The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-05-15

tnlS namenta appenOage IN obedience
to the absurd custom which forbids any
Justice to appear on the bench of the
Supreme Court of the United States
wearing a moustache. If he is fit for the
exalted position to which he has been
chosen, he will retain his moustache.
Our memorial day passed off most
pleasantly, notwithstanding the pro-
gramme, for the most part was rendered
impracticable by the rain which fell with
out interruption from the morning until
night-fall. Col. Bennett delivered an ad-
mirable address on the life and services of
Brighten. Junius Daniels splendid
theme, presented in splendid style by one
of North Cardinals finest speakers. We
trust it will be published for: the benefit
of our whole people. The Ladies' Memo
rial Association, especially, deserves great
credit for their devotion to the sacred and
noble work of perpetuating the memory
of our fallen brave.
The French League of Patriots has
issued a manifesto in which Gen. Boulan-
ger is styled the leader of the National
party. Two million copies of the first in
stallment of Gen. Boulanger's work on
the German invasion, which were brought
out last Tuesday, are to be distributed
gratis throughout France. In the preface
to his work Gen. Boulanger again sets
forth the ~Boulangerist policy and states
that the boject of this book is simply to
draw profitable lessons from the events of
1870. That is to say, he would stir up
the true French heart by means of re-
membrance. Boulanger is a standing
menace to the peace of Europe.
The Charlotte Democrat, in its issue
Of two weeks ago, having called upon
Capt. Alexander to say definitely whether
or not he desired the nomination for Gov
ernor, the Democrat of last week contains
the following: "Capt. sgd B. Alexander,
in a personal interview, replied to our
questions of last week about his candidacy
for the G~overnorship, by saying that he
had not sought the nomination, had not
written to any one about it only in reply
to the letters Of friends, and that he had
had nothing to do with putting forward
his name, but, if the nomination for Gov
ernor was rendered him, he would not
feel privileged to declins it. We make
the statement by Capte Alexander's au-
thority." ia
Before the Legislature of New York,
at Albany on the night of May 9th, Col.
Bob Ingersol delivered a memorial ad-
dress on the late Roscoe Conkling. The
following were his closing words: Conk-
ling believed in the royalty of man in the,
sovereignty Of the citizen, and in the match
less greatness of this republic. He was
of the classic mould-a figure from the
antique world. He had the pose of great
statues-the pride and bearing of the in
tellectual Greek, of the. conquering
Roman, and he stood in the wide free air
as though within his veins flowed the
blood of an hundred Kings. And as he
lived he died. Proudly he entered the
darkness or the dawn, that we call death.
Unshrinkingly he passed beyond our
horizon, beyond the t%wilight's purple
hills, beyond the utmost reach of human
harm or help, to that vast realms of
silence, Of joy, where the innumerable
dwell and he has left with us his wealth
of thought and deed-the memory of a
brave, imperious, honest man who bowed
alone to death"
We acknowledge the receipt of a
catalogue of the University for 1913, and
congratulate the institution on the many
evidences of it's growth and usefulness.
Especially noticeable is the increased &C
tivity in Literary work. There is a series
of public lectures before the University,
besides special lectures before the Scien-
tifc Society, the Historical Society and
the Seminary of Literature. The Regular
Courses of Study offer systematic, we'll
rounded culture, the Special Courses offer
special technical training, the Optional
Courses are arranged for those who can
not stay to graduate, while the various
societies stimulate and direct work in all
departments. There is something here
for every youth in North Carolina. Total
expenses $40 per annum; poor boys may
give notes; candidates for teaching or
preaching and preachers o n free. The
catalogue shows 2O3 students. Write for
one to President Battle at Chapel Hill.
IMPORTANT TO ALLIANCES.