The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-24
EDITORIAL NOTES.

chances to succeed hlmSeiI grow Oebu-
tifully less. much to the credit OF good
people of Pennsylvania.
There are pretsier wall calendars,
but the most servicaable n we have
vet received is that sent gu by ~. W.
Aver & Son, of Philadelphia, Pa. Send
% cents and get one.
It has been announced hat the Cat
lin Tobacco Company's plant, of St.
Louis, has been sold to the American
Tobacco Company. The price paid is
said to be not far from 81 500 900. Thue
does the t. ust grow in power.
A significant statement is the follow
ing from the last issue of the Biblical
Recorder: The truth ia all radical
measures will be eschewed by the
Legislature because of the general de
sire to hold the people together for the
passage of q constitutional amendment.
That done, there will be more liberty"
The following United States Senators
were last week formally declared elect
ed by the Legislatures of their respec-
tive States: Connecticut, Joseph R
Hawley Indiana, Albert J. Beverage;
Maine, Eugene Hale; Massachusetts,,
Henry Cabot Lodge; Michigan, julius
O. Burrows; Minneapolis, Cushman K
Davis; Missouri, Francis M CcckrelI;
New York, OhaUncey NJ. Depew.
Recent dispatches state that Con
gresham Linney has great faith in the
future of the Republican party in
North Carolina. IL will. In his opinion,
control the politics of the STATE within
q few years The Populist party"
said he, lis ell broke up. It has no
future in our Safe. Eliminate the
negro question and North Carolina is
reliably Republican" Linney is way
eff.
Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., who for
four years past has been preaching TO
the Peoples church, New York, q
Chris ian Union denominstionaI
church, whose Sunday meetings have
been held at the Academy Of Music
and the Grand Opera House, resigned
last week. He says he has decided
that the Baptist church is good enough
for him.
Wa~shington's farewell address is
considered by most persons q pretty
Strong argument against imperialism.
Annually on the birthday OF the
Father of MS Country" this remark
able document is read 10 the United
States Senate, Rn3 though is is though
that the expansionists new wish the
nc such custom had been established,
they mus grin and bear IT," Sepa
tor Wolc TT, Of Colorado, has been SO
lectad 60 read the address this year.
Thursday, January II h, was a very
cold, raw Wintry day all over the State
and it is not surprising that many
county Alliance meetings could not be
held. We notice that President Motif
of Chatham county has called a meet
ing for hIs county to be held at Pitts
boro, February Oh. Other county
presidents should do likewise, but
where no county meetings can be he'd
the brethren should try to put new Ii
into their Subs so that a good report
may be made 1t the April meetings.
We did not discover until after last
weeks edition had been printed that
the foIlo item had been omitted
AT the session of the Railroad Com
mission January 10 "a, the petition OF
the State alliance asking that 10 tons,
instead Of Is as ct present, be made the
minimum car load weight wRs taken
UP. Brethren Parker, Hoover, and
Jones of Wayne county Alliance, rep
resented the Alliance. The Commission
refused to grant the petition. We did
not hear the argument, but we cannot
yet understand Why North Carolina
railroads cannot haul gusno as cheaply
as the r~aIlro7us OF South Carolina.
We are Inclined to agree with the
Wilmington Messenger In viewing the
passage Of the Hartford Coucty bill by
the Legislature az dangerous and uD
wise. We do Lot know whether q
county officer so unpopular as to be
unable to get up a bond in his own
county should hold ofiee or not, but
the appointment Of five commissioners
for the expressed purpose of defeating
the will of the people of the county
strikes US as being revolutionary. And
if bonds for county officers by eurety
com panies are to be accepted in D mo.
cratic counties, then all counties should
hnun the Hama nriuilnpa