The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-20

EDITORIAL NOTES

County Secretaries should at once
notify US OF place and date OF April
County Meetings. Please attend to
this, brother Secretary.
It appears that the English in South
Africa resliE3 the ipj lssice of e lgland's
war ag4insS the 8o3ss. R IdYard KiD.
ling reports that even B 'Itish eff ,ials
sympathiza with the d. en- farmers,
while Cape Town is "a neat Of dieloy-
alEy."
The ranks of the bac helor editors
grow thinner aud thinner. O1lY last
month Bro. Deal, Of the WilkesOoro,
Chronicle, deserted, and now the ap
prosching marriage OF Bro Hoey, OF
the Cleveland Star, is announced. TINS
looks ike mu,iny.
Bro J @. Balm, Of Cumberland =
ty, will a1dregs the membs rs of South
River S 10 Alliance a. a school house
near the home OF Bro. J. B Wrench,
in Sampson c0unty, on Saturday, April
7Gh, 2 p m. Public Invited. All that
hear Bro B lin will be benefited. He
does eff eGive work for the Order at
every appointment.
We are not prouud of the fact that
In the last year Of the nineteenth cen
tury aud In one of the best coun ties OF
old North Carolina six thousand peoo /
at a sacrifice Of time and money can
ba gathered together TO witness the K
ecUtion OF two negro Wretches. PUB
lie executions serve no good purpose
and should be eb )lished.
Senate bill 1889 known as the Cul.
lom bill, for the extension of the pow
ers OF the Interstate Commerce Com
mission ought to DasI. Ii 10 being bit
terry fought. Mn with millions to
back them are Try ipg TO prevent ita
passage By Congress, bUI the unmuz
zled press aud uuorIoed intelligence of
the country favor it. Hold up the
hands Of the Congressman who sup
port is.
That q very heavy crop OF cotton viii
be planted throughout the South Thu
year becomes more evident every das.
Two weeks ago We gave a few pointers
on this subject. Now it appears that
South C8ralIna ia also planning an 10
usually la-ge crop, az is shown bY the
fact that in that State the Agricultural
Department incom9 from the % cents
per tor tax on ferEIliz 'rs for the present
year to date is buE 81 348 short of thu
in soms for all of last Year. Tae total
nu nber OF tons sold last yea vas 264
1876, while this years sales are est,ma
tsd at 391 675. nearly a half more. Bet
ter take all these facts toto co lsidera
ton when sppjrti0ning acreage for
crops this year.
Mr.. 8. A. EBrnhart, Of R0wn o
ty, who represented his district in he
Ssase Senate OF 1897 called to see us
Last week. Mr. E4rnhart states that
he and he thinksa maj )rity Of the peo
pie Of Rowan are opposed to the Con
stitutional em 7ndment as it now
stOnds. Mr. EtrndeArt says, however,
that il the legislature as its June ses
SION will, ia sccord 4nce with the SUE
gestiOn made by The Progressive Far
mer, prop. Sc in connection with the
smendmant a provision for fair cleo
tions by guaranteeing to all political
parties "a Isl privileges with the cleo
ton machinery, and will not req lire an
educational q ratification OF any per
son becoming of age after 1903 md re-
siding 10 a sc10ot DISTRICT IN which the
State fails 60 maintain four months
public SCHOOLS for four years preceding
his twenty. fret birthday, that he will
not only vote for the amendmant, bu7
will take the stump in it's support. He
says the amendments proposed by u
have many supporters in every politi
cal party in Ryan, aud that many who
oppose the amendment in its present
form would support il If it guaranteed
honest elocti ms and good schools. NJ.
EArnhsrt Is also strongly in favor a
Law preventing child la oor in our fac
tories.