The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-07
AURORA, N. G., March %, 1891.

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termine whether they would attach to
Pamlico county or not. Write simply
to show the iniquity that is being prac-
ticed upon the people to blindly lead
them as heretofore against their W
interest. In the first place, they 4. e.
the political attorneys who have been
doing so much patriotic thinking to
their eternal damnation) tell us the
Etaxes will be high to all whom this might
scare. Let me say that I have been a
resident of Pamlico county, and I paid
on $3.50 property assessed value with
same amount of personal property
as here, 1884 taxes; here on 81, $50
assessed value I paid last year $3.50
taxes, and in Pamlico more than half
the amount that I paid was a special
Observation-Disclosures Craven county's
political attorneys gerrymandered on
the people of. Craven while Pamlico
was a part of said county. This move
is a matter of dollars and cents to the
poor people as most Of us are; there is
not a man in this proposed part but
what can without much inconvenience
if necessity demanded it go to BayborO
and back the same day, not only that
Pamlico don't have on an average more
! than three days court per year with us
and I am satisfied that we would not
have more than three days per term or
six days per year. By way of Hustra-
ton, take a poor man like myself, 81
miles from my county seat (and a ma
jority in this proposed part are more
than that from Washington as a wit
ness two weeks out of my crop in May
and you about as well cOnfiscate my
crop; whereas, if | had to be gone not
more than three days, the nights of
which l could spend at home with my
family, and almost all of us could, I
say I think it is getting time for us to
use our own brains for own benefit,
and I sincerely believe the time is near
at hand when we will not continue to
be so blindly led, I think, if the CORE
spondent of this little filthy sheet in
Washington called the Gazette, could
have seen the unanimity with which
the commissioners and magistrates of
Pamlico county voted to accept us, if
he has any shame would want the
earth to open and let him in, to
be seen any more. 1t seems from his
communication that stealing is the up
permost theme in his mind, and if |
am not mistaken in the correspondent
if l take some of his former dealings
as a criterion am not surprised at
anything he should say about stealing.
Of course on his visit to this section he
heard something said about coming
away from Pamlico and bringing Goose
Creek Island. It was his own theme
that he might get up something to mis-
lead the people. He purports to write
from Bayboro, the 22d day, after Is
out of II of the magistrates and com
missioners of Pamlico county voted to
accept this proposed part, and tries to
leave the impression that he is in Bay
boro, when in reality he is in some law
Office in Washington. A wolf may
don a sleeps garment and fool inno-
cent lambs, but when he opens his
mouth, and intelligent people see his
teeth, they know what a vile wretch
he is. vigilance is the price of lib
erty."
l write this not as a politician, but
as a i~bertyloving, patriotic citizen;
one at least who proposes in future to-
do his own thinking and to use every
means at his command to let the farm
ers and laborers know the true state
of things, believing that the only thing
to keep the people from serfdom is
genuine Alliance principles, which is
equal rights to all and special privi-
leges to none"
The whole theme of his communica-
ton is to mislead the people. If not,
why does he take Bonner, Whitehurst
and DR.. Chaplin as the only factors in
this move, when in reality other Demo
Gratis did more than either of them to
try to get a new county, and are doing
still more to m to any man who
does his own thinking 1t is as plain
as the nos on a mans face. Of course
as the bill plainly says that we assume
none of PamlicO's debts, / want to say
that he either m~isrepresents or he don't
know what he was talking about when
he says that Pamlico owes $50, 900 rail
road debt, when in reality if she owes
anything she only owes S27 900. with
no other debt against her, with 81, 200
In her treasury. How about Beaufort
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