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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-10
FROM TRANSATLANTIC COUNTY.

CEDAR MOUNTAIN, N. c., Aug, &c, '89.
Mr.. EDIToR:-I have waited and
listened to hear from some brother of
Transylvania county through THE
PROGRESSIVE FARMER until ] have
given up all hope, and now if you
will spare me small space in your
valuable paper l will give you and
the readers of your paper few dots
of what is going on with us. Dunn's
Rock Alliance was organized during
the month of March, 1889, by Organ
izer Jno. G. Brown, with 13 charter
members, and we now are 65 strong.
I was chosen from among the charter
members as Secretary, and was re
elected to the same office; and as |
have the pleasure of perusing many
letters every week from many breth-
ring, ] feel that it is some ones duty
to let them hear from Transylvania,
although l feel my incompetency for
writing letter to occupy space in the
valuable PROGRESSIVE FARMER. Our
county, presume, is entirely behind
most all other counties In the State,
for one reason, there is not enough of
our members who read our organ;
and another thing is, we are SO far up
here in the mountains, and cut off
from any railroad communications
until we can't get anything here, and
can scarcely get anything away |
do wish that Hon. Harry Tracy could
visit our county. He would doubt
less awaken us to a sense of our
duty, and put us in the path that
would make our order proftabl to us.
We have as nice country as any one,
if we could get rid of marketing our
produce so far on wagons. imagine
that we pay higher prices for our
goods than any other miserable
wretches on earth, and hauling the
goods here on wagons | expect adds
to the prices considerably. We want
railroad badly now. Will some
brother advise us who has experienced
the matter? Is it better for us to
vote tax on our county to build a
road or do without it? Let us hear
from you.
Our Alliance has not as yet con-
tributed anything to the State busi-
ness agency fund, but | am pretty
certain we will Although we are
not very wealthy people, we have as
big hearts as any Alliance in the State,
according to our means. do think
that every Alliance man and woman
ought to do what they can to help
raise the fund that is necessary to
have, for l tell you that it is impossi-
BILE for the Alliance to ripen and ma
ture without the earnest assistance of
every member that belongs to it, as
it is for the fields to ripen with rich
harvest for the sluggard man who has
never sown.
The President of our County ALI
ance has ordered call meeting on
the 30th of this inst, for some un-
known purpose to the most of us, yet
allow me to say three cheers for the
Alliance and The PROGRESSIVE FAR
MER. Fraternally yours,
T. f. LOFTS, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-10
LETTER FROM PLYMOUTH.
ROANOKE ALLIANCE, No. 1858,
August 18th 1889.


August 28th 1889.
Mr.. EDIToR:-Having never seen
any communication from our county
in your very excellent paper, will
take it upon myself to write short
letter. Our Sub-Alliance, Roanoke
was organized with 16. members in
April. We now number about SO.
Our members are all enthusiastic and
taking great interest in the Alliance.
Our members generally attend regu-
larly and are pretty faithful Though
we are poor and not able as yet to do
much, but during the fall months we
expect to make up our quota toward
the Business Agency Fund; and we
will try to have goodly number of
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER circulated
in our midst, for there is nothing to
do the Farmers Alliance more good
or further the interest of it more than
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER. I shall be
glad when I know that at least nine
tenths of the people of our Alliance
have it in their houses. The Alliances
throughout our county are progressing
rapidly. We now number nearly 400
members in the county, and while our
county is very small yet, think we
will reach 500 hundred good Alliance
men by Christmas. We think our
entire Alliance in the county will be
able to do well towards the Business
Agency Fund during the fail / hope
we will be able to procure the cotton
bagging, and also cotton bags for
peanuts, and it does seem to me that
all guano received should be put up
in cotton bags, and suppose now all
Alliances consider this idea, as well as
others. With best wishes for our
State organ, THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER,
I am, Fraternally yours,
r. JOHNSTON.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-10
NEWS FROM PITT.

GREENvILLE ALLIANCE, No. 708.
Mr.. EDIToR:-At regular meeting
held by our Alliance. to-day much
business of Importance was transacted
and the following resolution was of.
fered and accepted, which we ask
space to publish in. The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER:
Resolved, That we will not use any
jute bagging this season if any other
covering can be obtained to cover our
cotton
ResolOed, That we desire the CO.
operation of our brother farmer
friends outside of our ordersand would
urge their using no jute bagging re-
gardless of any low price at which it
may be offered them.
We are proud to inform you that
we are continually initiating some of
our best men also that many of our
good farmers and friends who as yet
have not applied for membership, tell
us that they are going to cover their
cotton with the same material that the
Alliance men use
Our crop of cotton is badly dam
aged, but we hope to make fair corn
crops / hope soon to renew many
of the old subscribers to The PROGRESS
s1vE FARMER and to send in nice list
of new ones.
Fraternally,
w. A. FLEMING, SEC.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-10
THE QUESTION OF PUBLISHING
RESOLUTIONS. .
CHURcH HILL ALLIANCE, No. 48O,

CHURCH HILL ALLIANCE, NO. 40O,
Warren Co., N. G.
Mr.. EDIToR-A brother writing
through The PROGRESSIVE FARMER,
would like to hear from the brethren
in regard to Sub Alliances passing
and publishing resolutions. In reply
I would ask if we do not, by that
means, too often make public that
which ought to be kept secret?
AS remedy, | would suggest that
we classify our resolutions as local,
general and public The local con-
Germs none other than the Sub Ali
ance passing them and should be
recorded in its journal and adhered
to by its members. The general are
those which refer to the entire
brotherhood of the State. This class
should not be published, but after we
are sure it is for the good of the
order should be referred to the Coun-
ty Alliance and by that to the State
Executive Committee and if that COM
mittee endorses them as a benefit to
the State organization, order them to
be sent through the State Secretary's
Office to each Sub Alliance in the
State. Those which effect only coun-
ties may be sent out from the County
Alliance to each Sub Alliance in the
county. Those which are public in
their nature only should be made
public.
This would insure more harmoni-
Gus. action, and thus stop SO much
useless bushwhacking," without di-
minishing our liberties in the last.
We could reach the national order on
national questions through the same
channel.
In conclusion will add: Let every
Alliance man resolve to do his whole
duty as a jealous member of the
order, exemplifying its principles in
his daily walk, and to read and study
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER and Ma
tsonal Economist
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-10
MORE PROTECTION WANTED.

The Florida orange growers are ad-
vocating increased duties on foreign
oranges, says the Rural World. They
claim there should be dollar imposed
on every box seeking market within
Uncle Sans domain. Strange as it
may seem the European orange ship
per, 5000 miles from an American
market, has only about half the freight
charges to pay that the Florida
shipper has to submit to in reach
ing the average market in this country.
The freight on a box of oranges or
lemons from Sicily to New York, for
instance, does not exceed thirty five
cents. while the Florida shipper has
to pay more than double that sum in
reaching the principal markets. This
great advantage in favor of the for
eign shipper coupled with the very
cheap labor employed in the gather
ing and packing of the crop gives the
Florida and Louisiana orange growers
no show in the hot fight for existence.
They claim the import duties existing
are not sufficient to afford them fair
show in LIES fight.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-10
CoINJooK. n. C.. Aug. q, So.

CoINJoCK, ~. u, Aug. "A ~.
Mr.. EDIToR:-C Coinjock Alliance,
No. 1,249, is yet in line with the faith
full We have now forty members
and have sent to the State Agency
Fund $50. Our regular meetings are
held second and fourth Saturdays in
each month. Brothers, friends and
countrymen, we have all got to come
together in one solid body and fight
the great battle which is so near at
hand. You all know the farmers
have been imposed upon long enough.
We must wheel into line and resist
everything that tends to press the
noble sons of toll Our people down
here need lecturing, and hope you
will send Bro. Tracy. or someone else,
to give them a talk. With many good
wishes for yoa and Jour valuable pa.
per, am,
Fraternally yours,
JoHN w BUNNsEx
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-10
RINGING RESOLUTIONS.
BETHEL ALLIANCE, No. 1872,

Jupiter, N. u, Aug. rs, 81.
MR. EDIToR:-At our regular meet
ing of the above Alliance, the follow
ing resolutions were presented and
unanimously adopted; also motion
made and approved that copy of the
same be sent to our organ, The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER, and Country Homes
for publication:
To the members of Bethel Alliance:
In view of some of the shameful vices
and the misery and want caused by
the participation in such, we deem it
necessary and of much Importance to
do all in our power to check them as
far as lies in our power to do, by TAX
ing united action against all things
Of an immoral nature, and do all we
can to cause morality to flourish in
our country, and especially in this
our immediate neighborhood. There
fore be it
ResoZved, That we, the members of
Bethel Alliance, No. 1892, will ab-
stain from any and all immoral con-
duct that would bring reproach upon
ourselves, our families or the Farm
ers' Alliance, and more especially the
use of any intoxicating drink.
ResolUed, That this order will not
at any time admit any of its members
or any members of any sister Alliance
to seat whose breath is perfumed with
any intoxicating drink.
Resolved, That for the first violation
of the second resolution the offender
shall be excluded from the house that
special day, and for the second offence
he shall pe excluded from the Alli-
ance for six months, and for the third
offence the offender will be expelled
from the Alliance and not be any
more admitted, by regular form
as layed down on page l3, article 6;
and section in our Constitution.
ResolUed, That if any member or
members be guilty of taking the name
of God in vain at or near our place
of meeting at its called or regular
meeting, shall not have any voice in
any business that belongs to the ALI
ance.
Resolved, That if these resolutions
be adopted, they shall be executed
without fear or respect of person or
persons, and that the same be spread
on our record for our future protec.
ton.
We are quite young yet, but with
the energy that seems to be among
the brethren, No. 1892 can be relied
upon to stand the test. We were
only organized July Sd, with l6mem-
bers, and at the last meeting we num-
Rered 35 men 1--WE have no ladies yeti
Of as true courage as western North
Carolina can boast of, and men who
have felt the heavy hand of oppression
beyond endurance. We feel that the
union of farmers and all the laboring
classes called Alliance has come to
stay, and we feel encouraged. And
let me say here let us have true
courage. True courage is the result
OF reasoning. A brave mind is always
!.mpregnable. Resolution lies more
IN the head than in the veins, and a
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-10
COMING SOUTH.

Not long since cotton mill was re.
moved from New Jersey to Rock Hill,
;. Q. Now the GambrilI Gotten mill
of Wilmington, Del, is to be removed
to Reidsville, N. G. The machinery
is worth $4,000 and fills % freight
cars. These mills employed about 100
hands. Let them come. The South
must spin its cotton instead of ship.
ping it raw.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-08-21
DiscOuraging to Story Writers.

| caught glimpse in one of the big
iron safes belonging to weekly story
paper the other day, and found its
roomy compartments filled to over
flowing with manuscripts of all shades,
colors and sizes. The most of them
were yellow with age, and | was as
sured by my friend, the proprietor,
that not few of the stories had lain
within the iron walls of the fireprOOf re-
ceptacle for over thirty years. Every
thing represented so much cash in
vested, from the three-verse poem of
unrejected love to the thirty column
serial of blood and thunder. 1t is not
likely that many of the old manuscripts
will ever be used, as they are very much
out of date as regards style and plot.
tell how they lived happily ever after
ward" and as far as Indian romances
are concerned, there was quarter Sec
ton of the safe devoted to the subject.
I'll wager there is many a good little
gem stored away there, and it will be
many years-perhaps another genera
tion-before the poems and romances
are put in type. | find that the ma
jority of weekly story papers that have
been established any great length of
time always carry more or less of a
stock of manuscript on hand, and there
are at least half dozen of these papers
in New York who could publish week
in and week out for years to come with
out even so much as thinking Of looking
for new material.-NeU York Graphic,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-08-21
The ReStlessness Of Old Age.

Those who have been much with the
aged have observed in them a chatting
against the inirmities of their wears,
which expresses itself in restlessness
and a desire for change. They grow
weary of the inactivity which has sue
ceeded the busy time when they bore
the heat and burden of the day, and so
sometimes they wander here and there,
dropping in to visit friend, or talking
with chance acquaintance, trying
thus to while away the tedious hours.
In mistaken kindness and unkind af-
lection, we often Cypress dear aged peo-
pie by our very care. They dislike
supervision. The tender watchfulness
which to us seems due to their physical
feebleness, as well as for a fit return
for their care for us in earlier DAYS. is
by them resented as restraint 1t an
noys them. Then, too, we try to take
all the work out of their hands, and
that they don't like. Nobody who has
been active and useful enjoys the feel
ing Of being laid on the shelf. Grand
fathers step is uncertain and his arm
less vigorous than of old; but he pos
sesses a rich treasure of experience,
and he likes to be consulted. 1t is his
privilege to give advice; his privilege,
too, at times, to go into the work with
the youngest, renewing his youth as
he keeps bravely up with the hearty
men not half his age. Grandmother
does not want to be left out of the
household work. When the days come
around for picking and preserving,
and the domestic force is pressed into
service, who so eager and full of inter-
est as she? 1t is cruel to override her
decisions, to put her aside because
" she will be tired" OF course she
will be tired; but she enjoys the ia
tigue and rests the sooner for the
thought that she is still of some use in
the world. To those whose homes are
honored by the presence of an aged
parent we would say, Deal very gently
with those who are on the down hill of
life. Your own time is coming to be
where they are now. You, too, are
stepping westward" Soothe the
restlessness of age by amusement, by
consideration, by non-interference, and
by allowing plenty of occupation to fall
into the hands that long for it. Only
let it be of their own choosing, and
cease to order them as if they were
children. A hoary head at the fireside
is crown of glory to the house in
which it dwells. The blessing of the
aged is as a dew on the pasture, as
the falling of sunlight on a shadowy
place.-Philddelphid CALL
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-08-21
Salt for Moths.

For moths salt is the best extermn-
ator. The nuns in one of the hospital
converts have tried everything else
without success, and their experience
is valuable, as they have so much
clothing of the sick who go there, and
strangers, when dying there, often
leave quantities of clothing, etc. They
had room full of feathers which were
sent there for pillow making, and they
were in despair, as they could not eX-
terminate the moths, until they were
advised to try common salt. They
sprinkled it around, and in a week or
ten days were altogether rid of the
moths. They are never troubled now
In heavy velvet carpets, sweeping them
with salt cleans and keeps them from
moths, as particles of the salt remain in
the carpets and corners. Salt is not
hurtful to any one and has no bad
smell. Here is little hint | add
which, perhaps every one does not
know: For cleaning wash-basins,
baths, ETC., use the same thing, com
mon dry salt. Rub little of the salt
with your fingers on the basin. Often
a sort of scum is noticed in the basins
in marble wash-stand, in the bath
room; the salt takes it off easily, and
leaves the basin shining and clean. -
Philadelphia Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-08-21
How a Darkey Can Sleep.

| saw queer illustration of the
sleeping qualities of negro the other
day. Every one knows that a genuine,
unadulterated negro can sleep on a
board with his face to the sun and with
out covering for his eyes, on the hottest
July day-and he sleeps as peacefully
as a white man on the softest cot and
in the darkest room. 1t has been said
that he could sleep under the mouth of
a cannon in operation, and believe it.
Or, at least | believe the one of which
| shall speak could. In going down to
Augusta, few days ago, on the regular
day passenger, we were few miles be-
low Union Point when the train sud
denly stopped. The fireman jumped
from the engine and ran back by the
passenger coach, crying; There's
dead Niger behind" Every one
looked out, and sure enough, just be-
hind the rear coach, with his head rest
ing on the cross-ties, was what appeared
to be dead negro man. Two or three
train hands and crowd of negroes ran
back to see if the train had struck him.
"Dat niger amt dead. He's er
sno'in," said one of the negroes, and
he jerked and kicked him until the
sleeping negro awoke, arose and walked
off, followed by kick from the brake
man. The wheels of the engine and
cars passed within few inches of the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-08-21
Well Water. '

The common well is the most unde-
sirable source of all. If it is deep
enough to strike a living spring of
water, and removed from all sources
of contamination, it may be unobjec-
tionable, but these conditions are
rarely met with in the country, and, we
may say, never in large towns or cities.
A well is usually placed near the house
for the same reason that the barnyard
privy and sink drain are, but their eX-
istence in the same vicinity is incom-
patible with a pure and wholesome
water supply. Some even go so far as
to dig the well in the cellar, and we re-
call the case of refined and cultured
family who actually had both well and
cesspool underneath their dwelling, and
only a short distance apart. Such a
barbarous practice is unworthy of a
civilized race, but it is to be feared that
a large proportion of wells are not
much better situated.-Popular Science
NelCS
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-08-21
Hints to HOusekeepers.

WILLOW furniture that has not been
stained or painted can be washed with
salt and water and brush. Dry thor
oughly before exposing to dust.
CLEAN brasses on mahogany or other
furniture by rubbing with channels skin
dipped in either powdered whiting or
rotten stone mixed with sweet oil.
For inexpensive bands for curtains
take strips of cretonne with pretty vines
or figures and outline them with tinsel.
1t has the effect of old tapestry work.
SAVE all your broken and crooked
carpet-tacks and keep them in a box in
the kitchen for cleaning bottles. They
are better than shot, for the sharp edges
scrape off all the stains.
WHOLE cloves are now used to ex-
terminate the merciless and industrious
moth. 1t is said they are more eff
fectual as destroying agent than either
tobacco, camphor or cedar shavings.
To give bed-clothing and under
clothing thorough summing and airing
is the next best thing to washing it. 1t
also sweetens it. A second suit of
undercothing should be on hand for
afternoon wear, and what is taken off
be thoroughly aired and dried before
hanging in the closet.
If you have a black lace or black
grenadine dress that has turned rusty
and brown, mix two teaspoonfuls of
ammonia in cupful of vinegar, and
after ripping the dress and shaking it
thoroughly wipe it over lightly with a
piece of soft old bed-tick dipped in the
mixture. Iron on the wrong side.
A BOTTLE of turpentine should be
kept in every house, for its uses are
numerous. A few drops sprinkled
where cockroaches congregate will ex-
terminate them at once; also ants, red
or black. Moths will flee from the
odor of it. Besides, it is an excellent
application for burn or cut. 1t will
take ink stains out of white muslin,
when added to soap, and will help
whiten clothes if added to them while
boiling.
A GOOD cleaning powder for windows
and mirrors is prepared by moistening
calcined magnesia with pure benzine,
so that a mass will be formed sufii-
GENTLY moist TO let drop form when
pressed. The mixture has to be pre-
served in glass bottles with ground
shoppers, in order to retain the easily
volatized benzine. A little of the mix
ture is placed on wad of cotton and
applied to the glass plate, Do not use
near fire or light, as the benzine
vapor is very inhammable and eXplo-
sive. -Selected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-08-21
negro's head and did not even affect
his snoring.-Atldntd Constitution.
Hear from Stanley.

Livingstone and DeChaillu both tes-
tify as to the impossibility of making
savages understand how thought is com
municated by writing and reading.
Tribes have been found from the West
Indies to the East Indies whom no
amount OF explanation could show it
was possible to convey words by pen
and paper. The Bossoutas of Africa
say it is impossible, for you can not
make the paper speak. There is a we'll
known anecdote of Fijan, it is said,
who was sent after some tools, the
message being written on chip, as
tonishing the savage by the procure
ment of the tools. A Tougan chief,
upon seeing white men write, asked
that they should put him upon paper.
Astonished at finding person who
just then came up could read his
name, he still asked: "Where are
my head, my arms, my legs?" ETC.,
deeming the picture necessary to the
conveyance of the idea.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-08-21

Musky wild grapes and tart fox grapes
are the best for jelly, extracting the
juice by wooden lever press, without
cooking, or put "a bag of fruit between
two clean boards in common wise and
press in that way. Then stir in the
sugar, fill the tumblers, and finish in
the sun. The jelly tastes. of fresh
grapes, and is enough to perfume a
room. Canned fruit must be kept in
dry, cool, dark place. A box on the
cellar floor, or a shallow pit in it, where
cans may be buried in sand or fine,
sifted ashes, is the most available place.
Ashes, either of wood or coal, form the
best protection from cold or heat, and
glass jars packed with fifteen inches of
ashes on all sides, would keep in a
Minnesota winter.-Susdn Powell, IN
American garden.