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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-21
The foregoing rates are taken from

The foregoing rates are taken from
a table found in the appeal Of the coal
operatives of Eastern Kansas and
Western Missouri to the Kansas Rail
road Commissioners and is now pend
ing before the Board. The rates for
farm products from points in the
West (two,thirds of the State, the
haul averaging than 800 miles) is from
two to three times the rate from
Kansas City to Chicago, a distance of
over 500 miles.
But little has been done by the
Legislature to remedy these evils
since the. very pertinent message of
Governor Martin four years ago with
the exception of changing the law re-
ducing the amount of aid that may be
voted from $4,000 to So, 900 per mile.
The primary object in voting aid in
this State is for the purpose of reliev-
ing the railroad of taxation. The in
terest paid on the bonds voted by the
people and upon themselves about
equals the tax paid by the railroads.
If the aid or bonds had not been voted
the roads then would pay into the
treasury of each county their rightful
share and proportion of the amount
of tax to be raised for the protection
of life and property.
You may ask why do not the &c per
cent, who are tillers of the soil in
your State, combine and right the
wrongs that are and have been
steadily growing and forced on the
masses with but little or no apparent
oppositson. In answer, will ask how
best to overcome the. baneful effects
of partisan politics, a subsidiary or
subsidized press and the influence OF
that thing most needful-money. II
these baneful barriers do not actually
exist, why is it that our Legislature
is composed mainly of lawyers, a ma
jority of whom are corporation attor-
MES? Why is it, when the partisan
press of one party tells the truth, the
opposition pronounce it a campaign
lie, and tells the boys to vote the
straight ticket and don't scratch ?
Why is it, when a measure is intro
duced into the Legislature looking to
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-21
OAKS ALLIANCE, No 1872,

Orange Co., N. c., April 25, '89.
Mr.. ED1ToR:-If you will allow me
space in your columns, / would like to
remind some of the members Of the
Alliance that the organization known
as "The Farmers Alliance" is a
secret order, and that when they
joined this order they did not take
upon themselves any obligation what,
ever to reveal a part Of the secret of
the order to their special friends and
renters who are not members of the
order. But vice versa. 1t is contrary
to the principle of the Alliance to tell
to outsiders what we pay for corn and
fertilizers, or any other article bought
through the Alliance; and a member
of the Alliance who buys for, or sells
to, a person who is not a member, at
Alliance prices, as some have done,
divulges the business secret of the
order, and ought to- be dealt with.
The prices paid for goods bought
through the Alliance, is a part Of the
secret of the order, and belongs not to
an outsider, no matter how warm a
friend he may be to some brother OF
the Alliance. What we are paying
for fertilizers this spring is about as
generally known to persons who are
not members of the Alliance as to
those who are members. Brethren,
such ought not to be. What is every
body's business, is nobodY's business;
and when the business of the Alliance
is made known to the world, the order
will cease to be a secret one. Then Is
it not time to call a halt, and give this
matter a little thought ? and would 1t
not be well for each president OF the
different Sub-Alliance to give his
members an occasional lecture on this
subject? l have visited different
| Alliances and I have reasons to be-
lieve that there is a failure on the part
some of the presidents to perform their
duties. Perhaps an occasional and
careful perusal of the Working Bulle,
tin would not be amiss, and would
suggest a part of the second, third
fourth, fifth and sixth pages OF this
little pamphlet as a very suitable text
to read to the members before lectur'
ing.
Would be glad to hear from other
brethren on the above subjects. u
cess to The PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
N. r. WEST.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-21

sonable remuneration for the services
they perform, and a reasonable in
terest on the capital legitimately in
vested in the building and operation
of their lines; but they should not be
permitted to establish rates that will
enable them to pay~large dividends or
interest on stock or indebtedness in
amount double or three times the cost
of the construction of the roads. De-
irving their powers from the State,
railway corporations are responsible to
the State for the exercise of those
powers, and it is the plain duty of the
law-making power to protect the peo-
pie against unreasonable, excessive
or extortionate transportation rates."
Congressman E. j. Turner, who
represents the Sixth Kansas District,
was Secretary of the State Board of
Railroad Commissioners a few years
ago, states, in reply to a letter written
last May by the editor of the Philips
burg (Kansas) Herald, that while
with the Board of Railroad Commits
sioners 1 learned much of railroad
manipulation and the injustice that
they constantly doing the people,
and in every speech l made l urged
three changes in the present law of
our State and commended them to the
members of the Legislature. First,
in order to make the Board of Rail
road Commissioners efficient servants
of the people, they should be given
plenary power to establish freight
rates; second, repeal the law granting
municipal corporations the power to
subscribe for stock; third, pass a law
limiting the bonded liability of a rail-
road to SIS, 900 per mile. The pres
ent average indebtedness per mile, of
the roads of our State is $54, 9O5.39,
where every mile can be built and
equipped for $4,000 per mile, and
those which we're built during the war
could not have cost over 500, 900 per
mile; the difference between these
amounts and $54, 9O5.38 represents
the watered stock and bonds of these
roads, and the people for all time to
come are obliged to pay the operating
expenses, taxes and interest on the in
debtedness of $54, 9O5.38 instead of
SIS, 600 per mile. They plead that
the laws of our State have allowed
them to create the indebtedness by
not limiting their liability, and as you
cannot legislate to interfere with
vested rights, u people must con-
tinue to pay for all time to come
this unnecessarily and viciously high
tariff; but had such limitation been
made by the last Legislature nearly
one-half of the mileage of the roads
in the State would be subject to it's
provisions, and lower tariffs upon
these roads would have forced the
same reductions upon all. Notwith-
standing the full discussion I gave on
this question, not a single bill was in
PRODUCED to accomplish either purpose,
except the second, and that reduced
the amount from 81, 900 to So, 600 per
mile"
That you may the better understand
the conditions referred to by Governor
Martin and Congressman Turner, the
following table shows the rates paid
per ton for the transportation of coal
through the four States of Missouri,
Iowa, Illinois and Kansas, from which
it will be seen that the rate charged
in Kansas is greatly in excess of the
other States named:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-21

brought nome in hat way. I have
sent horse from this point (Hillsboro)
to New York for SIS, and from here
to Baltimore for $3.50, and there is
no need of a Railroad Commission.
Unless the above release is signed, the
freight is again doubled on you and it
is thirty dollars. J. N
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-21

Experts at picking locks: wig makers
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-08
THE ST. NICOLAS CASE.
Trying to Get the Vessel Out of t
Hands of the u. s Marshs1

Trying to Get the Vessel Out of the
Hands of the U. s. Marshal
R. R. Richards, Esq, counsel for Receiver
Duval of the Florida Railway and Naviga-
ton Company filed in the clerks Office of
the United States district court yesterday a
petition for the release of the steamer st.
Nicholas with stipulations.
The court is asked to order a re-appraise-
ment so that the value Of the boat before
repairs were made shall be the amount Of
the bond and the amount of the repairs,
$500, is suggested, which deducted
from the appraisement of $4,000 as
made by the appraisers appointed by
Clerk of the Court King would fix THE
bond at 81 900. The petition also sets up the
fact that the receiver lives in New York
city, where he would have no trouble to
give the bond, but it would be difficult
here, where he is not known, and, there
fore, the petitioner asks that an order be
granted to permit Receiver Dlval to raise
the bond in New York, to be approved by
a United States circuit or district court
judge there.
Mr.. Ravenel, proctor for the lbellants,
said, after the petition had been filed that
he would not consent to having the bond
approved in New York, and he will COM
municate with Judge Speer, and ak to be
heard before final action on the petition.
The petition will be forwarded by to-mor-
rows mail to Judge Sheer
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-08
SEA UPON AND STABBED.
Two Men Wounded in a Washington
Square Scrimmage.

Two Men Wounded in a Washington
Square Scrimmage.
Washington square was the scene of a
bloody scrimmage yesterday morning be-
tween l and , O'clock John P. Murphy,
Jr., a Savannah, Florida and Western rail-
way fireman, and t. j. Halpin, an employe
nj one of the cotton wharves, were the
victims of an onslaught by Charles Nash, a
sailor. The two men were badly cut.
Murphy received bad stab in the shoulder
and Halpin was badly cut in the side.
After the cutting the wounded men hur-
ried down town to a physician They made
SO much disturbance at two of the physi-
clans offices that they would not treat
them. They finally got down to Dr. Charl-
TONS office, and he dressed their wounds.
The men were bleeding profusely, and
seemed to be in much pain. Their wounds.
however, are not dangerous.
Early yesterday morning the police was
notified of the affair and Officer Neve ar
rested Nash, and he was taken before the
mayor and was fined $50 or thirty DAYS.
Murphy, one of the wounded men. is the
son Of Engineer J. q. Murphy of the Savaa-
nah, Florida and Western railway, and
has been working down ct Waycross. He
has been up here for the last few days on a
vacation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-08
BARToW'8 BLIND TIGER.
How Moonshine Whisky Gets Into
Cirnl1 q tln-, in, IL

How Moonsh1ne Whisky Gets Into
Circulation in Jefferson County.
United States Commissioner Gillespie
committed Jack Lumpkin (colored) to jail
yesterday on the charge of violating the
internal revenue laws by selling liquor
without having paid the government tax as
a retail dealer.
Lumpkin halls from Barlow, on the Cen
trail railroad, Ill miles from Savannah. and
the testimony heard at the preliminary
examination went to show that Lumpkin.
who is an old offender, kept what
is known as a "blind tiger.n This
is place where a customer comes IN, Laws
down quarter of dollar, walks out, and
shortly after returns and finds that the
coin has mys,eriously disappeared and a
pint of whisky has as mysteriously taken
its place. No shopkeeper has been seen,
and there is absolutely no evidence as to
who did the act of legerdemain, SO that to
the initiated it is puZZling, as it was to
the old darkey VINO was ALWAYS sent for the
moonshine whiskey, who couldn't tell chow
dem jugs got empty, and how dem Jugs
always gets full"
The officer who arrested Lumpkin saws
that the latter had been selling moonshine
whisky and that Lumpkin had been con-
cealed for three days in white ma u g house
before he succeeded in arresting the
offender. If Lumpkin has any Influential
friends they seem to have deserted him. as
he was committed in default of 500 bali
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-08
CITY BR EVITIEs,

The Tybee railroad will run two trains to
the island to-day, morning and afternoon.
Mr.. W. H. Mendel is growing some very
fine varieties of fruits on his farm near
Bethesda station and among them is the
scuppernong grape.
By the fencing in OF the new postoffice
site on York street the water canuot get to
the sewer trap south OF the site and it col
lects in the street, forming a puddle hole
that makes it very difficult travelling aud
very unpleasant for people living IN the
neighborhood. The square is too high for
the water to flow through it, aud the conse-
quence is that whenever a heavy rain falls
the street fills several inches with water
which stands uatlI dries up. Complaint
has already been made to the AUTHORITIES
and also to Supt. Peck, of tho building, a. d
1t is likely that the place will be drained.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-08
STREET GAMBLERS TRICKS.
Money Buried in the Sand Out of the
Way of the Police.

Money Buried in the Sand Out of the
Way OF the Police.
The tricks of the street arabs, who chuck
dice on the street corners, and under the
shades of the trees, are various, but the
police got onto one of their shrewd devices
yesterday, which they will be very apt to
drop hereafter.
A mounted policeman rode down on a
group of the colored crap shooters, and they
fled precipitatelv, leaving the dice on the
ground. The officer was unable to catch
the young gamblers, and when he dis
mounted and saw the dice on the ground he
wondered why it was there was no money
there too, as the youngsters had been so
suddenly surprised that they had no more
time to gather up their stakes than they
had to save the dice. The policeman began
to inspect the ground narrowly and
found that the gamblers had each carefully
covered their money with sand. Holes of
uniform depth had been dug in the sand in
which pennies and niskels were deposited,
several of which he found. To thus con.
ceal The money was not only for the pur-
pose OF using it in evidence a. ainst them for
gambling, but also 80 avoid the loss OF the
money when a raid was made on them.
1t is almOSs impossible for the police to
break up street gambling, and arrests are
difficult, for the offenders are ALWAYS on the
alert for the police, and have pickets out to
give the signal on the appearance of an
officer in the neghborhood. 1t is rarely that
the young gamblers are caught, except by
descents made upon them by officers in
! citizens dress, or when, by concert of
action, two or more policemen approach
from opposite directions, and then some
| tunes two or three out of half a dozen or more
| are marched off 10 the barracks. But the
| young criminals are loyal to each other and
do not betray those who escase. And how
they are able to disappear SO suddenly is a
puzzle, for the ground seems to open and
swallow them up.
The street gambling is principally con-
fined to the street pedders, who, after their
days stock IN trade is disposed of, or nearly
so, meet by accident or arrange
men wherever there is enough
shade to shield their heads from the sun
AT first there may be only two or three, but
the number is augmented, and sometime as
high as fifteen or twenty ara in the group,
and the one pair of dice is enough for 100
crap shooters every one of whom can have
q, so, while side bets are the biggest part of
the game.
A short sentence on the chain-gang
usually follows the conviction Of the street
crap shooter, but if the penalty were double
the love of gambling is so deep-seated it
would not break up the vice
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-08
PUBLIC HEALTH MATTERS.
What the Citizens' Sanitary Associa-
ton is Doing.


ton is Doing.
Inspector Desvergers Of the Citizsns'
Sanitary Association reports the average
quality of food produce in the market last
week as not differing materially from that
of the previous week.
At last weeks meeting of the committee
on public health of the association, tbs fol-
loving resolutions were adopted:
ResOlUed. That hereafter the inspector of the
CITIZENS Sanitary Association of Savannah
shall board each vessel coming to the wharf
OBTAIN from the officer in command such infOr-
nation as this committee may require. an give
MN copies of such sanitary laws as the city
has adopted and such sanitary suggestions as
this committee may see fit to make.
hesotced, further, That DR.. Stone and Dr.
HummeI be committee to prepare the neceS-
sary blank books and printed matter to carry
out the above resolution.
The inspector reported that the city mar
shall during the week required the removal
OF a quantity of rice chat from the open lot
III the northwest part of DR.. Cox's cattle
mart, at West Broad and William streets.
The inspector says that the satufatIon of
rice chaff, and the ground in the open pens
OF this cattle mart results from the absence
or means for drainage of the place: that
the rain water has no way of escape, except
by percolation or tardily running off into
the streets adjacent. If a sewer were laid
down William street from West Broad
street to the West Boundary street Sc Yer,
this part of the city would thereby be
eRectually drained. DIR. Cox offers to con-
tribute individually $500 toward the cost
of such a sewer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-08
BIG TRAFFIC WAITING.
FREIGHT FOR SAVANNAH OVER
THE EDEN EXTENSION.

$4,000 Barrels Of Naval Stores Stored
at Oak Hill Waiting for the First
Train-The Section of Country That
the Savannah and Western VIII
Open Up-A New Feeder for Savan-
nah
what will tie building of the Savannah
and Western railro d do for the section of
country west of EdeaN a MORNING NEWS
reporter inquired of Capt. John Morrison,
a turpentiae farmer of Oak Hill yester-
dav.
sit win do great deal for u.s." he re-
piled. "There are about 5000 barrels Of
naval stores now awaiting the first freight
train, to be shipped from Oak Hill.
understand the Central is thinking of Civ
ing the station the name Of Nor
rIson, but am not anxious
for that kind of a monument. 1
think Oak Hill much more appropriate, as
the station will be in oak grove of 100
acres, and there isn't another place of that
name in Georgia
"But to return to the subject, can count
up some eight or nine turpentine farmers,
beside myself who will ship from this sta
ton, aud q, 900 barrels of naval stores IS a
conservative estimate of what is now
awaiting shipment. The railroad will
develop county tnat will be one of the
best agricultural sections of the state, ard
it will further develop the naval stores
industry of that region, which is already
very large"
Capt. Morrison is one of the most pros
porous turpentine farmers of the south His
farm this year numbered $50 900 boxes, and
he has two distilleries He has been one of
the most active in trying to get railroad
through that section, his zeal i'll this
matter being somewhat expensive to
him, as he was one of the stock
holders of the Savannah. Dublin and
Western who got nothing out of the ven
ture, and in addition made advances to
Ferguson q Co., which were a total loss.
He has taken lively interest in the Savan-
nah and Western, giving rights of way
himself and aidiBg the company in Solicit
ing rights of way among his neighbors An
effort Is being made to have the station
located mile from Oak Hill, but Capt.
Morrison does not think that the railroad
people will prove ungrateful for the aid he
has rendered them, and Oak Hill will, he
believes, be the first station on the new
road.
Very few people know that Capt. Morri-
son is related to the widow OF S5onewall
Jackson, but friend of the captain says
that Mrs. Jackson, who was a Morrison, is
a second cousin of the captain. The latter
was born in North Carolina, near Whining
ton,. and afterward settled in South Caro-
lima, and during the reconstruction days
commanded a company of South Carolina
militia, and in the Hampton campaign had
mis- company under arms at Columbia,
ready to act in an emergency at a time
when collision between the federal troops
and the state forces was one of the posi-
bilities of that exciting time, when the effort
was being made to count Hampton out of
the governorship.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-08
DIME SAVINGS DEPARTMENT

has proved very great success, and is the
means of hundreds of people laying aside funds
for rainy day. A careful calculation demon
strates that S. per week deposited in this insti-
tuition amounts with compound interest in five
years TO $3.50, in ten years to S3.270 and in
twenty years to the handsome amount of $3.50
One dollar per week deposited in the same man
ner Yields proport onate results. just think of
it!-S1 per week saved from the tobacco ac-
count and placed at compound interest will
amount in twenty years to ST. $40. If the vonna,
men of Savannah will consider these figures
they will be greatly benefited by the study,
Inc AFFAIRS OF the Title Guarantee Company
are prudently managed, and the dime sayin1S
department is made the special charge of n
board of five trustees noted for their business
ability and personal Integrity. Their names
give senseo of confidence Samuel Meinnard
of Menhard Bros. & Co., Hon. John Schwarz,
the present mayor of our city; William Kehoe'
of William kehoe & Co.; II. W. Palmer. Of
Palmer Bros, and NJ. j. Solomons the veteran
manager OF loan associations Mr. E. I.
Hackett is the efficient and courteous treasurer,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-08
A New Grocery Companv.

The Mercantile Cooperative Stock Com
pany, a colored organization, was Or
ganized last week with q canital
stock of $4,000, representing 1000 shares
at IS per share. The object of the company
is to conduct general mercantile business
in Savannah, for the mutual benefit of its
members Five per cent of the capital
stock has been paid
The directors and officers are A. H.
Grant, president; w. J. G.. Brown, vice
president; c. H. Ebbs. secretary: w. R.
Fields, treasurer. Directors-Y. M. NIL
ledge, R. II. Butler, w. Fl. Moreu, J. r.
Rutnlidge, B. H. Houston, s. G. Webster.
e. H. Simmons, j. NJ. Bourke and j. G..
Butler
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-08
Notice 10 Contractors and nnildera

have been appointed sole agent for the sale
of the celebrated Chewacla Lime. This lime has
peen sold in this market for the last twenty
years, and is conceded to have given better sat.
lstactlon than any other lime. I am also agent
for hoffman Rosendale Cement, English and
herman Portland Clements, Calcined Plaster
Plastering Hair etc which can furnisb in . -
quantity aud on short notice. kesp on hand the
largest stock in the south Of White Pine Doors
SASH, Blinds, Builders Hardware, Paints. oils
Glass; Lubrlcating Oils, Packings Of all kinds a
complete assortment Of stea'nboat and 1oiI n
supplies Get my prices before PURCHASING
elsewhere. Estimates cheerfully furnished.
ANDREW HANlEx.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-08
In His New Quarters.

Mr.. NJ. Sternberg has removed to his
handsome new store, No. 157 Breughton
street, and has opened with lage and ele-
CANT line of goods. He is now prepared to
offer his customers the latest and best novel
ties in Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, ETC..
and at prices which defy competition. Mr.
Sternoerg has now one of the finest estab-
llshments in the south, aud those who visit
it will be astonished at the display. and re.
ceive courteous attention from the proorie-
tor and his assistants,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-08
Joseph MahoneY Dead.

w. NJ. Mulherin of Augusta, brother-in
law Of Joseph Mahoney, who died at st.
Joseph's Infrmary yesterday morning at
3 o'clock, came down yesterday, and took
the remains of Mahoney to Augusta for
burial.
Mahoney was at one time a prosperous
merchant, but about twelve years ago the
death of his wife seemed to take away his
ambition, and be disposed of his interest in
prosperous business TO his partler, and
made no effort TO husband his means. He
leaves three children, two sons and a
daughter, who reside in Augusta