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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-20
OUR SOCIAL CHAT
All letters Intended for this department
should be addressed to "Aunt Jennie" care
OF The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, N. @.
Aunt Jennie's Letter.

people. The day of days has been
robbed of much of it's real joy by the
Terversity of la In the universal
custom of distributing gifts, in ex-
travagance and love of show, much
of its real gladness is gone. How
shall we rid ourselves of this form
which is fast becoming meaningless.
how infuse fresh life into the Christ
mas celebration? What shall give us
courage to cease TROUBLING others
with such questions as, "What shall
| give john" and "I wonder what
Annie wants? 2" and GLOW in the
world am l to please Charlie 2" when
o know that he has almost every
thing hat heart can wish.
Christmas is children's day. There
is no school, and will not be any for
days; e the teacher has time
to breathe. The little people can help
mother and thus enable her to better
enjoy the occasion. So many of us
put off jobs until the time limit has
almost expired, then rush through
them like mad, and of course when
half done thew prove unsatisfactory.
Half the JOY is in planning for the
holidays. and half the pleasure of
giving is in the surprise and JOY of
the recipient. If you have planned
a Christmas tree for the children,
let them help to put it in place
and have them assist in some of the
decorating. but leave the finishing |
for Santa Claus. There is nothing
that gives quite so much pleasure as
the tree with its branches laden with
promiscuous fruit. If you have no
children. borrow some and see how
happy you can make them in this
way, and brighten the day for your
self. There is endless fun in prepar-
ing a tree, and if you will invest
in a few ludicrous toys they will help |
the fun.
When Il bevy of young people will
be home from school for the holidays,
a Christmas party is easily arranged
for them. IF YOU delight in surprises
you can be ready with all sorts of
pretty ones for this occasion. Have
it all planned before the young peo-
pie come home and the plans carried
out swiftly and secretly at the last
minute. A bit of evergreen on the
walls or more elaborate decorations
as you desire, but don't forget to
provide decorations of some kind.
Here in our beautiful Southland,
where these things are so abundant,
we fail to appreciate them as we
should. They cost us nothing save
time to gather and orange them,
and this we should do by all means.
A real children's rarty is another
delightful celebration. This can be
in the afternoon, and everything pos
sible should be done to make the oc-
casion gay and joyous. All the romp-
ing games from "blind-fold" to "hide
and seek" can he started among the
Evening journal., 1904-08-25
Folding Carts

The kind most suit
able for taking away
with you. Can be folded
tightly and taken on any
sort of conveyance. FrolL
past selling these won't
be with us long. Altho'
just in. they go on the
floors at the August re-
ductions. Main Floor.
Evening journal., 1904-08-25

B. Lore, while hitched in front Of his
summer home in Brandywine hundred last
night became frightened and ran away.
The animal ran all the way TO Whining
ton and was caught at Twentieth and
Market streets by John Hayes, who turn
ed It over 10 Patrolman Turner. The Of
Evening journal., 1904-08-25

the cement pavement about the Refs
property workmen were compelled to
continue operations until nearly dark
last evening.
Gunners in New Castle yesterday
were busily engaged In cleaning fowl
ing pieces and loading shells prepaIa-
Evening journal., 1904-08-25
Remarkable Buying Opportunities
Made This Sale
Have Made This An Unusual Sale.

F NTHUSIASTIC shopping has been daily occur
IL rance since we announced our August Sale Our
friends, customers Of previous saes knew the real
merit of this opportunity knew it favorable time
for them to get much better for their money and
hastened to share in the many bargains.
Evening journal., 1904-08-25

foer took the team to the Bellvue Hote,.
where It was cared for by Proprietor
Keneher and kept until coachman en-
ployoG by the Chief Justice came for it.
Evening journal., 1904-08-25
Iron Beds
Mattresses

Combination usually
s4.75 s5.75, s475. s5.75
Mattresses with cotton good wearing mattress
Regular price $780, row $780,
o $t200
Felt Mattresses fancy parts
nd
Hair
Special parts;
$3.50. Sale price .................. .s675
Evening journal., 1904-08-25
neighbor in a peck.

Balty Moore-Cowper was a great
guy for his secret societies. wasn't he?
aClvert. Jr.-I never heard so. bur
why do you suspect it?
Wasn't IL he who wrote o for a
Lodge in Some Vast Wildcrness?
Evening journal., 1904-08-25

The size Of your wealth depends on
the size Of the bluff you can make
with your money.
Evening journal., 1904-08-25

tory to the reed bird season. which
opened to day.
Evening journal., 1904-08-25
Sharp Redutions
in
China, Glassware
and Odd Pieces

buying opportunities rarest sort Most ex-
traordnary China retailing prices quoted are less
than you'd the china
repenshng china providing hand
gifts your friends
Details these theg ood things
OF this SALE.
Aneron's English pieces decoration. Usually
5000 now .................. $500
American China gold decor
alton, 81 Co., .......
Maddocks Royal vreous Ware 100 pieces
decorations, usually $3.50, ...........
Maddoks Royal veous stafford
5000 .. ... ............ $500
Maddoks veous isO pieces gold dec
oratons was $500 now $500
English Porcelain pieces OF pink floral
wreaths was &SoO now $500
English Porcelain pieces; decorations was
$500, now. ....... 5000
Maddos Royal vreous Ware 100 pieces; pink and god
decorations H7o0 .Si3.75. Bargain
China bran blue decorations
was St.uo noW..t.- ..
peces spray decoration Of
pink flowers &1, . %
Havand China 1@ decorations tbree
designs; usually 5000 .... .... . . . ~ eco oo
Limoges China 2 spray decorations Of pink
gold stipped $500 now. ss7 "a
Limoges China 1m pieces; decorations was
$500, ............... SIS %
Main Floor
Evening journal., 1904-08-25
Linoleum
Remnants

A few left. / TO 4 yds.
long. Bring half the
usual price and choose.
Regular 25c. to 800
grades now 12ikc to SOC
the square yard.
Fourth F.oor.
Evening journal., 1904-08-25

Don't measure your own goodness
n a bushel and the goodness Of your
Evening journal., 1904-08-25
This Sale has brought many
Reductions in ParlOr Suites

wearing qualities paror suite that counts
may costly goods but what's
under those covers?
buying of the maker when
you your sute-ts cheaper too.
a Of unquesoned merit
the best Of everything will be
makeup
Your investigation will give you
knowledge of what they
Second Foor.
Furniture Recovered Free
Eows parlor suite? perhaps but little
be entirety Right where
covering buy the goods Ohere lots of
remnants prces) them Of charge
We do rehnishng well be demonstrated
VIII yours Is home.
Evening journal., 1904-08-25

If YOU haven't yet learned the true meaning of a
MEGARY bargain you'll be exercising true economy
by investigating those offered this week.
All the newest Fall stocks arrivng daily enter into
this sale at effective price reductions, giving you
chances of getting the best of the latest patterns
at considerable saving.
Evening journal., 1904-08-25
Hurry! For These MattingS

you appreciate extraordinary
essential The smal-oniy bales
The enough or the quality
to be regularly:
500 5000 $3.50. n.N $1,000 N1.a 1890 now $50 $500
800 $40. iW. 800 IS 500,
a yards o he bale. Fourth Floor
Evening journal., 1904-08-25
There are numerous possibilities
in this
Sale of Linen Remnants
are very attractive.

brings quick response from
thrifty The handsomer the
sales the penalty OF this
popularity selling the number of
stoekeepng outgoing
of these remnants hence this clearance.
IL yard lengths 34c c yard lengths, 4ic,
each; lengths, 4c SOC, 5c SOC,
sO siO each; lengths sic SIC 7sc, sloo
Ma and each 2k S.13 Sl5
2S EACH ga yard lengths &C. s1SS s6 2o
yard lengths. $l.s5. $50
Napkins
pure linen napkin. This sale. ..Soc the doz
pure napkin. This SOC the 9oz.
pure heavy) This sale 81 the
% inch linen dinner napkins patterns
So the dozen This
they're marked l0c each.
Evening journal., 1904-08-25

Only one more full week of opportunities for your
share of these great August bargains.
No matter how small or how large the saving it will
payyou investigate Your seeing the goods and compar-
ing them with the prices tells the story far better than we
can with cold types
Evening journal., 1904-08-25

Store closes every day at 6 o'clock.
All shipments to out-of-town customers sent
prepaid.
Placing your order now means money saved
We store all goods free of charge until you wish
us to deliver them.
Evening journal., 1904-08-25
Chief JUSTICES HORSE RANANAY
Was Caught by John Hayes at Twen-
tieth and Market.

A horse ovned BY Chief Justice charles
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-29
TowN-BALL AND BAsERAII.,

There was game of baseball played at Hoboken, N. J., in 1859, and the re- porter in writing about it used this de- scription:
 Baseball differs from cricket, espe 1. cially in there being no wickets. The bat is held high In the air. When the ball has been struck, the "outs" trX to catch 1t. in which case the striker is out" or, If they cannot do this, to running, which likewise puts him out"
 The game at that date was evidently in transitory stage from the much older game of town ball. as those who were school boys fifty years ago re- member it. As the above report says, if runner could be hit by the ball while he was between bases it put him out, and one of the strong points in the player was that he could throw well. for promptness and accuracy in this part of the game was an important &C., quirement. When the balls were made of soft wool cords as many of them were, no harm resulted from this throwing, but when solid rubber balls SehhAS AAlO uSC ~ was A DOY who could throw true and hard could not only put the runner out for that in- ming but sometimes put him out of bus mess for the entire game, or even longer. A solid rubber ball thrown with all the strength of a vigorous young arm was not trihing affair. especially if it struck a tender spot. We have many times seen players tenn porarily disabled in this way.
 In some respects this old game of town-ball was more interesting than the modern game. There was no limi- tation to nine on a side, but as many could play as wanted to provided the sides were equally balanced There were no set teams, but before the game began the champions for each side se- lected the players alternately from those present. Two sets of games were never played by the same play CTS on each side.
 Another difference was that the ball was thrown to the batter by one of his own side whose object was to deliver A ball that could be easily hit. Still an- other difference was that the player whose place it was to catch behind" used his best efforts to catch the ball when the batter missed It. If he caught it in the air or on the first bounce 1t put the batter out. There were other points of difference between town-bal1 and base ball. and if the old game was not better than the new one it certain ly afforded ample amusement and ex- ercise for the boys and even the men of those good old times
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-29

the worlds history will be reversed, and we shall be forced to admit that a brown race is not everywhere weaker than a white race. Of course, the event may prove that the Japanese are lacking in staying power. but thus far they have shown themselves to be so superior in courage, in foresight. and in ability to organize and concen- trate. that their final victory seems as- sured.
 It may seem rather strange to speak of Russian weakness, but the term is appropriate as applied to the govern meut. It is an absolute. and in some respects a powerful monarchy. but 1t is plain to any one who has kept up with the war in the East that Russia with all her absolutism Is badly served, both at home and in her army. There is constant friction among officials at home, and there are constant com- plaints of inefiiciency among army of- ficers. In shorI a powerful govern ment. an absolute monarchy, composed of white Aryans. is not a match for a comparatively very small nation of Mongolians. The final result may be a still greater surprise for the outside world
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-29
Rrandon and Hl. voice.

selma Times.
 Gen. w. w. Brandon-Billy Brandon, If you please-nakes splendid clerk for a great convention" said a dele- gate to the recent State Democratic Convention. He is gifted with a mag nificent voice and it can penetrate eV- cry part of a hall, no matter how large that hall may be. He and Bob Nell of Selma were the secretaries of the State Democratic Convention and it was Brandon'S duty to call the roll. He called it with vigor, too. His enunci- ation is clear and his voice strong to a wonderful degrse. It would induce a deaf man to hear and is we'll calcu- lated to. cause a nervous or timid per- son to bestir himself as he never had fectly at home with this kind of work. bama House of Representatives sew eral times. He was reading clerk of the late Constitutional Convention and If you were to rake the State with B tine-tooth comb, figuratively speaking his superior could not be found. Gen eral Brandon, in addition to his mag nihcent lung power, is thoroughly versed in the history, geography and politics of the State. He knows every man >of any note who has figured in public affairs and he carries at the ends of his fingers vast fund or gen era! information necessary in a large political deliberative body. Brandon is at home alike in politics and legisla- i've matters. A great convention of the Alabama Democracy would not be complete without his stentorian voice ana striking personality"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-29
MRS. HEARsT,s BOUNTY.
<ie,O0O a Year Withdrawn by Donor | from Washington College.

| OOmON | from Washington College | Washington Special.
 1 Educational Circles here are greatly exercised over the sudden and unlocked | for announcement that Mrs. Phoebe Al, Hearst has withdrawn her bounty from the Kindergarten College, in this city, oeai chsrtes nfp ip Hds mbisS ana ahS all other liberal contributor. The reason gIy- | ell is that her income is not sufficient to Justify continuance of her dona-
 For the last eight years, the Phoebe Hearst Kindergarten College has been Iniaaintained in this city by, the indi- was $16,000 year This sum has been sufficient to sustain a modern Kinder garten Institution, in the fashionable esssea Of ns Sz for aSSaiGn yCuns ch fo has been one of the features of this estannshment. Young women, anxious schools. have come here from ali parts or the country to take the admirable course of instruction at the Phoebe the teachers In the public school kin dergarten grades are graduates from the Hearst College.
 The withdrawal of Mrs. Hearst's f. naneial support from this institution, and all other local charities, on the ground that her income was not suff1 . eient tn enable her to continue her no-
 
 vtously shown so much interest, was a severe shock to her friends in Wash ington, and a stunning blow to the Kindergarten system as taught at the Hearst Colleges! A committee was im- mediately appointed to hasten to New York and confer with Mrs. Hearst on the subject, prior to her departure for Europe. She received the committed graciously. but tearfully, and informed her callers that her decision was final
 No further explanation is offered by the confidential friends and represent atives of the Hearst estate. Mrs Hearst has gone to Europe, and the Incident appears to be closed so far as she is concerned. One of the mysteri- ous features of Mrs. Hearsts unex- pected retirement from philanthropic work at the National Capital, is that she spent several weeks here, recent ly. At that time she attended a for mai reception given in her honor at the college, and she made no mention of her intention to withdraw her sup port from the institution. Only a few days prior to her sailing for Europe she notified the managers of the Hearst College that her aid to that institution was at an end.
 The fact that Mrs. Hearst is the mother of William R. Hearst. the youthful aspirant for the presidency, is sufficient to occasion all kinds of sensational conjecture, relative to the true inwardness of this interesting ln- cident in Washington life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-29
cHANcr ruAT MUsr COME.

Reasoning from recent occurrences. as we'll as from 6 common sense standpoint, 1t would appear that if large battIe-ships are to be the principal features Of modern navies there must be a complete change in the methods of building them. As Is we'll known the really weak part Of a modern battleship Is the hull, especial ly that portion of 1t which is below the water line. To protect one of these ves- sels against the powerful projectiles of the present day the upper works are not only built in the most substantial
 manner. but all the ship ordinarily above the water line is encased in many tons of iron and steel. The effort is to make all the exposed portion of the vessel as nearly as possible proof against any kind of shot or shell used in modern war fare.
 But this is not all, for next to the thickness and weight of the protecting armor is the size and weight of the guns used. Not only Is 1t considered essential to have vessels heavily ,encased fin iron and steel. but in order to make such a vessel effective against an enemy hun dreds of tons weight are put into the guns used. thus adding immensely to the aggregate weight of the vessel.
 This would all be we'll enough if all the offensive operations against such vessels were directed at the portion above the water line, but that Is just where the modern ship falls. The comparatively weak under works are at the mercy of torpedoes and hidden mines which are liable at any moment to blow a hole in the bottom of the strongest warship on the ocean. Then the thousands of tons of armor and, big guns combine to send the whole to the bottom like, a weighted basket. All the armor and all the big guns are so much added to the weakness of a ship when its bottom is shattered by torpedo. In such case but one result is to be expected and that is for the vessel either to go down bodily or turn turtle with all on board.
 It would seem that If war-ships are to be made effective the main efforts of science and mechanical skill should be exerted to render the under part of ves- seis as nearly invulnerable as modern skill can make them. If less labor, skill and expense were bestowed above the water and more below 1t there would be greater effectiveness and much less liability to disaster. We have a number of warships costing above three million dollars each. yet any one of them is abso- iutely at the mercy of little. torpedo or hidden mine costing few hundred dol lars. There will have to be a revolu- ton fin ship-building. if effectiveness is the object sought. Stronger bottoms and lighter tops is the object to be accom- plished
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-29
SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1904.
WILL HE HE LOYAL,

Al-
 Mr. Bryan, so one of his close friends says will support any man nominated at St. Louis with the single exception of Grover Cleveland" Passing by that exception. we beg to doubt the state ment, and as one reason for the doubt we quote the following from The Me- braska State Journal published in Mir. Bryan's own town of Lincoln:
 Colonel Bryan lambasted the reor- ganixed Democrats at Omaha to full house night before last. and was ap- plnuded to the ceiling. His denuncia- tfon will reverberate from the Missouri to the foothills and then spread in ever widening circles all over the land. The Colonel declared that he wanted the vote of mo Democrat who wasn't En favor of ratifying the Kansas City platform from A to 1zzard and made 1t appear to the satisfaction of most of his hearers that to accept the support of such renegades at the coming State Convention, for a seat in the delegation tQ St. Louis, would be disgraceful to
 Mr. Bryan's almost frantic demand for the re-affirmation of the Kansas City platform from A to Izzard." and his denunciation of all who disagree with him as '.renegades" doesn't sound rahch as if he would support such a ticket as will be nominated at St. louis. Even a man of his inordinate se1f-conceit and prejudice ought by this time to see that those whom he so nippantly speaks of as "renegades" are eae Democrats who will be in control nt St. Louis We do not mean that the convention win be composed only of the sound money Democrats, but it will be composed of men who are not in fa- vor of the Kansas City platform. They no not need to be gold bugs" or bolt CTS" to ensure that.
 If Mfr. Bryan has an atom of consis- tency or speck of loyalty to the few who yet believe in him how can he sup port a man and a platform which, how ever conservative it may be, must nec- essariiy discredit practically all he stands for and that he has contended for? If he could get his consent to re- main silent 1t might be argued that he does not longer intend to stand in the way of Democratic unity, but that is just what he refuses to do. His denun- citations of Mir. Cleveland are of little moment and hurt no one. but almost every public utterance. oral or print ed. is on the same lines of implacable hostility to any departure from his own policies. While he keeps that up there is no reason to believe that he will be loyal to the St. Louis ticket.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-29
The Man Who Made Japan.

It is to the Marquis Ito that Japan owes in very great measure the pos sition. she now holds in the world. But for him she might be today a second China; but for him she would assur- edly not be the rival of Russia. the chosen ally of England.
 He belongs by birth to what we should call the lower middle class, and has therefore had neither wealth nor influential connections to give him a helping hand. None the less, at an age when in England he would have been counted a boy he was already a minister plenipotentiary arranging teE~~ of peace with the great powers of Europe. For he had the good luck in very early days--it was a pure piece of luck-to attract the attention of inc old Emperor Komei Yenno, who was so struck by his extraordinary ability and all-round cleverness that he took his education into his own hands and set reer. No successor, Moutsouhito. had just as high an opinion of Ito as his father had had, and as soon as he had power in his hands he made him Governor of Hiogo. A year later he made him Fi- nance Minister. and from that day to this Ito has practicaAy ruled Japan
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-29

1t. and led the column for the eIim. ination of the negro as political fac tor in Alabama. It was the Black Belt of Alabama that has saved the party In many a trying conflict and MT. Clarke knew that 1t would have been an injustice to us to cut down our representation and he so stated,
 He went further and showed to the Convention that it would have been a triumph for Crumpackerism for the Alabama Democracy to have so gone on record and he made his alignment so clear and forceful that the Conven- ton by a two-thirds vote sat down on the resolution to reduce our repre- sentatioIi.
 will never be so ungreatefu1 to the Black Belt as to reduce our represent ation in State Conventions, especially as all officials in the State are now nominated in primary elections and the only time that we shall have use for delegates Is to nominate delegates to National Convention. The Black Belt did not abuse the privilege she enjoy ed on Wednesday. but helped all sec tions of Alabama send up the deie- gates-at- large. And the Black Belt will never abuse any trust reposed in her keeping by the b1ue-eyed, straight haired Anglo-Saxons of this great con1-' monwealth.