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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-18

FIX sheriff Hazard Eastln died At
aInfayetle January 5, ageds58 years:
gHe was ayweIt known and prominent
,noliticiamaud held a number edaPub'
lie offices IN Lafayette parish.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-18

It may be THAT love makes The
world go round, but an overdose Of
Whiskey will do il more successfully.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-18

Two happy couples were marie d
I'M the presence of 10000 people at
The Piedmon Exposition, at Atlanta
Ga. Both couples were rugged GU
in. full suits of cotton Manufacture.
The gentlemen were Il al ease, and
neither had the fashion alde cat in
their garments; but the brides weac
.gettenyup without regard to expense.
The dress of one was cut en- train,
with neck front and back and
short sleeves. 1t was made Of white
cotton .bageing aud deliberately
draped .,sqrd trimmed with white
ribbon and wide white ruching
around the. train and at the should
.crs. The bridegrooms were dressed
in seits of cotton-bagging, The coats
double breasted Prince Alhefts, and
The vests low cHt. The buttons
were green cotton hollis.
Tt is duty of the intelligent and.
conscientious leaders Of the colored
South to tell their people adj over
the South plainly that they shave no
help to expect from orthcrn@sy'npa.
thy; that federal election laws, even
if they conld pass, would4not benefit
them, and would be repealed inftwo
years under The stress Of Nsrherl
indignationsa and opposition; and That
they onght no longer 70 allow
themselves to be bauded togctller in
their States in q solid" mass, no
Eorning,a political party5buttonly
, pohtieal-mob. 1t Is their duty t
!, t~eaehfNheir people that they mas
vote as they think AMI not as Re
! publican damagogues aFge thcm,to
, ~. World.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-18

AS q matter Of grave public s..
ment, it will rotdo to let tic dn,s &
codifyiag the State Statutes d.ss
along in the sliphod manner ii pbi.s
the latest attempt was uadertaks.
Bo'h seay and Brauglln. the acIIss
workers, we believe, III The reyisia.
are dead; yet, doubtfess, they leta
good basis to. buisdeupon. The S..
i%slalure, at its cominS session. sbe.iS
treat this duty in a stistlg bushes
manner .-eity Item.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-18
TED.
.nravUTsossr he EullIiant
gemrf!

tQuel spectacle sc preseate aslsa'
mos ye,tz, nous bons Catllolcs
poroissc " enmilion, DisnaaeAs
snier un de nos premier iiaaela W
village aui o sou id6 PERSONS
mis- de .irer un coup DC
CONNIE Il a.eie dams deux g s
pcti,swillages ,voigins i cv0 aP4
MY a ricn a son eprcuVe.
.Dimauche dernicril est e1 sss'
Eglise auand la messe 6taiFA ISL
ii n'avait i pcine fait le slgt
croix quill s'est Ieve est parll WE
mais notre bon cure lui . aas
Iui disant ,qnand il soria
garcon du village, sortez voas i
mieox, NAL eleyd que vous et
prouye votre esprit pour Ba g4es
vi a en- peut d'educatfoR.
Maihcur aux parents az @
tleurs endants ainsi etc. e e z
souvicns pas 10 balance; mas s8s
scion mon ide, il ne lei en-
assez. W.
Gael hante pour les psieas +. 4 1
NAL 9ley6 mails cependaat I'M.
faute? probablement gull
!. Gent les euatre doigts e. Is ~
mais. dependant. i est pas ss0 tse
pour preudre une Logon poaf '
de fairc mieux ayec les auir
Nm. PLASa
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-18

A novel proposition has been
made in Sooth Dakota in regard to
woma6i's suffrage. 1t is suggested
that an election shall be provided
for at (which The question sI4alf 'be
Submitted to a vote Of tle women
ofthe State. Then, ifthe women shall
approve Of sGfrage, the question of
the amendment to the constitution
shall be determined in lie method
prescribed by law.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-18

Fires are raging everywhese
First Small Boy-iWe had ! AS
oar house last night.' Second " 60
Boy" L that SOP" +. & s ].
Yes, ia fred sisters beau. III.
ton Coarier. '
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-18

A heavy cyclone visited ST. Louis
Mo, and Wicklife, Ky. last Sunday
). doing great damage, unrooting
buildings, demolisl'ing houses, and
.fkilling and w~ounding'a large mum,
her Of persons.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-18

Abberillt Mgtridlonal
Saturday, January 1S. 1890
Two French men.ofwar, the Ar.
athnse.and Roland, arc 10 port at
New Orleans, and are visited daily
siny hundreds.
The Lake Charles Echo, Which
was founded hy G. w. "Fclter, will
he 81 years old III February. s4on
atnust feel old pard.
e-
The Caldwell Watclman will
soon undergo a change of manage
ment. 1t is TO he hoped the new
,nen, will be as able as the present
staff.
..Ex sheriff Hazard Eastin died At
aInfayetle January 5, ageds58 years.
gHe was avwell known and prominent
,politiciamand held a number efaPub.
lie offices in Lafayette parish.
EOrleanais, is the title Of . new
and neat eight.page weekly French
paper, established at New Orleans
hy NJ. Bouby, formerly Of the Pro
..gress. We wish it much success.
A heavy cyclone visited ST. Louis
Mo. and Wickliffe, KY. last Sunday,
doing great damage, unrootlng
buildings, demolisling houses, and
tkilling and wounding,a large mum.
her Of persons.
Aunt E. was trying to pursuadl
little Eddy to retire at shutdown.
s"Yon zee, my dear, how the little
chickens go to roost at that Tine
Yes, Aunty," replied little Eddy
.abut the hens always goes with
nthem."
Henry yHeindenhain. a .tongt
,shystcr lawyer Of New Orleans
and a member of the legislature in
.,thc good old Rad times, display
lis hoggish characteristics ,!
violating The smoking ear'ordinance
and is the only offender reported.
Vol. i, No. S, of the Arcadl
Head, is. on our table. It is
handsome, spick span, brand ne'
concern, and F. r. Hulse and Rob-
w. Snow, as editors and publisher
evidently know their business, an
do it like old veterans.
-s-
The reeent brutal assault mad
nconv Better fKissman, sof sthe Ne
Orleans Mascot. in Baton Roug'
by the chief Of police aud som
stoughs and hoddlnuas, 'is, from 2
accounts we have seen an unpatdoI
able outrage. 1T is to be -sincerel
honed the Kiesman will some do
Get his Hare and cook him.
The last,message Of the late DE
r w. Grapy to mis- mother shonI
touch the tenderest cords OF Y
thearts of,afl true +Southerners. II
,ollowipg is ,tl,e message: sen
word to my mother to pray Tor m
Tell her if die. chat u died trylr
TO serve the South-she land that
love so we'll"
Our Supreme Couet sat down
Attorneys eneral Rogers real ma
ID few days ago, because he CRIT
..cised a divided opinion in asking
reheariug in the sDcschamps ca'
More hard work and sound hor
sense aud less dignity and pompo
so-ns;tireness, would become some
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-18

Aunt E. was trying TO pursuadl
little Eddy to retire at shutdown
."You see, my dear, how the little
chickens go to roost at that Tine
Yes, Aunty," replied little Eddy
.abut the hens always goes with
othem."
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-18

The last message Of the late hen
Try w. Grapy to mis- mother should
touch the teuderest cords Of the
,.bearts of,a4l true -Southerners. The
ollowipg .is the message: "send
word to my mother TO pray Tor me.
Tell her if die. that u died trying
10 servo the South-.he land that
love SO we'll"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-18

Henry vH%eindenhain. a tough
, shystcr lawyer Of New Orleans
and a member of the legislature in
.,thc good old Rad times, displays
lis hoggish characteristics BY
violating The smoking a ordinance
adj i the only offender reported.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-18

The reeent brutal assault MADE
mon Peter fKiesman, .of $the New
Orleans Mascot, in Baton Rouge
bv the chief Of police aud some
stourhs and ho6dEnuss, is, from al!
accounts we have seen an unpafdoh'
able outrage. 1T is to be sincerely
j, honed the Kiesman will some day
.oet his Hare and cook him.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-18

vol. j, No.. 5, of the Arcadia
Ho,ald, is. on our table. i is .
handsome, spick span, brand new
concern, and F. R. HuIse and Robt'
W. Snow, as editors and publishers
evidently know their business, and
do it like old veterans.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-14
AN ERROR.

ID FAD carefully the following, to
IL which reference was made in the
last issue of TIE PROGRESSIVE FARMER;
In the compilation of the proceed
ings of the St. Louis meeting a serious
error has been pointed out. Section
20 of the statutory laws should be
eliminated and the following substi.
tuted in its stead:
That the question of eligibility be
left to each State, subject to the limi-
tations of the Constitution. - !.
After much debate and many
amendments to that section as it came
from the committee, this resolution
was offered as a substitute for the
whole section and adopted. The
small scrap of paper on which this
resolution was written became mixed
up with a number similar in character
relating to the eligibility clause in the
Constitution, which was under discus
sion the same day, hence this mistake.
The section will be corrected in the
official publication. This correction
is made at the earliest moment, and it
is hoped that no harm has been done.
National Economist. " =
The limitations of the Constitu.
tom referred to above are found in
Art. VIII of the Constitution
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-14
AMONG THE
What the Organization is Doing
Throughout the Country.

What the Organization is Doing
Throughout the Country.
An Alliance bank has been organ.
lied at Bennettsville, S. C. The charter
will be applied for in a few days.
The Southern Cuztavator and Digie
Farmer says that 100000 has been
paid in to the Georgia State Alliance
Exchange.
The DekoI5, Ga, County Alliance
has formed a company to manufacture
their own cotton bagging and cotton
seed and agricultural implements.
\The National Economist says: "The
mail has brought to the headquarters
of the order in this city, proceedings
constitution, ETC., of the organization
of the Colorado State Alliance. Thus
the sister States are falling into line
and swelling the Alliance column.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-14

tender for all debts and dues, public
and private.
There can be no abiding prosperity
without cheap transportation.
We sometimes complain bitterly
that our public servants do not study
these questions from the standpoint
of the farm. Whose fault is 1t?
Have we after the manner of other
professions, organized ourselves,
formed public opinion and demanded,
at the point of a sharp lead pencil,
the preservation of our rights Can
a stream rise higher than its source !
Can a statesman be far in advance OF
his constituents? Can a representa-
tive of bitter partisans be anything
else than a narrow-minded partisan 2
If the political ideas of farmers rise
no higher than the distribution OF the
off oes, if there be no clear, incisive
statement of their own rights, how
can they expect their own rights, how
can they expect their representatives
and Senators to be anything more
than peddlers of patronage
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-14
SECRETARY BE gDINGF1ELD

A 7 the recent meeting of the Exc.
IA eutive Committee of the North
Carolina Farmers State Alliance,
held in this city last week, Bro. E. @.
Beddipgfeld, of Houses Creek Ali,
ance, Wake county, was appointed to
succeed L. l.. Polk as Secretary of
the State Alliance.
- Bro: Bedding6eld is about thirty
years of age. and is a man of most ex.
,cellent character, and a consistent
member of the church. He was
elected to the House of Representa-
tives of our last General Assembly,
from Wake county, and made a record
of which any constituency might be
proud. He has been all his life a
farmer; and is a thorough, earnest and
faithful member of the Alliance. Bro.
Bedding6eld is what is known as ga
self-made man" having, by his own
~exertion, untiring application and
pride of character, brought himself
up toehis present proud and enviable
position. =.
He. is in every way worthy of the
high and responsible position to which
he has been called and we trust he
may have the warm support and CO.
operation Of the brotherhood. All
communications relating to the North
Carolina Farmers State ALLIANCE
should hereafter be addressed to
Is: ~: E.:C. BEDDINGFIELD,
III ,Sec'.y n, CT. S, Alliance,
: ,7,~s Raleigh, n. c.. .
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-14

s attendance most of the time, bpt
sorry to say that but a few O ~ an
members take THE Pp"o u Our
FARMER, eve produce a a=vanlSsIvE
wee we can at home and buy Just as sn 4
u goods as possible. W. "S lev
nau 70 BUY our sugar and coffee only
!" our home made syrup has and
TO sugar but it is not granuIate s9F !
We have received a numb.
9Toa resolutions from CaswelI .H q
other tobacco sections. As n
sctlon will doubtless be taken P ~
Iord IN regard to the tobacco TX
tne meeting on the 9th, and we P ba at
crowded with matter for this ;%oanlg
we VIII De compelled to defer the nrt
Ilcatlon OF the resolutions. pOo'
Bro, H. J, Ward, secret.ru
Browns Alliance, No. I,349 r.. Of
county, writes hat his Alliance 'l'Ie
numbers % male members ona low
females; that his members are IA
ready to defend the principles Of tS5
Alliance, and that they are sue
that the Alliance was organized to re
more than put money in their pocSa 1o
BRO. Alex. McIver, President =.
Chatham County Alliance, sends VI ~.
resolutions passed at their nAetinc =. -
PlttsbOrO on the 2rd inst n, al
partial failure of the cotton cron for
the last two years will entail 9raot
hardship on the farmers, and that :,
will be impossible for the mercbsrts
to help the farmers; that the cred;t
system is one of the prime causes ~
financial depression. To this end tb =.
most rigid economy should be nrac
ticed. They further call on the wo
men folks to aid by making all tbe
articles of clothing they can. -
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-14

Meantime we warn the people to be
on the alert. The railroads have
found the Senate bench of the legis-
latures the most valuable point of
attack. They paid no attention to the
lower branch and the commission bill
went through that house by a large
majority. The same thing occurred
in Texas and other States. But they
captured u Senate. So they did in
Texas and other States. Let the PEG.
pie select and elect only such men as
will publicly pledge themselves to
serve their interests and whose lives
are a guarantee that theiy will observe
their pledges.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-14
BRETHREN, TAKE NOTICE,

Remember that at the St, Louis
Convention it was 80
rRsssolved, That tie membership in M3s
cotton groDSn3 . districts make all he4
Obligations, such as notes for supplies,
for guanos, etc; payable December
25th instead of November ST as has
been the custom heretofore. Brethren,
this is very important and l hope you
will all not emily remember it, but act
in harmony with the resolution.
OLD FoGY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-14

ITON. HENRY WALLACE, -edl-
tor of the Iowa HoniesteGd, in an
address delivered before the Stock
Breeders Association, said many good
ithings, and we give the following ex-
tracts for our readers consideration:
Intimately and vitality connected as
nj interests as breeders are with the
farmer, who is dependent on US for
improved blood for his herdsto be fed
for the shambles, we T equally de-
pendent on him as our most reliable
customer, his prosperity is our pros.
perity, and his calamity hangs Grape
ION the door of every breeder.
tt is a most startling and significant
fact that outside of the agricultural
Interests, and Iuse the term agr1cul.
fthraf interests in the 'broadest sense,
the nation is enjoying a period of al,
most unwonted prosperity. Never1n
Inv reading of commercial reports has "a
there been more quiet and assured
confidence in the business future.
Never has there been a clearer hna4E-
ciaIs sky. Even capital seems to have
overcome its constitutional timidlty
with reference to everything except
farms and farm products.
1t is not a theory which confrontas
ms but a condition condition not
ngculiar to the West or the South
OF the East, nor to America nor tc
Europe. 1t is the same everywhere
the difference being only of degree
The Western farmer is even better
4,of than the Eastern or the South m
and certainly far better of THAI thu
European farmer.
- Ali this reminds us foreibly of The
speech of that ancient scoundrel
Caiaphas, in the Jewish Sanhedrim
when justifying the crucifxion 0
:, Christ: aye know nothing at all, no.
consider that it is expedient for u
sthat one man should die for the PEG
spIe and that the whole nation perish
not The American confscators o
farm property are not so bold in word
but no less so in deed. There is
manifest disposition to give the farm
ers the short end of the double-tre
and say, with the Egyptian task
: master, aye are idle, get We to you
>. burdens"
The evils that affect us lie deepe
than the Investigations of the builder
of the platforms of parties tt
farmers account of sales on the ca
cago market and purchases at tn
country store throw more light on tn
nature of the evils than entire volume
of the congressional Globe. One thin
is plain, that the contraction of tn
circulating medium, which this yea
amounted to $33, 200, 600, must b
stopped, and l know no way of stoI
ping it at once so efectual, so patriot
and so easy as by the deposit, in til
treasury, of the silver of the Amer
can mines and making it the basis
a currency issue hat shall be legs
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-14
N BE DISCOURAGED.

WE would like to publish all the
" communications sent US, but
owing to the fact that we receive a
sufficient number every week from all
j, parts of the country to more than ill
the columns of THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER, we are compelled to boil
them down so as not to,exclude other
matter. We cannot find room to
publish resolutions Of respect and
. many other things in full. However,
we are always glad to get these and
all other letters, and if you do not see
your letter in print don't conclude
that it was an intentional slight, but
rest assured that it was because we
could not find room for it. When
writing remember that w cannot
publish any letter without the name
of the writer is sent with 1t.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-14

Bro. S. J. Westall, writing from
Paint Gap Alliance, No. 1873, Yancy
county, says: We now have Al mem
bers and have paid $1,000 to the
business agency fund; that they are
much benefited by reading The Pro
GREssTvE FARMER and National Econo-
mast. He thinks there is a screw
loose in the ship of State, that the
Alliance ought to be on guard for
leaks"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-14
NATIONAL ECONOMIST Al
MANIAC.
BY OLD FoGY.


lhave been favored by the a advanced
sheets Of Our almanac. I want ~
make a few extracts so that our read,
ers may know what good things are
in store for them:
Why compel the people to pay in.
terest on government credit through
the bank, when such credit could be
extended direct to the people without
interest. Calhoun,
"The poor is our dependence for
liberty
"The law of supply and demand
becomes an absurdity when it is com,
pretended that capitalism controls
both. "-DWnnGng.
The way to keep up prices is to add
dollars 10 the circulation as commodi.
ties increase. 1t is a simple sum in
long division.
DivisOr: Dividend. Quotent.
Commodities volume of money (prices.
The only profitable business now
is money-lending, and organizing
trusts.
Why so little Legislation for the
people and so much for the party 2
The people serve the party and its
leaders, instead of making it serve
them.
The word bond, as applied to, evi-
dences Of American Indebtedness is a
most appropriate one. Binds are the
shackless which bind American citi.
zens in a system of slavery to the
money lords.
The success of the Farmers ALI
ance means the emancipation OF the
farmers and laborers' wives, daagh-
ters, and mothers from, the isolated
slavery that now environs them.
One of the great curses our town
has to endure is the local political boss.
His stock in trade consists in bum
ming the town, swilling free whiskey
and abusing the Farmers and Labor.
ers' Union. His nose is his flag; its
color denotes his politics.
All property is at the mercy Of the
money power:
Lands in farms in. the US, 607, g06,376
Owned by railroads, I72,8 1916, 900
Owned by aliens, 81, 100000
owned by spectators, 203,9OO,OOo
255,2I6,OOO
Total of "a available lands, in
cities 337,66G,OOO
+ What foodfor thought / A few
years more of reckless Legislation, and
Uncle Sam will not be able to give
any of as a farm.
These has been already restored To-
the people SO, 15S, 900 acres
CORN.
In the year 1888 the total prod9s'
ton of corn was ], 1887, 100, 900 bushels
the total area in acres in corn WAS
IS, 672, 1853, the total value Of the crop
was $677, SCI, $50, the average Vaiue
per bushel was SO cents, the average
yield per acre was 26 bushels q 'n .
value of the corn crop was $500
cents per acre.
NATIONAL DEBT.
We owed in 1866, $2,783, OOO'09 ao
Paid on principle, l,O8O, 49, o02
Paid as interest, 2,46Z,OOg ~ m
Paid as premiums, 3o,ooV'VV'
Total paid, $2,578,O 900
Amount paid more than the mn
original debt, I99' O0 Oo 00O
And yet we still owe 1888, O0o, Wv ooo
Cr within Z9o,OOO'o0'
Counting what we have already over
paid and what is yet due) Of what Il
was at first.
These samples will serve as an INDEX
| to the matter contained; and brethren,
it will have 80 pages (%octaVlol Orln
; full of choice information, and L Kno"
you will never regret the 10 cents i
costs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-14

Mrs. W. F. Joyner, of Wake
county, raised a gourd last year meas
uring 8 feet 6 inches in circumference.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-14

y DO you want your communication pub
Rahed2 Ifso, give us your real name
and your ~postofice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-14

Do you want your paper changed TO
annther Officer State the one at Whlcn
you have been getting it. (.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-14

10y Our friends in writing to any OF
our advertisers, will favor us bymentlon-
ing the fact that they saw the advertise
'mhant in The PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
J. : - --f' r- .
~ The date on your label tells you
when your time is out. .
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-14

counting what we have already over.
paid and what is yet due) OF what Il
was at first.
These samples will serve as an noe
to the matter contained; and brethren,
it will have 80 pages %(octaVlol orln
full of choice information, and L know
you will never regret the Is cents 1t
costs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-14
ALLIANCE NOTES.

ALWAYS give the name and number of
your Alliance, your p~ostofice and your
county, plainly, when you write to the
President, Secretary, Trustee, Business
Agent or Chairman of Executive Com
mittee of the State Alliance.]