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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-31
Relics Of ). wilkes Booth.

OF the 1000 or more relics OF all
kinds preserved in the Army Medical
Museum at Washington the most inter-
esting. perhaps. are two portions of a
human body al that remains above
ground Of j. Wilkes Booth. the assas-
sin OF President Lincoln. These
ghastly but most interesting specimens
are numbered and catalogned for
ready reference. The first amounted
on q little stand and labeled 1896 is a
section, or rather sections Of three YER
tebr@, the third, fourth and fifth,
through an aperture in which q thin
wire 10 placed, showing the course OF
the bali. Near this is the second spec
linen, suspended in q wide-mouthed
vial Of alcohol and labeled 4,087. 1t is
about three inches long, aud reminds
one Of . section of ~well-cooked beef
marrow.
Referring to the catalogue. under
the head Of A,O66 we find the follow
ing: Mounted specimen is the third,
fourth and fifth cervical vertebrm. A
conodial carbine ball entered the right
side, committing the base OF the
| right lamin@ Of the fourth vertabr@,
f~racturing it longitudinally and scpar'
ating it from the spinous process, Of
the Same time fracturing the trans
verse process. The missile passed di
rectly through the canal with q slight
inclination downward and to the rear
emerging through the left base Of thu
fourth and fifth lamina, which art
comminuted and from which fragment,
were imbedded in the muscles OF thu
neck. The alcoholic specimen, label
ed 4.067, has the entry in the csta
aogne:
IA portion of the spinal cord from
the cervical region, adversely perfor
ated from right to left by "a carbin,
ball which fractured the laminse Of th,
fourth and fifth vertebrm." The corr
10 much torn and discolored by blood
As mentioned above, these two speci
mems are the only portions Of J
Wilkes Booths body that were NO
consigned to the grave."-St. Loui
RAnuhlic.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-31

In oNnfeed grandma. citing thsfe
At home, by moti er's side,
ia pluck for hor sOIne flowers, whe4e
Poor john and Ezra died.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-07
NOW FOR SOME GOOD WORK

The die has been cast. The present
administration has had "a chance" and
has given us a foretaste of what we
may expec5. Those who have waited
patiently trusting that past promises
would be kept, are disappointed. We
are not. For months and years we
have studied the indications, and
months ago began to give warning
notes. With a goldbug Congress and
goIdbug President there is no hope of
reform. Those who have read The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER during the past
two years or more will, we think. ad-
nit that it's conclusions have been re,
markedly correct. When we sounded
a note of alarm there was always dan
ger. When we said there would be no
reform many doubted, but now all
doubt has been removed.
Reform must come through reform
organizations and by pooling the votes
of those who really desire REFORM
hence the Importance of building up
reform organizations. Talk to your
neighbors. Men who would resent any
interference with their way of think
ing a few months ago are now ready to
listen to logical reasoning. They are
not ready for a political revolution nor
are they willing to give up their party
utilization. You don't want to ask
them to do anything of that kind. You
simply want them to read reform pa
pers and books and join with you in
the Alliance to hear the truth. There
are dozens of frst-class reform papers,
and we commend them all, but, of
course, we wish to present the claims
of THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER. It will
do the work if you can get your neigh
bors to read it. They will get a greater
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-07
1T WAS UNCONDITIONAL RE.
PEAL.

AS predicted in our last issue, the un-
conditional repeal bill passed in the
Senate on Monday was concurred in by
the House on Tuesday and signed by
the President. Congress continued in
session until Friday afternoon, when
both branches adjourned. The gold
bugs won the victory at last.
When the repeal bill passed the
House some weeks ago, III Republi-
cans and 10 Democrats voted for it
and 1O1 Democrats and Is Republicans
against. Thus a Democratic House
with a majority of 1O4 divided and
aided the Republican minority to pass
this outrageous legislation. In the
test vote in the Senate with a Demo
cratic majority of four, the vote stood
for repeal 90 Democrats, 90 Republi
cans; against repeal 10 Democrats. 4
Populists, 9 Republicans. Ten Sena
tors were paired. In the House a ma
jority of Democrats aided a majority
of Republicans. In the Senate a small
AAOJOAACJ VI AGCPOO1AGdL4S dAuSu d Small
majority of Democrats and did the
awful deed that strikes out our leading
money metal and paralyzes business of
all kinds sooner or later, it being al
most In that stage now. This is the
record made by the party that clamored
so long for a chance and finally got it.
AS we told our readers all along, the
gold bugs will turn their money loose
now and have their debased newspa-
pers declare that times are better"
This has been verified already. Money
has fallen from "a to 81 per cent. in
New York and the papers everywhere
Chose without principle are saying
that times are better. This will last
but a short time, however, and then
we will get a taste of the times sure to
follow a gold basis. But let us hope
that the eyes of the people have been
opened and they will rise in their
might and hurl the gold bugs out of
power and elect a new Congress before
we begin to experience too much ofthe
horrors that await us as a people.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-07
MORTGAGES IN IDAHO.

Idaho is n of the new States, but
the interest spectre, the usurer and the
currency contraction has kept pace
with the advance of the centre of popu-
lation Westward.
There are Is, 113 families in the State.
Of this number IL, 998 own their homes.
Five thousand, one hundred and fifteen
families r renters. The aggregate of
debts on farms and homes amounts to
81, SIS, 1913. Of this total 81, 375, lis is
on farms and $500, 2O8 on town and city
property. The average value of the
farms is So, $50, with average incum,
brance Of 81, 100; town and city homes,
81, 946; encumbrance, 1915. Rate of
interest, 10 per cent.
This little State, with about one.
twelfth the population of South Caro-
lima, is nearly one third as much in
debt, and no cotton is raised in Idaho,
either. Taking the population for in.
stance, they owe nearly $50 to 81 as
compared with South Carolina.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-07
THEIR DAY is OVER.

The time has been known when a
Congressman or Senator could send the
editors in his district a copy of the Con-
gressiOnGI Record and a few of their
constituents packages of seeds and
earn their salary. If any bad legisla
ton went through or good legislation
failed to pass, they could blame it on
the ''other party" and it would be all
right.
This will not work any more The
people are getting their eyes open and
want results rather than theories.
They know 1.-The other party" is not in
the way now. They know that one
party is in full control, from township
constable up to President, and they
mean to have something other than
trickery.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-07
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN THE
STATE.

1t is generally believed that the man
agement of the various public lnsClCu-
tions in North Carolina is as good as
that of the same in other States. his
may or may not be a fact. At any
rate we believe there is much room Tor
Improvement and without any greaI
additional expense. We think the State
prison and the various asylums are IN
fairly good condition. Local PRISONS
poor-houses, ETC., are not satisfactory
by any means.
We will begin at home and branch
out. The city prison in Raleigh Is SAID
to be a perfect death-trap. In the past
few months three policemen have dled
and their deaths are attributed by some
to the bad sanitary condition OF III
station house. If am occasional Visit
to the prison has killed three strong,
heal nv men, to be confined there for
a few hours or days must be very
harmful to prisoners. Innocent men
are sometimes imprisoned. If not in
nocent, they may not deserve death
from diseases contracted while i'm
prisoned. This matter should have i'm
mediate attention.
Some of the county jails throughout
the State are said to be badly kept and
filthy. The county commissioners IN
every county should thoroughly ex.
anime the jaiIs and see that prisoners
are comfortably quartered. Common
humanity demands this much. 1t is
wrong to confine even a dog in a filthy
den.
-U~ndeserving people sometimes get
into the county homes. But the most
of our paupers are entitled to good
treatment and comfortable quarters.
Only a few days ago Rev. L. G.
Broughton, a we'll known minister at
Winston, visited the Forsyth county
home, in company with several ladies
and at their request. He did not go
for the purpose of acting the part of a
DR.. Parkhurst, but he found cause to
do so. In a recent sermon he alluded
to the visit and described some Of the
scene He said he found one or two
rooms clean and comfortable, but ma
iority were in a horrible condition. The
bedclothing and floors look ed as if they
never came in contact with water Or
soap. In one room he found five negro
men suffering with some loathsOme dis
ease. The stencil was ~unbearable. DR..
Broughton was a practicing physician
for four years, but he says he never
found such a dirty hole anywhere dur
ing that time. In one room he found
a negro woman who has given birth to
two or three children. A white
man, an idiot, occupied the same room
and it is presumed that he is the father
of the children.
This is but picture of a poor
house. We fear that others are man,
aged much the same way. The com
missioners in every county should
thoroughly investigate and see that the
paupers get the benefit Of all money
appropriated for such purposes, and
that their1rooms are comfortable and
clean.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-07
ANALYSTSO OF THE VOTE ON FREE
COINAGE.

The Democrats have a majority of
1O4 members in the House. On the
9th of August free coinage was killed
by the votes of 100 Democrats and III
Republicans, 1O1 Democrats, Is Repub
licans and s Populists voting for free
coinage. Had the Democrats voted in
accordance with their promises for
years and especially the platforms
made last year, all of them would
have voted for free coinage, giving a
clear majority of SO, without counting
the Populists, who all voted that way,
and without the aid of the fifteen Re
publicans who voted for free coinage,
it would have had a clear majority of
81 votes in the House.
On last Monday the final vote was
taken in the Senate. We append the
analysis made by the Wilmington Mes
senger and Atlanta Constitution, both
leading Democratic organs. The an
alysis needs no comment and no ex-
cuses can be made for the party in a
MOLE" Line messenger says:
sit willibe interesting to briefly ex-
anime the vote on Senator Peft RS free
coinage bill, which was lost by a vote
of % ayes, 80 nays. Vance voted aye
and Ransom no. Vance voted for free
coinage and Ransom voted against free
coinage. Let us look at the vote and
the paired Senators to see how the
Democrats in the Senate rally stood as
to free coinage-making silver as it was
in 1873, equal before the law as to gold,
and without discrimination against
either metala a the Democratic platform
and law of 1892 required and promised
to the country. There were IS Senators
who voted or were paired. They were
thus divided: For free coinage %
Democrats; against free coinage 81
That is an ugly showing
for the Democrats in view of the Chi
cago law and the record of the party as
in the platforms and speeches,
in campaign hand books and conven-
tions, in the Congress and in public
documents all through the years run
ming back to 1873. A very bad show
ing indeed.
Whence come the 81 Democrats who
trampled upon the promises and plat
forms and the law of 1892? From the
North came 10; from the South came
IL. Mark that. Eleven Southern Demo
cratic Senators voted against the free
coinage of silver-against the declara-
tions and actions of the party in the
past, and against the law of the party
at Chicago as laid down in 1892, that
demanded the use of both gold and
silver as the standard money of the
country, and to the coinage of both
gold and SiIUer without discriminating
against either metal or charge of mint.
age" That meant free coinage because
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-07
WHAT CAUSED THE PANIC,

Al we said at the beginning it VA
brought about first by natural causes
Z. e, continued contraction of the Gu.
reney for years. But still it was lsrge
ly artificial, the object being to cesg
sentiment unfavorable to silver. THs
money that might have been in bank
ing and commercial channels was bid
away until legislation could be gotten
through that would kill silver as a
future money metal, except for Oining
small change, such as quarten and
dimes. The moment that law is passed.
this money is thrown upon the market
The Exchanges, New York, an authority
upon such matters, published the tl
lowing on the first day of NOvenbE,
two days after the repeal bill VasI
signed by the President:
One very CONSPICUOUS feature for the
moment is the anxiety Of mOneyand
ers to place time funds. This desire is
all the more pronounced from the fact
that not less than six weeks ago. as
high as "a per cent. per annun was
asked on even gilt-edge coLlatFaS
Now the same brokers, Representing
the Identical financial institutions that
had no money to loan in August are
endeavoring to place time CONTRACTS az
81 per cent, and no Discrimination i
evidently made against those naca
abused Gin bear markets) industrial
curities. The repeal of the Sherman
silver act will bring out the last Oh ts
holdings of currency and gold as Tar q
our own people are concerned. MONEY
will probably be remarkably cheap Ias
winter, and it is not unlikely, unas
there should be a wild speculation, DIV
only in stocks, but likewise IN COLI
modities, that funds will keep OeIOe
the 6 per cent. legal rate Tor naD'
months to come. Il
Doubtless that paper knows Wna' =
is talking about. Money could no' y
borrowed in New York, in Augu'@ >
"a per cent. To-day it can be 0orrOsD-
for a year at 3! per cent, the secl'O'
good and quantity large. H8.
lar loans can be negotiated at2p
cent, and this will probably conD..
mo aths, or until some other e@4.j
can be Matched up for hard time a ~
then the screws will be turned Oh "I
horrible effect and the result OF aV's
basis will be felt. The rate OF lD% u -
will go up, the price Of bonds WI W. :
and other things with them
have seen no hard times yet a. ' ~so
pared to what we will then see
remedy and only way TO p .Isct
this terrible state of affairs IS u '%
an entirely new Congress next :.IIsI
It will not do to depend upon 50 ID,
friends of silver. Most of the nlsDo =,
Of silver are out of the old parNI s,rd
will be out. No man can ar.
TO claim to be a friend of good gO' ore
ment and remain in parties 'na.
giving nothing but bad go7ern
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-07

The November Arena closes the
eighth volume of this popular review,
which, by the conspicuous ability of
its contributors, it's unequalled, fear
less and healthy Informative impulses,
las become a power in our land. The
November issue contains, among other
brilliant papers, a noteworthy article
written by the late Richard A. Proc
tor, in which the eminent astronomer
reviews the claims of Bacon and
Shakespeare at length. This paper
vas originally a portion of a ~correspon-
dence between Mr.. Proctor and his
daughter. The Bacon Shakespeare case
closes in this issue.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-07
n. R. P A.
EDITORIAL, T

Many of the Odd Fellows in North
Carolina have responded literally to
the call for help from the members of
the Order in the fever stricken city Of
Brunswick. Ga.
Mrs. A D. T. Whitney has taken up
the pen again, and has written a series
of familiar letters to American girls
for publication in The Ladies' Home
Journal during 1894
Bro. B 3 Rp4ffssfr88 IS one f Wake
,,GGunty's best farmers. He has left
som specimen ears of upland corn,
raised on his farm this year, in u
Office. The corn is hard to beat.
The Durham Globe says: THE ex-
traordinary session of Congress has
only been an extraordinary gathering
of extraordinary asses, to crafty the
extraordinary egotism of an extraor-
binary autocrat from Buffalo.
Before the election the tariff was the
trouble After the election it was the
Sherman law that was ''ruinin' or the
the country" Now that is repealed
and we wonder what new gag will be
sprung on an uns~uspecting public.
The yellow fever epidemic at Bruins
wick, Ga, has subsidized. Very few
new cases are reported now, and the
cool weather will soon drive it away.
Owing to better knowledge as to treat
ment. the death rate has not been
great.
J. H. Hodge, of Virginia, Cleveland's
appointee as Consul to Amboy, China,
has been recalled, and it is reported
that a new appointment will be made.
Hodge had gone as far as San Fran
cisco on his way to China. He is
thought to be utterly incompetent.
The repeal of the Sherman law hasn't
stopped failures in North Carolina or
elsewhere. Fletcher & Perry, Ashe-
vile; DR.. J. J. Rhone, Pineville; A. P.
Burch, & Bro, Chapel Hill; Biting
Bros. & Payne, Rural Hall, and other
large firms, have made assignments in
the past few days.
We guess the almost deserted streets
of some of the towns where Chambers
of Commerce and Exchanges CD petit
toned for unconditional repeal will
dampen their ardor and learn them to
petition more sensibly hereafter. The
grass will grow on the streets of those
towns next summer.
Mr.. J.. P. Caldwell, editor of the
Charlotte Observer, sustained an IRE
parable loss in the death of his wife,
from typhoid fever, last week. Mrs.
Caldwell was one of the most lovely,
accomplished and beautiful women in
the State. A more devoted husband
and wife could not be found.
The Elizabeth City Economist calls
Marion Butler "Hyena Butler" That
ia n of the favorite substitutes for
s'more money, tariff and pension re-
form" that the party organs are giving
i. the country. Some of the editorial
a1ernity say 'THE Progressive
m"OSSER is the most incendiary sheet in
CAte." ALI these things are the
"nform Athe average voter is getting
e. 13rrug the Democratic ticket for
4Hentv-seSen years. But if it pleases
tho 1o+ers. we will not complain.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-07

A Kansas exchange mentions the
fact that one of the county candidates
has been expelled from the church
three times, and declares that he is not
fit to hold Office. Down this way some
good men have been expelled from
churches just because they had opin
ions of their own. Don't be too hasty
in passing judgment.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-07
IS MORE THAN PLEASED

EASTERN TOBACCO WAREH29S.ao%n,' r,
Oltho L. Joyner, Owner ana % 1888
Greenville, N. c., OcI' d. PSa,Ieigh
EDITOR PROGRESSIVE FARMER
N. c.: obock fol
DEAR SIR:-Enclosed find cn Go1 10.
So so in payment for the al b %;
serted for me. Your bill wasIo[ mi d
hope you will accept the anjJ for the
check, as I got value receives The con-
ad With good wishes Tor an,
tinued success of your paper
Yours very truly 1ovsgR.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-07

Don't lose sight of the fact that John
Sherman, Car Reed and Cabot Lodge,
the three most cordially hated Repub
licans in America, voted with the
Democrats in both House and Senate
for the passage of the infamous repeal
bill. Make a note of this, friends, no
matter what party you belong to.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-07
WHAT WILL THE PAD,.~

Lt0img Issues, Atlanta
Georgia State Alliance, nev onsan Of
but good advice to its o5sLVesaq
following ought to be carafn rsra' n.
cred by every farmer in tho y oOnsd
There are thousands Of fo os'onOet.
over the cotton States who warm ~ n a
for the n~ecessaries of life if jala suite
for the nefarious credit systan was no
These men almost without t'u
have rushed their cotton on w. sAcepto'
and next spring VIII find t5o srS naFks
any means to 90 upon. Tbor 'ishop
pect credit to < .a... .r.,b' VIII eI
they have no assurance that ., ;safa and
be able to obtain it. Uey vii
Next spring may find this
people in desperate straits Sl'ss q
OF the merchants who have bsa aSand
ming these farmers viii not h ''u rug
do so next year and the farma ao.s 7
depends solely upon credit to r,a Tal
business may find himself ont Ft'u y
next spring. J
They should think abou, tbi,,,
it is too late. Face the condirioo Do
business way and learn to loeb ~,
yourself.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-07

gold has free coinage and silver was to
be its full equal in all privileges includ-
ing ''mintage."
The analysis of the vote in the Wash
ington special to the Atlanta Constitu
ton saas this:
Leaving out the border States of
Delaware, Maryland and. West Virginia
there are thirteen Southern States with
twenty six Democratic Senators, of
whom only six (Ransom, of North Car
DINA; Gordon, of Georgia; White and
Daffrey, of Louisiana; Mills, of Texas
and Lindsay, of kentucky were
against free coinage. The other twenty
stood by their constituents. If these
SIX Southern Senators had voted for
free coinage it would have carried, and
cannot be maintained that the five
States from which they hail are not
free silver States. The amendment
was lost by the votes of seven Demo
Gratis heretofore outepoken in favor of
free coinage and who have so voted in
the Senate-Hill, of New York; Voor-
hee* and Turpie, of Indiana; Faulkner,
OF West Virginia; Ransom, of North
Carolina; Gordon, of Georgia, and
Mills, of Texas. General Gordon was
absent but his vote was counted, as he
was paired with Pettigrew, of South
Dakota, as a free silver Republican.
Senator Colquitt was present and de-
sired to vote for free silver, but he was
paired with Wilson, of Iowa, a gold
standard Republican who has not been
able to be in his seat this session."
There were 10 Republicans and four
Populists who voted for free coinage,
and II Republicans who voted against
free. coinage. There were but three
Northern Democrats who voted for
free silver-Martin, of Kansas; Roach,
of North Dakota, and White, Of Cali
fornia. With only three Democrats in
all the North for silver it puts the party
s'in a hole" in so far as being with the
Democratic record and the Constitu
ton that demands both silver and gold
as the unit of value. How will the
Democrats ever get together again on
silver so as to make a deliverance9 1t
is not words but works that the people
desire. 1t is not platitudinous four
hours speeches but votes that they de
mand. Three Northern Democrats only
for silver and eleven Southern Demo
Gratis against, twenty three in all for
and twenty-one against. A divided
house. 1t may turn out to be a ruined
party. With that condition existing
with free silver-equal in the Constitu-
ton and equal in the last platform of
the Democratic party-rejected by
Democrats pledged to give it to the
people, what are the Southern Demo
Gratis going to do about it? Time will
reveal"
NJ ~ u Vin~ fOrpoor1u IF fhio
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-07

variety of reading matter than is found
in most papers. Our exchanges are
riddled and the best gems transferred
to our columns. Our correspondents
are the best in the land. Our selections
r. both entertaining and instructive.
You get a page of State and general
news every week, something that no
other paper attempts. You get facts
and figures that are given by no other
paper.
Let every one of our friends in this
and other States go to work and get
up clubs. Any number of subscrip-
lions, from n up, thankfully received,
You can do the reform cause no greater
service than by getting subscribers.