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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-10

TRUSTEE'S SALE OF THE FOLLOWING
described real estate, situated In the CITY,
Roanoke street 81. SIS feet south of Spruce street
thence south So degrees 80 minutes cast 150 feet
to point, thence south degrees 2G MINUTES
81 minutes west $50 feet to Roanoke street thence
Win hoanoke street north degrees % minutes
cast lOO rect to the place of beginning
BY virtue or n certain deed OF trust to
the =, undersigned trustee from w j. and
I L. Blair, Jr., dated the 10th day of October,
of Roanoke in deed book 10, page 80, for the pnr
pose of securing to Charles G. Eddy the payment
OF the sum of $4,000, evidenced by two negotiable
notes OF even date Herewith for 81, 0CO EACH nav
able In one and two years. with interest. from
date. Default having been made in the payment
required by the holder OF the same. I will nro.
Geed to to-, eel At public auction ON THE 13Tn
pay i,A OF NOVEMBER, 1893. AT 1910 p. NJ, in
the premises above described
TERMS OF SALE: Cash as to the costs OF eale
day OF October, 1880, and as to the residue mon
credit of one and two years from the day OF
sale. with interest from said date, said deferred
the premises conveyed.
1O11 ids LGCIAN Fl. COOKE. Trustee
RUsTEE'S sALE-BY VIRTUE OF DEED
= OF trust dated the 1st day OF May, 1890. and
sourt for the City of Roanoke, Va, in deed book
"a, page 271, from w. ID. Myers and wife to the
nndersigned trustee, default having been mado
M az 'I, ile sei eoi hnu oclnS required 80 to do
THE 18TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1898, At II
O'Clock A. NJ, on the premises, In the city OF
Roanoke, ta., offer for sale the following
described parcel of land, with the improvements
thereon, consisting OF two dwelling houses:
;, Beginning AT point on the south side of
Ernest avenue 100 feet west OF WEIGH street.
thence with Ernest avenue south IS degrees cast
81 feet to point, thence south ~ degrees west
III u feet to an alley, thence with SAID alley north
u degrees west so feet to point, thence north 10
degrees east 125 feet to the beginning.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash as to the costs of
sale and as to the sum of S1S5SS and as to the
monthly instruments OF S22. 60 each, without In.
terest on the fourth Monday In Decem Der, 1898,
ana each succeeding month thereafter, and the
years, with Interest, deferred payments to be
secured by deed OF trust upon said property
~ los VIM. r. WIECH, Trustee
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-10

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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-10
u sUsTEEs. SALE.

and payable on September 27th. 1894, tho bal
ancc, II any, payable II months from d ate OF sale
on the property. W. L. ANDREWS.
III ~ tbs Trustee.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-28
WASHINGTON MATTERS BOILED
DOWN.

President Cleveland is displeased be
cause there is a free coinage majority
on the Senate finance committee. That
is all right; they will not always be
thus, for they can change mighty
quick. He also says he don't like to
see a big railroad man like Senator
Brice chairman of the cOmmitte on
railroads.
James R. Eustis, of Louisiana, has
been appointed envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary of the
United States to France. Theodore
Runyon, of New Jersey, and John E
Risely, of New York, get the same Pc
sitions, the former goes to Germany,
the latter to Denmark.
James G. Jenkins, of Wisconsin, to
be Uniged States circuit judge for the
seventh judicial circuit.
Walter D. Dabney, of Virginia, to be
solicitor for the department of state.
David T. Guyton, of Mississippi, to
be United States marshal for the north
ern district Of Mississippi.
Ernest P. Baldwin,, Of Mary land, to
be first auditor of the treasury.
Thomas Holcombe, of Delaware, to
be fifth auditor Of the treasury.
Wade Hampton, of South Carolina,
to be commissioner Of railroads.
John A. Dyson, to be postmaster at
Washington, Ga.
John Seymour, of Connecticut, was
appointed commissioner Of patents.
S. w. Lamoreux, Of Wisconsin, ap-
pointed commissioner general of the
land office.
VIM. II. Simms, of Mississippi, ap-
pointed first assistant secretary Of the
interior.
E. A. Bowen appointed assistant
commissioner general Of the land
office.
Henry G. Bell, appointed second
deputy commissioner Of pensions.
George Pleiffer, Jr., appointed mar
shall of New Jersey, and Max Judd, of
Missouri, to be consul general at
Vienna.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-28
HOP GROWING IN OUR STATE.

Mr.. A. L. Jones, Of Hamilton, N. Y.
is spending some time in our State and
making inquiries about hop growing
He is interested in the business in Cen
trail New York. Mr.. Jones thinks u
climate and much Of the soil Just right
for raising hops. For many years hops
have been raised in North Carolina and
used chiefly for cooking purposes. No
attempt has been made to market them.
In fact but few are raised at this time
in any part Of the State.
The most extensive hop farms are in
the State of New York. They grow
well there and find a ready market.
Those who understand the business
think they will do still better in this
State. For seventeen years the aver
age price Of hops in New York has
been "a cents per pound. Mr.. Jones
thinks they a be raised in this State
for less than ten cents per pound. We
would be glad to publish any facts
relative to hop growing, If any of our
readers anywhere in the State or else
where wish 20 give the matter an air
ing, u columns are open for their
articles.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-28
PLENTY OF GOLD AND SILVER

The Secretary o. the Treasury an
nOunces that there is now over $106,
600, 600 in gold in the vaults at Wash
ingt0n-an increase Of ore than 81,
900, 900 in a week. It is said that there
is 10, 600, 600 ounces of silver in the
mint at Philadelphia, or enough to
coin $3.50, 600, 900. Besides this, there
is about $40, 600, 900 III coined silver
there. Altogether here is about $572,
$50, 673 in standard silver dollars, sub
sidiary silver, silver certificates and
notes under the Sherman act of 1890.
The gold bug papers are using these
facts as an argument in favor of a
further characterization Of silver-the
repeal Of the Sherman act. They say
there is now more silver than they
know what to do with. Well, gentle
men, we can tell you what ought to be
done with it. The money ought to be
paid back to the farmers of the United
States to reimburse them for what they
have lost by depreciation in the value
of their farm products since silver was
practically demonetized in 1873. If
that was done, not one dollar Of that
five hundred and seyenty-two million
dollars would be in vaults. But better
still, it would take fifty times that
amount, if not more, to reimburse
them. In other words, through the
demonstration of silver and the gamb-
ling in futures the farmers have lost
billions of dollars. If you don't believe
it, ask the hundreds of m~illionaires in
New York and the eastern cities how
they made their money. Eight out Of
ten will answer, "by gambling in farm
products" if they tell the truth Go to
Chicago and ask the thousand million
aires who live in that city the same
question. A few will say lin real
estate" a few lin railroads., " but the
majority will say "in the grain ex-
changes."1 The characterization of sill
yer and dealing in futures have no
connection by visible bonds, but they
work together for the robbery of the
farmers every year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-28
THE MISSING

During the past winter quite a mum
Der of the majestic floating palaces on
the Atlantic have caused ~uneasiness.
When they are a few days late it
creates a great commotion, for one of
them is seldom late or destroyed. Be
fore Christmas a steamer belonging to
the Cunard line, with seven hundred
passengers, was a few days late, caused
by disabled machinery. Recently the
Sarnia, with 800 people aboard was be-
lated by the breaking Of ascrew. These
delays sometimes extended into months
before the day of steam, and often the
ships were never heard of. But at
present these great steamers seldom
fail to reach port. They are not entirely
fire or storm proof, but such accidents
as fire or collisions have been reduced
to a minimum. Most of them have
double machinery" If one breaks
the other can be started. At present
the only steamer causing apprehension
is the "Naronic, " a magnificent freight
steamer which left Liverpool for New
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-28
HAS BIT H DUST.

The National Union Company has
failed. It's business is now in the
hands Of receivers. The failure is due
to lack of support rather than for want
of capital II business capacity, for it
had plenty Of both. North Carolina
was not taken in by this concern, but
several other States bit at the bait
thrown out. Owing to the perfdity Of
certain so called leaders of farmers
organizations the Union Company
made a good deal of Roadway in GER
tain localities. This was another in
stance where farmers trusted their en-
emies instead of their friends. Always
consider the source. The various or
CARNATIONS were warned not to have
anything to do with it as soon as it was
known that the National C0rdage Com
pany or rather the "bagging trust"
was the prime mover Though some
had already bitten at the bait, enough
held aloof to insure the defeat of the
scheme. Thus for the second time the
promoters of the infamous bagging
trust have been whipped by organized
farmers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-28
AN NUMBER.

It is a matter of history that Is is an
unlucky and fatal number. Well, let
it go at that for the present. The num-
Der of comparison" ex Alliancemen
who have made application for a re
turn of the State Alliance Business
Agency fund is exactly Is. They rushed
their claims to the Trustee as fast as
steam could carry them, no doubt
thinking that thousands would already
be clamoring for a divide. But the
thousands are attending to their own
business and keeping their contract,
while the fatal number of thirteen
have appeared and then the great rush
suddenly stopped. There are %, 900
contributors and - have ordered their
fund returned. That is awful. No
wonder the legislature was so anxious
TO permit the dissatisfied ones to with
draw their money, These 10 contrib
utors must have made a great deal Of
racket about the few dollars they had
put in to work the legislature up to
such a frenzy. The unlucky - insure
the defeat Of the scheme to injure the
Alliance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-28
MORTGAGE RECORD OF THREE
STATES

From an extra census bulletin lust
received we Gull the following facts.
On the farms Of Montana there are
mortgages amounting to a total of 81
548, SIG, or 81 SO per cent. of their total
value, making a debt of $195 to each
family in the State. Of the entire
number of town and country homes
S7.66 per cent. r free of incumbrance.
The rate of interest is 10. 81 per cent.
When will they ever pay the interest
and get out of debt2
In Georgia the mortgages on farms
aggregate 81, 697, 500, which is 41.89
per cent. Of their value. The average
rate of interest paid is 8 SO per cent
On the country and city homes there
are mortgages amounting to 80 50 per
cent. Of their value. The annual in
terest on each debt is $97 annually.
We wish to call the attention of Gen.
Barringer and others to the fact that
Georgia, a cotton State, is not neal as
bad off IN the way of mortgages as
Maryland, Massachusetts,, Illinois, In
diana and other States where cotton
is not grown. We follow this assertion
(Which is backed by facts with the
figures for Tennessee. Tennessee is
not a cotton State, as cotton is onlv
raised in the Southern portion of the
State in considerable quantity. Yet
the mortgages on the farms amount To
50, 289, 1876, which is q .13 per cent. of
their value. These figures show that
the mortgages of Tennessee are 1891
$50 more than in Georgia. This is
that all cotton is only a mart If the
trouble. The mortgages on the homes
Of Tennessee are AZ. % Der cent Of tbn;r
value, average rate of interest on these
mortgages being 653 Der cent.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-28

York on the 10th of February, and
ought to have made the trip in twelve
days at least. She carried a crew of
70 men and no passengers. 1t is now
believed that the vessel has gone down
A few days ago two boats, with the
name "Naronic" painted on them,
were seen floating upside down off the
banks of New Foundland. Still some
maintain that the boats may have been
washed overheard by terrible seas and
the vessel is still afoat. Others think
the crew has abandoned the steamer
and the boats were wrecked after,
wards. The Naronic has hardly col
liied with any other vessel, for no
large one is missing. The boat NAV
have caught fire, however. No ice
burgs have been seen in the route the
steamer travelled. If capsized by a
storm, it must have been of remark
able violence. In February an ocean
cyclone started near the North Caro-
lima, but if it struck the Naronic mid.
ocean it would be an unheard Of thing
for such q steamer to be capsized. 1t
is possible that the steamer will yet
turn up, but not probable. If it does
not, her fate will be a mystery hard to
fathOm
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-28
THE NATIONAL APPROPRIA-
TONS.

The total appropriations made by the
last Congress are put down at 81, O26,
822, O49 y, being $38 4O4, 866 SO more
than the Reed and Mckinley Repuoll
can circus appropriated. These figures
are so large that many will not grasp
their meaning. A million dollars is a
big sum, but q bill IN is almost a count
less number. The increase alone is an
immense sum, it amounting to $115,-
707.42 for each congressional district.
This sum will hurt, even in a populous
congressional district, where the PEG
pie are fairly prosperous, for they will
have a large average to pay, but it will
hurt very bad in the South and West
where people are already poverty
stricken. The Democratic brethren
blame the Republicans for it, while
the Republican brethren blame the
Democrats. We believe it has been a
case Of "see saw-you tickle me and 1
will tickle you" At any rate our PEG
pie must either clean out the rascals or
become bankrupt.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-28
TARIFF LESSON NO. EIGHT.

The Congress Of 1890 reduced the
tariff nearly one-half on copper ores.
It also reduced it on gold and silver
bullion about five per cent. But on
goldieaf the tariff was raised from ST. SO
per package Of 500 leaves to 81. On lead
no reduction was made except in the
form ofshot. Mica was free formerly,
but there is now a tariff Of 80 per cent.
on it. This was put on for the benefit
of Mitchell county, this State. How
ever, the last legislature knocked all Of
that in the head by reducing the tariff
on wildcats one-half. The tariff on
nickle was reduced from Is to 10 cents
per pound.
Now how much do you buy of the
above articles in the course Of a life
time? After reducing the tariff slight
~ on things few of u people buy,
they passed over pens, penstocks and
pins-articles that nearly everybody
use-and made no reduction. How
ever, a tax Of 4 cents per pound was
put on tin, it being free before. Watches
remain the same, the tariff ranging
from 10 to % per cent. of their whole,
sale value. No reduction was made in
the tariff on zinc or the articles made
of it. 1t seems that the desire to mt.
up the tariff on n~ecessaries and keen it.
down on ~luxuries, ruled the roost.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-28

farmers. Our State and national legis-
latures could do much to remedy this,
but they have done much to perpetuate
the same, and instead Of getting better
times are getting worse. The reforms
proposed by the Alliance will remedy
it all so far as legislation can. They
may not be perfect, but they are the
best, and the duty of every man,
whether farmer or not, is to study
them all the time, and if he does this
and wants to see the country prosper
instead of go to ruin, he will vote for
them
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-28
GETTING AWAY FROM HOME.

Last week we received a letter from
Mr.. Lewellyn Reece at Oldburg,
st, Phillip, Barbados, West In
dies, enclosing one dollar for
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER to be
sent to that address, also asking for
special rates for subscribers in that
country. The letter vas mailed on the
18th Of February and reached here
March 21st. This shows that this paper
is not forgotten by those who go to for
eign countries. Bro. Reece expects to
organize the West Indies farmers on
the same plan of the American Ali
ance, We judge by that step that they
need a change and think the Alliance
the proper way to begin it. We wish
them much success and will do any
thing we can to organize them. The
same cry of "going into politics" will
be raised by the small bore politicians
over there. It is likely that the Ali
ance will some day be a factor in every
country on the globe, and work a com
pIete revolution among the agricul-
tural population. Let the good work
90 on
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-28
WHY is THIS? THINK!

The population of the United S ates
is more than "a, 900, 900. Count four to
the family and this makes 16, 900, 900
families. 1t is reported that -, ZOO, coo
Of these claim their homes while 9,OOO.-
900 Of them are under mortgage. This
leaves 1000, 900 families homeless now
and 5000, 900 more who cannot call
their homes their own, or 10 out of
every 16 of our population who cannot
absolutely claim their homes.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-28
MORE

We doubt the wisdom of spending so
much money to build war ships, but
grant that it is the proper thing to do,
still there is no reason why other ex-
penses should be added in a time Of
profound peace. The latest fad is that
all of the war ships must go to sea as
soon as the naval review, to be held at
New York soon, is over. This will
create much new expense, not so much
for men to stay abroad, as for extra
fuel, etc. Few people have any idea Of
the expense these vessels are. Recently
one Of them steamed from San Fran
cisco to Washington. The cost of the
coal alone for the five or six days trip
was 1920, 900. Now when all Of them
begin to float around on the water all
the time the expense will be enormous.
1t will amount to a sum as outrageous
and unreasonable as the fraudulent
pension system we hear 50 much about
Where is that great reform we heard
about last year2
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-28
n E. 2 A.


The wicked flee when no man
pursueth, but they make better time
when some n is after them, says DR..
Parkhurst, of New York.
We wonder how much the bose,
in North Carolina would give now if
they had eve touched the Alliance
charter2 The job. in connection with
other developments, has swamped
them.
~ The State Press Association will
meet this year at Newbern On the 2Gth
of april. The selection is a good one
and the date for the meeting much bet
ter than July. as heretofore. 1t won't
be so hot.
~ 1t is all right to hold an extra
session Of the Senate to confirm the
nominations Of new officials, but not
all right to hold an extra session Of
Congress to hurry up the reforms
promised.
A Boston widow worth s., 600, 900
fell in love with her cOachman and
paid him 500, 900 in cold cIammy dol
lars to marry her. She could have
bought a husband cheaper than that
down this way.
Jerry Simpson" is the name of
a two year old colt cut west that has
trotted a mile in 2;273. He bids fair
to outstrip Nancy Hanks when he
grows up. Like the Congressman, he
wears shoes but no socks.
A Massachusetts, preacher has a
mania for kissing. He kissed the pref
tiest girls in his flock until they got
tired of it and made complaint. When
asked for an explanation he said he
could not keep from it,"
~ The Wilmington Messenger says:
Newspapers are quoting precedents to
justify the appointing of Republican,
Populist Gresham to the chief place in
a Democratic (N Cabinet. Precisely.
''The King can do no wrong" All!
there.
Warner Holt, a clerk in the pen
sion department at Washington, has
been dismissed fer having stated to a
member of Congress that pensions were
being granted for badness" Pension
clerks should not tell tales out of
school.
~ We wish to publicly thank our
friends who are sending in clubs all the
time, also the many who are renewing.
If each brother would hunt up a sub
scriber and send with his own it would
be a great thing for the paper and the
cause. Won't you do it9
~ "The PopuIist sheriff of Chatham
county has appointed a negro deputy"
is the campaign lie that is going the
rounds Of the non partisan press. The
sheriff has employed a negro to build
fires and bring water for the court
house just as probably all the Demo
cratic sheriffs in the State have done.
~ Major Robbins, of StatesviIle,
claWed the All for an of1c9 during the
campaign last year. Since the election
he has been studying Spanish and
cutting and mixing pepper pods with
all his Stood, expecting to be ''pl ,achern
to Mexico. But Brer Gray, of Indiana
suOoycd the gWag. Then the Major
thought his Spanish would work all
right Ii Havana, but got out ofpatience
and left Washing the very day the
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In wrIt;nS to nny6OGg, always be
sure to give the nance Of your p~ostofice,
and sign your own name plainly.
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Do you want your paper changed to
another Office / State the one at which
sou have been getting Il.
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H- The date on your I8nel tells you
when your time is out.
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~ Our friends IN writing to any Of
jur advertisers viii favor Is by men
5ioning the tacJ that they saw the
advertisoro". H. THE PROGRE83IyE
FARMER.
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Dcadwood. $. d.. Special. Feb. IL
MarkS-nd- Wins-a-Fight and Two-two,
one of the sons of Two Sticks. who were
implicated in the late murder Of the four
whites near Wounded Knee. were
brought here for trial to-day by United
States Marshal Cyrus Frye and fifteen
Indian policemen The escort was taken
because it was feared the murdered mems
friends at Rushvillc would attempt to
take the prisoners from the officers. The
murdcrcrS were arrested by Il nephew of
Young Man-Afraid-of I1is-llorscs and
Bear House and Short Bull Young
Man band of twenty-five braves brought
them through the hostile country to the
agency. They arrived at the agency and
the braves formed Il hollow square while
the murtrrers We're diSarmcd and jailed.
This procautiOn was necessary because
of !; band of hostile Brulcs. who were
lowering near, contemplating the recap
turing of the murlcrcrS. The murdercrs
are both young men. not over seventeen
years old. They are blanket Indians of
an extinct tribe of the Broken Bow
Sioux. They are Indifferent and refuse
to talk. The grand jury will begin action
on their eases. and it WAS rum0rcd this
evening that Il verdict had already been
returned. Marshal Frye has set Il death
watch to prevent Mark from committing
suicide. as he made attempts on the train
while on route. ON" by Strangulatinn and
one by swallowing button. Affairs at
Fine Ridge are very unsettled, and IN
outbreak would not he u surprise