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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-27
OUR ROAD Law MUST CO..

l have always advocated good roads
and have tried privately and through
the Herald to awaken an interest in
good roads and secure a better en-
forcement of the law we now have. At
ter years of observation and c~onsulta-
ton with many of our best citizens I
have given up all hope of good roads
under the present law. Below I men
ton some reasons why our road law
must go.
LIST. Roads are not worked SO well as
they were many years ago. This is
because everybody has learned to de-
pend on railroads for all long-distance
trips and because there are now 80
many roads to work.
I'd. More than half the overseers
appointed do not know how to work
the roads. Instead of getting for
overseers men who understand road
working and keeping them as over
seers the Office is constantly changing
hands and in most cases is given to
some young inexperienced man who
can not possibly have the work done
as it should be.
3rd. Men are not willing to work
the roads. I am sorry it is so but
very few can be found now who take
much interest in anything of a public
nature. In this day of selfshness
most people are 30 much afraid of
doing something of benefit to their
neighbors that they fail to do the best
for themselves in many instances. T.
is hard to find a man who is willing to
work a full day on the road. Most
men think they should go over their
section of the road in three or four
hours. Many good farm hands will
not half work while on the road,
4th. The increase of travel. There
is probably a hundred times as much
travel now as there was fifty years
ago. So much travel makes bad roads
get worse very fast and none but good
roads will stand it. This calls for bet
ter roads and a better system for
working them.-Smithfeld Herald.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-27
THE MECKLFNBURG DECLARA
TION OF INDEPENDENCE.

The American Boy (Which is, by the
way, "the boys own magazine" bright,
elevating, helpful, entertaining; pub
lished at so cents per year by the
Sprague Publishing Co., Detroit,
Mich.,) prints the following notice of
the Mecklenburg Declaration:
Towards the close of May ITS,
Colonel Thomas Polk, of Mecklenburg
County, North Carolina, issued a no
tice to the elected committeeman of
that county to assemble in the court
house at Charlotte. They met on the
31st of May, and surrounded by a
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-27
CARNEGIE'S GIFTS.

No philanthropist that ever lived
has approached Mr.. Andrew Carnegie
as regards the scoDe and aggregate
value of his benefactions. Even if his
contributions to philanthropic pur-
poses were now brought to a close, the
name of Girard OIL of Nobel or of
Hirsh would be eclipsed by his. Ac-
cording to an authoritative list just
published in his adopted State his
donations to public ends-no account
is made of his private charities
amount collectively to nearly $7O,OOO,-
900, and they are distributed between
the United States, Scotland, Canada,
England, Cuba and Ireland, these
countries being registered in the or
der of the extent to which they have
been benefciaries. To the United
States have been allotted upward of
$50, 100000, of which Pennsylvania has
received $19,OOO,OOO, the single city of
Pittsburg being credited with nearly
$14,OOO,OOO. In the State of New York
no fewer than thirty-two libraries
have been endowed, the largest single
gift being that of $5,20O,OOO to New
York City. With the exception of
Rhode Island, Delaware, South Caro-
lima, Mississippi, Arkansas and Idaho,
every State in the Union has been re-
membered by Mr.. Carnegie, and $780,
600 has been devoted to the establish
ment of a library in Porto Rico. To
Scotland, his native country, Mr.. Car
negie has given more than 1884, $1,000,
of which $1O,OOO,OOO are to constitute
a fund for ASSISTING worthy but indi-
gent young men to secure a college ed
ucation. The only other single sum
comparable in respect to magnitude
is the $1O,OOO,OOO place in the hands
of trustees in Washington to be used
by them for the encouragement of
scientific research throughout the
United States. There is no reason to
suppose that Mr.. Carnegie's ~consecra-
ton of an imperial fortune to works
of b~enefcence will cease so long as his
life shall last. Fortunately for his
fellow c~ountrymen in the United
States and in the United Kingdom, he
is in vigorous health, and may look
forward to many a year of usefulness
and honor.-Collier's Weekly.
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SPECIAL RATES ANNOUNCED.
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WILMINGTON. N. @,

From Raleigh to Wilmington. N q
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WELCOMED WITH HIGH PRAISE
The New York Press:

1t is the only respectable Filipino nou,
have seen. The author has made it so b eoo, we
he knows exactly what be is writing Oa a6o1te
ms ~cnaracTers nom real life are ali draw I
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ana incidents described. which is tbor0onH5a
but by his skill in handling the languaoe B9s
ability in constructing and managing a. I ms
probabilities Of his human mind and ~ - E1e
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that sober common sense which mson1
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-27
A Love Story of the PhilipDine.
The cut shows better than
words can tell how the hnnL

The First Romance Laid in Our New Fas+ou
Possessions DANIEL EVERTON VoT%
TEER-REGULAR-By Israel Putnam -
of love and soldier life in the PhfIinninoHt
which a cOllege-bred American VoInnt.m
Regular, an artistocratic New York girl oHs
a lovely native Filipino maiden figure -
s~picuOusly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-27

Secretary of State Hay has pro-
posed an extension for one year, name
". until July "a, 1908, of the time
allowed for the ratification of the
treaty for the sale to the United
States of the Danish West Indies.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-27

Washington dispatch: The omni-
bus public building bill was reported
by the committee today to the Senate.
1t carries 100000 for Winston; Eliz-
abeth City, $125,OOO; Greensboro, $75,-
600; Durham, $5O,OOO; GoIdsboro,
$4,000.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-27

Doctor Examining an applicant for
life insurance)-Now what did your
father and mother die of?
Applicant-Well, sir, I can't say as
l 'xactly remember; but 'twarn't moth
ing serious.-Punch.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-27
VIII At WE REALLY NEED

We need a large number of young
men, with energy, brains and educa-
tion to manage farms. Instead of go
ing to a business college,go to an agri-
cultural college, study soils, plants and
animals, study how to feed plants and
animals. Learn how to take care of
soils and how to make the soil feed
the crops. Study markets and market
ing. Fit yourselves to farm and then
go to farming. Here you can give
your energies to things that will pay.
Here you can be the employer instead
of the employed.
All over this Southland there are
thousands of farms offering places to
young men who are equipped for the
business.
Young man, go and get one of these.
Develop it and beautify it. Make it a
profit and a pleasure to own and man
age one You will have a chance at
longer life. You can be more useful.
You can help to build up the country.
Young man, stop and think before
you give yourself to the moving
thrOng hat are annually being swal-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-27

If you want a harvesting machine
that is reliable-one that will work
successfully in all conditions of grain
buy the Mccormick.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-27

POISONOUS SNAKES are happi-
ly few in this country, but singing
bugs are many. Take Perry Davis's
Painkiller with yodyPn your vacation
and use it free whe1 Eaftten by noxious
insects. Directions every bottle.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-27

A New and. Wonderfully Successful Method
Of Curing All Chronic and Lin :
gering Affections. ~a
A Free Trial Package Of This Remarkable
Discovery Will Be Mailed to
All Who Write.

Anyone who suffers from a weak disOrdered
condition Of the heart, lungs, kidneys, stom'
ach, blood, liver, skin, muscles or nervous sys-
tenn should write at once for a free tr1a! treat
ment of q new method that is rapidly d1splac-
the old ways of curing diseases.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-27
THE TRIUMPH FISH HOOK

Here is a hook from W hich
no fish can escape until it is
taken Of, even though it be
q week. You bait the mid
die hook, the fish bites, as
usual, when the other two
hooks close down, as shown
in the cut and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-27
Living Issues.
A WORD TO OUR YOUNG MEN.


When we look at the eagerness with
which the young men of the South are
seeking positions of any and every
sort In the cities and towns, we are led
to look into the reason.
Education of a certain kind is very
popular. Business colleges are crowd
cd with young men from the country.
Why's Because they give them a
speedy preparation for securing a
place, where they can earn a small sal
airy and have daily contact with others
doing the same.
Every one wishes to make some
money he can call his own. And there
Is a certain attractiveness about the
hurry and hustle of a crowd.
The result of all this is, that all
other caIlings get the use of the brain
and energy and effort of the best of
our country boys, to help build them
up. Is it any wonder then that they
progress? Every conceivable device is
brought to bear to push them on to de-
Velopment. The man that stands still
gets left. Competition is keen and ac-
tive and brains are cheap and plenti-
full. Hence all these callings are sue
cessfuL. Not all the men engaged In
them, but the calling as a whole. Mer-
chandising is successful. But all mer-
chants are not successful. The people
are persuaded and induced to buy as
many goods as they ought to buy, of
ten more than they ought. But nine
ty-two out of every one hundred mer-
chants fail in business and only two
out of each hundred make money; six
make a living. But what of the great
army of clerks, the hirelings who never
get to be merchants9 They strive and
struggle through a lifetime of scant
living. They can hardly be said to
live. They exist. Slaves of necessity
thev toll on.
Now is it wise for this state of
things to continued Shall this rush
for easy places depopulate the coun-
try7
NO. THERE Is A BETTER WAY.
We say emphatically that it is all
wrong. The farm offers a better open
ing to these young men. Any indus
trious young man with a good horse
or mule can make five hundred dollars
worth on a farm in one year. By econ
omy he can save one-half of that. The
next year with the help of this money
he can make more. Soon he can run a
two-horse farm. He can buy a piece
of land and build a house. He can be
independent. He may not get rich /;
but he can do better than get rich. He
can live and be somebody. He can
have a home and family and be a cit
zen worth something to the commun-
ity.
What is the average employee worth
as a citizen? He can vote and that is
about all, except pay taxes if he has
anything to be taxed.
There are more merchants than Gus
toners. There are more banks than
borrowers. There are more lawyers
than clients, and so on all around. The
professions are all crowded. But there
are not too many good farmers. Here
is one place where there is room
enough, and to spare. And there will
be for years to come.
There are a goodly number of ig-
norant tenant laborers. But these are
not farmers in the true u~p-to-date
n of the word. They can make
cotton, but that is about all they caR
do.
VIII 1T WE REALLY NEED
VI ---1 1- ----l- r 1900
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-27
There He Is~

Thera are four sizes. Made
for fresh or salt water fish
ing, and any size fish can be
caught, from q MinnoW to a
Coo. The man who wants
to fish for fun-fOr the sake
of dshihg-WIll not care for
this hook. But there are
many who like to FISH FOR
FISH, and such will find the
TRIUMPH adapted to their
wants.
The cut shows better than
words can tell how the hook
op rates, and description is
The price is ONE l.
paid. Sample mailed for
what size is wanted-large
Dozens will be assorted or
ted Don't forget to state tt
f. j. ROOT, 80 w. Broadway.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-10
TRANSPORT SUMNER
DISABLED IN A GALE
General Chaffee Aboard,
HOmeWard Bound.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 10.-The
steamer Gaelic which arrived yesterday
from China and Honolulu. brought news
that the transport sumner. on which is
General Chanee arrived at Honolulu
October so and sailed on November .
She was disabled in q great typhoou
on October Is. Up TO o O'Clock p. m. on
that day the wind blew with great force
and then died down only to come back
with a cyClonic force
Some damage was done 10 the upper
works of the vessel and several boats
we're smashed One of the low pres
sure cylinders was nearly destroyed bat
was repaired at Honolulu so the vessel
is expected here tomorrow.
Vice Governor Wright. Of the Philip
pine Commission. is on the transport
sumner. He is bound for horne on a
visit He has been acting all summer
for Governor Taft and has been in the
islands for two and a half years.
He spoke in high terms Of native con-
stabulary and saiG the islands are in
good condition.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-10
TO ATTEND CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE DEDICATION
President and Mr.. Cleveland
Among The Guests.

NEW YORK, Nov. l0-AH arrange
ments have been completed for the ded-
Ication OF tn" new building Of the
Chamber Of Commerce at noon tomor-
row
Mayor Low viii preside over the cere-
monies and there viii be list Of dis
tinguished speakers. the foremost Of
whom Will be President Roosevelt For
mer President Cleveland viii be among
the guests Of tie chamber. and viii
speak. Young Prince Henry OF Pless,
known as Henry XIV. is here 70 repre-
sent the Emperor OF Germany az the
celebration.
Decorators have finished their work
on the handsome new home OF the
chamber. and nothing remains to he
done except a few final touches for the
dedication ceremonies.
Following the ceremonies I'm che new
structure there will be a banquet az
the Waldorf Astoria at night in honor
OF Pre- siuent RoOsevelj. former President
Cleveland and the other guests.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-10
.PRINCELY REQUEST FOR
CHICAGO UNIVERSITY
Nine Million Dollars for the
Medical School.

CHICAGO. Nov. lO-The sum Of IS
0Oo.OtO will ultimately be spent by the
University Of Chicago for building up
Rush Medical College. This viii be the
resul; OF making Rush an organic part Of
the university. which viii be accom- -
plished July if the Rush trustees raise
Si.ooo.C0o. A general plan to this end
has been adopted by the trustees OF the
university
The expenditure Of the enormous SUN
mentioned viii not begin probably for
HeNt five years. but 1t viii be accom-
plished within the next decade The
above statements are made on unques-
toned authority.
Where the Sl.OOO.0O0 to be raised by
Rush trustees and later the S. 600 600 TO
be secured by the university trustees.
are coming from. is not yet known by
he officials
II Is rumored that Marshall Field is
going TO give the 81 100000 and John d.
Rockefeller the 5000. 600. but this is of
Gcially denied. The facts are that the
trustees OF both the medical college
and the university. considering both in
situations 20 be part OF the city OF Chi
cago. hope that much of the money Will
como in gifts from citizens
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-10
NO TRACE OF MISSING
SUPERINTENDENT EGAN
Searching Parties Fail to
Find a Single Clue.

ST. PAUL. Mimi. Nov f0.-That Sup
.erintendent Egan. OF the Great Northern
Railroad. is a prisoner in the hands OF
bandits is a theory advanced By. scouts
who have returned 10 Bolton, from a
search for the missing man. who Wslt
hunting last Tuesday - the Rocky
Mountains. and has not been heard from
since.
Sheriff Hand and Mayor Logan. who
Ted parties. saw that not a trace Of Egan
could be found. II he has been taken
north. they say. for a distance OF ten
miles. he might be eGectually conceal
ed.
The fact that his body has not been
found. and that he has been forced 10
follow The compass north leads 20 she
theory that he may have gone some dis
tancc. perhaps tumbliag on the abode OF
bandits. who last week held up and rob
bed the Northern Pacific train Of several
thousand dollars
While the country into which Egan
went is brit a short distance from the
railroad 10 IS one Of the widest regions
in America. and not even the Indians are
familiar with IT, The bandit theory is
given considerable credence. but il is
possible that 1lr- Egan has met with
any one OF dozen accidents
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-10
.LONDON'S GHETTO TO BE
HONORED BY LORD MAYOR
His Annual Procession to
Move in That Quarter.

LONDON. Nov. 19.-The Lord Mayors
show today is OF little interest except for
Portsoken ward. the Jewish quarter
which the Lord Mayor. Sir Marcus
Samuel. ~oDresents.
The show will pass through this east
ern portion which is an innovation
caused by the nationality Of the new
mayor. The new route has delighted the
Jewish residents.
The procession left the Mansion House
for Law Courts at II O'Clock. passing
along Chca9side.
Emblematic cars in the procession
showed the rise and progress Of the
British navy and the AngIo-Japancse Al
lance There were also the usual
bands and corporation coaches. with fat
cCachmen.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-10
OVERDOSE OF CFLORAL.

FREDERICK. Nd. Nov. 10.-Philip V
Reich. aEeG forty-lve years. died sud
denly yesterday afternoon al the home
of his mother from The effects Of an
Cy Verbose of hydrate of choral He cook
a dose o. the drug TO quiet his nerves
He had scarcely swallowed 81 when he
realized he had taken az overdose and
left mis- room 70 inform his mother Of
his suspicious. when he fell over dead
Re was an expert telegraph operator and
had been in the service OF the Western
Union Company for over twenty years
He was a son Of the late William Reich
and leaves one brother Beniarain r.
Reich. OF the Frederick bar. and one sis
ter. Mrs r. Gates Smith. OF Blakely. Ga.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-10
DEATH OF WILLIAM o'DoNNELL

William O'DonneH. who was one of
the most ardent lovers Of baseball. and
who was prominently Identified with
the game for many years in this city.
died about : o'clock yesterday morn
ing. His remains viii be buried from
his late home, 1927 New Jersey Avenue
northwest.
Mr.. ODonnell came 10 Washington
from Ireland. He had about finished the
trade Of timer. when the war broke
out. ana be enlisted in the U:ion army.
After the war he returned 10 This city
and engaged in business. and died Ieav-
ing a fortune Of $4,000, which will fan
to his wife and six children. and bro
theirs, and sisters who survive him
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-10
FASHIONABLE BOARDERS
ROUTED GUT BY FIRE
Three Were Overcome BY
Smoke.

NEW YORK. Nov 1O--Three persons
were overcome by smoke and forty per
sons were routed out OF their beds and
turned into the streets. many Of them
only in their night clothing. by a fire
which broke out at 2.40 O'Clock this
morning in boarding house at 3SS St
Nicholas Avenue.
The boarding house was one OF Naverai
il row OF FOUR story brown stone
buildings.
The boarders I'm all OF the houses took
alarm and made haste 70 escape. The
origin Of the f=e is not known. The
building vas badly damaged.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-10
CANNON PREFERRED BY
NEWSPAPER EDITORS
Their Choice in Race for the
Speakership.

CHICAGO, Nov. 10---A local newspaper
has made d canvass by telegraph OF the
views and preferences Of the newspaper
editors on the Spaakership contest.
OF the ninety editors who replied.
eighty declared straight for Cannon.
Three Of them favored Babcock. TWO on
account OF his :ari1 views, and one be-
cause Babcock formerly lived in his
town
Cannon was the second choice Of these
men Five editors inclined to favor
Hepburn. Of iowa. if he should aspire TO
the office. and declared Cannon as their
choice Four are IN doubt, ore in
clining strongly to Cannon. while two
Wavered between Cannon and Babcock.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-10
PRESENT FOR PRESIDENT DOYLE

The members Of the Potomac Boat
Club on Saturday presented President
John Had!ey Doyle and Charles Bake
with handsome gold fobs. The presents
are facsimiles Of the fob medals pre-
sented as prizes q" winners in the re-
cent Potomac River regatta Mr.. DOYLE
received his as a token O. esteem and
Tor valuable services in making a sue
cess OF the regatta. and Bakers present
came as reward for coaching the clubs
crews. After the formal presentations.
which came as surprises 10 the recin-
tents, the members enjoyed a generous
supper Of refreshments
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-10
KING OF BELGIUM SAID
TO BE MENTALLY UNSOUND

VIENNA. Nov. lo.-The "MontaEs lei
tung'' says there is rumor thai King
Leopold. o! Belgium. is suffering from
mental alteration. This has possibly
led 10 the extraordinary decision that
the Count Of Flanders. the heir "a the
throne. should be summoned 70 return
to Brussels az once.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-10
GEORGETOWN COUNCIL ELECTION

At a large and enthusiastic meeting OF
Georgetown Council. National Union.
held Friday evening. J. A. Phillips was
elected treasurer TO III out the uneX-
piTed term OF ". l. Adams. Following
the business session refreshments were
served. and addresses made by ex-Presi-
dent OF Cabinet Ford ard others