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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-03-11
MT. CARMEL ALLIANCE, No. 544.


According to announcement in your
most excellent paper, Bro, J. B. Smith,
District Lecturer, met with US on the
28th ult. The hall was crowded and
many had to stand, yet the best atten-
tion was given him. Bro. Smith
made no effort to create a reputation
as an orator, but deliberately spoke of
the evils that hurt US most and the
remedies for our relief. He depicted
very clearly the evils of the national
banking system, and demonstrated the
necessity of return to the free coin
age of silver. He incidently spoke of
the munifcence of the business men
Of Oxford and declared it as his opin-
ion that if viewed as a business trans.
action only that it will ultimately
prove to have been a wise one. The
idea that social equality might result,
if rings and combinations are al
lowed to carry on their nefarious work
of extortion and robbing the produc-
ing classes until they are reduced to
such extreme and abject poverty and
ignorance and become common serfs
and collapse is not without foun-
dation.
Then, brethren, let US be very care
full lest we give our suffrage to men
who will further enslave rather than
free US. The Alliance was urged to
act in unity, promptly discharging all
obligations and to acquit themselves
like men at all times.
Bro. Smith is doing a good work
for our cause. A goodly number sent
in their applications for membership
after the speaking was over, and we
all feel encouraged.
Yours fraternally,
P. P. FOSTER, Cor. Sec'y
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RESOLUTIONS BY WILSON co.

At regular meeting of the Wilson
County Alliance, held February l4th,
the following resolutions were adopted
WHEREAS, Believing that our dele
gates to the ST. Louis Convention
were true men and acted in that BODY
for the good of the whole country,
and we, from the light before us, and
after careful study of the demands
made by that body, do therefore
Resolve, That we, the Wilson County
Farmers Alliance of North Carolina,
on this the l4th day of February, 1890,
endorse in full the demands made at
st. Louis in December by the National
Farmers Alliance and Industrial
Union, and especially the Sub Treas.
ury plan, and we respectfully request
our Senators and Representatives in
congress to use all means in their
power to carry out these demands.
ReS0fved, That a copy of these reso-
lutlons be sent to each Senator and
Representative in Congress from N.
@. and to our National, State and
local organ.
Yours respectfully,
W. L. GRnrMEN, sec'y.
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRI-
CULTURE.
OFFrCE OF THE SECRETARY.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,
Washington, D. O., Feb "a, go.
To the Managers and Agents Of Railroad
and Transportation Companies Of the
United States:
In accordance with Section 7 of an
Act of Congress approved May 29th,
1884, entitled can Act for the estab-
lishment of Bureau of Animal In.
dustry, to prevent the expectation of
diseased cattle and to provide means
for the suppression and extirpation of
pleuro- pneumonia and other contagious
diseases among domestic animals, "
you are hereby notified that contagi-
Gus and infectious disease known as
splenetic or Texas fever exists among
cattle in the following described area
of the United States:
ALI that country lying south and
east of a line commencing on the
Mississippi river at latitude SO deg.
80 min. north, thence running west
ward on that parallel of latitude, be-
ing the southern boundary of Missouri,
to the eastern boundary of the Indian
Territory, thence running northward
to the southern boundary of Kansas,
thence west yard along said boundary
of Kansas to the Tooth meridian of
longitude, thence southwsrd along
said Tooth meridian of longitude to
the southern boundary of Childress
county in Texas, thence westward
along the southern boundary of the
counties of Childress, Hall, Briscoe,
Swisher, Castro, and Farmer to the
eastern boundary of New Mexico.
From the 18th day of March to the
1st day of December, 1890, no cattle
are to be transported from said area
to any portion of the United States
north, east or west of the above de-
scribed line except in accordance with
the following regulations: Provided,
that these regulations shall not apply
to any cattle taken into or through
the State Of Colorado for feeding
purposes in accordance with the regu.
lations of that State.
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RESOLUTIONS.

WHEREAS, The Farmers Alliance
throughout the State of North Caro-
lima petitioned the last General As
sembly of North Carolina to pass the
Railroad Commission bill; and where
as, Messrs. Blanton, Blair and Briggs,
our representatives of the 36th district
opposed said bill; therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the members of
the Mcdowell County Farmers ALI
auce disapprove of their action in this
matter.
ResolUed, That copy of this resolu-
tion be sent to The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER and one to the Western Free
Lance for publication.
A. L. BRIGHT, Sec'y.
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FACTS AND FIGURES.

AS nation, during five years, we
purchased in addition to what we
raised ourselves, $5O,OOO,OOO worth
of breadstuffs and other farinaceous
foou; $5O,OOO,OO of wool, $4OO, OOO,-
900 of sugar and molasses, $50, ,OOO,-
600 of cotton goods, $3.50, 900 of
woolen goods, l0O,OOO,00O OF silk
goods, $IOO, 100000 of linen goods,
$3.50, OOO,O 900 of iron and steel, $685.
100000 of earthen and china ware,
$50, 100000 of glassware, $50, 600, 600
of leather -oods.
Can we wonder at commerce being
paralyzed2 If the farmers OF the ma
tion cannot stand he'yearly drain how
can the nation prosper.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-03-11
EonrH CAROLINA FARMERS, STATE ALLIANCE

EORrH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
President-Elias Carr, Old Sparta, NC.
ice-President-A. II. Hayes, Bird
town, N. G.
secretary-E. G. Beddingfeld, Raleigh,
N. @.
Treasurer-J. D. Allen, Falls, N. @.
Lecturer-Thos. B. Long, Asheville,
N. G.
Assistant Lecturer-R B. Hunter, Char
lotte, N. c.
Chaplain-J. ]. Scott, Alfordsville,
N. @.
Door Keeper-w. a. Tomlinson, Fay
etteville, N. O.
Assistant Door Keeper-H. E. King,
Peanut, N. @.
Sergeant-at-Arms-J. s. Holt Chalk
Level, n. @.
State Business Agent-W. b. Worth,
Raleigh, N. @.
Trustee Business Agency Fund-W. A.
Graham, Msehpelah, N. O.
HxEOUTIvE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH CARO-
LIMA FARMERs' STATE ALLIANCE.
8. B. Alexander, Charlotte, N. c.,
Chair nan; J. M. Mewborne, Kinston N.
O.; J. s. Johnston, Rufin, N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-03-11
THE IMPENDING REVOLUTION.

Mr.. EDIToR:-I will take for my
text our motto, "Equal rights to all
and special privileges to none" and
respectfully ask you and the readers
OF THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER to bear
with me patiently. In endorsing the
above motto, the Farmers Alliance
sets forth it's principles. I saw not
long since IN the editorial columns of
q certain deep and widely circulated
journal of this city a remark to this
effect: that said paper supposed that BE-
fore long some one would be advocating
that the will of the people should be
the law of the land" In reply to
which we would like to ask whose
win should govern this land, if not
the peoples will2 If one man has
not as much right as another to par
ticipate in the management of our
government as far as he has the sense,
and,as far as God has given him talents,
then this is not q free country. But,
does the majority rule2 What chance
has man without money or popularity,
no matter how we'll qualified he is for
Helping to enact laws; what chance,
say has such q man for getting a seat
in Senate or legislative hall2 The
combined forces of millions of dollars
and shrewdness gained by long con-
tact with men and politics, and last,
but by no means least, the utter lack
lof chat much-to,be-desired faculty
called conscience, all go to show why
the laws are made for the few instead
of for the many. Education is more
desirable than anything else, at the
present age. It is human nature for
man to descend rather than ascend.
Let a good man be elected to the
Legislature, for instance, and how
ofte1Swill he be corrupted, so quickly,
that ne will not once think of his re-
sponsible position, of his duty to him
self, his constituents, his country
and to his God. There are trusts,
monopolies and combines of every
description. Politicians have trust
by which they, corrupt as large per
cent. OF them are, keep their Offices.
The money trust, combined with
the unpatriotic shrewdness which DOS.
sesses it, is the curse of this land.
:, Why it that hard times f" is heard
from the Pacific to the Atlantic. from
the Gulf ta the Lakes Whv is it
that the WI of the people is not the
supreme law of the land 2 The ma.
jority should always rule, and if they
do not, justice holds not her full sway.
'Tis the peoples fault that the engine
OF oppression is so rapidly pulling
them down the hills of misery.
The people will vote for a fellow
and place him on duty, but do they
always stop voting for him, when he
fails to do his duty 2 Statistics prove
to the contrary. There will have to be
q turning point somewhere. Doctors.
lawyers, merchants, farmers. me.
chanics, the people will have to 90 to
war, so to speak, with the "powers
that be" and have matters adjusted
Inc farmers have started the fight
against monopoly, &c., and the powers
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often prevents the development of cor
ruption. Few men can bear constant
promotion and uninterrupted success
without partsking of the sins around
them. =" Vigilance IS the price of h6-
erty."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-03-11

Our national banking system has
borne its fruits in making the very
few rich and the many very poor.
Snail we contiue this curse, that our
children may become even worse
slaves to the bankers than we are
now?
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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.
Vice-President-B. h. Glover, Cain
Secretary. n. Turner, Georgia. Ad-
dress, GIG E. St, N. W., Washington,
D. @.
Treasurer-W. h. Hickman, Puxico,
Missouri.
Lecturer-Ben Terrell, Texas.
EXECUTIVE BOARD.
@. w. Macune, Washington, D. @.
Alonzo Wardall, Huron, South Dakota.
J. F. Tillman, Palmetto, Tennessee.
JUDICIARY.
R. G. Patty, Macon, Mississippi.
Isaac McCracken, Ozone, Arkansas.
Evan Jones, Dublin, Texas.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-03-11

The heaviest fat sheep at the Chicago
show came from Canada. 1t was
Leicesester and weighed 367 pounds
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-11
CHRONICLE OF CRIME.
A Plot to Rob q Wretched
Woman Is Foiled.
VICE AND CRIME HAND IN HAND,
Attempt by Ernest SANTOS to Rob his
Mistress Discovered His worthy
Accomplice.


The fling of suit in the superior court of
Spokane county last week By Josephine Santos,
. denixen OF whitechapel. against her husband,
Ernest SANTOS, who lived of her earnings, and
James Grouse, spokane Falls real estate man,
for the appointment of receiver 70 dispose OF
certan property, brings 20 light story of de-
pravity rarely euuaied. SANTOS Is ACCUSED of
seeking to despoil his sinful vile and slave of
"a, O0o, her earnings durinQ the psst five years
and to desert her without dollar.
Five years ago Santos, whose chosen asso-
ciates were fallen women. met Josepbiue
Jouet, one Of that class. In San Francisco, and
married her. The boom in Southern California
found the couple in L IL Angeles he living on
her earnings. She made mouev..and at the COL
lapse of the boom went to Portland. From
there they went TO Tacoma. then to sp,kane
Falls, and last they came to seattle They
reached here over q year ago. When white
chaTe was built nm and named she took
house in Jackson allev where sbe has been 4
famiiisr figure ever since Whateyer money
SANTOS got possession of went to the tour
wind. His wife managed 70 save considerable.
however. and while they were in spokane Fails
invested in property that Is now worth $4,000
The property was purchased in his name. he
forcing his wife to agree to that Arrangement.
Something over . month ago Santos. having
tired of the woman. determined to desert her
and secure possession OF the property. II was
all in hin name and.he Sonret, I'm an easy iob
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A RESULT OF WARM wEArHEs.
Many Deaths in August-Undertakert
Who DISREGARD Law.


many Oeatns IN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
VINO Disrekard Law
III people continue TO ole on IS rapidly for
the next twenty Gays Is they have since the
lst inst, SAID Health Ofncer Hilton yester-
Gay, the mortality for this month viii be
greater oy eight or ten than 1t was last As
car be seen BY the health omcer's report for last
MONTH pubnsheo In TINS paper, the mortality
was nIty-Iour. Tnls mentn - Only onethlro
gone, ana the neaitn omcer mas already been
furnished win twenty death certificates from
the unoersak IS
III the weather turns very warm. continued
the neaitn omcer: ol course the mortahsy win
oe more tnan ~ otneEbBe would De. Ihe
sreater NUMBER OF the deaths already this
month nave been que 70 1ever-a lew chronic
cases are enumerated among tne iatsi ailments,
Also several accidents:
onAess sac. Peokio arg u.ousns into tne
CITY from outsioe piaces, sne omcer KNOWS OF no
iuftner deatns tnat are nkeiy 70 occur IN the
near iutnre. A lew pauents az the hospitals
ana around ~ sneir various nome, are father
iows sus ne says tnat tneir cnances Of recovery
are COCO, ana II tney receivs proper treatment
there VIII oe no excuse 70 oner II there are any
iatahues
Inc neaith queer - conunuaiiy worried De-
cause oi tne remissness OF some OF the under
!akers IN sompiying win the law IN regard 70
furnishing the neaAn omces with death ceru'
nca'e ior the cases tney nanoie, ana 70 receive
IN return Dufying permit before tney perform
aiunerai. was oniy last month, said the
ooctois ihas nau an sppncatIon from per-
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kept IN the steel cages II the police headquar-
TN viii pc turned over 60 Jaiier TANNER ana
ROOM VIII be made for them IN the saicf eno
more comm0dious quarters OF the county jail
~ consequence OF the scare, ana tne sup
posed dangerous nature OF Millere SICKNESS. IL
Jsaier burned al the blankets used by the 'siek
man. ana also the bed Clothes used oy tne men
WHO siept In the same cell with him. Inc To-
suit is the county has had TO 90 to the necessary
extra expense OF buying more bedding 70 70
piAce that Destroyed ~ the snerins once yes
terday were dozen pairs OF new wooien
oiankess ana about Dozen new mattresses.
which VIII be distributed among the prisoners
TINS morning Jailer Farraner said: me
prisoners are very hard ON bedding This ios
going DOWN VIII make three dozen new mat
uesSes ana TWO dozen new pain Of Dienkes
tnat nave been given ana used mp Dy them
within the last two months
The three toughs who cut tho rivets In the
irons around their feet . abort time ago and'Wno
Lad planned an attack on the jailer and grasd
escape. have as last been tanned. Connnemens
IN dark cells and decrease OF their rations
brought them TO their milk, IS the lailer ex-
pressed it. and for the past fifteen Gays tney
have Deen 20 good ana quiet, ana made 20 many
promises OF future good behavior ana begged 30
abjectiy that M. Fsrraher concluded he would
take the heavy irons from around their ankles
and now allows them the same liberties - tae
otner prlfonen-
Three persons who have been serving out
long terms for various crimes and whose sem
fences have expired, buf. owing 10 the chance
of their spreading smallpox germs over the
country, have been kept over their time, will
be released this morning. Fred Brandon,
charged with adultery, will be discharged 1t
being found that adultery in the new STATE II
not . crime. James Sweeney. sentenced to
thirty-two days for petit larceny, whose time
has been out several days. will also be given
his liberty. e. II. Egin, the till-tapper. who
robbed store on South Third street and whose
offense was an aggravating one because of his
threa'e ning and muir erous attitude when de-
te:ted in the Gonna ssion of the crime, will also
be DISCHARGED. The man has ten more days to
serve, having received q sentence of ll5 days,
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A TALE OF WOE AT SEA.

bottle Picked Up Containing . Letter
From > Perishing Ship.
While Lester L Foss. son of william r. Foss.
who works in the Columbia 4 Puget Sound
rowing on the harbor of Pike street yesterday
morning he picked up carefully sealed bottle
OF English make. In It he found the following
letter, write on cartridge paper, In clearly
English hand:
"ENGLIsH BARKsHrP EsMoND,
"Juue %, 1890
1--WE are sinking very fast Oar latitude and
longitude unknown. No compass, no rudder,
no hope. II this reaches human hand. please
notify Bailey 4 Co., HULL England. We are
thirteen men aboard and all In Q starved condi-
ZION. Ny motherl OF my mo her! She lives
ON Hodeson street. Leavitt terrace. Hull, Eng
land. Goodbye, II we are not saved.
eJoHN puprnW First Maten
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- Forced Maud GRANGER In Lava :
Luxurfous Home.
btxa1se what : fascination the stage hes far
vne VINO has spent much time behind the foos
nSnts. isn't III"
30 said w. n. Wflts,on r~.ca~.v a. ~. -.
emotional actress, Msud Cranrer. IN the iohhv
o. the Rainier last evening
1T IL seldom that an actor 80 sctra.s 49,, ..sx,.
Gown into private life, no mater how well thew
may Be on ~ far q this worlds foods are con.
eufned. or how pleasantly they NAV he .ifnsfad
- regards their hume.
ss6ometime thew .n,ouvn. 49,. ........
retire from the stage permaneutlv hut thsv
cont do t. Take MIN Gsaueer. for instsncs
While not q prominent wousn re .vv ,r..ss
sne has managed 70 lay aside 4 consfd r.hss
portion Of the fortune she had made ara i've
"a magnificent style in upper New York when
y nome. She might easily have been a well
on s Lolita, Emma Abbott or some i, her. mo
are shrewd business women. bnt this Wv In.
portant characteristic she does not poeses,. sna
does not know the value Of dollar. and rror,ld
give away her last do lar To sorne mead frt.,.n
TWO years ago she thought she wonld tn home.
nie Tor season. 80 she fixed up her residence
up town and IL was Q veritable palace. Hr
nones ana carriages were as sssweiI' turnouts
- any that were teen IL Central Park The re-
ceptions she gave to her numerous frienda we're
very elaborate affairs and she was appare,t,v
enjoying herself, but for All that sna eonid
not give up the stage Completely Int cortsvt od
herself with occasional enearements in Nsw
York, Boston, Philadelphia ana BrookIvn'
Wnea the summer exodus 70 Furone corn-
menced. she Joined the throus. ana fiurinc her
stay In London she heard OF the contem nlafsd
produ ton Of Richard Dxvey aud Lncv Hoorer,s
play IL Heritage de Helene" ~ the Thesfrs AZ
Replication In Paris. B ing 4 friend a MIR
parties. she MT over to see the mi, ~ nrcanc.
uou Of the play. The theatre was uacked 8, IN
the lite Of tn American and English resident,
q Paris, and among Others was the great
french actress Sara bernhardt and III, Fran
clsque Sarcey, the cri ic OF the Temps The
Play made wonderful hit In Paris ana Nj.
Granger became infatuated. 60 did Bernhsrdt
and there was spirited Iiyslry between ther,
- 70 who sh .uid become its poesesaor Rnt =
usual, American energy came ont ahead. and
Miss Granger became the owner OF tbe nlev
Shortly after I was much surDrised an NJ
York. one day. to receive Z cable from her cav.
lug she had purchased the play. and reona.rin.
me to Arranged our 1t once. was NJ the RIM.
manager Of the American tour OF the English
stars, William Terriss ard II a. Millward INIT
they were about to return to Eurland Tn few
weeks M IS Granger was In America She haa
stopped PARIS long enough to hav. some
elaborate cos umes gotten mn bv worth ana
then sailed tor home The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, -
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PASSENGERS LISTS.

woxoN Mon., Aug 1o.-Passengers on North.
ern Pacific train No. 8, westbound: J. j. Hall.
F. ". Kenniston, o. T. Fl mining and wife, N.
B. Noon and wife. J. I. Lacid. G. K smith, w.
Levi, J. w. Kiene and wife. H. H. X .hles att
ana wife, Mrs. J. r. Redner. ]. Bailey, J. Q.
Mason, Mrs. J. 4. Maddx, h. 8. Haskins and
twenty-five second-class
ELLIsroN. Mont, Aug 10.--Passengers on
Northern Pacific train No. l, westbound J. N.
Bradley, E. C. Eliot, Miss Ora Chester. B. W.
Nysc, G. B. Roosa. J. X. Zimmerman. H. Kollar,
A. Mcmillan, Mr.. Renike and son, Mrs C.
Lewis, Mrs. n. N, Lane and deughser, James
Flanagan and twenty-six second-class.
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ALL REACHING NoRTHwARDs.
Work on the Great Northern, Cornwall
and Fairhaven Roads.

Work on the Great Northern, CornwaIl
and Fairhaven Roads.
The contracts for the clearing, grading and
csibbing on the Seattle & Montana railroad from
Seattle to connect with the Fairnaven & South.
eru road have all been sublet with the exeep-
ton of q section OF six or seven miles south of
Msrysyille. and that win be let this week. Thar
work was sub-let in sections of Elk to thirteen
miles. Shepard, Henry&Co. will either do the nil
Ing bridging and track laying themse yes or let IL
to sub-contrac,ors later on. The sub-contractors.
who have begun clearing, are preparing cans
for their workmen aud will have their grading
outfits here from the East this week. b. fore
the week is over. dirt viii be flying all along the
righs-of-wsy.
Tn sub-contracts for the Belt line rosd are be-
ing sub-let as fast the rght-o way is SCI ured
About eight miles OF clearing has been done
from the hdDh OF Mercer slough towards Renton
and the ear,hwork has begun.
The American Construction Company is or
ganizing the San de Fuca a Northwes srn rail-
road, to run from San de Fucs TO sedro, a dis
lance SO 10 miles. The road is to pass through
Oak Harbor. San de Fuca, LaConner. Mt Yer
non and Sedro, going up the north bank
of the skagit river. and WI eonnec,
with the Fairhsven & Southern at Sedro and
the Seattle, Lake Shore d Eastern. Applications
for subsidies have been made to several OF the
towns on the route and have met with q favor.
able hearing.
The whatcom correspondent of the PosT-IS.
TELLiGEScER telegraphs: The contract for
completing the Cornwall railroad from Nook
sack river TO the British boundary, tai connect
with the Canadian Pacific branch, viii be let
August 20. The specifications require the COM
pletion OF the road. ready for ira ms, by October
20. Trains row run from this city 20 the Nook
sack river.
The trestle work across the whatcom water
front is now ready for the iron upon which the
trains OF the Great Northern railroad win run
within thirty or forty days. This will give
Bellineham bay connection with Seattle and
New Westminster
The Fairhayen CORRESPONDENT OF the Posr-IS-
rEILIeENcER telegraphs: The contract was let
yestardsy TO Mccoy & 0'Brien for laying the
track on the Fairnaven & Nor; hern railroad to
the boundary line. Work will commence on
Thursday aud the track is expected to meet the
New Westminster southern on October Is