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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-21

than is needed for home consumption.
Here at Summerville we have a splen-
did school which is we'll patronized.
Prof. Alderman, in a public address
recently delivered at Ellington, our
county seat, took occasion to compli-
ment this school in the highest terms,
and spoke of the great good it was
accomplishing in Harnett county. In
order to accommodate the pupils who
will be in attendance next session
from a distance, three new boarding
houses will shortly be opened here.
With the completion through the
country of several proposed railroads,
Harnett county will be placed in the
front ranks along with other counties
in the State that are blessed with rail
roads and other means of transporta-
ton.
Summerville is in the healthiest
portion of the country, occupying as
it does a high position. 1t is just the
spot for the formation of a large and
growing city. Its sanitary condition
cannot be equalled in any other por-
ton of the country. In time it will
no doubt become a great health resort
for the afflicted.
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER has many
readers in our section, and the CORE
spondence concerning the operations
of Alliances in other counties is eagerly
sought out and carefully perused.
Wishing The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
and those connected with it a happy
and prosperous New Year, l will
close. VOTER.
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THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

WHEREAS, Under the present pub
lie school system the white people Of
North Carolina are taxed dispropor-
tionately to maintain the public
schools; and whereas, for a small per-
centage of taxation the negro receives
an equal share of the school fund.
Be it
Resolved, That we, the Farmers
Alliance of Pitt county, recognizing
the inef8ciency of the present public
school system, denounce it as oppres-
sive, unjust and Ubiquitous.
Resolved, That we demand that our
representatives in the next General
Assembly use their utmost endeavors
to abolish or affect a reform in the
present public school system.
ResoZved, That we ask the County
Alliances throughout the State to
unite with us in correcting such
purnicious and unstatesmanlike legis-
lation.
RESOLVED, That a copy of these reso-
lutions be forwarded to The PROGRESS
s1vE FARMER and Goldsboro Argos
with the request to publish, and that
we ask all State papers in sympathy
with this movement to copy these
resolutions.
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wants to hire you and only offers you
your board. You would say at once
that that man was a fool. At the
same time, no doubt, you have been
working at the same price for years.
How are we to remedy our situa-
ton? Well, 1 will try and tell you.
Stop giving liens. Don't give another.
If you do that you will be sure to
stop trying to farm. Go to work for
somebody else who will give you a
respectable salary. Work faithfully
for your employer as you have for
the merchant for the last five or ten
years. Live close as you have been
living, dress common as you have
been dressing, and if you are blessed
with good health, in a few years you
will be able to farm on a small scale
independent of liens or anybody else.
l hope nobody will think that l am
in the least tired or opposed to farm,
ing, for surely it is one of the noblest
callings on earth.
1t is just like everything else. For
instance, take the best man you can
find and put him in a great big empty
store house without a dollar to buy
goods and he may succeed in getting
some goods on a credit but eventually
he will be compelled to go under.
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER has be-
come a household necessity in our
community. If it was to fail to put
in its appearance every week we
would be as uneasy as if we had a
Jersey COW, worth $500, in the mire
up to her nose. J. B. w.
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OUR GREAT ORGANIZATION.

UNION CHURCH, Dec. 81, 1889.
En-. EDIToR:-We rejoice in the
consumation of the Great Farmers
and Laborers' Union. That now the
wealth producers of twenty-three
States are enabled to meet in council
without the presence and interference
of designing sectional agitators.
It has been said that there is a tide
in the affairs of men, which, if taken
at it's food leads to fortune: So is
there a tide in the affairs of the great
and leading industries of our nation:
Which if not diverted from it's course
of Justice and right will surely lead
to success and victory, this tide in
our organization is at It's food when
that brave and honest man, l.. l..
Polk, with over two millions of far
mers, (the best men of nation
are ~veitterating the words owe will
no longer be robbed for the benefit of
the few, and are saying to these men
who care nothing but for themselves,
thus far hast thou gone but thou
shalt go no farther.-Giant-like arose
this great and grand organization of
the laboring people, and rallying
around this standard of truth, we be-
gan more than a year ago the battle
which we mean to continue. Which
can but surely result in victory.
We cannot fail for when men battle
for truth honestly and justice, there
is no such word as fail. Every rising
sun in such a case will bring recruits,
and every setting sun will see the
ranks of our enemies depleted.
Time makes all things even. Trusts
and monopolies have had their day;
and through the Farmers and Labor
ers' Union of America. Soon will
come freedom to the many, and where
is there an honest tiller of the soil or
mechanic who (if he understands the
cardinal principles of his organization
does not glory in such a fight. 1t
seems to me that it ought to awaken
in the breast Of every honest laborer
such feelings of pride and e~xultation,
that even we're he three score and ten
yet he would feel that it was his duty
to be in the front. We have had
principles of justice right and indus
try instilled into US from our very
childhood and time, study and dill
gence have increased them a thousand
fold; and now that the lines between
what is justice and right; and what is
neither justice 10 right are so clearly
defined we feel perfect JOY in the CON
temptation of the fact that so surely
have we the right on our side that
nothing in the world can defeat us.
F~raternally yours,
JNO. A. BLUE.
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Large Crops and How They are Made.

Large Crops and How They are Made.
On small parcels of land this mode
of preparing land for large yields and
resisting drouth, though known and
practiced by Europeans and Chinese
for more than sixty years, seems un-
known to the cultivators of our fair
Southland. Suppose the piece of land
to be thirty yards by three hundred,
open the trench across the end, remov-
ing the earth to the other end to fill
up the last trench, each trench to be
three feet wide, the length of a spade.
Stretch the line tight, cut down by
the side. An expert can do this in a
slow walk, sending the spade half
up. The land well covered with
rotten stable manure, two inches of
the earth with the manure placed in
the open trench, fill up by opening the
next trench n spit a spade deep.
The loose earth should be thrown on
top and the bottom broke one spit
deep, making more than two feet in
all. When completed the surface to
be thickly covered with rotten stable
manure, narrowed in as mixed well
with the hoefork. When ready for
planting apply commercial fertilizer
four to six hundred pounds per acre,
broadcast, containing five per cent.
ammonia, mix well with the soil
Land prepared in this way must not
rest; when n crop is removed, in
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with another. Cover the surface
thickly with manure each year and
trench every third year. Ridge
trenching is performed as above ex-
cept the earth is thrown in a ridge in
the centre of the trench. This is
used for stiff lands only. This work
should be done in the fall, as in winter
any person having the "a to try
the above will find it to pay a hand
some profit. For truck farming it is
invaluable and will pay one hundred
per cent w. H. HAMILTON,
Auburn, N. c..
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ORGANIZERS o
MoRAvIAN FALLS, n. c.,
Ian A 1901

JAN. 4, 1871.
Mr.. EDIToR:-Since my last report
[ have organized two lodges in
Wilkes county-at Monnt Zion, Dec.
I'd, with II members, all males.
President, T. G. Land; Business
Agent J. W. Triplette. At Beaver
Greek, Dec. 18th, with 5 members,
all males. President, J. F. German;
Business Agent, Nathan Harton.
The brethren who constitute the
above named Sub-Alliances are few
in numbers but they are of the true
Alliance grit. 1t is not in numbers
but in quality that makes a strong
Sub-Alliance. AS organizer I care
not so much about the number l
organize with as I do about the quail
ity. [ would rather constitute a
lodge with five live, energetic, wide
awake men than twenty,fv drones.
The Alliance cause is progressing
slowly but surely in our county. The
greatest needs are more Alliances and
less whisky. 1t was the pleasure of
the writer to attend onr County ALI
nee on the Sd inst. which met at the
court house in Wilkesboro. A very
good delegation was present and a
great deal of business was transacted,
after which a stirring speech was de-
livered by Rev. H. G. Marley on the
objects and principles of the Alliance,
then all went to their homes feeling
that it was good that they had been
there. F~raternally,
V. MCGINNIs, Organizer.
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SUMMERy1LLE, Harnett Co., N. c.,
Dec. 80. 1899

Mr., EDTToR:-The organization for
which your noble journal is taking
such a noble stand has many friends
among the farmers ia Harnett county.
They feel that this order has been and
is still dong good work in their be-
halt, and are at all times ready and
willing to give it all the encourage
ment that they possibly can. Our
farmers are industrious, and, as a
rule, quite intelligent, and endeavor
to keep pace with all modern improve.
ments and suggestions. The land
here Is not as rich as in other parts of
the State, yet, there farmers manage
to so cultivate it as to produce more
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If the whole volume Of money ,id
circulation was doubled, prices % one.
double. If it was only lncf8aSIE ,rtb,
fourth, prices would rise
j Stuart MGU.
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Deer and coon skins were a legal
tender in early days in Hi
nois.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-06-12
THE
Mandarin'S Daughter.
By WONG CHIN FOO.


CHAPTER Nl.-CONT1NCED.
"You are looking beyond the earth.
There is death behind you," came the
voice from the yellow robe. Drink
and the dreadful cup came just tride
nearer
Death, and there was SO much to live
tor-Li Xii; the competition, her pa
rents. If she died there, no one would
ever know her fate. The compressed
lips parted just a trifie and the small,
shapely head leaned forward with an
almost imperceptible movement. The
cup came closer. She iIeSitated to think
Death" said voice behind her.
Drink came from the robe.
The words were all that broke the
the breathing Of the girl. She would
drink, then perhaps the awful ceremony
would be ended.
The full, round lips kissed the cold
edge of the cup. The hand which held it
tilted it just little, and the blood of the
dead and the lips of the living met. The
liquid stained the crimson lips with a
shameless red, the stain crept into the
white teeth and trickled down her
throat. She shuddercd and felt as if
the blood of the dead had palsied her
limbs. She cholled, gaspcd and strug-
gled for air.
Suddenly the cup was removed, muir
muir went through the throng, lights
blazed up, the hoods of the assemblage
were thrown back and the faces of the
band were revealed.
The figure in the robe OF yellow adj
ganCcd, and, extending his hand, lifted
Sho Mai to her feet. She still held the
sword which had been given her.
Brother" said the man, there is but
one thing more for you to do. Many
have lacked the necessary courage to
face this last ordeal, and so have lost
their lives. When l have finished no
word of encouragement will be given
you. You must do as you are instructed,
or"
death by the sword of the pirate
clan," chanted the aSscmblage.
You hear" continued the speaker.
'Now act, and may you prove yourself
worthy the name and sword of
Toyhai." Then addressing two men
who stood on the opposite side of the
chamber: s'You know your duty
Az IhlS Inc TWO puIIeu DiicA tne loluS
Of double curtain, which concealed an
alcove in the wall which was lighted
even more brightly than the chamber
itself. Against the rear wall of the al
cove stood a man perfectly erect. A
thin band of steel held his head in posi-
ton, and bands of like metal encircled
his neck, waist, ankles and wrists. His
hands were stretched we'll out and his
feet were we'll apart. Such a look of
agony upon a human face the girl
had never dreamed of. The cyc-balls
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as we do, that you are but boy, and
that you have succeeded where more than
one man has failed, we are inclined to
look leniently upon your weakness and
invest you with the black robe of Toy
hal" Then without further formality
her robe of Office was conferred upon her
''Hear the word of the mighty kwan
Dah," said the orator, and at the name
all heads were bowed. The most high
ruler grants the new Toyhai his choice,
either to remain and serve the great
kwan Dab in his city or to sail under the
flag of the white crescent in the ship of
the First Chief, which shall presently
sail
a great hope swept through Sho Mai.
Once free of this island could she not
escape altogether from the sway of
kwan Dab? The thought well-nigh be-
reft her of speech, but gathering her
courage she said at length:
Let me sail the sea under the banner
of the great kwan Dab"
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PERMANENT VALUE.
How Jim Mcpherson Puzzled the School


James Mcpherson was boy of some
intelligence, with a father an ardent
protectionist, and an uncle an uncom-
promising free trader of the Manchester
school. Naturally, as Jim's father and
uncle lived in the same house Jim got
pretty fair idea of the stock arguments
on each side; but what he never could
make out was how labor benefited by
either policy. His father sternly main
tanned that in a protectionist country
there were better wages, while his uncle
just as strongly maintained the same in
regard to free trade countries. Now,
Jim thought to himself, there can't be
such striking difference between them
In any case, or there could not be any
necessity for such an endless amount of
argument about the subject. At any
rate, he thought he would ask the school,
master; and one day favorable oppor-
tunity occurred when that gentleman
was instructing aims class regarding the
value of population. Every additional
head of population" said the school
master, represents clear gain to the
State or to the community as a whole. of
many pounds, and adds to its total
wealth"
Who 7ets the wealth, sir?" asked
Jim.
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In the town of Great Valley, in Cat
t-raugus County, N. Y. there is an in
teresting curiosity, phenomenon or
freak of nature, known locally as ssthe
whistling we'll" The well was drilled
to the depth of 45 feet bali century
ago, but no water accumulated. A fat
stone with a 1l4-inch hole was fitted
over the mouth of the well, and
whistle fitted into it, which changed
its tone as the air was drawn down or
up. In settled weather the whistle
was silent. An approaching storm was
heralded by the warning shrek Of the
whistle as the air rushed out of the
well, but as clear weather approached
the current of air changed and rushed
into the we'll, and the faithful whistle
changed and told the story by its
changed tone. The whistle has long
been worn out, but the weather still
continues to advertise the weather. In
heavy rainstorm the out-rushing
wind forces the rain upward some feet
in the form OF spray.-Chicago Her
aid
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WORDS OF WISDOM.


Culled From Father Huntington's Brook
lyn Lecture.
The freedom of the nation lies in the
freedom of the individuals who compose
it; and the freedom Of the individuals
depends upon their exercise of their
rights and duties.
The church has sometimes seemed to
concern itself with distant sphere,
with future life, with another world,
but its first interest, it's first work, is as
to this world.
The church fails of its purpose and its
end when it merely diverts mems
thoughts from the present to the future.
Christ came to teach men about pres
ent duties and present relations.
We talk about the life of our bodies,
the life of our minds, intellectual life,
spiritual life; but / suppose we recog
nize pretty clearly that our intellectual
and spiritual life depends upon our
physical; that unless we have food to
put into our stomachs. our thinking APP
paratus is not going to last very long;
that we shall not be able to indulge in
spiritual exercises unless We have some
thing to keep the blood circulating in
our veins-urlless we have our animal
life protected and supported.
If people are deprived of freedom Of
access to this physical universe; if they
are stinted in their supply of these re-
cessities for the body, then just SO far
forth their lives are weakened, impair
ed-the life of their bodies first, tho
life of their minds and souls afterward
you will have, first of all, poverty, in
the sense of poverty of the body; then
poverty of the mind, and Their poverty
of the soul.
We see that just SO far as life is dimin,
ished, cramped SO far liberty is destroy
ed. and therefore that the nation to-day
is losing its freedom, because of lack
of freedom in so many of those who make
up this nation.
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Progress In Surgery.

Some remarkable achievements in
surgery are reported from Berlin. At
the surgical congress, Prof Gluck DEM
onstrated the successful substitution of
catgut, ivory and bone freed from chalk,
for defects in bones, muscles and nerv-
Gus sinews. The juices of the body are
sucked up in the inserted material,
thereby establishing the junction of the
separated ends, without any shortening
of the part. He presented the cases of
patients in whom there had been an in
sertion of from six to ten centimeterS of
catgut to supply defects in the leaders
of the hands, to which complete mobili-
ty had been restored. In the case OF
another patient Prof. Gluck removed
tumor from the thigh, causing consid-
cradle defect in the bone. He inserted
ivory, and no shortening ensued. In
another case he removed a large piece
of nerve in the groin and inserted cat
gut, and the functions remained COM
pletely atisfactory.-Chicago Herald.
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drove them before Il, bat as the sea- WAS

drove them before Il, bat as the sea was
open before them the vessel rode safely.
and the direction of the wind was sucn
that it hurried her in the course marked
out for her. At noon On the following
day the clouds broke away, and such
had been the progress they had made
under the impulse of the tempest, that
the cliffs of Pom 10y were already in
sight. The junk was run up as near as
might be to the mouth of the cave into
which enormous waves, stirred up by
the storm, were rushing with violence.
There, tossed up high at one side of the
entrance of the cave, could be seen the
broken mast. And this evidence that
Sho Mails story was true removed any
suspicious that might have been aroused
in his mind. He was now like al ami
NAL in sight of its prey. His fingers
seemed already to grasp the treasure of
the wrecked ship.
The wind was now gentle, though the
waves were yet violent, and the junk
was able to stand off and on before the
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PlTH AND POINT.

1t is the man who is too full for ut
terance who never knows when he's
loaded.-Boston Post.
There may be pleasures in being
poor. but it takes very rich man to see
them.-Atchison Globe.
He is possibly happy who feels ne
is always right, but his happiness Is
such as need not be coveted.
Repentance is often a matter OF
circumstances; bad liver is sometimes
mistaken for remorse. -Philadelphia
Press.
No man is so good that he is willing
people should believe that he is alto
gether ignorant of wickedness.-
vile Journal.
When goodness is too obtrusive 1t
is not seen at its best. There can be a
variety in goodness as in all things else.
The time for reasoning is before we
have approached near enough to the
forbidden fruit to look at and admire it.
N. Y. Ledger.
Investigate man closely who
talks good deal about lack of oppor-
tunity, and you will find a shoemaker
who wants to become president of a
bank.
The principal point of good breed
ing is to suit our behavior to three sew
eral degrees of men-our superiorS, our
equals and those below us.-Swift.
Nature loves truth so we'll that it
hardly ever admits of flourishing. Con-
ceit is to nature what paint is to beauty
it is not only needless, but impairs
what it would improve.
The censure of our fellow-men,
which we are SO prone to esteem proof
of our superior wisdom, is too often only
the evidence of the conceit that would
magnify self, and of the malignity or
envy that would detract from others
7. Edwards.
"A bad habit broken away from is
good days work The earlier a habit
is formed the stronger the hold it has.
Private personal habits are more diff.
cult to get rid of and have more de-
moralizing effect than public ones
If you can not be happy one way,
be in another and this facility of dis
position wants but little aid from phi.
losophy, for health and good humor are
almost the whole affair. Many run
about after felicity, like an absent
minded man hunting for his hat, while
It is in his hand or on his head.-Sharp