The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-10

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-. 1t goes extremely hard with the
professional politician to be obliged,
thirty years after Lees surrender, to
ackno Wedge that the val is over It's
not the war of secession that really
worries them, though, but the war of
ballots in 1892.
~ Bro. w. P. Edwards, ST., Of Lit
tie Rock Alliance, Wake county, has
sold in nine months 264 pounds Of but
ter from one COW. How is that for an
Alliance COVE He got IS cents per
pound or sixt-sixy dollArs. That will
beat raising cotton.
~ Rev. J. T. B. Hoover, the excel
lent Alliance Lecturer, passed through
on his way to his home in Wilson
county, last week. Bro. Hoover has
been doing some fine work in Alexan-
der, Wilkes, Surry, Yadkin and Other
counties in that section.
~ We have heard that the great
Chronicle supplement" which we
print on the third page this week, was
held in the Raleigh pOstoffice, 1T not
being a part of the paper and therefore
contrary to the postal laws. But we
send it whirling this week.
The Peoples party convention of
Texas will be held on the 23d day of
June. The papers of the Lone Star"
State say that such a revolution will
sweep over that State as has not been
felt since 1860 All the reform elements
combined and join in the call for the
convention.
< Fairview Institute, Gibsonville,
is just completing \ new building
which will add greatly to the facilities
of this progressive school. New music
rooms, chapel 6Ox7O feet, etc, have
recently been fitted up at heavy ex-
pense to meet the rapidly-increasing
patronage.
~ Bro, @. @. Wright, of Wilkes
county, S eward of the State Alliance,
city last week. He will be one of the
delegates to the State Convention from
that county. Bro. Wright has done
some hard and valuable work in the
mountain counties.
-. Wehave received from Col. a. W.
Shaffer, of this city, a beautifully exc
cuted map of North Carolina showing
the Congressional districts in colors.
This is indispensable to Congressional
aspirants in these days, and will be
sent by mail. postpaid, to any address
for 81 90, by Col. Shaffer.
~ From the press reports we learn
that a number of honest money"
Democrat and Republican members of
Congress have left Washington and
gone home to lay the wires for a re-
election. This. too, at the expense of
the taxpayers and at the rate of SIC a
day for each absent member.
~ Iowa Democrats are great free
coinage chaps, aren't they? Notice
how they voted in Congress2 White
and Butler the only ones that stood
the test, and ten to one they'll holler
themselves hoarse for Cleveland or
some other gold bug candidate for
President, says the Ioua Tribune.
~ Let our friends in every part of
the State send affidavits giving facts
al to people being kept out of the pri-
maries or other irregularities. Give
us names of township and county Ex-
ecutive Committees that have taken
any action against the people. We
want to keep a record of them. They
shall never hold another office.
~ The farmer raises, cotton at 6
cents. The mills get 168 cents per
pound for the yarn-nearly three
times as much for the yarn as the
farmer gets for his cotton. The mill
that spins and weaves both gets about
25 cents per pound. Cotton raiser,
cotton consumer, will you vote for a
man who belongs to this combination
for Governor?
~ DR.. D. Reid Parker, of Trinity
College, passed through Thursday. on
his way home. He had been to deliver
the address at the 4th anniversary of
the Allianceat Coolies Mill, Edgecombe
county. He says they had a great
crowd and everything passed off pleas
antly. Nine new members were in
itiated and three applications received
~ Our little neighbor, the Special
InfOrmeT, must have a kodak of the
latest and most improved patent. The
editor turned it on his candidate for
Governor and secured such a good like
ness that the State Chronicle, the
champion of another candidate, char