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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-18
THE CRUSADE AGAINST CONSUMPTION.

Throughout the United States there is in prog
ress a remarkable campaign against consump4
ton, "the great white plague" which carries off
its hundreds of thousands to untimely graves
every year. Magazines are publishing articles
on the subject; cities are adopting ordinances
intended to stay the spread of the disease, and
doctors everywhere are emphasizing the impor-
lance of preventive measures. The ordinances
recently adopted by the city of Raleigh will I'M
doubtedly save many lives; and their author,
Prof. W.. A. Withers, declares his belief that con-
sumption can be stamped out of this country
just as leprosy was stamped out of Europe.
We are reminded of this by the receipt of d
bulletin, "Causes and Prevention of Consump-
tion," just issued by the North Carolina State
Board of Health, and accompanying it, the fol-
lowing letter from DR.. R.. H.. Lewis, Raleigh,
the Secretary of the Board:
"The State Board of Health proposes to in
augurate . vigorous campaign against the most
fatal of all diseases, pulmonary consumption. It
is a preventable disease. Ignorance of it's causes
and of the proper methods of it's prevention is in
large part responsible for it's spread. For the
information of the people on these points we have
prepared and had printed for general distribution
twenty thousand copies of the enclosed pamphlet.
The problem is to get it before the people. For
the accomplishment of this no agency can be
ask your most valuable cooperation in this work
for suffering humanity. Your help would almost
surely be the means of saving some-probably
many-lives. Will you not give it by calling at
tention to the pamphlet and by advising those Of
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-18
THIS WEEKS PAPER-soME RANDOM COM
MENT
MENT.

Mr.. n. H. Jennings article ON Tobacco Ware
house Charges is one that will challenge the at
tention of tobacco growers everywhere; and we
should like to have the subject given further
treatment in our columns. 1t is strange that it
has not been more generally discussed in tobacco
growers meetings. The growers of the weed will
also be interested in Entomologist Franklin Sher-
mans letter urging the destruction of such tobac-
CO pests as now remain on the suckers and sprouts
from old stalks.
The Progressive Farmer and Cotton Plant
scores in the publication of the October cotton
report, being the first paper in the country, so
far as we can learn, to print it in full. This IS
the first time we have ever known the Associated
Press to fail to handle it. The next cotton re-
port will appear December LIST.
The combination of The Progressive Farmer
and Cotton Plant is making quite a hit in the
Palmetto State. We are glad to have this week
a striking article on alfalfa and Glover" by Mr..
J. Washington Watts, President of the State
Agricultural and Mechanical Society. We are
also glad to announce that Capt. Charles Petty,
former Editor of the Cotton Plant, and the au-
thor of the Thought for Farmers" so long the
leading department in that paper, has been en-
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-18

gagged as a regular contributor to our columns.
Next week Mr.. J. @. Stribling, of Anderson Co.,
S. c., will write of the Cotton Growers Union
which has been SO successful in his section.
On page 8 DR.. Burkett strongly urges the i'm
portance of feeding some cattle this winter. As
to the model cow shed, nothing more needs to be
added to the commentator we have already
given. We only hope that every woman who has
to milk will make the head of the house build such
a stall before the winter sets in.
Mr.. ii. NJ. Daniel is always an interesting
writer, and his good roads article. is one of the
best features of this number.
We are glad to hear of the reorganization of
the Alliance in Mecklenburg. There is no better
county in the State, and there are no better
farmers than those now at the head of the new
Mecklenburg organization.
Our readers will observe that we have begun
the publication of a series of Southern poems.
In this series, Hayne, Poe, Simms and Timrod,
will have most attention, though the work of some
minor poets will be included. Our readers are
to be congratulated on the fact that Prof. Henry
Jerome Stockard, our own gifted North Carolina
poet, will give the Editor valuable assistance in
making the selections.
Our "Home Circle" readers are introduced to a
promising new writer this Week.-Mrs. Elizabeth
L. Hope, whose story, "The Daisies" appears on
page 6. Miss Hope has a pleasing style-no
straining after effect, but the clearness and sim
plicity of Pilgrims Progress. And while the
plot of her story is somewhat mystical, this is as
it should be in a story dealing with the vague
dreams and emotions of dawning womanhood.
Miss Hope handles her theme with much skill and
charm, and we hope that we shall have other arti-
cles from her pen.
DR.. FL. F.. Freeman, whose talks on farming sub
jects are always of such great practical value, in
the future will also give US an occasional health
article. The first of this series, GLOW to Stop
Dangerous Bleeding" appears this week.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-18
A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK.

But if a man would be alone, let him look at
the stars. The rays that come from those heav-
emily worlds will separate between him and what
he touches. One might think the atmosphere was
made transparent with this design, to give man,
in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of
the sublime. Seen in the streets of the cities,
how great they are! If the stars should appear
one night in a thousand years, how would men be-
lieve and adore; and preserve for many genera
tions the remembrance of the city of God which
had been shown! But every night come out these
ENJOYS of beauty, and light the universe with
their admonishing smile.-From Emerson's Essay
on Mature"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-18

your readers interested in the subject, especially
such as have consumption in their families, to
send a postal card to the writer for as many
copies as they will distributor
The fact set forth in the second paragraph of
the bulletin that in this one State alone between
1000 and 5000 die each year of consumption
a disease that can be prevented" should induce
every person who can use any Of these pamphlets
to advantage to send for them. In whatever
way he can, every man should help forward the
crusade against the disease responsible for such
a colossal waste of human life.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-18
The Late Senator Hoar's Tribute to the South.

GAS I grow older I have learned not only to
respect and esteem, but to love the great qualities
which belong to my fellow-citizens of the Southern
States. They are a noble race. We may well take
pattern from them in some of the great virtues
which make up the strength as they make up the
glories of the free States. Their love of home,
their chivalrous respect for women, their courage,
their delicate sense of honor, their constancy
which can abide by an opinion or purpose or an
interest for their States through adversely and
through prosperity, through the years and through
the generations, are things by which the people of
the more mercurial North may take a lesson. And
there is another thing-covetousness, corruption,
the low temptation of money, have not yet found
a place in Southern politics."
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-18
An Autumn Psalm.

Thou ~visitest the earth, and waters it; thou
greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which
is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when
thou hast SO provided it. Thou waterest the ridges
thereof abundantly; thou ~settlest the burrows
thereof; thou makest it soft with showers; thou
blessest the s~pringing thereof. Thou crownest the
year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fat
ness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilder
ness; and the little hills rejoice on every side.
The pastures are clothed with focks; the valleys
also are covered over with corn; they shout for
joy, they also sing.-Psalm XIV. 9-13.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-18
October.

The bright-eyed squirrels, furry, fleet,
A-gleaming go, with pattering feet.
Brown nuts polished by early frost
On the moss below by the winds are tossed.
Maple and hickory, ash and oak,
Each has doomed a gorgeous cloak.
Red haws CLEAN the hazels near;
Dry grass waves on the uplands sere.
The Years at rest in the mellow blaze
That crowns with gold these royal days.
By Sarah Andrew Shafer, in the Outlook
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-18

They are coming, Father Abraham
Our offer to send The Progressive Farmer and
Cotton Plant every week from now till January
1, 1905, for only Is cents is sweeping over North
and South Carolina like a fire. Already orders
are coming in at the rate of 100 a day, and we
hope to make it 200 a day this week.
It's easy enough for any reader to get up a
club of 12-and since we give you credit for a
month on your subscription for every 15-cent sub
scription you send, there is no easier way to re-
new for a year. Try it this week.
A Rutherford County lady sends a list of seven
which she says she secured in ten minutes. An
other reader sends a club of six which he made up
at the church meeting Saturday. Another man
obtained his list by visiting his neighbors; anoth-
er at the postoffce, another at the cotton gin.
There are opportunities enough any week for any
subscriber to make up a club of ten.
An Onslow reader sends a list of Is and SAYS:
off l had known of this offer two or three days
ago, l could have made it so. When January
comes, let me know the names of any that fail
to subscribe for 1905 and I will try to get them to
continue"
A South Carolina Supreme Court Judge sends
a club of seven, saying: "These are names of
managers and tenants on my farms whom I would
like to encourage to take your paper, on my own
NS WI % OhSAA O"h. l. ILL uuSh p1CdSCd
with your publication"
Mr.. B. B. Rhyme, of CASTOR County, N. c.,
writes for our terms to agents and says: II am a
young farmer just starting out on a farm of my
own, and The Progressive Farmer is my partner.
/ Y would not wish to farm without it. 1t is a val
liable farm and home paper, which every farmer
should take, and / am going to see if I cannot
put it into the homes of at least 25 during 1905"
In no other way, Mr.. Subscriber, can you so
easily do your neighbors a good turn as by get
ting them to read The Progressive Farmer and
Cotton Plant, and you will never have a better
opportunity than is offered by this 15-cent propo-
sition. Send us anyhow a club of six this week,
and thus brighten six homes in your neighbor-
hood and get the date on your label moved up six
months free. You can do it, if YOU will.
They are coming, Father Abraham! Bring
your neighbors into the procession this week. And
again, what you do, do quickly.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-18
Not Wide the Mark.

"But," the publisher complained, "the chief
characters in your story are a man and a woman
who go on making love to each other for years
and years after they are married"
"Well," the young novelist replied, "you must
remember this is a work of fction:"-Chicago
Herald.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1904-09-17
General.
Republicans Sweep Vermont.

Republicans Sweep Vermont.
The election in Vermont resulted In
q Republican plurality Of $1,000, a
mark which has been exceeded only
once in thirty years In 1896
the first Mckinley year. -Four years
ago they carried the state by 31,312
Charles j. Bell is the successful Re-
publican candidate for governor. This
result in Vermont is regarded by Re-
,publicans everywhere as foretaste
and sign of Republican victory In No
,vember. Democrats, on the other
band, say that it does not mean any
thing decisive one way or the other,
although disappointed at not reducing
the Republican vote. A significant fea-
iture was the fact that the labor vote
lin the larger cities and towns went to
the Republican candidate. The vote
Cor congressman followed closely that
for governor, and the legislature was
unchanged.
Debs Heard at New York.
Eugene V. Debs, the presidential can
Nidate of the Social Democratic party
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1904-09-17
Legal and Criminal.
Injunction For Miners.

Injunction For Miners.
Judge Marshall in the federal district
court at Denver, Sept. 6, granted an
injunction to the Western Federation of
Miners to protect the Interstate Mer-
camille company of Bate, whose union
stores at Cripple Creek and Victor,
Colo, were wrecked and their en-
ployees deported by the Citizens ALI
ance and Mine Owners association.
The injunction was granted against
the offending individuals, and the war
department ordered troops to be ready
to protect the owner of the company.
H. NJ. Heimbinger, when he should re-
turn to Cripple Greek.
Southern Reign Of Terror.
The list of negro murders and negro
lynchings in the south, and especially
in Georgia and Alabama, had numerous
additions. The lynching bee at Hunts
vile, Ala, was especially notable be-
cause in the efforts of the mob to get
at the accused negro murderer, Horace
Naples, the soldiers on guard were
and several of them were
wounded. At Brunson, Fla, the negro
Bradley, who brutally murdered Mrs.
N. B. Barrett with a baby at her
breast, was captured and surrendered
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1904-09-17

to the mob by two negroes. Bradley
was not only hung to tree, but his
body was found In mutilated condi-
ton. In the affair at Huntsville the.
Jail was burned down. At Selma, Ala
three white deputy sheriffs were ar
rested for murder, having helped in
the lynching Of the negro Edward Ball
a month ago. At the same place ne
gro mail carrier, W. M. Higgins, was
brutally assaulted by two white men,
Decision Against Market Cornering.
Judge Chytraus Of the superior court
at Chicago has decided that members
of the board Of trade who succeed in
making a corner in wheat, corn and
other commodities by transactions on
the exchange have no right to compel
payment Of manipulated price instead
Of the actual value of the commodity
at the time fixed for the settling Of
trades. This decision means virtually
veto Of all dealings in futures.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1904-09-17
Executive.
Third Battle of Bull Run.

Third Battle of Bull Run.
The first campaign in the great army
maneuvers on the famous battlefield
Of Bull Run between the blue army
under General Grant, with base upon
the Potomac, and the brown army I'M
der General Bell, with base on the
Shenandoah, was in progress Sept. 6
and 7. Through the maze Of techni-
calities surrounding the decisions Of
the umpire it was difficult to get a
clear conception Of the movements, es-
pecially as the umpire's decision was
reserved. Grant was generally credited
with having held off the invaders.
In the second problem of the oppos-
ing armies General Bell scored a de-
cisive victory by danking Grants right
wing by an all night march. Both the
armies were completely worn out by
the continuous marching and fighting.
A general review was held Sept. 10.
A lColonels innocent Blunder.
Evidently the last had not been heard
of the unusual action Of Colonel John
NJ. Glen, who, as chief quartermaster
in the Philippines, recently turned into
the treasury $423,OOO as the "unex-
pended balance" of an appropriation
to enable General Wood to make war
on the Moros. The colonel has been re-
proved and is likely to lose his COM
mand. The war department wants the
money back to use for other purposes,
and the treasury department cannot
legally let it go.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1904-09-17
SCIENTIFIC

Copper SuIphate Dangerous.
The controversy over the use and
safety Of copper sulphate against ty-
phoid germs in water has been renew
ed this week by the announcement Of
Health Officer Woodward Of Washing
ton that he would not allow the reser-
voirs Of that city to receive the copper
treatment. He says it would be dan
gerous to the health Of the $4,000 PEG.
pie who drink Potomac water. This is
especially surprising in view Of the
fact that in many cities the copper
treatment has been used with apparent
success
Geographic Congress Here.
The eighth International geographic
congress began it's session at Washing
ton Sept. Z. this being it's first assem-
blage in the western hemisphere Meet
ings are to be held at various cities and
at the worlds congress Of arts and SCI
ences at st. Louis.
Chemists Of the World Meet.
The leading chemists Of Europe and
America, comprised in the membership
Of the Society of Chemical Industry,
have been entertained by the New
York section and are to visit Philadel-
phia and other cities on their way to
the great scientific gathering at St.
Louis. Among them are Sir William
Ramsay of London, Professor Lie
brich Of Berlin and DR. Ostwald Of
Leipsic. In an address at Columbia
Sir William said that most boys could
become inventive chemists with the
proper training. At the banquet Sir
William made the important announce
ment that science Is on the eve of dis
covering that the ordinary elements
are produced by the breaking down Of
the recently identified radio active ele-
ments of high atomic weight.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1904-09-17
POLITICS and COVER INTENT

ardent Bryan men, have been accorded
salaried positions on the staff Of the
national Democratic committee. This
move is expected to bring into line
much Of the Bryan vote.
George II. SHIRLEY Of Washington,
who was nominated by the Continental
party at Chicago last week for the vice
presidency along with General Charles
H. Howard Of Chicago for president,
has declined the nomination on the
ground that the platform does not give
first place to the initiative and refer
endum.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1904-09-17

opened his cam
paign in New
York with a big
meeting at Carne-
gle hall, Sept. 6,
presided over by
George D. Heron.
Mr.. Debs made
answer to EXPIRES
ident Cleveland's
article on the Chi
cago strike and de-
scribed Mr.. Cleve-
lands opposition
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1904-09-17

$1,000 Armenians Starving.
The American consul at Karput esti.
mates that $500 Armenians have been
massacred in Sassun and that $4,000
survivors are destitute.
Plehve's Successor Chosen.
Prince polk-Mirsky, governor
general Of wilma, has been selected to
succeed the late M. de Plehve as min
lister Of the interior. The prince has
not been identified with harsh meas
ures and is comparatively a young
man.
German Crown Prince Engaged.
The emperor of Germany has an
nounced formally the betrothal Of
Crown Prince Frederick William to
Duchess Cecilia, youngest sister Of the
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Sch
1t is understood to be love match.
Cars Concessions to Jews.
A decree has been issued at st. Pc
tersburg making certain concessions to
the Jewish population Of Russia. 1t al
lows those Of liberal education to con-
duct business anywhere, and Hebrew
councillors Of commerce or manufac-
turers may reside anywhere.
American Adviser For Korea.
The Japanese government has an
nOunced that Durham w. Stevens, now
counselor of the Japanese legation at
Washington, shall be the diplomatic
adviser to the Korean government,
while Director Megata Of the revenue
bureau will be the financial adviser
By virtue Of an agreement signed at
Seoul Aug. % provision was made for
these foreign advisers. The important
part Of the new treaty gives Japan
absolute control of the foreign rela-
tons Of Korea.
Tibet Yields to British.
In the palace Of the grand lama at
Lassa, Sept. Z, treaty between Tibet
and Great Britain was signed, contain
ing all that Colonel Younghusband had
asked. The British force prepared to
leave Sept. 16.
Socialists Against oHicehoIdins.
The international Socialist congress
at Amsterdam disapproved Of Social
lists holding Office under nonsocialistic
government. Move was directed es-
pecially against Jareus, the leader of
the French parliamentary Socialists.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1904-09-17

5000 Armenians Starving.
The American consul at Karput ,
mates that $500 Armenians have
massacred in Sassun and that Is
survivors are destitute.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1904-09-17

. Eugene '. Debs, the presidential can
Gidate of the Social Democratic party
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-09
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Mobile Register (Dem) says:
THE Democrats will fuse with the
Populists in Nebraska, as has been
the practice for a number of years.
1t was hoped that the two parties
there would go it alone. as they have
very little in common, but it does not
much matter what they do. Nebraska
is regarded as hopelessly Republican"
The New York World (Dem.) says:
If President Roosevelt keeps on be-
ing prudent and quiet and polite the
people will hardly recognize him as
the erstwhile Rough Rider He has
forestalled further criticism of the or
der placing the amateur soldier of
fortune, Gen. Funston, for whom he
naturally has a acknowledging, in COM
mand of the Department of the East
and given this coveted post to the son
of Gen. Grant"
The New York Post Ind) says:
ALTON b. Parker's resignation OF the
highest judicial position in the state
is Enthusiastically fine. He declined
to yield to the wishes of those of his
fellow judges who believed that he
could properly and legally retain his
office until the election. and urged him
to do so that the state might not lose
his valuable services. Moreover, he
chose to resign before Aug. s, there
by laying down his Office for all time.
Had he vacated his position after that
date, he could have become a candi-
date to succeed himself next autumn
in the event Of his defeat in the fall.
This Is merely fresh proof that with
Mr.. Parker ofiice-getting is entirely
subsidiary 10 considerations of good
taste, courage, and straightforward
ness"
The Philadelphia Record (Dem)
says: Republicans would be thank
ful II they were half as sure of car
rying the congressional election as
they pretend to be. Congressional
elections are more representative OF
public sentiment than presidential,
and therefore. Democratic chances are
far better I'm congressional than In
presidential elections. In 1883 Pres-
dent Cleveland was defeated though
he got more popular votes than Mr.
Harrison did. But the complexion OF
the House is pretty certain 70 be that
OF the country Democrats carried
the congregational elections in 1874. 1875.
ISIS 1882. 1854. 1886 1890 and 1892. Re-
publicanH carried the elections from
1894 10 1902 only because the Demo-
cratic party has been divided in these
later years on che coinage Issue, but
% Do divided no longer"