davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
UNDERWOOD WOULD MAKE
 GREAT MINORITY LEADER
ey PATTERSON sTEALEY.

ately needed when minority wants to make a good showing in fighting a ma jority MT. Underwood Is a skilled parlia- mentarian, better than either Williams or De Armond. He is a young man, but he is cool, shrewd and long headed, never gets excited and did some very pretty work during the session just closed when republicans and democrats were striving for the advantage in mak- ing a showing before the people.
 As a speakership candidate with the democrats in control of the house, MT. Underwood might not be regarded with so much favor as he is for minority leadership, although he would unques- tionably be a strong candidate. But for the delicate work of leading a minority, getting the best possible out of every situation that arises and impresses the people with confidence in it's wisdom, who think Mir. Underwood the best fitted for the position,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

washington. November 12.-(speciaL)- A washington telegram to the Phiiadei- nhia Public Ledger deals at some length with the position of the minority in the new congress. It says that in view or the fact that the democrats lost the house. there will be probably be m" change in the leadership. though Rich ardson. it says, would not nave been made speaker had the democrats won. IL says many democrats are opposed to Richardson's leadership in the next con- gress, and mentions either Williams of Mississippi. DeArmond of Missouri or Underwood of Alabama as possible successor Referring to MT. Underwood 8 possible candidacy, the dispatch says:
 "Mr. Underwood's strength lies in the fact that parliamentarian is desper-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
INDEX TO TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.

The Weather. Washington. November 12.-Following is the weather forecast for Alabama: Fair Thursday and probably Fridayi fresh southeast wird.
 Page one. Senator Pritchard ;n c1ose quarters. Former Collector Bingham makes statement. Operators answer demand of miners. Commission getting ready for work. Roosevelt en route to canebreaks. Cholera in the United States army. Americans killed in Colombian war.
 Page Two. Roberts makes report on precious metals. Boston assault case still mystery.
 Page Three. 5000 Confederate Veterans in Montgom- cry.
 Birmingham will get the next reunion. General state news.
 Page Four. Editorial comment. Gossip heard In local hotel lobbies.
 Page Five. J. Carter Cook, chairman of republican state campaign committee, says recent election was perfectly fair. President Milton H. Smith of Louisville and Nashville railrcad in the city. Judge Thomas G. Jones takes hand in crusade against pistol toters."
 Page Six. Social news of Birmingham.
 Page Seven. Local and foreign market reports.
 Page Eight. Important conference on Cuban recip- rocity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
Indians File Petition.

Washington, November 12.-A petition has been filed in the court of claims by the Della Indians. claiming to reside in and to be a band of the Cherokee tribe of nation in Indian Territory. to re- cover from the government an aggregate of $439,4 with 5 per cent per annum interest, as the amount which the Dela- wares say the United States illegally di- verted out of what belonged to them and paid to a large number of New York Indians. The case grows out of the occu- pancy by the New York Indians of lands in Kansas which the Delewares claim belonged exclusively to tham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Makes
 1t Hard for Youngsters.

Philadelphia. November 12-The su- preme court of Pennsylvania has promul- gated new rules to govern admissions to the bar completely revofutionizing the system in force for more than century. state board of law examiners. com posed of five members. is established Ad- missions on law school diplomas are abol- ished.
 Registration Is required at the com mencement of the course of three years study, but a preliminary examination must first be passed in English literature, universal history, the history of England and of the United States. arithmetic, al- zebra, geometry, geography and Latin. The three yeaers of preparation after reg istration must be passed either in an ap- proved law school or as bona fide clerk in law office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
TERRITORIAL COMMITTEE
 GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS

Las Vegas. N. M., November 12.-At the official hearing of the United States sem ate subcommittee on territories, held in this city, the first witness was William J. Mills, chief justice of New Mexico.
 who was followed by Nepomuceno ze- gnra, official interpreter for all the courts The committee declined all en- tertainments and receptions took up the hearings within an hour after its ar rival, and with brief intermission dur ing the day. during which 1t drove in and about old and new Las Vegas, 1t was in session the whole time of Its stay here. It left at midnight for Santa Fe, where 1t will resume hearings tomorrow,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
Democrats VIII Contest.

Washington, November 12.-Democratic candidates on the county ticket here who on the face of the police returns met oe- feat last election day, have decided to enter a contest and demand an official recount of the ballots. They contend that prima facie evidence has already been brought out in the canvass now being conducted, which shows glaring ir- regularities if not fraud in some of the political divisions in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
PRITCHARD'S 'LILY WHITE MOVE
 MAY COST HIM A JUDGESHlP
MINERS HAV VIE BUSY DAY
 GETTING CASE IN FORM

vxT ILKEsBARRE. Pa. November w 12-There was a busy time at
 miners headquarters today. President Mitchell was holding conference all day with delegations of miners, his lawyers and members of the executive boards of the United Mine Workers. The case of the miners, as 1t will be submitted to the arbitration committee which meets at Scranton Friday. was gone over care fully by the executive heads of the miners union, the attorneys and expert miners who were summoned here.
 The evidence collected by President Mitchell in behalf of the miners is vol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
still Looking for Eaan.

Belton, Mont, November 12.-With the aid of a number of Flat Head Indians and the Indian police from the Flat Head reservation, the Great Northern has 1n- augurated another search for Superin- tendent Egan. One party managed to reach the deserted hut, but they found the hut had not been occupied for some months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

luminous and covers every possible point that may be raised when the commission sits. President Mitchell and his official family will break up house. tomorrow and remove to Scranton.
 The chief officer of the miners union has made his headquarters in Wilkes barre since May 19 He will now make his headquarters in Scranton and remain there until the commission completes it's work, when he will return to national headquarters at Indianapolis President Mitchell and the other executive officers of the miners union declined to discuss the replies of the presidents of the coal carrying roads to the statement filed by the miners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

The method of work as shown by It's first official visit includes the examina- tion of the court dockets and records of the judicial district of the territory and taking extracts from them penetrating all sections of the cities, visiting and talking with inhabitants in each locality inquiring into the conditions as they eist, in the schools, in the courts and in the city and county generally.
 Some of the prominent witnesses in to- days hearings were Jesus Maria Tefoya, Felipe Baca y Garcia, justices of the peace, and Pablo Ulibarri. Diamo deo zena, Jose Riberra, Pablo Jaranillo and Rafael Gailegos, census enumerators. and Enrique Armijo, principal of the Las ve- gas schools. !,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
INDEPENDENT OPERATORS'ARE
 HARD ON THE MINERS UNION
APPEARS N
 RANKS OF U, 8, ARMY

nila receives It's water supply, as 1t was deemed necessary to protect the stream from possible pollution. The cholera de- veloped while the men were on this duty.
 It was believed that cholera had en- tirely disappeared from Manila, and Its reappearance has created feelings of ap- prehensions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
ALLEMANcE WILL RECOVER.
Baseball Pitcher Yet Too Weak to Al
 low Probing for Ball.

Mason City, W. Va, November 12-Har- ry Allemange, the ball player, who was shot by safe-robbers on Sunday last rest ed well today but he is yet too weak to stand probing for the ball.
 His physicians tonight state that he will recover, unless unforeseen complications occIr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

NH ANILA, November 12. = Cholera WI made its appearance yesterday among the men of a detachment of the Fifth infantry, which is stationed here. Seven men have already died eand a number of others are seriously i'll.
 The detachment of the Fifth infantry In question has been placed on guard along the Maraquina river, whence Ma
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
Colombia Reducing Army.

Washington, November 12.-A cable gram received at the Colombian legation from Bogota, announces that the Colom- bian government is rapidly reducing its army since conditions are such that 1t is not necessary to maintain the large army that was organized because of the revolution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
New waqon Record.

New York. November 12.-At the Elm pire City track today c. K. Killings drove The Monk an exhibition mile and one-eighth to a wagon in 2;2oA, wnicn is
 oaw record for the distance to a wagon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
Shook Hands With Engineer.
President at Louisville.

Louisville, November 12.-The Presi- dents train reached here at 9:5O o'clock tonight over the Louisville and Nashville road, twenty minutes ahead of the sched- uie time, and, although stop of only ten minutes was made, the President was accorded a hearty welcome.
The progressive farmer., 1902-09-02

change in the division of the school
fund would be, not fewer educated ne
groes, but fewer negroes educated I'M
der proper influences, and vastly
larger number educated beyond the
control of the Southern white man
and in an atmosphere calculated to
produce constant friction between the
races and between the sections.
In yet another and hardly less i'm
portant way would this proposed
change injuriously affect the South.
It would seriously endanger the new
suffrage regulations of the Southern
States. 1t would result in hostile
Northern attitude toward them, posi-
bly, in unfavorable action by Congress
and the Supreme Court. So long as
the Southern whites show their friend
ship for the negro by providing liberal
school facilities for the race whose IL
lterates they disfranchise, so long
may our grandfather clauses" and
understanding clauses" pass unas-
sailed. But if the less conservative
element of the Southern people
should ever succeed in forcing the
abandonment of negro education, it
would be regarded as having a direct
bearing on our educational suffrage
qualifications, and as proof too strik-
ing to be longer disregarded of an in
tention to violate the Fifteenth
Amendment to the Constitution. What
wayfaring man cannot see that this
agitation by the more violent element
of our population may cause the new
and untried structure so painfully
wrought out by the South to sway and
totter and collapse?
Aside from the matter of injury to
the school system, therefore, it is easy
to meet on their own ground the ad-
vocates of the proposed change, for
there is enough to show that the Black
Peril of the South would gain new ter
rors, not lose old ones, by turning over
the education of the negroes to fanat-
les and foreigners, and knocking out
the most substantial prop by which
our suffrage regulations are upheld.
This is clearly a case in which it is
"better to bear those ills we have than
fly to others that we know not Of"
The progressive farmer., 1902-09-02

ton, for instance. The men who
intimate, frst-hand knowledge - lave 41,.
period are fast passing away, and 4lls
younger generation has only tbo H.
vaguest of ideas as to what was tbas
the condition Of affairs. The me- .sn
paper files contain about all the "s' l.:
tory of this time that we have. N ~,
Bragg Fraud Commission Report !. -
been almost completely extermino+ag
perhaps not dozen copies remain
We need monuments is -,
But we need a more general knowlad
of our State history to enable nv =
appreciate the monuments, and tbo
people must have this more gensraI
knowledge before they will take int.~
est in monument building.
The progressive farmer., 1902-09-02
The Thinkers.
A TYPICAL LABOR Ae1rATOR,

Consider the bridge-builders. Said
I to their agent, "What would happaD
if the Pencoyd or Steelton bridge.
builders were aggrieved in Africa 0,
Asia"
"The men would strike in New
York." said he. There is union powe,
reaching round the world. This agent
has served the union for the last five
years at ten dollars day and expen.
ses, not here alone, but abroad. Like
other union officers he thinks union
as you and I think the "shop" of our
daily toll. He goes armed. He shuns
no trouble.
I asked member of his union about
him.
"He's all right" came back. Why
not? None of his men are out Of
work; their pay is four dollars and as
much more as they can earn; their
day is eight hours; they have prac
tical monopoly of their trade. The
business agent has done it.
"I have heard it said," he remarked
to me one evening, "that we fatten on
the working-men, the deluded work
ingmen. These boys five years ago.
worked ten hours day for two dollars
and seventy-fve cents. Each cohtrii-
butes half a cent day to my salary;
can they afford that from their dollar
and quarter added pay? Is the half
a cent a bad investmentw w and he
walked quickly toward a meeting Of
his local union, to be stopped in the
hall and on the stairs by seventeen
whisperers-I counted-on urgent
business. A successful politician
could not be more beset.-M. G. Gun
nif in The Worlds Work.
The progressive farmer., 1902-09-02

We have not pressed or dunned our
subscribers during the summer season,
but now that farmers are beginning
to market their crops, we must remind
those in arrears that we have to pay
out cash every week in order to keep
the paper going to them, and prompt
renewals will be appreciated. A con-
siderable outlay of capital has been
required to install the new machinery
that we were compelled to purchase
owing to the breakdown of that which
we had been using, and it is very i'm
portant that those who owe us make
payment as early as possible. Consult
the date on your label and if it is be-
hind the date of this issue, let US hear
from you.
The progressive farmer., 1902-09-02

We didn't expect-simply because
it was too much to expect-that every
body would be convinced by what was
said in The Progressive Farmer re-
garding the false notion that oats
sometime turn to chess, and it is not
our purpose to keep up a perpetual
argument with those who choose to
believe the theory. Still it should be
said in passing that Mr.. Trollinger is
wrong when he says: "The fact that
chess does not spread and grow wild
as other grasses, shows that it owes its
existence to the oat seed, for it is
never seen unless oats are dropped by
stock on the highways and hedges OF
where oat seed is in wheat, or where
oats are sown in fall or come up vol
unteer."
The progressive farmer., 1902-09-02

We have before us now letter from
a poor afflicted creature whose life
has been blighted by unmerciful disas-
ter-a man who has been unable to
walk or work for thirty years. We
cannot print his letter, for other such
letters could then be sent us and we
should be unable to separate the
worthy from the unworthy. But near
ly every community has one or more
deserving unfortunates whose lives
sweet charity can make brighter. It
is well to think of them occasionally,
too, and to contrast humbly our ad-
vantages with theirs. AS some one
has beautifully said:
"If you are inclined to feel the
thorns on every rose which you find
lying in your path. think of the many
who have nothing but stones and dust
with never a flower to brighten the
long and toilsome journey, and you
will forget about the thorns and re-
member only the fragrance"
The progressive farmer., 1902-09-02

1t is to be hoped that good citizens
in all parties will cooperate to secure
the best men in each community to
serve as registrars and judges of cleo
ton this year. As the Gastonia Ga
zette rightly says:
"What gives this matter of election
and registration officers more impor-
tance than usual is the fact that the
new election law goes into effect and
the voters must line up under the poll
tax and educational qualifications
specified in the Constitutional Amend
ment. The operation of the new law
will be watched with no little interest,
and it is important to all concerned
that the officers chosen to apply its
provisions should be men of inteIli-
gence, fairness, and good executive
ability"
The progressive farmer., 1902-09-02

Before undertaking the work at
Tuskegee that was to mean so much
to the colored population of the
South, Booker T. Washington travel
ed extensively in Alabama. He found
the form of education in vogue de-
fective. "In some cases." he says in
Everybody's Magazine, 'I found
young men who could solve the most
difficult problems in compound pro
portion or in Banking or in foreign
exchange but who had never thought
to try to figure out the reason why
their fathers lost money on every bale
of cotton they raised, and why they
were constantly mortgaging their
crops and going in debt. I found girls
who could locate with accuracy the
Alps or the Andes on the map, but who
had no idea of the proper location OF
the various knives and forks and dish
es upon an actual dinner table.
found those who remembered that Da
nanas were grown in certain South
American countries, but to whom II
had never occurred that bananas
might be a good and healthful food to
sharpen the appetite at the breakfast
table, supposing their work had been
such as to allow them to buy such
food. In a country where pigs, chick
ems, ducks, geese, berries, peaches
plums, vegetables, nuts and much 9th,
er wholesome food could be produceq1'
with little effort, I found even schoa
teachers in the summer eating salt
pork brought from Chicago ana
canned chicken and tomatoes obtaln'
ed in Omaha"
The progressive farmer., 1902-09-02
SUBSCRIPTIONS:

aThe Industrial and Educational
Interests of our People Paramount to
All other considerations of State Pol
icy.' is the motto of The Progressive
Farmer, and upon this platform 1T
QhaII rise or fall. Serving no master,
ruled by no faction, circumscribed by
no selfish or narrow policy, It's ann
viii be to foster and promote the best
interests of the whole people of the
State. It will be true to the instincts
traditions and history of the Anglo
Saxon race. On all matters relating
specially to the great interests 1T rep
resents, it will speak with no uncer-
tain voice, but will fearlessly the right
defend and impartially the wrong con-
6emn.'-From Col. Polk's Salutatory,
February 10, 1885. ,-
The progressive farmer., 1902-09-02

Speaking of State history, very
commendable innovation in educa-
tional affairs is the celebration of
North Carolina Day. in all the pub
lie schools on each second Monday in
October. Last year the history of the
Roanoke Island Colony was the sub
ject for study, and Superintendent
Joyner has just announced that the
topic this year (Oct. 13th) will be
"The Early History of the Albemarle
Section"
The progressive farmer., 1902-09-02

.i The Asheville Citizen and States
vile Landmark are entirely right in
demanding that candidates for the
Legislature turn over Imperialism, the
tariff, free silver, etc., to the Con-
gressional candidates, and talk about
the things with which the Legislature
will have to deal. The next General
Assembly will have to handle some
momentous problems, and would-be
legislators can find in them material
enough for thought and speech.
The progressive farmer., 1902-09-02

In this State crops are maturing
much earlier than usual. We notice
a dispatch sent out from Wilmington
last Tuesday saying that up to that
time two thousand bales of new crop
cotton had been received there, while
last year not a bale came in till Au-
gust 31st. If the crop in other States
is like that in North Carolina, there
is danger that too much may be rush
ed on the market early in the season,
thus giving the impression of an un-
usually large crop and depressing
prices.
The progressive farmer., 1902-09-02

Again we direct attention to the
fact that on Wednesday, September
3rd, at II a. m, in the auditorium of
the Agricultural Building in this city
the first annual meeting of the Farm
ers' State Association, organized a
year ago, will be held. Farmers com
ing by rail can secure reduced rates,
and Secretary Parker asks us to urge
the Wake County farmers to attend
in larger numbers than heretofore.
The progressive farmer., 1902-09-02

One of the best arguments for IL.
organization and cooperation of tba
farmers that we have ever printed !.
that of Secretary Parker on page 8
The facts that he sets forth are mo,o
eloquent than mere oratory could nos.
sibly be.
The progressive farmer., 1902-09-02

The headlines over Mr.. RooseVelr'
speech on trusts in five different news
papers convey five different impres-
sions as to what he said on the SUI.
ject. Oftimes the lasting impression
is gotten from the headlines IL a news
paper, even by those who read the en-.
tire article, aside from the fact tnas
a large per cent of readers read ong
the headlines, if it is a long artleis
Therefore for these, as well as othss s
considerations, it should be just .So :
binding on a journalist to convey ~
right impression in head line a. nj I
would be to make a correct stateIls:l
editorially.-High Point Enterpri'"
The progressive farmer., 1902-09-02

There may not be much money in
delivering campaign speeches under
the direction of your party's State
chairman, but we notice that no one
who does so, whether or not he has
ever been heard of before, fails to be
spoken of as "the Honorable" So-and-
So in the list of campaign appoint
ments.
The progressive farmer., 1902-09-02

Some time ago a Cumberland Coun-
ty reader asked for an article on clear
ing land. If he will apply to the Sec
retary of Agriculture, Washington,
D. c., for copy of Farmers Bulle-
tin No. $50, "Clearing New Land" he
will doubtless get the information that
he seeks.
The progressive farmer., 1902-09-02
A THOUGHT TOR THE WEEK.

The great secret of success in life IS
to be ready when your opportunity
comes.-Lord Beaconsfeld.
The progressive farmer., 1902-09-02

De sure to give both old and new addresses In
ordering change Of pOstOmce.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-04-04
MoRMoNlsM GROWING.

A statement that contains many
alarmist assertions concerning the
Mormons and their alleged advances
to political and religious power has
just been prepared by secretaries Of
home missionary societies of Presby-
terrain, Baptist, Congregational, Me-
thodist Episcopal North and South,
Reformed, Cumberland Presby terrain,
Disciples of Christ and United Breth-
rem churches, who unite in an appeal
to the Christian public of America to
resist Mormon encroaches. These Sc
cretaries, who by their action repre-
sent the religious bodies named, as
sert that Mormonism still practices
polygamy, that it invades property
rights, that it seeks political power,
not alone in the west but throughout
the country, and so prevents the enact
ment of laws against it, that it is
rapidly growing both here and in
Europe and that its advance threa-
tens free government.