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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-16
LETTER FROM E

Mr.. EDIToR:-I promised many of
the readers of The PROGRESSIVE FAR
MER a short letter to their home paper,
giving them some idea of the valley
"where rolls the Oregon, and no sound
is heard a v it's own dashings." Yes,
I'm located in this celebrated valley.
[ think one of the finest tracts of
agricultural country anywhere, 5Oxl5O
miles in extent, both prairie and tim
Der, rich in soil, grass, stock, fruit,
timber, water, mineral and fisheries.
No country I've e e seems to be so
nearly adapted to the numerous and
varied wants Of nan than here. Gil
mate mild, mercury seldom getting
down to zero in winter or up to ninety
in summer. Summers are delightful,
no scorching hot summer days or
cold, blustery wintry ones; no cyclones
or billiards at all have ever been
known, nor ven a thunder shower.
Study carefully it's climatic influences
and you'll see why it is that our eli
mate is 10 mild on this coast. After
having travelled over Washington
Territory and other States west of the
Rocky Mountains, l am convinced
that no place offers such inducements
al this valley. Only one year ago it
was opened up for settlement by rail
road; now they are coming in by the
hundred. There are some most de.
sirable lands here yet to be home.
steaded. Improved lands range from
$40 up to 500; unimproved, low.
Staple productions are wheat, oats,
rye, barley, vegetables, fruits and all
the grasses. I've seen whole fields of
wheat average fifty bushels per acre
and other grains a corresponding
number of bushels per acre. The
dairy interests are assuming large
proportions here now, owing to the
abundance of grasses. Always have
plenty of rain here to insure good
crops. Oregon has never had a fail
ure. Salem, the capital, is a lively
town of some 10000 people, cosmo.
politan in makeup. For fear | should
make my letter too long, Ill stop. l
will answer any letter addressed to
me by any reader of TIE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER, providing a return stamp 0e
enclosed. Long live The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER and the good people of old
North Carolina.
Fraternally,
G. W. WEEKS. 2
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-16

The trustees of the College of Agrlc0i-
tnre and the Mechanic Arts were III eA-
ecusive session on the l2ft' an" l'"
insts. Friday night at 1889 ocio'N
they announced the election Oh 'ne ioi
lowing faculty: 100
Prof. of Agriculture, Live Stock ana
Dairving, Mr.. Jos. R. Chamberlain OF
Cornell University, now OF the N "
Agricultural Experiment Station
prof of Horticulture, Arboriculture
and Botany, Mr.. W. F. Massey OF the
Miller Manual School, of Virginia.
prof. of Chemistry-pure and agrl-
onItnraI-Mr. W. A. Withers. of Cor
ne11 University, formerly of N. C. Tx
pertinent Station.
Prof. of English and Bookkeeping
Mr., D. Fl. Hill, Jr. (son of Genl u. d.
HIN now Prof. of English in the Mill
tarv and Agricultural College OF Cen
trail, Ga. t.,
Prof. of Practical Mechanics and
Mathematics-pure and applled-Mr
J. Fl. Kinelay, of Texas Agricultural
and Mechanical College.
Foreman of Farms and Garden, Mr.
p g Skinner, of Hartford county.
Steward, Mr.. J. N. Hubbard, OF
Wake.
Matron, Mrs. Susan G. Carroll OF
Harrell's Store, Sampson county, N Z.
The trustees resumed their session
Saturday morning, and after consider
able deliberation, adopted a resolution
requesting the executive committee to
enquire into the capabilities of some OF
those who had been presented for the
presidency of the college, and to have
further correspondence with a view to
finding a suitable man. The resolution
also gave the executive committee au-
thority to call a meeting of the trustees
when ready to make a report.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-16

WOLF POND, N. c., July 8, '89.
ME-. ED1roR:-Your humble CORE
spondent had the pleasure Of being
present and hearing our highly
esteemed brother Hunter, of Charlotte,
N. c., deliver an address on the 9Th
inst, to the people of Trinity and
Liberty Alliance. Now if [ were to
attempt to give you a graphic descrip
ton of the eloquence displayed and of
the numerous anecdotes that were
told by him, language would fail me,
but suffice it to say he held the audi
once for three long hours as if spell
bound, except when aroused to cheers
and peals of laughter by his humorous
anecdotes. He claims himself to be
like the Negroes catfsh-"an mouth"
There is one thing [ do know: he is
the right man in the right place, and
he possesses an abundant literary fund
and power of calculation. He is a
man after my own heart. To like
Mr.. Hunter would only be to hear
him make a speech. [ wish every
farmer in the State of North Carolina
could hear him for themselves.
He seems to be very enthusiastic in
behalf. of the interests of
the agriculture of the State,
and if we had plenty of such men in
the Alliance, the organization would
soon be put in an adolescent condition.
Well might the citizens of Mecklen-
burg be proud of such a man, and,
like the ancient philosopher, give US
plenty of such men, and where to
stand, and we will move the world.
| was going to give you some of
the points, but it would require too
much of your valuable space, but the
State Agency Fund was fully and
satisfactorily explained; in fact, no
stone was left unturned. He took up
all the important points in their re
spective turns, and there was no devia-
ton or departure until all was fully
told.
Well, l will close by saying that he
left us late in the evening followed by
our best wishes aud strong solicita-
tons to give US another call as early
as possible.
I know that all the readers of The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER would like to
know what impression was made on
the hearers-they all went home more
determined to work for the building
up of the organization than eve
P. r. BELK.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-16

rick from the wagon. Mr.. Baltimore
got entangIed- in the lines and was
dragged some distance, receiving inju-
ries from the effects of which he died a
few days afterwards.
Edward Quinn, foreman of the dyna-
mo room Il the Brush Electric Light
Company's plant, in Elizabeth street,
New York city, last Thursday night &C.
cidentally touched his face against an
imperfectly insulated wire and was
killed almost instantly.
Parties Wishing to employ, for the
coming term, in a private family, a
well-qualitied teacher, with first-class
recommendations. will do we'll to cor
respond with Miss Matte r. Johnston,
6l73, Leigh St., Richmond, Va. Re-
spectfully yours, Matte r. Johnston.
The village of Harper's Ferry, Va,
according to a Pennsylvania dealer in
nitroglycerine, is situated SO nicely that
FIVE pounds of the stuff exploded in
the centre of the place would shatter
every house. The hills would catch
and fling back the waves of conclusion.
Miss Mary Wanamaker, the post
master generals daughter. will make
her debut in Washington society next
fall. She is not yet out of her teens,
but is an ACCOMPLISHED and beautiful
and is skilled in music and languages.
The catalogue of Oxford Female
Seminary shows an attendance during
the last session of one hundred and
thirty-seven Students, drawn from all
sections of North Carolina, and some
from Virginia, South Carolina, Geor-
gia and Tennessee. Eleven teachers
and officers are engaged.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-16
WAKE COUNTY ALLIANCE.
RALEIGH. July 5th. 1889.

RALEIGH, July 9th, 1889.
Mr.. EDIroR:-The Wake County
Alliance convened in regular session
in this city to day, and was called to
order at 10 o'clock a. m, by the Presi-
dent, A. G. Green. On roll call 80
Sub-Alliances were found to be rep
resented.
After the transaction of the usual
routine business, the Executive Com
mittee made its semi-annual report,
showing a balance in treasury, less
some outstanding claims, of $5O5. 80.
The Alliance then proceeded to the
election of officers for the ensuing
year with the following result Presi-
dent, A. G. Green; Vice. President, S.
Ohio Wilson; Secretary, W. G. Crow
der; Treasurer, G. H. Clarke, Lee
turer, D. P. Meacham, Assistant Lee
turer, E. G. Bedding6eld; Chaplain,
B. B. Buffaloe; Doorkeeper, S. J. Bag
we'll, Assistant Doorkeeper, T. J.
Woodall; Sergeant-at-Arms, F. P.
Williams.
The following resolution was passed
and ordered to be published in The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER:
"Resolved, That this Alliance will
not %patronize any ginner who uses
jute bagging, and that we respectfully
ask the merchants of Wake county
not to handle any bagging except that
made of cotton, and we call upon all
Alliances throughout the State to sus
tain this action"
Bro. r. James Powell was chosen
delegate to the State Alliance.
The meeting was large and harmo-
NOUS throughout its proceedings.
w. G.. CRowDER. Sec'v.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-16
HARRY TRACY IN GoLDsRoRo
A Great Gathering of the Yeomanrv
of Wayne County, Friday,
July the 9Th.

CONDENSED from the Goldsboro Daily August
Never before have we witnessed
such a gathering distinctively of farm.
ers of Wayne county and their wives
as was that which assembled in this
city yesterday under the auspices of
the County Farmers Alliance to hear
the address of Mr.. Harry Tracy, of
the Alliance of Texas, who is making
a lecturing tour of the States for the
advancement Of the grand principles
and the knitting together in closer
harmony of feeling and unision of &C.
ton Of the noblest organization of
men on the face of the earth TO-DAY or
that ever has or ever will be.
The court house, where the speak
ing took place, was crowded to its
fullest capacity by farmers and a large
number. OF our townspeople. Many of
the farmers wives, sisters, cousins
and aunts graced the occasion with
their presence and occupied a section
specially reserved for them, and
throughout the entire meeting, packed
as it was, and of long duration, to the
credit OF the farmers of Wayne county
be 1t said, the best of refinement pre-
vailed, and the ladies, who, blythe
way, are, many Of them, members of
the Alliance, were not neglected by
Mr.. Tracy in his admirable speech,
but were given generous encourage
ment and wise admonition and instruc.
ton as to their work and duty in the
proper advancement of the great
order with which they have allied
themselves.
Mr.. Tracy was introduced to the
assemblage exactly at l o'clock, in a
brief but very graceful speech by the
President of the County Alliance, DR..
J. E. Person, and for two hours and a
half the speaker, we do not put it too
strongly when we say, held that audi
ence spell-bound by his calm, unpreiu-
diced, statesmanlike portrayal of the
abuses that have crept into our repub.
llcan form of government by means OF
the crystalizing of wealth in the hands
OF the few and the growing greed for
gain that causes all patriotism in this
day and generation to revolve around
the inside of a dollar. His elucida-
ton of the principles of the Alliance
and his presentation of the remedy
they advance and the easement of the
people and the prospecting of the whole
country at once place the Alliance in
the very vanguard of the country's
prosperity and the preservation of our
free institutions. His acumeu is
unprecedented; his wit is spontaneous
and unparalleled and his powers of
oratory place him at once in the fore
most rank of popular and logical
speakers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-16
Respectfully submitted,
THE CROPS AND THE ALLIANCE.
AURELA1N SPRINGS, Halifax Co., N. G.

AURELAIN SPRINGS, HALIFAX co., N. u,
July 3, 1889.
Mr.. EDITORIALS it is raining so
that I can'tget to work, Twill give you
a few notes on the weather, the
crops and from our Alliance. 1t has
been raining here almost necessarily
for the past nine or ten days; in fact
we have had very little fair weather
since the first Of June. So you may
know the grass is beautiful. Cotton
in this section, where the land is
gravelly or red, is looking we'll, though
full of grass, and if we could only
have some sunshine to kill the grass,
would do very we'll now. Corn is
very good, considering the work it
has had, and if nothing happens
further on, will make a good crop.
The wheat crop is better than it has
been for some years; none has been
threshed in this section yet; some
have lost a good deal, it being in hand
shocks an the wet weather caused it
to sprout. We heard a member of
our Alliance say that he had enough
to make $50 bushels in the sprout;
oats in some places are good, others
very sorry. Some say the tobacco is
ruined by so much wet others say
not. We are not much of a judge,
but know n thing: horn worms are
in abundance.
At the last meeting of our Alliance,
June 22d, we elected officers for the
ensuing year. The present incumbents
yer reelected, with the exception, of
the Secretary, of which you have been
informed. All Of our officers are very
punctual in attendance and faithful in
the discharge of their duties, and we
feel proud of them. Our President,
DR.. r. A. Patterson, can't be beat.
He is IN Alliance man from head to
foot, and while he has a very large
practice as a county physician, he has
not, we think, missed but two or three
meetings in twelve months. While
u last meeting was the most import
ant held during the year, there was
not more than half the members pres
ent. We are not much surprised, as
their quarterage was due.
We indorse the action of the Bir-
mingham Conference and will stand
by anything done by the State ALI
ance, except putting the admissionfe fee
at $3.50. We think it best as it is.
We favor the consolidation of all
the farmers unions, if it will not cost
us anything, and you say not. The
more the merrier. It was SO late, and
SO few members at our last meeting, |
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-16
HEATHsvILLE, HALIFAX Co., n. c.,
June 20. 1889.


Mr.. EDITORIALS I have never seen
any communication from our Alliance,
No. 900, published in the columns of
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER, I thought
I would send you a few dots for pub
LEGATION, if you will give them space.
Our Alliance is getting on finely,
with a membership of 81 members, 80
males and four females, and occasion
ally an application for a new member.
We re-organized on our last meeting,
the 8th of June, and now have a good
set of officers for the ensuing year.
Our Alliance favors the adoption of
the consolidation of the Wheel and
Union, and we also endorse the using
of cotton bagging to wrap up our cot
ton this fall, and will not use any iute
bagging at any price. We have a
good deal of rain and the farmers are
somewhat backward; but with a little
good weather we will catch up again.
For fear [ will take up too much space
and as it is my first letter for publica-
toni will close for this time.
F~raternally yours,
J. L. ARLINGTON, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-16
MEETING OF WAKE COUNTY
ALLIANCE INSTITUTE,

The Committee on Programme for the
next meeting of the Alliance Institute
have made the following report:
10 a. m.-Hon. Harry Tracy, of Texas,
National Alliance Lecturer. Selects his
own subject.
Afternoon session.-Short speeches by
the following On subjects annexed to their
names:
Bro. D. P. Meacham-"Bee Keeping,
Its Management and Profits to the
Farmer"
Rev. J. NJ. White-"Th The Educational
Benefits of the Alliance"
Bro. A. G. Green-"Stock Raising as a
Basis for Improving our Lands"
Bro. S. Ohio Wilson," Fruits for
Farmers"
Respectfully submitted,
J. J. ROGERS, Chm'n, for Com.
The next session of the Wake County
Alliance Institute will be held in the Au-
burn Alliance hall on Tuesday, 23d of
July, beginning at 10 a. m. The public
are cordially invited to attend. Alliance
men and business men of ali classes will
fndat the address of Bro. Tracy exceed.
ingly entertaining and instructive, as also
the addresses of the other speakers. A
large crowd is hoped for and expected,
and visiting brethren are requested to take
a luncheon with them to aid in feeding
the audience. r. JAS. POWELL,
Pres't Wake Go. Alliance Institute.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-16
NEWS ITEMS.

Burmah has altogether a population
of about five millions.
The Tarboro Knitting Mills have
adopted the Saturday ~half-holiday.
Senator Cooper presided at the ban
quet of Pennsylvania editors at Cape
May.
Small farmers in France make from
$1,000 to $4,000 a year by fattening snails
for market.
The Government conscience fund has
Just been increased by fourteen two
cent stamps.
The pinnacle of earthly wealth is said
to be reached by John Rockefeller, the
Standard Oil magnate.
The value of Meissonier's pictures,
exhibited at the French exhibition, is
estimated at So, 900, 900.
The effect of the electric light on the
Eifel tower is to illuminate all Paris in
a manner unprecedented.
Mr.. Taylor, of Massachusetts, has
been awarded 5000 damages for being
called ''Muskrat Taylor"
There is a colored man in Hart coun-
ty, Ca, whose foot is fourteen inches
long, actual measurement.
Gov. Fowle has designated Saturday,
July 10, as Veterans Day at the State
Guard Encampment at Wrightsville.
The North Carolina State Tobacco
Association will hold its third annual
meeting at Greensboro, August 9th.
Nashville brags because building con
tracts, amounting to over ST, 900, 900,
are now being carried out in that city.
A rattlesnake five feet long with ff-
teen rattles was killed at Smiths Greek
yesterday Observation-Disclosures Star.
Mrs. Julia Tyler, widow of ex-Presi-
dent Tyler, died in Richmond on
Wednesday night from a congestive
chill.
There are 1000 pensioners dependent
upon the New York Police Pension
Fund, to whom is discussed $3.50, 900
a year.
About fifteen companies are reported
to have been organized during the past
few weeks to build cotton mills in the
South.
1t has been held in England that if
two persons agree to kill themselves,
and one survives, the survivor is guilty
of murder.
Nh. j. P. Hunter thrashed for DIR.
Erwin 1T IL bushels of wheat from
four and three quarter acres of land
Charlotte Times.
One may stand on top of the Eiffel
Tower in Paris, they say, and be en-
tirely out of a heavy storm that RACES
at a lower level.
It is truly stated that the women of
New York have very small feet, which
shows that calls we'll which ends we'll"
N. Y. Herald. .
Race and religious prejudice are
making political conditions in Canada
that appear to threaten the disruption
of the dominion.
The Asheville Journal says: Reports
OF the condition of the crops from all
sections of Western North Carolina are
very encouraging.
The New York Tseqram esti m los
that there has been in three wears a
twenty-five per cent. decrease in prison
inmates in prohibition Iowa.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-16

could not put in a word for The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER, but hope to do bet
ter next time. Our meetings are held
semi-monthly. l reckon l have said
more nov than you want to publish,
so will stop by wishing you good luck.
Fraternally,
w. M. MARTIN, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-16
NOTICE.

The Stockholders of the Farmers Ali
ance Warehouse are hereby requested to
meet in the city of Durham on Thursday,
September 9TH, 1889, for the purpose of
transacting important business. All ALI
ances in the tobacco belt are requested to
send delegates. jy163t
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-07-03
THE COON FIGHT.
A Crowd of Negroes Have Lively
Fight on the Boulevard.

Jessie, Lawrence and Sam Goodwin,
Jeff Pinkney and Martin Anderson had
high old time Saturday night in front of
Bushnell's store. but the entertainment
came near ending fatally to Martin.
Martin is, or rather was, the possessOr
of dusky dam ell whom he delight
ed to call wife. This wife was not en-
tirely faithful to the loving Martin, and
finally she left his bed and board, one
Jessie Goodwin furnishing her with the
money to travel on. This made Martin
angry, but being good Christian he
held his temper until Saturday night,
when he met Jessie and proposed to
"cheese the matter up But jessie was
of the matter to Martin. This was more
than the long-suffering Martin could
stand, so he smote Jessie with his fist,
grabbed him by the neck and was chok-
ing him in the most approved manner
when Lawrence, brother of Jessie,
rushed up and seized Martin by the nape
of the neck and proceeded to make mince
meat of his posterior extremeties with an
ugly hawkbill knife. Pinkney also got
mixed up in the matter and was cut.
Marshal Hull, heriff Turner, HI. w.
Ross and several others separated and
arrested the parties.
Martin was cut in nine places.
Monday morning the three prisoners,
Jessie, Lawrence and San Goodwin
we're brought before acting Mayor A. P.
Davis. Although the prisoners had been
clearly guilty of violating city ordi-
nance, Mr.. Davis refused to try them
and turned them over to the State au-
thorities, i. e. Justice Dore.
Jessie on whom was found pistol,
was charged with carrying concealed
weapons, waived examination and was
bound over to Circuit Court in the sum
of $50.
Lawrence was tried for assault and
fined $25 and cost, very light sentance.
Sam was discharged on his recognz-
ance to appear next week.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-07-03
ROSS, FACTORY BURNED.
Hard Work and the Chemical En-
gines Save the Shops.

Hard Work and the Chemical En-
gines Save the Shops.
Tuesday night of last week the fire
bell sounded the alarm of fire, and in a
very few minutes nearly every able-bod-
led man, woman and child in the city
were collected around Ross factory, on
the corner of Florida and New York av-
enues.
1t was evident that the factory could
not be saved, and the crowd devoted its
attention to getting out the stock. In this
they we're successful and nearly every
thing was saved.
The blacksmith shops, which were To-
Gated Immediately in the rear of the fac
tory and about ten feet distant, it was
thought would surely burn. But the
willing amateur firemen were not going
to surrender without fight, SO they
went to work with VIM The chemical
engines played on the building, and did
nobly, in fact it would have been unable
to have saved the shops without them.
The bucket brigade also did noble work,
and the roof and end OF the house were
kept drenched with water. At least a
dozen times the shingles on the end
nearest the factory caught fire, but the
once despised "squirt guns" and the
bucket brigade quickly extinguished it.
The building was finally saved, and we
dare assert that finer work was never
done by paid department.
NOTES.
We will never laugh at the chemical
engines again.
Mr.. Ross loss is between $4,000 and
$4,000. His total insurance on building
and stock amounted to $4,000.
There was no "chief, no ''boss, !" ''no
nothing" but the amateurs diG all that
could have been done with them.
The origin of the fire is still somewhat
of mystery. Spontaneous combustion,
exploded lamp, ETC., are blamed with it.
Harry Wood got overheated and was
carried home in dazed condition. He
was unconscious most of the night, but
was 0. K. next morning.
VIM. King, the negro ice cream ped
dler, deserves credit for the hard work
he did, In fact the negroes, for the first
time in the history of DeLand, did their
duty. We hope they will also do it the
next time.