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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-11-13
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

w. H. H.-Can a visiting brother vote
on receiving members or any other ques-
tion?
Answer-No. They are usually ex-
tended the courtesy Of participating in the
discussions, but not to vote.
Z. L. J.-What should be done with a
member who will not pay his debts?
Answer-He should be Informed that
the Alliance wants only honest men in it,
The Committee on the Good of the Order
should investigate the facts and if it is
found that he. can pay, but will not pay
his honest debts he should be expelled.
P. G. R.-Suppose an arbitration COM
mittee has been appointed and is ready to
report. Can the President then appoint
a new committee, or can the Alliance set
that committee aside and appoint anew
one? ~ >.-rs
Answer-The President can appoint no
committee without the consent or author
ity. of the Alliance. The Alliance can ap-
point or remove a committee Of its own
creation at pleasure. ag 51lc X,
If the brother ignores the decision Of
the new committee does he violate his
pledge2
Answer-Yes. If he is aggrieved by
such decisions, our law gives him a remedy.
A. @. B.-Can a member of an Alliance
who is in arrears, get the password, and
if SO, of whom?
Answer-A member in arrears is not
entitled to the word, and no one has the
right to give the word to any one except
it be in his own Alliance, and then it can
only be given by the President or Secre-
tary. II given in any other manner, or
by any other person, the offender should
be. arraigned. Members in arrears cannot
be elected Or appointed to any position
ID the Alliance until he pays his arrearage.
L. s.. Dive have no organizer for
our county, and need one. How shall
we get him?
Answer-It is made the duty of the
Committee on the Good of the Order to
attend to this important matter. Stir up
the committee and the county officers and
have them to observe their duty as pre-
scribed in Art. 9 of our Constitution.
S. B. ALEXANDER.
Pres't N. C. Farmers Alliance.
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nFARMERS2IN THE LEGISLA-
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The PROGRESSIVE FARMER is graft
fed to know that a large number of
farmers of high character as citizens,
have been elected to. our State Legis-
lature. And it ventures at this early
day to respectfully submit a few sug-
gestions to them in the interest of
good government.
Make no pledges, involving your
free action as a representative, either
on men or measures, apart from those
you made as a candidate before the
people. Come here with free judg-
ments and united hands. Do not &C
cept free pass or a free ticket on a
railroad under any circumstances.
Let every farmer elected to the Legis-
lature of 1889 be able to show that
he accepted no free ride on railroads.
Make no swaps or trades. Do no
log-rolling. "Keep in the middle of
the road" Don't fall into traps. OF
the l4O, 900 farmers and laboring men
who voted last Tuesday to elect you,
there is not one among them who will
not heartily endorse the above sug-
gestions.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-11-13

q Let the people take . rest: LET as
fall back into. our normal condition of
quiet, and let business resume its
place. Let the politician lay aside his
notebook, let the boys take off. their
badges, let the. clubs take down their
flags, and lay: aside their campaign
hats, pay up the bets, shake hands
with the men whom you misrepre.
sented, roll up your. sleeves, and with
devout t~hankfuIness that you are still
an American citizen, go to worh The
country is not going to ruin. When
all the big bets. are paid and all the
money gets into circulation which is
said to have been spent in buying,
votes, perhaps the times will be easier.
Business and plans have been frus-
trated and checked blythe interest ex-
cited blythe campaign, and all our
enterprises have felt its chilling effect.
Even the activity and push and en-
thusiasm of the great. Alliance move
ment, could not escape. But we .ap-
peal to our brethren all over the State,
to forget the campaign and come-down
to business, for after all, whether
Cleveland or Harrison be the Presi-
dent, the farmers of this Countrywide
Alliance men must not look to a Ma
tional administration for the relief we
so greatly need, but we must depend
on our own individual effort and our
own strong arm:
Whether it be Cleveland or Har-
rison, a0e mast be thoroughly and strongly
organized to advance and protect our
own interests. Let every member of
the Alliance resolve that we will 60 to
work in earnest and work hard and
work constantly, until the farmers of
all this land shall stand solidly to-
gether to carry out our noble prin-
ciples and purposes. Dismiss the
campaign; dismiss especially any un-
pleasant incidents, and turn your faces
towards the great and grand work
which awaits you.
This is the earnest purpose of The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER, and it calls on
all the brethren to rally to it's side and
let us all move off together. The
"long roll" in the Alliance camp is
sounding. Let all true men rally and
fall into line.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-11-13
E. mi MEAT.

Are you arranging your plans for
the next year SO as to provide your
family and stock with plenty Of home
made supplies 2 This is. Of much
greater Importance to you than the
election of either Cleveland OF -Har-
rison to the Presidency. Sow wheat,
sow rye, SOW clover and grass SOW
oats, and prepare good shelter for
your hogs and other stock. Raise
your own supplies next year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-11-13

r0laLlOnS OIL uIo-Cno u
self.interest-,it remains still a question
of serious concern as to whether it
will promote the. general prosperity of
our. people, for after all, it will depend
on whether the interests of the
monopoly would. be, thereby sub
served.
The hope of The .PRoeREssIvE
FARMER lies in what it believes will be
the interest Of the syndicate. 1t can
not afford to impair the industrial
energies of the South-it cannot, it
seems to us, afford to circumscribeour
productive capacity, but the danger is
Chat in It's greed Tor wealth and do
main, it may SO shape its policy as to
make even our prosperity pay a ruin
Gus tribute to it's power.
Gradually but surely the octopus
arms of monopoly are enfolding them
selves about us and the people-sleep.
&c.
< The PROGRESSIVE FARMER is no
alarmist, but when it reflects that only
a few years ago, we had onllytwo mil
lionaires in all this country and that
now they are counted by thousands
that of our $4,000, 900 of'people, three
thousand of them own taOo-thards of all
the wealth of the country, and that
57,997,OOO own the remaining one
third-that trusts, combines, syndi-
Gates and pools; are in constant con
spiracy against the wealth producing
energies of the country-that they are
absorbing the profits Of the productive
power Of the land-that State Legisla-
lures and the Congress of the United
States, stand in cringing subserviency
with uncovered head in the presence
of these lordly conspirators, it believes
that unless the people-the sovereign
people, in their might and majesty rise
up and define a limit to their encroach-
ments, the day is not distant when
this glorious American Republic Of
which we boast so proudly, will be
numbered with it's old protatype of
Rome and take its place on the mourn
full list of extinct governments and
empires.
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER believes
that trusts or any other combination
by whatever name called, which con-
spire against just and fair competition
with the view of extorting from the
people exorbitant and ruinous prices,
and especially in the necessaries Of life
ought to be placed under the iron
hand of righteous law. 1t believes
that a proper and just limit should be
fixed OF the powers and prerogatives
of all corporations, so as to secure
justice and equity to the people. 1t
believes that commissions should be
established to secure this for the peo-
pie. 1t believes that the telegraph
monopoly of this country should'be
thus regulated. 1t believes that the
railroads should be thus regulated. 1t
believes that if this fails, these institu-
tions should be purchased and operated
by the government. And, it believes
that the day is not distant when this
| will have to be done.
FARMERS IN THE LEGISLA-
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TOBACCO BELT ALLIANCES.

Vance nee County Alliance calls on all
Alliances In the tobacco belt of North
Carolina and Virginia to send each
five delegates to a meeting to be held
in Durham ON the 9Th of December.
Communication received too late for
this issue; will publish it next week.
The brethren have some very impor-
tant matters to consider, and it will
be a most important meeting. Attend
to it.
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-01
A PiaaGl Case.

Under the head mo Card Of
Thanks" the Oregon City Enterprise
recites pathetic story of bereavement
and burial which fortunately has few
counterparts in civilized communities.
It Is as follows: "a sad scene was
enacted on Beaver Creek last week
attending the sickness and death by
diphtheria of little child of the
HermAnns. Three other children lay
prostrate with the same disease, and
so great was the dread of the neigh
bors that not one approached to rem.
der aid and sympathy in the hour ut
distress and bereavement. Alone the
parents shed bitter tears as the little
sufferer drew the last breath. Unaided
they laid the little one out, and be-
cause they had no other place unocn-
pied by other sick ones, the body was
placed in the cellar to await burial.
When Father Rauw arrived, the par-
ents brought the body of the child
from the cellar and listened in silence,
broken only by TIER own s0bs, 10 the
priests words of comfort and the last
sad prayer. After taking the last look
the father screwed down the cnffin lid
with his own hands. The coffin was
then taken up by the parents, one on
either side and borne 10 the grave,
and there the little body was quietly
laid to rest"
Il must De q malignant disease in
deed, and an unreasonable fear Of in.
lection that would permit sorrowing
parents 10 leave three sick children
in tile house unattended while they
went alone to bury the fourth. Tie
journal above quoted says very sensi
bly,: Due precautions are necessary
10 times of prevalence of malignant
diseases, but medical science has dis
covered preventives aud disinfectants
that enable me To brave the disease
unharmed; aud while due care should
lie exercised, community should re.
member that in civilized land there
is duty To the dead rs we'll rs TO the
living.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-01

The candidate is abroad. He is in
. kindly mood, too. He bows TO
many people, and smiles upon vaxa.
bonds, aud his hand goeth frequently
into his pocket to provide the thirsty
with beverage ample for their wants.
OF all refining influences under the
sun, there are none 30 refining ss the
dim vision of office in the far distance.
II removes ell the harsh surface from
. man, and sttunes his voice tn key
beside which the COO of the Summer
doves 10 but Ms the setting of y hand
saw. The sweet chirp of the early
bird, the musical laugh of tbs maiden
when making the running with her
first lover end letting him win the
race, the murmur Of the brook trek.
ling through sylvan landscape, are
all the essence of discordancy when
compared with the Cote of the candi.
date, anxious gentlemen, for your
SURFACES. "-[Walker Lake Bulletin.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-01
From Our Regular Correspondent

ELY, August 30, 1888.
Col. Fitton having resigned as JUS
tice of the Peace at Taylor. that town
il temporarily attached to Ely for Ju.
dicial purposes. A new Justice will
be appointed by the County Commits
si"ners next Monday if any one can
be found that will accept that honor
able position.
After several unavoidable delays,
work has been commenced on the
Keystone mill ut Featherstnnev'lle. 1t
will soon be adding TO the bullion
product of the district. The Key
stone mine continues To improve rs il
is prospected. 1t probably has more
milling ore IN sight than any other
mine IN White Pine county.
Joe c. Clay is filling the responsible
position of night watchman at Ely.
Our Justice Court vas occupied last
saturday with Chinese case from
Taylor. DC Hing Lee, the Chinese
merchant of Taylor, was accused of
unlawfully beating another II was
settled by the defendants paying all
costs.
The Ely Gold mill is being enlarged
To make room for pans and SETTLERS.
1t will resume operations rs soon rs
the necessary alterations can be made.
The building boom continues and
shows NJ signs Of weakening. Os.
fervaId and Shgfer are building a fine
residence up the creek. and Mrs. Hill
of TAYLOR is moving her l0dging-house
To Ely. A large number oil cabins
have been built and a number of Ely.
ties are showing their confidence in
tie town by building additions tn
their houses. There il not an idle
carpenter 10 town.
We are having considerable sickness
of q slight nature, | suppose caused
10y the hot weather.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-01
Another .eosa" asa F.Is.a.

Charles Ladd, . mCdel young man
of Eureka, has been arrested and held
in q. 900 bonds, on charge Of steal
ing bullion from the Eureka Con-Com.
p.ny. in whose employ he was Fast
aud reckless living led to his fall.
His peculations are believed to amount
to 5000 or $4,000. The Sentinel,
in winding up the history of the case,
draws this true moral:
Uuwarrariable extravaganza, that
had but small beginning, has proved
the cause of Ladds disgrace of his
family. his friends and himself. Thus
do We present . timely warning to
other young men in Eureka, who. be-
lug IN positions of trusts, unthinking.
~ squander their limited incomes,
cultivate extravagant and Vicious hab-
its, live beyond their means and run
in debt for the poor pleasure which
sooner or later may lead any of them
into the degrading position of . felon.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-01
Tn. Late storm In L.aooIa ceuuty
fPioche Record Aug. Isthl

fPioche Record Aug. 18TH
Nearly every hon se that had not been espec-
Tally protected by bankments, made early
In the Summer. wac mere or iess flooded. The
floors OF the late residence OF DR.. Elsm wsrs
covered with mud and water to the depth Of
three feet. The neighgoring dwelling Of the
Bawden family was In similar condition and
the loss through ruined carpets, paper.hang
ings, furniture. ETC., lie considerable. Henry
Eiler's dwelling honse was flooded also TO such
an extent ~ u ruin carpets, hangings. etc.
rhe cellars Of Mandich and Nesbitt Bros., and
In fact nearly all the cellars in town. were flled
with water. 3. II. Carman by great sxsrtion
saved bis house from being flooded: but the
water ran over the wall At the rear and the
garden was covered with about SIX inches of
slime, sand aud rocks. II Is impossible tn
estimate the correct amount Of damage done !:
but doubtless II will reach several thousand
dollars.
On the road from Bristol. Mrr. Riordan aud
and Lena Clinton were driving behind pair
of horses that were almost exhausted by prev.
ions travel. when the sierm overlook them.
The animals refused to face the hail stones
and all were Obliged to walk from 4 short dis.
lance this lille the summit to Royal City.
Miss Clinton reached deserted honse half >
mile from the village, went In aud sank in :
fainting condition to the noor. Thence she
Was taken on one Of the horses TO the residence
Of Mrs Wesley Williams, where she was cared
for until "Wednesday mVrniGg. The others
we're also Hospitality received by the ladies' Of
Royal City.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-01
STATE AND COAST ITEMS.

The street cars of Salt Lake City
will soon he run by electricity,
San Andres, California, is having =
mining beom. 1t is very old camp.
Otto Brocht. who forged q S14
check at San Diego, has been sent to
San Quentin for five years.
Beef is now quoted in Reno at from
five to five and 0ne-half cents pound,
and very few buyers are willing to
give that figure.
The case of the State Of Nevada ".
Miles Finlin Is set for trial In Virginia
on September Sd.
Lieutant.G Governor Davis. who has
been i'll in Carson for several weeks
past is convelescing.
Eighteen persons were killed By 4
boiler explosion caused by fire, At
Neenah, Wis. Loss 100000.
The plasterers at Victoria B. c.,
have struck for nine hour and SIS u
day.
The Paymaster mine, Como, is
Welding ore worth $500 ton.
The principal attractions at Battle
Mountain at present are band of
gypsies and the whooping cough.
The water of the Truckee river IL
30 low that only part of the electric
lamps In Reno can be lighted.
The saloons of Reno tax the people
81, 200 day. They como high, but
tue ''men folks, "musi have EN-"
CGur d'Alen Indians ara holding
couucils concerning granting railroads
the right of-wsy through their reserva-
ton.
Sacramento has declared war on
tramps and vags. No fewer than 25
we're taken In 1t one swoop last Sstur.
day night
Two heavy earthquakes were felt at
Yuma, Ariz1na. last Sunday morning
early. The Indians were greatly ex.
cited.
Eliza Ford At Oroville has been
fasting twenty flour days. The "spir-
its, she says. told her to fast, and she
refuses 10 taste food until they tell
her to do 80.
Wsshoe county derives $4,000
yearly from gambling licenses. The
gamblers get the peoples pig and the
county comes in for the bristlss.
One watermelon doctored with half
~ ounce of strychnine killec 2.O00
rabbits ON Mr.. Bakers ranch at Traver
the other day.
A Las Angeles paper declares there
will be general uprooting of vines
down there unless there il SOON u
change tor the better in the wine busi-
ness.
After q continuous run of 100 DAYS
the Salt Lake glass WORKS have closed
down for repairs In tubs long run il
used up over one million pounds of
sand and other material. The works
are y financial success.
George Berke, Winnemucca
butcher, sharpened his pocKel.knife
ON lis bloody old boot and then pair.
ed his pet corn. Result. blo.M poi.
soning that endangered his life.
The Reno Gazette SAYS: Eastern
Nevada and Southern Idaho stockmen,
who have heretofor depended upon
the buthers of California TO buy their
surplus 6eeves, will ship to Chicago,
ST. Louis and Kansas CITY, and the
stockmen of Western Nevada and
Northern California will supply the
California markets.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-01


The City Of Chester, q coasting
steamer, Was Wednesday morning Of
last week run into by the Oceanic, 3
big liner, the property of the Occiden-
tai and Oriental Steamship Company,
in dense fog of Alcatraz Island,
within San Francisco bay. Thirteen
lives were lost. The Oceanic had just
arrived from China and Japan. and
the City of Chester WAS ON her way to
Eureka, Humboldt bay. The fog was
81 thick that nothing could be seen on
the bAy, and the two steamers came 10.
gelh r without moments warning
The Oceanic, which 10 an immense
iron steamship, WAS not materially in
jured, but the City Of Chester was
sank. with her cargo.
Those lost were g. W. Anderson Of
Oakland, Josie Brewin. Z. T Davis.
Mrs. C. H. Haney. J. e. Hampton and
wife of Virginia City, New. Mrs. Sarah
Mech, Mrs. Porter, Mrs. Prather, E.
r. Chamber chief stewart. Robert
Fulton, waiter. Adam Richmond,
water-tender, and q coal.passer. name
unknown.
The bodies Of Mrs. Hampton. Mrs,
Haney aud E. r. Chambers were re-
covered.
Allen A. Curtis. wife and two bovs,
formerly of Austin. j. A. Fitzgerald
and C. Lemery of Rene, were passen-
gers on the ill-fated steamer, but ell
escaped.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-01

The Virginia Chronicle says: Geo.
w. Cassidy announces in private LETT
ter To- a TREND that he will begin can
vassing the State in the interest Of the
Democratic party early in September.
By thar date he will have his business
as Bank Commissioner closed for the
term and ready for his successor.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-01

On Saturday evening Miss Florence
Lapham, n granddaughter of the late
Hank Phillips and 4 handsome and
popular young lady of Carson, suicid-
ed by laudanum. The young lsdys
desperate act was caused by her moth.
CT. Mrs. A. j. Collins. reproving her
in The presence If young man with
whom she had been nut walking, stay.
ing longer than the mother thought
she should. Final y her mother slap
ped her face. THIS so Inundated The
young lady that she proceeded to her
room and took large dose Of lau-
Damn. which resulted in her death
within few hours. The young lady
Was very popular, and h,r sad aud
tragic death is deplored by all.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-01

Silver State says: Snow sheds 10 the
Sierra Nevada caught fire last night
and delayed the trains. The express
due here this morning at 8 40 O'Clock
will not arrive until 4 this afternoon.
The mail train from the west Is ex.
pected here ct 8 o'clock this after
noon.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-01

The Silver City Avalanche learns
that the Owyhes river, at the old stage
crossing on the Winnemucca road, 10
dry. Such q thing has never been
known before since the settlement of
this country by the whites.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-01
Doe csiiisoa Acquitted.

]. L. Callison, who was on trial At
Hawthorne last week for the murder
of ]. Donahue n. Candelaria last June,
Was acquitted. The jury was nut only
twenty minutes. The verdict gives
general satisfaction.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-01
Artsssam water.

The Genoa Courier says AZ artesian
we'll has been completed on the Martin
ranch IN Carson Valley. The we'll is
a10 feet deep aud flows 4S, 200 gallons
of water in a haNrs.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-01
nuslsom ehspnsms.

Tee Eberhardt Monitor Company
shipped this week through Well, Far.
go's Express . bars Of bullion, valued
st $1,000.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-01

Blocks of Galena orc weighing ton
and yielding 266 ounces in silver to
the ton are being extracted from the
Yuba mine at Phoebe.