The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-06
EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL T

With wsr in the Philippines, in the
Transvaal, and in kentucky, We are in
no immediate danger Of being run
over by the millennium.
Next week We enter our new volume
IL your subscription does not show you
paid to date-well, you know what
you should do. Teen do it, please.
It now seems certain that the Legis-
lature at its June session will pass an
amendment to the proposed Constitu
tionsl amendment, providing that 10
case one section is declared u~nconstiru
tional the entire amendment shall be-
come imperative. This in response
TO just and rapidly growing popular
demand.
TELL every farmer to send for and
study the January Bulletin # the State
department. of Agriculture, dealing
with the question Of Fertilizers, " says
Secretary Parker, Of the s late Alliance
And it is good advice. It you have
not yet secured a copy Of the Bulletin
drop q postal to the D apartment Of
Agriculture, Raleigh, N. O." and get
one free.
Your representative and Senator
will probably attend the special session
of the Legislature to be held in this
city in June. Demand that they, re-
eardless of their party Civilizations, vote
to repeal the unjust provisions Of u
new election law. Sucn a law is a dis
grace to the State. The fact that che
registrars, with their extraordinary
and almost unlimited power, are not
even sworn to do their duty is but me
81 many examples of it's unparalleled
injustice and r~ottenness.
Discussion of the proposed Constitu
tioDal amendment divides races and
parties, no less than sects and societies
Here are two instances: At a Wat g
Forest College society debate some
weeks, we are informed, the opponents
of the amendment won o. the
other hand, as q debate held by one OF
the literary societies at the Oolored
Agricultural and Mechanical College in
Greensboro a few days since The sub
ject discussed was the amendment
and, s~ingularly enough, the IF NATIVE
won.
Ii will be noted that Section 4 OF the
proposed Oonstitu ional Amendment
reads as follows: Every person pre-
senting himself for registration shall
be able to read aud write any section
OF she Constitution in the English Ian
guage," etc., etc. We suggest that the
next Legislature specify what Oonsti-
tuition the voter must read-the consti
tuition Of North Carolina, of the q liked
States, of Kamchatka, or the constitu
ton Of the State Tobacco Growers As-
sociationi A little light would be sp-
preciRted.
We rejoice at the quite successful
opening Of the State Normal and In
dustrial College est week. Two hun
dred and fifty young ladies were pres
sRS On the opening day and this num-
ber was considerably augmented be-
fore the end Of the week. This ia q
gratifying expression of confidence in
the manage ment Of the institution aud
Las such should be appreciated by D..
-McIver and the faculty. The people of
tha State as a whole It oice that the
growth Of this excellent institution
.is not to be retarded by the sad mis-
fortune that befeI it.
! One OF the most beautiful acts of
charity hat has come under our notice
IN many days is that Of Mr.. T. B
Bailey, of Mocksville, in establishing
in memory Of his two daughters a
memorial fund to be known as The
Sarah and Evelyn Bailey fund" q part
of the income from which will be used
IN defraying the expenses Of worthy
young women at the State Normal and
Industrial College. Mr.. Bailey's two
daughters, his only children, were vic
Tins of the fever epidemic at the Nor
NAL. What better memorial can they
have than this fund set apart for the
benefit Of womanhood and humanity