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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-11
After Forty Years.

Next Sunday is the fortieth anniversary of
General Lees surrender at Appomattox Court
House. A generation has passed since then. Not
the slightest bitterness remains In the North.
The recently published book of letters and recol-
lections of Gen. Robert E. Lee, the great soldier
whom competent European authority compares
with Napoleon, was welcomed no more heartily
in the South than in the North. Lee was one OF
the great heroes of the war, and as the years pass
he is slowly becoming a national hero of whom
all sections are proud.
The South has already taken to its heart Lin
coin, the great, pathetic burden-bearer who grows
larger and more sublime as the majesty of his
spirit appears above the forgotten distractions of
his exciting period.
The heat of passion dies with the passing years,
and then the divine in man reasserts itself. Ten
nyson illustrated this in his two "Locksley Halls
The later one, not very highly priced by the crit
les, is the diviner poem, for in it the hero turns
his back on revenge and rises to the heights from
which he can say, Glove will conquer at the LAST
1t does conquer.
It has conquered here in America, for Con-
gress, just before it adjourned, authorized the re-
turn to the States of all the battle-fags of the
war. not only the flags of the regiments of the
North that had been stored in Washington, but
the flags of the regiments of the South which had
been captured in the field; and not a protest has
been heard from any quarter. The breach is
healed, and scarcely a scar remains.-Boston
Youths Companion, April 9th.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-11
STOCK RAISING IN THE SOUTH.

That is a highly suggestive Letter which a Michi-
o.n correspondent sends our Prof. Kilgore, and
which is reprinted on page 1. Our people have
roo1Iv had cotton pulled over their eyes" as he
cows or they would not have been so blind to the
onnortunities about them. "Soil-suicide" is a
GOOD word that he gives us to describe any sys-
tom of farming which leaves out stock raising.
Rrt there are better things ahead of us now. In
al, trucking belt it is seen that stock raising is
necessary in order to maintain soil fertility, and
Nossrs. blackburn & Willett have set a good ex-
omplc for other truckers. Successful expert
ronts with inoculated alfalfa have been made
oven in the sandy belt, and a writer in the Char
1otte Observer predicts that the sandhill farms
will vet show rolling fields of green with herds of
cattle wading knee-deep in alfalfa. The develop
ment of our manufacturing industries is also
going to bring a market to our doors for all fresh
meats: while Mr.. Archer and his co-laborers are
proving that the Piedmont section is Gods own
country for wool growing and sheep raising.
But the greatest impetus to Southern stock
raising is to come from the determination of the
cattle tick. and on page 1 DR.. Butler furnishes a
highly encouraging report of this work. We
should like to urge every Progressive Farmer
reader in Surry, Yadkin, Alexander. Iredell,
Davie. Rowan, Cabarrus and Mecklenburg to join
hands heartily with DR.. Butler In the great task
he has in hand for the farmers of this section.
Freedom from quarantine restrictions, it is said,
saves the twenty mountain counties 100000 a
year-which we can well believe when we recall
that beeves in Henderson County last summer
sold readily at four cents a pound, while a few
miles away in tick-infested Polk County, three
cents was the highest market price. To free the
State from the cattle tick would be worth a
million dollars a year to North Carolina agricul-
ture.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-11

COMMENTS.

We have already commented in a separate edl-
torial ON our two first page articles. On page 2
there are q couple of articles on crop rotation
that should have appeared earlier, but are still In
t;me we hone. TO enable some farmer to arrange
his plans to better advantage.
The announcement ON page 2 regarding mocu-
lating material for leguminous crops VIII explain
vbv some readers have failed to get the expected
bacteria SAMPLES from the Department OF Agrl-
culture. The Governments supply was exhausted
in February, and it never furnished adequate
quantities. In our ad. columns the material mas
been ofered-enough to inoculate one acre 1or @z'
The leaks" to which Capt. Petty calls attention.
explain why many a man is poor In spite OF MS
hard work.
Uncle JOS" poultry articles are as good mat
ter as we print nowadays, and the Talk" TINS
week on how to raise turkeys successfully Is one
of the best of his series.
We are glad that Mr.. @. G. Moore has begun a
series of articles ON men who have made a sue
cess of d~airying. Example, we are told, is more
prevalent than precept, and the mention OF pro-
gressive plans in acthal practice will cause
many a reader to adopt them.
On pages 4 and 5 some good material is pre-
scented to the reader. The letter on Canning fol
Home Use" will make your mouth water. Mr.
Walker makes a good suggestion about road Inn
rrovement, and just in connection with this we
print an interesting summary of what the d1tter
et North Carolina counties are doing for high
way Improvement. If we could only have such al
awakening to the need of good roads as we al
ready have to the need of good schools, how thu
old State would go forwardl Mr.. Sherman send
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-11
A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK.

ProAigacy consists not in spending years
of time or chests of money, but in spending them
off the line of your career. The crime which
bankrupts men and States is job work-decllnlng
from your main~design to serve a turn mere OF
there. Nothing is beneath you if it is In the
direction of your life: nothing is great or de-
sirable if it is off from that. I think we are en-
titled here to draw a straight line, and say that
society can never prosper, but must always be
bankrupt, until every man does that which ne was
wealth"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-11
Browning.
The Last Charge at Appomattox.

Poem read by Prof. Henry jerome Stock
at Appomattox, Va April 10, 1905, At unyeil
Scared on a hundred fields before,
Naked and starved and travel-sore,
Each man a tiger, hunted,
They stood at bay as brave as Huns,
Last of the Old South's splendid sons,
Fanked by ten thousand shotted guns,
And by ten thousand fronted.
Scorched by the lannon's molten breath,
They'd climbed the trembling walls OF death
And set their standards tattered =
Had charged at the bugle's stirring blare
Through bolted gloom and goddess glare
From the dead's Redeemed gulches, where
The searching shrapnel shattered.
They formed-that Carolina band
With Grimes, the Spartan, in command;
And. at the word of Gordon,
Through splintered fire and sitting smoke
They struck with lightning's scathing stroke
Those doomed and desperate men-and broke
Across that iron Gordon.
They turned in sullen, slow retreat
All, there are laurels of defeat!
Turned, for the Chief had Spoken
With one last shot hurled back the foe,
And prayed the trump Of doom to blow,
| Now that the Southern stars were low,
The Southern bars we're broken.
Some time the calm, impartial years
| viii tell what made them dead to tears
Of loved ones left to languish;-
What nerved them for the lonely guard.
For cleaving blade and mangling shard,-,
What gave them strength in tent and ward
To drain the dregs of anguish.
But the far ages will PROFOUND
What never Sphinx had lore to sound
WHY. in such fires of rancor.
The God of Love should find it meet
For Him, with Grant as sledge. to beat
On Lee, the anvil, at such heat,
Our Nations great sheet-anchor.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-11

President Jordan publishes quite a different
report as to the Texas acreage from that sent out
by Governor Lanham. Mr.. Jordan quotes Com
missioner of Agriculture Clay as saying: From
information I have been able to gather from cor
respondence and conversation with prominent
planters I am of the opinion that the acreage IN
this State will be reduced about 25 per cent"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-11
OUR TRUCKING EDITION.

On April 25th The Progressive Farmer will
issue a special illustrated Trucking Edition
which will go not only to our regular list, but to
thousands of other truck farmers in North Caro-
lima, Virginia and South Carolina, as well. We
wish very much to make this edition as valuable
and instructive as possible, and we shall be glad
if our truck-growing readers will write us their
experiences with different crops and different
methods of growing and handling. We shall be
glad to have a discussion of all trucking problems.
Letters intended for this issue should reach us
not later than April 18th. The Progressive Far
mer probably reaches more Carolina truckers
than any other paper published, and it is our
ambition to makks the paper of constantly increas-
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-11
The Spirit Of Spring,

"The years at the spring,
And days at the morn;
Mornings at seven;
The hill-side's dew-pearled;
The lark's ON the wing;
The snail's ON the thorn,
Gods in His Heaven
All right with the world"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-11

We are sorry that our friends are so slow to un-
derstand that we cannot print obituary notices
and resolutions of respect. 1t is always painful
to have to refuse to use matter of this kind, but
the demands ON our space are too pressing tor us
to make exceptions to our unvarying custom.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-11

The first number of the South Atlantic QUAR-
terly under its new management, with DIR. Edwin
Minis and Prof. VIM. III. Glasson as editors, con-
tains an unusually large number of timely and
authoritative articles. The Quarterly bids fair
to become a notable medium for the discussion OF
Southern problems, and ought to be widely read.
While the regular subscription price Is ~ a year.
to anyone not now taking both papers we Will send
The Progressive Farmer and the Quarterly both
one year for $3.50.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-04
HAS NOT RESIGNED.
Chief Clerk Roberdeau Says He Will
Retain His Position.

Austin. Nov 4.-Major Roger Rober-
deau. chief clerk in the state treasury
department, alphabetically denied the
report printed In certain newspapers 10
the effect that he had resigned his po-
sition to accept the position of assist
ant cashier OF the American National
bank. II have not resigned and the re-
port is entirely unauthorized" said
Roberdeau. He said that an offer had
been made to him by the bank but
nothing had been done in matter.
State Treasurer Robbins also said that
the reported resignation was news to
him.
Following in substance was the tele-
gram as published:
Roger c. Roberdeau, for seven years
chief clerk n the treasury department
OF Texas. become assistant cashier
In the Amer can National bank of Aus
tin.
The railroad commission gave out a
comparison OF payments made on ac-
count of injuries by persons by Texas
IdlliOdhS l'l NllN years EllulllE Iullt aN
1904. and June 30. 1905. The state
ment showed total amount paid for
1904 was s1.s73.7s3. against s1.3sS.5s3
for 1905. decrease Of sos. 200 for 1905
II was announced that the Texas Ma
tional Guard association meets at Da'-
las Nov. 5 for the purpose OF discussing
coming encampment and take steps
toward publishing a guard paper.
AS indicated heretofore. Stale Insur
ance Com Missioner Clay has giver
out statement In which he calls upon
policy holders In Texas OF different NJ"
Insurance companies to meet at Dali
las on Friday. Nov 10. at Oriental no.
tel. or at San Antonio Friday. Nov. %
at Menger hotel TO take steps toward
perfecting organization for protection
OF policy holders. Those who cannot
come are urged 10 send proxies.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-04

he says, and told him that he intended
to get out with him and that he would
accompany him TO New York.
On Sept. 22 they came to New York
Shortly afterwards the police of this
city received a message from the Bos-
ton authorities asking them to look out
for Crawford, who, 1t was believed.
could throw some light on the mystery.
1t was by constantly watching the New
York theatrical agencies that the two
m1n now in custody were located.
The four witnesses are Joseph Berk-
man and his partner, Louis Milensky,
proprietor of a loan company; Meyer
Rubin. another pawnbroker, and Tim
othy Howard. hack driver. Berkman
and Rubin claimed to have sold the
suit cases ia which the dismembered
parts of the body We're placed and
thrown into the harbor. while Howard.
the hackman, drove two men who car
ried two heavy dress suit cases to the
Chelsea ferry.
A ring was identified as Miss Gea
RVS. 1t was pawned by a friend OF
Nathan
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-04
RUSSIAN STRIKE z
WAS CALLED OFF
announcement Is Received With the
Greatest of Joy
AT RUSSIAN CAPITAL
Great Demonstration Promised For
Sunday, When the Bodies Of the
Victims Of Tuesday Are
to lie Inferred.

St. Petersburg. Nov. 4.-The decision
Of the strike committee TO call off the
strike at noon Friday was received
with JOY by all class OF population, as
absence of newspapers. electric lights
and other conveniences of life have
been severely felt. Railroad men.
however. resolved to continue ther
strike. which entails continuance of
high prices Of provisions.
Censorship throughout Russia. how
ever. was abolished. not only of news
papers. but also In the case OF private
kilograms. The minister of the in
terror notified the editors that regula-
lions for control OF press was no longer
In force.
Count witte is having trouble in
forming his cabinet on account of lack
OF Liberal support Senator Koni re-
fused the portfolio Of justice and
Prince Troubelskoy. brother OF the late
rector of Moscow university. is said to
have not even replied to the tender OF
ministry of education.
Grand Duke Alexander Michaelo-
Witch brother-in-law of Emperor Mich
olas. has been relieved OF his post at
the head of the department OF mercan-
tile marine. The department Is
merged with the new ministry of COM
merce which probably accounts for the
grand duke being relieved. He was
the last of the influential quintette
who were tn emperor's advisers.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-04
HACKED TO PIECES.
Casualties Believed to Be Five Thou
sand Killed and Wounded.

London, Nov. "A dispatch to the
Evening Standard from Odessa says:
THE casualties are believed TO have
amounted to 5000 killed and wounded
In the Jewish quarters bodies still
strew the streets and sidewalks. Jew
fish women and children were strangled
and hacked to pieces in the streets
where the mobs gained thu upper hnn =.
A Red Cross doctor says that the Kisl =
ineff horrors were repeated a hundred
fold. The students alone saved q a
city from wholesale sack and massa-
ere. The military are now placing J 0
machine guns at various points. Twen
ty-six carts full Of wounded has passe ?.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-04
MORE SHOOTING.
Better Class of Jews Seek Refuge In
the Hotels.

Nft TlOAEHSs
Odessa. Nov. AFTER a fairly quiet
night shooting again commenced Fri
day morning.
The Red Cross society is busy at
tending TO wounded. Up to present
time no Christian shops or houses have
been touched. The principal hotels
are fun OF the better class OF Jews
seeking refuge frofm the disorders.
There was a veritable reign OF ter
ror Oct. 81. After the emperor's man
ifesto granting a constitution to Rus
STA had beer published the Jews made
the Russians furious with rage by
making a prominent display Of red
flags. training on portrait OF the em-
peror and tearing down emblems Of
the>crown. Late in the afternoon there
was firlngi on the outskirts of town
and massacre OF Jews commencSkrA
lasted during the night OF Nov. =. 90
Jews found on the streets were severe
ly beaten and many killed In their
shops. which were ruthlessly pillaged.
In the poorer Jewish quarters on the
outskirts of town whole streets were
destroyed. soldiers apparently looking
on. Crowds Of workmen. women and
children laden with all kinds of loot
walked openly. the women quarreling
over the spoils. Bombs were thrown
I'm various parts OF town. Late that
night patrols OF soldiers and Cossacks
restored some semblance of order. Pi
Laying continued Thursday and there
was heavy firing all over town No
body WIS safe IN the streets.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-04
RAPIDLY REDUCED
There Is Satisfactory Decrease In
Number Of Yellow Fever Cases.

There Is Satisfactory Decrease In
Number Of Yellow Fever Cases.
New Orleans. Nov. THE fever sit
uatIon here continues to have rapid
Improvement, cases under treatment
now being reduced to seventeen with
so few cases remaining and virtually
no new cases appearing the probability
IS there will be very few more deaths
before the city will he entirely clear Of
the epidemic. The total OF deaths has
not yet reached $50 from July until the
present date.
Heavy demands are beng made on
the Southern Pacific for freight cars
now that all guarantees along thu
route in louisiana have been lifted.
Up to noon Friday there was no
new cases Of yellow fever and no
deaths.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-04
SHOT AT SIGHT.
People Carrying Arms at Odessa Are
Melted This Fate

Odessa. Nov. People carrying
arms who are caught by troops are
shot at sight. Shutters all closed
They were ordered closed. People de-
tocted from windows are promptly
shot. Soldiers used machine guns To
clear away crowds from vicinity ~
port. In fact there IL iniiscriminats
shooting everywhere in t'wn. Firing
was still going ON as this dispatch was
filed.
Trade IS at complete standstill.
Provisions are still obtainable at
greatly enhanced prices. Gas and wa
terworks are working.
IL Is impossible to make correct
estimate Of the number of killed and
wounded.
Similar serious reports reach Odessa
from most other towns OF southern
Russia
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-04
Work Reuins

Lehigh. I. r. Nov. 4.-The Oklahoma
Central Railroad company begansact-
I've work here with 800 teams on its
first ten miles o; road. which viii be
ready for the steel by Dec ! TIE con-
tract has been let for various parts NJ
the work work IS expected TO begl'
here pu the line 10 Paris. Tex. with
thirty days
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-04
BLOODY ROPE FOUND.
County Prosecutor Thinks Boys Fate
Was FriShtful.

Mount Vernon. o.. Nov. Buried
beneath a culvert 200 feet from the
spot where Stuart Pierson. the Kenyon
college student. was ground 10 death b.
a train. the athorities have found three
lengths OF blood stained rops and a
wad 81 absOrben cotton. also stained
with blood
County Prosecutor Stilweil expresses
the firrn belief that the boy was chic
reformed. the cotton saturated. bound
across his face and that then he was
tied across the tracks as part Of his
Initiation into a college fraternity.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-04
OVER SMALL AREAS.
All Upper Districts Of New Orleans
Practically Fever Free.

New Orleans. Nov. 4.-The rapid
progress which is being made In COM
plotting the expulsion OF yellow fever
from New Orleans is shown by the fact
that the cases now remaining are scat
tered over small areas in the lower sec
ton of the city, all the upper districts
and Algiers being practically free
There was but one new case up to
o'clock Thursday evening.
II has been a wee ksince the state
board Of health has been Informed Of
the appearance OF new cases OF yellow
fever outside Of New Orleans AT a.
most every point where the fever here =
tofore existed. It has rather entirely
disappeared and remaining cases are
convaiescing.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-04
THE puLLocK MANs1oN. RoswELL. GA.

had done more to cement the kindly
relations between the north and south
than anything else that has happened
since the close of the war. Mr.. Jessup
asked the Chamber of Commerce TO
send resolutions OF commentator TO
the president and was himself appoint
ed to communicate the views of the
chamber on this subject TO Mr.. Roose-
Welt
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-04
Another Account.

Fort Worth. Nov. "A big freight
oil burning engine on the Houston and
Texas Central road blew up early Fri
day morning four miles south Of Ennis
killing Engineer Davenport. the fire
men. name not given. and badly injuring
a brakeman. The train was running
at the time OF the explosion. The loco
motive was a large type Of the South
ern Pacific.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-04
EXPLOSION TERRIFIC.
Engineer and Brakeman Killed and
Fireman Fatally Injured.

Houston. Nov. "A new ten wheel
engine, a Houston and Texas Central
freight, exploded while running at fuIj
speed. northbound. three miles this
side of Ennis. at $50 o'clock Tuesday
morning. Engineer Davenport an
Brakeman Glenn of Ennis were killed.
Fireman Taylor had leg broken. was
scalded and injuries fatal. wreckius
and hospital trains were sent from En-
mis-. The entire train was ditched.
several cars of pecans. oil and rice
were totally destroyed. Parts of the
engine were blown two miles.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-04
Five Thousand pisarmed.

London. Nov. 4.-The Standards cor
respondent at Odessa says: With %
three hours OF the declaration Of mar
tial law. which came to the unspea' =
able relief of peaceable citizens. no
fewer than 90 ruffianly Loyalists n ,
been disarmed by the students and II .
military"
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-04
Vice Governor Flies.

Koseloff Russia. Nov. 4.-Vice Gov
ernOr Koselon has fed from city. Cit
liens are preserving order. Great
manifestations occurred here Thurs
day The crowds are demanding the
releas OF political prisoners.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-04
BOILER BLOWN UP.
Brakeman Glenn Killed and Engineer
and Fireman Badly Hurt.

Ennis. Tex. Nov. 4.-The boiler OF
a Houston and Texas Central railway
locomotive exploded four miles south
of this city at o'clock Friday morn
ing.
Brakeman Glenn was killed outright
and Engineer Davenport and Fireman
Trailer so seriously injured that their
recovery Is doubtful leg of Mrs.
Trailer had to be amputated. The
track was torn up for several hundred
yards.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-04
ACTION ASSURED.
Naval Demonstration Against Turkey
Is Imminent Soon.

Paris. Nov. 4.-Exchauges OF com
munications going on between powers
have reached the stage where a joint
naval demonstration against Turkey
Is practically assured unless the sultan
accepts the plan FOR financial reform-
in Masedonia.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-04
GETS MORE PEOPLE.
Two Thousand Inhabitants Have Been
Added to TeSarkana.

TeNarkana, Tey.. Nov. 4.-By ordi
nance Of city council in special session
the McShane district was incorporated
in the city. The area OF the district IS
one square mile. with population {
1000. The city has been working on
this proposition two years. 1t makes
this city have a population OF 1900
and It can now get a charter Of the
first class The vote was unanimous.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-04
Refusea 70 Interfere.

Washington. Nov. 4.-Thc president
refused 10 interfere with the execution
Friday Of the sentence OF death again {
Grant Williams IN Indian Territory. Ie
was convicted % killing a man name ]
Dolan.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-04
KINDLY RELATIONS.
Jessup Says Presidents Southern Trip
t'1s Done Great Good.

New York, Nov. 4.-The Importance
OF President Roosevelt's trip to the
south was commented on by Morris X.
Jessup, president of the New York
Chamber of Commerce, at a meeting of
that body. He said that this trip