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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-28
FARM PRESIDE A L

Look after the farm implements
during these rainy days. Don't wait
until that fine morning which will
soon be here, when you will want to
commence blowing, to find that a
point or rod or clevis is missing, that
you have no plow-lines or plow-harness
with which to begin work. No farmer
who is able to have it can afford to be
without a blacksmith shop where he
a. do at least his repairing; it saves
time and money. What about the
ashes that came from your fire places
and tobacco barns? Have you ne
elected to utilize them by composing
them with leaves, rich earth, and
vegetable matter? And are you de-
pending or buying fertilizers and ex-
pect to make money? You should
have a pen built lOxl4 feet of poles
about five inches in diameter, at some
point convenient to your ashes, and
keep a bountiful supply of woods
scrapings by it. Put in a layer of this
IA inches deep at the bottom cover
with one inch of ashes-alternate these
layers until your pen is full or eight
feet high, and you will have a f~ertili-
ger worth ton for ton as much as the
most of commercial fertilizers. Have
you marked out the policy for gov
erning your general crop-system this
year? Does it. embrace a supply
of meat and. bread for next year? If
not, you had better spend a day or
two next week in revising your plans.
For you have a plan fixed up by which
you will be the loser. Have you
selected a merchant to "run" you
this year ? If SO, he will be apt to do
it, and look, out, or he may run you
out of house and home and run you
almost to death before you get rid Of
him. If you would have good rich
butter and plenty of milk at this sea-
son and sleek mules and horses and
fat pigs, you must feed them on North
Carolina corn and hay-that which
grows on your own land is the very
best for them, indeed we have often
noticed that u stock in the South do
not seem to thrive~.on Western hay
and corn. 1t "sticks out" on them
as far as you can. see them. Sow a
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-28
REFORM POLITICAL METHODS.

A political campaign will soon be
upon us, and we wish to say a word
in the interest of decency and on be-
half of the dignity and moral charac-
ter of our people. We do not believe
that public morality has SO degene-
rated that it is necessary to the success
of a candidate or of a party, that the
opposing candidate or party should be
villified, abused, maligned and SLAM
dered. Especially is it repugnant to
common decency, as we'll as to a sense
of common justice, to prowl around
the back yards and gather up the rags
and filth Of generations past, with
which to blacken the character Of a
candidate. We have too much per-
sonality in latter-day politics. Per
sonal abuse and blackguardism is not
argument, and it says little for a man
who aspires to honorable position, and
little for the respect he has for the
good sense and moral culture Of those
whom he hopes to influence, when
he can rise no higher in the presenta-
ton of his claims and the claims of his
party, than the plane on which he
would find his equal, if not superior,
in the champion of a brothel or some
black den of infamy. Let the press
and the good men of all parties dis
c~ountenance, discourage and disown
this disgusting habit among u poll
~ticians, and select a high, moral type
of manhood to fill public positions.
And in this good year Of our Lord
is a most convenient opportunity to
begin this healthful work.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-28

Union, jenkins Cross Roads, Salem
and Union county Alliance, in Union,
by w. A. AUSTIN; Long Street, FL
wood and Bnie, in Cumberland, by j.
%. A. Kelly; Concordia and Millbridge,
in Rowan, and Prospect, in Iredell, by
J. A. Wilson; Whites Gross Roads
and Chalk Level, in Durham, by |. S.
Barbee; Red Hill and Central, in Bla-
den, by John T. Owen; Matthews, in
Mecklenburg, by N. H. G. Elliott;
Denver and Machphela, in Lincoln and
Shawnee, and Mountain Creek, in Ca
tawba, by J. Springs Davidson; Stan
ly Creek, in CASTOR, by Rufus M.
Johnston; Boyce, in Durham, by W.
G. L. Allen; E~llisville, in Cumberland,
by J. @. Blocker.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-28
NOTICE TO

Col. G.. B. Pickett, National Lecturer and State
organizer OF the National Farmers Alliance, will
ADDRESS the farmers and the officers and members
OF Alliances at the following times and places
Newton, .Catawba County, Tuesday, March 9Th.
9TH. -.
Salisbury, Rowan County, Thursday, March 9Th.
Lexington, Davidson County, Friday, March 9th.
Trinity College, Randolph County, Saturday,
Kernersville, Forsyth County, Monday, March
Winston, Forsyth County, Tuesday, March 18th.
Oregon, Rockingham County, Wednesday, March
18th.
It is important that eUery officer and eUery member
so. L. l.. POLK,
Secretary State Alliance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-28
ALLIANCE NOTES.

Members Of the Alliance, e0hen wratang
to us, q05U greatly fvor as q! they waU
aza0ays ga:ve the No. of their Alliance.
We have given the sirM and serenM
pages Of u paper to the exclusive
use of the Alliance. Use them,
brethren. For all official orders, rul-
ings, notices, &C., the brethren will
examine these pages.
We have placed on file a ringing
letter from that sterling gentleman
and loyal Alliance man, Bro. N. Glib
bon, of Derita Alliance, No. l47, and
good communications from a number
of others which will appear next week.
There are men ever ready to criti-
c1ze everything and to object to every
thing and to impute improper and
sinister motives to all who disagree
with them. Some of these have been
cackling around the Alliance, but we
trust that the brethren have prudence
enough not to waste time in contro-
versy with them. Let us move straight
to the front, discharging our duty
faithfully to ourselves and to our
country.
From all points the most cheering
intelligence comes as to the progress
of our order. There seems to be a
general and genuine revival all along
the lines. In nearly every county
men are coming into the order by
tens and scores who have held off and
in many instances have been opposing
the movement. AS a rule, wherever
u organizers go, they enlist the very
best men in the community. The in
telligent, successful business farmers
are coming to the front and are lead
ing with zeal and enthusiasm.
Our Alliance brethren, so far as we
have been informed, have made salts
factory arrangement for the purchase
of their supplies and generally with
their local merchants. This is in &C.
cordance with the spirit of the ALI
ance-all things equal, our home folks
should have the preference. In the
matter Of guano alone, the saving al
ready to the members of the Alliance
in our State. would pay all the expense
of keeping up the order for twenty
five years to come. Let us be pru-
dent, faithful and progressive and the
day is not distant when we will have
a trade system established by which
our members will be greatly benefited.
We have recorded the organization
of the following Alliances since our
last issue: Friar, in Columbus and
Bladen county. Alliance in Bladen,
by Thos. G.. Hall; Hebron, in Neck
lenburg, by E.W. Lyles; Mt. Prospect,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-28
THE FARMER IN POLITICS.

Our recent articles on this subject
have elected kindly comment from
several of our contemporaries. The
wide-awake and levef-headed Tobacco
Plant says, " it IS proper to discuss this
subject in an agricultural paper" Bro.
Burkhead is a forceful, vigorous, bold
writer, and never leaves the reader in
doubt as to his position on any ques-
ton he discusses.
In his comment on our article, he
uses this plain language, which we
commend to the careful consideration
of the honest, handwriting farmers
Of the State
"'Politics is defined to be the
science of government We must
have government. We cannot live as
a State, as a nation, without govern
ment. We cannot grow and become
great and powerful, and command re-
spect, without good government. If
the most honest farmers, most pious
church members, most correct and up
right merchants, &C., stay away from
elections and conventions, then the
convention will be managed by dishon-
est farmers, the unconscientious church
member, the careless merchant and the
reckless, time-serving demagogue.
Isn't that so? We have got in the
habit of having a government. We
have become used to electing officers
and rulers. Elections happen every
two years in North Carolina. If hon
est men, Christian men, wise men stay
at home, and bad officers, Goddess
rulers, are elected, who are to
blame 2"
On the same subject, our esteemed
friend, the Nee0berm Journal, puts it in
his usual terse and plain style, thus:
"The intelligent farmer will take
an interest in meetings that are called
to act upon matters affecting his inter-
est and will not give them over to
wire workers and schemers. But the
GTOuOlo is, one or TWO OF JneSe WIRE
workers, trained in the business, can
take the control of a meeting right
out of the hands Of a dozen farmers,
right before their eyes, and before
they hardly know what is going on.
1t is not lack of intelligence on the
part of the farmers, but lack of knowl-
edge in the art of trickery and parlia-
mentary tactics"
True, every word of it, and the
PROGRESSIVE FARMER, representing the
best and highest interests of the farm
ers of the State, will do all in it's
power to infuse into their minds a Just
conception of their rights, and to
arouse them to the imperative duty of
attending to those rights. We do not
advise farmers to go into politics"
but We do advise them and urge them
TO go into meetings and conventions
and legislatures, and everywhere else
%wheretheir money goes, and look after
their interests.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-28
For THE Progressive FARMER.

PERNELL, Wake Co., Feb. %, '88.
MR.. ED1ToR:-You ask the question,
pour paper of February 9th: "Shall
we have a Farmers Trust 2" We
need one; We want one; and we must
have one. The farmers, so far as l
can learn, want one, and will be ready
to go into it this fall. I want to hear
from all brother farmers on this sub
Ject. Yours respectfully,
,.'' 81 A SUBSCRIBER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-28
PLEASE NOTICE.

In writing to this Office to change the
address Of a paper, our subscribers will do
us a favor by stating the Office at which
the paper is received, as well as the one
to which it is desired to be sent. Failure
to do this puts US to a great deal of trouble
and the necessity of going through a long
list Of names, involving not only much
work, but much loss of time, when time
is valuable.
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SUBSCRIBERS, READ THIS.

Is there a Cross Mark on the margin of
your paper? We adopt this as the simp-
lest and easiest method of informing our
patrons that their terms of subscription
have expired, and that the paper will be
stopped if we do not hear from you.
So if you see the Cross Mark, let US hear
from you.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-28
ERROR IN OUR WORKING Bull
LETIN.

1 call attention of all Subordinate and
County Secretaries to an error in our
Working Bulletin. The latter part of
paragraph l3, on page 7, reads: "County
Alliances report sema-anmuoUy, &C., and
it should read "quarterly, by the first Fri
day of January, April, July and October"
See Sec. 8, Art. 2, of our State Constitu-
ton. L. L. Polk,
Sec'y State Alliance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-28
RALEIGH, N. c., FEB. %, 1888.

[ Ihis paper entered as secOnd7I0ss matter at the Post
Office in Raleigh, ". CT
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-28

The Progressive Farmer is the
Official Organ of the N. G. Farmers
Association and N. G. State Farmers
Alliance.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-18
San Angelo.
Special 70 the Gazette.

Special 70 the Gazette.
SAN ANGELO, TEX, May 17.-William
S. Week offers to give free 200 square feet
in the business center Of this city to any
person who will erect and operate first.
class hotel thereon. An enterprise OF
this nature would be literally patronized
both by local and transient customers.
The hotels here are entirely unable to &C
commodate the influx of immigrants to
San Angelo, and 40 capital could De bet
ter invested.
At NEE ting of the Commissioners
court yesterday . heavy reduction was
made on the taxes Of Tom Green county
under tine recent change. The taxes on
property in this immediate precinct will
be fully 80 per cent. less than last year,
having been reduced to about CO cents on
the 500, and in the county precincts q
still greater reduction was made.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-18

have any objections they are that 1t does
not cut deep enough. I have cor idence
in the wisdom and patriotism OF those
who framed it, and 1t shall have my
hearty support.
Having thus, In general way, an
nouuced my position on this important
measure, viii IS .ll other Represents
|tives musD account TO my people for its
correctness,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-18
A5iudged Insans,

Special to the Gazette.
BRYAN, TEX, May 17.-Aifred Moss,
young msn about eighteen years OF age,
whose father lives about ten or twelve
miles west of Bryan in this Brazos county
was adjudged insane here to day and will
be SEM 10 the lunatic asylum In few
dapa5
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-18

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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-18

Many forms Generous debility in men
yield to the use dfScarter's Little Liver
Pills. Valuable M nervous weakness,
might swests. Try 1em.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-18
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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-18

1 here pause to inquire of those who
oppose this bill: Do the almost constant
and increasing labor uprisings mean moth
Ing? Have this class, generally obedient
to the law, no just cause Of complaint
Do combinations of laborers and farmers
mean nothing2 Have they become exact
ing and uni ust in their demands? I think
not. and further, that the increasing mo-
mentum of their power must arrest at
tention.
Why do many of our people favor the
purchase By the government OF tsle-
graph lines? The answer must be
tat this enterprise has grown
to be such q huge monopoly that
no other means is left to curb or limit
its power. While believe that such
purchase would be undemocratic. yet II
there Is no other remedy left, and 1t
should sppear that such purchase would
result in equalizing burdens and be Of
benefit to the people, I should favor 1t,
even though it might be paternal and
tend to enrich the government at the
expense Of the people-and ought not be
done so long as it could be avoided. Yet,
if It hiss grown SO powerful that 1t can
break down all competition and can hold
monopoly, and the people are compelled
to bow to its dictates, then If it can be
reasonably shown that such condition
now exists or may exist should favor the
purchase or building Of telegraph lines by
the government.
mention this because protective
tariff must 60 down with the moncpliae II
has,crested.
fully and unequivocally irdorse 4e
Presidents message. 1t demonstrate
the wisdom Of the people in placing hiI
! in this high position. Is
indorse the substantial featured O
this bill. Possibly slight amendxeee
might be advantageously made, but If ]
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-08-02
SIlOS AND ENSiLAGE.
What Experience Has Taught a Progress.
i've Ohio Farmer.

i've Ohio armer
For the benefit of your readers who
propose building silos allow me to
state the method of building and the
cause OF a partial failure In pre-
serving the ensilage. During the
years of 1886 and 1887 the drouth and
hot weather were so great that the
pastures and meadows were almost
destroyed in some portions of this
county. My stock consisted of about
80 head. on a farm of 100 acres. With
pastures and meadows almost ruined l
began to investigate the best method
of building silos. After visiting sew
eral and gaining all the information
that could be obtained of the owners
and builders Of silRs, | commenced by
digging a ditch 2! feet wide and about
2 feet deep, and filling it with cobble
stones. On these cObble stones the
foundation wall was built with good
sandstone. An excavation was made
from l. to 2 feet for the bottom of the
silo, and over it cobble stones were
pounded and covered with a good coat
Of Portland cement. The studding
was 2xl2 inches, well-braced, placed
feet apart, covered tight
with barn boards and paper over them,
and then sided with the best of siding.
Two coats of paint completed the out
side. The inside of the silo was
lathed, braced, plastered and cemented.
] had three in number l2x16 feet and
IS feet high, making a capacity for
nearly 200 tons Of ensilage. The silo
was built in connection with a stable,
under the same roof and a portion of
the building.
A few days after the silo was filled
and covered a bullying could be plainly
seem. 1t increased until the siding was
over two inches out Of a straight line.
The pressure inside the silos was 40
great that the cemented walls gave
way. letting in more or less air on the
ensilage, which rendered a portion OF
it unfit for use, and it will require
quite an outlay in perfecting the silos
season. Had the studding been
2xl6 inches and is to 20 inches apart /
think the silo would have stood the
test, and not have been damaged.
Moral: Never trust too much TO the
builder, or to those who advocate a
cheaply- built silo. My cattle are fed
on ensilage once daily, and during the
winter the analyses Of the milk or
butter have not shown any deleterious
change from the feeding.--Cor. Ohio
< .fH.ur.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-08-02

-Four mon played cricket-single
wicket. One was named Rum. one
was Dunn, one was Wunn and one was
Num-. Rum went in first, got one
run, got run out and SO was
none, then Num- got ouo and n,,nn got
done; but Wunn got three and won.
If Rum had I'll faster he would have
got two runs, and Dunn might have
got one, too, yet these two would then
have got as many as Wunn. If Wunn
had not run, Rum might have won,
but when Num- had done, Dunn got
none and so Wunn won.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-08-02

My son, don't jump at conclusions
when you see a man going to the bank
with his head in the air and the ends
of two twenty dollar bills ostentatious-
ly sticking out between the leaves OF
his handbook. He may not be going
to deposit five thousand dollars in
twenties. He may be going to take up
a n~inety-day note that is so close to a
protest that the recording angel is lis
tening to hear the notary swear.-Bmr-
d.tte.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-08-02


January "a 1884.
have been using BRANDRETH's PILLS for
the last ten years. They are q wonderful
medicine. There is nothing equal to them
as Blood Purifiers and Liver Regulators.
But / wish to state how remarkably they
cure rheumatism, and how easily; l was
affected by rheumatism Of the legs. My
business Wholesale fish dealer) naturally
leads me to damp places. was so bad I
could not walk, and at night l suffered fear.
fully; l tried Balsams, S~arsaparillas and
all kinds Of %tinctures, but they did me no
good and l was afraid of being q cripple. l
finally commenced using BRANDRErH's
PILLS. l took two every night for ten
nights, then I began to improve. l con-
tinued taking them for forty days and got
entirely well. Now, whenever sick, l take
BRANDRETH's PILLS. They never fail.
J. N. HARRIS.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-08-02
SHORT SPECIALS.

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ton WIN tropical garden ana the iarges'
concert nan and ART gallery IN inc world
THE Indians at the Genoa Indian School
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-08-02
CHIVALRY.

Sweet Mary Page, III" village belle,
While s~trolling on the rivers bank.
into the rapid current fell,
And, in the usual manner, sank.
A thousand times or more IN dreams,
Ifor that gentle [lCI had died;
And but for those appalling screams.
To do It then ! NIGHT have tried.
Twas not from want II sympathy,
For | can well and truly say,
That | was very GLAD rr ser
Young Roger Reckless ONE that way;
Who with q most uugraccIul ding
I'm far from awkward, u, you know
Amid the boillng flood ll spring,
Like arrow from d rrnIcd bow.
Exactly so should l have uone,
Had II been I this thing 10 DO.
And 81 I'm sure would any enc,
AS even now, for ~instauc", YOU.
He seized her round her slender waist
And rudcly, too, 1t might be said.
Still, though il argued want OF taste,
We can not all be gently bred.
He struggled hard though not q jot
OF science was there III his stroke.
And, though I say {, who should not;
twas ! who last Tire record brooks.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-08-02

AT one Of the recent public school
examinations, among the questions
asked was: with what crime was
Lord Bacon charged?" To which the
hopeful youth responded as if by in
spiration: with writing Shake
spcare's plays Philadelphia North
american.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-08-02

No MANS life, whether as to happiness
or usefulness, ever consisted in "the
abundance Of the things which no pos
sesseth" So Christ taught in the days of
His flesh, and experience confirms the truth
Of the teaching. To be at peace with God
and to do good in ones day and generation
Is much better than merely to be rich
N. 7. INDEPENDENT.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-08-02

Don't balk your good impulses, particular
~ that one which incites you to abandon
f~ruitless medication for dyspepsia, kidney
trouble, fever and ague n constipation,
and adopt instead Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters, which supplements the important Gre
Dental of a long and successful career, with
the commentator of the medical profession.
Give 1t a systematic trial.