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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-15

The War Department has been informed
by cable that the cause of Major Grandy's
death at Lipa, p. l., last week was apo
plexy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-10-14

now live faster than in any proceed
ing age. We take in more in a score
Of Years than Mathusaleh did in his
life of many centuries. The divine
right of kings, once held and exer-
.cised with such potency, is now OBJ
solete in all civilized countries; and
the slavish fear that permitted its
sway has given way to more rational
thought, and the great common peo-
bic have become educated and can
10 longer be ruled by p~riestcratt,
m cajoled by political demagogues.
the last two decades a universal
tie of unrest amongst the great
mmon people, such as the world
as never before witnessed, condi-
ions that battle the wisest states
hen and the most profound philoso-
Dhers, to satisfactorily explain,
eems to have taken permanent pos
session of the people. The age in
Thich we live will not allow us to at
ribute it to superstition: we do not
now enough of telepathy to attrib-
tie it to spiritualistic forces. So
te may be forced-for the present
II least-to put in the plea of agnos-
ticism.
J. B. ALEXANDER, M. D.
Mecklenburg Co.. n. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-10-14

Among the many famous cures of swamp-Root
reported il The Progressive Farmer the ones we
publish this week for the benefit of our readers,
speak in the highest terms of the wonderful cuTa-
tive properties of this great kidney, liver and blad-
der remedy.
Mrs. H. NJ. Wheeler, of III High Rock St, Lynn,
Mass, writes on Nov. 2 1901 "About 10 months
ago I had a very severe spell Of sickness. was ex-
tremely sick for three weeks, and when I finally was
able to leave my bed 1 was left with excruciating
pains in my back My water at times looked very
like coffee. / could pass but little at a time, and
then only after suffering great paid. My physical
condition was such that l had no strength and was
all run down. The doctors said my Kidneys were
not affected, but I felt certain that they were the
causeOf my trouble, My sister, MIS-. C. E. Little
field, of Lynn, advised me to give DIR. Kilmer's
Swamp-ROOt a trial. 1 procured a oft e and inside
of three days commenced to get relief. 1 followed
up that bottle with another, and at the completion
of this one found 1 was completely cured. My
strength returned, and to-day l am as we'll as ever.
Ny business is that of canvaSser. / am on my feet
a great deal of the time, and have to use much en-
ergy in getting around. Ny cure is therefore all
the more remarkable, and is exceedingly gratifying
to me-"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-10-14

Rape is a soiling plant whose good
qualities are not fully appreciated.
In addition to furnishing a rich sue
culent food it prepares the ground
for such crops as wheat, rye and 9th
er cereals by reason of its deep root
ing habits which bring much latent
plant food from the sub-soil and
leave it on the surface available for
shallow rooted grains. Rape, how
ever, is a coarse feeder and unless it
is grazed or the manure returned to
the soil it will impoverish the latter.
E. M.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-10-14
SUGGESTIONS FOR VOTERS.
Greater Tolerance and Independence in
Politics is Needed.
Editor of The Progressive Farmer:

Editor of The Progressive Farmer:
As we only live our life once, we
should try to live noble, and there
fore just and tolerant lives. This
is said to BE a free country, and if
so, each legal voter should be allow
ed, without sneer or taunt by any
one, to vote as he wishes. I would
like to vote for good men. Mr. Ma
thaniel Macon said on one occasion:
"In all countries those who have
sense enough to get and keep money
may be safely trusted as to the man
ner of disbursing it." That is a
good idea yet, in case the man gets
it honestly. Do we follow this as a
rule in nominating men for Office?
Ut is a rule with us in C a man
agrees to run for Office on the oppo-
site side from the party he formerly
affiliated with, he is always villifed,
this though his character be as good
CfC4J way dS any OhC D" LIS
Mould not be so, but it is. "Wise
hen sometimes change their opin-
Ons, but fools never"
1t is difficult to say which has done
The greater harm, "blind zeal which
would not see, or intelligence which
saw but had not the moral courage
to act" 1 had rather be the blind
zealot han the man who saw and
had not the moral courage to tell
the people he thought them wrong.
I have the company of my con
science, or inner self, present all the
time, and if I gallop with the gang
just to be popular, I could neve for
give myself. We are creatures of
environment and association: the
papers, magazines and books we
read, and the people we associate
with, make us what we are. If l only
read one paper, and it a strictly par
tisan political paper, l would doubt
less think like it, and perhaps think
the party of that paper did not
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-10-14

get elected, the world would imme-
diately come to an end.
A gentleman told me in October,
1896, that he had two sisters. One re-
sided in Tennessee, the other in
Massachusetts,, and the Tennessee
man was a regulation 16 to 1 Demo
crat, the Massachusetts, man was a
Gold Standard Republican, and each
of the sisters wrote to her home
folks depicting the dire horrors that
would happen if her husbands favo-
rite candidates should not be elect
ed. Each man should have done all
he conscientiously could to have
elected his man, and then quietly
awaited the consequence, knowing
that the sun will continue to rise in
the east and set in the west, regard
less of who was elected.
Now, we will soon have another
election, and it is the height of folly
to fall out and abuse your neighbor
because he cannot think like your
political orator and your newspaper
has taught you to believe the only
true way to vote. It is just possible
you may have been taught wrong.
The trust is not a party question.
IF l were trying to get up a trust, I
would not ask men to what political
party they belonged before asking
them to subscribe, but / would do all
I could to make them believe there
was money in the scheme for them.
That is what men go into combines
or trusts for.
A new bank was being talked up
in a town some years ago. One man
said he would take ten shares for the
good of the town, another said he
would take one hundred for the good
of himself first, and if the town got
any incidental good out of it, all
right; he would be glad. That is
business. Each man wants to make
something, or he would not enter
into any kind of business, trusts or
otherwise. Mr.. Roosevelt's ideas on
trusts I think are good. The gov
eminent should govern the trusts,
not the trusts govern the govern
ment. If we have no laws by which
can do that now. let US make
some, and this should not be a party
question either. And in voting for
county officers, it should be a mere
question of honesty, and general eff
of the candidates, rather than
to what political party they belong.
There should be parties, but we
should be more careful, as a rule,
about the man we nominate.
1 could write almost indefinitely
this subject, but I have written
enough. D. L. GORE.
New Hanover Co., N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-10-14
The North Carolina Agricultural Society will hold its And
State Fair
4 RALEIGH, OCT. II TO NOV. /.

r the donaton Of lO from state Agricultural department. to be awarded Ito best Farm
Field crop Lives Stock and Horticulture, the Society is able to ofern eTys 80"1n
and full rmauOn
retarvT K Brner. Finest Horses Cattle, Sheep, Swine. Beautiful Exhibit of Poultry
TMIs0 Of ned Nv he fnests Southern Horses. hi Midway will contain many interesting
exhibitions but positively nothing offensive. 90 rates Oh railroad. All aretn vHed to
bt free env charges Come and carry off premium. Address the Secretary E Poge,
HON. j. A. LONG, President.
C. B. benson, Treasurer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-10-14
WHAT A SAMPLE BOTTLE
OF SWAMP=ROOT DID

Prove what Swamp-ROOt, the Great Kidney, Liver and Bladder Remedy,
Will do for YOU, Every Reader Of The Progressive FARMER May Have
a Sample Bottle Free by Mail.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-10-14
M"4. 1T Mse&|

The mild and extraordinary effect of the woldfamous kidney and bladder
remedy, Dr. Ki1mers SwampRot ISIS soon realized. It stands the highest for its
wonderful cures of the most d stesiDg ceases
Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible for more sickness and suf ring
than any other disease, therefore, when through neglec or other causes, kidney
trouble is permitted to continue, fatal results ar IRE to- follow.
We often see a friend, a relative, or IA acquaintance apparently well, but in a
few days we may be greved to earn of their we're illness, Orsudden death, caused
by that fatal type of kidney toube-Brghts Disease
The Effect of the Sample Bottle of Swamp Root.
Hainghead that yu could procuea sample bhe6 swRmpRot free y mail, I wre ITO Dr.
Klmer Go .Bindamnn.N +. fora sample bottle and was promptly sent 1 wsO p@ed after
tyng the bottle that @ntt 1.-THE drug store nd procured MPPy. Imeu used Swamp Root
regularly for sonnet inc and cnider nunSmpas~d aa rene y frhidh vrh sO fapettem and gen
my business / @nN cOnmen it highly for all
$ s: ST.: : @$::: I : AZ s Il 5 lis: !: s: q e &C. Il i IS :; 'Sf'SSz ' MNsNkAuz
Root has done for me-"
Springfield Ohio Feb. Nh1 1901
ED TORIAL EOTE.-Tf you sre sick or feel badly, begin taking the won
deful discovery, Or KImers Swamp-Ro t. tecause as Oon as your kidneys are
we'll they will help all the other organ to health A trial will n ice anyone
You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful remedy, Swa proof sen
absolutely free by mail, also a book telling all about SwampRoot nj containing
of the thousands urOn thousands of testimonial letters received FIR m men
and women who W their go d health, in ia their very lives &c the great cura-
tive properties of SwampRoot In writing to r. Kihmer & Co.. Binghamton, N.
Y, be ue t. say that you read this geneHouso offer in The Progressive Farmer.
If you are a1padyc nvnced that SwampR is what you need, you can pur-
chase the regular fftycent and onedolr size bottles al the drug stores every
where. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name,S wampRoot DR. Kill
mersS wamp-Root and the address, Binghamton, N. Y, O every bottle.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-10-14

Having heard that you could procure a sample
Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton, N. Y, fora sample DO
trying the sample bottle that l sent to the drug sto
regularly for some time and consider it unsurpasSet
eral arrangement of the dig stive functions. 1 thi
my business 1 can / it highly for all
liver and kidney complaints. l am not in the
habit of endorsing any medicine but in this case
1 csnnot speak too much in praise of what Swamp
Root has done for me.'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-08
The COTTON CROP
Condition a Trihe Below Ten
Years Average.
In the Central Cotton States the Decline is
Marked, in Other States itlis
Much Less.
(By the Associated Prcss.)

Washington, July 3.-The monthly re-
port of the statistician of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture will show the -av-
eragc condition of cotton on June 20 to
have been 84.7, as compared with 9o.l
on May rs, 1902; 81 on June %. 1901;
1913 on July /, 1900, and a ten year aver
age of $50. With the exception of North
Carolina. where there seems to nave
been a slight Improvement, and Virginia,
where there is no appreciable change IN
condition, every cotton producing state
shows a decline during the month, the
decline being greatest in Texas, where
it amounts to % points, and in louisiana.
Indian Territory, Mississippi and Ala
bama where it is IL, 10, 3 and 8 points
The condition is, however,
still in excess of the ten year average
in the following States, by the number
of points stated in each case:
Virginia, 8; North Carolina, 6; South
Carolina and Florida, 8; Georgia and
Arkansas, Z; Tennessee, II: Oklahoma,
2. and Missouri. 10. On the other hand,
the condition falls below the ten year
average by 2 points in Louisiana and In
dian Territory one point in Alabama, ana
10 points in Texas. This report is made
up to June % and no changes subsequent
to that date have been taken into &C
count. The departments statistical
agent for Texas, however, telegraphed
last night that the recent rains IN that
State have been of little or no bench.
to the crop. and that a further deterlo-
ration may be looked for unless there is
more rain by July 10.
The condition in the principal States
is reported as follows:
North Carolina, 90; South Carolina, %;
Georgia, 81; Florida. 90; Alabama, 81;
Mississippi, So; Louisiana, So; Texas, 70;
Arkansas. 50; Tennessee, 90; Oklahoma.
80. Indian Territory. SO.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-08
GRAIN Markets EXCITED
Heavy Rains Interfere With Wheat
and Dat Crops.
INDUSTRIAL SITUATION UNCHANGED
The Kentucky and Illinois Miners Announce
That They Will Not Strike, A Change
Expected in the Anthracite
Strike Next Week.
(By the Associated Press.)

New York, July 3.-Bradstreet's tomor-
row will say:
Weather and crop conditions nave
been first in evidence this week, diverse
Influences affecting different sections to
help or depress trade. Throughout the
northern half of the country from the
Atlantic coast to the Rocky Mountains,
except in some parts of the Northwest,
cool, wet weather has injured or arrest
ed crop development, hurt retail dis
tribution and checked recorders and fall
business with jobbers. On the upper
South Atlantic coast, crop conditions
have been favorable and trade has been
measurably helped thereby, but extreme
ly hot weather in the middle Gulf sec
ton IS complained of as affecting crop
and trade conditions. Warmer dry
weather is impcratively needed in the
northern and western sections Of the
country if summer trade is to reach it's
full development. Eastern cities note
the check given by the eathe to re-
tail trade and the summer recorder bust
ness.
Grain markets nave been considera-
bly, excited this week by the heavy and
almost torrential rains reported in the
central West. Winter wheat harvesting
has been interfered with, the oat crop
had been damaged and the growth of the
corn crop has been arrested. To just
what extent injury has been lone re-
mains for warm fine weather to disclose.
The situation has not changed ma
tcrially in industrial lines. Signs of the
soft coal strike in Virginia and West
Virginia failing increase and a number
of mines have resumed. The Kentucky
q rH Illinois nnal roinnrc +Io,y
Will not strike and thus 'iolate their
contracts. The anthracite strike drags
on, but a change is looked for next
week, the soft coal miners and coal car
rying roads are reaping a rich harvest"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-08
~FLUNKEYISM GONE MAD
Choate Would Tnrn the Fourth Into a Funeral
Occasion Because Edward is Ill.

London, July 4.-The Fourth Of July
banquet Of the American Society in
London was given at the Hotel Cecil
tonight. There WAS a remarkable mani
festatlon of sympathy for King Edward
in his illness, and incidentally there
were some open expression OF disploas-
urc with Joseph H.. Choatc, the United
States Ambassador. Between four and
five hundred Americans were present at
the banquet, and the guests included
General Joseph Wheeler and the United
States Consul General in London, II.
Clay Evans.
Having ~cloqucntly toasted King Ed
ward, Mr.. Choate announced that in con
sequence OF His Maiesty's grave condi-
ton, the other usual toasts, with the cH-
ception OF the one to the President OF
the United States, would be omitted, anc
that there would be no speech-making.
Sir Francis Grenfell proposed tho
health Of President Roosevelt. After
this toast was drunk, Mr. Choatc and the
colonial officials hurried away to don
their court dress and to meet the Prince
OF Wales at the India Office. The other
guests Of the society remained, and In
spite OF Mr.. Choate's announcement.
there ensued an unusually bright series
of speeches, which were punctuated by
openly expressed Dissatisfaction with the
absence Of the American Ambassador
and his action in notwithstanding the
speeches. This dissatisfaction was
vaiccd by Ex-Governor Hastings, Of Penn
svlvania. who said that he quite dis
agreed with Mr.. Choatc. Mr.. Hastings
said he had just arrived in London from
the United States, but that before he left
all the country was rejoicing oyer tn"
Kings recovery, and that, therefore,, n"
thought tonight should be one or re-
ioicing and Of speeches to voice that
feeling. This remark was greeted with
loud cheers in which the American
displomats who had remained and all the
consular representatives present joined.
General Wheeler, who received a great
ovation from the many Southerners
present. spoke after ex-governor Hast
ings. He spoke on the sympathy OF the
United States with the King.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-08
Bowlegs Increasing.
New Orleans Times Democrat.)

New Orleans Times DemOcrat.)
''Bowlegs are certainly on the in
crease" said a well-known tailor, land
while it makes no particular difference
in nv line of business we cannot help
from noticing it. What special reason is
to be assigned for the increase in bow
legs is a question l am not prepared
to answer. But really it does not re-
uUire the experience of a tailor to eS-
tablish the fact that boWlegs are more
common now than ever before. OF course,
the tailor, because of the measurements
he is required to make, may notice things
OF this sort more readily than the men
who are engaged in other walks of life
I'VE have to measure q mans legs
when : order for a suit Of clothes Is
left, we naturally notice the size
and ,e OF the legs. Some time ago
nv Auction was directed to the matter
by a man whose legs were just a little
above the average when it comes to
crookedness OF this kind. | made up
my mind that I would conduct a little
study along this line. The results have
surprised me. 1 have found that but
very few men have straight legs-that
is, legs that are normally straight. The
surprising fact abou the matter is that
in a majority OF instances a billiard
ball may be dropped between the calves
OF the legs. Knock knees are not I'M
common, but this affliction, IL it may be
called such. is, 1 imagine, very largely a
matter Of inheritance"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-08
BRYAN IS NOT MENTIONED
Temperance Cause Must Not be Made
a Political Issue.
TERRELL IS NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR
! Wo Other Names We're Presented to the Con-
v%ention, These Of CoIon-I John H. EstilI
ard Colonel Dupont Query No
Strife Over the Platform.
fBy the Associated Press.)

Atlanta, Ga, July Georgia Demo
Gratis III state convention here today nom
mated he following ticket:
For Governor-Joscph NJ. Terrell.
For Attorney Gcncral-John c.. Hart.
For CoEptroIler-Gcreral Williams: 4.
Wright.
For Secretary Of Statc-phil Cook.
FOR Commits ioncr Of Agriculture-O.
B. Stevens.
For Prison Commissiorcr-Thomas Ea-
son.
For State Recommendation E. Park.
For State School Corlmissicacr-W. Is.
Merritt.
For Justices of the Supreme Court
Samuel Lumpkin and j. A. Cobb.
For United States Senator-Alexander
S. Clay.
il convention today ratified the re-
suits of primaries held throughout the
State, June 9Th. The names OF Colonel
John II. Estill, editor of the Savannah
Mclni1g News, and Colonel Dupont Guer-
~, q prominent attorney of Macon, who
were entered in the guhernatorial cam
paiSn, were also presented to the con-
Nentlon IS candidates for the nomination
tor Governor. Mr.. Terrell received Al
votes, Mr.. Gucrry 70 and Colonel EstiIl
so. Mr.. Terrell served for four years as
State Attorney General. which position
he resigned to become a candidate for
Governor.
After the nominations were made the
convention adjourned until 5 o'clock.
when the platform was submitted and
unanimously adopted. 1t deals almost
entirely with State issues, prominence
Kansas City platform is passed over in
silence and the name Of w. J. Bryan is
rot mentioned.
Upon the liquor question the platform
says:
w do not believe the cause of tenn
porance should be made a political issue
in this State. The best interests of the
as we'll as the furtherance of that
cause, demand the complete separation
of this question from personal and party
We approve the wisdom and
safety of the non-partisan policy which
Characterizes our present legislation upon
this subject"
Some strife had been expected with
reference to the Kansas City platform,
but the matter was settled in commit
tee ami did not figure upon the floor OF
the convention.
The public services Of Senator's Bacon
Clay and of the Georgia delegation
proved.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-08
THE TosACco MARKET.
Opening Sales N Raleigh Firs. Monday in
August Outlook Bright

The outlook Tor the Raleigh Tohar.,
Market whlcl re-opeax this season CON
ttnIes 10 grow rosy. ana i splendid sra
son : looked sor. II tho present conI-
ton e the crop ia this section con
t!nucs.
The Raleigh Tobacco Association has
lust issued a valuable circular on tho
cultivation or lear tobacco. The article
Is written by Capt. r VI Pace. one a.,
the best Informed tobacco mon ii tho
state. He deals specifically with he
cultivation and the curing OF tobacco
a subject or great Importance 20 hun
drcds OF farmers in this section M this
time. These circulars arc being ais
tributed among The farmers who arpis.
That the tobacco yield Of this section
Will Be large is not doubted Is :ho to
taCco men who have looked over tho SIT
uation, hut how larg, is as Set only an
Many farmers or the section
ere now planting for the first time and
il is supposed that fully three million
rounds Will he marketed in RaI,ieh. and
this viii turn loose much ready cash.
1t was stated Yesterday that sales ON
the warehouse floors would begin on tho
fist Monday in August. and as this ante
dates the opening or the cotton market
the merchants Will at once realize the
value or the tobacco market.
Raleigh's two tobacco warehouses are
being We'll advertised and the tobacco ia
going TO come 10 them. Tho Farmers
Warehouse. corner OF Dayic md Hood
worth streets. Will Ne run bv Nossrs. T..
II. Chcatham and Garland Mitchell ~
Oxford. both experienced aud successful
tobacco men. while the Capital Tobacco
Warehouse. corner Of Blouut and payio
streets. Will have as its proprictors
Mcssrs. w. +. Canaady ard z. +. Knott.
IT, two experienced ana weII known
dealers, formerly cf oxford. Mr.. T. r.
ArondclI. Of Raleigh, who has a wilde and
intimate acquaintance with tho grower
of the county. is special partner in tn"
firm. There will DO but one auctiop#rr
for both houses. an! this lis Mr. W.. l..
Rcid, OF Doitlor. who IS reported as be-
ing \ good one.
Tlrrc will be n strong corps Of buy
erS on the market. the ImIerial and tho
american both having mon hcrc. in add
tiCn to others who Will be independent
buyers. tn" warchou$emcn Will care for
their patrons. as tncy are prepared to
keep the price UP and it is with n spleu-
did show of success that the opening OF
tho season approaches.