Thursday, October 7. 1909.
THE PROGRESSIVE PARMER.
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News?
to have aboutand the safest plan where one does
not know what to do is to let nature take its
course.
rt. "50ft More a Year" article this week gets
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down to the fundamental facts in; beef making; The Gist of Thinga For Busy Read
ond we Wisn io repeat rigut uerw iuai, wune me
old method of feeding steers on cottonseed meal
arid hulls may not show any great profit, the feed
ers.
RESIDENT TAFT is still on his tour of the
West, and the last of next week will bring
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on the farm-grown roughage 5orn stover,
coarse hays, etc., in connection with cottonseed
meal, would change many a poor farm in the
South to a good farm and start many a struggling
farmer on the road to financial independence.
We are proud of our Home Circle pages this
week. Mrs. Hutt's intensely practical article com
bines with the equally practical letters from the
Home Circle readers to make a symposium which
should be of real value to every country woman
who does her own laundry work.
Xext week Dr. Butler will tell how better meth
ods of buying will help the farmer to make that
$500 More a Year"; Mr. French will have the
second of his notable articles on tile drainage a
series of articles, by the way, that no farmer can
afford to miss; Prof. D. T. Gray, of Alabama,
will give some valuable facts as to the making of
cheap pork; Professor Massey will talk some more
about the things that need to be done right now;
Uncle Jo will tell of some men and women who
made money raising poultry, and there will be the
usual number ot brief letters from progressive
farmers about timely topics.
Editorial Notes.
jjOULD YOU LIKE TO take a horse and bug
XrW gy, and put in sixty days of strenuous, use-
tv from October
15th to December 15th, making from $200 to
$S00 as a result? If you would, write, to us right
away to-day and send references as to charac-,
tor and ability to hustle. Don't write unless you
mean business and are willing to go after business
hi dead earnest.
It is high time for the fair officials to set about
a systematic revision of their agricultural pre
licte Wftre is the North Carolina State
Fair, for example, offering the same prizes $25,
$15, and $10 each for the three best yields of
small crops such as sweet potatoes, rice, and wa
termelons, as are offered for the best yields of
corn, cotton, and tobacco.
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What are you doing about beautifying your
home?. Don't begrude a few cents for flower seed,
and for vines, trees and shrubbery to glorify the
yard, walks, and fences. And a good coating of
paint for the house it will make every member
of the family feel more cheerful and give you a
new pride in your-home. Try it.
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The North Carolina State Farmers Alliance has
defeated the proposition for selling the property
at Hillsboro, the plan being to establish an agri
cultural school with part of the proceeds.
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Don't forget the great good roads meeting
in Asheville, October 5th, 6th, and 7th. If you
can't go any other day, be there Wednesday. Rail
roads are giving low excursion rates. V
A Thought for the Week.
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IO HAVE FOUGHT poverty is a magnificent
heritage.: I do not envy the rich. Their af
fluence has cut them off from the greatest
thing in the, world to ; know how the average,
commonplace, unsought and unhonored man lives,
what he feels, what he thinks. There is but one
end of life which is worth while, and and that is
to conquer to conquer adversity, pain, envy, re
grets, ambitions; and the obstacles which are put
in our path to develop our fortitude, our courage,
and our brains. The late Governor John A Johnson.-
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him into Texas where at El Paso, on Octo-
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ber 16 th, he will meet President Diaz, of Mexico.
We are glad to see that the President has issued
a statement warmly commending the work of
Forester Pinchot, and the country will not lose
the services of this great leader in the conversa
tion of our natural resources. On the other hand,
we note with much regret that the President will
advocate the ship subsidy bill in his message to
the next Congress. Vicious in its principle of spe
cial privilege, the measure is the more indefen
sible because an American merchant marine could
be quickly built up by simply removing the ex
cessively high tariff which now prevents the Amer
icans from purchasing ships abroad.
The Democratic City Convention of New York
has nominated Judge Wm. J. Gaynor for mayor.
Judge Gaynor is a Democrat, but has pursued a
rather independent course and recently announced
himself as an independent candidate for; mayor.
His endorsement by Tammany may mean that a
straight "Tammany man could not be elected
mayor of New York. It is thought by some that
Judge Gaynor hopes to make himself a . second
Roosevelt, winning the leadership of his party in
New York State and then the Presidency. The
Democratic Party outside of New York City
amounts to very little in the Empire State, and
a great party conference to consider the situation
was held a' week ; or two ago. The disgrace, of
corruDt Tammany leadership has probably done
more tkan anything else to check Democratic
growth in the State. Nor can the party hope to
regain prestige by a a uncertain, colorless policy,
avoiding the greatest issues of the day, as this
conference seemed to plan for.
We are tardy 1m or appreciation, but we can
not ref rain, even at tai late date, from express
ing oar gratification at the action of Governor
Brow, ef Georgia, in refusing to pardon a man
of wealth amd prominence in spite of the great
pressure" brought to bear upon him. Governor
Brown's words are worth remembering "by all our
Chief Executives: "Should the clemency asked
for in tat present case be extended, there is grave
danger that it would bear fruits of sorrow in
every section of the State. It would set an ex
ample pernicious ; beyond compare, an example
embodying a daily menace to Georgia's woman
hood. It would say that we have one law for the
rich, another for the poor;, one law for the highly
educated, another for those too poor to enjoy the
privileges and immunities consequent upon educa
tion; one law for the classes, another for the
masses."
Quite a hard fought and spectacular political
nnntAst will he that in Ohio next year when Jud-
son Harmon seeks, re-election as the Democratic
nominee for Governor. Harmon was elected Gov
ernor last year by a majority of 19,000, although
Taft carried the State by 69,000. Now the death
of John A. Johnson leaves Harmon the most con
spicuous probable Democratic nominee for the
Presidency In 1912, and the vigor with which his
friends fight for his re-election as Governor next
year will be matched by the vigor with which the
friends of Mr. Taft will fight against it. They
feel that they must carry Taft's home State as a
vindication of his administration, and also to pre
vent Harmon's becoming a formidable Presiaen
trial rival. Mr. Harmon was Attorney-General in
Cleveland's Cabinet from 1895 to 1897, and is
now sixty-three years old.
Aggressive Atlanta, always alert for advertis
ing, planned last week a joint tariff debate be
tween Wm. J. Bryan and Senator J. W. Bailey, of
Texas. Bailey accepted, but Bryan declines on
the ground that it might affect party harmony.
The difference between the two men is in regard
to admitting raw materials free of duty, Mr.
Bryan advocating this, while Mr. Bailey opposes
the policy and Insists that it is not historic Demo
cratic doctrine. In this connection, it is Interest
ing to notice that Senator Cummins, of Iowa, ex
pects to keep up his low tariff fight, and will
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HON. THOMAS W. BLOUNT.
We take pleasure in presenting this picture of
Hon. T. W. Blount, the new President of the
North Carolina Farmers Convention, who is at
once one of North Carolina's best and most pro
gressive citizens and one of Washington County's
best and most progressive farmers. Next week
we shall publish a valuable article by Mr. Blount
on the harvesting of the peanut crop and the se
lection of seed for next season's planting a sub
ject on which he is a recognized authority.
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probably be the favorite of his element of the
Republican Party for the Presidency next time, if
there is open opposition to Mr. Taft's renomina-
tion. .
j Ex-Governor Miles D. McSweeney, of South Car
olina, died last week at the age of fifty-four. An
orphan boy in Charleston at the age of ten, he
attended school at night, served his apprecentice
ship as a printer and newspaper man, established
the Hampton County Guardian, and after some
further service in politics, was elected Governor
in 1 1900. His career, as wen as tne careers or
some greater men that have come strikingly into
public notice recently Judge Lovett who suc
ceeds Harrlman, M. J: O'Brien who recently died
on! nivaidont nf thtt South em TCxnress . Comnanv.
and ex-Governor John A. Johnson indicate that
America Is still "but another name for Opportune
ity" for the boy who has grit and ability, no mat
ter how poor he is.
! jTwo recent deaths that should have been noted
t'anicr m wcso vuiuuius io iuubo ui iiuuca v hud,
of i New York, maker of the great Hoe printing
presses, and Chas. F. McKim, one of the greatest
architects America has produced. In architecture,
by; the way, we do not recall that the South has
yet produced any man of National fame, but with
the development of our section during the coming
generation we shall doubtless have leaders in this
as well as in all other worthy departments of hu
man activity.
I , -The newspapers of last Friday contain two
Items of interest to our farmers in North Caro
lina and adjoining States who spend $50,000,000
a year for commercial fertilizers. One of these
itms suggests that on account of competition be
tween the German potash syndicate and the inde-
pendent vxeriu.au. miaci o, puiaau ijivm "i
tn! decline. The second item is that Armour &
Company have purchased the fertilizer plant of
the Tennessee Chemical Company for $1,750,000.
The spectacular Hudson-Fulton celebration1 in
New York City , last week brought out nothing
more Interesting than the exploits of Wilbur
Wright with his flying machine. Wright made
three flights, in one of these completely encircling
the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor.
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; The local option election in Roanoke. Va.,
Thursday, was; carried by the f'wets" by a major
it yof 69. An election December 30th of last year
showed an apparent dry majority of 69, but the
result was set aside by the courts on account of
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posed. Prohibition constitutional amendment in
Alabama. The liquor forces are probably showing
more activity than they have yet displayed in
any other Southern State.