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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30

county and ward from which he had
removed. and the registration books
containing sdch record shall be evil
dence in court against the applicant
in case of prosecution for fraudulent
registration
Every applicant for registration
sL.all take an oath Cor affirm that
he will support the Constitution of
the United States and of the State
Of North Carolina, not inconsistent
herewith; that he has been a resi-
dent of the State of North Carolina
for two years, of the county for six
months and Of the township, pre-
cinct or ward for four months; that
he is twenty-Cnc years of age and
has not registered in any other
township, precinct or ward. If with
in the six months he has been a res
ident Of some other county, from
which he has removed, or of some
other county, from which he has re-
moved, or of some other precinct or
ward, within the four months, he
must state that fact in his oath.
Persons not eligible to register
and vote are those liable to poll tax,
and not lawfully exempted, who fail
ed to pay the tax by the first day of
May preceding the election. The
sheriff of the county or tax collector
is required by law to give a receipt
for the taxes paid, which the appli-
can't may be required to produce, but
in the event it be lost, or misplaced
and cannot be procured, he may
make affidavit that he had paid the
tax on the time agreed by law, such
oath to bear date of the day of cleo
ton. Upon the strength of this the
judges and registrars may allow
such person to register and vote. But
if not satisfied with the oath the
judges and registrar may require
further evidence hat the poll tax
has been paid.
The following classes of persons
cannot register or vote: Persons
under t~wenty-one years of age; idi-
OTIS and lunatics; persons who have
been Convicted or confessed their
guilt in open court, upon indict-
ment, of any crime, the punishment
of which is now, or may hereafter be
Imprisonment in the States Prison,
unless such person shall have been
restored to citizenship in the man
ner prescribed by law.
This is the sum and substance in
brief of the election law as it APP
plies to registration under which the
next and subsequent elections will
be held in this State.-Wilmington
Star.
IN
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30

The many friends of Greensboro
Female College throughout the
State will be gratifed to learn that
this excellent institution has had a
fine opening for the fall term, with
bright prospects for a prosperous
year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30

HOW ARE ALL AT HOME? Buv
a bottle of Painkiller to-day and you
will be~insured against cholera NOR
bus, diarrhOea and kindred troubles.
The old reliable Perry Davis Pain
killer is sold by all dealers. 25c. and
SOC. bottles.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30
AN ENTIRELY NEW REGISTRA-
TON FOR ALL VOTERS.

Suffrage Qualifications and the New
Election Law.
Under the election law passed by
the last Legislature there must be an
entirely new registration for the
election for State, county and town
ship officers, for members of the
Legislature and for Congressman, to
be voted for at the election which
takes place on the Tuesday after the
first Monday in November next,
which will be the fourth day of the
month.
The law requires that the regis
trars shall open their books for reg
istering voters twenty days before
the Saturday preceding the election,
and keep them open every day (Sun-
days excepted) between the hours of
8 o'clock a. m. and sunset. On the
Saturday preceding the election the
registrars are required to have the
books at the polling place in their
township or ward, where they shall
be open to inspection, and objection
may be made to any name that may
have been unduly entered. In such
case the name objected to shall be
marked challenged" and the regis
trar shall appoint a time and place
before the day of election when he,
together with the judges of election,
shall hear and decide such objec-
tions, after giving personal notice,
if he can be found, to the person OBJ
Jected to. If the person challenged
cannot be found, then such notice
may be left at his place of residence,
which will be sufficient. If the per-
son so challenged be found not duly
qualified, the registrar shall erase
his name from the books. The law
provides, however, that nothing in
this section shall prohibit an cleo
tor from challenging or Directing to
the name of any persons registered
or offering to register at any other
time than specified in this clause.
Under the amended Constitution,
which applies to this election, the
person offering to register must be
able to read and write any section of
the Constitution of North Carolina
In the English language, but no male
person who was on January 1, 1867,
or at any time prior thereto, entitled
to vote under the laws of any State
of the United States, where he then
resided, and no lineal descendant of
any such person shall be denied the
right to register and vote at any
election in the State because of his
failure to possess the educational
qualification. If there be any doubt
as 70 the qualifications of the person
offering to register the registrar
may require other evidence satisfac-
tory to him as to the qualifications
of the APPLICANT.
In all cases the applicant shall be
sworn before registering, and his
race, name, age, place of birth, and.
In case of removal, the township,
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-12

The use of mouse traps at the City
Hall has practically been abolished
since the recent discovery that one of
the assistant clerks Of the Supreme
Court of the District Of Columbia is,
to all intents and purposes, human
ferret. This talented young man Is an
adept at retarding the earthly career Of
meandering rodents, and his process
Of determination Is a novel one. AL
though his home Is in the suburbs, he
wends his way to the Court House each
week day morning long before the hour
for the opening Of the Clerks Office.
Quietly entering the latter, he seldom
fails to locate several mice at play.
Selling a heavy book which is kept
for the purpose, the enterprising clerk
deftly tosses it. The result Is always
very disastrous to the little fellows
on the floor.
The admiring friends of the DEATH
dealing clerk declare that he has be-
come so proficient in the art of book
throwing that he can regulate the eff
feet Of the same to the extent of merely,
stunning the mice Or killing them out
right, As he may elect.-Washingto
Star
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-12
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Carl Schurz has just celebrated his
seventy-third birthday.
The King of Greece habitually speaks
English, using Greek only when neces-
sary.
President Roosevelt's visit in Garrett
County, Nd, will begin April 1S, and
he will fish for trout at Delawders.
The Duke of Devonshire, on behalf
of the Liberal -Unionists, has repudi-
ated the leadership of Lord Rosebery.
Former Governor Hogg, Of Texas,
has cmphatically declined to wear knee
breeches to attend King Edwards
levee.
The Car OF Russia has sent 10000
roublos for the relief of the victims OF
the recent earthquakes at Shamalla,
TransCaucasia.
Andrew Carnegie has offered gold
medal to the American telegrapher do
ing the speediest work in the coming
tournament at Atlanta, Ga.
Vassili Verestchagin, the Russian
of battle scenes, has arrived in Cuba
to paint picture of the battle of San
Juan for President Roosevelt.
Colonel Picquart has been victorious
in his suit for the restoration Of the
papers belonging to him that We're
seized at the time of the Dreyfus affair.
Prince Henry is an invetcrate cigar
cite smoker. Many of his presents
to Washington people We're cigarette
cases, some of gold and some Of gun
metal and silver.
Professor Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve,
of Johns Hopkins University, has had
presented to him by his former pupils
volume of original work done by
them during his professorship at the
University of Virginia and at Johns
Hopkins.
Emperor William and the Empress
have celebrated the anniversary OF
their wedding by a dinner, at which
Count Won Bulow the Imperial Chan
cellor and other members of the Cali
met were present
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-12
LABOR WORLD.

The strike of the diamond polishers
in Amsterdam, Holland, is still on.
The city government of De Soto, Mo-,
has agreed to hire none but union
men.
The elevator boys of Boston have
organized, and start off with member
ship of eighty-five.
Labor organizations of Cincinnati,
Ohio, have increased from fifty-five to
eighty-one during the year.
Boston printers are willing to work
for S1S a week in book and job offices
if an eight-hour day is granted.
Journeymen bakers of Boston find
a friendly feeling among employers
toward granting them an eight-hour
day.
Five thousand ship and iron work
ers have now been on strike in San
Francisco for over seven months for u
nine-hour day.
All city work in Cincinnati, Ohio, is
now done on the nine-hour basis, and
cigarmakers have gained the nine-hour
day without strike.
Mill and laundry workers, of Okla
homa City, Okla, are organizing and
holding open-air meetings for the ben
eft of the union label.
The general condition of labor in Flor
ida is good, and a large increase of
membership among the trade unions
is reported by the Organizer of the
Federation. There is not single
strike or lockout in the State.
The general condition of labor is
dull in Montana, particularly among
the lumbermcl. All of the other crafts
are well organized and about 1900
workers in Western Montana have re-
ceived an increase of twenty-five cents
per day.
Tom Cooper, the circuit champion of
the United States in 1900, but who
seemed unable to make good against
Taylor and Kramer last year, has
taken to coal mining and in a practical
way. He is part owner in n mine
near Montrose, Cal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-12
WORDS OF WISDOM.

A fad is a tag on a fool
Grit turns defeat into victory.
Ideals are more potent than prizes.
A white life does not come from a
black heart.
Blessed is the man whom misfortunes
do not sour.
Reverence what is above, but despise.
not what is beneath.
Better to be purified with fire than
at peace with alloy.
Contentment gives a crown where
fortune has denied it.
The deyouring flame of sin Is at
first only welcome warmth.
Sometimes a man finds that the pull
he expected to get catches him in the
neck.
Many of the jewels in the diadem OF
friendship are after all very small, yet
very precious.
Opportunity is like the tide. If one
loses its flood, he must expect to strug-
gle twice as hard to overcome its ebb.
Pleasure is predlcated of anything
that pleases and gratifes the senses,
but joy comes from the highest de-
lights Of the spirit.
Peculiar mercies should receive Pc
culiar acknowledgment. Every morn
ing's comforts should draw forth every
mornings praise. Every evenings
mercies should excite every evenings
gratitude. Every day should be
thanksgiving day. Our whole life should
be life of praise.-Rams Horn.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-12
salltno over Mountain Rance.

Modern exploration of the ocean
bottom has shown that the sea has
It's mountains as well as the land.
even including those that are of vol
canic character. Ships sail over
these mountains of the sea as eagles
pass above the Alps, but owing tc the
darkness that reigns in the ocean
depths, we cannot look down and see
their peaks, slopes and ranges lying
far beneath the keels Of our vessels
But we can discover them by feeling
as it were; that is to say, by means of
soundings that reveal their outlines.
One of the remarkable chains of sub
marine mountains discovered in this
manner lies about 100 miles east of
the coast of Australia. 1t was found
In surveying a track for a cable to
Norfolk island. The sea over the
tops of its highest SUBMITS is about
1,500 feet deep but around them the
plummet sinks to a depth of two or
three miles.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-12

"Daniel Jephson, one Of the old-time,
eminent men of New Manchester"
would arrive at 10 a. M. on the fast
mail train from Cappville and the
West. 1t took the train nearly twenty
four hours to get into fix to whistle
for New Manchester, and by that time
the old fellow was getting nervous
about the speech he meant to make
when he skipped off the train into the
arms of the enthusiastic populace.
''Do you think I'll have to make q
speech, too?" asked young Daniel,
when the train began to slow down.
Speech! Your laughed the father,
''why, Dan, they won't even notice
you. Just remember, son, that while
you may be a big man out West, you
got to stand aside for me In New Man
chester"
And the good old soul, cheered and
inflated with the prospect OF meeting
Il hundred OF his old friends and admir-
ers, laughed again at the crestfallen
discontinue OF his boy.
At last the train slowed down for
New Manchester, the old fellow put on
the gayest manner he had worn for
years and growled at the porter rs he
had not done within the memory of the
son.
81 don't see the band" he murmured,
cranlng his neck as the porter strug-
gled with the vestibule door. Guess
it's up to How's Opery House waiting
for u.s."
And so they swung off the car, stood
alone-all alone ON the platform-and
looked about. There was no band, no
crowd, no cheers, no welcome. The
station agent was conlms back from
the express car, and New Manchester
was seeming very small and squalid
to the younger Jephson, when the old
man stopped the agent. waited for the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-12

Old Jephson was one of those proud,
sensitive, bright old men who didn't
quite understand why he wasn't
abreast of the procession. Young
Jephson, his only boy, was a "big
man. in the town, a power In county
politics, and what the knowing ones
called "a conner" The old man couldn't
understand it. In spite Of his overmas-
tering love for Daniel, he was quite
had been much smarter person than
was Daniel junior. But he overlooked
the fact that he had been born and
bred IN New England while his boy
was a native Illinoisan and Of the
West western.
When Dan was elected Mayor of
Cappville the old man laughed, and to
himself said, "Pooh, pooh" Then, for
the purpose Of impressing the boy"
who was thirty-seven years old, he be-
gan to tell about how popular he had
been in the old days back in New Man
chester.
"Of course, I never held Office" old
Jephson would explain, "but that was
my way. was recognized, loved and
respected by all classes of people," 0he
population of New Manchester never
got above 2000), "and when the new
Improvement bill come up for two
bridges and four blocks q sidewalk,
why, every taxpayer in town asked me
what thot about it. 1 was a sort O.
power behind the throne, 1 tell you,
and 1 bet could go back to New Man
chester right now and get any office
within the gift O. the people. They all
know old Daniel Jephson. Everybody
knows me in New Manchester, and I'll
tell you, Dan, you may think it's some
thing big to be Mayor O. Cappville, but
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-12
why Butter is Bitter.

There is always more or less com
plant in winter about bitter butter
and wonder is expressed why it should
be so.
Butter very easily gets "of flavor.
and one principal cause is q want oil
proper cleanliness In the stables when
the milk is being drawn.
The rank odors and filth of q stable
very easily infect milk with taint
which remains with 1t until 1t comes
to the churn, and then a peculiar taste
is transferred to the butter; no amount
of rinsing and washing can remove it.
The secret lies in not allowing the
filth to fall into the pail, and in giving
the stables proper ventilation and thor.
ough daily cleaning.
If a sufficient amount of good bed.
ding Is given the cows 1t will largely
obviate the necessity of cleaning their
udders at each milking in order to pre-.
vent the filth from coming In contact
with the milk.
This may seem small matter, but
when the butter goes to market the ex.
act difference between pure and i'm.
pure flavors in 1t will make the differ.
ence In prices that are offered.-The
Dairyman.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-12
at this minute you amt near as big
power here as 1 was down home"

at this minute you amt near as big a
power here as l was down home"
Old Daniel delivered this kind of a
1t himself. Young Dan would listen
smiling to the old tales and say:
"Well, dad, as soon as l can get my
business affairs Strengthened out We'll
go, you and me, back to New Manches-
ter for visit"
Then the old fellow would puff up
and say: "Daniel, you'll open your eyes
when you see the way them people at
New Manchester will open up for mo.
o. course, | wouldn't bet on it, but
honestly believe they'll get out the sill
yer cornet band when me and you get
to town. Oh, I'm not eXaggerating.
Every man, woman and child in New
Manchester knows me. Why, for four
years | was known and recognized as
the best speller in the county-whJ'. I
spelled down the two schoolteachers,
and l remember we'll"
And then the old fellow would ram
Bile off into vague, long yarn about
his victories as debater at the liter
ary," about his powers as an "argue-
flyer" and about his wide acquaintance
"back home" that made young Dan
smile with pride and admiration.
'And as for fighting" the old fellow
would say, swelling his chest, "why,
there wasn't bully in town but what
was scared o me. And, mark ye, l
wasn't a quarrelsome person. Daniel.
You know how 1 love peace, out just
the same l had to fight my way, and
let's see-I think had abouc hundred
and seventeen pitched fights before ii
was admitted on all sides tnat 1 was
easy the best young fellow in town.
don't think l had an enemy or a rival
for eloquence. But it was the argu-
ments where 1 showed up good. Why,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-12

when Cal Jinkins, the Boston lawyer,
come down to New Manchester and
had long pieces about himself put In
the Gazette, l challenged him to debate
the forty-ninth amendment and every
body said that he never made no show
at all again me. Lord! how did hate
that man Jinkins. / guess he's dead
now, but oh, Lord, what q show made
O. him before got done. Why, Dan
lei, licked him in debate and l licked
him IN fight, and before I'd got done
with him they wasn't self-respecting
citizen In New Manchester would
speak to him.
It was in December that they got
started. The village band and the
Cappville Marching Club escorted
Mayor Jephson and his father to the
depot. There were cheers for the
young man as the train pulled out, and
the old man, leaning on his sons arm
could not forbear a gentle pressure as
he whispered:
Gust wait, Daniel, till we get to
New Manchester. I bet four bits the
Hawkinses, the Doleses, the Fittses
and all the best, old families O New
Manchester'll be down to the deepo ii
they know I'm coming. I wouldn't be
surprised-by ging, I'll bet old jim
kinsll be thar. He don't like me none
too well-Lord, how put it over him
in that last spelling bee-but by ging,
I'll bet If old Jinl.ins knows I'm coming
he'll let bygones be bygones and come
down to the deepo, and he'll give me
the right royal hand O welcome. That's
bwhat he'll do. That's what they'll al
do when they know Daniel Jephson is
coming back for visit"
So young Daniel sent ahead a tele-
gram to the Gazette announcing that
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-12
South Africa's Fruit and Climate.

The seasons in South Africa ore
nearly reversed as compared with
those OF England, spring commencing
in August, summer in November anC
autumn in March, and June and July
are as rule very cool. The climate
is beautiful About thirty miles from
Cape Town the train passes through
the heart Of the great Drakensteir
vineyards, the home Of the old French
refugees. The Paarl, Wellington, Stel
lenbosch are Ideal villages. The orch
ards are magnificent, and the fruit pro
duced simply glorious. But the
peaches, aprlcots, nectarines, figs
grapes, loquats, oranges, lemons, shad
docks, apples and pears are brought tt
perfection there. Fifty miles more ant
the tourist is In the great fruit-pro
ducing districts of Tulbagh and Ceres
where there is room for all the fruit
growers In the British Isles to settle
down.--London Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-12
No Teaching About Her "Stumick. ="

The disadvantages the social worker
has to overcome in diffuslng scientific
knowledge among the less enlightened
are well illustrated by an incident
which recently happened in one of the
east side settlements. After much diff
Guilty and considerable explanation,
class in physiology had been started.
The parents of the children who at
tended the settlement classes regarded
the new class with considera BILE suspi-
cion and doubt. But for some time, by
skillful avoidance of dangerous ground
the class work was carried ou success
fully. At la>t the functions Of the
stomach were considered.
The day after the first lesson on the
stomach one Of the little girls brought
letter to the teacher This letter,
which bore the marks Of iabored and
strenuous composition, was as follows.
Dear Teacher: Pleas don't teach.
Lizer eny more about the stuffins of
her stumick, 1t ain't necessary, besides
Its rude."-New York Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-12
WHERE RICH MEN ARE RARE.
Japan Has Few Milllonaires Now bu'
There VIII Be More.

There VIII Be More.
The Jill Shimpo has made curious
census Of the rich men OF Japan. Ihe
object of its investigations was to as
certain how many persons there are IN
the Empire possessed of a fortune ol
500, 900 yen, which is equal to S2oo,ooo.
says Japan and America. The totai
number Of these quarter-milllonalres ls
Al. third of the number reside
in Toxic, and the great majority are
found, of course, In the capital and the
progressive cities of Osaka, Koto, Kobe
and Yokohama. The result shows that
there are ten rich men in the united
States to one rich man in Japan, even
when 81 ,000,0 900 is accepted as a stand
ard in the United States and $2oo'ooo
in the Japanese Empire. The proper
ton, however, is not SO much against
Japan as may at first appear. The rich
men of the latter country, even the
bankers and the financiers, have their
largest holdings in lands. They have
not yet specialized the business Oh
money making as it has been in this
country, and therefore the basis OF
fortunes is more stable.
Again, it is estimated that 81 in
Japan is equal, in the amount it will
purchase of comfort and luxury, to
81 OF So in the United States. With
this consideration in view, it will be
seen that the apparently small fortunes
of the Japanese weather. classes are
really much larger than they seem.
The period Of business and Industrial
development has just begun, and for
tunes are being made more rapidly now
than they were ten, or even five, years
ago. This is shown by the tremendous
growth of the Japanese shipbuilding
industry, and in the accumulated for
tunes OF many financiers of Toxic and
Yokohama. 1t Is conceivable that an
other decade may see Toxic the great
financial metropolis of the East. as
London is of Europe, and New York is
of the American continent. Japans
day has just dawned, and it is idle
to contrast the beginnings of her ac-
cumulations of wealth with the results
Of acquisitions In this country and in
Europe.