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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-03-11
slothful servant, leave !.
unCultivated? We ara
0& Aha iuSo-

slothful servant, leave
unCultivatedP We are
at the Judgment for our s,nEE
sion and commission. TbanFf
take what has been given J
care for and nOurish, guar4
tivate, and with indonf
bring our talents multipl,e
ished with the lustre of uu~oaa
TO the world that metes GA
to her children md gives "
place in their Oonstellatic,N
served, q star of the fir. ~
tude. Think not . win
20 you unsOught. 4t.N
your being, every thyue + or
brain,, every effort q yot.r bfa
be guided by the intense de.,'p
succeed, If your life is to be oroS
with success. Let US teach tno !" i
dren from their earliest ob,ldS'1
that we expect something great ~.
them. Tell them how Abr,SI
Lincoln, John Milton, Dwight
Moody. and thousands of n
est men overcame what soma NV
think insurmountable obstacle, =
made their names immortal Nv -.
oeasing perseverance.
Sometimes we say, ooh, I m,
succeed if I only had the opno,,
nifty so many others have" M
the one talent lies buried and :
nished, no success would attend ',
even if five talents were thrust h
your hands. We must make !
best of what we have if We wm
have more.
Let us all when the time coma,
lay down LIES burdens be "a.
with our talents and having
creased them, ''sOme thirty, su
sixty, and some q hundred fold
present them to our Heavenly Faith
and hear the Welcome words, wv
thou good and faithful q
want" WINNIE TAYLOR LONG,
Caswell Co., N. q.
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The Home Circle.
OLD IRONsIDEs.#

Az, tear her tattered ensign down.
Long has it waved on high,
And many an eye has danced 70 see
That ensign in the sky;
Beneath Is unR the battle shout,
And burst the lannon's roar
The meteor of the ocean air
Shall sweep the clouds no more.
Her deck, once red with heroes blood,
Where kuelt the vRuquished foe,
When winds were hurrying DER the Hood,
And waves were white below,
No more shall feel the victor 9 tread,
Or know the conquered knee
The harDies of the shore shall pluck
The eagle Of the seal
o, better that her shattered hulk
Should sink beneath the wave;
Her thundera shook the mighty deep,
And there should be her grave
Nail TO the mast her holy flag,
Set every threadbare sail,
And give her 60 the god of storms,-
The lightning and the gale
-OLiVer WenO
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Our Social Chat.


AS CONTRIBUTORS to this department OF
The Progressive Farmer, we have some OF Ine
most wfde-awake and progressive young lao1es
and young men and some of the most entertain
ing writer's among the older people OF this ana
other States, the ages of the members ranging
from sixteen to more thOn sixty.
YOU ARE REQUESTED TO Join by sending
as q letter on some subject Of general interest,"
and writing thereafter as often as possible.
WHEN WRITING, give full name and post
ONCE address for Jennie's
II you do not wish your real name to appear
I'm print give name by which o wish to De
known as 8 Chatterer.
TWO WEEKS OR MORE must, as q rule,
elapse between the time q letter Ia written ana
the date OF its publication.
ADDRESS ali letters to Aunt Jennie, care Of
Progressive Farmer. Raleigh. N. @.
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THE MAN WHO DIDN'T KNOW HIS OWN NAME.
~ .. {. JEHHIHsI. Iu WOull'u HOnu csupanIOu.

Staten is pretty bright fellow ; as
he puts IL, she knows a thing or
two" but there was a time, 20 his
friends are telling, when he didn't
even know his name. This state of
ignorance was broughtabout through
his accepting an invitation TO Mrs
Pelton-Smith's afternoon tea. He
was invited TO meet Mrs and Miss
Chester, of New Orleans, in whose
honor the tea was given. When
Staten saw the names on the invita-
zion he at once remembered that he
had met them at the Springs the
summer before. MISS Chester was u
very pretty girl, and he WAS congrat-
1lating himself that he had sue
ceeded in making something of an
impression. He was, therefore, glad
of this opportunity of renewing the
acquaintance, and he hoped, too, to
be able TO deepen the impression
which he fancied he had already
made.
Accordingly, on the day of the tea,
Staten was one of the crowd that
presented itself at Mrs. Pelton
Smiths. He paid his respects to his
hoste s and was intr, duced TO Mrs.
Chester and then TO Miss Chester.
Miss Chester smile d and bowed very
graoiously; buJ Staten could see
that she had no re Olleotion of ever
having met him before. This hurt
his vanity, so he determined that he
would not let Miss Chester think that
he remembered her.
''This is your first visit here, is it
not?" he asked, by way of opening
the conversation.
eyes" Miss Chester replied; 81
am an entire stranger here. was
telling mamma to-day that it seemed
so queer to be visiting a place where
one doesnt't know a soul Every
one here is a stranger TO me-"
Staten's vanity was fast falling
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little I ask; my wants r few;
I only wish q hut of stone
a Vtry plain brown stone will dO),
That I may call my own;
And CLOSE at hand IL suoh q one,
In yonder street that fronts the
sun.
Plain food 10 quite enough for me-
Three courses r as good as
tenn
Az Nature can gubsigt on three,
Thank HeaveRfor three. Amen !
I always thought cold victuRls
nice -
Ny choice would be vanillsice.
4 care not much for gold or land =
Give me a mortgage here and
there
Some good bank stoOk,-some note of
hand,
Or trihing railroad SHARE
4 only ask that Fortune send
A little more than / shall spend.
Honors are silly toys, I know,
And titles are but empty names;
4 would, perhaps, be PIenipo,-
But only neal st. James;
I'm very sure I should not BAL
To fill our Gubernator's chair.
Jewels are baubles its q sin
To pare for such unfruitful
things -
One good-Rizad diamond in a pin
Some, not so large, In rings
A ruby, and Il pearl, or so,
VIII do for me II laugh at show.
My dame should dress in cheap at
tire
GOOD heavy silks T never
dear) =
own perhaps I might desire
Some shRwls of true Cash
mere,-
Some marrowy Grapes of China silk,
Like Wrinkled skins on scalded milk
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Nothing is clearer than that those
who Vould be happy must cease TO
seek hal piness, and ask only the
privilege of giving. The song will
rise in hearts when we cease to
live for ourselves and begin to live
for the good that we can do.-Amory
81. Bradford.
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SNos Is and % Of our series of the Worlds
Best Poems, ar ngtd especially for THE PRO-
aRESsTVE FARMER by the g ttor. In tuis
EeripI seIe tiOns from the fOllOw1n authors
nave already appearen: Burns, Bryant, Mr. and
Mrs Browning. Lord Byron, Campbell, Eugene
Field. Goldsmith. Le.gh Hunt.
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Wife (reading)-" Another mysts
rious suicide-unknown man throws
himself from a cliff"
Husband (thoughtle'sly) - Dol
his wife was at the bottom OF it.
INVERTEBRATES -
Husband (hurriedly) -" o. tns
cliff, my love; not the suicide
Golfers Weekly.
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There is something absolutely glO
ri pus in the high enthusiasms Of
youth. We never me ct a young man
who is full of energy, of aspiration,
and of hope without thanking God
for the experience. Old age, even
when it does not grow hard and
cynical, is likely to become less and
less buoyant. The generation that
is actually or the stage needs the
help and quiokening of the genera
ton that il behind it. What a vat
freshness and blessing comes TO a
tired and heart. worn man from asso.
citation with a dutiful and affection.
ate son! We pity the fathers who
are too busy to keep company with
their own children. Though they
may not be aware of the fact, they
are certainly cutting themselves off
from springs of new strength, and
throwing away an element of power
which they can i'll afford to lose
Nashville Christian Advocate.
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"My grandmother" she said, """'
married when she was Is and my
mother when she was H."
"Do you think" he asked, EGG
ing a little nearer to the door, "ths'
this sort of thing can be hereditary
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The giant is made strong in wres''
ling with obstacles. Power is $40
resultant of the forces overCone&
Success"
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Good nature will always supply
the absence of beauty, but betuy
cannot long supply the absence Oh
good nature.-AddisOn.
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NONE REQUIRED.

He was obviously anxious, and ''
seemed almost willing
Il shall refer you to Papa" $40
said, with a becoming blush, be
fore giving you a final answer
But I am perfectly willing Il
take you without any reference,
said he. magnanimouply.-Indl
polls News.
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THE MOST IssENIIAL QUALITY FOR
SUCCESS.

II any number of successful bust.
ness men were asked what thing il
is that the young business man most
needs TO help HIM on the road of
business, l believe the answer would
be unanimous, Hndit would be-ohar-
aoter. This Is not an idle platitude.
It Is sound, practical Judgment, and
il will be the most strongly empha.
sized by the men who are the most
experienced in affairs. The more /
. of business life, the more clearly
| comprehend the great practical
value, quite apart from their ethical
worth, of some of the we'll. worn
and homely old maxims-those max
inns which many boys have thought
may do we'll enough for copyboOk
texts or as SUBJECTS for graduating es-
says, but 90 which they have attrlbu-
ted little practical importance as
foundation stones of business sue.
CESS. l believe shat successful bust
ness men T of one accord in saying
that upright, sturdy, trustworthy
character is more than any
thing else-indeed, more than every
thing else-the foundation of worldly
suocess.-Frank A. VAnderlip, form
erly Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury, in Saturday Evening Post.
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CONFINEMENT

Man wants but little here below"
The colored American., 1902-03-01
SIR A. w. LLOYD.
Ora nd Chansellor Of 6be knights
Of Pythia- Of Missouri-Noted
Organizer and Einancier.

The subject of this sketch, is by birth
a MlsSiSsippian, and is fair represent
atlve of the good, noble and true men Of
the race produced by that State.
Sir Lloyd made his advent in St.
Louis during the year 1885, and since
that time held several positions in the
municipal government, his last office be-
ing clerk in the License Commissioners
Office. AT the present time he enjoys
comfortable Federal berth in the office
OF the Surveyor OF Port.
AS a Pythian, none can excel him IN
its laws, principles and origin of the
Order. Step by step he has achieved
greatness and for the past two years has
been at the head of the Order in Mis-
souri,. Under his able leadership wise
councils, energetic perseverance, prudent
and economical basis, the Order not only
increased from $50 members to I,5oO IN
the State, but can boast of nearly $1,000
IN bank for the payment of claims. Such
men are indeed deserving characters,
and it is certain that Sir LLOYD will yet
attain a more exalted position than the
one he now occupies,
The colored American., 1902-03-01
If u0x sre 1T IN The COIOred
american, as so.
The PASSING OF TILLMAN.

Whatever may be thought of the
fist fight in the Senate last Saturday
In its relation to American dignity and
legislative repcse. the bout letween
Tillman and McLaurin serves a high
ly useful purpose.
Ben TilIman, demagogue, bully and
braggart, is unmarked.
The uncouth marpIOt whom the once
proud state of South Carolina made
the mistake of sending to Washington
has exposed himself in his true colors.
He has shown the people how much OF
a ruffian it is possible for Senator to
be, and we think it is high time for
him to ''shut up" about the Negroes
lack of morals, methods or manners.
No Negro member of Congress was
ever place. under contempt for dis
orderly conduct He has no room to
read lessons in etiquette to anyone,
white or black. He has sounded the
death knell of his influence in the ma
ton if his over bearing insOlence and
pitch fork TRADES could ever have been
rated as such. He is from now on a
marked man and a repetition of the
antics once regarded with quiet amuse-
ment will now be treated with ridicule,
contempt. or both. We shall much
mistake the temper of the good people
of South Carolina if they do not see to
it that Ben Tillman is left at home
when the next senatorial election rolls
around. We think we see the passing
of the m rst rabid Negro hater known
to this generation.
The colored American., 1902-03-01
The Negro is boring has compass.
We need to get 0aIr behring's before
setting sails to aoipadao0rd.
VAN HORN FOR GoVERNcR,

Now that the Danish West India
islands are to come under the authori.
ty of the United States, they occupy &
conspicuous place in the public mind.
Their status is Of especial interest to
the American Negro, as the population
there is largely of our race. The soil
is fertile and productive and the social
and economic effects of the cession are
being studied closely here. La the eter.
nal fitness of things the new territorial
governor should be Negro one who
commands the resi- ect and confidence
OF our adopted brethren. The logical
nominee for that responsible post itseems
to us would be Hon. Mahlon Van
Horn, the present efficient aud resource
full United States Consul.
The colored American., 1902-03-01
SATURDAY. mARCH 1, 1909
APPEALS 10 FACE pREIUDIcEs FAILING.

One representative Wheeler-from
Kentucky. We believe-delivered a
silly speech few days ago in the
House Of Repr sentatives. He scored
our State Department because of its
proper pohteness to sister nations and
incidentally showed his own bad man
ners by referrng to Prince Henry as
s.that little rutchmsn." Whereat they
say thst The dt IN 'crats who have Ger:
man constituents are greatly perturbed
and fear for their return to Congress.
Further. it is alleged that the repub-
llcans are jrbi ant and talk OF flooding
German dmtrcts with the speech, with
the idea that it will draw German sup
port from the party to which the said
" beeler happehs TO belong.
Well, we haven't much patience
with that sort # thiJg We don't think
intelligent Germans anywhere care
straw about what Wheeler thinks
about Prince Henry and unless we
misludge them, they will refuse to
have their A = ericanism discredited by
responding to such a tawdy appeal to
their supposed narrow prejudices. They
are Americans first German instincts
a~e secondary, and they know that
Wheelers rant was the talk of one in.
d,vidual, answerable to nobody exec 1t
the people of his pocket borough some
wh4re in the bsckwoods of the Blue
Grass state Who is Wheeler any
how?
The Negro has the same thing to
contend with and that kind of argument
is not worth what it used to be. Let
some crank of the Tillman, Morgan or
Graves type of democrat get up and
spew out a CO umn of abuse of the Ne
gro, and campaign managers proceed
to chuckle and cry "Just put copy of
that speech in every Negroes household
and thsir vote is solid for US in No.
vember. no matter what we fail 10 do. s
To be sure many of ua are thereby in
fluenced, but the strength OF appeals
to race prejudice, unbaeked by cou.
vincing argument is on the wane. The
Negro is "a greatly concerned to know
What the republicans are going to do
The colored American., 1902-03-01
"A TEXAS STEER"

We dislike to keep up a personal
controversy, but there comes to us a
torcible reminder of the old saw; 1.-The
man who tells tn same lie often soon
comes to believe it himself" This fits
the case of Mr. Widow E>vious King
of The Dallas Express, who has sue.
cessiOn of fits whenever he sees a copy
of The Colored Ameeican or the name
of E. E. Cooper. The case is becoming
chronic and affords much amusement
to tn )se who read his ''weakly" effusions.
He is to be pitied. He belongs to that
class of Negro publishers who are an
nual'Y robbed by fake advertisers and
advertising agents, and do not utter
one word of protest but let some broth
er publisher fail to ''toe the mark" &C.
cording to their ideas and they become
u'relenting in their abuse and hatled.
Our Offense to the idiOtic Texas con-
siss in asking him to publish an an
nouncement of the fact that The Amer
lean News Company, which controls
all the news stands in the United
States and Canada, had taken charge
of the circulation of The Colored Amer
can. The announcement was duly
made in the Express and the bill duly
presented. We might add here that
Negro publishers have not yet ached
the point when they pay bills by tele-
graph. In our cas9 we are kept hust-
ling, without always meeting with sue
cess, paying them the old way. Mr..
KING began his. abuse soon after the
publication and has kept it up-to his
grtat pleasure, We hope.
TO test the value of the colored
newspapers as advertising mediums, a
large advertising firm in Richmond,
Va, had our MIR. E. E. Cooper select
few hundred, to which small electro
types were sent. AS result hundreds
OF dollars have been spent with these
publications. The Express has re-
ceiVed at least one thousand dollars as
the result OF this test. But the usual
In gratitude has been our lot, and, as
has been the experience of many OH.
ers, the effort to confer a favor has re-
suited only in making an enemy. "If
you want to fall out with a friend"
says ancient philosopher, just render
him service or lend him a dollar"
Thus it will be seen that Mr.. Coop
er gets abuse instead of praise for his
effort to strengthen and build up race
Journalism. If Mr.. King is as honest
and race loving as he pre- ends to be,
now iet him st nd up like a man and
confess his error. To whine, SILK or
make wry faces at facts and logic is as
silly as was Mrs. Partington's ineffect-
ual effort to sweep back the Atlantic
tide with common housebroom.
The colored American., 1902-03-01
The people of Missouri ought to
reDh@e that the st Louis Exposition
is more than a little LocoI ofair.

William Vaughan, well known by
reason of his connection with the slave
pension movement has Issued a call
looking to the organization of a 'jus
tlce party" His shiDboIeth is justice
to Jew, GENTLE, white and black men
and to people of all religions and social
conditions, A convention is ann ounced
for April 19, 1902 at Washington, d.
G. Why not engraft a justice" poll
cy in the platform of some OF the ex-
isting parties that have a show to
Win1
The colored American., 1902-03-01

for us as about what the democrats say
Against US. The republicans are In
power and can act. The democrats are
not in power and the talk of their
Tillmans, Morgans and Wbeelers are
as dead sea fruit-it has no kinetic
energy.
The intelligence of the German, the
Irishman, the Jew and the Negro is
destroying the potency of appeals to
race aud national prejudice.
The colored American., 1902-03-01

What on earth has the A. M E.
Church done to A Sharp, who pre-
sides over the destinies of the Denver
Colo } TImes-Speaker? This vitrio.
lie editor tried to clean up the floor
last week with Editor 81. T. johnson,
and now he goes after the scalp of
Bishop Arnett and family.
The colored American., 1902-03-01

of the American inspiration for liberal
government, and we should know more
Of its products, civilization and posi-
bilities. We should keep closely in
touch with its commerce and agricul-
ture. DR.. Grassland will have big
chance to distinguish himself in bis
new field, if he is alive to our mutual
interests.
The colored American., 1902-03-01

When the Presidents >,American
breadth induced him to dine Booker
I. Washington, Tillman said it would
0all for the killing of one hundred Ne
grOes in the South. Now that the Pres.
ident has refused to permit TilIman to
eat at the White House table, how
many of the lives of his followers will
be placed In the balance
The colored American., 1902-03-01

The action of the House in PROMPT.
ly accepting the amendment to the
Census bill providing 50 500 per year
salary to Appointment Clerk JOhu
W. Langley was a neat compliment TO
that obliging official. There isn't a
harder worked man in the census bu.
reau than Mr.. Langley, nor one more
conscientious in his endeavors to serve
the people. We are glad he is to be
handsomely "taken care Of"
The colored American., 1902-03-01

President Roosevelt correctly takes
the ground that the good of the Repub.
lie OF Liberia demands a representa-.
tive OF our government who is a diplo-
mat in the fullest acceptatiOn of the
term. Liberia is essentially the result
The colored American., 1902-03-01

The only Afro-American present at
the Aldermanic Chamber when .free-
dom of the city" was conferred on
Prince Henry last Tuesday in New
York was invited by Hon, Joseph
Cassidy, a democrat, president of the
Borough of Queens The individual
was 'ur genial friend, Charles W.
Anderson, supervisor of races.
The colored American., 1902-03-01
Tillman VS.. Tillman is the Senate's
latest celebrated case"

Boston used to be known as the homs
OF the nations conscience. It now
seems to have degenerated into ths
stamping ground for the races 'con
gents"
The colored American., 1902-03-01

1t is hoped that the chief scribe of
the esteemed Cumberland, Md, Rec
I'D is moi compelled to secure his coal
and provisions the same way he gets
his editorials.
The colored American., 1902-03-01

Tillman wasn't good enough to rest
his brogans under the Roosevelt ma.
hOgany. Booker Washington was. In
the language of the street, "wouldnq
that jar your"
The colored American., 1902-03-01

n pc, na0rae,at census bureau is all
right, 6ut for artistic harmony, 1T
should haze liberal dash of color.
The colored American., 1902-03-01

No Negro member of Congress
uGS eUer ssanai'adfuI of the dignity
of has office. Note this
The colored American., 1902-03-01

Subscriptions may Do sent py pOstomcs
money order, express or by registered letter:
All communications for publication shouIo
be accompanied with the name OF the writer
not nscsssarily for pu bIicat1On. but as a guar
"a zee OF good faith.
We solicit news, contributions, opinions
and in fact, all matters affecting the race
We will not pay for matter, however, unless
1t is ordered by as, Ali matter intended FOR
publication must reach this ONCE oy W ednes-
day of each week to insure insel ton In the
current issue
81 Agents are wantsd everywhere. Send
or Instructions.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-09

comfortable car has been sent out this
morning.
Much credit is due to Mr.. James A.
Hough, the superintendent, for the judy
ment and dispatch he displayed in bring
ing this mammoth undertaking to its pres
ent advanced condition, and through his
diligence and enterprise all the depart
ments Of engine and car building will be
open for artisans and laborers."
Nucleus of Twenty Buildings.
This h~alf-dozen buildings, then, was the
extent of the shops as first built, a nucleus
for the twenty structures that could he
counted In the group till four of them were
torn down recently to make room for a new
one.
But the development since that time has
been a sturdy one. No mushroom growth
has characterized the expansion OF these
shops. Is the demands of progress com
PEELED the furnishing Of additional floor
space it was added, and each new building
was built better than the last. The en-
largement has been gradual and steady
from the first.
Starting with the tank house. machine
shop, car shop. round house and black
smiths shop, the next step was the erection