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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-21
FARMING IN CHINA.

Mrs. E V. Edwards, of Minneapolis,
read an interesting paper before The
Farmers Congress at st. Paul, her
subject being 'Picturesque Farming"
She said:
''The chief product is rice, and each
farmer has few ducks who are trained
to go upon the rice fields and eat the
snails, frogs and other animals that in
fest the fields. Hens are also trained
to follow the harvester and pick up
every grain of rice that escapes his op-
erations, for in China not even @ grain
of rice is wasted.
This refinement of economy is
shown in the care with which every
thing that could possibly add to the
fertility of the soil is saved and applied.
When the stubble is burned, clods Of
earth are piled up in little ovens to alb
sorb even the@smoke from the fires.
The walls of abode huts which have re-
ceived the smoke of the household fire
and the exhalstions of the human occu-
pants for long periods are PuIverized
and added to the soil.
EVERY farmer has his pig, and the
animal is raised absolutely without
cost. His habitat is the front doorstep,
unoccupied otherwise, and he forages
for his food. His head is the chief
offerings for the household god, and
his f9sb. with that Of the fowls, fur.
nishes the family with meat" Mrs. Ell
wards referred to the fact that the hen
is forced to work double time. She
not only lays her own eggs, but the
Chinese have fashion of filling egg
shells with the spawn of fsh and allow
ing the hen to warm them into life.
They are then placed in shallow ponds
for further development.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-21
AGRICUITURE.

Next y eek we shall publish an article
N the San jose Scale" written espe
3ially for THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER by
hat veteran fruit grower, Mr.. J. Van
4indley, of Pomona, n. Q.
American Gardening recommends
putting turnips that are to be used o.
he table in barrels in layers of sand
?ittiDg the turniLs will also keep them
resh and plump, bus the sand packing
Fou!d be good where the roots are to
% Kept in a cellar.
1t will pay you to ditch out and clear
Ip that muck swamp. 1t is composed
If dccayed vegetation and the very
pest elements of the higher land around
{ that have washed down into it. It
will soon pay for itself in any crop you
nay grow upon it.
Farmers Voice truly says that it is
IN uphill business to attempt to eradl-
cate the weeds from a mans own farm
when the winds which blow and the
birds which fly and the wagons which
travel up and down the roads all carry
tnesceds of a neighborhood to his acres;
but thus it must ever be until farmers
unite their forces in the assault upon
them.
We are glad to note that North Caro-
Ina farmers now seem to realiz9 more
than ever the need Of education even
IN Iarming. An evidence Of this is
found in the increased attendance OF
Rearly aii cur schools, and especially
the 4 & N. College at Raleigh An
Exchange wisely says that education IS
as essential for the farmer as for any
o.aaI man. Good farming consists not
wholly q manual labor; il II q lires the
eGaEcse or good intellectual powers.
Inero is a vast difference between
sc.enuiie and theoretical farming. II
t1rmara will cultivate the mind as
well as the soil, perfection in egricul
'uFe could be approached in a few
Years. The tilling of the soil is des-
tlned to become the most learned and
practical of all the professions.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-21

Possibly no class of people give less
attention to the little things pertaining
to their profession than farmers. Yet
little things in agriculture represent
the difference between profit and loss
q few more bushels Of grain an acre. q
little heavier yield OF butter COW,
little faster gain ia the fa6tening cattle;
proper care will procure all these" To
neglect these little things means death
to profit. Take him the world over
and you will find that the man who
has become g manager of great things
is the n1an who is careful in regard Co
little things. In every profession we
find that i5 is true thaE ian ounce Of
prevention is worth pound of cure.
The world moves and things on the
world move with it, When once thing
gets started on the downward grade. if
is doubly hard to change its course.
Attend to the little things before they
grow greater and possibly get beyond
your control.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-21

Crops IN the western part Of the State
are reported to be suffering less from
drought than those in the central sec
t1on. A correspondent of an exchange
says: With an abundant wheat crop,
corn above the average and an average
day cash market for cattle, Macon
county bids fair to receive her share Of
the good things of earth, and will join
in hearty thanksgiving for the return
of better days
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-21

JUDICIARY.
,p7H CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLl-
AHCTT

.,p7H CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLl-
ANCE.
Peesidsns-Jno. Graham, Ridgeway,
It, Vice TC -President-W. G. Upchurch,
Hofriaville. n Q.
Secretary Tres surer-J.T. B. Hoover,
Iuisb0rO, N &,
Srate Business Agent-T. B Parker,
Lecsarer-Dr. V. N. seawell, Villa
Assistant Lecturer w. B. Brick
house, -. n. q
Chaplain w. 8 Mercer, n. Q.
f.sor- -keeper-9eo. 7. Lane, Greens
ooro. n. Q.
assistant Door keeper-Jes. e: Lyon,
D lrhan, n. Q.
2srseant-at-Arms-A. D. Z. Wallace,
ils irngT5e BUSINESS Agency Fund-W.
A. Grsham, Machpelab, N. q.
vvrcrrTIvE OoAMTrTEE OF TIE NORTH
CAR LEA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
wv. Denmark, Chairman, Raleigh,
No.
John Graham, RidgewRy, N c..
w. B. Fleming, Ridgeway, N. y.
A. f. Hlleman, Concord, n. ..
Dr.. J. B Alexander, Charlotte, N. O.
Thomas D. Oldham, Teer, N. Q.
STATE A IlhAEUH JUDICIARY OoEnEITTzG.
Dr.JE Person, Pikeville, N. O.
W. s Barnes, Raleigh, n. G.
T. Ivey, Hhlsboro, N ..
Zsg.a CagsiIra Reform Press Association.
...zssoeTs-L. L. Ramsey, President /;
rtsF40s: Butler, Vice President; ". s.
agsssss, Secretary,
PAPERS.
aggressive Farmer, State Organ, Raleigh, =. g
ssTessTsn Raleigh, ~. Y.
SsTS7TV. Hickory, n. Q.
Ea{IEsT WhttRkers. n. Z.
inr Home Beaver Dam, n. @,
ne PopUiist, Lumberton, II. G..
s1e Peoples Paper, C6arlotte' y X
che Vestibule, Concoro' y y
sbs PIow-Boy, "adesboro' y. x
arolnS W&tchmAn. SSL1sDury' y. u
4ach Of the a5Ope-SsGneed papers are
egaes!sd to keep the EGst standing on
- s3rSt pcqe and add others, Pr0C'&ded
~ are duly elected. Agy paper tGtE-
- 20 advocate the OcGld platform t1Stt
dropped from the list promptly. Our
9sg3!e cGq3 7pOtU zee tyhGt papers are
.s5.isAaJ i4l their inteTeet.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-21
FARMERS AREAD.

Statistics from the last census show
that the United States contains to day
564, GOO farms, OF an average size of
1877 acres each. Of the bread winners
among the people A per cent are en-
gagged in agricultural pursuits. only %
per cent, or just ono half as many, are
engaged in manufacturing. Twenty
three per cent. are in professions of all
kinds and IN personal servioa, and IL
per cent. are engaged in trade and
transportation. It will thus be seen
that farming is by far the largest inter
terest engaging the most people. OF
these 4 564. 600 farms, a fraction more
than II per cent. are occupied and cul-
tivased by their owners and fraction
more than % per cent. are occupied by
tenant farmers.-Prof. Georgeson.
There's pay in fruit raising provided
the business is conducted as business
should be. Some Tar Heel farmers
realize the truth of this and profit By
it. A recent issue of the Spertanburg
g. O. Herald says: Wednesday after
noon three wagon loads of fine, luscious
peaches were brought to the city from
Chimney Rock, N. g., II miles above
RuEherfOTdton. The wagOners sold the
fruit at 81 per bushel.
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as ssTIONAL FARMERS ALL
sNCE AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION.

PRESIDENT Mann Page, Brandon,
Vice Preaident-O. Vincent, Indian
seer Secretary Treasurer-W. P. Bricker,
Igan Station, Pa.
LECTURERS.
rP sosaamon, Charlotte, N. Q.
Gamgin Y. Poore, Bird Island, MINI.
F I'D. Peirsol, Parkersburg, w. Va.
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Mann Page. Brandon, Va r. A.
nth worth. Denver. Col. {; John Bre
. ". Va; A. B. Welch, New York {;
f A. Gardner, Andrews settlement,
J.
JUDICIARY.
3 :. Southworth, Denver, Colo.
! ". Beck, Alabama.
q D. Davie, Kentucky.
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sIve Farmer 10 >
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sega CazsiIra Reform Press Association.
..#::oers-J. L. Ramsey, President;
rtsF50s: Butler, Vice President; ". s.
aGqgsss, Secretary,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-11-17
LYNCHED THREE MEN.
Mob Hangs a Trio of Indian Muir
derers at WilliamspOrt,
North Dakota.

Bismarck, \. D., Nov. 15.-Alexander
Coudot, the Indian half-breed, and Paul
Holytrack and Philip Ireland, full-blood-
ed Indians, were taken from the EN-
mons county Jail Saturday night and
lynched
Coudot was sentenced to death for the
murder of six members of the opicer
family last February and had just been
granted new trial by the Supreme
court. The latter two were self-con-
fessed accessories to the murder.
The lynching had apparently been
coolly planned and was carried out with
out break in the programme Williams
port, where the hanging took place, Is
about forty miles from this city and eff
the railroad. The first news of the hang
ing was brought here yesterday afternoon
by mounted messenger. He announced
that the men had been lynched. T5e
sheriff of the county, Peter Shier, was IN
this city at the time the hanging. .oc-
CURED, and it was to him that the mes
senger rode in such haste.
The men had been under the custody
of Under-sheriff Thomas Kelly and they
were taken from under his control by
the mob and hanged to a beef wind!ass
several hundred yards from the jail,
where their bodies swung in the breeze
all day, the coroner not having arrived
and no one else volunteering to cut them
down. There were about forty men con-
cerned in the lynching. They rode into
Williamsport on horseback late at night
and tethered their horses a short distance
from the city that they might secure
them again as speedily as necessary after
the deed was done The Jail in which
the prisoners were confined is a substan-
tial stone structure and was in charge
of Deputy-sheriff Thomas Kelly. Since
the confinement of the prisoners therein
so great has been the fear that they
might escape in some way that one man
marched all night within the jail, and
Saturday night Kelly was ON watch.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-11-17
DIR. EVANS DEAD.
Famous Paris Dentist, Who Aided
Ex-EmpreSs to Escape,
Passes Away

Paris. Nov. 15-Dr Thomas W.
Evans, the famous American dentist
who facilitated the fight of the eX-Enl-
press Eugene from Paris i'll 1870, died
suddenly yesterday evening.
DR.. Thomas Evans was born in Phil
adelphia about seventy-five years ago and
went to Paris in 1916, where he won a
great reputation. Since his advent in the
French capital DR.. Evans has attended
to the teeth of most of the crowned heads
of Europe, to say nothing of almost in
Vulnerable members of the royal fami-
lies, excepting Queen Victoria and the
Sultan of Turkey. He attended Napo-
leon III. and through his advice made
considerable money in speculation. He
also attended the Empress Eugene. and
assisted the latter to escape from Paris
IN his carriage after the battle of Sedan.
DIR. Evans was a very wealthy man. his
fortune being estimated at from So. 0O0,-
900 to So, 100000. He visited the Unit
ed States in August last, bringing with
him for interment at Philadelphia the
body of his wife. They had no chill
dren.
While here DIR. Evans is said to have
made arrangements to endow schools of
yersities. The doctor is said to have left
during the course of his life he received
innumerable orders and other decorations
from foreign potentates. He has two
nephews. Col Charles f. Muller of
Utica, y. Y, and J. r. T-ans Of New
YopI-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-11-17
ENTIRELY NEW JURY.
Method Of Procedure In the Thorn
Murder Trial Decided
Upon.

New York, Nov. 12.-When the Queens
county court of oyer and terminer opened
at Long Island City today, it was for
mally represented to Judge Smith that
Magnus Larsen, one of the jurors sitting
in the case of Martin Thorn, accused of
the murder of William Guldensuppe, had
been obliged to submit to a surgical oper-
alton for appendicitis, and that under
the most favorable conditions he would
not be able to resume his seat in the
jury box in less than three weeks. 1t
therefore became a question as to how
the case should proceed.
Mr.. Howe, counsel for Thorn, suggest
eel the retention of the rest of the jurors
who sat in the trial thus far, and impan-
cling a twelfth juror, to whom the pro-
ceedlngs be read from the court report
ers notes. District Attorney Youngs
asked for time in which to look up the
authorities before deciding to accept Or
reject the proposition of counsel for the
defense, and Judge Smith adjourned fur
Their consideration of the case until /
o'clock this afternoon.
After an hours consultation between
the district attorney and Mr.. Howe, the
latter, emerging from an anteroom, said
TO the waiting reporters: Gentlemen,
can now tell you positively that there
Will be an entirely new jury selected. /
nave just spoken to Mr.. Youngs and
found that he and his associates are not
in favor of adopting the plan which
proposed in court this morning.
Mr.. Youngs will have a new panel Of
200 talesmen made up and the subpoenaes
will be served Immediately"
District Attorney Youngs q few mo-
ments later confirmed the announcement
by Mr.. Howe.
my reasons for not accepting Mr..
Howe's suggestion" he said, care that
the interests of the people will be bet
ter served by the empaneling of a new
jury and beginning the case anew"
The court agreed to the plan of the dis
trict attorney, and the jury was formally
discharged.
Mr.. YOungs then asked that the new
trial be proceeded with next Monday, but
Mr.. Howe asked for 4 longer adjourn
ment. In Difference to Mr.. Howe's re-
quest, Judge Smith set the case for trial
on Monday, November 30.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-11-17
RUSSIAN MINISTER GOES.
M. De kotzebue, Stationed at Wash
ington, Retires Because of
Ill Health.

st. Petersburg, Nov. 12.-The Russian
minister to the United States, NJ. De
KOtzebue, has been relieved of his post
at his own request, owing to ill-health.
Washington, D. c., Nov. 12.-It is
learned at the state department that Mr..
kotZebue has not only resigned from the
Washington mission, but that his cesig-
nation has been accepted by the Russian
foreign Office and his successor has been
appointed in the person of Count Cassiui,
the present Russian minister at Picking.
Mr.. kotzebue, as stated in the Associ-
ated press Washington dispatches some
days ago, was induced to relinquish his
Office mainly on account of the ill-health
of his wife, who was in such state of
health as to be unable to endure the
ocean passage to the United States.
While he has not yet been placed III the
diplomatic service, it is expected By his
friends here that he will be given an
appointment in the Russian council.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-11-17
THIRTY PERSONS KILLED.
Train in Poland Crashes Into a
Wagon Containing a We'd
ding Party.

st. Petersburg, Nov. PA terrible ac-
cident has occurred near Bielostok, Rus
sian Poland resulting in the death Of
thirty persons.
A wedding party was returning from
the church to the home of the bride. All
were i'll one wagon, Il huge vehicle drawn
by eight horses.
The road along which they drove
crosses the railway on the level, and the
driver, either through carelessness or ig-
norance of the train schedule, pushed his
sWlttly-moving horses upon the crossing
just as the express came up.
The locomotive struck the vehicle
squarely, killing many members of the
party outright and manning others so
that they soon expired il frightful agony.
Not member of the party escaped.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-11-17

ing, and after they had crossed the ferry
they boarded trolley car which left
them at the Woodside cottage.
- had the key of the house." she said,
''and [ opened the front door. [ told
Guldensuppe to enter and examine the
house while I went into the yard. He
went upstairs and [ heard a shot. Mar
tin Thorn came running down and when
he met me he said: I've shot him;
he's dead He was very excited and [
was half dead" said the self-confessed
murderess breathiessly.
What did you do then?' asked Judge
Weller
He asked me to go home and come
back at 5 o'clock. When | came back
that evening Thorn had everything
packed in bundles.
The Head in Plaster of Paris.
''He handed me a bundle which he said
contained Guldensuppe's clothes and he
took another bundle which was wrapped
up in gray-colored paper. He said that
it was Guldensuppe's head and that it
was done up in plaster of paris. We
took the trolley car and went over to
New York on a ferry boat"
IL relating what had been done with
the various parts of Guldensuppe' $
went back to the cottage at ) o'clock
Thorn had everything tied up in parcels.
some of them in the oilcloth that she had
purchased in Long Island City. When
they were ready to leave the cottage she
took one parcel and Thorn another
Hers contained Guldensuppe's clothing
and in Thorns parcel was the dead
mans head, which he had incased in
plaster Of paris in the washtub of the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-11-17

Thorn and he again say he will kill Gul-
.densuppe. | say no. he say yes.
'One night Thorn and me quarreled.
Martin grabbed me by the throat and held
me till blood came from my nose and
mouth. l then had talk with Thorn about
hiring house at Woodsde. We went
out to see the house and Thorn offered the
woman who had the key money, but she
would not take it.
I'VE then returned to the saloon in
New York. This man owned the Wood
side house and Thorn paid him SIS in
cash for one months rent of the Wood
side house | think Thorn gave the name
of Braun when he hired the house.
"Thorn took the receipt and told the
landlord he did not know when he would
move in.
''Then Thorn told me that he would
kill G.lldensuppe in the Ninth avenue
house and put his body in q trunk and
send it away.
Il said: No. don't do this
Thorn then told me to bring GuI6cn-
,suppe to Woodside house and he would
kill him there. l had to do sill Martin
told ne to do.''
The Fatal Morning
Gradually the lawyer led the witness
ZIP to the morning of Friday. June %,
the day that the crime was committed.
She said she and GudcnsuDpe left New
York between and 10 O'Clock that morn
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-11-17
MRS. MACK GIVES IN.
She Confesses to the Gulden-
suppe Murder.
Helped Martin Thorn Kill His Rival
in Love.

New York, Nov. 1O-NIrs. Augusta
Mack, self-confessed accomplice of Mar
tin Thorn in the horrible murder of Will
liam Guldensuppe, today took the witness
stand and turned states evidence against
her partner in crime.
Mrs. Mack until yesterday had not ut
tered one word that would incriminate
her. She had withstood the efforts made
by the police to extort from her an ad-
mission that she had killed William Gull
.densuppe or that she had planned his
death and lured him to Woodside, l.. l.,
where Martin Thorn actually did the
shooting.
The woman had been subjected to the
"'thirty-third degree" by the police-to ev
cry known method of torment. She had
been confronted with the horrid masses
of flesh; she had been coaxed, wheedled
and threatened. The promise of life had
been held out to her as a reward for a
few words that would surely result in
Thorn's execution. She had remained
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-11-17

firm during her Imprisonment at police
headquarters. At all hours Of the day
and night she had been besieged, but
she had kept her own counsel.
But yesterday, either with or without
the advice of her lawyer. she decided to
tell the truth-and the whole of it. This
startling announcement was made last
night by her lawyer. Emanuel Friend,
and created Il most profound sensation.
Thorn Hears the News.
Judge Smith. accompanied by District
Attorney Walter JaycoX of Suffolk
county took his seat on the bench when
hour for opening court arrived. The
twelve jurymen then took their places
in the jury box and Thorn, handcuffed to
Capt. Methyen, came in 4 minute later
and shook hands with his counsel.
The latter informed the prisoner for
the first time of the confession Of Mrs.
Mack, and Thorn's face flushed. Mr..
Howe handed his client a copy of q
morning paper bearing large headline
which read: Mrs. Mack Has Turned
States Evidence"
Thorn gazed at it intently and then
hand d back the paper. At is minutes
TO 10 the main door of the courthouse
opened and Mrs. Mack, accompanied by
her lawyer and Deputy Sheriff Debragga,
walked up the center Of the court.
Thorn eyed her closely as she stood
within yard of him, but she avoided
his gaze. She was soon placed on the
stand and under the examination OF
Judge Weller began the recital of her
story, leading up to the time that she had
left her husband and was living with
Guldensuppe at 439 Ninth avenue.
known Her Husband.
Guldensuppe was known there as her
husband Thorn came there to board
Thorn and Guldensuppe had a fight and
Guldensuppe licked Thorn. Guldensuppe
kicked Thorn downstairs. Thorn pulled
a revolver and fred one shot at Gulden-
suppe, but did not hit him.
After fourteen days. said Mrs. Mack,
"a man came to my house for Thorn's
sick in the hospital but gave him the
clothes. Thorn came back three days
later with his face and eyes black and
blue and his neck swollen. He asked
me for money"
''Why did he ask you for money!"
asked Judge Weller.
"He got no work, and I gave him
money" replied Mrs. Mack in broken
English. ''When Thorn went away I
promised to pay his board bill until he
could get work. | met Thorn after this
at TWenty-third and Ninth avenues and
gave him $40. Thorn was very bitter
him.
Thorn said: Woman. love you
81 said: I am married woman
i know better. you are not replied
Thorn. Your husband lives in Astoria. ,
Thorn again said he wanted to kill
Guldensuppe
L said Martin, don't kill Guldensup-
pc; no, kill me-
Zone day 1 had another talk with
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-11-17
CONDITION IS IMPROVED.
Annual Report OF Baltimore & Ohio Road
Makes q Good Showing

Baltimore, Md. Nov. 1J.-The stock
holders of the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road held their annual meeting in this
city today. and received the report of
John *. Cowen. the president and CO.
receiver of the system. The report shows
gross earnings for the year ending June
30, 1897, of $255S2, 122, an increase of
S1,631 $40 over the previous year, and
50, 764 $50 more than in 1895. The total
expenses Of the line were S20,012,O93. an
increase of $2,42S, 673 This increase is
very frankly explained by the statement
of the large sums required in maintenance
of way and maintenance Of equipment
The deficit for the year was SLIT, 100
but had it not been for the increase in
expenses of maintenance of way and
equipment the earnings would have been
more than sufficient to have paid the in
terest on the bonded Indebtedness of the
road