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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-23

tered the Car to pay his respects, In
course of the conversation which fol-
lowed Mr. Cleveland told Mr.. Ros-
cover that "nothing could induce
him to become a candidate for the
Presidency again." and his most init
mate friends say, he has no further
presidential aspirations. The Asheville
Citizen suggests that four years may
change his mind.
The editor most gratefully ap,
preciates the many kind and pressing
invitations from brethren and friends
to visit them, and participate in their
social and festive occasions, and while
he sincerely regrets that he is denied
SO great=a pleasure, yet there is solid
comfort in the belief that, in the dis
charge of the duties of his Office as
Secretary, he can render a more i'm
portant service to the great cause we
have so much at heart. Indeed, the
arduous work and the care required
to meet the demands Of our seventeen
hundred Alliances, gives. little time
for aught else.
The "old eommener, MIR: NJ.
S. G. Cherry. of Pitt county, was in
the city Thursday last on his return
from Memphis, where he had gone to
look after his landed interests. Every
body was glad to see him. He says
that farming operations in West Ten
nessee' are very backward, and that
labor is utterly d~emoralized; that
many of the negroes who recently
emiggrraatteedl to that section r sadly
disappointed and r anxious to re-
turn; that many Of them break their
contracts with their agents who took
them out, and that the outlook is any
thing butiencouraging: ~<e-.>
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-23
A NATIONAL

TIME Chicago syndicate, which
IL bought the old Libby Prison, has
despatched a man to Richmond to
superintend the tearing down of the
building and its transportation ITO
Chicago. Every brick, every plank
every piece in its construction, is to
be marked with the utmost particu-
Rarity, so that when it is regretted in
Chicago it will be just as it now
stands in Richmond. It will require
40 cars to transport it at a cost of
80 900. It is estimated that it will
cost $3.50 to get it ready for the
public gaze.
Rome, in the grandeur of her noble
character, forbade the erection of any
monument, or the preservation of any
memento, that was calculated to per-
petuate the memory of her internal
dissensions. So-called Americans,
purely and only for the sake of dollars
and cents, would paint in its most
horrible form the saddest and the most
repulsive features of the late war and
imprint them in all their most hideous
coloring on the minds of coming gen.
creations What a humiliating con-
trastI We hazard nothing in the
assertion that not n of that syndi-
cate over heard the whistle of "a
Confederate bullet. That old prison
will stand in Chicago, a monument of
shame and reproach to the city of
Richmond, that it should have allowed
lit to be removed and appropriated for
any such vile and degrading purpose.
Thank God. the boys and girls of the
South are not permitted to visit at
pleasure, the dungeons and cells of
Johnston's Island, Point Lookout and
Fort McHenry and Fort Delaware, to
enhale the atmosphere, ladened with
the poison of the sufferings and tor
lures of their fathers.
The men who strive to keep alive
the animosities and bitter r~ecollections
of the war, are enemies to our liber-
ties, to our country and to mankind.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-23
VANDERBILT'S MAGNIFICENT
PALACE AT ASHEVILLE.
The Most Superb and Elegant Es-
tate in America, if no. in the

With that sagaeity and forethought
and r~eticence which has characterized
the business-life of this money king,
Mr.. Vanderbilt planned and executed
his purpose to build up the most at
tractive, elegant and charming coun-
try-seat to be found, perhaps, in all
the world. First, he secured an emf
nencecon which to build, which over
looks the lovely valleys of theFrench
Broad and the Swannanoa rivers, and
from which a sweep of vision in all
directions, for miles and miles away,
catches scenes of picturesque beauty
and loneliness, on which the unwearied
eye alongingly fingers and feasts4
always wondering and never tiringyS
Next, to carry out his princely design,
be must have a broad domain for
drives, summer villas and parks, &c.,
&C., and he has added, so The CALL
learns, to the original purchase until
now he owns about four Thousand
acres, costing him from ,z$50Nto 500.
per acre, extending along the road
towards HendersenviHe en*the one
side, and embracing the valley of the
French Broad for quite a distance on
the other. 81 !. '~''
The C2GfI is further advised that
his architect has completed the design
for this grand palatial residence. It is
to be three hundred feet in length;
with gorgeous parlors. and reception
rooms, elegant sleeping apartments,
superb suits and baths, delightful
promenades and verandahs, charming
observatories, bathrooms, limpidfounI
tains and Conservatives of rarest and
richest fowers-in short all the COM
forts and appointments that, may be
had by the expenditure of one mill
ion dollars-the amount decided upon
as necessary toimeet his wishes. He
is now negotiating for an additional
seven, hundred and fifty acres for
which he will be required to payhone
hundred thousand dollars-the price
of the property having advanced three
hundred per cent, within the past
hundred days. A princely conception
of a princely home to be located in.
full view of the lovely city of Ashe-
vile / Her good people are to be con-
graduated. And now the Asheviled
Citizen will doubtless inquire, how The
CALL got its information. IF SO, the
answer is, that it is the business of
THE CALL to get the hesOs and to pub.
lGsh d.-The Daily Call. ~
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-pAaouorANK COUNTY.

Mr.. ED1roR:-I hope | shall not tax
your patience too much by dotting
YOU a few lines with reference to u
quarterly meeting, held in Elizabeth
City, on tn. 18th inst. Well, sir, we
did not have as many of the brethren
present as on former occasions, but all
the Sub.Alliances were fairly repre-
sented, both in number and ability.
You know this season of the year is a
very busy one with the farmers, hence
we can readily account for the delin-
quency. Our interest in the success
of the Farmers Alliance is intensified,
when we consider to what extent, re-
CARELESS Of conscientious scruples, the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-23
WHAT SHALL RALEIGH DO
WITH HER BOYS? -.

ELSEWHERE we publish an item
~ in relation to one Of our Raleigh
boys, which, to the casual reader, may be
unimportant, but to the Call it is both
significant and suggestive. Donnie
Woodell, alads who, perhaps, is I'M
known to most of our citizens, al
though he has been on our streets
almost every day of his life; raised
without the fostering aid of wealth
or education, left yesterday to take
the important position of stenographer
IN the Office of Mr.. Bridgers, Superin-
tendent of the n. G. Division of the
R. & D.. r. r. at Durham. 81 Ill.,.
Suppose he did, is that of sufficient
Importance to entitle it tosan editorial
notice in the Call? Yes, and the
CALL most gladly gives the prominence
which, in some measure, it's signifi-
canoe deserves. The Call believes
that the boys of the country are the
hope of the country. 1t believes that
the State and all the people should
strive by every means possible to train
the boys for usefulness, and to de-
velop those qualifications which tend
to give US a higher type of independ-
ent manhood. How many boys and
young men are there to-day in the
city of Raleigh, who have no aim
in life-who have no remunerative
employment 2 Are they being trained
IN useful ~avocations? Are they being
prepared to fight life's battles 7 Are
they being taught that honorable labor
IS not degrading 2 Are they ashamed
that they are simply consumers and
dead-weights 2 Can they see no ave-
nues, open to success or distinction, or
even to decent living, except through
the already o~ver-crowded professions ?
If Raleigh wants to establish water
works. a system of sewerage or pave
her streets, does she furnish her own
civil engineer {? If Raleigh wants the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-23
4 A N AND GENEROUS.

TIME Wilmington Star of the 18th
says: "a SO 81
"The Farmers Alliance in North
Carolina has become avery powerful
combination, and we have no doubt
that it is doing much good by correct
ing crying evils. There was a great
necessity for the formation of such an
association for Of all men the farmers
are the most oppressed and pIucked.
The war tariff and high interest have
well nigh reduced them to poverty
and to slavery. The Alliance deserves
the support Of all men engaged in
agriculture, and it should be sustained
by a healthful and independent press.
1t has a mission and a most important
one, and we hope it will go on prosper
ing and to prosper, widening it's in.
huence and strengthening it's influence
until no politicians with wild extrava-
giant ideas, who care nothing for
other peoples pockets shall find any
favor. God prosper the Farmers
Alliance of North Carolina !"
On behalf of every true, Alliance
man in our State, The Progressive
FARMER would thank its able and
patriotic contemporary for these
manly and generous words. That the
Alliance, like all human institutions,
is liable to err, no sane man will deny;
that in the process of the mighty in.
gathering which has marked it's I'm.
parelled growth, unworthy men should
have gained admittance, is not
strange; but it is a remarkable and
gratifying truth, that in the promulga,
fon and propagation of its principles
and purposes, its conduct and bearing
nave been such, as not only to disarm
Their criticism, but to commend it te
the support of ga healthful and indie
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-23
GOOD MISSIONARY GRoUNbFOR
THE ALLIANCE. ?

A FARMER drove out of our city
n with a load of supplies bale
of Indiana prairie hay, a bag of Rich
mond meal and a sack of Milwaukee
-four and side of Chicago bacon-on
which he had promised not less than
fifty per cent. profit and had given a
lien on his crop to secure its payment,
and that, too, before his crop is
planted. He passed a vacant lot,
from which all the virgin soil had been
taken, but he saw as fine clover on it
as ever greeted the eye in any land,
He met drays coming from the depot
loaded with corn, meal, -four, potatoes,
cabbage, apples and broom corn for
the Deaf and Dumb Asylum Broom
Factory, which was shipped from4BaL-
timore. And yet that man can,fnd
a market for nothing but cotton If
he lives, three score years, and works
three hundred and sixty-fve days in
each year, and works sixteen hours
each day, and lives on dry bread, he
will make nothing. He and his family
will drag out a miserable existence,
and he will die a poor, dependent and
slayish farmer. We may growl and
complain and blame others for our,
troubles, and we may join all the
farmers organization, that can be de-
vised, but hard times will hover
around our fresides so long as we buy
our meat and bread, hay, fertilizers
and other farm supplies. and attempt
to pay for them from the proceeds of
one crop. ,.t- -:.;,-
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which teaches the practice of economy.
The farmers have spentBss this year
than they have since the war. When
the saving in this is taken into consid-
GRAFTON, we see that the Alliance'has
been of great benefit, for mucho has
been saved that would ptherwisehgve
been spent. We have saved also, in
the purchasing of goods, Besides we
are now organized and prepared to
do more for ourselves the next year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-23
THE COUNTY ALLIANCES or
THE STATE-SAYINGS AND
ia. DOINGS.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.

The Alliance numbers 1900 in
Franklin and % Sub-Alliances were
represented in the meeting, which was
very interesting and profitable. The
County Alliance subscribed $50 to the
Business Agency Fund. Bro. J. F.
Bell, County Business Agent, was in.
structed to remove to L~ouisburg so as
to give the order the benefit of his
entire time and attention.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-23
ALLIANCE NOTES.

members of the Alliance, when writing to us,
win greatly favor us if they will always give the
No of their Alliance. We have given the sixth and
the Alliance Use them, brethren. For all, official
orders, rulings, notices, &C., the brethren will ex-
anime these pages r. H.. L :... -. =
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Do you want your communication pub
iished? If so, give us your real name
and your p~ostofice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-23
The whole number in Bulletin is

The whole number in Bulletin is
40; So of which, is shown as above are
from about twenty firms or manufac-
turers. The loss to farmers in value
per ton from 20 cents to SIS. Will the
Doctor or some one else. tell us where
the benefit comes in-along which
lines2 I confess the line is so small
it must be an airline, and as { am
getting old, I fail to see it. VIII some
one please to tell us, and oblige;
Yours fraternally,
Pro Bono PUBIEoo.
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Do you want your paper. changed TO
smother office? State the one at which
you have been getting it. .
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-23

~ Our friends in writing to any of
our advertisers, win favor us by mention
ing the fact that they saw the advertise
a1ent in The PRoGREssIvR Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-23

~ The date on your label tells you
when your time is out.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-23

The Progressive Farmer is the
Ohcial Organ of the N: c. Farmers
Association and N. c. State
Alliance, and the Virginia State Farm
ers' Alliance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-23

RALEIGH, N. c., APRIL %, 1889.
r 1His DaDey entered as second class matter at the Post
= Office in Raleigh, N. CT
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STATIONS. tPHos iAM+rs poF- Loss 70 FIRMERs$D
NO. ACID NO. ASH. VALUE APPROXIMATE
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-04-19

HARTFORD, Conn, April lS.-John II.
Swift was hanged at 10. 16 a. m. Swift
was married when only 10 years old to q
woman two years older than he, but his
idle and dissipated habits soon forced
his wife to leave him. On July
z, 1887, while In O saloon
where he had been employed ss piano
player, he expressed an intention Of kill
ing his wife, and displayed revolver.
A few hours later he met her returning
from the shop where she worked, asked
her to live with him, and upon her refus-
ing and turning to run away, Il red the
fatal shot. She lived only long enough
to make brief ante-mortem statement.
Swift was tried in the Superior Court,
found guilty OF murder In the first degree
and sentenced to be hanged April 8, 1889.
The case was carried to the Supreme
Court on appeal. This court, by unani-
nous vote of the judges, confirmed the
sentence of the lower court Swift then
petitioned the Legislature for q commu.
tation to imprisonment for life. A reso-
luton making the Communication passed
both branches, but was vetoed by Cover
nor Buckley, who reprieved Swift for two
weeks.
The Senate passed the resolution over
the veto, but the House sustained the
veto. Since that time Intellectual efforts
have been made to pass resolution re-
ferring the matter to the Board oil Par
dons. The sister of the condemned man
has labored earnestly with the Legislature
IN behalf Of her brother.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-04-19
DIED.

CLOU DON the 18TH inst. Joseph
Cloud, in the 18th year OF his age.
Relatives and friends are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral from his
late residence, near Rosedulc. Z. II Is. C..
Railroad, Kenneth Township, Pa, on
seventh day afternoon, at : O'Clock. In
tcrmcnt ut Lon8wood cemetery.
CLOU DON the 18th inst, Snllie, wife OF
David II. Cloud, in her 2jth year.
Relatives and friends are respectfully
invited to attend hcr funeral from the
residence of her husband, No. pO7 Davis
street, on sunday afternoon. services
at the house, ut , o'clock. lntcrnent at
ltiverview.
BARNES-Iu Philadelphia, ON the 10th
inst, NoriC e. Barnes.
Relatives and friends are respectful
invited to attend the intcrmcnt AT vii,
lnington and Brnndywinc Cemetery ON
saturday, at $3.50 p. IN.
| III RLEN-On the 18Th instant Alb erto5
| +. Hurley, In the 2Stli year of his age.
| Relatives and friends of the family,
also fnirfax Lodge, No. 3, /. o. %. f., aud
| ReXnolrs kncampmcnt and employees
of the r., ". II u. Railroad shops, are re.
| Spcctfully invited to attend his funeral
from his late residence No. Yl7 Spruce
street, ON sunday afternoon mt o'clock
lntcrmcnt at kiycrviow cemetery.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-04-19

WATERBURY,, Conn, April ls.-Miss
Bertha Cook, aged "a, lives with her
father, George Cook, in Torrington and
teaches In q lonely little schoolhouse in
one of the most sequestered corners OF
Connecticut, at Cawpville, half way be-
tween here and Torringtop. 1t was her
custom 10 Come down on the cars and
walk from the flag station to tho school
house, mile away, through pine
shaded road.
Yesterday morning soon after leaving
the cars she was set upon by tramp who
assaulted her. In her struggles she fell
into brook near by,completely exhaust
ed. Finally she made her way to the
house of James Elliott, near the school
house.
Securing description OF the man Mr..
Elliott pursued and finally saw him near
East Litchneld, but was unable to catch
him after he had taken to the woods.
Before night every farmer within ten
miles had Joined in the search. Once
they had him in Wheeler's swamp. He
escaped, however, after the guard was re.
laxed at night. The neighbors have de-
cided the man wanted lives IN Burryllle,
some distance above Torrington. His
name is johnson.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-04-19

Rev. franklin Benson, the nav pastor
of the NJ. L. Protestant Church, Seventh
and Walnut streets, was given very
gratifying reception last evening by a
large number OF the members. He was
also warmly welcomed by the former pas
tor In a very appropriate address, to
which he responded In lifting terms. Re-
freshments were served in abundance
and all present enjoyed themselves very
highly. The music by Mrs. Blest and
Miss Sallie Minors was highly commen-
ded. The reception was one of the larc-
est and most enjoyable ever given in the
church and the term of the new minister
opened most auspiCiously.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-04-19

EAsToS, April ls.-A week ago Car
ne Shirley, of Blnghampton, N. Y,
Came to Easton and brought suit for de
sertion against Henry Ganwere, of this
place, who is doing business In Bing-
hamton. Gangwere produced divorce
papers aud the case was dismissed
To-day she inststuted suit for $4,000
damages for breach of promise of mar
xiage.
Her story is that she married at 16,
and in 1887 she married Gangwere, hav-
AnR left her first husband. Gangwere,
she declared asked her after their mar.
fiage to get divorce flom her first hus-
band and that they then would have the
ceremony performed second time
She obtained her divorce and then Gang
were refused to marry her, though she
has, she alleges, frequently asked him
TO keep his promise.
Gangwere furnished hail for court.
He says her allegations are new to him,
His friends here accept his story as the
true che,
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-04-19

To-day has certainly been the pet day
of spring. The sun shone out red and
beautiful in the morning, and as 1t arose
higher In the heavens 1t became more
brilliant Everybody who could raise a
baby and baby coach had them out on
the streets, and inyallds who have been
housed up all winter were out enjoying
the sunshine and the balmy atmosphere.
Vegetation is rushing into beauty, and
where there were but buds this morning,
virgin leaves appeared In the evening.
Hyacinths, tulips, crocuses, and other
bulb flowers are cracking the earth open
TO get glimpse of the sun and a chance
to display their. lovely foliage. Lovely
spring Is here et last.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-04-19

Easter eggs at Fersuson's, II
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-04-19

The regular meeting of the Delvlrmar
silk Association was held at room 9, Ex-
change Building, last evening, aud was
well attended. The minutes of the pre-.
vious meetings were read aud approved
a poition of the eighth annual report OF
the Woman's SILK Culture Association
showing the growth of the industry and
the amount of the raw material produced
under direction OF the association was
read. A discussion was had as to the
direction necessary to organize and de-
Selop silk culture on the Peninsula and
the establishment Of its headquarters In
this city, and 1t was decided to make an
energetic effort to interest the people OF
this Peninsula in the new industry. The
secretary reported that he had received
the mulberry trees, and that the nursery
at Newport has been tnGugursted. 1t was
decided to hold the meetings hereafter on
Monday evenings, and a committee was
appointed to secure a room and make the
hecess lry arrangements for free illus
trated lecture on silk culture by promi
ucnt lady.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-04-19

The reported tr,uble expl3 nee, h,
Troop B has no foundation in fact, spa,i
as the News states this morning uon.,s'
BILE Dilliu has levied on the effects al ,hs
Troop, neither that gentleman Or h.
members are aware OF 1t. The rcplrt /,
supposed to have originated from fla
following: The Troop was formed N
June, 1897, and rented room iar dfal.
ing at $50 year. In the following De.
oember they were rendered bill ior I,
full years rent, although they had onl,
occupied the room six months, which Of
course they refused to pay. They offered
S25, which those from whom they Leased
the room declined TO accept, and Vie
matter has rested in this manner ever
since, but thus far there has no' beer apy
attempt to levy on their property, ne iAtt
is 1t likely that there will be.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-04-19

William II. Quinn is the busiest man
in the City Council, and fortunately ne
has the time and disposition to do all the
work promptly allotted to him.
A week ago yesterday he attended a
meeting of Council; on Friday night fol-
lowing meeting OF the law committee;
on Saturday night meeting OF the
special committee on patrol wagon; on
Monday he went with the committee y
Philadelphia to see the patrol wagons; o.
Monday night he met the law committee;
on Tuesday at noon he met the law COM
mittee and went down to Dover; on We'd
nesday night he met both the law and the
special patrol wagon committee; on
Thursday afternoon he met the finance
committee and the special patrol wagon
committee, and last night he led Council
again with his usual ability, and tonight
he will meet the special patrol wagon
COMM tee again. II the business OF
Council will not be properly attended to
1t will be no fault of Mr.. Quinn's.