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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-04-17
[For THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
PLEASANT RIDGE, N. c.,
Anril G 1893

EDITOR PROGRESSIVE FARMER:-l
wish through your columns to give
your readers my views of farming, be-
ing a farmer myself, would say moth
ing foreign to a farmers interest, but
mean to state facts as I know them to
exist among farmers of to-day. Farm
ers are the only people [ will venture
in the world that have no combination
or concert of action and stand to-day
totally unorganized to battle with the
rest Of the world, as it were, every
nan for himself. Never in the worlds
history has there been a time when
the farmers would act in unison, or be
able to muster more than one man to
meet the combined forces of the world;
drilled, armed and equipped for their
destination. No other profession to-
day is so utterly demoralized. No
other people so complaining. Why
all this? Facts are facts, and must
be told, before any good can be &C.
complished; and these facts must be
recognized and accepted. There are
no other people so self-styled and
high-minded as the farmer, nor no
other people have so little confidence
in his brother as the farmer. Now [
have struck deep water, and would re-
quire a great deal of territory to show
the farmer just how this is; too much
to ask of a newspaper man to give,
and the grand reason, shortly stated,
is bad organic laws. Give a man a
hiding place and he is sure to hide Of
danger. Few, very few, will eagle
like turn breast and beak to the storm
and fight and strive till the last OBJ
stacle is surmounted. Sorry to make
such a statement, but truth demands it.
Now, brother farmers, consider
well your interest, and you consider
mine. Let us cooperate together and
make one powerful effort, and the
victory is ours. In union there is
strength. Bob PEAK.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-04-17
HORTON, N. c., April 2, '99.

HORTON, N. c., April 2, 'S8,
Col. L. L. Polk, SEc'Y f. S. A., RAJ
E1aH, N. c.:
Dear Sir AID Brother BRO. H. H..
Draughan, Deputy Organizer for
Sampson county, organized Bluff Ali
ance on Monday, March 10th, II. G.
Giddens, President, and W. j. Grad
dock, Secretary. Tuesday night March
9th, organized at Poplar Grove, VIM.
A. Moore, President, L.. M. Lewis,
Secretary. Organized at Plney Grove
Church, Wednesday night March
2Sth, Nathan Weeks, President, j. A.
King, Secretary. Organized at Halls
School House, on Tuesday night
March 29th, Jas. II. Darden, Presi-
dent, T. w. Barbrey, Secretary. Or
ganized at Hopewell, on Friday night
March 3Oth, Rev. z. j. Needham,
President, J. D. McLamb, Secretary.
Fraternally,
w. J. G..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-04-17

When the pillow turns a furrow to a
stump and banks it up with dirt, the
stump keeps wet by the year. Some
stumps have tap roots, according to the
family of timber they belong to. I
have dug twenty inches deep around
stumps that were held chiefly by the
tap root. Last winters frost has
heaved them up some four inches and
loosened them; this winter will do the
work so that a team or long level will
take them out. Again, if a stump has
the dirt removed it has a chance to dry
out through the summer, and can be
fired underneath. AS fence posts
heave by frost, SO stumps heave if the
frost can get under them. Un5ank
them.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-04-17
POLKTON IMPROVEMENT AS
ISOLATION.

A majority of the citizens of Polk
ton met in the academy Thursday
evening, March 10Th, for the purpose
of organizing an Improvement Asso-
citation. DR.. D. M. Smith was called
to the chair and @. D. Gale requested
to act as Secretary.
Messrs. E. w. Flake, T. A. Rollins,
V. Goodwin and the Chairman adj
dressed the meeting, urging the i'm
portance of such an organization in
influencing local and other capital to
engage in manufacturing enterprises
in midst; noting, among other in
ducements, that could be offered CAP
italists to invest and settle here, that
the community is moral, and by a
special act of the Legislature, no
whiskey is sold within two miles of
.Polkton. That the school facilities
are good. That such a variety of
timber, in such quantity and of such
superiority, cannot be found else
where in the State, and we need a
factory to convert it into articles of
usefulness. That fruits are grown
here in large quantities and are wasted
and allowed to rot in the orchard. We
want all u resources utilized and
developed, and we intend to induce
capital to this section, if possible.
The Chairman appointed the fol-
lowing members as a committee to
draft a Constitution and Bylaws for
the government of the Association:
c. D: Gale, 7. A. Rollins, p. G. Smith,
b. W. Flake, Col. J. @. Carraway.
With the request that the Wades-
boro papers and The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER publish the proceedings, the
Association adjourned to Thursday
evening, April 5th.
DR.. D. M. SMITH, Chm'n.
c. D.. GALE, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-04-17
RoxBoRo, N. c., April 8, 'S0.


EDITOR PROGRESSIVE FARMER The
Person County Farmers Alliance and
Cooperative Union was organized
here yesterday, by DR.. V. N. Seawell.
Eight local Alliances composed the
organization. Owing to some Provi-
Dental cause the Doctor had not can
vassed northwestern portion of the
county. He is now off on that work.
Bro. Seawell is concise in statement
clear in reasoning and convincing in
argument to the intelligent farmer and
business man. Success to the men
who in the "sweat of their brows"
must needs eat bread and gaue bread to
the rest of mankind all their days.
j. H.. ".
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-04-17
PLEASANT RIDGE, n. c.,
April 5, 1888.

Mr.. ED1ToR:-I see in your last
issue something respecting damage
done small grain by late rains, and
asking information in respect thereto.
The late frosts nor late rains have
injured the small grain. crop in Gas
ton. The outlook is of unusual in
@terest, especially in Cherryville town
ship; wheat was never finer. I write
what | know. CASTOR county is in
better condition at this writing than
ever before since it has been a county.
Bob PEAK.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-04-17
For THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.

Mt. MoURNE, N. c., April 2, 'S8.
Col. l.. L. Polk, SEc'Y S. F. A:
Dear Sw:-I respectfully submit
the following report of my work as
Organizer of Iredell count y since the
9th day of March, 1888:
On the 10th of March I organized
Hickory Hill Alliance, with 81 mem
bers. President, B. F. Sumrow; Sec
rotary, J. @. Smith. On the oath of
March, Olive Alliance, with 10 mem
bers, with j. W. F. Weaver, Presi-
dent, and J. G. Siceloff, Secretary.
On the 31st of March, Granite Hill
Alliance, with 10 members, with H.
A. Neill, President, and S. J. Brawley,
Secretary. On the 3lst of March, Cat
mighty Pleasant Grove Alliance, with
W. M. Caldwell, President, and G.. H.
Sheriff., Secretary. Iredell now has
ten Alliances, all in good working
order. There is a strong opposition
to the Alliance.
The county moves slow, but don't
give us out; we are coming to stay.
The best of farmers are talking hold,
and they mean to succeed.
Fraternally yours,
j. M. Shook, Deputy Organizer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-04-17

MERRY OAKS N C. Anril 4

MERRY OAKS, N. c., April 4, 'SS.
Col. L.. L.. PoLK.-Dear Sw:-I
have organized sub-Alliances at four
points in Chatham county, Cane Is
land, Bush Mountain, Manni's Chapel
and Trades Hill. I expect to organize
one other Alliance within a few days.
"Tell the boys" that Chatham is
going to lead the State unless they
"git up and git"
Very truly yours,
RoBT. N. JOHNSON,
Deputy Organizer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-04-17
For The Progressive Farmer
PIKEvILLE ALLIANCE, No. $50,

A1hIf1LLE 11LLlANCE, 1NO. COS,
April 5, 1888.
Our Alliance was organized by Bro.
G. W. Jones, March 10th, with 25
members, j. E. Person, M. d., Presi-
dent; A. Aycock, Vice-P President; P.
Perkins, Secretary; S. F. Blow,
Treasurer; j. H. Edgerton, Lecturer;
p. I. Crawford, Assistant Lecturer;
81. R. Higgins, Chaplain; W. H.
Hosea, Out door keeper; j. R. Hig-
gins, In door keeper.
Brothers "work while it is day."
Subscribe to The PROGRESSIVE FARMER,
our organ and know what the order is
Every member ought to take
it, and in fact every farmer, for I can
boldly say it is the best agricultural
paper for the price.
SECRETARY.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-07
The Presidents Message.

The inaugural address of the Great Rock
Island Route, the Chicago. Kansas K Ne
braska railway, is to announce that on
November 18TH solid vestlbule trains will
be run between Chicago and Denver, Colo
RADIO Springs and Pueblo without change
making close connection at the above
points with all trains for Salt Lake, Los
Angelo, San Francisco, Portland, Oregon,
and all points west, and at Kansas City
and St. Joseph eastward for Chicago, 81.
Louis and all points east, north anu south.
These royal trains. consisting Of Pullman
sleeping cars, restful reclining chair cars
and magnifcently furnished day coaches,
were built expressly for this service by the
Pullman company and are without ques-
tion the handsomest ever turned out by
that famous establishment. The reclining
chair cars spoken of are free TO all holders
of first class tickets, ana a courteous
attendant will be found with every car 10
care for the wants of our patrons. Ask
your nearest ticket agent for a ticket via
The Great Rock Island Route or write
to JOHN SEBASTIAN,
General Ticket and Pass. Agent. Topeka
Kan. dI55-20t
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-07
Whales Of the Scottish Isles,

Few people would guess the etynology
of ''caing" when applied 10 a whale,
printed as it was exactly Ike this in the
columns OF weekly contemporary. 1t
is really sea ing" the Scotch for calling,
that name being given to this species of
whale from the curious bleatng sound
they make A stranded calf whale has
a very pitiful call for its dam, which the
latter answers in harsher tone. The
name Is really local to the Scottish
islands, the proper name beng the de-
ductor. the whales being SO called be-
cause they roam about the sea under the
guidance OF leader IN the shape of an
old bull In the early spring, just before
the breeding season, there is very keen
competition for this Office, and more
than once the contending bulls have both
been known to die from the effects Of
the encounter.
The whale Is not a very large one,
being only from sixteen to eighteen feet
long; it has occasionally been taken in
immense quantities among the shoals
and channels of the Hebrides, Orkneys.
Shetlands and Fair Isles. When herd
makes It's appearance the natives lose no
time IN collecting al the boats, gun. and
A-A Po0iAS "HACH SHSs eeAA Ass S4S0 AaA0s
on. They then Try all they can to get
seaward of the shoal. and il they succeed
endeSvor, By advancing with blowing
horns, splashing cars, firing guns and
shouting, to drive the terrified cetaceans
On shore. Once they are stranded ter
rife attack is made, and hundreds have
been slain IN single bsttue. The scene
is enc of the most picturesque it Is pos
sible TO witness II the north Of Scotland.
1t is quite another affair from the ocra-
sional grounding Of Greenland whale.
the ca,ing whale being Of an entirely
different andfsr more gregaHous species.
-LcpGoo Globe.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-07

The interstate commerce law forblds
railways to charge openly or by device any
one person greater or less compensation
for any service rendered in the transpor-
tation of passengers or property than II
charges for like and contemporaneous
service. This is one thing that this law
forbids Ii does not, however, prohibit one
company from giving TO its patrons better
services than another Why then patron
ize the railroad that offers the inferior
train service when for the same amount Of
money you can obtain superior service
ride less number of miles and still reach
the same points The railways entering
Wichita and offering these inducements
should be well patronized. The Missouri
Pacific Ry( Fort Scott ROute)offers such in
ducements as mentioned above ana a great
many more which space viii not permit TO
enumerate. If you are not aware OF this
fact-that the Missouri Pacific railway
has elegant train service such as the latest
improved reclining chair cars and the
modern improved Pullman PALACE sleep
ing cars, give it trial and you will always
thereafter take the popular route. 1t IS
the short line TO St Louis tby Is miles as
well as to all Colorado, California and
Washington Territory points. Before
purchasing your tickets call at the city
ticket Office, 1871 North Main street L. L.
Bleckley, passenger and ticket agent.
TI9-tf
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-07
ha.. Feasted There Before.

You're not your usual seit, George, TO
night, said the girl somewhat coldIy, SIS she
sid away 70 the other end OF the sofa, .-you
are nervous and distract Have you ceased
70 love raef'
''Ah, 10, darling he responded With emo
ton, ''0ut an not happT; the dog, as I left
teo house last hight, nipped chunk ogr O.
nv leg
Why, surely, George, you and the dog are
good frlends!'
Yes, We have been good friends Of lste
but GO evidently did no1 recognize ne IN the
dark; ne only took one bate. however; sup
pose l oagn. TO be grateful that 1t was na
wosa7
"Ho. old be know il was you Them
&c must Lave recognized lie 81 TIE
tara RI E-xch
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-07
The Magnet in Surgery.

Mechanics and others employed in iron
factories frequently suffer some annoy
ance and no little pain from the acct
dental introduction into the eye of par
Gcles of steel. iron filings, etc. All
persons engaged in work of this kind
should carry with them magnets, the use
of which rarely fails to remove the foreign
body. \ man IN Lonvale. Ga, drove a
piece of steel fling into his eyebal few
days ago, and surgeon spent some time
in vain erdeavors TO extract it. Finally
he brought powerful electro-magnet
to his aid, by means Of which the otfens-
i've particle was at once removed II
was over quarter of an inch long, and
its entire length had been Embedded in
the eyebau-Chicago News.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-07
Unpublished Law Breakers.

According to the figures published in
the British Blue Book. Just Issued, it ap-
pears as though America is not the only
country where criminals SC frequently
escape Justice. During lsS6-s7 there
we're In London -. 3sl Indictments and
onlv l9. o45 of the offenders were placed
under arrest. This shows that more than
one-half escaped. It is further to be
noted that Of those apprehended area
were discharged fox want Of evidence
and ,S25 for want Of prosecution, so
that the number held TO bail or COM
mitted was reduced 10 Is, OF these,
again. only about 1e, .6S, or IS per cent,
were convicted, or less than one-fourth
Of the humber os crimes ocmnitsed.-
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-07
THEY WORSHIP THE DEVIL.
A Queer Armenian Sect Who Have Wan
dered Away from Christianity.

"DeviI Worshipers' is a name given ac-
cording to the accounts of Herr Gustave
PAUL, who has recently been among these
services, by the Westorians to a number of
communities scattered along the valley OF
the Tigris ii Russian and Turkish Armenia.
Ba-Hasani, the holy city Of these devil wor-
shippers or Jesids, lies near Mosul, on the
borders Of kurdistan and contains the tenn
pie and mausoleum of their patron saint,
Sheikh Adj The village of Bashiyka, lit
tie distance off, is the residence of their civil
and religious head They claim to have de-
scended from certain epostate members of
the Armenian church, but into their faith
has been incorporated SO much froI<1other
earlier and later religions, from ZoroaSter to
Mohammed. :. at its resemblance to Chris
tianity is Insignificant They pray TO the
rising sun and kiss the place first touched by
its beams. They warm the fingers Of their
right hands at holy taper, draw them over
their right eyebrows and kiss them. They
cali God Allah, and Mohammed prophet.
Christ they name Ben Isai Nurani, Jesus,
Son Of the Light, and worship him as a great
angel who Will come one day TO rule the
world
But Shaitan, the devil. is their great deity.
To live in good understanding with the evil
one is the chief aim OF their religion. They
venture not to pronounce his name, but call
him Melek-Taup" and honor him symbol
ically as a light giver and in the figure Of a
bird Their Sabbath is Thursday. They
have a forty days fast, Ike Lent, in the
spring. but one member of each family can
do the fasting for all. There is holy spring
at the grave Of Sheikh Adj, and all children
IA,
water from this spring. Tie water is borne
to I'll parts OF the country by mendlcant
monks, HAWAI-, all descendants of one family.
Half the money which these monks gather
goes to the uausoleum OF Adj, one quarter to
the head OF the sect, and the rest TO the monk
himself Besides these there are high priests,
servants about the temple -ailed fakeers,
and Diirs, or presbyters. The latter are
held especially in respect on account OF
pretended power to cure diseases The priests
teach that he who gives abundant aims is
sure Of eternal happiness. CIRCUMCISION IS
not strictly required, and the viii Of the
head OF the family governs as TO it. One pc
culiarity Of the sect is a popular adherence
for blue.
The reputation Of the tribe for morality
aud honesty is good Polyganly is allowed
- chiefs, but common men can have but one
wife at a time, and must pay her mother for
that one Women are held il such high es-
TEEN that they are allowed even priestly dig
uity. Cehbacy is not required of priests.
but they cannot marry out Of their caste.
Widows dress in whioe, smear their faces
with clay and scatter dust on their heads.
CoTpses are buried with the head toward the
north star. The Jesids cling stoutly 70 their
own faith, but refuse 70 admit outsiders into
the sect-New York Sun
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-07

The Chicago. Kansas 4 NsbrasKa rSl%
gay ST. Joseph 4 Iowa Railroad Co:
lessee, - tie best eagiDped lIne west II
the Missouri river. Our equipment WAS
built expressly for thn Inc 81 ths Pub
nlan Palace Car Com y2ay. Which = guar
antee TO the travelling Puolsc thai y =
strictly first cas-. You VII! fnd al q CIR
coaches elegantly unholsts-s1 and very
comfortable In every particular y y0s
are gong 70 any part Of Kansas or ssora~
ka. or 70 any point east, rsrrsnn Der yo7 u
never regret having started right. OF lax
Ing TIE Chicago, Eaanaz Il NsbrAsks ,s-E
WAY Rock Island EgUteL For further
particulars address Jas. Ss1zst2za. O. ( -
p. 4. Ts,skA, kxa- oS-
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-07

ordnance bureau says they can't be produced
under nine months They must be at Cairo in
thirty days Yours truly A. LINCOLN.
Il had never seen a mortar bed" said
Mr. Hewitt, but had heard that Gen
Rodman, who was then In command at
WATERFOWL arsenal, had Just completed
the model of one, and that night placed
myself in communication with him,
thing l had no difficulty in doing, being
at the time president of the American
Telegraph company. | was able to get
the operators TO stand at the machine
while talked to Gen. Rodman. In
reply to my question, Gen. Rodnan said
that the first mortar bed had Just been
completed. | asked him if he could send
it down to New York by the Monday
night boat at the latest. This was Sunday
night, you understand, and there was no
way to get it down the next day. He
said he could send it If he received orders
to do so. told him to consider that he
was under orders for the time being,
assuring him that l would see that he re-
ceiyed them, which | afterward did.
He sent the mortar bed, and it az
rived Tuesday morning By the Fall River
boat. spent Monday running around
to the Novelty, Auaire and CornelIs iron
works, to secure draughtsmen to be
ready Tuesday morning to prepare plans
of the several parts of the mortar bed on
its arrival | found that it weighed
about ton and half, and was COM
posed of several connected parts. had
it carted TO the Novelty iron works and
taken to pieces, and distributed the
pieces around among the three works l
have mentioned, each agreeing to make
certain parts and TO do all they possibly
could 70 get them ready in time. Tie
material to make them was not on hand,
and had to be provided. Being in the
iron business | knew who made the diff
ferent kinds OF material. The principal
maker Of an essential kind of iron re-
fused TO change his rolls to make what
was wanted, and / telegraphed to Mr..
Lincoln to send an officer to take posses
sion Of his works, which he did. The
work progressed with such success that
as result was able to send the first NOR
tar bed forward in thirteen days from the
time / received MI. Lincoln telegram and
the whole thirty in twenty-six days. sent
a messenger on with each mortar bed, and
the car upon which it was loaded was at
tached to the express trains with a
printed order Of the secretary of war
pasted upon it which read as follows:
This car must not be side tracked under penalty
Of death By order OF the secretary Of war.
Gen. Grant received the mortar beds
on time, the expedition went forward.
and Donelson and Henry were taken l
paid all the expenses Of making and for
warding the mortar beds, amounting to
over $4,000. At the time paper money
was substantially at par, or nearly SO.
When | got my pay in paper money
year afterward paper money had depre-
ciated over half, and l got it then only
on the order of Mr.. Lincoln, with whom
then had my first interview When l
was presented TO him be said: Why, you
are not such a tremendous fellow after
all. l thought you must be feet high
and weigh 800 pounds. New York
Times.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-07

The bridal vel IS OF eastern origin, and
among tos AHEic-Ss<o1s Il VS. hel1 over
the heads q both b-6= AID gToCl TIE
orange bosom : the emblem Of parity and
truth, although il s1ue portions CT Franz
the bride Is crowned wlth myrtle wTeats
v6.ca Is Transferred 70 Ter hsaa VIXEN she
: SiiudtolG4d, aid the braaeIsaids dance
aboct Ter vhile Gle seeks 70 place she wreath
on ere q their heads The oze 50 cc~rsd
/. IS sad, vii As-seif &c ; briSs within sse
following rear. Al I'D sursrSslten pre-aEA
% tee effect tEa, al Pms Esst 4 fasssz--as
th- bridal veil and fo~ers z1ss b tkro-a
s-ay o. III fortune vii c1ae 70 r5r erizs
How EAry must Fave a.sisc-ed 20 - t11S-
Cb.c-c Hsr~i1
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-07
lead. and Order VIVA. You shouId Have. :;

Each township trustee should have a
trustees record, road record, poor record
and full set OF township records and other
blanks, worth at least s.. Also some Sta
tionery.
Each township treasurer should have a
treasurer ; record
Each township clerk should have clerk $
record and warrant book
Each justice Of the peace should have a
civil docket, criminal docket, stray record
transcripts, complied laws OF 1885, and a
full assortment of blanks.
Each constable should have an assert
menC of blanks.
Each road overseer should have a road
overseers account book receipt book for
labor. receipt book for extra work and a
receipt book for material used
The above should be furnished TO the
officers OF each well regulated township at
the expense Of the township.
For sale at the EAGLE office. Orders
promptly filed by mail or express prepaid
4S-tf whit
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-07
MORTAR BEDS FOR GRANT.
A Story of the Uar-Abrazn $ Hewitt
and the Iron Men.


A friend of Mayor Hewitt told re-
porter a story Of his employment by
President Lincoln at another critical
iuncture in the progress of the war. and
the reporter applied TO the mayor for the
particulars Of the occurrence. Mr.. Hewitt
said:
Let me think a minute. II was in
the winter OF 1861 and 1852. just before
went to Europe. was at the tea table
one Sunday might've always had some
thing of a company, some twenty or
thirty on such occasions-and | was at
the head of the table, when a messenger
brought me telegram from Mr.. Lincoln.
Ii was a long printed roll have the
original still somewhere, and it ran this
way:
understand that you are a rnan that can DO
things that other men say cant be Gone Gen
Grant is at Cairo ready 70 move on Fort Donekon
He has thirty mortar bombs and thirty Io1TaTs
ere on the way from PitJshurg 70 Cai-o II Is now
discovered That there mortar beds. for the
AAok a which Tia axnecit0G XII faA hascaslsa Ia