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Joweiuvj SPECIAL , ..j...,.: '". '.. . f .. , , ; 1 n c ii j"1" V torn ' A Farm and Home Wetkly for ine Carolinas. Virginia. Georgia, and Florida. FOUNDED 1886, AT RALEIGH, N.C. Vol XXX. No. 44. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1915. $1 a Year $ Sc. a Copy . m .. ... 2 ' A New Treat in Store for the Long Winter Night AS winter comes on with its long nights and before every hearth stone the family is drawn together around a sparkling fire, who doesn't wish to Vary the program of serious reading with some tale of daring and danger, of love, intrigue, and high adventure? There are times when we wish a merely sweet story, or a merely hu morous story. But with the storms of winter coming on, the heart likewise pnters the spirit of the season and yearns to follow some beloved or trusted hero through the storms and perils of adventurous life provided, of course, there run through it all the love of a man for a maid, and especially if this love be beset by difficulties that seem to offer no way of happy escape. John Charles McNeill voices the feeling of all of us, young and old for the oldest man or woman never outgrows the spirit that makes the youngest child beg over and over for "a tale' '.when he sings: - ' - J : ..' "Now for a blazing hearth 1 Now for the chimney nook 1 Now for the sage talk and jest and mirth And the old love story-book ! . . . . j ..- .. . "For when the winter shuts us in f And the dark crowds up outside In some old tale of love and sin We'll wander far and wide ; . "With many1 a lassie1 and her lad Wno moved with sorrow's feet, Shall grieve that love is ever sad And sin so falsely sweet. "Old sorrow and old vain desire That long ago have died :. , Ah"i Mflori' rousmglire And a screaini wlisl And the Progressive Farmer' now has a story f o fit this need of : the com ing winter flights and' meet-the heart's desire of every man or woman, boy or girl, who loves a bold "and moving tale. This week we begin to print MThe Pris oner of Zenda, by . the famous author, Anthony Hope-the ; story " of .Rudolf Rassendyl, ' a iiodern jEngilsh kriight errant, and his marvelous' adventures in the little Kingdom of Runmnia; -The stry is packed with incident enough and accident enough to bring a new surce of interest and ftouht toeyery family of readers, and with it there is : s For You and Your Family the worthy lesson of risking life and limb in a good cause, and keep ing a great trust in high fashion; while mingled with all the sterner noise of powder, sword and trumpet, there runs the sweeter music of a rare love story a love story which if it might have been happier, on one side at least, could hardly have been nobler. Do not cheat yourself or your family out of the pleasure of follow- 5T1 i A A VIEW OF MRS. HUTT'S HOME. RALEIGH, N. C. Note how Boston Ivy and the Spiraea add beauty DON'T FAIL TO READ- ? : Let every North Carolina subscriber read first of all the plans on naze 16 for meetings and work in every North Carolina school district Friday and Saturday of this week, and join m making his neighbor hood better. ' Trees and Shrubs for the South . . How to Have Flowers AH the Year Round More Fruits, Nuts and Shade Trees for the Farm . .... " Some Nuts and Fruits You Should Have . Fruits and Flowers for Every Farm Home Cotton Seed Worth More Than Corn . . Leave a Legacy of Beauty for Mankind . Make the South the Land of Grapes and Crape Myrtles . , ; . . - Calhoun's Old ?JFarmersV Society, and I Modern South CaroUna Agriculture What to Plantfor;Peauiy . . Fred WilBams, ppUmwt 4 6 6 7 8 12 12 12 13 14 23 ing this great story during the next few weeks. Let some one member read it aloua to all the other members of your family each night when - the paper comes, then talk over the situation and guess as to the hero's final chances of success or way of escape, and you swill find yourselves looking forward to the story each week with as much zest and eager ness as your little boy listens to stories of fairies, giants, Bre'r Rabbit and Robinson Crusoe. . May we not ask, therefore, that you begin now by reading aloud to the whole family tonight the preliminary explanation and opening chapters on page 5, and resolve to make the most of this rare treat provided for all members of our big Progressive Farmer family? V I - II ; ! I . 7 r i H:1 lb i I III V, 1: r . 4 'i ( f it j V-J' j I h t? 1 1 1 1 1 i' . J i I f t ' f " If J f -
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