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A Reception for minister lincoln.

LONDON, May 17.-Preparations are
making to receive Mr.. RobertT. Lincoln.
the new American minister to England.
Consul Russell, of Liverpool, will meet
Minister Lincoln in a special tug on the
Mersey river. A number of prominent
Americans viii accompany the consul.
Mr.. Lincoln viii be taken ashore by his
friends and a reception and banquet will
follow.
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Inv Abl.Iing strII.arn.

BERLIN, May 17.-Hundreds Of the
striking miners at Essen have been
sworn in as special police at their own
request in order to keep their fellow
workmen from rioting, and thus spoil
ing their hopes of the mine owners con-
cession. Many of the miners at Dart
mund resumed work without opposition
from the strikers. The owners are now
treating with the men, and the strike
will probably soon be settled.
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KILLED bv Failing IRON.

HAGEgsTowN, Nd, May. 17.-Sylveste
Cable, a young man residing at Toledo,
O., and IN the employ Of the Toledo
Bridge company was killedat SchIosser's
bridge across the Antietam near Keedys-
vile. Workmen were engaged IN build
ing new bridge and a heavy piece of
IRON fell upon him lnfIicting injuries
from which he died in few minutes.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 1.-THE mon
ument to the Confederate dead was un-
yelled in Mount Olivet cemetery i'm the
presence Of a vast assembIage. Sur
yivors of the war were present in large
numbers from all over the state. The
w. @. p. BRECKENRIDGE. Of Kentuckv.
The daughters of Col B. H. Cheatham.
of Tennessee unveiled the monument.
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass, May 1.-THE
ship Horafion has arrived from a whal-
ing voyage of forty -tlaree months on the
Chill ground, bringing home 800 bar
reis Of sperm oil. During the voyage
she sent home ii, 1876 barrels of sperm
oil. I24 barrels of whale oil, and 1900
pounds Of whale bone.
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4 BoodIer Gets Six year.

HoBoKEN, n. j., May William
G. Mansell, ex-assisfant city clerk Of this
city, who forged and sold fourteen city
improvement certihcates, was sentenced
by Judge Lippinc0tf to term Of six
years and six months hard labor in
state prison
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PITTsrURG May 17.-At the c0nven-
ton Of the Pattern Makers League Of
North America, in session in this city,
resolutions were adopted endorsing the
eight hour question. 1t was agreed to
hereafter abolish all piece work. This
decision has been embodied in the
leagues constitution and will 20 into
effect as soon as subordiate lodges en-
dorse the measure.
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WASHINGTON, May II. The Hon.
Samuel j. Randall took advantage of the
expressed himself as feeling well, and
his appearance corroborates his assertion.
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bishops Elected by the United brethren.

York, Pa, May 1.-THE United
Brethren conference elected the Rev. J..
w. Holt, bishop for the Pacific coast,
and reelected Bishops Weaver, Castle,
Kephart and Dickson. The minority
convention elected Rev. G. j. Hecker,
bishop for the Pacific coast, and Rev.
Milton Wright. II. 7. Barnaby and Hal
lick Floyd, bishops for the other dis
fricfe
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trenton OH cloth work. burned.

TRENTON, May 17.-The Trenton Oil
Cloth works were partially destroyed By
fire Yesterday. The works were the
largest of the kind in the east. The
main Luilding alone was saved. The
loss is $4,000. partially covered by in
Evening capital., 1889-05-17

NEW HAVEN, May 17.-William French
and Joseph Neffe, of Ansonia, two ex-
perienced sailors, will sail from New
York next week in twenty-five foot
catboat for the West Indies.
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bog Tax and pittsburr streets.

HARRISBURG, May 17.-The governor
has signed the following bills: House
1856, repeating an act relating to streets
and sewers in Pittsburg; house bill for
the taxation of dogs and protection Of
sheep.
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WHAT DuPLIN SAYS.

Resolutions passed by the Duplin
County Alliance at it's regular meet
ing, April 9TH, 1885,
: WHEREAS The power of the public
press in moulding public opinion, and
its value as a means of communication
between the. masses is we'll known;
and, whereas, The PRoGREsslvE
FARMER, the organ Of the Alliance in
this State, by its bold advocacy Of our
principles, and furnishing as itrdoes
the most ready means for communica-
ton among our members, recommends
itself to the hearty support and pat.
!ronage of our order.
RESOLVED, That the Duplin County
Alliance recommends to the Sub-Alli.
ances of the county to bring it's claims
before their members, and to use
every means to increase it's circulation
among our members.
Resolved, That a copy of these res
o%lutions be sent to The PRoGREssIvE
FARMER.
J. B. Oliver,
Sec'y Duplin Co. Alliance.
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Wa- get rid of them the better for the
cause, One traitor in the, camp is
more to be dreaded than q score Of 3
open foes - ...
The Wake County Alliance In
stitute will hold its next session In the
court house in Raleigh on Friday, 10th
May, at 10 o'clock; a. m. An" inter
estine programme intended to instruct
farmers, IN the home work will'be dis
cussed by practical speakers. All per-
sons interested in advancing the inter
est of the, farmers are cordially invited
to cooperate with u.s.. Gov. -Fowle
is expected to speak for. US, on that &C.
casion. 1t is earnestly hoped the farm
ers Of Wake coGinhty will take interest
in the Institutes -~~
We commend to the careful
attention Of our readers the courte-
Gus and frank statement of Hon.
Theo. F. Davidson, Attorney-Gen General,
made in response to a communication
and an editorial In last weeks Pro
aREssIvE EARMER, relating to a certain
railroad law. He says he has ;"no
information, official or unofficial" as
to whether the law has been evaded.
He states that representations were
made to him, in 1887, that certain
railroad companies were evading the
law and he procured the passage of a
bill or resolution through the lower
house of the Legislature empowering
him as Attorney-G General to 7fbrlng
suits-that it went before the Judi
ciary Committee of the Senate, was
reported favorably and went on the
calendar, "but what became of it
afterwards I never learned" Can't
&c double K " or some one find out and
report to us the fate of that measure :?
H7doubtless "was placed at the bottom
of the calendar" or was "spirited
away" like many other good bills
have been. The Attorney. General is
charitable enough to ascribe the fail
ure to enforce the law to the " strong
desire and expectation that a Railroad
Commission would be formed at every
session of the Legislature for the last
six or eight years" If Senators lie
Grand, Payne, Turner, Pou, Williams
and others failed to show the absolute
necessity for a Railroad Commission,
the history of the act of l87l-'72, as
outlined by the Attorney General,
should be conclusive proof that North
Carolina should have a Railroad Com
mission. Has that law been a dead
letter, and if so, who is to blame ? The
taxpayers should be informed.
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~THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS,

"HE sure dollars are made by the
accumulation of pennies. Drops
make the ocean. Grains of sand
make the mountain. The day for big
undertakings and big things with the
Southern farmer has passed. The day,
when to be rich and influential, he
must needs have broad acres and
scores of slaves, is gone forever. The
farmer who owns a thousand;or more
acres of land is to be pitied almost as
much as the n who neglects the i'm
portant detail of the farm that he may
get rich by making cotton: If the
Alliance fulflls its high and noble
mission, the farmer of the near future
in the South will devote more time to.
the details of the farm than he did
formerly. He will watch the foreign
producer, the demands of the foreign
and home markets and so regulate his
plans as to- meet them. He will study
the conditions of trade ID all their
bearings. He will tear himself loose
from the blind policy of raising GER
tain crops or of running in certain
channels simply because his father did
it. He must realize that to succeed
he must be master of a technical
and general knowledge of his bust
ness. "Slip-shod" farming will not do.
Brains. must be employed on the farm
as in any other business. Economy,
method, forethought, industry, intel
igence and sound judgment, are ele-
ments just as essential to successful
farming as they are to successful mer-
chandizing: Let the Alliance teach
it's members. that they must not de-
spise the day of small things. g.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

We mailed important matter for
the. Alliances last week to each Suhor-
dinate and County Secretary in the
State 5;,.s 81, 80. 80
-; The County Secretaries are
sending in their quarterly'reports with
commendable promptness. 2%We~thanK
you; brethren. ~ = *oaa
We~are receiving reports from
nearly all Of the counties in .respontce
to,the important questions propounded
by this paper three weeks ago, and
wilt publish them as fast as we can.
They are very encouraging, .. ~
Hon. Al. B. johnson, Vice. resi-.
dent of the n. F. A. & G. U.irof A..
Will eahFass the States of Ohio and
Indiana in the interest of our order.
National organizers are being sent to
various Northern and Northwestern.
States. 1r% AK, "a
Already we are asked by a sub
scFlber if we will not send the National
Eononaits, for 70 cents. We cannot
do SO, The clubbing rates of thiS, paper
with tbs. -Economtst is S1.75 for. both
PAPERS for one year, cash in advance,
0SFly to ne'Q subscribers or those renS,Oiing.
1.-THE Fayetteville Observer contains,
by actual count, thirteen hundred ADDER
~tsseDueats of Shertff's sales Of property in
Cumberland county for taxes. This
teAsa sad, sad story. And yet there
n those who oppose the organization
of the; farmers, while others regard
their! efforts to better the financial
condition of our people with indifer.
ences And strange as it may seem,
there are others who claim that. the
country, as a whole, is progressing!
\ We occasionally find communi
cations in political papers purportine
to come from members of the Alliance
which are intended to damare anc
weaken our order. If the author,
have ever been Initiated into orr order
they should be given their s.twalkint
papers" 1t is unfortunately true tina
we have many in the order who are M
Alliance men at heart, and the soone
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IMPORTANT FROM THE STATE
ALLIANCE TRUSTEE"

NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE
ALLIANCE BUSINESS AGENCY FUND.
MAcHPELAH, N. c., April s, '89.
10 Secretaries of Subordinate Alliances:
Those who have not responded to
circular, No. l, are requested to do so
Immediately. Forward cash on hand
with subscription by the Alliance of
$500 or $1,000 as suggested by a
brother in The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
if agreeable-then take the subscrip-
ton of each brother, noting in your
minute book the amount leach. one
subscribes and the date it viii be paid.
Forward me the cash and the total
amount subscribed and date when to
be paid. Do not send the names until
you send the cash to pay the subscrip-
ton. Please attend to this at your
next meeting and let me hear from
you. F~raternally,
w. A. GRAHAM, Trustee.
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U

WHEREAS, The numerous petition,
and resolutions of the Farmers An;
ance and citizens of the State for .
Railroad Commission was unbeadoS
by the Senate of North Carolina atita
recent session; and whereas, the Same
body defeated a simple and inexnan'
sive bill for obtaining information
which would have enabled the pnhIia
to. act intelligently with regard IN
railroads, thereby showing not opjv
utter disregard for the expressed
wishes of the people, but that tbeir
sympathies were with the corporations.
be it therefore
RESOLVED, That this County Alliance
regards the course Of the majority in
the Senate as, inimical to the best in.
terest of North Carolina and as calcu.
lated to excite undue antagonism TO
railroads.
ResoEved, That this Alliance hold.
ing as it does the interests of North
Carolina as above of any man, will
remember the members in sympathy
with the majority in the Senate as un.
safe to legislate for her best interest.
Reso0ed, That a copy of these reso.
lutions be sent to The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER.
WHEREAS, The whole people of the
State have demanded that the State
Penitentiary be made self. sustaining;
be it therefore
Resolved, That we watch with very
great interest the efforts of the Direc.
tors of the said institution looking to
that end, and that we will give en-
couragement to any efforts. which may
promise to bring about the desired
result.
Resotved, That while we depricate
the fact that convicts shall compete
with honest free labor, we prefer that
it shall do so until some other plan
shall be devised to relieve honest tax.
payers from the heavy burden of sup
porting them in idleness.
JoHN%W. ATwATER, Prest.
W. A. STRAUGHAN, Sec'y. ?
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CHATHAM COUNTY

Me-. EDiToR:-The Chatham
Farmers Alliance met in reou1a Uunty
sion Friday the 5th, and the ~attendass s'
was, unusually good. The renos se
come up much better than usual p M
outlook for the Alliance in Cbatb.mr lie !!
very hopeful The delegates, from tb Is
different SECTIONS: of the ceuntv VI
there is more, wheat and oats .njsntoY
than formerly; that the farmers "11
paying more. attention to clover a ",s
grasses; that they are planting H 1a0a
cotton and tobacco, and more co ,rO'
potatoes, &c, and using less common
cial fertilizers. The following rasnIn
tons were adopted and ordered sont
to The PROGRESSIVE FARMER with ~
quest to publish:
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hCH6WAtN COUNTY.

EDENToN, n. c., April 8, 89.
Mr., EDIToR:-We held our County
Alliance last Friday evening in@Eden-
ton, and enjoyed the manifestation OF
more harmony and sympathetic interest
than at any previous session. Our
OrganizerGJr. R. W.. Winborn, re-
ported two Alliances of recent organ.
ization. Having introduced into these
a number Of our most influential and
successful farmers possessing as they
do, most favorable opportunities for
accomplishing. great things in our
great cause. we have the hope of
better times in old, Chowan. Excuse
us, Bro. Polk, you and our brethren,
for our seeming neglect of the Agency
business. We had to "provide for our
household" first in instituting, meas
urez for the thorough organization Of
the county and to put into prospective
operation some manufacturing enter
prises. We congratulate you upon
your patient effort to secure contribu-
tions for the establishment of the
Business Agency as well as the sister
Alliances for their tangible interest
taken and for their suggestions in
raising shares in stock from eachAlli.
ance. Several Alliances In this
county have subscribed and will
report soon. We are fully aware
that through the Business Agency,
we are. to. realize our financial
profit and in the proportion that
we invest for it's establishment we have
the satisfaction of being benefactors
of the laboring class. It is. plausible
to the writer, that though a man never
expected to trade a>penny's worth with
the Agent he could afford to assist in
procuring this b~ene6cence. In his
opinion the Business,Ag gent is to- prove
the panacea for financial rheumatism.
What brother can be so slack, twisted
as not to feel interested enough to in.
vest at least 81 when he can save it
back in the first two or three dollars
that he .expends and continues to save
in every subsequent purchase ?. We
secured $4,000 in White House Alli-
ance in FIVE minutes after reading the
Trustees Circular pertaining to Bust
ness Agency Fund and others will
double that we know. DR.. W. T.
Woodley was elected correspon-
dent--he will inform you of Chowan's
proceedings in the future. We endorse
the resolutions of Hartford Alliance
We will stand by the principles of the
order from morn till eventide, pledg-
ing ourselves to cooperate in every
expedient movement.
:.., WooD PRIvoTT, =
Secretary Chowan County Alliance.
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MARTIN COUNTY ALLIANCE.
PLYMOUTH, NC, April 5, ,

.PLYMoUTH, NC, April 5, 399
Mr.. EDIToR:-At.a meeting pftthe
Marin County Farmers Alliance held
at the court house in Williamson,
we had a good number of delegates in
attendance and others besides. We
have some of the best and most. intelli-
gent farmers of the county. as mem
bers. Our order is doing some good
and hope to do more in the future.
We are working in perfect harmony;
our Business Agent is doing all he can
for us and has made arrangements for
getting fertilizers. He is the right
man for the place. X 917
< Among the %resolutios passed was
one endorsing the course of Mr. j. B.
Cofield, our member of the Legislature,
and Senator Lucas, of"our district,aih
supporting the Railroad Commission
bill and other bills, so materially affect
ing the agricultural interests of the
Alliance and another resolution re-
qdesting the Sub,Alliances of the
county to &send SO per cent of all sur
plus money on hand to the Business
Agency Fund.
We are using more homemade
manure and less guano this year and
doing everything we can to help our
selves and to make our order a success.
AL members were recommended to
take The PROGRESSIVE FARMER, for by
doing so we will be better Alliance
men and more successful farmers. =
Yours fraternally,
- G. G. PAGAN, Sec'y.
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LETTER FROM ATTORNEY-GEN-
- ERAL DAVIDSON.
ATToRNEY-G GENERALS OFFICE,
RALEIGH, n. G..

RALElGd, In. ".
Mr.. EDITeR:-In compliance with a
request contained in an editorial in
The PRoGREssIVE FARMER of the 9th
inst; l give you such information as
I have in relation to the law requiring
railroad companies in this State to
make reports of their condition, oper-
atoms, &c.
At the session of the General AS
sembly of 1912, a statute was en-
acted entitled can act to authorize
the formation of railroad companies
and to regulate the same" The
primary object of this statute was to
permit the organization of railroad
companies in accordance with the con-
ditions therein provided, by filing their
articles, of association, or plans of. or.
g~anization, in the Office of the Score.
tary of State, and thus dispense with
the necessity of an application to the
General Assembly for special charters.
The act is quite minute in its re:
quirements, and amongst other things
provided that every railroad formed
under this act shall make an annual
report to the Governor of the oper.
atoms of the year ending on the Seth
of September" ~a
dThe, statute presented, with much
detail, the matters and things to be
reported, which embraced (ll the cost
and equipment Of the road, ,(2hrchar-
acteristics Of the road; (3l dofngs of
the year ipns transportation and total
miles run, r. expenses of maintain:
ing of the road or real estate of the
corporation; and {5( a statement of
the earnings and cash receipts and
payments received. It was declared
"The provisions of this act shall apply
to all existing railroad corporations;n
that cit shall be the duty of the
proper State officer to arrange the in
formation contained in such reports in
"a tabular form and prepare the same
x = IS for the use of the Legisla-
iture, and report the same to the Leg
islature on the first day of it's session
in each year," and any such corpora
ton which shall neglect to. make the
reportto r. g shall be liable to apehaltv
of five hundred and fifty dollars, to be
sued for in the name of the State of
North Carolina, for their use in the
Superior Court of Wake county.
In the Revision of the Laws under
the acts of 1923 BATTLES Revisal)
this statute was Incorporated under
the title of Railroads." without any
material alteration, and so remained
until 1883, when it was inserted in
the present Code, being chapter. 40
Volume l.
The only particulars in. which the
statute, as it now stands, differs from
the form in which it was Originally
enacted are: l." EUery railroad corbo
ration is now required to make an an
nual report to the Governor. 2: Thes,
reports shall be fled in the Office O
the Secretary of State by the fifteenth
daysof November in each year. 8. Tn
penalty for failure to make the report
is reduced to GIVE hundred dollars
to be sued for in the name of tn
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ATTENTION, BORDER ALL
ANCES.
OsMoND, N. c., April s, '89

OsMoND, N: O., April s, 'S9.
EDITOR FARMER:-By request of the
County Alliance of Pittsylvania Co.,
Va, l do hereby notify all the Farm.
ers' Alliances in the border counties
of Virginia and North Carolina, con,
tiguous. to Danville, Va, that a meet
ing will be held in hat city ON We'd.
nesday, the first day of May, 1t II a.
NJ, for the purpose of organizing a
Border Alliance, the object of which
shall be to secure entire cooperation
and concert Of action in effecting
business arrangements at that place
on the part Of all the Alliances in the
counties of Person, Caswel1 and Rock.
ingham, N: c., and Pittsylvania, Hall
fax Henry and Franklin, Va. Each
Sub-Alliance in said counties is earn
estly requested to send the same quota
of delegates as tits entitled to repre-
sentatives In its County Alliances. All
delegates must have their credentials
duly certified to by the secretaries of
their respective Alliances Efforts
are being made to secure. reduced
hotel and railroad rates for delegates,
of which due notice will be given.
Over 400 delegates are expected be
present. Fraternaliy,
J. B. SMITH, 4
Organizer 5th Va. Dist.
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nosmans&tsthe polls &hbssN kheWnst0
possess principles, orftos be identified
With. interests te1 that, are antaggoFniastlc to
the principles. Of the. ALLIANCE. ..:H
That as the farming interest," is
the basis, upon which all. other .lnt
terests must depend for their seaport,
We. claim that the farmer is. entitled to g
q respectful recognition at the'handds
Of the laW;making power of the land
and that We viii never give up the
contest until such recognition is Sc
cured.zcI~l 49, - =
= 3. That a copy Of these resolutions
be sent 10 THE PRoeRpssrvr FARMER
for publication ~ 10y
= Fraternally yours, }*-a
pe@H. 5gR1gtfS: B. PAGE, Sec'y.@
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STANLY COUNTY ALLIANCE.
NoRwooD, N. c., April 6, .

NORWOOD, N. u, Apr1l b, 81.
Nh. EDIToR:-The Stanly County
Farmers Alliance met April 5th, 1889,
in regular session at Big Lick. The
attendance was good-nearly all the
Sub-Alliances were represented The
Alliance seems to be progressing, most
of the Sub-Alliances having increased
their membership more than any other
quarter since the organization in the
county.
Bro. G. T. Ledbetter, of Big Lick,
was recommended by committee on
good of the order as county organizer,
with request for you to forward com
mission to him at once. Acreage of
cotton in county rather increased,
commercial fertilizers slightly in
creased, acreage of wheat and oats in
creased Is per cent, condition and
prospect fine. Very little interest in
grass and clover. There seems to be
a disposition to economic and get out
of debt, as an evidence, are working
harder, putting their lands in better
state of cultivation, raising more wheat
and oats, preparing and planting more
corn and forage crops, raising more
and better hogs, improving the cattle,
taking better care of and improving
their lands by terracing, sc. Not as
many mortgages as usual. The general
condition of the Alliance in the county
is very ~aattering: No enterprises are
started or contemplated in the county,
Almost one third of the farmers Of
the county are members of the ALI
ance with a number of localities to
work up which will be done. The
County. Alliance recommends each
Sub,A1liance to raise at once not less
than one dollar-average for each
member for the Business Agency
Fund. ost@4.as
Yours fraternallyy 1871"
49, MsrIsqB ARNHARDT, . -
Secretary Stanly County FsoAxsh