The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-05-30

advocate it now and why don't the
Democratic National platforms say
something about it? Too thin, Mr..
SOutberner.
~ Capt. Buck Kitchen and Editor
Whitehead have been promised some
thing nice is the latest news. At the
present rate o%ne-fourth Of the people in
North Carolina will get ''relief" in
20, 900 years. Just be patient about the
''relief" that has been promised.
y. Not a pound of cotton is raised
in Missouri, yet the real estate mort
gage indebtedness of that State has IN
creased $40, 600, 900 in the past twelve
months. They "raise hog and hominy"
and all that in Missouri. Contraction
and robbery is the trouble, gentlem n,
* The Alliance is getting right all
around. Some localities are still on
the fence, but they will get down to
business before long. You can't fool
all the people all the time. Brethren
| get to work and let's show the world
that we are neither towards nor fools
~ 4 friend in Wilkes county sends
us a copy of the Wilkesboro Chronicle
with $50 farms advertised for taxes.
| Won't some friend in each county send
us the number of farms advertised?
| Use a postal card in sending. We
want tosee how prosperous" our folks
are.
- The Goldsboro Couca8ioninforms
US that LAGRANGE has elected a major
ity of Populist Commissioners. This
makes four or five towns and more
than a dozen counties in the State that
this insignificant little band of an
aTchists'' has captured in less than a
year. If the two machines don't use
more lie we will all be ruined,
~ Nearly all the papers in the State
have published A. Stevens letter. So
far only abouts six have been fair enough
to publish the denial made by the Elk
ecutive COMMITTEE and other officers of
! the State Alliance. We insist that they
publish il, and ask Alliancemen in
every county to see that their county
papers are not permitted 10 dodge the
truth.
- The Topeka Adrocate hasstarted
a prosperity column, in which it
publishes failures, etc. Good idea.
Now let all the political tools yell
prosperity" and let the reform press
publish the evidence of it by reporting
every bank and commercial failure.
Let the people know what is going on
and more Of them will act seneible
hereafter.
~ One Of the faithful who don't be
Iieve the reform papers tell the truth,
writes to the Near8 and Observer to
know if it is true that Congressman are
allowed clerks. That paper says: THAT
is what we understand" 1t has taken
this big daily paper three months to
give this important but unjust act Of
the last Congress and then a reader had
to ask it to do it.
~ We have a new Webster's Inter
national Dictionary, latest edition,
sheep binding, with Patent Marginal
Index, worth $11, never been out of
original wrapper. We will send this
fine book by express, freight prepaid,
to any one in North Carolina who will
send us Al subscribers at 81 each, with
the cash, between now and July 4,
1893. Who will try for it,
The Alliance Carriage Company,
of Cincinnati, Ohio, has been running
an advertisement in this paper for
some time, and it gives ue pleasure to
state, as we can do on best authority
that this company is one of the largest,
in its line, in this country; that it uses
only the best materials, djsposes of it's
products direct to the consumer and
guarantees everything as represented.
If you want anything in their line,
write them.
~ The P. @. Lewis Manufacturing
Co., of CatskiIl, N. Y, has just issued
a new catalogue On spraying fruit trees.
It contains a large amount Of valuable
information on this work, and has
eight or ten large cuts, fac-similes of
engravings taken Of trays Of apples
that were grown on sprayed and I'M
sprayed tres, showing the difference
in size and quality. This catalogue
shouId be in the hands of all who are
interested in raising good fruit.
~ The commencement exercises at
Trinity College, Durham, N. @, will be
held on the 9TH and 8th of June. Rev.
R. N. Sneed, D. D., Richmond, Va,
will preach the Baccalaureate sermon
Wednesday morning. In the after