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Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-07
HUNTSVILLE. ALA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER : 1891
On the night Of the 3oth Annie Wal

ON VIC HigHt OF the 50th Annie Wal.
den, stylishly-dressed woman of e.,
created a sensation in front of the Met
ropolitan opera house in New York by
shooting and fatally wouniing her hus-
band, James Walden, aged 20, to whom
she was married two months previous
and whom she charged with cruelty
and neglect to support her properly
SAnDRINGHAM HALL. the residence of
the prince of Wales in Norfolkshire
was damaged to the extent Of
Els, 900 by a fire which broke out in the
upper floor on the morning of the 1st.
The house was being put in readiness
for the arrival of the family.
The malt-house of Henry Kunze. in
st. Louis, was burned on the night OF
the 1st, together with so, 900 bushels Of
malt The total loss is about s3e, O0O;
covered by insurance.
A coUNTRYMAN on his way home from
Oconto, Wis, on the 1st, saw three men
removing the spikes and fish-plates
holding one of the rails on the Chicago
& Northwestern railway. Hurrying
back, he signaled an approaching pas
senger train, and the engineer succeed
ed in stopping the engine just as the
front truck left the tracks where the
rails had been spread, and thus pre-
vented terrible wreck and loss Of life.
MISCELLANEOUS.
IT transpires that some of the most
absurd and alarming reports concern
ing the Chilian imbroglio have been
cabled to the English press from this
side, evidently by sensation-mongers
intent upon stirring up strife or in
iuencing the money markets.
A BosToN dispatch of the 1st an
nOunced that the doors of the Maverick
national bank would not be opened on
the I'd. The suspension is alleged to be
owing to mbarrassments caused by the
recent suicide of Irving Evans. The
bank will be put in the hands of re-
ceiver.
THREE hundred printers, employed
by the Metropolitan Job Printing Co.,
New York city, struck, on the 31st, for
two dollars an hour, in the midst of a
rush, and nearly caused the company
W lOSc u Sfb,UUU lOflclt lucy were
peremptorily ordered back to work by
the secretary of Typographical Union
No. 6.
IT is said that the peasants of the
Russian province of Samara are so re-
duced by starvation and want that
many of them are unable to go to the
government distributing points for
supplies of food. In one village no less
than forty-two have perished, and the
number of dead in the whole province
will amount to not less than 1000.
IT is said that the Russian imperial
ukase prohibiting henceforth the expor-
tation Of all cereals except wheat, also
interdicts the sending out of the coun-
try of potatoes, flour, malt, meal, dough
and baked bread
CUSTOMS receipts at the port of New
York for the six months ended Septem-
Der so, 1891, were S2s, 5S3, $50 less than
for the corresponding six months of
1890.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-07

An abiding place has been found fof
Of least a portion Of the exiled Russian
Jews. Baron Hirsch having concluded
+be purchase of a thousand square miles
of territory in the Argentine Republic
whereon to plant Hebrew settlement
A million dollars is the price SAID to
have been paid for the tract.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-07

THE Porte has apparently awakened
70 the necessity of adequately fortify-
inc the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles;
hnt tbe Porte isn't doing it, just the
same There is very thinly-disgulsed
suggestion Of English and German
method in the matter that may become
more apparent later on.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-07

AS An illustration of the stability OF
tbe United States circulating medium
the fact may be cited that IN the City
of Mexico national bank and legal
tender notes of the United States bear
a premium Of thirty per cent: in other
words, an American ten-dollar bill will
buy thirteen Mexican dollars.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-07

r,uv czar of Russia has prohibited the
.orfnrmance of Hamlet" within his
aa1ms pe, because it shows the killing OF a
I.irr - Some Of the edge might be taken
Nerl1 4 tba ukase if his imperial majesty
On a,,Id ;mport few of the American
.,,aTitimateo aggregations and watch
them murder the play
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-07
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.
Eloped With Her Husbands Hired Ma

Eloped With Her Husbands Hired Man.
Mrs. Pleasant White, of near Warwick.
Worth county, Ga, is reported to have
eloped with her husbands superintend-
dent. The eloping couple have gone to
Florida.
white, the wrongcd husband, is about -
years OF age and owns plantation of 1000
acres. When about 20 years of age he fell
desperately in love with aneighbor's daugh-
ter. Miss Dora Lee. An engagement fol-
lowed, and the marriage day was set On
che evening before he ssceived a letter from
the girls father telling him that Dora did
not want to marry him: that she loved an
other. and hard as she had tried TO respect
her fathers wish to marry White. she could
not bring herself mp to it, The consequence
was that White gave up all idea OF marriage
and turned his attention strictly to busines s.
For twenty years he avoided female So
ciety, only to have the flames aroused by
the sight of a pretty face, four or five
years ago, while attending rural revival.
OF his old sweetheart Dora, and was sur
prisingly like her mother The latter fa-
vored the suit of her former lover for her
daughter, after which the young lady was
Installed as the mistress of Whites acres.
So rapidly did Whites business increase
that he felt the necessity for an assistant.
young man named Miller, who lived in AL
bany, was secured and put in charge of the
farm. 1t was W it'll this young man that Mrs
White eloped.1
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-07

A HoRRIBLE find was made at Fort
Smith. Ark, on the I'd. 1t was the dead
body of an infant child, and from ap-
pearance, the child had been born on the
ground where it was found. 1t was the
body of perfectly formed female, fully
developed and had probably dies from
exposure.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-07
VOLUME XII.

n,yruESr is reaching a Bostonlan
ro;nt in Chicago. A recent oraer ol
poi"5 n;nf h of police prohibits patrolmen
'ne ;,,o .i cum while on duty. This
cnenno ,,a order is taken as polite intima'
,;an si,rp 10 the garrulous peeler to use his
ilon .tocl,le - less and attend to business
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-07

thai anouId be always borne in mind
orertt "ll'" President Balmaceda was
eovarn. o"h by the fortunes of war. the
sttn,innn i,lent Of which he was the con-
upitsSV uV'laI a head was the only one the
pjzans. ANY, States could take official cog.
''NSaee Of IN Chill ~0
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-07
At the Age of 103.

Old Aunt Harriet Parker, colored,
aged 1OS years, died at West Point, Ga.
She was one of the first negroes Jona-
than Harrington ever bought, and was
in the Harrington family 100 years. She
was a member Of the Baptist church
over sixty years, had never lost a tooth,
and could read her Bible up to the day
of her death.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-07
The Bride Wore Boys Clothes.

From the little city of Hartman,
Tenn, comes story of romantic mar
riage in which James Adcock, a former
citizen of Chattanooga, was one of the
principals He fell in love with one
Maggie Hunt, girl Of Is, whose moth
er objected to the marriage of her
child. The little maid thought differ
emily, ran away at night disguised as a
boy, and was met under tree by Ad-
cock, preacher and friends, and
welded, none too soon, as the old lady
came on the scene f1ourishing re-
volver She was soon reconciled; the
bride resumed her own apparel and 3
wedding supper was served.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-07
An Old Defaulter.

Eugene f. Garcin, paying teller Of
the Louisiana State bank at New Or
leans, is said to be defaulter for $780,
900. His peculations have been going
on for fifteen years When the bank
examiner came around he simply count
ed the sealed packages of notes, accord
ing to the amounts ticketed thereon.
Some Of these bogus packages recently
got into possession of local banks. Gar
Gin, who is a member of an old Creole
family, is about 20 years of age, and
has been connected with the bank for
years. 1t is suspected that he lost the
money at private games of cards. He
was highly respected and trusted by
the bank officials The bank is entire
ly solvent and the loss is simply
charged up to profit and loss. He says
the defalcation is due to errors.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-07
Death of A. j. witherspoon.

Rev. Andrew jackson Witherspoon,
DID,, pastor at Seamen's Bethel, New
Orleans, died at Moss Point, on the
gulf coast.
He was one of the best known men in the
south. He was born in the Waxaham set
tlement, South Carolina, in 1925 and his
mother was a cousin of Andrew jackson. He
graduated at the South Carolina college, and
studied law, which he afterward gave up for
the ministry. Settling in Alabama, during
the war he served as Chaplain of the Twen-
ty- first Alabama regiment, being known as
the Fighting Chaplain" On ono occasion
he particularly distinguished himself by
taking command of his regiment after the
officers had been killed or wounded and car
rying it through a hard days fight. He was
for a time a prisoner of war on Johnson's
Island. He had been in charge of the Sea-
mems Bethel in New Orleans for twenty
years, during which time he built commO-
dious church and dormitory for sailors. He
had been unceasing in his good work IRE
specify OF church or party.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-07
Heir to a Fortune.

Edward Morris, of Dallas, Tex,
gardner by profession, has received in
telligence that he is an heir to G20, 900,
left bv an aunt at Guildfied, Sussex dis
trict, England. The money will be di-
vided between four persons. Morris
left for New York city, where he is to
meet sister and two brothers.
Entertained by Californians.
Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, recently
visited~in California. He was rendered
reception by the Manhattan club Of
San Francisco,
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-07
THE BOSTON SMASH.

Some Cold Facts Brought Out by the
Failure of the Maverick National Bank
OF Boston-A Life Offered Up for Friend
ship-Some Queer Business transactions
that Appear to Have Had an Unsuitable
Nav.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-11-03
RESOLUTIONS BY HERTFOND
COUNTY ALLIANCE.

WHEREAS, Our beloved and 5on0+bT v
President, Col. L. L. Polk, n+7 ma
many politicians and by a gIr rt6 and
jOrity of the partisan press, N ol,I and
South, been maligned, slanGrl;"r anre-
most v%illainously abused and hl,sI. has
sented; and whereas, his ca,,sSl his
been most wilfully misrepre-enlri%r n Of
best motives impugned, his mL79i;rical
love b en- construed into a Po".rford
crusade. How we, as the fi' r"ress
County Alliance, do hereby Mr as a
unbOunded confidence III MN him
man and our high appreciation OF 4 the
as our great leader. Relying uPGim as
justice of our cause and upon La we
the great expounder of the SAME
are Io+pr,
Re8OLred, To persevere IN olil - fol.
low the flag s SO manfully upheld a O53
President Polk in all this O[ DnoTT,
of ours. IT. a. DN0'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-11-03
A PLAN FOR RELIEF.
RYLAND. ChOwan Co.. \

RYLAND, ChOwan Co., n. G..
Mr.. EDITOR:-At the last regular
meeting of the Wardville Sub-Alliance,
held October 3D.. the brethren discussed
the relief fund question and proposed
to offer, through your columns, the
following plan: That every member be
required to pay, IN addition to his
quarterly dues, five cents per quarter
to be sent to the State Treasurer 10 be
kept and known a. the relief fund and
that the President, Secretary and one
other brother of each Sub-AIliance
shall constitute q committee to esti-
mate such losses as may occur and re-
port the same, that no Alliance be en-
titled to any benefits derived from
such funds which does not contribute
to the same.
This amount is so very small that no
individual Will ever miss it, vet when
we count our members throughout the
State, we think it would be sufficient
to meet the demands. We are anxious
for steps to be taken as early as posi-
BILE to make SOnle plan permanent. Of
course we do not offer urs as infalli-
BILE, but are ready to concede to any
better n that may be given us.
Every member To- in good standing,
with us, are on one plank with toes
square to the line ready to act together
IN everything that pertains to the pro
motion of the Order.
! Mrs. II. N. WARD, Cor. See'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-11-03
LETTER FROM JOHNSTON
COUNTY.

Mr.. EDITOR:-I have been thinking
Of writing you how we are getting
along. l can truly say u Alliance is
on a boom. We initiate from one to
ten every regular meeting. We have
over SO members that attend regular
ly. The last one of us are Alliance
from the crown of our head to the sole
of our feet. At our last meeting we
passed a resolution unanimously in
favor of a relief fund, making it the
duty of our Alliance to raise a certain
amount of money and place it in the
hands of our Treasurer to be known
and kept as a relief fund to be paid out
to any brother that may have the mis-
fortune to have his house burned. his
horse die, his leg broken or his OK die;
and we earnestly hope that every Sub
Alliance in the State will adopt the
same plan, and SO fulfil the law of
Christ. There are traitors in the
camp, men who abuse our leaders and
talk lightly of the papers that advo-
cate our cause Some of us expect to
go to Washington in February. We
have heard tariff and negro rule until
1t has about as much effect upon our
minds as water on a ducks back. The
~arlStOcrats may call it going into poll
tics of they choose. We do not expect
to vote for an nti-Allianceman to
grace the halls of the national capital
any more.
Yours fraternally,
j. H. BROADWELL.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-11-03
BRO. BUTLER AT LENOIR.

GLASS, n. G..
MIR. EDITOR Il was present at the
meeting of the District Lectures of the
Sth district in LenOir on the LIST inst.
tor the purpose of organizing the Lee
ture Bureau, and | want the IT aders of
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER to know one
or two things that occurred on that
occasion. A quorum of the County
Lecturers not being present, Bro. But
Ter postponed the organization Of the
Bureau till another time, and addressed
the audience in a public speech of two
hours length, and | wish to add right
here that it has rarely been the good
pleasure of this scribe to listen to a bet
ter one. The court house was filled
and cheer after cheer went repeatedly
up from that large audience as they
listened with bated breath to the re-
cltal of the wrongs that have been per-
petrated upon the honest yeOmanry of
this fair land of ours. Bro. Butler
showed up III his mastery style the
enormous lnlqulty of u national
banking system, the unjust class legis
latlOn that we have been suffering
under for the last quarter of a century,
and 1t was right amusing to see some
of the hard old political sinners quail
under the terrible arraignment. 1t
was thought when Bro. Butler touched
the Sub Treasury plan that there
would be a row and sure enough one
brother arose and remarked that the
arguments of Bro. Butler we're very
plausible but that there might be some
things between the lines, as it were.
that were not fully brought out and
asked that he be allowed to say a few
words, when he (BrO. Butler) was
through. His request was granted and
the brother subsidized for the time be-
ing. 1t was interesting then to hear
Bro. Butler straightforward, common
sense analysis of the plan, his remarks
so convincing that when a call
was made for hands up in favor of the
SUb-Treasury plan OF something better
1t was unanimous. The noes were
called and not a single hand went I'D.
even the brother had been convinced,
1t seemed, of the error of his way. The
Alllancemen of Caldwell county are
almost a unit In their demands for the
Ocala demands, the Sub-Treasury
plank included. Really there are not
a half dozen men in the county who
are opposed to them and they try to
raise a breeze on e occasion to
make up in buster what they want i'll
numbers. At the conclusion of Bro.
Buffers speech he called for the brother
who wanted a division of time, telling
him that he could have the audience as
long as he wanted them; that his train
was then due. Some of the antics have
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-11-03

started the report that Bro D.,
stayed in Lenoir two hours aft DuIIer
speech. The facts IN the case are tbo tas
Bro Butler was informed after b ,mTSe
the court house that he could not ro1 1eiC
the train then IN time so he STAYED li@ I'm
after dinner and then took private co VII
veyance to C~onnelIy's Springs f" no G3A,
connection with the night tram maze
Asheville. l was well pleased VIC 70
Bro. Buffers speech. l have he %ls9
many speeches on the great rrf0rraul
movement but his was the most urn oaI
vincing that [ have yet heard M, EE
earneStness of manner carries c,nL lis
ton with it. We have made NO MI.
take in placing u banner in i Ii,
hands. 1t could not have been a aS
trusted to a more loyal, patriotic a WI
true son of the good old North Ste %ro
Let us hold up the hands of our worf5r
President in his manly fight asqfrtt.
the plutOcratic money powers thu@~S
trying to enslave u people.
@. g. WRIGHr
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-11-03
RE SOLUTIONS.

GREENvILLE, N. c., Oct. Is, 81.
Mr.. EDITOR AT the regular meet
ing of the Pitt County Farmers Ali
ance, the following resolutions were
passed:
ReSOLUed, That we recommend TO our
members that they cease taking papers
that misrepresent our Order and SIAN
der and abuse our leaders.
>ReSOLUed, That the thanks Of this
Alliance are hereby rendered to COL
Harry Skinner, of Greenville, for his
able, earnest and fearless advocacy Of
u cause.
Re8OIUed, That the Pitt County
Farmers Alliance again adopt without
reserve the demands of the Farmers
Alliance and Indus rial Union which
were adopted by the Supreme Council
at it's meeting at Ocala. Fla, and urge
upon all Alliancemen to stand by them
like true men and patriots. Adopted
by a rising vote.
Whereas, It seems to be the policy
Of certain newspapers in this State ana
elsewhere to make wal upon the Farm
ers' Alliance and Industrial Union by
attacking and maliciously and wan,
tOnly misrepresenting our leaders
thinking thereby to break down our
Order; therefore
ReSOLUed, That we denOunCe the
course of said papers as b Ing at var.
ance with the custom and principles
of high minded, honorable men, who
r attached to the principles OF tree
and honest government.
ResOIUeI, That the precOnceivcd plan
of these papers in making a genera
attack on our worthy President. L. L.
Polk, and upon DR.. @. w. Macune ana
other officers and leaders of our Order,
and through them on the Alliance "
self, merits the severest condemnation
of every true Allianceman.
Resolved, That the copying Of the
vile falsehoOds and malicious ISLANDERS,
when they know thepurpOse and taiSlI!
of the charges is contemplate and III,
becoming manly journalism. 49,.
ResOLUed, That we will resent tins
cOwardly mode of warfare by ever!
honorable means in our power, tor We
feel assured that these attacks are alIneu
at the Order, and not alone at 0"i
leaders.
Adopted by a rising vote, ho
On motion, it was ordered thai Wv
above resolutions be sent to THE nv
GREssIvE FARMER for publication
E. A. MOYE, Sec!'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-11-03
WARREN COUNTY ALLIANCE

WARRENTON, \. C.
Mr.. EDITOR Warren County Ak
ance desiring to place on record its M
sitiOn upon the questions of the d5y
and desiring to put before the w0rI
our condemnation of the methods now
used by u sO-called FRIENDSHIP
enemy-dO
ReSOLUe, That we hereby affirm our
allegiance to our beloved President
LeOnIdas l.. Polk, and desire to assure
him that we have UnbOunded faith in
him, his integrity and his love for our
cause and the people.
I'd. We desire to assure our brethren
of this our now united country. that
we stand firmly on the Ocala demands
and that we will keep step with then
in the arduous but glorious march b
fore us.
Sd. That we condemn in the s~trongpr
language the course of certain pa6py
in this and other States for the maIig.
nifty with which they have attacked
our Order, through our beloved Na-
tional President and other leaders
And we hereby desire to assure them
that we deem their attacks on our
leaders as attacks upon the Alliance.
4th. That we will stand by and de-
fend our leaders in the discharge Of
their duties at all times and in all
places.
5th. That a copy of these resolutions
be sent to Jul hOnOred President, to
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER and Nation:
al Economist, and a copy spread upon
our minutes.
JOHN M. BRAME,
w. @. DRAKE,
HOWARD +. JONES,
Committee.
Unanimously carried.
HOWARD F. JONES, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-11-03
LENOIR COUNTY RESOLUTIONS.
KINsTON, N. c., Oct. s, 1891.

KINsTON, n. @, Oct. s, 1881.
WHEREAS, The political press have
made numerous assaults and mierepre-
sensations against our hOnOred Nation
al President, L. L. Polk.
ReSOIred, That we, the County ALI
ance of LenOir county in convention
assembled, do still hold our President
in high esteem, and that our faith in
him as a Christian gentleman and
noble officer is mistaken.
I'd. That the ISLANDERS made public
against him in every instance have, to
u satisfaction, been disproved, and
that we will stand by him with I'M
fInching zeal.
Presented to the County Alliance by
J. NJ. Mewborne and unanimously
adopted by a rising vote.
j. w. DAILY. Sec'v
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-11-03

the part I have acted was not prompted
by any Ill will that 1 had against the
editor, but | differ with him in some
of his views and have taken the liberty
to express myself accordingly and in
doing this l do not believe that | or the
Alliance to which I belong have done
anything that we did not have a per
feet right to do. D. D. BAILEY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-11-03

Unanimously carried.
HOWARD F. JONES, Sec'y
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-04-03

Some gentle creatures are afraid
the onslaught OF the G. W. on trail
tors and "guffs," and platform mu-
tilators, and treasury wreckers, and
financial non-reporters, etc., etc., will
'shurt the cause!''
But they don't concern themselves
over secret meetings of city gangs at
which 20 to 80 known political seed
lings are invited, to discuss the I'M
horsing of Donnelly and the substi-
tuition of a moribund, twice-dead
State-house sheet for the GREAT
WEsT-laying out policy which in
cludes the organization of a society
outside the alliance?
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-04-03
On tho Cost Of Rolling Stock.

We have before us q compend of a
lease by which one of the great lines
secures it's rolling stock. This lease
is on q Z per cent basis on a certain
valuation and on a high basis, OF
course. We find in this lease some
information as to cost.
One thousand box cars and two
sleepers are valued at $528,62
Taking out $4,000 for the two
sleepers (much more than they really
cost We have $500 per car.
Then there are "a locomotives, one
baggage and express, and 40 furni-
ture cars. Putting the express and
40 freighters at $4,000, the 81 10.
comotives cost about $4,000 each.
and only four were second-class.