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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02

WEEKLY ST. PAUL GLOBE.
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02
INCORRECT AND MISLEADING.

The Sanford Enpress says: "The
State Farmers Alliance will meet in
Fayetteville next month, and the
Chronicle announces that Capt. Alexan-
der will retire from the Presidency Of
this organization, not being willing to
serve longer" 80 "a E.
The announcement that Capt. Alex
ander retires from the Presidency of
the Alliance because he is unwilling
to serve longer, we believe t o,'be IN
warranted and unauthorizedsh and
places him in a false position. Capt.
Alexander retires from the Presidency
because his term Of Office expires by
virtue of constitutional limitation.
Art. II, Sec. l, of the State Constitu-
ton, says: "The President shall con
tinue in Office not longer than two
years in succession" Having served
two years at the next annual meeting,
Capt. Alexander will retire and his
successor will be chosen.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02
REPRESENTATION IN THE
STATE ALLIANCE

THE Constitution, Art. l, Sec. 2,
l. says that each county containing
1000 members or less, is entitled to
n delegate in the State Alliance and
n additional delegate for every. !, 900
members over 1000.
Art. Is, Sec. l, says: Each mem
Der of the State Alliance shall re-
ceive $3.50 per day, including going
to and coming from the State ALI
ance, and four cents mileage each
way, distance to be computed by the
nearest travelled route
Application will be made for re-
duced rates on ali railroads and also
at hotels and boarding houses in
Fayetteville for delegates and visiting
members.
County Secretaries wsU please forward
to this office Immediately on the adjourn
ment Of their County Alliance, the name
and poStofice address of the delegate
chosen to the State Alliance, that 4Oe mag
send them Instructions as to rntes and to
enable as to make up a correct list for the
State Alliance.
1t would be well to elect an alter
nate, so that, if the delegate, for any
reason, shall be unable to attend, the
county will be represented.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02
LET THE ALLIANCE BE TRUE
n TO ITSELF.

THE Alliance cannot be too eau
i tious in selecting it's officers and
representatives. Let the first and
paramount question be: Is he hue-is
he loyal-is he thoroughly imbued with
a IoUe for Our order and ats principles 2
Has he the courage of his CONNECTIONS ?
A man may be fluent and brilliant in
debate, skilled in parliamentary law,
of great energy and working capacity,
and yet be sadly wanting in the more
important virtues, of moral courage,
discreet judgment and unselfsh de-
votion to principle. The Alliance has
entered the crucial era of it's exist
ence, in which it will confront no
greater perils than those to be found
in its own ranks. Washington said:
"Put no one on guard but Ameri-
cans" Let the Alliance put no one
on guard but those who are true ALI
ance men to the very core.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02
QUESTIONS ABOUT GRASSES.

eDRO. w. ]. FULF0RD, ofFCool
d Spring, Iredell county, writes us
an interesting letter and asks the fol
lowing questions:
/. What is the best method of pre-
pairing a woods plat for grass and
what the best varieties to SOW ?sc y
2. Would the Introduction of Der.
muda grass as a summer pasture for
stock be profitable? '..4 l.
3. What crop is best to follow the
English pea? :
4. What is the best top dresser for
orchard and other grasses, and when
the time to apply?
Answer. To prepare land GOV
cred with trees, SO as to get a good
and permanent sod, you must make
up your mind to spend labor and
money. The land should be cleared
Of stumps, under-brush, stones, &c,
and plowed time and again and har-
rowed, until the soil is thoroughly
pulverized. Well rotted and we'll pull
verified stable manure should be
evenly distributed and plowed in.
The work should begin now, and the
ground seeded from first of Septem
tember to. October 18th. If it is de-
sired that the grass shall grow close
up to the body of the tree, a grub
hoe should be used between the roots
and manure applied. A good mix
ture for this purpose is orchard grass,
red top, white clover and tall meadow
oat grass. Do not forget, in manur-
ing, that a large proportion will be
appropriated by the trees, and due
allowance should be made for it.
2. Bermuda grass, in the cotton
sections of the South, is regarded as
a great pest. 1t is very tenacious of
life and is very difficult to destroy,
but for summer pasturage it has no
superior, if an equal, in all the family
of grasses. All stock, and especially
sheep, are exceedingly fond of it! The
more you pasture it, the more it seems
to thrive and spread. 1t is a preser-
yer and renovator of soils, and is said
to possess superior nutritive qualities.
If you desire to make a stock farm,
you should plant Bermuda grass; but
remember, that like your orchard,
when you plant it, you are putting
it there for your children. It is the
popular idea that this grass does not
produce seed in our climate, but it's
rapid spread in many places car be
accounted for on nc other theory.
3. German millet, which natures
at sixty to sixty-fve days, and is of
luxuriant growth, would be a paying
crop. Cut it when it begins to bloom,
not later for feed.
4. Well rotted and thoroughly pull
verified stable manure is par erceUeace,
the manur for top dressing grasses.
1t is the only form of manure known
to science which contains all the es-
sential element ..of a complete manure
Apply in September and February
literally. See that it is thoroughly
pulverized, SO that it may be evenly
and equally distributed to all the plants.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02
ARR TRACY'S APPOINT
MENTS.

pRO. Harry Tracy, National Lee
ID turer of the Farmers Alliance,
will speak at the times and places
named below. His time is limited.
He cannot give more than one day to
a o -ty. All who read this notice
will render a public service by adver-
Using it as largely as possible.
He is n of the original Alliance
men of the country. His time and
labor and heart and brain are thor
oughly devoted to the success of our
cause When you hear him you will
not wonder at his great popularity as
a Lecturer.
Every officer and member of the
Alliance, every laboring man Of what.
ever vocation and especially those who
are opposed to the Alliance, should
hear him. He will give you many
things to think about. He will
strengthen the weak, encourage the
wavering, convince the doubling and
confirm the faithful.
He cordially aevites the ladies to com,
out and hear him.
Remember that he will deliver /
p~6Ec lecture, TO a0htch everybody IS IN
| 0ated, at IL o'clock a. m. and q prtvat
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02
HARRY TRACY.

THE brethren all along the track
i of Bro. Tracy, are writing for
him to be sent back to them. They
are delighted with his pungent points,
his solid argument, his sound sense
and his Jealous devotion to our cause.
Words of enthusiastic praise follow
his footsteps. Brethren, would it
not add to the interest of the occasion
and secure larger crowds, if all hands
agree to go and take their families
and their baskets =? Bro. Tracy is
foad of the ladies, the children and
the baskets. Try it and you will be
delighted.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02

under the supervision of skilled and
trained teachers in every department
They are taught how to use all KINDS
of farm implements and machinery
They are taught chemistry, English
mathematics and the lower branches
of learning. They are paid for extra
work on the farm. They are taught
how to work and not to be ashamed
of it. We were particularly impressed
with the subjects of the addresses OF
the sophomore, junior and senior
classes. but not more so than with the
absorbing interest with which they
were received by the large and very
intelligent audience. The subjects
discussed by the SOPHOMORE CLASS
were: Our National Resources; Les
redeza, or Japan Clover; Flows and
Flowing; Peach Culture; A Greater
Number of Educated Farmers Needed;
A Sure Crop Regardless OF Dry
or Hot Weather; Horticulture as a
Study and as a Profession; Farmer s
BOYS and their Relation to the farm.
JUNIOR CLASS: American Manhood;
Do Agricultural Colleges Pay?
Furman's Farming; The Industrial
Worthless of the World; The Benefits
of Cooperation; The Value of Litera-
ture to Industrial Life; Chemistry as a
Factor in our Civilization. SENIOR
CLASS: "Peace Hath her Victories"
Experiment Stations and their Rela-
ton to the Farmer, The Possibilities
of the South; Wasted Energies; The
Progress of Horticulture in Mississlp-
pi; The savings of Science.
A very fine horticultural display
was made and was greatly enjoyed by
the visitors. A contest between vari-
Gus models o hay presses was had on
the grounds under the charge of com
petent judges.
Already the college has supplied
professors to agricultural colleges in
Texas, Washington, West Virginia,
Kentucky, Arkansas, Georgia and
other States, at salaries ranging from
$500 to $2,25O, and many of these
were very poor boys, while many
others r employed at good salaries
as stockmen, nurserymen, hortlcUl-
~turists, &c. Under a law of the
State, the Experiment Station founded
by the Hatch Fund, is connected with
the College, and which General Lee
regards as of inestimable value to the
institution.
Our visit confirmed us in the belief
that practical, industrial education for
the masses of our people, is among
our greatest needs, and that it can be
obtained. We were also impressed
with the absolute Importance of hav-
ing sensible, practical men to conduct
schools of this character, and we are
fully prepared to endorse largely the
timely Suggestions of our correspond
ent, on this subject, as found on oar
first page.
We had the pleasure of meeting
many of the active friends Of Industrial
education, prominent among whom
we may mention Senator George and
Governor Stone, both of whom are
faithful members of the most excel
lent Board of Trustees. With such a
College, under the charge of such a
Board of Trustees, and conducted by
such a President and faculty, the Mis-
sissippi farmers are indeed fortunate.
We shall ever cherish, among our
most pleasant recollections, our visit
to the Agricultural College of Missis-
sippi, the generous greeting of her
people and the cordial kindness and
elegant hospitality of General Lee and
his refined and most estimable family.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02

AAASCNS VI CAO OO~GS @AAAANA~S1
-l,847 Alliances in North Caro-
lima.
"A brother writes us from Bland
Alliance, No. 872, but failed to give
any name. Of course his communica-
ton fails to appear.
There will be a meeting of the
Border Alliance in Danville, Va, on
the first Monday August. President
Wilson makes an earnest call for a
full attendance.
County Secretaries will please
make their reports to the State Secre-
tary at the earliest practicable mo-
ment. Send the name and postofice
address of the delegate to the State
Alliance at once.
jackson County Alliance was
organized June 22d, by Bro. W. L..
Fortune, with Hon. E. D. Davis,
President, and A. M. Parker, Secre-
tary. There are Is Sub-Alliances in
the county and over 600 members.
Secretary G. J. Pool, of Jackson
Springs Alliance, No. 365, of Moore
county, informs us of the death of an
esteemed sister of that lodge, Mrs.
Addie J. Pool, which occurred on the
9Th day of June. She was in the 26th
year of her age.
Resolutions p%urporting to come
from an Alliance without signature
or seal, of course, fail to get into our
paper. We regret that brethren
through thoughtlessness, SO often
place us in this unpleasant and en-
barrassing position.
IT. G. Richardson, Deputy Organ
izer for Henry county, Virginia, writes
for sample copies Of The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER, and says the work is pro
crossing well in his county. They
have eleven Sub-Alliances, with the
prospect of several more.
At a called meeting of the Cum.
berland County Alliance on June 18th
the action of the Birmingham Con
ference was endorsed and a resolution
adopted looking to the establishment
of a cooperative canning factory in
the town of Fayetteville.
Bro. E. N. Clark, Scotland Neck,
writes us a most interesting and en-
thusiastic letter in regard to Bro:
Tracy and his speech at Halifax, ano
which we wish we could publish IN
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02

Brother Foote, of the Warren
ton Gazette, has a ringing editorial in
his paper of last week, in which he
expresses the wish that he could join
the Alliance, if only to aid in our
righteous resistance of trusts and
combines. But he wisely says that
even those who are ineligible can
greatly aid US, and he proposes to be
a volunteer and enlists for the war.
We gladly and cordially welcome all
patriotic men in our efforts to rescue
the country from the impending peril
and especially those like brother
Foote, who control the press. If the
press of the land would speak with
united voice, it would strike terror to
the hearts of the conspirators who are
plotting with deep design, the over
throw of our liberties and the enslave-
ment of our people.
The continued heavy rains in
this section have greatly retarded
farm work, and have greatly damaged
the lands and especially the crops on
the bottoms. Wheat and oats in the
shock must be damaged soon, if the
weather remains so very warm, and
our farmers should give this matter
their constant attention. Meantime,
they should prepare to reap the splen-
did harvest of hay, which our luxu-
RANT grasses will afford. Enlarge
your barns and shelters and fill them
with sweet, well-cured hay, for your
stock in the winter months. Begin
now to arrange for having more clover
and grass next year. Begin now to
arrange for cutting down your acre
age in cotton and tobacco and corn
and for increasing it in clover and the
grasses.
y It is stated that the large manu-
factnrers of queensware and china in
the United States, including those of
New Jersey, West Virginia and Ohio,
r endeavoring to form a pool or
trust, though the plant is not fully ma
tured.-BaHsmore San. And thus
day by day, the coils of the monster
are Tightening, and the evidences are
multiplying that spectators, con
~spirators and gamblers in the sweat
and toll of the wealth-producers of
the country, are determined to reap
their harvest Of gold at whatever cost
to the people. The old law of supply
and demand" in trade, is annulled
and competition is wiped out and the
people are left to the mercy of mo-
nopoly. The remedy is at the ballot
box 1t will require patriotic for
bearance and heroic courage on the
part of the people to meet the issue.
Will they be equal to the emergency?
Every day it is delayed, the robbers
grow stronger and more bold. Will
the people see their danger and will
they meet it? Momentous question.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02
NOTES.

~ We are in receipt of an open
letter to the people of North Carolina
from Mr.. J. T. Patrick, Commissioner
of the Inter State immigration Bureau,
Raleigh, n. c., in the interest of i'm
migration and of a permanent indus
trial display of our products, to be
kept IN this city. We gladly give
space to the letter in this issue.
"a friend in writing us says:
"Please answer the question: Why is
agriculture in such a depressed con-
dition 2" Our good friend asks the
question which to-day is uppermost in
the minds Of 5000, 900 of farmers in
this country and which has engaged
the most earnest thought of the best
minds among them. We believe we
might answer it in these words: Be-
cause the farmers haze been grossly um-
mindful Of their oa0n interests.
The people of Asheboro and of
the county Of Randolph will celebrate
e completion of the High Point,
Randleman, Asheboro and Southern
Railroad at Asheboro on the 4th day
of July, 1889. There will be suitable
ceremonies, civic and military, includ:
ing speeches by the Governor and
other distinguished speakers from all
parts of the State. We are indebted
to the committee and to Mr.. G. S.
Bradshaw for a very kind invitation
to be present.
~ There is a law in Illinois requir-
ing all trust companies to deposit
$500, 900 in securities with the State
auditor, and to make an annual
statement before accepting trusts in
the State. The local trust companies
are moving to compel the New York
trust companies to obey this law,
claiming that until they do so they
cannot forclose a mortgage. The first
step is to be taken against the Mer-
chantile Trust Company, the agent of
the Gas Trust.
It has been claimed by the
friends of the LIE Conte pear, that n
of It's great merits, was it's exemption
from blight. But we learned from
Col. A. T. Mcintyre, of Townsville,
Ca, whom we had the pleasure of
meeting on our recent trip, that the
orchards in that vicinity were greatly
injured and seriously threatened by
the disease this spring. A peculiar
feature about it is, that it attacks no
tree under four years of age. We
notice the prevalence of the disease
in this locality, many fine trees OF
different varieties having been greatly
damaged and some entirely destroyed.
At a meeting Of the Board of
Directors of the Insane Asylum last
week, charges of a very serious char
acter were preferred by DR.. Rogers,
Assistant Physician, and Mr.. Thomp-
son, Steward, against DR.. Eugene
Grissom, the Superintendent. The
charges in brief were for gross i'm
morality, cruel treatment of inmates
and misrepresentation of public prop
erty. The trial was made public and
the prosecutors and the defendant
were represented by able counsel
Witnesses we're introduced and the
investigation was conducted with in
creasing interest until Friday morn
ing, when the Board adjourned &c
Wednesday morning next, when the
case will be lest md. It excites great
interest in Raleigh and throughout
the State.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02

Will our friends in other States do
us the kindness to send us the names
and p~ostofice addresses of those whom
they think, would like to see a copy of
our paper? Give US a list on a postal
card.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02

- Our friends in writing to any OF
our advertisers, will favor US by mention
ing the fact that they saw the advertise
nent in The PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02
A NOMINATION FOR THE PRESI-
DENCY OF THE STATE
ALLIANCE.

TNHE NeaOs and Observer, in a half
Il column editorial, very kindly
presents its candidate to succeed Capt.
Alexander as President of the State
Alliance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02

lecture to the Alliance at 2:3O o'clock
p. m. at the places and dates given
below. Brethren, give Bro. Tracy<a
roussng reception, and he will do4you
all good.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02

Brother, have you thought how it
would strengthen our hands and your
organ, if every reader would send us
only one subscriber? Can't you do
this much?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02

Do you want your communication pub
lished2 If so, give us your real name
and your postofice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02

Do you want your paper changed to
another Office? State the one at which
you have been getting it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02

~ The date on your label tells you
when your time is out.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02

The Progressive Farmer is the
Official Organ of the N. c. Farmers
Association and N. g. State Farmers
Alliance, and the Virginia State Farm
ers' Alliance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02
ALLIANCE NOTES.

ALWAYS give the name and number of
your Alliance, your postof6ce and your
county, plainly, when you write to the
President, Secretary, Trustee, Business
Agent or Chairman of Executive Com
mittee of the State Alliance.]
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02

By order Of the Executive Committee,
L. L. Polk,
e. Sec'y State Alliance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02

This paper entered as second class matter at the tOst
Office In Raleigh, ". CJ
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RALEIGH, N. c., JULY 2, 1889.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-22

The Feeling Between the German and
Russian Emperors.
copyrighted, 1889, by the New York Associated
Press.l
BERLIN, September 2lst.-The Eieler
Zeitung announces that the Russian yachts
DergaVa and Czarina, and the ironclad
General Admiral, conveying the Gar, are
timed TO reach Kiel on the morning of the
9th inst.
If Bismarck's plans are effected, instead
of short and unCeremoniouS visit, the
Car will be treated to a number of court
banquets and diplomatic dinner.
The absence of De Giers, the Russian
Foreign Minister, indicates that the Gar is
determined to refuse Prince Bismark po-
litical conference.
All the Russian papers agree to the eX-
ceptionally friendly treatment of the
Czarowitz during his visit to Germany and
the courtesies offered the Czsr do not effect
the relations between the two countries.
The Cars personal feelings toward the
Emperor have recently been excited by
the incident arising from his comforting
thd order of st. Stanislaus on the Bulgarian
Gruef, who kidnapped Prince Alexander
of Battenberg and who now is a Russian
pensioner.
The Emperor at the military dinner in
the course of conversation expressed won
der that a decoration should have been
given to traitorous soldier. Three Prus-
sian officers who wore decorations of the
Order of St. Stanislaus heard the Emperor's s
words. They forthwith returned the insig-
MIA to st. Petersburg, with a collectively
signed protest, stating that they could not
wear the badge of an order that had been
given TO mutineer.
The Cars evaporation was so intense
4 l. a Al L
loft, the Russian ambassador here, the
punishment of the officers.
The Emperor placed them under arrest
for unauthorized correspondence with a
foreign Government, but after two days he
ordered their release.
The maneuyers at Hanover terminated
to-day. The Post publishes report on the
maneuvers, which in its conclusion advo-
Yates the necessity of smokeless powder
henceforth for both artillery and infantry
The corps using the smokeless powder get
within 200 yards of the enemy without the
latter being able to determine the distance
The latter were often taken on the flank
and were unable to guess whence the fire
came.
If it had been a real battle they would
have been annihilated.
The war Office is preparing to supply
smokeless powder to all the troops, includ-
ing the second class landwehr. The latest
perfected smokeless powder leaves no sign
after firing by the infantry and only
slight gray mist alter the firing OF the ar
tillery.
The constant squabble between Edwards,
the United States Consul at Berlin, and the
merchants has resulted in a formal COM
plant being sent to the Foreign Office by
the merchants society regarding the Con-
sulates delay of business and uncivil treat
ment.
A complaint has already been referred to
Herbert Bismarck, who is indisposed to in
terfere on the ground that the matter is of
too little importance. Consul Edwards, it
is said, has the approval of Secretary
Blaine in the general line of his conduct.