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The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03
THE SHORT COURSE AT THE A. AND H.
COLLEGE.

We are glad to learn from Prof
Burkett that he is receiving many
inquiries in regard to the winter
course in dairying that he is soon to
begin. He believes that dairying,
in this State, conducted by properly
trained yOurg men, would prove
more profitable than any other line
Of Agricultural activity And in
next weeks PROGRESSIVE FARMER he
will give some Of the reasons for
the faith that is in him It will cost
no reader of these lines anything
whatever 80 learn all about the
course in dairying and the short
course in agriculture offered by the
A. and NJ. College for the ten weeks,
beginning January 2nd. A postal
card addressed to Prof. G. w. Bur
kett, West R4leigh, N. c., will se-
cure full information. Then if you
are not convinced that you would
come away much better equipped for
work, no harm is done. The prop
erly trained young farmer was never
more in demand than now. At the
East Tennessee Farmers Conven-
tion last spring, for instance, Gov.
Hoard, editor of Hoard's Dairyman,
said that he had 300 applications
from wealthy ranchmen and farm
ers wanting him to find them good,
educated young mxn to take the
management of their farms. 81
could do little in this line, l am
sorry to eay," he added, because
the supply is not equal to the de
mand, but L could have sent them
doctors and lawyers by the dozens,
and good ones, too"
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03
THE GUESSING CONTESTS BECOMING UN
POPULAR

We have more than once con-
demned the guessing contests" CON
Quoted by 80 many papers. The
principle is the same as that of any
other lottery, and we do not think
they should be allowed by the United
States Government. Nor should
people encourage papers that depend
upon such schemes for support. We
note ith pleasure that the Agricul
tural E Jitonist has decided to drop
all its contests Of this character,
announcing in the current issue
"While the guessing contests which
we have been carrying and conduct
ing have been perfectly legitimate
and passed uoon by the United States
PostOffice Department., yet they
have not been altogether to our lik,
ing And while they have been de
sired by many of our readers, we
know they have at the same time
been very distasteful to many, and
so we have decided to abandon them
entirely"
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03
The Thinkers.
A COMING tissue"

a., Great political issues are usually
many years in developing. This was
true of slavery, of the tariff, OF the
currency. If it was not true OF
''expansion," the reason was that
the question was forced upon the
nation as the unexpected outcome OF
a war which was itself unexpected.
Reciprocity, evidently, is to be
come a great issue. 1t is not yet a
party question, although it may be-
come one. Reciprocity is an ex-
change of trade concessions. IT a
farmer were to say to merchant ::
eft you will sell me cotton cloth at
ten per cent discount, will sell you
eggs at two cents dozen less than 1
charge other customers for them -
that would be reci prOcity. Between
nations such concessions are made In
special treaties. One government
says to another: "We will admit
certain of your goods into our mar
kets free, or at a low duty, while we
charge full duties upon competing
goods from other countries, provided
that you will give like advantages
to certain of our g DOds.
President McKinley's speech at
Buffalo the day before he was shot
emphasized reciprocity as the natural
outgrowth of the great industrial
development of the United States.
numerical wars, the President de-
clared, are Improbable but recipro-
city treaties are in harmony with
the spirit of the times. If some of
our tariffs are no longer needed for
revenue, or TO protect home indus
tries, why not use them to extend
our markets abroad?
President Roosevelt is in full sym
pathy with this policy, and is ex-
peoted to urge is upon Congress. The
reciprocity treaties already pending,
or others which may be framed, VIII
present the question in concrete
form. Almost every one admits the
general principle that 1t is wIse to
extend foreign trade by concessions
" hIch we Can make without injury
to ourselves. But when specific con-
cesslons are proposed, 1t Is found
that certain inter ests think they
would be injured by them, and pro-
test against being offered up for the
general good. Perhaps is will DO
wOOl-grOwers who object to reduced
duties on Argentine wool, or knit
gods manufacturers to advantages
to French hosiery, or glass manu-
tacturers to lower duties on glass
goods.
All these protests must be oonsid-
cred in the interest, not of capital
merely, but of labJr. it will be
WISE sGatesmanshlp which keeps the
principle of reciprocity from being
wrecked by collision with too many
Industrial interests ts.-Youths s Com
paniOn.
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

The State superintendent of Public
Instruction has recently given out
some interesting statistios regarding
the public schools of North Carolina.
Most noteworthy is the statement
that the average attendance upon
white schools ia 81 per cent. greater
this year than last, and uOOn negro
schools 25 per cent. greater than last
year. Both races make most credit
able increases, but it should not be
overlooked that the negro race is
moving forward faster than the
white. Remind your Indifferent
white neighbor of this fact.
We note with especial pleasure
that the extra 100000 appropriated
by the General Assembly of this
year is really to be distributed among
the schools for the purpose of bring
ing the weaker schools up to the
four months term. It
was predicted some time ago that
the condition of the State Treasury
would not allow this, and it is graft
flying to find that those prophecies
we're false. We know of no wiser
thing that the Legislature did than
the making of this appropriation.
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03
VALUE OF SAVINGS e,.u.

A9.
The value Of saving. ,..,
lie schools has te=9 trr-s t"&S , In pub,
have inouloated one fba ,.,l b. They
in grit that the oopntrr 81 I'ssoQs
known, and have sh.r, ., las ever
sity of being indepaa3en+' 'D0 oeoes
homllies in tbs world On -, AL The
OF saving will not max 0 subject
impression on the minds Of oS pS9P@ a.
as an accommodating aeno.i. tu"o'ea
school bank. Thrift il ~ ,' IN
stone of success, and its 'oooa'
teaching is matter af r,"'Doa
portanoe. 1t is 2 oorrao.frS, ',o ~
habits, and good habits cona. ON
good health. In New Jorsa 000 70
savings system has beoomo - 'pS
portant factor in the public sa, 10
and in other parts of the cor,. ."
is being introduced. Taara .,.' "
about sixty five thousand deoo.f.,,, -,'
who own nearly mil ian AL,
The system is not o6iga4orr ~, ,'
service for the children heing wv, w.
tarily performed by the to..1s,.
The school enrollmentof New Ie,.a.
is about three hundred and tr.n.
five thousand pupils. If the ian~sit,
in it's school banks should svor.,s
five cents weekly for each cfia ~. ~
total for year would be eight b7n,
dred and forty-fve tbousand dollar,
Think what that sum, invested b7
the public schools, would BRING ~
the depositors !-Success.
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Southern Railways Good
Roads train will be in Raleigh Febru
6ry 10th, and is is expected that d
State Good Roads C"nvention will
be held here at thas time. The in
terest in better highways seems to
be steadily increasing. President
Winston's address, published on
page of this issue, gives some good
reasons for it's growth in orr rural
districts.
Just before going to press we re-
ceived from Latham, Alexander &
Co, New York, their estimate of
this years cotton crop, issued NO.
vem mber- 3Oth, and based on reports
fron(4, 200 correspondents represent
fcg all parts of the South. This
years crop, they say, will be
{ Q,733, 900 bales against 10, 383, 900 last
year, and North Carolina's crop
100000 bales against 542, 900 last
year.
Congress viii be gravely dereliot
In dutv if it fails 80 enlarge the pow
ers o. the Inter State Commerce
Commission. In the face of the
powerful railroad com bines the peo-
pie need protection, aud the Inter
State Commerce Commission, strip
ped of its power, is a sham and a
mockery, keeping the word of
promise TO the ear and breaking it TO
the hope" The CullOm bill should
Be passed without unnecessary delay.
It ia some times overshadowed by
unexpected incidents, s1oh as the
Mckinley assassination, but the As
Fociated Press always keeps on hand
come murder mystery or other story
of crime with which 70 fill from two
70 four columns Of its papers each
day. Now it is the B nine murder
trial, and it doesn't matter that no
body in North Carolina had ever be
lore heard of Mrs. Bonine or of the
man she is said so have killed-we
must have the story in every detail
dashed up and set before us in col
qmn after column daily. Is there
really demand for such stuff?
After all, as country to live in,
North Carolina is seldom excelIed
We are accustomed to thinking Of
Texas as much finer country in some
respects, but most of these richer
agricultural States are so often Wis
tied by drOuths and cyclones as to
render farming uncomfortable We
see from the Associated Press dis
patches shat the people IN Zapata
COUNTY, Texas, crops having failed
there this Yea-, are nov on the verge
of starvation Bad crop years We
have in North Carolina as elsewhere,
but none that ever cause the people
In any county TO think in the least
degree seriously Of starvation.
The famous Gattis-Kilgo trial, at
Oxford, ended Saturday night. 1t is
hardly necessary TO explain that Mr.
Guttis is an aged Methodist minister,
and that DR.. K'lgo is a minister of
Ehe same church and President of
Trinity College. The verdict of the
Jury, rendered late Saturday night
was that DR.. KilgO und Mr.. B. N
Duke had "mEliciously published
false,and defamatOry matter" regard,
ing Rev. Mr.. Gattis, and that the
Old minister is entitled t. recover
SIS, ,OOO damages. This is the second
conviction of the defendants, they
having been found guilty of the same
charge of malicious slander year
ago, the jury then awarding Mr..
Gattis $4,000 damages. Dr.. Kllgo
will sndeayOr to secure stin another
Trial
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03
THE MONUMENT TO SIR WALTER RAJ
EIGH

A plan for the erection of a mag
nificent statue TO Sir Walter R4leigh,
to be placed in Nash Square in this
city, has been begun under most
favorable auspices. Liberal sub
scriptiOns have already been pledged,
and unless all signs fail, the move
ment will be complete success. We
understand that the statue will cost
not less than $4,000. Teachers in
the public schools of the State have
been asked to secure a penny from
each pupil for this work-not 50
much because of the value of a penny
in building the monument, but be
cause the gift will cause the child to
take greater interest in Raleigh g
career and the Roanoke Island
colony. For the principle, "Where
he treasure is, there will the heart
be also, applies even to the smallest
gifts.
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03

We invite correspondence, news Items, sug
RestiOns and criticisms on the subjects OF agrl-
culturp, poultry raising. stock breeding DAIRY
ing horticulture and gardlng; WOmanS WORK
literature or any subject of interest TO our lady
readers Young people, or the family generally;
DublTc matters. current events, political queS-
lions and principles, etC.,-in short, any subject
discussed in "A all-rOund farm and family news
paper Communications should be free trOm
persOnalities and party abuse.
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03

Many Of our readers will be inter
ested in these two sentences from
the Associated Press outline of SEQ
ond ASST tant Postmaster General
Hallenberger report: "It is con-
templated that the new contracts
for star mail service beginning next
July shall provide for delivering
mail into boxes along nearly all of
the routes. The practice of granting
TO @ ntraotors general permission to
sublet their star route service has
been discontinued Where rural
free delivery cannot be secured the
first named provision will be of
much benefit. As for the sub letting
of mail route contracts, few greater
evils have found place in our postal
eystem, and we are glad it Is to be
no longer tolerated.
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03
THE CoNFEDERACY'8 DAUGHTERS

An observant gentleman who was
in Wilmington last week during the
meeting of the Daughters Of the Con-
federaoy said what impressed him
most was the magnifCence Of the
dresses. Not only were the w7arer'
of the gowns in many cases hand
some, but the garments themsel7@
were beyond desoription.-F A.
Olds, in Charlotte Observer
The gowns of the real d4aghters
of the Confederaoy are beyond d.
soription, too. Perhaps these brilliant
ladies represent one phase OF 'nS
Confederaoy, but hardly those rug
ged old Southern soldiers WIZ
fought like Caesars legions thou5D
clothed in rags We do recall SI0
fact, though, that even IN En0 wiz
and turbulent days of the war, 'H't'
was a soft element arrayed IN pup"
and linen 7; but they never heAIo
cannon roar.-Cnarity and OnILui'1
There are more than twenty thou,
sand publications in this oouu%s
and most of them have pno"'n''
editorials on the danger Of troSPas"
ing upon freedom Of speech ana r., Sn'
liberty of the pres, IN any lsSa
ton by the coming Congress H6" I'D
anarobissio utteranoes. Pulpit '4o .o
forum have added their y0'oog soti
this vast chorus Of public 'sn~, t@ln,
ment, It shows the universal tssaD5 1DS
of people for VIII N free speech ,ssr s
a free hO press have done more !. .3sD 49,
anv other human agonoies, and st 55S e,
oails C1I Jefferson 5 declaration ts's 145 9S
would Father live in a country ,,srp, srr
a @fr,o froo press rsVa and without s3's5T. s57
ment than in Il country win ors.,
SEohS Nowadavs Wv We need both, se sno sp5 nd
IorSFomSn$ elort onougn 'To" to deal with 'Ps Ps
without trospass5pg On hoDSs, Tr,1ipg
pies rights.-The 6"tnro''
Post. IA
Virtues the paint that CAD D',
wrinkles shine, - ouDS'
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03

Be sure to give both old and new addresses In
nrdering change of pOStOffiCe.
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03
8 THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIol

THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATION
AL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARA
WOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
oF STATE POLICY, is the motto Of The
Progressive Farmer, and upon this
platform il shall rise or fall. Serving
40 master, ruled by no faction, cir
3umsoribed by no selfish or narrow
policy, its aim will be to foster and
promote the best interests of the
whole people of the State. It will be
true TO the instincts, traditions and
history of the Anglo-Saxon race. On
all matters relating specially TO the
great interests it represents, it will
Speak with no uncertain voice, but
will fearlessly the right defend and
Gmpartially the wrong condemn. =
From Col. Polk's Salutatory, Feb.
10, 1885
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03

David II. Waite, who won some
notoriety as Governor of Colorado a
few years ago, dropped dead last
week,
The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03

Virtues the pains 'n''
wrinkles shine I ouD6'
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-18
WARREN.

Warren lodge, knights of Pythias. Sc
cured the prize at the fair OF Burnside
lodge, No, "A. Bristol, last evening recciv-
ing the greatest number of votes
John Il. Conley addressed st. Mary
Temperance society OF Bristol last night.
The Ladies' Aid society of the NJ II.
church are holding rummage sale in
the Nj. E. church three days this week,
beginning today.
Gideon Lsfferiere has purchased a lot
OF Miss Margaret McCarty. and Frank
I<ubiiak has purchased the building on
kfckemuit road belonging to George Ely.
Rev. n. n. Cook, pastor OF the NJ T..
church. will return again this year, hav-
ing been appointed by the conference
meeting at Taunton
out of 200 owners OF dogs % have regis
tered. An extra fee Is imposed If the
owners do not register during this month.
Amity lodge. L. o. O. f., held its reg
ular meeting Tuesday evening. Routine
business was transacted.
The grand Introductory recital of Miss
Jennie J.. Keiser was held in town hall
last night. Many people from out OF
town were present The following pro-
gram was rendered: Overture. selections
from The Singing Girl" Herbert: recita-
ton. Lady Mauds Oath" Miss Nora
Lynd; grand march, Miss Waite, leader;
uAhubsh ltu ny MISE fkulil 'sples
national terpsicorean festivty, Italian
flower girls, Misses Allen and Crowell
leaders; Spanish fsndago. Misses Wood
and Adam: dance of stars and Stripes"
Miss Dora Swift, leader; Little Tots
from Gay Paree" Miss Blanche Gordon.
leader; soloists. Miss Sherry and Master
Keiser; tabeau; recitation. Jimmy
Browns Sisters Wedding" Miss Ida NJ
Hughes; tambourine dril, Misses Bowen
and Carpenter. leaders recitation. The
Gypsy Flower Girl" Miss Jennie /.
Kaiser: character skit. Miss Jessie l.. Mil
Ter; recitation, Miss Mary O'Connor; In
dian club swinging, Miss May Crowell.
Miss keiser, lenders; fencing by senior
class; recitation, Miss Payne; recitation.
Miss Pennington: Verona minuet. lead
ers Mr.. Geo Kemp and Miss Annie
Church: selections by orchestra. Music
was by the Four Friends orchestra. The
was a thorough success
and Miss Keiser received many con-
gratulations for her work in training her
pupils.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-18
NEW ARTIFICIAL STONE

A kind of artificial building stone has
been produced recently In Germany which
In some respects resembles American
concrete. The stone IL made OF duicklime
and sand In the proportions of four to
six parts of lime and 90 to % parts "
sand. The lime is pulverized. and then
both substances are mixed by machinery.
This mixture Is pressed into the desired
shape of perhaps eight by four by two
feet, piled on Nat cars and pushed into a
cylindrical boiler The boiler Is closed
hermetically and steam turned on at high
pressure. In about ten hours heat and
moisture have hardened the material and
the blocks arc ready for use as stone.
The manufacture Of this stone is grow
Ing To enormous proportions in Germany.
and factories are springins up every
where. The cost OF making the stone is
much lower than the cost Of clay-brick
building stone. A plant I'm Germany for
the making OF 1890 stones a day of the
Approximate size, eight by four by two
feet can he put up. says Max J. Baehr.
our consul in Magdehure. for about
sis.coo. Face and fancy stone may also
bs msds Of this same mst-flsl-Ex.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-18
900 in lump at the end OF the four wears
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900 in lump at the end of the four years
-,ff ffrfs trrrrr
WE'RE ALL RICH MEN.
Polk, Gilmore and Pierce were all rich
men, and left considerable properties
when they died. Andrew Jackson was
impoverished during the last years of his
HE BY assuming the debts of his son.
Andrew Jaskson, Jr. At all events. his
fortune was much reduced. though I'm his
viii he managed 10 leave at least one
slave 10 each member or his family. in
cluding his Infant grandchildren. In
most portraits OF him Old Hickory an
pears leaning on cane, and he Is said
10 have designated the place where the
present treasury building should be To-
Gated by thrusting his walking stick
into the ground. IL Is interesting, there
fcre, to lind that the testamentsry doc
ument aforesaid devotes considerab bIe
spoce 20 the distribution or his walking
sticks.
John Quincy Adams died a rich man.
lie owned much property I'm Boston, az
well as a good deal OF real estate An
Washington, including houses and stores
on Pennsylvania avenue and T. street.
His win. which Is preserved I'm the
records OF the District OF Columbia Is
OF great length, and is notable other
wise IN more than one respect. IL makes
hN utUllpn 0l iHt ufliN or OF future
state-a remarkable omission in those
days-snd II mentions the name OF the
testator as John Quincy Adams, Doc
tor OF Laws.
The title, conferred by Harvard. gave
him great pride. Like Jackson, he was
very fond Of hs collection of walking
sticks. and gave careful directions as to
how they we're to be distributed.
William Henry Harrison. Beniamln's
grandfather. left only a moderate estate.
He was a man of very simple ways. and
while president he used TO go 90 market
and buy bis own provisions quito often.
ore day, 40 the market he bought n
COW OF a countryman. who was much
pleased wrrT informed that the animal
was for the white House, and insisted on
driving u up himself. In those DAYS. OF
course, the executive mansion had
dairy, and half a dozen COWS were pas
tured on the fields now known as the
white lot, where tho Washington monu-
ment stands.
The couniryman was anxious % soc the
president. not being aware Of the idrn-
tliy ~ hs customer. and Mr. Harrison
told him that N was easy enough. The
president vas plain ol5 codger," Mr !
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-18
ATE NEEDLES.
French Girl Made Herself 4
Human Plncushion.

Paris, April, ia dispatch from St.
Germain, near this city. describes the ex-
traordinary case of Julienne Landrieux,
a servant, from whose body dozens OF
needles are being extracted.
The girl complained or considerable ir-
ritation of the skin, and last Thursday
went 10 an apothecary, who found
needles emerging from various parts of
her body
He extracted them with pincers The
girl has returned several times day
since and up to this morning the apothe-
cary had drawn out 12O needles from her
arms, hands. feet. breast the lobe of her
ear, her eyelids and the corner Of her
right eye
The girl experiences no pain until she
feels the needle piercing the epidermis.
The needles always emerge thick end first
and unless immediately extracted. dis
appear again.
Two reputable newsps pers. the Matin
and the Temps, have investigated the
matter and vouch for the truth OF the
story
Mile. Landrieux says that five years
ago, when she wa. III years old she
amused herself, with other children, by
swallowing quantities of needles.
She swallowed 10 in one day never felt
any Inconvenience until recently and has
enjoyed the best of health. While relat-
ing the foregoing To reporter for the
Temps, who saw her At the apothecarys
she exclaimed, IL feel one in my eve
now" The druggist then upterned her
right eyelid and with a magnet drew out
four fragments OF needles
A surgeon of the Hospital Of La Salpe-
triere said In an Interview that the case
was quite unprecedented. Needles insert
ed under the skin were known TO have
worked their way through the muscles,
but there was no record OF "A needle i'm
troduced into the stomach emerging from
the lobe OF the ear. In such "A case the
needle must have traversed the skull, he
said, which was incomprehensible.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-18

Statuary hali. and died In the rotunda of
the capitol fiis body was taken 10
Quincy.
Andrew Jackson died OF consumption
and dropsy at the age OF IS and was
buried on his estate. The Hermitage. near
Nashville. Van Buren died OF catarrh OF
the throat and lungs and was buried at
kinderhook. He was the only president
who died at his birthplace.
Tyler died OF bilious attack and was
buried at Richmond. Taylor was stricken
with cholera mOrbus after drinking a
quantity OF iced water aud iced milk and
eating some cherries. Polk's death was
caused by cholera. Polk was buried at
Nashville and Taylor at Louisville.
OTHER CAUSES or DEATH.
Fillmore died OF paralysis, ana was
buried 1T his home IN Buffalo. Pierce died
OF Inflammation OF the stomach, and was
buried at Concord. Buchanan's death
was duo 10 rheumatism and gout. lie
lived 10 be u, and was buried near Lam
caster.
Andrew johnson died Of paralysis and
was buried az Greenville. Grant died of
cancer OF the throat at Mount McGregor.
and his body lies i'm the magnificent tomb
on Riverside drive. New York
Hayes died on his farm i'm Ohio OF pa-
ralysis or the heart, and was buried at
Fremont. Garfield, assasinated by C;ui-
teau, was buried at Cleveland Arthur
died OF apoplexy, and was buried at Al
bany