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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-17
THE ALLIANCE MATTERS IN
E. WAYNE.
SALEM ALLIANCE, No. 5l3

OAlEMs 1ILlANCE A\O.< lC,RfE
Wayne Co., N. c., July 5, 'SS.
Col. L. L. Polk, SEc'Y OF N. C.F.S.A.:
Dear Sar:-We held our election
for officers of our Alliance for the en-
suing year, on the third Saturday in
June, and reelected the same that
have been serving us since our organ
ization. &. D. Howell, Sec'y). Crops
Of corn and cotton are very small as
to growth at this time of the year, and
appear at least two weeks late, COM
pared with last years crop, though the
cotton plant looks hearty, but we had
a heavy rain on the 28th day Of June
and since then the nights have been
exceedingly cool which is not very
healthy for crops, especially cotton; rice
crops are looking well; wheat crops
are mostly harvested, with about an
average yield as to quantity seeded,
which was small. %E f.
That article in your valuable paper
of June 26th, 1888, headed "The
finger-board to success" giving an &C
count of Capt. B. P Williamson har-
vesting ffty-one ions of hay from
twenty four acres of land, and his
statement of preparing the land, the
kind of soil suitable for hay, and the
harvesting was interesting reading to
us, and, 1 hope will be profitable also.
Much is due Capt. W. for his energy
and cce He who causes two
blades of grass to grow where but one
grew before is greater than he who
conquers an empire.
The Alliance cause in our good old
county of Wayne is working harmo-
niously and moving along with a
steady, and cautious tread
The call of President Alexander for
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leach member to subscribe FIVE dollars
to aid in establishing a State Agency,
and give US a commercial rating is
being responded to promptly. hrs
1t has been claimed, that on the
farmer every other interest mainly
depends, that his toll sets all arts in
action; without it other interest would
of necessity flag and die. If so, then
we have not had just recognition in
the lawsmaking, and law giving power
of the land with other interest. Why :?
because we have not demanded it. AS
Senator Vance has truthfully said he
had e delegations representing all
other interest at the national capital
asking for legislation in their behalf.
But he had never seen a delegation of
farmers there asking for anything. So
you see that the faithful Zebulon says
that we don't ask consequently we
don't receive. Now if I may be
allowed to draw upon holy writ a lit
tie, 1 will say there we are COM
handed to ask and we shall receive.
This we propose doing in the future.
AS your correspondent "a member
of No 2O) in The PRoGREss1vE FARMER
of June 26th says: There is another
thing [ would like to now speak of.
We the farmers, are called the back
bone and sinew of the land; why is
it then that we are asked SO often
where is there a farmer suitable to
make laws for US to be governed by :?
The answer to this | suppose would be
that we don't 60 forward and show
we have suitable material, we are by
this, like by asking for legislation in
our behalf. We don't demand it, nor
ask for it, but in the future, let us 60
forward and ask just recognition of
the law-making and law-giving power
of the land and also show to the world
that we have men suitable to make
laws for us to be governed by. But
while we are asking and making our
demands, let us do SO not by trying to
injure or abuse anyother honest bust
ness or calling whatever. But show
to the world that our aims are high,
our purposes are noble, and that we
constantly strive to secure entire har-
mony and good will among all man
kind, and brotherly love among ur-
selves. r. SToNEY GREER.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

]. Z. BIS a person eligible to mem
bership in the. Farmers Alliance who is a
general book agent, employs sub-agents,
has nc farm, andresides In a town OF 200
inhabitants?
Answer-He is not eligible.
Is a teacher who teaches public schools
in the country, and no other than public
schools, resides in a town of 200 inhab-
itants, eligible?
Answer-Yes, if he has no occupation
in the town..
Is the answer in last issue of The Pro-
GREss1vE FARMER applicable to a mechanic
living in a town Of 200 inhabitants?
Answered. town is a town-it must
apply to all.
What is the course to pursue when an
ineligible person is already a member,
and what, would be the consequence if an
ineligible member were retained in the
Lodge?
Answer-Give an ineligible member a
withdrawal card, stating the reasons of
his ineligibility. A Sub-Alliance retain
ing an ineligible member violates our
Constitution.
What is the duty of the standing COM
mittee, and what is the committee called
that have to look after the secretary and
treasurer's books? $3.50
Answer-For executive committee, see
Art. 2, Sec. %, of the Constitution. For
committee on good of the order, see
Art. Z. " E
A. J. S.-Where a prominent farmer
has merchants license and is trading with
the general public, and speaks favorable
of the Alliance, are his children between
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TO COUNTY ORGANIZERS.

In all Of the counties in North Carolina
where County Alliances have been organ
lied, we have appointed County Organ
izers. The busy season with the farmers
will soon be over, and this is to remind
the County Organizers that it will be a
good time to complete the organization
of their respective counties. We are
particularly anxious to have all the coun-
ties where Alliances exist, thoroughly
organized at the earliest practicable time.
If the outfits OF. any of the organizers are
incomplete, please notify this Office at
once, that you may be supplied.
L. L. Polk,
Sec'y State Alliance.
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~ IIegro-SLOppeO az aI"lALe
house near New River Bridge, Virginia,
Wednesday night, and asked for food.
After eating he assaulted the woman,
choked her nearly to death, accomplished
his purpose and fed. Officers pursued
and captured him, and a mob hanged him
to a tree.
The Executive Committee of the
Harnett county Agriculture Society met
on Wednesday last and appointed the
Annual Farmers Dinner to be held at the
usual place, MeNeill's Grove, on Friday
Sd of August. j. A. Green, Chief Mar
shall and w. II. Mckay, Chairman of
Committee of Arrangements.
r. Major J.. G. Jackson Of Carthage sud-
denly expired while sitting in his chair at
his home Tuesday morning. He was in
his usual health and is supposed to have
died from heart disease. He was an ex-
cellent citizen and had many friends
throughout the county. He was Major of
the home guard during the war
An intensely lurid glare was observed
in the western skies in the early part of
last Thursday night. The horizon was
overspread with thick clouds at the time
and the effect was almost startling. It
was the reddest Of all the sunsets ever
seen here, and attracted considerable at
tention and comment. So says the Gold
Leaf:
"A correspondent of the Statesville
Landmark says: "To prevent rats from
cutting oats, I have for 40 years used a
layer of elder bushes on the floor, and be-
tween every layer of oats a quantity of
the bushes, and especially around the
walls. If a quantity (say a good armful
to each load) is used rats will not disturb
the oats" Try it.
The Dead Letter Office received
4,808,O 600 letters last year, for about a
third of which owners were discovered.
Money to the value of 1895, 764 was
found in 1883 letters. These figures
show the necessity Of care in directing
letters and seeing that they are stamped,
as we'll as of indicating on the outside, by
some means who sent them.
-Winston-Salem just dubbed over
with good old-fashioned fodrth-of-July
patriotism and covered themselves with
glory. Just as we expected. Those peo-
pie never do anything by halves. 1t is a
glorious population and when the day
arrives (and we trust it may be soon) for
them to celebrate the completion of the
Great Roanoke and Southern Railroad,
we intend to be there. ?
We desire to call attention to the adj
vertisement of the Chowan Baptist Female
Institute. For scholarship, health, beauty
of location, and reasonableness of charges
for advantages offered, it is not surpassed
in the State, if in the South. Some of
the most prominent women in the South
are numbered among it's Alumnae. We
advise our readers to send for catalogue
and investigate it's advantages before de-
Gliding where to send their daughters next
session
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DAVIS Bros WAREHOUSE,

Henderson, N. c., May Is, 1888.
S. O. WILSON, RALEIGH, n. C.:-During
the past tobacco season we have sold a
great deal Of tobacco cured by the "wire"
process: We unhesitatingly believe that it
is only a question Of time before the pro-
cess will be adopted universally, from the
fact it produces more cutters, hence
higher averages and less filters.
Yours truly,
DAVIS Bros.
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M1zpAH, Stokes Co., n. c., Feb -, '88

M1zPAH, Stokes Co., n. c., Feb II, '88.
J.. NJ. BRoUGHroN, RRLE1eH, N. c.
Dear SRI am greatly pleased with my
trial package of Preserving Powder and
Liquid. Put up thirty pounds of apple
marmalade. Put a small quantity in my
sweet pickle peaches. The Marmalade
and pickle is splendid, SO pronounced by
many friends. Want to try 1t On a larger
scale this year I have so much conf
dence in the preparation, have sent your
circulars to my friends far and, near. A
great deal will be used in this neighbor-
hood this year. Respectfully,
Mrs. w. J. MOORE.
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Twenty inches is said to be the mar
rowest gauge Of railroad doing regular
business in the United States.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-14
Dangers of Trapping the Grizzly.

/ saw some remarks upon this subject
the other day from an old trapper and
hunter which evince a most thorough
knowledge Of the matter, and which CO.
incide in every particular with my W
personal experience.
He says: Il have hunted and trapped
the grizzly bear score of times. and if
any one thinks there int peril as well rs
excitement in the sport, let him go out
into the grizzly's country and try il. |
know that the grizzly bear, next TO the
Indian, Wa the ugl.sSt customer thirty
years ago that the hunter had 10 deal
with. In those d rs we used to think
there was more dmger in trapping the
grizzly bear thar there was in chasing
him with the rifle.
''There have been times when trappers
have come up with the bear at the very
moment he has succeeded in tearing loose
from the trap. | know one man, James
Carver by name, who happened TO reach
his grizzly at such a time. The bear
made one rush, and before the compan-
ion who was with Carver realized the
situation the bear had torn Carver 10
pieces,
Il heard some one say once that when
you have trapped a 1000 pound grizzly
you haven't caught a bear at all. but
simply the devil incarnate, and | tell you
that's pretty near the truth. Gen.
Marcy in Outing.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-14
Working "a swiss Wine Press.

In the cafes and other public places
there were placards advertising American
wine presses. but | saw none If them in
use. At a farm house near us we looked
on at the use of one Of the old fashioned
Swiss presses. Under il lay Il mighty
cake of grapes, stems and skins, crushed
into a common mass. and bulging further
beyond the press with each turn Of the
screw, while the juice ran in a little rivu-
let into a tub below. When the press
was lifted the grapes were seen only half
crushed. Two peasants then mounted
the cake and trimmed it into shape with
long handled spades. piling the trimmings
on top, and thcn bringing the press down
again. They invited rs with charming
politeneSs TO taste the juice. but their
heavy boots bore evidence of too recent u
visit 10 tire cherished manure heap, and
we thanked them with equal courtesy.
This grape cake, when it lad yielded
up its last drop. would be broken 10
pieces and scattered over the fields rs q
fertilizer. The juice would meanwhile
have l1en placed to fcnncHt in the tuEs,
twelve and thirteen feet deep, which lay
in the adjoining cellar. w. D. Howells
in Harper's Magazine.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-14
How to Thoroughly Enjoy Ranks.

Lately ] have read all the 'flow | Was
Educated" and Books That Have IIelped
Nc papers, and | have noted how, in
the majority of instances, the great writ
ers and thinkers If today were confined
in their childhood and youth 10 compare
lively few books. These they read all they
were learned almost by heart. And 10y SO
doing they not only got out all. or nearly
all. that was in the authors, but inscn-
sibly acquired n good literary style. An
author whose entire meaning and pur-
pose can be grasped at reading is not
Of the highest class, and the more we adj
vance in life and in culture, the more
pleasure do we find in our favorite au-
thors. They respond 10 the improve.
ment in ourselves. The more powers Of
appreciation VIC possess, the more DO we
find m them 10 appreciate. They never
disappoint us, but are constantly reveal
ing new thoughts and previously hidden
meanings.
The student alone thoroughly enjoys
books. Remember this, you skimmers
who are not too confirmed in your bad
habits, and YOU readers who would really
enjoy the wisdom Of our best friends.
Bear with me II ! repeat, 'it Is better
not 10 know No many things than 10 know
30 many things that nre not 20. Julian
Niagnus In The Epoch,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-14
Oriental rcdhIrr, in New YnrL.

Turks aud Arabs occasionally come
through Castle Garden with designs GA
America as q dwelling place. and they
generally 5tav AMI uc"'rd righJ well.
They pick up the lao in no time,
and are soon busy Il, -BH.i tobacco
stands, or in Oriental haEar4 aul IuII.
ish bath houses, on selling Turkish c0u-
fections and highly diluted affair Of roses
on the streets and in shops ami u0iccs.
AS pei.lcrs they get on beautifully.
Their handsome faces and Oriental man
ners draw nickels and quarters from
those they approach with magical celcr-
ity. They always have a ''Ciod bo with
you" or a Peace he yours" even for
those who resist their Establishments,
Their patience is something miraculous,
and their persistence is without the irri.
tating vulgarity which sometimes mars
the Otherwise perfect symmetry Of the
American born yender OF small mcr-
chandise, who becomes in time a ball
dozcr Of high degree. Only the male
Turks and Arabs engage in the scullc
for bread. They usually discard their
twistihed names, and rechristen them
selves by some easy and comfortable
Christian name, such as Charley, -
George or civilian New York
Press every Day Talk
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-14
The Instinct of Evil Living.

Thousands Of the unemployed" earn
no wages because they do not want to
work. They do odd jobs, they loaf, they
tramp, they pilfer, they steal, and so on
through the whole gamut Of ~laziness and
vice. Why is thisl We have already
said. Human nature is far from perfect
yet. Many rogues are born; many
others are easily turned into rogues by
circumstances. Il is likely enough that
the instinct of evil living is transmitted;
it is certain that the contamination Of
vicious surroundings has its natural eff
feet. Necessity holds the born felon in
a pitiless grip. Birth gives the infant
the fatal bent; home life develops it.
The unwieldy bulk of modern society is
traversed by hard lines of moral as well
as of social cleavage.
Crime runs into pockets like ore in
the mine. The Ishmaelites dwell alone
and propagate among themselves. There
is nothing to attenuate the vicious strain,
We have on the fringe Of the decent
population a class Of creatures who, at
best. are worthless, and too often are
pure pests. II is recruited, but it is not
regenerated, from the outside; on the
other hand, it feeds the ranks of the
thriftless, the reckless, the ne'er-do-
wells. What must be the result Of such
a state of thingsl With a rapidly in.
creasing population, with a greater mass
of poverty, a greater number of viciously
disposed people crowding into Fast
ends in all our great cities, what can we
expect from a continuance of the present
system of dealing with the criminal
Glasses: Reason that we are TO
expect nothing but evil.-St. James
Gazette.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-14
Patcrnal "Reminiscences.

Col. Fred Grant and Robert Lincoln
were conyersing in low tones in the Fifth
Avenue hotel corridor. Col. Grant pulled
o cigar out Of his pocket and stuck il in
his mouth. From his trousers pocket he
drew forth a solid gold match box,
studded with diamonds. We touched the
biggest stone with his thumb and the
lid of the box flew open.
''Quite a match box said | lncoln.
Yes said Col. Grcat. at was
given TO father by the sultan Of Turkey.
1 would not part with for the world. II
Is very valuable. Father carried IL foi
years. DO you carry anything that was
precious to your fathcri'
ayes" was the reply. and the speaker
pulled out Of his pocket an open face solid
gold watch.
at was given 10 father by mother
nid the speaker. Tho inscription read
.'To abraham Lincoln, from his loving
wife. foster Coates' Letter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-14
CURES ALL HuwoRS,

from n common Blotch, or En1rilnn. 10 the
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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-14

1lklPLEs, blaek-heais, red, rough, chspped and
y tW oily skin prevent a by CUTIcURA SOAP.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-14

A recording thermometer is the latest
mechanical curiosity. II has a clock
work attachment, and records the stage
Of temperature AT every hour and minute
Of tho day for u period Of eight days.
Chicago Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-14

A fruitful thcme-tbo subject Of hor-
ticulture.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-14
EVERY NIGHT SCRATCHED
Until the skin was,raw, liody covered with
Scales Like Spots of Mortar. Cured by
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WV
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on, ani which came Oh IN LAYERS, accompanied
with itehiug sOuld scratch every night until |
was TAW, and then the next night the scal,s, being
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had The disease thirteen months before / Il gan
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Sept. 81, 1857.
Feb. Z, lsss.-Not a trace whatsoever OF the d"
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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-14

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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-14
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RTMEMBpK that the payment OF all Prizes l.
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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-14
sFOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE"

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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-14
Sept. 81, 1857.

Feb, 7, lsss.-Not a trace whatsoever OF the dls
esse from which ] suffered has shown Itself since
my cure. COlEl.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-14
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