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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28
We are not Offering either the song or
the march for renewals. We are offer
ing them for NEW subscribers only.
MoRRIsvILLE, April II, 1891.

Mr.. EDIToR:-A ;cording to "Lucius
Lagone," "B. J. W." doesn't know
much. But if "Lucius Lagone" didn't
get tired so quickly when reading
anything that did not meet his views,
and would read both sides of a ques
ton, he would probably be able to
write a more interesting and accurate
article without using so offensive per-
sonalities.
He says, enormously, that when
silver was demonetized it was on a par
with gold, The fact is that silver was
above par, that a silver dollar of 4124
grains was worth more than a gold
dollar of 25. $40 grains and had been
for nearly 40 years, so that, from the
opening of the mint up till then Q873)
there had been but 8,O45, 900 silver dol
lars coined in all, and these had entire
ly disappeared from general circula-
ton. And it was not till years after,
when Germany had demonetized silver
and the Comstock mines were opened,
and nickel was used for small coins,
plating, ETC., that the price of silver
bullion came down so that any one
would have offered silver to be coined
into dollars, if it's coinage had still
been free.
No, I do not know that all the silver
in the world would not make $50 per
capita of the inhabitants of the United
States, neither does any other man
know that to be a fact. One man may
be alliance authority" on a certain
subject, but no one man knows it all,
and l had rather take the authority of
d~isinterested reporters who roteyears
ago, than of a partisan, writing for a
special purpose.
But does not "LUcius Lagone" know
he is so well posted on 1.-THE laws
which guides commerce and the func-
tiOns of money that "those portions
of the globe in which the balance of
trade is against us" and "are silver
coming countries" will not take our
silver for any more than the value of
the metal, and most of them will not
allow coined silver to pass through
their custom houses, and that the bull
lion in bars is better for this purpose
than if coined into dollars? So that is
no argument for coinage. Besides 95
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28

THE Marquis di Rudini, the Italian
Premier, is OF opinion that the police
authorities can allow Inspector Byrnes
to accept a decoration from his gov
eminent. Such ignorance would be
objectionable in a welLeducated Ital-
ian youth of twenty. What shall be
said of a man of Rudini's exalted
station? 1t is no wonder this new
statesman succeeded in putting him
self into a ridiculous place upon the
demands which he has lately made
upon the United States. The Marquis
di Rudini is about the finest specimen
of a thoroughly unsophisticated states
man we know anything about.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28

News comes to this city that a
strange disease is prevailing in Louis
burg, this State. Two young men
have recently died there. These
young men, MI. Chas. Davis and Mr..
VIM. J. Hawkins, were both prominent
and very promising young men; and
their deaths within a few days have
thrown a shadow over the entire town.
But neither of these young men died
of any contagious disease. Both died
of c~ongestive chills. In the case of Mr..
Davis there was also some organic
trouble of the heart. The health of
Louisburg is as good now as it has
been any time lately, and there is no
foundation whatever for the sensation
al reports flying around.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28

IT gives us pleasure to call the atten-
ton of the public to the fact that we
have here in Raleigh a first-class artist
in the person of Mr.. Randall, who has
a studio on Fayetteville street. Mr.
Randall is a native of North Carolina,
and he is filled with an ambition, as
beautiful as it is rare, to devote his
artistic talent to the ennobling of his
native State. This young man, with
only ayear and a half of experience as
a painter, has made some portraits
and painted some copies of famous
pictures, which are not only credit
able but very fine. We ask our read
ers to look in upon Mr.. Randall at his
studio.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28

PRESIDENT HARRISON has declared
that he stands for the last Congress.
1t is refreshing to us to know that the
President has made up his mind to
stand for something. A painful feel
ing has been for some time in the pub
lie mind that Mr.. Harrison did not
stand for much of anything. But a
grateful feeling of relief comes to the
public now that the President has said
that he does really stand for something
definite. The President stands for the
last Congress. Yes, he stands for an
institution whose only title to fame
is based upon it's enormous capacity
to spend the peoples money upon a lot
of pampered favOrites of the govern
ment of which Mr.. Harrison is the
present head. We have no cause of
he is a Republican. We have found
pleasure in being the countryman of
many eminent Republicans. But we
cannot love Mr.. Harrison. If he does
not know that much of the legislation
enacted and proposed by the last Con-
gross is simply Infamous, then he has
not ability enough to call forth our
affection. If he knows the infamies of
the last Congress, and approves of
them, then he stands too far from the
line of both moral and political recti-
tude to secure our love. We must be
excused from engaging in any enthusi-
astic laudation of Mr.. Harrison-at
least for the present.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28
THE ALLIANCE

The principle underlying every one
of the Alliance demands is sound.
There may be many opinions about
the practical workings Of some of the
methods proposed for embodying those
principles in legislation. Now it is, in
our opinion, ~unwise-very unwlse,
if not positively fatuous for the ALI
ance to demand the employment Of
any set of specific methods in securing
the desired legislation. Does not any
one see that such demands needlessly
expose the Alliance to attacks? Are
the farmers of the country, whose
expressions have been so long contin-
ued and so crushing in their effects,
going to allow themselves to be divided
and the results of their organized
efforts for reform to be destroyed upon
the very Threshold of success, by an
internal and unbrotherly dispute over
this or that method of legislative pro-
ceedure? To this end, it would seem,
a few hot-heads in our order are deter
mined to force things. Shall such men
succeed?
There has not been a time since this
movement was started when c~onserva-
tive men and conservative counsels
were nor urgently called to the front
than at this very hour. It is painful
to admit that some of the elements of
disastrous strife are working in the Al
lance just now. We call attention to
this humiliating fact for the purpose
of rebuking those who stir up this
unseemly strife,
No good can come to I'll cause from
this spirit of intolerance and ~proscrip-
ton. Our principles + invincible;
and let us insist upon them and never
relax our efforts on their behalf until
they shall have been incorporated into
the laws of our country. But let us
not denOunce as enemies and traitors
those who may differ with us about
unimportant details.
We think the eminent success of
President Folks administration of the
affairs of our National order is as much
due to his temperate, conservative, toll
Grant and manly discussions of public
questions as to anything else. He has
been assailed with a bitterness of in
vective, with a persistence of misrep-
r~esentation, with a ~coarseness of
epithet, that has scarcely been sur
passed in the public discussions of any
age or country. And yet he has been
temperate and fair in his replies, aim
ing rather at the rebuke of bad princi-
pies, than at the punishment of men.
We commend his example as especially
worthy Of imitation at this time. Re-
member, brethren, that so long as a
man is true to principles, it is safe to
give him the largest liberty as to the
selection of the mere details of his pro-
ceedure. Let us be true to our princi-
pies, and true to our brethren, and all
will come right.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28

WE + sorry to see that bad feeling
is being engendered, in Alliance cir
Giles, over the discussion of Alliance
men and measures. Some of our
brethren who differ from the majority
of their associates upon some ques-
tions of policy and principles are being
denounced as confederates of Wall
street and traitors to the Alliance. We
protest most earnestly against these
methods of attack. To say that a
man is in league with Wall street be-
cause he does not agree with you about
a matter of public concern, is simply
outrageous. Certain charges, which
effect the character and standing of
certain of our brethren in the Ali
ance, have been going the rounds of
the papers. These charges r vouched
for by reputable brethren in our order.
They cannot be successfully met by
raising counter cries of persecution.
These charges should be examined into
with the greatest care and with the
~strictest impartiality. If the parties
r found to be guilty, after a
thorough investigation, they should
be made to take the consequences OF
their wrong. If, on the other hand
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28

Mr.. CLEVELAND has explained his
letter upon the silver question to Mr..
Stephenson, of Missouri. From this
explanation we learn that Mr.. CIeve-
land expected both the silver bills en-
acted in recent years to injure the
country by driving a part Of the gold
out of the country. We also learn
from this explanation that the practi-
cal effects Of both the recent silver bills
have been disappointing to him-that,
contrary to his anticipations, the
country has proited by both these
bills. Mr.. Cleveland also thinks the
conditions of the country in 1898 might
be such as to make free coinage prac-
ticable and beneficial. 1t is plain that
Mr.. Cleveland has drawn the teeth, so
to say, of his late letter upon the
silver question, and it is also quite
plain that Mr.. Cleveland wants to
counterfeit the influence of his late let
ter against free coinage. But the
hopefulest thing brought out by this
interview, as we view it, is the admis-
sion of the ex-President that he has
been twice mistaken upon this subject
of silver money. This admission is
pretty hard upon those of his friends
who have doggedly held all along,
"that the king can do no wrong"
But, to our mind, he is all the more
available as a candidate for the presi-
dency, on account of this very admis-
sion. There is always hope of a man
who is willing to learn. We note, with
pleasure, that Mr.. Cleveland thinks
the country needs more money. To
use a much-abused religious phrase,
we think Mr.. Cleveland will come
through" ere long and profess his faith
in free silver. If he shall thus be
soundly converted, we shall under
stand that he represents many things
which the farmers and laborers of the
country are demanding, and so may
expect to be not unacceptable to them.
We shall see.
Send as tao neuU names and Sc and
me mill send UOu fhe AUinnce Gr0a1d
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28

sistent UaIue is "moonshiny." Well,
we think it never wise to attempt to
refute a position which we do not
understand. If the sentence was
"moonshiny" and mystifying that
was our fault. But we r not willing
to think the sentence is infelicitous
and inaccurate simply because III
correspondent says so. We supposed
that any one capable Of clearing up
the first part of Our article would be
able to understand the meaning OF
the very common word persistent"
We are certain that he might have
made himself able to understand its
meaning by consulting any good COM
mon school dictionary.
Our correspondent says: 1--WE do
not think the writer meant to ignore
all paper bills as money" Again our
correspondent is mistaken. We did
meal to IGNORE all paper bills. as
money" Paper bills r not money,
and paper bills cannot be made to be
money by any art of man, or of gov
eminent. Paper bills, whatever their
form may be, and whoever may emit
them, are nothing else but promises
to pay money-to pay values-upon
the terms stipulated in the paper bills
themselves; and their usefulness de-
ponds upon the ability of the party
who emits them to redeem them with
actual values. In this position we are
in exact line with the Alliances of this
country, who demand that every dol
lar of the peoples money shall have
under it a "non-perishable "a persis-
tent-value.
Our correspondents assertion that
"you could buy gold and silver by the
pound, if they were not coinable, for
25 or so cents" is simply assertion, and
very extravagant assertion at that,
Our correspondent is as far wide of
the mark when he undertakes to draw
conclusion from our language, as he
is in his statements of fact. The idea
that the amount of money cannot be
increased because it has value, is
absurd. We believe most pro-
foundry that it is the duty of the gov
eminent to increase the amount of
money in the country by the free coin
age of silver, and by the recognition
Of values in the non-perishable prop
erty of the people. But we do not be-
Iieve in the arbitrary" increase of
money any more than we believe in the
fat money our correspondent pleads
for.
We sought to find, and express in
our article, some definitions of money
would be accurate and unob-
j~ectionable. And nothing in the criti-
cism of LUCIUs LAGONE has the slight
est tendency to convince us that we
1t seems to us that our cor
respondent might proftably spend
much more time in the study of this
than he seems to have thus
spent hitherto.
" |
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28

If VIM. L. Griffin, of Haw River
Alliance, No. 80, will write us plainly
the facts about his friends loss by fire,
we will publish them. The oldest man
alive could not read the letter he lately
sent to this office.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28

SOME of our exchanges display an
impatience of discussion which cannot
fail to be hurtful to the Alliance. This
paper has always welcomed fair and
full discussion of all questions of pub
lie policy which the Alliance has
brought forward; and it will continue
to welcome such discussions. Truth
has nothing to fear from discussion.
No institution can be friendly to liberty
that is willing to hush the voice of de-
bate. Only little men are afraid of
agitation; and nobody but narrow
minded fools and the slaves of vested
interests can be afraid of the light.
The Alliance declares that it seeks to
bring about such reforms in the ad-
ministration of government as will
secure equal rights to all and special
privileges to none. This is a high
claim, and we must be willing to sub
iect the measures through which we
seek to make this claim good to the
severest tests of fair criticism and dis
cussion. 1t is certain that public opin-
ion in this country cannot be coerced
into s~ubserviency by any exercise Of
mere authority, and we should not
lose sight of this important fact.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28

We again coll attention to the AMii
Gnce song, Clasp Hands, and ded1cGtS"
to Mrs. Ben Terrell, Uhich uCe are Cgg6
1ng as q premium for tuUO ne'0 S""
ScTIberS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28

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our advertisers will favor us by men
tioning the fact that they saw the
advertisement in THE. PROGRESSIVE
FARMER.
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the charges turn out, upon investiga-
ton, to be without foundation in fact,
those who have aspersed the charac-
tiers of their brethren should be held
to a strict and severe accountability.
We write this not because we know
anything of these matters that can
justify us in taking either side in this
controversy. But we write in the in
terests of simple justice to all parties.
We respectfully ask, nay, we respect
fully demand that these matters we
have alluded to shall be investigated,
and all the facts brought out.
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RALEIGH, N. c., APRIL %, 1891.

(This pdper entered as secOnd-cIdSs matter ct the
Post Office in Raleigh, N. c.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-01
Electric Bitters.

and SO popular as TO need no special men
ton. All who have used Electric Bitters
sing the same song of praise.-A purer
medicine does not exist and it is guaran-
teed to do all that is claimed. Electric
Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liver
Salt Rheum and other affections caused
by impure blood.-Will drive Malaria
from the system and prevent as well as
cure all Malarial fevers. For cnre of
Headache, Constipation and Indigestion
try Electric BitterS-Entire satisfaction
guaranteed, or money refunded Price
so cts. and s1.00 per bottle at Dreiss,
Thompson & Co.'s Drugstore. 4-2!-lm
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-01
sHlLoH.s CONSUMPTION CURE.

This is beyond question the most sue
cessful Cough Medicine we have ever
sold, a few doses invariably cure the
worst cases of Cough, Group and Bronchi-
its, while its wonderful success in the
cure Of Consumption is without parallel
in the history of medicine. Since it's first
discovery it has been sold on guarantee,
a test which no other medicine can stand.
If you have a cough we earnestly ask you
to try it. Price 10c, SOC and 81. II yonr
lungs are sore, chest or back lame, use
Shiloh's Porous Plaster Sold by Adolph
DreiSS. 3:2S:eod
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-01
Al WONDER WORKER

Mr.. Frank Huffman, a young man of
Burlington, Ohio, states that he had been
under the care of two prominent physi-
clans. and used their treatment until he
was not able to get around. They pro-
nounced his case to be Consumption and
incurable. He was persuaded to try DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds and at that time was
not able to walk across the street without
resting. He found before he had used
half of a dollar bottle, that he was much
better; he continued to use it and is to-
day enjoying good health. II you have
any Lung, Throat or Chest Troubles try
it. We guarantee satisfaction. Trial
bottle free at Dreiss, Thompson & Co. s
drug store. 4-ll-1m
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-01
Notice to Debtors and Credito RS
THE STATE OF TEXAS, I
COUNTY OF BFXAR. {

THE STATE OF TEXAS,
COUNTY OF BEXAR.
To all persons indebted to or holding
claims against the estate Of Judy Burton,
deceased:
The undersigned having been duly ap-
pointed administrator of the estate of
Judy Burton, late of said Bexar county,
deceased, by S. w. McAllister, County
Judge of the county court of said county,
on the oath day of March, A. d. 1891,
during a regular term thereof, hereby
notifies all persons indebted to said estate
to come forward and make settlement,
and those having claims against said eS-
tate to present them to him at his resi-
dence, in the city of San Antonio, Bexar
county, Texas, where he receives his
mail.
Witness my hand, this oath day Of April,
A. d., 1891. j. r. DAVIS,
Administrator of the estate of Judy
Burton, deceased
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-01
LIGHT FLASHES.

-Joske's clerks will give another
picnic soon.
-Invitations have been received in
this city for the marriage. in Austin,
May 9TH, Of Mr.. Massie w. Miller and
Miss Annie Archer. Mr.. Miller is an
uncle of Mr.. Claud Wright.
Mrs. d. Harris, wife Of jeweIer
on Houston street, died last night.
The new Westminster Presbyte.
rian church on Garden street, will be
dedication next Sunday morning,
Rev. Josephus Johnson, of Victoria,
will preside. Rev. Robert NJ. Hall
will then be installed as the pastor of
the church.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-01
Oh, WHAT A coUGH.

Will you heed the warning. The signal
perhaps of the sure approach Of that
yourselves IL you can afford for the sake
OF saving Soc, to run the risk and do
nothing for it. We know from experience
that Shiloh's Cure will cure your cough.
1t never fails. This explains why more
than a million bottles were sold the past
year. 1t relieves Group and whoop-
ing cough at once. Mothers do rot be
without 1t. For lame back. side or chest
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Sold by
Adolph Dreiss. 3-2S-eod
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-01
SPORTING NOTES.

As yet Mr.. AL Jacks has not answered
Mr.. Rh0ade'S challenge. He is yet consid-
ering the matter, but thinks Rhoades a
little too light for him to bother with.
Ball Park will be ready at Lake View
in two weeks.
The Jokers had meeting at Mission
Athletic club rooms last night.
About twenty of the boys have received
suits for athletic work.
The Southern club had meeting last
night.
Editor LIGHT:
The captains of the Ravens and Blues
wish to inform the SOuthernS and Joskes
mines that they have secured the San
Pedro Springs for Sunday, May 3, to play
their game for purse of $40.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-01

Canadian parliament opens its sew
enth session, and is informed that in
next October negotiations will be
entered into with the United States
for reciprocity.
The better treatment of cattle on
shipboard, trade mark, exchequer
court acts and northwest territory
acts are called to the attention OF the
Dominion parliament.
The railway arrangements between
Austria and Germany will have for
one object the rapid mobilization of
troops in both countries.
Signor Imperani withdraw the
offensive language which caused him
to be called liar in the italian
chambers yesterday.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-01
The Fire Directors.

At meeting Of the directors of the de-
funct volunteer department, last night,
il was decided to return to each of the
companies the portion of money which
they contributed to the fund for the enter.
tainment of the state convention, and
the balance was equally divided between
the six companies. This winds up the
only business which had been left to the
board to dispose of, and it adjourned to
die a quiet peaceful death.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-01

An Accommodating Pa: Mr.. Slim
purss-What did your pa say whe
you told him we were engaged to be
married? Miss Beauty-He was real
kind. He said if you would call for
him tomorrow, with q carriage-I
think he said your carriage che would
90 with you to look at any brown
stone fronts you think of buying for
me to live in.-New York Weekly.