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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-12-01

college presidents to be sure that their institu-
tons make economic truth interesting cit IS dis
c~ouragingly unattractive In the hands of most
teachers); and so on with all. lie the favored
classes of society live as good citizens of a dem
ocracy (Which implies a genuine human brother
hood) we shall hardly need a formidable league"
to save US from Socialism. IF they do not so live.
no kind of league" is strong enough to save Us.
About one-tenth of the voters in Boston and
Chicago are Socialists. The way to increase this
proportion is to keep up the speculative organiza-
ton of industry and to continue the hold of the
great interests on the Government. The whole
matter is in the hands of the ruling classes. But
mere literature" on the SUBJECT written by bish-
ops and senators and distributed by subscriptions
from manufacturers and bankers-bahI Your
Socialist writes much more interesting things
himself, and gets them read because they are In
te~resting.
One thing that the bishops and the senator's
and the professors need to learn is-to write the
truth well enough for the masses of men to read
it because it is interesting. The academic, the
ecclesiastical and the political LIMOGES are a heavy
to Truth in her efforts to prevail.
Adam Smith, John Wesley and Abraham Lincoln
were all aware of the disadvantage of undigested
speech, and they talked and wrote straight at the
masses of men. And so have all other great men
done-Dr. Walter Fl. Page, in the Worlds Work.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-12-01
Helping Agriculture.

The class principally defective is that of agri-
culture. It is the first in utility and ought to DO
the first in respect. The same artificial means
which have been used to produce a competition In
learning, may be equally successful In restoring
agriculture to its primary dignity in the eyes of
men. 1t is a science of the very first order. Tt
counts among its landmarks the most respectable
sciences, such as chemistry, natural philosophy,
mechanics, mathematics generally, natural his
tory, botany. In every college and university a
professorship of agriculture and the class of its
students, might be honored as the first. Young
men closing their academical education with this,
as the crown of all other sciences, fascinated with
its solid charms, and at a time when they are to
choose an occupation, instead of crowding the
other classes, would return to the farms of their
fathers, their own, or those of others, and replen-
ish and invigorate a calling now ianguishing IN
der contempt and oppression. The charitable
schools instead Il of storing their pupils with a love
which the present state of society does not call
for, converted into schools of agriculture might
restore them to that branch qualified to enrich
and honor themselves, and to increase the produc-
tions of the nation instead of consuming them.
An abolition of the useless Offices so much accum-
ulated In all governments, might close this drain
also from the labors of the field, and lessen the
burthens imposed upon them. By these and the
better means which will occur to others, the sur
charge of the learned might in time be drawn off
to recruit the laboring class of citizens, the sum
of industry be increased, and that of misery di-
minished-Thomas Jefferson.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-12-01
Etiquette and Common Sense.

Every day the editors of this magazine receive
hundreds of letters on questions of etiquette.
People have worked themselves into a state of
worry over questions of no more Importance than
whether a man shall or shall not wear a gray tie
at a morning wedding, or whether a girl may ask
a man to come and see her if she likes him.
Let us neither undertake the value of details,
nor mistake the reason for rules of behavior.
Rules make social intercourse easier, but many
rules which are excellent and necessary in a COM
plicated society such as Washington or Newport
are absurd if applied in smaller towns or country
places, where life is simple and rules may be few.
Because certain methods are in vogue at a court
reception, it does not mean that these methods
need be followed by a housewife who gives a party
to her village neighbors. Perhaps everybody
would be more comfortable with simpler ways.
And so in most other matters of etiquette. What
might be good for one place could be bad in an
other if it seemed forced and exotic. Manners
should adjust themselves nicely to every society.
You must, in a certain sense, be your own law;
you must act from within; you cannot read a
book and become a lady.
1t is a curious fact that an attempt to behave
properly frequently interferes with behavior. To
act simply and naturally is of more Importance
than to get every detail correct. It is better to
shake hands at the wrong time (according to the
book, if you do it heartily and honestly, than to
pause and stare and show that you are in doubt
as to what to do. Never despise rules if they are
helpful; do not go out of your way to transgress
acceptable ones; but, on the other hand, do not
make laws of those laid down by people for other
conditions. Be natural, and use common sense
December Woman's Home Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-12-01
Right and Wrong Ways of Fighting Socialism.

Right and Wrong Ways of Fighting Socialism.
But there is something pitiful in the sight of
millionaires and college presidents and bishops
and managers" and secretaries and editors, and
the Lord knows who else, setting out by a great
organization to combat Socialism and spending
money to send free literature" to the victims of
the socialistic delusion.
This is not the way to combat Socialism. The
man never lived who was converted from Social
ism to a sound view of organized society by
tracts. Tracts convert men to Socialism-natur-
ally, for they appeal to discomfort; but they never
converted men from Socialism. Moreover, the
tracts in favor of Socialism are often very inter
esting, but tracts and other sermons against So
cialism are uniformly dull. Compare, for in
stance, Prince Kropotkin with our heavy-worded
professors of economies. The Economic League
can't get any literature to distribute that Social
lists will read sympathetically.
The way to keep men from falling into the
snares of Socialism is for the millionaires, when
they organize great companies, to refrain from
watering the stock; for managers" and "presi-
dents" to deal justly with their employees, re-
Numbering that personal touch and sympathetic
treatment are worth more than doctrine; for
bishops and their clergy to preach so well that the
masses of men viii wish to go to hear them; for
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-12-01
THE ALLIANCE REVIVAL IN EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.
CAROLINA.

We are glad to print in this issue the very sug-
gestlve report of the recent meeting of Edge
combe County Alliance. Probably no county in
the State now has a more enthusiastic and pro-
gresslve organization than Edgecombe. The
members are giving attention to live subjects, and
are going to make the Alliance of great value to
them in a business way.
And good reports continue to come from State
Lecturer Gates wherever he goes. In Granville,
vance, Martin, Nash, Edgecombe, ETC., he has
met with unvarying success, as has already
oeen reported in these columns. In Pitt
IOunty, too, he has just organized a num-
Der Of strong new subs. As a result of his
WORK under the efficient direction of Secretary
IarAer and the Executive Committee, the Al
nance in North Carolina has increased in mem
oefShlp at least 90 per cent since the State meet
ing IN August. Mr.. Gates will go next to Halifax.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-12-01
Negro Education and the Labor Problem.

It is stated, perhaps correctly, that a greater
proportion of negroes are moving from the coun-
try to town than of whites. It is also stated that
the negroes are taking greater interest in educa-
ton than the whites. If these two statements be
true, is it not probably also true that the cause
of their coming to town is to secure better school
facilities? Such being the case, those who oppose
establishment of better negro schools throughout
the rural districts are exercising their efforts Tor
depopulation of the country of that labor which
is SO much needed on the farms-Lmberton
Robesonian.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-12-01
A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK.

But little do men perceive what solitude is, and
how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not COM
pany; and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and
talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
The Latin adage meeteth it a little: "Great city,
great solitude;" because in a great crowd friends
are scattered, so that there is not that fellowship,
for the most part, which is in smaller neighbor-
hoods.-From Lord Bacon's Essay on "Friend-
ship"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-12-01

has been a formidable competitor. The Seaboard
and the Southern have been fighting each other
tooth and nail and court proceedings were taken
70 end a rate war between them. Morgan's acuui-
.i+ion of the road now means that rates win be
held I'D firmly and that the two roads viii work
in entire harmony. 1t means that Morgan has
accomplished his long deferred scheme and that
al railroad competition in the South is dead"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-12-01

The man without a purpose is like a ship with
out a rudder; a wait, a nothing, a no man. Have
Z purpose in life, if it is only to Kill and sell oxen
well but have a purpose; ard having it, throw
such strength of mind and muscle into your work
Is God has given you-Carlyls.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-12-01

Senator German has been reported as trying to
force the race issue on the Nation. But Cor
man is a much shrewder politician than is be-
Heved by these who accept this report. Nobody
in the country understands the game of politics
better than he. That the Democratic Party,
in spite of the solid South, would fail wretchedly
in a campaign on the negro question, is clear
enough to him. Nevertheless he hopes to &C
complish one thing by his attack on Roosevelt
and negro suffrage, and that one thing is to win
the Southern vote in the nominating convention.
That done, he would speedily drop the negro is
sue and address himself to topics not so likely to
ALLEVIATE the Northern Democrats. And just here
it is worth while to note that the recent Massa-
ehusetts State Democratic Convention declared
strongly against the repeal of the Fifteenth
Amendment.
But all this talk about the negro as o national
issue does harm: it seriously weakens the South's
position. For our contention for forty years
yes, for a hundred years: ever since the States
Rights doctrine was inaugurated-has been that
the problem is a local one, that the Nation has
nothing to do with it, and that we ought to be left
alone to settle it in our own way. To abandon this
position now would be only to invite disaster.
And it would be as silly as it would be dangerous.
The North is not interfering with our treatment
Of the negro. There are a few Crumpackers,
Of course, who wish to pander to Northern pref
udice and curry favor with the rabble, but the
sensible people on the other side of Mason and
Di1ons line are not behind these demagogues.
Nor do we believe that the sensible people of
the South endorse those agitators who, knowing
that their efforts viii be fruitless and desiring
only to attract attention which their ability and
integrity would never win for them, persist in
trying to bray as loud for the South 40 Crum-
packer does for the North.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-10-09
IRON PILLAR OF DELHI.
Tradition Says 1t Was Erected by the
Founder of the To1nara Dynasty.

Tradition Says 1t Was Erected by the
Founder of the Tomara Dynasty.
The famous iron pillar of Delhi, In
dia, is a solid shaft of wrought iron
sixteen inches in diameter, and of a
length that is variously reported. The
total height above ground is twenty
two feet, including a capital of three
and half feet. Major G. A. Cunning
ham, r. E., c. S. l., director general
of the archaeological survey of India,
reported in 1868 that the total length
of the pillar is upward Of forty-eight
feet, and possibly sixty feet.
The lower diameter is ga inches and
the upper diameter 1875 inches. The
pillar contains about eighty cubic feet
Of metal and weighs about seventeen
tons. The metal was for long time
reputed to be bronze, owing probably
to a curious yellowish shade on the
upper part. A sample from near the
base was analysed by DR.. Murray
Thompson, and found to be pure mai
leable iron Of 1866 specific gravity.
The metal is, of course, charcoal iron,
made directly from the ore in small
billets, but how it was welded up no
one can tell, as no record exists of
any early method of dealing with
great masses of wrought iron.
An inscription, roughly cut or punch
ed upon the column, states that Rajah
Dhara subdued a people in the Surdhu,
named Vahlikos, and obtained with his
own arm an undivided sovereignty on
the earth for long period. The date
of the inscription has been referred to
the third or fourth century after
Christ; but ON this authorities are at
variance, as the style of writing is
supposed by some to belong to later
period
According to tradition, the iron pill
lar was erected by Bilan Dec, the
founder of the Tomara dynasty, who
was assured by learned Brahmin
that, as part of the pillar had been
driven so deep into the ground that it
rested ON the head of VaSuki, king OF
serpents, who supports the earth, it
was now immovable, and that domin-
ion would remain in his family as long
as the pillar stood. The rajah, doubt
ing the truth of the Brahmin's state
ment, ordered the pillar to be dug
up. when the foot was found to be
wet with blood of the serpent king.
The pillar was again raised, but ow-
ing to the rajah's incredulity, no
means could be found to fix it firmly,
and it remained loose (dhila) in the
ground. and this is said to have been
the origin of the name of the an
cient city of Delhi.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-10-09
A Uniform Method.

1t is long stride in learning When
we become convinced that apples can
not be multiplied by pears nor weeks
by houses. The London Outlook
quotes one boy whose tree of knowl-
edge had not grown so high.
The new teacher had put this propo-
sition: John had five oranges, James
gave him eleven, and he gave Peter
seven How many did he have left?''
Before this problem the class re-
coiled, but only one lad had presence
of mind enough to tell the reason.
Please, sir,'' said he, 1--WE always
do our sum in apples
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-10-09
[InlUENT TAX LIST.
clerk of Villas County,

coupty Clerk OF Was eoun'S'
1hon It int NAY the following lots s,. or
gicea l .nnI on the 21st day OF May aS,
find, s ta8es due and unpaid UNI ID for for
The t remain unredeelm1 Us c IN the
Al lsG G,,n rT Clerk Of Villas county
Co CSoo opposite the description tito ,o Of
G that at OF part thereof in the fo +
it is t teassessed and the amount Of
rhonl ,r nS and charges caicudat at
Is, i1 5ts ef redemption due on each.
t1etefG sst opposite the tracts lets de de-
slrge s st ss' Maid on or before the ISL
jail pc 3eOt p"i the said tracts OF land
lsII, ,,t is1i and will be conveyed to
! tOFtellfST1 pursuance OF the statute
.tbaser, n ~ and provided. 80.
:aseS r %g River, Wisconsin, TINS
u Of july CHAs. sLATTEERY,r v,s
c,nntv Clerk of Villas Co.. WIS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-10-09

c.. Z. Perry's LIST Addition to Eagle River,
being part of Govt lot 4, Sec. %, TIP 40,
r. 10.
LOT 9, Dioek . 2I6'
lot ~ MI 1.io
c. l. Perry's End Addition to Eagle River vao
a Dein s part pa Of Govt lot 4, Sec. q, Up.
Lots 4 and 5, block ......S 642
c. L. Perry's Bird Addition to Eagle River,
being part of Govt lot 4, Sec %, TIP.
40, r. TO-
Lot 2. block o.Ss
All that piece or parcel of land in
Govt lot 6, Sec. 49, Up. 40, r. 10,
described in vol. ?, page %, Villas
- county UNITY 1 keeords $3.50. Loo
Govt lot 6, Sec. 49, TIP. 40, r. 10,
described In vol. 8, page 81, Villas
County Records ....... 3.5S
All that piece or parcel of land in
sw sw. Sec. %, TIP. 40, r. 10, de-
scribed in vol. l, page 300, Villas
Co. Records NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 35S
All that piece or parcel of land in
sw NV, Sec. %, Up 40, r. TO- de-
scrlbed in VOL /, page 2, Villas Co.
Records ........ ......... 1.16
All that piece or parcel of land in -
sw Sc, See. %, TIP. 40, R. 10, de-
scribed IN vol. l, page SO, except lots
4, block /, lots IA and 10, block 2
lots 9 and 10, block 5, lot T. block
6, of Mcintyre and Browns Addi-
ton to the village of Eagle River. 11.43
Govt lot /, Sec. 30, Tp 40, r. TO-
described in vol E, page 40, Villas
County Records .............. LIS
All that piece or parcel of land in
the NV NV, Sec 33, TIP. 40, R. 10,
described in vol. /, page 149, Villas
County Records, except that part
of said land decided to O. b. Moon
and others Observation-Disclosures. 2211
All that piece or parcel of land in
the Sc NV, Sec. q, TIP. 40, r. 10,
described in VOL e, page 203, Villas
County Records .............. 35S
Unadvertised Lands.-Plat of the Village of
Twin Lakes, being part of GOVT Lot 1,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-10-09

Ann O'Connors 1st addition Of Eagle River,
being part of sw Sc Sec. SO, TIP. 40, r.
10.
East y of lot 6, block 1 ...........s 500
Dickinson, Cook and Tambling's Addition,
40, X. 10.
South 80 feet of lot g. block 2 ......$ 14.98
North 800 # of lot 3, block 2 ...... 357
Frank Tambling's Addition to Eagle River,
being part of Govt lot 6, Sec. q, TIP. ~,
r. TO-
Lot 6, block 1S1
Lot q, block :, Ito
Frank TambIing's End Addition to Eagle
River. being part of Govt lot 6, Sec g,
TIP. 10, r. 10.
Lot ), block Luz
All that piece of land decribed in vol.
................... PIG
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-10-09

He is richest who is content with the
least, for content is the wealth of ma
ture.-Socrates.
The Imperial press., 1903-06-13

worlds commerce. The manu-
 featuring resources of Los An-
 geles have gained more iii five
 years than all the rest of the State combined. The interur-
 ban railroad extension is making 1t possible to preserve the garden home, typical of Southern Cali fOrt1ia, even when the chief city is expanding with wondrous strides. The redemption of the Colorado desert and of other smaller bodies of land is putting a more solid foundation under the industrial edifice of Southern California. Values are rising because of legitima ate industries being created, the advance being the direct effect of industrial achievement, which was dis tinctly not the case with the boom of the sos.
 The Press believes with Mir. Holt that the inflated giant cor porations are menace to the in- dustrial peace of the country, and that he whole people are li- able at any time to be compelled to pay the penalty of allowing greed to lead the na- ton so far in defiance of the laws of nature. But the menace is i'll w all street and not i'll Southern
The Imperial press., 1903-06-13

fly for twenty acres and total acreage of 100000, we find prob able demand for 10000 families or 100000 persons i'll agricultural pursuits.
 But when we have estimated the people necessary for agrlcul- tural labor, we yet must take Cognizance of the great number who will be required in creamer- ies, flour mills, packing houses, and in transporting products. To this number must still be added the artisans, merchants, professional men and others who in various ways minister to the needs of the general public. We cannot help, then, but feel that Mir. McNear's prediction may be verified, but we must wait and see.
 At any rate, however, it is en- cOuraging to the people of the valley to receive such encourag- ing words as those of Mir. Mo- Near and those of MT. Parkyns of the Southern Pacific Company quoted recently. When able business men see such things for us in the future, we ought to be optimistic enough to see some things for ourselves.
The Imperial press., 1903-06-13
ASSESSMENT NOTICE

Imperial Water Company, No. S.-Loca-
 tion of principal place of business,
 224 Stowell Blk, Los Angeles, Cali
 fornia.
 Notice is hereby given that at meet ing of the directors, held on the eigh- teenth day of May, 1903, an assessment of fifty (5O) cents per share was levied upon the capital stock of the corpor- ation, payable immediately to R. T. Perry, Secretary of this com pany, at the office of this company, Room 224 Stowell Block, Los Angeles, California.
 Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the 22d day of June, 1903, will be delinquent and ad- vertised for sale at public auction, and unless payment is made before, will be sold on the llth day of July, 1903, 10 o'clock a. m., to pay the delinquent as sessment, together with the cost of ad- vertising and expenses of sale.
 R, T. PERRY, Secretary, Imperial Water Company, No. s, 224
 Blk, Stowell Los Angeles, Cal, 5-S
The Imperial press., 1903-06-13

K. H. YoUNG of San Diego writes for the Searchlight, organ of tue Ant'-SalOon League:" Hur- rah for Imperial Valley! On the desert that is now bossoming as a rose is being planted d civiliza- tion that older communities would do we'll to initiate. Being. so far from the county seat, that section will set up housekeeping for itself in few years. And it will surely be a no-license county. All hail to Imperial, and the new county will be Imperial in more senses than one"
The Imperial press., 1903-06-13

A LETTER to the Press from Congressman Daniels brings word that d postoffice has been estab- lished at Eastside, with J. $. Bridenstein as postmaster. Thus Eastside, another of the Imper- ial settlements, obtains official recognition.
The Imperial press., 1903-06-13
Hay Presses

The "Rawhide," newly patented full circle horse power hay press, sim pie and durable. As good as the best, at less than half the price.
 Makes small, neat and compact bales.
 Write for circular and guarantee as to work and durability. Price $125.00. 67 Pacific Hay Press Co.,,
 29l3 Central Ave-, Los Angeles, Cal.
The Imperial press., 1903-06-13
GROWTH OF CITIES

Reports from San Diego are to the effect that that city IS enjoy- ing d period of prosperity, and that building operations are steadily increasing. The Press is far enough from San Diego, it imaglnes, to get a proper focus on events there, and 1t is believed that city is i'll the position San BernardinO was i'll two years ago. San Bern ardino had been over built ill boom days, Is commerce languished and it's vacant bulla- ings went to premature ruin. Its people were discouraged and had suffered that affliction graphicly expressed by the words: Lost their grip.
 Then suddenly there was an awakening. The long slunber was a thing of the past. The carpenters hammer began play ing an accompaniment to the hum of general industry. Modern street cars began to glide through the city, and where before there was decay, there was juvinility. The direct cause of the change was simply that the people had recovered lost confidence in them selves.
 San Diego has suffered ir much the same way. But the time has struck for a change, and if it be not claiming too much glory for ourselves, we might intimate that the development of this valley is one of the reasons why the peo- pie on the bay are beginning to realize the latent power there IS in themselves. It is convincing everybody that San Diego has natural resources, if she will but reach out after them.