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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-07-14

.oot that while your wealthier city cousin may
q more costly residence than you, it is in
vonr power to make your surroundings-muc
attractive than his can be made. You are
-+ cramped for room as he is, and with trees
I'D vines and flowers, your lawn, grove and out
Lni1dings can be so beautifed as to make the Wis
;tor forget any crudeness of architecture.
We saw in Harper's Round Table some years
ago a pretty poem by Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster
"Tbe Little Lost Bird of Wounded Knee"
9TH a picture of the little Indian girl, Zintka
oruni. found with her dead mother on the Da-
Lota battlefield about twelve years ago. The
s+orv as given on page IA will doubtless interest
our young folk.
The list of summer educational rallies will be
Lapt standing in our paper, with additions and
corrections made in each number. We hope that
or readers will do all in their power to make
them successful.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-07-14

A correspondent of the New York Outlook
makes a rather extended report of a speech re-
Gently delivered by Governor Aycock in Waynes-
'Ie' this State. It contains one paragraph that
every citizen of North Carolina ought to learn
ny heart; we hope that our educational campaign
cts at least will ponder it deeply. Nobody else,
80 lar as our knowledge goes, has put so force
ln an argument for better schools within so
small a compass.
When you buy manufactured articles" said
|S Governor, you buy them from Massachu-
"yS' and you pay for labor worth four dollars
IuSS' but you pay in the products of your own
.lOOr' which is worth fifty cents a day. Now,
sua' does this mean? Why, that you must give
:" Gays of your labor for one day of that OF
~ men IN Massachusetts. This is because Mas
SuuSetts has taught her people to work, has
S'%.ed them to a high standard of efficiency,
~ North Carolina has not"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-07-14
The Newspaper and Community Development.

But in all that I have said, my friends, I have
not given you the real history of North Carolina
journalism this last year, and I fear that I can
not. 1t is easy to talk, as I have DONE, of the
eddies on the surface, but to deal with the power
tul currents beneath is a more difficult task. I
believe, however, that in the highest and broad
est sense we have made much progress. The
North Carolina editor, if I have read Alright, is
coming into a new consciousness of his influence
and his responsibility as a factor in the develop
mment of his section and of his State. Ours
is largely a rural people, and the press is lead
ing the fight for better schools, better roads,
rural mail delivery, school libraries, better farm
ing methods, and other improvements that are
revolutionizing country life. The States manu-
featuring interests are also growing more pros
porous and powerful, and the press is playing a
notable part in promoting industrial enterprises
of all kinds. It is indeed a high privilege that is
given us-that of aiding the development of a
State of such varied natural resources and a peo-
pie of such strong and sturdy character. And I
believe that more and more our newspaper men
are generating themselves to this work of State
building. That is the history, that is the epic,
that [ should like to write. Compared with this
supreme fact, the little story of our entrances
and exits is of small Importance. If we have
earnestly set ourselves, as I believe we have, to
build up the waste places of old North Carolina,
to send the light of learning and opportunity to
her sons and daughters, and to add the progress
and prosperity of a New South to the honor and
heroism of the Old, then our work will endure
long after our names will have been forgotten and
the ink will have faded from the pages we have
printed.-From the Historians Paper, North
Carolina Press Convention, Wrightsville, N. c.,
July 3, 1903.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-07-14

The Monroe Enquirer quotes a Union County
man as saying of the present educational cam
paign in this State: "It was largely created by
Governor Aycock, at least he has given it its
largest significance, and his successor should be
a man who can step into his shoes and carry it
on" We hope that a great many others are look
ing for this qualification in the G~ubernatorial
candidates. We have been told that some of them
are Iukewarm in their advocacy of public educa-
ton, and it would be a decided calamity for the
people to select as a standard bearer any man not
thoroughly in sympathy with the idea of univer-
sal e~ducation.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-07-14
A Northern Tribute to Gen. Lees Patriotism.

A Northern Tribute to Gen.. Lees Patriotism.
He General Leg was offered the command of
the armies of the Union in which he believed pas
siOnately; but he answered the messenger from
President Lincoln with the exclamation: M
Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If /
owned the four million slaves in the South, l
would sacrifice them all to the Union; but how
can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native
State?" To him duty meant duty to his State;
honor meant going with his State to victory or
defeat. We can we'll believe that he inflicted
upon his own sensitive soul wounds which never
wholly healed when he took up the cause OF dis
union which he dreaded, the cause of anarchy
which he denounced, for the sake of the State to
which he felt himself in highest duty bound to
cleave.
1t is hardly possible that any man in the
North could have gone through the spiritual
struggle that Robert E. Lee went through during
the DAYS when war was threatened. In the North
those men that wavered were choosing between
a low motive and a high one. Robert E: Lee was
besct by two conflicting high motives. That ne
chose to follow that high motive which kept him
with his State The Outlook believes to have been
an error of political judgment; but it was not a
moral error, not even an error of political moral
iv He who is loyal cannot be a traitor, and Lee
and the men of his stamp we're as loyal to their
conscientious convictions as were the men VINO
fought against them. The test OF patrlotlsm'
like the test of any other moral quality, IS not
success, but loyalty to conviction; and by that
test Robert E. Lee stands to-day among the
unrest, though among the most traglcally mlsled
and misunderstood, of patriots.
The defeat of his armies, which meant triumph
70 +bo South as we'll as to the North, may nave
obonood his conception of what duty to his coun-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-07-14
The Citizens Obligation to the State.

How may the citizen in North Carolina best
discharge his duty to the community and the
State? The opportunity does not come to every
man to widen his field of civic activity. To the
greater number his usefulness must be confined
to the rural community, the village, the town or
city in which he resides and this restricted area
after all affords ample inducement and abundant
occasion for the display of the virtues of the good
citizen. How often have we visited the section
where the we'll titled farms and attractive homes
and the substantial and we'll equipped public
school building, indicated intelligence, content
ment and thrift and have pointed out to us one,
two, three or a dozen citizens who have made such
a conditions possible, but seek further and you
will find men who are unselfsh, broad, liberal, hui
name, who have been willing to give of their time,
their ability and their money for the promotion
of the public veal. Go, too, to any thriving town
and the resident will name one or more men whose
sagacity, intelligence, energy and broad public
spirit and devotion to civic duty laid deep and
strong the basis for municipal growth. He will
tell you further that the contagion of public spirit
spread (and it is contagious) and other men of
like spirit and growth and devotion to right living
entered into that goodly company of citizens and
here you behold the result. These are no fancy
pictures. Each of you can vouch for the state
I6u GLdG Gu0y are Drawn from lie. WQaI a O6"
Eghtful contrast they make to the rural section
with its scratched soil, immature crops, cherries
homes, log school house Cor none at alp and it's at
mosphere of utter helplessness and desolation!
Or to the old town with it's antiquated stores, we'll
worn, empty goods boxes, ancient homes and
shriveled hearts, a place where Rip Van Wrinkle
would have only awakened at the blowing of Ga
briefs trumpet. The difference between the two
is the difference between men and women who
abide in each. Of course, there are no such places
as the latter in this good old State.
In these rural communities and towns the citi-
zen who is trained and loves his kind can origi-
nate, foster and promote all those movements
which make for the enlightenment, the uplifting
and the prosperity of his section or town and at
the same time share in the benefits which accrue
and bring to himself that contentment and seren-
ity of life which do not come with wealth or
power.-Hon. John H. Small.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-07-14

We are glad to learn that DIR. Charles VIM.
Burkctt, of the A. & NJ. College, has been APP
pointed crop statistician for North Carolina,
succeeding Mr.. D. Kirby Pope, resigned. No
better selection could possibly have been made.
It is creditable to the National Department of
Agriculture that is has chosen a man ON account
of his manifest fitness rather than for partisan
services.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-07-14

President John S.. Cunningham announced
sometime ago that a State meeting of the Farm
e3 Protective Association would be held here
july Doth and 3Oth. This plan, however, has been
Abandoned, and now a State meeting is called
for Rocky Mount, July oath. President Cunning
ham says that the organization is making prog
ress.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-07-14

Holly Springs reader wishes to know how to
cot the Bulletin of the North Carolina Depart
ment of Agriculture. 1t will be sent free to any
farmer who applies to COMMISSIONS S. L. Patter-
son, Raleigh, and it is well worth having.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-07-14

To be bright and cheerful often requires an eff
fort. There is a certain art in keeping ourselves
happy. In this respect, as in others, we require
to watch over and manage ourselves almost as if
we were somebody else.-Sir John Lubbock.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-07-14

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be sat
isied with your opinions and content with your
knowledge.-Ali Baba.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-11
NEWS ITEMS.

Theodore and George Billinger, of
Linden, N. J., spent Saturday and
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Forman,
of Princess Bay.
Lester Rogers, of johnson avenue,
spent yesterday in Railway.
The sloop Mavf1ower has received a
general overhauling at the Ellis ship
yard.
The oyster dredge A. 9. Brown is
being repaired at the Ellis shipyard.
Arthur Crudon, of Railway, spent
Sunday with Tottenville friends.
Five parties are now camping on
the shore between A. G. Brown Bros.
q Sons shipyard and Sea Breeze. The
last party came around yesterday
afternoon. They are members of the
Bay View Wheelmen, of Newark.
They will stay until about the first of
September.
The work of charging the local
police station has now been completed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-11
AT OYSTER BAY.
President Receives Attorney General
KnOx-ROOt's Retirement.

HreSIuenI hece1VeS AItOFHey OeherAA
KnOx-ROOt's Retirement.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y, Aug. 11.-At-
torney General Knox has arrived to
have a conference with the president.
He took luncheon at Sycamore Hill
and probably will remain with the pres
ident most of the day. The president
desires to go over with him certain
matters now pending in the depart
ment of justice, including that phase
of the Littauer-Lyon glove contract
case which was referred to the attOr-
'ney general.
The attention of the president has
been directed to a circumstantial state
ment published that Secretary of War
Root expected soon to retire from the
cabinet and be succeeded ~ Governor
Taft of the Philippines. 1t can be said
that there is no definite foundation for
the story.
The president since the first intima-
ton many months ago of Secretary
Roots possible retirement has hoped,
and still hopes, that he will remain in
the cabinet for a long time yet. BE be-
lieves that the secretary certainly will
remain through the coming winter and
probably a much longer time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-11
Relic of

The famous iron pillar of Delhi, In
dia, rises % feet above the ground, and
extends to an unknown depth, which q
leading archaeologist has reported to
be more than 26 feet, the total length
being possibly 60 feet. 1t tapers from
1874 inches to 1876 inches in diameter.
the weight being estimated at about IL
tons. 1t is found to be pure malleable
iron, although a curious yellow shade
long gave it the reputation of being
bronze, but there are no records of early
iron-working processes to show how it
was welded up. A roughly cut inscrip-
ton is credited by some authorities to
the third or fourth century, while 9TH
ers suppose it to belong to a later Pc
riod.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-11
New York

FLOUR-Firm and held higher; Mime
sofa patents. $4.50d4.7 70; winter straights,
So. 35Q9.S5; winter extras, S2.90Q3 20; win
ter patents, IS. 90d4.30.
WHEAT-Active and higher on talk Of
a bulliSh crop report. firm cables and
covering; September. IS 9-16dS6 1-16c. De-
cember. IS 11-l64S615c.
New York; No. . western. 5S12c., f. o. b.,
af1oat.
CORN-Dull and barely steady.
OATS-Nominal; track. white, state, 80
@46c. rae white. western, 39d46c.
PORK-Dull; mess, $15.50q16; family, ST.
@17.50.
LARD-Firm; prime western steam, Sc.
BUTTER-Steady to firm; state dairy,
14d17lac.; extra creamery. 1870.
EGGS-Firm; state and Pennsylvania
fancy mixed. PIC. state and Pennsylvania
seconds to firsts, 16q19c. western extras,
19d2Oc.
MOLASSES-Firm; Rev Orleans. $40
42c.
TALLOW-Steady; city, 4Kc.; country,
fh@4%c.
choice, $1tI1.15.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-11
Worse Than None,

But, my dear protests the husband
who has vainly e~ndeavored to explain
why he was detained at the Office until a,
late hour, even if the reasons | advaHr
do seem unsatisfactory to you, raH
Der that they are reasons, just the same"
But mighty poor reasons, l must say"
she shifts.
"As you please, my angel; but remem-
Der that a poor excuse is better than
none"
We'll l call that a very poor excuse
for making a poor excuse. Chicago
Tribune.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-11
AN EXPERT THIEF.
"Red" HeyIe Is Captured at Last In
New York.

"Red" HeyIe Is Captured at Last In
New York.
NEW YORK, Aug. lit remained
for a visitor to this country from Ger
many to capture Il man claimed to be
the most experienced hotel thief in the
United States. The German visitor,
Herr Abel Alfred Bort. found the man
in his room at the Herald Square hotel,
grappled with him and held him until
the police arrived. The man was iden-
tilted as Red Heyle. who is wanted
in almost every large city in the coun-
try.
For some weeks hotel robberies have
been reported at police headquarters
here. and it is believed that Red"
knows something about them. In some
of these robberies even the sheets and
pillow cases were taken. Heyle regis
tered a few days ago at the Herald
Square hotel as John Horner, and early
Sunday morning he slipped into Herr
BOrit's room while the latter was out
and was about to walk off with $1,000
in cash when captured.
When he was arraigned in Jefferson
Market court he was identified by Cen
trail Office Detectives Kane, Clarke and
Peabody as the famous Red" Heyle,
who is wanted everywhere, but who
always managed to escape.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-11
NEWS ITEMS.

Mrs. William Cutter and Master
George Cutter are visiting Mrs. Gut
ter's sister at New Rochelle.
L. A. Chase, who has been spending
his vacation at Whiteville, N. Y, has
returned home.
Herman Nederburg is spending his
vacation at Atlantic Highlands.
Cornelius Froost spent Sunday and
part of Monday at Atlantic Highlands.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-11
FIFTY YEAN E%s'DEHT.
Thomas Baker One of the pidest Citizens
of South AmbE.

The news of Thomas Bakers death,
although expected by many who knew
of his serious illness, filled the hearts
of many citizens of this borough with
sadness. He was a very popular man
and one who had agreat many friends.
He was a great reader and with his
retentlve memory, his mind was stored
with knowledge, so that he could at
my time entertain and interest a
number of people aud they loved to
listen to him and hocked about him.
He was fonu of a Joke and while on
his sick bed laughed heartily at some
jokes the doctor attending him told
for his amusement, and ever told a
few. Jokes himself. He will he missed
not only socially, but in the church,
where he has been a familiar figure
for so many years, having been one of
the first members when tine Baptist
Church started here. He vas a chart
er member of the Knights of Pythias
and Inspector of the Board of Health
for a number of years, a position that
he resigned some months ago, as he
felt that he had not the time to spare
from other duties to enable him to fill
the position as he would wish to in
the future and as he had done in the
past. He was born in England, April
10, 1881. He lived in South Amboy
for fifty years.
Mr.. Baker died 10. so Saturday even
ing with a complication of diseases.
He had been failing for six months
. and had been confined to his bed two
weeks, attended faithfully by his
physician, DR.. Ambrose Treganown,
and his wife and children. Every
wish expressed by him during his ILL
ness was filled by loving relatives and
friends. He said before his demise
that Everybody had been so very
kind to him." That "all had sent
him something during his illness"
He leaves a widow and several chill
dren Zone of whom he lived to see
ordained a short time ago as a min
lister of the Baptist church, to whom
he was a devoted husband and father.
We extend our warmest sympathy
to the bereaved ones and, along with
many others, and as a near neighbor
will miss him very much.
The funeral took place from the
house today, at 1. 80 O'Clock, and from
the Baptist church at 2 o'clock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-11
BALL A FATALITY.
Mayor Weaver Tells How Accident
Was Caused.


PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 11.-Mayor
Weaver personally interested himself
in the investigation into the cause of
the collapse of the promenade at the
Philadelphia National League Baseball
park Saturday, which resulted in the
death of nine spectators and serious in
jury to nearly 200 others. The mayor,
accompanied by Director of Public
Safety Smyth, visited the ball park.
and later the two officials held a con-
ference with Coroner Dugan. At the
coroner's request Director Smyth will
not issue a permit for rebuilding the
walk until after the inquest.
Mayor Weaver after his visit to the
baseball grounds said:
Il can readily see how the accident
happened. The floor of the promenade
was covered with tin keep ont the
water, but instead the water leaked in
and rotted the wood. AS for the re-
sponsibility, it rests with the people
who constructed the walk and with
those whose duty it was to keep II in
repair"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-11
PARIS TUNNEL HORROR.
Eighty-twO Bodies Taken From Tn
dergrOund Train.

dergrOund Train.
PARIS. Aug. IA catastrophe in
which about ninety persons were kill
ed, eighty-two of whose bodies have
been found, occurred last evening on
the Metropolitan Electric railway,
which runs mostly underground. One
of the trains which run on five minute
schedules broke down at Menilmontant
station, which is in a poor and popu-
lous section of the city. This train was
promptly emptied, and the train which
followed was ordered to push it to the
repairing sheds. On the way these two
trains caught fire, but the employees
succeeded in escaping.
Meanwhile a crowded train reached
Les Charonnes, the preceding station.
and the officials. seeing smoke pouring
out of the tunnel, gave the alarm. A
panic ensued. the passengers strug-
Cling to escape from the station. Amid
the increasing smoke many attempted
to return along the line toward Belle
vile and were suffocated.
The officials seem to have lost their
heads and are quite unable to say how
many passengers went out. 1t is known
that about half a dozen who were par
tally suffocated were treated at a
pharmacy near the station. The fire
brigade was for a long time unable to
enter the station or the tunnel owing
to the dense smoke.
At 3 o'clock this morning the firemen
succeeded in flooding the burning mass,
and shortly afterward they We're able
to enter the tunnel. They brought up
the bodies of five men and two women,
all belonging to the working class.
The extent of the disaster was only
learned when it became known that
three empty trains were burned and a
fourth was full of victims.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-11
a r T E r E T
MANY ON EXCURSION.

The First Presbyterian and st.
Marks Episcopal Sunday schools went
on an excursion to Asbury Park and
Ocean Grove or Thursday, August
9Th. A large number of people from
this town and some from ~neighboring
towns attended and all had a good
time.
The weather was threatening in the
morning, but the day turned out to
be ideal, and the excursion was a
success in every way.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-11
A RUNAWAY.

Last Thursday George Maxfield
went into a store on Broadway and
left his team of horses attached to his
furniture van, standing outside,
thinking they would be all right
without being tied. They were all
right until an organgrinder came
along and as soon as the r%ollicking
melody started up the horses started
too, and away they flew. Just as one
young boy reached to grasp the reins,
Constable Roberts got there and
stopped the team and the excitement
subsidized.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-11
WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP.
woo DB RIDGE
DIED ON THE THE R E

James 7. Everett was found dead yes
terday, on Fulton street, neal Seabury g.
Johnson's blacksmith shop. The death
is supposed to have been caused by
stomach trouble, The position of the
body indicates that he died in great
agony.
Coroner Henry vas summoned and
gave a permit for burial. The body was
taken to brakes morgue. The man was
twenty years of age.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-11
SOUTH AMBOY

Will and Arthur Mervine and Will
and Raymond Green were out fishing
Sunday and caught some very large
cells, weak fish and crabs.
Quite q crowd of people from this
borough went to Coney Island Salt
Water day.
Mrs. Edward Eley and children, of
Bergen Hill, are expecting to go to
Hoboken next Thursday for a visit
with Mrs. Eley's parents.
George Swinson has returned to his
home on Pine avenue from the Island
Of Guam where he has held a Govern
ment position for over a year.
Mrs. George Apologize and daughter
Bessie are visiting Mrs. A~pplegate's
parents, at Red Valley, N. J.
Mrs. Arthur Feideler, of Elmhurst,
L. l., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Louis
VENTED, of Mechanicsville.
Steven Hunt is visiting his brother,
Mr.. Douglas Hunt, of Broadway.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-11
SPECIAL SERVICES.
Reopening of the Methodist Episcopal
Church on Sunday.

The special services held at the M.
E. Church Sunday at the reopenlng,
we're very interesting. The program
was an extensive one. At Q a. m.
there was a reunion Of the choir.
That was followed by class meeting
and at 10. 80 a. m. public worship be-
gan with a special order of service.
The choir rendered the anthem,
''Great Is The Lord" beautifully.
The evening service was greatly ell
joyed by those who attended, one OF
the interesting features being the
singing by the choral society.