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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1891-03-04
The ru,pat and the stage.

Rev. f. NJ. shrout Pastor Uaited Brethren
Church, Blue Mound, Kan. says: Il feel it my
duty TO tell uhat onders Dr. Kings New Dis
covery has done for me. My lungs badly
dis ased, and my parishoners thought | could
live only few weeks. ] took five bottles Of DR.
Kings ew Discovery and am sound and vel,
laning 20 lbs. ia weight.
Arthur Love, Manager Loves Funny Folks
Combinah n writes; "After thorough trial
ard couVincing eviltnce | am eon6dehf Dr.
Kings ew Discovery for consumption heats EN-
ALL and cures when everything e Sc fails The
greatest kindness can do ny many shous and
ir ends Il to urge them to try H. Free trial
bottles at Harry Maretts Drug Store. Regular
sizes b0c and 81 90.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-02-24
EDITORIAL NOTES.

In a private note from President
Polk to the editor comes the welcome
news that the two farmers organiza-
tions of Arkansas were consolidated,
as a result of the visit of the National
President to that State The procla-
nation of President Polk has been
ISSUED for the organization of the State
ALLIANCE of Iowa. So the good work
goes bravely on. Let it proceed; and
in 1892 we will show the ancient op-
pressors of the patient sons of toll a
thing or two-certain.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-02-24
NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALI
ANCE

NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALL
ANCE.
President Elias Carr, Old Sparta,
Vice-President-A. H. Hayes, Bird
secretary y-E. G. Beddingfeld, Raj
eigh, N. Q.
Treasurer D. Allen, Falls, N. G.
Lecturer -Thos. B. Long, Asheville,
N. G.
Assistant LECTURER. B. Hunter,
Huntersville, n. @.
! ChapIain-S. J. Veach, Warsaw,
N. C.
Door -Keeper-W. H Tomlinson,
Fayetteville, n. G..
Assistant Door-Keeper-H. E. King,
Peanut, y. G.
Sergeant nt-at-Arms-J. J. S. Holt, Chalk
Level, N. c..
State Business Agent-W. Fl. Worth,
Paleigh, N @.
Trustee Business Agency Fund-W
A. Graham, Machpelah, n. @.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
s. B. Alexander, Charlotte, N. c.,
Chairman; J. NJ Mewborne, Kinst9n,
II. G. j. s. Johnston, Ruffin, n G.
STATE ALLIANCE LEGISLATIVE COMMIT EE.
r. J Powell, Raleigh, n, c.; 7 /. G.
English, Trinity College; J. j. \ ing,
Polenta; II. A. FOrney, f>ewtOn, n. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-02-24

If thinking men will sit down and
ask themselves the question, Who are
the men that oppose the free coinage
of silyer2 they will find that they are
without exception the men who have
stolen the wealth of the country in the
name of the public credit, and a few
men and newspapers whom they own
soul and body. The motive which
moves them to express a most rancor-
Gus and bitter hatred of silver money
is the fear that any increase of the
circulation will lessen the value of
their stolen swag, and so loosen in
some degree their bandit grasp upon
the financial windpipes of the people.
Some causes should perish by the very
meanness of those who uphold them !;
and this gold standard cause is one
such cause.-441y one knows that these
men are not to be trusted upon any
questions of financial reform. For no
measure will suit them that compels
them to be honest men and earn their
hvings by useful labor, as other men
10
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-02-24

South; and only a few years ago he
took occasion to give expression to this
bitterness in one or more articles in
the North American ReUieaC While
our Southern people have no special
reason to regard General Sherman
with feelings of affection, it is hoped
and believed that they will do justice
to his great talents as military COM
mander.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-02-24
- n,A.7 tONAL FARMERS =
ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION.

president-L. L. Polk, North q ro-
Ina. Address, 344 D. St., N W.,
washington, D. @.
Vice President-B. 81. Clover, Cam
bride, Kansas.
otSretary- Treasurer. FL. Turner,
t4eoI ia. Address, 239 North Capitol
ct \. w, Washington, D. @.
I,ecturer-J. Ell. Willetts, Kansas.
EXECUTIVE BOARD.
G w. Macune, Washington, D. G.
Alonzo Wardall, Huron, South Da-
kota.
JF. Tillman, Palmetto, Tennessee.
JUDICIARY.
r. G. Patty, Macon, Miss.
Isaac McCracken, Ozone, Ark.
AZ. Cole, Fowlerville, Mich.
NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
The Presidents of all the State organ
izatioIls with L. L. Polk Er-otfciO
Chairman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-02-24

GENERAL WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHER-
MAN died at his residence in New York
city On Saturday, the 18th inst, at 1 so
o'clock D. m. General Sherman was
es'rll at Lancaster, Ohio, February 8th,
1920. He was educated at West Point,
graduating in 1910. He was commits
Hioned SeeOnd Lieutenant in the Third
i TtlLIdry He continued in the army
untli 1858 winning distinction for
flel1torious services to his country.
ter his resignation from the army
vent into the business of banking
ii the breaking out of the war be-
en- the States, in 1861. He then
ed his services to the authorities
'/ashington, and was appointed
On Of the 18th Infantry. His
ent career is unhappny but
" known to the people of the
'th 10 need any recapitulation at
d > t'-ae. AS military man General
4 :a9t.aE was entitled to take high
y continued to indulge a very
9e ing against the people >ef the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-02-24

THIS office is under obligations to
Secretary Rusk for valuable public
documents. Uncle Jerry seems to be
a genuine ''hayseeder. /" There is no
uncertain ring in anything he says
upon the subject of practical agricul-
tJFe. OOOO6
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-02-24

WE think the attack made upon Mr..
E. c. Beddingfield in the House of
Commons the other day was uncalled
for and unfair. Where is the harm of
Mr.. Beddingfeld getting from the rail
road the lowest rate of fare given to
any citizen of his neighborhood /?
There were some young men-Mr.
Beddingfeld's neighbors-who had
communication tickets betwixt Mill
Brook and Raleigh at reduced rates,
and Mr. Beddingfeld asked for, and
ATTAINED, the same rate for himself
that had been accorded to his neigh
bors. We ask again, where was the
harm or dishOnor of this transaction.
Has not any man the right to secure
the lowest rate of travel that a rail-
road will accord to him Is it not his
duty to himself and to his family to
secure the lowest rate of passenger
fare that the management Of railroad
will give him Did Mr. Beddingfield
conceal any fact, or make any mis-
representation to obtain the reduced
fare ? Does the exercise of the right
to buy railroad fares at the lowest
rate at which they are sold disqualify
Mr.. Beddingfedd for the position of
Railroad Commissioner? Is there a
man before this Legislature for the
position of Railroad Commissioner who
ever boughtrailway fares at higher
rate, when he could get them at a
lower one If all these questions
must be answered in the negative
they surely must then the attack we
have referred to is unfair We are
much mistaken in the metal of the
men in this legislature, if this attack
does not go long way to secure Mr.;
the position of Railroad
Commissioners. In our opinion Mr..
Bedding6eld should be loved for the
enemiea he has made in this matters.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-02-24

LET no one be deceived by the prOpo-
sition now before Congress to replace
the bonds now about to fall due by
new issues to bear the low rate of q
per centum. There is nothing in this
proposition but wish upon the part
of the sharpers of finance to perpetuate
the national debt as a basis for the con-
tinuance of the unjust features of the
present banking system, and thus give
to them and their friends a lengthening
of opportunity to manipulate the public
money for their own private gain. Let
the bonds now falling due be retired as
fast as the Treasury shall find it posi-
bic to pay them off and cancel them.
There is no one, not desirous of having
an opportunity to steal something from
the people, who believes that a nation
al debt is anything but a national
curse. Let the debt be wiped out as
soon as possible, and let an end be put
to the opportunity these sharks and
ghouls now have of Juggling with the
public credit to the undOing of the
people. Let no one be deceived by this
Judas-lil1e seeming of affection for the
financial health of the country.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-02-24

.. II. HILL LIBRARY
North Carolina State College
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-02-24


The first page of a recent number of
the R1trdL NeW- Yorker is taken up
with a set of wood cuts, which that
paper calls "ACTUAL SCENES IN FREE
NEGRO FARMING AT THE SOUTH" In
one of these pictures some negro chill
dren are set out in absolute nakedness,
plus the remains of what Robbie
Burns would have called Guilty sarbs.
This page of wood cuts shocks and
pains us beyond our power to express
it Who would have thought that
paper, printed in the virtuous and
loyal city of New York, would be SO
lost to all the tender feelings of brother
hood betwixt the white and the negro
races as to print wood cuts cf negro
children dressed only in fractional
shirts2 And then, what could the
editor of the Ne1U- Yorker have been
thinking of when he wrote the words
FREE NEGRO FARMING!" Did he not
know that men of all colOrs, and of no
particular cOlOrs, in this country, were
as free as the air we breathe? The
very mules in the pictures we refer
to, seem to us to wear airs of
sadness and detection at the
thought that man on the other side
of Mason and DixOn's line could be so
thOughtless as to associate their tOiling
and uncOmplaining responsibility with
PARTIAL VERY partially-clothed chill
dren of Ham. We assure the Ne1U
Yorker that negroes in the South have
established a reputation for industry,
and have shown capacities of manhood
that entitle them to something better
than caricaturing wOOd-cuts. Isn't it
funny that an old rebel should be call
ing New York editor to task for MAX
ing disrespectful pictures of, and writ
ing disrespectful head lines about, the
colored people of the South? That the
NeaU Yorker should have done this is
simply too bad too bad
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-04-15

Gas never to be forgotten, his veneratior
.sfor the Constitution and his lore foi
constitutional government. He fel
deeply the humiliation Of q judicia, J
ssdependent upon the will of military
dsatraps, and his admirable conduct in re
$fusing to be- an instrument to such deg
Sradation and his mastery denunciation
8of such subversion Of constitutional gov
aernment deserve to be remembered az
3long as patriotic men love constitutional
liberty. The attempt to make judges
3partizan tools made so deep an impres
sion upon his mind that ne never was SC
Eloquent as when depicting the evils that
would come to the people if constitu.
I!tionai government should perish from
the earth.
1 Executive Committee, and threw all
ais energy and strength into the cam
oaigD that followed. He was afterwards
candidate for the Senate from Wake
and Franklin counties, but was
defeated though he led his ticket
1tn 1875 the Convention put him
N the 1LDEN and HENDRICKS
j electoral ticket as EIector at
Large. So we'll did he conduct the
I campaign that it was evident had TIL
sDEN been inauguarated he would, more
than probably. have appointed him At
sorney General. In every Con
zvention thereafter he received
ddattering votes for the Gubernatoral
nomination and it was in the Conven-
ION of 1888 that placed him enthusiast
: acally at the head of the ticket. He was
elected by 1878 majority and was in
sugurated as Governor on January 18th,
1889.
In June last he was invited to deliver
he literary address at his Alma Mater,
Princeton College. His engagements
prevented. He was honored with the
iegree of LII D. This degree had pre-
viously been given him at Davidson Col
lege, and in 1889 the University of North
Carolina had given him the same degree
1t was just in January last that he
moved into the elegant new mansion
built by the State and revived the old
custom of Governors receptions. He
had planned to make these receptions
occasions for the social gatherings of
great pleasure TO the people of the city
and State.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-04-15

1 1t "as Just an ordinary scrap n wrap
zping paper, bat il saved her lie sho
vas in the last stages of consumption,
told by physicians that che was incura-
sble and could I've only short time; she
] weighed less than seventy pounds. On
"a piece Of wrapping paper she read of
sample bottle I, helped her, She bought
ga large bottle, II a'ned her more, bought
aan0ther and - ter fast, continued
It's rse )ng, healthy, rosy,
Eplr - pounds. For fur
-the. 4lar s-. stamp - =" u.
rC3l Jg . Fest smith. Tria, aot-
st.es III 49, wonderful Discovery free at
SJoL T. Aacitaes dr1gs.o-e.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-04-15
4 Good One on IIoar.

From the indianapolis Journal
Senator IIiscock was in the Senate gal
:ery with a constituent pointing oui
.. great men. The visitor asked for Sena
stor Sanders Of Montana, famous foi
sleading a vigilance committee in thu
searly days on the frontier. EIscock
could not find the Montana man, 80 he
pointed out Senator Hoar After b.
New York Senator'S friend had gazed
long and earnestly at Mr.. Hoar's piou'
and philanthropic countenance, he eE
sclained "Well, any one could see a
"a q lance that Sanders was hangman
gone Of the worst characters in Montana
! [ don't ste how be got in here, anyway.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-04-15
HOME.SPUN YARNS.
Concord TimeS.)

Concord Time5.)
Monday while everybody was feelinj
good oysr the pretty day and Easte
..lmes 4 negro las Of sixteen SUNNI,
with poor cur dog, walked down II
street singing these beautiful lines at th
top OF her voice
when I 90 out 70 promenade,
J look 50 fine and gay,
Il have 70 take my dog along,
j To keep the boys away"
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-04-15
GOV. row LII, KIND HEARTED
MSS.


Wake county, WAS in the city yesterday
He was with GOVERNOR FowIE in the
army and related an incident in the hear
ing of the CHRONICLE which conveyed
the best illustration OF the kind heart of
our dead Governor. He stated it with
ia sincere frankuess To few friends with
out any idea that it would iiad its way
I'm print.
One day during the war at Hill'A
Point, near Washington, where the
soldiers were III camp, said NR SMITH
.GovERNoR FowLE, who wis OH
lcer of the day, started upon the round
sof his duties. 1t was a very cold day,
training and sloeting, aud he found on,
man on duty who had no coat and wa.
very poorly clad The Governor -thct
! lieutenant Colonel of the 3lst regi
jment-took off his own oyercoat an,
1 he discharge Of his duty uatil he founc
sinother soldier who was shiyering in hii
thin clothes. He took off bis coat an,
gave it to this soldier. He found otheI
poorly clad soldiers and went to his ten
land took all the coats he nad and g,v,
them to the poor soldiers, deprlving him
| send to his father, who lived in Wash
(ngton. for one.
Mr. SMITH said that Governor FowLf
vas a warm hearted and kind man, and
padded that on one occasion he said tC
sGOvERNOR FOwLE: 81 never believed that
| any lawyer was a Christian until / knew
ayou" Mr. SMITH said that after the re
turn Of the soldiers Lieut.. FowLE showed
them great kindness in many ways and
| Illustrated his practical Christianity.
This incident tells more truly Of the
warm hearted generosity Of our late
Chief Executive than a column Of culogy
could do
THE GUBEKNATORIA Success
sion.
The death Of GoyERSoR FowLE and
the succession of Lieutenant Governor
Holt raises the question Of the Guber-
|natorial succession.
Section -, Art. III OF the State Con.
5stitution provides, among other things,
that when the Lieutenant Governor
shall be unable 10 preside over the Sen
.ate, the Senator's shall elect one Of theiI
own number President OF their body, and
he shall become Governor whenever til,
lieutenant Governor shall, for any rea
.son, be prevented trem discharging the
duties Of Governor (where the Office de
wolves upon him). Whenever, during
the recess Of the Legislature. it shall be
come necessary for the President Of the
sSenate to administer the government
/ the Secretary Of State shall convene th,
SENATE that they may elect such Pres
dent.
Unless special session of the Senate
lis called, there will be no election Of Z
sFresident until January, 1898 In tht
fevent that Coy. HOLT, for any cause
scould not discharge the duties Of Gov
sernor, it would be incumbent on the
Secretary Of State to convene the Senat,
so that it may elect 1t. Governo
who would then discharge the duties oi
,Governor.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-04-15
Eupepsy.

This is what you ought to have-h
fact, you uust have it;4 to fully enjo,
life. Thousands are searching for i
daily, and morning becaute they find j
mot Thousands upon thousands Of dol
liars are speat annually by our people il
|the hope that they may attain this boon
And yet it hay be had by all. We guar
|antee that Electric Bitters, if used &C
|cording to directions and the use per
sisted in, will bring you Good Digestion
and oust the demon Dyspepsia and in
stall instead Eupepsy. We recommend
Electric Bitters for Dyspepsia and all dis
leases of Liver, Stomach and Kidneys
Sold at sac. and $1.00 per bottle b,
John Y. NcRae. druggist.
Oh gas may escape and gas may burst
And vanish in noise and flame;
But the meters hand, in its quiet way
Goes travelling onward, day by day,
And gets there just the same.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-04-15

service. at the t.Tase.
. The scfv.ccs ~ the grave wer, short
and ot tAe simplest character pr waf
Alns oGersi f,rYou. PRAYER after which
|. he Masous and oid Fellows each drop
ped the splg q acacia In the grave with
abbreviated ceremonies. Three gun.
were dlsc schargei 10y the Durham Lsht
infantry after earth 10 earth fell urson
be colin I'D aud the sorrowIns re!ail rcs
pad quilted sha, 10 them Is ueu holy
.1fouad. The large procession ana the
'concourse II people turned their faces e.
he Cty.
Great Procession.
The oldcS, citizen had never hefc r.
seen tuneral process sion OF such mag
'nitude IL Raleigh /, Was an lmpos ns
yet Sorrowful sight. The hearso iasill,
irape! and horses IN their mourning
dress, the low rattle Of sixteen mutt II
drums, the steady tread of Near three
hundred soldiers, each with mourning
badge, banners aud ntgs draped IN
|olaok, buildings .rapt Ia their dark
fress and the Whole scene a scene Of sor-
row what could hold back the tears that
forced themselves in many an eye.
From the me the cortege left the
church TO the time when II approached
he gate of OAK wood Cemetery exactly
one ha,f hour elapsed The procession
Was over mile IN length.
The Greatest Funeral Held in Raleigh
1t is estimated that fully ten thousand
people viewed and took part iii thus, the
saddest occasion that has yet taken place.
n Raleigh. Old citizens SAY that on
he death of no distinguished son has
North Carolina done greater houor than
she did TO the lamented Daniel q Eowle
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-04-15

news through the city. and in short
while the State officers and many promi-
snent citizens hurried to the Executive
Mansion which had suddenly been
transformed into home of gloom and
|griof.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-04-15
NO. 10.
Service atths t.Fase.

ef~i the ov1 Ecsy s,t.A /, ~as
.rAai set@o ~ soldier. o.tssens a.,
tstt-rirr-
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-04-15

The People of Raleigh Were Stunned
Tuesday Night by the Sad News That I,
Without Premonition, He Had Died
Suddenly..The Remains Will lie in
State at the Capitol--The Funeral
Will be on Thursday..A Sketch of
His Life.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-09
A CLOSE OBSERVER.
One Phenomenon Which a Friend Had no
Difficulty in Explaining.

One Phenomenon Which q Friend Had no
Difficulty in Explaining
"Did you ever notice." said man
who has the reputation of being close
observer, ''how the moving features of
the street changer
Some one remarked that moving
features were necessarily undergoing
constant change.
"You don't understand me-" replied
the close observer. Il will explain.
Some days meet certain class Of
cripples. They come along almost in
stream, and they bear strange re-
semblance to one another. The next
day not cripple is to be seen-for it is
hunchback season. All day the hunch.
backs amble along. The next day it is
something else. Some days the co11ec-
tors of long-standing bills come out,
and though they do not act by any
agreement, they file into my office al
most in a procession. don't under.
stand it."
Zone part of it is easily enough un-
derstood," one of the company remark
ed. "You don't pay your debts"
''Well, well,' said the close observer.
81 hadn't thought of that, and, of
course. CAM t, without meditation, give
you direct opinion. but it strikes me
that there is much in what you say
Arkansaw Traveller.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-09
A Very Nervous Man.

An amusing case of fright took place
On Chestnut street a few evenings ago
by which a man nearly ran his legs off
trying to get away from his shadow.
The gentleman was walking leisurely
along, with an umbrella in his hand,
wholly unconscious of his surroundings.
He had passed by a street light, whis-
tling the while about annie Rooney"
and casually glanced toward large
bill board. He was startled to see the
shadow of a man with hand upliftcd,
in which appeared to be club He
thought he was goner sure, but he
made up his mind to trust his legs.
With mental admonition of LEGS,
now do your duty" he 'lit out" and
the way he scratched gravel up Chest.
nut street to Franklin street was sur
prising. He was blowed when he
reached the steps at the south end Of
Halls block and dropped there for a
rest, aud then heard from passer that
he had been running from his own
shadow, the umbrella on his shoulder
being the murderous-looking club with
which he expected to be brained.-
Norwich Comm Bulletin.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-09
WHAT A kNouT RESEMBLES.

1t Is II Terrible Instrument with an Iron
Hook.
A knout, says Petrowski. isnot mere
ly lash or whip, but an ingenious
and refined instrument of torture, con-
sisting of very long and narrow strip
of leather with thin edges. This leather
is first boiled in certain essence (con-
fected for the purpose) and, after be-
ing so boiled. is soaked in preparation
Of iron, in order to make it hard and
heavy. Before allowing it to harden,
however, the thin edges are doubled
over along the whole length of the
knont, and In such manner as to make
them very sharp, 50 that the knout on
its concave side is like two long, flexible
knives. Prepared in this manner it be-
comes really terrible. One end is left
soft and supple, that the executioner
may wind it round his wrist, the other
end is terminated by an iron hook. The
knout falls ION its concave side) on the
naked back of its victim, and the sharp
borders cut into the flesh like knives
The executioner does not then lift the
knout; he draws it horizontally toward
him, and in so doing the hook detaches
long strips of flesh from the lacerated
back. Should the executioner perform
his task conscientiously, the victim
usually swoons away after the third
stroke, and often dies under the fifth.
Peter the Great fixed by an ''ukase" the
maximum number of strokes at 10t,
and when that number was really in
flicted it was usually upon dead body,
since it is next to impossible for hu.
man being to survive more than twenty
honest strokes of the knout. Therefore,
it is very rare for the regulation mum.
Der of strokes to be inflicted, unless
with intent to kill. Chicago journal.