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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24
The Thinkers.
ErTEC1s OF THE BOER SURRENDER.

This country and the world at large,
so several papers remark, will soon
find some phases of the South African
peace decidedly interesting. Great
Britain's visible loss of commercial
prestige has been coincident with her
expenditure of nearly $500,000,00O a
year in wal and the withdrawal of
nearly 100000 men from productive
occupations. Now that peace has come,
this expenditure will cease, this force
of men will be returned to industrial
activities, the Boer forces will line up
in the British industrial ranks, and
the gold-mines of the Rand viii pour
from $1OO,OOO,OOO to $15O,O0O,OOO a
year into the worlds money market.
What the result of all this will be up
on the currents of trade, the condi-
tions of prosperity, and the level of
prices here and abroad is a question
the answer to which is awaited with
considerable interest and concern.
That the terms of peace will make
for the prosperity of South Africa is
pretty generally conceded. The Chi
cago Evening Post calls the terms
Surprisingly generous" and the
Richmond Dispatch considers them
Exceedingly liberal" Some of the
British war party, indeed, it is re-
ported, think them entirely too liberal.
Secretary Chamberlain, who, the Bos-
ton Journal remarks, "has been kept
in the background" during the present
negotiations, is said to be of the opin-
ion that the Kings desire for the con-
summation of peace before the corona
ton has resulted in a bad blunder, and
that "the empire has been sold for a
circus" King Edward has exerted a
surprisingly strong influence owe the
Government, it is said, and his efforts
have been ably seconded by General
Kitchener and Lord Miner, the Brit
ish high commissioner in South Afri-
ca. The terms are far better than
those offered to the Beers a year ago,
and the Detroit News and other pa
pers remark that the seemingly useless
fight that the Beers have kept up has
brought them very substantial returns
in favorable peace conditions.-Liter-
airy Digest.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24
rHE MOTH CA7CHER ONCE MORE.

We note with some interest that
some people in distant States whom we
v heard of before and who we are
morally certain never heard of us be-
fore, are writing us letters intended to
boost the discredited Moth Catcher, to
which we have paid our respects on
two or three recent occasions. 1t is
somewhat singular that all are type
written mimeograph copies and all ap-
pear to have been written on the same
machine, having the same form of
type, pe~culiarities of style, and on the
same kind of paper. Are these let
tiers prepared by the inventor at his
Office and sent out to his agents for
them to sign and send to the farm pa
pers of the country? We are not pub
fishing them, first, because of these
of a scheme; second, because
we know nothing Of the writer's or of
their character; third, because, with
but n exception, all the entomolo-
gists and agricultural authorities
whose opinions we have seen, are out
spoken in condemnation of this trap
or catcher.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24
aThe Industrial and Educational

"The 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 it
shall rise or fall. Serving no master,
ruled by no faction, circumscribed by
no selfish or r policy, its aim
will 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 it rep
resents, it will speak with no uncer-
tain voice, but will fearlessly the right
defend and impartially the wrong con-
demn."-From Col. Folks S~alutatory,
February 10, 1886.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24
RELIGION IN OUR DAILY LIVES.

There are a few ordained women
who have made religion their life
work, but there are too few women VINO
make their life-work a religion! we
provide books for Sunday-schoolS ana
for free Libraries, but how many OF US
ever think of furnishing books for our
own servants-books which could De
of help to them, which would proVloe
an evenings refreshment for their
minds after their days of manual Ia
Dor. In the mapping out Of domeS'l0
arrangements many of us thoughtLeSS-
ly have the heaviest cooking and 90
the most entertaining on the day Oh
the week set apart as a day OF resi-
Nor can we escape the difficulty by Or
dering u Sunday meals from cater
ers, since we thus become Responsible
for the Sunday labor exacted from
employees. Would it not be well 10
have plain living and high thinking al
least once a week.-Mrs. trederlcA
Nathan in the June Woman's HOMO
Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24

Of course, we cannot make our
fourth page what it ought to be with
out the Social Chat, and we are very
sorry that hat department has to
be omitted this time because of the
fact that there are so many people who
could write for it that won't. Pos-
sibly this means you.) Nevertheless
we have done our best to make the
fourth page interesting this week. Mr..
Carnegie's story should be an inspira-
ton to thousands of poor boys-as
well as a warming to thousands of rich
ones who are growing UP without
learning the value of struggle or of
worthy effort of any kind. Then there
are three or four jokes that we regard
as really irst-class, and something to
think about in that short article which
contains this sentence: "There are
many failures which are but unfnish-
ed successes"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24

work in the heat of passion and in
great haste. Often it hangs the sus-
pected man on incomplete circumstan-
tial evidence, hangs the wrong man.
But that ends the matter; there is no
further investigation, and the guilty
person escapes Here we have another
weighty argument against mob law.
Moreover, the mob while essaying
to punish criminals for violating the
statutes is itself breaking the law.
It's members are violating their oaths
as citizens, striking blindly at the
foundation stone of our civilization,
usurping the power that the people
have vested in courts of justice, breed
ing a spirit of i~rreverence for law and
order.
Nothing else has so discredited the
South in the eyes of other sections,
nothing else has so Inundated the
most thoughtful of her own citizens,
as this mob spirit. But few of our
Governors or other high officials have
had the courage to attack it in any
practical way. That Governor Ay-
cock has done so is highly creditable
to him, and if his efforts are not sup
ported it will be highly discreditable
to the people of North Carolina.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24

The Democratic Convention of the
Tenth Judicial District met in Sal
isbury last Wednesday. After a s
sion of fifteen hours, on the 412th bal
lot taken at $50 Thursday morning,
Hon. Benz. F. Long, of ~Statesville,
was nominated for Judge. The other
candidates were Emery E. Raper, of
Lexington, and T. B. Bailey, of Mocks-
vile. For more than 300 ballots the
vote stood practically as follows: Long
1884; Bailey 80, Raper 7OA. The
final result was brought about by the
change of 10A Bailey votes in Irede1,
represented by DR.. Minor B. Adams,
and 1 Bailey vote in Stanly, making
Longs total 165, seven more than
enough to nominate.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24
EXPANSION AND THE REFERENDUN
ENDORSED IN OREGON.

The Oregon election last week re-
suited in the choice of the Democrat
ic candidate for Governor by a small
plurality, while the Republican candi-
dates for Congress we're chosen by ma
%iorities aggregating above fourteen
thousand. As has happened frequently
before, the voters of Oregon kept
State and National issue distinct, and
while on National issues the State was
a year ago as Republican as Pennsyl-
vania, the Democrat at the head of the
ticket is elected. The National issue
in the foreground was that of "expan-
sion" or "imperialism"-the Republi-
can platform declaring explicitly for
the maintenance of American sover-
eighty iii the Philippines, while the
Democratic platform declared that the
islands should be fitted as speedily as
possible for independence. As the Re
publican majorities we're somewhat
greater than they were two years ago
when the silver issue entered into the
contest, and far greater than six years
ago when it was practically para
mount, the result emphasizes the cor
dial support which the Pacific coast
has given from the beginning to the
Philippine policy of the Administra-
ton. Of domestic questions the i'm
portant one passed upon was that of
direct legislation. A Constitutional
amendment was submitted to the
voters providing that while the Iegis-
.lative power is vested in the State Sen
ate and House of Representatives,
nevertheless
"The people reserve to themselves
power to propose laws and amend
ments to the Constitution and to en-
act or reject the same at the polls, in
dependent of the legislative assembly,
and also reserve power at their own
option to approve or reject at the polls
any act Of the legislative assembly"
Upon petition of five per cent of the
legal voters IN act of the State Leg
i~slature must be submitted to popular
approval, and upon the petition of
eight per cent of the legal voters any
easur must be submitted. As Ore
gon has only a hundred thousand legal
voters, it is possible tor an energetic
group of people to secure the number
of signatures required whenever they
ere confident that the legislation has
defeated the popular will. Five thou
sand signatures will secure a referen-
DUN upon a bill which has passed the
Legislature, and eight thousand sigma
lures will secure a referendum upon a
bill that has been defeated. It is the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24

The articles on typhoid fever and
malaria published in last weeks Pro
gressive Farmer deserve the attention
of all our readers. To think that lack
of attention to sanitary regulations
may mean the loss of human life, that
ones thoughtlessness or ignorance
may bring disease and death into the
household, should cause us all to look
well to these matters, especially at
this season of GEAR.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24

A carefully prepared and ~prOfusely
illustrated bulletin on american
Breeds of Beef Cattle, with Remarks
on Pedigrees," has just been issued by
the Bureau of Animal Industry of
the National Department of Agricul-
tude. 1t should be in the hands of
every stockman. Application for
copies should be made to Congress
lei or to the Secretary of Agricul-
ture.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24

A Virginia gentleman, a descendant
of Captain John Smith, has written
to Secretary of State Grimes that he
is very DESTROYS of tracing up his
family connections. IF any reader of
The Progressive Farmer knows of any
person named Smith within the Dor
ders of North Carolina, he should in
form Col. Grimes. There is reason
to believe, however, that the family is
extinctl eve hope it is Unnecessary
to label this.)
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24

The -ChOwan Times wishes
to know why so many farmers "feed
their hogs and COWS at the front
gate" 1t ought to be stopped, who
eve does it. We are just as DESTROYS
of seeing a more beautiful farm life
as we are of seeing a more prosperous
farm life. More attention should be
given to the groves, yards, lawns and
farm buildings. We wish that a copy
of Country Life in America" could
be. sent to every farm home in the
country to teach the possibilities of
such work.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24
MORE ABOUT THE OGDEN EDUCATIONAL
MOVEMENT.

we nave E6C6uI1y E0C64N6u 41Om GhO
Southern Education Board a little
setting forth the spirit and aims
of the organization. It accords SO
completely with our reply to the Hen
derson Gold Leaf in last weeks Pro-
gressive Farmer, reinforces SC ably
the statements that we then made, that
we are glad to publish it for the ben
eft of Bro. Manning and others who
may have been misinformed as to the
spirit of the Ogden movement. The
Boards statement of purposes is as
follows:
"This Board enters upon its work
with a faith, a purpose and a method.
It's faith is in the moral earnestness of
the South, based upon the splendid
record of what Southern people have
accomplished, unaided and alone, since
1865, when with everything swept away
they undertook to build anew their
civilization. It's purpose is to reach
the public mind, to quicken the public
conscience, and to stimulate to self
activity. It's method is to go before
the people with publications and by
the means of attractive public speak
ers, drawn entirely from the South, to
tell the truth in kindly, just fashion,
and to plead for better things in the
schools. The education of all the peo-
pie is the only security for the future.
1t will come when our brave people see
it's necessity. The following princi-
pies have been held clearly in mind in
organizing this movement:
IL. The results accomplished by
Southern people since the war are rec
ognized as worthy of all praise. Such
a movement as this might well apply
to all parts of America. It is needed
in the South only because the South
had its all swept away in the war be-
tween the States, is largely rural in
and has two races to devel-
op. It is because the white man in
the South has the negro to educate and
care for that he deserves both sym
pathy and assistance. This Board
asks to be allowed the privilege of
helping a little to do what is really the
duty of the whole American people.
"2 The white men in the South
must be trusted to do all justice to all
classes of citizens and to act wisely in
the educational uplifting of all the
people. Of twelve members of the
Board, seven are either natives or life
long residents of the Southern States.
The active work of the Board is left
entirely in the hands of Southern men.
DR.. Curry, for twenty-five years the
Southern leader in education, is the
supervising director and chairman of
the campaign committee which con-
trolls all the work.
49, If the negro problem is to be set
tied Alright, it must be settled by edu-
Gated, intelligent white men and not
by ignorant ones. This being the
case, the highest welfare of the G
lies in the better education of the
whites. The solution of this problem
is to be found in teaching the negro
to work, and so tt be a sel~f-respecting
citizen"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24

The "get rich quick" schemes usual
" bring to grief all connected with
them-those who manage them and
the suckers who bite at them alike.
The latest case In point is that of the
cherry tree sWindlers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24
PEssIMJsM AND OPTIMISM.

We are publishing this week in our
series of great poems Thomas Moore's
"This World is All a Fleeting Show"
1t is a famous bit of poetry, a great
poem in many respects, but we wish it
understood that we do not endorse its
sentiment. In fact, we prefer the
spirit of Frank L. Stanton's reply:
Maybe this old worlds but a feeting
show,
But it's the best old world I want to
know
Give me a ticket and let her CO."
This, however, savors somewhat of
reverence; we do not approve it en-
tirely, remember, but think Stanton's
idea more conducive to good and to
happiness than Moore's melancholy
wall. In another verse Mr.. Stanton
has set forth exactly the right idea
without intermingling any ~irreverent
or false philosophy. Hear him:
"This world that we're alvin in
Is mighty hard to beat;
You get a thorn with every rose,
But amt the roses sweet" "
To this doctrine we heartily sub
scribe; it will brighten the world and
sweeten' human life. It breathes the
same spirit set forth by some cheerful
philosopher in that sentence which
deserves a place in the memoir of
each of us:
"Some people are always grumbling
because roses have thorns; I am thank
full that thorns have roses"
If a mans life in this world is going
to count for good, it is necessary for
him to imbibe this spirit. Pessimism
does not uplift humanity; it drags
down. It does not lead the world for
ward; it pulls it back. This is natural,
for does not pessimism teach that the
world was at its best in the old days,
and hat it's movement is in the direc-
ton of evil? For our part, we are
glad to believe that the world is good
anu SCGGiAS OCLGCI CudG Vic
of men are widened with the process
of the suns" and that man, made in.
the image of God, through his Iabors
and his struggles, is steadily approach
ing chat far-of, divine event to which
the whole creation moves" But we
find at last that we cannot express our
r -
in these words of Bishop Fitzgerald
which we used as GA Thought for the
Week" a month or two ago.
"The best things are ahead of us,
not behind US. Only an atheist can
logically be a pessimist. The move
ment of humanity under the rule of an
all-wise, a~ll-gracious, almighty God,
is forward, not backward"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24
A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

The day is always his who works in
it with serenity and great aims
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Inscription
on Emerson tablet in Hall of Fame,
New York;
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24

go woman, great is thy faith !" The
Xii G's Daughters of North Carolina
have To- begun the praiseworthy but
vast undertaking of establishing a
State Reformatory for young crimi-
mails. The task is too heavy for this
body of noble Christian women, but
their interest and high endeavor
should inspire all friends of the Re
formatory with new zeal and hasten
the establishment of such an institu-
ton by the State. We thank Mrs.
Olds for her letter on this subject,
and are sure that the efforts of her
association will do much good.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24

Secretary of War Root assumes IL
sponsibility for money paid by Genera
Wood to General Gomez, which, ~ -
alleged, was done to avert a sltua. ~.
similar to that existing in the Phlnp-
pines.
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-17
WASHINGTON,

receiver has been appointed for the Ma
tional Bank of South Pennsylvania, at
Hyndman. Pa.
General Bliss has returned from Cuba
with reciprocity treaty granting Cuba 20
per cent reduction Of tariff on her exports to
the United States.
Doctor Harran. the Colombian charge at
Washington. predicts that a Panama Canal
treaty will be ready to submit TO Congress
before Christmas
Senator Cochran introduced bill author
king the construction of a bridge across
the Missouri River in st. Charles County.
Missouri, and to make the same post
route.
Senator Scott Of West Virginia introduces
q bill limiting employees of the classified
service, with the exception Of railway mail
clerks. to two terms of six years each.
Allen V. CockreIl, Washington representa-
tive Of the Worlds Fair, returns from Rich
mond, Va. where he secured the passage OF
$1,000 Worlds Fair appropriation bill He
says the State will have 3I55.oJ0 available
fo- her exhibit and will surpass all her
previous efforts in this direction.
The Supreme Court of the District Of
Columbia sustains the validity of the Chick
asaw Nations tribal tax and the right Of
the Secretary Of the Interior to collect the
same
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-17

Washington Dee. 1.-THE Italian Ambas-
sadcr to-day called at the State Department
and advised Secretary Hay that Italy had
Joined the allies in the operations alninst
Venezuela.
He requested that Mr.. Bowen assume
charge Of the Italian interests in Venezuela,
and the Secretary granted this request, sub
ject TO the approval of Venezuela.
Italy enters tine alliance on the same plan
as to abstention from territoria: seizures as
Germany and Great Britain
Failing to hear from Europe as TO Mr..
Bowen's proposal to arbitrate the Yenezu-
elan troubles Secretary Hay to-day ad-
dressed cab.egrams TO the United States
Ambassadors at London, Berlin and Rome.
instructing them TO call the matter again
TO the attention of the Governments to
which they are accredited. with a view to
securing an early expression of opinion
from them.
The Italian Ambassador explained 70 Sec
retary Hay that it had been the hope of the
Rome Government at first TO reach a salts
factory settlement OF her claims against
Venezuela. such as France had secured.
To this end a polite but firm note was
addressed to the Caracas Foreign Office aft
er the ultmatum Of Germany and Great
Britain had been sent.
Pending a reply 10 this note the Italian
authorities did not resort to drastic meas
ures
When the reply came it was found to be
not only a rejection Of all of I,aly's de-
mands. hut its tone was wholly displeasing.
and it was therefore necessary for Italy to
follow suit with Germany and Great Britain
and join in the allied naval demonstrations.
There is one Italian vessel now at La
Guayra and .wo more are understood 70
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-17
CHANGE IN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Bill to Relieve ST. Louis County
Docket.

State Senator B. L. Matthews of Clayton
has completed the draft of a bill he viii
introduce at the coming session CT the Leg
isature. providing for the creation of a
new judicial circuit In Missouri II the bill
is adopted the Giro uit Will comprise the
counties OF Franklin. Gasconade and Usage.
These counties. with ST. Louis County.
now comprise the Thirteenth Judicial CIR
cult. II is the intention Of the Trainer of
the bill 10 make separate circuit of st.
Louis County, retaining the name of the
Thirteenth and making the new circuit the
Thrty-frSt-
Litigation in ST Louis County has in
creased to such an extent that Senator
Matthews claims 1t is absolutely essential
to create a separate circuit out of II, 50
that the Judge Of the court can devote his
entire time thereto.
Judge John W. McEihinney of Clayton
prcs.ies over the Thirteenth Judicia, Cir
cult. He holds three terms Of court in each
Of the four counties every year. The dock
ct of the ST. Louis County Circuit Cour, is
overcrowded at every term. making il nee
essary TO continue cases for lack OF time
TO try them Judge Rudolph Hirzel Judge
McEihinney's predecessor. attempted to
keep the docket clear, AID his closest
friends say that the work caused a physical
breakdown. which resulted in his death
Senator Matthews consulted with Judge
McElhinney before drafting the bill. and
it IS said to meet his approval