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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-11-27
SUBSCRIBING TO RAILROADS

A friend asks our opinion as to the
policy of making county subscriptions
to railroads by the popular vote of the
people. Under the existing and pros
pective policy of the railroads, con-
siderations Of a local character might
warrant it, but the local conditions
would have to be of extraordinary
force. If there be any one lesson that
the taxpayers, and especially the
farmers Of North Carolina, should
have learned by experience, it is that
when they subscribe money to build
railroads it amounts, virtually, to CIV
ING that much to them or to a syndicate.
1t soon passes beyond their control
and is swallowed up in some huge
combination which works only for
~self-interest. We are greatly in favor
of railroads, but the day has passed
when the construction of any railroad
of value to the moneyed syndicates
controlling it, depends on donations
from the farmers. 1t is needless to
say that provisions in charters may
restrain the s%yndicates. Maybe it
could be done, but it has not been
done. Tennessee and Georgia tried
to keep roads thus built out of pools
and syndicates, and signally failed.
The people generously helped to build
the roads, but syndicates own and
control them. Our view Of the matter
is that as a rule when the books are
opened for subscriptions, it should be
for donations.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-11-27
LEGISLATION FOR THE PEOPLE

We are drifting away from the
mornings established by the fathers.
Senator Vance says that the legisla-
ton of the country is largely shaped
and controlled by the "lobby" power.
This humiliating, if not alarming truth,
applies with shameful force even to
the Legislation of staid, sober, conser-
~vative, honest old North Carolina.
Pernicious and unjust measures are
engendered by shrewd and interested
parties OF by their hirelings, which
could never receive the sanction of
the people could their wishes and in
terests be consulted. Let us be under
stood. Let us be plain. Measures
have been imposed on the people
within the past few years by the votes
of both Democrats and Republicans,
which would have been unqualifedly
condemned by the people.
We trust the approaching Legisla-
ture will give the lobbyists to under
stand that it will legislate for the peo-
pie. They will be here in hordes.
They will tackle the members before
they have selected their boarding
houses. They will attempt to direct
the organization of the two houses.
They will presume to dictate the com
position of the committees. They will
annoy the presiding officers. They
will be an ever-present nuisance to the
chairmen of committees. They will
be an Egyptian plague in committee
rooms Let the chosen representatives
of the people, not forget that they are
to enact such laws as will best sub
r the interests Of the people. The
people will, and should, hold them re-
sponsible, and not the lobbyists.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-11-27

market. AS it is, the whole crop is
rushed on the market about the first
Of November, and of course the cotton
spectators and money sharks are
prepared for it and shape the market
accordingly. Let the farmers who
are compelled to trade on credit arrange
to pay at the close of the year. We
have a monopoly of the cotton supply
of the world; we intend to make our
own bagging and tries, and accepting
the lessons so persistently practiced
and forced upon us by other interests,
let US take charge of this crop and
make the most of it. And if we are
wise, we will send it abroad, not in
great bungling bales of raw lint, but
it will first be spun in Southern mills
by Southern women, boys and girls,
and thus contribute to our comfort,
wealth and independence.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-11-27
SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

The old year is going out and the
new year is approaching. The dis
Greet and wise farmer will profit by
his wv and the errors of his fellow
farmers. The mistakes of 1888 should
not be repeated in 1889. The omis-
sions and short comings of the past
should be supplied in the future. And
along this line we are gratifed to note
that many of our most thoughtful
farmers and most progressive ALI.
ances are moving. The attentive
reader of this paper has seen that from
the tobacco and the cotton belts of our
State there is a strong demand for a
reduction of acreage hitherto appro-
priated to these two crops. It was
first heard in our State Alliance, when
the County Alliance Of Craven pre-
sented an ably-written appeal to the
Alliances of our own and other States
w 1SduCC tlS fCl cage III CDbGOl at lehSt
one-third. This subject will doubtless
be brought to the attention Of the
National Alliance in its session next
week.
If a reduction Of acreage in cotton
means an increase of acreage in corn,
peas, wheat, oats, clover, grass,
orchards, o crops and vegetables,
then it means simply an easily wrought
revolution in our system of farming,
which shall bring to us a happy de-
liverance from impending bankruptcy
and ruin. We are rejoiced to learn
through correspondents all over the
State, that more grass and small grain
have been seeded down than for years
past. 1t is an encouraging and hope
full sign. But we desire to urge u
cotton farmers not only to be sure to
plant enough to make their farms,
self-sustaining, but to begin in time to
arrange for exercising more control
of their next years cotton crop. Years
ago, al accounts were due on the first
OF January. 1t should be so now.
This allows the farmer whatever of
advantage he may find, during the
last four months of the year, in the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-11-27
CAPT. s. B.

The agitation of the "Senatorial
Succession +" at this early day, and the
earnest and emphatic advocacy of the
claims of certain gentlemen to that
distinguished position, indicates a very
lively campaign even before the assem-
bling Of the Legislature. The Pro,
GREss1vE FARMER is not surprised to
find prominent among the names thus
honored, that Of Capt. S. B. Alex
ander, of Mecklenburg. 1t is heard in
all circles and on all occasions through
out the State.
1t is gratifying to The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER and to his hosts of friends to
have their high estimate of his many
admirable qualities thus endorsed. 1t
goes far to demonstrate his great
popularity and strength with the peo-
pie, as was SO forcefully and truthfully
indicated in the declaration of Gov.
Fowle in his eloquent speech of
acceptance before the convention when
he said of Capt. Alexander's van
pushed friends: of they had had
ninety days longer time they would
have swept the field as with a new
broom"
There is a growing demand for a
purer and higher type of moral man.
hood among our public officials
sterner integrity of principle-a more
infexible ixedness of character, and
withal a broader and more practical
craftsmanship. The whole life-record
Of Capt. Alexander as a citizen, a
Christian gentleman and wise, fearless,
discreet legislator, is so marked with
these admirable and distinguishing
qualities and characteristics that it
has surely made it's impress upon the
public mind of North Carolina and
stamps him as one of the men who is
to figure conspicuously in the higher
stations of public trust and RESPONSE
bility. And The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
asserts without hesitancy that he will
always prove himself equal to all de-
mands made upon him.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-11-27
THE HOPE OF THE SOUTH.

Under this head, we publish on an
other page, a thoughtful and elaborate
argument from the pen Of one of the
ablest and most progressive men in
the State: based upon the equitable
and just principle that the government
should protect and foster all the great
industries of the country, impartially.
A more serious problem has not en-
gagged the minds of political econom-
lists and statesmen within a century,
than that which is presented by the
anomalous condition Of American agri-
culture, and especially in its relations
to the other great industries of the
country. It is the basic rock upon
upon which rests all else. All the
great industrial enterprises of the
country flourish and prosper as never
before. Yet this greatest Of all is
steadily and surely waning, weaken
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-11-27
HIGH-BRED HORSES IN NORTH
>.~. CAROLINA.

Mr.. John Foley from Union Springs,
N. Y, arrived here on last Saturday
with the following trotting-bred stock
for Capt. B. P. Williamson, of this
city: Nelly Payne, by William Tell,
No. 1892, dam Nelly, record $50.
Nelly Jewett, by Jerome Eddy, record
2.l61, dam Nelly, record $50, by
Green's Hamiltonian (brother of
V%olunteer). Uncas, by Seneca Chief,
son of Rysdick's Hamiltonian, dam by
Billy Patterson, sire of Col. Wood,
record 2.214. Humming Bird, brood
mare by Woods H~amiltonian, in foal
to Kentucky Wilkes, record 2.21 and
three weanling FLIES, all high-bred
trotting stock.
No man in our State is doing so
much to cultivate a taste for fine horses
and to demonstrate the important
truth that high-bred horses can be
raised here Is successfully and as
economically as they can be in Ken
lucky or elsewhere, as Capt. B. P.
Williamson. His stable will soon be
known to the best breeders of this
country as the home of stars of the
turf. Walzace's Monthly contains a
splendidly written article by a gentle
man who had visited Capt. William
sons stable, in which he says:
off the South has many breeders
like Mr.. Williamson, who has the
courage to follow his judgment and
the teaching of past experience, can
ling colts SUCH as he produces will be
sought by Northern breeders and
eagerly bought"
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER is proud
of such men as Capt. Williamson.
They are the bold pioneers of progress
and are the sure support of genuine
prosperity. He now owns forty
mares and colts and three stations, of
the best trotting-bred stock. The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER would suggest
to the lovers of fine stock that when
they visit our city, they can find no
place where they may spend an hour
more pleasantly or proitably, than
with our genial and entertaining friend
and who is never more genial and en-
tertaining than when showing his fine
stock and fine farm to his visitors.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-11-27

~ The indications are that the next
General Assembly of our State will be
composed largely of farmers. The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER proposes to discuss freely
such issues and questions as will most
likely be brought before that body and in
which every farmer in the State is directly
interested. 1t will keep its readers thor
oughly informed on all matters of legisla-
ton affecting their interests and will give
the ayes and noes whenever necessary.
The people shall know who are their
friends and who their enemies. IF O
want to keep up, subscribe now for THE
PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-11-27
T YOUR GAME.

The audacious liberty of loafing
trespassers on the lands of others for
gaming purposes necessitated the en-
actment of a law by which owners of
land could protect themselves and their
game. We think it would subserve
the public interest if all owners of land
would "post it." A decent regard for
the rights of others as well as the die
tates of common ~self-respect and po-
likeness would require that a man
wishing to hunt or fish on the lands Of
another should perform the very light
task Of asking the owners permission.
Suppose the Alliance takes hold of this
matter and asks the co operation Of all
land owners
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-11-27

ing, failing-dying. How shall that
equilibrium, so absolutely essential to
a healthful and uniform growth and
development Of the country, be re-
stored ? Are we suffering from want
Of markets? From want of rams
p~ortation facilities 2 Are we failing
in productive energy and power? Our
increase in population for the past two
decades has been sc per cent, Our
ratio of increase of production to u
ratio of increase of population has
been as two to one, and u ratio of
increase in transportation facilities has
been equal to that of u production.
During that time the ratio of increase
in the production of the great crop of
the South and of the commercial
world-cotton-has been over $50
per cent. This anomalous and en-
barrassing condition of affairs is en-
gaging the serious thought of our best
and ablest minds. 1t is driving the
agriculturists of the country together.
1t has brought into being strong and
powerful organizations. They regard
the situation with apprehension, if not
alarm. They are prosecuting their
Investigations Of the situation with an
energy, earnestness and determination
never before known.
Anxious to encourage whatever may
aid in this investigation, The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER most cheerfully gives
space to the article of our distinguished
friend, and commends it to the perusal
and study Of it's readers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-11-27
ARE WE LAW-ABIDING?

With all our professed 1ence for
law r W. is a people law abiding ?
We have a plain and clear-cut statute
against carrying concealed weapons.
Is it obeyed or respected? We believe
that a law which is defantly set at
naught and is contemptuously disre-
garded by the citizens and is not en-
forced by those charged with its execu-
ton is worse than nc law and we hope
the legislature will either devise meas
ures for the n Increment of this law or
repeal it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-11-27
PRESIDENT-ELECT HARRISON
What Manner of Man He Is.

We publish the subjoined CORE
spondence that our readers may see
what Mr.. Harrison has to say Of his
feeling towards the South, and as in
dicative of the policy that will control
him as the Chief Executive of this
great people. If it shall be found that
he will be governed and guided by
the spirit which pervades this letter,
he will WELD a power over the South,
ern heart and mind, mightier than that
of legions of armed forces.
A Memphis special to the New
York Times says: A few days ago
Col. J.. W. Jefferson, a prominent
business man and planter, who COM
manded a Michigan regiment during
the war, wrote to President elect Har-
rison asking him to indicate, as far as
he might properly do so, the probable
policy Of his administration toward
the South. The following letter was
received, and has been made public:
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Nov. IA, 'S8.
Co.. j. ". Jefferson, Memphis, Tenn:
My DEAR SIR:-Your kind letter Of
November 9th has been received and
l am glad to know that the result Of
the election brought satisfaction to an
army comrade living in the South. |
notice what you say about the situa-
ton there and assure Won that 7 aD-
p~reciate its gravity and have the most
sincere desire to be well informed
both as to men and affairs in. the
South. [ do most sincerely desire to
promote the general good of our
whole people, without reference to
State lines, and | shall be glad to have
the friendly advice and cooperation
of the law-abiding and conservative
people in all the States.
Very truly yours,
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-11-27

Bro. ". Il Hickman, of Old Dock
Alliance says: ave have now thirty
eight members-all wide-awake to ali
the good works of our order. We
feel that we are being drawn closer to-
gether and are hopeful of great results
from our united action"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-11-27

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~ We are compelled to ash u friend
to make their obituary notices not more than
tUenty lines.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-11-27
DON'T DO 1T.

Young farmer, have you never
made a mortgage? Don't do it. Do
you say you can't run your farm with
out it? Then don't run it. Better
hire to some good man for your board
and ten dollars per month. Better
live on bread and water till you get
able to run it. You remember that
neighbor Of yours who gave a mort
gage to a merchant to get the mer-
chant to "run" him. You remember
how the merchant did run him. He
ran him from early dawn on the first
of January, till the night of the 3lst
of December; he ran him off his farm
and his family out of a home. Are
you thinking Of giving a mortgage for
supplies next year? Have you O
suited that loving and devoted wife
about it ? Sit down and take that
darling baby on your knee, and like a
faithful, sensible man, tell her all
about it, and if she be a sensible wo-
man, take her advace. We know what
it will be. You may be one of those
who think Uomen should not be con-
suited in matters of business. But,
dear brother, do you know that thou
sands of fortunes have been wrecked
and thousands of homes have been
sold under the sheriff's hammer in
this Southland, which would have
been saved if these same "poor weak
women had held the purse-strings ?
If you must go in debt, go to your
brethren in the Alliance and secure
them and ask them to get the money
for you, and buy for cash. You can
live comfortably and Independently if
you will raise your own supplies, but
1t wiU ruin you if you have to buy
them, and especially if you buy them
on a credit. Don't do at. 4 naortqaqed
farmer IS a dependent tenant. Work to
maintain your freedom and manhood.
Don't mortgage it away. Don't do at.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-11-27

Bro. W. J. Simpson, of Little
Rock Alliance, Wake county, writes
US that Bro. D. P. Meacham gave
them a very fine speech which they
all feel will do lasting good. He en-
quires about alfalfa, and asks if it
will grow in our State. Some botanists
and grass men claim that alfalfa and
lucerne are one and the same thing.
Our paper has recently contained some
most interesting articles on lucerne
from u own people, showing hat
it can be grown luxuriantly in cur
State. He refers to it as growing in
Florida. We have no doubt it is the
same species that grows to such per-
lection in California, and which is
priced SO highly by that progressive.
people as a forage plant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-09
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
A Sure and Positive Cure for This Com
mon COMPLAINT.


Sufferers from nervous debility complain Of
physical and nervous weakness and exhaus-
ton: there Is prostrauon of the physical
strength a tired feeling with no InclinaC oa for
exertlon, and the power to work Is diminished;
the patient wakes mornings tired and unre-
freahed; there s an extreme nervous and irrl-
table condition, dull, cloudy sensation often
accompanied by dsagreeabla feelings in the
head md eyes; the thoughts wander easily;
there VIII be gradual failing Of strength, with
weakness anu pain IN the back; bad taste III
the mouth mornings, the vision becomes dim,
the memory impa red, and there is frequent
dizziness; often the patient is gloomy and de-
spondent, and the nerves become so weakened
after time that the least excitement or shock
will flush the face, bring tremor or trembling
or palpitatIon of the heart
For these symptoms DR.. Greeae's Nervura
Nerve Tonic, the great strengthening and in
vigorating remedy, is sure and positive cure.
Under the use of this wonderful restorative,
which IS pU ely vegetable and therefore harm
less, the dull eyes re gain their brilliancv, the
pale look and hollow cheeks show renewed
health and vitality, the weak and exhausted
feelings give place to strength and vigor the
brain becomes clear, the nerves strong and
steady, the gloom and depress ION are lifted
from the mind and perfect aud permanent
health Is restored 1t is IN absoiu e and GER
tain spec fic for nervous debility. Young men
with Weakened nerves and exhausted vitality
can REGAIN their strength by its use. 1t re-
oeOl CO toeF eIe' Sy adt NV y oIdteo tI6 "Eth-
ened vital powers in oil and young. No one
need despair of cure. Use DR.. Graene's
Nervura Nerve Tonic and an absolutely GER
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Druggists keep 1t Price 81 per bottle. Be
sure and get DR. Greenes Nervura Nerve
Tonic; take no other, for this remedy has
no equal. If your drugg st does not rave it,
he Il get it for you DR.. Greene, 81 West
14th ST., New York, the great specialist in cur
ing nervous and chronic diseases, caa be con-
suited by letter free. Write him about your
case
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-09
THE PATCHWORK SPREAD.
BY EMILY J. LANGLEY.

The mother had cleared the dinner away.
Her busy hands were free.
The boyish swarm was tir d and warm;
The rnotheT-a thought thought she
tsThey're tired of their toys, my dear little boy:
Ill have sewing bee
At her call came Willie and Walter
With sweetly earnest air
The sunshine. bright from the world OF light
Cleaned in their golden hair,
And fragrant showers from spicy hJIers
Stole in to greet them there.
She fitted them each to thimble,
(Such tiny hands TO sewD
Through the needles head she drew the t2read:
cTwas forty years agol
And she showed the way most patiently
To draw it to and fro
Carefully take each stitch, she said,
Even a. even can be.
This way, that way, in and out, they
Counted lose, two three"
The BABY, bound by the droning sound,
Fell asleep on her knee.
Together she basted the pieces,
The somber and the gay,
From closet and press, from baby's dress,
Yellow and green and grey.
Ard the mother smiled az her boys beguiled;
Fer they thought twas only play.
Lovingly over the pretty work
Their litcle fingers flew.
With stitches strong, though crooked ana long,
Twas done befo rhey kaeW
And with pride they told of their baby bold
Who made one So Iare Of blue.
Twas forty years ago you know,
Where can the children be?
The precious spre now coYeLs my Del,
For WilIi3 married me.
And Walter small is large and tall,
And he has babies three.
The other? Alb, he went to God
While yet the quilt WAS new.
There's not one thread of the patchwork spraa
So tenderly we view,
rs the baby's square IL the corner there,
That little square Of blue.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-09

Evcla body has heard OF q horse laugh" BIT
ever seen IA equine IiiteI with the
l.pnct OF s. eechE Such an au.Ialai would be
ru.., uictd Il miracle: but 50 would The telegraph
ana tie Telephone i EunCrea years ago. Mh{.
even very recently a cure for consumption would
nave Esen iookeL upon as miraculous, but now
,,eople aie beSI.uiug to realize that the disease
is not nlcuI&uie. Or. PIerce'S Golden Medical
discovery viii cure it, if taken in time. ihs
world renowned remedy viii not make new lungs,
it Will restore diseased ones to healthy state
when all other means have failed. Thousands
can gratefully testify to this. All druggists.
A young German officer, rather new. to his
work, was drilling a squad of raw recruits, and
gave the word of command: Lift the right leg!''
Que of the soldiers by mistake raised his left le,
50 that it joined closely to the right leg of his
neighbor ''Donnerwaterl' exclaimed the Off
Ger, what jackanapes has lifted both his legsl"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-09
TIE RAILROADS.

The Atchisen bridge over the Missouri
river at Sibley was completed Monday,
and trains are now running over 1t.
Work on the structure began April s,
1887.
| j. A. Monroe, general freight agent of
the Union Pacific at Omaha, is inclined
favorably toward the double track sys-
tenn. He was married on the 18th of last
month to Miss Baker, one of Kansas
City's fairest.