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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-01

each season came, they were ffr,.
good warm clothing, wholesome
When sick they were nursed 100
necessary a physician employed
some communities several ~ y
would join together and emplop
minister of the Gospel to preach I
a month on their plantations. ~.
tachment between master and ~ =
was remarkable, and their famiIr
theisame. There are several of tbo y
family negroes living now at nv f,a
er's old homestead, and when 7 ~
the old home they come to the co..
house" to see me, give me a bs..
handshake, and love to talk Of ~
dents that happened "fore de wa,s
And now since Southern bavon.
are at rest in their scabbards, i
many of our brave Southern ba,,.'
have fought their last battle, new .;
important issues have arisen: p,,,
problems of serious import, are befo,.
the rising generation to solve. An,
soon, ali, soon! the "reminiscences /
the old South will be among the thin.
of the past!
REBECCA
OO Mt ~
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-01
AN INCIDENT OF SLAVERY DAYS.
The Ninth Of Our Series Of Articles on " OIL
Times in the South"
AUNT JENNIE

The Ninth of Our Series Of Articles on Old
Times in the South"
Dear Aunt Jennie: IF not too late
for the ante-bellum series, I wish to
narrate a bit of history CLEANED from
my mothers childhood recollections,
and as it illustrates the peculiar char
acteristics of the negro race, that
pitiable people so allied to the old
South, it may be of interest to some
of our readers, and not amiss as a
Renaissance of the by-gone days.
Many of the negroes were faithful,
and self-sacrifcing, devoted nurses,
while others were evil, and only kept
under by fear-a conglomeration of
good and bad, love and hatred. NV
mother, when quite a little girl loseing
her maternal parent, naturally fell to
the care of her nurse, who was an ell
derby colored woman, and loverd her
very tenderly. Nanny" as she called
her, used to frequently take her little
charge down to the cabin, where she
was petted, and shared many a "stolen
sweet" in this literal sense of the word
for Sambo knew how to steal, as well
as love and hate. But when the
twilight shadows deepened father"
came and claimed his little girl.
Nesting the curly head closely to
his manly bosom, sleeping thus one
night, the moonlight streaming
through the uncovered glass window,
she was awakened by an outlaw whom
she knew well, standing there cursing
her father, brandishing his gun, until
she was frenzied with fear, screaming
to the top of her voice.
"Raise your old head. Just move
from that dear child and I will kill
you," said the outlaw.
Then, as if fearing some bad conse-
quence his voice softened, as he said:
"Hush, Honey, don't you cry. [ would
not harm a hair on your head for the
world, but if I can git you away I
will blow his brains out"
Then he walked away, saying he
would break down the door, which he
did. But as he left the window, that
gave the father the wanted opportuni-
ty. The loaded shot gun was near by,
and as the door broke in a heavy load
of buck-shot stretched the negro's life
less form across the threshold. He
had been outlawed by his neighboring
master because of his unruly DISPOSE
ton, therefore forbidden the premises
where his wife quartered, thus arous-
ing all the bitterness of his vindictive
nature.
Did any one care? Perhaps the
wife did. Was it a matter for the
Court? No, nor for the newspapers,
for there we're none issued in our
county, and the whole community re-
joiced in the thought that the neigh
borhood had been rid of a great nui-
sance. MARGARET.
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fact, most young men-do not start
out with so clear an idea of what they
wish to accomplish. They may have
just as brilliant possibilities latent in
them, but as boys they do not develop
d~irectness of purpose and sureness of
plan.
Every mail brings US letters from
fellows in school and just out of it
who are foundering around trying to
discover what they ought to do or
what they can do in the world. Some
times these letters are from young
men who have made a first hit-or-miss
venture into business and have missed.
They tell us something of their educa-
ton, something of their personality,
and ask us to diagnose their cases and
to write success prescriptions for
them.
Medicine cannot be. practiced by
mail, and failure cannot be cured
with a few pink pellets of advice for
poor people-easy to give and pleasant
to take. But there are certain sim
pie and fundamental rules of health
which may be safely laid down for all
men; and there are certain vital rules
of conduct which should be followed
by all beginners in business.
Every job has three fixed dimensions
Character, Carefulness and Com
nonsense. Without them a boy will
almost surely fail; with them it is not
certain that he will succeed. The
fourth dimension of a job is X-the
unknown quantity in success. 1t is
what the Schawbs and Roosevelts
have, and what the uncertain and the
undecided have not. Some men are
born with it; and yet others do not
have it and cannot get it.
It defes definition; yet some of its
properties we know; and the most i'm
portant of them is Initiative. The
man With initiative is the one who
combines thinking and doing. He
begins as the boy who is ready. He
becomes the clerk who learns; the
salesman who holds old and discovers
new trade; the manager who saves
and imprves; the junior partner who
sees to-morrow's dangers and plans
for next months. possibilities. And
he ends as the Boss.
This brings us back to first princi-
pies. There can be no great success
Without conservation and there can be
10 conservation without a call
whether it be to preach or to sell.
Until a man feels this call he cannot
step into the world of affairs with
any certainty of finding himself and
his place. He must first know his
own mind, whether he wants to be a
broker or a preacher; and no one can
make it up for him.
A young man should not permit
another to NEEDLE with his future.
Even his father, the one who should
best understand his character and ca
liabilities, may guide him into the
wrong way-a stranger almost surely
will. But he may be helped to know
himself, to find his work in the world,
and this is the first duty of a father
and the chief end of a college educa-
tion.-Saturday Evening Post.
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%NOs. IS and 81, of our series of the Worlds
E8est Poems arranged especially for THE Pro-
&REssTvE FARMER by the editor. In this
series selections from the following authors
nave already appeared: Burns, Bryant Mr. and
ars Browning, Lord Byron, Campbell, Eugene
REID, Goldsmith, Leigh Hunt, Holmes, Omar
hnayyam, kipling, Lampman, Lanier, Long,
AaloW, Lowell, Markham, Macaulay, Milton.
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FOR KNOWING HOW TO WORK.

An ambitious boy realizes that, to
rise in the world, he must know the
business he has chosen, through and
through, from top to bottom. He keeps
his eyes open; nothing escapes his at
tention; he is always alert, all the
time absorbing, and reaching out for
knowledge, experience, methods, and
system.
He does not think so much of the
little salary he gets as of the oppor-
tunity to learn his trade or profess
sion. To be where he can observe all
that is done, in close touch with the
men at the head of affairs, where he
can learn all the details, and where he
can study and compare methods, and
acquire the secret of his employers
success-these things, he realizes, are
worth many times more to him than
his salary. He is satisfied with get
ting enough to live on, besides the
chance to learn, to get drill and discip-
line. When he gets through at night,
a shrewd, ambitious boy realizes that
what he has carried away with his
eyes, during the day, what he has got
by keeping his mind alert, and by his
deductions as to the best methods of
handling the business, are worth many
times more to him than the few dimes
paid to him for his days work. He
knows that, if it is in him, he will be
able in a single day, in the future, to
make more, perhaps, than his whole
years present salary.
1t is knowing how to do things that
is of value.
1t is said that a skilled mechanic
once sent in the following items in a
bill for a small job
I For doing the work 500
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1t was the knowing how that added
value to his services, not the mere do
ing. 1t was the years of disciplineI of
dry details and drudgery, the years of
learning the trade, with little compen-
%satiOn, that gave the value.
Hundreds of boys in this country,
today, are bemoaning their small sal
aries and lack of opportunities, when
they are right in the whirlpool of bus
mess or trade, the finest school posi-
bic for them. If they would keep their
eyes open, and their minds alert, and
learn to see things and absorb knowl-
edge, they would no longer complain
of mo chance" or say that luck is
against them. They would realize
that they have been set on the road to
fortune, and that, by sturdy trudging.
they can arrive in triumph at the goal.
%. S. Marden, N July Success"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-04

"An amusing incident took place
while Harvey was editor Of Coin. pa
per which he published in Chicago.
Harvey, in talking to one Of his part
ners, took exception to the want Of
punctuation in the paper. There isn't
enough punctuation he complained,
and Coin doesn't look right without it.
There ought to be comma once in SO
often, then so often a colon. and all
the rest. Don't you think 500 he wound
up appealiuSly.
"I do, indeed heartily replied the
partner, who was not wholly devoid OF
humor. That's a great idea of yours,
Harvey. II l were you, he suggested,
ia draw up rule to that effect
Harvey thought it over, and the
thought commended itself The next
day, therefore, rule reading some
what as follows was posted in the of
fee Of Coin: Hereafter it is the rule OF
this Office that articles appearing in the
columns of this paper must be punctu-
ated as follows: Every 10 words shall
carry comma; every three lines q
scmicolon every four lines colon; ev-
cry five lines a period: exclamation ana
question marks may be used as hereto
fore. The employees of this paper will
please observe this ORDER New York
Tribune.
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ROBERT A. TURNER EDITOR.

The great yoAng commonwealth OF
Warrington on Thursday, December 26,
suffered severe loss in the deHth of
Gov. John r. Rogers. He was an gble
bold and fearless man, and one who
dared to do the right: was not narrow
minded or selfish, and while he laid no
claim to perfection, admitted that he
made many MISTAKES He possibly
made fewer mistakes than any rlrvfous
governor. Hc was loved, respected and
admired by every good citizen of the
state, regardless of race, creed, color or
politics. 1t will be long time before
this state will have an equal OF John IL.
Rogers in the governors chair. HIS
death is as great, if not a greater blow
to the state of Washington than the
death of President Mckinley wa, to the
nation. Having known Gov. Rogers
personally and by reputation for quar-
ter of q century, we can speak Of him
trushfully avs one of the best friends
that labor ever had in the governors
chair of Washington.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-04
gentlemen, that he put mighty poor
head into that whisky barrel"
Real Nice Bathing.

It may he doubted if tub bath in
Jamaica Is luxury. The lighthouses
make a brave show in row Of low
brick buildings in the rear OF the hO-
tells, each little house With big stone
tank for a bathtub.
| went out TO see the baths on my
first day in Kingston and was surpris-
ed to see a sign nailed against the WALL
bearing the words:
"Gentlemen Are Requested Not to
Use Soap In the Baths"
"Why are gentlemen requested not TO
use soap in the baths" ! asked the ho-
tel clerk, a dignified young woman OF
dark complexion.
because it soils the water and makes
it unpleasant for the next bather," she
said.
But do your guests all battle in the
same water" | asked.
"Oh, yes" she replied. "Yon see the
tanks are so large and the pipes are
small. 1t takes all night to I'LL the
tanks. and the water has to last all
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-04
4 Failure In COoperinx.

4 certain man who was once q
prominent Kentucky politician was
more dcmagoguc than statesman.
He was, according to Short Stories, in
the habit of boasting that his father
was a cooper in an obscure town in
the state--that he was "onc of the
people" and didn't belong to the "kid
gloved arstoeracy.7
The generals" great failing being
his fondness for liquor, it will surprise
no one to be told that the more he drank
the more loudly he detained his
political sentiments and the prOuder
Of being the son of a cooper he became
During political campaign. where his
opponent was the southern orator, Tom
Marshall. he had been unusually noisy
and offensive in his Boosting regarding
his obscure origin. In replying. Mar
shall said, looking hard at the general:
"Fellow citizens, my opponents
father may have been a very good
'oor-a.. ! sicG.t G.2ay Ia: h4t d 80.
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Easton News.

George Nelson and Dick Bolton were
in town Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. Stewart and Mfs.
Bryant and family took dinner with G.
Newman and wife few days since.
Emil Horn and family were in town
Friday.
Burt House, of Gle Elun, is up here
logging.
w. w. Swans new building is COM
pleted.
We have new barber jn town.
Our sectioc o, 50 and hotel hes
changed hands. Mr.. O'Hart is now
proprietor.
E,,ton is a nourishing little town
lnw.
The n. T. coal bunkers will soon be
completed.
The boys in the round house, with Il
few engines, almost scared the New
Year off.
We had q nice Christmas tree in
Faston and everybody seemed to enjoy
themselves.
j. w. Coombes has postponed build.
ing his hotel until spring,
james Loan will soon have his resi-
dencc completed.
Mrs. Olsen's health is very poor this
winter.
Robert Gregg will soon move his farl-
lily TO Easton. He bought Mr.. Gales
new residence.
The new bridge is completed 1t is
very nice to have br dye to cross on
that we are not afraid of tumbling into
the river every time we start across, as
We was with the old one.
Harry was over from Lester the other
day. Do you carry an excuse, Harry.
or did you loose it?
c. Mcintyre has his new hotel nearly
completed. The hard wind Christmas
lnSnt wrecked the top OF 1t some.
Thomas Hambright left on the LIST for
the mines up Gold creek with the U. S.
mail.
Fine weather prevails, just enough
snow to make the ground white and
to say that we have snow.
School was out Friday and nice pro-
gram was rendered.
7. B. Goodwin stopped Off long enough
to give us hand-shake while on his
way to the Sound. Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Limbocker spent the
holidays with her people on the Sound.
They report splendid time.
John Nelson made trip to North
Yakima tIc thinks It y paradise qlonr
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-04
rr,,lr of n Career

"In that denunciation scene Wv ", q. said
raise your hand to hish n'
the stage manager. IL, +,o leading
"But if l do" protested ,ne ot strike
lady the calcium light VIII NV "
n" Hh n'a we petty people WHO merely 1a Hrope s
,d Mn' and applaud at the p.o ~
a sntnryals have no idea of the tria ap u
IN, inse ar nnre "% baltimore American,
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side of t,aston. Well, we poor folks

side of Easton. Well, we poor folks
can't help it.
Mr.. Marknson was in town today
He reports Us that hi, cabbage brought
him the snug sum Of 500 tf'is season.
There were l,S00 pounds of powder
blew up a few nights ago ut one of the
mines ON Gold creek. Considerable
damage was done besides the loss of the
powder.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-04


At lawyers dinner in Buffalo one
Of the best stories told was of Squire
Murray, who weighed 900 pounds and
who was born in ireland, Was in the
whisky business here and held his
court on the Terrace. The courtroom
was like courtroom in Ireland. The
bench was five feet from the floor,
with chair whose back reached to the
ceiling. The trimmings of the room
were all green. Mr.. Lockwood and
Judge Beckwith were trying out
use before the squire. There was no
Jury. At the close the squire paused.
DO you wish to sum up?" he asked.
Il leave it all with your honor" said
Mr.. Lockwood, who advises young law
gers with ticklish cause ard friendly
face on the bench to do likewise.
I'm sum up" said Judge Bcckwith.
Every WELL" replied Squire Murray
~While you're at it I'll slip down in
Murray Bros. and have a drink with
Lockwood. But I'll be back before you
finish"
The squire and Mr.. Lockwood went
out. The squire was In search of the
spirit Of the law at the root OF the law.
Mr.. Lock wood thinks they had drink
On the stairs. half way back to the
courtroom, with the echo Of Beckwith's
voice sounding in their ears, the squire
stopped.
Lockwood" said he, you've won
your case"
Then they went in and heard Beck
with finish summing up.-Buffalo Elk
press.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-04
I1n,r 10 Make chcatnct sn.ad.

Shell and blanch one-half pound on
nuts, cover with boiling water, adu
n bit Of mace and bay leaf and the
roots of a bunch of celery and boil un'
til tender, drain and wien cool az
them in slices. PREPARE an equa!
amount of sliced celery, and when
ready to serve cut two tart apples
pared and cored, into eighths and then
III thin slices. Mix the three and ado
sufficient mayonnaise to unite them
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-04
STOP GZse
BAIG u

1t is a sad thing to see fine
fruit trees spoiled by the blight.
You can always tell them from
the rest. They never do wei!
afterwards but stay small and
sickly.
1t is worse to see a blight
strike children. Coed health
is the natural right Of children.
But some Of them don't Get
their rights. While the rest
grow big and strong one stays
small and weak.
SCOTS Emulsion can stop
that blight. There is no
reason why such a child should
stay small. SCOTS Emulsion
is a medicine with lots of
strength in 1.-THE Kind of
strength that makes things
grow.
Scots Emulsion makes
children grow, makes them cat,
makes them sleep, makes them
play. Give the weak child a
chance. SCOTS Emulsion will
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-04

II. S. Pelton's saloon was held up
Tuesday. Ten men were in the sa loon
at the time and all were ordered to- hold
up their hanG.s, which they did. The
pobbers got about 300.
OLpItANCHER.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-04

THE West Coast Trade annual of
January 1st 1902 is beauty and work
of much value to every citizen OF the
state and thousands of such papers
could be sent east every year with good
results.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-04

The custom house figures at Tacoma
show that 10, S23,O17 bushels of wheat,
valued at 5000, l35, were sent to foreign
countries from that city during the year
1901, an increase of lao per cent over
the year 1900
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-04
Estray Notice.

One two-yeaY-old steer red about tho
head, red and white spotted body, crop
off each ear, no brand visible. Owner
will prove property, pay all charges and
remove same from premises.
c. II. GRAY,
JAM Four miles west Of FllInshurr
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-04

THE Seattle Argus got out a fine
edition last week and it certainly is a
credit to Seattle. 1t is well patronized
by Seattle business men and they viii
never have cause to regret it.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-04

make it catch up
with the rest.
This picture represents
the Trade MAJ; of Scots
Emulsion and is on the
wrapper Of every bottle.
SEED fer fee sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE,
400 Pearl ST., New York.
soc 2a'l 81. IL druggists.
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o'nc %

We 10
All kinds Of job Printing. 1t is orr
aim to please and no order is too
small for us TO give it our most care
fol attention. New type, new press
and new material enable us to pro-
duce satisfactory, up-to-date printing
at living prices.
Why send your work to out OF town
shops when YOU can get Just as good
ii not superior work, al the same
price at home?
When in need Of job printing of any
Kind from a visiting card to a full
sheet poster, come in and talk the
matter over. 1t will pay you.
THE DAWN.
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Methodical Punctuation

Speaking of W. II. ('Coin'J Harvey,
7 Chica go man :aid: -.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-04-05
A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OASIS.

MARVELLOUS DEVELOPMENT OF THE DESERT BY ARTE- SIAN WELLS-A CONSERVATIVE STATEMENT OF WHAT IS BEING DONE AT INDIO-GREAT PROFITS OF THE CANTALOUPE BUSINESS IMPERIAL IN LINE FOR SIMILAR BUT GREATER WORK.
 IMPERIAL BELIEVED TO BE THE BEST
 SECTION FOR MELONS AND EARLY
 FRUITS IN THE UNITED STATES
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-04-05


 the desert in the vicinity of Indio. The Press and Farmer believes that its readers will be interested in the facts therein set forth, and hence reproduce the article in full together with the page of illustrations accompanying the same.
 Indio and Imperial are very similar in their climatic conditions and in the character of their soils.
 Indio must for the present depend on artesian wells for it's supply of ir- rigation water, although at not very distant date, probably the west branch of the Imperial Canal System will be extended as far as lndIo so as to cover all the land between that town and the Salton sink-a distance of many miles. So long as there is an abund- ant supply of artesan water in the In- dio valley such extension may not be necessity, but 1t is a well l-known fact that artesian water cannot be had for all the arabic land in that valley, and there must be limit to the arte- sian supply as there Is in all artesian belts.
 It is known that the cantaloupe season will be as early in the lmpe- rial Settlements as 1t is at lndio, and there are good theoretical reasons for believing that the seasons at Imperial will be from one to two weeks earlier than at lndio. because this country is from sixty to eighty miles fur ther from the snow-capped noun tains than Is lndio and that it lies many more feet below sea level. The season therefore ought to be ear Her at Imperial than at Indio.
 Another year this matter will be thoroughly tested on commercial basis, and there will be railroad to Imperial to carry out the products to tho markets.
 Tho reader is asked to carefully read the statement of the case at Indio as another year the profits therein stated can be applied to the Imperial lands:
 They are solving problem which several generations of men have re garded as insoluble; they are re- deeming desert and establishing well-to-do homes where only the jack rabbit, the coyote and the horned toad were wont to find a precarious habitat. Tho men and women who arc accomplishing this feat are set tiers in the Coachella Valley on the great sandy waste of the Colorado Basin. Twenty yseVen miles from the western rim of the desert and 1S0 miles from the Colorado River, is in process of formation veritable oasis. The Coachella Valley is nine miles broad and about sixteen miles long, extending northwest and southwest, and traversed longitudinally by the Southern Pacific Railway. The we'll known stations of Iudio, Coachella and Thermal may help to iden- tify the locality. The floor of the valley is from sixty-six to one hundred and twenty feet be- low sea level and it slopes uni formly to the southeast at about ten feet to the mile-making, to the eye, an apparent dead level On the north and west a mountain range rises to an elevation of 5000 to 10000 feet, and on the east is another chain with an elevation of 5000 feet. On the