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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-08
THE FEATURE OF THE STATE
FAIR-THE MARRIAGE.

On Tuesday, October 18th, at II
m, sharp, the marriage of Nh. W. M.
Bateman, Of Washington county, to
Miss Josephine Knowles will take
place in the judges stand in front of
the grand stand.
The groom will be clad in a full
dress suit of cotton bagging, and the
bride in a dress of appropriate design
and finish, trimmed in fringe of cot
ton bagging.
The bride and groom will be &C
companied by a full corps of other
attendants dressed in like attire.
Mr.. S, Ohio Wilson, Vice President
of the Wake County Alliance, will be
Marshal and will also be dressed in
cotton bagging. The bridal party
will at 1880 leave the boarding place
of the bride on Hillsboro street, and
the party will proceed to the Fair
grounds in carriages and will arrive
at the south entrance at 1850 and
proceed to the stand, which will be
appropriately decorated.
1t is desired That every Alliance
man and lady, as well as their friends,
will form a double column from the
south gate to the stand, and, as the
last carriage passes, fall in line two
abreast and escort the party to the
stand, where the impressive ceremony
will be performed by the Chaplain of
the State Alliance. After the cere-
mony the presentation of presents will
follow.
1t is only necessary that the public,
and especially the Alliance, should
know of the event, to show their ap-
probation of the allegiance of the
couple to the cause by the pre-
sentation of suitable and appropriate
presents.
It is believed that the largest crowd
of the week will be at the Fair on
Tuesday, and this event alone is suff-
cient to repay the people for their at
tendance.
S, OHIO WILSON. Marshal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-08
OVER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
PER ACRE.

1T is indeed gratifying to know that
u our grape growers, are thus far
entirely satisfied with the establish
ment of this new industry in our
midst. They deserve success, not
only as a reward for their enterprise
and industry, but because of the great
benefits that must accrue to this Sec
ton through their efforts. Notwith-
standing the unusual and excessive
wet weather which prevailed, the
fruit was sound and healthy and
shipped IN admirable condition. We
have talked to several of our growers
recently and they are satisfied that
grape growing for market can be as
advantageously prosecuted in this
section as anywhere. We approached
our enterprising fellow townsman,
Capt. B. P. Williamson, who has been
shipping for three years and he said:
"My net returns for three years have
been a little over one hundred dollars
per acre. What department of farm
ing pays better? What better does
a man want" al was just thinking"
said he, "that if some new territory
could be opened and the settlers, after
a trial of three years, could assure
our people that hundred dollars
net per acre, could be realized by the
cultivation of grapes, how the people
would rush to it! Many of our own
people here around Raleigh,who own
lands, that could do this every year,
would be among the first to go.
People from all parts of the country
would go by thousands. Well we
have the land here and all the facili-
ties for getting the grape to the best
markets"
Experiment has demonstrated that
North Carolina is the home of the
grape, and we doubt whether there is
a finer section in the world, for the
perfect development of a variety of
grapes, than that which lies across
our State, and bordering the eastern
outline of the old Red Sand Stone
belt. Not many years hence, through
the efforts and example OF such men
as our fruit and stock-growers, this
section will abound in fruits, grasses
and fine, blooded stock.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-08
AN OPEN LETTER TO HIS Elk.
CELLENCY GOV. FOWLE..s

DEAR SIR:-You were censured by
many for the removal of members of
the board, connected with the Insane
Asylum; land grave charges were
made of spite and spleen.
Permit. me to say that the people
were with you, not because the re-
moval of DR.. Grissom followed, but
because under the law you could not
do otherwise.
The Executive Department has its
duties to perform, and to see the laws
faithfully carried out is the chief of
all your duties.
I had thought that others similarly
situated would, ere this, have taken
warning; or if their attention had not
been called to the fact that they were
diso6eying the taw and vsiolating the
Constitution, that after they were ap-
prised of the fact that they would
have stepped down and out. It seems,
however, that there are those who
care more for the ducats than the law,
and that they hold on in spite of the
very plain hints given them.
We therefore ask at your hands
that the Executive kick be further
extended, and that the bouncing pro.
cess be carried out until the last one
within our good old State who holds
two Offices OF places Of trust be made to
glve up one or both.
These reflections, your Excellency,
were induced by reading the follow.
ing:
Art. IA, Sec. Z, of our Constitution
says: No person who shall hold any
office OF place of trust or profit under
the United States or any department
thereof, or under the State or under
any other State government, shall
hold or exercise any other Office OF
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-08
THE NORTH CAROLINA VETER-
ANS ASSOCIATION.

TNHE following circular, issued by
IL the president of the North Caro-
lima Veterans Association is published
for the information of all who feel an
interest in the organization:
:, The North Carolina Confederate
Veterans Association will meet at
Raleigh on Wednesday of Fair week,
October 10th, 1889. 1t is expected
that every county will be represented
and it is hoped that every old Confed.
crate soldier who can will attend.
The railroad fare is only one cent a
mile and makes it possible for all to
come.
Addresses are expected from GOV
ernor Lee, Governor Gordon, Senator
Vance, Senator Ransom and other
distinguished soldiers.
On the night of October 10th, in
the Senate Chamber, there will be
business meeting and it is the object
Of this grand meeting to adopt the
best and simplest plan for making the
old Confederate soldier, who is FOL
any cause unable to support himself
pass his declining years in comfor
and honor.
The purposes of the Confederate
eterans' Association are eminentlv
worthy of the confidence and supper
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-08

of all who sincerely desire to relieve
the necessities of the INDECENT heroes
of the State who are not provided for
by the pension laws and who are now
subjected to the gross indigrity of be.
ing forced to exist in poor houses, OF
to suffer elsewhere for the necessaries
of life.
The only just and wise course for
US to pursue is to meet and decide
what ought to be done or what
we are willing to do, and then to do it.
The honor of North Carolina is
pledged to do justice to these needy
men.
J. S. CARR, Pres't.
W. F. BEAsLEY, Chm'n Elk. Com.
W. G. STRoNAoH, .Sec'y.
re- We ask every paper in the
State to publish this address.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-08

clan, to be the higher law" It was
an unwritten law founded in public
sentiment, that he claimed was
"higher than the Constitution itself.
We are now informed of the purpose
of the conspirators, to force the cotton
farmers of the South to submit to the
robbery of THIS monopoly, We say in
response, that they wiU not do 1t. There
are evidences before US, clearly 'indi-
eating that other monopolies and
money powers are secretly aiding our
enemies. These will be exposed in
due time. For the present, we will
give our attention to the Jute Trust.
The issue is clearly cut and well defined,
the Jute Trust owns the jute mills
and has a vast amount of money in
vested in them. They know if we
succeed in establishing mills in the
South for the manufacture of cotton
bagging that it will close their mills
for all time to come, They are not
fighting for fourteen cents for their
bagging, for they would gladly give
us all that we need for this crop if
thereby they could stop the manufac.
ture of cotton bagging, but they are
fighting for the erastence Of their mills.
On the other hand we are not fighting
simply against the paying of their
exorbitant prices, but we are fighting
to establish our own mills, to make
hereafter and alwoys u oa0n bagging
out Of our oa0n product.
They have succeeded in deluding
some Of the Exchanges or have
bought them up, and they hope to
conquer US yet.
But we tell our friends to stand
firm and our d~eliverance will surely
come and our victory will be com
plete. It would not surprise us if
the Trust and it's friends should re.
ceive an electric shock in less than a
month. They will open their eyes
yet. We r safe.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-08
FARMERS AS POLITICIANS.

The farmer is so frequently advised
to leave the law to lawyers, physle TO
the physicians, and politics to the
politicians, that it gives US pleasure
to give place to the following from
the american AgrlcuHwrist as some
thing very sensibly said and timely;
"The farmer should not only be an
independent voter, but an aggressive
politician himself. We use the worn
in its best sense. The farmer IS 1oo
much inclined to let the nominating
caucuses and conventions 60 oy ue
fault. The nature of their occupation
Is such that many farmers do not 04Lo
to attend even the local caucuSeS, oo,
cause as they say, the programme
cut and dried beforehand oy L lt the
in the village, county or city as sno
case may be. This is all too 'fao,
and accounts in a great measure y,
the majority of professional =
found in Office, and also for tne oom
paratively small number OF IaLL
candidates. The time Is here VIZ
each individual farmer should conl0
squarely to the front in political T TS;s
tiers and make his influence telI'
is to be done not by staying at 1Gn n@
till election day and then grumonIo
at the nominations, or perhaps scraton,
ing the ticket, but by first attenotI Ing
the causes at which delegates 10 Inc
nominating conventions are apPoln'eSu o
"The practical beginning 1o[ 'n &c
farmers in politics is therefore o.
home. There is much Spread'eagls5
talk as to the farmers power anu
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-08
ON THE WING.
October 2, 1889
BY OLD FOG1

BY L FOGY.
Col. L. L. Polk and I left Raleigh
on Monday, September 3Oth, at l a.
M, for Luray, Va.
We passed Greensboro at $50,
Danville at 10 a. m, and took dinner
in Charlottesville at 2 p. m. It is
safe to say that it would be hard to
find two men in North Carolina that
enjoy eating, or can, in a given time
devour more than the Colonel and
myself. Besides, it is understood
that we are doing all we can to adjust
differences in railroad traffic.
The eating houses on the Danville
system, we understand, is run by the
railroad. Many of the passengers eat
but little, and lest the railroad COM
pany should get rich too suddenly, we
endeavored to compensate for the
failure or inability on the part of the
delicate passengers.
We left the classic old town at 4 p.
m. and was soon winding along the
foothills of the Blue Ridge. Passing
near the M1llers schooI brought out
this idea. Prof. Massey, of our Agri-
cultural College, understands very
thoroughly the different systems of
road building. [ think the five and a
half miles of road from the school to
the railroad cost, for macadamizing
and grading alone, about SIS, 600. |
suggest that the Call. with it's usual
enterprise, secure the Professors ser.
vices and an article on roads be pub
lished.
The conductor calls out "Afton;" we
rush to the car door. To our left lies
a cove embracing hundreds of acres,
farm houses, orchards, lie at our feet
above US, like giants, rise the grand
old peaks of the Ridge. They stand
grim and silent like sentinels, they
tower heavenward, and now they are
wrapped in veil.like drapery. The
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-08
AN IMMENSE BAGG1NG TRUST.
by Telegraph

CHICAGO, Oct. "a dispatch from
st. Louis, Mo-, says: The Missouri
antitrust law has precipitated the for
nation of another great national COM
bination. AL the bagging interests
of the United States will shortly con
solidate under the name of the Amer
lean Manufacturing Company of New
York Warren, Jones and Gratz. of
this city, the head of the Jute-B agging
Trust, are prime movers in the new
organization. It was stated to day
that about twenty different factories
at various points were to be absorbed
into the American Manufacturing
Company in carrying out the present
scheme.
From the above we are to infer
that the c~onspirators, by forming a
National Combination" may evade
a State law. During the slavery agi-
tatlon, prior to the war, the public
ear became accustomed to what was
declared, by a noted Northern politi.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-08
THAT OPEN LETTER TO THE
GOVERNOR.

TT will be seen that "Old Fogy"
j. calls for a strict observance of
and faithful admins tration of the law.
The law knows no difference among
citizens, and we trust his Excellency
will prosecute his pronounced purpose
to make it apply impartially to all. If
"Oh Fogy" be correct land we be-
lieve he is) there n a number of
gentlemen in III State who are hold
ing positions in violation of law. We
may refer to this important matter
again.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-08

The Executive Committee of the
State Farmers Alliance will meet in
the city of Raleigh, at the ~Secretary's
Office, on the 18th inst.
We have information that Bro.
Scarlott, of Pleasant Green Alliance,
No. 1915, Orange county, died Of
typhoid fever on the 9Th of August
last in the 23d year of his age.
The brethren of York county,
s. c., will have a picnic at New Hope
Church on the 22d inst and expect a
large crowd and a joyous time.
Brothers w. A. Graham, Capt. S. B.
Alexander and others are expected to
deliver speeches.
Bro. JIM Conerley, of Fair Bluff,
N. c., asks: "Can any of your read
ers give me information about a Brick
Machine Manufacturing Company ? I
want to buy a machine for making
brick, and will be obliged for any in
formation on the subject.
Bro. H. C. Clegg, of Rocky River
Alliance, No. 254, writing from Pitts
boro, N. c., under date of Sept. 28th,
informs us of the death of DIR. J. B.
Burns, Lecturer of that Alliance,
which occurred on the Sd of Septem-
Der, in the 10th of his age. Bro.
Burns postofice vas Tysor's Mills,
N. G.
The marriage to take place at our
State Fair, will attract thousands of
people from all parts of the State. It
will be a novel scene and an impress
sive one. The bridegroom dressed in
full suit of cotton bagging and the
bride in a handsome costume of
North Carolina bingham. Come and
see it.
Il. G.. Hardin, Secretary of Forest
City Alliance, Rutherford county,
says, at last meeting a liberal contri
button was made to the state business
| agency fund. More will be subscribed
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-08
OUR A. AND M. COLLEGE.

OUR Agricultural College was
" opened on last Thursday with
interesting ceremonies. Speeches
were made by Prof. Holiday, Maj.
Bingham, Lieut.. Gov. Holt. Prof.
Winston, DR.. Crowell, DR.. Atkinson,
Maj. Finger and DR.. Sanderlin. The
speech of President Holiday was
practical and f~orceful and we hope to
present it to our readers in the near
future. There are thousands of farmer
boys in our State, who should be in
just such an institution as this, and
we hope to see every county in the
State represented on it's rolls before
the close of the year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-08
IMPORTANT TO ALLIANCEMEN
IN WAKE COUNTY.

A T the meeting of the Wake Coun-
IN ty Alliance on last Friday, a
most important measure was adopted.
Bro. r. J. Powell was elected the
County Business Agent for Wake,
and his Office will be opened in the
city of Raleigh on the 10th inst,
where he may be found at all times.
Bro. Powell is paid a stated salary and
is employed by the year. He gets no
commissions on anything. His SER
vices belong to the Order in this
county-use him. Bro. Powell will
have something to say in u paper
next week.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-08
NOTES.

= Father Boyle, the Catholic
priest charged with rape, was con.
victed on Saturday and was sentenced
by Judge Armfeld to be hung on the
29th of November.
Look out for Progressive Farmer
Headquarters when you reach the Fair
grounds, and call and renew your sub
scrgptiom and IF you can't come to the
Fair, send the money for renewol By
yO~r meigh6or. Don't forget this.
* The Dakota Rmali;st, the organ
of the Alliance in Dakota, says in re-
gard to the proposed consolidation:
"Among the Alliance leaders in ALI
ance work, there is but one opinion
consolidate by all means" BY the
way, the Rurazast is al able represen-
tative of the order. !
Bro. Ben Terrell, National Lee
turer, is doing noble service in South
Carolina. The brethren are charmed
with him, and he is making hosts of
friends for himself and the Alliance
cause. Nothing is SO greatly needed
as good lecturers in each State.
The Mississippi Agricultural
College has $50 students, and others
are being added daily. The large
College barn was destroyed by fire
entailing a loss of $1,000, but with
Gen. Lees energy and push it will
soon be replaced. We are glad to
note the increasing popularity and
prosperity of this splendid institution.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-08
THE BIG FAIR OF 1880.

THE railroads have been very lib
J. eral and accommodating. The
premiums are better than ever. The
Fair has been mor thoroughly adver-
tised than ever before. Many new
features and important ones have
been introduced and at this writing it
promises to be the largest and best
Fair ever held by the Society. We
want to see a host of farmers, their
wives, sons and daughters, here.
GOMEZ 1t will do you good.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-08

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, 1889-10-08
ALLIANCE NOTES.

ALWAYS give the name and number of
your Alliance, your p~ostofice and your
county, plainly, when you write to the
President, Secretary, Trustee, Business
Agent OF Chairman of Executive Com
mittee of the State Alliance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-08

~ Our friends in writing to 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, 1889-10-08

Do you want your communication pub
Iished2 If so, give us your real name
and your postofice. H.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-08

a 81 The date on your label tells you
when your time is out.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-08

Do you want your paper changed to
another office? State the one at which
you have been getting it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-08

The Executive Committee of the
State Farmers Alliance will meet in
the city of Raleigh, at the Secretary's
Office, on the 18th inst.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27

The freight from Chicago St was ninety cents
Forest O6 And mr.
chased FREIGHT rates have been
Another iusation In the GfEAT WEST
paying 1O gallon, retail fol asked par
ties near st. Paul. ut the side 25 miles Chcago)
The answer 15c straight
him his cheap rates. ceany
as the st. Paul grocer?
Because my freights greater!'
What? Where is Interstate Commerce law?"
W that law affected avotaby but the law not fully
My oil costs about two cents gallon
"But you charge five cents more?"
YES do theSt Paul merchants they can do it,"
Now let
retai in gallon at 25 cents gaon In 5a
ask why it is than double St. Paul prices?
Becaue costs three cents gallon oil Paul
than does from Chicago to St. Pauthat is if it 1K
get it that 41O miles it AZ this
Well didn't exactly believe this thinking exaggera
ton However, wanted to know why he lifted the price
OF three increase in ncos His
Now the point this It OF
ber ships and costs 2O16ts when the
freight great granger
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27

II anything were needed to show
the control of the banks over this
country it is furnished in the fact
that we cannot get the U. s. govern
ment to list farm mortgages in the
Us Census of 1890. Appeals have
been made by every labor organiza-
tion in the country, resolutions
passed, and the matter urged in the
labor and farm journals. The gov
ernment responds-it would cost too
much. This is reckless falsehood.
known to every man of common
sense. The expense is the same as
with any other matter of enrolment.
If the U. S. government, however.
were to simply copy the amounts
from the records in the county Offices
by townships twould cost but a trife.
There are something over 8 900 coun-
ties in the union. Certainly $50 per
county would make a record of this
character, r,-amounting to $15O,OOO.
And yet the government donates the
sum of $6,OOO,OOO for the census
The fact is that the census is run in
the interests of the bankers, and
capitalists.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27

Thousands of farmer voters who
voted for Comstock in the 5th Dist,
for Congress, and defeated Canning,
the rugged farmer, made this ex.
cuse:
eyes, but Comstock says he is in
favor a of reduction of the tariff
What would any demagogue and
railway attorney say? What was
his platform Now look at this
Comstock voting and working like a
beaver to put Reed in as speaker o1
the House, the whip" or leader o1
the high protectionists-the man
who appoints all the committees! II
makes our heart lie up against the
backbone and turn red 10 think oi
farmers being so everlastingly stuck
on "party."
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27

The wings of the Almighty are not
folded yet-nor !have the "lightnings
of his wrath lost their swiftness.
He has his hand yet on the destinies
of man, and his throne has not Sc
lected any ministry to stand be-
hind it from among the children OF
men. This is merely a preface to the
following statement: When the
great parties think they can get JUS
tice cornered and keep the people from
issuing a habeus corpus for the pro-
duction of the body, they get left. At
first the natural love of right only
breaks out in spots-but the fierce
glow of anger soon fires the heart
universal, and then it is time for
'sBlOcks of Five' and Subscription
thief Clarkson, and 'Trusts-are-pri-
vate-affairs'' Blaine to take to the
brush.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27

The Northwestern Railroader was
on it's nerve last attacking
Judge Cooley, OF the Interstate
Commission, "going" for the Dako.
ta granger legislature, and smiling
on the GREAT WEST. But the record
OF the week before was enough to dis.
gust honest or respectable people. He
practically recognized theindifference
of the railroads in the matter of the
killing OF 1900 employees a year, and
manning 2O,OOO-and defended their
policy.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27

Carpenter, of the Dakota Tribune
has an edge on his hatchet which
takes the weapon down to the bone
The following is one of his n, and is
worth reading three times a day fol
a week:
"Minneapolis Tribune STAR The
day of high freight rates has gone.
never to return, and now passenger
rates must come down."
"It has? Where did it go? Oh,
lust out into the cOuntry!''
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27

A few years ago beef and hog pro-
ducts were worth twice their present
price, on the farm. Yet this year the
exports OF these farm products
was 3k million dollars greater than
last year for the month of November
alone! And for eleven months it is
1O5 million dollars for this year
against II millions last year-and
still down goes the market. Do you
note these facts, Mr.. Monopoly
Press?