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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-03
Notice / EdgecOmbe Alliancemen.

A special meeting of Edgecombe
County Alliance will be held at the
courthouse in Tarboro, on Tuesday,
November 18th, 1903, at noon, to per-
feet the organization and transact
any other business that may come
before the meeting.
r. G. HART, Sec.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-03

AGRIC ULTURAL EXPERIMENT STA
TION.
Director-B, w. KilgOre, Raleigh.
Agriculturist-C. w. Burkett, West Raleigh
HOrticulturist-W. F. Massey, west Nd
leigh.
Chemist-W. A. Withers, Raleigh.
VeterinaIian-Tait Butler, Raleigh.
BiOlOsist-F. L. Stevens, West Raleigh
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sherman, JrT MA
leigh. ~
Poultrvman-J. S. jeffrey, West Raleigh
Assistant in Field Experiments-B. F. Wal
ton, West Raleigh.
Assistant in Dairy H~usbandry-J' u h0H
dali, W est Raleigh.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-03
OFFICERS.

8. L. Patterson, Commissioner.
T. K. Bruner, Secretary.
B. W. Kilgore, State Chemist
TAFT Butler, State Veterinarian.
Franklin Sherman, Jr., EntOmoIogist
Gerald Mccarthy. BOtanist and Biologist
b. 81. BrimIey, Naturalist and Curator.
POstOfice address of all officers, RALEIGH
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-03

The yellow fever situation at Lar
edo, Texas, is improving.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-03
NORTH CAROLINA AGRICUrTmu
DIRECTORY.
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURp

8. L. Patterson, ex ef1cio, Chairman
District Membership John NJ. Forehsnd
Edenton; (2) J.B Stokes, Windsor; 8) VIM
Dunn, NeWbern; az 9. N. Allen, Auburn.
(5) r. W. Scott, Melville; 10y A. T. McCaI''
lum, Red Springs; 90 ]. P. McRae. Laurin.
burg; () e. L. DoughtOn; Laurel Spr1nso.
(9) w. A. Graham, Machpelah; Q0 A. Cav
non, Horse Shoe.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-03
FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.


Pres1dent-John Graham, Warrenton. War.
rem County.
Vice-President-Hugh D. Edgerton, IngIe-
side, Franklin County,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and State Business
Agent-T. B. Parker, Raleigh, Wake COUNTY,
Lecturer-H. M. Gates, SwepsOnviIe, Ala
mance County.
Assistant Lecturer or Stewards. G. Balm.
Wade, Cumberland County.
Chaplain-A. P. Gates, Rock Spring, Or
aDge County.
Doorkeeper-Geo. T. Lane, Greensboro,
Sergeant-at-Arms-R. H. Lane, Aurora,
Beaufort County.
Trustee Business Agency Fund-W. A.
Graham, Machpelah, Lincoln County.
COMMITTEE.
J. w. Denmark, Chairman, Raleigh; W. B.
Fleming, Rtdgeway; John Graham, Warren
ton; DR.. J. E. Pc son, PikevilIe; Thomas J.
Oldham, Teer.
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
j. m Mitchell, Goldsboro; T. P. Johnston,
Salisbury; J. K. Hughes, HiIsbOrO.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE.
Dr G. W. Burkett, DR.. F. L. Stevens, I. B.
Parker, Clarence H Poe, Raleigh.
STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
P1esident-J. A. Long, ROxborO.
Secretary-J. E. Pogue, Raleigh.
Treasurer and Assistant Secretary-Claude
benson.
FARMERS PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION.
President-J. s. Cunningham, Cuninghams.
Secretary-W. P. Bachelor, Raleigh.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
NOTES OF THE MODES.
WoOl1en Fabrics for Winter Cos. tunes and Capes--AttrRctive
 Fur Decoration.

Woollen diagonal fabrics for the winter are in all possible variatie4a.s. | In some cases the diagonal stripes are formed by small colored tufts, in oth.. CTS they are in two distinct colors on a shaggy ground, on which silky cam el's-hair threads add much to the ef- feet in the form of short tendrils branching out from the diagonal lines. In barred fabrics the shot effects diff fer from those worn last spring in so far as the lines are finer and run di- agonally in both directions, forming small tasteful check patterns in soft au-wool weaving, that will make pretty costumes for general wear all winter, reports the New York Post.
 Rough stylish Scotch weaves, bou- 'rettes and soft heecy French woollens are used in rather light beige, tan, mode, fawn, or tucked white satin, finished with gold braid and buttons, and are likewise entirely without trim ming, save for edges of silk stitching. Muscovite silk undersleeves and Rus sian vests are new for costumes of rough fabric that have no conspicuous design in their weaving. The camel's hair stuffs in pale swallow blue, old rose, orchid mauve, and chestnut brown are very fashionable, with their surface covered with long silky hairs in white or fcelle gray.
 A handsome dinner dress of Russian green brocade is made with a princesse back and a girdled front, with fancy vest showing between. The girdle is rather narrow in front, but widens in- to deep corselet on the sides, arch- ing still higher at the back. It is made of extremely fine cut jet laid over pale rose-colored silk. The shoulder seams are slightly heightened. The close upper sleeves are of the brocade, with turn-back cavalier cuffs of the jet laid over the delicate silk. The gown is lined throughout with pale pink taffeta shot with sea-green. The gracefully hung skirt is in seven-gore shape, and wholly tuntrimmed.
 Many of the winter coats, capes and redingotes have the protective stand ing collar cut in one with the garment. that is, without any seam at the neck. This method gives certain grace and an appearance of length that are very improving in effect.
 Some very attractive examples of fur decoration were seen on the new street costumes which the first few cold days of the season brought to view. One, by way of illustration, was of Danish blue cloth, with three grad uated bands of otter fur around the skirt, worn with matching fur jacket that opened in front over 8 vest of white camePs hair figured with silk spots of brown and fastened with handsome jeweled buttons.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
HE KNEW THE STORY,
And Broke Tn and Told It, All But the Most Interesting Part, Which
 He Didn't Know.

The man who always anticipates when another is telling story was the victim, and this is the way it happened, writes Elliott Flower, in the Chicago Post.
 ''Did you ever remember that you'd forgotten something?''
 And fail utterly to remember what it was you had forgotten? Why, of course. Everybody does that" ssse .< a.s
 'Did the recollection of what you had forgotten suddenly dawn upon you-''
 At the most inopportune time? Certainly. That's always the way" Well, I had that experience 8 short time ago.
 q know the story"
 "Oh, you do?'' "Unquestienably. But go ahead and tell it, anyway"
 ''I was going away on train, hav- ing been up to my neck in business that kept me worried"
 ''I quite understand. So many deals on hand that you knew you'd for. gotten something"
 q did,"
 'And you couldn't remembes what
 ''I couldn't
 ''You cudgeled your brain before boarding the train, but failed utter. ly." @.
 That's it.''
 "Oh, know that story like book. We've all been there. After you had boarded the train and were speeding along at rate of 60 miles an hour you suddenly remembered what you had forgotten"
 You've hit it."
 ''I told you knew the story. It's one of the ancient hard-luck tales.''
 "Oh, it is, is it?"
 Sure it is. I can tell it to you down to the last detail--all except the sum you stood to lose. Of course. you stood to lose large sum on ac- count of your forgetfulness?
 ''I certainly did"
 "And you pretty nearly had a mental collapse on accountof it. Oh, I've been there. You figured on time tables to see if you could get train back in time to save yourself, and found you couldn't. You were wild eyed as you figured out your prob able losses and realized how helpless you were"
 Nothing of the sort.'
 "What?" ..
 Nothing of the sort. I simply closed the deal out by wire at the first stop and had peaceful journey. And say!" .....
 "Well?" i
 "Would you mind letting me tell my next story myself?"
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
STREET CAR BROKERS.
Not in the Classified Trades Direc- tory, But Dealing in Second
 Hand Cars Right Along.

New lines of industry are constant ly springing up suggested by all sorts of modern improvements, and 1t is hard to keep track of them. There is the street car broker, for instance, says the Philadelphia Record. You probably won't find him classified under a separate heading in the business directory, but he exists. In the current issue of trade journal devoted to transportation are the ad- vertisements of men who deal in sec ond-hand street cars. One dealer an- nounces "a special bargain lot of six 40 feet long over all, seating 40 passengers on cross rattan walk-over seats, with electric motors in good shape, and practically new" An other says he has six varieties to choose from. and from 12 to 20 in a lot. Still others advertise that they will either buy or sell secondhand street cars. This business, >accord- ing to one of the officials of the sil- ade1phia Rapid Transit company, Is assuming quite large proportions. Improvements in the rolling stock of the trolley lines, particularly in the larger cities, have become so rapid that within short time car is out of date. These cars, which are gen. erally still good for general use, come in handy for the companies op- erating in the small towns, and that's where the car broker comes in.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
Music at the White House.

WASHINGTON Jan. 1O.-Mr. Mark Hamburg, the pianist, gave delight ful musicale at the White House last night, which was thoroughly enjoyed by a brilliant assemblage of POO per
 sons representative of official and resi- dent society. It was the first of a series of Friday evening musicales which Mrs. Roosevelt proposes to give during January. The guests were seated in the east room, which looked particu
 larly attractive in it's new decorations of white and gold. The evenings en- tertainment included a programme of fifteen pieces, embracing selections from Chopin, Rubenstein, Leschetizky, Liszt, Hamburg, Boott and series of Irish melodies. Mir. Hambourg's per formance was of high order, his deli cate touch, exquisite technique and masterful rendition of the work of the masters bringing forth round after round of applause. He was assisted by Francis Rogers, baritone, and MT. Bruno Huhn, ao<companist at the piano.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
THE BEGGARS OF PARIS.
Deputy Plays Detective and Makes. Extraordinary Discoveries
 Among Them.

M. PauHan, one of the permaneno secretaries of the chamber of depu- ties, has carefully studied the word '.paupericulture," invented by Abra- ham Dreyfus. and has, in various disguises, followed the profession of beggar all over Paris, says a Paris letter to the New York Times.
 According to M. Paulian. the beg gars of that city make an average of nearly 20 francs day. They are di- vided into district guilds, their cen tral authority being represented by two Autographed sheets entitled "Le Grand Jeu'' and 'Le Petit Jeu," which gives lists and special coun- sels to subscribers.
 Some of these are humorous and instructive. One rich patron can only be ssoftened by the plea of no rent and threatened expulsion. Another gives no money. but never refuses clothes. The clergy and pious peo- pie can be got at with babies await ing baptism, and young people re- quiring the clothes to make their first communion. A wealthy repub- lican, on the other hand, only gives to those who are sharp enough to explain that they are the victims of the cures.
 The acknowledged patriarch of the beggars is a Populo, whose auxiliary is the former proprietor, of an an archist paper. His chief task is to write clever begging letters or sham recommendations to influential per- sonages.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
.WATERTOWN .J0TTINGS.
Funeral of Patrick Dunigan Will Take
 Place Monday.

Patrick Dunigan, an account of whose death appeared in yesterdays Democrat, was born in County West Mayo, Ireland, in March, 1S42. He came to this town in 1863, where he had lived ever since. MT Dunigan was the first person to break ground where the sWarren house (now Taft school was built. He always attend ed church services when in good health and was always ready and will ing to help a friend. Besides a wid- ow he leaves one brother, three sons and one daughter to mourn his loss. The funeral will be held Monday morn ing from the house at 9:30 and solemn high mass will be celebrated at 10 o'clock at St Johns church, with inter ment at Mt St James cemetery.
 Sheriff Nellts of Winsted and W. H. Morrison of Torrington, appraisers on the stock of F. l.. Hitchcock, have completed the inventory of the same.
 Tickets are selling rapidly for the first entertainment and dance of the Watertown baseball team which takes place at Town hall next Wednesday,. The proceeds of the dance will go tow ard purchasing new uniforms for the club members.
 Services tomorrow as usual in all the churches. Mass will be celebrat- ed at St Johns church at and 10:30 a. m.
 As the days advance the scarcity of coal becomes more and more danger ous. Both of the local dealers state that their supply is nearly all gone, and no more can be obtained at whole sale for less than $11 per ton. If no anthracite coal can be obtained before long Mir Woolson has decided to try the use of coke for heating purposes
 A number of Prof c. A. Bailey's for mer pupils here are very desirous of having him open class for the grace ful art of dancing and department at an early date. He is noted as being the finest professional instructor in Waterbury the past ten years and it is hoped that he may arrange for an evening. Further names may be sent to his studio at 70 Bank street, Water bury.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
COBIN ON THE STAND
Lieutenant Governor Tells Commission What He Saw.
THE NONUNlONIST CASE IS CLOSED
During a Severe Examination Gem eral Goblin Has Several Sharp Tilts With Darroyy, Coun-
 seI For the Miners.

PHILADELPHIA,J Jan. 1o.-After oc- cupying eight days, during which time they presented about 15O witnesses, the nonunion men, who are party to the arbitration agreement, have closed their case before the coal strike commission, and the coal companies opened their case this morning.
 The principal witness before the com mission yesterday was Lieutenant Gov ernor J. F. $. Gobin, senior brigadier general of the national guard of Penn sylvania. General Gobin was in com mand of the Third brigade during the time the troops were OH duty in the hard coal fields. He was on the stand three hours and a half and during most of this time was engaged in recital of the conditions as he found them in the territory he covered. He was on duty from July 30 until about Nov. 1 or 2. From his observations and from re- ports made to him by his officers it was his opinion, he said, that an "excited state of lawlessness'' existed in the re- gions, that disturbances were numer- ous, that the presence of the troops was dD6OAuJCly ASCCSDdIy CO 1pECSCISC Id W and order and that it was difficult to maintain the law even after all the troops in the state had been placed in the disturbed territory.
 During direct and cross examination General Gobin had several tilts with Clarence $. Darrow, counsel for the miners, but they never reached seri- GUS point.
 Rev. Carl Hauser, Lutheran Slovak minister of Freeland, said when he was called upon to of1eiate at the funeral of a noaunion man in the Pan ther Creek valley he experienced the greatest difficulty in securing pallbear CTS. When the body was taken from the house, Mr. Hauser said, the strikers yelled "Scabv' and spat upon the coffin. Some of them made such remarks as: "It's Shame to bury 'scab.' Throw him to the ,dogs.''
 Attorney John T. Lenahan, for the nonunion men, presented indictments and pleas of guilty of certain union men for acts of lawlessness and also records showing that members of the union went on their bail bond. These were presented, he said, to show there was some connection between the strik- CTS who broke the laws and the union.
 The evidence of the 150 witnesses called by the lawyers for the nonunion men since they opened their case re lated almost wholly to their personal experiences ard to the conditions pre- vailing in the strike affected territory as regards lawlessness.
 Chairman Gray and Commissioner Wright were both absent from the ses- sions. Judge Gray was slightly i'll, and Colonel Wright had business to attend to in Washington. In the chairman's absence General Wilson presided.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
'OAKVILLE HAPPENINGS

Mass will be celebrated at St Mary Magdalene's church at S:3O a. m. to- morrow by the Rev Father Traynor, ion churches will be at the usual hours.
 At the golden wedding held Wednes- day at the Kelly homestead James Lyons offered the congratulations, 1 speaking long and impressively on the life of the happy couple. Miss Mary Kelly has returned to New York city. During her stay here she attended the golden wedding of her parents, Mir and Mrs Timothy Kelly.
 Many out of town friends who were unable to attend the golden wedding lof MT and Mrs Timothy Kelly have sent presents. and the following are the names of some which were not mentioned in the list: The wedding cakes were very handsome and were the gifts of Mrs James Garrity of Washington street, Waterbury, and Mrs Kate Kelly of Naugatuck; five dollar gold piece, MT and Mrs James Murnan; 50 gold. piece. Margaret Kelly; $1 gold piece, & R. Harris; gold framed picture, Mrs Thomas Kelly.
 William Russell has opened a gro cery store and meat market on North .Main street, Waterbury.
 Abraham Ineson is talking of start ing a machine shop.
 Mrs Harry Abbott is slowly reclover- ing from her recent illness.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
REGICIDES EXPLAINED.
The Assassina of Crowned Heads Not Anarchist@, Hut Degenerate
 Poor, Says an Expert.

That wide-awake Roman journal, L'Italie, sent a representative the other day to Prof. Sergi, chief of the. Anthrcpological Institute in Rome, to ask him why so many Italians become regicides, mentioning, of course, Gas eric, Lucchesi, Angiolitto, Bresci and Rubino. Here, says the New ork Sun, is the answer of Prof. Sergi:
 ''Our enigrants go out in swarms that become concentrated all the more when they find themselves isolated in a foreign country. But the unfortun- ate isolated ones soon drop down into the darkest misery. You know how great the tendency to suicide is in northern countries. The wretched Italian driven to those lands quickly feels that morbid influence and he joins to it the defects of his own i'm pulsive nature. While the man of the north in-despair seeks an obscure suicide, the meridianal, or southern man, looks for a sensational suicide
 ''Then you mean to call sensational suicides, at least to some extent, the regicidal attempts of desperate men ?" asked the correspondent.
 ''Yes," replied the professor, lon condition that you add to the word desperate the word degenerate Place degenerate in the wretched conditions in which Italians in for eign countries find themselves so oft en, and you have before you an inddyid- ual who dreams of finishing rniser- able life by 8 resounding suicide. Take the cases of Caserio in France, Lucchesi in Switzerland, Bresci in Italy and Rubino in Belgium"
 ''Then you do not believe in the an. archistic declarations which they all make under similar circumstances?
 Certainly not. The anarchists have ideas, not impulses; and the regicides that have mentioned are all creatures of impulse and solitary wretches. Doubtless they have been more or less influenced by sociaHstic and anar- chistic publications, but with them that influence is only secondary. The true cause of their acts lies in their intellectual degeneracy, accentuated by the miserable physical conditions of their existence. For example, take >>the first word of Rubino when he was a-ested: T was so wretchedly poor,' said he, etc. There is the complete explanation of his act. The man is an impulsive degenerate, determined to end his life of misery in a brilliant fashion, according to his notion"
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
MARRIAGE MAKES DIFFERENCE
sThe Timid Wife Is Cherished, But the Timid old Maid Is
 Laughed At.

Marriage, indeed, does make diff ference to women, and we who are the old maids might just as we'll learn, writes Miss LiIlie Hamilton French, lin My Old Maids Corner,''' in Century. My own first awakening came when saw my married lsisters calling to their stalwart gyoung husbands to help them over Asome puddles in the road. And what ia fuss they made! When they had
 been helped over, they went on and left me, the youngest, behind. I called for assistance, too, it seemed so agreeable to command it. One of kmy sisters, her hand still in that of liner husbands, looked back and said:
 Its easy. Step on stone and jump" :"
 Then cuddling closer to her husband, she walked on, not turning again.
 can remember, too, the wife of some college professor who had been
 asked to meet me when was perhaps '2S. sWhy, I thought you were mar ried," she said to me as we shook l hands. sIf I had known you were single, never would have worn long dress" It was her only long dress, I learned afterward-that was why she
 said "a'' and not "my''-.a black silk dress, by the way, which she had worn ,for years, and which she made "low neck for dinner parties by unfasten- Ting the few top buttons. These sarly
 experiences, and my having married sisters, taught me much. Probably every other old maid has learned, too, fthat tirnidity and helplessness, for i'm stance, so engaging In wives, are con- sidered ridiculous in spinsters. Is not a tirnid old maid laughed at the world
 Ever. and is not a timid wife cher }ished?
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
HANDS OF A MoNEY-HANDLER.
Line of Business In Which ve1vety Fingers Are Not Often
 Met With.

Hook at my hands," said a. man as he drifted into the office of a we'll known business man, and as he said it he stretched his fingers out to their full length, exposing the palms of his hands. The inside of his hands were very rough. That was exactly what he wanted to call attention to, says the New Orleans Times-Demo- crat.
 ''Do you see these crusty forma- tions," he continued, ''these corns and bupions, and knots, and other things of that sort? Look at 'em.'' He still held his hands open for in spection. Do you know where II got answered the man. Not much ' said the fellow wi.n the rl..,ty I4,.i. ,..s. .'Maulin' rails?" ven;ured uae man again. Nope" was the short repi,' of the man with tie essSy hal4u.,. 'Pullin' a crcsszcut saw?l,. IS I'll gges .ed the man as last resort, bu6sEe was wrong again. Well, how on earth did you get 'em, then?" he asked. with snow of impatience. Han dlin' money" was the mans reply, a s he smiled at sthes look of disgust and incredulity whiclrs spread over the face of the, man he was talking to-. 'sYes, sir; got all these corns, and bunions and knots, and other rough things which you see on my hands handling money. You see, work for the traction company, and have to handle and sort all the money of the company. It is awfully hard on the hands. A great deal of the money is in small denomina tions, and we handle it in bags and packages of various sizes. There is so much of it that fellows hands soon be- come hard on the inside and gradu- ally grow into the knotty condition which you find mine in at this time. You can bet that handling money is not the soft and velvety business :t is generally supposed to be. The as- sociation of soft, white hands with the business of handling money is dead wrong, and. il. any, man doubts what I say about it simply ask him to step up and take a look at my hands,
 And the money handler with tho rough hands blew out as suddenly as he had blown in, t.>.e aad. ass