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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-02
ABLE TO PROT.Cr Hr,IsEJF.

There stood in tie dock a big. Lurlv
artisan, a regular Hercules la point of
stature, brosght up M 4 charge of assault
with intent 20 10 g1io~ous bodily harm.
Prisoner, said the Judge, "have
you engaged any one 70 defend you."
What's that9 / don't want any one.
Come on, any'half-dozen of you."-Dl,
aa.steydGmmer.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-02

The battle against the dissertation Of
The Sabbath continues to rage furiously
In ENGLAND.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-02

Property along the proposed route Of
the Nicaragua Canal is advancing i'll value
very rapidly.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-02

Sensational rumors OF general dis
armament peryade European diplomatic
circles.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-02

The total production of pig iron and
steel, IN tons, in England during 1888
was 11.3O4, 10. The United States pro-
duced 9,3o7.17S tons.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-02

New York wants Imprisonment for debt
abolished.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-11-02

What sound was that, faint and fal
miliar, click, cick-click. 81 listened
without breathing. II am here" it
said. 'Bound and gagged; tied down so
l can't get my hands free or stir. Tn
loose me quickly"
CROPPED my way into the shed, STUN
bled over piles of wood and came to
something warm and human.
1t was "A moments work to release her.
Great Code" l cried, "who did
this"
She caught her breath with a gasp.
"Back to the station" she cried,
"don't waste a second We ran togeth-
er. She caught the key and called up
the office had spoken with. "Villainy,"
she tcle@raphcd. 'Wire to A cut.
Station man here in plot. Call up A
-- bv D and C."
Too late" the answer came back.
EXPIRES has left 4 by this. Flag
it,
Josie turned and looked at me for an
instant almost dcspairingly.
.What shall l 90? The special has
left there. The express has started.
They will NEE; on the same track. The
scoundrcls came on me Just as had
taken note of the special, SO 1 should
make no mistake"
1--WE must flag the express" l cried.
eve must flag both," she said. "1his
may not be all that has been done"
While speaking she had turned to light
the lamp and | could see how pale she
was.
"a lantern" said then. She fastened
TO box in the corner and took it out.
We trimmed and lighted it.
This is only one,' she said. ave
need two. Take this and 90 down the
track-you know, to the west. Stop the
express and tell them-that is all. Twill
run to the nearest house, get another
lantern and go the other way"
! shuddered.
"Suppose those men come upon you'
No, you shall not 80 alone. l will
GO"
"Hush" she said. "Go quickly. The
express is most here"
And l obeyed. And as Iran Itrombled
at the thought of her peril. l trembled
so that the lantern shook, but l ran on.
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\ cod chill ran over me. Where was
Josie: How could l call up the Other
station! l made an attempt but go; no
answer. waited little, but no Josie
1t was growing darker. l rushed out on
the platform and looked up and down.
There was a small shed across the track.
ran over and wrenehed open the door,
but could see nothing for the darkness.
JOSIE" I called despairingly. Hark I.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-19
EDITORIAL NOTES.

A meeting of the Maryland
State Farmers Alliance was held at
Upper Marlboro on the 18th inst.
President Hugh Mitchell presided.
DIR. Joseph A. Mudd, chairman of the
committee on credentials, presented a
draft for a constitution, which, after
r few slight amendments, was adopted,
and was ordered published and dis
tributed to the subordinate Alliances
in the State at as early a date as pos
sible. A plan for a State Alliance
Exchonge, to be located in Baltimore,
was presented. Although no. formal
action was taken, there was among the
delegates an u~ndercurrent of senti.
ment hostile to any action upon the
part of the Alliance in favor of any
political organization, the prevailing
opinion being that the farmers should
stick strictly to business. The next
meeting of the State Alliances will be
held in Baltimore on the second Tues
day in August, 1890.
We are gratifed to learn that
the Secretary of the State Fair will
issue a special premium list for the
next State Fair, early in January
next. This is proper for it gives the
farmers and Alliances better time to
prepare for such crops as they may
desire to enter for premiums. In this
connection we may note that the Gold
Leaf the GreemvtUe Reflector and the
w ashington Progress are doing some
plain talking in regard to the gamb-
ling schemes which have been notably
prominent at some of our Fairs this
season. The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
wishes to add its voice to protest
against the admission of any gambling
or swindling device or scheme into
our agricultural Fairs. 1t cannot be
justified from any standpoint, and
should not be countenanced or toll
Grated. The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
earnestly and respectfully appeals to
our State Fair authorities to lead in
this greatly needed reform by an
nouncing in all its premium lists and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-19

membership of the american Congress.
AT the same. date, there were 1870.
493, engaged in agriculture, in the
United States. They had FL mem
bers in Congress and several of these
are only nominally engaged. in that
pursuit: So while the legal profes-
sion has one representative in Cong
ress for every 2l2 of its members,
agriculture has one member for every.
365, 261 of its members.
Of the rs members of the Senate,
from the most, reliable information
obtainable, forty. one of them are mil
lionaies, and twenty-seven. years ago
not one of these was a millionaire.
Will some one give us the name of
a single farmer, in or out of Congress,
in all these United States, who is d
millionaire?
While millionaire have multiplied
by hundreds within the past thirty
years, can any one give us the name
of a farmer whom it is reasonably
probable to suppose will become q
W1GnIn Cne Gu4rCy years 10
come? =
j. Is it not time for the fsrmersnto
sit down and do some calm, .deliber-
ate thinking?. .u>. :it y
Is there an intelligent farmer in all
this country who can read these facts
without a feeling of humiliation and
shame for his noble calling? Is it
not a disgrace to the intelligence, the
patriotism and the manhood of the
American farmer2 Who rups the
Country? And if it be run in the
interest of capital and irresponsible
corporate power, ask yourself, your
children, your country and your God,
when you give the answer.
Farmers, read, read, read; educate,
educate, educate; think, think, think !!
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-19

combat for organized agriculture
fully equipped for the contest, ana a
fought valiantly for the rights OF the
farming classes. It's management was
peculiarly fortunate in securing the
services of DR.. G. w. McCune as
editor He is both capable and hon.
est, with mental endowments sufficient
to grasp and solve the many compil'
Gated agromonic problems that con
front the farmer of to day, and with a
devotion to principle that is admirable
as it is rare, he faithfully and fear
lessly guards the interest OF his pat
rons. Our esteem and admiration
for DR.. McCune may cause our COM
.ments to be too laudatory, but we can
not refrain from expressing the be-
lief that as infinite Providence pro.
vided a Moses to lead the children OF
Israel out of the Wilderness, and a
Washington to secure independence
from British tyranny, it also supplied
a Mcclure to organize wronged and
impoverished farmers to wage q, holy
crusade against trusts, combines and
monopolies, and enable him to plant
their victorious banners on the crumb-
ling walls of opposition and oppression.
- g4 -.s Z .
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-19
STAFF CORRESPONDENCE.

TRoUTMANs, N. c., Nov. 7, '89. =.
The damage to the cotton BY frost
is greater in Iredell than in any Sec
ton / have travelled. It will be
hard work for our cotton farmers to
make ends meet. But pluck and en-
ergy will conquer every time. We
should remember that the crops
might have been much worse. Corn
was quite good in this section; SO
was wheat and oats. This will all
be a great help.
Doubtless, this fearful visitation
will tend to bring our people closer
together in Alliance matters. All
these misfortunes are for some grand
purpose. Iredell has 80 .sub-Alli-
ances and the membership is growing
slowly but steadily. Her member
ship has the intelligence but lack en-
thusiasm. What a grand thing the
Alliance Is where there is intelligence
and enthusiasm combined l. But
where one or both are absent it is a
crop planted but not cultivated. My
brother if you have not sufficient
grit to help work out the crop crawl
out and give others elbow room.
A great deal of wheat has been
sown in this section of the State this
Fall. This is right for there are PEG.
pie nov standing ready to take ad-
vantage of the failure of the cotton
crop. The sooner our people reduce
the cotton acreage the better, for this
plan of raising an all cotton crop at
low prices and being nearly a failure
at that, will eventually ruin any peo-
pie. All cotton and meat and bread
on credit, mortgages, high prices,
lawsuits and the attending evils COM
bined always create a perfect1pande-
monium which should be avoided.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-19
THE UNEMPLOYED Ell DORADO.

FROM official sources it is learned
II that there are today over three
hundred thousand native North Caro-
Enians living in other States. 1t is
fair to assume that they left their
State to better their condition, and
that they were reasonably certain that
the advantages offered in their native
State would not justify their re-
naming here. But had they care
fully and intelligently investigated the
matter, thousands of them, doubtless,
would never have gone. Many of
them abandoned fortunes of which
they had never dreamed, to go where
only toll and disappointment was to
be their reward. A striking case in
point has just come to light. 1t is
said that a discovery of gold in Mont
gomery county justifes the belief that
it is the richest mine aver found east
of the Mississippi, and that it is on
property of men who left it years ago
for the State of Texas. We have
just received from our friend, Mr.. w.
81. Hearne, in the adjoining county of
Stanly, a beautiful specimen of slate
just discovered, which" says he, els
in large quantity and may be taken
out in large sheets of any desired
thickness" Time and again The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER has directed at
TENT IN to this section of our State.
Nearly three years ago We called at
tention to the fact that here in the
centre of our State was an are equal
in extent to the State of Connecticut,
in which were to be found the finest
timbers in greatest abundance, and
better water powers than could be
found in New England, and which
abounded in richest deposits of min
erals-a good grain section a. d one
of the finest fruit regions in all the
South, with milestone, grind stone,
granite-stone and other valuable
stone, and that there was no section
which would develop more rapidly
into a prosperous agricultural, mining
and manufacturing community, if
facilities were afforded. We have
long felt that the Atlantic and North
Carolina road should be ex-
tended to Charlotte, for one very
important reason-that it would neces-
sarily traverse this grand country on
a central line and thus open it up to
enterprise and development. It has
been agreed, but we think enormously,
that such a line would impair the
value of the North Carolina Road
from Goldsboro to Charlotte, and
thereby depreciate the value of the
States interest in that Road. We do
not agree with this view, but we will
not argue that question, as we simply
desired to again call attention to this
section of wonderful and
great natural wealth, with the hope
that it might stimulate investigation
which may lead to the Inauguration
of such agencies IS would develop its
splendid capacities.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-19

publications, that nothing of the kind
will eve again be admitted to their
grounds. -
= - The Association of American
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment
Stations beganea three days session at,
the National Museum, Washington
last Tuesday. Geo. w. Anterior, of
the Pennsylvania State College, is
president of the Association, and
Chas. E. Thorne, Director of the Ohio
Agricultural Experiment Station, is
secretary. Among the subjects for
discussion are the relations of the col.
=leges and stations to agricultural ex.
,hibitions and farmers institutes, and
needed amendments of the Hatch act,
under which the stations are organ
lied. Gen. Morgan, commissioner of
Indian affairs, made an address, in
which he urged the colleges to prepare
teachers Of industrial arts for the In
dian schools. Resolutions were
adopted looking toward the co-opera-
ton of the stations and the Depart.
ment of Agriculture in the testing of
varieties of fax, hemp, jdte Ii and.
ramees and Of fibre machinery. MI.
Willis, of the geological survey, ex-
planned to the association what the
survey was doing in mapping the soils
of the country preliminary to their
more thorough study by agricultural
Investigators. y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-19
CAUSES OF THE DEPRESSED
CONDITION OF AGRI-
\ CULTURE.

EXTRACTS from a paper read at the Farmers In
stftute Tuesday, Oct. 18th, during the State Fair. at
Raleigh, by Capt. Charles Mcdonald, of Cabarrus.l
Tramps are to be seen daily travers-
ing the country, and we wonder that
men can be so lost to all ~self-respect
as to go tramping over the country,
begging their daily food. We read
of the anarchists of the large cities
and of their revolutionary teachings
and acts. We execrate them and re
gard them as enemies to society; we
hear of the strikes of the workmen in
the industrial pursuits-some of which
are of colossal proportions-and we
are amazed that men should resort to
this method of righting their wrongs.
Yet the tramp, the anarchist and the
striker are the natural product of ex-
listing evils in our social organization.
They exist in accordance with natural
law-are the outcome of the operation
Of natures law.
Farmers are organizing throughout
the country because they recognize
that there exists an unnatural and un-
healthy condition of things in this
great interest. From all quarters of
our broad land comes the cry Of un-
requited toll, ever increasing farm
debt, the aggregation of land in the
hands of the few, the rich becoming
richer, the poor poorer and ore de-
pendent upon the few. We r SOW
ing, but not reaping; we are planting
vineyards, but others are eating the
fruit thereof; the wealth we create is
for the use of others.
+ x *
The increase of the wealth of this
country from 1870 to 1880, according
ing to the census report, was about
$13, 500, 00O,O In the present dec
ade it will reach at least SIS, OOO, 900,
900. Taking the number of those
employed in producing this wealth at
II, 600, 600, we have an annual pro
duction Of $125 per capita OF this
employed population.
Where has it gomez
Thomas G.. Shearman, in the Sep.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-19
THE BAPTIST STATE cONvEN-
- -. 7TION.

THIS body met in the hospitable
IL and fourishing town of Hender-
son on the 18th inst. It was organ
lied by the election rofyL. T.. Polk,
President, DR.. G. W. Sanderlin, lst
Vice President, Hon. J. G. Scarboro,
End Vice-P President, and DR.. G. A.
Rominger Sd Vice President.
Secretaries N. B. Broughton and
Rev. G.. W Green. Treasurer: J.
D. BoushelL. Auditor: w. n. Jones.
Corresponding Secretary, Rev. G.
Durham. 20.
Quite a number of gentlemen emf,
nent in their respective departments
of UNCONVENTIONAL work, were well
coined as visitors, among them Rev.
DR.. G. G. Biting, of the American
Baptist Publication Society, DR.. A. E.
Dickinson of the Religious Herald, Prof.
W. FL. Whitsett, of the Southern Bap-
fist Theological Seminary, DR.. Thomp-
son of the Western Recorder, DR.. 1.
T, Tichenor, Secretary Home Mission
Board of the Southern Baptist Con-
v%ention, and Rev. A. j. Diaz, the
great missionary of Cuba, Rev. T. P.
Bell, Assistant Secretary of the
Foreign Mission Board of the South.
ern Baptist Convention.
Remarkable progress has character
lied the UNCONVENTIONAL work during
the past year, but in none was it
more notable than in State and
Foreign Missions. The Convention
pledged $3.50 for State Missions
for next year, an advance of S., 500
over last year.
y Perhaps no subject elected more
interest than the report of the com,
mittee on the Baptist State Female
College and the discussion of that
most important subject. The speeches
were of the highest order and it was
remarked by old members that this
impromptu discussion was perhaps
never excelled in the Convention.
The Convention, without a dissenting
voice and with enthusiastic unanimity
continued the committee and in
creased it to twenty-five, with full
authority to act in the premises and
constituting it Board of Trustees
whenever the work is sufficiently adj
vanced to need such a body. So the
next great step forword for the Bap-
lists of the State is the establishment
of a first class Female College of
high grade.
Perfect harmony and unity and a
strong zeal in all the work, character.
lied the proceedings throughout. 1t
was a strong body of earnest devo-
ted christians and their aggressive
progressiveness will, without doubt,
impress itself upon the next years
work and on the denomination.
We cannot close even this brief
account without acknowledging the
great and uniform hospitality of the
warm hearted people of Henderson,
which will not be forgotten. The
writer desires especially to express
his warm appreciation of the great
kindness and genial hospitality of his
estimable host and hostess, Col. and
Mrs. Burgwyn, in their charming
home. 1t was delightful to be with
them. SO
. tEb
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-19

80 Our friends in writing9to any OF
our advertisers, will favor us by mention
ing the fact that they saw the advertise
ment in The PRoGREssIvE FARMER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-19
WE most heartily and cheerfully
w endorse the following from the

Alabama Alliance Advocate:
The National Economist has recently
completed it's first volume. Its pub
fishers essayed to cover a wide and
highly important field of journalism.
To supply the literary want of a class
impoverished by unfavorable political,
economic and physical causes was a
task of no little magnitude. But the
success of the Economist in this laud-
able undertaking has been both phe-
nomenal and gratifying. The Economist,
IKE Minerva, springing full fedged
rom the brain of Jupiter, entered the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-19

J. L.. Ramsey is our authorized
agent, to receive subscriptions and
advertisements for. THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-19
MEN-FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS.

According to the census of 1880
there were 64,l37 lawyers in the
United States. They have 800 mem
bers In the American Congress, or
one to every 212 of their members.
They haze three fourths of the entire
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-19

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, 1889-11-19
WHO RUNS THE

D ECENTLY the press of the
LII country has been publishing a
list of millionaire to show "who o10ns
the country" -
We give below a statement, taken
from official records and we may ask
with propriety Who runs the
country 2
OCCUPATIONS Of AMERICAN CONGRESS-
MEN-FnRTY NINTH coNcRrSs
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-19

Do you want your paper changed to
another Officer State the one at which
you nave been getting it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-19

W The date on your label tells yo'
when your time is ont.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-19

ALWAYS give the name and number of
your Alliance, your postohce and your
county, plainly, when you write to the
President, Secretary, Trustee, Business
Agent or Chairman of Executive Com
mittee of the State Alliance.1
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-19

The remedy for these wrongs Is =
the hands of the people, for "Wnsn'
ever a law is found to be injudlclCu?
or grants or permits powers or P ~.
leges to be used to Cypress rather a H.
to benefit society at large, 1t =
privilege as the duty of the reprsS5
tatives of society to repeal or ans.T
such laws, constitutional or sta'un1
by Withdrawing said perverted pow"
and privileges" u.for
The evileffects of this c~entralHS 0s
of capital, with the accompany pnI2
power to set aside the law OF SuP tbs
and demand and thus control ~
prices of commodities, were hrs. n
upon agriculture, the leading md
producing industry of the county 1sr
the purchasing power Of the bip|
became impaired by taking 1rOT Wib
an undue share of his profits, # Sd
this reduced purchasing power i"dus|
per cent. of our population, the linz
trial enterprises found prices = Id
and a reduction of the wages !" and
operatives naturally follower, id
their purchasing power beca autersd
paired. Thus another element ssps
to further impair the P1r tb
power of the farmer. farns
condition was reached both tD0
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-05-30
Direct from the Front.


KNOXVILLE, TENN, July 2, 1883.
The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ca:
Gentlemen-I can cheerfully and truth
fully say that S. S. S. is the greatest blood
purifier on earth. In 1884 1 contracted
blood poison. Physicians treated me with
no good results. took half dozen differ
:nt kinds of blood medicines, but, without
receiving any permanent relief was in
duced to try S. S. S. l began the first
bottle with the gravest doubts of success.
I had been so often deceived. But i'm
provement came, and I continued its use
until perfectly well. have since married,
and have healthy family. No trace of the
disease is seen. Swift's Specific did all
this for me, and am grateful. Yours
truly, J. S. STRADER.
IIS Dale Ave
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-05-30

Persons wishing 70 improved their men,
cries or strengthen their power of atten-
ton should send TO Prof. Loisette. 237
Fifth-ave., N. Y, for his prospectus post
free, as advertised in another column.
4t 3-21
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-05-30

STOVES SToRED.-Send word to How
Bros. & Co., and they will call, take
down your heater, store it for the sum-
mer, keeping it insured, and clean and
put it up for you in the fall, at moder-
ate expense 1t is the safest and best
plan, besides saving any amount of
trouble.