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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
NOW FOB A PARCELS POST.

Note what the postofice is doing
to day for the farmer. Free rural
delivery now serves a population of
about 1000, 900. By June 30 it will
serve $500, 900. Within four years,
according to Postmaster General
Smith, it will cover a million square
miles of territory and will serve
some 81, 200, 900 people, OF over 4
900, 900 families.
What does this meanP On an
average there are 125 families on q
rural postal route. Under the old
regime, they travelled from two to
four miles going TO the p%ostofioe. If
the cost in time and other factors,
wear and tear of teams, etc., be
reckoned at but ten cents a day for
each family it is clearly a moderate
estimate, that makes an aggregate of
$12 so per day per route. The gov
eminent a deliver the mail at the
doors of all for 81. The aggregate
COST to 1000, 900 rural families going
80 the postofice represents the enor-
nous sum of 1925, 200, 900 a year.
The rural postmen are going to do
this service for three farmers at a
net cost to the government of less
than $14, 600, OOOI So says the post
master-general.
But if this be true of our present
meager mail service, if the mere
transportation of letters, newspapers
and magazines between the homes of
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
Miscellaneous.
.VFTCE OF GEN. THOs. F. TOON.

ps1eigh Cor. Charlotte Observer:
Toon was born in Columbus
"~rtv. June 10, 1910. He graduated
/. wake Forest College in 1851 with
- high honors. He enlisted as a
LsIvste in Company z, Twentieth
SEDIMENT, North Carolina Troops,
= WAS a Colonel before he was %
-.ors old. He was in 1863 appointed
P,der a special act of Congress a
temporary brigsdier general, and
commanded Johnson's Brigade for
r,.nv months, while Johnson was
covering from wounds. He was
hen commissioned as colonel and
-ssumed the command of his old regi-
,ont. He was wounded five times.
he gave your correspondent two
bnIlets extracted from him. After
.Se var ne was in the service of the
~.Hsntic Coast Line Is years, then
.,ok charge of Fair Bluff Academy.
In 1867 he married Miss Carrie
Smith, who ia buried at Fair Bluff.
Five children survive him. He leaves
tro brother, Archie Toon and
.brshsm Toon, of Whiteville, and q
sf.tr5ther, Donald McCraoken, of
VbiteviIIe. He represented Column
,7s county in the lower House of
lgs Leg stature and Robson and
Ir,nmbus in the Senase. In 1891 he
carried Mrs. R. G. Ward, who sur
rves him. He made Lumberton his
home and devoted himself TO teach
mo and farming. With his nomina-
ton for the office of State Superin
sndent and his areer therein all
|re familiar. He was a likable man,
n all respects, and devoted to his
cork and to the best interests of
North Carolina.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25

the farmers and the stationary post
Offices will save the farmers 1885,
200, 600 a year, at a net annual cost
to the government of but $14, 900, 600,
what would not be the value of the
magical benefits that would accrue
to our whole population from a
house TO house parcels service carry
ing the farmers produce to their
city customers and the city manu-
fsctures to the farmers homes, in
parcels from a pound to 200 pounds
and from a pint 80 a barrel, or at
rates from one cent a pound (the
present periodical rate) on pound
parcels down TO one fourth cent q
pound on hundred pound parcels?
WOuldn't the establishment of
such a scheme make the farmer g
laugh? Our present free rural SER
vice, We are told, increases the value
of farm lands from 81 to SIS an acre.
Our new parcels post would certainly
add double as much to the value of
our farms. And Congressman Henry,
of Connections, has introduced a bill
III. R. 6578) to this end. Mr.. Henry's
bill makes all matter requiring the
quickest dispatch first ass matter,
at n cent an ounce, Oh half the
present rate. Everything else goes
parcels post at one cent on a pound
parcel, and only 25 cents on a 100
pound parcel to any house within
our imperial domain. A very low
charge insures these parcels. There's
TO be a postal currency too-5, 10, 25
and so cent, 81, 50, and S. notes-to
make it easy to pay small accounts
by mail.
Now our farmers can have this
magical service just when they will.
What will it be worth TO the people?
Surely not less than a thousand mil
lion dollars a year. Suppose it should
create a postal deficiency at first,
what IF it, if it W a thousand
millions TO the public? Write to
your Congressman and Senators and
tell them to pass this bill. Germans,
E~nglishmen, the Swiss, have a par
cells post. Why not Americans?
Nothing you have over dreamed of
will do as much for your comfort
and your prosperity.-Amerioan
Agriculturist.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
DID NOT KNOW SHE
HAD KIDNEY TROUBLE.
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never
Suspect 1t.
Gertrude Warner Scott Cured by the Great Kidney Remedy
SWamD.ROOt.
SWamp.ROOt.

Women suffer untold misery be-
cause the nature of their disease is
not correctly understood in many
cases when dootoring, they r led
TO believe that womb trouble or fe-
male weakness of some SORTS respon.
sible for their ills, when in fact dis
ordered kidneys are the chief cause
of their distressing troubles.
The mild and extraordinary effect
of the world-famous kidney and blad.
der remedy, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, is soon realized. It stands
the highest for wonderful cures of
the most distressing cases. A trial
will convince anyone-and you may
have a sample bottle free, by mail.
Among the many famous cures of
Swamp Root reported in THE Pro
GREssIVE FARMER, the n we publish
this week for the benefit of our read
ers, speaks in the highest terms of
the wonderful curative properties of
this great kidney remedy.
Finton, Iowa, July 18th, 1901.
DIR. KILMER & CO.,
Binghamton, N. Y.
GENTLEMEN In the summer of
1898, l was taken violently i'll. My
trouble began with pain in my stom-
aoh and back, so severe that it seemed
as if knives we're cutting me-. l was
treated by two of the best physicians
in the country, and consulted another.
None Of them suspected that the cause
of my trouble UGS kidney disease.
They all told me that I had cancer
of the stomach, and would die. I
grew 50 weak that I could not walk
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25

COTTON SEED, HULLs AND MEAL.
Cotton seed meal, per ton. $25 90
Cotton seed meal, per sack. 1 80
Cotton seed bulls, per 100 lbs, 80
Cotton seed, per bushel. %
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
The Markets.
NORFOLK

NORFOLK, Feb. %, 1902.
Farmers stock nuts are quoted as
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
Sample Bottle of Swamp Root Free by Mail.

EDITORIAL NoTE-f you have the slightest symptoms of kidney or
bladder trouble, or if there is a trace of ii n your family history, send at
once to DR.. Kimer & Co, Binghamton, N. Y, who will gladly send you by
mail, Immediately, without cost to you, a sample bottle of Swamp Root
and a book telling all about Swamp-Root and containing many of the thou
sands upon thousands of testimonial letters received from men and women
cured. In writing to DR.. Klmer & Co, Binghamton, N. Y, be sure to say
that you read this generous offer in the Raleigh PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
If you re already convinced that Swamp-Root is what you need, you
can purchase the regular ffty-cent and onedoTar size bottles at the drug
stores everywhere. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer Swamp Root, and the address, Binghamton, n. Y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25

Order of every kind turns at least
80 pedantry, and to get rid of the
one, people destroy the other; and
so it goes on for a while, until people
perceive that order must be estab-
lished anew.-Goethe.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
GOOD ROADS.

We heartily welcome everything
shat looks to securing good roads for
h country sections of the South.
They help every way. Isolation de-
ponds not so much upon the distance
we are from others as upon the JON
dition of the road. Mud and ruts
cost too much.
We note with pleasure that the
good roads authorities and the South
ern Railroad Company are giving
practical demonstrations in building
good roads at many points along the
Southern's lines. At great expense
they have fitted up a special for this
work. We sincerely hope that this
move will awaken such interest in
the subject as TO stir up the Legisla
lures of the several States.
For twenty years we have been
urging such action as will put the
entire convict force upon the public
roads.
ANA ADS
We urge this because we do not
think it right to use oOnvicts in com-
petition with free men.
This is the only way to avoid it.
The public roads are public property.
Work upon them is for the public
good. Keeping up the public high
ways under the present system is
burdensome and erO upon many
good citizens.
This tax is by no means equitably
adjusted. Some pay much more
than others and get much less bene-
fit. The man who travels little gets
little benefit. The man who travels
much gets a great benefit and often
pays nothing.
The free labor system does not
build good roads. It is not possible
80 do so from the very nature of the
case. Convict labor can build good
roads. ANY of other use of convict
labor completes with free labor, and
enriches the few to the hurt of the
many.
FEASIBLE PLAN.
A system of roads about twenty to
twenty five miles apart, running
from north to south, and from east
TO west, passing through the country
towns of each county should be care.
fully laid off by oompetent engineers
and built as follows: The State
should bear one half the enpense, the
towns One-fourth and country popu-
lation one-fourth.
Distribute this through ten years
and it will be about the same as now
paid in work or taxes.
The State could pay it's part in
convict labor and material. Thus in
ten years, a permanent, double net
work of roads would be completed.
Nobody would be burdened and
every one would be benefited. The
use of these roads would so impress
the people, that they would devise
ways and means of building other
roads leading into these. Once
started the movement would carry
itself to Joe
We hope our daily papers will
take hold of the subject and help
educate the people to a full appre-
citation of it's Importance.
Permanent, good roads r an
essential part of all permanent pros
perity and high civilization.
Now that rural delivery is being
established, good roads r the more
Observation-Disclosures Cultivator.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25

In 1900 North Carolina was the
fourth State in the Union in popula-
ton, now it is fifteenth. Truly ''emi
+ ration has been our bane. Eek.
change.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
ABOUT SOME BOOKS.

An encyclopedia of statistics and
OhciL information about public af-
fsirs-suoh is the 1902 "World Alma
mac and encyclopedias" 600 pages,
ns8tly printed and we'll bound, sole
for 3 quarter. The World Alma.
no should occupy a prominent place
he75ry progressive American house.
hi. The 1902 edition is more com
lte than any of the former ones.
L cOntalns facts on many subjects
hss have recently been brought to
he public notice and which every
d tO.date person should have al his
fingers ends" For sale by all news.
throughout the country for
6cents. When ordering by mail
I'D. extra tor postage must be in
dosi 20 The World, New York.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
Fruit Trees at Wholesale Prices

Cut out and use the below list
with number of trees wanted fin.
serted against each variety. Ad-
dress all orders to-
T. B. PARKER,
HILLsBORO, n. O.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25

TIE brAAcHEROUs WIND hits you in
have ~ and the next morning you
With 'G'L4 oago. Rub we'll and often
9oU v lT9fry Davis Painkiller, and
low Oil De astonished to find out
quickly all soreness is banished.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25

NE reader may make up his mind
Dc pleasant erwhelmed by the
~Cglencence and vivaoity of "Around
ne Pan published by the Nutshell
publishing Company, 1859 Third
S'snue, New York. The wonders
Ssin with the frontispieoe picture
y resident Mckinley, drawn in a
slgIe line beginning at a point on
= c1eeH bone and going round and
'11u N d constantly widening cir
~ with ~waverings and downbearing
tue pen IN the proper places to Sc
nc tschment and shading. We
'--d that this portrait sis consid.
the most unique work of it's
D-l II tie world" and if there are
S'se' of uniqueness we are willing
''~eTe that this is most the thing
n. Which there are no duplicates.
voo'se there is text in addition
~s pictures, and we should be
''ed indeed to hear from any
n, Iaser the opinion that he had
got his moneys worth ($2 OW -
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
TO CURE A cuLD IN OHE DAY

Take Laxative BrOmO Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money If 1t ia Is Ia cure
Z. W Groves signature is on each box. Csc.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25

The interchangeable W. T. Stead caps
discussion of the conquest of the
Trld by American enterprise and
pit with a vivid and suggestive
box of some four hundred and
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With a study of the United States,
md the British Empire, Mr. Stead
PUSHES along in his vigor and COM
FehensIve style TO reveal by a cold
disclosure of facts and tendencies,
Iut why the American idea is des-
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quote q few of the chapter headings,
vii show the tremendous scope of
the work: The Americanization of
h1rope-A>i2-The Ottoman Empire,
Is e1acemsnt by Uncle Sam-Cen-
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WIN several interesting maps, $1.OO.
horace MarkIey, (Six Vestry Street,
New York
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-11
THE CHILDREN.

An adult may be at once
thin and healthy, but q baby,
or a young child, should be
plump, and well covered with
fat. Yet how many gaunt, ema-
ciated, thin-blooded babies and
children we see, chiefly because
the nutritive machinery of their
bodies is in some way out o.
order. Or they may be scrofu-
lous or the victims of some
subtle wasting disease. Nau-
seous and bad tasting medicine
is Objectionable and a horror to
children. No doubt its frequent
lack of good effect is, at leas,
partly due to the disgust it ex,
cites in them-the shock to this
system. This is true. of cod liver
oil in the form of the ordinary
Old-fashioned mixtures so often
forced upon them. The old ter
ror of this valuable, yet offensive
drug vanishes with the trans
formation it has undergone in
WAMPOLE'S PREPARATION
which is pal9table as honey snd
contains the nutritIve and curay
tive properties of Pure Cod
Liver Oil, combined with the
Compound Syrup Of Hypophos-
phites, and the Extracts Of Malt
aud Wild Cherry. In building
up pale, puny, emaciated child
rem, particularly those troubled
with Anemia, 5crofula, ricketts,,
and Bone and Blood diseases,
nothing equals i. It's tonic
. qualities are of the highest or
der. It creates new blood strong
muscles, sound teeth, solid bones,
and enables them to grow up
into healthy men and women.
a MEDICAL Institution says: 1--WE
have used your preparation in
treating children for coughs,
colds and inflammation; its app
plication has never failed us in
any case, even the most aggra-
waited bordering on pneumonia.
The children like it, they love
the taste of it, il looks good to
them, and it builds up their bo-
dies many little children owe
their lives to it," Effective from
the first dose. Sold by chemists
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-11
PAUNCEFoTErs BODY.

WASHINGTON, July Very quiet
ly and without formal ceremony the
body of the late Lord Pauncefote
British ambassador to the United
states, was removed from this city to-
day. The remains We're taken from
their resting place in Rock Creek Gem
etery and conveyed by special train to
Annapolis, where the last ceremonies
in this country were held. The entire
staff of the British Embassy accom-
panied the remains to Annapolis
There the funeral train was met by
a detachment of marines and seamen,
and the remains were escorted from
the railway station to the Naval Aca-
denny wharf. The body bearers We're
sixteen in number-eight sailors and
eight marines. A caissOn drawn by
six horses and manned by members of
the Fourth Battery, United States Ar
ullery, from Fort Myer, bore the cas-
ket. A salute of nineteen guns was
fired as the body was placed aboard
the Standish, which conveyed 1t to the
cruiser Brooklyn, anchored in the Of
fling. The Brooklyn, with Rear-Ad-
miral Coghlan's pennant at her peak,
weighed anchor at $3.50 and proceeded
slowly down the Chesapeake.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-11
CHEATING IN EXAMINATIONS

NEW YORK, July "A special to
the Sun from Princeton, n. O., says:
The most fragrant case of cTibbing in
the history of Princeton's entrance eN-
aminations has just been detected in
papers turned in from Phillips Aca-
DENY the renowned preparatory school
in Andover, Mass. The papers of more
than twenty of, the thirty-one young
men who took the examination at thar
institution have been thrown out by the
Princeton authorities.
Evidences of the deception were
ridiculously patent, In Latin and
Greek translations not only was the
diction in many instances the same but
the punctuation correspondent minutely
1t looked as though the examinations
had been copied line at a time from
models which the students had conceal
ed. In the mathematics papers there
We're ludicrOus mistakes which must
have been made in hurried copying.
The authorities here are at loss to
explain how the cribbing was accom-
| plished. Professor Stockton Arson of
the English department was sent 10 the
New England school to conduct the ex-
aminations on June II, and he is GER
| tain that the envelopes containing the
| questions were not opened. The only
tenable theory seems to be that the
cheaters passed their papers around
and in this way helped each other.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-11
MRS. LANGTRY's DAUGHTER.

LONDON, June 30.-Ian Malcolm,
member of Parliament and formerly
assistant private secretary to Lord
Salisbury, was married this afternoon
to Miss Jeanne Lantry, daughter of
Mrs. Langtry, the actress, at st.
Margaret's Church, Westminster. The
attendance, which was very large, in
cluded the Duke of Argyll, several In
dian Rajahs, Lord Hugh Cecil. son of
the Marquis of Salisbury John Nor
ley, NJ p; George Wyndham, chief
secretary for Ireland; William Red
mond, M. p, and p. A. McHugn, MP.
King Edward sent the bride pres
ent with a note in his own handwrit-
ing. The Prince of Wales also sent a
gift
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-11
THE FINAL RESULTS.
What Prosperity and Trusts VIII
Bring About i'm 80 Years.

JOIN w Gates, returning for brief
visit to Chicago, has published some
personal views on questions of i'm
pOrtanCe:
Prosperity is going to continue.
Mr.. Morgan is The greatest genius OF
finance that ever lived. He is so great
he has no vanity. He doesn't care a
FLIP for money or for the honors
What he Graves is great projects for
his mind to work out.
Every trust formed. every combina-
ton made, every community of inter-
est consummated, is a step upward for
the social advancement of the laborer.
If America continues to forge ahead
for the next 80 years as she has in the
last 30, then we will own all the i'm
portant railroads of the world.
The stocks OF the great systems will
ultimately prove so valuable that they
will no longer be upon the market
They will be held by the great estates
and by men worth millions.-Spring-
field Republican
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-11
ON vICTORIA,s GRAVE.

LONDON, June 30.--General James
H. Wilson, who was to have represent
ed the United States Army at the coro-
nation of King Edward, acc lmpanied
tended by Sir John InnesKerr, went
Ienued by SIR OHM lnnes- Kerr, went
to Windsor this afternoon ami placed
a wreath on Queen VictOrias grave on
behalf of the United States Army. A
royal carriage met the party az Wind
sor railroad station.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-11
GOING TO THE SETTLEMENT.

The steamer Ke Au Hon. under COM
mand of Captain Peterson, will sail at
8 o'clock tonight for Kalaupapa with
the members of the board of health.
and Association Justice Perry. The
board is going on it's semi-annual in
-spection of the Leper Settlement. Jus
tice Perry is accompanying the board
for the purpose of looking into the ju-
dietary situation in the settlement, as
it is claimed that District Magistrate
Nathanial has been admitting people
to the practice of law without hav-
ing any authority so to do. The party
will probably return late Saturday
night or early Sunday morning.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-11
AnIIrICIAL LIGHT.

Tests show that when candlelight is
used the human eve is closed 6.S tines a
minute. With gaslight winking occurs
2.S times a minute. With sunlight the
eyes close 2.2 times, and with electric
light is times. Scientists say this
proves that of all artificial inuminants
the electric light is the least injurious
to the eyes.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-11
BYAUTHORITY
SEALED TENDERS

VIII be received at the Office of the
Superintendent of Public Works till
II o'clock noon Of Wednesday, July 20,
1902, for 600 tons of coal to be deliver
ed at the Beretania Pumping Station
Of the Water Works.
Specifications at the office Of the SUI
perintendent of Water Works.
The superintendent does not bind
himself to accept the lowest or any bid.
(Signed JAS. II. BOYD,
superintendent Public Works.
Honolulu. July g. 1902.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-11
DEPARTING.

Thursday, July 10.
Am. schr Julia E. Whalen, Rosehiu
for Marcus Island, at $3.50 p. m.
Friday, July II.
Am schr. Alice Cooke, Penhallow.
for Puget Sound, at 1870 p. m, in bal
last.
Saturday, July -
Stmr Kauai, Bruhn, for Punaluu at
8 p. m.
S. S. American, Morrison, for aKhu-
lui, Hilo and New York, at 6 p. m.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-11

NEW YORK, June 2S.-A cable to
the Journal from London says: Re-
ports from Geneva says that Clyde
Fitch is seriously i'll and that he will
be compelled to undergo a surgical
operation soon. 1t probably will be a
long time before Fitch is able to go on
with his contracts and finish the plays
ordered by Frohman for Maxine Eli
Oft and others.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-11
NOTICE

John Mattos of the plumbing firm of
Judge e. Mattos has disposed of his in
terest to John Judge, the remaining
partner.
Judge continues The business and is
prepared to do plumbing in all its
branches. Prices reasonable.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-11
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
CONTINUED from Page ~
ARRIVING.

Friday, July II.
Stmr. Waialeale, Pitz, from Maka-
well, Eleele, Waimea, Koloa and Ahui-
manu-, at Hop a. m, with 2S4O bags
suga" wheel.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-11
PASSENGERS.
Arriving.

Per bark Kaiulani, July II from san
ncisco.-Lawrence Kipp and Mr..
and Mrs. Phillips.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-11

Note Heads, Bill Heads, Letter Heads
and all kinds Of Job and Commercial
Printing neatly and promptly executed
at the Star Office.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-11

Ads under situation Wanted" in
serted Iree OF charge.