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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-08-07

A NEW RAILROAD DEAL.-It is an
announced from Baltimore that the
Seaboard Air Limo Railroad Company
has bought the South and Western
Railway. The latter is new COM
pany, under which two or more roads
will be consolidated. 1t owns the
Ohio River and Charleston Railroad,
which it is proposed to extend from
the coal fields of Southwest Virginia
to Llncolnton, N. c., where, according
to the plans, connection is to be made
with the Seaboard AR Line. The
scheme for this development was
financed by the Union Trust Company
of Baltimore. The promoters of the
scheme announce that the route plan
ned will be the shortest line from the
Virginia coal fields to tho Atlant tic
coast and the South.
The proposed road will be about 27t
miles in length, but it is thought thai
the mileage will be increased by it's ex.
tension in northerly direction. Con.
nection may be made with the Detroit
Southern at Ironton, Ohio. The De
troit Southern operates from Detroit tt
Wellston, Ohio, via Linn, 343 miles
with branches 80 miles, total of 40S
miles.
The Ohio River and Charleston Road
extends from Johnston City, Tenn.
to Huntdale, N. c., distance of -
miles. 1t was originally the Tcnnes
see section of the Charleston, Cincin
natl and Chicago project. The Caro-
limo portion of this road was built from
Camden, s. c., TO Marion, N. G., II,
miles, and is now known as the Soutl
Carolina and Georgia Extension, ant
is controlled by the Southern Railway
The Ohio River and Charleston wa
recently sold by Samuel Hunt e. Co. T.
the South and Western, of whic
George l.. Carter, Of Bristol, Tenn
who organized tho Virginia Iron, Cos
and Coke Company and the Virgini
and Southwestern Railway COMPANY
is president.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-08-07
BRYAN is NOTA CANDIDATE
lie Thinks Il Private Citizen
Has Greater Honor Than a

King.
On Saturday afternoon, in the pre-
sencc of an audience of q 900 porsOn
assembled in the amphltheatre Of th
Mountain Lake Park Chautauquan AS
sociation, Nd, VIM. Jennings Bryan
discussed the probloms Of government
Mr.. Bryan prefaced his address, which
was of two hours duration, with {
denial that he will again seek to be
come the national standard bearor o
the Democratic party, his denial being
contained in the following phrases:
l hope you will give me credit FOL
| tho possession Of higher ambition
than TO be satisfied with the office OF
President Of the United Statos. l an
too democratic to covet an ambition
that only few in one generation can
share. prefer the honor of being a
private citizen, an honor greater than
that of a King"
Throughout his discussion of the
momentous problems now engaging
tho attention of the two great political
parties Mr.. Bryan occasionally tapped
a vein of quiet humor that generated
smiles on many countenances.
You will recall" he said, that
the Republicans have had two telling
chances at me, and on this occasion
would seek one at them. In dealing
with the theme of sProblcms of Gov
crnment' l shall cndeavor to inject
enough religion to suit Republican
and enough politics to carry favor with
Democrat"
Mr.. Bryan stated that primarily it
was his purpose TO deal with the moral
phase of the subject. Io declared
that the partisan discussion Of The
tariff, free silver, the trusts and I'M
perialism had been dragged down by
campaign orators into the mire of dol
Mr.. Bryan defined as the harmonious
development of the human race,
morally, mentally and physically, he
regarded the cultivation of the moral
element rs a paramount issue and de-
clarcd that history supported his con-
tention that moral decay had preceded
the ruin of every nation that had fall
len. I" A nation," SAID Mr.. Bryan.
" is strong only in proportion to ils
moral excellence"
He declared that the present Adj
ministration had developed tendency
to amend Gods holy ordinances,
"Thou shalt not steal," "Thou shalt
not KILL" "Thou shalt not covet,"
ETC., by adding an apologetic clause,
"save when done on very large
SCALE"
Reference was made to the Philip
pine question and the conduct of the
American soldiery in suppressing the
insurrectiOn. lie denounced "im-
perialism at great length, then re-
vcrted to the currency question, pro-
claiming himself as devont an apostle
Of free silver as ever.
He further denounced what he
termed the plutocracy of wealth, the
tariff and injunctions, and said that the
only possibility of suppressing anarchy
rested in the education Of the people
to love their government.
Mr.. Bryan stated, with marked ON
phasls, that if he had the power every
article manufactured by trusts would
be placed upon the free list," al
though he sincerely doubted If this
strenuous and radical measure would
wholly Illustrate the trusts.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-08-07

According TO DIR. York, offspring al
ways takes the complexion from the
father; hence, if the father Of q negro
baby has any white blood III his vcnls
the child at birth will be nearly rs
white as Il Caucasian. On the other
hand, the child of Il white mother and
Il black father will after Il months
time be nearly IA black as the full
blooded negro.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-08-07

Estimate the yard of gold at &l0,-
100000 (Which ls in round numbcrs)
and al the gold in The world might, if
melted into ingots, be contained in q
cellar "a feet square and rs feet high.
All tho boastcd wealth already OBJ
tanned from California and Australia
would go into safe . feet square and
8 feet high.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-08-07

Added now to the joys of smoking is
the knowledge that smoking may pre-
vent some diseases. DIR. Dumon has
studied the action Of tobacco smoke
upon the various organisms found in
the cavity of the mouth aud has found
that, while it has no effect upon ty-
phoid fever germs or tctanus Clock
jaw, it greatly retards the growth of
the bacllli of influenza, Of diphtheria
and of consumption.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-08-07

A wealthy Warsaw landowner sleeps
each night in room drapcd with
black, decorst,d with skeletons and
having in the middle of tho floor q
catafalque, on which is metal coffin.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-08-07

Governor Cummins, Of Iowa, is ono
of the best authorities in that State
upon forestry. He has mastered the
subject thoroughly, having originally
taken it up some years ago as an
amusement and having stuck to it ever
since. ~.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-08-07

respectfully announce myself as a
candidate for reelection as Railroad
Commissioner. Conscious of duty
we'll performed, request support. =
!. G.. WILBOKN.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-08-07
THE TEXTILE INDUSTRIES
South Carolina Has the First
Place in the South as to the
Cotton Mills.

The United States census report on
cotton manufactures, gives South Car
olina the first place in the South among
the cotton mills. 1t gives the compara-
tive strength of the leading States to
be in 1900
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-08-07
The Eminent Kidney
and Bladder Specialist

The Discoverer OF Swamp-Root at Work In
His laboratory. ,'.,s
There Is a disease prevailing In this
country most dangerous because so decep-
tive. Many sudden deaths are caused by
tt--heart disease. pneumonia, heart failure
or apoplexy are often tho result Of kidney
disease. II kidney trouble Is allowed to ad-
vance the ktdney-poisoned blood will attack
the vital organs. or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Then tho richness Of the blood-the abumen
leaks out and tho sufferer has Brlghts
Disease. the worst form Of kidney trouble.
DR.. kilmer's Swamp-Root tho new dis
covery Is the true specific for kidney. bladder
and urinary troubles. II has cured thousands
OF apparently hopeless cases, after all other
efforts have failed. At druggists In fifty-cene
and dollar sizes. A sample bottle sent FREQ
BY mail. also book telling about Swamp
Root and its wonderful cures. Address
Dr.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton. N. Y. and
mention this paper.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-23

himself; several of our Presidents
came from the lowest social ranks,
one of them being a tailor In a small
town, and so ignorant that his wife
taught him to read. When men get
to exalted positions like those, and
have had fastened upon them in
childhood, offensive manners at the
table or elsewhere, there are many
occasions when they have to be much
ashamed of themselves. But there is
nothing so hard to get rid of as the
teachings of childhood that have be-
come second nature.
In this free country, where we have
no inherited titles and NO social dis
tinctions that people do not make
for themselves, every person should
be considered an American gentle
man or an American lady; but if
they have not been taught good man
ners, no intelligent and well bred per-
son here or in foreign countries will
think they are gentlemen or ladies.
In fact, one of the things that do
most to differentiate between "well
bred" people and others, is the way
they do at the table and elsewhere.
1t is therefore of great Importance
for people to have proper manners
at the table and teach them to their
children.-St. Louis Journal of Agri-
culture.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-23
Helpful Hints.

Camphor put in drawers or trunks
will keep away mice.
Rub hinges with a feather dipped
in oil, and they will not creak.
A small bag Of sulphur kept in a
drawer or cupboard will drive away
red ants.
Boil three or four onions in a pint
of water, apply with a soft brush to
gilt frames, and flies will keep off
them.
A spoonful of vinegar put into the
water in which meats or fowls are
boiled makes them tender.
EQUAL parts of ammonia and spir-
it's of t~urpentine will take paint out
of clothing, no matter how dry or
hard the paint may be. Saturate the
spot two or three times, then wash
out in soap-suds.
A little charcoal mixed with clear
water thrown into a sink will disin-
feet and deodorize it.
The odor of sweet-peas is so often
sive to flies that it will drive them
out of a sick-room.
A fever patient can be made cool
and comfortable by being frequently
sponged with water in which a little
soda has been dissolved.
Brass-work can be kept beautifully
bright by occasionally rubbing with
salt and acknowledgements Wo-
mans Home Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-23
Ways to Grow Comely.

If possible, always give your hair
a sun bath after its soap and water
shampoo.
Try for a 80 minutes nap each
day, even if visions of an overburden
mending basket are haunting your
dreams.
Don't live your troubles ahead of
time. Nervous prostration with wo-
men is more often due to anticipated
worries than to present trials.
Substitute a glass of hot milk, a
cup of good coffee or a nourishing
soup and bread for an ice cream and
charlotte russo luncheon on shop
ping days.
Regulate your sleeping hours &C
cording to the demands of your sys-
tenn without regard to the platitudes
of early rising advocates.
Take a few gentle athletic exer-
cises daily if you cannot go in for a
thorough physical culture course.
The simple calisthenics of your
school days are better than complete
neglect of this health branch.
Don't try to patch up wardrobe ex-
travagance with table economy. Pan
try stinginess is responsible for dull
eyes, drab skins, fabby, bloodless
looking cheeks and poor teeth that
the daintiest dress vanities cannot
beautify.
Find your spring tonic and blood
purifier in a daily fare of green
things. Eat crosses for breakfast
and salad for luncheon and dinner
not a meagre dish of fabby lettuce,
mind you, but a plateful of crisp,
crinkled leaves, plentifully dressed
with oil and vinegar.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-23
SPECIAL RATES ANNOUNCED
VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

Omaha, Neb.-$33.0O Raleigh to
Omaha, Neb., and return, account Ma
tional Convention Christian Church.
Tickets on sale Oct. IA, Is and 16,
final limit Oct. %, 1902, except by de-
posting ticket with Joint Agent,
Omaha, and on payment of a fee of
so cents, an extension can be had so
as to leave Omaha not later than
Nov. 80, 1902.
Macon, Ga.-Raleigh to Macon, Ca,
and return at rate of one fare for the
round trip, account Annual Meeting
Farmers National Congress. Tickets
on sale Oct. s and 6, limited return
ing Oct. IA, 1902.
Rate from Raleigh via Atlanta
1925, via Augusta 1870.
For full particulars write 81 call Ga
T. @. STURGIS, @. T. A.,
Marlborough House Building, Raleigh,
N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-23

"The greater the attention paid
to scrupulous cleanliness in handling
milk at all stages, the shorter the
time that elapses between the draw
ing, straining and cooling of milk
and the lower the temperature to
WHICH it is cooled, the greater its
freedom from micro-organisms, the
longer it will retain it's normal con-
dition, the more profitable it's pro-
duction will be and the more whole
some will it be for old and young"
Such is the conclusion reached after
a noteworthy series of experiments
at the Cornell Experiment Station.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-23
Additional SIeepers

Go into Service From Various Points
to Principal Resorts, thus afording
GREATLY IMPROVED FACHI-
For Reaching Those Points.
Particular attention is directed to the
elegant Dining Car Service on
Principal Through Trains.
The Southern Railway has just IL
sued it's handsome Resort Folder, de-
scriptive of the many delightful re-
sorts along the line of it's road. This
folder also gives the names of proprie-
tors of hotels and boarding houses and
number of guests they can
date. Copy can be had upon applica-
ton to any Southern Railway Ticket
Agent.
For detailed information as to rates.
etc., call on nearest ticket agent OF
address, T. @. STURGIS, @. T. A.,
Raleigh, n. @.
W. A. TURK, P. T. NJ,
S. 81. HARDWICK, G. P. A.,
Washington, D. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-23
SOUTHERN R'W7Y'S CHANGK
IN PULLMAN SERVICE.

The Southern, Railway
change in their Pullman service eff
fective Sunday, June 18th, Raleigh
and Greensboro car on train Nos. il
and 10 will be operated between
Greensboro and Goldsboro. This will
prove a great convenience to the trav-
cling public, especially the Morehead
City travel. Nc. II leaves Raleigh
1 a. m, for Greensboro, and Nc. 10
leaves 5.25 a.. NJ, for Goldsboro.
I. @. STURGIS, G. T.. A.,
Raleigh, n. O. :
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-23

WANTED.-A TRUSTWORTHY GENTLE
man or lady in each county to manage bust
RnaTGial standing. A straight, bona ide
weeklNcash salary OF $500 paid by check
each wednesday with all expenses direct
from headquarters. Money advanced for
expenses. Manager, $40 CaxtOn Bid, Chicago.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-23
WOMAN'S WORK
Table Manners.

eating his midday lunch at a lunch
counter" in a large city. We do not
believe in "fnicky" manners, and
therefore are not offended by the way
most people eat; but we could not
but think that the parents of the
young man had surely forgotten a
very important matter in his home
training. He was a healthy-looking
young fellow, and was naturally en-
titled to have a good appetite, and
since he was able to pay for it, it
was all right for him to eat a plenty.
And he did it; but one could not be-
lieve from his clothes or his general
appearance, that he was not a we'll
raised young man, and yet his table
manners" could not be described as
anything else than those of a barba-
rian or a half-starved hog. He crowd
ed big chunks of bread, almost a
whole slice at a time, large sections
of meat, large gobs of potatoes, gulps
of coffee or water, ct ceteras of veg
etables, into his mouth so fast that
practically he couldn't chew them at
all. He wabbled things around in
his mouth with his tongue a time or
two and then forced them down his
throat, much as a young turkey does
a large chunk of bread, by getting it
started and then crawling up on it.
Of course that is a very unwhole-
some way of eating considered from
the health standpoint, and that young
man is sure to be knocked out soon
with an awful attack of dyspepsia,
besides failing to get any real en-
joyment out of his meals. But the
most important point was the beast
illness of his manners. He was not
from the country, to judge from his
appearance, but we have seen some
country boys, and grown farmers too,
who did not do their eating with
much more manners than he did.
Among other things, he kept his ell
bows on the table, and instead of lift
ing his food to his mouth, he brought
his mouth down to the level of his
food.
We believe there are few if any
grown readers of this paper, who
take their meals in such a fashion as
this young mar did; but we fear that
many of them are not paying the at
tention they ought to the way their
boys behave at the table. We want
to say to all such, you do your chill
dren a serious wrong if you do not
teach them good manners at the ia
bic and everywhere else. Good man
ners are the first and most reliable
evidence of refinement in people,
young or old. And it is well worth
while to have them. In the civilized
world people are judged by such
things, and here in America where
every one with push and energy and
mental and physical force have the
opportunity to get right to the top,
the poorest one in the country may
get to be the commanding general in
the army, the admiral of the navy, or
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-23
7. w. BLAKE,
JEWELER AND STLVERSMITH

Keeps a full line Of Watches, Clocks, and
Jewelry of all kinds.
Plain Rings, Badges and Seals made to
order.
Special attention given to mail orders. Call
and examine stock or write to
II. w. BLAKE.
100 Fayetteville Street,
RALEIGH, N. G..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-23

RUPTURE G GSV E x5 TRUSS es5a ERE r. 9 YSs
no pay. ALEX. SPEIRS, Box S4, Westbrook,
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-23
USE GOOD ENGLISH.

Strange as it may seem, most of the young men and women of to-day who aspire to become influential orators or writers, even those who are graduates of high schools and colleges, find that, like Dwight l.. Moody, the evangelist, they have not mastered grammar. For nearly twenty years, educators, almost without exception, have been trying, with but indifferent success, to make various sugar-coated language lesson series do the work formerly accomplished by old-fashioned gram mars in giving students an accurate working knowledge of their mother tongue One natural consequence of these attempts is that the number is comparatively much smaller than it once was of so-called well-educated young people who can tell with cer- tainty whether or not they speak and write just what they wish to express Thorough drill in formal grammar should be made a prominent feature in every school whose pupils are not less than ten years old or more than twenty-five. But, inasmuch as this subject, as usually presented, is found to be very difficult and uninteresting for pupils under ten years of age, it may we'll be preceded by an element ary course in language lessons which will enkindle interest and prepare the mind flor the solid work in analysis and construction which should follow. Success.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-23
WHY HIS LEGS SHINE.

One of the points of interest in the financial district is the bronze statue of Washington in the front of the United States sub-treasury in Wall street. It is invariably pointed out to visitors. and almost invariably the question is asked:
 Why do they polish only the knees and not the whole statue?'
 Mentor and guide has to shake his head, and admits that he does not know
 It appears that some years ago q peddler with some new kind of polish came to the sub-treasury and eXtolled the virtues of his compound to one of the guards. Why he said. T could even polish up that rusty old statue out there in a jiffy."
 "Go ahead" said the guard
 The agent went to work with q will and in a few minutes had succeeded in taking off the beautiful dull oxidizing from the legs of the statue as far as the knees. Just then MT Muhleman. the deputy assistant treasurer, came up the steps, and in less time than it takes to tell it the agent found himself sit ting at the foot of the staute. while AIr Muhleman lectured the surprised guard in forcib1e language on the van- dalism of indiscriminate polishing.
 But not even the variability of the New York climate has been sufficient as yet to restore to the polished parts their old dull beauty.-New York Times.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-23
Theatrical
 Fraternal
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ANDREW MACK.

s'Tom Moore'' in the hands of gifted Andrew Mack this evening at Polls will give admirers of the great Irish poet a realistic conception of what he was in his time. It was Byron who said of Moore that ''he was the poet of all circles and the idol of his own"
 That a man of his temperament would,
 in his lifetime, have passed through
 many romantic scenes and incidents, is to be accepted. He lived in the exciting days of the great Irish rebel lion; was the schoolmate of Robert Emmett Upon his graduation from f Trinity college he went to London to study law. It was too dry for the
 impulsive young Irishman; he trans lated the Odes to Anacreon, dedicated them to the Prince of Wales, and be- came the reigning favorite of Lon- don's most fashionable set: his poems
 were the theme of the hour. His fsLalla Roolxh'' emphasized his pre- svious success. The boon companion of Lord Byron and Richard Brinsley Sheridan-a glorious character to re- Iproduce-strange that the Irish dfa- :matists have neglected to perpetuate :his fame till now. All honor to young Theodore Burt Sayre, the youthful American playwright Tor ms Ihappy thought; and as he is said to ,haye written a play as sweet and re- freshing as one of Moore's songs, may it wear as well in the hearts of our theater-going public. While history does not give many strongly dramatic incidents in the life of the poet, the grand, pure love he had for the girl of his choice would be sufficient ma terial She was the Bessie" of his
 poems. and their married life was a long dream. She was the only one left to him when his end came, and his last words were Lean upon God, Bessie: God is love. God is love-" The dramatization by MT Sayre is said to be in keeping with the character of sthe man. as we'll as the times, and . the play is permeated with bright, witty dialogue. while the story is one in which simplicity plays a strong part, there being no aim for theatrics the tale running smoothly through out the four acts as softly and as sweetly as one of Moore's ever popular melodies. Prices are 25. 50, 75 cents, S1 and $1.50.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-23
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