and though the manufacturers
pledged themselves to take every
precaution against such errors in the
future, it did not prove easy to APP
pease the popular indignation.
The most impressive thing about
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community should have been 81
wrought up over a result which Is
accepted as a matter of course when
it comes gradually. It is not an unu
sual thing for a skilled workman to
be transformed by intemperance into
a helpless creature unable to support
his wife and children. It is an every
day occurrence for men of brains to
be changed into maniacs, ready for
any horrible deed, or to sink to "a
level of intelligence little higher
than that of brutes. The diseases
for which alcohol is responsible
would make an appalling list, though
1SSS dppdllluS Gudh Gud6 VI Gh0 OG1C4
evils to which it gives rise.
If someone should begin to sell in
your town beverages which within
three days would change strong men
into invalids and good wOrkmen into
paupers and maniacs, what do you
think would be the result? Without
doubt the whole community would
be up in arms. The dealer would be
arraigned before the courts, and
would pay a penalty for his sin
against his fellows. And yet in most
towns of this country the same
traffic is carried on and the same re-
suits are brought about. The only
difference is that the process is less
rapid than in the case we have sup
posed.
1t will not be many years before
our boys and girls will be called upon
to answer this question: Why should
a civilized nation tolerate in it's
midst a system of slow poisoning
which undermine5 character as we'll
as physical strength? How are you
going to answer it?-YOung Peoples
Weekly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-16
PROMPTNESS,

A promise is a thing that should
never be made without due consid-
Grafton, since a broken promise not
only entails a loss of self-respect,
but also diminishes that public con
fidence which is the basis of all bust
ness success. A child quickly loses
confidence in, and respect for, par
ents who carelessly make and break
PROMISES, even when they concern
matters that seem to them trivial
and unimportant. They are impor-
tant to the child, however, and the
fulfllment or non fulillment of them
will influence his whole future life.
What parent is not made proudly
happy by hearing his child say: 81
know that such a thing will be done
because father or mother prOmised?"
Nor should the child be allowed to
break his own engagements. What
ever he promises, he should be made
to fulfill to the letter for the habit
of promptness cannot be contracted
too early in life.-Kirk Munroe, IN
Success.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-16
christian Life Column,
A SINGLE IDLE WORD.

81 was not a bad young man." said
elderly gentleman lately, ''but
-ss given to fun, enjoyed a good
.;me. and while not usually vulgar
- low in my conversation, had IA
toen sense of the ~ludicrous, and
could not always resist the tempta
ton to make an apt r~ejOinder, even
vren it involved some c~Oarseness.
A party of US we're camping,
mostly young fellows, but one or two
we're mid lie aged men. We had a
GOOD time, and there was only one
III NJ to regret, and that ! have re-
gretted all my life. We sat around
the fire the first evening telling
stories, and a story which one of the
older men told suggested an obscene
Comment, which l uttered before l
thought twice.
Il could have bitten my tongue
off the next instant. The man simply
looked straight at me for a moment
across the fire, and 1 knew that he
indeed me by that remark. l knew
that | did not deserve the opinion
which in that instant he formed of
me hut l knew also that had given
him just cause to estimate me as he
did. That one careless word did not
fairly represent me, but I could not
5aDv that il was nv own.
All that night 1 lay looking up at
the stars and thinking over what l
had said. 1 could almost have
counted on my fingers all the other
sentences of like character that I
had ever spoken. / was not habitu>
aTlv vulgar, but for that one word,
and all like words and thoughts, l
despised myself.
Il determined to be so careful
during the remainder of the week as
to redeem myself in the sight of that
man the others knew me better.
But a telegram called him back to
the city next morning, and I saw
him infrequently after that.
He always treated me civilly
when we met, but / never saw him
without feeling that he still meas
ured me by that word. l had OPP
pOrtunities to show hum that l IA
not wholly bad, but they we're too
few to give a comprehensive view Of
nv character, o really to influence
his opinion of me.
in u strange way, after a year or
two had passed, my name was men
toned for a position which was de-
sirable, and which I seemed likely
to secure, but this man was one of
three to decide the matter. Without
positively knowing how it came
about, l could never doubt that u
quiet lntimatiOn that he considered
me unfit wa what defeated me.
Later IfOund a situation which,
although "a good one, was in a very
different line of work from what 1
hal chosen, and 1 have neve doubt
ed that nv whole life was changed
by that idle word.
Did 1 learn the lesson? Yes, I
did! My habit, now almost lifelong,
has made impurity, even in its
milder forms, repulsive. The mem
DRY of that incident has stopped
many a hasty u~tterance, and in the
years that followed it the warning
of the Divine Teacher has added a
sense of responsibility to thu sense
of shame. Il say unto you, that
every idle word that men shall
speak, they shall give account there
Of IN the day of Judgment -
Youths Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-16

"He writes that he can't come,
eh? Any explanation"
circumstances over which he
has no CONTROL he says"
"H'm! suppose that means his
wife. "-Ex.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-16

Off His Conscience.-"Papa, will
you give me a good, sound licking?"
"What for, Bobbie?" "Well, I Am
going to sneak off and go swimming,
and I don't want to be bothered with
a future Life.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-16
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
II II fails to cur E. W. GrOves's
signature is on each box. 25e.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-16

A Free Thinker .-"That gentle
man who if being Introduced to Miss
Binks is a free-thinker." (Which
is he, a bachelor or a widower?'-
Brooklyn Life.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-16
ALLEGED FUN.

A Defnition.-A satirist is a man
who discovers things about himself,
and then says them about some n
else.-Life.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-16

The Reason Why Tom: "That
horse of Mrs. De Smyth's seems to
be very fond of her"
Jack: NATURALLY; she's a grass
widow. "-Chicago News.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-16

SOUND BEACH, Conn, March %, 1900.
We have used a good many bottles of COM
BAULT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM and have always
had wonderfully good results.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-16

Physics.-First Boy: "Did you
take physics at your school?'
Second Boy: Ono; but ma made
me take physics at home Boston
Transcript.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-16

One thing worth remembering ls
that a book that has stood the test
of time has much in it's favor. Choose
such books, rather than new ones,
especially if your time for reading is
limited. Yo will find plenty of them
to keep you busy. What the world
has admired for a hundred years
must have something about it to
make it admirable.-Cynthia w.
Alden.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-16
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-16

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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-16

His Fadder First Urchin: "My
ladders a dandy. He never told de
truth in his life"
Second Urchin: CHOW do yer
know"
First Urchin: "He says so."-
Judge.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-16

Reward of Bravery.-"So Belle is
engaged to a one-armtd man?' eyes :;
she says she admired him for the
way in which he went to work to
win his way single-handed ."-Phila-
delphia Bulletin.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-16

Kiss.-The only way to define a
kiss Is to take n and then sit down,
all alone, out of the draught, and
smack your lips.-Josh Billings.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-16

Say, mamma, how much am l
worth?"
"You are worth a million dollars
to me, my son.
''Say, mamma, couldn't yOW 0d-
Uance me twenty-five cents?"-Time.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-16

When wit is kind as we'll as play
fuI. when information knows how to
be silent, as we'll as how to speak,
when good will is shown to those
who are absent as we'll as those who
are present, we may know that we
r in good society.-Ladies' Home
Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-16
HAD WONDERFULLY GOOD RESULTS.

All for $3.50.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-26
NORTH CAROLINA.

Winston Sentinel: Mr.. w. V. Garner,
foreman of the machine room at the
new factory of the r. j. Reynolds To-
bacco Company, fell from a step lad
der his afternoon and broke his right
leg, near the ankle.
The following dates were fixed for
holding the fairs in this state this year:
October I'll, Greensboro; October
14-1S, Burlington; October 21-25, Raj
eigh; October % to November 2. Win
ston; November So, Fayetteville.
The bridge over the Catawba river
near Charlotte was swept away Satur-
day. The people in charge of it permit
ted logs n driftwood to collect and
break the steel piers. 1t was recently
finished and was of steel, the length
being $50 feet.
said to him.: Hello, coon!" Mr.. Down.
ing promptly struck him in the face,
when h negro assaulted him with a
knife which he had open in his hand.
Mitchell made off after slashing at Mr..
Downing, n has not since been ap-
pretended.
Fayetteville Observer: Yesterday af-
a negro named Amos Mitchell
made a vicious attack on Mr.. Empie
Downing with a knife, but, Fortunate
ly, only succeeded in cutting through
Mr.. Downing'S coat. Mr.. Downing was
standing in front of Crawford's store
when Mitchell passed along drunk, and
Durham Sun: The suit Of H. J..
Whit VS.. w. E: Webb, which has been
on in Person superior court, at Rox-
boro, this week, has ended, and was
decided in favor of the defendant. Mr..
Whit was the republican nominee last
year for reelection to the Office Of
register of deeds in hat county. He
was defeated by Mr.. Webb, the demo-
cratic candidate nv a. majority of nine
votes. So close was it that Whit de-
cided to contest for the office, claim
ing that fraud was used in Webb's
election.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-26
YACHT CLUB
At n Special Meeting Last Night It was
Decided to Make some improvements
to the Club House and Gangway.

A special meeting Of the Carolina
Yacht Club was held at $50 o'clock last
night at the court house for the pur-
pose OF authorizing the use Of the re-
serve fund in making improvements
and TO consider some proposed changes
in the racing rules.
The reserve fund now on hand and
to accrue for the current year was
placed in the hands Of the governing
board to use in its discretion for paint
ing II ceiling the club house. The
roof and outside of the club house will
be repaired and painted and the floor
ing of the piazza will be painted with
al wood color. The club will expend
$500 on improvements to the club
house. The gangway and pier will also
be thoroughly overhauled and new tim
bers put in. When the work is COM
pleted and the club opened for the
season, the Carolina Yacht Club will
have elegant quarters and n of the
finest club houses in the south.
The contracts for the painting Will be
given to Mr.. J.. r. Hatch. n for the
carpenters work to John Howe.
The club decided to make the season
membership SO instead Of $3.50 as here
tofore in view Of the superior var
ages il now has to offer to prospective
members.
Owing to the absence of h chairman
of the regatta committee no report as
to the proposed change in the racing
rules was made.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-26
STATE PRESS.

While Mr.. Tillman probed Mr.. Nc
Laurin with his p~itchfork, Mr.. Nc
Laurin evidently thinks he can dis
pose of the senior senator with a Salad
spoon. Mr.. Tillman's pitchfork doesn't
seem to have lost any of it's prongs.-
Charlotte News.
a conductor ON the tlantic Coast
Line says that since the Jim Crow"
a law went into effect the travel by
colored people has markedly fallen off.
He said that he was utterly unable
to account for it, as he had heard
many negroes approve of the law be-
cause it removed them from the sec
ond class car, where, at times, words
unfit for anyone'S ears, were used.
When asked if the falling off had been
fifty per cent. he said he would not be
surprised if it vas considerably more.
-Tarboro Southerner.
There is not a name in the annals of
North Carolina hat will go down to
posterity with richer fragrance than
that of Julian Carr. He has learned
the great truth that every man holds
his wealth as trustee for his Maker,
and loyalty has he lived up to it. The
churches of the state, the struggling
schools, the old soldiers, the hospitals,
numberless and namelesS persons have
been the beneficiaries of his unselfish
and uproclaimed charity. a has
built for himself an enduring home in
the hearts of his countrymen.-Mor-
canton Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-26
Real Estate Transfers

By deeds recorded yesterday at the
office of the register of deeds the fol-
lowing transfers of real estate were
made.
BY Nash E. Bunting and wife, OF
Fayetteville. to Justin NJ. Bunting, of
Wilmington, q house and lot on the
north side OF Walnut street, between
80 feet on walnut street, the lot front
3 0feet on Walnut street and havlng a
depth of so feet. Consideration 81, 100.
By John S. Harriss and wife, George
Harriss and wife, w. N Harriss and
wife. Andrew H. Harriss and wife, of
Wilmington, and John H. Kicks and
Greenville. n. c.. to Bellamy Harriss.
of Wilmington, five seventies interest
in a tract of land in Har-
nett township. lying between the
northeast and southwest prongs of
Lees or Bradley's creek, n also A
acres of land adjoining the above tract.
Consideration $500.
By Bellamy Harriss to George Har-
riss the formers six seventies undivided
interests in two tracts of land in Har-
nett township-the first lying between
the northeast and southwest prongs of
Lees or Bradley's creek and the second
adjoining the aforementioned tract.
Consideration $500.
BY B. H. ]. Ahrens and wife to Mary
w. Pickett. 4 Gus and lot on the
south side of Market street, between
Ninth and Tenth streets, the lot front
ing 81 feet on Market street and having
a depth of $50 feet. Consideration,
81. O5O.
BY w. E. Perdew and wife to Mrs.
Elizabeth p. LeGwin. a house and lot
on the north side of Rankin street be-
tween Anderson and MacRae streets,
the lot fronting 60 feet six inches on
Rankin street and having a depth of
sc feet. Consideration, 500.
BY 1. J. S~ternherger and wife to Mrs.
Elizabeth LeGwin a house and lot on
the eastern side of Anderson street
between Rankin and Miller streets. the
lot fronting Sc feet on Anderson street
and having IL depth of 81 feet. Con-
Sideration, $3.50.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-26

Mr.. w. r. Bonsal. OF Hamlet. spent
yesterday in the city.
Ex-Congressman John d. Shaw, OF
Fayetteville is in the city.
Mr.. w. 4. Davis, of Burgaw, was
here on business yesterday.
Mr.. r. p. Hamburger. of Charlotte,
was a guest at The orion yesterday.
Mr.. ]. b. Black. of Burgaw, was here
as n witness in the superior court yes
terday.
Hon. Risden T. Bennett. of Wades-
boro. was in the city yesterday on pro-
fessional business.
Mr.. E. B. Wright. of Boardman, vice
president and general manager of the
Buffers Lumber Company. was a guest
of The orion yesterday.
Mr.. p M. Pitts, of Clinton, S. c., who
represents the Acme Fertilizer Com
pany of this city in his section of South
Carolina, is in the city to see the man
agement of the company.
Mrs. Dr.. Russell Bellamy and her
sister. Miss Helene Trenholm. who have
been here visiting the family of DR.
w j. H. Bethany, returned last even
ing to their home in New York.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-26

Between Messenger Boys and Fruit
Venders-Extra Police Called Out

New York, April 23.-All the reserves
police stations and ten men from police
headquarters were ordered to Broad
street this afternoon because of a free
for-all fight between messenger boys
and push-cart vendors. A number of
the curb brokers joined in the fight
and there was considerable excite
ment.
The trouble commenced when a num-
Der of Italians were arrested. For
some reason the Italian vendors had
crowded together and refused to move
The police then arrested a few of them.
This caused quite a CROWD to collect.
In the confusion messenger boys by
the hundreds SWarmed about the Ital-
ian vendors and after the police a
gone began to steal fruit and candy.
The Italians resisted, but the boys be-
ing reinforced rushed in and fought
the Italians. a man rushed into the
crowd to prevent the boys from steal
ing the fruit and he was thrown down
and trampled on. AS the excitement
grew the messenger boys, curb brokers
and others rushed from all quarters.
The mob was the thickest in front of
the new Broad exchange building at
Broad street and Exchange Place.
Workmen or this building threw down
plaster and bags Of debris on the
crowds.
The reserves oon Quelled the disor-
der. The police arrested n messen-
ger boy who seemed to be a leader in
the fight. The police refused to give
the boys name n he was hustled off
to a police court.
Another messenger a an envelope
with five certified checks in it. One
was for So, 900 and another for $1,000.
They were lost in the mob. l was re-
ported that many valuable messages
entrusted to messenger boys by their
employers are missing, the boys hav-
ing dropped them during the riot.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-26
Capt. Rob Green at Fayetteville

Inc FayetteVllle observer Oh yeSler-
day says:
Captain Robt. Green, Wilmington's
quarantine officer. arrived here this
Morning. Captain Green is here in con-
nection with the escape yesterday of
the negro William Smith from the
county pest house. He will do all in
his power to have the man captured
and especially to see that he does not
each. Wilmington. as, he says, there
is great danger in his being at large.
Smith is the negro who, it was found,
had smallpox while a prisoner in the
county Jail and was at once sent to
the pest house.
He is also looking into the advisa-
bility of allowing the federal prison.
ers. who are in Jail here, to be taken
to Wilmington for trial.
Captain Green says that the small
pox which is now prevalent all over
North and South Carolina is of the
very mildest sort. and. though all the
usual precautions are being taken,
there is ne fear OF it existing among
the people at all.