The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-08-21
General News.
A R FROM THE WIRES

Two very famous men died last
week-ex-Senator John James In
gals, the renowned Kansas politician
and lecturer, and G. P. Huntington
the enormously wealthy railroad
magnate.
General Macarthur has cabled the
War Department a brief statement
concerning the health of the troops
in the Philippines. The number of
sick in the hospitals is set down at
1858 and in quarters at 1851; max
ing a total of 5,129 sick soldiers, or
8.47 per cent. of the entire army in
the archipelago.
Charles A. Towne, it is stated,
will open his campaign at Duluth
within ten days. He will, it is said,
make an elaborate address devoted
mostly to answering Roosevelt. Later
Towne will tour Idaho, Oregon,
Washington, California and other
Western States, keeping close to the
pathof the Roosevelt itinerary. Mr..
Towne will also tour the South.
The grand jury in New Orleans
has indicted five white men for
murder as leaders in the mobs which
during the recent anti-negro riots
beat and shotanumber of negroes, and
for assisting the negro murderer,
Charles, in resisting arrest and in
firing on and killing a number of
officers. Other indictments of the
leaders of the rioters are promised.
VIM. j. Bryan's visit to Chicago
has practically resulted in an under
standing that he will travel almost
as much during the present campaign
as he did in 1896. The first inclina-
ton OF his part was to avoid the
making of many speeches this year,
but there has been such general pres
sure that it is understood that he is
now inclined to yield and to visit
many parts of the country.
The Cotton Growers Protective
Association was organized at Mont
gomery, Ala, last week by Presi-
dent Jordan, of Georgia. The object
of the movement is to obtain statis-
teal information in regard to the
cotton crop through weekly reports
through secretaries of sub-organiza-
tions and with the help of bankers
holding it until full prices can be OBJ
tanned. R. R. Poole was elected
President; G. I Motz, Vice-Presi-
dent J. C. Adams, Secretary-Treas-
urer, with an executive committee of
three from each Congressional dis
district.
What a system of postal savings
banks might do for the American
people is suggested by the statistics
of the French national savings
banks for 1898, which have just been
made public by the government.
On January 1, 1899, there were g.
964,678 depositors which is a proper
ton of 251 depOsitors to each 1000
of population, or or one French per
son in four, man, woman, or baby,
has an account with the government.
These depositors aggregate 4,275,-
261, 452 francs, an average of 429
francs per account. OF these 1884,
9O8, or 32%% are of twenty francs
($4) or less, and 1, 74O, 245, OF NV,
are between twenty-one and 100
francs, which means that half of
the accounts represent saving of less
than $40, which is the best possible
testimonial to the value of the sys-
tenn for the encouragement of small
savings. The depositors come chiefly
from the working classes. Among
the men, for instance, day laborers
are $3.50, artisans 6.71%, domestics
3.54% clerks 4.46%, chiefs of estab-
lishments 5.28%, liberal professions
LIZ, %, without occupation $780,,
soldiers and sailors 1861, and
nomads .O7%. Of tho females do
nestle servants form 9.81%.
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