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The ninth girl wears a graceful gown of
lemon yellow crepe de chene. 1t Is made
with tight fitting foundation waist which
reaches just few inches below the arm
holes. A straight piece of goods is put In
at the armholes in front and Is gathered
slightly. Ii goes across the front and is gath
cred tight in the center OF the front, where
a large black satin bow is placed. The neck
is cut square and is edged by black satin
ribbon tied In knot at each corner. Bre-
telles edge the sides of the neck and stand
out over the short Josephine black satin
sleeves.
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AUCTION SALES.
THOMAS BOWLING q CO., AUcTIoxEERs.
81 ST. n. w.
FUTURE DAYS.


IMPORTANT"
Two,SToRY BRICK DWELLING No. es7 I
STORY BRICK DWELLINGS Nos. COS, 60
612 AND Ga sTREET SOUTHEAST,
AT AUCTION.
On FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER FIRST
1893 AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK I'm from,
OF the premises. We shall sell two-story resiaeDcs
%. street southeast, containings four rooms
Immediately after. four three-story room
biick residences. with all modern iuprov en,ents
NS &C., 6os. elo. 6l2 and Ga street southeast.
chasers cost.
Terms easy and made known AZ sale.
auSo2t THOMAS BOWLING 4 Co. Aucts.
THE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED m coxsr.
anence OF the rain. until MONDAY. SEPTEMBER
foJRTH. 1898. sane hour and place.
sel-d&as THOMAS BOWLING 4 90.
THOMAS BOWLING & CO., Auctioneers,
6l2 st. NV.
THREE REsrR HANDSOME MEM THREE STORY RRIck
VENUE AND RUNNING THROUGH no ,
sTkEEr. BEING Nos. 1919. 1921 AND 100,
MARYLAND AVENUE NORTHEAST, AT AUC
On THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AUGrSr T,,IR
If-FIRsT, 1883. at FIVE O'CLOCK In front q,
above very valuable property located ON The s.,,,
side OF Maryland avenue running through 70 7
street between 18th aad 18th streets norrhrast'
are finely finished and is considered the ms, a.
sirable Investment in that section OF the cffy
slV deposit required ON each property al IN,
time OF sale. Possession given immedistely o.
THOMAS BOWLING 4 90,
AuctioneersA
The allow. sale Is postponed until wEpSrxp.y
SEPTEMBER Sixth. same hour and plsce.
sel-f THOMAS BOWLING 4 CO.
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GEO. W. sTIcKNEY. AUcTIoNEER.

v~,-~-,.~-u~~. IrOsteee
DtNCANSON BROS. Auctioneers au29-eot
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THOMAS BOWLING & Co, Auctiooeers.
6l2 st NV.
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THE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED IN CoxSr.
anence OF the rain. until MONDAY. SEPTEMBER
foeKfh. 1888 same hour and place
sei-u~ns THOMAS BOWLING a Co
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A VERY GOOD PLAN.

WESTMINSTER, N. @.
Mr.. EDITOR:-I have been thinking
of writing to you for sometime to give
the brethren of the State, through you,
our plan of running u Alliance, q do
not claim perfection by any means.) I
speak in reference to the political snag
so many seem to have encountered.
We simply let politics run their course
and let every man vote his own wav
without any one interfering with him.
We have members of all parties in our
Alliance. We passed no resolutions
that would seem to endorse my party.
thereby we had no quarrels on that &C.
count. Our President is a true blue
Democrat (and a good officer, to-; the
other officers divided in all of the par
ties. There is one thing we never have
done enough of, and that is buving
goods through Business Agency.
The recent attempt of the legislature
to break up our Business Agency has
aroused us to the Importance of it. At
our last meeting a resolution was read
and passed unanimously to pay any
member who leaves us (who is mean
enough to ask for it, his part of the
money we have in the Agency fund
out of our trea sury at home. If all the
lodges will do the same Bro. Graham
will not be very badly crippled and
need not be troubled with many calls.
Let all the Subs notify ex members to
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MADISON COUNTY.
@. Meg. DUNN, Sec.

Mr. EDITOR :-The following resolu-
tions were adopted by the Madison
County Farmers Alliance, in session
at Mars Hill, April 18th, 1898:
WHEREAS, the legislature of North
Carolina at it's last session did, without
petitions to that end and without
notice, attempt to repeal the charter
of the North Carolina State Alliance;
therefore
Resolved, That this Alliance looks
upon said effort to repeal said charter
as a manifestation Of a spirit of vindic-
tiveness unparalleled in the history Of
English-speakingn nations since the days
Of Charles II.
2. That the mover in said movement
is to be held in contempt and abhor-
renee by every true Allianceman in the
nation and especially in North Caro-
lima.
8. That the actions of said legislature
is without precedent and very clearly
shows the contemplate manner of said
ACSLo4oONAO'
4. That we heartily endorse the
course pursued by Marion Butler, u
State President, in regard to the action
of said legislature, and of his manly
stand for the cause of reform.
5. That we are fully satisfied with
the management of the Business
Agency and commend it to the ALI
ance brotherhood throughout the State.
6. That should any one belonging to
the Alliance in this county having con
tributed to the Agency fund withdraw
it, we pledge ourselves to replace it.
Z. That these resolutions bepublished
in THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, and the
Caucasian be requested to copy.
The foregoing resolutions were unani
mously adopted after ringing speeches
by Rev. John Ammons, County Lee
turer, and others.
The spirit of the meeting was con-
sentative but aggressive to the fullest
extent Of the word, and Madison
county, after her many discourage
ments. sends greetings to the great
brotherhood throughout the State.
W. P. JERvIs, Sec.
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objection to the provisions of the char
ter as it was, but appended such
amendments as placed such restric-
tions upon the said State Alliance as
never before was known to be enacted
in reference to the charter of any cor
poration in this or any other State.
Therefore
ResOIUed, That this Alliance con.
dennis the action of said legislature
and calls upon all Alliancemen to rally
to the support of the State Business
Agency. which is the back bone of our
Order, and that we will literally aid in
replacing any funds that may be with
drawn by any member or members in
this county.
3. That a copy of the above pream,
bic and resolution be forwarded to THE
PROGRESSIVE FARMER and Caucasian
for publication with the further re
quest that all papers friendly to the
Alliance please copy.
HOWARD F. JONES, Sec.
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MARTIN COUNTY.

Mr.. EDITORIAL the regular meet
ing of Martin County Alliance on April
18th, 1898, the following resolutions
were adopted:
WHEREAS, The General Assembly of
North Carolina, without the solicita-
ton of the State Alliance or Executive
Committee, did amend the charter SO
as to affect u Business Agency fund.
Be it
Re8o!Ued, by Martin County Alliance
in session this 18Th day of April, 1898,
That we condemn said action and con-
slider it a scheme and disgrace to the
good name of our beloved State, and
done through the influence Of the en-
emies of our Order.
2. That we, the members of this AL
lance, stand ready to replace any def,
cheney that may be caused by the
withdrawal Of any of the State Agency
fund that was paid by this county.
8. That the above resolutions be sent
to The PROGRESSIVE FARMER for pub
LEGATION. T. L. GREEN, Chm'n.
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HEREFORD COUNTY,
Sec. Edgecombe Co. Alliance.

Mr.. EDITOR:-In writing about our
subscription, I thought it might be in
teresting to you to hear from our
County Alliance. It occurred yester-
day in the town of Union. Our county
meeting rotates. We had a splendid
meeting; quite a large crowd, a fine
dinner and the best of feeling pre-,
vailed. 1t was remarked that it was
almost like a p~rotracted meeting great
enthusiasm and some splendid speeches;
they seemed more determined on re-
form than ver There was a very
strong resolution passed condemning
the last legislature in it's acts, especial
ly In the manner in which it tempered
with our State charter. 1t elected
some strong denunciations
The meeting proposes to have a big
mass meeting some time during the
summer possibly two or three counties
joining together in this meeting.
We r on a boom down here. We
hope the friends of reform will buckle
I'LL viz GA AAO IA SJdL1u ILh0 pt-
triotic soldiers fighting for a noble
cause, inasmUch as our whole country
stands at this time i'll jeopardy. The
question is, shall the noblest class of
men on earth be reduced to something
worse than ordinary slaves, or shall
we labor to rescue our country out Of
the hands Of the p~lutocrats9 [ will
close these remarks.
The following resolutions were
passed:
WHEREAS, An attempt was made by
the last legislature of North Carolina
to disorganize the organization known
as the Farmers Alliance by repeating
the charter in the House and finally by
amendments of both Houses to break
up the Business Agency through which
comes relief, financially. There
fore
Resolved, That Hartford County AL
lance condemns such legislation as un.
democratic, uar~epublican, vicious and
cowardly.
2. That we will hold the members SO
voting responsible, and will not forget
them in the future.
3. That if any of the fund of said
Business Agency be withdrawn by any
member of u county we pledge our
selves to replace the same.
E. T. SNIPEs,
JULIAN BROWN,
Jos. T. GRIFFITH.
Committee.
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EDGECOMBE COUNTY.
TARBoRo, N.

AAhDOnO3 ~ ~
Mr., EDITOR:-Our County Alliance
held it's regular meeting in this place
on the 18th, with a large delegation of
representative AlIiancemen in atten-
dance.
The routine business was transacted.
There was marked enthusiasm shown
by the brethren, and they seemed de
termined to carry On the grand work
of the Alliance, which was so auspi-
ciously begun.
Our enemies say the AlIianceiS dead,
but the indications now are that the
Order will flourish more than at any
period of its existence.
The brethren are heartily in favor of
of sustaining the Business Agency, as
the following preamble and resolutions
were adopted:
WHEREAS, The impression prevails
among many who are not members of
the Alliance that the Order has been
d~emoralized, disorganized and dis
rupted by the recent political cam
paign; and whereas, it was the right
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and privilege of every Allianceman to
affiliate with the party that ne deemed
best to carry into effect ouraprlnclples.
And as it is said ITO err is human; to
forgive divine" let us therefore exer-
else mutual forbearance and forgive
ness toward each other; let us bury
the past with all the unpleasantness,
and take on renewed life, renewed en-
ergy, and renewed determination to
battle for industrial emancipation. Be
it therefore
RESOLVED, That we, the members of
Edgecombe County Alliance, desire to
have published to the world our I'm,
~faltering allegiance and faithful devo
ton to our noble and humane organi
zation; that we renew our pledges to
the principles of the Alliance, and the
measures in it's platform, and promise
that in the future we will zealously ad-
vocate and defend them.
3. That a copy of these resolutions
be sent to the TarbOro S0utberner,
Goldsboro Caucasian, and THE Pro
GREssTvE FARMER with the request
that they be published.
JAMES B. LLOYD,
Sec. Edgecombe Go. Alliance.
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WARREN COUNTY,

WARRENTON, N. @.
Mr.. EDITOR:-Please say to the
brethren that we have just held a most
enthusiastic and encouraging meeting
of the County Alliance. The number
of Subs represented at the meeting
was more than twice as many as we
had in January. From each Sub-Alli-
ance the cheering report comes, 1--WE
are nor determined than ever to sup
port and build up the Alliance" I am
sure I have never seen such determine
ton in any body of men to keep intact
their organization asI have e e from
these proceedings.
You may tell the brethren every
where that the Alliancemen of Warren
county are second to none in their de-
termination to hold up the hands of
our officers and in our determination
to make the Alliance a power for right
and truth and Justice.
AS you will see from III resolutions,
weare goingto sustain more fully than
ever our Business Agency.
The following preamble and resolu-
tions were adopted:
WHEREAS, The last legislature of
North Carolina. without cause, did
attempt to crush the Alliance and
Business Agency of this State by the
passage of a bill by the House, without
notification or discussion, repeating
the charter of the State Alliance of
North Carolina; and whereas, the Sen
ate, though giving o time for con
sideration of the bill, did refuse to rec
ognize the amendments to the charter
as offered by President Marion Butler,
which amendments met every stated
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BLADEN COUNTY.

Mr.. EDITORIAL the regular meet
ing of Bladen County Alliance, held
April 18th, 1898, the following resolu-
tions we're unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED, That we denounce the &C
ton of the last legislature in attempt
ing to repeal the charter of the N. Z.
Farmers State Alliance as a coWardly
attack on the principles of right n
Justice, as promulgated by our Order,
and an Infamous attempt to destroy
the usefulness of our organization.
2. That we denounce the introducer,
Gen. R. B. Vance, a pretended friend
of the Alliance, as unworthy the conf
dence of any true Allianceman.
8. That the amendments finally
tackled to the charter of the State ALI
ance was a blow aimed at the Business
Agency in the interest Of the shylocks
who heretofore handled the supplies of
the farmers and producers of III
State.
4 That a copy of these resolutions
be sent to THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
and Caucasian for publication, and
also be spread upon the minutes of the
Alliance. w. I SUTTON, Chm'n.
4. ATKINSON,
J. A DUNHAM,
RUFUS REGISTER,
81. L. PETERSON,
Committee.
Our Alliance is recovering fast and
is now more determined than ever. By
our next county meeting we will be all
right. The great drawback is the
scarcity of money with which to pay
dues and fees, but we can say now that
we are a unit.
@. Meg. DUNN, Sec.
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LENOIR COUNTY.

KINsTON, n. Z.
", H. WORTH, SIR:-Your letter
dated April 8th just received. Have
received my shoes, and am we'll. They
came ~ express. I ordered another
pair to day.
do not think any member OF our
Sub- Alliance will withdraw amount
contributed to the Business Agency
fund: if so we will replace it immedl-
ately.
We had a magnificent county meet
ing to day, both in number and spirit.
Hope that other counties have done as
well.
We are going to have a grand time
at Fairfield on the first Friday In May.
Bro. Butler will be with us. Wish you
could be with us. Try and see if you
can't come.
Present my kindest regards to Bros.
Barnes and Ramsey, and tell them
''there is life in the old land yet"
B. f. SCARBOROUGH.
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POTATO sCAB, BLIGHT AND Po.
TATO BUG.

The 'scab" of the Irish notato is one
of the most widespread and yet obscure
diseases with which we have to deal.
1t has, however, been satisfactorily
shown that stable manure greatly in.
creases scab when used upon potato
ground and that scahhv seed n~otatops
give a scabby crop. Soaking the seed
~notatOns for n hole bo,,r hofouo ont
4;rc ~
80 VI HNor oL pa"
n"ue according 10 The following tor,
nula mas peer round useful.
FoGasSIum suIPhlde' or lIVerot
Fresh lime o onInd
Molasses. lint.
Water. g gallons.
Directions. Dissolve the potassium
sulphide in 4 gallons of water. Stake
the lime and stir until all Jumps are
broken, then strain it into the molasse8
and add the whole to the potassium so.
luton. This fungicide is quite cheap,
but the best way is to use scab-free
seed and avoid land freshly stable ma,
nured.
For potato blight" PhytophthOra
'mJeSt@"8' see that one of the dead
vines Of last years crop are On the
land. For blight and potato bug, spray
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F11RTHER EVIDENCE OF PROS
PERITY0
Combined Together for the Purpose OF
Forcing Collections.

TARBoRo, N. &.
Mr. EDITOR:-The following item OF
news is taken from one of u State
papers:
All of the leading dry goods dealers
Of Atlanta, Ca, with a single excep,,
tion. have. it is announced, combined
and will reduce the wages of all clerks
93 ner cent. This sweeping reduction
will be made on the LIST of April and
will continue throughout the summer,
and longer if trade does not improve.
The merchants declare that it Is simply
on impossibility for them to continue
having the wages they have as long as
lines are as hard with them as now.
Transformation prevails among the
clerks. who say that it will be impossi-
HE for them to live on the wages they
will receive after the cut is made.
It seems that our boasted prosper
ity (O is proving to be unreal even IN
our large cities. People living in vii
lagos and in the country have com,
planned for some time of the scarcity
of money, but the stringency is now
prevailing in the large cities.
Calamity hOWlers" can now DE
heard in quarters heretofore enjoying
unprecedented prosperity.
Some of the people who have been
disposed to denounce the farmers gen,
orally as calamity howlers" are now
having ocular demonstration of the
force of the arguments used by those
" 81 49, ~z@~-o~o1o4 @f
the necessity of a radical change in our
| financial laws.
The numerous failures, and the de-
plorable stagnation of business are ar
guments of sufficient weight to demon
strate the necessity of an increase in
our circulating medium.
JAMES B, LLOYD.
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J. SPRINGS DAVIDSON,
PERQUIMANS COUNTY
WINFALL. N. {

WINFALL, N. @.
Mr.. EDITOR quarterly meeting
of the Perquimans County Farmers
Alliance was held on the 18th in the
hall of the Sutton's Creek Sub-AlIiance,
There was a good attendance of u
best A~lliancemen, and the reports of
the various Sub-Alliances proved the
order to be in a thriving condition.
Notwithstanding 'hard times" power
tul and relentless enemies and those
great ghoulish politico, partisans who
declared that the Alliance would he
ruined because, forsooth, some of it's
members were not Democrats. There
was some good speaking, and there
was a good dinner furnished by the
brethren. And then when all present
had heard anew of the diaboIical do
ings of the late (almost) million-dollar
legislature, there were some angry
men; all were mad and concealed it
not.
Further on there was talk of news
p,pars, that powerful moulder of pub
lie opinion. Some sung the praises of
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER and others
that OF tn Caucasian. This scribe,
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COUNTY.

Mr.. EDITOR Although the day was
anything but favorable, the Alliance
men, sure and tried, a good number OF
them, came out, attended to the county
business, and, as usual, partook of one
Of the best dinners, prepared by the
good ladies and members of Pine Grove
Alliance. The Alliance is alive and
means business in the future, which
you will see from the resolutions
passed in regard to some of the acts of
the last legislature:
WHEREAS, The Alliance being born
free and independent of all political
parties and for the benefit Of the labor
ing people; and whereas, the boss poll,
ticians of this State have attempted to
injure and disorganize the Alliance by
legislation.
RESOLVED, That we condemn the &C
ton of the last legislature in emphatic
terms as base and cowardly.
2. That we condemn those members
of the Alliance who wished to with
draw money from the Business Agency
for not demanding it legally.
3. That we denounce the introducer
of the bill in the legislature to repeal
our charter, in the way he did it, as a
traitor and a coward.
4. That a copy of these resolutions
be sent to THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
and Caucasian for publication.
Fraternally,
j. SPRINGS DAVIDSON.
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90 If vore said he laid down The Pro
annosIvE FARMER for no sheet.
Now, sir, having complied with your
REQUEST as per publication in your pa
ner. and hoping that all the counties
had as encouraging and pleasant a meet
ing as wehad, 1 beg leave to remain
Yours fraternally,
A. w. JORDAN.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-25
A GALA DAY AND ALLIANCE PIC.
MIC.

MR.. EDIToR:-There will be an ALI.
ance rally at Richards, N. c., Thurs
day, May 18th, 1898, at which time
there will be an address delivered by
the silver-tongued orator, for reform,
Hon. Harry Skinner, of Greenville, N.
@. All the people in the surrounding
country are invited to attend with
we'll filled baskets to spend a social day
together.
By order of Richlands Alliance,
E.. L. FRANCK, Jr., Pres.
II. B KOONCE. Sec.
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CRAWLING OVER.
JAMES B. LLOYD.

The Farmers Advocate, of West
Virginia, don't like the way things
went during the last campaign and
thought the Alliance ought to either
vote the Democratic ticket or close up
shop. It has been talking the same
way since. But the last issue is rather
quiet like and we find the following
item in editorial columns:
"The Summit Point Sub Alliance will
hold their next meeting the 1st Satur-
day in April (AEril the 1st) at 2 o'clock
p. m. A full attendance is requested,
as a thorough reorganization, together
with the election of officers. Ali back
dues will be RENTED, and your regular
dues will commence April 1st. This
Sub has ever been the strongest and
most active Alliance in the county, and
we are glad to see this evidence Of re-
newed life. Let the other Sub Alliances
follow, and we will sOOn have the or
ganlzatiOn back to it's former basis"
We think Summit Point Alliance is
doing the proper thing and hope Bro.
Morrow will follow suit. He has plenty
of ability and ought to know that he
can't get everybody to vote his way
who join the Alliance. There is "bIack
sheep" in every flock. He should also
remember that no party is going to
save the country unless reform senti-
ment stands behind to urge and even
compel politicians to do better than
they have been doing.
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WELL SOLID,

Mr.. EDITOR PLEASE say through yo,
paper that our Alliance shallow Wen
No. 1O8) is in a healthy condition
growing stronger every day, and viii
continue to live as long as the name d
the Alliance is known in North Carr
lima. M. h. HAWLEY, Sec,
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get their money at home. Of con,,.
the Secretary will know what eaSS
man paid to the fund.
So, hoping that the brethren will
notice this humble suggestion and sr
subscribe for The PROGRESSIVELY ABvDn
am Yours ~fraternally, >
Fl. @. BRIGGS,
Sec. Deep River Sub Alliance, No. 1sn
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WHERE HOPS WILL GROW.
CRESWELL. N. g

Mr.. EDIToR:-I see in your columns
an inquiry for land on which hons
will grow. We have plenty of land on
which hops will grow very rank vines
if that is the kind wanted. We have
nobody acquainted with hop culture
and know nothing of the hop business,
but will give any information we can
Yours truly,
j. J, WOODIEv
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THE COUNTY
COLUMBUS COUNTY.

neY WeTE WEI AEISAUSU
monious-Resoiutions Passed.
COLUMBUS COUNTY.
HALLsBoRo, N. Q.
Mr.. EDITOR Columbus county
meeting, held on the 18th, was one ~
the best we have seen in a year, ~
was composed of as good men OF all
classes as could be found in the county
Columbus is solid for reform
Yours ~fraternally'
II, WYCHE.