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She Progressive Farmer, April 8, 1002. -a-----aaa----s----s-s-- -1 - ' I I Correspondence. BiaLDISO AHD MAIJrTAIHiaO PUBLIC BO ADS. Cora Craxisr Bidieulw t- Antiqut4 8yi taa low la Tore and C&lli for a Mere lie darn Plan. Corrwpondeao of The FrocreaaiY Farmer. Ai I ha to been very busy in the discharge of my duties as teacher of a publio school, my. correapondence to your columns has been neglected. If your readers will indulge me. 111 contribute something as to the build ing and maintaining of good, roads. We are painfully aware of the fact that in this section, with one or two exceptions, we have no roads worthy of the name. We are further aware that the present system has been in use for over fifty years, and has been a disastrous failure. In the first place, it is not to be supposed that a man who never saw a good road is a past master in the art of laying off, building, or keeping one in good order. Yet that is the very man who is appointed overeeer in this county. Boys of 20, who have never been 30 miles from home, never saw any implement but an axe, a mattock and a shovel, are placed in charge of a force of hands, three fourths of whom don't own a horse, a mule or vehicle of any kind, and Who are on all occasions walking delegates. Eaoh man is warned to bring an axe, or a shovel, and some cut 'brash" and put them in the road while others cover them up. The first heavy- rain washes it all out, and leaves the road gutter-shaped. Before- court they go through the same process, and each, time the supervisor, who is a 'squire that never saw a good road either, goes over it and declares the same in good condition. Being road overseer and teaching school are the only two vocations where knowledge and experience count for nothing. If a man can't read, never tried to read the sohool law, can't spell, and don't know whether Porto Rico is in Chicago or Fleet Street, London, he is certain, here, to get 99 on reading, -99 on school law, 100 on spelling, and 100 on geography. If he is "agin"' taxation, "agin"' free sohool, agin' " every improvement, and re gards Cleveland County as the be ginning and the end of all earthly wisdom, he is the ideal candidate for the honors and emoluments of road overseer. While every up to-date farmer uses reapers, mowers, steam thresh ers, and diso plows ard harrows, he pursues the same methods of work ing highways that were in use when wheat was cut with a siokle, ground plowed with a twister, and people drove oxen to sleds instead of horses to wagons. We now have the bioyole, the automobile, the pneumatic tired carriage, besides the ordinary buggy, improved wagon and carriage. All these things require good roads. In addition, we are clamoring for free rural delivery, which necessitates good roads. Gocd schools and free rural deliv ery will do muoh to deliver us from our badge of illiteracy. In order to have these, we will find good high ways a potent factor if notanabio ute necessity. Many children are kept away from sohool in bad weather because they are unable to navigate the thoroughfares. It is known to all men who ever saw a good road, that a horse can pull 2,000 pounds on a good road easier than 500 pounds on a bad one. A horse can draw a buggy eight miles an hour with less fatigue, more safety and comfort to driver and rider, than he can go over a bad route at the rate of three miles an hour. People can attend ohuroh and Sunday-school better, and do more haul ing of produce to market than they do at present, were the highways better. With two little mules and a narrow-tired wagon, I saw a man in No. 10 Township of Cleveland County, this winter, haul one-quarter of a cord of wood at a load when, with a better road, the same oould have easily drawn a cord. The peopla of No. 10 haul a good deal of monazite to Shelby. It takes three or four horses to draw 1,500 pounds over the roads, when one horse could do it in less time with a good road. Now the foregoing are indisput able facts. Now are we to have bet ter highways? Certainly not by the present system, for fifty years experience proves it a failure. My suggestion is taxation and con vict labor, it some one else has a better method, let him speak out in meeting. At present the man who outs up the roads most is exempt from road duty, and contribute nothing to their building or repair. The man who really works at them has no teams or vehioles, and justly feels it manifestly unfair to work roads for some one else to travel on. I know this view of the case does not meet the approbation of men aged 50 who are worth $2,600 and say that "we capitalists sohool the children of you poor devils." (Did it ever ocour to this great benefactor and patron saint of education that at 20 cents on the (100 his tax would be 15 00?) The poor man is liable to six. days road service per annum. At 50 cents per day, for he boards himself, he gives his rich neighbor $3 worth of toil and sWeat for the princely bene faotion of sohool tax. The fpoor devil" that works the roads has been the sturdy volunteer that has fought the battles from the days of '76 till our boys "remembered the Maine" at San Juan Hill and Santiago. At present we feed our oonviots, bear the expense of their trials, and then send them to other counties. Let them stay here and work our roads all over the oounty. , I was in the good roads meeting in Shelby last Monday, and saw and heard muoh to make me thank God and take courage. Corn Cracker Cleveland Co., N, C. HASH C0UBTT ALLIAHCE. ODrrwpon.aan.oe of The FropreulYe Farmer. At our January meeting it was decided to have a basket pionio at our regular meeting in April.. Now, mean, let all the brethren from eaoh lodge, who can do so, go and take their families with them, whether they belong to the Alliance or not, also a well-filled basket. Should it happen that some young brother hasn't a wife, he can take his sister or sweetheart along, whioh will entitle him to a seat. Brethren, let's arouse ourselves a little, take a day off, talk of the good meetings we used to have, and I fully believe we will feel better and the Alliance will be made stronger. Come ! Now, Mr. Editor, I will try to make my last the best by Baying, please find enolosed $2 whioh is to go on my subscription to The Progressive Farmer. I have been a subscriber for about U years and don't see how I oould get along without it. Yours fraternally, C. H. Baines, Seo'y-Treas.,NashCo., Alliance. ONE BOARD TO CONTROL ALL 8TATE IN STITUTIONS Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer. I notice that the most noteworthy reform that Hon. Leslie M. Shaw, the new Secretary of the Treasury, bought about as Governor of Iowa, was a change in the management of the State institutions, a ohange that it might be well for people in other States to consider. The New York Outlook, speaking of Mr. 8haw, re fers to the new plan as follows : "No sooner did he beoome Gover nor than he began reforms whioh have commanded the indorsement of all lowans, whether Democrats or Republicans ; among the most im portant being the institution of a Board of Control, supplanting separ ate bodies of trustees and commis sioners which had previously man aged or mismanaged the various charitable and penal institutions of the State. The new board oonsists of three members, who give all their time to the work, and who are held responsible for everything. The result has been a marked gain in efficiency and economy." This system doubtless has many advantages. The various large boards that oontrol the educational and charitable institutions in this State are, I expect, more expensive and less efficient. It is a matter of common knowledge that on nearly all large committees two or three men do practically all the work, and the desire to pay party debts with State positions seems to be respon sible for the number of these boards and for the unnecessarily large num ber of members that compose most of them. The 1 irge number of mem bers also renders it diffioult to fix the responsibility in -case of mismanage ment. Perhaps a oommittee of three is is not large enough, but there is no doubt that the Iowa plan is in many respeots superior to that now in force in North Carolina. J. G S. Five little minutes are all the time Perry Davis Painkiller needs to stop a stomaoh-aohe, even when it is sharp enough to make a strong man groan. Don't be fooled by imi tations. 25o. and 50o. 2ZASET rA2XH'8 TALES. LXVIII. xrTf fjiicleiic of The Progressive Farmer. Brother Johnson, in Charity and Children, says : 'The grass begins to show signs of spring, And soon the butter milk will bring " The man or woman who does not admire the green fields and meadows when the land is oovered over with a carpet of grass, oats or wheat; has no love of the beautiful in Nature. It does us more good to see a solid green field than anything else in all the universe. It makes us love the fields and we hate to leave them. It cheers the hearts of the farmer and quiokens his step and makes his toil lighter. Man is not the only animal that delights to look at the green sward ; horses, cattle, sheep, goats and even hogs and ohiokens seem to delight in roaming over the green. Now is a good time to plant WATERMELONS AND CANTALOUPES. You need not be afraid to manure them too muoh. The rioher the soi the better. A small handful of ma nure or fertilizer in the hill is often the cause of failure in the crop. It is a good plan to manure in the hill if the land is moderately rioh, but if the land is thin or poor sow the fertilizer in a furrow, so that the plants will not fail when they begin to bear. The best melons we oversaw on poor land were planted among cot ton. The fertilizer was drilled after the usual plan for ootton. It is not best to have the hills too high. If the land is lnolined to be wet, the beds can be made about 8 to 10 feet wide with a water furrow between the beds or rows whioh will help when heavy rains oome during the growing season. BELLING MELONS IN TOWN. If you raise more melons than you need for home use carry some nice ones when you go to town. Be care ful about hauling them, for in warm weather a bruised melon is not fit to eat two hours after being bruised. If you will be careful to have them ripe and cool, it will help greatly in selling them. We have sold very inferior melons for good prices when the orop was a little short by keep ing them oool. The best melon is not fit to eat when warm. TO HAVE THE MELONS COOL AND SALA BLE The best way to have them nice is to place a layer of straw 6 to 10 inches thick in a wagon body or wide bench about three feet high so that the air can circulate freely under the ben oh or wagon ; then wet the straw thoroughly with olean water. Place the melons on this late in the afternoon so that they will have the benefit of the night air and dew. Next morning before going to mar ket cover well with green bushes or anything that will . protect then; from the sun. Melons treated this way will be nearly as oool as if they had been stored in a refrigerator and will please any one who likes a oool melon. You see by placing them a few feet above the ground so that the heat of the ground cmnot effect them and having the straw wet, the water evaporating cools anything very fast. You know if ycur clothes are wet and you stand still where the air can circulate freely around you that yon soon get chilly even in the warmest weather. We should have mentioned the fact that the melons must not be under a shelter or be surrounded bv obstruction of any kind so that tl e air cannot circulate freely. Harry Farmer. Columbu Co.. N C I FOR EGGS FULL BLOOD i SALE White Plymouth Rock, 18 for $1. White Pekin Duck, 12 for$l. Address MRS. J. A. KEITH, Vass. N C. HALLOCK'S AMI-CLOG WEEDER AND CULTIVATOR is the best implement on the market for ah hod crops cultivating wheat, oats and putting in grass seeds will gave its cost in one day's ns-; cu tlvatiug J5 to 2j acres of corn that requires no band labor; prepar s cotto for choppiDg where the same labor cau chop two aeres to one without its use Jn the field, hrlce, S7.5ft delivered at vour railroad station prepaid, if yonr order is received In Arrll. Remit by Post Office Order or Express Money Order, Bank Draft tr Registered Letter. Address: J. E. RUE, Littleton, N. C. 3-J. E. RUE is reliable. McM. Fceqkrsos, P. M. There is a certain something about the "free trial" proposition tnai makes it attractive to even the per son who is aooustomed to buy for cash. Formerly the "free trial" idea was limited entirely to nai Dy sam ple and only such merchandise as nrmld be eamnled. were subject to "free trial:" matters have been changed quite materially, however, within the n&st few vears. and now m&nv things mav be had on "free " r 0 trial" terms. It remained for the Kalamazoo Carriage '& Harness Mfg. Co., Sta tion 15. Kalamazoo. Michigan to in troduce the principle of "free trial" in the selling of the output of their large faotories. They advertise in our paper to send any buggy, car riage, trap, sarrey, harness, .etc., whioh they make, to any purchaser an "30 days fre8 trial." and they lay just claim to being the "pioneers of the free trial plan." They not only give that length of time in whioh to test the vehicle, but they at the same time sell it to the buyer at manufacturers' prices. That they do these two things, and that they give the best of satisfaction is true beyond doubt as we have never had a single complaint from our readers, many cf whom must have embraced their offer. Those of pur readers who have not yet bought a vehicle or harness, will do well to write the Kalamazoo peo pie requesting their 23rd annual catalog. It is fully illustrated with eaoh artiole offered and is almost sure to contain just what you are loosing for. RALEIGH MARBLE WORKS, CeiPCR till., Prsaristtrs. Raleigh, N. C. Tablets, Headstones, Iron Fence. 51 WE PAY FREIGHT. o h New Catalogue for T the asking. -:- -:- RHEUM ACIDE Is rapidly taking the place of all other known remedits as a rheu matic cure, laxative, tonic and blood purifier. The reason is plain, for it (DURE There is no better time to treat rheumatism than during the Kpring months. RHCuftUCIDE crste but 51 i er bottle Sold by all Druggists. Secure it and cure your RHEUMATISM Real Estate Wanted and for sale. If 70a want 19 aell or bay (no matter where located) tend description and cash price and get (FREE) my successful plan. W. M. OSTRAN DER, North American Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. f RiDER AGEUTS VAUTED to riae ana extiiDii earn pie Dicycia. . 1902 MODELS, $9 to $15 1900 and 1901 Models, high rrade, $7 to $11 500 Second-hand. Wheelm all makes and models, good as new $3 to 8. Great Farlory Clearinq Sale. We SHIP OM APPROVAL and 10 DATS 1KIAI without a cent in advance. Earn a Bicvcle distributing catalocra. Write at once tor net prices and snecial o MEAD CYCLE CO. SSS.L. on any vehicle we make. Keen it if vou like it, return it if you dislike it. We pave you dealer and jobber profits. If vou ? anl to Know more send for our free 22nd annua 1 catalogue. KALAMAZOO CARRIAGE & HARNESS MFC. CCMrAXT, (PiomnefU J-'rm Triatrial) Statioa IS. Kalamazoo, Mlchlran We promptly obtain U. 8. and Foreign mm Bend model, sketch or photo of invention for . . i i ? i . -m i i ireerepor&uu paientaoiniy. roriree ixjojs, 1 how to fcsecureTri Rnr riRnvo write Patents and to a LIFE SIZE DOLL ' Baby's clothes will now fit Dcliia." Ml Girls can pet tliis beautim Life Size Doll absolutely Free for seilinc only four boxes of our GreatCold & Iieadcciie Tablets a: 23 cents a box. Write to-day and we will send you the tablets by mail postpaid ; when sold send us the money ($1.00) and we will eend you this Life Size Doll whk-h , is feot high and can wear baby's clothes. Dollie has an In ' destructible Head. Golden Hair. Rosy Cheeks, Brown Eves, Kid Col ored Body, a Gold Plated Beauty Pin.. Red Stockings, Black Shoes, and will rt&nd alone. This" doll is an exact reproduction of the finest hand painted French Doll, and will live in a child's memory long after child hood days have passed. Address, NATIONAL MEDICINE CO., Doll Dect 242 C NewKaven.Coru $ fi fr t No Smoke House. Smoke meat with KRAUSERS' LIQUID EXTRACT OF S&IOKE. Made from hickory wood. Gives delicious flavor. Cbeftper.eleaner than old way. Send for cir cular, fc.. u.ranser oc ire.y nuiion. rsu Tfie Southern 0 ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF THE WINTE3 ...TOURIST SEASON... AND THE PLACING ON SALE OF Excursion Tickets TO ALL PROMINENT POINTS IN THE South. Southwest, West Indies, Mex ico and California, INCLUDING St. Augustine, Palm Beach, Miami, Jacksonville, Tampa, Port Tampa, Brunawiok, Thomas ville, Charles ton, Aiken, Augusta, Pine hurst, Asheville, Atlanta, New Orleans, Mem phis and The Land of the Sty. PERFECT DINING AND SLEEP ING CAR SERVICE ON ALL TRAINS. 8EE THAT YOUR TICKET READS VIA : SOUTHERN : RAILROAD 157" Ask any Ticket Agent for full information, or address : B. L. VERNON, C. W. WESTBURY, Traveling Pass. Agent, District Pass. Agent Charlotte, N. C. Richmond, Va. 8. H. HARD WICK, General Passenger Agent. . J.M.CULP, W. A. TURK, Traffic Manager. Asst. Pass. Traffic Manager WASHINGTON, N. C. tit w lit -- The Growth Keeping in mind that the farm wagon must be suitable for al most every conceivable form of hauling, the first purpose of the Electrio Wheel Company was to make a labor saver. No reason was apparent why it should not continue to do every sort of duty reauired of it. and still be built muoh closer to the ground than formerly. The re sult was their celebrated line of Elec tric .Handy Wagons and Eleotrio Steel Wheels, which have gained such a wonderful popularity in every part of tTtie oountry. This happy thought was made an accomplished fact by the use of the low, broad tired steel wheel, whioh incidentally gained the second great end, that of securing lighter draft and preventing the rutting of fields acd meadows. That the draft is f rom twenty to a hundred per cent, lighter on a broad tire than a nar row on almost every condition of road and field, has been abundantly demonstrated, whi'e the preveoting of ruts in the fild and the making of smooth, even highways by the rolling and pt&king of the broad tire is a matter whioh needs no dem onstration. The wheels being of steel, there can be no loose spokes, sprung felloes, res9ttingof tires, etc , which reduce the cost of repairs to a minimum. When the Eleotric people took up ttn p tomr Haps -bt mt -jm $ mm There are ten letters, represented by ten dashes, omitted nom theftboJ words, and when the proper letters are supplied the completed r ' , Will describe th CAN A CASI answer Yonhai j answer: I weposil yon will r-m Hehtly guess what words are represented in the above picture ? If you can you c0TTtc REWARD. This is a new puzzle, and if yon are smart you can, with study, &T5.5 ,tA1 we an nor inr fico vcd feed rsnrEi ..ED Woe. WOOD'S 'm m. m ljcst an H rr,. x 71. gives Mi.. ocsl na most sati cror result a n .tusractni ii 1.1. ') GORN.ESyg?! , v .Astern seed cornv-,n thousands of bushels ner year ith Vp6e!l ly Increasing trade. Wood's Descrint,03 logue which we will mail free un vlna npAaa full n...; VUU rPOHa.. and largest yielding varieties. "e W, T. W WOOD 9l SONS, RICHMOND, VA LEAD, kindly light HhT IS fcLRTi. lOcts for sample copy and cafcTw PIEDH6NT BUSIC CO., Wlwut, f? tT !r i iuoiv;at uuiy HI ct8. Henrt r Onto u. STEM-WIND WATCH.CHAIH AND ft You can eeta Stem-Wind. Nickel-Plato Watch, warran ted, alsoa Chain and Charm Jv for selling 19 packages of BlnineatlOceach L 71 Send name an d ad dress at once and we will VUv forward you the Bluine and our large Pre. Vth mlnm List, postpaid. No money required. fc BLUINE 5UFG.CO.Box 652, Concord Junctter QOITTH r. A POT InTivI a aa viwinaill TER-STATE AND WEST INDIAN EXPOSITION, CHARLESTON. S. C. BsmthIiiii Int. 1901.'' in im !il I!" Hfllttiri IS) SVSIJ IHMV HTU1IITIC COAST 11 07FERS Cheap Excursion Rates and Excelled Service, Shortest and Qciokest Route, Pnllman Buffet Sleep ing Car to Charles toe on All Through Trains. Call on or address any Ag&t,iv lantio Coast .Line, for rates, ichaMei sleeping oar accommodations, eto or the undersigned : T. H. CBC1S8R, CICIKI, Traffic Hanger. Ccatral faiuifif Ipi WILMINGTON. N C ?.p of an Idea. the idea of broad tired steel wie and the low down wagon, it was n j apprehended that they -would ntfj such a widely popular receptio But a good idea is quickly grMP-j by the publio. From the very o mencement of their manufacturej the low down wagon and steel wbj their business began to increase rj idly. Its growth in recent years- been something phenomenal. original factory was soon entir inadequake. It was necessary to j pand to keep paoe with the demaij of the publio for these goods. K cordingly the new buildings were gun. The complete plant, a vie t which is shown above, afford h Eleotrio people, every facility J handling their rapidly growing p ness and turning out the Wg grade work at the lowest powjj cost to the pnrohaser. it boast that the . present Elect Wheel and Handy Wagon FaH is the equal in equipment of &nh ths world. Their advertising wfttj word is that their wheels are waS j are "Built to L ist." We mighH also that "They have come to Readers of The Progressive Fa who are not fully acquainted h these goods would do well to for a catalogue and learn someH whioh will surely be to tnew" vidual profit. Minnnt ri monfv wnen vnu uw -wtivv-. DC I Calvary, Jerusalem, Rock of a. Palms, La Faloma, Nearer My q5$ inee, sna i.uuu omer vocal .J---------r