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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-10

gold and silver equal in value
of voting for men who wonI3 instead
in their platform free coinago aenand
and then when they get in slVe
ommend and vote against it, S Wa Ic.
Editor, false pretences will 4, tsS' Nh,
when they are not oppressed INV men
when men are oppressed beron5 out
durance by it, as they are nov, en-
soon wake up to see their trno 'neg
ton. lam 53years old and bor CopQ'
seen nor heard, in peaceable time, uSVer
an cutlery about money; and Suca
Congress passing a law within 1Nol
after it convened for free co;no veg
silver and also to autnorsz4 tho eOV
ment to increase the cirrYIat;n,"Q '
dunn TO at least $50 per canito I''
are there yet and have dana r,H s1S!
and the people are starving at lug
for the want of money and conf3o1l
| say money and confidence for ,rI'
we get more money in circulation tL5l
will restore confidence, and notL:1
short of that will. l do believe fo
what maneuvering I see GOING ON -
Congress by different Congressmor
through the papers, that the obio,,
that the most of them has in nronos;..
bills and substitutes is to tHwart a.
purposes of the free coinage Of oIr,.
and to mystify the money question :,
as to defeat the will of the poonIa =
say the people, for if the people cor4
just have a chance to vote q. -
whether we should have free coineao
or not, it would be decided not onIv ~
have free coinage, but also to Increase
the circulating medium. Thank tha
Lord, we have some honest men IN
Congress besides our Populist friends
such as Bland and Vance, and it is to
be hoped they will make no mistakes
by compromising but that they will
unite their whole effort to one greatob.
ject-the relief of the whole people, eZ.
cept the goldbugs.
Give our best resp;c cts to our WORTHY
hero and friend, Marion Batler. Tell
him his honest and patriotic address
made at the State Alliance at Greens.
boro we hope may pave the way to a
seat for him in the next United States
Congress. Respectfully,
A. ! B0pDF.Ty
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LETTER FROM ELADEN COUNTY
KELLY's p q NJ n

KELLY's P. O., N. G.
MR.. EDITOR:-I do not belong tn tho
Alliance now, but my sympathies are
with it, and I am glad to know it is in.
creasing in members and besides in
creasing in numbers it is getting more
popular with the masses, especially
since that treacherous and abominabia
legislature saw fit to spit it's spite and
hatred at the very class that voro
feeding and paying them for their sar,
vices; and, Mr.. Editor, I do think .
mar IS an migrate who would trv -
smlte his best friends when tbev woro
trying honestly to better his condition.
but, MIR. Editor, the persecution If -
Alliance, like the persecution If H.
Apostles, has and is proving to he the
very life of the Order, for il has MT
people to investigating for themsalTos
and there is an old proverb that
Sru!n v loses anything by investi.
gatlon. l have heard good men o.
voted for the old parties saw thew voro
opposed to gag law, and that If tbao
Lac 70 vote again they would 'trv ~
so'e lor their own interest by votino
'or men who were in favor Of maL;ae
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-10
SENATOR VANCE.
What Zeb Says About the Presidents
Letter.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3O.-Ssnata
Vance, of North Carolina, says: mr..
Cleveland's letter removes any doubt
about his position. 1t is an explicit
declaration that he will do nothing for
silver except as it may suit him. When
he says that he wants all kinds Of DOL
lars to be of equal purchasing power,
not only at home but also abroad, be
can only be for a gold standard, for he
knows with silver coinage stopped all
over the world, no action Of ours can
make the silver dollar as good as q gold
dollar abroad. He very truly says
within these limits he is a friend Of
silver; that is to say that he is friend
to silver on impossible conditions
When he says that he believes lis
proper place in cur currency can only
be fixed by a re- adjustment Of ourcuF'
rency legislation and the inauguration
of a consistent and comprehensive
financial scheme, it is simply the use
OF many and big words to say heHp
favor of a gold standard and to sa!
that such financial schemes can only De
entered upon profitably and hopetaA!
after the repeal Of the only law when
binds US to the use of silver. lie DIS
plays an acquain ance with the poS'I
bilities and mysteries Of the future
which is beyond the common sers9o .,
mankind. Why it cannot be cnteT5a
uponr ightno is ystery knoTno OH!
to the esoteric few. How the poaitl0na5
sumed in that letter can be rec0ncAsu
with the Chicago platform Is a sun
greater mystery.
81 do not doubt that he is~ asConl54SI
by the position of the Senate, DIV
strange as it may appear, there az
some Senators left who venture ~
think for themselves and who areI'
sponsible only to their own States
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able to good results in dreaming the
milk. Mr.. Upchurch skins after So
hours setting, hence skim milk had
soured and was thick before the sam
pie of the skim milk which could have
and probably did have some more fat
in it than the one fourth of 1 per cent.
shown by the test. But even this
small amount, if no more fat was lost
in warm weather, would waste enough
fat which could be saved by the Bah.
cock Separator to return nearly fifty
dollars in the years work with this
dairy. This indicates that a Tester
and a Babcock Separator would be
profitable investments in the Messrs.
Upchurches' dairy.
N u LNHEuDv
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TO THE ALLIANCE IN CHATHAM
COUNTY.

The next meeting Of the Chatham
County Alliance will be held at Mon.
cure on Oct 28th. Let us show our ap,
probation of the general invitation ex.
tended by the LockvilIe Alliance to
meet with them By a full representa-,
ton from each Sub-Alliance in the
county. The Secretaries are earnestly
requested to send in their reports so l
can get them not later than Oct. 20.h.
Fraternally,
W. N. STRAUGBAy, Sec.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-10
TESTING COWS.

To those who do not keep COWS we
would urge them seriously to raise
female calves and breed them to come
into milking at about 80 months old.
81 to 80 months is better for a well,
grown young cow.
The Germans have a proverb that
1.-The hoof of the sheep is golden" but
we believe in the COW and her prod
ucts to help our farmers if they will
but give her a thorough trial.
To those who keep many COWS we
would say you had better test your
COWS for you do not know which ones
are living on the product of the others.
There are drones and workers among
COWS as among bees and men. You
must discover the drones to discard
them, and the best mes to treasure
them the more.
One way to test a cow is to put one
days milk aside and churn the whole
of it by itself and repeat for every COW
kept at stated intervals, but it is a deal
of extra work. A simple way, how
ever, is to buy a Babcock Tester and
test the amount of fat in every cows
milk. Of course in order to make a
proper test you will have every cows
milk weighed-a simple thing-and
then a short calculation will show
which are paying and which are not.
A TEST OF SOME COWS IN A WELL KNOWN
DAIRY.
Messrs. ". G.. Upchurch & Bro.
have become convinced that some Of
the COWS in their Rhamkatte dairy are
much better than others and, in fact,
they have been feeding some of them
at an expense greater than their prod.
Ucts have been worth.
In order to begin a test Of this, Mr..
J. Upchurch arranged to have Mr.. @.
E. Seymour, of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College, visit his herd and
make a few trials with the Babcock
Tester to determine the percentage Of
fat in the milk, under the direction of
the Agriculturist of the n @. Expert
ment Station.
Accordingly on May 25th Mr.. Sey-
mour made the following trials which
show enough to prove Mr.. Upchurch's
convictions to have been well founded,
and that even in so we'll selected a herd
as their thoroughbred Jeseys it will
pay to select further in the light the
Babcock Tester can throw on their
yields. Six trials Of the milk of indi-
vidual COWS were made, one of the
mixed milk of the herd at one milking
and two of the two lots of skim milk.
The milk for the day is estimated at
twice that for one milking, and the
butter yield is calculated as If the total
fat for the day was ive-sixths of the
butter. Here are the figures:
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robson COUNTY MEETING.

LUMBERTON, y. y
Mr.. EDTToR:-Please annouHc5 -
the next meeting of Robson Coup5
Alliance will be held with Back swan.
Alliance on the 10Th day Of October q. e,
which time we have the promise u =,
address by Hon. Fl. M. Stackh0u5s' h
Carolina, and a speaker E SS
furnished by the State EXecutIS3 bbor
mittee. The brethren from carry
ing Alliances will be expected
their baskets. ooc,v.
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PICKET FIRING.
MIZ

Mr.. EDITOR:-Th preachers are paw
ing a great deal about church members
being whiskey storekeepers. Rats!
what are they kicking about? Are not
all of them Democrats and don't being
a Democrat cover a multitude of sins?
That was the way you voted last fall.
A prominent preacher told your
scout last fall that if he had sons ready
to go on the political stage, he did not
know anything that would be a greater
pleasure to him than to hold up Grover
Cleveland before them as a model to
pattern after.
Senator Butler, of South Carolina,
was asked by a reporter the other day
about politics in his State. He said
they were at a standstill, but it was
hard to tell what turn would be taken
before the next campaign. We can
tell the people that we are going to
turn a lot of rascals out of office and
put in honest men in their places. You
can put that in your hat.
Where is all those spider legged law.
yers that were running round among
the farmers last fall yelling free silver,
tariff, negro supremacy, good times and
all such rot? We would be pleased to
hear you again, Come out; we remem-
Der it yet.
1.-The National Democratic platform
was a lie from invocation to its dox-
ology if it did not mean free silver
coinage.-Ze6 Vance,"
Fill the woods full of such men as
Vance, Bland, Vest, Talbert, McLaurin,
Stiait and Latimer, and the pen full of
others We could name, and times will
be better.
Can some brother tell US why your
Cousin John Eaves was not remem
bered with Simmons at the pie counter?
He saved the machine last fall and is
more deserving than Gresham or some
negroes that have been put into Office
by Cleveland.
Since the Mckinley tariff went into
operation there have been ten reduc-
tions of the wages of the laboring man
to one increase. The government has
no constitutional power to collect tariff
dutief except for revenue onlv.-I
Democratic Platform.
How is it now3 Have they given us
a chance-made any improvements A
million more laborers are out of work
20 day than there was when Cleveland
went into Office. Mark that.
Get the 9TH section of the Democratic
platform at Chicago and paste it in
your hat, While you are at it get the
9th section and stick it in your hat.
Then look about and see who old Lager
Beer Cleveland has appointed to office
1t is reported that suspended silver
mines in Colorado, Utah and Montana
San Francisco powder companies
- ae &O0O O00 LII 1
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NOTICE.
HALLsBORO, N. @.

There will be a dinner in connection
with the meeting Of Columbus County
Alliance, at Hebron Alliance Hall, on
the Sd day of November. Everybody
is invited to attend and bring well filed
baskets. We have the promise of a
good speaker for the occasion. We
hope every Sub. will send a full dele
CATION. Persons living in the western
part of the county can come by rail as
the train on the W. @. & A. road go
ing east arrives at 7:4O a. M, going
west at $40 p. m.
H. WYoHE, Pres.
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Yild of Pr ct. Yild Of Yild of
milk in of fat fat per butter
Lbs one found daN lhS m t.

At the time these trials were made
the weather vas cool and very favor
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-10

Don't stop, brother, until The Pro
gresstUe Farmer goes regularly to eUery
home an your netgh6orhood.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-10

It is reported that suspended silver
mines in Colorado, Utah and Montana
owe San Francisco powder companies
upwards of $500, 900, which it is impos-
sible to collect. Requests for payment
are answered with "Go see Cleveland -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-24
SILLY SOCIAL FADS.
Vigorous objection to Some OF the
Rules of WOuId-Be Authorities.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.

Rochester Democrat ana Cnronlcle.
There is full justification for a vigorous
protest against the asinine fadS that So
ciety" is constantly declaring TO be essen
tial to social salvation. A recent ana nag
rant instance is the rule lately promulgated
to which some silly people are frantlcally
endeayoring to conform, greatly 10 the oct
rirnent of their shirt bosoms and the front
breadths of their frockS, that certain spoon
victuals must not be eaten with spoon.
Some one has declared that the hrst Ianl-
lies convey ice cream and other sweets into
their midsts by means of forks ana great
MANY people who desire to be considered
as of the first families are accepting the
declara ton authoritative. Inc Shron-
icler objects to the inspired idiots who In
vent such nonsensicalities and to the imita-
tive idiots who adopt them with unQueStion-
ing enthusiasm. He objects TO people VINO
raise their elbows TO their ears and turn
their palms downward when they attempt
to shake hands with him. He objects TO the
man who says: Thanks. AW1u'iy. lie OBJ
iects TO the people who invent an unhe1Id
of way of pronouEcing every foreign proper
name that comes into temporary prUnI-
nence and to tie people who earnestly
strive to remember 10 pronounce !. that
way. He objects 10 he people wh) l!ck p
phrases from the ;o1',rsation SET Gown IN
vocabulary. He objects 10 people VINO use
such doings and sayings as social tests and
shibboleths In shor-. hs objects 10 all those.
who shu. ont fron culture by congerital
mental deficiencies or IN * OF proper educa-
ton glory in the Doss asstbn Of 4 IinrhDeck
Sllhstfture for II AMI have the ;neffabe in-
audience to apOl" l,5 abShUi codculae 10
p-ol3le with 1nIals. lie lifts np his voice
and r-onounces all such snobs lie declares
them anathamae. He VOWS himself 10 a
perpetual warfare against them and all their
VaVs and works. All of Wnica Is little
suggestive of breaking a butterfly on the
yrhael hut butterflies are especially within
-. f--,~~~icIer's province, and many OF
them ought to be broken.
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FATHER CORRIGAN REPLIES.
The Liberal Catholic Priest Talks Back
to His Traducers.

HOBOKEN, n. J., Dec. 23-The Rev
Father Corrigan, Of the Church Of Our
Lady OF Grace. makes the following state
ment concerning the differences between
himself and Father francisco Dominica
Faris. which has brought the orders of
Monsignor Satolli and Bishop Wigger in
direct collision. When the case first came
up he decided to be silent, and he still de-
clined TO enter into any discussion of the
matter as IT was still in the hands of the
apostolic delegate but he said: This is the
result and, 1 trust, the last dying effort OF
q most shameless conspiracy that has been
waged against me since i " rote the little
pamphlet which Bishop Wigger condemned
at its appearance in 1855. The little work
was an honest and earnest cry for a new
legislation for the American church. and 1t
found an echo in the heart of every Amer
lean, whether Catholics or not One of It's
results was the Baltimore council OF 1884,
and its first triumph was the establishment
OF a papal delegation at Washington and
the consequent PRONUNCIATION or tine rope
liberal policy on the relation or CatnollcS
10 the public schools
..The only thing worth noticing in the
communication does not bear on the merits
OF the case at all; besides. they are alb
soIutely false. L refer to the statement
Bishop Wigger and Archbishop Corrigan.
and that / insisted that he should under
take the defense of a certain priest. All
that ever asked the Doctor TO do was the
translation of few letters into Italian.
As 10 the alleged defense of the priest, L
told him when / had aScertained he was
interfering In the matter that the priest
could make possible defense of his con-
duct. The statement that the papal dele
gate and DR. Faris were intimate friends
In Italy needs considerable moditio alton, for,
acquaintance with the reverend doctor was
made in California
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-24
THE MURDEREss WANTS OUT.
Mrs. Schmidt, Who Killed Her Tenant,
Claims Seif-Defensc.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
KOKOMO, Ind, Dec. 23.-Mrs. Augusta
Schmidt, who is under Indictment for muir
der y; the first degree, for the killing of J.
Oscar Walton. her tenant, last October. and
who has since lain in Jail here is making "a
desperate effort TO be admitted to bali.
Yesterday. through ten prominent attorneys.
she began habeas corpus proceedings, and
the trial is now in progress before Judge
kirkpatrick The same evidence that VIII
follow in the regular trial was introduced
In the proceedings and was of a startling
and sensational nature.
Oct. 20 last. Mrs. Schmidt. who is Ger
man woman, forty-ve years DID, and
Gently came into possession Of an estate
valued at $4,000 quarreled with her tenant.
Oscar Walton, and shot him dead. Walton
was prominent young man, son of Samuel
Walton. the founder of the town of Wal
ton. few miles north of this city. 1t de-
veloped in the trial here to-day that Mrs.
Schmidt claims Walton, soon after taking
charge of her farm last spring. tried to in
duce her to procure divorce from her huS
band and marry him, and that ne had also
mace unDecoIning proposals to her. Shortly
after Mrs. Schmidt bought d revolver and
threatened TO shoot him. They had fire.
quent quarrels in which murderous threats
were exchanged, and finally resulted in
tragedy.
The witnesses to the shooting were the
aged and infirm parents of young Walton,
and Mrs. Schmidts son, aged ten. The Wal
tons occupied one part of the farm house
and the Schmidts the other. The shooting
was I'm the doorway leading from one apart
ment to the other. Waltons body falling
across the threshold. The old mother Of the
victim testified that Mrs. schmidt, after
quarrel over geese getting into corficld.
had fight with her son, and that she then
went to her bureau, procured her revolver,
returned burst in the partition door, the
young man was trying to barricade. and
deliberately murdered lim. Mrs. Schmidt,
who pleads self-defense, says she her
self trying to barricade the door. and that
Walton forced Ii open and made a muir
derouS assault on her, and she was COM
PEELED to shoot him in self-defenSe. her
boy corroborated her story.
The prominence OF the parties makes the
case of intense interest. The murderess is
an adopted daughter of German Baroness,
by whose death four years ago, Mrs.
Schmidt came in possession of a large for
tune, after long litigation. The remainder
of her inheritance will now go for attorney
fees and court expenses The trial will
continue until the last of next week
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-24
Iniiinna NOicS.

4 horse and buggy stolen in Pendleton,
last Sunday. has been found at large near
Muncie.
The Hooser wire fence factory. at Frank
ton. has been closed by the sheriff of Mad
ison county because OF the nonpayment or
taxes.
Jerrie NJ. Bannon. who built the old Mo
non depot in Charlottesville, died in New
Albany last Thursday. He viii be buried
at Waynetown
The Winters shoe and clothing store. Of
AIunce, closed a few weeks ago, and a re-
the claims having been satisfied.
Jack Sheehan. who attempted suicide In
Montpelier Friday and escaped 20 the woods
with his throat cut, resides in Muncie. He
was captured and taken to Muncie. but
cannot recover.
The fourth annual meeting of the Indiana
State Dairy Association will be held at the
county courthouse. at Crown Point, Dec.
IS and - The programme contains num-
Der OF interesting articles.
Peter Goss "a fireman on the Baltimore
& Ohio Southwestern railroad, attempted
10 put off man stealing a ride. and was
perhaps fatally stabbed. He taken to
Mitchell, where he is receiving medical at
tention.
Bluff Falkenberry who recently figured
i'm the attempted releasa of Cal Armstrong
from jail and who also distinguished HIM
self by stealing drove OF hogs from a
TippecanOe county farmer, was sentenced
10 the penitentiary for two wears yester-
day by Judge Kirkpatrick at kokomo.
Samuel Miller. OF Muncie. who is not yet
twenty-one years Old. is a promising can
didate for a third term in the peaitentiary
He was released from the penal institution
last week. Last hight he forged an order
signing DR.. T. J. Puckette name and 10
now in Jail. The order Was for but so
CCEtS.
Miss Martha Humbert. who was taken 10
raise when only two years old by Barney
Spitzenagle. OF Lafayette. Ind. has fallen
heir to oEe-half of an estate OF $4,000. left
by an uncle i'm South Dakota. The legacy
Is shared by her sister at Monticello Ind
who was brought up in a similar manner
bv Joseph w Stewart
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OVERLOOK THE ROBBER.
A Masked Man Attempted to Get the
Cash of Missouri Bank.

GREENRIDGE, Mo-. Dec. S.-A daring,
but unsuccessful attempt was made 10 rob
the Farmers and Traders Bank, Of this
place. at Has this morning. Cashier E.
l.. Durand, alone in the bank. was sud-
denly astounded TO find himself looking
into a revolver held by a man masked
with "A red bandana handkerchief. The
robbers only remark was Hand over the
money, and be quick about it, Instead
of complying the cashier dropped under
the counter and made his way on his hands
and knees TO rear door Hurriedly he
gave the alarm Returning, the cashier
found the robber ransaching papers and
books. He was again covered. but lodged
behind a partition wall, and the thief beat
hasty retreat through the front door.
BY the time the robber reached the street
fifty men were hurTying in search of the
robber. He walked deliberately down the
main street, pistol In hand. mounted "A
horse and leisurely galloped away. In ten
minutes fifty men were in pursuit, and in
less than two hours the fugitive was CAP
tured and brought back. He refuses TO
give his name.
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THE GIRL FROM CADIZ
Refuses to Wed Wealthy Wido.ycr
at the Last Moment.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. Ind, Dec. 23.-Another sensa-
tion has been caused in Henry county by
the bride-elect deciding that she would not
get married after all preparations had been
made. The disappointed man is Jackson
Wiseheart. a wealthy wdower. of Middle
town. The young lady who has caused
very sad heart and much disappointment is
Miss Mary Whistler, of near Cadiz The
wedding was to occur at the home Of the
bride tomorrow afternoon. Invitations
were sent to large number OF rela lives
ana friends. y reception OF much note was
To be given Monday noon at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. II. r. Braittain. in Middlctown.
Another reception was to be rendered the
intended Mr.. and Mrs. Wiseheart at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Wiseheart, in
Middletown on Monday evening. The holi-
days were TO be time of much gayety i'm
Middletown entertaining the married
couple. y home had been prepared ard
about all prcliminaries made for the event
when the bride made the startling an
nounccment that she did not love the old
gentleman. although he has great deal OF
wealth.