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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-19
MADE YOUNG AGAIN.

eaoS Tne Of DR.. Kings New Life Pills
in " nI night for two weeks has put me
my teens, again. writes D, TT,
are p'4 tG Of Dompseytown, Pa, They
Ston uIe best in the world for Liver.
table ana Bowels. Purely vege-
At al Never grippe. Only rs cents
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-19
NOTES ON THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON FOR MAY "a.
Paul Before Agrippa.
Acts 26 1929.

AcCS y :19-29.
Golden Text. Having therefor
obtained help of God, I continue un
to this day. Acts 26 20.
After Paul had been imprisoned il
Caesarea for two years, Felix wa.
relieved from the governorship, anc
Porcius Festus succeeded to his of
fee.
In order to show the Jews a favor
Felix left Paul in prison, and one Of
the first things which Festus was
obliged to take up was the consider.
alton of the Apostles case.
The high priest and the chief OF
the Jews endeavored to have Paul
brought to Jerusalem for trial, in
order that they might have an op.
p%ortunity to carry out their murder
Gus desire of silencing the Apostles
voice in death.
Festus, however, refused to accede
to their suggestion until he had held
a preliminary hearing at Caesarea.
At this hearing, Paul defended him
self valiantly against the accusations
brought forward by the Jews, which
accusations, indeed, they were una
bic to substantiate. Willing, how
ever, to curry favor with the Jews,
Festus proposed that Paul go up to
Jerusalem for trial.
To this proposition Paul entered a
firm refusal, and to make his position
secure appealed unto Caesar, which
appeal at once took the case out of
the hands of Festus and made it OBJ
ligatOry that his case should be ar
gued at Rome.
PAUL s ADDRESS BEFORE A KING,
In the interim between PauPs ap-
peal to Rome and his departure from
Caesarea, King Herod Agrippa the
Second and his wife, Bernice, came
to visit Festus, who suggested that
Paul be given a hearing before his
royal guests. Agrippa expressed
himself as ready to listen to the
Apostles statement of his case, and
so on the morrow, amidst all the
pomp of a royal court, with soldiers
and magistrates and officials of va
rious ranks forming the striking
background, Paul stood forth and de-
livered the speech, of which the clos
ing portion has been assigned as the
lesson for our study.
In the address which Paul made
before King Agrippa we find for the
third time in the book of Acts the
account of his remarkable CONVEX
sion. There are slight differences
between each of these accounts and
yet there are none of these variations
which do not admit of a satisfactory
explanation.
"ALMOsT THOU PERsUADETH ME-"
Paul closes his statement with a
direct appeal to Agrippa, which is
answered by the startling words of
Agrippa: almost thou persuadest
me to be a Christian"
Whether these words we're spoken
in sincerity and e~arnestness, Or
whether, as many think, they were
uttered merely as an ironical retort,
equivalent to some such phrase as,
"You VIII soon be. making me a
Christian" implying that such a re-
suit was an utter impossibility, the
of the king furnish subject
for the most serious and
1----1L H. -~1---4L4~o
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-19

A Country School TSG yqs9 oy WISH o9 s t. P 1T
a quiet, inexpensive school in a healthy localityP
Board and tuition IS q month,
EXTRAs-Music, $3.50 a month. Bookkeeping
and short hand, $500 a month.
For further information address.
MATTE. J. CALDWELL,
Lemon Springs, Moore Co., N. C.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-19
Wbv the Advance in Cotton ?

orssing the remarkable advance in
the price of cotton within the past
few days, observes:
"In so far as the fixing of this
u,aok's high price-the highest for
the period of thirteen years-is a
speculative operation-it is much to
he regretted. Even if speculation
were really a minor influence, so
high a price will, if long maintained,
have two unfortunate results-to
check Il export trade in cotton, and
70 drrange the plans of the cotton
GOODS manufacturers. On the other
hand. the Southern producer natur-
ally feels much the same elation as
did the Western wheat-grower in the
great rise of 1898, and there can be
no doubt, the cotton crop being by no
means dis~astrously short, that the
wealth of the Southern section of
the United States will be greatly en-
HANGED by the good price command
ed by that staple"
Unhappily, however, the producer
is not a beneficiary of this advance,
the crop having long ago passed out
of his hands. There is no advan-
tage in it to anybody except the spec
~ulators. If it is maintained the man
~ufacturers must lose money, shut
down or advance the price of their
products. If they shut down they
are losers and the operatives suffer;
if they advance prices, the whole
public is the worse off. No legiti-
mate interest is benefited by this rise
in the price of cotton. The Evening
Post proceeds with this quite inter
esting statement:
"Bricfy, it may be said that the
general average rise in cotton prices
during the past four years, has re-
suited nor largely from increasing
consumption of the article than from
deficient crops. The American crop
now marketing is apparently under
the average of the five past years,
but 1t IS very much larger than any
cotton crop harvested up to 1898. In
the same five years, however, annual
consumption of cotton in the United
States has increased over a million
bales, or nearly 40 per cent, while
the worlds consumers, as a whole, are
estimated to have increased their
purchases by two million bales. How
lar this increased consumption would
be arrested by exorbitant prices for
the raw material, and for the goods
manufactured from it, is another
question:"
Undoubtedly there has been a large
increase in the quantity of cotton
manutactured-this is an incident of
lhe worlds increasing population
ana a period of prosperity, which has
oIsol'en AN increased demand for
tISSFEthlng that is made and every
"l"s That enters into human con-
IpcnIPlion, that grows in the ground.
n ~" 'nII Is apart from the sudden
m nru Violent advance in the cotton
mILhet this week, which is referable
orl To gambling on the New York
Nl"ange,- Charlotte Observer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-25
How Il Strikes an Operator.

A coal operator who was at the
4apitol to-day entered into all explana-
ton of why coal is high, and as his
statement seems 10 confirm some pub.
lie suspicious, it is worth printing as
he gave it. His mine is in Ohio. Some
days ago the company of which he is
part agreed to sell the product at the
mine at 81 95 ton. He was sitting
in his Office when several coal dealers
appeared. instead of asking mis- price
ton. one of them exclaimed in bold
eager voice: II Will give you for
prompt delivery 81 a ton. Another in
terrupted quickly: II viii offer $3.50"
Still another jerked out nervously.
raising his voice to the highest pitc}
And l hid S. a ton" Thus by ov-r>
bidding shey carried the cost price UP
to nearly 800 per cent ever the original
,,riee the operator had fixed. The con-
sumer was only considered as man
to be supplied as rapidly as possible at
exLateG prices :ew Y;.'k Tribune
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-25
At the kinderCarten.

Would you he sorry if your NAM
ma was to die?" asked the smallest
little girl on the bench as she pains
takingly threaded her needle and fell
to work on her hemming
"Oh, what q silly question: replied
the plump girl with blue pinafore
who sat next to her. "Of course
should" And she gave vicious tug
ut her thread to shake the knot out
Of it.
."Well. l shouldn't be sorry if my
father was to die" put in thin little
woman of eight.
The other looked shocked and asked
why.
"Oh. he's too fresh" replied the
thin girl in acc snts Of deepest disgust
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-25


BY decree of nature. one-hali
the world flourishes at the expense OF
the other half. The sparrow chases
the butterfly, but the hawk chases the
sparrow. For the problem OF life is
tWOfold 1t is not enough merely to
eat: it is necessary to avoid being
eaten. Yet nature detests killing for
Killings sake. Massacre forms no
part Of her great plan. So we see
that every creature is provided with
some more or less effective quality OF
defence. by means Of which the at.
tacks of it's natural enemies are rem.
dered less frequent or less deadly.
Thus, the antelope. by means of its
superior speed, at times escapes from
the lion. The armadllo, rolled in its
~ondrous coat Of mail. lies secure
among score of hungry, gnawing
foes. while the White hare, scarcely
dlStinguislable from the snow on
which it crouches, is often over.
rocked by his foe the fox. But of all
creatures none nave received more
ample protection than the insects.
Some OF them possess stin2s, others
bite, and few puff out clouds Of
poisonous vapor to stupefy or blind
their pursuers. Again there are in.
sectS clothed in impeEetraIe armor,
insects covered With shal spines
and prekl>s ard others whose means
Of defence consists in noting but a
likeness to the objects which sus-
round them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-25
Napcleon's Idea # Journalist.

The worst recommendation that aLy
man could have in Napoeon's eyes
was to be a newspaper writer. Shortly
after the 18th Brumaire, Table de
rAarade, who was always a favorite
with the emperor, solicited an ap.
pointment for one of his acquain-
tances. What has he done?" asked
Napoleon. He has been journal
ist.' "A journalist? That means a
.rnmbler, a censurer. giver of ad-
vice. a regent of sovereigns, tutor
Of nations The Bicetre is the fittest
place for people Of that stamp Sup
pose Napoleon lived to-day. with his
=very thought anticipated in the news
1apers! Some eOoG newspaper ad-
vice might have saved him in the
Russian campaign and later at Wa.
terloo.-New York Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-25
Meaning of a Red Sunset

n red sunset is hailed with delight
by people who are gong to take .
holiday the next day. But the reason
why red sunset should indicate fine
weather the next day is probably con,
sidered by few. 1t is very simple.
Watery vapor in the air affects tbs
refraction of the light. and "h ara
there is a large amount pre- il
largely cuts off the red ray ,,
therefore, the red rays d, "
transmitted the amount J. ,.re
does not approach the rain p>...,. and
therefore the chances are sOong that
the weather will he f:se dnring the
~ext twentI-four hours.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-25
NOT NEEDED THAT TIME.
)rIshman Felt He Could Get Alone
Without TROUBLING the Lord.

IrIshman Felt He Could Get Along
Without Troubling the Lord.
Father O'Keefe, the Catholic chap
lain at West Point, was listening to
some raillery one evening concerning
che efficacy of prayer 1t was all
&C od-hu12ored enHue' for his com.
',anions at the time were men who
he'd him in deep respect and regard
dls argur ent was that very, very few
OF us who are helped by prayer ar
inclined to give credit for the assisf
ance to the proper source, AID ofte
fondly believe that our good fortun
IS Of our own devising. rs r<i'sat hi
argument he told the tale ., :. Ce!.
who was engaged as all-arour.d man
IN one Of the ''g Office buildings.
Cleaning windoT. one day on the
eighteenth floor, he ,ost bis balance
aud fe... eAclaiming as he reslized his
great peril:
"Oh, Lord, me, sinner
help mel"
The words had ..arGly been uttered
when he was caught on a projection
from a window op the fourteenth or
fifteenth flool, when. assured of his
safety as he swung free, he added:
20! well. yez needn't moind!"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-25
Mistook the Sionai.

Gov. Van SAINT OF Minnesota called
on Preside Roosevelt recently and
the CHIEF i. :strate ii.tenaed to ash
ernor took one Of the president ges.
.Lres tor an intima;ion that the in.
feryiew was at all end and Just then
II. Roosevelt turned 10 greet dele
icr. When he looked around Mr..
SAINT was gone. A messenger was
2tcl.ed in search of the Minnesota
"'?o was found facing about half
Of steamed oysters in 4 swell
rant. Ii was too late TO go back
o':sat SO he remained where he
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-25

It's very kind of the street railway
people to accommodate the baseball
public by tying up the several lines
in order to furnish good transporta-
ton facilities TO and from the ball
games. but to those who do not at
tend the games and would desire to
get car to their respective homes
it's a horse of different color. A
great MARI, complaints originating
from this appa ent discrimination are
heard The cars patiently rest at
Jones park for the numerous pr0epec-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-25

DOOR closing UP III d
measure. There is
larger stream of foreign population
nonr;ng into the United States than
was ever known before. and much OF
this foreign population is very objec-
tionable. In fact, the larger per cent.
of it is composed of the criminal ele-
ments of Europe-anarchists, thieves,
murderers and highwaymen. The Ma
fla and other dangerous societies are
being made stronger daily by this
great influx of population, and if it
is not checked it will not be long till
life will be as cheap in the United
States as in the native countries OF
the anarchists.
The immigration bureau pf the
treasury department has announced
that the official figures of the immi-
grafton to the United States during
the month of April were 1876 ,2S6, the
largest number of aliens who ever
came to this country in any month.
For the last ten months of the pres
ent fiscal year the total immigration
10
same period in the history of the coun-
try.
The total immigration in the twelve
months of the last fiscal years was
64S.743. 1t is thought to be certain
that the immigration for the month of
May will exceed 100000 and for the
month of June will be in the neigh
borhood of 100000. This will give a
total immigration for this fiscal year
of between $50 600 and 800 600 per
sons. as r,any people are found in a
number of the oldest and most pop
ulOus states of the country.
The year 1882 was the banner year
in the history of the United States.
Since then imrig! alton has dwindled.
In that year 7SS992 persons came to
this country. 1t is now practically
certain that this fiscal year will estab-
lish a new record.
The arrivals at the principal ports
for April we. as follows: New York.
101 .572: Boston. 9.7S4: Philadelphia
SAB; Baltimore. G,973: San Fran
cisco. S24: Key West 403.
The arrivals hv way Of the Cana
dian border for the month have not
been sent in by the border immigra-
ton officials
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-25

We are now located in our new Of.
tee at 3O5 West Second avenue, op.
posite the Pine Bluff Mercantile COM
of our friends and patrons and also
be glad to receive new ones.
p. B. LIGHT AND WATER co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-25

tive nickels while the regular pas
senger traffic that can be depended
on 365 days out of the year is ne
elected. The complaints should have
some consideration shown them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-25
A Little Glri.s PRAYER.

Little Alice had been out To bed
and was saying he! prayers. This
vas part of her petition oh. God.
axe al the bad p@op,e goo6 and
axe ali the good peop,e--aH the
'" reople--the good people NIGEL"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-25

1t is time for the authorities to put
a stop TO those harrangues from the
courthouse steps, 1t blockades the
principal thoroughfare and is produc-
tive of no good. Saturday night there
was a harrangue that ought not to
have been permitted, and it was re
peated Sunday afternoon and again
Sunday night Let the negroes. like
the whites, go to their churches to
have religious services. The Graphic
hasn't much faith in the pray and
preach of the fellow who wants to
parade before the public at the promi-
nent street corners.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-25
After the Reception.

Ernie-"Her costume that night
.aptivated him. The paper described
t as a fetching gown.
Edith-"Prohably because 1t fetch
81 her husband"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-25
ARKANSAS IN BRIEF. +
+ + + + + + + + + 4. + + + + =

Harrison Wiley, a prominent farm
eli, was killed at JonesbOro in a hor-
rible manner He was driving a
.Our mule team and was thrown
across the wagons double-tree. The
mules took fright. one of them kicked
Mr.. Wiley in the head and then the
team ran away, dragging the body
two blocks.
Yellville has raised the $40 GOO bo-
nus required by the Missouri Pacific
railroad. This insures the much
wanted and much i alked-of railway
station within one mile of the cor
porate limits of the town.
A case of smallpox has developed
at Houston.
Some joker at Houston painted the
business portion of the town BLACK
Thursday night.
A board of trade has been organ
lied at England.
The announcement that the Des
Arc and Searcy railroad would be eX
tended to De Wallis Bluff caused a
celebration in that thriving town. Ev
bells rang and other noises swelled
the town.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-25

1t can no longer be said there is
honor even among thieves. Bull
bat" Alexander is accused of robbing
a gas meier.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-25
JAS. w. ADAMS Pres'oen :
GEO. II. ADAMS, Business Manage :
FERNANDEZ MAY, Managing Editor
ID .lleI 6Ilelsus6 'hepIn7es

Entered at the Postoffice at Pine
p,uf Ark. as second class mail mat
ter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-25

Advertising rates made known on
application.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-25

oHice: Corner Braraque and Chest
nut Streets.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-25

A board Of trade has been organ
lied at England.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-05

you an egg-nog of this famous "mour,.
tain dew" that will put to shame the
little banquet to which you have in
vited us tonight, and if you come in
summer we'll furnish you with mint
juleps" as long as your arm, and frog
EN- from ice manufactured at our own
plant.
You may desire to know how to
produce the famous yellow leg
geo chicken. l can give you
the formula: We hatch them
in the lofts of the blockade dis
tilleries instead of incubators, feed
them on sweet mash, and a few days
before they are to be slaughtered we
feed them on gold nuggets taken from
our mines to give them color, and we
serve them with diamonds for mush-
rooms, taken from the quarries of fiex-
lille sandstone in the county of Hall.
Just before Roosevelt gave his last
official blowout. he sent down for
few coops of this famous brand OF
chickens, and when they were served,
notwithstanding he was born of a.
Georgia mother, he did not know the
proper way to use them, and while in
no way intending to wound the sensi-
bilities of his white guests, he had to
send around to the Treasury Depart
ment for a Georgia negro to set the
pace in their consumption"
1t is needless to say Col. Findley
won his point, for before he finished,
Mr.. Martin, of Macon, in behalf of the
committee arose and said: Since
hearing the Gainesville rooster crow.
we accept his amendment"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-05
LIKE A DERRICK
Pure Food Lifts the sick Up.

Only those who have experienced the
delicious feeling of returning health
and vigor can properly appreciate the
value of pure food. When the improper
food is left OFF and scientific food, such
as Grape-Nuts, is used in its place one
begins to feel the glow of returning
health. 1t feels as though some pow
erful derrick was lifting one up into
the realms of sunshine once more.
Some time ago 1 was taken sick and
got so very low that thought at times
l would never be able to get out again"
writes a business man of Wilmington,
Del. zone day my wife saw an ar
ticle in the paper about Grape Nuts
that / asked her to get some. How
thankful I am that 1 did so. / was
at that time reduced to shadow of rs
pounds, but the first weeks use of
Grape-Nuts brought me to my feet so
that I could walk out, to the great
that I could stand alone. BY the second
week I COULD walk out, to the great
surprise of all, and now ! can get out
to my business without any trouble,
and have made the phenomenal gain
up TO l60 pounds.
Improper food nearly killed me. but
when l left II on and used Grape
Nuts II did not take long to put me
back IN health. Name furnished by
Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
Feed Right Feel Right" Is true
axiom. Remember Grape-Nuts food Is
ior Athietss, - well IS tbs sAoI's
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-05
AMANDA BEAUCHAMP
WINS POWELL'S FORTUNE
Florida supreme Court Renders n
Decision i'm the Case.

Decision I'm the Case.
Tallahassee, Fla, March 4.-The
Florida Supreme Court to-day rendered
an opinion in the weIl-known contest
ed will case of the state of Florida ap-
pellant, versus Amanda Beauchamp,
appellee, involving the nuncupative
will of John Powell, Jacksonville
man, who died two years ago, leaving
an estate valued at over 100000.
Powell left no relatives and the claim
of the state was that the property had
escheated to the state. Miss Beau
champ claimed that she nursed Powell
several months prior to his death and
was afflanced to him. The day be-
fore Powell's death he made this num-
cupative will. under which the pro-
ponent, Amanda Beauchamp, was the
sole legatee. The probate of the al
legged willswas contested by the state,
claiming an escheat of Powells prop
erty, and after having heard the evil
dence, the county judge denied pro-
bate of the will.
Upon appeal the Circuit Court re-
versed this decree, and this entry by
the Circuit Court has now been affirm
ed by the Supreme Court.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-05
SPREAD OF THE PLAGUE.
RiOting at Villa Union Where the
Disease Appears

Mazatlan, Mex, March 4.-There was
one death in the city to-day from the
plague, that of year-old girl.
There are now 1874 persons isolated
and under observation.
The statement that the plague exists
at Villa Union has been confirmed, and
DR.. Bruton has been ordered to that
place.
DR.. Carbajal, who was there yester-
day, states that two fatal cases &C.
CURED. The houses of the victims
were burned and the persons who
dwelt with them isolated. Villa Union
is on the road to the interior country,
so no efforts will be omitted to check
the epidemic at that point.
Gov. Canedo has just received a tel
ephone message that serious disturb
ances have occurred at Villa Union
More than 100 men of the lower class
attacked the sanitary agents sent from
this city, and wounded one of them.
The agents escaped and could not be
overtaken by the mob, which threw
rocks and drove them out of the pue-
bio. The mob then began to hunt
up Drs. Carbajal and Bruton, whom
the people consider responsible for the
burning of two houses where plague
cases occurred, and declared they
would kill them to stop further de-
struction of houses.
The Governor has ordered a de-
tachment of the Eleventh Infantry to
proceed to Villa Union. The rurals
have also been sent.