The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28
EDITORIAL NOTES,

It has been quite a while since we
printed 80 able an article. Read itRnd
show it to your neighbor.
An editor should should have no
higher ambition than to be able to say
with Sir Walter Scott: II have tried
to unsettle no mans faith, to corrupt
nc name principles, and have written
nothing which on my death bed l
should wish blotted."
Commenting on the Quay case, Rev.
DR.. Lyman Abbott says: 81 think we
had better learn not to try to send a
man to prison in one city of a State
while we are trying to elect him Soma,
tor in another city Of the same State,
before enlarging territory" Cap
ital idea.
Our esteemed contemporary, the
Windsor Ledger, quotes for our benefit
from the Raleigh Christian Advocate
a list of the occupations of the various
members of the late legislature. Thanks
awfuIly, Mr.. Ladger, but the fact Is we
published this list some weeks before
the Advocate did. By the way, what's
that old saW about attending to ones
own busineas2
The National Farmers Alliance and
Industrial Union recently held a con
vention in Washington. The organiza
ton adopted a platform re affirming
the demands made at former meetings
and made a special plea for the extern
sion Of the free country delivery postal
service. j. Q. WiIborn, Old Point,
8. c., was elected President. and A.
B. WEIGH, Victor, n. Y, Secretary.
Treasurer.
Our devil" who has charge Of u
mailing list, and therefore has all de-
linquents spotted, was taken sick last
week and 80 was unable to move up
the dates on the labels Of those who
have renewed their subscriptions with.
in the past two weeks. Therefore if
o have renewed within that time do
not be uneasy if the date is not cor
rected till next week. If you have not
rene we'd, however, we advise you to
do so at once. Better not run the risk
of dying with your name still on our
DEVILS chosen list Of delirqIents.
A joke is all right in its place, but
the Arkansas c~oroner's jury that re-
turned the verdict that the three
Iynched men 'froze to death" not only
carried carried the thing too far and
perjured themselves, but placed them
selves in the attitude Of encouraS
ing ard defending awlessness. TIE
g.. thoughtless may fnd something ludic
rous in this grue some joke, Lut the
better element of Southern people feel
that the whole South has been in a
measure disgraced and misrepresented
by this sham jury. We are far more
ashamed Of it's members than Of the
lynehers.
The so called anti trust law is ridi-
culed by men of all parties as a mere
makeshift. The News and Observer
quotes the Winston Sentinel (Dem.) as
saying: I'VE have a strong suspicion
that the anti trust Law passed in the
closing days of the Legislature ia very
full of holes. II q maj )rit7 Of the
legislators really wanted a strong law
against trusts they must have been
hoodooed by paid attorneys of trusts
when they loaded the bill down with
killing amendments" And the Sen
tinel editor is not the only p9rson hav
ing strong suspicious Of this sort.
The laaderso of the middle OF the road
Populists seem to be inclined to li5era.
ture Their candidate for President,
Wharton Barker-or il not their can
didate, at least the candidate Of a part
OF them-has written one or more
books, ia an omnivOrous reader, and is
the editor of the Philadelphia Ameri
can Taeir candidate for Vice Presi-
dent. Iguauus Donnelly, has also pub
Iished several bOoke. His latest Rag
narok' Is very popular. Moreover,
Tom Wats0n's Story of France"
which ID just eff the press, ia meeting
an unusually warm reception at the
hands Of the critics aud reviewers and
promises to greatly enhance the fame
of the leader of the Georgia Populists.
In order that the editorial paragraph
in our last issue regarding the effect Of
the Lou siana Constitutional amend
ment may not be misunderstood, it
should be said thatit is hardly prob
able hat the great decrease in the
number of votes cast in the various
Congressional districts referred to, was
caused solely by the constitutional