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The Progressive Farmer, April 29, 1C02. Living Issues. THE CHARGES OF CBUELTT 15 THE PHILIPPINES. ' Shocking Bport Prom Samar That Eemand ;; InYMtigatioa. The trial by court martial of Major Waller on a oharge of having or dered the shooting of eleven or nOilO AADUWo ---- . . - - I trial has ended in Major Waller's ac quittal. The cable reports of this trial have been fragmentary and meager. It is to be presumed that the Seoretary of War will sooner or later make public suoh an acoount of the circumstances resulting in the trial and the whole conduct of the campaign in Samar as will make it possible ' to comment intelligently thereupon. It should not be forgot ten although some of the newspa pers opposed to the polioy of the ad ministration appear to forget it that the truth or untruth of oharges of cruelty against individual soldiers or officers of our army has as little to do with the question of the justice or injustice of our taking possession of the Philippines, asserting our authority, and using military force for that end, as the oharges of scan dalous deficiencies in commissary and transportation had to do with the justice of the cause of our war with Spain, or as the postal defalca tions of Neely had to do with the right or wrong of our polioy in Cuba. This premised, it may also be said that the President, Secretary Root, and the military commanders in the Philippines have again and again given orders that the rules of war should be striotly observed, and that individual cases of wrong doing or cruelty on the part of soldiers or officers should lead to speedy trial and punishment. It would require indisputable evidenoe to convince the people that this polioy is not be ing carried out ; the summary made in our columns some time ago by Mr. George Kennan of Seoretary Root's special report on this subject showed that within six months ten officers and thirty-six soldiers were in faot tried on suoh oharges and many were punished. The men en gaged in the expedition to Smar were no doubt laboring under un usual stress in many ways; a great number of their comrades bad re cently been slaughtered in an attack made by surprise, and they were burning with feelings of revenge. Major Waller's expedition suffered every oonceivable hardship, and some of the men were nearly or quite insane from their suffering. No doubt the oourt martial took these tacts into consideration. As we un derstand it, Major Waller admitted that the men in question were killed without trial, but claimed that in Egypt, in China, and in our own In dian wars such miliary aotion had often been approved by superior authority and justified by martial law under peculiar ciroumstances. It must be said, however, that the un satisfactory cable acoounts include some statements so starting a to demand positively further invest ga tlon and explanation. Thus, it ap pears that not only Major Waller, but two other officers, Captain Por ter and Lieutenant Halford, testified that General Smith, in command cf the Province, verbally gave orders for wholesale killing and burning, and even said, when asked where the line should be drawn, 4 'with children of ten years." This seem- incredible, and General Smith has, we understand, distinctly denied the charge. But the matter must net rest there. If the three officers named are guilty of slandering their superior officer, action must be takeu ; if it is oonceivable that General Smith uttered the orders attributed to him, his trial should be a matter of course. To take another instance of the necessity of olearing the pub lic mind, it may be said that a news paper dispatoh from the Philippine? (sent, if we remember, before the trial began) asserted with siokening detail that one of the Filipinos killed was tortured in a peculiarly cruel manner. We have seen in the re ports of the trial itself no reference to this charge, and we have little doubt that it is a complete fabrii tion; newspapers opposed to the Philippine policy of the government, however, are reiterating it as if it were a proved and acknowledged fact ; the public have a right to re osive a clear and lull contradiction. New York Oatlook Like other evils cranps and diar rhoeas come suddenly. Promptly give a dose of Perry Davie Pain killer and the pains will go immedi ately. A bottle at hand will save hours of suffering be prepared. A POSTAL CTTBMNCT TJUIQT7E PS OP 081 TION WHICH LCOHQBESS HAS BEFORE IT. Money Can b Transformed Into Indersable Checks PJan Invented by a Citixen and Offered to Government Free of Coat. A unique feature in Congressional legislation is presented in the promo tion of a postal currency. The sys tem was devised, perfeoted and patented by a private oitizen, who offers the result of his efforts to the government free of all oost. The' system has the approval of many offioials, and is indorsed by a long list of manufacturers and business houses throughout the country. Pub lishers and farmers are especially in terested, in that the new currenoy promises an easy way for a man in the country to promptly send remit tance for his favorite publication. Under the present inconvenient money order system the individual desiring to send a small sum of money through the mail is met by the necessity for a time-killing jour ney to the postoffice to obtain safe money. This sets up a barrier to the prompt transaotion of business and results in much loss from the fact that many people never carry out their original intention to subscribe or purohase. The need is for money in the hands of the people that can be safely and instantly sent by letter. The provisions of the "post check" ourrenoy bill, now before Congress, introduced in the Senate by Mr. Mo Millan, and in the House by Mr. Gardner, of Michigan, provide for printing the one, two and five dollar bills in the future with blank spaces on the faoe. These bills, of course, pass from hand to hand before the blanks are filled. When it is desired to send one in the mails the blanks are filled in with the name of the payee, his city and State, a 2 cent postage stamp is placed in another blank spaoe and canoeled with the initials of the sender in ink, the name of the sender is signed on the back, and, presto! his money has suddenly ceased to exist as currency and has been transformed into a oheck on the United States Govern ment, having all the safety of any bank oheok, and ready for inolosure in his letter. When the payee re ceives this oheok he treats it just as he would any other oheok indorses it, goes to the nearest bank or post offioe and deposits it or has it cashed. The paid oheok finally reaches the Treasury Department, when it is re placed by a new one with the spaces unfilled. This keeps the circulation at par. No ohange whatever is made the finanoial polioy of the govern ment, the only ohange being in the character of the printing on the bills of five dollars and under. The bill also provides for the issue of $45,000,000 of fractional ourrenoy, with blank spaoes similar to the larger denominations, in plaoe of an equal amount of money of larger de nominations, presumably twenty and fifty dollar bills. The provision un der the new system for a continual re issue insures olean money both in t-e fractional currenoy and in the larger bills The government fee on the five, ten, fifteen, twenty-five and fifty-cent pieces is to be one cent eaoh. The main difficulty with the pres ent money order system is that less th an half the postoffices in the coun try are money order offloes, and even at these such evidences of money can only be obtained at the expenditure of much time and trouble and during certain specified hours. With a post oheck note in his possession one has but to fill in the blank spaces for the purpose, attach a postage stamp, cancel it, inolose in an envelope, place in a small box, and the transao tion is finished Unquestionably the intent of the postal authorities i$ to extend and increase the usefulness and popular ity of the rural free delivery service The adoptijn of the post oheok notes will afford a most convenient and safe money for the agricultural com munities, to whom banks, with their facilities and safeguaria cannot b.- utilize! with convenience. Uhe Evening Star, Washington, D C P01KTRY RAISING. We cheerfully re fer all our readers especially those in terested in raising chickens to the ad vertipement of Geo. H. Stahl in another column. He is one of our old standby uci vertisers, and bas proved himself in good standing by selling reliuble goods. We oordiaily suggest that in thee days when chiokens and eggs are in great demand at high prices everywhere, that if you have not done so you write at once for oatalogue. If you want an incuba tor, none are superior to his his CONSOLIDATING PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Moore County Taking Stepe to Have Fewer Echo oil and Better. Sanford Cor. Post : At the stated meeting of Moore County Board of Eduoation, April 14th, several im portant movements were inaugur ated, among them being a plan to reduce the number of public schools by nearly one-fourth. The board appointed the chairman and the seo retary of the body as a speoial com mittee to go over the county in June, visit every school neigborhood, inspect sohocl houses, confer with boards of township trustees, hold mass meetings of sohool patrons and to make a report to the county board at the July meeting, upon the most feasible and satisfactory plan for consolidating the sohool districts. It is hoped that the number of schools may be reduoed to about 100, there being now 130 schools in the county. The board decided to have a teachers' institute for both races held this summer, and has made a proposition to Harnett and Chatham to unite with them in a joint institute. The County Commissioners were asked to levy $16,000 for all sohool purposes for the ensuing year. This will enable all schools to run four months without State aid. The board has projected a plan for build ing improved school houses, and this work will be put into operation at an early day. THE F0ST07FICE. Among all the appropriation bills for the operations of the govern ment, none is more interesting than that whioh equips the postoffice es tablishment. With the single ex ception of the disbursement for pen sions, it is the largest class of expen ditures, and this is the last year that there will be any exception. Pensions seem to have reached the highest point at about one hundred and forty million dollars a year, whereas the postal appropriations, whioh are only two millions below that figure now, are forging ahead by several millions eaoh year. Most of the poBtal expenditures are bal anced by postal reoeipts, and there fore the appropriation is in faot merely provisional for the defioienoy in the conduct of a great business operation. Nothing shows better the enor mous growth of the postoffioe busi ness than a comparison of the items in the bill now before Congress with the total cost of the servioe at diff erent periods of the past. The rail roads, for example, will get thirty six million dollars in the next fiscal year for their part in transporting the mails ; this is almost as muoh as muoh as the whole servioe cost at the close of Mr Hayes administra tion. The twenty one million dollars which go for postmasters' salaries, or the slightly smaller sum whioh would pay for either the free deliv ery in the cities, or for the clerks in the postrfhoes, about equals the oost of the whole establishment just be fore Grant's presidency. Rural free delivery, now in its early stages, will oost eight million dollars next year, or more than the entire postal revenue? for any year of Pierce's administration. Electric and cable oars, of which Jefferson never heard, do a larger mail business than the whole servioe of his time. The mail bag repair shop of to day would doubtless swamp the far famed postal system of Benjamin Franklin Every one is interested in the efficiency of the Postoffioe Depart ment. Every allowance for differ ent branches of the servioe is im mediately felt and widely disoussed. Tr.e growth of the system is a monu ment to the national development. Youth's Companion. Caustic Balsam Successful Where Other Ben ediei Failed. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 12, 1901. The Lawrence-Williams Co., Cleve land, O. : Having used your liniment for sev eral year, and knowing its value, I would like to become general agent for it. I find very few drug houses in Nashville have handled it. I can a-sure you I will push it to its fullest merits should you appoint me as agent, for I know it is unexcelled. I have us?d at least 20 or 30 bottles in pa't two year. Having been a tra der, and also a deputy sheriff for the past eig :'t year?, I have had occasion to come in CDntact with a number of injured horfes that no other lmiment but; this could havi helped I con sider it the hest linament lor stock that can be-ued. I would like to meet you sometime and give you my experience with your liniment ; also can give you referenoe as to my ability. John C. Sawyer. THE DAHI8H WEST INDIES. These islands are small in territo rial ex tent, in population, and in re sources; but they have strategic value, and onr Government has pre ferred that they should not pass from the control of Denmark to that of an ambitions European naval power. The harbor of Charlotte Amalie is probably the most frequented port in the West Indies, many vessels of various nationalities using it for coaling purposes. The group con sists of the three principal islands of St. Thomas, St. John, and Santa Cruz, with numerous smaller islands and rocky points. The total popula tion of the group is said to be about thirty-two thousand, of whom per haps only one-sixth are of pure white blood. The negro population, how ever, is said to be exceptionally in telligent. The English language is commonly spoken in the islands, and general conditions are reputable and orderly, the climate being healthy and the productions those of the West Indies in general The island of St. Thomas is important solely on acoount of the great excel lency of the harbor of Charlotte Amalie. The island of Santa Cruz, however, has an agricultural char acter, and at one time its sugar plantations were prosperous. From 4 'The Progress of the World," in the American Monthly Review of Re views. In some parts of the State, fertili zer dealers are offering their goods at so muoh per ton delivered on the farms, then hiring livery stable men to haul the guano to purchasers. Why couldn't the farmers save money by taking these jobs them selves? Reader, Wake Co., N. C. Dr. Archibald Henderson, who has been assistant teaoher in mathema tics in the University of North Caro lina for the past three years, has been elected as instructor in mathe matics at the University of Chicago CHRONIC DISEASES successfully treated at home by a MEDI CAL SPECIALIST of many years experience. Send 2c. stamp for sympton blank. "S," LOCK BOX. 1X4, LaGraigt, R. C. i COTTON 6INS See the advertisement in another column of our old friend, C. W Raney, Kittrells, N". C. If you need a Cotton Gin, he has a bargain for you. Write him at once. 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 DUIEE There is no better time to treat rheumatism than during the Spring months. RHEUMACI0E costs but 81 T er bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Secure it and cure your RHEUMATISM PLAITS. $-Half Million well-rooted Tomato Fjants half-knee high, 52 per thou sand ; large lots less. -Transplanted Celery P.'ants six inches, 81 50 per thousand. jr-lrize-Taker O-i n Seedlings, SI per thousand. -Velvet Hearts, 82 per bushel. Address : BEAR HEAD FARM, Orlando, Fla. i .25 TO The Southern Railway mtir.um:e the above low rate from Raleitrh t San Francisco or Lop Angeles, Cal and return, allowing stop overs m any p.oint ;vest of first Colorado. Wyoming, Texas, Montana or B it ish Columbia points, and will allow holders to go one route and return another. Convention of Federation of Wo man's (lobs, Los Angeles, Mav 1st to 8th, 1802. Imperial Council Nobles of the Mys tic Shrino. San Frd,nci?co, Cl , August 11-23 Tickets will bo eold Aoril 19th to 26 kb, inc'unvp. ; Mav 26th, June 7th, inclusive and August 1st, to August 7h, inclusive. A rare opportunity to visit Cali f ornia an l points of interest en rente. 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Dr. Lipes' gener us offer is meant for everybody who suffer from disease in any of its various forms Address Dr U G. L.ipes, 1682 Stevenson Ruilding Indianapolis, Ind. No one should miss thl4 grand opportu nity of securing the benefits of the doctor's latest discovery since It costs you nothing. LOST L0VEO ORES If yon have not caused a suitable stone to be erected to mark the lat resting place of that deir one wi o has gone on before you, and is await ing your arrival on the other side, you should do so, and yon are especi ally requested to g i to Cooper Bros , Raleigh, N. C, Pr prietors of Ral eigh Marble Works, tor any inf orma tion you may sisu or need along thi3 line. ! bey ar..t thoroughly reli able, and any work entrusted to them will be done rihi; HAT,TOOKS ATI-CLOG WEEDKR AND CULTIVATOR is the test implement on the market foral bod '-rop, cu tiva ing wheat, oats and putting in grass seeds will save its cost in one day's ns : cu tivnti- g 15 to 2 acrer of corn that r quires no h nd labor; prepar s cotto' for choppi-g whpre the Km'kborcan chop two arres to v e without its use In the fle'd. i rlce. $7.5' delivered s-.t onr railroad station prepaid, if yo r order is received in Atrll. Remit by Hos Oflice Order or Express Money Order, Bank Dr ft tr R gistered Letter. A ddress: J. E. RUE, Littleton, N. C. 3-J. E. RUE is reliable" MCM. FURGKRSON, P. M. -asJ' We have been the crlerlnaJ t r uiuvuuwni ui mora vsnptiM of squash than all our brother seed men combined. Here's a partial list: Hubbard, Marblehead, Victor, Warren Butman, Chestnut and Golden Bronze. ' Onr annual catalogue of Vegetable and Flower seed sent Free. LIFE SIZE DOLL Fn "Babj's clothes wi'J IlLlQ now fit Ooliie." Girls can eet this bc&uHrnl Life Size Doll absolutely Free for selling only four boxes of our Great Cold & Headache Tablets at 25 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 send you this Life Size Doll which is 214 feet high and can wear baby's clothes. Dollie has an In destruntihlA Rmi) ri-.iH Hair Rosy Cheeks, Brown Eyes. Kid Col ored Body, a Gold Plated Beauty Pin, Red Stockings. Black Shoes, and will stand 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 parsed. Address, NATIONAL MEDICINE CO., Doll DeDt 242 u New Haven.Cona No matter when, where Li m V4. V. vl'Sv? " yu w,nt he purest I S&1 JJ.H.GREG0RY j V v-Vsr- $ Marblehead-, M iiai Liens, uur r nr.r. luustraeea caiaiotrue wui iuiiuou you witn tne lowest plete descriptions ana guide you in buying of selling direct. A Plan that Fully Protects Every Buyer Against Loss or Dissatisfaction. Factory and lirnrral Offie. Columbus, Ohio. Western Office aad Distributing House, bt. Louis, Mo. ' The Columbus Carriage & Harness Co. Write to the St. Loal. Dearest office Columbus. ?o!lDER flBEHTS VJima i ' Jo ride and Bame bM H 1 1$ I902 MODELS,- $9 To and 1901 ModeU Wjh rrad! 5 all makes and models, vvi?!. J (l DATS TRIAL without ! o 5LtX- m LOW .RATES TO ASHEILEl CONVENTION MAY 8TB T TO 15TH, 1902. On aooount above occasion tv Southern Railway will 8ell r J ! trip tiokets to Asheville, N. c the very low rate of one fare for tt ronnd trip. Tiokets on sale v 6th to 10th, inclusive, final limit M&? 21st, except by depositing ticket J? Joint Agent at Asheville on or fo? fore May 15th, and on payment of fee of 50 cents in extendi-. a 0f ijJ may be obtained to and inclrdiv June 2nd, 1902. U1J For the accommodation of dek gates and friends of this 'onventinl a special train will be operated froa Salisbury to Asheville, leaving Salk bury 7:15 a. m., May 8th, andarriy. ing at Asheville 11 :15 a. m. Sanie day. Double daily and excellent service is afforded in each direction in addj. tion to this sneoial service. These rates apply from all stations on the Southern Railway except g Louis Division. Ask your agent for rates from your station. From Raleigh, $8.80 t! or turtner lntormation and sL ing car reservations write cr call T. C. STURGI8, C. T. A, Yarborough House Building h eigh, N. C. SPECIAL RATES iliOH Via Southern Railway. NASHVILLE, TENN. One fare round trip, account Quad rennial Conference C. M E.Chnroh. Tickets on sale May 5th, 6th and 7th, final return limit June 2, 1902. Raleigh to Nashville and return, $17.50. JACKSON, MISS One fare round -trip, account Annual Meeting General Assembly of the Presbyterian Churoh. Tiokets on sale May 12th, 13th and 14th, with return limit May 30, 1902 Ral eigh to Jackson and return, $24 50. SPRINGFIELD, MO. One fare plus $2 for the round-trip, acooun Meeting General Assem bly of the Cumberland Preshyte rian Churoh Tickets on sale May 11th, 12th and 13th, -with final limit May 27th, 1902. Bite Raleigh to Springfield and return, $30 10. WILMINGTON, N O. From Raleigh to Wilmington, N. C.t and return $6 55 on account Meet ing Medical Society State of North Carc lina and State Board of Medi oal Examiners. Tickets on Bale Jane 4tb, 5th. 9th and lOtb, with, final limit June 6, 1902 WRIGHTSVILLE, N 0 One fare plus $2 membership fee, round-trip tiokets to Wilmington, N. C, and return, account of North Carolina Teaohers Assembly. Tiokets on sale June 7th to 14tbt inclusive, final limit 30 days from date of sale. Stop over privileges will be allowed at University Sta tion, Raleigh and Greensboro, to accommodate parties desiring attend Summer Schools ASHEVILLE, N. C. Oe fare for the round trip, account Southern Student Conference of Y. M. C, A., and Annual Confer of Y. W. C A. Rate Raleigh to Asheville and return, $8 80. Tick ets on sale June 13th and 1 final limit June 29, 1902. KNOXV1LLE, TENN From Raleigh to Knoxville, Tenn, and return, $12 65, on account or Summer School, Knnxville Tl. ets on sale June 16fh, 17th ana 18th, June 28th, 29th and 30tn; July 11th, 12th and 13th, final re turn limit August 15, 1902 CHATTANOOGA, TENS. One fare plus $2 for the round trip, acoount Annual Meetine: s Educational Association Ticket on sale June 27th to J nly 1st, witfl final limit July 6, 1902 , except VJ depositing tioket with Joint Agen on or before July 6th, and on pay ment of a fee of 5 cents an exten sion may be obtained up t and 13 eluding September 10, 1902. K Raleigh to Chattanooga ana re turn $17 59. MONTEAGLE, TENN. From Raleigh to Monteale, lenn , and return, $17.95, on arc Mchteagle Assembly Bille School- t ickets on sale July 1st 2ou 3rd, also July 23rd, Uih an final return limit Augnei .0. iYr full particulars, inform itios, tn nail nn nr address. T C Stur, ! itv Ticket Agent, Yarborou0 I House, Building, RaleigbJ $1,00 per year in yc town or couut .y. stoCi list free, snauy i Farm, Warren ton, Ohio. or how yon buy a carriage or factory rim-xs, com right. It also explains our accurate illustrations, is wui 50. S0S4 Buggy