The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., 1912-02-10


The following bit of news comes to us in a
private letter from friend of The Progressive
Farmer, and is worth re-printing in this column:
Il have recently returned from the Panama Canal
with the American Bankers Association and am
glad of every opportunity to say that the stupen-
dous feat of building the canal the wonderful
sanitary condition of the Canal Zone, and the
esprit de corps manifested by all engaged not
only in the executive administration, but also in
the ranks, are an inspiration to greater patri-
otism"
The attacks Woodrow Wilson continue un-
abated The writer has just returned from a trip
to Washington City, Philadelphia, and New York,
and has learned on good authority that the great
monopoles and financial interests have resolved
upon one of the bitterest crusades against Wilson
in American political history. They have enor-
nous funds at their disposal and have employed
some of the shrewdest and most aggressive po-
htical workers. Everything that possibly be
unearthed distorted to Wilson's discredit will
be brought forward.
Earle Brewer, the Governor of Mississippi
declares that he will not appoint man as Judge
who is an active applicant for the position. Other
policies which the Governor, in addition to
those mentioned week ago, will support
are the drainage and reclamation of swamp lands;
better roads; the strengthening of the prohibi-
ton law; the separation of youthful criminals
from old and hardened offenders; better schools
and more stringent regulations of railroad cor
porations-a frst-class platform indeed.
Senator Culberson, of Texas, wants an invea-
tigation of the National Republican campaign ex-
penditures in 1904 and 1905 The general opin-
ion is that Senator Culberson, however, has been
very much imposed upon in accepting the story
that it cost $11,000,0 600 to elect Roosevelt eight
years ago. careful Washington correspondent
thinks $1,100,000 nearer the actual figures, and
adds: "It did not take very much to defeat the
Democratic ticket of 1904
Kentucky takes long step forward in the mat
ter of prohibition legislation by the passage of
the county unit local option law. Heretofore
cities of the first to fourth classes have been al
lowed to sell liquor if against the wishes of
the majority of the people in the counties in
which they located. Hereafter any counties
in which the majority want prohibition can have
it, in spite of the wet sentiment on the part of
the city minority
The institutional church. the Baptist Taber-
nacle which DR.. Len G. Broughton established in
Atlanta, and which he now leaves to go to Lon
don, has no parallel in the South. 1t runs seven
days in week, and with it's hospital, home for
working girls, Bible Conferences and other
tivities, has been wonderful factor for good in
the life of Atlanta
The 1910 census figures show that the Alabama
negroes are moving out of the BLACK belt coun-
ties and concentrating in the cities. Out of
S0,968 increase in negro population of the last
decade, 44,663-oyer half-were in the three
counties containing the States largest cities
Congressman Underwood seems to be steadily
gaining strength Presidential candidate, and
it is not impossible that he, rather than Judson
Harmon, will be the choice of the conservative
wing of the party when it comes to showdown
at the Baltimore Convention.