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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-28

III markets and at the same time keep
the money at home. Cotton factories
are all right but we need something
else besides cotton goods, and we think
it ia time for the craze for cotton fac
tories to spread out and include a va
riety of manufacturing enterprises,
sIch as are needed to develop u re
surces and make an Independent State.
At least the saving of the freight could
20 into the pockets of the consumers
while the profits in manufacturing
would 20 10 our own people instead OF
into the pockets of nothern manutAc-
turers as ia now the case"
The article on eighth page on coop.
erative creameries gives several vie rs
az we'll as the results which may be
expected from a we'll patronized and
we'll managed creamery. There are
thousands OF these in daily operation
throughout the North and West. The
farmers of this section should take a
hand in this line of work. When they
are assured as has repeatedly been
done by the very highest authorities
that they can make a success of this
most profitable branch Of farming and
the o. offs are shown to be 10 entIcing
the wonder is that some OF our push
ing practical farmers do not take hold
and develop this work at home with
home capital. In the same line the
Farmers 90 operative Cotton Mill can
be q lite as profitable on a larger scale
if only Wake county farmers will take
hold of it. It is not hard to show
more real net profit from such an un
undo rtaking than the farmers is accus
toned to realize or believe Is being
made on the very cotton he has been
raising at g loss. Will you take
hold of it for. yourselves, brother far
mers9 Give it a close scrutiny in The
Progressive Farmer at least and it
these lines are not subs,antiated then
don't invest.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-28
GOOD ROADS DAY.

Every where in North Ca rollna 'p'
sentiment for good roa1s seem 20 "
growing, and in several countles Wv
work of grading and macadam'A.nS
has begun. Every teacher in the puO
lie schools of che state should encouL
age this movement and make specpa'
effort to help develop the sen'lm0nS
Occasional lessons on the value OIL BUJo
roads should be given to the Vnol0
school, and a ''good road day. WV
addresses by prominent citizens lp. N
ing the building of the roads, mlsn ~
much good. O: course the parenT
the children should be invited "I n
the addresses and che improvement
the schools should not b9 pas'0I an
in silence. Teachers should taKS 5; a
interest in all questions OF tnS en-
eff cting the welfare OF Fne .no
munitv. and in this one espooIan u
since the welfare of the schools Iood
closely connected with it. VIII En-.
roads. there will be little or no oppy
sition to ~lessening the nun'II .Ss
schools and increasing the slH' y.
district. ameasure absolutely n91o the
to any great improvement ,oasiop.
schools IN. O. Journal Oh
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-28
WE

George Dewey, Admiral, ia some.
thing more than a fght9r-he is q
diplomat, a fnancier and a sample Of
the great American hog. We had all
been looking upon him as a good deal
above the common grade Of clay, be.
cause of our national habit of putting
upon a pedestal every man who does
something out of the ordinary. We
were all to blame for it, because We
were carried of our feet by Georges
feat at Manila, and it had been a long
time since we had had a chance for q
healthy, patriotic yell. We we're dis
turbed, to be sure, when we learned
that a lot of people who had become
possessed of more money than sense
had determined to buy the old sea dog
q fine residence in Washington, but
we thought the old man could be re
lied on to show the stuff he was made
of and put the gift from him. Its
evident that we were not fully &C
granted with him. George was EVIL
IDENTIFY afraid he could not make ends
meet on the paltry Thousands be gets
in the way of salary from Uacle Sam,
so he told the donors he would take
the house if they would furnish it and
pay the water rents for five years or
80, and ''much obliged" AS soon 90
he got this matter fixed up the ely ola
goes to the theatre and gives IL
out that he ia going to b married
Was there ever su III another George
as our G3orge9 A fine house ana
rich widow, a big salary and nothing
to do but work. Will someone PIeas0
pass the hat and lift a collection Wltn
which to get the old man a ThanKS
giving dinners II he hasn't good reaslp
for giving thanks nobody tnls 'lu0
Johannesburg has. --Tattler inAsneV'H'
Citizen.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-28
THE WEAKNESS OF NJ.
CASE AGAINST THR po-ANHS

The so-caIled T~ransvaal o.,o..,
been purely trumped up. T.oa hN
been no real ground Of di. ao,e bag
Great Britain's part with eu'e o.
Kruger's government. Eaolan 's'aaOt
demanded a variety of thinea ha
to the international admipistra ,sla'lns
a country which had the tuIlest q
to order it's internal affairs eoo ',sat
20 its own preferences. WitbonV
know !edging the right of En- &c
raise any questions as to internal i. q
ton, naturalization, school admin a1s
ton, and tie like, the Transvno'
nevertheless permitted itself tn a.. u%
such questions for several years ~,
has made very considerable ~, aug
sions for the sake of avoidinv. il I've
sible, a confics with an PRESSES pGSs'
powerful opponent. But Mr.. Cbom|''
lain, as B 'itish colonial secretarn
ingeniously changed his demands ~
time to time. Certain large .taSr
market interests also have svoton,.
tically maintained a propaganda ~
stirring up the English peopIe ~.
theme has been the suffering Of Briri.t
subjects in the gold mining djs,rio,.
through the oppressive conduct ot ~,
BOer 6 government. We ha~verepeato3
ly discussed these alleged prieveno..
and have pointed out their absurditn
and their falsity. The British subi ~,
in the Transvaal are there tempors,iIr
for the most part. They have new,
had the slightest idea of giving =,
their British citizenship and becomiDs
naturaliz9d subj acts OF the TransvesI
republic. Yet England for month,
had been preparing for war on a mo.l
elaborate scale, with no pretext tina
any one could give except that Pres
dent Kruger was not willing to make
the term Of years requisite for natural
ization quite as short as Mr.. Chamber
lain thought it ought to be. Never be
fore has so preposterous an excus
been given for military preparations
80 far as we have read history.-From
"The Progress Of the World" in tn,
American Monthly Review Of R views
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-28
ANTITRUST IS.

The recent anti trust conventions
held at ST. Louis and Chicago, and at
tended by many Governors and promi
nent men of all parties have at least de-.
veloped an anti trust movement that
may be very fruitful in results for
good. The Anti truss League, and the
Columbia Protective League are two
organic atoms that seem to ba getting
we'll under way. The former, so far
as we have seen, is organized as an
open enemy to trusts, but without a
definite plan Of opposing them, while
the latter is organized with a definite
plan OF averting their evil tendencies.
The Columbia League, we under
stand, proposes to be a non-partisan
league to petition Congressman of all
parties to enact a law causing all cor
porations and trusts to take out q
license in order to do business in any
State. The fees for such annual license
to be graduated according to the total
amount Of bonds and stock of each,
and to be paid quarterly. The annual
tax to be graded az follows, viz :
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-28
ANTITRUST LAWS TO BIZ
TESTED.

The plan of State restraint OF
trusts is now undergoing practical
te sta. Illinois has q law requiring each
corporation to file an affidavit stating
whether or not it is a member OF a
trust or combine. Fifty or more com
panies have failed TO comply With this
statute aud the Attorney G 5neral is
proceeding against them, and Expects
to collect the penalty,-$50 a day 20 the
State till the law Ia complied with.
In New York q~uas-pUblic corpora
tions are required TO make reports OF
their business to she authorities whose
duty it is to enforce the recently en-
acted Ford franchise tax law. About
400 of these com panies, among them
the Standard On Company, have failed
TO observe this law and it will o o be
tested in the courts. The Standard
Oh Company claims it is unconstitu
tional.
And we learn from Farm,andHHome
that in Texas, the San Antonio gas
company has been deprived of its
charter because it entered a combine
to control the public and private light
ing of the city, in violation of a statute
which makes efforts at monopoly and
restraint of trade illegal.
The outcome of these suits will be
awaited with much interest.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-28
WORK FOR

TIE Fifty-sixSh Congress, which will
convene December 4jh, has a number
of weighty problems awaiting it. The
question of what shall be done with the
Philippines is one of the most import
ant. Plans for the government OF
Porto Rico and Hawaii are to be
mapped out, and the success of our
colonial policy will depend largely
upon the plans adopted. The situation
in Cuba is not very pleasing and our
Representatives must say to what ex
tent our government must interfere
with aft in that island. Q Questions
no less important than these are those
regarding trusts and the currency,
which are sure to present themselves
Another feature, which will certainly
excite as much interest as any other, is
the proposed expulsion of the Mormon
Roberts.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-28
1.-THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUC4

1.-THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCA-
TIoNAL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE
PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER Con sIDERA
T1oNs OF STATE POLICY is the motto
of The Progressive Farmer, and upon
this platform it shall rise or fall,
On ell matters relating specially
to the great interests it represents, 1t
will speak with no uncertain voice, but
will fearlessly the right defend, and
imparsially the wrong condemn. serv.
ing no master, ruled by no faction, Cir
cumseribed by no selfish or narrow
policy its aim will be to foster and
promote the best interests of the whole
people of the State. From Col. Folks
SalutatOry, Feb 10, 1886.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-28
THE THINKERS.
PENNY WISE.

Penny wise and pound foolish is the
most expensive policy in the world.
Everybody will say that isso, and yet
how many practice it, because OF 8
stinginess so intense that foresight be
comes bind. We are led into this
train OF thought By the statement that
the cause of the sickness at the State
Normal, at Greensboro, is generally
believed 90 be due t defective sewer
age. We are informed that DE-. Nc
liver thinks the trouble was CAUSED by
the sewer pipes leading from the sink
and under the dining room. These
pipes, the D.. says, r made OF terra
Gotta piping when, they should hav9
been made of iron. The Ct ~:eensborO
correspondent, M. Avery, says these
Pipes were broken in ten or a dozen
places and it was found that the stencil
from them was something horrible.
So We may conclude that the diff 9r-
ence between the cost OF iron and
terra Gotta at this particular point rep
resents the difference between life and
death to three or four bright young
ladies, the difference between happi-
ness and sorrow to their relatives, the
difference between sickness and health
to many of the students. the difference
bet a successful and useful insti-
tuition running along smoothly and an
institution suspended on account Of q
devastating disease.
In discussing this calamity, the r Al
eigh Post makes the folio wing sugges-
tion:
would it not be we'll for the State
medical authorities to institute rigid
and we may add regular, inspection by
it's most competent members, of all Of
our institutions, public and private, at
which people congregate in more or
less large numbars9 We say frequent
as well as rigid, for the reason that
causes which may not exist at n
time may, from accident even, develop
at another; and therefore frequent as
we'll as thorough Investigation ia OF i'm
p~ortance. At all events, such investi'
cations can do no harm, and may
avert just such a sad condition OF
affairs as has overtaken the Normal"
The above suggestion is wise and
timely and should be adopted, provided
frequent and rigid examinations can
be secured. 1t is too often the case
that such duties receive only perfume
tory attention-the officer charged
with them coming around only occa-
sionalIy, eating a big dinner at the in
stitution and perhaps indulge in com
plimentary words in return for the
hospitality extended him. and taking
the word of somebody else as to condi
tlons and making a report thereupon.
A sort Of dress parade business, in
stead of the personal application to de-
tails demanded of an inspecting officer.
Yes, let US have inspecsion-an in
spection that will Inspect. Winston
Sentinel
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-28
"THR PHILIPPINES, OUR NAVY
AND NEW POSSESSIONS"

wing to the c~ontrariness of the pub.
listers we have been unable as yet to
fill orders for this book. We hope to
do so very soon, however. In the
meantime any person who has ordered
this book may have instead a finely
Illustrated copy Of Samantha at
Saratoga" or "Gleas on's Horse 1ok
oy sending us only five cents extra for
postage and mailing. If you wish to
take advantage of this special Offer to
nose who have ordered, write US IMME
DlArELY. This means a considerable
Voss 20 US over cost estimated when
lecuIar was sent. but we are anxious
W accommodate those who are trvin0
! 20 extend our circulation,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-28

This idea seems to have been devel
oped from the plan of a graduated in
come tax" but is intended to reach the
vast aggregatio1s and combinations Of
wealth that has already been accumu-
lated by capitalists who are abundant
ly able to bear a tax burden. We be-
lieve the intention is to form non-par-
tisau &c Jlumbia Protective Leagues
In every county and township to CO.
operate and work for the plan and it's
adoption and promotion by all political
parties; at least, this is our present
understanding of the movement.
Such a revenue raised from such a
source would certainly curb the power
OF monopoly in trusts and very ms.
terially decrease taxation that is now
paid by the masses of Industrial people.
The provisions Of the proposed bill
which shall dispose of the revenue
thus raised is as yet not agreed upon
aud will not be until a national con
ventiOn Of the League is held. But
from present indications it will ask
that the fund shall be divided in three
classes and paid out. For pensions,
one third; to be used as a loaning fund
to people OF small possessions at a nom
inal interest, one third; to be used for
improvement of public roads, one
third. We think that the third, which
it is proposed to pay for pensions,
should be devoted to public schools.
This is all We yet know Of the League.
II its other features are as u~nobjecsion.
able, we think it should do coed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-28

The changes that will be made in
stRid old North Carolina within the
next ten years would startle US if we
could realize them now. The strides
that have been made within the past
five years equal in Importance the
prosperity Of the past twenty five.
The corporations are forming and CAPT
tai is fast flowing in. But the country
districts are not keeping pace with the
commercial centres; in fast the far
mers are complaining as bitterly as
ever. What the result Of this class
Of prosperity will be it is hard to fore
tell. The battle royal between the
people and the trusts appears to be IN,
and the trusts seem to be on the win
ming side. We are certainly not a
pegsimist-we hope also we are not a
fawner. We may say, however, that
we wish the old style OF doing business
in the South might not be displaced by
the new. We believe that competition
rather than capital ought to be the life
of trade. We would regret to see the
small tradesman or the small manu-
facturer crowded to the wall because
Of his weakness. We are frank to say
that in such a case our sympathies a g
all the time with the little man. We
are not ready to throw up our hat
when we hear of vast combina lions be
ing formed all about US. There is a
prosperity that, properly spelled,
would be poverty. May the Lord de-
liver US from plutocracy and pauper
isml-Charity and Children (R slig)
When I was a young man I had the
world before me, and there was abso-
lutely a fair field for me. Take all Of
our most successful business men OF
today and their experiences were like
mine. They entered the race with a
handicap. and their grit and capacity
won Now, this building up of trusts
puts a stop to fair and equal opportuni.
ties for the young men of today. The
young man just out Of college has no
opening, as a rule. He cannot begin
business on his own account against
organized capital. Hs must content
himself with being a mere clerk, and
the chances are that he will never get
any further, because thera are many
IN his ciass.-Ex-9ov. WsRhburn OF
Minnesota.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-28

The December number of The De-
ltneator is called the Yuletide number.
and with it's beautiful new cover and
innumerable Illustrations is certainly
one Of the most artictic mage zines over
sent out. Butterick Pub. Co., N. Y.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-08
For catarrh of the head, throat and
stomach, try Clarke's Rocky Mountain
Mineral 1t cures. All druggists.
Jeffries and Sharkey.

San Francisco, July No sooner
had Champion Jeffries landed in this
city than local promoters began work
ing to secure the coming fight between
Jeffries and Sharkey. The first offer
came from Charles Newman, in the
shape of certified check for So, 600, de-
posted with a morning paper, as a
guarantee of his sincerity in the affair
Newman, acting solely in his own be-
half, offers a purse of $4,000 the con-
test to be held in this city at the velo-
drome, which was built several years
ago for holding bicycle races. 1t has a
capacity of $4,000 persons. 1t is the
purpose of the promoter, should he lie
the successful bidder, to bring off the
match during the daytime. Upon the
heels of the first bid came one from the
Glen Park company, with conditions
identical with those made by Newman
namely, a purse of $4,000. the fight to
take place some day in September be-
tween the hours,3of 8 a. m. and p. m
A check for $4,000 will be deposited to-
day by the party making the second
offer
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IN TOW NSEND.
A Stage Coach Held Up for the Purpose
of Collecting n Debt.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Townsend, July 5.-A grand hold-up
occurred between Townsend and Ra-
dersburg Sunday afternoon, July 2 A
stage coach containing John Keaten,
Perry Nelson, Lou Lee and three of the
Williams boys left Radersburg en- route
for Helena via Townsend late in the
afternoon When they We're near the
Green Copper mine they noticed a rig
coming at terrific rate after them. 1t
overlook and passed them, but when
about 100 yards in advance of them it
stopped and the men in the coach no.
tlced 1t contained two men, Everit Rolls
and John Bacas. Eyerit Rolls held the
team and Bacas alighted from the rig
and advanced to the coach with Win
chester rifle in his hands. He was bare.
headed and in his shirt sleeves and
seemed to be greatly excited He de-
manded the occupants of the stage to
get out and throw up their hands,"
which they accordingly did. Perry
Nelson was the last to get out and,
as he descended from the vehicle, Ba-
cas- said: You're the man I'm after"
1t appears that Nelson had borrowed
$11.75 of Bacas some time last winter
and had never seemed very anxious to
repay the loan. He had been working
for some time and after securing his
wages started to leave the place with
out paying Bacas. Enraged al this evil
uence OF dlSnoneSty ana 1ngrdt1tude,
Bacas started after him to force him
to pay what he lawfully owed. When
Nelson had alighted from the coach he
said to Bacas I'll pay you and start
ed to hand the money to him, but Bacas
stopped him and commanded him to
hand it to Williams, who in turn hand
ed 1t to Bacas. After that they were
allowed to continue on their way. War
rants are out for the arrest of Bacas
and all those who may be implicated in
the affair.
The marriage of Prof. Frank f. Ball
and Miss Alpharetta J. Keene occurred
at the home of the brides parents on
Duck creek June 2S. Rev. L. Bramble
performed the ceremony in the presence
of only the brides parents and near
relatives. The contracting parties are
well known in Townsend and vicinity.
Professor Bah was principal of the
Townsend schools last winter and Miss
keene is the fifth daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. f. j. keene. After the ceremony
the couple took the evening train for |
Pony, where they will stay for a short |
time before leaving for Globe. Arizona, |
where the professor has obtained a |
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-08

Excursion Sunday, July O. Round
trip rate: Pipestone, 81: Whitehall,
$1.25; Twin Bridges. $1.5O Special train
leaves Northern Pacific local depot 8
a. m.
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At st. Louis.

st. Louis, July 1.-THE fair grounds
track was sloppy to-day Results: First
race, selling six furlongs-F Ward
won, Katie Gibbons second, Joe Doughty
third; time 1:1SA. Second race, 2-year-
olds, five furlongs-Sylvian won. Sue
johnson second, Silent Friend third: time,
1:06s4. Third race, selling mile and 20
yards-Chancery won, Airblast second
Jimp third; time, 1852. Fourth race, sell
ing. six furlongs-Banish won, Hi Kollar
second, Beeman third; time, lis Fifth
race, 2-year-olds, five and a half furlongs
-Dssolute won, San Cecilian second.
Chickamauga third; time, lib. Sixth race,
selling, six furlongs-Silver Set won, Bar
riso second, Nancy Till third; time, 1:Io1A.
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Senator Hoar on the Tilden- Hayes De-
ciSion,

j have in recent years conversed with
numerous democrats of great dstinc-
ton from all parts of the country
Without an exception they have as
sured me that they are now satisfied
with the correctness of the decision of
the electoral commission, and that any
other result would, in all probability,
have led to the overthrow of our insti-
tutions. Indeed it seems to me that no
intelligent man can question, in the
light of the history of the action of
congress in both houses upon election
cases, that the committing to congress
the power to determine who is chosen
president by inquiring into the cleo
tions in all the states, going behind the
decision of the state authorities and
taking evidence as to the conduct of
the election. the counting of the votes
and the title to vote of individual
voters, would lead in nearly every, in
stance of close or doubtful struggle
to declaring the result of the election
according to the partisan feeling of the
two houses.-From Some Political
"reminiscences" by Senator George f.
Hoar, in the May Scribner's.
California Cafe is the best place to
eat in Butte.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-08

DIR. Hagen Burger has resumed prac-
tice at As West Park street.