The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-14
NoTES

this week. Time thus spent will not be
lost. Much important work was done
during the week before adjournment
and you should know how your repre-
sentatives voted.
Now that we have disposed OF legls
Iative proceedings, we hope u o
respondents will again LEI us hear from
them. What do you think OF b
legislature and it's worki Of the con
stisutionaI amendments We hope to
have a thorough discussion OF these
questions.
What are you doing to increase IN
terest in the Alliance3 The April meet
ings should be we'll attended. Get
every member to the next meeting OF
your Sub, and so make the reports al
the county meeting encouraging and
inspiring. The hope Of the Alliance
lies In individual, personal effort.
Because we do not publish the kind
and encouraging words that so often
accompany renewals, let not our read
ers suppose that we do not appreciate
them. But we try to make q paper
that speaks for itself and do lot think
it proper to use one half our paper
telling how good the other half is..
Our esteemed contemporary, the
Congressional Record, has recently en-
Iivened its pages with extracts from
The Progressive Farmer. As Farmers
Voice says, I'VE appreciate the com
pIiment and give President Mckinley,
or whoever happens to edit the Con
gressional Record just now, full per
mission to use the shears on The Pc
gressive Farmer whenever the Record
runs shy of good reading"
1t should be said that in numbering
the legislative days in our "Legisla.
tive Proceedings" we have considered
working days only and hence have
omitted Sundays. In the 90 legisla
tive days" Sundays are usually coun-
ted. Hence, when the 90 day limit
was reached there had been but 81
working days. We have also omitted
in the Proceedings the passage of
merely local bills, charters amended,
etc., etc.
Mr.. r. H.Jones, OF Raleigh, the member
Of the new Board of Agriculture from
this Congressional District, recently
selected by the legislature, became in
volved in q difficulty with q member
of the legislature from Wake
county, because said Legislator
insisted that only those who knew
something of agriculture should serve
on the Agricultural Board, and there
fore refusing to support Jones for the
position. Jones was fined.
South Carolina prescribes certain
educational qualifications for voters.
The report of the State Superintendent
of Education shows that the total
number Of pupils in the public schools
Of the S ate is 275 $50 Of which mum
lbs, 102 are white and $50 787 are col.
ored, The average attendance Of the
white pupils ia about II per cent,
the average attendance of the colored
pupils about rs per cent. At that rate
how long before the negro race will be
educated race Of the Ssate7 And the
voting races
For appropriatiug 500, 600 for the
public schools, the legislature deserves
nothing but praise. Now that it is
probable that only the educated of the
rising generation will be allowed to
vote, it is doubly needfuI that the pub.
lie school system of the State be i'm
proved and strengthened, As Bro.
Bailey OF the Recorder well says, the
good work begun two years ago is now
having its eff sct. Had there been no
local tax campaign, it is probable that
this appropriation would not have been
made.
Congressman Sibley, of Penrsylva.
MIA, has given out a remarkable series
Of letters frem Democratic Senators
and Congressman, advising Z Iay's re
election If it is found impossible to
elect a Democrat. Among those who
sent letters were Senators Jones of
Arkansas, Vest. of Missouri, Gray Of
Delaware, Morgan Of Alabama, Till
man Of South Carolina, and Represen
tatives Livingston Of Georgia and Bal
ley Of Texas. Nevertheless, Pennsyl-
vania Democrats do not yet seem dis
posed to elect as Senator a man under
indictment for a criminal ofense. We
cannot understand the action of these
Democratic congressman. Nor have
we heard anyone give a reason for
their discreditable act.