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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27
NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL
DIRECTORY.
FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.

FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
Prestdent-W, B. Fleming Rtdgeway, War
rem County.
vice-P~resident-T. P. Johnson, Salisbury,
Rowan County.
Secretary-Treasurer and State Business
Agent-T. B. Parker, Raleigh, Wake County.
Lecturer. @. Balm, Wade, Cumberland
County.
Assistant Lecturer or SteWard-JnO. M.
Mitchell, Walter, Wayne County.
Chaplain-Rev. W. 8. Mercer, MOyOck,
Currituck County.
Doorkeeper-Geo. T. Lane, Greensboro,
GuilfOrd County.
Sergeant-at-Arms-R. n. Lane, Aurora,
Beaufort County.
Trustee Business Agency Fund-W. A.
Graham, Machpelah, Lincoln County.
COMMITTEE.
J. w. Denmark, Chairman, Raleigh.
w. B. Fleming, Ridgeway.
John q aham, " ~arrentOn.
d.. J. E. Pc son, PikeviIle.
Thomas ]. Oldham, Teer.
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
John Graham, Chairman, WarrentOn.
H. T. Jones, GOldsbOrO.
j. K. Hughes, H~tDsbOro.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27

STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
P~Iesident-J. A. Long, Roxboro.
Secretary-J. E. POgue, Raleigh.
Treasurer-C. B. benson, Raleigh.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Your Dietary.

Eat when you are hungry-if you
have the price. Drink beer with your
ice cream If you like to. Eat grated
cheese on your raw onions II you
think it good. Drink milk with your
cucumbers and sleep the sleep of the
just man made perfect. Take a
cracker with every drink Of liquor
and live to be 1000 years Old Drink
whisky with your bananas and forget
the cramps. Take vinegar with your
salad; it retards digestion. Eat
cherries with milk and sugar. Drink
Chinati with macaroni: Drink tea
while eating meat. Avoid salt; it
dries up the skin. In plain English
do as you please-so long as your
"stomjack" is able to stand it. Vic
late all the established rules OF
health and you may live to a good old
age.-New York Press.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15

the tree till the rope was all used I'M
and the bar was prisoner at the
stake.
Then Aunt Hubby went back to bed
and was snorin' away as il nothin'
more had happened than only jest cit.
tin up to give the baby peppermint.
Long in the forenoon o. next day
Uncle Jep come a-stragglin' home.
Hubby says he, If it hadn't been
fer Jonas borrying that other gun O.
mine and not fetchin' Of it back, I'd a
killed that pesky bar dead, yisterd'y.
an won them $20,' he says, ding his
ugly pictur's! he says, meanin' Jonas.
well, Jeptha,' says Aunt Hubby.
it's an all-pervadin' good thing that
you didn't do it, she says.
What fur?' says Uncle Jep, hard
ly believin' his ears.
"'Why, cause if you'd "a killed that
bar dead yisterdfy,' says Aunt Hubby,
I couldn't "a ketched him alive last
night, says she.
'Arter Aunt Hubby got through
laughin' at Uncle Jep standin' there
Starin at her with his mouth wide
open and his eyes almost bulgin', she
took him out to t'other side o. the pig
pen, and there, sure enough, was the
rampagein' old bar that was worth
$50 alive tied so fast to the big pine
tree that he couldn't hardly boiler,
Uncle Jep didn't say nothin'. He
couldn't. He jest chopped down the
tree, trimmed the limbs often it to
make it log. hooked the steers to it,
and drug it and the bar over to the
Eddy. Old Nose forked over the $50
only too quick, and SO besides for the
pine log, so that Aunt Hubby and
Uncle Jep didn't only git their COW.
but they had quite snug figger to
stuff in the old coffee pot fer future
reference, besides. And what .did
Aunt Hubby do? She made Jonas a
present of the borried gun and
thanked him fer borryin' it and not
fetchin' it back.
Though / dunno as I ought to
thank you, neither she says to Jonas.
1t was smilin' Providence that done
it, she says."-Ed. Mott in New York
Times.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15

Some to
giving
which dhaved DONE
Inc readily
him. He realizes unconscousy perhap
soothing talk which he Is invited
the doing the Advising
Despite all this
going to preach
cess OF not We know it does make difference
In these days worship
either fool or freak is that
But words feeble
had to this topic. John Ruskin's
youth nduseny had infinitely rather hear thoughs
Indulgence that When
any way be materially altered his fate let him forget his toll and
with his he WILL
thought at the time when crisis of future
decisions! youth houghess!
depends the chances passions
when the OF all his depends the
youth thought when his act torch the laid Of
imagination
after rather than nowhough indeed
be left to
There little
Young man stick to dea Try to make them matter what
friends think
You get from their despse
No doubt everything
useful
which are most harmful and pernicious York Evening
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15


outside
exactly how a
compelled
limits We
American to be depicted his characteristic
would
day be
Doubtless
things
trial to
not the victims
Of within
experiment
he will
off
a Of
We know deal about sanitary matters
grandfathers
Diseases which regarded
to longevity They
details of within
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Life by the Clock.

HILE attending recent gathering of his profession
nent physician directed notice daily
under which most Americans do their work. rise
time, he remarked in the morning. whether by alarm
clock by the call of servant habit
read the time, clock in and watch
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Mr.. POOLE AND THE PRINCE.
Tailor Who Made King Edwards
Clothes to Be kniuhted.

ditor VINO MADE King EdWard's
Clothes to Be knighted.
Poole, the London tailor, is about
to receive the accoiade. Why not!
Has he not done more to make Ed
ward VII presentable than all other
artists in the United Kingdom put to-
gether? Clothes make the king as
we'll as the man. Poole makes the
clothes; ergo, Poole makes the king
When Edward was simply prince OF
Wales he owed Poole at times as
much as 100000, and even suffered
the tailor to address him in public
places without fear of the tower
There are several distinguished
Pooles in England, but none sc
famous as Tailor Poole.
Speaking Of Poole, one of his, Gus
toners says: His accounts are rem
dered once q year, just around
Christmas. If not paid, he waits
twelve months and sends secon6
bill. Such as do not pay on receipt
Of the second statement are dropped
from his books, and never again are
they allowed to give an order In his
establishment" New York Press.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Pulled It Tight and Jumped Behind
the Big Pine Tree"

'Sneakin' away like that, you pig-steal-
In thief o the night, you!' says he.
II I'd had the gun that Jonas borried
and hain't brung back yit, l bet you
wouldn't a-done it, consarn his, pictur!
But sence I'm on your trail I'll foller
1t. by cats, and show you some tricks
that maybe you hain't heerd on yit!'
says Uncle Jep, and he follered the
bar till night, and then bunked in at
Ellis, t'other side O. the swamp, SOS
he could be on hand early next morn
IN to show the bar them tricks.
Aunt Hubby woke up in the night
some time and heerd the pig squeal-
In. She jumped out O. bed and run
to the winder. The moon was shinin'
bright as day. Aunt Hubby jest give
one look, and then says:
Bar arter the pig!' says She "A
sockin' big bar, and he'll have that
p1gpen smashed down in less than a
Jiffy, says she. And there amt a
gun In the house! If there was says
she, I'd sneak out and blow the top
O. that bars head off, says she The
idee O. Jeptha lendin' his one gun to
Jonas. who hain't brung it back yit,
and then goin' off with t'other one
and campin' all night on bars trail!
Consarn that Jonas If 1 had him
here Pd-no, wouldn't, neither!' hol-
lers Aunt Hubby, who'd been looking
out O. winder all the time she was
talkin'. No, wouldn't, neither!' she
boilers, clappin' her hands. 1t was a
smilin' Providence that made Jeptha
lend that gun to Jonas and KEEP Jonas
from fetchin' of it back!' she hollers,
and then she scooted down to the
kitchen, grabbed her clothes line, tied
slippin moose in enc end of it, and
started out on run lords the pigpen.
THE bar stood on his hind feet
bangin' away at the pigpen, and the
splinters was fyin' tremendous. Then
the door went smashin' in, and the
bar reached in an yanked the pig
out. He hadn't much more than done
1t, though, when from round the barn
Aunt Hubby come rushin'. She give
YELL The bar dropped the pig like
a hot p'tater, and fore he could turn
and see what it was that had skeert
him Aunt Hubby dropped the moose
end of the clothes line down over his
head, pulled it tight, and jumped be.
hind the big pine tree that stood jest
comfortable Jump away.
cit was smiIin' Providence says
she, that made Jeptha lend his other
gun to Jonas and KEEP Jonas from
fetchin' of it back says she, for 9TH
erwise me and Jeptha would be out
jest ten dollars! says she.
1.-THE bar come to himself and
sprung after Aunt Hubby. He slung
his big fore legs around the tree to
ketch her where she stood, holdin' on
to the rope, and in less time than it
took him to fetch good breath Aunt
Hubby had circled round that tree
enough times to bind him to the trunk
as snug and lastin' as If he'd been a
knot CROWN there, and she KEEP RICH.
on windin' the rope around him and
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15

his dyin' kick that the bar was com
In for him hot-foot before he had
even thought O. loadin' his gun. And
the bar KEEP him dodgin' and skirmish-
in 'mongst the trees for half an hour
before he could git load into his
gun. And then see what that bar
done. Soon as he see that Uncle Jep
had his gun loaded, the aggravatin'
bruin begun to dodge amongst the
trees himself, and he done 1t SO slick
and quick that Uncle Jep couldn't git
his gun onto him no way, and the
first thing he knowed the bar had
lodged out O. sight.
If that amt dirty. mean trick l
wouldn't say SOL says Uncle Jep.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Aunt Hulda'S Bear

Aunt Hubby had some amazin'
pints," said the loquacious and rem
iniscent man from the Knob country.
So had that bar. He was a genuine
Speciment o what the Knob country
could turn out in the way O. bar when
1t sot out to do 1t, that bar was, and
he had been raisin' the very old Ned
amongst the pigs and farm produce
generally for so long, and had KEEP so
regular and aggravatin'ly shet Of all
the traps and tricks that was sot and
tried to waylay and circumvent him,
that at last what did old man Nose,
over to the Eddy, do but declare he
would give $40 in cash for that bar
fetched in dead, or $50 If anybody'd
run him in and hand nlm over alive.
Alive!' folks hollered when they
heerd of it. Anybody that tries to
fetch that bar in alive they says.
will more than likely find their own
selves bein' fetched in dead!' they
says; but folks didn't know it all, and
they hadn't stopped to consider Aunt
Hubby. 49,
"'Jeptha,' says Aunt Hubby to Uncle
Jep one day, jest about that time;
-Jeptha,' says she, seems to me that
III | was you I'd sort o. take holiday
this AFTERNOON and wander over lords
Big Injin Swamp. Mebbe you mowt
run foul O. that pesky bar. OF course
seys she, you can't hardly expect to
get him alive, but all things being
mortal here below says she, you
mowt accidentally git him dead. II
you do says she, it'll be $40, and $40
will buy cow says she.
Uncle Jep didn't see but what
fhatd be a proper idee, and he
knocked of stumpgrubbin', took his
old smoothbore rife and started out.
Jonas went and borried that 9TH
er gun o mine, ding his pictur, and
hain't brung 1t back yit,' says Uncle
Jep, as he started.
1.-The bar III fetch jest ezac'1y as
much If you git it with the smooth
bore as it will IL 1t had come a tumb-
AIN down before the gun that Jonas
borried,' says Aunt Hubby. so don't
waste your time grumblin',' says she.
60 look for the bar
$50 Uncle Jep went, sayin' that II
he got on to the trail O. the cunnin'
old varmint he'd foller it If he had to
camp on it all night. He got over
Jest this side O. Big Injin and hadn't
see no sign O. that bar or any other
bar, and was beginnin' to think that
If him and Aunt Hubby didn't git a
COW till they got it with the price O.
that bar they'd never quarrel about
who'd do the milkin, when he heerd
Somethin' snort. He turned, and there
he see the bar, standin' right out in
plain sight, and actin as if he was
afeard Uncle Jep was goin' on with
out SEEM him. Uncle Jep knowed it
was him, cause that bar was the only
one in the hull Knob country that had
q white spot on it's brisket.
"'Tbis is the first time I ever was
to shootin' match for a GOVT says
Uncle Jep, and the idee tickled him SO
that he had to take his gun down from
his shoulder till he could git through
his laughin'. "A shootin' match for
cow says he. and he hauled up a'gin
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15


lifetime.
be something which, the old
clearest judgment
things perhaps caprice that mental impulse which takes counsel with
bndy
impulse which with both has apparently more to with the choice
life should
of the mysteries but and the reason be that such
t unusual strength
independence frequently
all affairs when reinforced by will
subtle altogether
this marriages than
be
plainly known to
selfnfden
which certain con if he ances he
o wishes.
unreasonable in its
doughty knight
his claims preeminence
points where
choice OF wife is to be made this vanity rises full grown
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
SuperstitionS,

If two persons raise their glasses tt
their lips simultaneously they are in
dicating the return of friend or rela
tive from foreign parts. The same In
timation is conveyed by bubbles in cot
fee or by the accidental fall of q piec.
Of soap on the floor.
A Pickering flame in the fire or ar
upright excrescence in burning can
die is interpreted as predicting the ar
rival of guest, whose stature ii
judged by the length Of the fame o,
excrescence.
II one drains glass of the contents
Of which some one else has partaker
he will learn the secrets of the latter
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
ORIGIN Of Ox-TaiI Scum.

Ox-tail soup, now regarded as a ma
tional English dish, was first made BY
the very poor Of Huguenot refugees
from France, after the revocation OF
the edict Of Nantes, because OK tails
then had no market value.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
The IRONY Of Fate.

A lady purchased nice new door.
mat the other morning with the word
welcome" stamped thereon In glow.
ing letters, and the first to come along
and put his number elevens on it was
a tax collector.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
The Eccentric Husband.
BY Helen OIdfieId.

BSERVERS
and the bunders Indignation,
4 satisfaction beloved
\ Of the gods %
3 tails but nothing they excite surprise.
49, \ latitude allowed
i part O. vho men Of a
- levelheaded shrewd
tOfm MARI
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
A Floral Clock.

In the public gardens of Edinburgh,
Scotland, is great floral dial made
of golden feather. pyrethrum with the
twelve hours marked on it. A zinc
receptacle in the shape of a clock
hand, planted with dwarf vegetation, is
moved by clockwork and marks the
time with great correctness.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
The Mexican Pantheon.

President Diaz Of Mexico has inau.
gurated the work apon the Pantheon
which is intended to be monument
to the illustrious men of his country.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15

and whanged away at the white spot
on the bars chist
'The bar give start, felt of his
chist with one o. his paws as il some
thin was ticklin' Of him there, and
then turned look on Uncle Jep, as
much as to say:
Look a-here, now. What a. you
handlin' that gun SO ding keerless
around here for?'
zine bar looked mad, too, and Uncle
Jep was so took back at tbe unmiti-
gated critters not tumblin' apd giyin'
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Young Man,
This is For You.
BY Frederick Breithut.

JR hate advice When consider the OF
1t which they have swallow you hardly blame
AS things stand to-day, boy is taught much be
expected in school, We doubt whether said
the home.
But be that may the youth thrown upon world
without knowledge Of it, Naturally he mistakes
Society realizing its preparing him better
manner indugenty forgves the young the ground
he is Wild ats
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-23

The bill introduced in the United
States congress by Congressman
Stephens of Texas. having for its pur-
pose the regulation of the practice of
medicine and surgery in the Indian
country and the full text of which
was published in the Ardmoreite,
meets with the unqualified endorse
ment Of the physicians of the Chick
asaw nation. In fact the bill had its
origin among the members of the
Chickasaw Medical association. The
better class Of physicians OF the In
dian Territory have sought Legislation
that would be a protection TO the pro
fession and to the people. The law
pasesd by the Chickasaw Legislature
last year and approved by the presi.
dent OF the United States requiring
practicing physicians to be examined
by a board of medical examiners ap-
pointed by the governor OF the Chick,
asaw nation was stIenuously objected
to. The board was appointed but
never did organize for business. This
strenuous objection was made at the
meeting OF the Chickasaw Medical as
sociation held in Ardmore last May
and az the next regular semi-annual
meeting held November 81 in Wynne
wood, Drs. Booth OF Ardmore and Rob
erson and Long of Duncan were ap
pointed n committee to draft suita
bic bill regulating the practice OF
medicine in the Indian Territory Thell
bin was sent TO Congressman Steph
ems and II is now in the hands of the
congressional committee on Indian af
fairs. The request was also made
that q bill regulating the practice o.
pharmacy be introduced. which re
quest has been complied with. Their,
was time when the Indian Territor,
stood in dire need OF medical legisla
tion and such precautions can do n,
harm in any country but at this tim.
the Indian Territory has attracte,
some OF the best skin in the medica
fraternity and the rank and file OF IN,
profession will compare favorably will
that OF any state in the Union
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-23

More than 20J years ago the Dutch
rulers OF Ceylon. anxious TO retain their
monopoly ot the precious spice for
which that island is famous enacted "A
law which made ii n capital offense TO
buy or sell the wild jungle cinnamon.
then the ouly sort known. The plants,
wherever found. were held to be the
property OF the state. IL shrub
chauced TO spring up In a mans door
yard. he could neither destroy nor use
1t under severe penalties. Things are
happily different now.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-23
TEA ROOT CARVINGS.
Fantastic Wooden objects That Are
Fashfoned An the orient.

Fantastic Wooden objects That Are
Fashfoaed An the orient.
The fantastic wooden objects which
come from the Far east and are known
as tea root carvings have long been tho
basis Of n prosperous industry in the
populous city OF Fuchau. Strictly
speaking the name II misnomer.
Some Of the carvings are made from
old tea roots and tea trunks. but the
vast majority. nIne-tenths at least. are
made from the roots and trunks Of
hardwood trees
The carvings are almost invariably
made In two parts. pedestal and one
or more human figures fitted TO the lat.
ter by pegs aud holes. The former IL
made from a root and the latter from a
trunk. The roots are selected with con-
siderable care. They must be compare.
lively free from dry rot. decay and
worm holes and must possess a rude
symmetry. They are cleaned, scrub
bed and scrapcd and sawed to about
the desired size; then the artist with
chisel. gouge. knife and pinchers re.
moves rootlets aud roots until the fig
ure Is completed.
The simplest design is n threesegged
pedestal, Of which the base is a rough
cylinder OF wens and knobs. Any num-
Der Of legs may be used. A curious
specimen seen by the writer in the
Grand hotel, Yokohama, has fifty legs,
while the body has been so treated as
TO suggest horny centiped. 4 second
type Of pedestal Is the mushroom. A
third type is an animal form. such as
the buffalo, tiger. unicorn, elephant or
dragon.
Nearly always the chlsel is guided by
humor or satire. IL 1t be saint who
is depicted, the look Of plety or suffer.
ing is replaced by leer or drunken
grimace; IL it be a warrior, every limb
and muscle Is nodded so as to suggest
decrepitude or desire to run away.
Quang IT, the invlnclble soldier
prince is frequently portrayed stand.
ing on one leg, with the other extended
like professional rope balancer.-New
York Post
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-23
WANT COLUMN.

under this head will
bo received at the rate OF five (5)
cents per line. No advertisement
received for less than fifteen Q5)
cents. Special monthly rates fur.
nished on application. The notice
may contain any matter OF Lost
Found" For Rent" For Sale.
"Stolen," "Strayed," or any purpose
without display lines.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-23
Congressman Babcock of Wisconsin

Congressman Babcock of Wisconsin
utters this note of warning "If the
republican party tails to redeem
its pledges to do something to regu-
late the trusts and revise such por-
tious OF the tariff as have become bur
densome, the constituencies will be
come distrustful to us, and the tend,
ercy to break away from the party
which has begun 70 be apparent in the
cities will continue. II We redeem
our pledges, pass reasonable. con
sorvauve antitrust law. and weed out
of the tariff everything which tends
TO create a monopoly. the republican
party win be returned to power by
the people beyond a shadow OF a
doubt. Otherwise not" This warn
ing, coming from the chairman Of the
republican congressional committee. e.
is not without significance.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-23
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One OF our young men in jumping
from the Choctaw train yesterday az
ternoon was considerably bruised up
Earl.
Born, TO Mr. and Mrs. Reaves. a
daughter.
Tishomlngo.
Mr. Ellis Of wapanucka is here to-
day
The little 4-year-old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. j. b. o'Bryan was badly
burned yesterday afternoon while play.
ing in the yard with some FIRE. She
is reported as resting nicely today
Mrs s. J. Boyd has returned home
from a visit 10 her daughter at Shaw.
nee. Ok
Ms Daniels OF Sherman Is here Wis.
iting her friend. Mrs. Lynn.
Robt Hutchlns, who was injured in
trying to board the train here Wed.
nesday. is slowly improving
Sinner Boyd is in Ardmore attend.
ing court
Mrs Willford OF Mil Greek Is here
visiting Mrs. Clarence Thomas
Mrs. z. T. Burton was called to
Denison yesterday to see her mother
who is quite sick.
Mr. Ragsdale Of Mineola, Texas, ie
here.
The members OF the citizenship
court, Judges Adams, Foote and
Weaver. arrived here yesterday
Judges Adams and Weaver returned
to South McAlester, but Judge Foote
will spend few days in Tishomingo.
VIM. o'Bryan is preparing to build
a two-story brick at the corner OF
Kemp avenue and Main street
The Presbyterians have moved the
parsonage TO the rear OF their lot and
will at once begin the erection of a
handsome brick church house
Marietta.
The remains Of Captain Rice were
buried here yesterday by the ex.Con
federates