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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-15
Lee and the College Student.

Writing in C~hristendom of Gen.
Lees work as president of Washing
ton University, Rev. J. VIM. Jones
says:
A wild young fellow used to make
his boast among his comrades that if
the general summoned him to his of
fee he meant to "talk back at him
and make him laugh, and not allow
him to get him to crying as he did
so many other fellows" Soon this
student received a summons to go to
the presidents Office, and a number
of his friends gathered~on the out
side to hear the result of the inter
view. When he appeared there we're
evident signs of weeping on his face,
and to their eager inquiries, GLOW
did you get out, Harry? Did he
scold you very severely" he replied:
"No; Z wish he had scolded me. I
wish he had whipped me. But he
talked to me so kindly and tenderly
about mother, and how in her widow
hood she was making such sacrifices
to send me to college, and how I
ought to appreciate her love, and
prove myself worthy of her, and of
my noble father who was a gallant
Confederate soldier, and had fallen
at the post Of duty, that the first
thing I knew I was blubbering like
a baby. He made me promise that in
the future I will behave myself better,
and study well. And I tell you, boys,
I am going to do it." That young
fellow became one of the most or
DERBY and best students in the col
lege, and graduated among the first
in his class.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-15

diversion in Philadelnhia-in New
York his taste ran toward the APP.
prentices' Library. There he would
sit, day after day, congratulating
himself upon the prospect that time
would not drag while the four thou
sand volumes in the collection held
out.-Samuel E. Mofett, in The Pill
grim for September.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-15
The Boss's twenty-five Per Cent.

1t costs over ninety million dollars
a year to govern New York, and more
than half of it is paid out in salaries
and wages. Nc other city in the
world car equal this showing. In
other American municipalities the
expenditures are large and the re-
turns are not commensurate with the
outgo; but with the worst that the
average American city can do it
cannot begin to equal the pace set
by New York.
In the meanwhile the average
taxpayer would like to get the worth
of his money. At present rates his
return is not over seventy-fve cents
on the dollar. The other twenty-five
cents represents all sorts of things,
including the sudden -accessions of
local bosses to great wealth.-The
Saturday Evening Post.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-15
o Captain My Captain

o captain, my captain! Our fearful
trip is done,
The ship has weather'd every rack,
the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells l hear, the
people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the
vessel grim and daring;
But, o heart! heart! heart!
Oh, the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my captain lies,
Fallen cold and deadl
o captain, my captain! Rise up and
hear the bells! y
Rise up! For you the flag is flung,
for you the bugle trills,
For you bouquets and ribbon'd
wreaths, for you the shores
a-crowding,
For you they call, the swaying mass,
their eager faces turning.
Here, captain, dear fatherl
This arm beneath your head!
1t is some dream that on the deck
You've fallen cold and dead.
Ny captain does not answer his lips
are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm; he
has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchored safe and sound,
it's voyage closed and done
From fearful trip the victor ship
comes in with object won.
Exult, o shores, and ring, o bells!
But I with mournful tread
Walk the deck; my captain lies
Fallen cold and dead!
Walt Whitman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-15
THE HOME CIRCLE

When 1 Heard the Great Astronomer
When 1 heard the learn'd astronO-
mer;
When the proofs, the figures, were
ranged in columns before me;
When I was shown the charts and di-
agrams, to add, divide, and
measure them;
When I, sitting, heard-th %astrono-
mer, where he lectured with
much applause in the lecture
room,
How soon, unaccountable, I became
tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out, l wander
ed off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and
from time to time,
Lookd up in perfect silence at the
stars.
Walt Whitman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-15
Divided in Taste.

One morning, as Judge c., of N.
Co., Va, was starting for the town,
he was approached by one of his ne
groes, who, with more or less con-
fusion, asked:
"Massa, when yo' goes to do Cot
House will yo' git me a license? rs
gwine to be mar'ed."
"Married, r you, Sam? All right"
called the Judge as he hastily drove
off. Arrived at the courthouse, he
spent a very busy day, and it was not
until he was preparing to leave that
he remembered Sans license and
realized that he had not told the
name of the bride-elect.
"The old idiot, he never told me
who he wants to carry, but, of course,
it's Lucinda; he's always making
eyes at her" So saying he returned
to the courthouse and had the Ii
cense made out in the names of Sam
and Lucinda. Sam was the first to
greet him upon his return with the
inquiry:
"Git my license, NASSAU"
eyes, Sam, you old fool. You
didn't tell me who you want to mar
rs, but I remembered how you're al
ways hanging around counting Lucin-
da and got the license in her name"
"Lawd, Nasal" exclaimed Sam,
"taint Lucindy, it's Kyarline,
What's I gwine ter do, Nassau
"Wen," said the Judge, "the only
thing will be for me to get another
license tomorrow"
"Massa," said Sam, "did yo' pay
anything fur dem license"
eyes, Sam, a dollar and seventy
five cents"
''Will anuther license cos any
t'ing" asked Sam.
eyes, Sam, a dollar and seventy
five cents more" replied the Judge.
After scratching his wooIly pate
for a few minutes Sam replied:
"Well, Massa, I done axed Kyar-
line an she sed Vase but fo' de
Lawd, dere amt no dollar an seven
ty-fve cents difference in dem two
niggers, so I'll JUS take Lucindy."-
Prudence Baxter, in September Lip
D~inoottIs
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-15

"Nos. 40 aud 14I of our series of the Worlds
Best Poems, selected especially for The Pro-
Farmer by the Editor. In this series
selections from the following authors have
alre2 dy appeared: Burns, Bryant, Mr.. and
Mrs. Browning, Byron, Goldsmith, Holmes
KipIing, Lanier, LOngfellow, Lowell, Mark
ham, Macaulay, Milton, Moore, Poe, Pope
TennysOn, FImrod, Riley, Ryan, Scott,
Shakespeare, Shelley, and others.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-15
Mark Twain.

have the art of SO organizing and dl-
recting the labor of others as to alb
sorb the greater part gifts product
for themselves. It may be worth
while, for the sake of variety, to con-
slider the career of a man who is a
captain of no industry but his own,
who has no money except what he
has personally earned, who neither
gives nor takes orders, neither re-
ceives nor pays tribute, but stands
out beside our complicated industrial
hierarchy that rare survival of an al
most extinct breed-an independent
American citizen.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens began
earning his own living nearly fifty
five years ago, at the age of thir-
teen, and he has continued to arm it
to this day. His parents gave him
blood, and great expectations from
vast landed possessions that are now
worth millions in the hands of other
owners, but no ready money. The
first literary work with which he was
ever connected was a directory of
Hannibal, Missouri, for which he
helped to set the type in his brothers
printing-ofice. At seventeen he was
making his way, without friends or
influence, as a compositor on daily
newspapers in Philadelphia and New
York. At twenty-five he was a
pilot on the Mississippi, with hun
dreds of lives depdendent upon his
skill and vigilance.
Just here is where his career di-
verges from that of the typical fin
ancial hero. At this point he should
have secured an interest in a steam
boat, which should then have grown
into a line, a combination of lines,
and a transportation System" But
Mark Twain did not take this easy
road to greatness-did not, apparent
ly, realize that it existed. He tried
to dig fortune single-handed out of
the Western hills, and came very near
succeeding. Up to this time there had
been nothing to indicate that he
would become famous either as a
humorist or as a philosopher. Until
long past the age when most men
have definitely settled themselves in
their life-work, Samuel L. Clemens
was still exploring blind trails. His
early letters reveal him as a young
man of marked seriousness. He loved
fun, of course, and the Tom Sawyer
side of his character would crop up
with or without provocation, but his
mind was filled with plans for solid
work, and he expounded them with a
shrewd business sense in which there
was nothing frivolous. It takes a
pretty w~ell-balanced character to car
ry a country boy of seventeen safely
through a solitary exile in a great
city a thousand miles from home,
without a relative, a friend, or even
an acquaintance to help him to keep
on the right track. When the Subj
printer from Hannibal was setting
+vDo in the O&co Of +bo Pbi1oJo1Dh1o
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-15

Don't wait for great things; for
while you wait the door to the little
ones may close.-Galax Leaf.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-04-09
PIERCED HIS LUNGS.
Stabbed While Trying to Defend a
Widows Home.


Wilmington, April 2.-Last night
between and 9 O'Clock, while in
the act of defending the home of a
widowed sister-in-law from the dis
order of young man who
had formerly been boarding there
and had returned under the influence
of liquor, Mr.. Roderick MacRae,
engineer at the Wilmington Cotton
Mills. and a member Of one of the
most prominent families in Will
mington, was seriously and most
probably fatally stabbed by Samuel
l.. Mann, who was lately employed
in the Health department of the city.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-04-09
SHORTAGE IN ATLANTA.

Atlanta, April &c. Hallman
Sims, collection clerk for the Capital
City National Bank, has been placed
under arrest by United States Deputy
Maashal Scott, upon warrant sworn
out by President Speer, of the bank,
charging Sims with embezzling a
sum estimated atnearly $94 900. Sims
is now held at the Piedmont Hotel
by theedeputy marshal. He refuses
to talk about the affair.
The first suspicion of shortage in
SIMS accounts arose yesterday. Ex-
pert accountants Immediately began
work on the books and it was soon
disclosed that large sums had been
distracted at various times, extend
ing back several years. The warrant
was then sworn out by the president
of the bank. Sims had been in the
service of the bank for years and
was considered one of their most
trusted employees. He moved in ex-
elusive circles of Atlanta society and
was a young man of fashion.
Prominent outside bankers have
made a thorough examination of the
banks condition and have given out
a signed statement that it is abso-
lutely safe. A portion of the defal-
cation is covered by Sims bond, and
he also owns some property, which
will be turned over to the bank. The
directors state that the amount of the
defalcation has already been charged
to undivided profits. National Bank
Examiner Desausseure also states
that the bank is in no danger.
Sims, who has admitted his guilt,
will be prosecuted by the United
States government. He is unmarried
and is the son of Thos. l.. Sims, a
prominent merchant of KirWood,
one of Atlanta's suburbs.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-04-09
NO177

Asheville, n. c., April 1.-Dr
Quinn, who came to Asheville sew
eral months ago from New York and
leased the Haltheriou baths, has
skipped town, leaving behind him a
numerous array of creditors and one
pair of cuffs. Quinn came to Ashe-
vile bringing with him letters of
recommendation from prominent
New York people and much sur
prise is manifested here at the mans
acts.
Washington, April 1.-The first
step toward the complete reorganiza-
ton of the national guard of the
country was taken to-day by Secre-
tary Root when he issued a general
order for the inspection of all state
militia organizations by regular army
officers. This inspection is prelimi-
nary to re-arming the militia with
modern magazine rifles. It will
probably be completed by the first
of May.
Asheville, n. c., April lac
cording to information obtained to-
day and which is considered reliable,
disappointment of ex-senator Pritch-
ard to the Supreme Court bench of
the District of Columbia is but tenn
porary one, it being the quasi pro-
gram that he tender his resignation
within the next eighteen months,
and then succeed Judge Simonton,
who is expected to retire from the
circuit court bench within that time.
A close personal friend OF Pritchard
to-day predicted that the Senator
would again be in North Carolina
within few months.
Washington, April 3.-It was re-
ported to-day on apparently good
authority that Secretary Shaw was
severely rebuked by the president
the day the secretary left on his pres
ent trip to Illinois and two days be-
fore Mr.. Roosevelt started on his
tour to the Pacific coast. The rebuke
was administ< red as result of a
difference of opinion between the
president and Mr.. Shaw in regard to
some of the secretary's recent acts in
the treasury department. Although
the exact cause OF the incident is not
disclosed, it is believed the stirring
up of the customs service at New
York and Chicago, an object on
which Mr.. Shaw has been set for
some time, called forth the strong
language used by the president.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-04-09
GOLDSBORO. N. c.. THURSDAY, APRIL g. 1908.

F. Miller, who was prevented by
illness from attending, was read by
the toastmaster, and was deeply
gratifying to Judge Allen and his
assembled friends.
The banquet was served in an ele-
CANT manner. Throughout the even
ing delightful music was furnished
by the Goldsboro Orchestra.
The following was the bill of fare:
New River Oysters, on shell
Haut Sauternes.
Consomme, Princesse Royale.
Olives. Radishes.
Broiled Shad, Maitre d'hotel.
Saratoga Potatoes.
Soft Shell Crabs, Sauce Tartare.
New Asparagus.
st. Juliene Bordeaux.
Broiled Spring Chicken, on toast.
Lettuce and Tomatoes, ,Mayonnaise.
Strawberries with Frozen Cream.
Assorted Cake.
Edam Cheese. Banquet Waters.
Coffee. Fruit. Cigars.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-04-09
Charlotte Observer.
DIVIDENDO.

"a translation: the original in
Spanish by former Senator Marion
Butler, together with delicacies from
the difficult Sampson county idiom.
J. r. NJ
In youth it seemed that he was lost
Unto the world to rust,
But he came bobbin', polished up,
A-cussin' of the Trust.
But when plethoric he became
With needful, current dust,
He said two sides the question had,
And bought stock in the Trust.
And now of dividends he talks
Until his throat is hoarse,
And patriotic views have run
To dividends, of course.
JNo. r. MORRIS.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-04-09
Letter to G. w. Murphrey
Goldsboro, n. G.

Dear Sir: III. M. Hooker & Co.,
Cooperstown, n. Y, have sold De-
voc paint for 42 years. D. T. Nc
Gown, of that firm, built a house in
'85 and painted Devoe, of course. The
paint lasted ten years.
A year or two later, a neighbor
built house, and painted it lead
and oil. The neighbor's house was
repainted twice in the same time.
This looks as if the neighbor's
house was painted three times in
eight or nine years, and McGown's
once in ten years. We are not quite
sure we tell the tale as it comes to
us.
It is enough to say that Devoe lead
and zinc lasts twice as long as lead
and oil.
Yours truly,
f. w. DEvOE & Co.,
P. S. Smith & Yelverton sell oul
paint.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-04-09
COTTON CROP OF THE YEAR

The census bureau has completed
its final count of the years cotton
crop at 1875 ginneries. The count
by estimates, includes the small por-
ton of the crop unginned on March
%, but it does not include linters,
and the count thus stands at 1O,63O,-
945 bales of 500 pounds each. Per-
haps 100000 bales should be added
on account of linters, thus bringing
the crop up to in round numbers 1O,-
1900 bales, which figures will un-
doubtedly be Vindicated by the final
outturn.
The production by states in COM
mercial bales is thus given:
Alabama, 1,O11. .325.
Arkansas, 1896
Florida, 67,287.
Georgia, 500, ,199.
Indian Territory, 409,591.
Kansas, 45.
Kentucky, 1908.
Louisiana, Oil, 1858.
Mississippi, ,451 ,62e.
Missouri, 1852.
North Carolina, 568, ,6S4.
Oklahoma, 218,390.
South Carolina, 949, 200.
Tennessee, 328,OI9.
Texas, 2,587, ,299.
Virginia, 16,575.
Experience is rapidly proving that
mere estimates and forecasts have lost
all value, and the plan of counting
the bales at the ginneries is the true
and only satisfactory plan. The cen
sus bureau will soon have all gins
located and listed. The agricultural
department is endeavoring to show
that the census bureaus list of gin
neries is not complete. Possibly it
is not, but it is complete enough to
afford better figures Of the crops than
the estimators of the agricultural de-
partment have ever furnished.
If the agricultural department and
the census bureau would cooperate
in completing the list Of ginneries,
public and private, they would serve
the people exceIlently, and this is
just what they should do, and then
the government should publish dur
ing the busy season of the crop year
at least semi-monthly reports of their
work. In this way the 'expert''
and estimator can be elimated. Such
! people will not be needed when actual
counts supersede visionary and twist
| ed estimates.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-04-09
COL. CROSSUELL DEAD.
DIED AT HIS HOME IN WILL
MINGTON YESTERDAY.
He Was Division superintendent
of the Southern Express
Company.

Wilmington, April 4.-Col. w. J.
Croswell, division superintendent OF
the Southern Express Company,
with headquarters in Wilmington,
died at his home here to-day at 11:15
O'Clock, after an illness of a week
with Bright's disease. His remains
were sent this evening to his old
home near Greenville, S. c., for in
terment tomorrow afternoon. The
funeral party is travelling in the
private car of Superintendent w. N.
Royal, of the Atlantic Coast Line,
and will reach Greenville via Colds
boro, Greensboro and Charlotte. In
the latter city the party will be join
ed by Mrs. CroswelPs brother, Mr..
J. J. Croswell, and son of the de-
ceased, Mr.. Markley Croswell, a stu
dent at Davidson College.
William Jefferson Croswell was
born in Sumter county, South Caro-
lima, and was So years of age. He
entered the express service when
quite young man and had contin-
ued in same for forty years, rising
from the ranks of railway messenger
to superintendent of this division,
which position he had held with
eminent satisfaction to the company
since 1889. His supervision extend
ed over large portion of North and
South Carolina and part of Georgia
and Virginia. In business and priv
ate life he was an exemplary citizen,
devoted to his family and the COM
pany which he served. He was a
leading member of the First Presby-
terian church, this city, and leaves a
wife and seven children; also a
brother and five sisters.
Short funeral services were held
from the family residence this after
noon before the remains were taken
on the seven o'clock northbound
train.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-04-09
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.

The committee appointed to draft
resolutions on the death of Brother
j. P. Smith beg leave to submit the
following:
Whereas the Supreme Architect Of
the Universe, in His infinite wis
dom, has seen fit to remove from our
midst our esteemed friend and
brother J. P. Smith, a most faithful
and Jealous member of HOrmony
Lodge, No. $40, A. F. and A. M;
therefore, be it
Resolved, 1st. That in the death
of Brother Smith, Harmony Lodge
has sustained the loss of one of its
truest and most valuable members,
and the community in which he
lived and died, one of it's best and
leading citizens.
Resolved, End. That while we
bow in humble submission to the
will of Him who doeth all things
well, we deeply mourn our sad and
1rreparable loss.
Resolved, 3rd. That we extend
our sincere and most heartfelt sym
pathy to the family and relatives,
commencing them to the Faithful
One on high, whose exceeding great
and precious promises are full of love
and divine sympathy, and all suffic
lent for them in this hour of bereave
ment.
Resolved, 4th. That these resolu
tions be spread upon the minutes o
the Lodge, copy be sent to the be
reaved family, and copy to thu
ARGUS and Orphans Friend for pub
lication.
J. E. PERSON,
n. B. BERGER,
w. E. HAM,
Committee.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-04-09
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