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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-27
DECADENCE OF THE AGRICUrTrD, :,
FAIR.

1t would seem to those who a.,
not familiar with the facts in A.
case, as if there ought to be enornS
of intelligent, and upright farmos,
in each county in Illinois, with snfe
cient interest in their own calm.
to conduct and maintain a genrin.
and respectable agricultural fam
There are perhaps few, if any State,
in the Union which can surna..
Illinois in the quantity, quality and
variety of it's productions suitabIa
for an attractive farmers fair. #.
wealth of live stock, grain, yeon
tables, fruit, flowers, agricultural
machinery and the numerous otbn,
products of mine, forest, factory
and kitchen make a display wortbv
of the attention and patronage of all
farmers.
But it is an indisputable fact that
the agricultural fair, as such, is on
the wane. Probably the cheap ev.
cursions on the railroads to distant
points has lessened the attendance at
the county fairs, and also the low
rates to the State fair. But whether
State or county, it doesn't seem to
be the agricultural exhibit that
draws the crowds, but rather the
horse race, and the midway attrac.
tons Of beer, gambling and fake
shows of questionable character.
There may be nothing immoral in
a trotting match, but the long.
legged, gaunt plugs which cover the
mile in the twO-minute neighbor.
hood would be of no practical use On
the farm. Perhaps the general,
purpose farm horse Of today is too
heavy, but it is of much more i'm.
portance that this walking gait be
increased in speed, than that he be
able to trOt a mile at a 2 80 pace.
AS for the midway attractions Of
the average modern fair, they area
disgrace to civilization. The fair
should be a school where farmers
can learn by seeing the tangible re
suits of improved methods in agri-
culture, and no matter at what fin
ancial loss, all Objectionable features
should be excluded.
The most important crops OF the
farm are the boys and girls, and the
prudent farmer will not risk taking
them to see the good grain of a fair
if it is mixed with the smut Of shady
side-shows. There is too much of a
tendency in u American life Of TO-
day to get money regardless OF the
method. But it should be keptm
mind that any dollar which has
suspicion of dishOnor attached there
to, is earned at too great a costs.
B. Ready, in Farmers Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-27
HOW TWO TAR HEELS MISSED THE
PRESIDENCY.

One of the most interesting papers
that has appeared in The Progressive
Farmer this year is The Law of
Presidential Chances" which we re-
published from the November
Worlds Work in our issue of 18th
inst. Among this collection of facts
regarding accidental Presidents and
men hat have accidentally missed
the Presidency, two we'll authenti-
Gated incidents in which Tar Heels
figure deserve a place.
Governor John Owen, of Bladen
county, N. c., with a slightly differ
ent turn of Fortunes wheel, might
have become President of the United
States. He presided over the Wing
National Convention in 1910 and was
rendered the nomination for the
Vice-Presidency. Regarding it as
improper, however, for the presiding
officer to accept Il nomination, he de
clined- The position was, as every
one knows, finally rendered to John
Tyler, who upon the death Of Harri-
son, became President.
Another North CarOlinian who
narrowly missed the Presidency was
Kenneth Rayner, who tor years rep
resented a North Carolina district
in the House of Representatives.
We shall let the Louisville Courier
Journal tell how Rayner missed a
nomination which would have made
him President of the United States.
It says:
In the campaign of 1913 the COM
peting man for the Vice Presidential
nomination with Willard Fillmore, of
New York, was Kenneth Raynor, of
North Carolina. They were bosom
friends, and submitted their claims
and pretentions to a conference to
determine between them. Fillmore
beat Raynor by one vote. Thirty
three years later this same Kenneth
Raynor, grown to be q poor old man,
and tagging upon the stage of affairs,
was solicitor Of the Treasury. He
had been appointed by Grant. Gar
field was impOrtuned to turn him
out. He stubbOrnly refused, and
finally, in answer to d demand for
some reason why he wanted to keep
a good Republican out of a good
place in favor OF u n~Ondescript with
out any pull or party following, he
said: I won't do it. Though an
old man and out Of favor with for
tune, he was Il host in his day. He
is still an able and accomplished
lawyer. He fills the Office admirably,
and he needs the salary. He may
not have many friends-but he has
at least one, and a mighty important
friend, for it is 1 myself-and [ am
not going to turn him out. am not
going to remove from a little place
in the Treasury, whose duties he
fully meets, an old man who came
within a single vote of filling the
place fill and of being President of
the United States"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-27
R H

We published on page 6 of our last
issue "A Mothers Plea which we
clipped from a recent issue of the
Raleigh Christian Advocate. This
statement and appeal by one of the
States good women deserves the con-
sideration of the Fair management
and North Carolinians generally
especially those members of the
Legislature who never make a speech
without a reference to fair woman
hood of the Old North State" The
Progressive Farmer has been war
ring against the filth of the Midway
for several years. Thanks to the
efforts of the then President, Mr.. r.
H. Battle, fine type of the old school
Southern gentleman, immoral shows
we're cOnspicuOusly absent from the
1899 Fair. Immediately a protest
went up from numerous narrow
minded men who invariably place
money above manhood. They de-
clared that the Fair was losing
money by President Battles course.
This year the management seems to
have returned to the old policy.
There were not more than three OF
four positively vicious shows this
year, perhaps, yet nc n can meas
ure the influence for evil that these
unblushing agents of vice and cor
ruption had upon the young people
who attended the Fair.
The Progressive Farmer believes in
good crops, in fine stock, prize corn,
mammoth potatoes, etc, but we also
believe that the farms best crop is
its crop of boys and girls. Nothing
that cOrrupts the youth of the State
can atone for the sin by stimulating
rivalry in the production of prize
corn or cotton.
Here's a summing up of the whole
matter: A Fair with the magnif-
cent exhibits and the strong popular
support that our State Fair received
this year is not dependent for exist
ence upon a half dozen miserable
side shows, and it should separate
itself from them that it may com
mand the respect Of the best man
hood and womanh0od of the State.
We L glad to see that the farm
ers' organizations and farm papers
in other States are leading "a crusade
against the Midway. One Of the agri-
cultural weeklies interested is Wal
lace's Farmer, of Des Monies, Iowa,
which says:
cit will take at least one genera,
ton of sober living and Christian
education to get rid of the foul asso-
Citations suggested by the Midways
that have disgraced so many agricul-
tural society and street fairs in the
towns and cities. Evil of this kind
should not be tempered with nor en-
couraged in any shape or form.
Where it cannot be controlled, it
should be driven to the Sums and
White Chapels of the cities where it
can hold fit companionship with the
brothels and low dives. We feel quite
sure that the Iowa State Board of
Agriculture to be will not tolerate
this sewage of barbarism another
year"
Let the North Carolina Board of
Agriculture also take a stand in this
matter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-27

We invite correspondence. news items, sug
geStiOnS and criticisms on the subjects OF agrl-
culture, poultry raising. stock breeding, dairy
ing. horticulture and garding; wOman'S work,
literature, or any subject of interest to our lady
public matters, current events, political queS-
fiOnSanG principles, etc.,-in short, any subject
discussed in an all-TOund farm and family news
DaDcr. Communications should be free from
personalities and party abuse.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-27
DIRECT LZGIsLATIoE IN SWITZERLAND.

Our esteemed contemporaries, the
Charlotte Observer and the Raleigh
Times, have recently reported that
Switzerland has decided to drop the
initiative and referendum. Ii this
they + very much mistaken. Di-
rect legislation has been in success
full operation in the little Swiss re-
public for many decades and grows
more popular Is the years go by. In
the recent Swiss elections the people
did not vote against direct legisla-
ton. But, having it, they dealt d
death blow to some legislation of
which they did not approve but
which might have been forced upon
them by their Congress, had it not
been for the referendum.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-27

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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-27

CuIlom bill, to make effective the
Inter State Commerce law. This is
one of the most important measures
that will come before Congress, and
it ought to have the hearty and I'M
divided support of all that believe in
equal rights. We published several
articles regarding it last winter.
No North Carolina paper has frmer
friends among the ladies-daughters,
wives, and mothers, than The Pro
gressive Farmer. We + proud of
this fact and we try to make The
Progressive Farmer worthy of their
esteem. And while our extracts
from the Letters to the Farm
Boy last week contained some
splendid thoughts and suggestions
for young men, the leading article
on page 4 of this issue, What Con-
stitutes a Lady," is one of the best
articles for young ladies that we
have ever published.
The Western North Carolina Meth
odist Conference met in annual ses-
sion in Greensboro last week, Bishop
H. G.. Morrison presiding. This is
one of the largest and most impor-
tant religious bodies in the State.
The meeting this year was we'll at
tended and transacted much impor-
tant business. The next conference
will be held in Gastonia. The Con
ference asked for more adequate pro-
vision for the States insane; set
apart January as Greensboro Ad-
vOcate month, and adopted strong
temperance resolutions. We go to
press too early to give the list of APP
pointments.
The Tarboro Southerner has this
~clear-cut paragraph on the strike in
the Alamance cotton mills: "Of
course there is only one object these
men have in view: Such a control
over their operatives that they can
not with any hope demand an in
crease of wages, not even when en-
titled to it. These operatives have
as much right to organize as their
employees. The first thing the
Legislature should do is to pass an
act making it u violation of law for
any man II corporation to refuse to
employ any one because he belongs
to Il union"
The State Reformatory Associa-
ton has appointed a Press Commit
tee, for the purpose of enlisting the
support of the editors in the refor-
matOry movement. The press, how
ever, is thoroughly aroused upon
the subject-mOre deeply in earnest,
we believe, than the pulpit. And
the fine educational work the quill
drivers are now doing for better
schools, better roads, and other re
forms, co~nvinces US that the press,
having laid aside the incubus Of
politics for a time, Will now become
a far more important factor in the
development of our State than it has
been heretofore. So mote it be.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-27

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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-27

When thou hast thanked thy God
For every blessing sent, N'U
What time will then remain
For murmurs or lament?
French
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-27
TWO THANKSGIVING rHouevn.

This world that we're alvin in
Is mighty hard to beat;
You get a thorn with every rose
But amt the roses sweet
Frank L. Stap+o.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-27

The people OF North Carolina have
said by $4,000 majority that after
1908 every child in the State who be-
comes 81 years of age shall know
how to read and write before he shall
be allowed to exercise the right to
vote. Now then, this being so, it
becomes every citizen to do all in his
power to grant to every child the op-
portunity to fit himself for the duties
Of life. Let us all unite our efforts
and voices for increased school facili-
ties for the great masses. If the peo-
pie will demand it, the Legislature
will grant it. We want non
enough to run a good nine months
school in reach of every child in
North Carolina. It can be done, and
1T should be done. Now, when this
is done, we hope that a mild compul-
sorry educational law will be passed
that we can C~onstrain Indifferent
people to send their children to the
schools. We maintain that no mar
has a right to raise a lot of ignorant
children whose votes will kill the
votes OF intelligent educated people.
This proposition being true, it ought
to be so fixed by law that no n
shall raise his children in ignorance.
Let the subject of educating the
masses be the paramount issue now
until good schools of long terms in
easy reach of every child shall be
Record.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-27
THE STATE PRESS ON THE SCHOOL,
QUESTION.

The school population of Porto
Rico is now estimated at 800, 900, and
the school revenues for the current
year r only $413, 900. This is not
an adequate amount to furnish each
child with the opportunity for an
education-Baptist Outlook.
Upon the above paragraph from
The Baptist Outlook, The Biblical
Recorder comments as follows /:
"North Carolina is no better off than
Porto Rico. We have twice as many
children and about twice as large a
fund. Think of that. And Porto
Rico has been Spain-ridden and
Priest-ridden all these years. What
is North Cardinals excused"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-27

Our public school system supplies
the only chance for an education
within reach of nine tenths of the
children on the farm. The public
school should therefore be adapted
to the wants and needs of these
children who are to spend their lives
on the farm. The course of study in
the public school should be radically
changed in order that it might train
these children at school for work
they will have to do when they leave
school. The day has passed when a
little reading, writing and arithmetic
are sufficient for the farmers boy.
The machine has come to the farm,
and it has come to stay. The boy
should have therefore at least ele-
mentary manual training at school.
Agriculture has come to be a science.
The elements of agricultural science
should therefore be taught in the
school. I am asking the legislature
to allow me to remodel course Of
study in order that I may include in
the course at least these two elemen-
tai subjects. Tt would require more
space than you can give me to dis
cuss the psychological Importance
of this branch of the subject. In
nearly all the old countries as we'll
as in many states in our own coun-
try, these branches are already in
PRODUCED in the public school system.
Geo. R. Glenn, State School Com
missioner of Georgia.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-27
The Thinkers.
GROWING.

To one who observes closely there
is no longer any doubt about the fact
that intolerance is growing rapidly.
Many men whose training and ex-
perience in life would suggest q
different coure, have come to despise
any opposing opinions of others. Mr..
A takes a position on a certain ques-
ton, political, social OF any other, as
the case may be and if Mr.. B does
not agree to the same position and
offers an opposing opinion Mr.. A at
once either openly OF secretly de-
clares that he will never again trust
or believe, associate with or respect
the other man. The feeling goes so
far in many cases as to amount to
what is generally known in late
years as boycotting.
This is all wrong. It is contrary
to the spirit of all liberty. Free
thought and free speech have always
been one of the proud boasts Of
American citizenship, and as long as
this free thought and free speech r
kept within the bounds of safety and
reason, every American citizen is
entitled to the exercise of the same,
without threats or hindrance of any
kind.-Scotland Neck Common
wealth.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-09-26
scIIooLNNoTEs.
City supt. Payne Defines the Dlstrict
for the Benefit Of Scholars
other Items.

School win open Monday. October /
Scholars will present themselves az th'
school In the district IN which they re.
side. which districts are as follows:
/. olney distrlct-All territory west
OF Third street and all territory west
Of Sixth and north OF Commercial
streets.
2. Mcclure dIatrct-Ail territory
west Of the center line Of Twelfth
street and east Of olney district.
D. shlvely dls:rlct-All territory west
OF the brewery and cast Of Mcclure
district.
T. Adair and Alderbrook-As former
ly.
But in olney district only scholars
who expect TO be in the FIRST second.
thlrd-B. and seventh grades will be
received; those Of olney district ex-
pectlng 10 be IN other grades. will at
tend Mcclure school.
Scholars and parents may consult me
with regard TO grading. examinations
and other matters at Mcclure's school
on Friday. September 2s. after s a. m.
BY order state law the books In use
In the schools are liable TO have 10 be
exchanged for others at the beginning
OF the school year one year hence. Par
ents may properly economize. therefore.
by avoiding the purchase OF new books
this year where possible.
VIM. W. PAYNE,
superintendent.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-09-26
COMING FROM CHICAGO.

We will have on display on Thurs
day and Friday, September 81. 2s, a
great line OF fine woolens sent to US
especially for this occasion by Strauss
Bros, OF Chicago. Americas leading
tailors. All the latest effects are COM
blned in the line and the goods are
OF enduring quality. A gentleman train
ed in the tailoring business will be
present to supervise this display and
skIlfully take your measure. Grasp
this exceptional opportunity Of order
Ing your suit or overcoat from goods in
full piece. Remarkably low prices. per-
feet At and satisfaction guaranteed.
1t win pay you to see US on the
above date. II not ready to order let us
take your measure any way for future
reference. C. H. COOPER,
Astoria. Oregon.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-09-26
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.

The week has been quite cloudy and
unseasonably cool Frequent showers
have occurred In the lower Willamette
valley and coast counties. while in
Southern and Eastern Oregon fair
weather has prevailed. with the ex-
ception OF Sunday. when light rain fell.
In Western Oregon the maximum. or
day. temperatures ranged between sc
degrees and 70 degrees. and the min
lmum. or night. temperatures between
20 degrees and SO degrees. In Eastern
Oregon these variations were for day
temperatures between l2 degrees and
for night temperatures between 40 de-
grees and 81 degrees.
Light frost occurred In Eastern Ore
gon on the 10th. but no damage TO vege-
tatlon resulted.
The rains have been OF great benefit
TO pastures and gardens. and were Just
what were needed to At the land for
fall plowlng. More rain Is necessary,
however. before blowing and seeding
can be actively pushed.
Some fall wheat has already been
sown on summer fallow in the Villain
ette and Columbia river valleys, and in
some localities It has appeared above
the ground.
Hop picking is practically finished.
Mold increased rapidly during the week
and. as a result, some Of the yards had
to be abandoned before they were thor
oughly picked.
A large portion OF the prune crop has
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-09-26
SUBSTITUTE FOR COAL.

a good deal Of anxiety has been de-
voted 10 the question. what win the
human race do when coal gives out?
It's disappearance viii not make the
slightest difference. as a chemical sub
stitute has been discovered. which is
cheaper and better. The new century
Is bound TO witness many changes. but
there is one human beneiactor which
will remain as firm as the Pyramids.
and that is Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers. It is a cure for all stomach Ills.
No one has been able to discover any
thing 30 effective for indigestion. con-
stipation. dyspepsia, blllousness, liver
and kidney troubles as the Bltters. Be
cure to give 1t a trial, and you VIII be
convinced that II is the medicine to
strengthen your stomach and restore
your appetite.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-09-26

been gathered Drying win continue for
some time.
Grapes are ripening fast; the yield is
slightly below the average, but the
quality is very fine.
Vegetables OF all kinds are making
rapld growth.
Melons are plentiful and Of extra good
size and quality.
A slight Improvement has been not
ed in potatoes: those sown early are
now being dug.
Apples continue In excellent condition.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-09-26

The Post-I -Intelligencer says; Seattle
capital Is being invested through the
Alaska Fisheries Union in the erection
OF O number Of salmon canneries In
Southeastern Alaska. Philip j. Brady.
general manager Of the union, returned
Saturday on the steamer City OF Seat
tie, having started the work Of con-
structlon on a cannery in Kassan bay.
on the west coast Of Prince Of Wales
Island. The cannery will cost when
completed $4,000, and will have a ca
pacity Of from 1900 to 1000 cases per
day As soon as II II finished Mr..
Brady says. the company viii erect ad-
dltlonal canneries. A number Of Seat
tie business men are interested IN the
new concern. which has fishing ground
of about forty-five miles on the west
coast Of Prince OF Wales Island. II has
purchased what was formerly known as
the Baranovich fishery. The property
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-09-26
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

C. c. Grimes and wife TO George Fus-
sel--4s acres in section 10. T s n. R 10
w; $500.
Maxwell Young and wife to John NJ.
and William B. Young-lots 5. 6. and
s. block 36. Adair's; s2,5OO.
Grimes Grove Land Company to John
p. Hartman-lot 3, block 7, Grimes
Grove: $50.