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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-20
THE CREED OF N

Returning from the Conference
for Education in the South, with its
striking evidences Of the waning OF
sectional bitterness and misunder.
standing, DIR. A. J. McKelway, OF
the Charlotte Presbyterian Standard,
publishes in his paper a noteworthy
platform, which, we believe with
him, represents the conclusions
reached by thinking people, North
and South, with reference to the
problems that have disturbed us
the platform on which, says DIR.
McKelway, ''all good Americans may
stand, if not now, in the years to
come" 1t is as follows:
81. The Civil War was a stipend
Gus blunder. If North and South
had understood each other better it
could never have occurred. The
Southern people we're mot cruel to
their slaves, but the Northern people
would not have been worthy of their
ancestry if they had not been moved
by the stories of cruelty which they
believed.
"2. Historically, the South had
the right to seoede. Legally, it had
the right to keep the slaves until just
equivalent was paid for them.
"3. Actually, it is better that this
great nation was not rent in twain.
Practically, it was better that the
slaves should have been freed as a
war measure than that slavery
should have continued to exist.
"A. The valor of the soldiers of
Civil War is a common heritage of
glory for all patriotic Americans.
"5. The Caucasian race must CON
tinue to rule all the inferior races
under the American flag, whether
Filipino, Hawaiian, Indian or Negro.
While the very fact of the superior.
ity renders doubly strong the obli-
cation that such rule be both lust
and benefoent, and that equal oppor-
tunities of education, of employment
and the protection of our laws should
be yielded TO all the people"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-20
III MODERN PoMPE11.

Not a matter of only momentary
interest is the destruction of st.
Pierre, of which so much has been
said for ten days past. It is one OF
the most appalling catastrophes in
the worlds history, and will be dis
oussed and written about for GEN.
turtles TO come-iust as the names OF
Herculaneum and Pompeii r still
familiar to as though these two
cities were buried by an eruption of
Vesuvius more than eighteen GEN.
turtles ago and less than one-ffth as
many lives lost as at ST. Pierre. We
still hear of the Charleston earth
quake occasionally, but that caused
the death of only thirty persons !; the
Mont Pelee eruption caused the death
of that many thousand. A contem
porary says further:
''In the battle of Gettysburg the
number of killed-5, 664 on both sides
seems almost insignificant when
compared with that of Martinique.
The number of British lives lost
from all cause in the entire South
African war up to last reports was
but 81, $780,"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-20

young man, the Southern Railroad
'downed' Judge Clark
We do not know whether or not
it was intended to work so as TO give
these great corporations such promi-
nenoe in the attack and credit for
his defeat, if IL should come. If not
by design, then Judge Clark. should
thank God for the stupidity of his
opponents. Himself q man of re-
markable shrewdness and adroitness,
it is rather to their mismanagement
than to his own brilliancy that the
completeness of their defeat is to be
attributed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-20
MARKHAM's POETRY,

On another page will be tornd
MRrkham's tribute to Abraham lin.
coin. It is reproduced not only h..
cause of the subject, but also bssus
of the poets treatment of the sub
ject. Markham to a remarkable ia.
gree possesses the poetic faculty Of
embalming a beautiful sentiment in
beautiful language, so that his words
linger in the memory. The poem
presented to- day, like Grsy's Elegy
idealizes the homely and familiar
things that are g. part OF the exist
enoe of all. He ennobles Lincoln BIZ
making him one of the common pee
pie and by exalting the real clemens
of his greatness.
Where can we find such q oollG.
tion of beautiful and appropriate
SMILES? ;
"The reotitude and patience of u
rocks;
The gladness of the wind that shska
the corn;
The courage of the bird that dara
the sea
The justice of the rain that loves al
leaves; .
The pity of the snow that hides al
scars;
The loving kindness of the wayside
we'll
The tolerance and equity Of light
Here are seven lines, each setting
forth a virtue that would immOrtsi
ize a man and all, like the parallels
are suggested by the every. daytnlng'
of life.
It is a rare gift to be able 70 $50
the things around US, a rarer git "
be able to utilize them in speech o
prose, and a still rarer gift to be aOD
to olothe them in the resplena0n
language of poesy. Markham ID
an equipments of head and hears tn'
fits him to portray a character tn'
could combine rectitude, patien0'
gladness, courage, equity, tolerance
pity and loving kindness.-Bryan
Commoner.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-20

it's weakest part, especially
cratic civilization. So long > !. IS -
are unframed masses in a d. - 'as
the whole fabric of society Is
and it may at any turn of "'t
endangered. Many eduoatios1'
s%titutions as there are, it is va
that vast masses of the peon1s ~ q
lions and millions of them
opportunity to be trained
cially is this true in rural nm. ASA
ties, and more especially in H.
communities of the Southern ST.
The children of these Conway
are yet neglected. They r -
gotten people. 1t is of oorno'
lively little Importance to ,oa''
that a few thousand young man
women are receiving college sdr'
ton so long as millions, who -.
as great natural capacity, are reo.'
ing no training at all. Tho
method of helping toward the Nv.
ing up of the people, then. is II ~
the development of the public sal
system in every community vba.'
is not already adequately develo..,
The investment of hundreds Of nv
lions of dollars in better COMA
school houses, in their euuinm.'
and in better teachers, so that i,
rural public school may becomss,
most efficient instrument for n.
ing hand and mind that has :.
been devised-this is the task g.,
awaits statesmen and philantb,n
lists. There is no other task tbst,.,
for a moment be compared with q
in importance.-Dr. Walter B, PsD.
in the Worlds Work.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-20
PROTECT THE BIRDS.

We commend to our readers the
article in this number setting forth
the purposes and plans of the Audi
bon Society for the Protection of
Birds. The organization deserves
the sympathy and aid of all people,
but especially of farmers by whom
damage by insects is most seriously
felt. Our readers know from the
many articles on the subject that
have appeared in our columns that
we are in full sympathy with the OBJ
jects of the Society, and we wish its
officers full success in their praise
worthy undertaking.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-20
THE LEoPARD's SPOTS UNCHANGED.

There was great establishment
among all well-informed people about
four months ago when Tammany
Hall, the noted and notorious politi,
cal machine that had SO long ruled
and plundered the greatest American
city, accepted the resignation of it's
longtime leader, Richard Croker,
and chose in his stead q clean and
highly respected business man,
Lewis Nixon. There was much
speculation as to what would be the
result. AS authority for the belief
that the leopard cannot change it's
spots, the people had the words of
the Prophet jeremiah, (not to men,
ton the Reverend Thomas Dixon,
Jr.,) but there were many that
fancied the Tammany Tiger would
change it's stripes. But we were,
and have been ali the time, in the
ranks of the doubling Thomases.
And our unbelief, it now appears,
was we'll founded, for Nixon has re-
signed the leadership of the organi-
zation with this unequivoosl deolara-
ton:
81 feel that 1 cannot retain my
self. respect and still remain the
leader of Tammany Hall. My de-
cigion Ia unalterable.''
And so ends the first attempts at
clean leadership for Tammany. It's
whole system is rotten, and there
fore unoongenisl and u~nattraotive to
such men as Nixon. 1t will probably
get another Croker as leader, and
give up the hope of winning respect.
ability by putting good men at it's
head. If the good men would be
still and not attempts to u things,
there would be no objection TO them.
But when they are so foolish as to
threaten the Order with o~leanneas
and decencY, as Lewis Nixon did,
they become dangerous and have TO
be dealt with.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-20
A COTToN-PICKING MACHINE.

A week or two ago we published a
dispatch from some Mississippi town
reporting that the inventor and the
promoter of a new machine for pick
ing cotton had "signed contracts
for five machines to pick 1000 acres
of cotton in the Delta next fall"
This is decidedly interesting, in view
of the revolution in Southern farm
ing that would follow the introduc-
ton of a really successful cotton
picking machine. We are skeptical
of reports of this kind, as there seem
to us TO be such great difficulties to
be overcome before a practical cot
~ton-picker can be produced. Never
theless the signing of these con-
tracts indicates that the promoters
have faith in their work, and of so
much Importance is the problem
that even the faintest hope of solv-
ing 1t deserves attention. The Manu-
faoturers' Record last week publish
ed a letter Undoubtedly rather too
optimistic in tone) from Mr.. J. 8.
Weiss, of Greenville, Miss, setting
forth more fully than any one else
has done the details of the matter.
Mr.. Weiss says:
81 have watched very closely for
the past five years the cotton picking
machine patented by Mr.. Angus
Campbell, which is owned and oper-
sted by the American Cotton Pick,
ing Co, of Pittsburg, Pa.
"I am perfectly satisfied, beyond
any question of a doubt, shat Mr..
Campbell has solved the question of
picking cotton with his machine,
and it does even better work than is
claimed for it.
ION the 18th day of last October I
saw the machine in operation at
Colonel Morgan's place at Sheppards-
town, Lefore County, Mississippi,
and saw the machine pick SO 2 per
cent. of cotton that was open on the
row, without destroying the leaves,
bolls or stalks in any shape or man
ner. l have also seen the machine
at work before frost, never a green
leaf, boil, bloom or square being
hurt.
Gone could not tell that the ma
chine had been in the field. excepting
that the lint was missing. Strange
as it may seem, the machine only
takes the lint, but of course if there
happens to be a piece of a dead leaf
on an open boil it takes it along just
as one does picking it by hand,
which, of course, is cleaned before
the cotton is ginned.
81 think I am safe in saying that
the farmers Of this great Delta only
harvest about rs per cent. of their
crop this season, and l think it is a
question of a very short time when
Mr.. Campbell will have his machine
at a point where he will get 100 per
cent.
GAS 1 before stated that the ma
chine picked SO z per cent, however,
the other 6 8 per cent. does not go to
waste, as the planter can gather it if
he so chooses.
81 don't think the machine will
work in very billy land, but it does
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-20

the work to perfection in fiat and
low lands.
ssThe machine will pick at least
three bales per day, and has already
picked as high as five. Every planter
with whom I have talked and who
has seen the machine work is more
than pleased with it.
SIN my estimation the cotton
farmers of the South are about to
receive their greatest boon. It goes
without saying, as, to MY mind, the
question has been solved regarding
the harvesting of cotton"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-20
THIS z z PAPER.

Let us say frankly that the agri,
cultural features of this number are
below our standard, whereof of
course we are sorry. The trouble is
that the farmers T so busy that
they think they haven't time to
write-which causes Us TO hope that
perhaps they haven't time TO read
very critically. But we wish TO as
sure correspondents that letters will
be doubly welcome just now at any
rate, we should have a large mum
Der of newsy reports as TO farming
conditions in the various counties
Just at this time, however, when
the average farm boy is prone TO rob
birds nests, the article or "What
we Owe the Birds" seems to us quite
timely. Especially striking is Prof.
Pearson's statement as 80 their value
as insect destroyers: GA oovey Of
cartridges on a farm is worth more
to its owner in a year than sall the
products of his poultry yard in the
same time" This perhaps is a slight
exsggerstion, but it is certainly a
great deal nearer the truth than
most people think.
OF course, the entire article is not
adapted to any individual, but no
young farmer can read the article
"To the Young Farmer Beginning
Business" without getting counsel
worth remembering and praoticing.
And that energetic, hard working
German farmer who did so much,
but unfortunately had TO undo so
much-well, there are some people
like him here in North Carolina.
"Should Farmers Organizer" is
the question discussed by DR.. Hun
nioutt on page s. But the question
that we should like TO carry home to
every reader is this: "Why cannot
I and my neighbors do our part by
organizing ourselves?" In any DOM.
munity of tolerably we'll informed
farmers, it should not be difficult to
find enough to do and enough TO dis,
GUS TO keep up interest in the or
~gsnization.
On page 4 is a true war story that
is we'll worth reading. As for the
postmaster mentioned in column 4,
we think il is clear that he missed
his calling he should be a professor
of English in some university.
The letters on cold Times in the
South" are quite interesting, and we
hope that there are a large number
yet TO come. The prize will not be
awarded before July.
AS TO our North Carolina counties
puzzle, we have four lists of answer
o on hand. 1t is not very likely
that. any m will send an entirely
correct list, but the book will be
given for the n most nearly accu-
rate that reaches us by June 10th.
1.-THE Blessing in the Struggle" en-.
phasizes a fact 80 which we called
attention in this column last week.
Next week we shall have Harry
Farmer with us again.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-20
The
HOW BEST TO HELP CIVILIZATION.

The recent unparalleled endOw
ment of educational institutions has
turned mems thought to the whole
subject how best to build up the
people. Here are three views Of
three thoughtful college, trained
men. One believes in directly help
ing capable young men +; another in
endowing scientific research without
regard to individuals and the third
in bending all energy to the building
up of the rural public schools in Dr.
der to reach the neglected masses.
% Most of the strongest men we
have-the men who profit most by
college training-are the sturdy fel.
lows of limited opportunities who
use their education not only as a
means of the utmost development OF
their capacity, but also as a stepping
stone to a higher social level or to a
wider opportunity than they were
born to. These are the men who as
a rule become the strongest men in
every kind of work, because from
the beginning they struggle to rise.
The best aid to education, therefore,
is direct personal help given to young
men of this class. Count the most
efficient men of your acquaintance
and see how many of them are of
this kind.
(2) Our social and educational life
is already so organized that the
worthy Individual is in some way
provided for. Practically every am
bilious lad in the land can somehow
get training. But social and intel.
lectual progress depends less upon
individuals than upon discovery.
Discovery, it is true, is the result of
individual work, but a great discov,
cry is of greater Importance to 80.
ciety than the man who makes it.
Even if an indefinite number of caps
BILE individuals never find opportun-
ity-that is of little consequence in
comparison with the failure to ad
vance knowledge by research. The
most helpful method of helping man
kind, then, is to endow research,
especially in the sciences. The prac-
tioal conquest over smallpox, for
example, is one of the largest facts
in human history. The conquest
over all other diseases is possible.
The application of electricity to in
dustry is another example. Let US,
then, maintain and endow excep-
tional men who give promise of dis
covery in any department of knowl-
edge, especially in the sciences.
90 Any civilization is as weak az
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-20
IMPROVE THE RURAL SCHOOLS

Much of the dark side OF lie "
the farms of America is due prln',
rily to isolation. The more oonssaH'
intercourse of man with mar ii bug
towns and cities is largely respon'.
BILE for the better education Wn'OD
prevails in closely settled oomnu~
ties. Education itself WouVu "
much improved with more trequ0I ;,
social intercourse, for this "Ou,
stimulate a desire for more KnO".
edge along many lines, yet V .t
not help feeling that an in5ell0 -
rural community must be moss -
lightful, for, under such olr0un
stances, people will seek one ano' II
and social amenities will prevail; -
seems to me the most far rea0h.ns
influence that can be brought 20 DO a1
upon the problem is an eduo" tbo
influence. It must begin WILL -.
rural schools, and it must have w., ~
full flower in a larger kno"i0L :4b
and a constant oompanionshlp w." w..
good literature. As means to 'nl'
end the travelling library, the 0A ~.
lating library, the magazine anu s ~
reading clubs are all actively %uoh
and they must result in n m
happier social relation in 0oun ar.l
neighborhoods, and a higher nofar.
standard as well.-Charles A. h00
in Home and Flowers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-20

We suppose that not many people
know that the Constitution of North
Carolina refers to the Civil War as
''the Rebellion" 1t is SO designated
in Art. z, Section 10.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-20
1.-THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATION

I'm @LNO &
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 Is shall rise Or fall. Serving
no master, ruled by no faction, CIR
cumscribed 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 race. On
all matters relating specially TO the
great interests it represents, it will
speak with no uncertain voice, but
viii fearlessly the right defend and
Impartially the wrong condemn" =
From Col. Folks Salutatory, Feb,
10, 1885
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-20

Judge Clark a sympathize with
the famous Frenchman who said
that ''only fools and women write
letters"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-20
A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK.

Be sure to give both old and new addresses in
ordering change of pOstOfice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-05-20

The conclusion of the whole mat,
ter is that the anti Clark campaign
has been so conducted that in case of
his defeat, it would have been said
''The Southern Railway did it," It
is not strange that Judge Clark took
advantage of this situation and made
his most telling argument in these
words:
IF / 60 down, what public man in
North Carolina for long years to
come will dare to stand for the rights
of the people and even-handed JUS
tice when railroad lawyers and agents
can say, as they will, Remember,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-04
DEED OF A PROMOTER.
Charles II. wOrthen Kills His Wife
and Cuts His Own Throat.

NEW YORK, April 3-Charles II.
Worthen, a promoter, and his wife were
found dead in their room at a boarding
house at SO West Forty-ninth street to-day.
Worthen had shot his wife and cut her
throat and then cut his own throat.
Financial troubles is believed to have
been the cause of the dead. Worthen and
his wife came here from St. Paul a year
ago. He was a company promoter an6
was also identified with an insurance COM
pany and a spring-water company. Yes
terday he gave a check for $3.50 in payment
for a board bill. This check was returned
to-day marked IN. G."
Worthen had been crippled by the loss of
his leg just below the hip joint in a rail-
road accident in Detroit about twenty years
ago. Where ne rented desk room il was
said he had complained frequently that he
suffered from the effects of the amputa-
ton and that he soon must submit to an
other operation. Worthen had been in
New York about five years. his last occupa-
ton being as agent for a patent time-keep-
ing machine. He formerly had been in
business in Boston and Chicago after hav-
ing lived in st. Paul, where he was said to
have been a prosperous business man until
fifteen years ago. His suit against the
Grand Trunk Railway at the time of his
accident was prosecuted by the late Ben
jamin F.. Butler and he is said TO have been
awarded $40, 600.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-04
LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET
CONSIDERABLE ACTIVITY COMES
WITH THE WEATHER.
Strong Prices the Feature Except on
Green stun-Grain Markets Are
Still Very Light.

Moderating weather has improved trade
perceptibly. This was noticeable at the city
freight depots. whence more goods were
shipped yesterday, say the freight men.
than on any preceding day OF the present
year. On Commission row il was a busy
day, despite the high prices. There is quite
an active movement In fruit and Irish pota-
toes are good sellers. There has been, as
yet, no let down in prices. They are selling
all the way from soc TO 81 a bushel. Seed
potatoes are in active demand. and in this
connection it is proper to note that care
should be taken IN selecting the place you
make your purchases. One commission
house is reported as selling three different
varieties of early seed potatoes out of the
same barrel. Green stuff Is in good supply
and begins to sell at reasonable prices, TAX
ing the place of vegetables Of last years
growth. Strawberries are coming in more
freely and prices are easing off, but are still
too high to make general usage advisable.
The produce markets remain much the
same as for several days past. Receipts OF
eggs are large, but so is consumption
Poultry is In short supply and firm at quo
tations. Choice butter is a ready seller.
Druggists are quite busy. The turpentine
market still has an advancing tendency, as
do oils and paints. Leather is dull and hides
are slow and prices weak. In other lines Of
trade there was little new to note except
that general activity is the chief feature.
Especially is the seed market active, with
prices firm. Dealers report their business as
largely in excess of the corresponding peri
cd of last year.