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pAsrARDLY DYNAM1TERs.

Muscatine, Iowa. May 1.-THE resi-
dences Of three prominent citizens en-
gagged in prosecuting the cases against
the saloon-keepers. were blown up
with dynamite early this morning.
The houses were completely wrecked.
Fortunately nobody was killed.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-05-12


Chicago. May 1.-THE Columbia Ma
tlonal bank Of this city failed this
morning. 1t had a capital of $1,OOOOOO
and deposits, $1,4OO,0OO. This collapse
and that in Indianapolis caused break
of 10 cents in the prices Of wheat
here.
Notice announcing the suspension
had been posted on the doors, and soon
after Bank-examiner Sturges took
charge of it by authority of the comp
troller Of the currency. The bank was
reorganized two years ago out of the
old United States National. The assets
are estimated at s2,25O,OOO, of which
$1,000,00O are deposits and the remain
der accounts. The liabilities are $780,
900. The constant run since the an
nouncement of the Chemical bank sus-
pension caused the directors to close
the doors. The call for help was made
this morning, but there was not time
for investigation before responding to
1t, and the suspension came. The Col
umbia is not member of the clearing
house.
Indianapolis, May 1.-THE Capital
National Bank of this city has sus-
pended. The failure was caused by that
of the Chemical National Bank, of Chi
cago The Capital also carried a large
amount of Premier Steel Works paper.
The latter went into the receivers
hands Friday.
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CHEMICAL BANK SOLVENT.

Washington May 1.-THE comp
troller has notified the stockholders of
the Chemical National bank, Of Chi
cago, that it will make good the i'm
paired capital and resume business,
paying all depositors both Of the main
bank and the worlds fair branch in
full
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-05-12
FLOODS IN IOWA.

Keokuk, May 11.-Dwellers on the
low lands are alarmed at the height
of the water in the Mississippi. AT Z
o'clock tonight 1t is 1S feet inches
above low water mark, a rise OF three
feet In twenty-four hours. There are
fears that the predictions of the great
est flood of years may be verified.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-05-12
RAPID TRANSIT.

Buffalo N. Y, May 1.-THE Great
Empire express engine. "9Os." broke
the record Of 1O2 miles an hour which
she made last Tuesday. The test was
made between Rochester depot and
Buffalo, yesterday After Batavia was
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-05-12
THE LEvEE BROKEN.

Grcenville, Miss, May 1.-THE break
which occurred in the levee at
o'clock this afternoon on the Arkansas
side is now over 700 feet wide. That
portion Of Arkansas is under water.
It is reported that Arkansas City Will
be under water by night, as the leyee
there cannot hold.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-05-12
GOOD FOR THE FARMERs.

Rome, May 11.-Reports to the gov
ernment from all parts show that the
drought has so damaged the crops that
It will be necessary TO import 11S,5OO.-
900 bushels Of grain more than usual.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-05-12
GENERAL TOWNSEND DEAD.

Washington, May 11.-General Town
send, for a number Of years adjutant
general, died today.
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SOCIETY MEETINGS.

Ocean nnoampme'.t No. l3, I. o. OF
sbEGULAR MEETINGS OF OCEAN EN-
IA campment No. 10. l. 0. o. f., at the Lodge.
IN the ODD Fellows Rni'dlng, Il seven P. NJ,
cn the second and fourth Mondays OF each
monih, Soi0uroing brethren cordially invited,
~ nFder O.P,
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YESTERDAYS coLLApsEs.

Wilmington, May 11.-R. r. Ronin-
son, banker and broker, has failed:
liabilities, 100000; assets, 100000.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-07-11
NO STATE BANKS WANTED.

Notwithstanding the failure of thirty
national banks within the last thirty
days and the loss of many millions by
deposits and shrinkage Of values, all
national bank notes remain at par.
This is because they are backed by the
government. Who will pretend to
assert that States bank note issues. as
a substitute silver coinage and legal
tender treasury notes, would remain
at par under stringency like the
present one? Spare the country from
wildcat currency and a single gold
standard, Mr.. Cleveland. -GOldSboro
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the War for independence" in speak
ing of the fight that afternoon, Gen.
Early says: Lanes Brigade com
menced the movement, and had not
proceeded far when it encountered and
attacked, in piece of woods in front
of my line, the Ninth Corps, under
Burnside, moving up to attack sail
ent on my front. Lane captured over
three hundred prisoners and three bat
tie flags, and this attack on the enemy's
flank, taking him by surprise, con
tributed materially to his repulse."
Sincerely your friend,
JAMES III. LANE.
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, A. 6
M, College, Auburn, Ala, June 80,
1893
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-07-11
WHEAT RAISING MUST GO.

With wheat at sixty-five cents per
bushel, where Is the hope Of the Valley
farmers in raising this great staple?
Say you raise twenty bushels to the
acre, (and many do not raise over
twelve or fifteen) you have the mag.
nifcent result of $13 per acre gross.
Now what are your eXpeDses7 Very
careful estimates put this ct about $12
per acre, and you have a grand net
profit of one dollar per acre. How
much interest on Indebtedness, taxes,
ETC., will the net profit pay2 There is
one thing as certain as fate and that is
if conditions are not changed SO as 10
better the price, the Jefferson county
farmer has got to quiz f7a1ERAss z -. -
= JlIC5ss. The margin Of profit
IN wheat raising on the virgin soil of
the west, where more grain can be pro-
duced at much less cost than on our
eastern lands, is very narrow, hence
the hopelessness of our competition In
this production is painfully evident
The small farmer is being forced to the
wall, and when they are out of the
way, the landed capitalist will form 3.
trust, limit production, and put up
prices.
The above is from the Farmers Ad-
Uocate, Charlestown, ". Va. The Id
UocGte is an Alliance paper, but sup
ported the present administration.
Wonder why it is so discouraged2 We
thought it would be bowling prosperity
now that tthe only true party is in.
power"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-07-11
CON GRESSMEN SHOULD RESIST T
THE INSULT.

That there is a damnable conspiracy
now going on, and a tremendous un-
due pressure being brought to bear
upon our Congressman, is now, it
seems, an open secret. The country is
in a desperate financial condition. It
is conceded by all that Congress should
be convened at once and something
done to relieve the pressure. But Con
gress can not be trusted by our auto
cratic chief executive, who says by his
acts and others speak it out for him in
words, "If I just knew that Congress
would do just what tell them to do I
would call an extra session at once.
The leaven is at work though and all
will be right by September" While
this is clearly evident the bent of his
mind, he puts out such flimsy excuses
to others why he does not call an extra
session. 'Too hot in Washington for
the dear Congressman in July" Too
hot for Congressmen3 Why, many of
them are there, all the heads of depart
ments and clerks are there. thousands
of hungry Office seekers are there.
That is not the reason. The reason is
the plutocratic goldblg wishes to be
there when Congress meets, and he is
now spending his summer travelling
in Europe, or at the seaside, or at Sara
toga, and it would inconvenience him,
or the great army of them, who wish
to be on hand to intimidate such Con
gressmen as they cannot otherwise
control. Congress, the only power
that can now give relief, should be
convened regardless of how they stand
on the Sherman law or any other law,
and they should proceed to the impor-
tant task for the. good of the whole
country and not in the interest of Wall
street or at the dictation of the big G..
@. Congress does not belong to him,
and his course should be recognized by
every self respecting patriot of that
body as a most contemplate display
of arrogance and superciliousness and
an an inexcusable insult Really An
drew Johnson was impeached fer less
crime. Let Congress be convened and
let them decide and give the country
what, in their honest, patriotic judg
ment, the country needs, and let the
people hold them accountable for the
good or evil of the gift; but lekno one
man assume that he knows it all, and
refuse the relief he knows we need
simply because he fears it will not
come just as he says. That is criminal
and an insult to not only every mem
Der of Congress but to every patriotic
American citizen.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-07-11
A. G. MILL1oAN.

France prosecutes her Doodle politi-
clan while in America we place them
in charge of political parties, and the
administering of the affairs of the
nation. Thesentiment against boodlers
here is usually confined to those in the
other" party. The craze for party
success blinds the average American to
corruption that exists in the party with
which he aflliates, deadening his con-
Science and threatening the perpetuity
of our free institutions Citizen.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-07-11
LETTER FROM VIRGINIA.
The Price of Wheat and the Price of
Silver---Loss in Values.

Silver--Loss in Values.
Mr.. EDITOR Wheat threshing has
commenced in this section and the
yield is the best since 1882. Mecklen-
burg county will have a surplus of
wheat after supplying the remaining
deficiency in the past corn crop, and if
prices were as they were when silver
had the same chance before the law as
gold, that is, all the silver taken to the
mints was coined into the dollars of
our fathers, 4124 grains, it would bring
quite large sum of those dollars into
the county. And now who will dare
to say that those same silver dollars
will not, in the hands of the producers
of all real wealth, the merchant or the
mechanic, pay as many dollars of taxes
or of doctors bills or any other debt as
the now much-appreciated, dear land
hard. to get gold dollar of the Demo
cratic and Republican parties? And
yet there are some who claim to be
statesmen, and even claim to be fol-
lowers of Jefferson and Jackson, who
are silly enough to try to make the
people think that the silver dollar of
our daddies is only worth IS cents and
is not good enough for the very
wealthy of this and a few other nations.
Yet this cheap dollar is good enough
for everybody else and is worth as
much in their hands as any other dol
lar. The trouble just now seems to be
that those cheap silver dollars have be-
come so scarce since the government
has quit making, as it used to do in the
good old days of the farmers greatest
prosperity, that what we have to sell
will only bring about or not quite half
as many dollars as it>did then. Not
withstanding these facts the past and
present administration Of our nation,
SO eager have they been to serve Ehese
worshippers of the golden eagle and
pay out to them the dear gold dollar
that they have construed the word
coin to mean the idol of affection is the
golden eagle, and by that means have
placed their once proud republic in the
unenviable position of buying silver
bullion with gold and letting the silver
that the fathers of our republic intended
shou' be coined into dollars of 412b
grains and thereby becoming money of
redemption instead of having to be re-
deemed. And further, by such contrac-
tion placing our own government at
the mercy of British gold.
This, to my mind, is the key to un-
lock the great financial problem that
to day is causing the low prices and
the tremendous decline in values. Re
store silver to it's former position and
place the reins of our government into
the hands of those who are for equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none. T. Y. ALLEN.
Skinwith Va
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NEwBRITAN ALLIANCE 1MPRov-
ING.
EXCELSIOR, N. @.

EXCELSIOR, N. @.
Mr.. EDITOR AS l have not seen
anything in your paper from New
britain Alliance in long time, ask
space in your columns to let our
brethren know that we are yet alive
and at work, though several Of our
members seemed to faint by the way
side at one time. am glad to say that
the most of them that we mourned the
loss of have returned and we have one
to initiate at our next meeting. We
held our election meeting yesterday
and elected our officers for the next
term. I would like to say to your
many readers to stand firm in the good
cause of the Farmers Alliance and IL
duce q escsodd seed people wl1o SsGS beeeoillIie easoilie
disheartened to renew a4d help us to
fight the battle for truth and honesty.
Fraternally,
A. G.. MILIJoAN
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-07-11
DIToRIAL SUGGESTIONS.

Sherman law may be coward
Ike shift" but no just substitute
.en prop osed or is desired by those
in power. Isn't that just as cow
g.?
re is no better feed raised than
and there is as much profit in
B. if any, as any other important
We hope our Southern farmers
aise more in the future than for a
ears past.
bad state of affairs in Australia
ributed to the fact that many
3nds of people have left the farms
zone to the cities. That is one
trouble in America. But wasn't
cause for such a movements
the Island Of Jersey, near the
of England, farmers have to pay
$50 to $75 rent per annum for the
hey cultivate. It takes fine hair
ng to do this and live. Farming
the English noblemen and the
can autocrat.
n time has now arrived for activity
cational matters. Most farmers
ford to send their children to
for two or three months of the
Two months now will freshen
g pupil and he or she will be
radvanced to begin in the public
s next winter.
as once the custom, is yet, for
natter, to appoint day in each
thank the bountiful giver OF all
things for abundant crops, etc.
hat big crops is a curse(O accord
political authorities, the people
lger feel the same interest in
q lsglving day."
ly but surely the Alliance is
there. It has lost members,
e gain will be of pure metal.
new members are joining and
Ids of Sub Alliances are rein
old members who had dropped
account of political strife. Let
I'd work go on.
lme has arrived when the poor
woman will go to the peniten
ne or more years for stealing a
Of meat or other small article,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-07-11
ALLIANCE PICNIC AND MASS
MEETING.

At Spanish Grove, Forsyth, county,
N. O., Saturday, July 22d, 1893. Hon.
Marion Butler, President North Caro-
lima Farmers State Alliance, will be
the orator of the day, who will address
the people on the great reform move
ment. The address will be public.
Every body cordially invited to attend
with well-flled baskets and participate
in the pic mic. Speaking to commence
at 10 o'clock a. m. The County Alli-
ance will meet on Friday, the 21st, at
10 o'clock a. M. E. A. CONRAD,
4 Sec'y +. @. f. A.
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while the bank official who steals $10O,,
600 or more goes free. Such things
have been talked about before, but now
we have practical illustrations.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-07-11
y NATIONAL FARMERS ALL
ANcE AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION.

,resident-H. L. Loucks, Huron,
lth Dakota.
President Marion Butler, Colds
o1 o2c1rrstary-Treasurer- r D. P. Dun
Columbia, S. @.
aeturer-Ben Terrell, Seguin, Texas.
EXECUTIVE BOARD.
Il Loucks, Chairman; L. Leon
Mt. Leonard, Missouri; Mann
e. Brandon, Virginia; l. e Dean,
~ nRFalls, New York; Ell. Q. Dem
2, Secretary, Harrisburg, Pennsyl-
e II.
JUDICIARY.
X. A. Southworth, Denver, Colo.
Z, w. Beck, Alabama.
2@. D. Davie, Kentucky.
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>-.. II CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLI-
ANCE.

MI. II CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLI-
ANCE.
Standardization Butler, Colds
\ ilce-President-T. i B. Long, Ashe-
= }5, n. @.
8 cretary- -Treasurer-W. 8, Barnes,
usaigh, n. @.
o,cturor-Cyrus Thompson, Rich
.srIs. n. @.
/. laplain-Rev. Jno. Ammons, Madi-
saa Co., N. Q.
D}or-Keeper-R A. Henry, Ellijay,
4 ssigtant Door-Keeper-H. e. King,
70 tut, Il. @.
s~rgeant at-Arms-J. 5. Holt, Chalk
s.. j N. c..
s ate Business Agent-W. H. Worth,
.... Ugh, Nc.
ustee Business Agency Fund-W.
raham, Machpelah, N. @.
UTTvE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH
2OLINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
B. Alexander, Charlotte, N. c.,
rman; ;.J. NJ. Mewborne, Kinston,
-. S. Johnston, Rufin, N. Q.
..>.R ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
sIias Carr, T. Ivey. Raleigh, N. O.. !;
E Z. Culbreth, NJ. G. Gregory, VIM.
- onnell.
. EALLIANCELEGIsLATIv COMMITTEE.
: G. E aglish, Trinity College: J. J.
T. lg, aoIenta; H. A. FOrney, New
-sa n. c.
Carolina Reform Press Association.
7ceTs-J L. Ramsey, Presida'et J;
: . on Butler, Vice President ~. S.
( ~. les, Secretary,
PAPERS
--- - sssive Farmer, State Organ. Raleigh, y G.
sian Clinton, ~. G.
Try, HlcKory' y -
--a.t n, Whitakers, n. &.
litTlraI Bee, GfOldsbOro, N. 9.
49,, ma Dispatch, HertfOrd, N. Q.
10. LONE, Beaver Dam, N. @,
evolution, Charlotte, y. =.
och of the 0bOUe-7 named papers are
~. ssted to keep the List standing on
- ar8t page and add others, pTOUided
Z se 1re daGly elected. A71y paper fGtL-
.v- 9adUOcate the OcdLG platform 1CtLI
y 0pped from the last promptly. Oar
~ can 4gO1U see tUIlat papers are
ID. shed IN their interest.
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JAMES II. LANE,
Brigadier General.

This application was soon returned
approved by Generals Lee, A P. Hill
and Wilcox, and sent it to the young
soldier with the following note:
HEADQUARTERS LANES BRIGADE,
NEAR PETERSBURG, Va,
January 18th, 1866. !
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Parker returned on time and broughts
me large cake and many kind mes
sages from his patriotic mother, with
the request thai I would let her dear
boy come to see her again soon. He was
only 19 years old when the battle of
Spottsylvania Court House was fought.
Whenever I inspected the Thirty
seventh regiment I always saluted
Private Parker and refused to take his
gun, telling him that it was useless to
inspect the arms of such splendid
young soldier I also requested Capt.
E. 7. Nicholson, my assistant Inspector
general. to salute him at inspection and
never to take his gun.
In his Memoirs of the Last Year of
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-07-11

- Carolina Reform Press Association.
3cera-J. L. Ramsey, Presida1et !;
on Butler, Vice President ~. S.
les, Secretary,
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} Sherman law may be coward
Ike shift" but no just substitute
.en prop osed or is desired by those
in power. Isn't that just as cow
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-25

The second edition of the Cosmo-
politan for September brought the
total edition up to 1900 copies,
without doubt the largest edition of
any magazine in the world for this
month. 1t remained for the Cosmo.
politan to have the Worlds Fair
treated in single number by twelve
different writer's. A the exposition
of 1898 must remaiu one of the lead
ing events in the history of the
United States, the most dis.
tinguished men were asked to pre-.
pare this magazine volume, which
is destined to become valuable a.
one of the most perfect desert ptions
of the Worlds Fair Among The
number of those who contribute are
our only ex-president, Walter
Besant, the most distinguished OF
the English literary men who visited
the exposition, and host of others.
Besides the usual fiction, including
story by Mark Twain, entitled,
'Is He Living or Is He Dead" and
the regular d" -, the Cosmo
politan conta e G hundred
illustrations Q, he World
Fair, including ~.,,en full pages
1t is pronounced one of the most re-
markable of the publications ye,
issued regarding the fair. 1t is a
completely illustrated guide OF
souvenir, as one prefers to call it,
by the most famous writers of the
day, put before the reader at the
price of u! cents, and more than
the equal OF tbs books of the Fail
which sell for IS cents and 81.
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PUBLlsuER's NOTICE.
The Only Democratic Daily In Cen
trail Texas.
negn, aud char,snhio Adver,ising

All legal advertisements, without
exception, will be charged for at the
following rates per square (ten lines
first insertion, rs GEMS, each subse
quent insertion, 30 cents Six lines
or less is half square Seven lines
and up to ten square.
Charitable advertisements All en-
tertanments or events of charta BILE
or religious nature, when admission
is charged or refreshments sold, ten
cents per line (readiug matteD first
insertion, five cents for each subse-
quent insertion. Display matter, 30
cents per inch, first insertion, 20
cents each subsequ time.
Obituaries, resolutions of respec.
or coincidence, ten cents per line
each insertion. These rates will moi
be deviated from.
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Gid :, Hn Il rail-
e san, a 49, h,,rs I'm ,e,1 Won tba, he
- -" .. , 49, ,,,a, hofo,es,.h d.v
We ~ go e Non aood men men
,,ill;no 80 ,.n,L 6o are seeking
on,,ll y.r Wv a1d ak him ia lake
thop IN his ,r,in beoause inv have
W. money Ia NV are and hone 10
fad woTk Al he neares. ejfvLmen
who when winter comes aaa they
fnd their loved ones suffering for
nocessaries ofl.fe food ard warmth.
@ilI NOT sea others in luxury while
they starve
There ia nleu,v Of nor ev. there
il abundance of all things needed
far the cor fort of every one. but
the rich have heccms ticner and the
deserving, striving, working poor
poorer month bv month. In The
mt antime the government looks to
Wall street for Instructions and
asks the English and Hebrew
bankers what ii desired of it. Con-
gress and HE senate at idle, vast
ing precious time, time that will
never come back to us, in idle talk
sacrificing county and humanity to
parry domination add greed aud to
local pride and anderlnr. The
government will do nothing. Con
gress will do nothing. How long
will the people suffer and endure?
Certainly not alTavg.
AS it is in our own favored land
so much more ia ii elseg here ali
over the world. Riot. disturbance
and unrest ia everywhere. Europe
is over volcano. whose mutterinp $
are GROWING ever louder. South
America is full of turmoil. revolt
and insur, ectiop There is nothing
nc safety onie, or promise to be
found in church or state.
The rolioions of the would are in
m INSTRUMENTATION ,hanthe notifies
Crime boresv and wre, K seem ~
ba tho rula ave,v 1hero and sf;ll ,ba
rulers NJ the pstiona calmly on an
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-25
BRIGHT AND BRIEF.

"And how is your tablet" asked
the prospective boarder. "Splen-
did," said the land!ady. "Why,
it's so rich that people are dying Of
indigestion in my house all the
time. "-Harper's Bezar.
"But they say a man was lynched
in this town yesterday" said the
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-25

The State Grange Fair opens at
McGregor on the 2sth and will con-
tinue until October 9Th. Waco
always patronizes this Fair literally
and will, ncubtless, do so this year.
THE News will be represented there
this year by an agent on the ground
from the opening until the close.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-25

THE NRws is not prophet and
knows no more than others of the
future price of cotton, but it will
make this guess. Cotton will be
higher between now and the first
of October than 1t will be in sixty
DAYS after that date.