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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-17
BLACK DRESS GOODS.

8 big Black Goods bargains:
46-inch All-wool Black CASH
meres at 50c.
An extra fine Black All-vool
Serge at Soc.
And a regular 81 25 quality ALI !.
wool Black Cashmere at 75c a yard.
It will be we'll for our friends to
take advantage of this notice and
come to-day for these special values.
There are also many others to be
seen in our monster stocks.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-17

All-wool genuine English style,
gray ground, Stripe and Plaid Suit
ings, choice styles,
AT 75c A YARD;
worth fully 81.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-17
5o-znck

Genuine Scotch Wool Homespuns,
Cheviots, in a choice line of new
est spring colors,
AT 81 a YARD.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-17

Pure Mohair Suitings, dozen diff
- ferent new spring shades.
AT 75c A YARD;
worth fully 81.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-17
J15. H0RNE K C1.,

6oo-62I PENN AVE.
P. Swat until tomorrow, our
ChiIdren's Millinery Opening, to
see the largest and finest display Of
Headwear for Misses, Little Girls
and Boys
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12
FRANKLIN. n. O.. Anril 1C

N. u, April III, ~.
At the regular meeting Of the Macon
County Alliance, held on above date,
the following resolution were unani-
mously passed:
WHEREAS, An O~verruling Providence
has called from our State Government
it's Chief Executive, Governor Daniel
G. Fowle, who has proven himself to
be a wise counselor and a tried and
trusted friend of the people, and who,
as the chief officer of State, has
dignified the position he has so ably
filled, and reflected credit upon her citi-
zens by fostering and maintaining the
principles of impartial justice and
sound government; and whereas, we
recognized in the deceased an in1uen-
tial and staunch friend of the Alliance,
and an exponent and supporter of it's
principles; therefore be it
ReSOIUed, By the Macon County
Farmers Alliance insession assembled,
first, that while we deeply deplore our
loss and the loss Of the country gener-
ally in the death of Governor Fowle,
we bow with humble submission to the
will Of Divine Providence.
I'd. That we, as the Macon County
Alliance, hereby tender our heartfelt
sympathies to the family and friends
of the deceased, praying earnestly that
a Heavenly Father, who doeth all
things well, will take care of and COM
fort them.
Sd. That a copy of these resolutions
be spread upon the minutes of our
order, and copies of the same be sent
to the family of the deceased, and also
furnished THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
for publication, with a request to the
leading State papers to copy.
Respectfully submitted,
w. J. JENKINS,
n. p. RANKIN.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12

sign from the great lakes to the Gulf
of Mexico. One great political star an
the West has. gone down. May it be a
warning to others of the East, South
and North. This government is not
now the government as b~equeathed us
bv the men of '76; it is a paternal ma
chine, enriching a few to the detriment
of millions. We hope our Alliance
brethren who are members of the leg
islature may prove faithful to their
trusts, by sustaining each and every
measure promoting the public good.
The Alliance move is on the boom,
so far as enthusiasm is concerned,
among it's members in this section.
And, Mr.. Editor, l cannot close this
letter without referring to some of the
active, live ones. For instance, J. I.
White, (alias Tracy, No. 81 Capt. VIM.
Nixon, VIM. n. Newbold and James
Morgan, of Perquimans county; }. \.
Winslow, J. A. Wood and a host of
othersin P~asquotank county. Yessir,
they are what you would all the
simon pure, wnadulterated stock. We
don't want any more fat money upon
the present national banking system,
neither do we want any of the "wild-
cat system" of State banks, but we
want a flexible currency, without the
aid or partnership with the govern
ment of any more land sharks.
Now, Mr.. Editor, in consideration Of
the fact that as my time is claimed on
my little farm nearly all the time, you
will be charitable enough to look over
the errors I may have made so far as
the rules of grammar are concerned,
and take<the will for the deed.
Brethren, stand by your ~colors;
don't allow political charlatans to mOve
you. Yours ~fraternally,
NJ. G. GREGORY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12

tells us, my brethren, the dangers
that are in our pathway and how we
shall manage to get them out. This
letter will be read by ~thousands~ot
brethren with genuine pie asure, butte
the enemy it will be like bursting
bombs. It sounds the key note to u
success. 1t tells us, my brethren,
that no man a occupy a halfway
position in our order. 1t tells us that
if a member wishes to fight the
brethren or the order he should first
take off his Alliance clothing. In
other words, he tells IS to- keep no
traitors in our ranks. Now, brethren,
I ask YOU to have this letter read in
YOUR lodges and discussed. Take it up
by sections and let every member
thoroughly understand it, and If any
one thinks he cannot work In harmony
with it's requirements, give him at
once a withdrawal card. [ think 1t
should be read by every lecturer when
he makes an address either to a public
or private audience. Have it pasted
in your minute book or on the wall of
your lodge room, and require it to be
read regularly at every meeting OF
your Alliance at least for the next
quarter. Let each Alliance take some
actionin regard to it, and let every
member pledge himself anew to our
principles and adopt resolutions in
your Sub-Alliances endorsing the let
ter and agreeing tostand by its require
ments. Go to work, my brother.
Fraternally,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12
UNFAIR AND COWARDLY.

We confess that these I seemingly
harsh words to apply to great political
parties, OF to men who have been hon
ored with the confidence and support
of the people, and they should be used
with caution and advisedly. We ven
ture the assertion that for unfairness
and cowardly lodging the methods
employed by the enemies Of the ALI
ance, and especially in their OppOsi-
ton to the Sub-Treasury plan, have no
parallel in American politics. The Sub
Treasury plan abOlishesn national banks,
secures to the country an adequate
volume of money to meet the legiti-
mate demands of the business of the
country, and bases that issue on a
solid, safe, tangible security-it re-
duces the rate of interest to two per
cent.-it prohibits, effectually, the
gambling in futures of agricultural
prOducts-this is the sum and sub
stance of the plan. The Alliance
framed and presented to Congress a
bill embodying these great principles
and one which, they believe, would
give them practical force. The Ali
ance told Congress that the bill was
the best it had been able to devise, but
if Congress could present a better bill
it would be gladly accepted. About
a half million of American farmers
sent in their urgent petitions to Con-
gross to- give the country the relief
contemplated by that bill. Congress
did not deny that the people Onght to
have relief. One of the parties pre-
tended that it was opposed to national
banks. Both parties are silent on the
increase of currency and are as dumb
as a clam on the reduction of interest
to two per cent. But what did Con
gress do? How did it treat this appeal
for relief? What became of the
farmers bills? They chucked it in a
pigeon-hole. Did they take the bill
up and discuss it?' No. Did they offer
to amend it in any way? No. Did
they offer any substitute for it looking
to the relief Of the people? No. What
did they do? They began to assail the
bill, through so-called interviews"
Did they assail the principles of the
bill No, except to assert that it was
unconstitutional. Have they ever
proved or attempted to prove it's I'M
constitutionality? No. Then what did
they do? They levelled all their guns
on the details of the bill. well, "
says the farmer, 1--WE are not sticking
over the details of the plan-what we
want is more money and less misery
in this country-give us a better plan
it you have it and if you cannot devise
a better one we intend to stand by this
one"
The politicians cannot and they dare
not go before the American people and
oppose the principles underlying that
bill. They know it and hence they
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12
IN L.ENOIR.

Bro. Ben Terrell, the great Texas
orator, addressed a large number of
the citizens of Caldwell and adjoining
counties at Lemon on Thursday, April
23d. His expressive style, his logical
reasoning, and his irrefutable argu-
ments made an impression that will
not be forgotten till the last vestige of
oppression shall have been swept from
our land, and our legislators act upon
this platform: Equal rights to all and
special privileges to none"
We congratulate the Executive Com
mittee in being so fortunate as to pro
cure the services of such an educator,
but regret that he cannot visit every
county in the State. Educate the
masses on these economic questions
and the future will tell the story.
On Friday, April oath, Bro. Terrell
organized a District Alliance for the
Eighth district with the following
officers: President, J. @. Fichte, Mt.
Holly, Castor county ce-President,
A. P. Puett, LenOir, Caldwell county;
Secretary-Treasurer, J. H. Quinn, Earl
Station, Cleveland county. By APP
pointment of President Carr, the Lee
turer for said district is DR.. L. N. Dur
ham, Shelby, Cleveland county, and
Assistant Lecturer, O.. @. Wright,
Straw, Wilkes county.
This Alliance will be composed Of it's
officers, all county lecturers in the dis
trict, and four delegates from each
County Alliance whose term shall be
six months. J. H. QUINN, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12
OKIsKO ALLIANCE No O44

Mr.. EDITOR In all that I have said
and done for the Alliance, [ have
failed to tell you and your many read
ers that I am a hard-fisted farmer, one
who knows what a days work on the
farm means and can appreciate the
sweat and toll of the laboring man.
When I joined tire Alliance I was
informed that the organization was
non political, and as l grew older and
more light was turned On I began to
look into public matters more than l
usually had done, and the more light I
received, the blacker was u political
situation as a nation of producers. |
very naturally asked myself how on
earth + we to ameliOrate our condi-
ton and that of our fellow-beings un-
less we go into politics? Not partisan,
but economic. And, sir, when the No
vember, 1890, elections had been wired
with lightning speed all over this
great country, what a stir it created
among the political weathercocks in
Washington, D. G.. Reformation and
retrenchment had been the counter
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12

LUCIUs LAGONE, in an article upon
the first page of this issue, makes
further criticism of our definition of
money. We publish this article with
pleasure; and with this brief notice of
our correspondents position we shall
close the discussion. Our position is,
that nothing but a persistent value"
an induring value-is money. Our
correspondent insists that anything
which represents a value is money.
This is the exact difference between us.
Now a plain note of hand for ten dol
lars given by one man to another is a
representative of value-is a promise
to pay a value. A due bill given by a
merchant to a customer for the price
of five bushels of black-eyed pease is a
representative Of value. A cheque
given by n man to another for any
amount is a representative of value
to that exact amount. Does any one
in the world, except our %cOrrespon-
dent, believe that the note of hand,
the due bill, the cheque, is money?
Our correspondent thinks our position
that nothing is money that is not a
persistent value leads us necessarily
into the camp of the gold men. This
is an assumption entirely without
warrant in anything we have written.
There may be as much paper in circu-
lation as there are values in existence
to be represented by it. There may
be as much coin in circulation as there
are metals to be minted. The fact that
money is-a persistent value no more
restricts the amount of it in the circu-
lation than the fact that corn has a
value restricts the amount of it to be
raised this year in Kansas. Our cor
respondent says Calhoun and Clay are
with him in his position upon money.
These great names NJ W be quoted in
support of many vagaries that have
been long since exploded. Questions
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12
TO THE REFORM PRESS OF THE
UNITED STATES.

BRETHREN-The National Reform
Press Association will meet in Cincin
natl, Ohio, on the 18th of MAY, 1891.
The object of the meeting will be to
unity the reform papers in the United
States on common lines of reform, and
to adopt such measures as will best
aid in extending the educational in
fuence of the reform press. Other
matters of a business nature will be
considered, among which will be the
furnishing to such papers as need
them, ready print " and mail plate"
matter. The Association now numbers
among its members the editors of many
OF the reform papers in the country.
A cordial invitation is hereby extended
to our fraternal brethren to be present
at this meeting and assist in extending
the usefulness of the Association.
The press is the strong right arm of
the reform movement. The utility of
It's. effective organization and q concen-
tratiOn of it's efforts must be apparent
to all. To this end the Cincinnati
meeting is called. The present indi
cations are that it will be the largest
representation of reform papers ever
assembled at any time. Reduced
rates of fare on all lines have been Sc
cured.
Headquarters at Cincinnati will be
at the Palace Hotel.
G. w. MACUNE, Pres't.
w. s. MORGAN, See'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12
OFFICERS NEW YORK STATE AL
LANCE.

The officers elected are as follows:
President, Harvey Arnold, Arcade,
n. Y.
Secretary, Geo. A. Scott, Belmont,
n. Y.
Vice-President, Oh aries Moore, Con
isteo, N. Y.
Treasurer, T. E. Henderson, Rose,
N. Y.
Lecturer, W. G. Warner, Yorkshire,
n. Y.
Executive Committee: Guy Shaw,
Isaac Gale and j. II. Shillies. Judici-
airy Committee: I. E. Dean, Sanford
Mead and G. w. Capron.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12

advised the action subsequently taken,
are responsible, and these men should
have been made to take the RESPONSE
bility Of their action, 1t may be that
the action taken was the right action
in that a But it seems to us that
this fact should have been found by
some, competent tri ounal after the
presentation of the facts by a grand
jury.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12

The Grand Jury at New Orleans
which has been investigating the late
lynching of the Malta, has made its
report. The jury concludes that it
could not indict eight thousand per
sons, and that to single out a few men
for punishment would be futile as well
as wrong. We do not concur in this
conclusion. The men who signed the
call for the indignation meeting and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12

A FRIEND in Chatham tells us that
the late frosts have killed all the cot
ton that was up. He expressed the
hope, however, that there was enough
seed in the ground to secure a stand.
If this hope shall be unfulfilled, the
cotton crop in that section is bound to
be short. We hope good weather will
come along and bring up all the seeds
now in the ground. We hear that
some farmers have begun the work of
replanting.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12

dodQlC1On Oh money GudI WOuId 1OG O0
p e to the objections brought against
the definitions in common use; and we
think we had some small measure of
success.
AT Fourmies, France, on May-day a
gathering of workingmen was fired
upon by a regiment of infantry, and
seven persons were killed and twelve
others wounded. These workingmen
are called "a mob" and "rioters" in
the newspaper dispatches which re-
port these ~deplorable transactions.
We are in the habit Of placing these
working people in the wrong in every
conflict they have with their masters
by. calling them mobs, rioters, social.
lists, red republicans and anarchists.
We forget that they are the victims
of political systems as wicked as any
thing that ever took it's origin from
the inspiration of the devil. King
craft, aristocracy, ~plutOcracy seek to
perpetuate themselves in place and
power by the maintenance of enormous
standing armies. And when the bur-
dens Of the people who support those
establishments become greater than
they can bear, and they organize to
assert their manhood and free them
selves from slavery, the armies they
feed and clothe and support in idleness
are rim uDO0 the scene TO shoot them
into death, or into submission. These
wOrkingmen are bOisterOus and law
less, no doubt. Human suffering under
wicked systems is always bOisterOus
and lawless. Can Calico on the rack
be blamed for groaning? Does not the
blame for such grOaning attach to
those who put him to torture? Those
wOrkingmen in France have been
gOaded to desperation by ~intOlerable
wrong. When they cry out and be-
come lawless, are they to be blamed?
Shall not the system and the men who
made the system and who profit by it,
be blamed rather? Would you shoot a
man who cries aloud on account of a
stone in his bla lder? Would not a
merciful civilization rather address it.
self to the work of removing the stone?
Oh, it is a weary, awful business to
driveand gOad men to desperation with
the machinery of an internal system,
and thenshOot them to leath because
thew CRY out!
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12

BROTHER A. J. EDMoNsON sends us
an article, U9itten az pencil, that is SO
badly rubbed that we cannot read it,
to say nothing of publishing it. Our
correspondents must write in ink, and
on one side of the paper only.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12


IT is encouraging to note the enthu-
5iasm with which President Folks
plan for a National Alliance campaign
is being received throughout the cOun-
try. w learn that it has been prompt
ly and heartily endorsed by all the
States and that the programme will be
published as soon as the preliminaries
can be arranged. 1t is thought that
President Carr will name GoldsbOrO
and Charlotte as the two points in our
State at which the two great State
Alliance mass meetings will be held.
Of course other meetings, of a local
character, will follow these, but VIC are
particularly anxious that these two
State meetings shall be worthy Of the
State and the cause. - Let the brethren
all over the State go to these meetings
and hear some of our ablest men, and
begin now to arrange for local mass
meetings at various points, and to be-
gin now to secure speakers. We
must do a big work during this year in
the way of Alliance education.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12

In writing to anybody, always be
e sure to give the nance of your p~OstOttice,
and sign your own name plainly.
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Send as ttcO neaU subscribers and act
o. copy Of the ALLIANCE GRAND MARCH,
6y Prof. j. G.. MeGrs. 1t as beautiful.
Be SltTe and get 1t.
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~ The date on your label tells you
when your time is out.
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BRToHER JOHN NJ. Cook left part of
hisarticle for The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
out of his letter to us, and so we cannot
publish it.
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Do you want your communication
published If so, give us your real
name and your p~ostoffice.
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~ 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.
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Do you want your paper. changed to
another office? State the one at which
you have been getting it.
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Send IN yolr reneW0L and n neW
yearIy subscriber and We 1CiU send yout
"OUR LEADERS,"
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Be sure to get one Of oar premiums
for t3C0 ReW subscribers.
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We are not Offering either the song on
the marsh for renewals. We ore offer
ing them for NEW subscribers only.
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We again call attention to the Ali
ance song, Clasp Hands, and dedicated
to Mrs. Ben Terrell, ach5ch qce are offer
an9 as q. premium for tao TelU sub
scribels.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12

The address of President Polk to the
brotherhood, which we printed last
week, and which we reproduce in this
issue, contains some important and
wholesome suggestions, and the whole
order will be greatly strengthened, II
they are needed, as no doubt they will
be. And along the same line we ven
ture to add another suggestion, and we
do so because of Jul profound cOnvi =
ton that President Polk is right when
he says we are approaching the most
critical period in our existence. We
should strengthen and fortify ourselves
in every possible way for the ordeal
which viii. surely come. Our sugges-
ton is this: AS officers + to be chosen
at the next quarterly meeting to serve
for the ensuing year, it is all import
ant that the order begin to think now
of the qualifications which these lead
ers must possess, to discharge the re-
sponsible duties which will devOlve
upon them. Above all, and first of all,
their loyalty and deUOtiOD to orr prin-
cipIes should be beyond question. AS
the lecturers, under our system, will
play a most important part in the
years work, they should be selected
with great care, as to their qualifica-
tions. Hitherto the lecturers of the
County and Subordinate Alliances
have not been regarded as SO import
ant, but that is all changed now, and
henceforth these officers will have
most important work to do. They
should be men of good moral charac-
ter, good speakers, and sound, conser
vative judgments. Look after this
very important matter, brethren, and
see that your lecturers, AMI all other
officers chosen for the next year, shall
be Of the very best material.
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BROTHER.

Are you square on oar 6oOk2 # 50,
send as one ne10 subscriber, and get the
fine picture, FOUR LEADERS,"
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The Progressive Farmer is the Official
Organ of the N. c. Farmers State Alliance
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Send as taUO neU names and So and
are 1UiU send yOu the Alliance Grand
March, by Prof. Hears.
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THE article at the bottom of the last
column on second page, and signed Al
lance, in THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER of
the 21st. ult., was written in this office
onsthe day after the meeting de-
scribed. The delay in its publication
was due to a press of other matter
upon our columns. We beg our
brethren to write short articles.
Enough matter comes to this office to
fill up three such papers as The PRO
GREssIvE FARMER. Of course we can
not publish it all, and we cannot al
ways publish accepted articles prompt
". We do the best we can; and our
readers and correspondents must bear
with us. Some times two or three
persons write up n meeting, and this
confuses and troubles us. Be careful,
brethren!