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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-02


feelings must have no place in the
home nest if we would keep the bird
ling free from moral taint."
Some one has said, "Teachin~ our
little ones how to live and how to
grow Is a vocation to fill life," and
l think so too. To teach them to
live noble, pure lives we must live
such lives ourselves, and to teach
them to grow, we must not lose our
own capacity for growth. The indis-
pensable thing for the mother life,
is the heart and will in harmony
with the will of God. If this source
of strength does not fail us, we may
be sure that we will succeed. Let us
then recognize our responsibilities,
rejoice in our heritage, and by CRATE
full, happy service prove ourselves
worthy of our sacred trust.
There is one other thing that
want to say. and S.1en I'll be through
Aunt Jennie, you say you want our
real names so you-will know us when
you meet us. Now / wonder how
many of the Chatterers would know
Aunt Jennie should we meet her?
MRS. L. L. d.
Edgecombe Co., N. G.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-02
Aunt Jennie's Letter.

We are glad that Mrs. L. L. d. has
. "hobby." and that she gives us the
benefit of her thoughts as to woman's
influence in the home. This letter
is worth reading; in fact, it is one
Of the best we have ever received. and
I know the circle will join me when /
insist that she let us hear from her
often.
Well, Nellie, your letter, too, is the
best you have ever written, and we
are proud of you as a Chatterer. If
there we're more wives and husbands
like YOU and ours we should never
have needed any divorce laws. Yes,
friendship is one of the sweetest ties
that bind us to earth. Your resigna-
ton to the Divine Will is admirable
and commendable. To realize that
God knows what is best for us under
all circumstances, and patiently wait
His will, is ontentment.
Il cannot choose my path below,
| would not, if I could;
Lord grasp my hand and / will go
Where you shall will, I should"
Country Lark says that the boys
in her neighborhood go to the city
before they are old enough to know
how to manage a horse. Why, man
aging a horse is not such a job; but
to know how to manage himself is
quite task. One horse and, and
oftentimes two horses, are easier to
manage than one boy. Do you boys
remember the letter l wrote about
wearing your own brides? Remem-
Der to write for Social Chat, too.
AUNT JENNIE.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-02

Dear Aunt Jennie:-I have just
finished reading "Aunty's" letter and
l am constrained to repeat the ques-
ton: "Are we mothers doing our
duty training our children in the
way they should go?
That is a quetsion each mother
should ask herself. As a mother
myself, [ often find the question
confronting me, and it is always hard
to answer.
We mothers know that the develop
ment of our children is in our own
hands. There are many other inhu-
ences, chief among them, the infu-
ence OF the father; but the real helr :
er IS the mother.
II L could mention but one factor
IN the mothers development of her
child, 1t would be the fact that what
the mother is becomes a more power
Iul II formation agent than anything
.ae mother does. The mother who
ann; AIMS herself to be rything she de-
~LeS her child to be, does better
JCTG oITI than S he who tries to make the
enid MO, what he ought to be.
III temper, harshness, impatience,
bnslhIcerlty, and all the black-winged
'food OF evil thoughts, habits and
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-02
Selections by Minnie,

Mrs. Ringgold admired JEANNE
Deans's selections of poetry, and I
hope somebody will like these:
"Blest is the man with high ideals.
Who fails to-day. tomorrow, and for
days to come,
But never lowers his standards. nor
surrenders to defeat,
Till hand and foot, till eye and ear,
Till vocal chord and tongue,
Till mind and heart are disciplined,
And all abilities of body and of soul
Are marshalled by the will
And move onward to the drum-beat
of perfection"
'I like the man who faces what he
With step triumphant, and heart
of cheer,
Who fights the daily battle without
fear,
Sees his hopes fail, yet keeps the un-
faltering trust
That God is God; that somehow true.
and just
His plans work out for mortals; not
tear
Is shed when fortune, which the
world holds dear,
Falls from his grasp; better, with
love, crust,
Than living in dishonor; envies not
Nor loses faith in man; but does his
best,
But with smile and words of hope,
gives Zest
To every toiler; he alone is great
Who by life heroic conquers fate"
There is "daily battle" with sin
for the soldier of the cross. The sin
that he has renounced will not al
ways down at his bidding, but when
he is least expecting it, a sudden
temptation will overcome him and
the tempted will glory over his vic
tory. But the true soldier will have
recourse to his sword of All-prayer.
as Bunyan called the Christians
greatest weapon, for "Satan fees
when he beholds the weakest saint
upon his knees"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-02
The Country the Best Place to Live.

Dear Aunt Jennie:-I have been
threatening to write to the Chat for
a long time, but could not make up
my mind to start. Aunt Jennie, I
do think that Young Srunk is right
about the boys going to the city. Up
here the boys go to the city before
they are old enough to manage a
horse. | like the farm much. better
than the city. / don't see how the
city folks enjoy the beautiful spring
and summer weather. They don't
see any of the birds build nests or
see many of the flowers that come.
l am a country girl, and I like the
country best of all the places to live.
COUNTRY LARK.
Iredell Co., N. @.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-02
IdleneSS.

Dear Aunt Jennie:-I have been
reading the Social Chat for one year
and it is very interesting. I saw
your invitation to young men some
time ago. I think it is a good sign,
Aunt Jennie, that among our young
men idleness is no longer esteemed
as honorable or genteel. "The latest
gospel In this world" says Carlyle,
''Is know thy work and do it." Nc
man or woman has any right to be
idle if he or she is able to work.
Labor is the law under which we live.
Fish do not leap from the lakes into
our frying pans, nor hoe-cakes drop
down from the skies. Timber and
clay banks do not shape themselves
into buildings. but incessant toll is
the secret of turning things up.
Since labor is the law by which we
live, the person who does not work
is nuisance to his fellow-men. Any
one who is able to work, and does
not, is fraud and a cheat. Daily
toll is a daily school of honesty and
truthfulness idleness is a school of
nothing but vice. Rev. Geo. Hewitt
says: 'Iet the world play holiday
for one year and a famine would
reign from pole to pole" Therefore
we live from hand to mouth, so let's
be up and doing.
NEWIRA.
Duplin Co., N. O.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-02

home tired, everything is gloomy and
the house all dark and dreary, no
cheerful face meets him, and no
pleasant words to greet him. Every
thing out of place and every word he
speaks snarled at. Nothing he does
is quite just right. Not single
thing he does is quite good enough
to give satisfaction. It's then he
feels compelled to go out and hunt
some place to find JOY and repose.
An old uncle of ours stonped with
us to-day; he is now in his eighty
fifth year. His wife (who was my
husbands great aunt) has just died
a few weeks ago. They had been
married about sixty years, and a
dearer, sweeter or more motherly
woman could not be found. We had
not heard of her death. And sad,
indeed, it was to see the tears flow
from his eyes when he was COM
PEELED to speak just this: "She is
dead"
Different, indeed, from another
case a friend of mine related to me
of an old man and his second wife
who lived near her. They we're both
taken sick and were confined to their
beds at the same time. His wife died
first and there was a terrible dread
among the neiohbors who we're gath
cred there, of telling the sad news
to the poor sick man. Finally it fell
to her lot So she picked up all the
courage she could and ventured with
some sweet words of comfort for
the poor sick man who was so sick
he was at times unconscious of the
happenings of the household. His
reply was this: "Well, I am left
again and all alone. But poor old
woman, she has always been aggra-
vating." Even in that hour of death
sadness, he could not forget that
she had not added any happiness or
comfort to his life.
After all. it's enough to keep the
golden rule: "Do to others as you
would have them do to you." / have
not been married quite seven years,
and the love that joined us grows
stronger all the time. We share the
duties of life together. / have no
rowing nature. neither has he. So we
stay at home together, and when we
visit we visit together. I could not
get any happiness or enjoyment out
of a long visit and my husband at
home trying to attend to all the du-
ties pertaining to life and home
Home with husband and children is
the sweetest place on earth to me. l
do pity any man with a restless, row
ing, ambitious wife.
NELLIE.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-02
A Woman's Possibilities for Winning
and Making Home Happy.

Dear Aunt Jennie:-I am glad
that / am not the only one of the
Social Chatterers that think we can
win love by trying. Minnie's whole
soul must have been aroused by some
great ambition when she wrote her
letter of January 18th. 1 am very
sorry, Minnie, that you cannot see
that kindness, benevolence, cheerful
ness and good will will win friends.
A friend will love us as a friend.
A true friend often proves more than
a friend-and loves us beyond friend
ly love. Then it is our own choice
to hold our friends still near us or
let the tie loose and let them go.
We should remember when confidence
is once lost it is by far harder to re-
gain than it is to establish.
: Yes, Minnie, will agree with you
that it is an impossibility to make
friend of every person; yet it is our
duty to make a friend of every one
we can, and then remember that the
great Creator has everything His
own way, and His way is always
best. After we have won all we can.
we have done our duty, and by and
by we can look back and study the
past and see that those we failed
to win were not those we could wish
to take into our society. And after
all, it is love bestowed upon us, for
everything worketh together for
good, to all that love the Lord.
There are many ways to win love.
We must first of all control our own
temper. Some of us have some very
high tempers, but with Gods help
we can control them. We can culti-
vate good, kind, loving and agree
able disposition, or we can cultivate
a disagreeable, Grabbed, i'll, snappish
and selfish disposition.
Yes. wife who is worthy of hold
ing the position of wifehood can
make home the most pleasant and en-
joyable place on earth for her hus-
band. 1t does not take silk, satin,
and all other fine things to create
cheerfulness. The most humble
homes can be cheerful. Yes, open
all the doors of the smallest and
humblest homes and let in all the
sunshine possible. Surely the cloudy
days will come, and often the rain
drops fall from our eyes, but remem-
Der it is only to make the sunshine
more radiantly.
When a woman marries a man
who loves her, he wants to see her
keep herself, after they are married,
as neat and sweet as before. Perhaps
he had newer seen q frOUn on her
sweet face, or any evil spirit beyond
her control; but oh, after she has
him tied down by the ties of matri-
mony, all the sweetness of her face
glides away. And when he comes
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-02
OUR SOCIAL CHAT

All letters intended for this department
Lonld he addressed to "Aunt Jennie" care
81 The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, N. @.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-02

Duplin Co.. N. O.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-07
EXCURSION WAS LIGHT
No Organized Parties in Special Cars
This Time and Only Few
Individual Prospectors.

No Organized Parties in Special Cars
This Time and Only Few
Individual Prospectors.
The regular semi-monthly excur-
sion arrived from the north last night
the train coming in about Gas local
time which was three hours later than
the trains regular time There were
no large organized bodies of excur
sionists in special this time, and the
individual excursionists who were
coming of their own accord and with
out solicitation were not numerous
The Pecos Valley immigration Com
pany with Is people was the largest
body. The change is easily accounted
for. The season prevents farmers
leaving their homes in the north at
this time and the Tallmadge people
who always bring in a crowd, made
no effort this time, on account of com
plications which have come uD and
with which the people of Roswell are
familiar. The big excursions will
start again as soon as the farmers
in the north get more time.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-07
ARE TAKING SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Sisters Boniface and Stella Started
the Active Work for the
Hospital Today.

Sisters NJ Boniface and Stella
started out this morning to take sub
scriptions for the hospital that is TO
be built here this summer. They were
treated in a cordial manner by the
citizens and did remarkably well.
Everywhere they went the people
showed an interest in the move they
are helping along, and many liberal
subscriptions were taken. They will
continue the work for several days,
Or until all of the people of Roswell
have been given an opportunity to
give to the cause.
Following are the subscriptions
that were received to top the list:
J. ]. Hagerman, $250.00
Charles DeBremond, $4,000
W. P. Lewis, $4,000
Roswell Hardware Co., $4,000
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-07
LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL
The Appropriation to Build State
Oil Refinery is Oefeated.-Gas Com
pany Prohibited From Doing Busi-
ness in the State.

Topeka, Kan, July THE law
passed by the legislature last winter
apprc2riating 100000 to build m
Independent oil refinery was today
declared unconstitutional by the SUI
ion rendered by Associate Justice
Green The oil refinery law was con-
Sidered one of the most direct blows
struck at the Standard Oil Co. by the
last legislature, which adopted sever
al measures tending to restrict that
concern in handling the Kansas Oil
product.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-07
DID NOT FIRE ON CITY
But as the kniaz Potempkine Left
Theodosia She Followed British
tity cf coaI.-Russlan Sailors are
Sulien.

St. Petersburg, July THE KniaZ
Potempkine escaped from Theodosia
before the Black Sea feet arrived
there from Sevastopol. AS the fleet
did not put in at Odessa 1t is pre-
sumed that the war ships are in par
suit of the Potempkine. The adyices
received by the admiralty, however,
are meagre and most conflicting. Re
ports as to the direction taken by the
rebel war ship do not agree. The
torpedo boat destroyer Setilvy, man
ned by a crew of officers and blue
jackets who volunteered to sink the
mutineer, reached Theodosia s.9vera;
hours after the Potempkine departed
and after hurriedly coaling the 5met
ivy put to sea, presumably in pur.
suit of the battle ship.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-07

CahOon, L. K. McGaffey, H. F. Smith,
l.. B. Tannehill. e. Fl. Williams, J..
Smith Lea and ]. A. Graham as the
directors
The list of directors were unani-
mously voted in to serve the first
three months, and were given auth
ority to incorporate under the name
of the Roswell Country Club, with
capital stock of $4,000. The first
beard of directors is instructed not
to sell more than $500 worth of the
stock. unless the plans are changed
by a two-thirds vote of the member
ship.
After the adjournment of the mem
bership meeting, the new board of
directors held meeting. at which
the following officers were elected:
w. E. Wiseley, president; J. Smith
Lea. vice president; E. A Cahoon
treasurer; ]. A Graham, secretary.
The president, vice president and
secretary were named committee
to proceed at once to draw up set
of bylaws to be submitted to a vote
of the membership, also to proceed
to have the club Incorporated at
once
There are now II members in the
club, and it was decided to limit the
membership to rs.
The new club has been organized
solely for pleasure. It's members
have purchased a tract of land north
of Roswell which has water in abun-
dance and is well arranged for a
pleasure resort. The club will beau.
tify the grounds and will probably
build a clubhouse thereon this sum-
mer.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-07
SUITS IN DISTRICT COURT.
A Petition Filed in Which Guardian
Wants to Sell Property for Mi
nors.-Two Other Cases.

Three new cases have lately been
fled in district court. In one. And
rev J. Witteman, father and legal
guar iian for his three minor child
rem, asks permission from the court
70 sell real estate which they inner
tied from their mother, giving reas-
ons to show that it is to their inter
est for him to do so.
Drs. Kinsinger and Bradley filed
suit against John Richey, on an ac-
count.
suit entitled w. w. Cox VS.. Pat
rick Coglin was filed, this being
brought here on a change of venue
from Socorro county, where 1t was
taken from Dona Ana county, also
on change of venue.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-07
a. |. W. NILSSON IN CHARGE.
sutter Maker From Sweden is Super.
intending the Work at the
Roswell Creamery,

The butter-making at the Roswell
creamery has been put in the hands
If A L. w. Nilsson, who will super
intend all of the work Mr.. Nilsson
comes to America with a whole mort.
olio of recommendations from his
native country Some of his letters
ell of the interesting way III which
he can detect the cause of a fault
n butter by simply tasting the milk
rom the different COWS that are con,
ributors The letters state that
blind-folded. he could, by merely tas-
ing the milk of different jars, tell
which had come from one COW and
which from another He certainly has
wonderful taste He not only un,
ierstands this part Of the work. but
elso knows just how all of the pro.
cesses should be carried out. He
states that when he has had
chance to see all of the farmers who
contribute milk and get everything in
he order he wants 1t, the butter of
he Roswell Creamery will be 80
good it cannot be excelled.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-07
OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED.
Root Will be Secretary of State.-Rs
ception of Paul Jones' Body.

Root Will be Secretary OF State.-Re-
ception of Paul Jones' Body.
Oyster Bay, NJ Y. July THE Off
cial announcement was made here
today that Elihu Root has been ap-
pointed Secretary of State.
The announcement was made on
the authority of President Roosevelt,
in the following statement given out
by Secretary Loeb: Hon. Elihu
Root has accepted the tender by the
President of the Office of Secretary
of State. He will take the oath Of
office in couple of weeks. but it
will be some time before he closes
up his business affairs. He will NOT
go to Washington permanently nm
ill some time in September.
President Roosevelt is much graft,
fed at MIR. Roots acceptance, and
is deeply sensible of the personal sac
rifices made by Mr.. Root in again
taking upon himself the burdens and
duties of cabinet member. The de
cision of Mr. Root was reached final
" on the Presidents special train
during the return of the Presidential
party from Cleveland. For personal
reasons. entertained by the Presi
dent and Mr. Root. it was deemed ad
visable not to announce the decision
publicly until the President had re
turned to his home at Sycamore hill
| 1t was determined. therefore. thai
the official statement of the tender
and acceptance would be made today
| by Secretary Loeb. left Oyster Ba.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-07
City Property is Moving.

The following deeds were fled in
the office of Probate Clerk and Re
corder F. p Gayle Thursday:
Rose NJ Bird and husband, C. NJ
Bird to Mary M. Rucker. for $4,000
lot block II in the West Side 4ddi-
ton to Roswell
Theodore A. Lard to George r Ere
eman. for $4,000 q tract Of $50 and
seven-tenfhs acres in section / town
ship II South. range Is east.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-07
Body of Paul Jones.

Cherbourg, France, July THE fu
neral train bearing the body OF Ad-
miral Paul Jones and 500 American
Paris at 7:30 this morning The Ger
emony of transferring the body on
board the Brooklyn will take place
at noon tomorrow. and the squadron
will sail at five in the evening for
the United States
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-07
CREW STILL LIVES.
Thirteen Men Entombed Alive in :
Submarine Boat.

Paris. July THE ministry of
marine today received a dispatch
from Bixerta, Tunis, saying that the
submarine boat which sank yeSter-
day, is still lying at the bottom Of
the harbor. and that her imprisoned
crew numbering thirteen men contin-
ued to respond this morning to sig
mails of the divers. The commandant
of the port reports that four grap-
pling- lines have been run under the
boat, but the rescue party is unable
to move her as she is now deep in
the mud
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-07
Given a Farewell Luncheon.

Toxic. July THE diplomatic
corps gave farewell luncheon TO
Baron Komura. the senior plenipoten-
riary from Japan to conduct the
peace negotiations before the peace
commission to meet soon in Washing
ton. 1t is expected that the steamer
Minnesota will reach Yokohama ear
ly tomorrow morning. July 9Th, and
that she will sail for Seattle with
the Japanese peace commissioners
on board in the evening.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-07

The following letter was received
by the Record this morning, and it
explains itself:
eel Paso, Tex, July 6. 1905.
To the Roswell Record:
Two strange men with letters in
their pockets, one addressed to H.
Brown and the other to Tobe King,
Roswell, N. NJ, were shot near here
last night. The one with the letters
addressed to H. Brown was about
five feet and nine inches tall. The
other was a slim, dark complexioned
man, about five feet, eleven inches
tall. They had some difference with
the Mexicans at the toll crossing at
Ciudad Juarez, Old Mexico, over
crossing some mules last night.
Brown killed one guard and wounded
another. Brown was killed, and King
was seriously wounded. He is not
expected to live. They may have
some relatives or friends in Roswell
who would like to know this. That
is as much as I can tell you about
It, 1t is all l know.
(Signed) S. S. GOODLET,
Deputy Marshal.
The letter was not very plainly
written. and it's diction has been
changed some for publication, but the
above gives the purport of the com
munication The word mules" is a
supposition, for in the letter 1t look.
ed like "mools."
The Record notified City Marshal
j. ]. Rascoe, and he stated that he
had seen Henry Brown and Tobe
King. of this city, in Carlsbad only
few days ago, and he has no doubt
that they are the ones referred ID IN
the letter Henry Brown has no re
latives here, and Tobe Kings mother
and sister left here some time ago
He has another sister. however. wh1
is married and lives on ranch some
where in this part of the country
The marshal did not know where ts
find her.
Tobe King and Henry Brown arr
both well known here. Brown was &
deputy sheriff under Fred Higgins
when Higgins was sherit.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-07-07
There Was No eombardment.

Theodosia, Crimea, July THE
reports sent from Odessa to the Lon
don newspapers regarding the bonn
bardment of Theodosia are untrue
Order is fully maintained in the
town by troops. Before leaving Tneo
dosia, the Kniaz Potempkine sighted
a British collier. which she flowed
qantity of coal.