The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-22

nails = flooded with green goods :"
circulars. Quite a number of citizens
# this State have lost sums of money
y dealing with the rascals during the
past few weeks Any II offering to
leal with them deserves to lose money
md is not to be pitied.
~ DR.. Battle is out with a circular
80 the effect that the "pith" Of the
Durham Fertilizer case has not been
tried. Now what we want to see is the
= pith " pulled into court. We want to
know all about this case and respect
fully ask the Doctor to go ahead with
| the business and see what can be done.
~ The Secretary of Mecklenburg
County Alliance writes Secretary
Barnes that he has seen nor heard
Of no Third Party circulars being
IN circulation in that county. We
expect the whole thi0g originated in
The Times Office. Bro. DOwd's liver
may be out Of order, - he is 50 far
seeing.
=. The Russian famine has in no way
been a5lted. The pangs of hunger have
driven multitudes to the necessity of
eating bark, roots and weeds, Peas
ants have deserted their homes and
gone to the highways begging, and
the land lies idle. According to the
American politicians style Of saying
things, this is IAN evidence of pros
perity.'
Edward NJ. Field, son of the mil
Iionaire, Cyrus w. Field, failed for
81, 500, 900 in New York a few days
ago. He has since been confined in an
asylum. But on last Tuesday a
taken out and placed in jail on a charge
of grand larceny. So 1t seems that
there is a disposition to kick fallen mil
lionaires as well as other people who
start down hill.
-. According to established custom,
the printers and the devil will take
! Christmas for q week aud no paper will
! be issued next Tuesday. We will come
forth again two weeks hence ready to
battle for the Ocala platform and the
rights of the millions We earnestly
hope that every one Of our patrons viii
| spend the holidays in Il proper manner
and start into the New Year with full
determination - improve on the past
-. The Charlotte Chronicle init
mates that the North Carolina Con
gresSmen will do pretty much as they
please in Washington, regardless of
what thu Alliance asks them - do
That is all right. They may do that
way. Several members Of the legisla-
ture of 1889 did that way, too, but
when the roll was called they didn't
answer the next time On election was
held. Our Congressman are free men.
The voters can vote for who they please
next year.
X Rev. E. Pope, of Chalk Level,
Chaplain Of the State Alliance, was in
Raleigh and made a pleasant call It
this Office last week. Bro. Pope is a
Christian first and then an Alliance
man. Heis not one of the Christians who
don't propose to De II thing as a Chris
tan and another as an AIlianceman.
lie proposes to vote for what he prays.
He don't propose to pray for a thing
and work for it and then go and vote
for another thing entirely. 1t is a pity
our country is not filled up with such
men.
~ The state of affairs III the country
are becoming alarming if one may
judge by the stringency Of money.
The result in many places is a great
falling off Of business and general de-
preston among all classes. How long,
oh how long before a changed condition
Of affairs will be witnessed by the
American peOple2 Are they to be
made slaves by the dollar2 Are the
people to rule this country, Or the al
mighty dollar? This is a question that
confronts us and it must be settled,
say the Tarboro Advocate.
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