The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-13

pO1udpS Gn0 acclaim or the
people turned his head a little. At
all events, he had grown too great
he was in the way. It may be Just
as well to draw the curtain here
His power declined and he passed
into obscurity. And now we have
the pitiful picture from Greensboro.
Charlotte Observer:
Baltimore dispatch, 18th: Mrs.
Mary Ann Jackson, widow of the
Confederate General "Stonewal1''
jackson, who has been at the Church
Home and Infrmary, on North Broad
way and Fairmount avenue, for
more than a month, left for her
home in Charlotte, N. c., in company
with a friend. Mrs. jackson came
to Baltimore for treatment for
neuralgia, from which she had suf-
fered greatly. She consulted DR..
Louis D, Tiffany, who advised a sur
gical operation. The operation was
performed by DR.. Tiffany three
weeks ago today, with success, and
Mrs. jackson has not suffered a
moments pain since. She is now
entirely restored to health.
Maxwell German, Raleigh news
paper correspondent, writes his
papers as follows: Good bye to the
primary system - 1t appears to be
pretty certain that the Democrats of
North Carolina are thoroughly dis
gusted with the ''primary''-that
South Carolina importation, which
has grown to be such a di~sgraceful
affair in it's native State that gentle
men of sensibility and refined feel
ings a rarely be persuaded to offer
themselves for office. The experience
which our people have had during
the last few weeks has been more
than enough to satisfy the great
majority of rs that we want no
more of it in ours. Away with it
Let US bid a long and final farewell
to the State primary experiment..
May its mean, lying face never show
itself again among the Democrats of
North Carolina! "Legalize" it?
Never! Idon't believe one Demo-
cratic legislator in ten will entertain
the suggestion next January.
Here are afew political notes from
the Charlotte Observers Raleigh
correspondent: It would be inter
esting to know how many Democrats
in this city voted for Mckinley. The
roll would be quite d long one--
After this there will be no August
election. Months ago Chairman
Simmons assured me that the Legis-
lature would provide for the old
plan-an in November|.J. A.
Giles, of Chatham, who was the
Republican candidate for Congress
in this district, came in this morning.
He says Jenkins, Populist. carried
Chatham by 800. Giles says his own
majority over Pou there is 300 to
500, while Mckinley gets 800 major
ity. He says the Populists all voted
for Mckinley and that Barker and
DOnnelly, the midroad ticket, didn't
get 80 votes in the county. Chat
ham is a Populist stronghold. Your
correspondent was hunting there last
Thanksgiving Day and was freely
told by Populists that they proposed
to vote for Mckinley. Sampson
county is another Populist strong
hold. 1t, too, went for Mckinley,
while four years ago it gave Bryan
1000, Chatham county 1900. Prac-
tically every Populist in the State is
to-day exulting at Bryan's Water
loo. "-Giles said POu had of
course swept the district by a great
majority and that az a matter of
fact he always expected Pou to beat
him by 5000 or 6,OOO.--There
was quite a lot of talk in the morn
ing hours about the third district.
1t is said by one editor that Thomas
was, at latest advices, only 800 ahead
of John E. Fowler, with some doubt
full territory yet to be heard from.
A. H. Slocum threw cold water on
Fowler after the latter had refused
to withdraw in his favor, yet it
seems a lot of the Republicans voted
for Fowler, since their motto is ANY
thing to beat a Democrat"
OUR CONGRESSMAN.