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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-12-01
THE HOME CIRCLE
MOOnrise in the Pines

The sultry day in ending,
The clouds are fading away,
Orange with purple is blending
And purple is turning to gray;
The gray grows darker and denser,
Til it and the earth are one;
"a star swings out like a censor,
And the brief warm night is be-
gun.
The brown moth floats and poises
Life a leaf in the MINDLESS air;
Aroused by insect noises
The gray toad leaves his lair;
Sounding the dusk depth quickly
The bull-bats fall and rise,
And out of the grasses thickly
Swarm clustering fre-fies.
Now darkness, heavy oppression,
And silent, completes the gloom.
The breathless night is excessive
- With fragrance of perfume,
For the land enmeshed and ablaze
With vines hat blossom and trail,
Enhancing the travelled ways
And ~festooning the fences of rail.
Affair in the Southern sky .
Heat-lightning flares and glows,
Vividly tinting the clouds that lie
At rest with a simmer of rose
Tremulous, fitting, uncertain,
AS a mystical light might shine
From under an ebon curtain
Before a terrible shrine.
And the slumbrous night grows late.
The midnight hush is deep,
Under the pines / wait
For the moon; and the pine trees
weep
Great drops of dew, that fall
Like footsteps here and there,
And they sadly whisper and call
To each other high in the air.
They rustic and whisper like ghosts,
They sigh like souls in pain,
Like the movement of stealthy hosts
They surge and are silent again.
The midnight hush is deep,
But the pines-the spirits dis
They move in commandment sleep
They whisper and are not at rest.
Lo! a light in the east opalescent
Softly suffuses the sky
Where focculent clouds are quies-
cent,
Where like froth of the ocean they
lie
Like foam on the beach they crimple
Where the wave has spent its
swirl
Like the curve of a shell they dimple
Into irridescent pearl.
And the light grows brighter and
higher
Till far through the trees I see
The rim of a globe of fire
That rolls through the darkness to
me,
And the aisles of the forest CLEAN
With a splendor unearthly that
shines
Like the light of a lurid dream
Through the colonnaded pines.
John Henry Boner.
The foundation of content must
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-12-01

OF bOneTp C1a1kSS Eu44eLS ILL., S4Su0
and StOckard.
Inasmuch as The Progressive
Farmer has just begun the publica-
ton of a series of twenty-five of the
best known North Carolina poems,
we are very glad to be able to lay be-
fore our readers the following ex-
tract from Rev. Hight @. Moore's
unusually interesting address, "The
Poetic Literature of the Old North
State" delivered at the fourth an
nual meeting of the State Literary
and Historical Association, Raleigh,
November 10Th. After a general re-
view of our work in verse, Mr.. Moore
said:
Not to swing further around the
circle we may stop for brief biogra-
phical and literary mention Tin al
phabetical order) of the half dozen
poets who have thus far written most
and best within our borders-our
greater poets upon whom our pres
ent poetic reputation stands.
JOHN HENRY BONER.
John Henry Boner was born in
Salem, January 81, 1915. He received
a good academic education, learned
the printers trade, and later became
editor in his home town and in Ashe-
vile. He was reading clerk of the
State Constitutional Convention in
1858 and chief clerk in the House of
Representatives the following year.
At thirty-fve he married Miss Lot
tie Smith of Raleigh. In 1871, he
moved to Washington City where he
spent sixteen years in the Govern
ment Printing Office. In 1887, he
moved to New York where he did
literary work as member of the edi-
torial stats on the Century Diction-
airy, Appleton's Cyclopedia, Library
of American Literature, and Stand
ard Dictionary; he was also literary
editor of the New York World, and
later editor of the Literary Digest.
Owing to failing health, he abandon
ed his New York career, returned
for a time to his native State, and
again drifted to his former post in
the national capital where he died
March 6, 1908. MI. Boner was a
genuine poet, and was recognized as
such at home and abroad. His first
work, Whispering Pines" published
in 1883, was cordially received by the
critics and the public. "The Song of
the Old Mill Wheel" "Bells of Christ
mas" and owe Walked Among the
Whispering Pines" are some of the
poems in the volume which n will
cherish many a day after reading
them. In 1901, Mr. Boner published
a pamphlet of his verse under the
title of "Some New Poems" this
embodied, I understand, most of his
work in the Century and a few pieces
from other magazines. And just be-
fore his death he completed a ~collec-
ton of verse which has since appear
i - IL III r GD r.
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MARY BAYARD A

III 100000
Raleigh, May 10, 1929. She took at
home under a governess the same
course pursued by her brother at
Princeton, and was therefore highly
educated. In 1918 she was married
by her uncle, Bishop Leonidas Polk at
his home near New Orleans, to Capt.
William J. Clarke, graduate of our
State University, Confederate Off
GER, later Judge and literatus in
North Carolina. She and her hus-
band were close friends of General
and Mrs. Robert E. Lee. Her culture
was enriched by travel, particularly
wintering in Cuba and six or seven
years in Texas. Her later life was
spent in New Bern, where she died
March 81, 1886, just two months after
the death of her husband. At six
teen she wrote her first poem
"Nemo Semper Felix Est" which her
son (who left a typewriter sketch
of her life) considered rarely equal
ed by later and more studied compo-
sition. She herself considered Gun
der the Lava" her vest poem; it is
truly a fine piece of work, but GER
tainly "The Triumph of Spring" is
it's equal, many would say superior.
In 1845, Mrs. Clarke made the first
compilation of State verse-"Wood
Notes; or Carolina Carols: A Col
lection of North Carolina Poetry"
1t appeared in two volumes and con-
tanned n hundred and eighty-two
poems by sixty writer's, "Tenella"
herself in eight poems furnishing the
best work in the volumes. Her Sec
ond work appeared in 1865, contained
sixty poems, and was entitled "Moss-
es From a Rolling Stone; or Idle
Moments of a Busy Woman" The
last of her works was a long poem
of sixty-fve pages entitled "Clytie
and Zenobia, or, The Lily and the
Palm" It was published in 1871.
Though other women have written,
some of them well, yet no other has
yet approached Mrs. Clarke in either
quality or volume or work; beyond
question "Tenella" still remains the
queen poetess among Carolina bards.
EDWIN WILEY FULLER.
Edwin Wiley Fuller was a native
of Louisburg, where he was born
November 80, 1847. "The Village on
the Tar" was his first published poem
and it evinces the talent later shown.
He entered our State University in
1864 and spent two years. In 1857
he went to the University of Vir-
ginia to spend a year. While there
he contributed to the University
Magazine, "The Angel in the Cloud"
then covering only a few pages. It
is said to have won high praise from
such men as DR.. Schele De We're, DIR.
Gildersleeve, Prof. Holmes and 9th
srs. It is interesting to note that he
once contemplated entering the min
istry, but his fathers failing health
bound him to business. and thus he
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then "in the bulrush ark of seIf-cor
idence, he pitched with faitbn h.
commits his "frst born to the N;Io
of public opinion; whether to perish
by crocodile critics or bask in tho
palace of favor, the future alone
must determine. May Pharaob,s
daughter find i'll" And so it came
to pass; his work is regarded a. tho
most original long poem ever pro-
duced in the State, and he is esteem.
ed our poet7philosopher. No other
work has passed through four edi-
tions in ten years as was the case
with CANCEL in the Cloud" The
third and fourth editions contain
sketch of the author and additional
poems of which "The Last Look" and
"Out in the Rain" are rare gems
the crystalized tears of a deeplv
bereft parent. With only the plan
of a new poem worked out which
gave promise of surprising that up-
on which his fame rests and with a
memorial ode upon his lips his poets
soul passed hence, April %, 1875.
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bereft parent. With only the plan
of a new poem worked out which
gave promise of surprising that up-
on which his fame rests and with a
memorial ode upon his lips his poets
soul passed hence, April %, 1876.
THEO. H. HILL.
Theophilus Hunter Hill, native of
Wake County, was born October 81,
1886. Though admitted to the bar
in 1853, he never practiced, his mind
inclining him more to literary work
than to law. He did some editorial
work and was at one time State Ii
brarian, but his fame was won
through his noetical writings. His
first volume, "Hesper and Other
Poems," was published in Raleigh in
1861 under copyright of the Confed-
crate States of America. In 1859 a
second volume appeared; it was sim
ply entitled "Poems," and was pub
lished by Hurd and Houghton, New
York. His third volume-"Passion
Flower and Other Poems"-and the
only n of his works not out Of
print, I believe-was published in
1888 by P. W. Wiley, of Raleigh.
The closing days of his life were
spent, I have heard, in final revision
of such of his poetical writings as he
esteemed worthy of preservation. 1t
is much to be regretted that he was
unable to complete his work as did
his dear friend Mr.. Boner. Perhaps
a fitting collection may yet be made,
for generous as has been the recep-
ton of his verse, it is entitled to yet
wider recognition. It is marked by
stateliness and reverence, and every
piece is m~anifestly the product not
only of the poets soul, but of his
intellect as well. His lines on "Sun-
set" reveal him as a sympathetic OBJ
server and painter of nature. The
memorial verses entitled "Willie" are
remarkably sweet and tender. "The
Star Above the Manager" has be-
come a recitation classic in almost
every school-room in the State. HIS
work throughout bears the stamp OF
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SIX GENUINE NORTH CAROLINA
POETS.

Rev. Hight c. Moore Gives an Interest
ing Glimpse Of the Lives and Labors
of Boner, Clarke, Fuller, Hill, Sledd
and Stockard.
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"oId Home Week."

BOSTON, Mass, July 24.-Great
bonfires blaze forth from every hill in
Massachusetts, tonight. sending forth
a welcome home to thousands of re-
turning sons and daughters Of the Old
Bay State. Tomorrow the good house.
wives will bake pies and cakes Of un-
usual dimensions, the best yellow
legs In the barn-yard will 60 to
slaughter and the larders will fairly
groan with good things prepared for
the feast Sunday pastors and people
in every hamlet and city will join In
union religious services. the theme Of
the sermons being old home week,
which will be held during the coming
week throughout the state. The festi-
val this year, according to the advices
received from all over the state, will
far surpass that held last year. The
list of cities and towns that have pre-
pared special celebrations exceeds one
hundred, among them being Danvers,
Melrose, Weymouth, Northfeld, Sand.
wich, Hull, Haverhill, Plymouth,
South Hadley and Amherst.
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For Gordon Bennett Trophy,

NEWPORT. r. l., July 24.-The
race for Gordon Bennett international
trophy for steam yachts, which takes
place of Newport this afternoon, is at
tracing no end Of attention among
the sporting enthusiasts. This is due
partly to the novelty Of the contest
and also to the large number and prom
inence of the entries. While the en-.
tries number several score the boats
that are sdpoosed to stand the oest
ehsase q carr z tie ! onors are
Ccnrys !. Could rsw MP yacht
Emerald. J. r.erpo. ans Cor
sair, H. H. Rogers X sah, w. X.
vanderbilt's Valiant, Clarence H. Mac
hay Colonia aE W. ,. Lc rs Mona.
The trophy, which is valued at g.
500, is called the Lysistrata Cup, and
is named after Mr., BENEFITS steam
yacht. probably the fastest ocean-go-
Ing pleasure craft In the world. The
winner Of today's race will receive
S2,500 in cash in addition to the cup.
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sovs EXECUTED
Two Kentucky Youths Pay the Ex-
trems Penalty Of the Law.

LEXINGTON. KY. July Claude
O'Brien and Earle Whitney. boys
young in years and whose faces inai-
Gated nothing Of the criminal, we're
hanged here at s o'clock this morn
ing for the murder of A. B. Chinn.
1t was half past two on the morning
Of October 18th, 1902. when O'Brien
and Whitney entered the home Of A.
soldlsFF RsaasalRifh ana %lih fsS flssS7ds
ers In hand demanded that the Old
gentleman produce his money.
Asa Chinn, the son, heard the noise
and made his way to the door Of his
parents room when one Of the bur
glars began shooting. Asa also open
ed fire. The elder Chinn was shot
through the body. The boys then ran
from the room over the form Of Asa
Chinn, who also had been shot and
was lying on the floor. The boys we're
captured few days later near here.
O'Brien was eighteen years Of age
and Earl Whitney. one year his sen
Tor.
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Hebrews In Conference.

BALTIMORE, Nd, July pa
meeting which promises to be Of more
than ordinary interest to the Hebrews
of the country is the International
Hebrew Conference, which opened to-
day at Mountain Lake Park, and will
continue until next Friday. Various
matters relating to the Christian
church and the Jews vii be discussed
The present condition Of Israel among
the nations will be brought out. and
many other important topics on Isra-
el, the Bible and Palestine. zionism
and other Jewish movements Of the
present day will be discussed. The
first part Of the conference is to be
devoted to general addresses by He.
brew Christian and GENTLE Christian
ministers, and the latter part Of the
conference vii be devoted to the dis.
cussion Of forming union Of Hebrew
Christians.
Among the speakers to be heard are
Rev. j. r. Linck OF Chicago. o. r..
Palmer. superintendent Of the Penn
sylvania Bible Institute; Prof. I. ].
PERTH Of Syracuse, N. r.: Rev. Jo-
seph Noses Of New York city; Prof.
W. 8. Morehead Of xenia. o. Rev.
Louis Meyer Of Hopkinton. Ia, and
Rev. 8. X. Brown Of Easton, Pa.
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Great Fetes at Furnes.

BRUSSELS, July 24.-The fetes to
be held at Furnes next week to COM
mcylc,at the establishn ,.s cf the ia
NOUS PROCESSION Of Penal,e," promis-
es to be of unique description. The
procession represents the life and
death Of Jesus Christ, and Is one Of
the last remaining Christian myster-
les. Great competition has taken
place among the inhabitants Of Furnes
to play part In the historical rep
resentation of the Savior's life. Moth.
ing has been changed in the arrange.
ment Of the procession, which re-
mains today what It was centuries ago.
The procession itself is formed in
the quaint church Of Saint Walburge.
Outside the horses Of the Roman SOL
diery may be seen prancing about,
while Mary seated on an ass, Is await
ing the start for the flight into Egypt.
Then, and this is the most curious
part Of the procession, the penitents
follow, dragging after them carts with
the Stable Of Bethlehem, the Holy
Sepulchre, the Resurrection, and the
Ascension, followed by long line Of
rosy-cheeked girls with white wells.
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JON ES DISAPPEARS
Self-Confessed Murderer Jones
Who Turned States Evidence
Has Disappeared.
DROWNED IN SALT LAKE.

LONDON. July 24.-Japan has
decided to adopt policy Of waiting
and watching Russia. advocated by
Great Britain. In the meantime she
will urge China to carry out the as
surances given the United States re-
specting Manchuria, and will endeavor
to obtain the opening of additional
ports. At the Japanese legation here
the following statement was made
by an official to the associated press:
Il can assure you that the talk Of
war between Russia and Japan is an
invention. Japan has not the least in
tention of taking that course. She
proposes to wait and maintain her at
tftude of watchfulness. Japan and
America are acting on the same lines
and it would be difficult for any other
power to Withstand the pressure they
and Great Britain could apply"
1t Is said that Japan intends to do
nothing until October, when the final
evacuation Of Manchuria must occur.
The failure Of Russia to withdraw
from Manchuria would be followed by
a serious move on the part Of Japan.
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A Visit by Might.

ROME. July 24.-Interesting per-
sonal stories about Leo XIII. continue
to fill the press and form staple of
conversation among all classes. Here
is one that whether or not it be true,
is none the less interesting. As has
been frequently stated. he is suppos-
ed never to have left the vatican
since the conclave made him pope;
but from very good authority there
emanates a story to the effect that
once by night, in the disguise Of an
ordinary priest, he drove in a COM
mon cab through the capital Of "the
usurper" to a place where a brother
of his. who was a cardinal, lay dying.
A woman who noticed the priest get
out Of the cab swore that 1t was the
pope she saw. Next day the cardinal.
his brother. lay dead.
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ORCERS RE-ESTABLISHED.
GEN. GOMEZ REPORTS REBEL
LION cRusHED-1,500 MEN
KILLED OR WOUNDED ON
BOTH SIDES.
Many Officers Of RsvoIutIonlsts Killed
or Captured.

CARACAS, July 24.--Order has
been re-established at Ciudad Bolivar.
The following Is q copy Of the ON
cial kilograms sent by General Go.
mez, commander in chief OF the vene-
zuelan forces. who captured Cludad;
ITO President Castro. reporting the
events:
ION Sunday, July 9th, the enemy
opened fire on our lines After so
hours Of deadly struggle, we re-occu-
pied the city. The result Of our vic
tory Is as follows: Inspecting the
battlefield we found more than 1900
men killed or wounded on both sldes
Our side has to lament the death of
Gen. Henrique Urdanetta. On the
side Of the enemy. Gen. Aruelio Val
bueno was killed and many other ON
GERS were captured, including 2S gen.
erals, so colonels and many ofilcers Of
low rank. All the latter have been
set at liberty"
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CROWDS IN ROM {
Report that Body Is Likely to
BE Buried Causes Rush to
st. Peters
lNTERmENT TO Be SATURDAY

ROME, July 24.-The nearer the
conclave approaches the more two
distinct tendencies are shown in the
sacred college. especially among car.
dinals Of the Curia, that is to say
those living in Rome. These two ten.
denotes spring from the personality
of Cardinal Rompolla as the great
struggle continues to be in favor or
against him. If Rampolla finds that
In the first ballot he has considera.
BILE number of votes he will try again.
II he has few votes and one OF his
opponents has many he will renounce
his chance and he and all his friends
will support Cardinal Gotti, with
whom he now has come to some such
agreement, and an attempt will be
made TO raise Gotti to the supreme
office with Rampolla as an ally. This
would mean the maintenance Of Pope
Leo's policy on exactly the same lines
and entrusted to the same men.
ROME. July 24.-The report gener-
ally circulated that the body of Pope
Leo was beginning to show signs Of
decomposition caused great excite
ment, but It is now contradictci by
the doctors.
Many people who had decided to
visit the chapel OF sacrament In st.
Peters on the last day Of lying in
State and thus avoiding crowd, bur
Essd Is ossd thea ssssk sSsax ssP sa GSa
in provinces took the firat trains to
Rome which resulted in the gathering
at st. Peters of a larger crowd than
that Of yesterday. Otherwise the
scene was practically the same. The
work of the soldiers and police on
duty was more arduous owing to the
burning sun and dust and struggle to
enter the cathedral, the fainting of
women, screaming Of children and
hurrahs Of the men. However, no
grave incident has SO far been report.
ed. Unless the unexpected occurs In
terment will take place Saturday
evening as originally arranged.
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the body OF the saint. who died hun
dred years ago, was in exactly the
same state as when it was put into the
coffin. The car, who has always had
a partiality for the saint, contributed
large sum to make the glorification
magnificent spectacle, and had a
gorgeous coffin of gold and precious
stones made. while the czarina made
splendid coverings for the coffin with
her own hands, working precious
stones into them.
Advices from Moscow state that
preparations for the glorification have
been completed on a scale Of extraor-
dinary splendor. A railroad has been
specially constructed to carry the i'm
perial party to the scene Of the cere-
monies. and hotels, boarding houses
and barracks have been built in the
surrounding desert For several weeks
thousands of pilgrims have been pour
ing into the place from every part
Of the empire and strong bodies of
troops have been gathered to keep
the crowds In check. Extraordinary
precautions have been taken to insure
the safety of the czar anu czarina.
The interval between the arrival Of
the imperial party and the beginning
Of the ceremonies will be passed by
the czar in prayer and fasting in pre-
paration for the occasion.
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BIG PACKING HOUSE FIRE.
Two Buildings Of Omaha Packing
Company Destroyed.

CHICAGO, Ills, July 24.-Two
buildings Of the Omaha Packing com
pany at Lumber and Halstead streets
were practically destroyed by fire to-
day. Loss 100000. 1t is believed
the fire resulted from spontaneous
combustion in the lard refining plaft.
The refining plant was consumed and
the flames spread to an eight-story
brick warehouse containing quantities
of lard and i6 million pounds Of
pork, most Of which were destroyed.
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High Class Railroad and Minor
Industrials Reach Lowest
Point in Their History.
NEAR NOON
Brooklyn Transit and Steel Trust
Show Greatest Decline
On Market.
TWO FAILURES ON EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. July 2l.--Half 4 score
Of s%cks, some Of them market lead.
ers. established new records of pres
ent decline In the early trading on
the stock exchange today. These in.
cluded st, Paul, North Western, Wa.
bash pfd., Union Pacific. Brooklyn
Transit, Colorado Fuel Z Rock Island
common. Special pressure was direct
ed against the Brooklyn Transit. the
price Of which fell.
Other minor issues in the railway
and industrial group reached prices
AZ low as any recorded In their his.
tory. Further selling pressure was
shown in steel stocks.
NEW YORK. July 24.-The failure
Talbot J. Taylor Z Co. was an.
nounced on the stock exchange.
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To Launch Big Steamship.

CAMDEN, N. j., July 24.--Arrange-
ments have been completed at the
yards of the New York Shipbuilding
company for the launching early in
the coming week of the mammoth
steamship Manchuria.
The vessel is one Of two being built
for the Pacific Mail Steamship COM
pany. She is 625 feet long and is one
Of the largest crafts ever built in this
country. Her sister ship, the Mongo-
liza. being built ct the same yards, will
be ready for launching in few
months.