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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-12-03
PIG ROAST IN OLD KENTUCKY.
Lark of Berea Students-Celebratio of
the Annual Fall Festival.

Lark of Berea Students-Celebration of
the Annual Fall Festival.
Two strangers found their way, unan-
nounced. at midnight, to the famous
hilltown college of Berea,-a pretty lady
in black and plain lady in gray. The
little hotel swung open before them;
and, after a peaceful night away from
all city noises, the rustic of drying
leaves in the October night 1u1ling them
to sleep. they We're walked by the matin
song OF a robin, who dreamed that
spring had come again, unconscious
that by the 9th of October his voice
should have been hushed for the year.
In imitation Of the robin the strangers
wished to Join their voice in a morning
hymn Of praise, and SO took their way
to the dreary Tabernacle. which
serves as a chapel till the pretty new
one shall rise from its newly-1aid
foundations. The students were gather
ing, each slipping into his or her seat
a seat assigned at the beginning of the
term, and held through the year. The
hush Of devotion fell upon the room,
and the musician stepped to the piano
for, the opening hymn. One of the
professors stood up, and we leaned for
ward to catch the number of the hymn
which apparently he was about to an
nounce.
"The - viii begin at o'clock"
he stated. 1.-THE what?" whispered the
lady in gray, who is perhaps aging
little as to hearing. Certainly she
thought she could not have heard
Alright. 1.-THE pig roast!" whispered a
teacher near by.
What a pig roast was and what rela-l
ton 1t had to morning devotions was a
double conundrum at first 1t was
solved in a most natural way. The
notice was given that this annual feast,
prepared by the three literary societies,
was to be held by moonlight, open to all
students on the payment of quarter,
each one to bring his own spoon. They
were reminded that spoons could be
bought for five cents dozen, and that
1t was not manly to beat their way to
the feast. "Pay your quarter like a
man or stay at home" and the pro-
fessor sat down. Then the devotions
proper began,-the singing of hymns,
the reading of scripture, with little
simple exposition on honesty and manIi-
ness that grew as naturally and
humanely out Of the previous notice
that he must have been a dullard in
deed who could not have learned in that
simple service, which closed with the
Lords prayer, that everyday life and
religion may be so intermarried that no
divorce is possible. -.
We at once determined to pay our
quarters like women, if not like men,
and be allowed to share in the festive
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THE LAKE IN MAINE.

Black was determined that this year
he would get some fishing ''as was fish
ing" He was going to find the one
place on the contintnt where the big
gest and gamiest fish are to be caught.
He barred the tarpon of the Florida
coast and the tuna or great sea bass
which are caught off Catalina Island,
California. What he wanted was fresh
water fishing.
He consulted with the fishing editors
of several sporting weeklies and month
lies. He took expert advice wherever
he could find it. All the authorities
seemed to agree that there was GER
tain island lake, far up in Maine, which
contains the largest land-locked salmon
trout and the gamiest small mouthed
black bass that ever rose to a lure. The
lake in question, the name Of which
looks like the alphabet struck gy light
ming, is some thirteen hundred miles
from Chicago, but Black had promised
himself that distance should not stand
in the way. ..-.. --
He started for Maine the middle of
September. He had secured by advice
correspondence the services of the best
boat pusher'' and guide in all the
country side, and the first morning at
ter his arrival the two started out after
a record catch.
Black is an experienced fisherman.
He knows what it is to play thirty
pound musky for an hour before gazing,
and also the keen pleasure of landing a
four pound small mouth with a thread
like silk line and bamboo pole as light
as a toothpick. So he was fairly well
prepared for anything in the shape of
a fish which might come along. s9.
Let out plenty of line" said the
guide as they started to troll across the
lake. So Black unreeled more than two
hundred feet. The boat was not more
than a quarter of mile from the shore
when Black felt light strike. It was
followed almost instantly by a modest
splash as the fish broke water. Black
started to reel. a. ...,-.q...s. ...c.-gs#
What you got?" asked the guide.
starting to row ct full speed.
1T didn't strike like much" an
swered Black, "but it's too early to tell
yet. I've got a lot Of line out"
Presently the fish sounded. 1t went
straight for the bottom and seemed to
lay there. Black found it harder to reel
in his line. Work as hard as he could
he could only get it in by inches.
Must be an old soaker Of a salmon"
said the guide. Hes sulking on the
bottom. But he'll be up and raising the
dickens in a minute. You want to be
ready for him. ,, n. l.. il. {
1t got harder and harder to move that
fish. Black knelt down in the stern Of
the boat and worked on his reel as If it
had been the crank Of a derrick. He
plain, for the fish kept moving, though
ever so slowly.
- called tothe guide, you'll
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-12-03

IS ja
ITS swallowed ten feet of my line
said Black Cut the blamed thing
loose and let it go. came up here to
60 fishing, not to catch snakes. I've
travelled thirteen hundred miles to find
the best fishing in the country, and all
I've got SO far is one yellow perch and
an eel.
Sadly the guide pulled up anchor and
rowed to another quarter Of the lake.
+ There should be plenty Of trout
here, said the guide. THE only trou-
BILE is that If you catch any Of EN- ca II
have to throw EN- back. You see, the
law runs against EN- now
'Oh, / don't care" growled Black.
"Give me chance to catch something
that has fms"
And then, to add insult to injury, the
fish commenced to bite vsciously. In
half an hour they had twenty in the
boat. BIT such fish! They were what
the New Englander calls horned pout,
better known to every barefoot boy in
the middle west as bullheads.
n Thirteen hundred miles for a mess
Of bullheads!" groaned Black as he
stepped out Of the boat.
EYES," said the guide consolingly,
"but you jest wait till I skin EN- and
places.
make fish chowder out OF 'em.'
The fish chowder did help some.
There is no denying that. It was a
most savory and appetizing concoction.
But next summer Black is going back
again to his old stamping grounds iii
the big woods Of northern wisconsin.
Chicago News.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-12-03
HELD MOCK TRIAL.
walter Leigh Found Innocent Of Steal
ing Eggs.

ing Eggs.
Olive Branch, No. 81, A. b. and A. NJ
held a largely attended mock trial last
evening in the Westville town hall,
Judge Bishop presiding, the case being
that OF Walter Leigh Of this city, charg-
ed with theft OF a dozen eggs from
John Mercer, the Westville grocer. Ac-
cording to the testimony introduced Mr..
Leigh was arrested by Officer Dingwall,
assisted by Messrs. Mercer and Grant.
After the arrest he was taken to the
town hall and confined in the coal shoot,
and when summoned for trial was
found playing solitaire and singing
"God Save the King" He was found
innocent OF the charge amid great en-
thusiasm. Alderman Thomas Chadwick
officiated as clerk of the court and sum-
nloned as witnesses Messrs. Dingwall,
Mercer, Grant and Laity. Mr.. Leigh was
ably defended by Attorney Wallace s.
Moyle, the prosecution being conducted
by Attorney william r. Alcorn. Deputy
Sheriff William Kirk officiated as sher-
lie.
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windows in Ladies' hall. The students
were quiet; the lights were out. The
moon slivered the mountain-tops, and
lighted up the meadows and fields. Far
below, in a tree-studded pasture, the
bonfire was still burning, ruddy in the
moonlight, like a beacon among the
oaks. 1t not Berea itself beacon
fire set among the hills to call hither
those who athirst for wisdom and Gull
ture, for human sympathy and human
help?-Isabel C. BarTows in the Chris
tan Register.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-12-03

have to stop rowig. I can't keep him
coming this way"
The guide stopped and Black reeled
his hardest. Now and then there was a
little lateral motion. but mostly the
weight came in slowly and steadily.
What kind of fish do you have in
these waters, anyhow" gasped the per-
spring Black. =. ..
I'm blamed if know what you've
got hold Of" aid the guide. 'Holr up
the butt Of your pole and let me jar 1t
with the oar" .rss ...7
Black raised the butt of his light bam-
boo pole-it was bent almost double
and the guide hit it a hard blow with
the fiat of an oar. Ordinarily such a
jar will set the fish at the other end of
the line into spasm of activity. But
in this case there was no response.
Back water. for heavens sake" said
Black. 81 can't stand this any Longer"
The guide backed water and Black
reeled steadily in. THhe weight came
steadily toward the boat Presently
the fisherman could tell by the condition
of his reel that he had not more than
fifteen feet of line out. Still the fish re-
fused to break water. He stood up in
the boat and by main strength raised
the end Of the line to the top of the wa
ter. To it was attached a huge mass
of weed. .z.zr~:
well, I'll be bowed" said the guide.
Then he pulled the mass into the boat
and began to look for the suoon hook.
He found 1t at last in the center Of the
sea weed. 1t was hidden in the mouth
Of a measly little yellow perch, just
such fish as the small boys catch on
the government pier in Chicago harbor.
Great Scott" said Black, II could
have staid at home and caught bigger
fish than this in the Chicago river"
well, now" said the guide, you
mustn't get discouraged Come on out
and wen still-fish for black bass In
deep water"
"You see" went or the native, "this
lake is full Of smelt and the bass like
'em to eat. When we get the first touch
Of cold weather the snlelt go down into
deep water to get away from the cold,
and naturally the bass follow 'en.
That's why we have to still-fish for
them. Now If you had been UP here
two weeks earlier
"Cut 1t out" interrupted Black. Ct
don't care anything about two weeks
ago. What want is to catch some fish
now"
The guide rowed out into eighty feet
of water and anchored his boat. After
making some careful soundings to find
the exact depth Of the water and the
condition of the bottom, he baited the
hooks with live minnows and they start
ed in.
Presently Black got tremendous
strike. Down went his line as IL q
twenty pound weight had been sudden
" attached to it, and his reel spun mer-
rily.
Gosh! I've got a whopper hooked, !"
he cried.
Down to the bottom went the fish and
staid there. Black reeled in, and 1t
came up heavy and loggy. The guide
looked at the play Of the line for a mo-
ment. with sadness in his eyes.
You're hooked up to a big eel" h
said finally.
Black swore softly under his breath,
and reeled in viciously. Presently here
came to the top Of the water a long.
sinuous, Shiny creature, which inmedi-
ately proceeded to climb in over the
stern of the boat
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-12-03
rwo ARREsrEp FOR THEFT.

Edward Healand was arrested yester-
day by Detective Dunlap, who charged
him with the theft of $40 belonging to
George Hanlin Of whiting street.
Officer Eagan arrested John Callahan
yesterday and charged him with the
theft of some money belonging to the
Woolworth store on Chapel street. Cal
lahan has been employed there and as
the firm has been missing money lately
they marked some coin. Yesterday q
marked quarter was found In his hat.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-12-03
HOME FOR THE FRIENDLEss

Annual Meeting Yesterday-officer
Elected.
The annual meeting of those interest
ed in the work of the Home for the
Friendless was held yesterday after
noon. Officers reports for the year were
submitted and they proved to be very
Interesting. Mrs. Charles e, Graves
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-10

ing all districts in county to four
months.
IS. Two hundred instead of one
hundred dollars may be used by a
county for a summer school for
teachers, afording opportunity for a
school for teachers lasting for a
month or so instead of an institute
of one week.
"6. School districts may be formed
out of portions of contiguous coun-
ties by consent of the two County
Boards of Education.
81. County Superintendent are
required to attend annual session
of State Association of County Su-
p~erintendents and allowed travelling
expenses.
90. In counties with a total fund
of over fifteen thousand dollars the
County Board of Education may en-
ploy County Superintendent for all
his time at such salary as may be
fixed by them.
SO. No child with negro blood in
his veins, however remote the strain,
shall attend a school for the white
80. Annual statements of the re-
and disbursements of the
Board of Education are required to
be published"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-10
Changes in the School Law.

Superintendent Joyner has given
out the following interview, sum-
marizing the ten changes made by
the Legislature in the school law of
the State. They are as follows:
Il. The amounts that may be set
aside from the school fund for build
ing schOol-houses r limited to twen-
ty per cent of the total fund, where
the fund does not exceed five thous-
and dollars, sixteen per cent where
1T does not exceed ten thousand, ten
per cent where it does not exceed
twenty-five thousand dollars, and
seven an one-half per cent where it
exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars.
50. The building of all houses is
placed under the direction of the
County Board of Education and
must be in accordance with plans
approved by the County Board and
the State Superintendent of Public
instruction. The County Board paws
not exceeding one-half the cost of
building and the school district pays
the other part. ALL contracts for
building must be in writing and all
buildings must be inspected, re-
celved and approved by the County
Superintendent.
3. The time of meetings of County
Boards IS changed from second to
first Monday.
4. In counties having more than
four months school term in some
townships and less in others, one
sixth Of the total fund is to be set
aside, if necessary, to aid in bring
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-10

of the Board of Internal Improve
ments, for two years.
As members of the State Board of
Agriculture as follows: Second Con-
gressional District, j. B. Stokes, of
BERTHE, for six years; Fifth District,
r. w. Scott, of Alamance, for six
years; Eighth District, r. L. Dough-
ton, of Allegheny, for six years.
Directors of the State Hospital at
Goldsboro: Elisha Porter, of Pen
der, D. W. Bullock, of New Hanover,
six years; r. S. Mccain, of Vance,
six years; the last appointment being
to fill out the u~nexpired term of A.
P. Johnson, resigned.
Directors for the State Hospital
at Morganton: j. P. Sawyer, of
Buncome, six years, J. P. Caldwell,
of Mecklenburg, six years; j. G. Hall,
of Caldwell, six years; R. L. Holt, of
Alamance, four years, to succeed r.
N. Page, resigned.
Directors of the institution for the
Deaf and Dumb and the Blind at
Raleigh: J. G. Boylin, of Arson,
and James D.. Moore, of CASTOR.
Directors of the Deaf and Dumb
Institution at Morganton: Frank
Thompson, of OnslOw, in place of
N. L. Reed, resigned.
Directors of the State Hospital at
Raleigh: John w. Thompson, of
Wake; J. G. Hunt, of Granville; S.
O. Middleton, of Duplin.
Directors of the State Normal and
Industrial College,: W. P. Shaw, for
First Congressional District; r. T.
Gray, for Fourth Congressional Dis
trict; I. B. Bailey, for Seventh Con-
gressional District. All the terms
are for six years, beginning March 1,
1904.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-10
WANTED

For the convenience and benefit of our read
ers and their friends, we have decided to set
aside space below in which they may make
known their wants to one another. Any one
having q pig or a calf, a colt, or a kid, or any
other article around his home he would like
to exchange for cash, or some other ar
t1cle, can!ten the readers of The Progressive
Farmer, at the rate of Csc. per week, If ex-
pressed In % words, or less, and at the rate
OF one cent a word If more than 25 words are
used. counting each figure and each initial
as q separate word. Cash must OmD
each order for the full amount.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-10
Directors of State Institutions.

The following appointments we're
made by the Governor last week and
confirmed by the Senate:
Directors of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College for the coIored
race at Greensboro: w. L. KIuttz,
Rowan, for Seventh District; S..
Bryant, Randolph, for Eighth Dis
trict; W. M. Bell, Cherokee, Tenth
District; at large, M. G. S. Noble,
George 7. Dunlap and J. I. Foust.
j. L. Ludlow, of Forsyth, civil en-
gineer, as a member of the North
Carolina State Board of Health, for
six years.
Be. Beckwith, of Wake, and B.
w. Ballard, of Franklin, as members
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-10
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS.

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS.
The Recommendations Made by the Joint
Committee for the Various Institu-
tons.
Tonight the Joint Committee on
Appropriations, through Charimen
Baldwin and Guion, reported the ap-
preparation bill as follows: Annual
appropriation for School for Deaf
Mutes, $40, 800 regular, $4,000 speci-
al; School for White Blind and for
Negro Deaf Mutes and Blind, $780,
600 regular, $4,000 special; State
Hospital for Raleigh, $4,000 regu-
lar, $4,000 special; Western Hospi-
tai, $125,OOO regular, $4,76O special;
Criminal Insane, $4,000 regular; Sol
diers' Home, $4,000 regular, $4,000
special; State University, $37. 500
regular, $500 special; Cullowhee
High School, $4,000 regular, $4,000
special; State Normal and Industrial
College, $4,000 regular, $1,000 spe-
cial; Agricultural and Mechanical
College at Raleigh, $4,000 regular,
and $4,000 from the Agricultural
Departments revenues, said Board of
Agriculture to also provide out of
the fertilizer tax fund not over $12,-
600 annually to complete buildings
and $68,788 is appropriated out of
the Treasury to pay the debt now *
listing; and after the passage of this
act the scholarships of this college
are limited to one to each member
of the House of Representatives and
no more; Agricultural and Mechani-
cal College for Negroes at Green's
borO, $500 regular, and all other
appropriations are revoked.
The bill further provides that no
deaf insane or deaf mutes blind shall
be received into institutions unless
upon the payment of a sum sufficient
for their maintenance, it being made
a misdemeanor to violate this provis-
ion. No greater sum than is appro-
priated shall be expended by any in
stltutiOn or any officer thereof and no
part of any appropriation shall be
used save for the specific purpose
named and no deht shall no cOD+roc+-
ed by directors of institutions, it be-
ing made a misdemeanor to divert or
assent to the division of any part of
any sum herein appropriated from
the purposes to which it is specifcal-
ly appropriated. And it is made un-
lawful for the Treasurer to pay to
the credit of any institution any
greateI sum than is appropriated by
this act-COl. Odds.
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SPECIAL RATES VIA S. A. L.

SPECIAL RATES VIA S. A. L.
National American Woman Suf-
FRANCE Association, New Orleans,
La, March 1926, 19O3.-Account of
the above occasion the rate of one
fare plus 1925, on certificate plan, is
authorized to New Orleans, La.
General Assembly Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, Nashville.
Tenn, May 21-29, 19O3.-AccQunt of
the above occasion the S. A. I. Ry.
has authorized the sale of round trip
tickets to Nashville, Tenn, at one
fare for the round trip plus Is CENTS;
tickets to be sold May 10, 20, 21, final
limit June 21.
Grand Lodge of North Carolina I.
0. 0. F., Wilmington, n. c., May
1918, 19O3.-Account of the above
occasion the S. A. L. Ry. will sell
round trip tickets to Wilmington,
N. G., at rates based on tariff 2 No.
A-31O6; rate from Raleigh being
$685.. Tickets sold May 10, II, 49,.
final limit May 20.
National Manufacturers Associa-
ton, New Orleans, La, April 1911,
19O3.-On account of the above oc-
casion the S.IA. L. Ry. will sell round
trip tickets to New Orleans at the
rate Of one first class fare for the
round trip from all stations. The
rate from Raleigh will be $3.50.
Tickets to be sold April II, p, 10,
with final limit April 10. An exten,
sion of the final limit may be secured
by depositing with Special Agent
and payment of fee of so cents.
Southern Educational Conference,
Richmond, Va, April 1927. 1903
On account of the above occasion the
s, A. L.. Ry. will sell round trip tick,
cts to Richmond at n and one-third
first class fares; tickets to be sold
April 20 and 81, final limit April Is.
For further information apply to
@. II. GATTIS, G. P. & 7. A.,
Raleigh, n. c.
H. S. LEARD, T. P. A..
Raleigh, N. @.
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NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE

There were $40 bills introduced in
the house on the first day of the spe-
cial session, of which lis were pub
lie bills.
Lolita Armour, the Chicago child
whom DR.. Lorenz, of Vienna, treated
for hip disease, has entered a private
academy to learn to dance
Judge Cleveland, at New Haven,
Conn.,, declined to appoint a Christian
Scientist guardian of a 9-year-old girl
because he said he would depend on
Eddyism in case of diphtheria.
Carrie Nation made her debut on
the stage at Elizabeth, N. j., in a re
vision of ''Ten Nights in Ear Room"
Kaiser Wilhelm continues to i'm
prove and has resumed his daily walk
in the park.
The British charge d'affaires at Bel
grade refused to accept the congratula-
tons of the Servian government on
King Edwards birthday.
The annual meeting Of the general
missionary committee of the Methodist
Episcopal church is in session at Oma-
ha.
The Germans at Scuytdrift, fifty-fve
miles east Of Warmbad, German South
west Africa, are momentarily expect
ing an attack from the rebels.
The treaty recently signed at Aca-
Julia by the Central American repub-
lies stimulates for arbitration