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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-19
ORGANIZATION OF FARMERS.

Bro. T. B. Parker touched up the
farming fraternity in The Progress
i've Farmer March 5th in his usual
pointed practical way. What he
says and the way he pOintsis correct.
He sees, and others see, the need of
combining, but there is d~istrust,
jealousy, fear Of harm from taking
up some new untried thing and the
farmer goes on doing what he can
alone in an uphill way, mostly be-
cause he will not cooperate with his
brother and do better work for bet
ter pay.
Only one thing Bro. Parker said is
open to criticism, and in that he said
truly what would be the outcome. It
is the tendency of the times and per
haps is one Of the best recognized yet
potent factors in preventing farmers
from organizing their business rela-
tiOns as other classes do. 1t is the
merging of the independent individ-
ual into the dependent, n sided au-
tOmaton, which comes from the
classification and division of labor in
order to have it done quickly and
cheaply by the most expert hands.
In our grandfather s day he might
have been Ii Carpenter and builder.
He planned the building and executed
the building of it, with his own tools.
To day the architect works with
pencil and drawing tools. The
builder needs little else than ham
mer and saw. There have been other
divisions and most Of the best work
is now done by machines while the
independent all-round mechanic who
Can plan a house and build it and
make the sash, mOlding, ETC., is gone
with the shoemaker whose ~ccess
no mOr than cobbles the machine
made shoes. In our faster life these
r gone.
The farmer is conservative. He
can live longer alone and do things
by himself longer than any other
craft can do so. He is, though, sell
dom realizing it, holding on to his
independence and yet by that very
persistence losing the race which
makes him the victim of the z or
that could make him master of
affairs. There is a way which is be-
ing p~racticed-to drift behind.
There is another way Bro. Parker
points out to unite and stand up to
the wheel of progress and hold posi-
ton with other classes united for
mutual benefit. Merchants and pro-
fessiOnal men, the trusts, labOrers
and manufacturers are organized.
They all have their meetings and
agreements. Farmers have their
disagreements and hold political
arrangements among themselves
whilst the honors and the pay gen
orally &C to the lawyers, whose for
tues the farmers espOuse much as
did the vassal ret4iners of old for
their lords.
Perhaps good public schools and
a new generation which shall have
grown up therein will be able to see
and grasp the truth and enjoy the
benefits of the organizations Bro.
Parker is laboring to have taken up
now. F. E. X.
The soldier who executes his cap
taln's commands is no less valuable
than the captain who gave the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-19
FOR OUR COUNTRY SCHOOLS.

The WarrentOn Record we'll says {:
some of the very best things the
present Legislature did was to pass u
law for the establishment of Il library
in any country school district that
! desires it. The act provides that
whenever any school district shall
raise ten dollars that the county
Board of Education shall contribute
ten dollars and the State will con-
tribute ten dollars making thirty
dollars, which will buy q very nice
library"
This is indeed u good measure and
we hope that ever dollar OF the s., 900
appropriated will be used. 1t is of
as much Importance that the teacher
inoulcate In the minds of his pupils u
love of good literature as that he
train them in any of the curses
commonly taught in the public
schools. We know that this fact has
not been heretofore recognized in
our public school system, but it Is u
fact nevertheless, and one that
ought to be considered by those in
authority. The teacher cannot with
any degree of success, however,
develop this love of literature with
out the aid of such libraries Us the
bill just passed proposes to estab-
lish. Now, let our wide awake citi-
zens of the country districts show
their appreciation Of this, one of the
best laws passed by the Legislature
Just adjourned May the good work
90 forward until all realize 5nat one
of the most important duties OF the
teacher i that of developing Il taste
for good MISUNDERSTANDING and
entertaining books, clean and care
fully edited newspapers.
Most farmers viii appreciate this
p~aragraph from the last issue of
Farm and Ranch: Penalty fer
priv tie use, So %" does not refer to
the seed, but the envelope, The
penalty for "private use Of the seed
q Fail7ra and djsaDDOintment
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-19
RURAL FREE DELIVERY AGAIN.


RURAL FREE DELIVERY AGAIN.
We are very glad to see that our
efforts to interest North Carolina
farmers in ruraIf free delivery of mail
are bearing good fruit. Several new
routes Will probably be established in
this State at an early date. But still
there is room. Ii the people will
only interest themselves IN the plan,
The appropriation for rural free de-
livery was doubled at II session of
Congress just ended. North Caro-
lima has been paying its share of the
ST., $50, 600 heretofore appropriated,
and must pay its share of the 3d.
500, 600 for the coming year. Yet
the postOttice authorities : not
coming down here to beg Is to aC-
cept rural free delivery. Too many
wide-awake farmers III the North
and West petitiOnlng for rural de-
livery for that. But our people are
paying the tax and they have only
to ask for their share or the bene-
fits in order to receive them. Talk
this owe with your nelghOOrs. There
is no reason why your nelghbOrhOOd
may o have rural free delivery,
If Its wishes are made known with
out unnecessary delay.
A prominent Baptist minister who
now lives in the country writes US as
follows:
"Preach rural free delivery of
mails. 1t will do more to practically
educate the country people OF North
Carolina than all the 3-months pub
lie schools in the country have done
in the last decade. We people who
live in the country are all practically
without the benefit of daily mails,
even when our nearest county post
office Is within three miles of us,
for few farmers can stop Il horse to
ride that distance and back to get
their mail more than once q week.
People in cities and towns can com
municate with China, Cuba, or Africa
and get returns quicker than we
country people can hear from our
kindred ten miles from home. Rural
delivery will enable neighbOr to com
municate with neighbOr and with
the outside world without losing a
day or Il half day from his farm work.
1t will increase the circulation of our
newspapers. 1t will enable country
pastors and country churches to
communicate with each other; it
Will put books, newspapers and peri
Odicals in many country homes that
10Y have them not, and this will ed
ucate the people far better than
they are now being educated. We
need more money for our public
schools, but we need rural free de-
livery along with it,"
One of the States ablest j~urists,
who was raised on Il farm and has
taken u deep interest in agriculture
writes:
81 especially endorse your able adj
vocacy of free mail delivery in the
country di-trlcts. 1t will be but jus
tice to those sections which bear all
the burdens of government that 9th
ers bear but receive the fewest bene-
fits from government. 1t will do
more for the advancement of educa-
ton than any other agency that can
be devised. If the newspapers were
alive t. their own interests, and that
Of the public as we'll, it seems to me
they would one and all energetically
second your efforts in that line
We think rural free delivery is to
play IL most important part in agri-
cultural progress, ann we shall con-
tinue to urge it's extension in the
South.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-19

The report further shows that the
State produced 49, 1876 commercial
bales, equivalent to 44O, 400 bales of
500 pounds each. The average cost
per bale for ginning and baling in
this State was 81 So.
Round bales were reported as fol
lows In Alexander county, 80 bales
averaging 24O pounds in Halifax
42S bales of 256 pounds each in
Hartford, ten $50 pound bales; in
Stanley 300 bales with an average
weight of $50 pounds total for the
State no bales averaging 253 pounds.
Furthermore, it will be seen from
the above table that fifteen counties
Of this State produced more than
1000 bales of cotton per acre, and
that these counties in order of rank
were as follows:
/. RobesOn,
,. Richmond,
3. MeckienbUrg,
,. Wake,
8. Arson,
:. Wayne,
s.. Johnston,
g.. Halifax,
10. Pitt,
II. EdgecOmbe,
u. Northampton.
-. Cleveland,
ii. Wilson.
IS. LredeIl
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-19
PROF. EMERY GOES TO CHINA.

Prof. Frank e. Emery, since 1893
COrresp IndIng Editor of The Pro
gressive Farmer, has been commits
>i0ned rs special expert agent of the
NAL Industry, U. 5. Department of
Agriculture, to investigate dairy in
terests IL China, japan, and the
Philippines and to report what can
be done to increase the sale of Ameri-
Can dairy products in these countries.
Prof. Emery will leave at once, and
will be gone several months. WecOn-
graduate the Department of Agri-
culture upon having secured so capa-
bic u man for this important work.
A Stanly county subscriber writes :
'Please answer through The Pro
gressive Farmer if mixing stable and
lot manure with acid phosphate and
letting stand eight or ten days will
cause d loss to either"
No, unless the pile becomes hot and
dry, in which case there would be
likely to be a loss of nitrogen. If
the pile is mOistened and stays moist
there need not necessarily be any
loss. If the top is sprinkled with
the acid phosphate or covered with
an inch or more of fresh soil, the
escaping gas would be arrested and
the nitrogen fixed in the soil.
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THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER is the Official
Organ of the North Carolina Farmers State
Alliance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-19

The soldier who executes his cap
taln's commands is no less valuable
than the captain who gave the
order .-Cervantes.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-19

We invite correspondence, news items, sug
gestiOns 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 10 our lady
readers, young people, or the family generally;
public matters, current events, political ques-
tons and principles, etc.,-in short, any subject
discussed in an all-rOund farm and family news
paper. Communications should be free from
personalities and party abuse.
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-19

First come, first served! !" Several
country schools have already secured
money to establish small libraries.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-19

Vary the outside clothing with the
weather. A temperature of 20 de-
grees and a fur coat should not go
together
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-11
SOME RAIL WAY CHANGES.
Much Speculation as to What Brought
Them About.
THE RECENT APPOINTMENTS DISCUSSED
Duties Of MIR. Fitzhuoh with Southern
Pacific Not Understood--St Strange
Bunohino OF High Officials.

These are days when speculation with
reference to what is running through the
minds Of the great railroad magnates can
be looked upon only as guess work, for In
The present era Of consolidation and com
bination. little Is really known by persons
on the outside OF what is going to hap
pen until Il actually takes place specua.
tion eau therefore do no harm, and 1t fur
nishes entertainment for many who are in-
tercsted in railroads and their work.
In regard to the Southern Pacific situa.
tion the New Orleans PicaJ une Of yester-
day contained the following:
n. II. tltzhugh, formerly general man
ager n the Central Vermont has beeh
made assistant TO President Charles NJ
Hays OF the Southern Pacific
Ihls Is the position which was held by
u. b. Huntington during the life and pres
tdency OF Coils +. Huntington.
The news Of the APP ointment of Mr. Fitz-
hugh comes IN the form Of a bulletin issued
by President Hays. Its analysis leads TO
much speculation.
When IL. r. Huntington was assistant to
President Coils J.. Huntington, the latter
official lived In New York Does the nam
ing of M ASST slant TO President Hays mcan
York, too
The news Of the resignation Of General
Manager tlllu ore Of tue Pacific system OF
the Southern paciAc was received By the
Associated Press Tuesday afternoon It
was believed when Il Became public that
M. Fttzhugh would succeed Mr. Fillmore,
bus Mr. j. NJ Herbert, formerly Of tho
Missouri Pacific, has been announced as his
successor.
Under the present financial scheme OF the
Southern Pacific, 10 Is hard for an outsider
to see what reason there Is for Mr.. Hays
TO transfer his residence 10 New York, hut
In thcJe days Of consultations 1t IS almost
futile 10 try and figure our the significance
Of railrOAd changes About the only thing
to do is to wait for the consummaton OF
the plans Of The maerates.
IL has long been admitted that the rcsig
nation NJ MI Fit2hugl from the Vermont
Central meant his appointment with the
Southern Pacific, hut not man would
even hIzlrd guess ms TO what the nature
| OF the appointment would he Even now,
when N has been announced, no one viii
know what ID means.
Il would seem that the presence of a pres
ldent, Hu assistant to the president and n
vice president aud general manager all ia
San Francisco would he a punching OF of
| Nclas almost superiuous, IL it cUntcmplat
ed 10 transfer Vice President ami General
| Manager Julius kruttschnltt 10 New or.
! leans, TO supervise affairs at this end of
! the liuet OR does the berth made for Mr.
1 Fitzhugh spell q consolidation OF the trans
| por,atiOn end OF the Union Pacihc and
southern Pacific railroads as the traffic end
/ of these lines has been combined under Vice
| President Stuhbst
| Time alone Cnn ten At any rate there
! viii be some tan figuring done In New or
/ leans and Houston for some days to come.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-11
A WESTERN HoLD-Up REVIVED.
How a Reno Gambling House and All Its
Players Were Successfully Held Up
BY ore Merry EObbpr

How, Reno Gambling House and All It's
Players Were Successfully Held Up
BY ore Merry Robber.
The bill boards Of this city contain pie.
ture Just now that Is attracting ouch at
tcntion. 1t Is of mammoth size and rep.
resents highWayman, in typical Western
garb with mask over his eyes and a
large revolver in his hand, holding up every
pnsserby,
The real merit Of the picture is mora
thoroughly appreciated when the spectator
changes his position and Views 1t from an
other side. No matter where he gees the
ing eyes and the gun following his every
move, whether right or left, Up or down,
from the housetop over the way or In the
cellar under the poster.
The picture embelllsheS a poster adyer.
Using the well known GOLD DUST Wash.
Ing Powder, aud has Il peculiar history
ABOUT ten years ago masked hlghwayman
robbed several gambling houses In tho
West. At Reno he held IN faro bnnk
located In hotel near the depot In the
very heart OF the city. The proprietor, the
payers ana most OF those who ere mere
" looking on the game were armed and
known as bad men, who WOULD shoot aud
hight al the drop OF the hat The rohher,
however, had the drop. and got away
with All the money In the place. A few
days later a suspect was arrested and n
big revolver and several thousand dollars
In sreenbgcks, coin ond gold dust were
found ON him At the trial the witnesses
Identified him, and each of them swore
that the rohher was watching him all the
time and had him covered with his gun.
The prisoners lawyer showed that the vic
Tins were scattered all over the room. ana
asked the judge 70 have the case dismissed
because no man could cover so many differ
emf people mt the same time
a German artist. named Ludccke, was
In court and volunteered to produce a pir
ture of man with n gun who could hold
up men IN all directions mt the same tinp
The case was continued for two days 70
allow the artist To paint the picture. ~
reproduction Of which Is shown In tho
GOLD DUST poster. The effect was So
startling and convincing that The highway
man was convicted and Is now doing
time In Western ,penitenuary
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-11
Hard Blow at Velasco.

yelssco Texas, July 10 What at arst
looked like another September g. 1900.
visitation struck yelasco last night M
about II O'Clock. The wind blew directly
from the east with great velocity. and
with the memory Of the great storm fresh
IN their minds people became very much
alarmed The tide In The river reached a
conhiuerahle hclghth, aud an indications
pointed a terrific storm east ~ hero
notwithstanding the high winds that biev
until morning, people awoke to find every
house standing, and not a biz of winter m
the town site, Al this writing the water
has backed some from the gulf hut there
Is now nothing TO Indicate any greater
disturbance eNN'Ni
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-11
Notes and PersonaIs.

MIR w Is. Turner. commercial agent OF
the Vandalia lines, was down from Dallas
yesterday and spent the greater portion OF
the day In Houston.
Mr. H. d. Ki.gore. travelling passenger
agent of the Yardaia Pennsylvania lines
with headquarters at san Antonio, was In
Houston yesterday.
Mr.. c. w Kouns OF Topeka superlntcnd
ent OF transportation of the Atcmson, To
peka and Santa Fe, was a prominent rail-.
road visitor to Houston yesterday.
Mr. w. II. TAYLOR, general freight and
passenger agent Of the Houston East and
West Texas Is attending a meeting OF
Southwestern freight men in Chicago.
Mr. S r Afford master mechanic OF
the Santa Fe, with headquarters In thi@
city, LETT last night with his family to
Wells
Mr.. John P Rogerman Of Dallas spent
portion Of Yesterday in Houston. Mr.
| Rogcrm1n is travelling passenger agent al
Dallas for the Baltimore and Ohio South
Mr. n A. Dane. travelling agent of the
Southwestern Railway Advertising and Dis
tributing company, came down from Dai
las and was hustling for Houston business
yesterday.
Captain W. W Monroe, general baggage
agent of the Southern Pacific, left Lass
night for st. Louis to attend meeting
Of the baggage committee of which he is
member.
Mr. George W. Ely travelling passenger
agent Of the Southern RAILWAY at Mont
gomery,. Ala, stopped In Houston yester-
| rnilrond men Of Texas, having railrolde1
In this state in tho early days. lie ac.
| companied q party Of eNcurslonists to Cali.
tornla to this point.
The traffic department of the Southern
| Pacific. atlantic system. has issued the
! following; Effective July s. rate 80 cents
per 100 pounds authorized on tin cans
/ carloads, taking fourth.class rate under
n Vrn III
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-11
land Of the sky.

In Western North Carolina, between the
Blue Ridge on the east aud the Alleghe.
MES ON. the west, in the beautiful valley
sea, lies Ashevlle beautiful, pctures,1,le
aud world famed as one OF the most pleas.
snt resorts N Az amefrea ~ i l9nd Of
whose praises have been sung By poets,
aud whose beauties of stream. valley and
mountain height have furnished subierf
and Inspiration for the painters brush
This is truly the Land OF the SLY" aud
there is perhaps no more beautiful region
lists or health seekers. Convenient sehed.
uies and very low rates 10 Ashevlle
e., aud all other Carolina. virginia. Ten,
nessee and Georgia resorts, For inap foI-
ers summer resort circular, routes rates
and general Information please write or
senger agent Hutchins House. Houston
Texas.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-11
81 There's Only One Road. ("

All Texas en- route TO the Rockies so high,
TT eres only one road-rhe Denver.
Goes everyone this wayt Yes can't you
There's only one road-The Denver.
Travel this line tbs bound TO please thee
NO apology hecded!'-l'm sure you'll
agree;
The Experienced tourists stoutly decree
'Ilefe only one road The Denver"
Observation car ease viii please you, I
There's only one road The Denver.
Sieepers5 WIN large ladies' dressing rooms
There's only one rord-rhe Denver,
me Cate Cars too where with leisure
Tho by Coaches new-of the latest de.
Bu' once see this train, your declare. l
'"1heres only one road The Denver.
The mighty ten-whecIer win speed us
There's only one road The Denver,
Among me grand mountains shout the glad
There's only one road-rhe Denver"
Nch'e; ao a3n stay In Texas from swetering
]Sq , c9SI c ,S oqarto.luOlleel
''s' S muu s tne map tho you're blind you
There's only one road 1.-The Denver.
For E E,ooo League-goers to san Fran
. There's only one road The Denver.
= us way "a me mountains directly Won co.
Lhetes only ole road The Denver ~
~" gf PuEd i or ground covered; but sights
rI1ne service. equipment. the best scener,,
with us quick the Rockies tb syeuerE.
r routes. choice freel '"'" SIX
mere 5 only one road The Denver.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-11
SMALL DAMAGE AT PORT LAvAcA.

Pavilion Destroyed and a Few Small
Boats Wrecked
Port Lavaca, Texas, July 10 Storm here
this morning. wrecked the pavilion and
wharf and the hath house, the Gentry
wharf and enc fish house, the warrarh
wharf and every private bath house along
the bay front; also number OF small
boats.
Several fishing boats are out on the hay
and there Is anxiety for their safety.
The rain and wind has damaged crops.
but 20 what extent u not known
No one was hurt In town ana no resi-.
dences were damaged
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-11

Clairemont, Texas July l0.-A cyclone
struck clairemont sunday just before sun.
down, destroying the Christian and Metho.
dist parsonages. Mrs. Parsons nonse
Judge Il. \. Gresham's stable and erin
set the Methodist church house on 49,
foundation aud somewhat wrecked sane.
also set the school house on OF It's fonnda'
ton, somewhat wreckug same; folloWSa
with heavy rain for about twenty inlnutes
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-11
HOTEL ARRIVALS.


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Charles, La. w. =. Durbln, Denton; MIR.
els Camp, Virginia Point; j. Spencer Dal.
las; Sol Lyons Texas; A. u. Shrewsbury.
sherman; W. NJ, G. llill Huntsville; ]. q,
Srnither, J. II. Rice, Huntsville; NJ Rut.
Ter, A. r. Jeavons Austin; Edwin Schieie
st Louis K. 4. Burwell, city, II. - Riv,
ers. San Antonio; A. NJ. Hickman, Groes
beck.