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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-18
LIVE STOCK, CROP, ETC

In Woodford, corn is selling at So. %
delivered.
The Cynthiana Log Cabin notes
the sale of a pair of extra mules at
$3.50.
In Scott, J. E. White bought fifty
one head of 1900 pound cattle at $4.15
per hundred
The total acreage of winter wheat
s0wn in K-ntucky is 1924. and OF
winter rye, 1919.
m. H. Bedford, of Austerlitz, has
sold his crop of tobacco. about $4,000
pounds, to a Winchester party, at IL
cents straight. s.a4
AT Cynthiana, Clarence Lebus sold
to Simon We'll, rs head of export cattle,
averaging about 400 pounds. at $40
per hundred. ~
In Versailles, Woodford county,
KY, recently. Mr.. Hardin Field sold g
pair of four-year- old mules to Mr.. Thos.
f. Dunlap for 1915.
In England deep ploughing has
doubled the yield of wheat oats and
other crops. Steam plows are used and
they go to a depth Of twenty inches.
Lehman, of Baltimore, shipped IS
cars of cattle from Paris, yesterday i
Five came from Lexington and three
from Mulr's. Five cars from j. E. Clay
averaged 1887 pounds.
Good crops of tobacco are bringing
10 and IL cts. per pound in Harrison.
Most of the growers seem to be holding
their crops on contracts with the
Growers Association, which, it is
claimed, will take all crops contracted
for.
There has been less tobacco stripped
in this county up to this time than in
any season for years. The continued
drouth and the cold weather for the
past two weeks is responsible for it.
Last year great deal of tobacco was
sold and delivered in November. Win
chester Democrat.
George Clayton. of Hutchinson,
made recent sales of Poland Chinas, as
follows: male to S. z. Nichols; to
| VIM. Meter. of this county; 2 yearling
sows (bred) to Lincoln county party;
gilt to Lincoln county party; 1 gilt to
Georgia party; male to Tennessee
party; ID cattle shoats to a Tennessee
party; IA cattle shoats to Robt Meter;
90 cattle shoats to Hibler Bros.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-18
Auction Saturday.

I will have an auction of groceries
again Saturday at my store, corner Sec
ond and Main. This will be your last
chance to buy groceries at your own
price this year.
l5-2t J. r. ADAIR.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-18
Notice to Stockholders

There will be meeting of the stock
holders of the Paris Electric Light Co.,
at their office, on Saturday, January
9, 1904, for the election of directors for
the ensuing year.
r. P. DOW, President.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-18

Goals THAT BURN. -Bigstaff Camel,
Black Raven, North and South Jellico.
(1Odtf) STARKE e Co.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-18

CANDY BoxEs.-Ihave the largest and
best line of candy boxes in the city,
ranging from ID pound up.
2t J. E. CRAVEN.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-18

BASKETS of fruit and Lowney's Candy
for vour Xmas. presents at MCGurk's,
Lexington, KY. 11-3t-pd
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-18

SAYl-Talk to T. Porter Smith about
the insurance. Q3nv-tf)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-18

COLD WAVE COMING. Telephone 267
before you get cold.
STARKE Coal Co.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-18

Just Received three cars Cross Creel
Lehigh Anthracite Coal.
E. f. SPEARS & Sons.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-18
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What MITCHELL Says.

DON'T FORGET
My Candy Pudding at 25c ID.
Ny fine line of Home Made
Candy, 25c Id. so.
My fine Venetian Chocolates
at 4oc ID.
My Super-fine Laparaphite
Bonbons in fancy boxes at Csc.
Best ever brought here.
Call at my store; take a look
at the best and handsomest line
of fine eating candy in the city.
We guarantee everything we
sell. "a
Yours Truly,
c. B. MITCHELL.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-18

CoAL.-Try our Black Raven Coal
(1Odtf) STARKE g Co.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-18

PAY CAR.-The pay car on the L &
N. road was here Wednesday, and left
the Christmas money with its emyloys1s
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-12-18

CHAIRS. Make your husband COM
Portable when he comes home, by hav-
ing one of those Morris chairs l am
selling, ready for him. The very best
present you can give a gentleman is a
Morris chair.
u H1NrrON
New-York tribune., 1903-03-09
ROYAL Billie LIME

FOR BAITIMORF. AND WASHINGTON-tse 9.
40 20 III 80 a 'I-"tl Is A.. =. 40. 100 r NJ
"I2l5
any sSuuay only. tParl9r ca-s only Via IdIna7us-
Oftas Tih"-t~ 81 Ferry. South Fcr-v. Astor Hrua-.
E-rafVay H. I-h = = JFr-T
ra Si, " ~ F,4er 1osfF OF I2I'H
C-iIur7r1fs Ave- Y rk. court s. 2f4- sr0 Futon
g TS~roL ,vr. Frrf.INav. WiI7r0-h..-- New YN-<
ar-fcr - ard chS~As haecaS" = tNs7at!-a-
u =. T,r--T.F-T. q. " Fr-PT.
wee Prcsidarf CenI Ma-aEo- Gs-s-. Tt-s'c AS--'.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-09
5nrroqates' y otlres.

IN PURSUANCE OF AN ORDER OF HON.
= Frank T. Fitzgerald Surrogate Of the County of
York is hereby all persons having
claims against Dephine NJ P. Read, late Of the County
Of the with vouchers
thereof subscribers their place OF transactng
business No 80 Broadway Borough Of Manhattan, City
of New York. before the eighteenth day Of April
1908. ..oo
UNION TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK.
EMILY NJ r. SPENCER. ADELINE P KIDD.
Executives.
PEcKHAM MILLER & KING, Attorneys for Union
Tr1Jst Comrany Of York so Broadway. Borough
OF Manhattan City OF New FORK.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-09
Railroads
pENNSYLVANIA
RAILRoAD.

STATIONS FOOT OF WEST rwENTT-TII1RD sIKEf'r
AND DESBROSSES AND CORTLANDT s4FhEA0-
~ The leaving time from DesbrOsSeS ana
Cortlnndt Streets is Ave minutes lrter M. t
that given below for Twenty-thifd s'
station. except where otherwise noteo'
TOO A. " FAST MAIL-Limied 70 two cnv PaTiIr Jar
ana bnins car New York 70 PistshuTB Pi,,sbsFk
s55 n FAST PItsOuTT ,7I@6 and G5eveI1n4 Pullman
sIeens smoking 1d and oDssF0n DeFoi
C!nclnnat 1niisnSp"as f,o1isyile St Louis
For Il foao NJ cGAo AND sT h21s and 1dss
s H m hic1Eg s. Logrs Rinf PittsouE
IndanaP@llsi Louisville St. Louis Dining Sar'
o55 r. VI. WESTERN EXPREss.-FOr Chicago. For
z5 p M SaETday RtnE eEsFor CaT PittshurE ard
hGss" Ea@ For Kn9nyis daily via stGrGay
$50 p NJ. CIEvEi-AHD AND cINCIENihpi, .1;i,Ii,, ia
IS,r,E sSD S!sfsl1Pd Thf 2nd
andt S rscs So n0s 81 D Dnr Gs I09 sr 1878
Streets m 9.nS ~ GaT1 10 GILn5itsd Parlor
a?d RTiEs Cars 2 % tDinlng Can "a Int II sundaS
So DINING carr io55 dining MI Il ps5or - opinnf ans
Timing C9rso 3 * dining carr % Dining car) 4o'
s2E oTHErS Si'[R Z Z m aie n5ns Y 70
p m 1Desbroszd5 and cofta4dt Streets. 124o p M
p M daily Fldis dIN spdcid esbrosscs
sEARoARD AIF I1IE; 31T[nwHYEIpress ~ 7 a.? 10
week DAYS Mail. 10 night daily 'seaooatd F'i''a
N6RFoTK tN6 WrsrERS FfsS RAJ! wAY.-FOr Memphis
cIiEsArEAKE OHIO + PRaILWAY,-7.s5 II, a, NJ week
For oi,P FoST '; coMF"Er % Gf and SoRFoLE-7'1 n"
ATLANTIC CTTY.--95T a. and 255 p N. TTse,
sundays. $50 Through Nestihuie1
farlor Cars and Standard Coaches on week
IoT Smoking Car. Parlor Cars. Dining Car anu 0
coaches
LAPE MAT.-l2I5 D. weekdays -, ,,-.-,
For points New Branch talrra1 20 80
West Twenty third Stat1n). S5J a IT. a Ok
- 4'5. and II 25 p. week DAYS IN. o+r.o,.S
IS from nrsbrosses and CortIan6' - 80.
200 a - 20 90 $40 and II 80 p m "eeN-Na'S
sundays ''i For o r. riIiiLaaDELPHIA. / II Z T
g. 10 DcshrosS"S Cortlandt Streets T. ZD - I.'
- s 81. % a. - Penna- LinedJ iolO
snf C0rtardf Streets Dining Car). I3"b IIlr-
ing Can. II - m. 1888 Dining Carr. 153 dOinnE
tsr). - 10 CortIandt Streets IN = %
25 DiaInE Car) 35S 4.25 2S DINING Car) 4oo 'DLn-
ing Car). 55I Dining 30 25. % 3<- p M
12 10 night Sundays. 10. 7.55 Dining Car no cdCh''
p SD ?55 G.imitei). * 10 50 Dining tarl a ~
I?55 Dining Carr. 1a5 Dining Can. a25 Dining GaT,,
100 % dining carr. 4h5 Dining taTl 900 NDii'4s
''ar). . So S -25 S.55 . % 2. IL 10 night
Ticket Offices Nos 1854 Ill and 26l Broadway ~
Fifth Avenue Chelow 2sf St) 2s3 Fifth Avenue urne
Station and stations OF DtSbrosses and ortIan1t
Streets; STREE, $50 Fulton street % BToadway
and Pennsylvania Annex Station. Brooklyn; station
Jersey City The New York Transfer Company VII! call
for and check baggage from hotels and residences
through to destination.
Telephone Eighteenth Street FOR Pennsylvania Rail
road Cab Service
W. ". ATTERFTRT. J. r WOOD
General Manager. Gcnl Passenger Agent
New-York tribune., 1903-03-09
RAL1lMnRE & OHIO RAILROAD

Leave NF.W-NDIyFl CIIF- south tr-.. Il5erty ST
5--i.e-, TF-+sb1IrE NJ
r-tJ~4y,
- m. I.ul.1-
'pl, '<hIrg Limited go = m ~. ? n F'tst
Cincinnati, i--iN mt .l--ldf M
Cincinnati. Louis 'ln, a n -. ~ p r. l-H-
LOUIS. 50 - 2. 700 Pl'gat-
II D..
ROY Al BILL ;. TRAINS
vro,Lt,g-,, H.lro.-... ~. N. Rsvst.
Washington. RaltO-.----' liii' A. IT. iN7e--
a. N.
.."f2--t 'iHb Diner
'.rScr.T r,Ifa' ...... - p r 1t-n-.
Washington. RIit0-.---- 80 p ~ lltrHF.
washington. Fdl-o-.---- 80 ? tfi'.H-
Washington R4lt1------'l To NJ j. nt -leeperA
'0alIy. tDeiIy; except sun 51s- S[ziat's o2.s
OrFces: 1f3. 2Sl. 434 800 E-cfd0dJ. . As,1r lIHiS'
q Jnion square ". Grand street y Y 3+3 Futon
Street BroGkIyu. south Ferry and hsrty Street Bts-
age checked hotel residence 70 destination
New-York tribune., 1903-03-09
Notler of Summons.

S,UPRENIE COURT OF THE STATE OF
- New York N-w York 'ounty-Nlg lgGo DrnWs"1.
TI.frrvIs Bach" Wig and Carl RaCha
iEii g.f,rdI9rs summons ]" u" ah'v' narn''i do
80 ,,f hCr'h summoned
answer me complaint "f THIS ar;'n and To serve
-. - ,,,,,r answer on plaintiffs Attorney within
tnt DAYS after the service ~ this summons exclusive
,,ay ..rIIr,. Ur failure
viii ha taken against hy
'aFtI,Ir for Tho relief demanded in the complaint
M6ERIS t;ITTZIER Plaintiffs Attorney. o'cs and F'~t
,Iei,a Address Ne. III Nassau street. Manhattan.
Now Grk CIIy.
U)af.o1,rts I'arhN Njig and Carl
mo fIr.Soins served ny pub
l,ctTian pursuant order Uf m" Hon. 'hares T.
- court u tho
dated FrhGary 18th. l9tf and hlt
March 1919. " tho
oaira Of the ~ the Of New York at the
Borough Of Manhattan. City
tTrl -
pared New York. March TN. 1913
MORRIS tiINTXLER. Plaintiffs Attorney, Once and FNst
once Address. No. III Nassau street. Manhattan
NpR N.rk
New-York tribune., 1903-03-09
READING SYSTEM

NEW .JERSEN CEN / RAL K X
Liberty Street and south Ferry Gins from Sou,l
Ferry We minutes eaTierJ
EASTON: RETHLEIIEM ALLENTo~N ASn ID
A NJ /. 20. 4.4p 800 q 45 Easton oHly) r NJ sun
5a,I - = 4 " T NJ
W NILkE~BARRE AND CRANToN-ztr ~ 3 ID
LAkEW oOD LAKEHI RST. TONS RIVER AND
R4RNF,tI NT--4 40 A NJ. ! 20 g a.. . 10 I>9ia
VI am IakaHu-st c7yr. 800 tx5cO LaksSCod o1lyD
? NJ Sundays. 1000 A NJ
XINFIASD AND BRIDGETON-+z4 10 \. n. II 20
I0SG; RRANCH. ASBIRY PARK. 0CEAS
A. 4 T. n
c,T19avs exrapt Ocean Grove 8 100 A NJ 4 90 ? NJ
p1IIT GnF.IPHIA fEFADESCT TERMINAL -
- 90 zs - % 90 +InGo. +II.OO A. RI +f2Gh. s1fos
e. m - 90 ~ ~ M. 500 IS 90 +T@0 500 7. NJ
u MI ------. .,,- - -. ,,.-.
.1f 90 a NJ 100 :'G.4p. 300. 100. 70 . ?. N.
pEHIn1%C; HNRRISBTRG. POTTSyILIE AND
NIIIIANSPORT- . "n. n - $500 !Ir9l0 lioGN-
90 RsaIinE CHIvn. g. 81 % 10 - - P NJ
Pea4rg Po;tsyi.s ard Harrisburg oHIy Is o. IS -
NJ.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-09

A ADVERTISEMENTS and subscriptions for The Tribune
~ received at their Uptown Once.
No 1854 BROADWAY.
Advertisements will be received following branch
offices at regular Office until o'clock p. viz
25l Sth-aVe g e cor. 23d-st-: 1j:s 6th-avc.. cor.
lath-st.; 92 East 11th-st.: 257 West 42d-st. be-
tween eth and Stt aves.; 26;S West 120th-st1 1,S3S
:,d-ayc between roth sts-; 1,O2S :Sd-RTe.,
near 6st-st: .7OS 1st-nNe., sathst: 49, East
I35th-st.; 506 TremoHt-avc.: $50 :Sd-nvc., near
AS, 81 554 :,d-avc.: 21O BIeecker-st.i 325
p,eccLcr-st, RroOI<iyn, \. Y.-2I6 Court-st.;
,i5 Smith-<t.; ,OOf (intes-aNc. Newarl&, n j.
rat Rroad-Ht Also a \ n T Offices
New-York tribune., 1903-03-09

Lackawanna Railroad.
Leave York foot Barclay sni C-hrs+0Thsr sta
IS 90 A. M.-FCr BinEhamton and syracuse
Si0 90 A M.-For BURao. Chicago and S. LoulA
Sl 40 P. M.-For Buffalo and Chicago
P. M.-For Scranton and Plymouth
SS 10 p N-FOr Buffalo and Chicago
P. M-Utica OsweEo. Ithaca Buffalo
- 90 A M-FOr ChiCaEn-SeeFers open . P
Tickets lib. 429 i1N3 Rroafwav y. z: SIS FClto5
St. BrookIyn n "DaIsy- 4EIcspt sunday
New-York tribune., 1903-03-09
AaanriaL.
financiaI.

Brooklyn Trust Company.
CHARTERED 1885,
BEDFORD BRANCH,
FULTON STREET AND BEDFORD AVENUE.
Will Open To-day.
Undivided Profits December I872O9I5
The growth city, and the
connodon of the public have led establish Branch Bed
ford Avenue and Fulton
We propose adopt the conservative methods have followed
the main Office giving polite and careful attention dposo and
clients.
We solicit deposits the residents of the district and will
pay upon deposits which be made subject check
certificates of deposit.
We invite of this Company, showing its
strength its capital include $OOOOOO T. S. Government
bonds aggregate nearly Million ($17OOOOOO Dollars
We transact all branches Of modern Trust Company business
TRUSTEES
Thomas T. Barr, Theodore F Miller, President
PrcSden Nassau Nat1B Bank
Samuel W. Boock, Banker Of Ogden Brook
Chauncey, ]
Mechanics Bank. Charles Pratt
IlanN n. Dykman, Counsel. Oil
fLocer& Ex7Judge City Brooklyn
Of BROOKLYN Daily Eagle Ez-NIyor Of Brooklyn
Vice Pres First Natl Bank n. Y. J.. :. Walbrdge & Co.
"64AN on Ies saAn AShIe Bros Asndr nd NJ NJ Wbte Jr
FrankLy MssrsMo White
William H. C. D. Wood
l. Chairman of Erecutre Conn.,
OFFICERS.
Theodore T. President
Frdric c olon, Ticc President.
Stanley ". Secretary
Frank j.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-09
A DVEFTIsEMENTs and supssriptiOns for The Troun'
n at Their Uptown Once
BROADWAY.

Aaver,ISemenrS " the following branch
Will received at the following orAnch
orire, al regular Office until o'clock .. n VIZ;
OK >. 23d-st 1913 OHn-9Se.' COZ
13tS At fC1 East I4th-aG.I 2S7 Weet @2d-St pc,
iween TN and aves.: 2U3 West 12Sth.st! 1.33S
aJeye between 18th and nth 1.O2o 3d-9Te.s
r"tr glr st I,7OS IHtave.. near Sfth-st lb1 Ea.t
Tr~mOnt-uVe.I "a 600 id-aSe near
4Ist st. :.4 3d-nNe.. 2IO Blcecke r-Ht.I SD
IIeecLer-At. BrOO&lyn. y. fs-216 COurg-st.i
!n!s eSmIfh-st, I,OO4 (iatea-aVe. Newark, ". J.
.101 Rroad.st. Also at 4. D. 7. OMEGA
New-York tribune., 1903-03-09
5urroeatcs Notlres-
popI .fARTF5A AIN PURSUANCE OF

"A o., order Of Hon. T Fitzgerald surrosafG
- Coi,nv of New York. Notice is hereby given 70
persons having against Martha A H., me
the orfy 81 New York. deceased. to preset tne sa
with vouchers thereof TO the subscriber al ms ms p ~
New street IN Inc ~4t9 "a
Ssun Hort on or before the 23rd day Of May. next,
Dated New York 18th day of NoIeIIoeT. -+or
WILLIAM F. NlsSf3tIr EGeCuC
xvARTs TRACY & SHERMAN: Attorneys ior IAeou'o''
So Wall Street. New York CltS-
New-York tribune., 1903-03-09
VIRGINIA.
WORG0ElOA MOT 8PR0MG9o

600 FEET ELEvATIoN-oPEN ALL THE TEAR
Incompatible Spring. Summer and Fall Climate
Magnificent Mountain Surroundings.
NEW 1voMESTEAD AND COTT TES.
Patronage highest class Long distance 'phons
g., each room Brokers Office direct N Y. wire.
Most curative waters known rheumatism gout obesity
and nervous troubles. baths from natural flowing hot
water New
rooms tables etc Holf ana ali outdoor
pastines. Frst-cass livery.
Pullman Compartment Car on Chesapeake & Ohio F. F.
V Limited leaving New York ass P. NJ. Excursion
ticket. at C. O. office 362 Broadway. and Offices Penna-
R r Address FRED sTERRY. Mgr. Hot Springs. Va.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-09
Business Opportunities

DI-sISESS OPPORTUNITY---At a hourhhing railroad
Is station along the line Of the ontario ana western
general stock ani goodwill
controls business several neghboring villages viii sell
all and goodwill and rent rea estatS ICka
.. LYONS. NoatlcsllN y. Xa
New-York tribune., 1903-03-09
IN PURSUANCE OF AN ORDER OF HON

Frank 7. Fitzgerald Surrogate OF ,ne ~ yi-1
notice is to all persons
ris;rn, against Louis Neuman late OF the county od
present the same Win NoucileIs
the-eo< 10 the subscribers their place or
sac Pearl Street. the City OF New 1oIA
on oy before the 10Th day Of May next ,ooo
T,a,e6 Seu, York the 22nd day Il NovernbNr. iSI-
WILLIAM G. EEUMAN. LOUIS E NECMAN' 'F
,ot5S PsN.yEs Attorney cor Executors. I54 Nassau
New ork
New-York tribune., 1903-03-09
MARLBOROUGH HOUS

Stone Iron and Slate Construction Atlantic City >
newest hotel. in all baths. Telephones In
Valet service and other modern hotel con-
~ ~ JOSIAH WHITE & SONS.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-09

Frank T Fitzgerald. Surrogate OF the Couny h.yne
New Tork hereby given 20 all persons Of
claims again Sophie E. knton. late OF the Counx
New York prssent the same Win 6usi
TO place OF an
naeG No a2 Nassau street Borough Of AanhattSnn. ~
the City Of New York or before ihe lstn Gay u
,ooo
Dated York day Of septennsr' C,,o, ISoH
GEORGE v. n. BALDWIN, E4ecuIor"
CHARLES MAI ATTORNEY for Executor r-.v NJ
Nassau street, BorUGGn Of @~AnnAD' NJ" -
New-York tribune., 1903-03-09
~ TM[E GGOlEJlG1URgT IT,
THE GARDEN HOTEL.
OPENS MARCH 14TH.

AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLANS
Tho only hotel City employing white service
throughout
w FINCH Prom II J. PEARSON Mgr.
Personal representative Hotel NcthcrIand.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-09
IN PURSUANCE OF AN ORDER OF HON
CAMPBELL sARAH-1N PURSUANCE OF

" an ord, ~ Hon Abner c. Thomas. a Surrogate OF
County Of NeS York notice is hereby gwen 70 ~
perkons having claims ageins: Sarah Csmpbei late o
County of York deceased to present US ar:
vouchers the subscriber.
transacting business at the once OF J. Msnhat,sn
her Broadway. Borough OF
IN ths caty OF Eew York. on or before me i0'H O' "
Dated New York the I'd day Of January: 1908
CHARLOTTE s. YOUNG Admnls,rHSiA iss
BrosdHav Borough OF Manhattan. New York C1ty.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-09

TTADDON HALL Atlantic City, N. J, A high class
i refined families. Open all year. LEEDS
& LIPPISCOTT. Proprtetors.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-11

Marcus M. Marks tells the story Of
his four-year-old boy who, noticing
for the first time a lock of gray hair
ON his fathers head, asked:
"Papa, why are some of your hairs
gray2"
Thinking to drive home a moral
lesson, the father answered: "Papa
gets a gray hair every time his little
boy is naughty"
The child seemed lost in thought,
but after a short pause said, ~naively:
"Well, then, grandpapa must have
had awful naughty boys"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-11
Negro Life and-character During and
After Slavery.
CONTINUED from last week.
of The Progressive Farmer:

treats of the negro in the early
stages of his slavery in North Caro-
lima. We will now speak of him IN
the period from 1900 to his emancl-
patton. These were the halcyon days
of slavery, and I may safely say that
no savage race in the history of the
world ever made more rapid advance
ment in civilization, nor were moro
heather brought under the benign
influence of the gospel by all the
foreign missionaries of that period.
We do not claim that all that were
brought within the pale of the
church were consistent members,
but they would certainly compare
f~avorably with the converts of the
missionaries in heather fields of la
Dor.
DR.. Philips, of EdgecOmbe, en-
ployed Miss Sarah Ball, of Boston,
as a governess. Her father was per-
haps the first missionary from the
United States to China; he accom
panied his daughter to North Caro-
lima and remained a guest for two
weeks with her. DIR. Ball had labored
there for thirty years. He was asked
if the Chinese converts we're con-
sistent Christians. He replied in
the negative and said that to make a
consistent Christian out of a heath
en- he had to be brought into mission
schools and trained. Now after years
of failure, this is precisely what is
being dOre at all missionary stations.
SO far as the negro race in the
South was concerned, the whole
South was a vast missionary field,
the master and mistress being the
teachers, the slaves the pupils. They
were vastly helped by contact with a
superior a At an early age girls
and boys we're taken into the great
house, as the masters house was call
ed, as nurses, errand boys, and wait
ers. Here they remained in many
cases for the most of their lives. The
girls we're learned and kept to sew,
cut out and make clothes for the
field hands and tidy up the house and
make up the beds as neatly as did
TOpsy in "Uncle TOMS Cabin" The
boys became gardeners, hostlers and
carriage drivers, often men-of-all-
work, shoemakers, tanners, smiths,
and carpenters. There is hardly a
person of my age but knows person
ally of many such cases. It is well
known fact that negroes were Gas
they yet are) initiative creatures,
aping the manners of those to whom
they belonged and ranking in negro
society according to the number of
slaves their master owned, styling
those who owned many slaves and
were cOurtly in manners as quality
The county of AIamance was sci
off from Orange in the year 1S48. Ir
Alamance there were few large slave
owners, Chief Justice Thomas Ruff
fin being the only one / knew who
owned as many as 100 slaves and EN-.
n1OvaI IN Ovorcoor T1o H. r
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III UH0 0"AlJ "IU0iIOOu ana were end
ed at nightfall. Late in the EVENING"
a chorister would mount the corn
pile with a bottle of brandy or ino
of cider in hand and walk from end
to end improVising a song in which
he descanted upon the good qualities
of the landlord, and the good tbings
in store for supper. A chorus Of
"bugalo," or "is, is" or something Of
the kind was given. Occasionally he
would call "shuck out the mans
corn" Later on "hunt for the last
ear. At the close the boss was seized
by two stout fellows and carried on
their shoulders to and around the
house, followed in procession by the
huskers. A bountiful supper Of
roast, chicken, vegetables and pies
was then served, after which there
was a big dance in the cabins, in
which even the old "mammies"
would join, just to show the younger
ones how it should be done. When
tired of this amusement, the young
negroes would tell of the fine times
when out among the ladies.
There we're a number of large
farms on Flat River in Orange
County. Notable among these were
the plantations of Thos. Benehan
and the Camerons, whose slaves num-
bered into the hundreds. They were
well treated, and [ never heard Of
mistreatment by owner or overseer.
As / have said, there were not many
large holdings of slaves in Alamance.
The white boys labored in the fields
when not at school. Except when at
school, I worked on the farm till
grown, and did the same amount of
work as the negroes of my W age.
AS [ was the youngest child my
nurse was sent to the field with me.
She seemed to be attached to me and
would help me with my rows. In
harvest I gathered the grips into
bundles for her. She tied her
sheaves so securely one could
scarcely pull out a tie band. She
was slow, but did all her work well.
She lives now in the West and often
writes to me, and enquiries about the
old home and the white girls, and the
kin who visited the family, especially
those with whom she used to play
and romp, hunt ch%inquepins, wild
grapes, and scalybark hickorynut8.
She owns her home, but laments the
change from the good old times, and
the scarcity of meat.
Father often gave us part OF a
Saturday off, and we went fishing,
swimming or hunting as we chose
He never went back on his promises.
Ben, a negro boy four years older
than myself, nearly always went with
me on my hunting expeditions. He
could find more game than anyone
else I ever hunted with. When a
grown man on his, holidays [ could
induce him to follow me by letting
him shoot my gun. He was a good
shot. and often brought down bis