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The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11
PARAGRApHIC POINTERS.

Let Alger not repine. Ambition has its meats and bounds.-Albany Ar gus.
 The administration would be in more creditable position if Aiger's res ignation had been rendered and ac- cepted year or more Pittsburgh Dispatch.
 There will probably be an anti trust plank in the next republican na- tional platform, but it will be used hv the Hanna crowd merely as q good thing to wipe their feet on.-St. Louis Republic.
 -Aiger's incumbency was one of the grave misfortuncs of war, which the nation suffered i1 silence while vast treasure and precious blood were poured out as the price of error.-Phil. adelphia Record.
 If the administration had given to the Filipinos the assurance of inde- pendence given to the CRbans there would have been no bloodshed. If that assurance were given now hostilities would cease.-William J. Bryan.
 Humping Alger overheard is not enough to restore the Mckinley admin istration to popular favor. The dump ing process must be persisted in until he IS rid of all the brood of advisers who have misled him into bypaths that lead to defeat and disgrace. There are others than Alger. Dump them.- O.aaha World-Herald.
 The cabinet is now equally diyid- cd between the east and the middle west. but there is no member from west or Iowa or south of Missouri. Nearly every member of the cabinet is very wealthy. Hay married the daughter of Amasa Stone. the Cleveland mill;on- are. Gage was president of one of the leading national banks of the conn try. Long is independently rich. Hitchcock is protected manufacturer. The two able attorneys, Root and origgs, are best known as corporation lawyers and Griggs has no time. he says, to fight the trusts. It is emphat. ieaiiy capitatistic aggregaticn.-Buf. talo Courier.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11
NOT RID OF ALGERISM.
Until Mckinley Goes the Country Will Not Be Freed from Rot
 ten Administrations.

Yielding to pressure, Alger has at last resigned. He is said to feel ex- tremely bitter over his practical eject ment from office. and he has a right so to feel; for Alger's senatorial aspira- tion is mighty thin pre.ext for his re- moval by an administration which ap- proved and stood by the embalmed beef, the death camps, and, in short, went the whole dance, so far as the con- duct of the war was concerned.
 President Mckinley stood by Alger when to have removed him would have been popular. He now removes him CT forces his rcsignation-under condi- tions which mal.e Alger something of a martyr, and are we'll calculated to create sympathy with the Michigan man at the administration's expense.
 For be it understood (and this every administration organ has admitted over and over again). Mir. Alger's conduct of the war department had President McKinley's unshaken confidence and support. So long as he could be count ed upon for the second term. his resig- nation was not asked for, and not de- sired. This enforced resignation comes too late to relieve President Mckinley from responsibility for he rotten beef, the rotten transports. the suffering and death of hundreds of soldiers wnc never saw Cuban soil.
 Of Alger. the country is rid; of Alger- ism, it will not be rid until William Me kinley and the administration respon- sibie therefor have been retired to prI- vate life.-Albany Argus.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11
To Exclude the Negro.

special from Hillsboro, Tex, says: Hon. F. P. Works, president of the Texas Epworth league, says southern leaguers contemplate meeting at some southern city, to consider the advis- ability of organizing a southern con- vention. The object of this convention will be to exclude the negro from par ticipation in the international league meetings. At Toronto and Indianap- oils the negro was very much in evi- dence, and it is the wish to avoid the appearance of social equality hereafter that this meeting was inaugurated.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11
ALGERISM IS GONE.
Retlrcmcn of the Embalned Secre- tary of War EncOEr-
 ages Hope.

Gov. Pingree of Michigan makes an impassioned defense of Alger. He says that it will be learned that the presi- dent himself has been responsible for whatever mistakes have been made in conducting the war;" and adds: "I am told on the very best authority that Gen. Alger made very few appoint ments of officers during the war, and that the commissions were issued al- aost entirely upon the orders of the president"
 The country takes very little stock in Gov. Pingree's attempt to represent Alger as an innocent victim of the hos tility of the trusts. The embalmed secretary has several dollars in his pocket, and more than two or three of them have been put there by his intimate relations with trusts-notably the Diamond match and paper trusts.
 Of course, if Algerism was nothing but McKinleyism, and if the retirement of Alger does not involve any change in the methods of the war department, the criticisms that have been directed against the secretary of war will be aimed hereafter at the president.
 The people have regarded the dis appearance of Alger as the first step in a radical reform of the abuses that have disgraced and crippled our mili- tary service. They have expected to see it followed by the appointment of new general in the Philippines, by thorough shake-up in the rotten staff bureaus at Washington. and by the substitution of honest military meth ods for political favoritism. They ex- pect. for instance, to see an immedi- ate end of the dragging Carter scandal.
 Of course if nothing of this sort is meant, and if Alger has had to go, not because he disgraced and demoralized the army, but because he became candidate for the senate against friend of the president, the public will take no interest in his departure.
 But until it has proof to the contrary. the Journal will continue to believe that the change really means reform. The selection of Alger's successor encour- ages it in this hope. That Mir. Root is corporation lawyer is merely neces- sary qualification for service under corporation administration. The only question with which we have to con- eern ourselves is whether he is a good man Of his kind, and that he certainly IS. He is no soldier, but he is so in- finitely superior to Alger that we have a right to expect him to institute a revo- iution in the conduct of his department. IN. '. Journal.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11
Alabama Repaid.

Adjt.-Gen. w. w. Brandon of Ala bama has returned from Washington, bringing in his pocket check for ST. 200, which he collected from the fed- eral government in remuneration os the money paid out by the state for the transportation of the Alabama national guard, who served in the Spanish war, to points of mobilization at the breaking out of the war. This sum covered practically all the state spent for that purpose.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11
A shoppy Announcement

A Kansas printer in making up the iorM one day in hurry got marriage and agr cer's notice mixed up so they read as for lows: John Smith and Ida Quay ven united in the bonds of holy sauerkrant W1lsh M will be sold by the quart or barrel. Mi. Smith is an esteemed codtish at ten cents while the bride has nice pigs feet to Gr play. ."-Michigan Tyre.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11

-ls 1t strange that a repa biican or gan like the New York Tribune has to take the party to task for false pre- tenses and broken pledges? Is there shade of doubt that William McKin- ley, by showing weakness where strength was needed. has given the sig nal for sach attacks upon the civil service as this by the republicans of <entuek3? If the next republican na- uonai platform is copied from that built ct Louisville, it win not be the kentueEans who are to blame for set ting the example. The blame will rest In tie white house.--Previdense Jour nal
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11
Taken at Her Word.

"Mrs. F. J. Gillington-G Gigs is iwfulg mad at the newspapers; she says they ''ea' ed her SC shabbily." ...
 "DiG they? Such prominent s0ee' woman, too"
 ''Yes; she told them they must 1oI G g anything about her reception, ana 'h' iidn't Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11

Gen. Miles is anxious that the new regiments being raised for service in the Philippines shall be especially eff. dcient with small arms, and an order has been sent to the commander of each regiment directing that target practice be the chief feature of the in- structiOn given the soldiers.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11

Marshall F. Wright, son of Judge Wright. of Kansas, arrived in Los An geles, Cal, on the Sd, from Mexico. Speaking of the Yaquis. MT. Wright said that there is no doubt that 2,oOO to 5000 men are under arms and er.- gagged in bloody conflict. The entire country is in a state of terror. and people are fleeing to the large settle nents.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11
Ms.Ss Johnson Savo0 from A1sassjty By Hrs. PAisIklsass,

menced to have spells with my sp,us .. Every month I grew worse ana 1'. -.. became SO bad that l found
 gradually losing my mind. .h
 "The doctors treated me for 'e@s. o.. tsoubles, but I got no better. O.' doctor told mo that would pc -a;. was advised by a friend to give "A n, 1, E. Pinkham's Vegetable Comh . shs trial, and before l had taken s.' . K first bottle my neighbors no''''4 change in me. ,..,.. spd
 "I have now taken five po''i's 2. A cannot find words sufficient 10 Pls; ss.;re advise every woman who IS suns ;t s from any female weakness 70 cood fair trial. I thank you for yoa' Ious. medicine. .'-MRs. GERTRUDE @'
 SON, JoNEsBoRo, TEXAS.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11

Secretary Carmichael, of Sir Thomas Lipton's company, was committed for trial at the Southwark Uondon) po- lice court, on the 7th, charged with being in possession of large quantity of fruit declared by medical inspec- tor to be unfit for food.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11

Hon. John Goodnow, consul general pf the United States at Shanghai, has sendered a decision as referee in the consular court which makes the Chi sese government responsible for the shipment of arms from Chinese ports to the Filipinos, which is expected to hut off Aguinaldo's supply of modern arms,
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11

There were nearly 5000 Cuban sol diers in Santiago de Cuba expecting to be paid on the 7th. The remainder of the Cuban troops in the province of Santiago will be paid at the towns of San Luis, Cristo, Songo and Fl Cancy.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11

Count Pierre Alexander von Mohren- child, who, under the name of Peter Peters, has been employed by New York insurance company, was arrest ed, on the 7th, on warrant sworn out by the Russian consul at that port, charged with having embedded 70,0O0 toubles, with which he fled to America.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11

Senor Correa, minister from Nicara- qua, has returned to Washington. af- ter two months visit home. during which he conferred with President Zelaya concerning the Bluefields affair and also the Nicaraguan canal ques tion
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11

A long report on the proceedings of the Samoan commission has been re- seised from Mir. Tripp. the United ftstes commissioner, and president of The commission, but coming by mail it is of date month back, and does not bring the history of events down to the breach between Chief Justice Chambers and the commission.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11

In view of the decision of the su- Preme court granting Albert Hoff, the murderer of Mrs. F. A. Cute, a new arial on the ground tmat the iudge's sharee to the jury was improper, the San Francisco police are worried lest Mrs. Botkin may secure new trial eor the murder of Mrs. John r. Dun ming. of Dover, Conn.,, on the same ground.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11

Mrs. Benjamin Grosscup, of Ashland, O.. mother of Judge F. S. Grosscup. of Chicago. died at her home on the sih. She was 7s years of age, and had been married 57 years. Her husband and four children survive her.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11

Fl Dia of Caibarien, Cuba, says: "One of the most important questions confronting Cuba is the question of immigration. The influx of fareign capital will call for plenty of labor. without which the country can not be developed"
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11

President Mckinley has purchased she faynous Mckinley cottage" at the corner of North Market street and Louis avenue, Canton, o. The consid- eration was Sl4.500. He will sucure possession in October.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11

Late news from Dawson, Alaska, is not the most encouraging. Thou sands of men are idle, loafing on every street corner and in every saloon. The government has already sent many penniless persons back to their former homes.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11

lLErrER TO MRS. rrNxHAx no. sssu
 "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM--For sOn time have thought of writing 70 oy to let you know of the great oenea,
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11

Lieut.. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, son of Lady Randolph Churchill. asks the press to deny the reported engagement of his mother to Lieut.. C. F. NJ. Cornwallis-West, brother of Princess Henry of Pless.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11
Why They Are Nervous.

A correspondent says that those wno o.M with the queen are usually painfully nefsou: |: Perhaps they are tortured with dolD. the propriety of praising the pie, mol knoa ing whether her majesty or the COOK n'~ it.-Denver Post.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11
Advice From Arkansas.

Gov. Candler of Georgia is endeavor- ing to protect the good name of his state hy preventing lynchings. The way to prevent such things is to pun ish those who pu: the law at defiance. If the governor can secure the convic- tion of few lynchers he will have done much towards suppressing mob iaw.-I.ittle Rock (Ark.) Democrat.
 Either Murder or Accident.
 Herbert Ellerhee, son of the late Gov. Ellerbee, of South Carolina, was either killed and his body put on the railroad track or killed accidentally by a train
 R. c. Shepherd.
 MT. R. c. Shepherd, a retired capital ist and prominent citizen of Yazoo City, Miss, where he was for many years banker, died recently, aged 0l.
 Was Fatally shot.
 At East Bernstadt, Ky, Clyde Thomp- son. aged Is, son of Deputy United States Marshal George Thompson. was fatally shot by man named Holt.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11

There were no deaths or new cases ,cf yellow fever at the soldiers home lat Hampton, Va, on the 9th. and the
 authorities feel certain that they hay.
 succeeded in cfrcctually checking the
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11

NJ. Delcasse. French minister of for eign affairs, arrived at St. Petersburg, on the 4th, from Paris. to return the recent visit of Count Mura,ieff. Rus sian minister of foreign affairs to France.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11
Nrrx perkins' Letter

1T had female trouble or al .srss. had three doctors, but only grew, ,'hsmy I began taking Lydia E. ;.ar Plb Vegetable Compound and Lises saa esD. and used the Sapative Wash' sarh r, not praise your remedies en0ss MRS. EFrrE PERKINS, PEARL b
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11

have feccis~. from the use @ Lydia E. pinl' hams vegett ble Compound
 Soon after hs birth ofnyfrss .h;1d I com
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11
SOUTHERN oLEAN,Mos.
Have Rough Reerds to Travel.

President Rich of the Southern Nor. mon mission is hot after the perpe- trators of outragcs on the elders and
 their churches. He has already of- fered $500 reward for the capture of the men who instigated the mobbing of Mormons in Georgia. and as soon as he receives the authority from the head of the church, he will offer large rewards for the arrest of the men who have been committing outrages in eastern Kentucky. especially in Flem- ing and Bell counties. Pineville. Ky.
 is full of Mormon elders,w who are meet ing with strong opposition. They have been refused every public building in the city. and are compelled to preach on street corners and in alleys. Sev- eral citizens have posted notices on their yard gates requesting Mormon elders to stay out of their homes. Re ports received from sections of the s lth show that the Mormons are meeting with strong opposition on every side. At least 100 of these elders are in the mountains of southern Ken lucky and eastern Tennessee, and they are being badly treated by the natives.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11

The thirteenth annual session of the National Fraternal congress will con yene in Chicago, on the 22d, for four days meeting. The congress is com posed sf representatives from all the leading fraternal beneficiary societies in the United States and Canada, and sts objects are to unite all legitimately organized and conducted fraternal try. have explored the famous Te Be nutal information, benefit and protec tion.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11
To Wreck . Train.

A dastardly attempt was made to wreck fast passenger train of the Central of Georgsa railway at Chewac- h, Ala. The engineer was mortified to discover pile of cfUss tics on the track. He shut off steam and applied the air brakes, and succeeded in stop- ping the train before any damage was done. A little further on two more piles of ties, a telegraph pole and an old mile post were found on the tracks. Blocdhounds were secured at Chewac- la. and the trail led to a negro cabin, where Rev. Lee Williams, a worthless, idle negro preacher, and Charley Gla- zee, strange negro, were fonnd. They were dressed and admitted having just been to the railroad, but claimed they were picking up trash. They are now in jail, and will be prosecuted to the full extend of the law. It is believed it was their purpose to rob any dead that might have been killed by the wreck.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11
south Carolina Tea Gardens

Dr. Charles U. Shepherd, who is in charge of the experimental tea garden at Summerville, s. C., has made 2 re- port to the secretary of agriculture in Washington, covering the progress made up to date. He says that there are now 50 acres of land under more strength than its color indicates. that when all these plants now grow ing arrive at maturity they will yield 10000 pounds annually. Dr. Shepherd expresses the opinion that the fact that the tea plants lived through last winter, when the most intense cold in the history of the section was experi- enced, that the cultivation of tea will prove satisfactory. The quality of the tea also has proved satisfac tory. Of the black tea he says, Tt has dis tinctly characteristic flavor, end like some of the choice oriental teas, has more strength than its color indicates. The green tea has created more inter est in the trade"
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-11

Official letters, received in Washing ton from the representatives of the United States in Germany, bring many details concerning the recent action in that country looking to the exclu- sion of beef slaughtered in Belgium
 from the German markets. and leave little room for doubt that this is done for the purpose of preventing the in direct introduction of American beef.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-03
THE PEANUT TRUST.

In our passing events" column last
week reference was made to the fact
that James e Campbell, of Ohio, with
some others, would probs bly, get con.
troll OF the peanut business in Norfolk.
It has been passed around since that
time that the peanut cleaning concerns
have about completed arrangements
for a peanut trust. and that the condi-
tions on which those not going in will
remain alone ia that they can buy their
proportional part Of the crop outside.
It would seem, then, reasonably to
the farmers interest," for them to sell
their peanuts to Whatever agents or
buyers they can find who represent
concerns that do not belong to a pea
nut trust, or do not propose to go into
q trust.
AS Halifax county is one of the finest
peanut sections in the country, this
matter is one of Importance to our peo-
ple.-scotland Neck Commonwealth.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-03

How shall we get at the wealth in
the subsoil9" asks an exchange which
then answers it's question thus: why,
OloW to the surface, to the air and sun
and frost aud mix vegetable matter
with it AMI pulverizs it thoroughly.
That is good advice, but just q word
OF caution wants to go in here: to do
is gradually, little at time, an inch
each ear. Is is supposed, of courpe,
that such advice relates to poor land
deep. rich land is ga 5isfactory as it is.
But If land which has been .plowed to
the depth Of five inches for as far
back as can be remembered is suddenly
plowed foot deep and six or seven
inches of hard, clay subsol thrown up
onto the surface, it will take a mighty
lot OF vegetable matter to work it
ID probably. We once saw in the
sand hills of Florida an instance of how
land could be properly enriched and
deepsned. Most of the land in the Sec
ton referred to was about five inches
deep with soil QoanIy ssnd) aud below
that was sub. Of bright yellow sand,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-03
AGRICULTURE.
ONION CULTURE.

Where to Grow Onions-.-When to Crow
Them.--How to Crow Them e Prof
Emery Tells Progressive Farmer Read
ers all About the Subject.
Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
Tne culture of this excellent vege-
table has largely been left by farmers
to the market gardeners. Too much
''trouble;" too fussing," and ''tUo
much backaching hard work. for the
farmer and his hired help. But it re.
quires patient application to make suc-
cesstul crops of any kind, and this is
no objection to the onion more than to
other crops. We do not propose to in
terfere with the market gardener in
advocating the production of onion g
on the farm, bat the tendency is un
avoidable to put more onions on the
market, as our stock will not eat many
of them beyond few which can be
cooked for hogs and poultry. Ooions
must be s0ld for human consumption
it raised II more were consumed the
general health OF the community would
doubtless average better than at pres.
ent. At the ruling prices for onions
many thousands more bushels can be
put on the market than are now grown,
aud find profitable sale, but the cream
OF profiG to some growers and dealers
would be lost
LAND AND PREPARATION.
The soil must be rich, worked well,
and of foe tlIth in order to produce
the best crops. A previous crop of
potatoes or of COW peas is best to start
onions after When once started,
onions may succeed onions very we'll
if maggots do not get into the field, in
which case a new place removed by
SO ne distance from the infested field
will be better than risking destructive
losses from insects at the old place.
The soil should be a rich loam, but
may grade toward sandy, or be of a
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-03

The San Francisco Call prints de
scription of what is undoubtedly the
largest single field of wheat ever
planted, in the State, if not in the coun
try. It covers % 900 acres or 40 square
miles and is one fl .t, almost level plot
of ground. II the day is clear every
part Of the field can be seen from every
other part. There are no roads thI ougn
the field, and every foot of the field
will be made to yield wheat. Pho wing
and planting began about the middle
of last July and will not be completed
before the middle OF the winter, buSthe
grain wall all mature at about the same
time, when will come the herculeaD
task Of harvesting it. The owner Of
the Clovis wheat f.ld Mr. Clovis Cole
has to employ over 2lO men, over 900
horses and a number Of tons of big ma
chinery. The entire harvesting will
be done by machinery; cutting, thrash
ing and even sackinR and leaving the
grain in rows in bags. will be done all
in one operation. The time of the
good old times" and the hand sickle
have indeed passed