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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-25

dell Johnson, of the Raleigh Gun
Club, says it is admired and is al
ready having the happiest effect.
People all over the State, good peo-
pie, lovers of the birds, are urged
to report all violations of the law.
Charity and Children: Mr.. Mann,
who is in charge of the ~penitentiary,
has explained again. The noted Will
Harris, a colored desperate, escaped
from the p~enitentiary and the ofici-
ais pit the matter a secret until
Harris shot a man in Mecklenburg
County. A good many people think
the penitentiary needs a change in
it's management.
One hundred men have paid 50
each to Capt. B. P. Williamson, as
Treasurer of Wake County, rather
than work the roads this year. The
number is increasing daily. The new
road law for Wake County provides
that all who are liable for road duty
shall work under the direction of
the road supervisor for six days each
year and for such services he shall
receive so cents per day. However,
instead of working the roads they
may pay the county SO cents a day
for six days.
StatesvilIe Landmark: Mr.. r. B.
Glenn, of Winston, who is expected
to be a candidate for the Democra-
tic gubernatorial nomination, gives
it out that he will make a definite
announcement about September LIST.
Mr.. Glenn is doubtless like the Dutch
magistrate who, at the close of a
trial before him, announced that he
would reserve bis decision for thirty
days but would finally decide in favor
of the plaintiff. Mr.. Glenn reserves
his decision till September LIST, but
will doubtless decide to run.
Roxboro Dispatch: The tobacco
crop in some parts of Person is very
fine and both producers and buyers
are confident of better prices than
are ruling on eastern markets, all
agreeing that the eastern-grown
weed does not compare with ours
either in texture or flavor and that
the tobacco companies much pre-
fer it to the eastern tobacco. There
is no talk of doing anything like
trying to boycott the American To
bacco Company. The area of pro-
duction is so insignificant compared
with the area of consumption that
the company would hardly feel the
boycott, as it could be carried into
no territory except one that produces
tobacco.
Wherever a local tax district is
established it stands as a complete
argument that carries conviction to
other districts as is shown by the
large number of districts where local
taxation is now pending. Currituck
is preparing to vote in four districts,
Duplin in three, Sampson in one,
Union in one, Dare in sixteen, Wake
in one. Northampton in seven, Ca
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-25
STATE NEWS
FROM CURRITUCK TO CHEROKEE.
Items of Interest Cleaned From Our Cor
respondents and Exchanges.

Will De OuL1I III N1OCLlSOOIO IL 10
said.
Four capital cases are to be tried
at present term of Wilkes court
two for murder and two for infan-
ticide.
Mr.. w. B. Fleming, of Warren
County, writes: eve are having
splendid seasons and all crops are
improving wonderfully"
A trolley line is being built be-
tween Spencer and Salisbury, a dis
lance of three miles. Spencer is the
location of the Southern Railway
shops.
The trustees of the Baptist Fee
male University have unanimously
adopted the plans submitted by Hook
& Sawyer for the conservatory of
music, to cost $4,000. The plans are
attractive.
The State Superintendent of Pub
JIG instruction has issued orders for
warrants for the States portion ($1O
each) for seven rural school libraries,
four in Edgecombe and one each in
Mitchell, Beaufort and Granville
Counties.
Winston-Sentinel In giving the
rapist and murderer 2oseboro a
speedy trial, resulting IN a ~convic-
non, IredelI County, N. O., has set
an example for the Northern and
the Western people with lynching
propensities.
The work of the campaign for bet
ter schools has produced results.
One hundred and forty-two school
districts in the State have voted for
local taxation up to date. All were
carried bv large majorities. Forty
eight districts are still to vote on
on the question before October l.
The increased assessment this year,
Of $2S,OOO,OOO, will bring in an in
creased evenue to the State, public
schools, counties and towns of ONE
thing like $35O,OOO. The total tax
derived from railways going to State,
public schools, counties and towns
this year will be something like
100000.
Roanoke-C howan Times: Judge
Nj. II. Justice will preside over the
next (October) term of Northamp-
ton Superior Court. We do not
think our people need fear that he
will urn loose any pistol toter or
illegal whiskey seller upon the pay
ments Of COSTS" as has been the Gus
tom IN the past.
New Bern Journal: The farmers
and merchants of Newport and Wild
wood have organized with a member
ship of three hundred, the majority
being tobocco farmers. They express
themselves as being determined to
fight the trust to the last ditch.
That's the right spirit, and if the
tobacco farmers throughout the to-
bacco gelt will take the same stand,
bnfOro +bo +-,,c+ ro+C IN i+C work the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-25

Raleigh Post: The Raleigh Leaf
Tobacco Company held a most i'm
portant meeting yesterday to con-
slider the present tobacco situation,
and, as level-headed business men
that they are, resolved upon the only
plan which can promise tangible re-
suits. The company decided upon
an increase of capital stock and the
establishment of a plant for the
manufacture of tobacco in all its
forms. With 100000 pounds of last
years crop on hand a good start is
already made. Now, this is business
and approaches the situation in a
business way. And if ever an oppor-
tunity presented itself for such en-
terprise, the present condition of af-
fairs certainly furnishes it.
Greensboro dispatch: Messrs. Gil
bert T. Pearson, J. T. Foust, P.
D. Gold, Jr., of Greensboro; Henry
E. Knox, of Charlotte, and r. N.
Wilson, of Guilfor College, members
of the State Executive Committee of
the State Audubon Society, held a
meeting of the committee at the
Benbow Hotel here last night. Sec
rotary Pearson was instructed to pre-
pare and have printed blanks for the
license to be issued by the Clerk of
the Court to hunters, and to send
them to the clerks of the Superior
Court in the various counties. It was
also decided to organize a junior
branch of the Audubon Society, and
literature will be prepared, printed
and distributed to the children of the
public schools. Mrs. W. @. A. Ham
nell, of Greensboro, was elected Sec
rotary of the organization, and will
at once begin the work of organizing
the young people. Secretary Pearson
left for Raleigh to-day to assist in
organizing a local branch there to-
night, and will go to Goldsboro to-
morrow for a like purpose in that
city.
Sparta Cor. Charlotte Observer:
Our farmers gin these parts" are
making hay these days. These farm
ers live easier on much less work
than their eastern and Southern
neighbors. They raise abundance of
hay on their rich meadows and
mountain sides. Droves Of fat cattle
Craze on the pastures, and ever and
anon focks of sheep watch the pass
ers-by. Many fine colts spend their
summers in the pastures, and are
wintered on the hay. Large fields Of
buckWheat await the reapers, and
now khe song of the threshers is
heard on the hills. There is no toll
ing in hot cotton fields, or dreary
rising to the uncanny notes of four
o'clock whistles. Our people live at
home, famed in summer by cooling
mountain breezes, and warmed in
winter by roaring fires. There is no
rush through life. The people just
go along with the days. We are in
the land of milk and honey, buck
wheat cakes and maple syrup. The
IT "
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-10
\ GREAT SENSATION

There was big sensation in
Leesville, Ind, when w. II. Brown
of that place. who was expected to
die, had his life saved by DR.. Kings
New Discovery for CONSUMPTION
He writes: Il endured insufferqble
agonies Tor Asthma, but your New
Discovery gave ME immediate relief
and soon thereafter effected a COM
plete cure" Similar cures of Con-
sumption, Pneumonia. Bronchitis
and Grip are numerous. It's the
peerless remedy for all throat and
lung troables. Price SOC. and s1.O0.
Guaranteed by J. L. Putegnat d
Bro, Druggists. Trial bottles free
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-10
TEXAS ITEMS.

Two soldiers under sentence to
hard labor at Fort Sam Houston
tried 10 escape last Monday, and
were fred upon by the guard, one
being killed instantly and the other
very seriously wounded
A wireless telegraph station, the
first in Texas, is to be erected at
Forth Worth.
San Antonio ladies take steps to
make the annual Battle of Flowers
in that city a success.
The governor has vetoed the bill
increasing the salaries of the super
intendent and assistant physicians
of the state insane asylums; the bill
providing for a board of pardons;
the bill regulating the practice OF
barbering and providing for regis
tering and licensing those engaged
in the business; the bill fixing and
limiting the fees of justices of the
peace in civil and misdemeanor
cases; the bill providing for a re-
compiling Of located, titled, patent
ed and unpatented lands in the
state, because the cost would be
about $4,000 and for other reasons;
the bill defining unlawful insurance
business, and the bill requiring all
railroads operating trains at night
to place lights on all main line
switches.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-10
LATE ITEMS.

Oscar Barcliffe, of Newark, y. J..
he engineer whose train collided
Vsth trolley car on Feb. 10, caus-
ing the loss Of nine lives, has gone
raving mad.
President Roosevelt delivered
twelve speeches Monday, the prin-
cipal one at Sioux Falls, s. D.
To accommodate the St. Louis
fair visitors who cannot find
lodgings in the city steamboats,
are to be fitted up and moored to
The docks where berths will be let
for 81 a night.
Municipal elections in Ohio this
week resulted in slight gains for the
republicans.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-10
BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR
CATARHH THAT CONTAINS
MERCITRE
MERCURY

as mercury viii surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely deraDge the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on preScrip-
tons from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do IS ten fold to the
good you can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
f. J Cheney e Co., Toledo, o., con-
taines no mercury, and is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure You
ct the genuine. 1t is taken internally
and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J.
Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per bot
tie.
Halls Family PIls-are the best.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-10
p makes a chef
~ " OF q COOK
~ ~ better than flour II
ANTI-RACE SUICIDE CLUB.

New York, April 6.-An anti
race suicide club has been formed
by students of Colombia Univer-
sity, eligibility for membership in
which may be summed up thus:
If you are single, you agree to
marry as soon as your income will
allow, and your family must not
number less than five; if you are
married you agree to stay married,
even unto the third or fourth wife.
and the same family requirements
prevail.
1t is said that the son of Presi-
dent Palma was one of the first
members of the club, and that Presi-
dent Roosevelt is to be elected an
honorary vice president.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-10
NOTICE.

Preparations are being made for the
publication of a weekly paper from this
Office, to be named the BROWNSVILLE
WEEKLY HERALD. The first number
viii be issued by May l, next. The first
edition viii be distributed free, and it
is the wish of the publisher TO secure
the addresses of as many persons to
whom such a paper would be of interest
as may be obtained, in order that Il copy
of the first issue of the weekly may be
sent them. Any who know of such per
sons. or who would like to receive
copy themselves, or to subscribe for the
weekly, viii be welcome TO send ad-
dresses to this Office that same may be
enrolled.
Very respectfully.
JESSE o. WHEEIUG,
Editor and proprietor.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-10
4 THOUGHTFUL MAN.

NJ NJ. Austin Of Winchester. Ind.
knew what to do in the hour of
need. His wife bad such an unusual
case OF stomach and liver trouble.
physicians could not help her He
thought OF and tried DR.. Kings
New Life Pills and she got relief at
once and was finally cured. Only
25c, at J. L. Putegnat & Bro, Drug
Store.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-10

Mr.. ROOSEVELT attended divine
worship twice last Sunday at Sioux
Falls, but it is explained that this
extra devotion on his part was due
10 a mistake His entertainers, be-
ing under the impression that he
was a member of the Lutheran
church, took him to that church in
the morning, but, finding that the
President really belongs" to the
Dutch Reformed church, rectifed
the mistake by taking him to that
church in the evening. The ques
ton now comes up, as to whether
the Recording Angel will give Mr..
Roosevelt credit for worshipping
twice in one Sunday, when it was
due to a mistake?
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-10

IT Is believed that those public
spirited men of Brownsville who
have assured Mr.. Lott that the rail
road bonus will be raised, will make
good what they have said. 1t will
require some energetic efforts on
their part TO accomplish the work,
perhaps, but it must and will be
done.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-10
MAKES A CLEAN SWEEP.

/. There's nothing like doinga thing
thoroughly. OF all the Salves you
ever heard Of, Bucklen's Arnica
Salve is the best. 1t sweeps away
and cures Burns, Sores, Bruises,
Cuts, Boils, Ulcers, Skin Eruptions
and Piles. It's only 25c, guaranteed
to give satisfaction by J. L. Pu-
tegnat q Bro, Druggists.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-10

THE 100000 voted by congress
for the relief of commerce and
industry in the Philippine Islands
was transmitted to'tbe government
Of those islands last week. Thus
does Uncle Sam continue to reap
the benefits ofthe $2O,00O,O0O dollar
purchase of antipodean territory
effected by the Paris treaty.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-10
HASTY AFTERTHOUGHT.

policeman" said the stranger,
addressing the officer that was
guarding the muddy crossings "can
you direct me-
Here he slipped and iell.
-''to the nearest place." he con
tinucd, gathering himself UP and
surveying his soiled garments,
where they clean clothes -
Chicago Tribune.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-10
Regulations of Holy Week.
Devotions at the Catholic
Pro-Cathedral.

Following are the devotions to be
observed at the Catholic Pro-Cath-
edral during the remainder of Holy
Week:
HOLY THURSDAY.
Solemn High Mass at 8 a. nj.
Blessing of the children at , p. m.
Sermon in English and Spanish in
the evening at $50; subject
Institution of the Blessed Sacra-
ment.
GOOD FRIDAY
Morning service at 9 a. m. Way
of the Cross at 3 p. m. In the even
ing, sermon on the Passion.
HOLY SATURDAY.
Morning Service at a. m.
EAsTER SUNDAY
Add also ev=ry Sunday of the
year:
LIST. Mass al 80 a. N.
2nd. Mass, sermon in Spanish, at
Z Il. M.
Ord. Children's Mass at $50 Il. m.
4th. High Mass, Sermon in Eng
fish, at 10 a. m.
Vespers at $50 p. m.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-10

AMoyG late novelties was din
ner which lasted five hours, given
By the Shakespearean Club at New
York. It consisted OF only FIVE
courses, but each course was served
at different house, and the club
went in automobiles from one house
to the other until the dinner was
finished Even Shakespeare's mer-
REST fool never perpetrated such a
folly as this.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-10
ZOE OYER SIXTY YEARS.

Mrs MISSIONS SOOTHING SYRUP has
been used for over 60 years by millions
of mothers far their children while
teething, with perfect success. 1t soOthes
the child, softens the gums, allays all
pain; cures wind colo, and Is the best
remedy for Diarrhea 1t viii relieve
the poor little sufferers Immediately.
Sold by Druggists in every part Of the
world. Twenty-Five cents 4 bottle. Be
sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow'S Sooth-
ing Syrup and take 10 other kind
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-10
TIE M0SSER HOUSE.
ALICE. TEXAS.

The best hotel in Alice is again
open to thepublic Equipped to give
first-claSs accommodations to the
travelling public. Electric buttons
in all rooms and a frSt-class chef
in the kitchen.
Lie. COLLINS, Proprietor.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-10

WHILE President Roosevelt is
emphasizing the Monroe Doctrine
1t would be a good idea for him to
attach an amendment to to effect
that Uncle Sam shall have the
right to administer a spanking to
the quarrelsome and turbulent lit
tie Central and South American
republic, when necessary, to make
them behave properly. As matters
stand now, the President is right
N urging the construction and
maintenance of a powerful navy to
back up the Monroe Doctrine. The
protectorate which that policy i'm
plies over the weaker republics of
the continent will apparently be
likely at any time to involve this
country in difficulties with foreign
governments, which must seek
redress for their respective subjects
that suffer losses through the petty
wars continually being waged in
The said republics.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-10

The rice mill for Brownsville has
been chartered, and things will soon
be humming in this town.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-10

The price of admission to the
Box Party will be p cents, Mex
lean coin, for grown persons, and Is
cents for children. Tickets will lie
sold Saturday bv the children.
Don't fail to secure your tickets.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-10

GovERSoR LANHAM seems to have
acquired the veto habit.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23

smart tussling with the rebels Of that
land. | was acting as a sentinel on q
dark and stormy night, when suddenly
l peered into the darkness and saw i
mans figure.
Halt l demanded. Come no far
Their till you give the countersgn"
"'Oh, father! don't you know me =!
cried the man.
why, Tom! How came you here?
l asked, and he fell as if almost dead.
Il quickly lifted him in my arms and
carried him to the tent.
THE next day there was a battle. a
long, fierce one, and death went with
the exploding of the soldiers awful guns.
1 caught a glimpse of my brave boy, af-
ter the thickest of the fray. He was
bending over a comrade with a whls-
pered word of cheer, and a promise to
write for him, to the friends who were
so dear. The soldiers breath grew
quicker, and on Tom he leaned, till his
life candle f1ickered and went out.
"One day l was wounded by a shot,
and in a few days | came here to my
home on the hill. AS was reading of
the dead, suddenly there arose a mist,
sort of swimming in my head, for my
died for his country's sake
Tears were in the listeners eyes as
Zeke slowly took his seat, amid cheers
that echoed and re-echoed. Nor was that
all. While he was reading, tall, beard
ed man of about 60 years entered and
took a front seat. Apparently he was a
stranger, but after the shouts had ceased
he arose and faced the audience.
"Friends," he said, mo doubt you
think l am a stranger, but | am not.
| am he that used to be called Tommie
Spergen, and am no other than Zecha-
riah Spergen's son, for which I am justly
proud
In an instant Uncle Zeke was at his
side, but only tears told his gratitude.
He was too moved to speak. Yes. there
were the same eyes, and the same mark
on the forehead.
After the excitement had Gained Tom
continued, 'There was a mistake in the
names. Twas another Tom that died
and the news was sent to the wrong par
ents. [ have been west all these years.
have made my fortune and have returned
to take care of my mother and father in
their declining days"
AS he finished speaking, three cheers
were given to welcome him back TO his
home And that Memorial Day in
Thornville was one long to be remem-
bered.-Detroit Free Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23

blessings of self-government to wide and
remote regions. They have become pros
porous farmers, merchants, leaders in
finance, captains of industry. Their blue
uniforms have been replaced by uniforms
of toll. They have brought to the sacred
desk the devout service of consecrated
powers and eloquent tongues. They who
learned the weaknesses of human nature
amid the horrors of the hospital have
administered with the gentle skill Of
healing knowledge to the sick and afflict-
ed, and in high tribunals Of justice they
have inscribed with the pen on the tab
let's Of the law what they strove for with
the sword. They have been making his
tory. They have become Representatives,
Senators, Governors, Presidents. In for
egn lands they have Illustrated the dig
nifty and glory of the republic. both in
public and private stations. That some
have fallen by the way is true, but the
uncountable majority have been worthy
Of American citizenship, and in the fields
of labor, thought, purpose, invention, en-
terprise, daring and genius they have
ranked with the foremost of this glorious
country They have inwrought the things
for which they strove with the very fiber
of the government and the fabric of old
age. They have shaped constitutions
and laws to the purposes of liberty, the
unions of the States and the high des-
TIMES of the republic. Let the veterans
all pass as the great leaders already have
those that bore rank and the undistin-
guished many But what they did lives
on and grows and brightens the passing
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
MEANING OF MEMORIAL DAY.

Do you know what it means, you boys ana
girls
Who hail from the North and the South?
Do you know what it means,
This tWining of green's
Round the silent lannon's mouth,
This strewing with flowers the grass grown
This decking with garlands the statues
brave,
This planting of flags
All In tatters and rags,
This marching and singing,
These bells all a-rinring,
These faces grave and these faces gay,
This talk of the blue and the talk Of the
In the North and the South. Memorial
Day?
Not simply show time, boys and girls,
Is this day of falling flowers,
Not a pageant or play
Nor 81 holiday
Or flags and floral bowers;
it is something more than the day that
starts.
War memories a-throb in veteran hearts;
For across the years
TO the hopes and the fears,
To the days of battle,
OF roar and rattle,
! To the past that now seems so Tar away,
! Do the sons OF the blue and the sons OF
Gaze, hand cIasping hand, Memorial Day.
Tor the wreck and the wrong Of it, boys
and girls.
! For the terror and loss as we'll,
Onr hearts must hold
A regret untold
Az we think Of those who fell,
But their blood, on whichever side they
fought,
Remade the nation and progress wrought.
We forget the woe,
For we live and know
That tho fighting and signing.
The falling and dying,
We're but steps toward the future, the
martyrs way,
Adown which the sons of the blue and the
gray
Look with love and with pride, Memorial
Day.
Boston Transcript.