The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-08

through the South, TO see the meth.
DDS OF education. The party which
includes eighty-three wealthy men,
viii travel In q special train. Mr..
Ogden's idea IL TO show wealthy
friends what is being done In the
way Of education in the South with
the hope that he may induce them
TO contribute largely TO the South's
educational interest and progress.
Raleigh Post: The farmers of
Rowan County are seriously ham,
pered this year On account Of the
scarcity of labor. Nearly all the
negroes r leaving the farms and
settling in the cities. It il estimated
that within the past two years 500
negroes have left the farms in this
county. Mr.. j. @. Henley, who has
one of the best farms in the county
is selling his farming implements
with the purpose of quitting farm
ing. Asked the a for his leav-
ing so valuable a farm he said that
he cannot get labor at any price.
Speaking of the Hanna boom for
President in 1904, Mr.. Thomas j.
Pence, Washington correspondent of
the Raleigh Post writes: The army
of North Carolina Republicans here
who are linked to the Treasury are
Hannaites first, last and all the time.
They tell you that Hanna is q friend
of labor and the friend of capital,
and the one man who can continue
Republican supremacy. / asked one
Of the oldest newspaper oorrespon-
dents here why this sudden move
ment towards Hanna. SIT 10 the
work Of the p~Oliticians," he said.
"They will defeat Roosevelt If they.
can"
Jim Wflcox's fate will be with
North Carolina's five Supreme Court
judges about August. The defense
lawyers will present an able plea 20
save the young mans life. Aside
from exceptions taken during the
trial there will probably be presented
af1davits telling of the demonstra-
ton on the part Of citizens while
Lawyer Aydlett was making the
final speech. Though many persons
at a distance cannot understand how
conviction was had On the evidence
presented, most Elizabeth City citi.
zens think il was q righteous YER
diot.-Exohsnge.
President John G. Kilgo of Trinity
College arrived tonight. His mis-
sion North is TO make selections for
four newly created chairs in Trinity's
faculty. These are the chairs of
Romance Languages, German, Ap-
pliedMsthematios, andPolitical Econ
omy, which are to. be established as
the result of Mr.. B. N. Dukes splen-
did nberality. This gift is six thou
sand a year to Trinity, which is
equivalent to a hundred thou
sand endowment. DIR. Kilgo is
looking for quality, and he will visit
Yale, Harvard, New York and Phila-
delphia on his ~trip.-Washington
Cor. Post.
Scotland Neck Commonwealth 1t
should be a matter of congratulation
TO Tarboro and this entire region
that such fine work is done at the
Pittman Hospital there, which is un-
der the care of DIR. Julian Baker.
He, with a number of other physi
cians a few days ago, performed a
most remarkable operation. It was
the removal of an enormous ovarian
tumor. The patient was a woman
from near Aulander. Before the re
moval she weighed 285 pounds and
afterwards 12O pounds, the tumor
itself weighing 165 pounds. It is.
said TO be the largest of the kind on
record, DIR. Kerrer, of Johns Hop
kins having recorded n of $50
pounds.
Washington Cor. Post: It Is an
anomalous condition, but it is a fact
that farmers in Eastern North Caro-
lima are asking for the adoption
of protective duties. Congressman
Small has received petitions urging
that a tariff duty of one dollar a
barrel be levied on Irish potatoes i'm
ported to this country. The petit
tions some from Beaufort and
adjacent territory. These petitions
are prompted by the fact that al
though there was a short fall crop of