The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-31
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Weldon Fair and the Alamance
Fair begin to day with brilliant pros
poets. These fairs are ably man
aged and the indications are that both
will be we'll attended.
As will be e from our State News
columns, LImberton does not delay
the punishment of criminals Lynch
iugs would be far less frequent were as
little time lost in the legal punishment
Of such wrong-doers every where.
Most people will be surprised to learn
shat the a~ristocratic State of New York
has an inheritance tax law. Yet such
is the case, and it is announced that
under this law that State will collect
about 81 900, 900 from the estate OF the
late Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Evidently Admiral Dewey has sense
enough to keep out Of the political
arena, even if he dces lose no time in
accepting free homes, furniture, etc.
He is qloted as saying that he would
not consent to become a candidate for
President, if nominated by both politi-
cal parties"
1.-THE g 1vernor's L at Levee," by
Sarah B. Kennedy In the November
Ladies' Home Journal is an excellent
story of North Carolina colonial life.
The scene lie laid in Nswbern in early
Revolutionary days and the G yvernor
referred to is G ~. Martin, th9 last OF
our Royal Governors.
The L OBJ Branch Camp Of Confed-
crate Veterans at Raleigh recently pro
posed q monument to commemorate
the virtues of the Confederate women.
The Greensboro Patriot suggests in
stead q home for the widows of COnted
crate veterans. We think the Patriots
suggestion wige and patriotic. Let Us
give bread to the living rather than a
stone to the dead.
Dswey's action in accepting 30 read
lily the home which the notoriety seek
ers collected money to purcha9e for
him finds a pleasing contrast in the
acts of two of our old c 0ntederate lead
ers. Gan. J. B. Ct )r Ion and g IN. Wade
Hampton, whose homcJ have been
burned. have peTsistently refused to
accept gifts TO rebuild them. After all
the heroes of the lest III have no
superiors among the much-praised vic
tors of to day.
The Transvaal war has begun in ear
nrst, but it is hard to secure reliable
news. The biggest battle yet fought
was the battle of Glencoe. At first it
was reported that it was a great Brit
ish victory, then came news that the
victory was dearly bought, and the
latest news is to the effect that it can
hardly be considered a British victory
at all. Gen. sy mons, the British COM
mander, was wounded and has since
died. Undoubtedly the British will
finally conquer, but they are waging
an offensive, the Beers defensive, war
and much hard fighting may be ex-
pected. The Beers have only 80, 600
men. The var is in many respects
very much like our Philippine wal.
The Progressive Farmer is very
proud of the kind words said OF 1t by
the ladies of North Carolina, We are
glad that the paper pleaCas them. In
fact We are beginning to think that The
Progressive Farmer can very properly
be called the organ Of the women of
the State. Their letters, Of which we
publish a number on the fourth page
Of every issue, constitute one of the
most entertaining and helpful features
of the paper and can be studied with
profit by men as we'll as women. We
believe it can be safely said that this
paper publishes more letters from wo-
men than all the other 200 North Caro-
lima papers combined. And the letters
r as we'll written and as forcible as
those we receive from our male readers
Tor our General Correspondence de
partment- We feel that no paper is
Tar wrong so long as it meets the ap
prevail Of the good women of our State.
The Progressive Farmer is not the
only paper that is disgusted with the
sluggish movements OF our American
forces in the Philippines. The follow
ing paragraph from the Western Rs
corder gives the sentiments of a lead
ing religious journal and contains much
truth and much sense: Gen OILS
continues winning great victories
after terrific fighting in which he has
one man killed or, il may be, one man
wounded. The FIlipinos continue their
tactics of firing and retiring. Gen.
Otis occupies the towns, goes back to
Manila and the FIIpiuos take posses
SIN again, to fife and retire the next
week IN the same way. There il no