The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-07

Temperance Officials; the CONSTITUTIONAL
Amendment.
correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
/ feel Gnat I must wrIte 60 express
the keen satisfaction and deep gratitude
of a brother who rfa'iz s that thu
future veal or w)e of our common
wealth depends to an enormous extent
on the influences thrown around our
children IL their training Ia the home
and school.
81 when my husband came in E few
evenings ago and took up mis- new Pro
gressive Farmer, he printed to an az
ticle his eyes gltstenlng with evident
pleasure.
"Have you read thisY" he asked.
"No." "Well, then, read it and you
will then know what kind Of mea nom
est men elect 10 Office"
Itook the paper and read superin-
tendent Mechanics ADVICE to the North
Carolina school eff 3ials and teachers
Ohl what a great throb Of gratitude
swelled from my heart. How much
we should thank G. ID for such men as
superintendent Mebane; that such a
man fills the position Of Superintend
emit of Public Instruction. SO much
needs to be done for the check and
suppression Of ALCOHOLICS influences,
which so menace all our civil and re
ligious liberties.
How characteristic Of true manhood
the reply of our G vernon, when IN
vired TO drink at Jne DaweY CeleOra
tiop: The Governor of North Caro-
lima does not drink; he is a prohibi-
ZIONIST" How grateful we should be
that a Temperance nlau is Chief MagIs
trate OF our dear old State
do think that all off 3iels or per
Sons invested with a puOlIc trust should
not only be total ]absTainers them
selves buE also be keenly alive TO the
baueful fleets of all spirituous liquors
on the human family. And if n OF
those public servants should be more
Interested man another, surely thought
to b. the Superintendent Of Public In
strucCIon, VINO has the charge ana
direction Of the training Of 90 many
fu .ure men aud women of old North
Carolina. May God sbundantly
strengthen, bless and keep him long IN
the work TO which ne has been 20 Op
portunel, called When | cay this. l
am sure 1 voice the the heartfelt senti
menrs of every true woman, and man
too, in North Carolina.
As 20 the Constitutional amendment,
why do the great mae Of thinking Cit
zens remaip 80 Silent on an issue OF 30
great m0nent3 Is il possible hat any
sane man or woman cannot at once
see the one sIdedn,s the base iDjus
tice ano underground planning of such
a bulls o. all the P~harasaIcal, hyp2-
criuc4I ruses that have ever b9en at
tempted TO be imposed on an unsu-
pecring puOtic, surely rs stands EeBC.
While prJtessIDg TO raise the stand
ard OF "~hI5- supremacy" it will uiti
mately sink the wage earning sons and
daughters OF our State, not only down
to a level with the negro, but far be
meath nun Negroes are seldom or
never employed in factories and mills,
while hundreds, yea thousands OF the
risir z generation Of humble white fOIR
are working in those mills for their
almost daily bread, without the least
opportunity to attend any kind Of
school except that Of serf like d. pend
ence. Yet by the amendment the ne
gro is spurred on to an unreasonable
effort for an education A negro teacher
says that sc me of his pupil, come with
out shoes or hat. Will white pupils
do that9 No, but just make the amend
ment a law, and the poor white boy,
feeling himself secure, will dream on
until 1908 clinches its plusonic letters
and he wakes to a sertdom worse than
that of Europa.
With many benedicsions upon the
heads of our Superintendent of Public
Instruction and gallant temperance
Governor, I am,
Yours for s0briety and su 3ceRa,
MARY M, BAKER