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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-10
CURRENT EVENTS: THE DRIFT OF THINGS
AS WE SEE 1T.

The fall of Port Arthur was announced in last
weeks Progressive Farmer and Cotton Plant
announced in The Progressive Farmer, in fact,
before any other North Carolina paper published
the ews-but of course we could not then give
the details nor comment at length on the event.
The surrender of General Stoessel marked the
ending of one of the most notable sieges in mod
ern times and its story will have a place in the
history books for many generations to follow us.
A Brief Story of the Siege.
From an extended review of the siege written
for the Charlotte Observer by Mr.. Gordon III. Gil
ley of the Philadelphia Record. we take the follow
ing paragraphs to refresh the memory of our
readers:
"Since February Sth last, when the Japanese
Admiral Togo struck an unheralded blow, disa-
bling seven Russian warships in the Port Arthur
roadstead. the fortress has been invested from
the seward side. For just three months more
the city maintained communication with the out
side world by railroad and telegraph, but on May
9TH the japanese cut these communications. COM
pleted a Gordon from shore to shore on the Lao
tung Peninsula and shut up the heroic General
Stoessel and his devoted garrison in their strong
hold. From that day until its fall, Port Arthur
has been III a state of siege and the fighting has
been almost incessant. The garrison was approx
imately 10000 electives; the attacking force has
varied from 10000 to 1OO, OOO. It's size has been re-
peatedly reduced and increased; In various futile
assaults upon the fortress it lost approximately
$4,000 men killed and wounded and in the autumn
months suffered a loss of 10000 men by beri-beri,
a scourge that at one time threatened to ami
hilate the b~esieging army.
Roughly speaking. General Nogi has made a
general assault upon the fortress, designed to
force its capitulation, about once a month. All
these assaults failed, the Japanese being hurled
back from the defences with appalling losses while
the Russians fought behind their splendid fortif-
cations, with comparative immunity. Since early
In August the siege operations have been marked
by extreme ferocity displayed by soldiers on both
sides. The Russians became convinced that sur
render would be followed by a massacre, and the
Japanese, after protesting in vain against viola
lions cf the Red Cross and white flags, resolved
neither to give nor ask quarter. Russian out
posts, surprised by japanese scouts, fought with
their fists until beaten to death; non-combatant
sent out by either side to collect the dead and
wounded were shot down without conjunction
neither side dared to try to succor the wounded,
who lay under the Notifications, and thousands of
injured men persisted of exhaustion and thirst in
full view of both armies"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-10
Governor Aycock's Message.

The message of retiring Governor Aycock to the
General Assembly is marked by the same broad
and statesmanlike qualities which have won for
him such a high place among Southern leaders of
to-day. Every topic likely to have a large place
in the Legislatures deliberations is handled in a
manly and straightforward fashion.
Taxation is first considered, and some changes
in machinery considered. The assessed value of
railroad property, he says, has been increased
from $50, 900, 900 in 1898 to 7O,O00,0 900 to-day; but
the fact that in the same time railroad earnings
have grown from $11, 600, 900 to $18, OOO, 900 "leaves
one IN doubt whether the railroads are even now
assessed at anything like their true value"
As to railway legislation, Governor Aycock
makes some important recommendations. In the
first place, he believes that it should be a misde-
meanor to walk on the track except in crossing.
Next the abolition of second class passenger rates
is endorsed. In no other State are trains re-
quired to carry two compartments, it is said; and
the combination would insure better service. Rail
road accidents are discussed, and the belief as
serted that their frequency is due in part to over
working the employees, making them inefficient.
"There can be no doubt of the right and duty
of the Legislature to pass such laws as shall rem
der less frequent railroad accidents by restrict
ing the number of hours of continuous service
which can be given by the employees of the rail
roads"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-10
More About Port Arthur.

Of the battles about the besieged city, it will be
seen that no review is given in the paragraphs
Just quoted. And yet to the careful newspaper
ieaoers scenes of awful carnage and terrible fight
ing will be recalled by mention of The bo++1a of
February sth. when seven Russian worsbino oro
disabled by the unexpected attack of the Law.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-10
Education and Educational Institutions.

First of all, Governor Aycock refers to the ex-
cellent work of the A. & M. College and wisely
recommends that the State Department of Agri-
culture be relieved of the burden of paying $1O,-
900 a year for the general maintenance of the
College. The Agricultural Department money
comes from a special tax on farmers and it is an
outrage to apply it for mechanical Or textile edu-
cation. It should be used, if at all, only to sup
plement and extend the agricultural division of
the College after that division has received it's
full share of the regular State and National
funds.
The recommendations for educational progress
suggested by Superintendent Joyner are heartily
endorsed by Governor Aycock. At the same time
the Governor points out the danger of further
agitation for race division of school taxes. Not
only would it be un-Christian and unwise to aban-
don negro education to outside influences, but to
cripple the negro schools would be the surest way
of driving out our already too meagre supply of
labor.
A wise amendment suggested to the factory
labor law is that "no child who cannot read and
write and who is over - years of age and under
II shall be permitted to work in any of the facto-
ries of the State where children are now prohib-
tied from working under - years of age"
Under this head we may also consider the rec
ommendation that a reformatory for young Grim
inals be established. That our State now has no
such institution is a disgrace to our people. In
other States the reformatory system saves the
great majority of juvenile offenders. With US
they are either hardened in crime by confinement
with confirmed criminals, Or are encouraged to
disregard law by being inadequately punished.
Temperance, Lynching and Divorce Legislation.
Governor Aycock reafirms his well-known views
as to l~ynching, and declares that the "creating of
better public opinion, the passage of laws making
more effective the means of ascertaining and pun
ishing all those participating in lynchings, speedy
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-03-15
Pumpkin and Carrots for Hogs.

E. G.. Houston, a reader at Pros
ser, Wash, writes as follows: What
kind of squash or pumpkin is best to
plant for hog feed? Also which is
the best root feed for hogs, carrots
or beets, and which easiest raised and
yields best?"
We believe that you will find that
Connecticut field pumpkin is proba-
bly, the most satisfactory for hog feed
ing. 1t grows to a large size, ma
lures quickly, produces a good crop,
better probably than any other pump
kin for this locality.
In reply to your second inquiry we
would say that the mangels produce
a larger crop and are more easily
raised and probably make better hog
feed than carrots. We think, how
ever, your locality would be pretty
dry to raise a successful crop of beets
and probably you would find the car
rots more satisfactory. While not
giving you as big yield as the beets,
yet the carrots would be more easy
to keep; and after the young plants
get fairly started, either beets or car
rots are very little care or trouble.
One thing that should be looked after
carefully is to see that they are
thinned out before they get too large.
1t checks their growth to be left
standing too thick in the row and also
makes misshapen roots that are hard
to harvest. Leckenby.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-03-15

have been kept, within certain limits
which shall be designated and defined
in such notice by reference to natural
or artificial objects, and which shall
be known and designated in this act
as the sheep quarantine limits and
the inspector shall require the owner
or person in charge of such sheep to
proceed Immediately to treat such
sheep and the band or herd in which
they have been kept, for the cure of
such disease, by some means approved
by the inspector, provided that when
dip is used the dip hereinafter pro-
vided shall be used, and any person
who shall neglect for three days after
the service of such notice to put such
sheep into an enclosure, or within the
limits designated by such inspector,
or shall refuse or neglect to proceed
to treat such for the cure of such dis
ease by remedy approved by the in
spector and herein provided, within
three days after the time fixed by the
inspector, which must be reasonable
and give ample time to said party to
prepare to dip and treat such sheep,
shall be deemed guilty Of misde-
meanor, and for each day OF such neg
lect or refusal to comply with the or
der of said inspector after three days
from the date of said notice, such
person shall be deemed guilty of a
separate misdemeanor, and in adli-
ton to the punishment provided for
in this act, the inspector shall take
charge of such sheep and place them
within a proper enclosure or within
proper limits and keep them there,
and cause them to be treated as di-
rected, and the expense of such seiz-
ure, keeping and treatment, together
with the fees of the inspector, shall
be a charge on the sheep so seized,
and shall be lien thereon prior to
any other lien upon said sheep
The case in question, from our Sun
nyside subscriber, would come under
the words: "The inspector shall re-
quire the owner or person in charge
of such sheep to proceed Immediately
to treat such sheep and the band or
herd in which they have been kept
for the cure of such disease" Dip
ping or "some means approved by the
inspector" is designated. In thus or
dering the sheep in question dipped
the inspector is acting within the
law, but of course he is supposed to
take into consideration the condition
of the ewes.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-03-15
STOCK
law Regarding Sheep scabbies.

A subscriber in Sunnyside writes
The Ranch for information as to the
powers of the sheep inspector when
he finds a band that has been eX-
posed to sheep scab but as yet have
not shown any signs of it. He has
large number of fine ewes in the band,
who are due to lamb inside of two
weeks, and states the inspector has
ordered the sheep dipped at once. We
will quote from the law those pas
sages that would apply to the case as
soon as scabbies appeared among the
appeared among the sheep, if at all:
Section 4744, of Pierce's Washing
ton Code, page 1919, says: "Any per-
son owning or having charge of any
sheep infected with scab or scabbies
or any infectious or contagious dis
ease, shall keep the same and all
sheep with which such sheep have
been in contact, and the band or herd
with which said sheep have been
kept, secure from contact with other
sheep, and shall not drive or permit
the same to go upon any public road
or highway, or any enclosed or unen-
closed land, not owned or leased by
such person: Provided, that such
sheep may be moved or driven upon
public roads or highways by first OBJ
tanning the written permission OF the
sheep inspector of the county wherein
such sheep may be, which permission
shall state the time within which
such sheep are to be moved, the place
to and from which they are to be
moved, an the route to be travelled:
Provided, that nothing contained
herein shall be construed as giving
any inspector any authority to grant
any person any right to herd such
sheep, or the band or herd with which
such sheep have been kept, upon any
public road or highway or any trav-
eled trail or road
Section 4746, same code, says:
Whenever upon inspection OF any
band or herd of sheep or of any sheep
in any county in the state of Wash
ington, the sheep inspector of such
county shall find any of said sheep
affected with scab or scabbies, or
other infectious or contagious dis
ease, he shall forthwith notify the
owner, or person in charge of said
sheep, in writing, to put such diseased
sheep and the herd or band in which
they have been kept into an enclos-
ure, or if such sheep are on the range,
to put and keep such diseased sheep
and the herd or brand in which they
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-03-15
Lameness in Sheep.

A very important item in the man
agement of flock is the condition of
the feet Those sheep that have been
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-01-27

Some galoot who probably has a
personal grievances because he can't
skin the printer out OF the whole
thing has introduced a bill in the
legislature to do way with publishing
probate notices. There is no class OF
legal printing that requires the pub
licity of probate doings IN order that
there may be no CRAFTS and rake-otrs.
and the particular bill referred 10
should die an early death.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-01-27

The house has coacurred in an
amendment to the Indian appropria-
ton bill to knock out the Indian
agents at Crow Creek. Lower Brule,
Sisseton and Yankton. Representative
Burke tried to save the Crow Creek
plum but was unable to do 50. If these
offices go it will make that much less
picking for the machine.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-01-27

The very dickens has been to lay
over in the land of the white car this
week. Thousands OF workingmen
went on a strike at st. Petersburg and
made a demonstration in front Of the
Winter Palace; wanted to present
their grievances in person to the czar.
and the soldiers fired on the mob,
killing many and woundlng hundreds.
Fears of a revolution have been rife
all the week. The unfortunate war
with Japan has set the democratic
element going and no knowing where
trouble will end.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-01-27

, The capitol building bill introduced
by the late chairman OF the Pierre
capital committee twho spent Il pile of
money to demonstrate that the pre-
sent structure is good enough for
years to Gomez asks for an aIpropria-
ton of Il million dollars, to be strung
out at the rate of 500, 600 IL year after
the first two years. For The first two
years $500, 600 is asked for, $50, 900 from
the general funds Of the state and
$3.50, 900 from the sale of the capitol
endowment lands. The $4,000 is to
be paid back later from the sale of
lands. The bill reads pretty and
sounds very feasible until you come to
figure out where the land sales are
coming in. The state WINS approNi-
mately 50, 900 acres available for the
construction Of public buildings,
Granting that they could be sold to-
day for $40 an acre the proceeds would
still fall short of bringing in 81, 0OO, 900
OF the 50, 900 acres more than one half
are in the far western part of the
state where it is proposed to give Il
man $40 acres for nothing ii he will
live on it five years, and where mil
lions of acres have been open to settle
ment at 80 cents an acre for fifteen
yearS-and no takers. OF the remain
ing $1,000 acres practically all of the
land is in counties this side of the
Missouri where there have SO far been
no bidders for school lands at $40 an
acre. The Sutherland bill contem-
plates that within ten years the sale
of the endowment lands will cover the
cost of the appropriations. Wouldn't
it be better to accept Mr.. Sutherland's
statements made during the campaign
and wait until we get that 81, Oo0, 900
for the sale of lands before launching
out on mere guess work:
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-01-27
T1NAN
Official Paper Of the CITY and County
TIE Gao ACRE noMts1tAps

THE GAO ACRE hOMESTEADS
The principle of the Martin DILL is
all right-acc ording to the GRApn1C's
way OF thinking-but whether the
provisions of the bill are such as to
leave %loopholes tor the cattle COM
panies to creep in and gobble the land
in $40 acres instead Of 16O-acre parcels
is another matter.
The simple provision which requires
five years residence instead of d nomi-
nal residence of eight months may be
as easily evaded as most of the other
requirements which have supposed to
govern the appropriating of Uncle
Sans domain. 1t is a matter OF COM
mon knowledge that thousands upon
thousands of acres of land west of the
river have been appropriated and final
proof made by those who never have
had the slightest intention of making
a home on the land and whose eight
months term of residence has been Il
fraud from beginning to end.
Our people on the frontier haye shut
their eyes to this kind OF business
partly because many of them had in
innate friends and acquaintance in
the same deal and partly because to
make d roar about it would bring
down on their heads the wrath of
locating agents, land men, money
%loaners and those proiting by the land
steal going II.
Ii there are those lying awake
nights for fear that this 64O-acre
homestead bill will enable the cattle
men to gobble o than their share
of the land, they might better turn
their attention to Il general ripping
up of the land laws which have made
it possible for anybody and everybody
to get hold of 16O acres of govern
ment land west of the Missouri by
building a dog house, sleeping on the
claim a night or two and paying to
the land office so cents an acre.
If the remaining lands subject to
the Martin bill can be taken by ac-
tual settlers, men who will live on the
land and improve it the full five years
it will settle up that country and I'M
prove it more in five years than the
present loose administration of our
i, land laws will in twenty-five years.
But the proposed increase Of holdings
to $40 acres will avail nothing unless
there is a rigid enforcement Of the
. provision Of the bill, and this can only
> be brought about by constant super
vision Of the country by government
inspectors who will not shut thei:
. eyes to fraud. II a man is permitted
to hold $40 acres five years and prac.
tice law in Iowa or Illinois at the
same time, or conduct any other line
) of business outside of his land it were
better that things go on as they have
been going-sell the land for 50 cents
an acre in 16O-tracts.
) If the Martin bill goes through the
land should 90 to actual settlers, not
! to Tom, Dick and Harry, Lying il
\ Chamberlain. Pierre. Kalamazoo anc
p0dunk.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-01-27

1t is a question which would starve
to death the quickest. 100000 negroes
on 6fty-acre farms near Mitchell or
100, 900 whites on one hundred and
sixty-acre farms betwccii Pierre and
the Black Hills.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-01-27

The machine Solons at Pierre are
dreadfullY worried over the petition
for submitting the primary question
to the voters at the next general cleo
tion. The lazy requires but five per
cent of the voters on IL petition of this
kind, but the primary crowd came to
the front with over 5000 names on
the petition and could undoubtedly
get three times as many more without
half trying. Dispute this fact, the
machine is doing its best to find eX-
cuses for turning down the petition,
uslrg as one reason that names have
been duplicated and that others were
honeyfuggled int signinga paper uhey
knew not the meaning OF, and so forth
and SO on. The GRAPHIC has been too
closely occupied with matters more i'm.
portant than something that wont
come up for scrapping for two years
yet to pass an intelligent orinlon on
the primary law, but 1t has kept tab
on matters enough to know that to
ignore the Petition presented at this
legislature for Il vote on the law will
be a damnable outrage on a free peo-
ple-or supposed to be free and in
telligent enough to know whether
they want this law or not.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-01-27

The first page of the last issue of
Golfers shows a picture of one the
'iOSaka Babies that did the business
tor Port Arthur. These immense H.
inch siege mortarS take their name
from the arsenal at Osaka where they
are made. There were eighteen of
them distributed about Port Arthur.
Each gun was emplaccd on a concrete
foundation eight feet deep, which re-
;quired three weeks to build. The
shells used weighed 500 pounds: each
discharge cost Japan $500. During Il
bombardment, which may last from
four to six hours. the mortars fire
shells n every eight minutes.
This would make u bombardmeut
cost nearly S325,0OO for six hours
alone. War is costly DIS we'll as hell.
After the Japs captured 2O3-Metre
Hill they placed d lookout, who bv the
aid of Il new war telescope, could see
where every shell struck and the
damage it did, at the same time HIM
self safely sheltered behind rocks.
The lookout WAS connected by tele-
phone with eacn one of the siege guns
and reported the effects of every shot,
The guns were for the most part al
average of two and a half miles from
Port Arthur and dropped their shells
over two mountain ranges into the
doomed city.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-01-27

SUBSCRIBE FOR THE GRAPHIC.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-01-27
Myrtle Smith
MILLINERY AND DRESSING

I have a full line Of new
goods, street hats, caps, etc.
PlumeS from 25c to $40 each.
Fancy feather yelling. Paon
velvets, plaid silks. The ladies
are invited to call.
Milford chronicle., 1905-02-10
PRIME HOOK NECK.

We occasional hear of some one
being iusulted by seeing his or her
name in the paper. We wish to
saw to whomsoever they may be,
that if they will be so kind as to
tell MS not to write anything con-
cernine them, we will favor them
by omitting the same and will do
so gladly, for we do not like to Of
fend.
ASK Harry Clendaniel if nose
glasses are not deceiving when
worn by girl.
Sleigh bells have been ringing
merrily for the last week. One
could scarcely look out without see
ing a sleighing party. But the fun
is about over for this time.
Misses Gertrude Stevenson and
Sallie Jones and Messrs. Amos Ben
nett and John Argo, visited friends
in Broadkiln last Sunday and Miss
Matte Ingram was the guest OF
Mrs. Charles Rouch, of Slaughter
Neck. Vim. Walls, wife and on,ot
Broadkiln, were the guests of d.
Messick at the same time. There
has also been a great deal OF visit
ing transacted between the people
of Prime Hook Neck; but as the
saying is, that is gossip and no
news" so we will not write it.
We were glad to see our mai
carrier after waiting for our maj
Just one week. A. b. I. u
Milford chronicle., 1905-02-10
The February american Boy.

The washingtOn's Birthday number OF the
aAIneriean Boy" is replete with matter OF
historical interest. Its contents lncioae
fnl page. illustrated article, "How Artists
pictured washington" "Francis Hampton
the proud little lad Of Valley Forge" "A Ma
t,on,s Honor at the PENS Point" "a Wash
ineton's Birthday Party" "The story OF Lin-
coln,s Boyhood, /" washington and the Flag,
rbe cover ofsFhe American Boy" this month
il an intensely interesting one, as it repre-
sents Washington at prayer in the Valley
Forge days, being a reproduction OF a pnoto-
oraph Of the bas.relief recently put into the
80, sac v NJ. G. A. building ia New York
C,tv The stories this month in addition 70
those named, are further chapters OF kirk
Mupioe's "For the Mikado" further chapters
of.My Foar Years at West Point. the nrs'
~ new series OF bear stories entitled cap
,,,r,ng a rhief" and long list of stories OF
ID pages, with B4iilustrations. slOO year,
The sprague Publishing CompaFT 4''''"-
Mich.