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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-03-30

ED sANDLIN, C.of r.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-05
A Northern Mans View.
(scotland Neck Commonwealth.

Scotland Neck Commonwealth
A Northern man, a native of Ohio, was
interviewed by The Commonwealth some
days ago concerning his opinion of the
Southern people and especially their at
titude toward the colored race. The
Ohio man has lived in the South now
two years, he says, and he sees all re-
lations in a very different light now.
When he first came South to live he
thought the colored race was greatly
abused. He had heard the many patent
ed stories told throughout the North
about the cruelties practiced upon the
colored race by the people of the South
until he thought Of the Southern people
perhaps only as merciless task-masters
driving the colored race as if they were
slaves or beasts. He says that all those
exaggerated opinions nave been changed
by observations and by mingling with
the people. He really thinks that the
colored people receive better treatment
In the South than they would receive
IL the North if they lived there in large
numbers as they do in the South. Like
most men from the North who give the
subject any careful thought he believes
that the people of the South know bet
ter what to do with the race problem
as It is called, tina the people of the
and have had no relations with him
whatever. AS to the climate here, our
friend from Ohio said it is simply ideal
AID he could not be induied reasonably
to leave this balmy Southland.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-05

tablish a non-partisan agricultural news
paper, TO encourage or operate farmers
factories; to create a business agency for
the sale and exchange of the products Of
the farm and other products and articles
Of merchandise of use in or connected
with farming operations; to encourage,
promote or establish mutual insurance
companies for the insurance of farm
property; and benevolent and fraternai
insurance for the benefit of the families
of members; to encourage the establish
ment Of good roads, rural free delivery
mail routes and country telephones; to
stimulate education and encourage the cs-
adjustment of rural libraries, and gener-
ally to do all such things as will build
up an intelligent, self-respecting, self
sustaining agricultural population, and to
assist in the social, mental and moral
elevation of the agricultural communi-
ties.
Such an organization is needed, and
will be formed. Not in antagonism to
other organizations having like purposes,
but in addition to such organizations.
North Carolina alone. it is estimated,
grows ~seventy-five per cent Of the bright
tobacco made. Such a combination Of
farmers for even that small territory may
be ridiculed, but it is a possibility, and
necessity may force them to it. The to-
bacco crops of 1900 and 1901 were short,
SO it was reasonable to hope that with
worldwide prosperity, expanding mar
kets, increased demand and an average
crop last year, profitable prices would
prevail.
We want information and a full and
free discussion of the situation in all its
phases, especially in relation to produc-
ton, consumption, local cooperation
factories, markets, etc. Steps should be
taken to curtail the acreage, if possible,
and endeavor to restrain the great
planting which it appears will be made
in 1903, and which must have a depress-
ing, if not destroying, effect upon prices.
Some system must be devised by which
accurate can be obtained
from the various counties as to area
planted. yield per acre. proportion crop
marketed. class of tobacco raised, the
amount of and kind of fertilizer used, etc.
Some of the estimates Of yield for
North Carolina seem high, and doubtless
much tobacco is counted several times, as
it is sold and resold on the several mar
kets in this State and Virginia before il
is exported
These statistics can be gathered by leg
i~slation, supported by the hearty coop
Grafton of the State and National De-
partments of Agriculture and with the
aid Of the farmers associations. BY he
ing we'll organized and informed as tc
true conditions we can act intelIigently
and control acreage and production, and
incidentally prices.
With the increased demand for tobacco
and higher prices for manufac tured to-
bacco. and with a short supply, no com
bination OR combinations can be suff
| GENTLY strong to absolutely contro
! prices. The acreage Of 1902 was unuSu.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-05
COL. J. s. CUNINGHAM'S SPEECH
Delivered at the Rocky Mount Meeting of Tobacco
Farmers on Friday.
lStaf Corresponaence.l

increased in price. 1t will be unWIse 10
nut i heavy tax on lands, for with a de-
clire in the price Of products and OF per-
sonal property, which is listed each year
the farmer viii be compelled TO bear the
burden and to pay NOR taxes than he Is
able to pay.
our people are deeply concerned over
the question OF taxation. 1t is time. To-
bacco and cotton have been selling vel,
but this is no guide to the future. Ire
low prices from 1892 for some years,
would indicate that We Will see lower
prices. One year ago the tobacco Farmers
were in high spirits. The tobacco crops
for some years were decreasing in acre
age and number of pounds raised Inc
farmers made a special effort, and eA-
perded large sums OF money in fertilizer
and labor, and exerted themselves TO
raise a good crop in 1902. and succeeded
The heavy decline in the price Of to-
hacco, especially when the consumption
Of it had go greatly increased the WoTld
over, was a sore disappointment to the
tobacco growers.
Whereas, some sections received high
prices for their tobacco, other parts OF
the country did not sell their crops for
the advanced prices.
The general conditions that confront
the farmers today imperatively demand
that they be organized for the protection
Of their interests, the promotion of their
general welfare the social and educd-
tional advancement of them and CT their
children and securing to them a Just re-
mu~neration for their toll.
The purposes of this organization should
be to extend mutual help and protection
TO the members; to aid them in selling
their products at q fair and reasonable
profit; to gather and disseminate facts
and statistics concerning the area, conGi-
ton and prices of crops and all other
matters affecting their interests; to es-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-05

Rocky Mount, Y. G., May 2.-The meet
ing of the tobacco farmers held here yes
day was a great success in every way.
Thu attendance was large, OF the most
successful tobacco growers in this tine
tobacco section OF the State. As Presl-
dent of the Farmers Protective Assocla-
tion the chief speech was made by Col.
Cunningham. He said:
Mr.. Chairman, Ny Fellow Farmers and
Fellow citizens:
noticed q few days ago that over 500
negroes left one county to go North 10
work in the brick yards, and IN fact We
hear 1t from every part Of the state that
the negroes are leaving for the public
works and railroads. They go oil IN the
spring time and come back during he
winter. There are few Of them who reap
any benefit or reward by what they term
high wages, because all Of the money
which they receive they spend in a lavish
way which is detrimental TO them, as they
not ONLY lose their work. but it is inju-
rious to them physically and mentally. 1t
is a we'll known fact that the white peo-
pie of the South are the best friends Of
the negro race.
read an account a few days ago where
a mob hanged a negro to a tree in Hi
nois and riddled his body with bullets.
After accomplishing this q bloody rlot
took place and many negroes were shot
and the tents of the negroes were burned.
In the same paper We see an account
where race trouble breaks out in the IN
dian Territory. There were some negroes
who set up in business in>the Indian Ter
ritory. Their stores were destroyed with
dynamite. Posters with pictures Of the
negro hanging We're put on the door. We
read in the same paper that Bloomington,
Illinois also had a case. A lot of mask
ed men took a negro man and whipped
him with barbed wire and struck him
with brass knucks in the eye, but still
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-05
THE [Pr0[b1@Cm off
E1GJ[h@p Education
nv Dr. Edwin Minis. of Trinity college. at Educational canfeTen"s At '"''7'

10y ~ @F
While / realize that the work OF this
conference is directed primarily 10 the
4ey.lopncnt OF rural schools. the suO1eet
assigned for this hour necessarily s1Z-
gests the problems OF higher education IN
The South. Many southern people even
leaders in educational work. are ignorant
of the men and movements connected win
tbe solution OF these problems, while
northern men are as ignorant OF them
az they are OF many other phases OF
southern life. \ fight Just rs difficult.
lust as strenuous. as that in which you
! "a engaged Is now being waged by Other
leaders in behalf Of higher standards OF
admission and OF graduation and increas-
81 endowments and equipments. No one
who has been at the heart OF this move
ment for universal education can fan TO
- in deepest sympathy with 1t. but IN
less the leaders OF higher education are
lust as enthusiastic and wise and patient
IL the members OF the Southern Educa-
ton Board they will leave very pressing
problems unsolved. The rebuilding of old
commemorative is to go on not only IN
the rural schools, but IN the libraries
Laboratories and lecture rooms OF soutA-
ern colleges.
The organization to which has been
entrusted the working out OF HldHy U 'io
problems Of colleges and secondary
schools is. The Southern Association OF
Colleges and Preparatory Schools, ryan
lied in Atlanta in 1895. Realizing that
tho South has suffered from a lack OF a
! properly correlated educational system,
they have endcavored TO define more ac-
curately the work of school, college and
university. To that end they have insist
ed on definitc and rlgidly enforced re-
u~uirernents for admission and graduation
requirements approximating those that
now prevail in the best northern instt-
| tutions. This association has had to
work in the face OF strong opposition
on the part not only OF s~econd-rate col
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-05

the colored people of the South seem to
be inclined to emigrate and to go to 9TH
er sections Of the country where they
feel that they have the sympathy and
the good will Of those in distant sections.
If the colored people were to settle down
and go to work and save what they make,
they would find in a short time that they
would be prosperous in this section and
that they would bring peace, comfort AND
happiness to their families. The people
Of the South spend millions Of dollars to
educate them, and we find now that the
land property of the white people is taxed
in the South to educate their families.
when so many of them come back during
the winter season when the weather is
cold and spend their time in the South
and when the summer time comes a
great many of them pay little regard to
their contracts and they leave without
any cause or reason and go North and
West to work upon the public works to
the different towns and cities, only to re-
turn during the winter season. The fact
that they violate their contracts causes
q great loss to the farmers who lay their
plans and who prepare their lands and
incur numerous expenses to make a crop
during the year. This is the great prob
lem which faces the people not only in
LnlS Sldlc, Dul III oldltS did
firmly Of the opinion that our people
must organize to study these questions.
Unless they do, when necessity brings
them to it, the loss to them will be very
great; and there is another thing which
we must study and that is labor saving
machinery. Our people must diversity
their crops and raise their own supplies
at home. 1t has been clearly demonstrate
ed to our people beyond the shadow Of a
doubt, that the only hope of our State is
in tho diversifcation of our crops. Dur
ing the present year our agricultural
people have been Unable to do anything
on account of the continued rains and |
think that this is one of the strongest
proofs that we should grow wheat, oats,
tobacco, cotton, vegetables and corn, be-
cause it is a fact that where we diversi-
fly we are less liable to lose all crops,
than we are one crop.
New England has for years flourished
and made hundreds of millions of dollars
by law. The United States Congress has
before and since the war protected their
manufactured goods, and from this bounty
they have reaped immense fortunes.
The great West today owes largely its
success to land grants and to the United
States Congress for bounties allowed hy
the general Government. Our young men
Z from North Carolina and other Southern
States. seeing the opportunity afforded
them by the Government, have lie. thei.
Southern homes and gone West. The
South was devastated by our Civil War
and did not snare in these vast bountics
from the general Government.
The question Of taxation today is beine
considered by our conservative and think
ing men. Previous to 1900, for some
years, our products were low. The ad.
V2nca in cOtfcn anI tohoooo fo,u1 ,
things that the farmer had to buy mucI
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-05
MUSIC TEACHERS ADJOURN.
The Violin Playing of Miss Hull the Event of
the Concert.
Especial to News and Observer

(SpGcldl 10 NEWS anu oDSoTTcI.J
Greensboro, N. c., May 2.-The con-
vention of the State Music Teachers
Association held an important business
session this morning and the final ad-
journment was had at twelve o'clock.
The various concerts and r~ecitals given
during the session nave been greatly en-
joyed and largely attended.
The concert last night was delightful,
and the violin playing of Miss Hull, of
Raleigh, was decidedly the event of the
evening, While that on the piano, by her
accompanist, Miss Pixley, of Raleigh,
evoked universal praise.
TIC. Prof. Clarence R. Brown, secretary
and treasurer of the State Music Teach
ers' Association is due hearty congratu-
lations for the successful and delightful
session Of the association, for while all
rendered valueble aid by him, more than
any other one member, was the SPLEEN
did organization and perfect system Of all
the events made possible.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-05
BROTHER AG ttNST BKOrHeF

Especial to Eews mi N

lNDttldi TO 4NtA~. 4f"N fE..." ...
Durham, y. c., April 2o- Tn.
bctwscn the Interstate T.i...
pany and the KELLOGG Switch. ..
supply Company. OF Chicago. ..
in the office Of Register .
this morning. Under the ,.ur...
new switchboard IS TO DE jn .
June LIST. II is to take Tho uI... .. .
one ruined in the First Nations. H.
fire on the first night fin Tall. v..
will cost $l2.5t0. L viii have e. ...
twelve hundred drops. hair of #.
be installed at once.
On the reform ticket here rs ...
of W J. Christian, while rh.
have named T. s. Christian. h..
They are both hard at work ami .- ..
ton day will do what they cam ..
, each other. Again: a. NJ. Big f.. ..
OF the nominees for alderman .M.
regular ticket. His son, r. II. Rigs.
a member Of the anti-sILp0u owl.
committee, a leading spirit i'm th. .
saloon movement and a strong $3.50.
er Of the reform ticket. Both o4 d."
men, father and son, are constant.
work and are using their best effort.
help the other TO Il defeat.
G.. NJ. Herndon is nominate 0u
tickets. He signed the cali for ta. r.
lar mass meeting. When tho r
meeting was held he was named ou .
ticket, and when asked about why .
was done, some Of those on the ~
saloon side said hat he was % trr.
former, and that he signed the .
the other side under a misa.ureH..
When the time came for holding the
Ond mass meeting, however. ha
present, participated in the cons.
and was named on the ticket.
understood that on yesterday the .
saloon people sent a man to him a.H
quested him to publish a card With..
ing from the regular ticket. Tie r...
to do 50, saying that it was hIs w
meeting, that he was one of the -
and hat he intended to remain a.
ticket.
The first meeting Of the cXcc1tir". ..
mittee for the regular ticket .wa. .
this evening, and they planned It'd. ..
ing scenes of the campaign.
There is a battle royal ON -..
Mayor NJ. F.. McCown and Capt y
Frceland for the mayoraltv. It
individual race and neither Of, 9Th. .
men has been endorsed by ta.
meetings. 1t is the general o..
however, that Captain FreoIaal
candidate of the reform clem.u.
hat Mayor McCoWn stands for .
on the popular ticket, whore be- n
ways stood.
The new road machinery. th.
improved, has arrived and will .
loaded from the train tomcrrCw. II"
new lot is a steam road roller. ton
and W road wagons. The cost o..
three pieces was $1,000. with the #
and roller put into commission the -.
ress will be much more rapid tN..
tofore. The county forces are r.
work on the northern road. the ra..
ing from here to RoXboro. Ir I
completed for a distance Or e.... n
from the city.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-05
A SURE THING.

It is said that nothing is sure except
death and taxes. but that is not alto
gether true. DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption is a sure cure for all
lung and throat troubles. Thousands car
testify to that. Mrs. c. B. VanMetre
of Shepherdtown, w. Va. saws Il had a
severe case of Bronchitis and for a year
tried everything I heard of, but got nc
relief. One bottle of DR.. Kings New
Discovery then cured me absolutely
It's infallible for Croun, Whooping
Cough. Grip. Pneumonia and Copsum0-
ton. Try It. It's guaranteed bv al
druggists. T"ial bottles free. Regular
sizes Soc, 81 100.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-05
Trinity College Notes

Especial 20 News and Obsorr.
Durham, y. c., May 2.-Mrs. r.
LittletOn, wife OF the late Rev. .-.
Black, has given to the Library .
liable collection OF magazine.
magazines belonged to the LibrarE
Black, who was fo- a number or
a member OF the Board Of Trust
Trinity College, ard one o. it's un'
and devoted friends. The co.
thorities greatly %appreciate this
the spirit which prompted IT,.
President Kilgo is Ia Nashville
attending a meeting of the Board .
ucation Of the Southern Method i, .
He viii return to the college -o
next week.
The success which the South =
Quarterly, edited by Dr.. J. s 81.
a achieved during the year al#
since it was established. has lo- y
formation Of a company to issue '..
LEGATION. This Journal was cs',
by the ''9019," a patriotic society
nection with the college. Tn
of the organization Of the new .'i
is to enlarge the sphere Of usst..
this journal. The officers OF .
company are: r. L. Flowers. pr.
Edwin Minis, vice-president, W.. b.
son, secretary; F. s. Aldrid2e. l'
The South Atlantic Quarterly
make itself useful to all South.Ia
t%utions, and invites general coop
in the task of building Up liter
the South.
Chief Marshal W. p. Budi
pointed the following assistant.
England. Grant Mars, y. 9.
Duke, Durham, y. c.; &. 3. "t.
Durham. n. c.: Paul Webb, "..
City, n. c.; F. s. Steele, Turn.
~ c.; A. B. Stainbach, ~4doa.
Chief Manager Kope Elias,.JI.
pointed his assistants: Julian
ard, Hartford. n. c.; F.. s. w.
kinston. N. c.; p. j Barrin-.'
Vile. n. c.: j.. d. Battle. Boz
Tenn; G. II. Starr, Wilson, \. =
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-05

aim. better II h1f r
While we hear VIII
words Of Dr. Lyman
preston to the charge in
many Northern people
suffrage. We must inc
DDS employed in r.a1
however necessary thes
~Servation % Anglo
must not bc continue 7 NJ
suffrage OF the negro
an entirely di0 rent
insist not only that 'he nr
shall not tc shut 81
but that absolute
the negro under th
chat nov prevail d
II we shall met aI
lsus and national u-asf
same spirit that eharl.'
ference. IL We eHu 1--
same national r.rif. rr
nifty. the same n i
9 the coming ~ i XII -t
ern life. No orc can h..
hope OF What may u as
ncxt quarter q \ ecu'u~r
the limitations thst SEE
"a Us aal houSaut wHh '.
Now life cour~lrE through
shall press forward tr th
awaits us. II. - Tho er'r~
airy 4r1 tAp lUs#tffFr. tH...
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

The current number of The Interna-
tional Quarterly contains an announce
ment that the Sott-Thaw Co. of 542
Fifth avenue. New York, will hereafter
be associated with Frederick A. Rich
ardson. of Burlington, as the publishers
of The international. Mr.. Richardson
will remain as editor; but the publica-
ton office will beremoved to New York
CITY,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18
THE STORM.
srattIeboro Got Into Its Edge But
That's About All.

A vagabond cyclone startled the
weather prophets Wednesday. 1t blew
in from the sea- altogether unan-
nounced. hit the Jersey coast, swept in
a half circle through New York city
Bridgeport, New Haven. Hartford and
the rest Of the line and managed to get
away after rafting the blinds of Bos-
ton.
While it lasted 1t was a dandy and
the wind got up to 20 miles an hour,
sucking out plate glass windows on
Broadway, New York, tearing things
to bits, overturning ships at sea and in
general making itself known. Warn
ing was sent ahead of its approach
and the devastation in it's wake. The
Reformers bulletin board gave a hint
Of what it looked like 200 miles off.
The storm had spent itself before
reaching Vermont, however, and the
heavy rain and high winds of
Wednesday night and yesterday were
but the frills of the original article,
which had passed out to sea as quick
ly as it had blown in. Reports will
come of disaster on the ocean high
ways later on. The local damage was
insignificant. A tree, big locust
which had stood for many years at the
corner of Elliot and Green streets, was
tipped over, and in it's fall carried
away some of the telephone wires.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18
Country Club Notes.

Four new members were voted into
the club last week.
II. c. Rice has been appointed chair
man of the greens committee.
The tea this afternoon will be given
by Mrs. Linn Durham and Mrs. Charles
Bingham.
The fall golf events begin Tuesday
with play for the club cup and the la
dies cup.
The golf team as now playing con-
sists of Miller, captain; Tasker, Slack,
re. Bingham, Whitney and Harris.
An invitation has been extended to
the golf team to play at the Springfield
Country club the first week in October.
The ladies of the club have raised
funds for painting the house. Mrs. r.
G. Hardie chairman of the house COM
mittee, having charge.
Mrs. Pratt and Mrs. Gatty gave de-
lightful tea last Friday. The Keene
tennis team won and the Wantastiquet
golf players were victorious.
The finals in the handicap tennis
tournament are to be finished this
afternoon. Tasker has won two sets
from Thompson and Thompson one set
from Tasker
The Greenfield club will send their
golf and tennis teams here next Friday.
A large number of the members will
accompany the teams and dance will
be given the visitors at the Brooks
House.
The board of governors are making
arrangements to flow the swamp
on the fourth hole for a skat-
ing pond this winter. "A toboggan
chute will be built on the first hole and
the Club house kept open.