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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-07
Black Afternoon Dress.

A very pretty afternoon dress con-
sists OF black velvet skirt with tiny
white polka dots II is cut with very
wide fare at the bottom and is one Of
the extremely loIRaslirts Of the season.
The waist is Of Silver gray plaid silk
and houses over a vest composed Of
ecru net ana narrow lace. This vest
has pointed yoke effect ii lace and
velvet Double revefs almost entirely
covered with ribbon velvet of different
widths taper info a narrow turnover
collar The stock is Of lace with a
long iahot effect trimmed with tiny
velvet bows, The sleeves are of silk to
the elbow. from there on down they
are Of lace trimmed with bands OF
velvet.
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xcT---v~v-s--yss - sssse TT
ssi s, ]. Z AZ u ~ M "a
kAEVgEST
AZ ~ FASHION,
= MI ~ - ~ ~ II
uN~ v IN * ~ u IL 4

The blouse Jackets so popular give
ample scope for the display OF lac1y
ornate and handsome buckles
a For winter wear dark Blue. a nev
Shade Of green and the ever-fashio2-
able black win be CONNIE Il faux.
A fat effect over the shoulders and
long stole ends In front are very. prom
inent features Of the latest furs
Lace of the same color IS the gown.
set in, forms one of the most ezelG-
sivc trimming ideas of the season.
Soft cloches or bodies OF beaver are
used in creating very stylish hans, as
they can be bent into any shape de-
sired.
Gowns of blue cloth braided with
brown or green are immensely popu-
lar; the gown Of rough material and
the braid OF soutache.
At last the vogue OF the Elton JACKET
rs an outer garment has waned. and
now we have coats with basQues or
the three-Quarteg length model
The vogue OF the bertha has brought
the oi6-fashicaed round, low nc-sk into
favor again rs the popular shape for
the neck of a low-cut gown.
Horizontal effects are much more
preferred this season for skirt garni-
ture than the up-aRti-Gown styles. This
applies particularly to TICKS.
Lace collars coming well over the
shoulders are favorise embellishments
for fancy bcGicss. obtaining their
touch OF nswness from strapped de-
sisas Of CLOTH or velvet.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-07
MsuRInc AUTOMOBILES.
Owners Protected Against Legal Damage
Arising From Accidents.


Several insurance companies have re-
Gently undertaken to insure owners Of
automobiles against damages which
may be found against them as the re-
suit Of accidents 10 individuals or TO
horses or other property arising from
the use of horseless carriages. The
policies are Issued 10 cover losses in a
single Instance, and are made out
either for $1,000 or $4,000. Should the
owner OF an automobile feel that there
is a possibility that he Lay need IN
su-aGce against more than one aee.-
dent. or that on any single occasion
he may cause damage in excess of
$4,000. he is permitted to take out
what is designated as ian excess liz
bij.s - - .. - - tae oris....2ll rates.
- prC liz & les bscn fog.-d 20 .e
III .se to offoc rates 10 owners OF
steam-pnoiy-iied vehicles. This Gis5-ile-
ton is made not because this class OF
automobile is in itself more dangerous
10 drivers, or less susceptible to con
troll. but because It has been demon
strated by the compilation Of records
that more accidents have resulted by
horses becoming frightened by the es-
Gaping steam than from any other
cause.
IN electric automobile may be in.
sured against damages to one person
not to exceed $4,000 at rates Of from
$40 to So, or policy providing
against damages secured by a number
of persons injured in the same accident
will be issued on the same terms. it be
ing agreed that the total liabilities
shah not exceed $4,000 The gasoline
automobiles come higher. the rates for
the same amount OF insurance being
from $50 to 500. Automobile delivery
trucks are charged for Insurance
against the damages they may do from
ST5 to $125. The insurance companies
in their accident and liability depart
ments are still experimenting with the
Insurance of automobiles. If they find
themselves TO be the losers the rates
viii be raised.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-07
AFTER a YEAR.


Il u year or yesterday
Since we were last together, love,
Since from my side you turned away
TO seek some alien star above,
Too far from ken Of mortal clay
IS il d year or yesterday
Is Is year or yesterday
Since ! was called upon to bear
"A grief no balm can Ger allay, ~
a woe that none may see or share?
Since you have vanished say, oh say,
Is II 4 year or yesterday
Is II gear or Yesterday
Since laughter died upon my lips,
And / became too sad to pray,
For all my stars went in eclipse,
And hopes aurora paled to gray
IS II q year 81 yesterday
IS i a year 81 yesterday
4 year. cries Loneliness, "a year,"
But Pain with pallid lips cries. "Nayl
Too fierce the pang, too fresh the tear,
Too present seems The souls disnay."
is Il year Or yesterday
IS The Century.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-07

There is no lace so lovely as some Of
the butterflies patterns, and light
saimon-coIored butterfly in West Al
RIGA would, indeed, give a delightful
scheme of color to many dress sub
ieets, only it would be degradation
TO the butterfly. Linen gowns of light
green are among the prettiest, esDe-
cially when trimmed with guipure and
made with a bolero and full sleeves
New York American.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-07

Easement windows are extremely
fashionable at the present time AMI
their effect is really very decorative.
Some pliable material should be chos-
en- for curtains for them and should
be hung in straight folds from rod
attached to the top casing sufficient
ly lcng to allow the curtains to he
pushed aside when the window is
open. They may also be hung from
tie top rail Of the sash if preferred.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-07
The raroe,. Post ana the rousekeeper.


The houselSeeper in England, Ger
many and many other foreign coun-
tries is much to be envled In regard
to one matter The posnnen not only
deliver letters 10 the house but par
cells. what is known as the mail order
system has developed 10 an amazing
degree in this country; much more so
than abroad. But though through
advertisements in the magazines aud
papers and by the help Of regular cats-
logues we can and do buy all kinds Of
luxuries and necessities through the
mail, the goods arc not delivered in
the same way. In England with the
morning letters also arrive parcels.
The woman living in the country or
the suburbs can 80 shopping one day
and order her various purchases to be
sent home the same night by mail 50
that they arrive early the next day.
The postofiiee is extremely liberal in
regard to the dimensions Of the parcels
which VIII be carried. The limit to the
length Of a parcel is 0ree feet six
inches. and the parcel may at the same
time measure as much rs two feet
six inches ia glrth. So long as tic
weight does mo- exceed eleven pounds
The postofiice win undertake its deiiv-
cry. charging only thrae-pence about
six cents for parcel weighing not
over pound. ard proportloEately more
Tor each pound up to one shilling
10 i,,,-r+ As-s-, q ~ of,,, a.i ft. H. ,..,.
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4 Confirmed crnic.

1t is well to have the greatest faith
in ones acquaintance also to see that
they are given no opportunity to shake
that confidence. New York News.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-07
DECEMBER I


T HE subject Of good reads IS
: an all-American subject, bnt
it is one which should be Of
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-07

Just before Lord Roberts left for
Soyfb Asriee Z vim = -o.sc..n heroad.
that he ies-'e I'd cdricrs pgtsclt in
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-07
The Thinkers.
THE PEssIMTsT WE HAVE ALWAYS
WITH Us.

Has there ever been an age this
side of Eden when there was not
some and even many, causes for
pessimism? The Norfolk Landmark
finds an old complaint that things
going to smash in the early
days of the Republic, when every
body was supposed to be b peful of
the future The following letter, it
says, was found in The Maryland
Journal and Baltimore Advertiser of
the wear 1885:
1--WE + all going to the Devil as
fast as we an-ou Money is gone
our Trade ruined-our Countrymen
nc longer ~virtuous, our Country
women no longer industrious-our
Gentlemen ft for nothing but to
dress and to dance-our Ladies as
foolish and more extravagant than
ever-our Merchants turned Gentle
Army friends to Mon
arohy-our Religion subverted-our
old Staunoh Wings and Patriots
abused as Bigots and Blockheads in
short, our whole Frame of State
diseased"
And no doubt a hundred years be-
fore 1885 there were causes for
pessimism as we'll as reasons for
h~opefulness, side by side +; and a hun
dred years before that, too, and so
on back in the centuries of the past !;
and there always will be in the flu
ture conditions that depress and
sadden US, as we'll as others that re-
DICE US, like wheat and tares grow
ing in the same field, until the mil
lennium comes and our little star,
blood stained, tear believed and sim
soiled in it's six Thousand circles
round the sun, rolls on into it's
Golden Age. Speed the day Char
1otte Observer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-07

cent. New Mexico is at the bottom
of the list with a percentage of 24.5,
Louisiana is next with a percentage
of 90 8. and North Carolina comes
third with q percentage of 1910.
In North Carolina the county
with the smallest percentage of
white illiteracy is New Hanover
with 81, but this is greater
than for any entire State or
entire group of States outside the
South Atlantic and South Central
Divisions except Missouri The
county with the next lowest percent
age is Mecklenburg 8 8, followed in
order by Guilford 1919, Rowan III,
Cabarrus 1915, Alamance IL 8, Tran
sylvania 1871, Halifax 1872, Warren
Is 8, Iredell and Paaquotank 1874,
Moore 1876, etc. Il would be inter
esting at some other time to inquire
into the causes for this variation,
but time will not permit at present.
It is enough for present purposes to
say that the percentage of white
male ilIiteracy of our State is the
same as that of the negro male illit-
eracy of the North Central States
and greater than the negro male
illiteracy of the North Atlantic
States.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-07

Most of the County Alliance meet,
ings will be held this week. No dele
gate should fail to attend, for good
Well-attended, business like meet,
ings here at the beginning of the
year will greatly stimulate and en-
courage all friends of the Order.
Again, let each delegate resolve
not TO be satisfied with d formal,
"out-and-dried" session doing only
routine work. Discuss plans for In
cressing interest in Sub. meetings,
and enlarglng the membership. Take
up point by point the SUBJECTS men,
tined In Bro. Parker's excellent cir
cuIsr TO County Secretaries and dis
cuEs them.
Finally, see that on some one is
laid the responsibility of sending a
report TO The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
not a mere outline of routine work
only. but q report of vie VS. as TO
what Dan or should be done to build
up the Order and promote its work.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-07

took the matter up becanso
sufaoiency of the shool-fund
cused on the ground that +ho
limit had been reached. The aoo,S
of the court, which was unaninaa"
and final, compels the Bosrd
Equalization to assess the franoh;aN
OF corporations at the same ratio -
It's market value as they assess otbo.
property. The result in Cbioooa
alone is shat the telephone, electric
gas, and street car companies mrst
be taxed on about 1926, 600. 600 in
stead of $50, 900, 600 as hitherto
There are, of course, other franchise
cha fall under the decision Rnt
the decision will increase the income
OF the city of Chicago by about
$4,000, 900 a year.
But this is not the whole henae.
OF Enc decision nor perhaps the most
Important; for it emphasizes and
encourages n of the most pressinu
tax reforms that need making in
most Of our cities. The general
escape of the owners of francbisas
from the tax-list has greatly en-
couraged the various doctrines of
destruction and of unrest that have
played a part in municipal politics
and in the lobbies of State Legisla.
lures. We owe to Mr.. Roosevelt a
plan for such taxation in New York
City ; and it is a subject of hopeful
agitation in several Western States.
December Worlds Work.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-07
I'm THIS NUMBER -sOMR RANDOM CON
MENT.
FARM ARTICLES

On page 1 we are printing the first
IF another series of articles on CORN
raising, written by Mr. J, G. Suffern,
whose articles ON similar subjects
published last winter attracted much
attention. The paragraph on Chow
20 Maintain the Vitality of Seed
Corn" deserves es special considera-
sion.
Harry Farmer talks of feeding
hens for eggs, on which topic he
~ill have more TO say next week.
Many farmers put themselves to
much trouble to burn all co~rnstalks,
stubble, and other vegetable matter
shat would add humus TO the soil.
To all such people we commend DR..
Hurnioutt's article on the FIRST page.
Mr.. Barrett has q very sensible
letter on the diversification of crops.
Another very important subject,
regarding which we nave before pub.
lished some interesting articles, is
shat discussed by DIR Burkett in his
live stock letter this week. A bet
ter understanding of this matter of
type would save many thousand
d liars annually 81 our farmers. The
milk record and the Babcock test
would make this clear, and until
these are put into more general use,
she wasteful methods now in vogue
will probably continue. A sugges-
tive statement was that made by
DIR. Burkett two weeks ago that our
farmers would almost certainly be
benefited If lightning should at once
strike and kill the poorer half of the
COWS in the State.
PAGES 4 AND 5.
We hope that our series of famous
poems is doing some good. Acuuain-
tance with the best verse is helpful
TO every one, and we have given con-
siderable time and thought to the
effort 60 make this a worthy oolleo-
ton
The "RecolleCtions" of Commits
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-07
THE TAXATION OF FRANCHISES.

1t was a dramatic and almost SEN
sationa1 decision handed down by
the Supreme Court of Illinois, where
by the public service corporations in
the State must hereafter be taxed
also on the value of their franchises
and not as hitherto only on the value
of their tangible property. The sub
ject was brought before the court by
an agitation begun by two teachers
in the public schools Of Chicago,
Miss Haley and Miss Goggin. They
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-07

sioner VIM. T. Harriss, especially
his memories of the famous "blue
back speller, will doubtless interest
our older readers.
Valuable and thoughtful is Mrs
Fletoher's letter TO "Aunt Jennie, >
because it bears striking testimony
to the Importance of intelligent
poultry raising But if any part of
her letter is so be interpreted as ad-
vice to our girls TO ''strike out for
themselves" after the manner of the
s'new woman" forsaking the nobler
tasks of home-making and house
keeping,-then we hope that some
of our lady readers who hold to the
simple, Southern,-and "old fash
ioned," If you please-idea of wo-
mans sphere will present the other
side of the question. By the way,
the best thing that we have ever
read on this subject is from the pen
of Cardinal Gibbons, and appears in
the Ladies Home journal o Jan
uary.
We pity the man or woman who
has so far outgrown childish things
as to be unable to enjoy James
Whitoomb Riley's child rhymes-
another one of which appears on
page 5.
Mrs Stevens "Nature Study arti-
cles an excellent, and u readers,
the younger ones especially, should
not fail TO give them attention.
We have no doubt but that Mrs.
Stevens would be glad to ans yer
any inquiries relating to the subjects
she discusses, and we hope thas our
friends will not hesitate to write US
when in search of light on nature
study problems
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-07
IMPORTANT ARTICLES.

Among our December articles no
others attracted so much attention
as Nc G. 8. Wooten's "Life on the
fOld Plantation" and Mr.. o W.
BlaoknalI's articles on terraoing. To
talking with our readers in the last
few weeks, we have heard Mr..
Wooten's articles very highly
praised. We should be glad if he
would write again of those old days
he has 80 skiltully pictured.
Mr.. Blaoknall's terracing articles
have awakened new interest in
one of che most neglected of import,
ant farm questions. One Wake
county reader says: You have
never printed a better article than
Mr.. o w. BIacknall's letter on ter,
racing in your Issue of Dec. Gath.
bone goo will get our people &c
shrinking more about that important
aubieot." By she way, we have d
shert rejotndsr from Mr. Goodman
wbina VIII appear next week, and we
hoDa chat Mr. Blaoknall and others
ill aloouas she question further IL
our Ooiumna
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-07
A GOOD Law.

Down at Goldsboro the other day
a citizen who owned a $1,000 mort
gage undertook to foreclose it. At
torneys for the party who had given
the mortgage looked into the matter
and found that the MORTGAGE had
failed TO list it for taxation. There
upon the proceedings came to a sud
den termination, for under the law
the collection of solvent credits can
not be enforced unless they have
heen listed for taxation, so the mort
gagee will have TO wait until another
tax listing aud list his mortgage for
taxation if he desires TO collect it.
This law is a good one. It is not in
tended so and really does not en-
courage people in the non-payment
of their just debts (many of them
don't need any encouragement in
that line), but it is intended to force
men to return their property for
taxation and to thus bear their just
proportion of the public burdens
along with their n~eighbors. A man
rich enough TO own q $1,000 mort
gage and mean enough to try to
sneak out of paying taxes on it, do
serves to lose about half of it
Statesville Landmark.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-07
A MOTTO FOR THE NEW YEAH.

After considering all the verses
that have occurred TO us, including
some from the great masters, we
we have found none that we regard
as 80 worthy Of commenting TO our
readers as a New Years motto as
these four lines from some forgotten
singer:
'If a cobbler by trade, I'll make it
my pride
The best of all cobblers TO be
And if only a tinker, no tinker on
earth
Shall mend an old kettle like me"
Here, we believe, is the philosophy
that we all need-the teaching that
"'tis the doing, not the deed" that
is most worthy of thought; that it
is not the magnitude of the task, but
doing it we'll that is most to be ad-
mired.
The world would be UNNECESSARILY
happier were each of us to realize
that it 10 not in doing deeds that at
tract public notice or applause, but
in doing our best in our own sphere,
whatever that may be, that true
happiness and nobility is found.
Half the failures that our young
men make are due TO nothing else
than the delusion that If they had
important duties, responsible posi-
lions, they would do their work
we'll, but that tasks of less import
anoe may he sighted. These are
the young men that never rise above
mental positions and go down to
their graves complaining of hard
luok.
1t is the young man who realizes
that no task is so unimpOrtant as to
admit of poor work who ia in train
ing for more important duties and
who wins the confidence and help of
strong men who have learned that
Gin no art ia il ever safe for a nan
TO fall below the hest that ia in him.
Not all of us may choose our tasks
for the New Year. EThe Master Of all
Good WOrkmen" sets them for us
and they are not always TO our liking.
But with whatever materials or tools
He gives Us, it is in our power tO"be
faithful in these things" and win
the praise, SWELL done, good and
faithful servant" that He gives to
worthy workers whether the task be
large or small.
Even if doing we'll these smaller
tasks did not mean promotion to
noble~ work, Gas it almost invariably
dOes) the effort would still be worth
the making for the peace and joy
that faithful work gives the laborer
himself The approval of ones own
conscience and judgment outweighs
the plaudits of the multitude, and it
has always been true, as Shakespeare
taught, that while Its not in NOR
tails so command success, tits nobler
TO deserve it-as does every man
who "aots we'll his part" however
humble that part may be.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-07

The SO cd Roads Train" will visit
Raleigh, February 10th. We suppose
that a state Good Roads Convention
will be held as the same time. We
should encourage every movement
looking TO the Improvement of our
highways, for there is probably no
matter so closely affecting the public
welfare in which as little progress
has been made in the last half
century.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-07
NORTH CAROLIRA EDUCATIONAL STA.
TIsTICs.

At the meeting of the North Caro-
lima Association of Academies held
in this CITY Dao 27th and 28th, Prof.
w. A. Withers, of the A. and M.
College, read a paper that ought to
be of interest TO all our people. In
fact, we are surprised that our en-
ter prising daily contemporaries did
not publish it in full, for it contains
facts regarding North Cardinals
place in the education nal column that
would surprise most readers, no one
else having published n study of the
Census Bureaus educational stats
tics made for the purpose of asoer.
tanning the standing of our State.
Some extracts from Prof. Withers'
paper follows:
The results of the census taken
during June, 1900, and relating to
education have been published in
bulletin form and are now available.
The facts contained IN these bulletins
are full of interest brt not always Of
cause for congratulatiOn. In fact,
the condition of ali AIRS in North
Carolina is deplorable and should be
improved. Whatever may be the
indirect agencies employed, the
dlrect agent will be thu county school
teacher. While it Ia the rule shat
all who teach must Contend with i'll
preparation, small appreciation and
little hope of great financial rewards,
the country school teacher like the
frontier settler is the hardest put to
of his GLASS On the other hand, upon
his labors as much as OF any other
man and more than most men, de-
ponds the civilization of the State.
AS giving some idea as 30 how much
such services are NEEDED your speaker
will take the liberty of departing
some What from the regulation form
of welcome addresses and give you
the results of his exam ination of the
censu reports referred to
In the Western group of States
(omitting New Mexioo), the percent
age of illiteraoy of white males over
81 years of age is LA figure
smaller than for any other group of
States of the Union. Washingt n
and Alaska, which belong to this
group, have a percentage of only O.5
which is less than that of any ether
State or Territory of our country.
In the North Atlantic States the
percentage is 1.8, the lowest OF the
group being Massachusetts, 0.6 per
cent.
In the North Central States the
percentage is 2 a.
The South Atlantic States have an
average OF 1O.1 per cent, the highest
being North Carolina with a per
centage of 1910. The States in this
group approaching the dgure most
nearly are Virginia, South Carolina
and Georgia, which have q per
centage of between - per cent. and
12.6 per cent. but it will be nosed
that there is a considerable differ
ence between the i~lllteracy in these
States and North Carolina.
In the South Central States the
white male i~lliteraoy is 10 8 per cant.
the highest member of the group
being Louisiana with a. percentage
of 2O.3.
For the whole of the United States
the white male il~iteracy 10 6.S per