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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-16
OF INTEREST TO TEACHERS.

We have received a copy of Hampton Nature
Study Leafet, No. Z, Identifying School-Houses
and Yards" It is beautifully illustrated and
is literally packed with sensible and practicable
suggestions for improving and identifying coun-
try school buildings and surroundings. Any
Southern teacher can get a copy free by apply
ing to the Hampton Nature-Study Bureau
Hampton, Va, and we hope that every one who
reads this notice will send for it. 1t is richly
worth the having.
Those in charge of the scheme have about COM
pleted the plans for a summer school for teachers
to be held at the A. and M. College, Raleigh,
next year, lasting from June 18th to July 18th.
Especial emphasis will be put on the instruction
in agriculture, nature study and manual training,
while pedagogy, music and kindergarten work
will also have attention. The officers are: Geo.
T. Winston, A. NJ, Ii. D., President; Charles J.
Parker, Secretary; Charles W. Burkett, M. S.,
Phi. D., Dean of Industrial Department; Edward
P. Moses, A. NJ, Normal and Literary Depart
ment.
It is expected that the study of agriculture
will be introduced into our public schools next
year, and this summer school will enable teachers
to fit themselves for teaching it. Full informa-
tion can be obtained by addressing President
Winston or Secretary Parker.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-16
Every Man Should Follow Public Affairs.

No man can hope to be a useful citizen in the
broadcast sense, in the United States unless he
takes a continuous and intelligent interest in poll
tics, and a full share not only in the election, but
also in the primary operations which determine
the choice of candidates. For this every one has
time enough, and, if he says that he has not, it is
because he is Indifferent when he ought to be
intensely and constantly interested. IF he follows
public affairs from day to day, and, thus informed,
acts with his friends and those who think as he
does at the caucus and the polls, he will make his
influence fully felt and will meet completely the
test of good citizenship. It is not essential to
take Office. For not doing SO, the excuse of lack
of time and the demands of more immediate pri-
vate interest may be valid. But it would be well
if every man could have, for a short period at
least, some experience in the actual work of gov
eminent in his city or nation, even if he has no
idea of following a political career. Such an
experience does more to broaden a mans knowl-
edge of the difficulties of public administration
than anything else. It helps him to understand
how he can practically attain that which he thinks
is best for the State, and, most important of it all,
it enables him to act with other men and to judge
Justly those who are doing the work Of public
life-Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, in November
Success.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-16

else is so well qualified for the task as Mr.. Harris,
and we hoperthat he will not delay the work too
long. e pr .srrc
The reader is likely. to note as he goes along
that Mr.. Harris, like cold Fuss and Feathers"
insists on spelling wagon with two g's. General
Scott said that his authority for this spelling
was winfield Scott, Commander-in- Chief of the
armies of the United States" but Mr.. Harris
~neglects to cite his authority!
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-16
THE BEST OF THE DECEMBER MAGAZINES.

Our own opinion is that of all the American
magazines the Worlds Work has sent out the
best December number-that is to say, the num-
Der that appeals to the largest number of intel
ligent men and women. Though there are no
stories in it and no rhymed productions, the
reader will find from cover to cover the romance
and the poetry of real life and of human prog
ress. And if the review of the months history
is not so full as that in the Review of Reviews,
Editor Pages March of Events" neglects none
of the larger phases of the worlds work, while
the healthy optimism and the unwavering faith
in democracy that pervade this department can
not fail to have a helpful influence on the entire
constituency of the magazine.
As usual, the contributed articles in the cur
rent number deal almost exclusively with the men
and movements that are making the history of
our own times. There are sketches of John B.
Mcdonald, the builder of the New York subway,
of Clement A. Griscom, the head of the new in
ternational shipping corporation, and of George
Gray Barnard, the sculptor-the last named ar
ticle being illustrated by pictures of Barnards
work that would do credit to an art magazine.
"Subduing the Nile' tells the story of modern
irrigation m the land of the Pharaohs. An in
-structive- article deals with the machinery and
business methods of the Mormon Church. GA
Neglected Epic" by Frank Morris, makes one
regret all the more the death of the young au-
thor who had so clear a vision of the westward
movement in America. There are two addresses
of unusual interest-that of President Eliot on
THE Needs of American Public Education" and
that recently delivered in this State by Frank
w. Vanderlip sounding ga conservative note of
warning" on the financial situation. Other arti-
cles there are which we should like to mention,
but space forbids.
Of course, we take greater interest in the
Worlds Work because it is edited by North Caro-
lina's most distinguished representative in the
world of literature-Dr. Walter H.. Page, of
whom, by the way, we expect to print an auto
biographical sketch next week. The subscrip-
ton price of the magazine is So a year, and the
publication Office is 81 Union Square East, New
York City.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-16
BOOK NOTICES.

SHAKESPEARES WORKS: The Comedies;
The Tragedies; The Histories and Poems.
(Caxton Series) Three volumes. 1925 per
volume. Charles Scribner's Sons, Publishers,
New York.
The editor has recently bought one of these
sets and is thoroughly pleased with the purchase.
In it we have indeed a handy" Shakespeare, this
being one of the "thin paper" editions now so
popular. The type is large and clear and the
paper, while thoroughly Opaque, is so thin that
the thousand pages in each volume make a book
not quite an inch thick. The limp lambskin bind
ing is both elegant and durable.
GABRIEL TOLLIVER. By Joel Chandler Har-
ris. $3.50. Mcclure, Phillips & Co., Publish
ers, New York.
This book is advertised as Gabriel Tolliver:
A Story of Reconstruction" and we sent for it,
first, because whatever Joel Chandler Harris
writes is worth reading, and, second, because we
wished to compare the book with "Red Rock"
and "The Leopard's Spots" AS a story of the
troublous times succeeding the war it is a very
conservative and temperate document; one is
half inclined to believe that the author has erred
as much on the side of conservatism as Mr.. Dixon
erred on the side of radicalism. But if "The
Leopard's Spots" holds your attention by dra-
matte scenes and passionate outbursts, the read
er's interest in Gabriel Tolliver" is sustained
throughout by the sweetness of the romance in
which Gabriel and Nan Darlington are the chief
figures, by the gentle humor of Billy Sanders
and Mrs. Absalom. the Mrs. Claiborne mystery,
and the net of circumstantial evidence that gath
ers itself about Gabriel in the Hotchkiss murder
case. Whatever the story lacks in force as a pic
ture of Reconstruction times, it fully atones for
by its charm as a love story and by the authors
delightful delineation of the distinctively South
ern types who figure in the story. The Brooklyn
Eagle says it is "a novel which ranks Harris as
the Dickens of the South"
We have heard, by the way, that it is now Mr..
Harris's chief ambition to write a great novel
of plantation life in the Old South. A really
meritorious work of this kind, depicting a phase
of life now gone forever, would almost certainly
become a classic. It is our opinion that no one
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-16

An so it is with women. They haven't the
right to vote, but they have tn privilege iv con-
throllin' tn man ye ilict. They haven't tn right
to make laws, but they have tn privilege " break
in thin, which is betther. They haven't tn right
iv a fair thrile be a jury iv their peers; but they
have tn privilege " an unfair thrile be a jury iv
their admirin' infeeryors. If I cud fly DIVE think
I'd want to wlk?-Mr. Dooley on "Women's
Right"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-16

If you have not yet renewed your subscription
to The Progressive Farmer, why not send us three
new yearly subscriptions at 81 each between now
and January 1, 1903, and get the date on your
label moved up a year? This offer has been adj
vertised since October, and a number have already
taken advantage of it. It ought to be easy for
any reader to get three of his neighbors to sub
scribe during the next two weeks. Try it.
The Judges CDR, TAFT Butler, Mr.. T.. B. Par
ker, and the writer,) have just awarded the prizes
in the stock judging and stock report contest
by A. and M. students, the stock exhibit at the
recent State Fair being the subject of the
papers. The first prize, a $25 silver medal, was
awarded to Mr.. Walter W. Finley, and the SIS
cash prize was won by Mr.. Frank R. Smith. The
first prize paper is printed on page 10.
The Baptist State Convention adjourned Sun
day to meet next year in Charlotte.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-16

Sin is only misdirected energy, and sometimes
I think that bad folks are good people who have
expressed themselves wrongly; that's all.-Elbert
Hubbard.
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The Baptist State Convention adjourned Sun
day to meet next year in Charlotte.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-14
PATRICK JURORS
STUDY HANDWRITING
Lawyers Peers Listen While
Experts Testify.
Nine Skilled Penmen Occunx the
stnnd-Tcstify That Rice sigma
lures Are FOrgeries.

NEW YORK, Feb. 13-Mr. Albert s.
Osborn, of Rochester, the first of the nine
handwriting experts who are to be called
by the prosecution in the Patrick murder
trial, was on the witness stand all day
today in Recorder COTS court
He lecturcd from hour to hour. with but
few questions from the district attorney
to interrupt. At least one of these inter
rupuons, as the prosecuting attorney very
frankly told the court, was TO prevent
folks from going to sleep.
The faces of all the jurors were hidden
behind their big albums of photographs
OF signatures, which were just as good as
a schoolboy's geography to hide a yawn
or even stolen snooze. The witness was
in the middle of a long description of a
simulated dot over a simulated ii"
Are you sure of that" shouted the
prosecuting attorney, as he jumped to-
ward the witness
The twelve albums dropped on as many
pairs of knees in the jury box.
Il object exclaimed Mr. Moore. of
counsel for the defence. Il object to the
assistant district attorney cross-exam-
lining bis own expert"
Your honor explained the assistant
district attorney, Il interrupted the
witness because / don't want everybody
to go to sleep. Mr.. Moore knows that
very well; that's why he objects to the
interruption.
The expert reiterated his opinion ex-
pressed on the stand on Tuesday to the
effect that the alleged signature of Will
liam NJ Rice. whom Patrick is accused
of numbering are forged signatures. He
gave various reasons for that opinion in
the course of his days talk.
The expert also testified that of ninety
eight genuine signatures of Mr.. Rice he
had found no two alike with reference to
measurements
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-14

They are opposing us because they fear
We shall not purify politics; the lowest
class of politicians oppose us because
they know we SHALL
Meets Argument of Rich Women
Mrs. Shaw then met the argument of
rich women, who claim that their per
sonal influence can do more with legisla-
tors than their votes by asking: ..What
about the armies of working women in
the sweatshops. How are they 20 iiiall-
ence legislation in that way? When YOU
think OF the officials put in Office By A
ring OF politicians, hound hand and foot
10 them. you think the woman who pits
herself and ner tea gown and her pretty
ways against that influence is rather
short-sightedi But there is an eyeglass
which just frs her eyes. 1t is the bal
lot"
Cheer. Tor President Roosevelt.
Mrs. Shaw then spoke of the recent
meeting of the National Civil Service
League in Boston and its great hopeful
ness, owing to the accession OF Theodore
Roosevelt TO the Presidency.
You should have heard the walls of old
Harvard ring" said she. when the boys
remembered that he was theirs. He Is
ours, too, and
- one blast upon his bugle horn
Is worth ten thousand men!'"
And then the walls of the First Pres,
Cont nucd on Fourth Page.3
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-14
MONEY And MEDICINE
FOR PRISONERS BARRED
British Stop Germany's Pro-
posed Aid for Beers.
VIII Permit, However. the Sending
of Merchandise, Provisions, and
Clothes Under Conditions.

BERLIN, Feb. BIN the House II Dep
uties today. Baron Won Richthofen. Secre-
tary of State. announced that Count Met
ternich German Ambassador at London,
had cabled that the English Government
will not allow him to send money and
a medical expedition TO the concentration
camps in South Africa.
The Government, however. he said,
would allow him to send merchandise,
provisions and clothes under conditions
which would be communicated today.
The relief for the concentration camps
spoken of by Count Metternich is that
planned by the concentration camp relief
committee in Germany
A member OF the committee several
days ago raised the question In the House
of Deputies as to what means should be
pursued for the sending of the relief and
Metternich's cablegram il In all proba-
bility reply to this question.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-14
STOPS At BROOKLYN NAVY YARD
Meets Captain Coughlin, of
"Hoch Der Kaiser" Fame.
HE SEES CRUISER BALTIMORE.
Imperial Yacht Being Prepared for
Arrival of Prince Henry-NO More
Official Calls Until He Reaches
America-Flngship Olympia in Port

NEW YORK, Feb. 1s-AdmiraI Count
Won Baudissin and the officers and men of
the kaiser's yacht Hohenzollern, which
locked at Hoboken on Wednesday, put in
a busy day today.
In addition to the work of putting the
vessel in shape for the reception of Prince
Henry. there were to be returned the Off
cial calls made on Wednesday by repre-
sentatives of the mayor and by Admiral
the navy and army.
Covered With Gold.
The admiral, resplendent in gold lace
and with his breast covered with orders
and decorations, was accompanied by his
flag lieutenant, by the German consul gen.
eral. of whom the occasion also demanded
a uniform only little less brilliant than
that of the admiral. AS pilot the party
had Capt. Clifford II. West, Admiral
Barker's aide.
When the Hohenzollern crew had break
tasted they were put to work, many of
them on the ships sides in preparation
for a fresh coat of cream colored paint.
the yacht. as that is also to be overhauied.
First Visitor Reports.
II was 10 o'clock before the first visitor
OF the day hove in sight. This was Con-
sui General BUM, who came in the tug
Poilux. He was attired in his consular
uniform, dark blue, with trimmings of
gold lace. and wore three cornered
hat. ~
The German jackies manned the side for
him, and he spent some time talking with
the admiral in his cabin While he was
so engaged the navy yard tug Narkeeta.
with Captain West. came alongside.
In expectation OF her. coming to take
the admiral on his calling trip. workmen
Continued on Fifth Page)
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-14
nine KILLED In
KENTUCKY BATTLE
Sheriff's Posse Attack Out
laws at Quarter House"
Both sides Were Armed With Win
Observation-Disclosures Fought
with Desperation.

MIDDLESBORO, KY, Feb. 13.-Accord-
ing to the best information obtainable,
nine is the total number Of deaths as
result of the desperate battle last even
ing at Lee Turner's notorious Quarter
House" saloon between the sheriff's posse
and Turner's band of outlaws.
The dead posse men are: Charles Cecil
deputy sheriff, brother OF Frank Cecil
who was ant-at-arms of the Repub-
lican Legislature, and John Doyle, an
other officer.
TURNER'S Gang Moved Down.
Those killed on Lee Turner's side were:
Charley Drye, negro who was employed
by Turner: Marsh Wilson. Perry Watson,
Frank Johnson, bartender for Turner;
Mike Welch. Turner's chief lieutenant;
Jim Prader, --- Hopper.
1t is thought an unknown mountaineer
persisted in the flames. Drye also was
burned a.
While nine is the number of deaths
generally estimated. many are Of the
opinion that one or two more were shot
while Turner's saloon was burning and
that they pershed in the flames
'Phoned His Wife.
Lee Turner phoncd to his wife. who
lives in Middlesboro that he is all right
Charlie Cecil. the slain deputy. will be
buried at Barbourville tomorrow
The number of the posse. who went from
Middlesboro and vicinity to demand the
surrender OF Turner for stealing Giles
Colson's mules is estimated at forty
three The men were armed with Win
chesters and pistols. Turner is thought
to have had perhaps thirty on his side.
Shortly after the battle began Turner's
saloon caught fire. 1t is believed that the
inmates in their excitement knocked over
a stove Another report is that the house
was set afire by the mountaineers' guns.
In one room was stored about a wagon
load of ammunition and other combusi
ibles. which caught fire. The house was
burned to the ground in a short time
The mountaineers stood at the windows
until the last
Just before the house fell some tried
TO escape, but their retreat was cut Off
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-14
SEARCH FOR MISSING
PHYSICIAN FRUITLESS
No Trace of DR.. Williams, of
Philadelphia, Found.
He Is Supposed to Have Persisted
During Quest for Sugar Farm in
New Hampshire Mountains.

WARREN, n. H. Feb. 13.-A fruitless
search has been made on Mount Moosi-
lauke for DR.. E. N. Williams, of Phila-
delphia. until recently a stea mship sur
geon for the American line.
His friends fear that his body lies in
the wilderness between Warren Summit
and East Haverhill.
Following DR.. Williams movements from
the time he left Boston. 1T is known that
he reached Plymouth week ago last
Thursday evening. and left there on the
train the next morning. and went to Glen
cliff. where he purchased a lunch. No
one was found who had a sugar farm to
SELL and the young man seemed very
much disappointed.
On the day DR.. Williams disappeared
the ground was bare. Since then consid-
cradle snow has fallen.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-14
MAYOR JOHNSON BOBBED UP.

His Appearance Caused Republicans
to Take Counter Action on Bill.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, Feb. 13.-'If Mayor
Johnson had not come to Columbus with
banners flying and trumpets blowing, his
park bond bill would have gone through
practically without objection" said a
House leader today.
1.-THE trouble was" he continued, that
Mayor Johnson and his delegation talked
too much about the way they were going
to turn the Legislature upside down and
make the Republican majority look like
80 cents.
THE fact that johnson came to Column
bus. rented a residence, and indicated that
he was a fixture during the term increased
the feeling on the part of the Republic
ans. To tell the truth, they were just
little scared"
The park bond bill was postponed SIM
ply to show Johnson that he is not the
whole thing and that 1t is a game of give
and take, not only Of take" in the Leg
islature.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-14
NO FEAR or FOREIGN
POWER, 81 VS. CARNEGIE
Believes United States Could Sarue ON European Enemy
NabY Held Useless

NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-Mr. Andrew Car
negie. speaking tonight at the reception
given him by the Authors Club, declared
that ne regarded a war on the United
States by a European Power, or by any
combination of Powers, as an absolute
impossibility, and that the large navy
now being built by this country is useless
for that reason. He said in part:
Some one here referred to steel. That
made me think that it is. indeed, a great
matter FOR this country to feed the whole
world, which it will soon be doing 1t
renders US unassaiiable. No Power in
Europe or anywhere else can take ! step
against us even should it declare war
Therefore, the navy is perfectly useless
which we are now building up.
Il remember that Gladstone asked me,
about the time OF the Venezuela episode.
if our people were not affected by tn
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-14

Orleans; "Legende," Weiniawski, Miss
Bertha Lucas; pills in Politics." DIR.
Cora Smith Eaton, Minneapolis: From
Statues to Statutes.'' Miss Gail Laughlin,
New York; 1.-THE Need of the Hour" Rev.
Ida c. Hultin, Boston
"A Captivating A!liance.o
Mrs. Shaw began her address on the
subject "A Captivating Alliance" with a
comical story of an old farmer who was
heard one Sunday morning scolding away
because he could not make his wife at
tend the Unitarian Church instead of the
Baptist; not because he was a Unitarian.
but because there was a good horse-shed
at that church and not at the othe..
Here she said. was woman clinging
to an ideal, while the man was looking at
the commercial side of it. 1 was remind
ed OF this when | heard an irritated Iegfs-
lator scolding over the persistence of the
suffrage party.
Why said he. 1T is an outrage that
We have to be bothered year after year by
these women. What do they want? Don't
we let EN- earn their living most any way
they want tor
There are two classes Of legislators
who seem thoroughly to understand what
these women want'-the highest and the
lowest. The middle class is engrossed by
the business idea, which seems TO have
crowded out the sense of public con-
science, and they hold the balance of
power. They need the passionate patriot
ism OF their cOuntrywomen.
DIT
IN who are opposed to suffrage? They are
with us. only they haven't caught up yet
They are not Indifferent to their coun-
try's welfare; they are so intensely inter
ested in it that they can't stay at home
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-14
TWO STRIKES AT SCRANTON.
Stove Company Employees Decide to

stove Company Employees Decide to
Go Ont.
SCRANTON, Pa, Feb. 13.-Two strikes
went into effect in this city today, one at
the Scranton Stove Works. where a month
ago the company shared it's earnings,
$4,000, with its men, and the other at the
Hampton mine.
At the stove works there was a small
force at work today. Both the men and
the company are reticent as to the cause
of the trouble. but it is said there is
protest because there has been given to
boys variety of work that has previous
ly been done by men.
The National Stoveworkers' Union has
been informed of the strike and word
from 1t is now awaited. Five hundred
and fifty men went on strike at the
Hampton mine of the Lackawanna COM
pany because the regulations of the COM
pany compelled them to record their en-
trance to the mine by pulling a peg out
of tally board, which they have to in
sert again upon their exit
The men sent committee to the su-
perintendent this afternoon and a COM
promise was effected. Work will be re-
sumed at the mine in the morning.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-14
In Hold-up Game He Shot
Charles Hemstreet, the Propri-
etor of a Saloon.

QUESTION by the Governor of California
for the return of Leonard to the scene
of the murder. where he will stand trial
for the crime.
Sheriff ]. II. Sheerer, of Colusa County
was here today on his way TO Hondo,
where he will take charge of the self
confessed murderer and return with him
to California.