The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-17
GOV. HOLT AND AN EDITORS
WOE, OR A FARCE IN
TWO ACTS

Sometime last year an editor in a
country town in the great State of
North Carolina wrote an able editorial,
naming Gov. Holt for next Cover
nor, and of course sent the Governor a
marked copy, and after giving our able
Governor due time to read and in
wardly digest the same, the irrepres-
sible editor went down to Raleigh
now mind you, went down and not up
and called On the Governor and dis
cussed said editorial worth at least
$3.50, and nothing less than 800 was
expected by the editor-so he told an
other editor, but not the editor of this
paper. The other editor told this editor,
and afterwards the first editor con
frmed it to this editor, and as the woe
full editors story ran, Gov. Holt told
him to take the able editorial to his
son in law and talk with him, This
was done. and the sOn-in law said it
was a good thing and that he hoped
the good work would go on. But where
was the expected 800 check? Echo
| answers where. O, where is the 300
check? The crest fallen editor slowly
wendell his way to the depot at Raj
eigh, and went up-nOw mind you,
went up and not down-frOm Raleigh
to his home a wiser and sadder man,
and but for the kindness of the R sd.
r. R. in extending free pass courtesies
to we poor country editors, that
editor would have played big
losses that day. But in a few
days Gov. Holt, so this same
| editor says, sent him a check for just
it was a Wall street dollar, Or just one
of these common every-day-Farmers'-
| Alliance roc in a-dollar silver dollars.
Anyway it was a dollar, and the dol
lar was for a subscription to the woe,
full editors paper. Now, said editor
had enough of the good work, and we
hear nothing more for a long while.
That 7O-cent dollar f4iled to keep up
the enthusiasm to white heat. Thus
endeth the first act.
Now that same editor is the most
enthusiastic Holt man in the State, and
the only way we can account for it is
that the Governor must hav sent
another dollar for another subecrip-
ton, or something else. At least the
good work from the Governors stand
point still goes on forever, and whether
| dollars have increased in number or
value, we know not. Thus endeth the
second act. Now, both of these acts
are recorded, and were inspired by a
remark that the former wOeful editor
made to the small editor Of this.paper
yesterday. Now, don't ask where we
saw him at or what his name is, for he
is nameless so far as we are concerned.
But now. as to the remark, it was this
what fools we mortals be- He said
to the Messenger man, You all, "
meaning Carr men or anti-HOlt men,
are getting desperate. Carr is spill
ing a good deal of chink now, Web
ster's Weekly issued ten thousand
papers this week" We do not know
who paid for Webster's ten thousand,
but we know that no man who has
ever been named for Governor has
ever paid a cent to the Messenger. And
as to Carr ''spiiling chink," we don't
know how much friends means by
"chink" If he would have us believe
that Governor Holt spills chink now
for all his puffS, then he would have
us believe the Governor is ''spilling a
good deal of chink" sure enough, and
has changed wonderfully since the first
dollar was sent in payment for work
richly worth $780," that me first
800 which the former wOeful editor
failed to get cat that time -BeSsemer
| CitU ". e., Messenger.