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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-10
R~yFoRmAroR1ts WORK WELL.
A Tennessee Man Who Knows Whereof he
Speaks Calls Attention to Mr.
Andrews's Errors.

Cor. of The Progressive Farmer.
1 was considerably surprised on
reading Mr.. W. G. Andrews's letter on
re~formatories in The Progressive
Farmer of May %.
fear Mr.. Andrews has entirely the
wrong conception of the purposes and
methods of the reform schools. We
have them in this State-not nearly so
many as we should have-and they
have not brought about any of the
terrible things he predicts. Instead
they have proved to be very good in
vestments. Is it not better, instead
of sending the boy who commits some
petty crime to jail, where he will be
thrown among the most hardened and
depraved criminals, to send him to a
school where he will be educated and
trained to useful labor? 1t has proved
so in this State; and l believe that
firm, kind discipline and healthful
moral training will prove better both
for the offenders and for the COM
munity, in any place, than will the as
ISOLATION with them of the worst men
in that community.
The boy who goes to a R~efOrmatOry
does not have a soft snap of it; and
there is no danger of homes being
broken up by the eagerness of the boys
to get into them. The old idea of i'm
prisonment as a punishment for crime
has been exploded. It is recognized
now that it is valuable only as it re-
strains the evil tendencies of the pris-
oner and develops his good one For
even the law-breaker is human; and
while the jail or the RefOrmatory
should not be made a desirable place
of residence, it should not be made a
place of suffering.
As for the cost, it is certainly cheap
er in the long run to pay 1925 a year
to make a man out of a boy who has
gone wrong, han it is to send him to
a Jail or workhouse, where the expense
will be nearly as great, and where sur
~roundings will have a tendency to
make him callous and Indifferent and
to prepare him for a life of crime.
1t is not to be expected that every
boy who is sent to a Reformatory will
be made a good citizen; but the tend
ency there will be towards that. This
desire to save the boy who has hap
pened to go astray and to prepare him
for a life of usefulness rather than for
one of crime is the reason for Reform
atories; and it is, it seems to me, an
ample one.
Of course, much more could be said
on this subject, but I scarcely think
it necessary. 1 do not believe that
many of the people of North CaroliR
see these things as does Mr.. Andrews,
or are likely to be frightened by his
fancies. E. E. MILLER.
Hamblen Co., Tenn.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-10
THE COST AND RESULTS OF THE BoKR
WAR.
Raleigh, N. @.

w. T. Stead says, in a dispatch to
the New York American and Journal:
"What will be the result at home 1t
secures the retirement of Salisbury
at the close of the session; it will
enormously reinforce the popular OPP
position to the corn duty and CORE
spondingly strengthen the Liberal
leaders, who will maintain that settle
ment had been secured by the adoption
of the policy so frequently insisted
upon by Campbell annerman.
"In South Africa the struggle will
recommence. The Beers have reluc-
family abandoned the m~uch-prized in
dependence of the republics. The
Dutch as a race will now work stead
lily for the independence of South
Africa. So far is it from their spirit
being crushed that the British in Cape
Colony are clamoring for the suspen-
sion of the constitution and the estab-
lishment of an absolute government in
order to checkmate the political de-
signs of the Africander bund.
"We can therefore sum up the profit
and loss of the war.
ct has cost us $4,000 men dead and
5000 wounded and invalided and ST.,
600. 100000.
"We've had to send out 100000 Brit
ish troops to overcome the resistance
of 10000 men and boys from the farm.
eve have destroyed two republics
and have created two states despoti-
cally governed from London.
Before the war we maintained the
authority of Britain with ease by a
small garrison of 5000 soldiers. We
shall now have to garrison South Afri-
ca for years to come with an army of
$4,000 men.
owe have only bought peace by a
promise to rebuild the homesteads we
have destroyed and restock the farms
which We have devastated, and by the
assurances that the Beers shall have
political rights and privileges which
will enable them to make South Afri-
ca as free from British control as is
Australia.
add to this hat we have intensified
the racial difficulties in South Africa
and have excited against Britain the
bitter animosity of Europe and it will
be evident even to the dullest observer
that the war has been a bitter bad bus
mess for John Bull.
"Al these humiliations and sacri-
fees would have been avoided if the
Government in September, 1899, had
sent out Lord P~auncefote to settle the
dispute on the principles of the Hague
Convention. Pauncefote was eager to
go and was confident of success, but
Miner was bent on war at any price
and today we can form some estimate
of the cost"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-10
AN SYSTEM.
Children and the State Robbed by Negligence
in Collecting and Reporting School Funds.


Cor. of The Progressive Farmer.
The Constitution of North Carolina
provides that all fines, forfeitures, ETC.,
shall be appropriated to the school
fund in the several counties, but for
many years there has been much negli-
gence in regard to this matter and
many officers have failed to report the
fines of their courts. The books of
one Justice of the Peace in an east
ern county show 1897 cases tried in
the last three years, but only $31 in
fines turned Over for the school fund.
Another source of loss to the school
fund is in the failure of tax collectors
to collect the poll tax. In one county
more than 1000 out of 1850 colored
polls were reported insolvent. The
Sheriff was currying favor with the
negroes for the sake of getting their
votes tor his reelection, the County
commissioners abetting him. The
school fund of the county lost $1,000.
The time has come for this kind of
robbery of the children to cease. No
doubt similar Eases may be found in
most of our States. P. P. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-10

DOES 1T STAND TO REASON
that Perry Davis Painkiller could
have held public confidence for so
years unless it really did cure diar-
rhoea, cholera morbus and all similar
troubles so common and so dangerous
in hot weather.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-10
The Markets.
RALEIGH COTTON.
RALE1eH, june s. 1902

~a RALEIGH, June 6, 1902
Re ceipts today, .,.........- bales
Prices today -. 9@9I
Prices, this day Lass year. 7Z@7Z
Receipts thfs Season.. 1 1888 bales
Receipts last season TO this
date Is, O66@.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-10
NORFOLK PEANUTS.

NORFOLK, June z, 1902
Farmers stock nuts are quoted as
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-10
< THz MACHINE.

Mr.. T. b. PARKER,
Dear Sir IL received the machine
and have tested il on different ms.
terials. Is gives entire satisfscblon
far. viii speak a good word Io'
il whenever lean.
Respectfully.
MRs. T. Y. CHANDLER
Hamer, N. O., May 5, 1902.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-10
There He Is -
A Love Story of the Philippines

The First Romance Laid in Our New Fasto.
Possessions DANIEL EVERTON, Vo1T-
TEER-REGULAR-By Israel Putnam. A sto,u
of love and soldier life in the PhiIippinest -
which a college-bred American VoIuntaor
Regular, an ar~tistOcratic New York girl ans
a lovely alive Filipino maiden figure con.
s~picuOusly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-10
WELCOMED WITH HIGH PRAISE.
The New York Press.

The New YORK Press:
1t is the only respectable Filipino novel VIC
nave seen. The author has made it SO bpcormsee
he knows exactly what he is writing s6oTnste
His characters from real life are all dr rSW
ABLY. mo. More8Ver' they are al hum9an--so 6a.
things. He writes with confidence. and So a y
justified, not only by his knowledge Of the NJ
but by his skill in handling the Language. RI
ability in constructing and managing Mot
and by his true and equal insight into t5ss
probabilities of his human MIND and hey
; = = AS a nOvel "Daniel Everton" is fTI1 J;
that sober common sense which means ~ "
much to the reader, tired with the surfeit ~ ~
mad herOics and Theatre passion that mi MN
book covers out of ten these days.
Handsome Covers. limo, Cloth. Illustration,
by SeWell Collins. $I.20 net; postage, 10 cent
FUNK WAGNALLS COMPANY. PnbHsbo,.
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-08
Old Home Week in Chesterfield, N. H.


New Hampshire's Old Home Week,
the present summer, is to be the week
from Saturday, August 16, to August
%. Old Chesterfield hopes that as
many as possible of her sons and
daughters now living beyond her bord-
ers will then return for pleasant days
among her green hills. The various
hotels by the lake and comfortable
farmhouses offer good accommodations
for all.
Old Home Day will be Friday, Aug.
%. An observance of the day, which
it is hoped will be most attractive,
has been arranged under the direc-
ton of the selectmen and the school
board. On the night before, there
will be bonfires on several of the
hills surrounding the lake and in sight
of the village. Fridays celebration
will be in the grove at Silverdale.
The forenoon will be devoted to social
intercourse; and all the residents Of
the town are urged to be present, to
meet with each other and the visiting
friends. At noon. there will be a
basket picnic. All are expected to
bring their own refreshments, but tea
| and coffee will be provided free and
| ite cream VIII De sou. GOOQ Ol0nerS
can also be had at the hotels by the
| lake by any who desire.
The public exercises will be held in
the grove at two o'clock. DR.. John
F. Butler will preside. and there will
be addresses by Mr.. Edwin D. Mead,
Judge H. H. Wheeler, and former
and present residents Of the town, also
| by Prof BRAGG of Vassar College, as
well as singing and other pleasant
features. The Hinsdale band will be
present both forenoon and afternoon,
| enlivening the day.
In the evening there will be fire.
works on the Island. The little
steamer will make frequent trips
about the lake during the day and ev.
ening. and other boats can be had A
grove committee of ten and a womens
committee of 20 have been appointed
by the selectmen: but 1t is hoped that
all the people of the town will CO
operate with these to make this Old
Home Day one of the brightest and
happiest days in the history of Old
Chesterfield.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-08
WlLLIAMsVILLE.

Guy Barber is a new employee at the
steam mill.
Mrs. c. *. Stedman is visiting with rel
atives in Brattleboro
John Il. Fisher of New York city is
visiting relatives in this vicinity.
Miss Ruth Hunt of Brattleboro is spend
ing few weeks at G. G.. Hovey's.
Mr. and Mrs Frank B. Washer visited
in New London, Conn, last week.
Mrs. Ira Perry of St. Louis, Mo-, is
visiting her relatives in this place
Mrs. VIII Mellen of Bratueboro is visit
ing at her fathers, j. o. Metcalfs.
Mrs Merton Adams and children are
visiting relatives in Amherst, Mass.
Joe Morse has spent the past week in
the Wiliamsville camp at Sunset lake.
Miss Maud Cooley of North Adams,
Mass, is visiting at George c. Cooleys.
Miss Edith Stowell is the guest of her
former school friend, Miss Bertha Dodge.
Mrs. Mary james Walker of Brooklyn
is visiting her sister, Mrs ID. d. DiclSin-
son.
Mrs. Viola r. Morse has visited rel
atives in Claremont, N. H., the past
week.
Mrs. Thomas A. Morse is spending
some time with relatives in Norwich
Conn.
Charles Putnam of New London, Conn,
is visiting his daughter, Mrs. f. b.
Washer.
Miss Angie Wilcox and Frank Wilcox
of Greenfield, Mass, are visiting at f. B..
Washers.
Mrs. Ernest Marcy of Brattleboro re-
Gently visited her sister, Mrs. Albert
n. Sherman.
spending his summer vacation with Will
Evansville trends.
Frank White will return from West
Granville, N. Y, this week to resume
work at the steam mill
Business is rushing at the basket shop,
a large number of orders having been re-
| ceived for the fall trade.
Mrs Sarah II. Goldthwaite was called
| to Danvers, Mass, this week to attend
the funeral of a relative.
| Mrs. Newton l.. Staples and Mr.. and
| Mrs. Luther Plummer of Brattleboro have
been guests at c. X. Stedman's the past
week.
our base ball boys will play a return
| game at West Brattleboro Saturday with
the Gulford street team anu the Brattle-
| boro printers.
Mrs. Jennie Blake Wilcox of Mortified
Mimi, formerly well known as a school
| teacher in this vicinity, visited Williams
vile friends the past week.
| Miss Marcia A. Lamphier, teacher OF
history and civil government in the Eng
| fish High school in Lynn Mass, is visit.
| ing her former classmate in the Salem
Normal school, Rev. Elizabeth Ii. Gold
| thwaite.
| DIR. p. z. White made a flying visit tC
his brother DR.. Robert White of Will
mantle, Conn, last week. Mrs. p. p
EWhite has gone to Willimantic this weel
to return with her son, Aaron, who ha!
| been visiting in that city.
DIR. Ernest Sparks, a Williamsville boy
| who recently graduated from the med
ical department of the University of Yer
| mont, has recently received a certificate
from the Massachusetts board of regis
tration in medicine. He leaves today 70
Holliston, Mass, place of about 800
inhabitants, near Boston, where he will
| locate for practice.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-08
the BROKEN AXLE.
Dangerous Defects in Iron and Steel.
Unseen Perils on Sea and Land.

Dangerous Defects in Iron and Steel.
Unseen Perils on Sea and Land.
An axle breaks under car of the limited
express. Only one axle, yet it wrecks the
the train; dozen persons, perhaps, killed
and injured. What made that axle break
and not some other? Was not the strain
the same for allp Yes, but that particular
axle had weak spot in it-may be from
the day it was cast. 1t is often SO with the
shafts of steamships. The weak spots do
not show on the outside and are discovered
only when they have caused disaster. The
same with your body. What is the weak
spot? Where is it? You or your doctor
may know that possibly, for the body feels
and shows signs in ways that machines do
not. When you know it you should take
pains to protect it. When you do not know
it you should take the best possible care OF
your general health. Avoid excess of every
kind and preserve thefunctional balance and
regularity of your system by using Calcura
Solvent, aeao medicine, discovered by DIR.
David Kennedy of Kingston, N. Y, aPhysi-
clan known to the people of this country by
his success as a surgeon and pathologlst
for the past thirty years. This remedy, his
latest and best, is builder and healer, an
invigorant and purifier, and protects you
against a collapse of your weak spots. Re
member the name-Calcura Solvent, and
accept no other instead of it.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-08
WEST CHESTERFIELD, N. n.

Miss Cora Freeland of Westfield,
Mass, is spending two weeks with her
aunt, Mrs. H. G.. Smith.
Fred Ford of Boston has been
spending a few days with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. w. Ford.
Mrs. G. w. Chamberlain. who al
ways has a fine lot of chickens, has
just sold a lot of 100 broilers at a
good price.
Winfield Farr came up from Green
field to spend Sunday with his par
ents. He returned to his work Mon
day forenoon.
While at work in the hay field last
week Friday, II. G.. Smith killed a
black snake which measured five
feet and one inch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard and daughter
of Newtonville, Mass, have been
spending a few days with Mrs. How
ards brother, A. A. Byard.
Several from this vicinity attend
ed the field meet at Forest lake, Win
chester, last week Friday. They re-
port large crowd and a good time.
At the meeting of the local Grange
Saturday evening, it was voted to hold
the annual picnic Saturday, Aug. %,
on the home picnic grounds in ]. L..
Streeter's grove.
The blight has struck many of the
potato fields in this section within
the past week. The Bordeaux spray
ing does not seem to be as effectual
this season as in years before.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-08
WEST DOVER.

Gates futile of Mortified Farms,
Mass, called on acquaintances Mon
day.
Wilbur dyer of Athol, Mass, has
Joined his wife at ]. A. Davis's for
a short visit.
Rev. e. c. Bartlett occupied the
pulpit last Sunday, and delivered a
very fine sermon.
Misses Sarah and Maria Hale OF
Chenoa, ILL.,, are visiting their cousin,
Mrs. H. w. Estabrook.
W. L. Upton has the cards out for
a social dance at Green Mountain inn
Friday evening, August 10.
Mrs. Moreno Cushman of Roches
ter, N. Y, is spending a few weeks
with her sister, Mrs. H. w. Estabrook
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill Leonard OF
Waterbury, Conn, visited Mr.. Leon
ards sister, Mrs. G. H. Adams, this
week.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-08
VERNON.

Mrs. Jennie Stebbins Bemis is spending
a week in town.
The ladies' circle will meet next We'd
nesday afternoon.
Mrs Ella Heselton has returned from
Old Orchard beach,
There will be no preaching in the Union
church until further notice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenney returned to their
home in Danvers last Monday.
The recent heavy showers washed the
highways badly, and the culvert near the
Union church appears to have become
defective.
The New England Telephone & Tele-
graph company will move their line of
poles in some places through this town in
order to straighten and improve the line.
Their agent, Mr.. Pelton, has negotiated
leases for a right of way across a num-
Der of farms. Leslie Streeter of Green
field who is employed by the company,
was in town with Mr.. Pelton.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-08

what is the price OF Dobbinss Electric
soap?"
six cents a bar. full size. reduced from
ten"
''why that's the price of common
brown soap. Send me a box. can't
AFFORD to buy any other soap after this"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-08
sTRATToN.

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry c. Wood have been
visiting at II. II. Richardson's,
Rev. Mr.. White preached at the church
here Sunday in exchange with the pastor.
Chloe and Rachael Palmer have spent
a few days with Miss Winnie Wheeler in
Jamaica.
Mrs C. B. Doane and two boys of
Springfield, this state, spent Tuesday af-
ternoon at the parsonage.
Alva Styles. who has been working at
his fathers in Bondville, has finished
work there and is home again.
Stratton invites again her sons and
daughters to meet above the clouds,
and renew old memories where Webster
spoke to the log cabin convention in 1910,
on the anniversary of the battle of Ben
nington, August 16. Music will be fur
nished by the Wardsboro Cornet band.
Addresses will be given by Hon. j. x.
Batchelder and others. This date is the
50th anniversary of Websters death.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-08
ASHUElOT, N. n.

Mrs. Bernard Riley is on a two weeks
visit with relatives at Bellows. Falls and
Claremont.
Frank Kelliher was at Hartford Conn,
and Albany. n. Y. few days last week
attending the races.
l.. l.. Haskell and wife of North New
Salem. Mass. were visitors at her faith
er's G. \. Polzer's, last week
Mrs. +. G.. MaXfield and daughter Ruth,
Joined her daughters, Gladys and Mar
jorie. at Orange, Mass, Friday.
The Ashuelot Wooden company stopped
their mill Thursday for ten days to re-
build part of the fiume and overhaul the
wheels.
The Robertson Brothers began Monday
to rebuild the fiume at their paper MILL
which will cause a suspension of work
three weeks.
Mrs. Kate Quigley is entertaining her
grandson, Robert Joyce. of Chenille,
Conn. and his friend. Willie Hynes, of
New York city.
w. II. Berkinshaw, overseer of finish
ing in a large wooden mill at Watertown.
Mass, is spending a weeks vacation with
his wife's father, Patrick Cunningham.
Edward Long. overseer of carding at the
Sheridan mill, has suffered an attack of
locomotor ataXia and has resigned his
position. He is succeeded by NJ. j.
NSuiSlNS VI TIC <ASllutlOl NOOitil COIl-
pany's mill
The home of Mr. and Mrs. f. l.. Rum
rill at Lower Ashuelot, was the scene OF
| unwonted festivity Wednesday evening,
July 80, when their daughter, Miss Fan
ME Louise became the wife of Willard
| Russell Barrett, of Winchester, the cere-
mony being performed by Rev. w. NJ.
| Cleveland of the Winchester Methodist
church. The ring service was used.
! Guests were limited to intimate friends
| and relatives. The bride was attired
in white organdie with lace and satin
ribbon trimmings and carried white roses
| They were attended by Herman Barrett
as best man and Miss Charlotte Augusta
| Rumrill, sister of the bride, as brides
maid. The latter was dressed in white
| and carried pink sweet peas The house
decorations were golden-rod and ever
green's Mr.. and Mrs. Barrett received
many useful and valuable presents
| They left in the evening on a carriage
drive. They will board at the home of the
groom at Winchester for the present
where they are at home to their friends
| Mrs. Barrett has lived here many years
and is held in high esteem. Mr.. Barrett is
| a contractor at the Winchester shop OF
the New England Box company.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-08

If you are tired taking the old-fashioned
gripping pills, try Carter's Little Liver
Pills and take some comfort. A man
Try them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-08
SOUTH VERNON.

Mr.. Kingsbury is at E. Lines's.
Miss Ballard is boarding at f. w.
Johnson's.
. A large crop of high blackberries is
being picked.
Mrs. Combs of Beckett, Mass, visited at
w. G. Golfers recently.
Miss Cora Brooks is at home after a
visiting trip of three weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. David Pelkey of Amherst
are visitors at b. "A. Streeters.
Mrs. Eva Smith of Hartford was a Wis
itor over Sunday at t. w. Johnson's.
Prof VIM. Shipman of Tufts College is
guest of his sister, Mrs. E. o. Lee, a
few days.
Archie Clark of Holyoke is at Joseph
Woodward's for two weeks stay For
roster Clark has gone to New York city.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-08
EAST DOVER.

Mrs. Winnie Adams and Miss Mar
ian Howe are in Greenfield this week,
the guests of Mrs. Nellie Willard.
Mrs. Nellie Fay and daughter, Mar
ian, of Somerville. Mass, have been
guests at G. L. Halls. They left
Tuesday to visit other friends before
returning home.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-05-30
important Liquor Law Decision.

The Supreme Court of Iowa has
decided that agents for liquor concerns
in other states can legally solicit busi-
ness and effect sales of liquor in this
state under protection of the court,
which has held such sales to be acts
of interstate commerce.
In its opinion the court declares it's
disagreement with the federal tribunal
upon the question involved, but con-
forms to the latter's decision, because
in cases of this character the United
States Supreme courts holding must
be final, and 1t would be useless for
the Iowa court to determine adversely.
The effect of the decision is feared
by temperance people. A large num-
ber of similar cases are pending. The
opinion prevails that it will result in
flooding every community in the state
with liquor shipped in ON cash or de-
livery orders and that the prohibitory
law, which is in actual effect in more
than half of the counties of the state
will be absolutely nullified.