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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-03-04
LETTER FROM NORTHAMPTON

NORTHAMPTON Co. ALLIANCE,
No. 1,OO6.
Ma. EDIToR:-Having seen nothing
in your valuable columns from any of
the Alliances in Northampton county,
/ ask short space. At our meeting
in January there was resolution
offered calling meeting of the Coun-
ty Alliance to be held on the first
Monday in February to take prelimi-
nary steps for furnishing the members
of the different Sub-Alliances, those
who are not able to obtain supplies of
merchants. The Alliance met accord
ing to appointment at the court house
in the town of Jackson There were
a great many present, though our
much esteemed President, W. j..
Rogers, was absent. The Alliance
was opened in due form by Vice
President, DIR. Daniel s. Ellis, who is
always pleasing and ready to perform
any duty imposed upon him by the
Alliance. After explanatory remarks
a report was called for from the COM
mittee of investigation that was ap-
pointed at the January meeting.
They reported and to my great sur.
prise there were only six in the ALI
ance, out of a membership of over
FIVE hundred, that were unable to
secure advances. Then a resolution
was offered that each Alliance in the
county should have the opportunity
of subscribing to fund for the CONT
get members This is right, brethren,
look after the needy, help the poor,
encourage the weak; but not in sloth,
but stimulate, and let us do all within
our power to comply with the obiga-
ton that we have taken one with an
other.
Times are very hard in old North.
ampton county We have asked at
the hands of the Chief Executive, but
no assistance as yet has been vouch-
safed unto US, so we as good and true
All1ancemen, true to the principles of
our order, in spite of the Governor or
any other authority of the State, do
not and will not allow any of our
brotherhood, in good standing, to
suffer if within our power to prevent
it. So, brethren, we are on the right
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LETTER FROM EDGEcoMBE.

MAPLE SWAMP ALLIANCE, No. 482.
Mr. EDIToR:-Just a little room,
please, for we have been silent so
long; however our silence did not
arise from any lack of interest, but
because we feared we would intrude.
Among our little band we have
some loyal-hearted brethren whose
enthusiasm imparts itself in o measure
to all; brethren who are as true to
their cause as "the boys who wore
the gray" were to theirs.
Our members are awake to their de-
plorable condition, and are unanimous
ly struggling for their lost freedom,
though not with rapid strides, incau-
tiously made, but slowly, steadily,
surely; they were not enslaved in a
day, neither will they be emancipated
in one.
In the annals of time there will not
be found inscribed record of any re-
bellion more noble or honorable than
this which our farmers have made for
liberty from the CALLING chain of op-
preston. ,
May God grant that some day in
the near future we may see the brows
of that struggling, suffering army of
farmers wreathed with laurels; may
see them with victorious tread march
gallantly into the fort of success, with
the flag of triumph waving proudly
over them.
So fight on, you noble farmers
Till no such thing will be,
From the Atlantic to the Pacific,
As trust or monopoly.
And when at laet you bid
To every trust, defiance,
Foremost among that gallant band
VIII march Maple Swamp AllianIe
BELLE JOHNSON, Cor. Sec'y.
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THOMAS A. EDISON.
The Wizard of Electricity Chats About
North Carolina.


Yesterday afternoon a Chronicle re-
porter met Mr.. Edison, the world
famous inventor Of the telephone, the
phonograph, and several hundred
other valuable-things, strolling around
Charlotte, quietly observing the city
and the people.
In conversation with the reporter,
Mr. Edison SAID that what North
Carolina is most in need of is geologi-
Cal maps of the State. Pennsylvania
and New Jersey have both been care
fully surveyed. Every hill 20 feet
high is down on the maps. There are
many persons seeking investment, but
they do not know the mineral and
tim Der resources of North Carolina.
This State should have a complete
geological survey made, especially
with regard to the commercial miner,
ais; so that when one is looking for
investment, he can take geological
map of North Carolina, and see just
what the State offers. North Carolina
needs white immigration. You can
not get people here without your
offering them something definite; and
you all here do not yourselves know
fully and thoroughly what you have
to offer.
How much would such a survey
cost ? queried the reporter.
Well, said Mr.. Edison, one compe.
tent geological surveyor and four or
Eve assistants would be sufficient. 1t
would take that force about five years
to complete the State survey in a
satisfactory manner. I should think
$4,000 a year would cover all the ex.
penses.- Charlotte Chronicle.
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FERTILIZER ANALYSES FOR
1900

Mr. EDITOR:-Ex pertinent Station
Bulletin No. 80 will ae ready for mail
ing Feb %. 1t will contain all an.
alyses Of fertilizers, sampled by the
hsial inspectors, which have been
finishedEup to date.
The fertilizer season this year for q.
variety of reasons is an exceptionally
late one. Not until the latter part of
January, owing to late shipments, was
it possible for the inspectors to find
the brands on sale And as the value
of our whole fertilizer inspection de
pends on the fertilizer samples being
taken after the goods are shipped into
the State and offered for sale, neces-
sarily if these shipments are delayed,
the analyses in consequence will be
retarded. This bulletin contains, there
fore, limited number only of the
brands licensed, but they are pub
hshed at this time with the desire of
accomplishing as much good as pos
sible, IL giving to the farmers some
analyses at least which may aid them
IN GQolr purchases.
Valuations for 1890 have different
meaning from the values of previous
years Heretofore it has been attempt
ed to give by the commercial value,
an approximation of the retail cost of
the mixed fertilizer for cash at the
seaboard. That is, the price which
man at the seaboard ought to give for
the complete fertilizer. This plan was
to some extent unsatisfactory, and
gives place this year to the new sys-
tenn. The commercial value as given
to a fertilizer this season (1890) means
the actual retail cost for each of the
ingredients in bags at the seaboard.
It does not include the cost of mixing
these ingredients, nor of branding the
bags, nor Of handling the mixed fer
tilizer, nor any expenses contingent
upon the management of an extensive
fertilizer mandatory. A farmer
when he buys a fertilizer this year, by
glancing at the commercial valuation,
as given by the Experiment Station,
can see what is the actual cash eOOrth Of
the ingredients composing 1t at the sea-
board. For interior points, freight to
those points from the seaboard must
be added.
The valuation for the three ingredi-
ents for this year by this system will
be: For available phosphoric acid, 5
cents per pound; for ammonia, l3
cents per pound; for potash, 5 cents
per pound. This system, and this
valuation, has been adopted by the
combined States of North Carolina,
Virginia, and South Carolina.
Bulletin So will be sent to each name
on the mail list of the Experiment
Station Those who are especially de-
sirous of getting this bulletin at once,
will do well to reques the same by
postal card; as necessarily, with such
an extensive mailing list, it must be
some days before all the names can be
supplied from it.
II. B. BATTLE, Director.
Raleigh, N. c., Feb. 81, 80.
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THE COST OF ELEVATORS.

A correspondence of the Ruraz World,
E. w. K, writes from Higginsville,
Mo-, as follows
1t costs 81, 500 to build an elevator
with a storage capacity of $4,000
bushels. Such an elevator would
elevate about 1000 bushels per hour
or clean 500 bushels per hour; of
course the cleaning capacity can be
easily made 1000 bushels, the same
as the elevating. The above includes
an engine and everything complete,
and by adding $1,000 more the stor-
age capacity can be readily increased
$4,000 bushels, thus making the total
capacity of storage 100000 bushels,
and at a total cost of $l4,5OO. The
expense of operating such an elevator,
if run on economical principles, should
not exceed 81, 500 per annum, or say
II cents per bushel. This includes
everything, even insurance, which
need not be excessive. The profits of
an elevator from one source are this:
During the. months of July and
August lin this section, Central Mis-
souri) two thirds of the grain (wheat)
is threshed from the field, or out OF
the shock, and brought directly to
market. The consequence is that the
grain being new and soft, it does not
grade No. 2, thus losing from Al to 5
cents per bushel in grading, or what
ever difference there is between Nos.
2 and 3, and sometimes even No. A.
Here is one source of profit that
would be sa ed were the wheat stored
in an elevator until at least this diff
ference in the grade could be saved.
From the above estimate, which
seems to be a fair one, the cost of
building the proposed sub-treasury
warehouses can be made. The entire
amount of all kinds of cereals pro-
duced in the United States for 1889,
may be put at 3,4OO, 900, 600 bushels,
the largest in the history Of the coun-
try. Of this amount there was wheat,
49O, $50, 600 bushels; oats, ISL, SIS, 600
bushels; corn, 2,112,892,OOO bushels.
The exports of all kinds of grain for
the same year was about 21O, 900
bushels. Of this amount there was of
wheat and -four 88,822,4 ,462 bushels;
corn and cornmeal 20, 241, 674 bushels.
The great bulk of the grain produced
in this country was therefore con-
sumed at home, and by far the largest
part of the coarse grain must have
been fed to stock on the farm. Brad
streets reports from more than 1000
different points east of the Rocky
Mountains show grain in store as
follows:
February /, 1SoO.-Wheat, 1891 900 bushels.
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FOUR ELOQUENT EDITORS.

The Charlotte Chamber of Com!
merce banquet is not of special i'm
portance to our readers, but we will
clip for them, from the Charlotte
Democrat, what Christian says about
the speeches Of four editors who ate,
dram and were merry at 1t:
joe Cald we'll, scared to death, speech
crammed, and humping like Bill Nyes
brain during the grip against the
rafters of his cranium. But just the
same he got there and talked good,
gritty sense for the space of five
minutes on the subject of the State
Press. He had his speech down fine,
took his time, and took his audience.
He was felicitous, sensible and of
pathetic touch. Joe Caldwell, the
man is so beloved IN Charlotte that he
is half of an eloquent speech in him.
self.
Robert Haydn: This gentleman
arose after vociferous calls in "oiIed"
shirt and spiked tailed coat, the only
one in the room. He had ft0i
enbonpoInt and short speech and
face much like and as handsome as
De Ia Roche's Napoleon. His speech
was ra y, timely, and cut off in three
minutes, and to tell the truth took the
town. 1t was considered the gem of
the evening, and came from man
who, with proper appreciation, will in
time to come be to Charlotte what
Grady was to Atlanta.
W, E. Christian was called on; he
arose, spake, and, to the delight of his
audience, sat down.
Wade Harris WIS called on enthu-
siastically and made an eloquent ad-
dress, but unfortunately not a word
of it could be heard by the audience.
Dear old Wade, we don't love him for
his enemies, but for his friends who
are unanimously so in this burg.
The Statesville Landmark says:
Mr.. Haydn made the brightest speech
of the evening and negatived the
prevalent idea that man cannot both
write and speak well. The manner
as well as the matter of his speech
was admirable, but really his person
is so good to look upon that one loses
much of what he says through the
physical man.
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GARFIELD'S WORDS.
Red Hill, S. c., Feb. lS, 80.

l am glad to have the opportunity
of standing up against rabble of men
who hasten to make weather cocks of
themselves.
Who of us would not be commun-
lists in a despotism T..
If the power to do hard work is not
talent, it is the best possible substitute
for it.
The laborer has but one commodity
to sell-his days work. 1t is his sole
reliance. He must sell it to-day or it
is lost forever.
A monopoly of popular honors is as
much of tyranny as monopoly of
wealth.
The men who succeed best in public
life are those who take the risk of
standing by their own convictions.
If you are not too large for the
place, you are too small to Fill it.
Great ideas travel slowly, and for a
time noiselessly, as the gods whose
feet were shod with wool.
hold it equally necessary to liberty
and good government that the press
should comment with the utmost free.
dom upon public acts and opinions of
all men who hold positions of public
trust.
The National Constitution and the
constitutions of most of the States
were formed before the locomotive
existed, and, of course, no special
provisions were made for its control.
Are our institutions strong enough
to stand the knock and strain of this
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-03-04

The personal qualities Of the animals
to be used in breeding are more Inn.
portant than those of their ancestors;
the qualities of parents more important
than grandparents, and vastly more
important than those of any more re-
mote ancestors. The offspring re
sembles the parent much more fire.
quently than it does some remote an
cestor.
Among all the efforts that have
been made by the great dailies and
small weeklies to discourage or ridicule
the "farmer in politics not one OF
them has committed tie absurdity OF
suggesting that any harm could come
to the country thereby. FaulsneT
County Wheel
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NATIONAL BANKS AS A MEANS
OF FURNISHING CURRENCY.

MACHPELAH, N. c., Feb. 18, 1890.
Mr.. EDIToR:-The amonnt of treas
ury, notes (greenbaeks) is limited to
S346, 900; gold coinage is free;
silver coinage is limited to not less
than $2,OOO,OOO nor more than $4,-
100000 per month. Both parties
have observed the minimum. The
National Bank is therefore the only
means Of increasing the currency.
Mr.. Window, in his report, recon-
mends that the banks be allowed to
increase their issue to the par value of
the bonds deposited to secure circula-
tion in lieu of ninety cents as now
authorized, and this would seem feas-
ible, as the security is ample; but have
the banks given the people the ninety
cents as authorized 2 By reference to
the report Of the Comptroller of the
Currency (I889) we find on page 81 of
his report that the capital of National
Banks is $6l2,584, ,O95, and would
authorize circulation of 1851, $685.
685 National Bank notes, or $465,.
558,13O more than exists, 4. e. over
three times as much as we have. This
would give in North Carolina So, 1885,
100 in lieu of $6l1,255. A reduction
IF the currency in less than seven
years of $l6O, ,627,754, or about $2l,-
1000, 900 less than half.
! Thirteen banks with a paid-up cap
ital of $l3, 600 have not dollar
in circulation Whole number of
banks in the United States Sept. 80,
1889, 1919; paid-up capital, $62O,-
1855; circulation, $202,O23,4l5;
but there is $72,437, $50 in the hands
of the Treasurer of the United States
for redemption purposes when the
notes come in. This deducted leaves
only $l29, ,585,85 and the banks have
the power to reduce this to $685.
767,555.
In North Carolina 1889:
70 banks, Capital $2426,O0O Circulation $611, 1855
Increase . 10000, Dec'e Cir'tn 349O
Z. incse $5O,21O, dec'e $147OO, net dec'e 93 4S0
In the United States Oct. 81, 1889:
National Bank capital stock $62O,.
ia, ,365, which could have bought at
least $55O,OOO,OOO bonds, on which
they could give circulation of S495,.
100000 in lieu of $2O2, ,O23,415 that
we have. Many of these banks oot
their bonds at par or very small ad.
vance.
In North Carolina! National Bank
capital paid in, $2,426, 900, would
have bought $2,OOO,OO0 bonds and
given circulation of 81, 10000 in
leu of $611,25 and still decreasing
The currency has been decreased aa
the number of National Banks and
the amount of paid up capital has in.
creased. 1t reminds us of the darkey
who in Confederate times went with
SO to buy pair of shoes and found
the price SIS. A few weeks after,
having acquired the lacking SIS but
found the shoes were $25; later he
got the $25, but the shoes were $40:
Whereupon he remarked: "Bress de
Lord, | never seed sich money: de
mo- OF it gifts de wuss off 1 is |"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-03-04

RoRFH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANoE.
President-Ehas Carr, Old Sparta, NC.
-President-A. II. Hayes, Bird
town, n. G.
secretary-E. G. Beddingfeld, Raleigh,
n. @.
treasurer. D. Allen, Falls, N. G.
Lecturer B. Long, Asheville,
NC.
Assistant Lecturer B. Hunter, Char
lotte, N. G.
Chaplain. J. Scott, AlfOrdsville,
NC.
etteville, N. @.
Assistant Door Keeper-H. E. King,
Peanut, N. G.
Sergeant-at-Arms-J. S. Holt Chalk
Level, N. G.
State Business Agent-W. II. Worth,
Raleigh, N. @.
Trustee Business Agency Fund-W. A.
Graham, Machpelah, N. @.
KxBcUTTvF COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH CARO-
LIMA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
s. B. Alexander, Charlotte, n. c.,
Chairman; J. NJ Mewborne, Kinston N.
O.; ]. S. Johnston, Ruf6n. n. @.
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AOO1As - 80 . 'N9D31~-5NE1V
The total amount of wheat in store
and aaoat for the same time in the en-.
tire world was only los, ,533, AIS bush
els. With this data an approximate
calculation can be made of the prob
able amount of grain that would be
warehoused at any one time. 1t the
present amount of grain in store, say
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THE NATIONAL FARMERS AL
LANCE AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION.

President-L. L. Polk, North Carolina.
Address, GIG E. St., N. W., Washington,
DC.
Tice-President-B H. Clover, Cain
Seer cretary-J. h. Turner, Georgia. Ad-
dress, GIG E. ST., N. W., Washington,
d. G.
Treasurer-W. II. Hickman, PuxicO,
Missouri.
Lecturer-Ben Terrell, Texas.
EXECUTIVE BOARD.
O. w. Macune, Washington, u: y:
Alouzo Wardall, Huron, South Dakota.
IF. Tillman, Palmetto, Tennessee.
JUDICIARY.
R.C. Patty, Macon, Mississippi.
Isaac McCracken, Ozone, Arkansas.
Evan Jones, Dublin, Texas.
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Board of Trade Meeting.

The Brennan board of trade met
at 1880 o'clock Tuesday morning in
its rooms in the Giddings building
pursuant to call. The object of the
meeting was stated by Mr.. Chas.
.Zurcher to be to consider the coun-
ty road question, and after some
genera! discussion OF the subject,
the Strengthening of the road leading
from Brennan to Industry was
taken up, and on motion committee
composed of Messrs- Ed Amsler T.
A. Low, II. Hodde, Chas. Zurcher,
hugo Becker and Heber Stone, was
appointed to inspect the route and
report back to the board. Judge
L. Kirk was added to the committee.
The following resolution was intro
Iuced, discussed and adopted:
Whereas, the question of county
roads is one of the most important
questions now are ever engaging
the attention of the people; and,
Whereas, the county commissioners
court are the only officers of the
state or county government required
by law to give attention to this
most important feature of internal
improvement; therefore, be 1t
Resolved by the BRENNAN board
of trade in called meeting Assembled
that the county court Is assured of
the active support and hearty moral
and material cooperation of this
body in any and all intelligent eff
forts which it may put forth for the
purpose Of improving the public
thorougbfares of Washington county.
It was moved that a copy of the
resolution be presented to the com
missioners' court, ard committee
composed of lIessrs. Harry Haynes,
D. G. Giddings, Jr., T. W. Schaeren-
berg, W. A. Wood, a. Werner and
Hugo Becker, was appointed to pro
vide for the entertainment Of the
Frank Leslie party now making a
tour of Texas, and the secretary was
to wire an invitation to
the party on behalf OF The board of
trade to visit the city at such time
rs may suit their convenience.
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As has been previously stated the
Brennan gun club has received and
accepted on invitation 10 attend the
fourth of July celebration at the
Germania park under the auspices of
the Germania society, and will give
an exhibition and have prize-shoot-
ing. Following is the program which
has been arranged for the shoot.
Shoot No. Ten single blue
rocks, IS yards rise, entrance $3.50;
four monies.
No. 2-Ten single live birds, 80
yards, entrance IS; four monies, one
barrel.
No. 3-Five pair blue rocks, 16
yards, entrance So; four monies.
No 4.-Ten single leatherwinged
bats; 16 yards, entrance 81; four
monies.
No. 5-Three pair live birds, "A
yards, entrance $3.50, four monies.
No. 6-Ten single blue rocks and
two pair live birds, 20yards; entrance
S.; four monies.
The new rules of the American
Shooting Association will govern all
matches. Live birds, in order to
count, must fall inside the dead line,
and having fallen, the bird counts
whether he rises again or not.
Jacob & Eldridge keep purest
lard.
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500 Reward. 500

IIThe.... readers of the BANNER
will be pleased to learn
that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able
10 cure in all Its stages, and that is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, re-
cures a constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nalIy, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors haveso much faith
I'D its curative powers, that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for
list of testimonials. Address, f. J.
CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o. Sold
by Druggists, 75e.
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LOCAL NEWS.
Only three marriage license

ONLY three marriage licenses
were issued from the county clerks
Office during the past week to the
following couples: Hermann Reimer
and Wilhelmeine Schiller, W. E.
Hood and Laura Anderson, and
Adleo Fielder and Mary Carolina
Jones. The last-named couple is
the one from Chappell, where paren-
tai objection was jnterposed on the
ground that the girl was only 16
years old. She proved up to be %
years of age and the license was IS
sued without parental consent.
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SODA and vicby at Kiber's.

AT THE meeting of the committee
to arrange for the 4th of July cele-
bration, which was held at the Ger.
mania Tuesday afternoon, it was de-
cided to erect one of the finest pa
Tilions for music stand in the state,
and the contract was left to NJ.
Russi. An appropriation was made
to buy blank cartridges for the Cat.
ling guns and the bill for the fire,
works was received. Messrs. F.
Dobert and Fred Fisher were APP
pointed a soliciting committee to col
lect contributions to defray the ex-
penses of the entertainment.
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OK last Saturday Mr.. VIM. Kra-
mer and wife, who live beyond
Pleasant Hill, came to Brennan
trading, and when they were return
ing home late in the evening they
found Williams creek up. They
took the team out and swan them
across, but they themselves were
compelled to camp out all night in
the bottom within three hundred
yards of home.
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Miss EMMIE HOFFMAN, has re-
turned from Waco, where she has
been attending school at the Waco
Female college. She won the gold
medal for keeping the neatest room
of all the young misses in the col
lege boarding house.