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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08
THE REFORM PRESS.

In North Carolina we have ten pa
pers that have joined the reform move
ment. Very few if any of them are
new recruits, their editors having been
engaged in Alliance work for some
years. Most of these papers have been
started or purchased with the view of
advocating the reform movement. In
most cases our farmers were very
anxious that these papers be started,
knowing the great influence of the
press when directed right.
Now the reform press has certain
duties to perform. 1t must be plain to
all. The editors Of such papers must
be honest truthful and fearless. There
should be no extremist in the editorial
chair, but at the same time a milk and
cider man has no abiding place in the
office Of a reform paper. Any paper
failing to come up to the requirements
will be dropped from the list of reform
papers. A paper should stand by our
demands and work to change our con
ditions. But at the same time these
papers should represent all classes.
What is the duty of the members of
the Alliance and the general public?
The members of the Alliance own and
are interested in the success of these
papers financially and in the success
of the reforms they advocate. Hence
it is apparent that they should give the
papers the most liberal support posi-
bic. Self-prOtectiOn is the first law of
nature, therefore these papers are en-
titled to the support of farmers first of
all. Our National and State organs
are entitled to liberal support, and
great issues ought to be discussed in
their columns. But the local papers
should have more liberal support than
they ever have had. These papers can
not depend on a little meat from poll
ticians and others; they depend entire
ly upon a legitimate subscription list
and advertising patronage. Another
thought right here, Our people must
stop sending such q great mass of mat
ter for publication to the State and
National organs. When a man begins
an article for publication he naturally
wants it to reach as many people as
possible. Owing to this the larger re
form papers are crowded almost out of
existence. Now send some of your
thunder to your local Alliance paper
and try to air your views among your
home people. This will not detract
anything from the efficiency of the
State and National organs, for they
are always full to the brim, and may
add interest to the local paper. Above
all give your local paper more liberal
support. Don't pay your money for
plutocratic papers that don't care
whether you are slaves or free citizens.
Spread them among the people and
make them interesting. If you mean
business do this, if not get out of the
reform movement and go to work on
the other side,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08
YOUNG MEN IN OFFICE.

1t has been a part of the game Of the
sectiOnalist, North and South, to keep
young men out of all important offices,
because they refuse to speculate in the
dead issues by which the old party
leaders have kept themselves in office
so long. Before any nominations were
made for the last election Col. Polk
said publicly in a speech in Raleigh
that both the old parties had shamefully
neglected the young men. He said al
though there were five thousand col
lege-bred young men in North Caro-
lima, the best educated the State ever
had and the best qualified to fill the
offices of honor and trust, and a thou
sand self-made young men who were
better educated than the college bred
men, not one of them had ever held a
high and responsible office in the State.
The partisan press took care not to
report this part of his seech. They
preserved a dignifed and ominous
silence. But the people caught on at
once. Several young men were very
nominated and elected to high
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08
THE SALISBURY RALLY.

Last Tuesday was a big day at Sails
bury. President Polk, Jerry Simpson
and other speakers of note were eX-
pected and had been advertised, but
owing to a misunderstanding and mis-
construction they failed to come. But
Maj. w. A. Graham was there in the
forenoon and made an excellent speech
two hours long. All expressed them
selves as well pleased and quite a mum
Der said it was the best Sub Treasury
speech they had ever heard.
After his speech came the dinner,
which was n of the best public din
ners ever spread in North Carolina.
All eat and were filled. After dinner
Dr.. d. Reid Parker, of Trinity College,
spoke for an hour. He was nearly
worn out travelling and speaking. but
his audience we're both amused and in
structed, The Pilgrim Cornet Band,
which is composed of good-Iooking and
in every respect fine young Alliance
men, made music for the crowd during
the day.
The citizens of Salisbury aided in
making the meeting a success by con
tributing a liberal amount of money
and otherwise. Notwithstanding the
great disappointment in not seeing the
far off speakers, the day passed off
pleasantly and all were benefited. If
possible some of the national speakers
will attend the Piedmont Alliance Fair
to be held at Salisbury this fall.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08
THAT CIRCULAR.
THE NEWS AND OBSERVER,

Tie Clf RcItahIe-1IwdHS True and Faithful
Advocates the Sub-TreasUry bill. Advocates
unlimited coli age of silver and the issue of
S5OO,OOO.000 more paper money.
Advocates distributing $lOo,0OQ,OVO o. the
money now in the Treasury to the States on
the basis of their agricultural products to
relieve agricultural depression.
Advocates repeating the national bank law,
and allowing State banks to issue notes.
Advocates the repeal of the internal revenue
system and a tariff for revenue only.
FavOrs the Farmers Alliance; seeks to pro-
mote is objects. and advocates the protection
of the freemen of North Carolina against imUo-
SitiOn from any quarter.
Advocates that the white men of North Caro-
lima shall all stand together and work for the
prosperity of all classes and conditions OF men.
We print Il large eight-page paper. Price
81 p. IN clubs at 81. :. 4. ASHE,
Ed. NClS ana ObSfTCtT,
Raleigh, \. {.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08
Hello! Mr.. Devil"

Hello! Mr.. Devil
We knew the, above voice and knew
what was coming.
B.-"Look a-here, Ramsey, want
to have a long talk with you"
Ran right, Uncle Zeke, fire
away"
B.-"I want to know what has be-
come Of the newspapers that hez bin
fghtin' THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER"
R.-"WelI, I can't tell you what has
become of them. l notice that they
have turned their guns in other direc-
tons. In other words, they are fight
ing each other. 1t is a case of 'you
hold me and l will hold YOU" or "if
you don't hold me, I will kill somebody,
sure"
B.-"Why do they fight each other?'
R.-"It is easier. They have it I'M
derstood that no hard hitting is to be
DONE"
B.-"Ha8 the News and Observer
published them letters from the Mil
waukee reporters YETI"
R.-"NO; not yet"
B.-"I want to know what Mr.. Jerry
Rusk has got to do with the weather.
l see where you say he has been flood
in the country, orsumpthin' like that. "
R-"Uncle Jerry is n of those
friends of the farmer and he is al
ways studying how to keep on good
terms with us without doing us any
real good. He" has made a contract
with a smart AIeck who brings down
rain by throwing rockets up. The re
suit is that they have flooded the entire
country. Uncle Jerry thinks that the
thing, and already has a presidential
bee buzzing in his night-cap with a
noise like a saw-mill.2
B.-"Say, Ramsey, amt that about
the way all the politicians have been
dom? Don't they all do just what we
don't want them to do?'
R.-"Reckon you are about right,
Uncle Zeke. But what are we going to
do about it?
B.-"Well, I was tellin' Betsy what
I thought about it, an she agreed with
me. We desided that it would be best
20 retire all them fellows who are for
ever prodjickin' GROUND pretendin' to
be our friends"
R.-YOu and your wife are just
about on the right track.
B.-"I want to know somethin'
about these captins and kernels and
majers who are talkin' about Col,
Folks war record; were they in the
war;"
R.-"Some of them were, but the
most of them were not. Most of them
stayed at home and robbed the women
and children while Col. Polk and others
were at the front fighting.
= B.-"That is what l told Betsy. l
told her that they got their title after
the var was over and that if they ever
get justice they would wear the stars
and stripes instead of pretendin' to
fight under them after the war is over.
Blamed if | don't know some of them
who are called Kernel so and so and
the only fightin' they did was selIin'
ginger cakes to the soldiers, AMI know
some mor Of them that hired substi-
tutes to go ter the front and fight for
them. told Betsy the other day that
I was goin' to quit votin' for the old
soldiers anyway, for if they were
honest and fit all through the war they
had done enough for their country, and
if they wasn't honest and robbed
wimin and sold ginger cakes instead
of fghtin', they amt fit to Iegislate
nohOw."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08
THE BOsTIAN BRIDGE DISASTER,

All the detail, Of the terrible wreck
neal Statesville have been published
generally throughout the country. 1t
is found that % persons were killed
and 26 wounded. The C~Oroner's jury
were not able to show that the track
had been tempered with by malicious
persons, but think it had been. The
railroad company was condemned for
allowing tools to be carelessly left
where they could be gotten at by any
person, and for having rotten timbers
on the bridge. They also condemned
fast running over bridges. A number
of circumstances appear to show that
the track was tempered with. Bolts
were found out of the rails with the
threads in perfec ct condition. A sus-
piciOus looking stranger asked a repu-
table citizen of Statesville eff he was
going to cross the bridge that night"
Some think he had something to do
with it. Two attempts had been made
to wreck "a train at Salisbury quite
recently, Since the disaster at BOs-
tain's Bridge some one attempted to
wreck a passenger train on the East
Tennessee division of the same road by
placing crossties on the track. The
same night Efforts were made to wreck
a freight train. So it is possible that
some fend in human form is at the
bottom of it all. Some advance the
idea that robbery was the object, but
it seems that no organized effort was
made to rob the victims of the wreck
until after c~onvicts came to remove
the debris. They were searched and
valuables and money recovered.
Railroads do business reckIessIy in
some respects, but it is absurd to say
that they carelessly allow anything to
occur that entails such a great loss.
The w~elldressed stranger may be the
fiend who has done the work. He may
be a Jack the Ripper" kind of a fell
low who thinks his mission here is to
wreck trains. The companyhas offered
a reward of ten thousand dollars, and
we trust that if wrecking was done he
may be captured. Murder will out"
and if this wholesale butchery was the
work Of a murderer, the mystery will
be cleared up some time.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08
AsrRANGER WITHIN OUR GATES

Hon. Alonzo Wardall, one of the
members of the National Alliance tx
ecutive Committee, from far away Da-
kota, spent a part of last Wednesday
and Thursday in Raleigh.
Bro. Wardall is a f~ine-lOOking man
physically and a strong n mentally.
He lives in the northern part of Da-
kota, surrounded by Indians. They
are friendly ones, however. Eighteen
hundred of them live on a reservation
which Joins Bro. Wardall's farm,
They have just sold the reservation for
over S., 600, 900, or more than $40, 900
for each family. They + a part Of
the Sioux tribe.
The climate is very cold in Dakota.
The principal products are wheat, oats,
rye, hay, flax and cattle. Dakota
raises more flax than any State in the
Union. Bro. Wardall informs us that
the wheat crop is immense and will go
a great way toward setting the farmers
on their feet again, especially is the
crop is so short across the Ocean and
prices are going to be high. Farmers
there are holding their wheat for the
rise. Wheat is sown in Dakota in
March and harvested in July. The
crop this year will average about 20
bushels to the acre throughout the
State. Millet is sown for hay. Glover
does not do we'll, Millions Of cattle
are raised in Dakota on the natural
pastures. Corn will not mature that
far North and horses are raised, fine
ones, too, without ever eating any
corn. They have but little timber in
the State, and depend on coal for fuel,
though some wood is shipped from
Minnesota. Rain seldom falls in that
country, but the grass grows luXuri-
antly the year round. Bro. Wardall
says he has seen fire sweep over the
praries when the grass looked perfectly
green, but it was as dry as finder. The
natural grass there is much better for
cattle and will fatten them after it is
entirely dead.
We hope Bro. Wardall will continue
to have a pleasant time while on his
Southern tour and that he will come
back again soon.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08
STAND BY THE

The more we read the comments of
the press of both parties, says the i'd
rOcute, of TarbOrO, and note its attitude
toward the Alliance, the more united
and determined we should be in our
efforts to secure the reform measures
which the Alliance has inaugurated.
There is an under current that is sweep
ing against the foundation of our Order
with such a force that unless vigbant-
ly watched and earnestly resisted, will
have the effect of destroying much of
the power and influence Of the Organi-
zdtiOn. While our brethren are san
guine of accomplishing many things for
the good Of the organization, they
should not be forgetful Of the fact that
the mightiest forces arrayed against
us are to be resisted; and in order to
resist them successfully we must be
united in one solid line. We must
hazard almost anything in order to
secure the utmost unity and harmony
in the organization. The most essen
tial prerequisite to the securement of
any reform in which the masses of the
people are interested is unity, and we
admOnish our brethren throughout the
country to stand by the demands as
adopted at Ocala, Florida. They are
the embodiment-the essence-of the
principles of honest, just, wise and
economic government, and it is our
duty to maintain them. After calm
and deliberate reflection they were
formulated for adoption by that great
convention, and seeing in them the en-
bodiment of wisdom and justice, they
were adopted as the platform of the
Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union
of America. We have eSpOused a great
cause-Onet that requires gigantic efforts
on the part of an oppressed and down
trOdden class of people to throw off the
letters of the enormous money bowers
Of the country, and let not petty jeal-
ousies and chickering's estrange you in
the fight against these monsters.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08

In writing to anybody, always be
sure to give the name of your p~ostoffice,
and sign your own name plainly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08

Do you want your communication
published If so, give us your real
name and your postotfce.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08

- Our friends in writing to any of
our advertisers will favor us by men
tioning the fact that they saw the
advertisement in THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08

Do you want your paper changed to
you have been getting it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08

The A, & M. College is in fine
condition as to teachers and buildings,
and the boys are coming in from all
sections of the State.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08

sg The date on your label tells you
when your time is out.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08

The Progressive Farmer is the Official
Organ Of the N. c. Farmers State Alliance
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08

This Paper entered as secOnd-cLdsS matter at the
Post Ot1ce IN Raleigh, n. c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08

RALEIGH, N. c., SEPT, s, 1891.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21
Geese lost in a Fog.

The fog from the Pacific was 80
thick n day recently that millions of
wild geese became bewildered and lit
in Bartle's meadow, whers they were
caught by the sackful. The fog was
SO thick a mans hand could not be
e g before his face, but everybody
caught large numbers of geese, being
attracted to them by the painting of
the birds. By evening a cold snap
occurred, and the next morning the
geese We're found in large quantities.
their feet frozen to fences, trees, etc,
on which the birds had lit. Jerome
Bartle and Uncle George Cox esti-
mated they had nine miles of rail
fencing broken down by the weight of
tho geese.-McCl Cloud River Pioneer.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21
NEW RELIGION IN SPAIN.
Every Woman Convert Given the RICH,
to Choose a Husban

Every Woman Convert Given the Right
to Choose a husband
A strange sect has come to public
notice in Madrid, Spain. It has its
headquarters in the Called Sombre-
rete, a poor but central part of the
town. There are about J., 900 mem
bers in Madrid, and the membership
in the provinces is increasing despite
the united efforts of the government
and the clergy to check its growth.
The largest branch is located at
Valencia. The two leading doctrines
Of the sect are the propagation of the
human race and the Punishment Of
disease. The leader is a former work.
mar named JENNA. who is called
'fThe Great Pontiff," and at whose
house the members meet. After pray
ers and singing at these meetings the
pontif blesses the sick and admins
tiers doses of holy water to them.
Crowds of sick people flock to him to
be healed, and there seems to be a
particular desire to submit sick child
rem to his ministrations. The gather
ings take place at night.
The strtctest morality is enforced as
a part of the tenents Of the new re-
ligion. The doctrine of the, propaga-
tionNof the race is carried into practi-
cal effect in this wise. Any woman
is entitled to rise in meeting and cry
out II wish to marry so-and-so,
naming the favored man. The man
upon whom her choice has. fallen is
doomed to become a husband. 1t is
useless for him to protest prior en-
gagements. The pontiff marries the
couple then and there. Over 800 such
marriages have taken place and the
popularity OF the pontiff among women
desiring matrimonial partners is un-
bounded.
Their benefactor is under a cloud,
having been thrust into prison on the
charge Of p~racticing medicine without
legal authority. Scores of women
show their devotion to the prosecuted
pontiff by gathering outside the prison
and uttering lamentations and express
sions of sympathy for him.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21
STORY OF A NECKLACE,
The Grave of a Peruvian Princess De
spoiled By American Ofac~ra.

II "EAto u u HeTuS1an fTllrS5S DC.
spoiled by American Ofac~~s.
The wife of q w~ell-known naval Of
fcer, whose home is in Washington,
wears about her throat a very beauti-
full gold necklace, the odd pattern OF
which has attracted much attention
and excited much comment. A great
many Of her ti1nid friends would be
Mortified. doubtless, if they knew that
for perhaps a century that necklace
had adorned the mummy of a Peruvian
princess.
Some years ago, while a vessel be-
longing to the United States navy was
cruising off the coast Of Peru, her Of
fcers organized an expedition to dig
for mummies. "Inca-hunting" has
been for many years q favorite pastime
in the American navy. Hardly a YES
sci has gone to the South Atlantic sta
ton whose officers have not organized
a similar expedition, and many of the
graves of the dead rulers of Peru have
been, opened and ~despoiled. The ex-
petition which resulted in the discov-
cry of the necklace was most fruitful.
Not one. but a dozen graves were
found
In the center was the grave of one
who had evidently been a princess,
and buried about her in a circle were
the remains of those who had been
her attendants. The mummy of the
princess was in a sitting posture. All
of the others were doubled up the
same way but, while the attitude of
the central figure wore the calm ex-
preston Of death, the others expressed
the most hopeless despair. They had
evidently been buried alive and some
were in the attitude of tearing their
hair or rending their garments. Only
the central figure was adorned with
ornaments, and chief among these
was a necklace of gold beads. One of
the officers in the party coveted the
necklace, and under an arrangement
with the other members of the expe-
ditiou he became proprietor of it and
brought it home to his wife. Another
officer brought home a mummied arm,
and there are many other CHASTITY rel
les of that voyage nov decorating the
walls of smoking-rooms and libraries
in Observation-Disclosures Press.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-21
remonetlzation Of silver. The noise viii
be greatest when the money begins 70
pour down, audit will certainly pour as
= .alsaa4al 1879 49,

Kansas has arranged for her full series
Of grand Alliance mass meetings, which
will be held as follows: Parsons, La
bette county, Sept. /; Ottawa, Franklin
county, Thursday, Sept. 3; Hutchinson,
Reno county, Saturday, Sept. 5; Beloit,
Mitchell county, Monday, Sept. q; Clay
Center, Clay county, Wednesday: Sept.
O; Holton, Jackson county, Friday,
Sept. II; Emporia, Lyon county, Mon
day, Sept. ID; Wichita, sedgwick county,
Tuesday, Sept. Is.
Five great rallies will be held in Iowa
under the auspices of the State Farmers
Alliance and Industrial union, Of which
j. M. Joseph is president. Tho time is
not yet fixed, but the places will be Den
nison, Crawford county; Red Oak, Mont
gomery county; Bloomfield, Davis coun-
ty; Oskaloosa, Mahaska county; Des
Moines, Polk county.
New Jersey will hold grand rallies
this month as follows: New Brunswick,
Aug. II; Broadway, Aug. 1S; Asbury
Park, Aug. 10; Cokesbury, Aug. 20;
Mount Holly, Aug. 81; Belvidere, Aug. 90.
North Carolina will have a vigorous
Alliance campaign, lasting from Aug.
90 to Oct. 1.
indianapolis has been chosen as the
place for the meeting of the next session
of the supreme council of the N. F. A.
and !. U. The time is the third Tues
day in November.