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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-26
SIND YOUR BOY TO SCHOOL.

The Progressive Farmer would be
untrue to its motto, 1.-The industrial
and educational interests OF our peo
pie paramount to all other considera-
tions of State policy" did il not urge
upon every parent who reads it's col
umns the necessity for more and more
thorough education. We feel it speci.
ally necessary to urge this upon the
white population of the State. The
probability of the adoption of the pro-
posed suffrage amendment is all the
urging the negro needs, and it is said
that the colored people are now pay.
ing to school teachers nearly ali their
surplus money, which they formerly
expended on excursions and similar
pleasure seeking entertainments. A
bad feature of the proposed amend.
ment is the fact that it will stimulate
education among the c)lored people
for years before it affects whites. A
good point to make in urging white
boys to attend school is the fact that
he negroes, whom we speak of as an
inferior race. are making tremendous
sacrifices In order to keep their chill.
dren in school and that the whites
must not be beaten in the race for
knowledge. This phase Of the situa-
ton is more serious than many sup.
pose. It seems also that girls are
making greater progress along educa.
tional lines than our young men. We
are glad to see the oolored race inter
ested in schools, but we want the white
race to look we'll to it's laurels. We
are glad to see cur girls interested in
education, but we do not want our
J boys to lag. And in this connection
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-26
SUBSCRIBERS, T /!

It is now more than three months
till January 1st, 1900. Within these
three months we expect every sub
scriber to pay his subscription. Cd
deIipquents have been repeatedly no
titled of the amount due US, and all
that are behind have been warned by
tie little red label.
We confidently expect 60 make the
paper better than ever next year, and
we want to start the New Year with
5000 new subscribers and all old sub
scribers paid up and ahead.
Three months notice, and we mean
just what we say. Every delinquent,
With not One single exception, is ex
pected to pay up before the beginning
of the New Year. Look at your label.
If the date there is behind the date OF
this issue, THIS MEANS You!
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-26
CHARITY OR JusTICll

O1ly the true poet may compress 90
much of the philosophy Of lite within
so narrow a compass as was done by
Prof. Edwin M arkham, the California
teacher and poet, in the following
words, which formed a part of a brief
address made in Nav York a feT days
ago. We quote:
"There have bsen those who sought
for a solution to the human problem in
charity. L was thought that the in.
equRlities could be efaced by charity;
bu5 that time has passed, and man at
last demands justice. Mere charity is
but the vinegar on the sponge that ia
lifted to the lips Of humanity upon the
cross
Liberty meaus the efacement OF
the barriers that interpos3 between
the common man and the achievement
of the comnon destiny. There is no
way to attain the liberty of the indi
vidusl except as it ia found in the scr
vice of the Law and custom that IN
sures the common freedom and The
common we'll being Of all. No op'
Npressor, even, is in liberty, and tne
only way he can fnd liberty is BY &C.
cording it to others. The man VINO
puts a chain aboui another's neck, IN
consciously puts a chain about DIS
own. So the social justice toward
which we all aspira will be a divine
thing for master Rs we'll as for servant
for landlord as we'll as for pro!etarlaE
Gould man but learn this simpIeIs
SOD, the sorrows and troubles which
haunt this beautiful world OF ours soOn
would cease. When the captains Oh
industry realize that they are unaa
the same bondage as the c~aptIVeS%
industry; when the rich comprenenu
that they are held down by the very
burdens they impose upon the poor
when the world understands that te
reaction Of a wrong done another d
infinitely more Injurious to the do0t
than was the act to the victim, JasVc0
and equality will be the rule anu
There shall be no more sea" separa'lDH
brothers into CLASSES Markham teacnV'
a noble lesson.-Ex
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-26
AT YOUR NEXT SUB. MEETING

At the next meeting of your Sub.
Alliance let the Secretary give each
member two application blanks
CHEESE blanks can be obtained free
from State Secretary Parker), and let
each member feel it his personal duty
TO return these blanks at the next
meeting properly filed out by two per
sons eligible to mem 1ership in the ALI
ance, each accompanied by the re.
quired initiati IN fee. We need some
plan which will promote personal
work end we think that the adoption
of this scheme would cause each mem
Der 20 feel it his individual duty to
urge two of his eligible acquain sances
to join the Order. Try this and see if
good does not result. If so, report to
your State organ.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-26
a SPECIOUS L

1t has ever been the cue of entrero,
ed power and privilege to repress ~
grees by ridiculing those who fons,
progress az indictments D ssatigt."
ton with present conditions is ~,
basis Of all human advancement -
sustained the first great danonrot;'
movement, the evolution of the Oh.
tian religion; it gave birth to the D.
formation Of Luther; it peopIed ~.
new world with hardy emigrants. IL
lighted the fires of the American D.
volution and enthroned Liberty; And
please God, it will hurl from novo'
the money changers, monopoIista
stock waterers, bond usurpers and
imperialists who now polIute Libar.
tvs temple.
Contentment is the enemy of nro
gress, and retrogression sets in who,
progress ceases. Except for the need
of food, the human race would in .
few generations cease effort, and in.
S8 ~"
stead of the desire for raiment even
would hibernate like a snake.
Those who sought change two tbou.
sand years ago were, in the eyes of The
acribes, ~pharisees end other hypocrite.
publicans and sinners; in Lutber's
time they we're heretics; in the Amer.
can. Revolution, rebels; and in the IN.
rising of the people to. day maIcontgDts
and calamity no wlers.
The patriot in North Carolina il tho
man who s3eks to place North Carolina
and the South on an equality with the
favored States and eecBions. Lit him
treat with the contempt they deserve
those who seek a continuance of pres.
ent conditions and whose only weapon.
lacking reason, is ridicule and abuse
Fayetteville Observer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-26

we republish from the Wilson News a
most timely article on the subject in
hand, an article which has u most
hearty endorsement and whose senti-
ments deserve the support OF all true
men and women. Say s the News:
''The tendency of the age for money
getting is putting it's imprint most ap-
preciabIy upon the boysof the land, and
as influence is an ever widening circle
in time it will encompass the girls
likewise.
"Go into almost any school house in
North Carolina where both are
taught, the country school, the ordi-
nary village school, it's more preten,
sious brother, the graded school, and
you find that the girls in the advanced
grades outnumber the boys. And
where are the boys9 Ten to n you
find that they are in some position
where a little money can be made, and
they are %neglecting the necessary
preparation for a future that might
mean something to them, for the tenn
porary qualification of calling a dollar
their property.
Education means something. 1t
means to the boy that in the race Of
life he is not outclassed by the mental
athlete at his side. 1t means that as
his horizon broadens and his opportu
mites increases he will have the proper
conception of the Possibilities that are
in him so as to reach up to them.
80 it you have a boy in your home,
who to- day hesitates as to whether it
is books and slate on Monday when
school begins, or it is a place behind
some counter or on some warehouse
fl )or, put tie future clearly before
him, though it may mean harder work
for you who must care for him, bid
him turn his face schoolwerd.
'O1e day a young man said to US:
What would I not give now for the
opportunities to obtain an education
which I threw carelessly aside. I am
TO day as far as l can go in my chosen
work, simply because | hav not the
educ alton to fit me for a higher posi-
ton in it
''Such may be the observation of
your boy in the years to come, if you
do not press home upon him the op-
portunities now within his grasp"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-26
GRANTS VIEWS OF SUFFRAGE
RESTRICTION.

The heated discussion Of the proposed
suffrage amendment makes any thing
regarding the restriction Of the suffrage
of interest to the great mass of North
Carolinians just at this time. The
mass of our readers, therefore, will
learn with interest that in looking over
Messages and Papers Of the Presi-
dents" last week we found the views of
General Ulysses 8. Grant regarding
this matter. Grant was, we believe,
the only President who ever dis
cussed it.
In his seventh Annual Message to
Congress Dec 75h, 1875. he said:
'Make education compulsory, go far
as to deprive all persons who cannot
read and write from becoming voters
after the yea 1890; disfrRnchising
none, however, on grounds Of illiteracy
at the time this amendment takes
effect"
In his Eighth Annual Message, Dec.
5, 1876, Grant again referred to the
matter as follows:
THE compulsory support of the free
school and the Acknowledgement of all
(voters) who cannot read and write
the English la guage, after a fixed
probation would meet my hearty ap-
prevail. / would not make this apply.
however, to those already voters. but
| would to all becoming so after the
expiration OF the probation fixed upon.
Foreigners coming to this country to
become citizens, who are educated in
their own language, should acquire the
Ct quieite nov ledge Of ours during the
necessary residence to obtain natural
cation. II they did not take interest
enough in our language to acquire
sufficient kno Wledge of il to enable
them to study the ms .itutions and
laws Of the country intelligently,
would not confer upon them the right
to make aTch laws, nor to select those
who do"
N-@N@1@~ ----@
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-26

fixed income, secured by public
chises worth q thousand timo, ran
value OF his capital, and protectaa Gne
the pledged faith OF the whole W
Then he can fold the draperv -. a'
couch about him and lie down uls
peaceful dreams, undisturbed nv -, 70
fear of hostile legislation or the Sue
mare of insatiate greed. All tS
things are coming to pas. baoo aose
they are right, and God has doosue9
that Justice shall rule the vorIs' 'a
Mississippi Valley Democrat
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-26

table distribution of earniags." The
Record in this paragraph voices the
sentiments of thousands Of cotton
farmers who are not only thinking OF
this condition, but are searching for q
remedy. And Of this thought and OF
this search some good will doubles re-
suit. Watch the columns Of The Pro
gressive Farmer during the next few
weeks and you will probably find a
discussion that will interest you.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-26
HOW TO ORGANIZE OR RE-. OR
= CAME A SUB-ALL1ANCE.

At the meeting of the State Alliance
Executive Committee last Saturday,
Bro. T. B. Parker was asked to pEssent
a plan for re organizing detunct Subs.
He presented the following plan. which
was unanimously endorsed by the
Executive Committee:
Gall a meeting Of your people. Select
a temporary chairman and secretary.
After stating the objects of the meet.
ing, select one or more to wait on the
audience and solicit names for mem,
bership. Old members may be rein.
stated by the pay ment Of one-quarter
% cents back dues. New members by
payment of 80 c9nts initiation fee.
Organize under the old charter, using
old name and number, thus saving
charter fee. Elect officers, make i'm
mediate report to your county Gre
tary, if your county is organized. If
not organized, send report direct to
the State Secretary. Notify the State
Secretary of the organization, giving
him the name and number of the ALI
ance, together with the name and
postCh flee OF the secretary. On appli
cation, the State Secretary will send
blanks and give any other information
he can.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-26
OUR STATE GOES FORWARD.

-
In educational matters North Care
lima is rapidly forging ahead. Our
schools and colleges r opening with
greatly increased attendance. Not
only has every prominent educational
institution of the State a larger at.
tendance than last year, but most Of
them have a larger attendance than
ever before in their history. Such
facts make US prouder of u State;
they ought to encourage every true
North Carolinian.
The State University opens with 80
more students than last year, and the
enrolment on the opening day was the
largest in the history of the institution.
The University has representatives
from eleven States and eighty seven
counties; and there is one student from
far away japan.
A Chapel Hill correspondent Of an
exchange states that nearly n third
of the students will support themselves
by some form of labor, and that yer
one half are making their way~through
college on borro we'd money, or money
made by their own efforts.
Wake Forest College now reports
237 boys, the largest number in its his.
tory at like period of the school year.
Trinity College has an unusually large
attendance. Davidson has fifty new
students. Elon and Guilford report
good attendance and encouraging
prospect. Aud the a. & M. College,
as we have heretofore stated, is full to
overlooking. No more students can
be taken in the buildings of the insti-
tuition, but boarding arrangements for
a few more can be made in the neigh
borhood. Our male academies also
open we'll.
And now take our female institu-
tions. Greensboro Female College,
Elizabeth College and Peace Instituts
are in dourishing condition. ST. Mary's
has never had go large and generally
successful an opening day as that
which inaugurated the ftty-ejghth an.
nual term last week; and Littleton
Female College opens with greater en-
rollment than for years past. The
Baptist Female University in this city
will open tomorrow and the indica.
tions are that the attendance will be
all its friends could hope for. OF the
State Normal and Industrial College,
President MoIve. says: las usual the
college cannot accommodate all who
to enter. Since it's DOORS we're
opened in 1892 it has each year been
obliged to turn away students for lack
of room in it's dormitories. The dor
mitory capacity was then $50. 1t is
now $50. A few of those failing to
secure admission to the dormitory
board in private families near the col
lege. The mex Legislature ought to
provide more dormitory room"
North Carolina is evidently tired of
it's position in the reel OF the eauca
column. A better day is
dawning.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-26
he can.

Wilson Grove Alliance will re organ
ize Don Go ahead, gentlemen, all
you have to do is to get up your old
charter, get five old members together
and elect president, secretary.treas =
urer, door keeper, chaplain, steward
and you are ready for business. The
other officers Can be elected az you get
in other members. Let as many old
Alliances re organize as can where the
distance is not too great. Let two con
solidate, but organize, organize at once
unless you have decided to surrender
to the other fellow g that are organized.
-ChaElotte Peoples Paper.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-26
DHwzY's PRESIDENTIAL BOOM.

LIZ w = Z NGSASGS G@H DSSGA
When the Nav York World and
New York Journal pursue q sensible,
consistent c purse for as much as two
days in succession the country may
we'll become alarmed.
The latest move of the World is to
boom Admiral Dewey for the Presi-
dency. Now D3wey is g great soldier
as a military man he towers above all
other living men. But that does not
show that he is qualified for the duties
of the Presidency, any more than for
a professorship or the position of cor
poration attorney. The duties Of AID,
miral and those of the Presidency are
entirely dissimIlar, and the people of
the United States have n enough
to see, if the World cannot, that q great
admiral might make a miserable fail,
ure as President, just as a successful
rail-splitter might be totally unsuccess
full as a school teacher.
Right here in Raleigh at this very
time we have a good example OF the
results of giving a man n position
simply because he is very successful in
some other profession. The people of
the church of the Good Shepherd
wanted a new church built and put
the management of the efAir into the
hands o. the rector, a brainy man, a
pious man and a great Gee as a
preacher. But unfortunately he knows
nothing of architecs ure. And this Is
how the building of the church pro
crossed:
The architect submitted some
plans, really ia the rough, which the
rector, however, thought complete,
end 80 the latter went ahead. First he
was vindled by a contractor who put
no cement in the mortar, and whose
work had to be undone and redone,
Now, while il is being redone, comes
the discovery that the plans are merely
in the rough and all incorrect because
not sent back to the architect TO be
gone yer again and put in fnal shape.
Now everything is at a standstill, with
not even the foundation complete,
after months Of work"
And all because the Good S !epherd
people failed to realize that piety does
not qualify a man for the duty of
supervising the work Of building a
church.
The ridiculous part Of the whole
Dewy boom is that neither the World
manager nor any other American is
prepared to say whether Dewey is for
or against free silver, an anti trust
man or q trust defender, q high trif Dr.
low tariff advocate; and the people are
almost as ignorant Of his opinion Of
territorial expansion. But with the big
dailies it is merely a matter Of keeping
up a sensation-however ridiculous the
methods niece 1sary for doing this.
Asfor D3Wey' . part in the episode, the
Admiral has not YET reached America.
When he does so we are convinced
that ne will make it pain that he has
DO intention Of initiating the action of
the famous canine, which when cross
ing a bridge with a bone in his mouth,
Sd the story gces, forsook the substance
for the shadow.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-26
SHOE FACTORY TO START.

Our Alliance shoe factory at Hills
boro will commence work again o..
tober 1st.
Such was the decision Of the State
Alliance Executive Committee in ses-
sion at Headquarters Saturday. De-
tails of the work will be given later.
Now let ali members of the Order rally
to the factory and give it their sup
mort.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-26

Adversely is a poultice which re
duces our vanity and strengthens our
virtue-even a boy never feels half so
good as when he has Just been spanked
and set away to cool.-Josh Billings.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-26
CAPITAL AND LAROR's SHARE Or
WEALTH.

Toe folio wing figures represent 'n0
average division of wealth 0eE"eoI
capital and labor in the counIl'0'
named, in per cent:
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-13
The Great Presidential Campaign
of 1900.

The policies of the great political
parties are now being formed and the
candidates discussed The voice of the
people as recorded by ballot at the APP
preaching Presidentialcl election will prob
ably decide the policy of the nation for
the next decade. Every citizen must
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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-13

At first call for peyeille Morley
invoke. Mackworth was already up,
and, turning, he studied his captains
face with the faintest and most unwill-
Ing of smiles twitching the corners of
his mouth under the beard. 1t was the
most natural and healthy look his face
had worn In weeks.
"Well?" said Morley.
"Well," answered Mackworth, 81
should like my carbine and the loads
Of my Colts, please"
Morleys face broke into broad grin.
"Will you be good II let you have
themT he asked.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-13
SANTA FEE TIME CARD.

Nos. POI and 2O2 carry free reclining
chair cars No. POI makes close connec
ton at Chanutc carrying free reclining
chairs for Pittsburg, and at Cherryvalt
for Cotfeyville.
No. 2O2 makes connection at Ottawa
with the fast mail for Emporia, Newton
Hutchinson and all points west, and al
the union depot, Kansas City, for al
points north, east and west.
No 2O3 runs through to Panhandle
Texas, and makes connections at Win
field for Newkirk. Guthrie, Oklahoma
City and all points in Oklahoma ano
Texas.
No. 2O4 makes connection at Kansat
City union depot for all points.
S. COLEMAN, Agt.
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The Semi Weekly Capital

and the SPACE AGIrAToR one year for
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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-13
Young Bears For Sale.

One yesrling thoroughbred Poland
China boar and four spring boars, same
stock-all eligible to pedigree-ior sale.
Inquire of b. f. WALKER,
"A Garrett, kas.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-13
Ladies of the G. A. R.

Sunhower Circle No. 80 meets i'll the
G. A. X. hall every 2nd and 4th Satur
day of each month All veterans Of
the Civil war are cordially invited to
meet with us. No initiation fee or dues
charged them.
RHoDA DosBs, President.
MAMIE YOUNG, Secretary.