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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10
THE DANGER OF CoMMERC1AL1sM

One of the greatest dangers that
threaten American institutions, to-
day, is commercialism. Our strenu-
Gus life, with it's hurrying and driv-
ing TO get rich, tends to foster the
spirit of greed and traffic hunger ;
and this spirit, in turn, tends to
develop our material and ooarser
faculties. Materialism is written all
over American life to-day. In the
anxious pursuit of dollars, many feel
that they cannot afford time to de-
velop their social side. A foreigner
visiting America for the first time.
without knowledge of the business
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10
OUR FAULTY s. STEM OF ELECTING
CONGRESSMAN.

Cngress met Monday. This is a
new Congress, the Representatives
in which we're elected in November,
1900, over a year ago. 1t seems 80
strange and surprising that our Rep
resentatives in Congress should be
elected so long a time before they
take their seats. They should be
elected only a few weeks before going
to Washington, and thus come fresh
from the people. They would then
more fully and properly represent
the views and wishes of their con-
stituents.
There are two changes so sensible
and proper to be made that it is sur
prising they have not long since
been made. This is one-change the
time of Congress meeting or change
the time of eleoting the Representa-
tives. And the other is to change
the day of the Presidents Inaugural
ton from the 4th of March to some
other day when the weather is more
apt to be favorable .-Pittsboro
Record.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10
A FEW FEATURES OF THIS ISSUE.

Harry Farmer has a thoughtful
letter contrasting the cash and credit
systems of buying farm supplies.
The difference is not so great as it
was before the days of the Farmers
Alliance, but it is still very marked.
Mr.. j. @. Beavers, an A. g M. Col
lege student, furnishes Us an inter
esting article on smuts and rusts in
grain crops. Letters from young
farmers and agricultural students
are always welcome, and we hope
that others will follow the example
set by Mr.. Beavers.
A live question is that discussed
by Bray in the clipping from the
Raleigh Post, and we should like to
have it thoroughly debated in our
columns.
The second installment of DIR.
Burkett's "The Live Stock Industry
in the South" is no less interesting
than the first. The comparison Of
New York COWS with North Carolina
COWS is astonishing, and ought TO
a waken interest in what DR.. Bur
kett will have to say as to the causes
of the difference in product and
profit.
No one should lay aside this paper
before reading Mr.. @. S. WOoten's
"On the Old Plantation Before the
War" This we regard as the best
of the series of articles that Mr..
Wooten has written for the Char
lotte Observer. The style and subject
matter are equally fascinating.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10

methods of it's people, would get an
idea that nearly every business man
in the country had lost a pearl, and.
oblivious of everything else, was
desperately searching for it.
The ~fairest, the most beautiful
possibilities of our civilization ara
too often trampled under foot in the
mad rush for money, as if wealth
we're the only good; fame, or noto-
riety, the great d~esiderotum; and
political power, the supreme object
of Iife.-Dr. o. S. Marden, in Sue
cess,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10
STATE HISTORY.

In his address of welcome to the
Daughters of the Confederacy, Col.
A. M. Waddell, mayor of the city of
Wilmington, reminded the ladies
that they were ION ground as his
toric as any in America, although
by a strange fate the facts which
make it so have been generally IN
known to the people of the other
States" Among these facts, Col.
Waddell cited the following, which
will prove interesting reading TO
those familiar with them as we'll as
to others:
81. Sixteen miles below Whining
ton on the west bank Of the Cape
Fear river where the ruins of St
Philips church still stand on the
site of the colonial town of Bruins
wick, the first armed resistance to
British oppression on this continent
occurred on the 28th of November
1866, when the Stamp Act was killed
by men with guns in their hands.
This was more than ten years be
fore the Revolution, and nine years
before the Boston Tea Party.
SO. Eighteen miles above Whining
ton the first victory of the American
Revolution, (and a most important
one) was won at Moore 8 Creek
bridge on the 27th of February 1776
And yet a year ago when an apprO-
priation was asked from Congress to
commemorate the event, so distin-
guished a New Highlander as Senator
Hoar, of Massachusetts, declared
that he had never so much as heard
of Moore's Creek bridge
So. Twenty miles below Whining
ton on the opposite side of the river
from Old Brunswick, and just n
hundred years after the Stamp Act
affair there, the most terrific bonn
bardment since the in vention of gun
powder occurred when Fort Fisher
fell, and the last hope OF the COnfed-
eracy persisted. 1 myself, heard an
English naval officer who was at the
seige of S~ebastopOl and also at Fort
Fisher, say that the artillery fire at
Sebastopol was the greatest in the
history of the world up to that time,
but that it was ohild's play com
pared to Fort Fisher. '-Exchange.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10
NORTH CAROLINA's RECORD IN TIKI
CIVIL WAR.

That our State should have fur
nished one-ffth of the soldiers in
the Confederate armies, though there
we're eleven States in secession, and
several of them larger, and that one
fourth of the men in arms from our
State were killed in battle, and one
fourth died of wounds, and one-third
of the remainder of disease, and had
more men to stack rifles at Apo
mattox and Greensboro than any
other State is a remarkable record in
itself and in comparison with that Of
other States. We presume these
figures r approximately correct.
They appear to be assumed generally
to be as near accurate as such Stats
tics can be expected to be. 1t IS a
story that is worthy of repetition
frequently that it may not be tor
gotten. The telling of it ought al
ways to make North CaroIlnians
prouder still of their State.-Rev.
P. r. Law.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The annual exhibition of the North
Carolina Poultry Association will he
held in High Point, January 14-17
Reduced railroad rates have been
secured. It's promoters say that it
will be by far the best poultry show
ever held in North Carolina.
In our next issue we shall begin
the publication of a very interesting
series of articles on Nature Study,
by Mrs. F L Stevens. Mrs. Stevens
is deeply interested in the subject,
and is a charming writer The
reader will be unjust 80 himself if
he fails TO read what she will have
80 say on nature study and allied
topics.
The Charlotte Observer hopes that
sin the rural library movement in
North Carolina to-day, current lit
erature will be kept in the back
ground in favor of the classical novel,
history, biography, science, ETC."
Here is an evil to be guarded again t
this orbze for the new-thOugh il
ought not TO be necessary TO warn
those in charge of our schools
Should it appear at any point, how
ever, il should be promptly reported
and suppressed. The public soho l
libraries, supported by the taxes o.
the people, are not the place FIR
literary fads.
The arrival of the December mum
Der of that beautiful magazine
Country Life in America, remlnds
Us of many evidences of an awaken
ing among city people generally t.
the aGvantc ges of fields, forests and
frerh air over the crowded, dust,
dwellings of our cities. These also
call to mind Tom Dixon's prophecy
at this years Wake Forest COM
mencement-that America in the
twentietn century will not build
cities, but will develop the rural dis
triots that with reference TO cities
the great work will be the cleaning
up o. tine pig pens already built"
sit is semi-Oficially announced, ="
says Walter Wellman, "that no
more negroes will be invited to dine
at the White House." Presiden
Roosevelt is generally regarded a.
very stubborn, but he seems not t.
be incapable of learning. We o
denned his action in the Booke,
Washington dining at the time, but
we did not then believe nor do we
vet believe the statement of some
rAbid ~partissns that he intended it
as an insult TO the South. A man
proud of the fact that he had an
uncle as an admiral in the Confeder-
ate Navy and who regards Lee as
''the very greatest of all the cap
tsins that the English-speaking PEG
pies ha We brought forth" may not IN
derstand the South and itp customa,
and so may violate them, but only
she men ignorant or anxious to make
political capital, will say that he
would attempt 80 insult us.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10
FOR THE LONG WINTER EVENINGS
GOOD BOOKS.

We hope that our efforts TO en-
courage the reading of the best
books will bear much fruit this win
ter. In every home some new books
should be placed-books new to the
members of shat family, but not new
in the matter of years that have
elapsed since they were first pub
lished. There are exceptions TO all
rules, of course, and there must be
some exceptions TO this rule, but we
venture to say that there are not Il
thousand families among the five
hundred thousand in North Carolina
that do not need this advice TO seek
after the old in literature rather than
the new, and TO buy books of biOg
raphy, science, essays, poetry, his,
tory, nature study, etc rather than
so much fiction.
We know that the beautiful Olivia
Raney Library in this city is visited
daily by wOmen-and some men, we
supp se-that get beyond the
shelves containing the works of
fiction. The fiction list furnishes 70
per cent. Of the books read The
romanoes of science, history, and
biography, the thoughts of great
poets, prophets and philosophers
all are neglected in the scramble for
the latest novel. This is literary
dissipation, and hardly less in
furious to mind and character than
physical dissipation.
The sacrifice of the old, time tried
works to the new ones of uncertain
value reminds US of nothing so much
as of some foolish man choosing ore
newly mined and of unknown com
position, rather than nuggets tested
by the best assayists and pronounced
pure gold. This illustration applies
especially TO works of fiction and TO
essays; in science, of course, new
discoveries r being made each day,
and the new is better than the old.
Better sit by the fireside alone
with your thoughts than oumber
your mind with Junk shop trash such
as the Average new novel or, worst
of all, the average sample COPY
monthly or semi-monthly. But the
worlds best books are now being
issued in cheap editions, and will
cost you no more than the gaudy
affairs that the book agent or train
butcher has in stock.
Get some of the best works and
read them /; you can make no better
use of the long winter nights. We
shall be glad to answer as best we
can any inquiries regarding this
subject.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10

Last week a Texas brewery plead
guilty to the charge of violating the
anti trust law of that State, and was
fined SIS, 500. At first blush, this
may be regarded as a victory for the
anti trust forces, but it will be re-
called that this was only a little COM
bination, and that somehow the trusts
that really amount to something in
variably manage to evade the law or
to escape conviction if they violate IL.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10

The Chicago Judge who sentenced
some newspaper men to Jail for CON
tempt of court justified himself by
saying that eft such attacks are per
mitted and allowed to go UNPUBLISHED
the judicial department. of our Gov
eminent cannot long survive" Ii
the Judges decision was d righteous
one the paper that commented upon
it adversely should have been allow
ed to exotic the proper amount of
contempt for itself. 1t it was IN
righteous the judge has given ad-
ditional grounds for the contempt of
court which we are afraid to express,
and which we therefore carefully
conceal. The liberty of the press is
just as precious as judicial dignity
Presby terrain Standard.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10
THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUOATION-

Al INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARA
HOUNT TO AE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
DE- STATE PoBECY, is the motto of The
Progressive Mariner, and upon this
platform it shall rise or fall. Serving
40 master, ruled by no faction, cir
sumsoribed by mo selfish or marrow
policy, it's aim Will be to foster and
promote the best interests of the
whole people of the State. 1t will be
true 20 the Instincts, traditions and
history of the Anglo-Saxon race. On
Ill matters relating specially to the
great interests it represents, it will
peak with no uncertain voice, but
will fearlessly the right defend and
mpartially the wrong condemn. =
from Col. Folks SalUtatOry, Feb.
10, 1885
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10

A contemporary says that { Rev. G.
Q. Thompson has come out in the
Raleigh Christian Advocate in a let
ter criticising a recent lecture by
Sam Jones. Mr.. Thompson says the
style of preaching done by Sam
Jones and his imitators has done
much TO bring about a state of irreY-
erence for God and the Church
This is the Lords truth and the only
wonder is that Christian people toll
crate such cattle, not to say enoour-
age misunderstanding Landmark.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10

We invite correspondence, news items, sug
Eegtions and criticisms on the subjects OF agri-
culture, poultry raising, stock breeding, dairy
ing, horticulture and garding; wOman's work,
literature, or any subject of interest to our lady
readers, young people, or the family generally;
public matters, current events, political CUES
tons and principles, etc.,-in short, any subject
discussed In an all-rOund farm and family news
Haper. Communications should be free from
personalities and party abuse.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10

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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10

Our task is not to show that any
ground is less holy than it was OF
yore, but that all is holy alike. lis
not that cathedral aisles have lost
their sanctity, it is not that the Sab
bath rest has suffered deseCratlon,
but that every day and every place
alike r sacred to the Lord
Selected.
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which the copy OF papIs you receive is sent
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10

THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER is the Omcial
Organ Of the North Carolina farmers State
Alliance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10
MEETING OF THE STATE BOARD OF AGRI
CULTURE.

The semi annual meeting of the
State Board of Agriculture was held
in this city last week. Commissioner
Patterson submitted his annual re-
port, a very interesting document.
Among the more noteworthy facts
brought out in it r those in regard
to the sale of fertilizers. The follow
ing table shows the number of tons
sold in North Carolina in each of the
years named, and also she revenue
derived by the Department from the
tonnage tax:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10

Be sure to Civ both old and new addresses In
ordering change of p~OstOthce.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10

Where demonstrations come in the
van, demonstrations come in the
FeaP.-Landor.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10

"Che number of tons sold during
the spring of 1901 we're 291, 4O8 and
the rel was $50, 281.64. The
number of tons of fertilizers sold
during the fall season we're AZ, 533,
and the receipts were SO, 7O6 60. The
increase in sales for 1900 over 1899
was $1,000 tons, or nearly Is per
cent. The increase for 1901 over
1900 was So, 1921 tons, or more than
% per cent. The increase for the
fall of 1900 over the fall of 1899 was
10, 243 tons, or 80 per cent. The in
crease for the fall of 1901 over the
fall Of 1900, was 4,47O, OF 10 per cent.
The increase in 9 for 1901
over 1900 was $12, 74O So"
A loan of $40, 900 was voted by the
Board for the erection of two new
buildings at the A. & M. College.
"Watauga Hail." burned a few days
ago, is to he rebuilt as a dormitory
to accommodate twice as many stu
dents as did the old building. A new
building to be used as dining hall
and kitchen will also be erected.
Important resolutions regarding
the cattle quarantine and the inspeo-
ton of cotton seed meal are pub
lished in full in another column.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1901-10-09
El p0rVenir
de Ia maQuinaria,

Los amos han despejado la ME
bla de la iguorancia y ell perjulcio,
con ell aumento de conocimientos
cbtenidos en- Ia :ervacion Y los
experiment tos praticos, los trs baja7
dores en ffagus. mfnas Y fsctorias
han aprendido yer la maquina que
ahorra el trabajo.
Han comeuzado yer one las
fuerzas de Ia produce ion por mas
que Sc 10 multiplique y meier, no
haran nunca daflo q Ia nun nanidad q
menus que por Ia mala administra-
ci6n delas leyes ecoromicas 50 dsrl~
We del servicio de muchos oil beneh-
clio de unos pocos.
Con esta verdad perfectamente
entendids, los econonista de la
presente era tienden organizar las
fuerzas de Il production y distrihu
ci6n, fin de obtener una conmpleta
realization de ests humanitari teo-
RIA de la maquinaria en- rel ac!cn con
nombre.
Nadia muere de hambre por que
haya demasiado alimentc: y 81 to3os
no tieren 10 que les perts nece, no
seYA Dor falta de clio, 81 no porque
ell producto del trabsjo ha sidoinjus'
tamente distr bnido.
Asf as que ell hombre ha cesado ce
achacar la maquina los spfrimisn-
tos que hoy le aquejan, y pan oe
este q los honbres que manejan el
trabsio para su propia ventaja en-
detrimento de sus semejantes'
Lejos de detenarse Ell progreso
mecanico, le preaecimos un incon-
mensurs bic campo de actividad. =
trstsmos de aplicarlo q uso que hace
POGO tempo hubiese siao locura
pei s4rlo.
Cometzamos & yer II msquina
ria como an medic por el cual 81
hombre pasde alcanzar Ia roas alta
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1901-10-09

duce un escalofrfo ssadico. .bsjol
el he r lado al plumetis iCaantas ve-
ladas, cnantos sscrificios de trabajo
y paciencis, cnantos dolores silencio
SOS repre- ssnta cada unO de estos
esp 'endides trajee, cuyas faldas
arrastrau las st1ocottss" con de.icio.
sa inconsciencia de las penas que
eltraflan en- sus musgoso bajos, co.
rolas salpicads s de lagrimas ale
nasl.. l....Pespunteandolcs, adorr8n
dolos, Observation-Disclosures pasearou-
Sc oios trlstes por la die ha ajena, y
dedos carcomidt $ y enjutos por el
trabajo inc sante.
iAh, esos trajes de b'anco cres.
pom de China, <alsgrados, por rc
sas, ros 81 ealce, ro 1eando Ell bo-
lero de b anco f=tap, con lszo de
terciopelo negro en- ell corpiffo!. Y
las nneyas ejaquettes' LUIS XIV, con
aldetas muy lsrgas y lis Is, y Il $ al
tos cuellt de aureas telasy bt rda
des de c3ral rosa 6 de tulque as
mez ladas de parlas. y las <toilettes,
de ghorsaner, esa extraf1a tela de
las Indiss, rojs. de un rojo enigma
tico y pavoroso. .GBrrrrD
Da liEon de seda este traje, que
acaba de dest carse en- lss <plan-
chess, rozando el blanco pants lon
del Rey Leopoldo; de Iir6n srt gio
blancn;; la fslda y ell corpifo adorna-
dos de cluny, corpi1o J fslda nsobre
transparente de seda de azufr d } CO
lo,a el cinturon, de tafetan, con pc
queflas aida $ de color verde pa}idc,
tirando a vieio, flo por detras en-
la falda con nonadas cosidas en- el
centric de un G. raz6n !ah! ese cora
zon!. de tafetan negro,.
Con- una sstoi'etts" asf no ten
dra frfo. ices eh?.. Memo IN 81 Ia
rematas con sonbrero todo b auco,
como ell que llevab. la indina, som
briIla verde palido, mediecitas Gala
das y zapat'tos de gambz,.
~ ell lujo de las aut ,movili .tas.
que invaden les alrededores de Tfou
vile Daauville, vel "ique SO me- Ga
q NIP, ia de b1en tono que de-
mus stran al guar sus autos, atrope-
llando q quiea Sc les pona delante?
Aqll debierAn star, para que
Sc Gu 'asen de empalagosas flosofias
y de cursis :ntimenta ISL S, cier
tos escritorss que l'oriquean sobre
la Ultima corrida de Roubaix, por-
que unas senoritas estoauearon los
b bchos, y ESQ no esta bien que lc
haga eel sex, deoil,.
iB1ena dc biIidad to de Dios! No.
sotrss, cuando nos ponenos a clio,
somos mas monstruos que Vach II,
el sSacam sntecas> y el <destripa-
dor. Dfgalo 81 no la vapt rosa s1,fde
que detuvo su auto, despues de
aplastar una infoiiz aldeana, no por
asistir q la victims, sino porque no
to que la rueda del h 3micida vehfcu-
10 "habia calado", y no pod1ase-
gui..
Ea mi fsroz auto, que marc ha
a cuarenta muertos por hora ssldre
20 para Biarritz y de allf tendras
noticiss mfas, ST no me detienen
por "calas demasiado -.
Tuys, tuya,
La DuQlesa de las JisHNas.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1901-10-09
TrOuVilLe-- DeaQViIle
CARTAS A ELVIRA.

On Sc 6aig1ae fort 7oeh d IroltUiNe
ha dicho lie Journal, q no ootuvo e]
9'ecord de la vuelta 8 mundo; psrG
que tiene seguraments el de los des
c1brimientos portentosos. T odo 81
mundo estaba en- ell secreto de que
nadie va Tfouville con amino de
ban arse. La hi5roterapia y Ia raza
latina estan ref1idas en- Trouville y
en- to1as parties.
Pero ST o, mundo trouvilliu o,
que ha toma 10 de los ingleses la
costumbre de jugar al cricket y al
TENTS no les lmita en- ponerse a re-
mojo, les supera, por 10 menos, en-
mofos y portfolios
La pobre Baroneu de la Marfee,
que esta pasando el verano ca Pa
rfs, ha tenido la peregrina idea de
sa.ir por pateueras en- honor del
<trottin., de la parisiense que gas5a
falda d. <percal plancha' y foriao
50 ombrerillo de paja.
E sta indumentaria idflica Y ca i,
paradisf faca paso de mo1a. Las mu-
chachss de Romatnville van a ct + :
mar de rosas ell busso de Paul de
Kock; pero ell tienpo de las grise
tas de sus novelas va paso..
ST ell Ear de Russia hubiera veni-
do Tcouv lie y Deauville, estarl.
tan asombrado como el Ray Leopol-
do del lujo que 50 gasta en- estas pla-
yas La sencilla y imida flor eadel-
weiss, So trae de lbs A pes porque
es moda el pagarla cara; pero mir gu
ia mujer. la ostenta como slmboio. e.
Como sfnbolo, el traje, todo
bordado al plumetis, qua pasea
por las <pladches> una scalineu SEP
de marca Dicen que Ia borladora
trabaj6 IN a1o an ell tr.je, y que,
de res u|tas del trabajo, esta ciega. :;
iB aen cuiiado la ia q Is scocCtte!,
al contrario. Ese "leta!le" la pro-
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1901-10-09
VINO CORDIAL DE
CEREBRINA
nEl ND III pI0I nE A. v@a


tel ode edic,o
nomado Ebefco
ay nif
NENClDA Ia T(NICO
admirable CURAR las
No a1mt lie es1sttuv
Ei
CEREBRINA t5neoha
DE NENTA en- PueroRco: CAP1TALJ. NJ
ermety PONCE-Naie Canco ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
A Monagas MARINA MERIDONA4
la acrediada Farmaca 1)oguera c. Monagas.