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"ONLY DREAMING"

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HER BABE Our OF TIFF FLooD.--Johus-
town, Pa, June 1.-THE scene at the Cas-.
ino Museum, when Mrs Jennie Moore
claimed the babe which had fo1tcd down
the rivers and survived the John.iCwn food
was pathetic in the extreme.
The mother said "All can rccolcct is
that put my baby in the cradle, and wa.
doing my work. When the wa'er came i
must have swept my darling and The Grill
out of the door. OF what happened to IN,
| have not the slightest recollection"
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Gaffney City Male and Female semina,
Commencement

Mn. EpIToR.-You are one Of the "ol
guard Of South Carolina Journalism. On
who. in your labors, dates back 10 tb
heroic period of State editorship. When
common county newspaper outfit cost scare
less than $4,000, aud when q newspape
in its entirety, defore the days OF pater
outsides and sterestyped matter kept th
rule" clicking in the "sticks" of sewers
hands, six days in the week; when "coa
position" of "glue and molasses,~r--l
the nrsller eres,mss' passs'', aud = syn
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Drs. Starkey & Palcn have the libcrty'o
refer to the following named well-knoe n
persons who have tried their Treatment:
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The State of South Carolina.
COUNTY OF UNION.
Iu the Court Of Commcn Pleas. 4.
Sophronia Whi,mirc, Plaintiff,

Iu the Court Of Common Pleas.
sophronia whi,mirc, Plaintiff,
against
Sa,lie NJ. Hill, Kindred G.. Whitmire, Mary
wilburn, Thomas L. Davis, William. A.
Nicholson, Defendants.
Summons for Relief Complaint not Served.
To the Defendants IN this action:
VOU are hereby summoned and required
l. to answer the complaint in this action,
copy of which is fled in the office Of the
Clerk of the Court Of Common Pleas fer
said County, and to serve a copy of your
answer to the said complaint on tho sub
scribcr at his office, at Union, S. c. within
twenty days after the service hereof, ex-
elusive Of the day of such service and il
you fail to answer the com plant within the
time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action
will apply to the Court for the relief de-
manded in the complaint.
ID. A. TOWNSEND,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
To Mrs. Sallie NJ. Hill: Take notice,
that the Summons, of which the above is
copy, and also the Complaint was filed in
the effice of the Clerk of the Court Of Com
mon Pleas for Union County, on oath juno,
1889.
ID. A. TOWNSEND,
Plointif's Attorney.
June 90 rs Ct
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List of Letters.

Remaining in the postoflics at Union for
the week ending June 20tb, 1889.
Mrs. o. +. Rrux. Miss Carrie Smith
Persons calling for the abovs letters will
please cay they are advertised, and will DO
required to pay one cent for their delivery
}. &. HUNTER, p. NJ.
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ONE WHO kNows.-The following tssti-
monial is from a gentleman who knows our
formula and isithorouShly acquainted with
the curative properties of our Tonic The
way to know the merits is 10 try the article.
Any physician who desires the formula of
Calisaya Tonic may obtain i, from the West
moreand Calisaya Tonic Company, Green
vile, $. G.. This letter is from malaria
section:
WEST PoINT, Miss. ,
Having shown me the formula for making
your Tonic while in your city the past sur
mer, take great pleasure in rcccommend-
it. am delighted with it, having given il
in my practice successfully; AMI to members
of my own family suffering from malaria
tcxrmia. Very truly.
B. S. DUNCAN, MD
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arcroRY OF FARMERS OR
U'N CARNATIONS.

,,Dor1NA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
n,;dent-Elias Carr, Old Sparta, NO.
TTfiooss--fPresident-A. H. Hayes, Bird
town, ,nntorT-L. N, L. Polk, Raleigh, N. @.
SHeoooaaO,,rer-J. Heoa D. Allen, Falls, N. G.
1Ilnoo4,,rer-Thos. B. Long, Longs, N. G.
Assistant Lecturer-R. B. Hunter, Char
l0t1f' GB'spIain-J. I. ]. Scott, Alfordsville,
n door " Keeper-W. b. Tomlinson, Fay
steville, N. G.
rGsnp,3 Gsarge3ant-at-Arms-J. S. Holt, Chalk
Level, n. G. =,
State Business Agent-W. H. Worth,
Trustee Business Agency Fund-W. A.
Graham, Machpelah, N. G.
gxEcUF1vz COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH CARO-
LIMA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
s B. Alexander, Chariot e, N. c.,
Chair aan; J. M. Mewborne, Kinston N.
Gus. Johnston, Rufin, N. @.
OFFICERS OF THE VIRGINIA STATE ALLIANCE
President-G. T. BArbee, Bridgewater,
Va.
Vice-Pres dent-Gaj. Marin Page,
Brandon, Va.
secretary-J. J. Silvey, Arnissille, Va.
Treas 1rer- Isaiah Printz, Stonyman,
Va.
Lecturer-J. D. shepperson, Smithville,
Va
Assistant LECTURER. II. Strobe, Step
hen City, Va.
Chaplain-Wm. NJ Rosser, Luray, Va.
Doorkeeper-B. Frank Beahen, Kim
ball, Va.
observation-disclosures, G.. E. Brubaker,
Luray, Va.
Sergeant at-Arms-Mi,ton Pence, For
estville, Va.
State Business Agents.. P. A. Bruba-
ker, Luray, Va.
Ch'mn Elk. Com.-E. T. Brumback,
Va. Ida,
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OVERPRODUCTION.

If there were two overcoats for sale
in Newton and only money and credit
enough to buy one, our street corner
poll icians would of course be obliged
to conclude that there was an over
production of overcoats, although half
the men were without. They would
of course say that supply and demand
control the market for all commodities
and therefore conclude that when the
overcoat was sold for which there was
demand" that the supply had ex-
ceeded the demand, without for mo-
ment considering that if the money
supply had been smaller, and prices
necessarily and correspondingly lower,
that even one overcoat could not have
been sold, no matter how severe the
weather or great the need of "protec-
ton"
The control of large capital destroys
the theory of supply and demand COM
pletely. Suppose for instance that a
millionaire should come to Newton
and engage in the business of mer-
chandising, build big warehouse,
keep all classes of goods and under
take to "run out " all competition, and
this is the way business is already be-
ing done, to great extent, on the
Pacific coast-he could sell one class
of goods for less than cost and still
"make money" and in this way ''cor-
ner" supply and control demand. And
this is precisely what is being done to
day in our great markets and just
what we are coming to in all our
smaller towns if the present control of
the nationall finances continues.
Nothing in the money question 81
Wait and see.-KGnsGs Conanoner.
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No. 40

a great desire to attend If she gives
her opinion in regard to ANYTHING
that may be under consideration
some pert young gent will say, ssshe
does think SIZE is so smart" or some
thing of the kind.
Our Alliance has not come to anv
agreement in regard to the insurance
plan, as some are seeming to "sorter" J"
pull back. What do you think about
cold Hickory's" letter in The Pro.
GREss1vE FARMER of last week I
simply think that the good farmers
ought to take him behind the house" !"
and make his pants need "patch on
them"
Well, what shall we do for merry
Xmas With best wishes to the
dear old PROGRESSIVE FARMER and
all our band of christian workers, I
am, Very respectfully,
B. B., Cor. Sec.
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A PLEASANT LETTER FROM A
SISTER.
OwENsvILLE, Sampson Co., NC,

Dec. 9, 1885.
Mr.. Occasionally see a
letter in your worthy colum mns from
some of the sisters, and I thought I
would, in my feeble way, give you a
few lines from our Alliance. We are
moving slowly along; do not pass
many resolutions but always endorse
everything that we think is for the
good of the order. We have enrolled
about fifty males and forty nine fe-
males in our Alliance, but am sorry
to say that some of our male members
stand suspended. But we have some
as good material as can be found in
the county who will stick to the
order till the last day, so long as we
have such men as Col. L. l.. Polk, S.
B. Alexander and others to lead us.
Every week | read of the death of
some brother or sister in THE Pro
GREss1vE FARMER, and we feel that
God, in His unbounded wisdom, has
been more than kind to us, inasmuch
as He has not laid His icy hand upon
us nor taken from our ranks single
member.
We have had only one marriage,
our worthy Lecturer, Mr.. Street
Brewer, to Miss Repsie B. White.
The insurance question has not
been brought before our Alliance yet
but some of the brothers favor it. |
think Old Hickory crazy old bache
lor with no one to care for, and no
one to care for him.
Inclosed | send you a list of SIX
subscribers; hope to send more in the
near future. A long and happy life
to The PROGRESSIVE FARMER and its
worthy editor.
S, J. COOPER, Sec'y.
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RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT
THE SCOTLAND NECK
MEETING.

By request we publish the following
preamble and resolutions adopted by
the farmers meeting held at Scotland
Neck, Halifax county, N. c., Dec.
9th, 1889:
WHEREAS, Owing to the almost total
failure Of crops, there prevails at this
time in this section Of the State and in
this community, feeling of depres-
sion and uneasiness, and this being an
agricultural community, many of the
people are uncertain as to how they
will be enabled to carry forward their
farming operations the coming year;
therefore we, the merchants of Scot
land Neck, in convention assembled,
believing that it is the duty Of all men
to unite for the common good of their
section, and believing that each COM
munity will have to find the remedy
for the present distress within itself,
and in order to relieve this feeling of
depression and uneasiness and to give
our assurance of aid,
ResoZve That whilst the condition
of this section is without a parallel in
it's history, and the burdens upon US
ali are heavy, there is no cause for
alarm and uncertainty and loss of
hope.
Resolved, That the situation de-
mands the strictest economy and the
exercise of prudence and wisdom upon
the part of all, and absolute candor
and fair dealing between debtor and
creditor
Resolved, That we can and will aid
, all of our customers and patrons the
coming year as we have done in the
past, and we promise that we will
make sacrifices for them, knowing
that they Will measure their demands
upon us by their necessities.
Resolved, That we desire all our
friends, both farmers and laborers, to
feel that there is no cause for alarm
and that there will be plenty of work
for willing hands to do.
Resozued, That copy of these reso-
lutions be sent to the Nea0s and Oh
server, Star, Messenger, Chronicle,
Southermer, PROGRESSIVE FARMER,
Roanoke NeeUs and Democrat with the
request that they be published.
D. EDMUNDsoN, Chm'n.
E. I. WHITEHEAD, Sec'y.
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FROM HENDERSON COUNTY.
PUMP, n. c., Dec. IA. '89.

PUMP, N. c., Dec. IA, '89.
Mr.. EDIToR:-We, the farmers of
western North Carolina, are looking
forward to better times. We are
looking and longing for the time to
come when we can work twelve
months in the year and get a return
for orr labor. At present we do not
work more than one half the time and
we have at present surplus of corn,
cabbage, potatoes, beans and onions,
fruits of all kinds, both green and
dried, and a vast amount will have to
rot and go to waste for lack of a
market, all on account of the greedy
craw of the bloated railroad kings. I
want the brethren all over the State
to give their support to the man who.
will go teeth and toe-nail for rail
road commission. We could live by
farming il we could market our sur
plus, but the freight is so awfully
high it pays us better to dump the
produce in the manure heap. Bear
Wallow Farmers Alliance is proud
to know that the National Farmers
and Laborers' Union has chosen one
of our best and wisest leaders to pre-.
side over that grand and noble body.
There is no other words that this ALI
ance can utter more appropriate than
these: May God bless him in the
great effort he is making to save
America from the curse of monopoly,
and Alliance No. 1929 answers,
Amen. Fraternally,
Hickory"
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truth is money has commercial value.
Nnu To the facts

Now to the facts:
cat the beginning Of the Christian
Era, the metallic money of the Roman
Empire amounted to 81, 800, 900, 900.
At the end of the 18Th century it was
less than $500, 900, 900. With the
contraction of currency, population,
commerce, arts, wealth and freedom,
all disappeared" See report of Silver
Commission.
AS the memorable lst of May,
1923, drew near, bankers as well as
the Bank of England prepared them
selves by narrowing their circulation.
The distress, ruin and bankruptcy
which took place was universal, affect
ing both land and trade, but upon
those whose lands were mortgaged the
effect was most disastrous.
Estates encountered for half their
values, when sold would not satisfy
the mortgages" See the Financial
History of England.
The following tables from U. S.
statistics are given as arranged in
The Philosophy of Price and they
present an object lesson we ought to
study:
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FROM IREDELL COUNTY.
FAIRFIELD ALLIANCE,
Statesville, N. c., Dec. II, '89.

Statesville, n. g., Dec. II, '89.
Mr.. EDITORIALS you were so very
kind as to allow my first, uninterest-
ing epistle to be published, feel
greatly encouraged to "try again" "
Our little lodge is still in the land of
the living, but sometimes | fear that
some, and a "good sized some" of
our members are-I don't know
when, but I do know they are seldom
at.the meeting of the Alliance Only
the meetings previous to the last our
President, Mr.. J. G. Lentz, (and not
Fenty, as it was printed before), had
forgotten all about it being Alliance
day and consequently didn't go out
that evening, and on the very same
evening our Lecturer, Mr.. Kimball,
stayed at home to pull up grubs. Those
are two of our enthusiastic members
that I spoke of. Bro. J. F. Eagle
was elected Chaplain of our lodge
about month since, and has never
put in an appearance since, though
we all know he is good, pious man,
auO 10 uOG oil dAO W P40J" wv AO -
not scared away by any means Our
Secretary, Bro. J. W. White, is very
faithful and attached to the great cause.
He is always ready and willing to do
"whatever his hands fndeth to do, p"
though it was rather amusing in our
last meeting to see him bounce up
like "spider on springs and say:
{" [ make a motion that we elect Belle
Barkley Corresponding Secretary, f"
and of course as he is great worker
the house would submit to almost
any proposition he would make, al
thoug gh they do it reluctantly, though
| fear he, as well as others, will see
wherein they have made a great
blunder'
Well while [ have been censuring
our good brethren for their tardiness
in attendance, allow me to say that to
see a half dozen of the 2f female
members there at one time would
scare every man off the place, not
withstanding we have members who
are not afraid of ghosts, cyclones,
earthquakes or anything of the kind.
But why would the good sisters have
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-24
FROM BRUNSWICK COUNTY.

EXCELSIOR, N. c., Dec. 9, '89.
Mr.. EDIToR:-I take pleasure in say
ing through your paper that Capt. W.
A. Darden has been down here in old
Brunswick dealing out the plain un-
vanished truth of the Alliance, and
we are more than happy to state that
we believe that his arguments have
been generally accepted We had the
pleasure of attending his meeting at
Union Chapel, which was quite an
interesting occasion. The church
house was densely crowded, and for
an hour or more Bro. Darden enter
tanned the audience with very happy
speech, setting forth graphically the
condition of our country. First, that
the farmers were oppressed; organiza-
tion was necessary to relieving the
farmers in their oppressed; that by
such organization the farmers did not
mean to antagonize other professions,
but that they simply meant to take
care of themselves better than they
had been doing heretofore. He pic
tured the dilspidated condition of
farms and buildings in the country,
and contrasted it with the evidences
of progress which may be seen in
towns and cities, and urged such as
incontestable evidence of where we
are drifting to. But an attempt to
outline his speech is gross injustice to
the speaker. We will therefore desist
from any further attempt, so patient
and elaborate was his portrayal of our
country's condition and the position
occupied by the Alliance. Therefore
suffice it to say that his speech was
both instructive and conciliatory, and
will, we predict, have much to do in
showing to the world that the Alliance
means only to build up and not to
tare down, as has been claimed by it's
opposers.
And now, Mr.. Editor, please in
dulge few remarks about our lodge
mo 4O8). We are doing very well,
considering. The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
is read by our members; also the
Economist is read and handed around,
which are two of the best school mas
ters for our membership that we could
have at such small expense, and [
take pleasure in urging the Importance
of reading these two papers. Brethren
everywhere, don't neglect this impor-
tant duty, twill do you good and make
you stronger in faith. Fearing that
want of every saving quality (save
lengthy would consign this to oblivion,
1 will close for the present.
Hoping success to the Alliance and
to THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, its noble
advocate and defender, [ remain,
Fraternally yours,
W. S. MIILIKEE, Cor.
The inventor of the roller skate
made over $1,000,000.
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Diminishing money and falling
prices are not only oppressive upon
debtors, but they cause stagnation IN
business, reduce production and en-
force idleness. Falling markets ami
hilate profits, and as it is only the ex-
pectation of gain that stimulates cap
ital to invest in operations, inadequate
employment is found for labor, and
those who are employed can only be
so on diminished wages.-Amerlcan
Renle1n
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ened desire for better public schools,
and l have no doubt that the teachers
have been greatly benefited by his in,
struction. There were about dozen
applicants for State certificates, but
the names of the successful ones have
not yet been made public.
SPECTATOR.
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of circulating medium, and is liable to all the
objections which arise from scsnt circulation" !"
HAMILTON.
From these facts it is clear that
contracted currency is disastrous to
the poor, and fatal to those in debt.
We challenge refutation.
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"The true and only cause of the
stagnation in industry and commerce
now everywhere felt is the fact every.
where existing of falling prices, caused
by a shrinkage in the volume of
money."-Report ,SSlver Commission,
%. l2l.
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DOES CONTRACTION AFFECT
VALUES?
BY OLD FOGY.

The statements of any one man
without facts as data, however great
he might be, ought to have but little
weight on the burning questions of
the hour.
What we need is to approach the
subject, not with pre.conceived
theory, but with the sole view of
reaching the truth, by collating all the
facts. Theories follow without effort.
All governments of and by the peo-
pie are but aggregations of individuals
VINO express their will by their repre-
sentatives. From this principle, by
those interested, the following deduc-
tons have been made:
lst. The farmer and laborer has
nothing to sell or exchange but his
labor, or It's results.
I'd. If the government were to grind
out millions of what is called "fiat ="
money, it would 60 into the National
Treasury and the farmer could only
get it by stealing, by labor or products
of labor.
Sd. The corrollary-that it makes
no difference what the volume of cur
rency is, so long as there is sufficient
to pay us for our crops; and if enough
to pay US for our crops, the volume is
sufficient for practical purposes.
When Major Ragland, of Virginia,
was contributing his very valuable
series of articles to our paper, l took
the position just cited with the hope
that he would develop the ideas that
shall now undertake to elucidate,
knowing that he could do so much
more clearly and forcibly than 1 could
possibly do.
= X
The facts are, if this theory be true,
we nave no need of a fourth part of
me currency we now have. A system
oI exchange on the principle of a
clearing house with our gold and
silver would be ample.
L assert without fear of successful
"uACG4Ou GuaC we need volume
oI currency equal in worth and value
70 the value of all the products of
value OF our country.
4
Two other corrections and l give
me facts in the case. The fact is, we
nave labor, the results of labor and
leglslation; these are the methods of
getting money into or out of vaults,
7lther private or public.
1t is by legislation that pensions are
Rld soldiers, that public buildings
are erected, that river and harbor aD-
Proprlations are made that tariff is
e1acted; all these, and all they implv
ale az mediums of circulating currency
we hoard and disburse millions yearly
BY legislation. GARY
The second error lies in the state
ne1t that money as a circulating
medium has intrinsic value. The