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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-14

TOLEDO. O., Jan. 10. 1887.
Messrs. F, j. Cheney 8 Go. --Gentle
men:-I have been in the general
practice Of medicine for most 40 years.
and would say that In all my practice and
experience. have never seen a prepsra
tion that could prescribe with as much
confidence of success as I can Halls
Catarrh Cure. manufactured by you.
Have prescribed it great many times
and its effect is wonderful, AMI would
sny in conclusion that ave yet to find
case of ca tsrrh that 1t would not cure,
If they would take 1t according to direc>
tions. Yours truly.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-14
The Story of n Country Town.

The Story of Country Town.
"Are you still in the real estate business at
Boomvilleg"
"Yes"
"How's businessr
bad haven't been able to borrow dol
lar for month. "-Nebraska State journal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-14
There's nothinq like 1t.

bJsMOND DYES co,oy F.a,h-s ard Ri5bors
UfHWoHc b'-o Edsgf E1egupn EeoromicaU
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-06
THE PEANUT GROWERS.

SoMERToN, Va, July IL, 1889.
Mr.. ED1roR:-At meeting of the
Farmers Alliance for the county of
Nansemond, held in the town of Suf-
folk, on the llth day of July, 1889,
the following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
Resozved, "That a vote of thanks
be rendered especially to The Pro
aREss1vE FARMER, of Raleigh, N. c.;
the Rural Messenger; of Petersburg,
Va, and the Weekly TOizer, of Nash
vile, Tenn, for the obliging manner
in which they have published the call
of meeting of the peanut growers,
to be held in the town of Suffolk, Va,
on the 1st of August proximo, and
also to any other newspaper that may
have copied therefrom."
Fraternally,
FRED. w. HUNTER.
Sec'y Nansemond Co. f. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-06

is fair average | would say in con-
clusion, just as many thels have said
to the farming class of people, plant
less cotton and more corn, peas, po
tatoes, fice, cane and small grain, and
this will enable you to raise more
home manure, and the result will be
you will have home pork and beef,
home flour, home syrup and home
milk and honey, and-our wives will
be 81: couraged and will probably hand
you over a pair of home made pants
occasionally. This is what will put an
end to mortgages and time prices, but
be sure to arm yourself with TIE
PROGRESSIVE EARMER for instructions.
Yours fraternally,
F. D. SHAW.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-06

State Alliance on the question Of the
permanent use Of cotton covering for
cotton bales is encouraging, but it is
evident that some of the Sub-Alliances
are still strangely neglectful of their
own interests in this important mat
ter. About 75O, 900 yards of the cot
ton covering have been ordered for
use in South Carolina, but no orders
have yet been sent forward from a
number of, the counties. The repre-,
sentatives of the Sub Alliances in
these counties say, indeed, shat they
will send in their requisiticns rapidly
from this time forward; but there
should have been no delay that could
be avoided, and every day of further
delay is at the farmers risk Repeat
ed assurances have been given that
cotton bagging mills can furnish all
the cotton covering that is needed,
and the full force of the National ALI
ance will be brought to bear to secure
an eqitable adjustment of the tare.
The appeal of the State Alliance that
every Sub. Alliance shall endeavor to
secure the use of the cotton bagging
ought to be needed, and acted on
promptly. The cotton farmers must
break the Jute Trust this year, or ac-
cept its mastership hereafter
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-06
FROM MADISON COUNTY.

July 18th, 1889.
Mr.. ED1ToR:-I viii give the broth
erhood few dots from French Broad
Alliance, No. 410, Madison county
N. c., to let them know that we are
alive though very young. We were
organized February 18th, '89, with Is
members; now we number between
so and 70 members, male and female,
and we have as good material as Madi-
son can afford. We have passed no
resolutions for the public. 1 think
we should keep our resolutions until
we accomplish our object, then it will
be time for the world to know what
we aim to do.
\ We have subscribed twenty dollars
10 the State agency fund, though
sorry to say there has not been any
paid in yet. Money is scarce in our
settlement, but it will come, every
cent of it, and more too.
I see, that there are some Alliance
Sob$ceo warehouses in operation. IN
tRekSfate and are doing a good bust
ness. Why can't we have one in
\Asheville Tobacco is the staple of
Western North Carolina and Asheville
Isl the market Brethren, let us hear
ffom you on this question.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-06
NEWS FROM BLAHEN.
PINE LOG ALL1ANcr. No. 91O.
Rosindale, n. c., July 1889.

Rosindale, n. O., July 1889.
Mr.. EDIToR:-If you will allow me
space in your columns, will write a
few lines for publication. Our ALI
ance was organized in June, 1888,
with 16 charter members, and we
have never numbered but Is. We
have lost two members, one by death
and one by suspension, which leaves
us only % strong. We are moving
slow, but all things considered, /
think that we are doing pretty well.
We are poor community, not yet
having our farms in condition to
make them self sustaining, but we are
slowly gaining ground, and you may
set US down as being in full accord
with all the great Alliance work. We
are fully aware of the necessity of CO.
operation in all of our undertakings
We are having plenty of rain now
and crops are looking very well at
this time, more promising than for
several years.
At our annual election in June the
following officers were elected to serve
for the ensuing year: President, H.
P. Clark; Vice-President, J.H. Preest;
Secretary, D. 7. Perry; Treasurer, S.
T. Buie; Chaplain, L. S. Perry; Lee
turer, G. M. Eason; Asst. Lecturer,
Alex. Patterson; Doorkeeper, j. A.
Perry; Asst Doorkeeper, J. J. Clark;
Serg't-at-Arnns, J. D. Thomas; Busi-
ness Agent, your humble servant.
The selections all round [ think very
good except the last which I think
rather poor chance.
AT our June meeting we passed a
resolution requiring me to send SIS
out of the funds belonging to our
treasury to our brother trustee for
the business agency fund, which l
have done. Our Alliance has paid by
individual subscriptions $1650 and
donated out of the treasury SIS, max
ing a total of $3l.5O. Very small
amount, but the best that we have
been able to do as yet, but will do
moro soon as we can. With good
wishes for yourself and The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER, | am,
Yours fraternally,
g. w. BENSON.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-06

widely disseminated there would be !
railroad commission in evarv ssate
OF the Union at the termination Of the
next session of the different Leoisla-
lures.
We rejoice to know that our
brethren of Indiana downed the twine
trust, and purchased their twine 81
per lb. less than those outside of the
oder.
We have determined to use no iuts
bagging if there is any substitute OBJ
tainable; but owing to a scarcitv Of
money and very poor prospect for
the growing crop, am afraid that some
OF US will neither need nor be able to
obtain but little bagging of any kind
A part of our members have paid
$50 to the business agency fund and
hope to send more in the fall, and CON
tinue to do so until it is established
on a firm basis.
/ May every pillar of the Alliance
from the National Economist down
continue to grow in wisdom and bril-
hancy until their rays shall so illu-
mine our beloved country that one
and all may plainly see the path Of
duty, and with steady step and firm
determination, pursue the course thus
mapped out until the great object of
our order has been accomplished and
we can at last feel and exclaim that
our children are no longer in danger
of the calling yoke of serfdom being
placed upon them by set of vile and
unprincipled monopolists.
Fraternally yours,
NoTTUs B. SIwEI.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-06
LETTER FROM THE EAST.
WINDSOR, N. c., July Is, '89

WINDSOR, n. c., July 25, '89.
Mr.. EDIToR:--I have been waiting
since November last for some brother
who could WELD a more fluent pen
than myself to inform our sister Ali
ances Of the existence of Lone Star
Alliance, No. 1852. But being true
sons of the Old North State, they
seem 10th to begin. We organized
November oath, 1888, with IA mem
bers, and since then have continued
to increase in number until we now
have nearly every man in our imme
date vicinity who deserves the name
of farmer, a member of our order
We now number 80 gentlemen and
IA ladies, and / sincerely hope and
believe that the most of us are truly
in earnest and are determined to stand
by our batteries, especially THE Pro
GREssIvE 'FARNER, as long as there is
shell to fire into the ranks of the
enemy. I am sorry, though, to say
that we have few good men in our
midst who either do not realize the
Importance and justice of our cause,
or who fear to wound the tender feel
ings of those who charge US exorbitant
prices for such articles as they have
for sale, and pay US the least possible
price their elastic consciences viii
permit for produce we haveto dispose
of, thereby sinking us deeper and
deeper whenever an exchange is made
either way.
/ hope the day is not far distant
when the people of every occupation
will have an equal privilege with all
others in pricing the product Of their
labor, and then those who are halting
between two opinions and those who
have shouldered the burden but have
grown weak and can no longer carry
it, will be able to decide and be so
strengthened by our success that they
will join us, and be in ranks at the
final surrender of the mighty but de-
tested com bines and trusts.
We are all pure Jefersonian Demo
Gratis and shall so continue to be, but
don't propose ever to give our sup
port to any man for the Legislature
who is opposed to the railroad CON-
mission, nor do we see how any one
can, unless they have the promise of
dose of railroad pap. I think if the
articles by JAS. F Hudson were more
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Vol. 4.
DIRECTORY OF FARMERS OR
CARNATIONS.

noRTH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
Presidents. B. Alexander, Charlotte,
NC.
Secretary. L. Polk, Raleigh, n. =.
Treasurer. D. Allen, Falls, N. Q.
Lecturer-Dr. d. Reid Parker, Trinity
College, N. @.
Assistant Lecturer-D. D. Mcintyre,
LAurinburg, N. @.
Chaplain-Rev. Carr Moore, Towns
vile, N. G.
Door Keeper-W. II. Tomlinson, Fay
etteville, n. c.
Assistant Door Keeper T. Rush,
Mt. Gilead, N. @.
Sergeant-at-Arms-J. 8. Holt Chalk
Level, n. @.
State Business Agent-W. A. Darden.
WxRoUrIvE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH CARO-
LIMA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
Elias Carr, Old Sparta, N. O., Chair
man; Thaddeus Ivey, Ashpole, N. O.; }. 5.
Johnston, Rufin, N. G.
rHE NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS ASSOCIATION,
President-Elias Carr, Old Sparta,
Edgecombe county.
B. F. Hester, Oxford, Secretary; 8.
Ohio Wilson, Vineyard, and w. Il. Ben
bow, Oak Ridge, Assistant Secretaries
VIRGINIA STATE ALLIANoH.
President T. Barbee, Bridgewatar,
Virginia
ington, Virginia.
Secretary. J. silvey, Amissville,
Tfeasurer-Isaiah Printz, Luray, Vir-
ginia.
Lecturer-G. n. Chrisman, Chrisman,
Virginia
Asst. Lecturer s. Bradley, Luray,
Virginia
Ghaplain-Wm. M. Rosseg, Luray,
Door Keeper-B. Frank Beahm, Kim
ball, Virginia.
Asst, Door Heeper-G. E. Brubaker,
Luray, Virginia.
Serg't-at-Arms- 81. Lillard, Wash
ington, Virginia.
State Business Agent-S.>P. A. Bru-
baker, of Luray, Virginia.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
e. T. Brumback, Jas. 3. Compton and
Geo. H. Chrisman.
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FROM COLUMBUS COUNTY.

MACEDONIA, ALLIANCE, No. AZ,
Cerro Gordo, n. c., July 20, '89.
Mr.. ED1ToR:-Having been ap-
pointed correspondent to your excel
lent paper, and seeing nothing in
your paper from this section, I will
write to let our brother farmers know
that we are looking to the interest of
the Alliance. Our Alliance is over
sc strong in numbers, but our de-
termination that the Alliance shall
succeed and the farmers be benefited
morally, socially and financially, is ten
fold stronger. Mr.. Editor, / am
happy to say that the prospects for
corn, cotton and, in general, all crops
in the county of Columbus is much
better than usual at this season of the
year. God bless our brother farmers.
Bro. Harry Tracy filed his appoint
ment at Whiteville, in Columbus
county, on the 10th inst. He spoke
to a large crowd He spoke two
hours or over, and l consider it one
of the best speeches | ever heard. 1t
was regular revival of Alliance men.
The general cry is send us Bro. Tracy
again. Number AZ endorses the con-
selidation of the Alliance, Wheel and
Union. Also adopts cotton cloth as a
covering for our cotton. With our
best regards for the success of the
Alliance and Col. Polk and his paper,
| am, Fraternally,
L. r. Williamson, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-06

In Memorial Hall perpetuates the
memory of their services. No cup OF
honor was poured for them at the re
cent centennial But they are all
got d and true men-as true to the
best interests of North Carolina as
ever drew the breath of tife.
1t may not be proper for me to
allude to the faculty elected in 1869,
as was one of them I will, how
ever, say that they were good men
and true. as well qualified for their
respective positions as gentlemen
usually are who are elected to FL
similar positions. It was not their
want of the proper qualifications that
kept patronage from them. They be-
lieved with the trustees who appointed
them, that it was wisest and best for
the people of North Carolina to con
form themselves to the policy of the
general government as set forth il
the Constitution of the United States
and the reconstruction acts of Con
gress Their offending hath this ex-
tent, no more.
In conclusion, may ask if it would
not be better for the University and
for the whole State if the spirit OF
liberation and justice toward all men
and malace toward none should be
taught and practiced- more in the
future than it has been in the past
ALEX. MCIvER.
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THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE
ALLIANCE.

This body met IN the city OF
Columbia, on the 23d, and trans.
acted much business of Importance
to the order. The order was well
represented, but in the absence OF
any official report of the proceedings
we are unable to give the member
ship. The discussion of the bagging
question shows determination
among the brethren over the border
to stand Loyalty and faithfully by their
interests, by adhering to the action of
the Birmingham Conference. Most
of the counties had already placed
orders for cotton bagging for their
crops. President Stockhouse advised
practical, sensible address. The
proposed consolidation of the Ali-
ance, Wheel and Union was endorsed.
The body adopted State Exchange
similar to that of the State of Texas
The following is the list officers elect
ed for the year:
President, A. T. Stackhouse, of
Marion.
President, the Hon. D. P. So
journer, of Barnwell
Secretary, ]. w. Reidville, of Reid
vile, Spartanburg county.
Treasurer, B. T. Taylor, of Chester
field.
Chaplain, the Rev. James Douglass,
of Fairfield.
Lecturer, W. J. Talbert, Edgefeld.
Assistant Lecturer, II. McRae,
Marion.
Doorkeeper, J. w Kennedy, VIII
liamsburg. -
Assistant Doorkeeper, A. r. Walter,
Horny.
Sergeant-at-Arms, J. E. Jarnigan,
of Marion.
Member of Executive Committee
for the next three years, S. 7. D..
Lancaster, of SpHrtanburg.
Delegates to the meeting at St.
Louis, Mo-, were: J. Talbert, D. z
Morris, T. P. Mitchell, and J. E. Jar
nigan and A. P. Butler alternates.
Bro. Ben Terrell, of Texas, was
present and addressed the meeting.
The Charleston Netos and Courier,
commenting on the meeting and its
,ction, says:
The sessions of the State. Alliance
IN Columbia on Thursday and Friday
were marked by spirit of harmony
and industry which is rare in the pro.
ceedings of so large gatherings, and
which enabled the assembled repre-
sentatives of the farmers to transact
in an unusually short time consider
able amount Of business of the first
Importance to their order. There
were honest difference of opinion
about some of the questions discussed,
but they were discussed freely and
temperately; there was no idle wrang-
ling over any point, and the decision
OF the body was cheerfully accepted
by all its members. This speaks well
for the discipline of the organization,
which could only be effected, of
course, through the devotion and
singleness of purpose of its members,
and promises well for its success in
the several endeavors upon which it
has entered.
The determined attitude of the
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LETTER FROM ROWAN.
ELM GROVE ALLIANCE, No. 966,

July, 1859.
Mr.. EDIToR:-Although was re-
quested quite while previous to this
writing to send you few notes con
cerning our lodge, l have neglected
to do so, sickness having prevented,
but will now endeavor to comply, and
can say that we, as a band of brothers
united by the tie of the Alliance and
for the interest of the farmers and
farm laborers, are all on board the
same ship, pulling for the same shore,
and by the help of divine grace we
expect to do more and more until the
principle involved is carried out to the
letter, which means the rights of the
honest farmer will be adhered to and
our demands for justice and modera-
ton acceeded to. Justice and modera-
ton means peace and happiness; peace
and happiness means moderate taxa
tion and an economical administration
something that the laboring masses
who are the farmers, have long
been deprived of, and are now, but
have arisen to speak for justice.
Every farmer in these United
States should say amen to this grand
and manly utterance. They should
unite their every effort-be as one
family. The younger men should
seek the advice of their older and
more experienced brothers, study
economy, read more agricultural
literature, keep pace with the times,
use improved machinery for lessening
labor, cultivate less acreage, strive to
retain and increase fertility of soil,
terrace their hillsides, make suffi-
ciency Of provender to supply their
farms and tenants, steer clear of the
one hundred and fifty per cent mer-
chant, live at home, let cotton be
surplus crop, and you will get just as
much money for a two and half
MILL N crop as seven and half mil
lion bales now bring, since this is
season of trusts and all trusts are
against the farmer and his interest
Form a grand and never.ending trust
with every farmer member thereof
with but one aim and determinations
to make the farmers home paradise,
full to overfowing with a super
abundance of all that is needed
and useful in maintaining farm and
filing its owners Golfer with sufi-
cheney of this worlds goods, thereby
destroying the foundation to the many
trusts springing up daily to keep the
hard ridden farmer submerged Ia
debt and dependent upon the mer-
chant and usurious money-lender,
who charge unreasonable profits or In
terest. Such a grand old country
this will be when The farmers do unite
their energies and pail together until
this end is attained and trusts are
known only as thing of the past
can also state that we heartily en-
dorse the action taken in Birmingham
concerning the bagging trust, and
hope they will sink beneath the waves
of oblivion, never to rise again.
Our most important topic for dis
cussion now is the policy Of State
Exchange, and also one for the
county. But I viii give you
fuller details of this in the future
when the subject has been more thoE
oughly discussed and investigated.
SAM'L RoTHRocK, JR,
Cor Sec'y
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LETTER FROM oNsLow.
RIOHLANps, n. @.
ANAOAA 1AzA4VAN1 ~ VI
Adams School House Alliance,

Adams School House, Alliance,
No. 176, July %, '89.
Mr.. EDIToR:-As l seldom see any
thing in your most excellent paper
from Onslow, / will undertake to write
you for the first time lately. The
Alliance in this county, probably,
don't stand so high nor increase in
numbers with some other counties,
but we mean business just the same.
We had live county meeting and
considerable business done, notwith-
standing the weather was very un-
favorable, for our county meeting
sends ten dollars to the State business
agent. But l am happy to say our
lodge will double that amount. The
membership in this county is not in
creasing, for the reason that the weak
are dropping out, but the strong are
continually growing stronger. The
Alliance is an order that will purge
itself of worthless material. We have
watched the appointments of Bro.
Tracy, hoping to see an appointment
for this county. Hope you won't for.
get US, but will send him down here,
for we consider that such lecturing is
essential to the success Of the order
At our last meeting the following
was endorsed:
The action of the Legislature in re-
gard to the incorporation, the action
OF the Birmingham Convention and
the consolidation of the Alliance and
Wheel.
Mr. Editor, we do not pass many
resolutions, but our motto is to fall
into ranks and keep step, quietly
marching on as one grand army, meet
ing the enemy and resolved to con-
quer or die. This is the grandest
effort the farmer has ever made to-
ward organization, and it is very plain
for any reasonable person to see that
a with long pull, a strong pull and a
pull altogether success is ours; espe-
cially 80, if we could have good lee.
turing in every neighborhood and
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER placed in
every family. We hope that every
lodge in North Carolina will respond
to the call Of the business agency fund,
80 that business can be done through
that channel to the advantage of every
Allianceman, for one of the great
troubles in this county is making low.
priced cotton to pay for provisions at
time prices. He who is years pro,
visions behind is likely to remain SO
without a great change. Think OF
this, my dear friends, and decide for
yourselves Now, few words in re-
gard to farms, and / close. The
weather has been quite rainy through
this section for the past month or lon
ger, but, notwithstanding we have had
some very heavy rains, 1 think the
crops in the upper part of the county