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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-30

Tho Houston officers have expressed very
deep appreciation for the services rendered
them 10y Sherin Perkins of Lake Charles
who is cousin Of Mr.. j. b. Perkins Of
this city and also to Sheriff Thomas Davis
and city Marshal D. H. Turner of Lees
vile. but for the assistance rendered by
these officials sheriff Anderson and Detec
tive Quin would perhaps hase encountered
n great many difficulties IN making the
arrests OF Charles aud Petoria Machita 1t
was ascert0lncd incidentally yesterday that
there are TWO warrants against one of these
parucs and one against the other, This
flct may suggest the connection that Shcr-
III Thomas OF Galveston has with the case
one OF the nraceratcd men Is birth
marked about the neck and the left side
OF the face and the other Is pronouncedly
pop'eTed- u is stated that both OF the
LIVER brothers recognized the men the
instant they confronted them and that
buth exclaimed In the Same areath. They
are the men who killed my brother" Both
VI the men are single aud they appear
Go hc between - and 30 years Of age
The officers have gone actively to work
far as New Orleans on their journey 10
houston, and who have been completely
lost track ct IN the Crescent city
The registered letter sent by :. BongiO
containing SIS of John Liveri's money,
which was tp defray the expenses OF the
Young, ladies 10 this place, hps becn re-
Turned to The, writer. being unclaimed, II
was addressed as follows; "Mr. NJ. Brak-
ll0nte, J2i 81 Phillip street, New Orleans
Ia, The postmarks ont he letter Indicate
that the third notice was sent by the New
turned 70 the writer. The letter Is written
~ the Italian language, and Is dated June
~. message was sent 10 Now Orleans
yesterday and the oihcerS hone 10 soon
locate the Young ladies. fhcV are the
Misses wegnordo, aud are sisters OF Mrs.
John Lyeri
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-30

You can play the plano like Paderewski.
Write Tor lnfnrmatiea Wnl A. Watl,n
Music Co, Dallas. Texas.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08
Mr.. BRUNER's INTEREST IN APPLE
GROWING.

One paragraph is omitted from
our version Of Mr.. J. Van Lindlev's
address on page z. The omitted para.
graph is as follows
Cali States have a horticul-
tural society, and nearly all except
North Carolina get State aid. They
r in direct correspondence with
the Pathological Department at
Washington and being President Of
our State Horticultural Society for
several years of course was appealed
to when the subject of the Paris Elk
position came up. Having no means.
our Secretary, Mr.. T. L. Brown, ar
ranged with the Washington De-
partment to get SIS to go towards
the expense of getting up a collec-
ton of Western North Carolina ap-
pies. I could not do it. DR.. McIver.
of the State Normal College, would
not let Mr.. Brown off to do the
work; so [ appealed to Mr.. S. L..
Patterson, our Commissioner of Ag-
riculture, and finally made arrange
ments for everything to be turned
over to his Secretary, Mr.. T. K.
Bruner, who proved to be the proper
man. He knew but little about fruits
and 1 never knew him to take much
interest in pOmolOgy, but he took the
work III earnest, and after travelling
all the Western section Of North
Carolina he then took the exhibit to
Paris. After that short lesson Of one
season he became 50 interested and
enthusiastic over the work, and with
what he saw in his search for apples,
he was able tie get out what's known
as the Apple Bulletin, which iSequal
to that of any good student in po-
mOlOgy. That was work which
should have been done by the State
Horticultural Society, but we had no
State aid, and we welcome Mr..
Bruner as "a cO-worker in horticul-
ture."
Mr.. Bruuer has truly done a good
work for North Carolina horticuI-
ture, The exhibit OF apples which
he secured for the Paris Exposition
captured fourteen prizes. A copy of
his apple bulletin should be in the
hands of every apple grower in the
State.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08
OVER LEGISLATION.

One of the things that the Legisla-
ture which is to assemble in this
city tomorrow would do we'll to keep
in mind is this the people are al
ready afflicted with too much legis-
lation. The body polite has too
many doctors and too many unneces-
sary prescriptions compounded by
jealous but misguided young physi-
clans. AS a rule every representa-
tive comes to Raleigh with the idea
that he must hand his name down to
pOsterity as the author of a score or
more acts of the General Assembly,
and that the larger the number of
bills fathered by him the greater
will be the admiration of his eonsti-
tuents for him. As Il matter of fact,
some Scion could earn the e~verlast-
ing gratitude of the people by boil
ing down our State laws to one
tenth of the space they now cover.
As the Saturday Evening Post well
says:
every year, now, we have more
new laws than John Marshall cOnsid-
cred during the entire thirty-four
years that he was on the Supreme
bench. We have laws passed by
Congress laws passed by State Leg
islatures laws passed by city oun
ellis and all sorts of minor regulu-
tions which mount up into the tens
of thousands during the twelve
months.
The variety Of these is as great
as the number. There are laws regu-
lating dogs and laws concerning ele-
plants laws about English sparrovvs
and laws about the great American
eagle. There are laws affecting
everything from microbes to mann
mails, from politics to love. II all the
laws on the books today were en-
forced the average citizen would
either have to stay at home behind
closed blinds OF begin Il journey to ii
lunutic asylum. y hundred Mar
shulls would be unable 20 consider
every one Of them OF to get from
them much more than u fine case OF
nervous pr~ostrution or despair
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08

salts. Kainit is an admirable pre-
server of the elements of fertility
since it adds potash which is needed
and the chlorides attract moisture
from the air and if applied in sufi-
Gent amounts and frequently, will
retain nearly call Of the valuable
nitrogen. None of the ash elements
will be lost if the is not
allowed to leach.
Cow stables should be kept as neat
and clean as possible, hence daily or
twice daily cleaning should be prac-
ticed. A mixture of acid phosphate
and kainit in equal parts will be use
full here to sprinkle down on the
cleaned floor every time. This be-
comes intimately mixed with the ma
nure adds to the ash elements and
prevents the loss of nitrogen to
considerable extent. Of course this
manure should be evenly piled under
cover and if it shows any inclination
to heat it should be leveled off
enough to hold water and wet down.
Manure cared for as above will
force crops wherever applied in any
quantity and if it is produced from
well-fed stock will be of great value.
This care of manure is too frequently
neglected to the great loss Of the
farm. F. E. E.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08
FOR CHIEF JUSTICE.

The Raleigh Post and many law
yers are urging Governor Russell to
resign and accept the position of
Chrief Justice of the North Carolina
Supreme Court to which Mr.. Rey-
nolds, who would become Governor,
would appoint him. But if Governor
Russell has half the foresight his
bitterest enemies now believe he has,
he will turn d deaf ear to the sirens
who would have him thus virtually
make himself Judge Faircloth's sue
cessor. Let the Governor take the
remarks of the Post and others as
evidences of good will on the part of
many of his political opponents, but
he cannot afford to do a thing so i'm
proper-improperi it would be, though
press and bar we're unanimous in his
support. The temptation has pre-
scented itself in attractive garb, but
is nevertheless worthy Of the prompt
and emphatic, "Get thee behind me,
Satan" which the Governor will
doubtless give it.
LATER.-Since the above was writ
ten announcement of the promotion
of Associate Justice David M.
Furches, of Iredell, to the vacant pO-
sition of Chief Justice has been
made. 1t is probable that the APP
pointment of no other Republican in
the State would have given such gen,
eral satisfaction. Now the Governor
must appoint an Associate Justice to
fill the vacancy caused by Judge
Furches' promotions
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08
WITH THE aUILL-DRIvERs.

The ROxbOrO Courier has Just en-
tered its eighteenth volume. We
are glad to hear of its continued
prosperity.
Mr.. a. P. McAllister has recently
assumed editorial control of the
Lumberton R~obesonian. He is a
wellequipped editor and is doing
good work.
The Christmas Breeders Gazette,
Of Chicago, was d beautifully illus
trated and carefully edited number.
1t is worth q quarter Of any stock
mans money. .
The Christian Sun has entered its
ffty-fOurth volume, better than ever
before. In u opinion, no paper in
the State has improved more within
the past year.
The Saturday Evening Post is a
splendid family weekly, but we
think it gets out of it's proper sphere
in printing a partisan political ar
ticle. The. authors eminence does
not alter the case.
Mr.. H. S. Blair has sold the Lcnoir
Topic to Mr., Mark Squires. We vel
come Bro. Squires into his new field.
He graduated from the A. & M. Col
lege only a few years ago, Success
to him and The Topic.
Some months ago we commented
approvingly upon two splendid
stories of North Carolina colonial
life written for the Ladies' Home
Journal, by Mrs. Sara Beaumont
Kennedy, a North Carolina lady now
residing in Tennessee. We are glad
to e in Everybody's Magazine the
first chapters Of u new and promis-
ing serial story from her pen,
~"JOscelyn Cheshire" The chief
characters are born and bred and
the most charming scenes Of home
life laid ia North Carolina, and much
of the glory achieved by the sons is
traced to the hOme-infuence Of the
daughters of our State.
Progressive Farmer readers have
already been informed of the estab-
lishment by Col: W. j. Bryan of the
Weekly Commoner at Lincoln, Neb.
Col. AL. Fairbrother gracefully vel
rcomes Col. Bryan into the ranks of
the quill-drivers with these eloquent
remarks: "We welcome him to the
field of newspaperdom and hope that
this time he will have ample oppOr-
tunity to distinguish himself as a
journalist. 1t was as editor of d weekly
newspaper that we won III fame.
Our fortune we made cutting wood
and catching drift wood, but our bad
reputation as a Great Man was estaO-
lished as an editor of a weekly news
paper. Our paper vas also common
and the longer we ran it the Com
mOner it grew"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08
".THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATION

1.-THE INDUSTRIAL n
AL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARA
MOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
OF STATE POLICY, is the motto of The
Progressive Farmer, and upon this
platform it shall rise or fall. Serving
no master, ruled by no faction, cir
oumscribed by no selfish or narrow
policy, it's aim will be to foster and
promote the best interests of the
whole people of the State. 1t will be
rue TO the instincts, traditions and
history of the Anglo-SaxOn ace. On
all matters relating specially to the
great interests it represents, it will
speak with no uncertain voice, but
will f~earlesSlv the right defend and
lmpartiaIlv the wrong condemn. -
From Col. Folks SalutatOry, Feb.
10. 1886 ,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08
EDITORIAL.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

We Southern people haven't any
right to grow Pharisaicul in our con
demnation of Croker and political
corruption IN New York city, while
the Mayor of Atlanta gets ~gloriouSIv
drunk every few weeks a. d doesn't
seem t. care who knows st.
We hope that all our subscribers
that can do so will assist Prof. Camp
bell in rebuilding Buie's Creek
Academy. Few high schools in the
State were doing better work, ami
even its temporary suspension would
be a severe loss to the State.
The short or ten weeks course in
agriculture at the n. G. College Of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts be
gan last week. Hundreds ought to
take advantage of the opportunities
afforded by it. We think if it were
more literally advertised it would be
more successful. 1t was rumOred
sometime ago that the short course
was a thing of the past.
The Progressive Farmer joins the
Charlotte Observer in extending the
right hand of fellowship to Our
Home. In his New Years issue.
editor Green says: in the future
Our Home will be absolutely indie
pendent. We have never been IA
party slave. We have tried the
party collar it didn't fit us and We
couldn't wear it comfortably.
H~encefOrth we will endeav0r to do
our thinking without any assistance
from party bosses and party h~eelers. -
We do not endorse everything pro
posed in the name of legislative
economy we believe in liberal APP
preparations for our charitable in
situations and in fair salaries for our
public officials. But in the matter
Of lawyers fees paid ont of the State
Treasury, there seems to be real eE-
travagance. Some ne-horse lawyers
who, it is generally believed, made
altogether less than $4,000 per year
before chat time, have within four or
five years received from 81, 1000 to
$4,000 per year out of a few cases in
which the State found it necessary
to employ counsel In this matter.
we think the Legislature should, if
it can, provide for reform.
Rather than industries that de
pend upon cheap IabOr-woman labor
and child labOr-uo matter how
much wealth aCCrues to the DrOprie
tors, we would rather that the South
west remain forever the paradise of
the progressive and prosperous
farmer, fruit grower and stock
raiser" To this sentiment from
the Farm and Ranch, whatever others
may think of it, The Progressive
Farmer gives a hearty "amen." We
want manufacturing enterprises, but
not those as a result of which wealth
accumulates but men decay. In this
connection we are reminded of this
protest against child labor from last
weeks North Carolina Baptist {:
Gotten l hear those looms banging
an hour before day, and then again
long after night has settled down.
AS l hear this l sometimes feel that
human flesh and blood is being
ground into paste TO make green
backs"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08
THE NOBLEsT ROMAN OF THEM ALL.

II NbDAGD4 AMMAN OL 44AAAL ia
Replying to d protest from a camp
of ex-Uuion soldiers in whose breasts
sectional hatred still burns tierceIy,
against the name of Gen. r. E. Lee
appearing in the Hall of Fame, the
Senate of NewYork University says,
that when the names were being
considered no one Of the Senate
moved the omission of the name Of
Robert &. Lee. The. Senate, there
fore, agrees with the finding of that
large majority of Judges more than
twO-thirdS of whom inscribed his
name. They respect these electors
as men of highest patriotism, judicial
temper and thorough acquaintance
with all the important facts respect
ing General Lee" This is a fitting
| rebuke to the New York Sun and
others of its ilk. Nothing is more
secure than the fame of Robert E..
Lee. Great as he was in military
genius, he was Il man equally great
in chivalrous Christian character
the flower of Southern manhood, Il
man without fear and without re
prOach. who wore the white flower of
d blameleSS life. We know Of no
man in American history so worthy
of standing as a model for Southern
youth. He was d well-rOunded man.
As the eloquent Ben Hill once
said He was a foe without
hate, afriend without treachery,asol-
der without cruelty, and ii victim
without murmuring. He was as
gentle as Il woman in life, pure and
modest as a virgin in thought, watch
full as a Roman ~vestal, submissive to
law Is Socrates, as grand in battle as
Achilles. He was Caesar without
his ambition. Frederick without his
tyranny, Napoleon without his self
iShnesS and Washington without his
reward
And what Il contrast between the
actions and characters of the little
narrow creatures that are protesting
against this decision of the managers
Of the Hall of Fame and the charac-
ter of Lee himself-"the heart which
after the failure of its great endeavor
could break in silence and die with
out the utterance of one word of
bitterness" The impartial verdict
Of history will likely accord quite
nearly with that of Col. Theodore
Roosevelt, who says:
The world has lever seen better
soldiers than those who followed
Lee, and their leader will undoubt-
eddy rank, without exception. as the
very greatest of all the captains that
the English-speaking peoples have
brought forth and this although
the last and chief of his antagonists
may himself claim to stand as the
full equal of Marlborough or Yelling
ton"
But sectional feeling is steadily
dying out. Once we had Civil War,
It's true, but we should "brithers be
for "a that" The time will come
is now here with the thinking masses
when the North will delight to
honor the memory of the peerless
Lee, and the South will recognize the
magnanimity and greatness of Grant
when the entire country will cher
ish the memory of Farragut and
Sheridan, Jackson and Johnston,
knowing the former not as Northern
ers, nOr the latter as ~SOutherners,
but all as Americans.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08

When sending money please say whether it
Is for renewal or a new subscription.
When sending your renewal. be sure 10 give
exactly the name on label and pOstOtfiCe to
which the copy OF paper you receive Is sent.
Address all business correspondence to and
make money orders payable tO"THE PROGRESS
sIVE FARMER. RALFTSH, NC and not to any
Individual connected with the paper.
DISCONTINUANCES-ReSpOnSIb SubSCrIb-
srs will continue TO receive this journal until
ne publishers are notified by letter to diScOn-
Inue. when all aTreaTHgeS must be paid. IT YOU
10 not wish the journal continued tor another
year after your subscription has expired. you
should then notify us to discontinue il.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08
DOES COMPOSING PAY?

p EDITORS PROGRESSIVE FARMER =
| wish to know what IS the best
ingredients to mix IN with pine straw
and oak leaves to make them plant
food. l am raklng up a quantity OF
straw and leaves mixed with the
surface, but from experience 1T does
not pay of itself. Let me hear from
you through your paper. L AVE a
herd Of twenty head OF cattle penned
every night ma lot where L nave
hauleda quantltyaOt n straw, leaves,
and dirt and L Wish to know what Is
the best ingredients L can mix with
the L IN ~
Sampson Co., n I. 90
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ans ~ =
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Laini+ ~ +olv in +bo dri1l
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.or, GRO oonoorrod bovo boon tho
.u,o9 Tbo on1u Good +ba+ soo
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aoos indroo naor1a To ybaT7 mn lea vas
and rich dirt when thew wou7d nat
do so if thew carried il directlv to
the field They somehow oct in
terested in the bio nile of comDost
and work and toll to b77i7d if 7arper
Now if Won w0uld hanI 100 loads to
vo,7r comnost bean and on7v d loads
70 the fold diraot tban T wo777d saw
m Furthermore. would
bar7l the leaves and rich dirt and mt
tbam on the moor harran snots as
that mart of the land needs organic
,,a+o.
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ond s+n,w aaa:Ia ~5 - 49,
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49, o~5 1900 ~
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anu - 5oou "O0ol 0onO ioI U10
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08
THIS WEEK PAPER.

Few Georgia farmers get more
profit from their work than Mr.. Z j.
Merriam, Of Fulton coanty, whose
business amounts to several thou
sand dollars annually. So in his ar
tlcle on the cultivation OF cotton
published ON page l, he speaks from
eX. erience and with authority. Our
cotton farmers should study his let.
ter carefully.
Harry Farmers suggestions are
sane and timely, as usual. Especi
ally do we commend his paragraph
IN keeping accounts.
Prof. Massey answers some inqui-
ries from one OF our Virginia read
ers in d way to interest all tobacco
growers.
EntomoIogist Sherman's talk on
injurious insects Is an excellent one.
Crop pests are things that farmers
now have to recksOn with, and, as
Mr.. Sherman says, the sooner we
face the problem squarely, instead
Of trying to hide from 1t, the better
for Us.
Our hUrticulturists will read Pres
ident Van LIndley ; hopeful address
with interest and pleasure. We re
gret that all our fruit growers could
not secure copies Of last weeks
Progressive Farmer containing our
report OF the meeting OF the Horti-
cultural Society. But those who
wish to keep up with the agricul-
tural progress Of North Carolina
must get their names on our regular
subscription list, not depend upon
occasional sample copies.
Several inquiries sent Us by farm
ers are answered in this issue. 1t
always gives Us pleasure to receive
and answer such requests for infOr-
nation, because we want to know in
just what subjects our readers are
most interested.
Mr.. j. 5. Gates, u farmer boy who
realizes that the successful twentieth
century farmer must be educated
thoroughly, and who is therefore
taking the agricultural course at our
A. q al. College, has d thoughtful
letter on page s. We hope to hear
from him again.
On page 7 we publish a statement
showing from what sources the State
Of North Carolina receives public
funds and for what purposes such
funds are disbursed. The whole
State is talking of proposed increased
appropriations by the next Legisla-
ture, and this statement should be
of special interest at this time
Every citizen should study it.
Read Voorhees, ''Fertilizers" this
winter and prepare yourself to save
ten times its cost by purchasing
your te~rtilizing ingredients intelIl-
tTnnfIT ~nZ~ ri
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08

The Roanoke Chowan Times en-
tiers it's tenth volume with liberal
advertising patronage and a larger
circulation than ever before. 1t de-
serves an even larger subscription
list. If every paperin the State work
ed as earnestly to get North Carolina
farming out of the old ruts as Bro.
Connor's paper does, u farmers
would soon be led into more pros
porous paths. Success to the Times
and may it's tribe increase.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08

Read voorhees, ''Fertilizers'' this
winter and prepare yourself to save
ten times its cost by purchasing
your tertilizing ingredients inteIII-
gently next spring. Understand
what you are doing. Voorhees, book
alone 81 with The Progressive Far
L er n year $1.85. Ad tress The
Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, N. c.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-08-28

Mis- Payton IS spending a fen days
with Mrs w. E Propp.
Mrs Jim Jones Was over to see Mrs.
Jim DeLozier this week.
Bette Skinner i visiting Mrs.
Cross Langley this week
Minnie Elwards visited friends
across Grand river Sunday
sila~ Neeks i on the retired list. as
he j. sick aud not able 10 work
Clara Jones went to Chelsea Satur-
day evening 70 visit Julia DeLozier.
Mrs. Bees Blk visited her brother.
Mr.. Robt- Woody, in vInIta this
week.
Ed Miller returned from the yinita
picnic- He reported having coed
time
Mrs Vanderyort has been very sick
for the last few days, hut is better al
present.
Miss Crete Langley leaves for her
home rear Southwest City, Mo-. this
morning.
Perry Brock, OF Sloan Springs,
Ark. came in one day this week to
see his father.
Ray. the Oldest son OF Mr. and Mrs.
Wes Purcell. died Sunday at his
home north OF town, Of spinal trouble.
Pay was a sufferer for long time. but
bore his suffering with great forti-
tude. The parents have the sympathy
Of their many friends in their bereav-
menf.
Mrs. Jim Cummings sister from
Missouri is spending this week with
her. Happy Jack.