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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24
A Morning Thought. y

What if, some morning, when the
stars were paling,
And the dawn whitencd, and the
East was clear,
Strange peace and rest fell on me
from the presence
OF a benignant Spirit standing
near:
AndI should tell him, as he stood
beside me,
"This Is our Earth-most friend
ly Earth, and fair;
Daily its sea and shore through
sun and shadow
Faithful it turns, robcd in its
air:
"There is blest living here, loving
and serving,
And quest of truth, and serene
friendships dear;
But stay not, Spirit! Earth has
one destroyer .
His name Is Death: flee, lest he
find thee here!"
And what if then, while the still
morning frightened,
And freshened in the elm the
summers breath,
Should gravely smile on me the
gentle angel
And take my hand and say, "My
name is Death"
Edwin r. Sill.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24

*Nos. 14 and les OfOur series of the Worlds
Best Poems, selected especially for The Pro
gresSive Farmer by the Editor. In this series
selections from the following authors have
already appeared: Burns, Bryant, Mr.. and
Mrs. Browning, Byron, Goldsmith, Holmes
KipIing, Lanier, LOngfellOw, Lowell, Mark
ham. MacauIay, Milton, Moore, Poe. POpe.
Read. Riley. Ryan, Scott, Shakespeare, Shell
ley, and others.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24
WHAT THE OLD SOUTH CAN
TEACH US.

In this busy, rushing, grasping day
of Americans might find
much instruction and inspirations
and learn a valuable lesson, if they
would turn for a moment once in a
while to consider the stately, gener-
Gus and beauty-loving order which
marked the later colonial and earlier
national period of our history, par
ticularly in the South. The present
owes a real debt to the South of the
past and to the early colonial period
of II history-a debt that cannot
be ignored as long as faith, courage,
beauty, culture, and unselfsh devo-
ton and hospitality may be reckoned
among a peoples virtues. Separated
from us by the chasm of the heroic
'late unpldasantness" and by four
decades of time, both the South and
North have entirely put the past be-
hind them, except in SO far as both
may learn from past history. And
the range is now long enough for cor
rect perspective. Shall we not to-day
find something sweet and sound in
the South that will yet be a power
full, conservative influence in the
republic? "WilI it not be strange"
asks a distinguished biblical scholar
and an old-time anti-slavery radical,
"if we have to depend, after all, up
on the orthodox conservatism of the
South 2"
The word "Southerncr" carries with
it as distinctive traits and character
istics as the words Scotchman or
Frenchman. Isolated from the ul-
tra-industrial spirit, undisturbed by
"isms" of any sort, "born of a stock
that planted itself with like vigor
and purity nowhere else outside of its
island home" it was bred under sep
arate and unique conditions. And,
though the old South is a thing of
the past, a new era of freedom has
set in and we are n people and in
separable, the South has left a le-
gacy and memory invaluable to this
generation.
The old Southern life and civiliza-
tiOn was fuU of mower and nSDira-
ton. At no other time perhaps in the
history of America do we find a pc
Rod so fraught with sincerity, open
ness and frankness of manner, charm
and graces of cultivation. It was a
time of simple faith, honesty, and
open simplicity. The voice of the
scoffer at religion was seldom heard
and never needed in the Southland.
There were no disintegrating infu-
ences of modern skeptical thought.
The conservatism of the South re-
fused to pipe to the mad dance of
the times. While this cultured gen
Grafton is elsewhere framing artistic
prayers to an eternal not ourselves"
OF asking unanswerable questions of
the "Unknowable," and pulling it.
self over "TwO Isaiahs," everywhere
in the Southland there were, and are.
earnest men and women reverently
thanking God for sunshine and rain
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24
Health, Narcotics and Business Success.

The subject of tobacco is necossor
lily included in this chapter. Tiko
all elements which have an effect IN.
on the nerves, it differs widely in it.
action upon different individuals and
no sweeping statements can be made
Upon most constitutions its action
is deleterious. It is always injurious
before the period of complete devel.
opment and cannot be used bpforo
the age of twenty-five without harm
Doctor Seaver, Director of the Pbv-
steal Laboratory at Yale, tabuIatpd
the record Of the students entering
that university during nine Years.
when all the young men were exam
ined and measured. The smokers
| averaged fifteen months older than
the non-smokers. They were also
shorter in stature. Nicotine inter,
feres- with growth, and its effect in
that regard is veryq measurable. At
] Yale during the four-ycars' course
the non-users of tobacco, although
taller when they enter, gain "A per
cent more in height and POI per
cent more in girth of chest than do
the habitual users. Doctor Hitch
cock of Amherst College found even
greater differences. The difference
in the lung capacity is very strik-
ing in the two classes and has
been noticed by all observers. 1t
shows the effect Of tobacco on the
respiration, nicotine being a potent
~depresser. AS regards the effect Of
nicotine on the mental processes, it
is more difficult to interpret the
meaning of statistics. Out Of the
highest scholarship men at Yale only
five per cent use tobacco, while Of
the men who do not get appoint
ments, sixty per cent use it 1t Is
not necessary to interpret this as
meaning that mental d~ecrepitude fol-
lows the use of tobacco by young
men, for there are other factors to
be considered; but it is certainly not
conducive to the best work.
With the possible exception Of bad
diet and methods of eating, aIce
holic drinking is the most fruitful
cause of human breakdown. Ibs
physical questions r so interwoTeH
with the moral that it is a very din
cult subject upon which to write
from the standpoint Of physical e.
fects alone. The dangers OF exec"
and habit and the sad results VDsD
they become master r unlverSaP
recognized. Their power to cauS
suffering and ruin need not here =
entered upon. One point only 'p
be considered-the physical efe''
of so-called moderate drinking lD
commonly used term is indeHIlg
for what is moderation for one ll''
be excess for another. 1t toOS"
could be banished entirely tDSr
would be fewer irritable and ner'O~
men in the community. We D'I
once more quote our old lI".
George Cheyne: "Smoking toOaYs
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-24

Governor Aycock declines - ,o I
point delegates to the negro r'''
vention in Atlanta.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
SMASH INTO POOLROOM.
Raid in Beaver street Draws a Crowd
Hard Tack Club the Name.

Inspector Schmittberger, Capt. Farrell
Of the Old Slip station and six detective.
raided a poolroom at % Beaver street YES.
terday afternoon. The noise of the crash.
ing doors, breaking glass and shouts Of
besieged and besiegers collected such a
crowd. In spite Of the half-holiday, that
the reserves had to be sent for.
The police say the place opened last
Monday. The proprietor may have been
deceived by what some Of the newspapers
printed on April 20 regarding the decision
in the Stedeker case. After the evidence
was secured Capt. Farrell himself went
to the District Attorneys office and had
an Assistant District Attorney help him
in getting warrants against seven Of the
Doe family.
The men who got the evidence were Pa
trolman O'Neill and Detective McCutcheon
Of Inspector Schmittberger's staff. They had
noticed 9 great many TI men going up to the
week. so they got hold Of couple of its
orange-colored pass cards last Friday and
invested IS apiece on Steved ore in the
fifth race at Morris Park.
Yesterday McCutcheon visited the Hard
Tack Club alone. On the first race he lost
second race was about to start O'Neill' :
head appeared on the fire escape. The
captain had persuaded the tenants on the
first floor to let four of his detectives reach
the fire escape from their windows. while
he and the inspector bossed Detective
Hammer while he pounded with an axe on
the door at the top of the stairs.
The surprised sports. didn't show any
fight. They Just huddled into a corner
and yelled. But as McCutcheon didn' I
like to turn his back to them one division
Of the raiding party had to kick In the
not only the hall door but two doors at
the end of the passage. and this. together
with the galloping up Of the Second and
Fifth precinct patrol wagons, made lot
of noise.
Twenty-four prisoners were bundled off
to the station, where seventeen were let
go, after a lecture. OF the remaining
seven who were held Adolf Auerbach is
said to be the proprietor Of the poolroom.
He said he was clerk and lived some
where around Lexington. avenue and
Sixtieth street" The other men were
said to be his helpers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
ID ED.

CRoSSEY.-On Friday, May s, 1878. James Cro'Sey
In his 5sth year, beloved husband oil Ca'ne' w.
CroSsey, nee DAILY. and father OF MarsaTe' ana
the Rev. John j. CROSBY
Funeral from his late residence. oaS TENN q,
Monday, May II, at 10 4. NJ: tn"~'e !" W
Holy Cross Caurch. West +?d st. o.n! Ao"s''
lntcrmcnt In Calvary.
ROWLAND. -Suddeniy. OF heart failure Ga'oin' 81,
Greene Rowland, on Saturday. May w. a' '''
residence, 81 East 3Sth st.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
JoNES.-on Saturday. May 0. at Mount hls.p'
n. Y..Elizaoeth Alice. wife OF Lle~eI'!u jon,
ID. D.. Bishop OF Newfoundland and ectm1u
and daughter OF the late Sir ADAMS ", .N'"
bald. X. C. N. e.. Lieutenant Governor "
Nova Scotia.
PRlCE.-On Thursday afternoon. at his reNueh1e
In this city. In his 6Sh year. Dr. iHo"'''
Randolph Pr,cc OF Columbia College
Funeral services will be held al Trinity e"'' '
Sunday afternoon. May 10. at : O'CLOCK
STEARNS.-On saturday. May Q, al kaao' ="
y. j.. Margaret Curre. widow OF 'ohn "
Stcarns. In her sd year.
Notice OF funeral hereafter,
WILLIAMSON Thursday. NAV q At MS ~
dence. - West 5Sth ST.. OF heart lhiure' oe'''
G. Williams In the nth year OF ais age.
Funeral services will be held a, ST baHno'
news Church. Madison av. and t>'a 49,
- sunday afternoon. Nsy 10, u 2Soo'esssk
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
IT'S JOTH ANNIVERSARY.
celebration In st. Paurs Lutheran Church
In Williamsburg To-day.

st. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church,
at South Fifth and Rodney streets Williams
burg, of which the Rev. Hugo w. Hoffman
is pastor, will begin the celebration OF it's
fiftieth anniversary to-day. The celebra-
ton will last for three days.
st. Pauls parish was organized in 1853,
by a small number Of Germans in the Eastern
District Of Brooklyn. The first church
was built at South First and Rodney streets,
the Rev E. Z. Schlueter being the pastor.
The congregation became so large that in
1885 the trustees decided to build a new
church, and in October Of that year the
present one was erected at South Fifth and
Rodney streets at a cost Of 5 q. 900. In 1893
the last of the church mortgage was paid
off and at a special service the mortg &c was
burned.
During the last half century Ave churces
have been organized from st. Paul's. At
the present time it has membership Of
1000, and in the Sunday school it has / 500
pupils
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
SHE ADVERTISED FOR A HUSBAND
And when He Came She Took One Look
at Him and Hurried Away.

Troy, May 9.-Edger Rhodes arrived in
Troy to-day from Powpal, VT. in search o {
woman he had nevor seen, but who had
promised to become his wife. The visitor
had with him copy Of thu Bridgeport
Bells. which contained an advertisem mt
of woman in Watervliet who was looking
for husband. Rhodes answered the. ad-
vertisement and since April 10 had been
in correspondence with her.
To-day was the date set for their meeting
and wedding Rhodes had a picture OF
the woman, and when he got of the train
he spied a woman who m he thought to be the
original. Going up to her Rhodes. showed
the picture and asked her if she knew 1t.
Without answering the woman ask' d,
Are you the MANI" And receiving an firm
alive reply she hurried away. Rhodes
which and Pownal, Vt, he spends his time.
1t was the second time that Rhodes had
been fooled in this manner. Rhodes said
that the woman who was to mset him was
Miss Annie Muller of 228 Twenty-third
street. Watervliet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
LAWYER SUES EvANs HEIRS



David Keane, a lawyer, has begun suit
In the Supreme Court to recover $500
which he says Ii due him from Thomas b.
Enos, Juliet G. Henderson. and Roland
Enos. three heirs-at-law OF Thomas w.
Evans, the well-known American dentists
who died In Paris on Nov. II, 1897, leaving
an estate valued at between five and six
million dollars
Mr.. Keane says that when II was learned
that DR.. Evans had bequcathed only $3.50 900
to his relatives. leaving the rest to the
Thomas Evans Museum and Institute
Society Of Philadelphia, the defendants
employed him to contest the will, agreeing
to pay him 8 per cent. OF any sum they
might receive, whether as the result Of
Judgment or a compromise. The first
negotiations toward a settlement. he says,
were futile. as one Of the executors under
The will refused to agree to give the heirs
81 100 900 in all unless he got 500 900 himself
in addition to his legal fees. Subsequently
a settlement was arrived at in November,
1900, by which the heirs got $500, COD, and OF
this Mr.. Keanes three clients received
$i6S, coo. He says he has been urable to
get his per cent. Of this sum, SIS 200 In all,
and has therefore been obliged to sue for
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
SHOT HIMSELF NEAR THE HEART.
Young Man attempted Suicide Because
his Sweetheart wouldn't Set the Date.

UTICA. May Civilian r. Evans. a
respected young man living in Remsen,
shot himself last night because Miss Ger
trude Hess Of Trenton would not consent to
marry him. The bullet has been extracted
and Evans is on the road to recovery. He
Is also repentant.
Evans Is about ~ years old. He had
courted Miss Hess for some little time and
there was every appearance that Miss
Hess reciprocated his attentions. It had
been his custom 70 call on her two evenings
every week. Miss Hess lives with her
uncle, Rudolph Hess, and last evening
Evans called on her. They were sitting
in the parlor and Evans was pressing his
suit and endeavoring to have the young
woman set a date for their marriage.
1T will be settled now one way or the
other" said Evans to Miss Hess.
This was about 1890 o'clock. Evans
asked Miss Hess for q drink OF water and
she left the room for short time. While
she was absent the report Of . pistol
was heard. Miss Hess returned at once
and found Evans with a 3? oalibre revolver
still smoking in his right hand.
The ball passed within half an inch Of
the apex Of the heart, and "a It was i'm
possible to reach this city by train, Evans
was brought here in wagon. The dis
lance Is twenty miles The lungs were
not injured, and II blood poisoning does
not follow Evans will soon recover. He
said ne was sorry that he had tried to
kill himself and was impressed with the
fact that It was very foolish thing to do.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
LAWYER JONES DISCHARGED.
Buffalo Man Accused OF Giving the Waldorf
a Worthless Check Set Free.

Lodowick H. Jones. the Buffalo lawyer
who was accused of paying his board bill
at the Waldorf with a check which was
returned from the bank, was discharged
by Magistrate Mayo in Jefferson Market
police court yesterday.
Lawyer Boland, who appeared for the
Waldorf management said that the case
had been settled and asked for the dis
missal of the complaint
Pefore he left court Jones was served
with papers in a $4,000 foreclosure suit on
property owned by him in Buffalo. Neither
Jones nor his lawyer would discuss the
case, except to say that a mistake had been
made.
A middle-aged woman whose hair was
streaked with gray called at the Tenderloin
station last night and said she wanted to
see Mr. Jones. According to her story,
she was married to Henry John Jones
in December last as the result OF a news
paper personal" Her husband, she says,
nd in three days with $500. all her saw
ings Since then she has been keeping her
eye on the Joneses who have been arrested.
Her Jones, she said, didn't wear spec
tacles while she knew him. The Buffalo
LAWYER does
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
SUMMONS FOR POLICE CAPTAIN.
Mohawk Clubs President Accuses Shire
Of Ext rtIOn.

Lawyer Benjamin Steinhardt went to
the Yorkville police court yesterday and
got from Magistrate Crane summons for
Capt. Nathaniel Shire Of the East Thirty
fifth street station. The lawyer submitted
an affidavit signed by James Purcell, the
president OF the Mohawk Club Of 2(6 East
Twenty seventh street. in which the captain
was charged with oppression.
The affidavit declared that the captain
went to the club rooms last Wednesday
with several policemen. entered by break
ing down the door and refused to allow any
of the twenty-five men present to leave
while he was searching for a certain man
for whom he had warrant. The captain
was charged with restraining the twenty
five men of their liberty for an hour.
The captain had warrants for three men
accused OF gambling and found two Of them
when he went to the club.
The summons was made returnable on
Tuesday
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
HAS COUPLED HIS LAST Oars.
"Happy Jake" Weller Failed NJ Last to
Lean Back In Time.

WHITE PLAINS. May o.-Jacob Weller.
for twenty years a switchm1n and car
coupler on the Harlem Railroad, and who
was known to the railroad men as Happy
Jake" met his de- tn here to-day.
Weller, who had coupled thousands of
the Harlem COG ches and ives considered
the most expert coupler on the road,
was engaged in coupling two p ssenger
cars at the round house. When the
cars came together. they failed to lock,
and he gave the signal to the engineer to
go ahead and back. He arranged the
locking pins, but failed to get out Of the
way in time, and his head was crushed
between the bumpers.
He was so years old. He leaves widow
and five children.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
ACCUSED MAN TRIES SUICIDE.
J.J. ELLIOTT, A BOOKkEEPER.WAS
SUSPECTED OF FORGERY.
Troubles Began. His Friends Say. When
His Ffancee Tilted Hlm-She Was .
Restaurant Clerk whom He Had Been
Providing for Since He First Met Her.

Providing for Since He First Met Her.
John j. Elliott, bookk eeper, who was
about to be arrested on charge OF forgery
tried to kill himself by inhaling Illuminating
gas yesterday, In the fiat at 81 West Ninety
third street, where he lived alone.
The jantress, smelling gas. got into
Elliott g rooms before he WAS dead and called
DR.. W. A. E. Mckee, who lives across the
hall. DR.. Mckee worked over him until
an ambulance came from the j. Hood
Wright Hospital and he was taken there.
He will probably recover.
1t was after the suicide was discovered
that the police Of the West Tooth street sta
ton received word from Capt. Wiegand Of
the Mercer street station that he wanted
Elliott on a charge Of forgery. made by
J. A. Stein. a feather importer at 81 East
Elliott did not report at his office in the
last few days and Mr.. Stein said yesterday
that several checks had come In which the
firm recognized as forgeries
Elliott. who is a brother Of W. Stanton
Elliott. horseman, hired the fiat in West
announcing that he was about to be married.
One of Elliott a friends said yesterday.
Elliott met girl whose home was in
Birmingham. Ala, and who was working
asout 10 10. He He I'll in leve With her and and
called on her nearly two years before he
learned that she was clerk in q restaurant
Then he persuaded her to 60 home, telling
her that he would send her every week as
much as she earned in the restaurant.
"A year ago he hired this fat and fur
nished 1t besides, hiring Mrs. Durkee "a
housckeeper. He still owes 500 on the
furniture.
@The girl came on here and lived at this
fiat nearly two months with Mrs. Durkee.
Elliott who had rooms down town, bought
her dresses and jewelry and begged her to
name the marriage day. She put him of
as long as she could and then told him she
would not marry him. It broke him all
up and he took to gambling"
Mr.. Stein went to Elliott's 1at when he
heard Of the attempted suicide. He said
that Elliott expected that the forseries
would be discovered and laid to him. Mr..
Stein said that he had employed Elliott
more than ten years and never before had
had cause to suspect him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
SUES HIS MOTHER IN-LAW
For Alternating the Affections OF His WIFE
Now .AnOther's.

James T. Anderson of 20 Liberty street
Newark, N. j., has begun suit in the SUI
preme Court. through A. H. Hummel. his
counsel. to recover s25, 900 from his mother
in-law. Mrs. Della Farrell, for the alleged
alienation of his wife's affections. In his
complaint Anderson declares that his wife
is now Mrs. James j. Stafford.
Anderson says that he Is 81 years old,
and that for fifteen years prior to his mar
riage on Easter Sunday 1901. he had known
and visited Jane Agnes Farrell. In JAN
uary. 1901. she and her mother invited him
to call at their house, when he was told
that Mrs. Farrell would settle SIS, 900 on
her daughter should she marry. Ander-
son then married the girl in the German
Catholic Church, at l50th street and Third
avenue.
After the marriage. he complains, Mrs.
Farrell began to abuse him and interfere
with him and his bride until such trouble
arose that the pair had to separate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
CALLED WOMAN COMMON sCOLD
Editor Indicted for N-FOreman Of Jury i
on q Rival Paper.

MoRRIsTowN. N. j., May s.-Among the
indictments handed in by the Morris county
Grand Jury this morning was an indictment
for libel against John l.. Williams, editor
and proprietor Of the Enterprise. which is
published in this city on Saturdays.
The bill charges Williams with having
printed and published story relating to
a quarrel between Mrs. Thomas Calm end
Mrs. Hugh G. Holmes. neighbors, in which
Mrs. Holmes YVES called common scold.
Williams was arrested. He gave bail in
$780,
As the foreman of the Grand Jury and
the Prosecutor Of the Ple"s are connected
with the publication Of rival newspaper
the indictment has caused consider able
comment,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
TRACKED SLAYER or FRIENB.
Loyalty 10 Memory OF d. Roe Actual ed
W. 4. Ballard.

Daniel Roe, alias Henry jackson, colored,
is detained by the Newark police on sus-
picion OF being an accomplice in the murder
of Joseph. Butler In Philadelphia on July Z,
last Roe was arrested on complaint OF
William A. Ballard OF 1884 Lemon street.
Philadelphia, friend of the murdered
well all over the caste section of the coun-
try, and which began on the date of the
alleged murder.
Ballard says he was prompted by sense
of loyalty to his murdered friend. The
real murderer Is locked up in Philadelphia.
be arranged for.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
PASSION PLAYS on PALISADES.
The Ambition OF an Association Of Musi-
clans In HObOken.

The Passion Play Society of America
has been organized in Hoboken with a
membership composed Of musicians. The
society is endeavoring to raise 81, 900 for
the erection of temple on the Palisades
in which it is proposed to rival the per-
Torrance at Oberammergau. Other similar
performances arc to be given. A site for
the temple has been decided upon on ground
which lies between Union Hill and Gutten-
berg and commands an unobstructed view
OF the Hudson. -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
Fine Medal for . Brave Man.

Prof. John W. Weston, leader OF the
1hies-n Amateur Orchestra Of Bayonre.
N. j., received from his orchestra yesterday
handsome medal for IAN act Of conspicuous
bravery" On Wednesday last the pro-
fessor attended the meeting Of the Wedl es-
day Afternoon Euchre Club, composed OF
well-knowa women. There were fifty-five
women present and the professor was the
only man. He remained to the finish, and
that's why he got the medal.