The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28

name that no Governor of North Caro-
lima before him ever had.
The country is torn with party dis
sention and class strife.
But Governor Holt comes to his high
office without a struggle and he has
made no class or party enemies.
No one doubts his Democracy, and
yet he is withal a man of wealth and
refinement. A manufacturer and a.
capitalist. He is also a farmer and
largely a self-made man.
Now he is just in the position to lift
the Old North State.up out of the ruts
and start her on the high way of infu-
ence and power.
To do this let him, as Governor, look
only to the good of the people and the
honor and glory of the State.
Let him in business matters, as far as
possible, eschew party.
Let him rise above all mere personal
and party aims and seek only the pub
bic good.
Let him cut loose from all vain
toadyism and appoint only competent
men to office regardless of assumed
family, local or selfish claims.
And then we will e the Old North
State loved at home and respected and
revered abroad. -Erchange.
THE DUTY OF THE PRESS.
The press of the State has lately
taken somewhat to the work of self
examination, and Think The Chronicle
puts it well and strong when it says
that the North Carolina newspapers
are greatly lacking in proper dis
elimination" The average North Caro-
lima journal is usually on extreme
or the other; if serious, there is a
strained effort at the impressive and
everything is great, grand or glori-
Ous," or it is sensatiOnally small and
frivolous, and then all 'slang and non
sense" There is painfully absent the
simple statement of fact, the clear basis
of truth, and the cOnciseness and force
of logic. Language seems to be used
mainly to conceal thought.
Now to my mind, this is easily ex-
planned. The average North CAROLYN
ian is social and genial and depends
largely for life and enjoyment on the
feeling and sympathy of association.
There are no great interests or pursuits
RI invite On fOpo0 Golf 1rO11Orn0 ~, Co1f
effort. We are a state of easy and
able imitators. The large cities North
and South of us and the party strife at
Washington furnishes the cheap pabu-
lum Of sorry imitation. Hence a wag
of an editor once stated that of the 300
copies Of acertain North Carolina daily,
nine-tenths of each issue were extracts
OF references touching on city life or
party politics, and only one entirely
original idea.
The other is your full and able article
on /" Better Mail Service " for Charlotte
and this section. If the press of the
State would only realize the importance
of their lines of thought to the people
of our State, there would be a great
rip Van Wrinkle awakening" The
people are alive and the masses are, in
their way, trying to move ahead. But
they sadly need business and industrial
leading. Let the North Carolina papers
lead off and do their duty.-Am er-
Journalist, IN Charlotte Chronicle.
GIGANTIC TRUST FORMING.
Topeka, Kan.-Anew Alliance move
ment contemplates the formation of a
huge grain and live stock trust, includ-
ing Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and
Iowa. Frank McGrath, President of
the Farmers Alliance, says that the
project is n of the ults of the fail
ure of the Alliance legislatures to pass
certain bills. Legislation, he says, is