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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-28
COT ION AGAINST JUTE BAG
GING.
Read and Digest.

w. II. Lawson, a delegate to the
late Alliance Convention at Biming.
ham, and Chairman of the Committee
on Tare5 appointed by said Conven.
ton, makes the following statement
In regard to cotton hagging:
The late Convention at Birming-
ham. Ala, composed of representatives
of the Alliance, Wheel and Union
embracing the cotton growing States,
adopted cotton bagging as a perma-
nent covering for cotton, and ap-
pointed q committee on tare consisting
Of w. Fl. Lawson, Esq, of Alabama,
t. A. Clayton, Esq, OF Louisiana, and
Colonel Z. F. Livingston, of Georgia,
to confer with the cotton exchanges,
buyers and manufactures, to secure
reduction of tare on cotton covered
with cotton bagging. There has not
been any meeting of the committee
and the figures and statements here
made are my own, and the committee
is not responsible for them, and may
not endorse them. [ make the follow
ing table showing the cost to the pro-
ducer of cotton and jute bagging:
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FROM THE OLD DOMINION.
RED BANK, VA, May 8, '89

RED BANK, VA, May 3, 80.
Col. L. L. PoLK.-Dear tSSr::-As
see so little in your esteemed paper
from our State, and especially from
our county, and thinking the brethren
and sisters of our sister State would
like to hear something from us, [
thought would write you. Wewere
organized on the 18th of December,
1888, with sixteen members and now
number IS male and female. Bro. J.
P. Ragland, President of Hyco ALI
ance, was with us to-day, and at our
suggestion we agreed to send delegates
to Hyco Alliance next Saturday to
arrange for fertilizers. I think our
members are determined not to use
any guano unless it can be purchased
through the Alliance. I am sorry
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-28
LET THE ALLIANCE MANUFAC-
TURE ITS OWN FERTIL-
IZER.
DURHAM, May 10, 1889.


1t has been long time since any.
thing appeared in your paper from
our lodge, but we are still living and
progressing as rapidly perhaps as we
should. Our membership is far ahead
of what it was six months ago. No
discord and strife ever arises among
our band Outsiders are working
against us but our lecturer is fully cap
able of meeting every objection of
fered against us to the full satisfac-
tion of all our members. Our lodge
it certainly blessed with one of the
best lecturers in the State. He is a
man in whom the people have conf
dence, man Of pure motives, true
blue Alliance man, pure Christian
gentleman. We have purchased our
fertilizers at same price as of last
year. I, for one, think it all hum
bug about chemicals being higher
than heretofore. | have heard
enough to fully convince me that this
plea is well understood between the
manufacturers and his agents. Right
here | will say let us commence at
once to establish fertilizer company
of our own. $1.OO from every male
member of the Alliance in the State,
will raise funds sufficient to establish
one of the largest fertilizer companies
IN the State then we will know when
chemicals are high and when they are
low. will vouch for $l.oO per mem
Der from our lodge. Let this be done
by all means.
Our warehouse and factory is sue
cess. We would like for all who can
to visit our factory and see it's ar
rangements workings let it not be sur
passed by any factory in the State.
Drs. White and Dalby know how
make money count. Through their
hard work and skillful management
we are to-day manufacturing a brand
of smoking tobacco { Farmers Deight)
unsurpassed by any in the known
world; and those who doubt it will be
convinced if they try one package.
Ye Alliance men smoke none other
than the Farmers Delight" You
can buy it of DR.. Dalby, who will be
sure to treat you right.
L have question to ask that is
puzzle to some of us, and then [ will
close: In two of our leading tobacco
markets we have Alliance warehouses
which are literally patronized in each
OF these towns. There are three or
four other warehouses; the order of
sale is rotary. Often it is the case
that all these houses are full to their
utmost capacity, thus making it neces-
sary to hurry sales to get through.
Why Is it, that whenever this is the
case, and it so happens that the Alli-
ance house gets the last sale, all,
or at least some Of the other houses,
seem to have a plenty of time, no
hurry, whatever, just so the house be-
fore the Alliance house gets through |
it is all right :? It certainly has the |
appearance of evil, and as large per
cent. of our farmers are beeoning
1isgusted with such proceedings. More
anon. TABB's CREEK.
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SOME GOOD POINTS.
FAIR PROMISE ALLIANCE, No. 43T,
Chatham Co., March Is, '89.

Chatham Co., March Is, 49,
Mr.. EDITORIALS you have neYar
had anything from our lodge, I wiz,
by request of my Alliance, write yea
a short letter for The PRoGRsssIyG
FARMER.
Our Alliance is situated on Hickory
Mountain, embracing the most fc-tilR
lands of Chatham county. Our prEE-
~cipal crop is cotton, but I tong to seq
the day when the farmers of this, AZ,
well as other parts of the State, VIII
plantless cotton and RAISE more gyasx
and stock
Show me community that raiscB
cotton and neglects grain, and I WIZ
show you people who are struggling
under mortgages and other difieztL
ties
Our people have got into such .
habit of buying guano that they think
they cannot make cotton without 4
Yes, bound to have guano." at
would not pay without it, "Et
wouldn't open before frost"
Well, let us see where the psF
comes in.
Say one acre would produce I, 0oe
pounds seed cotton, without anything
give ST for sack of gusno, and one
year with another it wouldn't make
more than LOO pounds, or 100
pounds more than if you had not used
it. You have hauled the g1ano, pua
it the row, picked out 100 pounds of
cotton, hauled it to market, all for the
guano company.
If you had been making your OWN
manure at home while you were doing
this, you could have crammed the
profit down into your own jeans. ].
for one, am not going to buy dust
of guano. L have made own manure
and yesterday. while it was raining
I made me basket to use in putting
ii into the drill. l might have hired
a negro to have made it, but by doing
it myself saved that much. Money
saved is money made" mention
this as hint to the wise.
Let us stacb together and buy nob-
ing that we can possibly do without
1 think l see the day dawning when
the poor monopoly ridden, trust-ridden
and mortgage-ridden farmer viii be
on more equal footing with the NOV
ing forces of the world
We have cooperative store estab-
lished at Siler City, which has done
wonderful in the way of cheapeping
goods. The other merchants try -
undersel us, in order to break az
down, but we must know no such
word as faiz
Our Alliance numbers about IT.
We still keep receiving them. We
have dismissed several by dimix
Amongst the number were our be-
loved brother, R. E. Webster, and
family, who have moved to Wake
county, near Apex.
We not only miss him as PresE
dent of our lodge, but we miss hi1as ,
as a neighbor and a citizen. Our loss :
IS your gain.
l can only say to the citizens OF
Wake and community in which Bro
Webster has settled, that he was loved
md honored by all who knew him. az
IN upright, honorable, Christian gen
leman, capable of doing any service
which you may see fit to demand o
lim. | will close for my letter II
lready too long.
w. v. CHEEK, Sec'y
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-28
AS WELL TRY TO LIVE WITH.
OUT EATING.
DEEP RIVER ALLIANCE, No. 526
Gulf, N. c.. Nav Is, 80.


Mr.. EDIToR:-A few lines this a. m.
in regard to the Alliance, crops, &c.
Well, No. 526 is still in existance, but
some times I fear it has disease that
will kill it; it is negligenee-a want of
confidence in the brethren, or some
thing of the kind, for we can't get
them to attend regular. Now am
quite young adviser, but, brethren,
let me tell you, that it is just as much
impossible for you to be a successful
Alliance member without attending
regular as it is to live without eating.
You cannot be good and true ALI
ance man without being prompt to
attend, and if you do not take The
PRoGPEssIvE FARMER next fall, if YOU
don't watch you will be two years be
hind instead of one. But let the
officers attend any way, for it is more
essential that they attend regular than
the other members. We have sixty
odd members on our roll, and the ma
jority of them are good men; if we
could just get them all together, we
could help roll the stone away that
draws the farmer back so much.
Now, brethren, let US attend our
Meeting every time; don't miss a
single time, and take my word for it
We will move on faster. We are not
at all afraid but what we will conquer
tie enemy, but the more we have the
easier the fight will be and the sooner
We will gain the victory Remember
that our election comes off in June;
let US elect officers that do attend
regular, and my opinion is that the
lecturer ought to be solid man and
one that practices what he breaches.
Now for few words in regard to
the wheat and oat crop: 1t certainly
bis fine; very nearly as good as it was in
1883. We will fatten up when we
can quit eating soap stone and get
some good peas to eat. The outlook
for a good corn and cotton crop is
discouraging; there is very poor
stand of corn; scarcely one half of
stand. Cotton is coming up very
slow, as the ground is so hard and dry.
Owing to the complete failure in the
pea crop last year, it is hard to get
seed to plant. l think we will have
all kinds of fruit in abundance, but
think from the present outlook the
most Of us will have to eat it without
sugar, as it is advancing in price very
rapidly.
! The last but not the least is the
State Business Agency Fund. Why
is it that don't all contribute more
literally and willingly to it; is 1t for
Fhe lack of confidence? Yes, I an.
swer, it is. The great hindrance to it
IS the same little thing that pulls the
Alliance-or rather holds it-back. Tt
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-28

You must understand that there can
be no successful life that has reference
to self alone. No man can live to
himself; he is to live for others or for
the good of others. If you wo"ld
make your mark, start at once; aim
high out aim true. Press forward
and success shall be yours. am,
Yours fraternally,
E M. GUPToN,
Sec'y Sandy Greek Alliance.
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Comparison between the above
tables shows that the use of cotton bag
ging will net the producer over
1%fbs jute bagging , 1870. per bale.
2fbs &c ..... 24Mc.
21Itbs &c &c ..52s4c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-28

214rbs &c t' ..........-.52a4c. &c
In addition to the above there is an
other reason way cotton bagging
should be used. It will take 40, 900, 900
yards to cover 100000 bales, and it
will require 100, 900 bales to manufac-
ture the bagging, and the conversion
of 100, 900 bales into cotton bagging
would enhance the price of cotton at
least ! of a cent. per pound, being
equal to $l.25 per bale Add this to
the amounts in the table above and it
will save to the producer by the use
of cotton bagging 81 25 to $l.75 per
bale.
1t seems to me the practical solution
of this question is to take the actual
tare from the cotton in the market
where it is first sold. And if this is
done it will force every producer of
cotton to use cotton bagging. Ger
tainly, it is better to take the tare off
here under our supervision than have
if done in Liverpool I respectfully
ask the press of the entire country to
publish this.
w. H LAWSON.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-28

Advice is like castor oil, easy enough
to give, but hard enough to take.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-12
CATHOLIC CONGRESS.
Twelve Hundred Delegates Present at the
Opening.
Independence OF tho Holy See" Wig
orously Advocated.

BALTIMORE, Nov II.
Twelve hundred delegates to the trst Con-
gress of Catholic lay men of the I nited States
were called to order shortly before on to-
day by Hon. w. J. O'Nahsn of Chicago.
Every seat in the hall was filled and the
galleries crowded with spectators.
Archbishop Ireland briefly invoked the
Divine blessing
In few spirited remarks introducing ex-
Governor Carroll as temporary chairman.
Mr.. O'Nahsn mentioned the name of Pope
Leo. Instantly there was hand clapping
and cheers all over the hall, soon growing
into tumult Of enthusiasm.
O'Naban's suggestions that he hoped not
far distant to see an international congress
of lay Catholics also met with hearty appro-
baton.
Ex Gov. Carroll on taking his chair was
warmly applauded. He said at may be
the question will be asked. by what authority
is this congress held, and under what law
does it assemble?" In reply to this We
would suggest, by the sanction of His Emf
nence, Cardinal Archbishop of Baltimore
and distinguished prelates who now surround
us, and by virtue of the authority of the
Constitution of the United States.
He said this congress, so suspiciously be-
gun, will be but the forerunner of Others yet
to come. and that the Catholics of the United
States will look to these congresses with
pride and satisfaction.
The following cablegram from Rome was
read -
HIS Eminenee, Cardinal GiJbons, Bahi
more
Having made known 10 the Holy Father
the expressions of devotion conveyed to him
on the part of the Catholic congress to be
held in Baltimore, His Holiness graciously
bids me say he most affectiona,ely imparts
his blessing to all the members.
(Signed.) NJ. CARDISAL RANroLLA.
Regular work of the Catholic Congress
began by reading of paper. 'Catholie Con-
gresses," by Historian, John Culinary Shea'
New York. Shea's infrmitss prevented his
reading being heard by delegate $, and no dis
cussion of the paper was possible. The
next paper was by Major Henry F. Brown.
| son, Detroit, on Lay Action in the Church" "
Charles j. Bonaparte eloquently discussed
THE Independence of the Holy See" me-
csssity for which he enthusiastically upheld.
The Congress then adjourned until to-
morrow.
A reception was given tonight to the visiting
prelates and other distinguished persons in
Concordia Hall Ex-COngressman Rob
erts of Maryland made the address of
welcome and Archbishop Elder spoke in
response.
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CHEMICALS EXPLODE,
Wreckine The Lover Part Of a
Chemical Mandatory,
And Killing the Senior 1embsr Of ths
Firm and Three Others.
They Were Emptyins the Deadly Pow
der nom . Flask when the Mystsri-
Gus Explosion Occurred.

PHiLApELPHiA, Nov. IL.
large bottle of flash powder had beei
standing on the shelf in the chemical manu-
featuring establishment of Wyiie & Wallace
l2S North Seventh ST., for long time. an,
Joseph Wylie member of the firm deter
mined to get rid of it on account of its dan
gerous nature. He took the bottle TO a sink
in the rear of the basement, calling TO his
assistance Charles Rhinedollar, chemist
and Rudolph Lippmsn, employees, and pro
ceeded to pour the stuff down the sink.
Rhinedollar held the hose and played water
on the compound which ran from the bottle
while Lippman assisted Wylie. VIM. kidd
another employe stood by and watched the
proceedings.
How the explosion occurred will never be
known. The report shock houses in the
neigs borhood. Wylie, Lippman and Rhine
dollar were instantly killed. Their bodies
were dashed against the walls of the base
ment and literally torn to pieces. Kidd was
frishifuily hurt aud cannot live. A, Moi
fet, engineer, was very badly injured.
Thomas Haslsm, bookkeeper, was slightly
hurt. Thirteen girls employed on upper
hoors became panic stricken and attempted
TO jump from the windows but were finally
removed safely.
The building and stock were badly dam
aged, all windows and bottles smashed, lower
floors torn up and the walls damaged.
Wylie was IS years old and lived in Ger
mantown He sas senior member of the
firm and leaves widow and several children.
Rhine dollar was 30 years old and unmarried
Lippmsn was 10 and Kidd 81 The explosion
was indirectly due to suit brought against
the firm by the father of John d. Cruice.
the sixteen yesr-old boy who lost his lite
about year ago by the explosion of flask
of powder. The case was up for tris! today
and was postponed. Wylie on his return
from court declared that he would get rid of
the powder then in the cellar.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-12

LONDON, Nov. IL.
Dispatches received at the foreign office
from Zanzibar confirm the report Of the
massacre of DIR. Peters and party by natives
near Korkors, East Africa.
Sir Samuel Baker, the greatest living
authority upon African exploration, who con-
Quered the equatorial provinces for the
Khedive and governed them for years, has
no doubt Of the gallant Germans fate, and
today INDUCES IN Rrievous lamentations over
the fact that darkness Is ooce more settling
down upon Central Africa lie asks
Has it occurred to the British public that
We are hopelessly and irretrievsbly beaten 7
that all that has been achieved by English
men since 1861 in Nile discovery Is simply
the gain of geographical kno~ ledger We
are beaten by those who represent the slave
trade, and We are turned out igDominiously
from territories which Englishmen had
gained for Egypt The steamers launched
alters such labor On Albert Lake. after being
transported from the building yard, are left
in the possession OF the bsrbarians, and
all that Engl,shmen have achieved 10 lost and
gone forever We are turred out, and the
Arab slave hunters will wave their blood
stained flags over our abandoned station,
shouting victory The slave trade will bs
rampant. IroHi tht evuhof W hhhItoum'
England may hide her face in sorrowful dis
may, the result Of her disastrous policy In
the abandonment Of the Soudsn."
Sir Samuel hints that the best way TO re-
| claim Africa from the man hunters would
be to send Stanley to the Soudan with abso-
lutte powers. But ~ such heroic policy 10
out OF the question now. the work 10 likely
to be done by the great English and German
trading corporations which are gradually
acquiring virtually sovereign rights over vast
| tracts Of the Dark Continent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-12
THAT IRON BOX.
Burke Begged The Tinsmith Not
to Open Ii.
How Beess Postered the Idea that The
Doctor Had Fled.
He Said We OF the Inner Circle Know
He Said We OF the Inner Circle Know
What We are Talking About

CHICAGO, Nov. | /
! fn the Cronin case this morning, Henry
| Buckholz. saloon keeper, testified that he
knew Joha kapze, who boarded at his place
from April IA up to the time of his arrest
while at his place Kunze was known u.
John Kaiser.
john T. Duan, plumber. testified that in
the early part of April kuDze and Coughlln
| were in Csmeron's saloon on Lincoln avenue
| kunze called the stiffness up and Inti oiueed
Coughlin as good friend of his. adding
that Conghin would do ANYTHING for him
| (kunze) that be could.
Gus klsre, timer, testified that on Mon-
day moruigg after the murder Burke came
to bis shop 10 get galvanized iron box
soldered Witness continued
We got 10 talking about the case here, as
I read it in the paper Sunday morning, and
he said DIR. Croain WAS a British spy aud
ought to be killed
Before you 4ol1eresl the box did you 10
anything 10 the lidl"
Yes, sir. | had TO scrape it because there
was sand on it =
''Bef re you seraped it, did You do any
thing while Burke was there?'
No sir. cried to cut the cord and he
wouldn't have that"
"Wha, did he say when you we're going to
cut the cord?'
''fle showed my arm 10 one side and said ::
For Gods sake don't cut IT,. told him
had to cut 1t to make job and he said do
it any way, il don't make any difference
what kind of job it is
Joseph Obeyrne. senior guardian of a
camp of the Clan Ia Gael, was recalled
He said that on uesday following Cronin's
disappearance he and Maurice Morris met
John +. Beges. II asked Beggs what we
were going to do with reference to the dis
appearance of Cronin and told him | thought
it time he should call the council together
10 see if We could not do something, and he
said he thought the doctor would turn up all
right; that there was plenty Of time 20 do
the work Morris made some reply that he
thought Cronin was ad, and Beggs said to
him that he did not know what he was talk
ing about. Tie did not belong to the inner
circle, but we knew what we were talking
about
Who did he refer to as wef
That is Il matter | cant understand.
Dennis Ward came up at the time, stated he
thought the fellow would come out all right,
that he had run away with some woman
Mrs Conklin identified the clothes found
in the sewer those worn by CroDin the
night he left her house for the last time.
Also identified other articles as having been
tason by Cronin on that occasion. The
court adjourned till tomorrow.
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NEWS NUGGETS.
Fresh and Readable - Home aud
Abroad.

The circus elephant Empress, was sold
at auction in Philadelphia, Thursday. She
brought Sl700.
The French army officers are now all
armed with revolvers. During the war of
1870 they had none.
The most interesting exhibition in Europe
next year will be the Loan Exhibition of
Tapestry at the Austrian Museum.
An Allentown, Pa, tailor has invented a
shoulder protector" to prevent the DO WIDER
on the girls faces from soiling the young
mems coats.
There are $50 G. A. X. posts in the dept of
New York, and if all unite it will be an easy
matter to erect monument to the memory
of General Grant.
Mrs. Cleveland's wedding present to Mrs.
Bayard was 4 beautiful Pompeiian vase. All
the other families Of the late Cleveland cab
met sent gifts to the bride.
The choice Of Pierre as the capital OF
South Dakota has given the town a wonder
full boom. Men bought lots for 800 and q
week later sold them for $1,000.
grocer in Jersey City has been com
planned of to the County Board Of Health for
selling .unburned potatoes. The complain.
ant alleged that such potatoes are poisonous.
The enemies of West Virginia Justice
Of the Peace, recently appointed, are circu-
lating the story that the magistrate signs his
name without using single capital letter.
TIE incense used in Roman Catholic
churches is made from thick fragrant resins
obtained from certain trees in South Ameri-
ca. the Levant, and elsewhere, by cutting
the bark
According to what the doctors cay the out
ward symptoms Of dyspepsia and broken
heart are 90 much alike that it rs difficult dis
tinguishing between them. Hygeia and Hy-
men seem to employ the came tactics 10 dis
netgrating those whom they would destroy.
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NOVEMBER II. 1889.

Mrs.. Pope vas born in wiscasset, Maine
and some forty yesrs ago vas . resident o
this city. Her age vAs So years.
The billiard and pool sables owned b,
Mr.. John II. Lord. have been undergoing
repairs af the hands Of J. Z. Brigss, ths
Boston manufacturer. They sere returned
Saturday, greatly improved in appearapcs
and utility.
The prospective essablishing Of . sigma
station in Aususta, would be even more Of Z
boon to the household furnace stoker thar
the daily weather forecasts The agitation
concerning the proposed station leads q
gentleman Of this city to remark that foi
years he has regulated the drafts and shovel.
fuls of coal BY the prophesied billiards OF
warm vaves which have appeared in the
Journal.
Hop Lung, the Hallovell Chinese laundry
mans Chinese successor, vas . remarkable
novelty in that he was almost the first Heather
Chinee in the laundry who ever sported .
pair of 'siders." The present laudryman
has the usual sleek face
The social dances that occur each SAtur-
dao evening in City Hall are receiving more
or less cFiticism from some sources. Satur-
day evening night Watchmsn Lord quelled
. fist fight in Perley Lane, and later in the
evening incarcer.ted one Of the cutters in
the charity hotel. He cannot but be gladly
upheld by the citizens in his thus securing
the public peace.