The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-11
EDITORIAL NOTES.

l. A. Petersen, of Florida,
sends remittance, but fails to give
name Of his postofice,
1t is said that it cost the gov
eminent a million dollars to make the
Mckinley bill a law, and a wretched
law it is.
We didn't know the thing
was Ioaded;"so says Ingalls,, Crawford
& Co, but it was loaded all the same,
at both ends, with concentrated politi
cal dynamite.
- We have about twenty letters
on file with no ~postofice given
What shall we do with them ? VIII
the writer's abuse US if they do not
hear from them ?
The Peoples Economist is a new
Alliance paper that will make its ap
pearaLce a. Thomasville, Ca, on the
9th of November. HambIeton &
Massey, editors and proprietors.
-. Mr.. E. P. Hauser, of Kinston.
teacher of vocal and instrumental
music, has set the popular poem, 81
Think [ Thunk a Lie" to music and
offers it for sale at a reasonable price.
- The American Federation of
Labor will meet at Detroit, Michigan,
on the 8th of December. Delegates
will be invited from all Of the various
labor organizations throughout the
country.
- We have received two letters
in the past two weeks containing
money, but not a scratch Of a pen in
dicating from wh)m they came, nor
for what. They are awaiting recogni
ton and further orders
One of our exchanges came
with burned edges last week. 1t was
the Mobile, Ala, Register. The paper
was scorched in the depot which was
burned in the great fire there week
before last. Some of it was burned
entirely up.
The Argonaut, which has been
published at Nashville for sometime,
has been moved to Rocky Mount, and
has become an eight page paper. It
is one of the most enterprising jour
nails in the State and we wish it con
tinued prosperity.
*. Our thanks are due the Build
ing Committee of Trinity College for
an invitation to attend the laying of
of the corner stone of the main build
ing at Durham on Tuesday, the 18th
inst. The address will be by Hon. R.
B. Vance, of Buncombe county.
* The New York World Jays that
the expl oded fallacies of Free Trade"
seem to have made terrible havoc in
the Republican ranks. One or two
more such explosions" and nothing
will be left of the G. O. P. except it's
owners-the IA, 500 mill owners.
~ The North Carolina InteHlgencer,
a large and handsome paper, has re
Gently been enlarged and is now
printed on new type of its own. Mr..
l. IL O0I ulSaLJ SulGO1 dud plOP1 I0LOij
deserves much praise for getting out
such an excellent paper, it being only
five months old.
* The Atlanta Journal is a great
paper. 1t tavors the election Of Gen.
Gordon to the y. S. Senate. This it
has a right to do. But We earnestly
protest against the way it is doing in
Trying to bring odium upon certain
Alliance leaders in order to elect Gen.
Gordon. This it has no right to do.
- Mr.. T. c. Williams, of this city,
has purchased the interest of Mr.. A.
l. Terrell in the Raleigh Visitor and
has taken charge. We wish Mr..
Terrell the most abundant success in
all his undertakings, an | trust that
Mr.. Williams will reap rich reward
for his labor in the newspaper fed.
Forty two per cent. of the PEG.
pie OF Maryland live in the city Of
Baltimore. In other words, the popu-
lation of Baltimore is 434, 900; popu