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LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

\ few days ago it was made public
in Washington that many high-salaried
officials holding positions in that city
have a habit of hiring l~ow-priced sub
stituteo to do their work while they are
off attending to various enterprises
and making money in many ways.
The government employees are allowed
30 days vacation every year, That is
right. They have been granted leave
Of absence on account of sickness. In
this way those fellows managed to be
away most Of the time claiming to be
sick. But some Of the bosses found
out how things wer going and have
ordered it stopped. Amy one getting a
leave of absence now must have a GER
tifcate signed by a regular physician.
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back when he wrote his anti-silver let
ter, and now we note that the Demo
cratic convention of Maryland has
gone against free silver. What a
pretty kettle of fish. But 1t 1cjU come
for the people will have a voice in this
matter.
Query: If it be legitimate for Demo
Gratis and Republicans to join together
to defeat this just measure, would it
not be legitimate also for Democrats
and Republicans to join together to
secure it? Will some paper Of ''ortho-
dOx" pretensiOns tell us?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11
NOTES.

~ If your Uncle Jerry Rusk is go.
ing to run the weather like he has for
the past three weeks, his resignation
should be asked for. We don't need
rain ali the time, Jerry.
~ Old officers Of the South Carolina
State Alliance have been re elected as
follows: DR.. J. W. Stokes, President
w. d. Evans, Vice President; W. J.
Talbert, Lecturer; J. w. Reid, Secre-
tary Mr.. Taylor, Treasurer.
* The article in this issue headed
"Financial Reform" is by a gentleman
who is not a farmer, but sees the stu
alton clearly and tells what he knows
honestly. James Murdoch" isa ttcti-
cious name. Read his article carefully.
We hope he will write again.
The Pilgrim Cornet Band, of
Davidson county, is, SO far as we
know, the only band in the country
composed entirely of AIliancemen.
This band furnishes excellent music,
and we hope every Alliance meeting
in the State viii engage them to make
the music.
There was two cases of Journal
istic cowhiding in South Carolina last
week. This is a relic of barbarism. If
any of the editorial fraternity want to
whip us we will buy them a shotgun
and sit down andlet them blaze away.
But we can't afford to wait for them to
hunt around for this ancient instru-
ment-the cowhide.
Amass-meetirg was held at Max
ton Thursday, Col. Polk and Bro. r.
B. Hunter made speeches to a good
crowd, Friday at Thomasville Col.
Polk and Col T B. Long, State Lee
turer, made speeches to a large audi
ence. At Asheboro Col, Livingston, Of
Ga, was the speaker. AtRocky Mount,
Saturday, another was held, We have
heard nothing from if. We hope to
have full reports for next paper.
The Concord Standard tells of a
mail bag that was dropped from a
moving train at that place and lay in
the weeds nearly a week. The bag
contained valuable letters and about
$50, 900 in cash. There must be a re-
markedly careless agent on that road.
He should be looked after for he may
forget and leave himself in the weeds
one of these days and stay two or three
weeks.
The usefulness Of certain papers
prepared by William Saunders, Super
intendent of Gardens and Grounds of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture,
and published in various Annual Re
ports of the Department, has made it
desirable to bring these papers together
in the form of a bulletin, This is en-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11
THE OCALA

IU. We demand the abolition Of ma
tional banks.
B.. We demand that the government
shall establish Sub Treasures or de
pOsitOries in the several States, which
shall loan money direct to the people
at a low rate Of interest, not to exceed
two per cent. per annum, on non
~perishable farm products, and also
upon real estate, with proper Iinita-
lions upon the quantity of land and
amount of money.
c. We demand that the amount Of
the circulating medium be speedily
increased to not less than $50 per
capita.
2. That we demand that Congress
shall pass such laws as will otfcctuaily
prevent the dealing IN futures Of all
agricultural and mechanical pr0duc-
lions; providing a stringent system Oh
procedure In trials that VIII secure the
prompt conviction, and imposing such
penalties as shall secure the most per
feet compliance with the law.
3. WecOndemn the silver billl ecentIy
passed by Congress, and demand IN
lieu thereof the free and unlimited
coinage of silver.
1. We demand the passage Of laws
prohibiting alien ownership of land,
and that Congress take prompt actIGn
to devise some plan to obtain all lands
now owned by aliens and foreign syndl-
Gates; and that all lands now held by
railroads and other corporations IN
excess Of such as IS actually used and
needed by them be reclaimed by the
government, and held for actual set
tiers only.
5. Believing in the doctrine of equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none, we demand
q. That our national legislation shall
be so framed in the future as not to
build up One industry at the expense
of another.
B.. We further demand a removal OF
the existing heavy tariff tax from the
necessities of life, that the poor OF our
land must have. -.
c. We further demand q just an
equitable system Of graduated tax 0U
incomes.
d. We believe that the money Of tn
country should be kept as much a
possible in the hands Of the people,
and hence we demand that all nation
and State revenues shall be limited
the necessary expenses of the cove
ment economically and honestly a
m~inistered.
G.. We demand themost rigid, homes
and just State and National COVE
mental control and supervision OF u
means of public communicating al
transportation, and if this control an
supervision does not remove the aouS
now existing, we demand the cover.
ment ownership of such means o. con
munication and transportation.
Z. We demand that the Congress u
the United States submit an aIle4 fCr
ment to the Constitution providing aD = 4
the election of United States oei" oonb 7
by direct vote of the people OF e"'A
State.
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THE GOLD-BUGS AROUSED.

Gov. Campbell, Of Ohio. says: 4
am willing to risk free silver" and &
commercial firm in Baltimore who are
pronounced "authoritios on financial
matters. and in politics Democrats"
go for the Governor with gloves off.
They say they do not believe in mix
ing politics and finance" but where
have these 'authoritics on finance"
stood all these years, while the tools
of the money power have been mixing
politics with finance" and have
brought the country to the verge of
revolution, if not Of ruin? So long as
the oppressed and money-ridden pe0-
pie submitted to these Outrages it was
all right, but now that they have risen
in their might to burst the shackles
from their limbs, it is all wrong. 1t
was all well enough tomix politics and
finance so long as the ''mixingn was
done according to the formula laid
down by Wall street, but as soon as
the people propose to take a hand, it
is all wrong.
Ye howlers against a third party,
listen to these Democratic ~fnanciers.
They say: we consider it the duty
of all good citizens regardless Of their
political considerations to oppose any
advocacy Of free silver
In other words, they advise Repub-
licans and Democrats to throw aside
their party uniforms and join together
to defeat this righteous measure of the
people. Well, The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER has maintained all the while
that it would come to this. That
whenever the people demanded that
the financial system Of the country
should be run in the interest of the peo-
pie and not in the interest Of the gold
bugs. that the leaders of the two parties
would join their forces together to con
tinue this system of oppression. We
see indications Of a fusion between the
two old parties to thwart the will OF
the people. Mr.. Cleveland knew what
he was about and who were at his
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11
MASONIC PICNIC AT MOCKS-
WILLIE.

The crowd that attended the annual
Masonic picnic at Mocksville last
Thursday was the largest ever there
on that occasion. The address by
editor Webster, of Reidsville, the
orator of the day was fine. The crowd
was composed of the best people of
Davie, Forsyth, Rowan, Davidson,
Iredell, Yadkin and other counties.
1t is needless to say that beauty
brains and everything else. was among
the crOwd, A fine sum OfmOney-about
seven hundred dollars-was raised for
the Oxford Orphanage.
Crops are very good in Davie. There
is an abundance of fruit Of fine quality.
Davie is.One of the best farming our
ties in the State and is settled by a
sturdy class of people. Much to-
bacco, wheat and other grains is
raised. Clover does we'll in all parts
of the county. Davie has several good
schools and many natural advantages.
She has been without railroad facilities.
but a road will soon be completed to
MOcksville and the people are very
hopeful.
HoaU com yOu afford it2 That is 1Uhut
they all sag When they see the picture
oe are ,g101ng to eUery Qe1C gear
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11
WHERE ARE THEY

Col. Percy Daniels, of Gerard, Kan
sas, wishes to know the present where
abouts of 1t. L, A, Todd, late Of the
goth n. c. Regiment, and also of 1t.
- Oldham Of another regiment in
Gen. MahOne's Division. If any Of our
readers will call the attention of these
gentlemen to this notice they will con-
fer a favor that will be appreciated.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11
A KIND DART.

Mr.. j. l.. Ramsey is again associate
editor of THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
Mr.. Ramsey is brilliant and
a thorough exponent of Alliance prin-
cipIes, and THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
will, as it did under his editorial man
agement before, grow in favor with
the people every WHERE China GrOre
Dart.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11
ALLIANCE NOTES.
Letters From the Brethren Boiled Down.
What They are Doing and
Talking About.


What They are Doing and
Talking About.
The brethren in Harnett county
will have a big Alliance mass-meeting
at Ellington the goth of August,
Am AIIianceman" writing from
JuniIuska Alliance says they are in
good shape and solid for financial re
form.
Roanoke Alliance has responded to
the appeal for help from Scuppernong
Lodge and has sent the sum of three
dollars.
Bro. J. Springs Davidson, Of Neck
lenburg, writes that everything is
solid in that county and getting
more so.
Bro. S. T. Goforth. Secretary of
Eupeptic Springs Alliance, Iredell
county, writes that they are solid for
the Ocala platform.
y committee from Tyrrell County
Alliance send resolutions of coincidence
to Bro. f. @. Patrick, of that county,
who recently lost his wife.
Robert J. Coen, colored, of Gran
vile county, writes that the brethren
in his section are glad that the present
associate editor is back at his place.
Bros. J. S. Bell, Col. 7. B. Long
and Gen, r. B. Vance Will address the
people Of Mcdowell county at Macon
on the 14th of August The public are
invited.
Goshen Alliance, No. 446, Sampson
county, recently passed resolutions de
Tending the Alliance and the leaders
and condemning partisan papers that
Islander the Alliance.
Bro. T. J. Stanley, Secretary of
Big Hill Alliance, No. 527, Columbus
county, writes they are all right on
Alliance matters. He feels sure that
God is blessing our efforts.
Bro. II. w. Liverman, Sec'y of
Salem Alliance, No. 1,88S, Tyrren
county, writes that they have 70 mem
bers; that some of their members had
withdrawn, but have come back since
that.
Bro. John Graham, Of Warren
county, writes that Warren is all
right on all the Alliance demands.
Bro. w. @. Drake, their County Lee
turer, is the right man in the right
place.
Bro. w. B. Fowler, of Mitchen's
Mills Alliance, Wake county, writes
that they have some as good Alliance
material as can be found anywhere.
and that they are a unit for the de
mands.
The conference of the friends of
the Farmers Alliance and Prohibition
that was called to meet at Staten
Island, n. Y, on the 10th, has been
postponed. Announcement will be
made later.
At a recent meeting of Newton
Grove Alliance they resolved that they
would notice no appeal for help unless
the same is signed by the President
and Secretary of the Alliance and
marked with seal. We publish no
notice of appeals unless the above con
ditions are complied with. -EDITOR.
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OUR THANKS.

We are under obligations for clubs
sent in since last issue by L H, Nc
CIammy, J. R. Boone, W. J. NcKin-
ney, L. n. Primer, J. NJ. Burt, Q. r.
Hurdle, L. J. Conrad, L. j. Dark, W.
J. Lambeth, L. Lucius, J. Lee. and
Paul A, Brown.
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Well.

Hello! Hello! HellO!!! came
ing through the telephone and the
'printers' devil" was quick to catch it.
P. Dwell, what is it,"
Z.-"Who are you? Your voice
squeaks like a boy"
P. D.-I am a boy-the devil of
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER Office"
Z.-'WeIl don't want nothing to do
with THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER devil
nor any other sort of a devil. Is Mr..
Ramsey there? Tell him I want to see
him quick
R.-"Well, Uncle Zeke, what will
you have?"
Z,-"Say, tell me how this thing
works. Can l talk through it to any
body? Can l talk to Gov, Holt, or the
editors of the Neor8 o9ld Observer, or to
President Polk, or President Harrison,
or MI. Cleveland, ranybody wherever
they may be-
R.-Certainly you can. All you
have to do is to ring the bell and our
devil will answer you and you tell
him whose office you wish to be con
nected with and he will arrange it
quickly"
Z.-WelI, say, can [ talk to these
folks and nobody hear what [ Say and
nobody hear what they say to me-
R.-'Yes. No one will know what
you say"
Z.-"WelI, do you suppose the old
oma and the girls can talk through
it,"
R.-Yes, certainly they can"
I-"The thunder they can. Well
say, Ramsey, are you married:"
R.-No."
I.-Without taking his mouth from
the phone" called out to his wife:
" Betsy Jane, do come here; l am talk
ing with the fellows in the office where
our paper is printed over in
Raleigh; but they say it is mighty dan
gerous in this shOwery weather to fool
with this thing for the Iightningsome-
times strikes the wires and knocks a
fellow blind. You tell the girls about
it, won'tyOu:"
Say, Ramsey, l am the happiest
man in all creation now. Can talk as
much IS l please, and all about any
thing l please. There's lots O. things |
want to know, and I think l can find
somebody now that can tell me, I'm
bothered almost to death about things
| have been hearing, but now I'm going
to get the truth about them. You
know I've got a mighty enquiring turn
Of mind, and always try to find out
just what's going on. Don't you put
none Of this in u paper, The Third
is all the rage out on our side
and seems to me some folks VIII so
wild about it. told Betsy Jane I was
to spit on my hands and hold on
for a while, till I could get more light
on 1t, and soon as | can get in my hay
ana top my rankcst cotton and haul
some lumber from the mill, [ am going |
to have n long talk with somebody that
can tell me all about it. But. great
I've gotta thousand things want
to know, Tell Governor Holt that me |
and Betsy Jane and the girls all send
regards. Good bye.
@s~%sa
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THE VOTE ON THE SIXPER CENT.
INTEREST BILL.

We have had a number of requests
to publish the vote on the 6 per cent.
interest bill introduced during the last
session Of the legislature.
IN THE HOUSE.
Those voting for it We're: Messrs.
Alexander. Boss, Beck, Bell, Biddix,
Bridgers, Crimson, Galloway, Cole,
Cox, Daniels, Earnhardt, Edmuudson,
GatIing, Gill, Hall of Orange, HiIeman,
Johnson, Kirby, Long Of Warren,
Middleton, Morse, Murdock, Nash,
Pickett, Pigford, Prince, Robertson,
Skinner, Sorreu, StancilI, Stroup,
Toms, Upchurch, Watkins, Watson
Of Vance, White, Whitfield, Wilfong,
Wilson, Wood and Woolen-42.
Those voting against We're: Messrs,
Adams, Bond, Brake, Bryan of
Wayne, Bryan Of Wilkes, ChappelI,
Chears, Cobb, Cofield, Cowan, Currie,
Davis, Denny Of Guilford, Denny Of
Surry. Dickson, Edwards, Foust, Gil
mer, Grier, Hall Of Halifax, Ham,
Henry, Hill, Hood, Hopkins, Houk,
Kearns, Kerr, Long Of Columbus,
Lowe, Lowry, Mann, Mayes, Mcclure,
McGiu, Morton, Newsom, Oliver,
PEBBLES, Perry, Phillips of Watauga,
Phipps, Ray, Reed, Scott, Smell, SUIT
ton, Taylor, Watson Of Robson,
Wiley, Williams, Yancey and Zachary
-53.
IN THE SENATE.
There were several votes on the bill
in the Senate. Amendments were
offered and motions Of various kinds
made. But the vote that 10 doubt
settled its fate was as follows: Senate
Bill No. 3 to amend the Code in reIa-
ton to interest was defeated on motion
of Mr.. Turner to lay Mr.. Bellamy's
amendment on the table. Mr.. Bel
Iamy's amendment was: THAT the
act shall not apply to the counties Of
New Hanover and Pender." The vote
was taken, the following voting for
the motion:
Messrs. Allen of Bladen, Aston,
Audrey, Avery, AycOck, Bell, Bellamy,
Bryan, Chesson, Courts, Durham, Gil
man, Grigsby, King, McLarty, Mitchell,
Paine, Rose, Russell, Skinner, Stanford
Turner, Twitty and White-24.
Those voting against laying the
amendment on the table were: Messrs.
Allen Of Granville, Atwater, Bowers,
Butler, CuIbreth, Davis of Franklin.
Davis of Haywood, Freeman, Gallo
way, Greene of Harnett, Greene of
Wake, Hobson, Mclean, Parker, Reid,
Speight, Wilcox and Williams-1S.
AS the above vote decided the fate of
the bill, it is fair to put the "a down as
opposed to decreasing the interest to E
per cent. The IS voting against the
motion to table evidently were for the
reduction of the rate of interest.
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and sign your own name plainly.
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our advertisers will favor us by men
tioning the fact that they saw the
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FARMER.
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The Progressive Farmer is the Official
Organ Of the N. c. Farmers State Alliance
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~ The date on your label tells you
when your time Is out.
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RALEIGH, n. O., AUG. II, 1891.
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Post ONCE IN RaLeiAh. \. Q.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-01-22
A Big Saw Mill.

The f. S. Lowell Machine Works of
Fitchburg shipped to Otis, Maine, last
Monday, the largest saw mill ever made
in this state, and one of the largest, If not
the largest, ever made in New England.
1t is 45-foot No. 3, left hand single
Flints Patent MILL and Is exceptionally
well made in every detail. 1t has been
especially constructed for Colon Mckenzie
of Ellsworth. Me, and has all the latest
improvements and is made for the pur-
pose of saving extra large logs, mostly
hard wood. 1t Will take logs live feet in
diameter, so feet long. and is capable of
saving from 20 to 80 NJ. feet per day.
The mill has 40 it. set beam, So feet
of feed rack, is provided with four heavy
improved quick acting screw dogs, besides
post dogs. bail dogs, and last board dogs,
etc. 1t has power receder to set the set
beam backward or forward, by power, set
gauge roll and center guide.
1t has five double rack head blocks six
plain head block. The steel saw arbor
Isl IL inches diameter, and has three heavy
elf-oillng boxes. Has a set ratchet at
each end of set beam. The mill carriage
is five feet wide. All the timber used in
its construction is best hard pine. the car
risge frame being SXl0. The saw frame
is 10 feet long AM five feet wide, and the
timber is 6 inches thick and IA deep
The driving pulley is 80 Inches diane
ter, u inches face. and from very heavy
pattern The binding or friction puleys
are very heavy and being connected to
powerful lock joint lever handle. enables
the sawyer to run the carriage back and
forward with ease These improvements
make this saw mill frst-class and several
parties familiar with this class of mschin-
cry pronounce Z the best constructed and
most thorough built machine they ever
saw. The entire weight of the machine
was II tons.
There is also furnished for the same
party, very heavy selffeed edger, for
edgine boards and heavy plank. The
table j. q #. long and ~ in. wide. The
frame il made of selected hard pine every
thing il Of the best quality; it weighs
540O lbs Also a travelling bed, board
and timber plsner from new patterns
This machine will plane timber u inches
wide and from very thin to II inches
thick. II Is provided with counter shaft,
and the table raises and lowers by power,
and weighs 2s0o .-Ffchburg paper.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-01-22
Congressional.

Monday, Jan. u The Senate The Fl
] ancial bill was discussed; the Copyright
III failed to be presented; Mr. QUAY in
t-oduced substitute Election bill.
The House A select committee was ap-
I )inted TO investigate the alleged silver
pol'; the Army and Navy Appropriation
TIL wa. up, and Mr. Stone made a bitter
1eech against the Lodge Election bill.
Tuesday,-The Senate The debate on
the Financial bill was continued. Messrs
sherman, Allison and Aldrch making
s.rons speeches against free-coinage; the
vote will probably be taken to-day. and
senator Stewards amendment passed.
The House: The Army Appropriation
Ill was considered; Mr.. Lodge made q
crushing reply to the attack made upon
N by Mr.. Stone, of Missouri on Mon
cay.
Wednesday.-Th Senate: The Senate,
after many hours of debate, raised the
Free-coinage bill adopted June II, 1890, as
. substitute for the Financial bill, and then
decided to take up, by vote of 80 to SO,
the Election bill, the President cast
ing the deciding vote.
The House: The Army and Navy APP
preparation bill was passed.
Thursday,-The Senate: Consideration
If the Election bill was resumed, Mr.
Warts making strong speech in favor of
il; Mr.. Morgan introduced a resolution
declaring the appeal taken to the Supreme
Court, in the Behring Sea case, to be an
a1ront to the Government.
The House: The Speaker appointed q
committee to investigate the ''silver pool" !;
rnimportant business was transacted.
Friday,-The Senate: The debate on the
Election bill was continued; bill for the
government of Alaska was introduced
The House Democratic obstruction and
delay prevented any action on the District
of Columbia Appropriation bill; pensions
were voted to Generals Franz Sigel and
Nathaniel p. Banks.