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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01

which the civilizations Of
England, and the United States =
points of superiority but thesoa
tries have had far greater nriS
wealth than Germany. Even t.
with Germany's industrial der., \
ment a source of worldwide NO !
and admiration, there are M ~
fortunes in the entire empire. ~
one excerpts that of Herr Krunr
three OF four others. The Ger
have been a poor people, and vet n
have done these great things I
as individuals, but as an enlightosj
nation. Progress has nos mo-,
with them, the elevation of a a.,
at the expense of the mass. but !
average uplifting of the whole M,
lation. The railroads of Germ,
are for the most part public prona,s
whereas those of England and \
United States have been explos]
for the benefit Ct a few colossal I
vate fortunes. Germany will stea5l
become richer, and it's accumulat,
of effective capital will increase \
mensely in the course of the M
decade or two. But the tendon
will be to q diffusion of wesIs
Municipal gas and electrical suDOG
in Germany are in a majority
cases public property. Street nj
ways are so managed that the nj
vate companies operating then b
tain a fair reward for the cssl
they have actually invested, butv
not allowed TO capitalize the vain
of public franchises so as eventuI
to compel the public, as is ousss
airy in the United States, to r
tribute to private capitalists uu
ten times or fifty times the sum ts
they have originally advanced.
all such matters, public rights
public interests are infinitely beta
safeguarded in Germany than in th
United States.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01

The press of the State almost
unanimously condemns the action of
the jury in the Wilcox Cropsey case,
and the threatening, mobilize atti
tude of those citizens who believed
Wilcox guilty. They are enemies of
society who would have anything
save the law and the evidence infu-
enoe a jury.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01

The best thing that has yet been
said in the oleomargarine bill con-
troversy was the answer of Senator
Hoar TO Senator Bailey's inquiry as
to whether or not the tax is for the
purpose of raising revenue. NO."
Mr.. Hoar replied, 81 have tried to
make that as clear as 1 could. This
ten cents a pound is a tar, not on
OLeOmGrgGrine, but on fraud, on false
ooloring-and it is not merely be-
pause it is q fraud, but because it is
a fraud which ~interferes with our
legitimate power of taxation"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01

w have lived in the South as Ion
as we can on the bounties of nstu'
and have reached the point at who
we must study science, learn ID
arts, use our material resources al
accumulate wealth, Or else fall o
hind and go down.-President C. "
Dabney.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01
CECIL RHODES, THE MODERN JASON.

The death of Cecil Rhodes, in Cape
Town, South Africa, last week, re-
moves from the scene of action one
of the ablest and most masterful
Englishmen of the last century. He
was known as ''the uncrowned king
of South Africa" and he deserved
the title.
It was the ambition of his life to
win for England IS large a part of
Africa as possible. He dreamed great
dreams and cherished massive
projects. William T. Stead said of
him, "Some men think in parishes,
some in nations, but Rhodes thinks
in continents" When he died last
week, he had not reached his fftieth
year, and his plans had been only
partially fulfilled. His dying lament
was significant: $50 little done, so
much TO do"
His aim TO win a continent for
Great Britain was magnificent IN
scope, and the great genius with
which he labored 80 that end com-
mands some sort of admiration but
such ambition, if INSCRIPTIONS, is
not of the highest kind, nor is it of
the kind that brings happiness to it's
possessor. Rhodes undoubtedly pre-
cipitated the Boer War, plunging
England into an improbable contest
and bringing death and disaster into
thousands of Transvaal homes. He
had become one of the richest men
in the world, but he died unhappy
and unloved-like another Jason,
winning the Golden Fleece, to be
sure, but at a sacrifice of nobler
things that money cannot buy,
purity of heart and whiteness of
soul.
The story of Rhodes life is an in
teresting one AS a boy in England,
he was frail; believing that he was
marked for consumption, the family
sent him to South Africa for his
health. While there, the South
African diamond mines were digcov-
cred, and Rhodes went to the mines.
After digging for a time, he began
speoulating in mining stocks, in
which he was entirely SUCCESSFUL.
Returning to England, he completed
his collegiate course at Oxford then
went back TO South Africa. First a,
stockholder in one of the mining
companies, then it's president, he
l&bS-ed constantly to bring about a
combination of the corporations in
torested in diamond mining. He was
successful; the monopoly, (and a
M"ge one it wae) became a reality.
Rhodes was responsible, as is we'll
known, for the ill-starred Jameson
Raid, the precursor of the present
struggle in the Transvaal. It was
unjust, but Rhodes neither feared
God nor regarded man except when
it suited his purpose. He knew only
that the raid, if successful, would
win the Transvaal for England. It
failed. Rhodes part in no plan over
failed, but those whom he trusted in
this instance lacked his genius.
Not our logical, measuratfve fac.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01

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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01

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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01
A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK.

It is right TO be ambitious TO excel
in whatever you do. SJighted WOrk
and half done tasks are sins. 81 am
as good as they are" 81 do my tasks
as we'll as they" are cowardly max
inns. Not what others have done,
but perfection, is the only true aim
From "The True Citizen"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01

The intolerant state of mlnN Il =
furious both to the State n " :,
individual. It goes with concel' =
deadly pride. The strange tniI9 70
that men are apt to plume thens sasI
upon their intolerance. 1t Is eE
that a mans conduct and a naI
conduct should be the resun
thought and Judgment but NV.
ance stops thought and desc"
1udgment.AThe Century.
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01

Not u logical, measurative fac
ultY, but our imaginative one is king
over us.-Carlyle. 49,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01

The foregoing paragraphs we're
written just after the news of the
lynohing, near Washington, N. c.,
reached us. 1t is gratifying and en-
Couraging TO note that the press and
the greater part of the people of that
Vicinity publicly express their re-
greet for the conduct Of the mob.
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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-03-12

bell called you to worship and seeing
the horses which, after pulling you to
church, stood around the old clap
boarded meeting house and those who
sat at either end Of the church pew
and, indeed. all the scenes Of your tlrst
fourteen years. and you think Of what
YOU were then and Of what you are
now. and all these thoughts are arous-
ed by the sight Of the old hencoop.
Some of you had better go back and
start again. In thought return to
that place and hear the cluck and see
the out spread feathers and come un-
der the wing and make the Lord your
portion and shelter and warmth, pre-
pairing for everything that may come
and so avoid being classed among
those described by the closing words
of my text, ''as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings, and ye
would not" All, that throws the re-
sponsibility upon US. "Ye would not. )"
Alas, for the would nots." If the
wandering broods of the farm heed
not their mothers call and risk the
hawk and dare the freShet and expose
themselves to the frost and storm,
surely their calamities are not the
mothers fault. ''Ye would not' God
would, but how many would not?
When a good man asked a young
woman who had abandoned her home
and who was deploring her wretched-
ness why she did not return, the reply
was: Il dare not 60 home. My
father is so provoked he would not re-
ceive me home" Then, said the
Christian man, Il will test this"
And so he wrote to the father, and
the reply came back, and in q letter
marked outside Immediate" and in
side saying, Let her come at once;
all is forgiven" So Gods invitation
| for you is marked Immediate" on
the outeside, and inside it is written,
HE will abundantly pardon" Oh,
We wanderers from God and happiness
and home and heaven. come under
the sheltering wing. A vessel in the
Bristol channel was nearing the rochS
called the Steep Holmes. Under the
tempest the vessel was unmanageable,
and the only hope was that the tide
would change before she struck the
rocks and went down, and so the cap
tain stood on the deck, watch in hand
Captain and crew and passengers were
pallid with terror. Taking another
| look at his watch and another look at
the sea, he shouted: THANK God,
we are saved. The tide turned. One
minute more and we would have
struck the rocks" Some of you have
been a long while drifting in the tenn
pest of sin and sorroW and have been
making for the breakers. Thank God,
the tide has turned, Do you not feel
the lift of the billow? The grace Of
God that bringeth salvation has ap-
peared to your soul, and, in the words
of Boaz to Ruth, ! commend you to
1.-THE Lord God of Israel, under whose
wings thou hast come to trust"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-03-12
Must Be Protected.

The Daughters Of the ConfedeFacy
last year conferred upon a number OF
gallant ex-Confederate soldiers a deco
ration known as the Cross Of Honor.
Certain requirements were exacted OF
those who received these badges OF
honor-fashioned in the shape OF the
southern cross and made Of the metal
which once composed the cannonS be-
hind which the Confederates fought.
It has since come to light that un-
worthy persons have in a few cases
received these crosses Of honor. 1t
is evident that they must have obtain
ed the decoration by falsifying the
records, so the legislature has passed
an act to prohibit unworthy persons
from wearing these badges. a well
known member Of Camp Hampton
was asked recently what would be
the effect Of this act. He replied
that the veterans camps might be
forced to inquire into the records OF
the parties suspected Of having obtain
ed the award through misrepresenta-
tions. he stated further that, while
it is an unpleasant duty, the veterans
organization will 60 at the matter
boldly. The act of 1902 declares that:
ANY person wearing in public the
Southern Cross Of Honor adopted and
conferred by the United Daugn-
tiers of the Confederacy, or any coun-
terfeit or likeness thereof, unless the
same has been conferred, bestowed, or
authorized to be bestowed, upon such
person by some chapter Of the said
United Daughters Of the Confederacy,
shall be fined no more that S25 upon
conviction thereof. in any court OF
competent jurisdiction.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-03-12
The South's Soldiers in Various Wars.

The South's Soldiers in Various Wars.
Here is the percentage as shown by
the figures in the Revolutionary, Mexi-
can and Spanish wars as to population
and as to quota Of troops furnished.
War Of Revolution-Out Of total
population in all the States Of the IN
ion, OF say 8, 1929, PA, that Of the South
was 1,792,71O, contributing 81 Per
cent Of the troops, as against a popula-
tion in all the States Of the Union
other than the South of say 2,l36, ,504,
which latter, in all contributed only
l1.22 per cent.
War with Me1ico-Of the whole
population Of the United States, Of say
%, ,l91,S7 that OF the South was o.
521 ,425, contributing 5 per cent Of the
troops as against a population in all
the States other than the South Of say
1850, i39, which latter contributed
on 4.72 per cent.
Spanish-Amcrican War-Out Of a
total population in al the States, OF
say 76,303, 54S, contributing 81 per
cent, as against a population in all the
States other than the South Of So
SS5, 5,s39, which latter contributed only
3.19 per cent.
War of Revolution-Southern
States contributed 36.35 per cent Of
troops.
War with MexicorSouthern States
contributed 42.47 per cent Of troops.
War with Spain-Southern States
contributed 1928 per cent Of troops.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-03-12
SOUTH CAROLINA DAY.
Some Reasons Why Everybody
Should Attend.

Some reas ons why the people of the
state should visit the Exposition on
that day, Thursday, March, 20 are:
First-It is a South Carolina EX-
position in which the state and the
people are Yitally interested, as it
presents to the people Of the coun-
try at large for the first time the
great possibilities of South Carolina,
both as a manufacturing and agricul-
tural state.
Second-The state has a building
at the Exposition, in which are eX-
hibited the industries and resources
of South Carolina. Many Of the peo-
pie do not realize the magnitude of
the possibilities within our borders.
Go then and see them you will profit
by the trip in many ways.
Third-In the Cotton Palace, Com
merce, Minerals and Forestry, Ma
chinery and Electricity and West In
dian Buildings will be seen many eX-
hibits that will justify the trip.
Fourth-To those who have never
seen the Exposition exhibits of the
United States government, seeing
them alone is worth more than the
cost Of the trip.
Fifth-The exhibits in the Wom-
ans Building will be of interest to
every woman in South Carolina. The
display is far superior to the woman's
work at any other exposition.
Sixth-When you have seen a Il the
exhibits Of interest, the Midway Of
fers its attractions, where you can
spend as much time in pleasure as
you desire.
Seventh-The people of Charleston
desire you to see the Exposition to see
from your own observation that they
projected the Exposition in your in
terest as well as theirs and that we
should be again united as one people.
Eighth-The railroad rates are very
low, and accommodation for all can be
secured in Charleston at reasonable
rates.
Those desiring to engage rooms or
board in advance will communicate
with Mrs. A. q. Clancy. Manager
Exposition Information Bureau, 216
Meeting street, Charleston, S. c.,
may have the same engaged in ad-
vance without any charge for SER
vices,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-03-12
Onen the Door Of Your Heart,

Open the door OF Your heart. my lad,
To the angels OF love and truth, :,
When the world is full Of Unnumbered
joys
In the beautiful dawn Of youth.
Casting aside all things that mar,
Saying to wrong, Depart. ,,.
To the voices Of hope that are calling
you
Open the door OF your heart.
Open the door:of your heart, my lass,
To the things that shall abide,
To the holy thoughts that h1t your
soul
Like the stars at eventide.
All Of the fadelesS flowers that bloom
In the realms Of song and art
Are yours if you'll only give them
room.
Open the door of your heart.
Open the door OF your heart, my friend
Needless of cross or creed,
When you hear the cry Of a brother
voice,
The sob Of child in need.
To the shining heaven that Ger you
bends
You need no map or chart.
Rnt only the love the Master gave.
Open the door OF your heart.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-03-12
The Waters Called Her.

THE waters are calling me-" says
Miss Alice NJ. Collie, who is believed to
have committed suicide at Niagara
Falls, in her farewell message to her
parents and her lover. Miss Collie is
considered to have been perfectly sane
and she bought return ticket when
she went to the Falls. Hence tits in
ferred that she had no previous inten-
tion Of suicide, and simply yielded to
the terrible fascination Of that rush
ing torrent, an impulse which has
been, for the moment, experienced by
many when standing upon Niagara's
brink.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-03-12
INTERESTING ITEMS
Gathered from Various Sources and
Condensed for Busy Readers.

Norfolk, Va, Is in the throes of a
big strike on the street car lines.
England is still sending $4,000
horses a month to South Africa for
her army there.
Several of the leaders in the late
riots in Barcelona, Spain, have been
condemned and shot
Six lives were lost in Patterson, n.
j., on Sunday night by the washing
away of bridge.
Two large buildings were wrecked
and three persons were killed by an
explosion in Reading, Pa on Sunday
night.
A widow and a widower of Laurin-
burg, n. c., ran away from their re-
spective children the first instant and
got married.
James Walsh, 112 years old, ma
tive of County Roscommon, Ireland,
died suddenly in Cumberland, Md,
on Sunday night.
Frank W. Cotle, defaulting cashier
Of the State bank at Elkhart, Ill,
committed suicide on Wednesday by
blowing out his brains with pistol.
The British had 632 men killed and
wounded and captured at Klerksdorp,
South Africa, a week ago. In addi-
tion the Beers captured two guns.
The postofice at Westerville, Ohio,
was dynamited Tuesday night and
81 200 in stamps and several hundred
dollars in money were carried off.
VIM. Cox shot and killed his wife at
Evansville, Ind, on Tuesday and then
killed himself. The deed was commit
ted in the presence Of their little
daughter.
Frank P. Jacobs, aged 25, shot and
killed his wife, aged IS, at Lynchburg,
Texas, on Monday and then cut his
own throat with a razor. They had
been married year.
MISS Ellen Stone, the missionary
captured by Bulgarian brigands
and lately released for a ransom Of
$4,000, will lecture this summer for
the Chautauqua societies in this coun-
try.
Harvey Nesmith of Pelham, Ga,
shot and killed his wife on Saturday
night and then killed himself. Both
were members Of good families. but
Nesmith had been drinking hard.
Mr.. Mullen, who celebrated his
reappOintment as postmaster at
Charlotte, n. c., by getting on jam
boree, and whose appointment was
held up on that account, has been
given the grand bounce and H. K.
Pope has been appointed in his stead.
The country authorities of Birming-
ham, Ala, have very disagreeable
problem to deal with and have called
on the governor for assistance. The
bodies of ten dead babies have been
found near the city within two
months
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-03-12
The Price Of a Foot.

Mr.. James C. Schumpert, OF New
berry, lost foot by an accident on
the southern Railway at Bolton on
the 18th Of February, 1901, while he
was an engineer on that system. He
brought suit for $4,000. The trial
came off recently in Newberry, and
the jury gave verdict in his favor for
S12, 500. a motion for a new trial
was refused with the understanding
that the verdict be reduced to SO, 900.
Ten dyas time was given to accept
the reduction or new trial will be
granted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-03-12
Farmers Will Rejoice.

The Carolina Spartan says never
have the farmers Of the county been
in more perpl'exing condition. Food
for man and beast is scarce. Wheat
the poorest looking stuff ever seen the
first week in March. No oats Of any
consequence. No preparation for the
next crop and no chance to do any
general plowing this week. But there
is a way out of all this. The farmers
will yet rejoice before 1903" We
hope the prediction Of the the Spartan
will come true, as our farmers have
certainly been having a rough time
for snnn wears
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-03-12
The Beauties of Divorce.

The following is the closing para
graph Of a late news dispatch: Two
years ago New York society was sur
prised to learn that Richard H. Hunt,
the architect, asked his wife to get a
divoce and thus allow him to marry
Mrs. Walter Watrous. Last year she
went to Dakota to secure the divorce
and there fell in love with DR.. Har-
gems. He then divorced his wife, and
his marriage to Mrs. Hunt followed. !"
How perfectly lovely and romantic.
What a convenient thing is the di-
Vorce court!
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-03-12
CAUGHT in Virginia.

Gov. A. J. Montague Of Virginia
wired Gov. McSweeney Wednesday
thae the sheriff Of Williamsburg
county, Va, had captured one John
Henry Floyd, colored, who is wanted
for the murder Of John Nance, colored.
in Laurens county on the Goth OF last
October. The proper reQuisition
papers have been forwarded. Floyd
has confessed. Harvey Floyd, his
brother, is also implicated in the af-
fair.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-03-12
The Potato Crop.

Prepare for a large sweet potato
crop. They make cheap hog food.
They are good to have in the family
about eight months in the year. Any
variety Of the yellow kind is good for
table use. Fo- hogs and cattle the
large red kind, are more prolific. Land
should be pulverized 3 to y inches
deep. Plant in two-foot rows. II
you use commercial fertilizer and the
land is thin mix 500 pounds acid phoS-
phate. 300 kainit and 200 pounds cot
ton seed meal for two acres.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-03-12
NaSSed Them On.

The Manchester Union says "un-
doubtedly Senator Spooner, in the
course Of debate, nagged Tillman into
the row with McLaurin: but it is a
rather slim excuse for Tillman. Sena-
tors, it ought not to be necessary to
remark, should be above the leve! Of
street urchins who fall to fighting be-
cause somebody ''setS them on"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-03-12
The Coolest Month.

The Carolina Spartan says February
was the coldest month Of the winter.
1t gave US the deepest snow ever
measured here by any one living.
The ground was frozen hard nearly
every morning in the month until the
last few days. Vegetation was max
ing no show at all the first day Of
March. The amount OF rain and
melted snow was $40 inches, about
double the normal amount for the
month. There were ten days on
which rain and snow fell.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-03-12
Extra Cheap Rates.

1t will be no fault of the railroad
lines if South Carolina Day" at the
Charleston exposition March 20, is not
a great success. The railroad lines
have, as predicted, announced re-
markably low rates. The tickets
are to be sold on March 10 and 20
good to return on any train within
three days from the date of sale.
Here are the round trip rates from
some of the principal points: