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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21
THE UNION OF THE SOUTH AND
WEST.

The Democratic and Republican par
ties in the North and Northeast have
united. Why should not the people of
the South and West uniteq The spoil
ers have united why not their victims9
The plunderers have come together i;
will they succeed in keeping the plum
dered apart by the use of false names9
Canthey deceive the people any longer
about their having unitedG All intelli-
gent men in the North and Northeast
know it; all the people in the West have
found it out. 1t is only in the South
that the emissaries of Wall street have
succeeded in throwing sand into the
eyes of the people. Cleveland used the
Republican forces In Congress to de-
monetize silver. He unites with the
Republicans in Congress whenever it.
suits his interests; why should not the
people of the South and West uniteF
Gov. Tillman's speech on this subject,
published In THE PRoGREssfvEE FARMRR
OF the lash, should be read in neighbor!-
hood gatherings in every section Of the
country IA . F-4i71a IF
-EQE 9aTtI.4 IL = sy-rarfr.sf r.t .F
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21

The Goldsboro Caucasian says: Five
hundred people are to day suffering
from hard times caused by bad legisla-
ton where n person is being bene
flied. OF course the one who is being
benefited wants the laws to stay as
they are or to be made worse. Of
course the five hundred want the laws
changed. These bad laws must be
changed by votes. Then why don't
the five hundred vote for a changer
Why don't they vote for the party
that will make the change3
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21
KING GROVER.

Grover Sherman" as Hon. T. E.
Watson dubbs our President or'Klng
has made another ten strike for pluto
racy. Not satisfied with demonetizmg
silver for England. he has made an
other step toward q m~OnarchlaI gov
eminent by placing Queen Lilinokalani
back on the Hawaiian throne.
A few months ago the very corrupt
government in Hawaii was overthrow
during a revolution and a provisional
government es established. America has
a large number of residents in Hawaii.
When the revolution started, our war
ships went at once to protect Ameri
cans. Somehow or other America took
charge of the whole business, made the
Queen step down and out and made 8
republic out of a monarchy. England
has quite a number Of residents III
Hawaii, and Notwithstanding the i'm
proved condition of the country as a
republic, these English capitalists have
been clamoring for mOnarchlal govern
eminent. The result is that President
Cleveland has directed the overthrow
of the provisional government and the
re establishment of a corrupt and de
bauched monarchy. The Queen will
again take charge and run the country
to suit herself and her English suhjscts.
We would not be surprised to hear at
any time that Cleveland has declared
himself King of America. He evidently
is opposed to any form of government
except m~onarchial. We are about to
lose the freedom our forefathers fought
for and gained 100 years ago. as.-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21
ELECTION NEWS.

Last week we promised to publish the
official vote OF each State voting on the
7Jh. But, strange to say, the woe has
not yet been published. However, the
result is about as indicated in these
columns last week. While the contest
appeared to bea hot one in every State,
the result is a general purprise ali
around. Every one Of the parties
made surprising gains In some sections
and suffered surprising losses In other
places. State elections are not eX
pected to bring out a full vote, but the
recent election shows an unusually
light vote. Republican, carried New
York, New Jersey, Massachusetts,
Iowa, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Ohio
by m~ajorities ranging from probably
80, 600 in Iowa to I'VE 100, GOO in Penn
sylvania Democrats carried Ken
lucky, Virginia and Maryland. ALI
parties got out a light vote, and the
Populist was the only party making
gains everywhere, which it did,
even with so much indifference
among the people. In Nebraska
that party carried Al counties last
year. This year it carried 81 coun-
ties; a big gain. Colorado shows a de
cided gain. With the exception of q
few counties, split by fusion with the
Democrats, there was a good gain in
Kansas. In Virginia the POpulist vote
last year was IL 275; this year about
40. 600. They elected eleven members
of the legislature and three Senators,
but two of the Senators will have to
contest for their seats. The Populists
increased their vote l, 500 in Ohio, 5000
in Iowa, several thousand in New
York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts,.
The vote in New York City was nearly
as large this year as it was in the whole
State last year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21
YOUR UNCLE MATT GETS MAD.

The article on our first page, copied
from the Patron and Cleaner, will
make mighty interesting reading for
our friends in this State. A meeting
of the citizens of Northampton county
was called to meet at jackson, the
county seat, on the 18th inst, to take
some action in regard to the currency
question. It seems that members. of
all parties were present. Mr.. B. s.
Gay, chairman of the Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee of NORTHAMPTON
county, 'persided. Senator Ransom's
home is in Northampton, near Jack
son. Naturally he was on hand, hav-
ing heard that many of his neighbors
didn't approved of his aiding the English
goldbugs to demonetize silver by vot,
ing for the unconditional repeal of the
Sherman law. 1t is rather h~umiliating
for a United States Senator to be sat
down upon by members of his own
party right in his native county and in
his presence. 1t seems that Senator
Ransom took part in the meeting and
had q number of goldbug friends at
work to prevent the adoption of the
resolutions, which fully endorse SEN
ator Vance; and, while Senator Ran,
SONS name is not calledt his position
O. the silver question is silently con
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21

riskI. Now and then you hear of g.
student getting killed, but news
about those getting hurt is always
suppressed. Twosor three usually get
badly.hurt during every hotly contested
game. Residents of Darkest Africa
would be Mortified we're they to witness
some games of football Quite recently,
during a game in Raleigh, n OF the
uIay ers was knocked insensible, and
had to be carried homes. For hours
after ward he could not remember any
thing for two minutes. He gos over
it. but it was a narrow escape. The
past might have continued to be a
blank. In another game in this city
last Friday, a young man got his nose
split open and will be disfigured for
life. Athletic sports are right and
proper, but football is wrong, is brutal.
There. is still another danger TO be
considered. Much betting is done dur
ing these games. The general public
do a good deal Of it, and it is not likely
that the students of the various colleges
resistthe temptation The young man
who may be induced to back up his
CO. lege team with a little money may
possibly think there is no harm in doing
so. If he loses at first, he may cOn
tinue hoping to get his money back. Ii
he wins, the chances are that he VIII
bet on the very next horse race or game
o. cards.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21
THE GOOD RESULTS ARE NOT
VISIBLE,

Commenting on the passage Of the
repeal bill by the United States Senate,
the London Standard says:
"a weaker man than Mr.. Cleveland
would have been beaten, so divided in
opinion are the States even now, 90
vicious have been the effects upon the
Nations mind of long familiarity with
paper money and false economy dOC'
trlnes. If popular belief IN the capaC'
l6y of the republic to pay paper dollars
and silver certificates in gold be undls'
turbed, it may still be possible to re
new the foundations of mercantile
credit in America without a violent
disturbance Of the gold markets OF 3D.
rope" --.
The Richmond Times plays tho
traitor in endorsing what the English
goldbug organ says in the following
language:
we quite agree with the hard
headed Englishman. Long Familiarity
with and daily practices Of pernlcl0uS
paper money and protective tariff the'
cries have SO perverted the minds anu
reasons OF a great body OF the Am9TE
can people that we should pr00aoy
have houndered along for Il consider
able period in all the mud and slough
of departing credit, but for toe master
full hold which Mr.. Cleveland toOS
upon the subject and the firmntss aLu
sta5esmanlike tenacity with when ~
adhered to it. The cheap dollar wa
inslduously but surely dong us WoFh
L. was gradually driving tn WIZ"
country towards a process OF HqiIIa
ton when 81, 600, 600, the amounsOL Wv
co%untry's currency, would nave "
stand through one process and atC,n os
for the great bulk of the $65 OOO, VUV TL3s
worth of property In the cou1jTy 10
process would have gone on unIH w IN
whole land was covered from emu
end with bankruptcies and uln nT-
not MI. Cleveland's powerful pe['J tn
atty been thrown into the 6Ctl0
bring it down upon the side OF coHSItbyt
alive order and exact payment u
according to contract" n
Now if the Standard or Times WIZ
produce the facts and figures 10 Sno.
that the repeal has been a beneh'' 49,
We will be ready to believe thai W.
are honest. The facts 30 far are ag'L
them. Nearly everything IS gOss
down in price instead of up. BuSLn ~.
concerns are closing more rapidly
they were before the repeal paS ed.
For several weeks the number o.
ures (alreAdy unprecedented - nv
been increasing in number. W. y
lieve the Standard and Times
edited by direct descendants Of
nanias 5 81
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21

At a meeting of manufacturers in
Philadelphia on the 18th they decided
to reduce the wages of all operatives.
It is stated that manufacturers north
of the Potomac river have reduced
wages 25 per cent. in the past six
months. But there is no tariff reform
in sight, and that has had nothing to
do with it. General scarcity of money,
the demonstration of silver, ETC., is
the trouble. Didn't we tell you SOL
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21
~srHE+NATION'S ROCHE -,
f.rEH LERY."

Under the above heodirr The H..
troted AM erccn, ? New York n,,,"
piece of plutocracy, arraisns or usu'
member of Congress and S.nator J
voted for free coinage. It il thu VIC @uo
brutal attack from any 50 caIIod I'1s'
spectacle paper that we hav, read
this 'rogues gallery" are maluaed a5.p ~
1O1 Democratic, IS Republican ana y
Populist Congressman. Al-5 ab,nt o."
Senators. Those who cort:nna f. wv ~
port plutocratic papers aid vote e.
pIutocrats, must do it with thtir er..
open.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21
Thu ALLlANcg AS AN EDUCATOR.


we believe. that nearly every teacher
in North Carolina will admit that the
! Alliance has proven a blessing to the
neople of the State, and especially-our
farm, rs, beipyTas il is, an organization
heartily in favor Of more and better
schools. The common or free schools
of the State are the great foundation
stone. In the past five or six years
these schools have improved wonder
fully. Several hundred neat and com
room OF the first floor and Alliance
hall upstairs, stand out boldly in proof
of this assertion. These commodious
buildings have taken the place of rude
structures, often built of logs, totally
unit for occupancy by either teacher
or pupils during the winter months.
This IS the result of organized farmers
We may add, also, that some wise ad
ditions have been made to the school
laws of the State, the inspiration com
ing from the same source.
The existence of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College is due, m part, TO
persistent agitation kept up by promi-
neat members Of the Alliance and it's
press. The State Normal and Indus
trial School was brought into existence
in the same way. The high schools
and colleges. located all over the State,
have felt the powerful influence. The
attendance at moss of them has in
creased all the way from 80 to 100 per
cent. in the past five years. Even nov
in the midst of the greatest financial
depression ever known, most of these
schools are fourishing to an astOrish
ing degree. Many OF the best teachers
in u State are active members of the
Order, quite all Of them are favorable
to the aims and principles. We hope
to see more of them taking an active
part. When so much good has been
done in the past equally good results
may be expected in the future.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21
parties.

Archdeacon Farrar lives in the very
heart Of London, under the shadow of
Westminster Abbey and close to the
Parliament buildings. In McClure's
Magazine for December he chars most
entertainir ely about his life and work
and about Tennyson, Macaulay, Phil
lips Brooks, Dean Staley, Longfellow,
and many others. The article is CAPT
tally illustra ed with ten large draw
ings by the brilliant American artist,
Arthur Jules Goodman. ..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21
n. r. P. A.
EDITORIAL T

What has becon e of the President,
Senate and Congress2 We hear but lit
tie mention Ct them nowadays.
Dun's ReUie1V for the week ending
November 18th reports 361 business
failures. There were 358 during the
preceding week.
For some time another banker gone
wrong has been a familiar headline.
Now we read it another minister gone
wrong" The preachers are not all
going that way, however.
Some one tied a pig trough to the
knob of a Leaksville, mans front door.
The citizen m out in a card telling
the unknown criminal that all will be
forgotten if he will tell his name.
We have a number of inquiries from
people who wish to purchase Poland
China pigs. Those who have pigs of
that breed for sale will find ready u
toners if they will advertise in our
columns.
Among the important business fail
ures in the State last week were: I. B.
Wyatt, Salisbury; liabilities about 81
900; J. Stephany, Statesville; liabilities
about SIG, 600; Sheriff A%llsbrook, Hall
fax county, liabilities about S., 500.
We frequently read of female COW
boys, burglars, highwaymen, etc but
it was left to North Carolina to pro-
duce the female horsethief. Lizzie
Smitty, II years old, of Wilkes county,
has been put it jail at Sparta charged
with horse stealing.
This has been a hard year on news-
papers, especially those advocating
Wall street doctrines, many of them
going under. We notice that over 40
papers have suspended in Minnesota
alone. Probably several hundred have
gone down in the United States.
Col. DR.. Kingsbury, of the Whining
ton Messenger. says he is in favor of a
tax on all incomes above 2 1000 a year.
Don't do it, doctor. That will catch
every editor in the State. We will
have to pay the taxes and be counted
with the rich, vulgar herd. Don't do
that.
Little Benny Harrison tried to get
UP q row with little Chill some months
ago. Chilli is a country about as large
as some of our smaller States. The OBJ
ject was to win fame and draw the
attention of the public away from the
real issues. Now Cleveland IS trying
to try the same game on Honduras.
Another new AllianceI Maj. w. A.
Graham, acting for Deputy Organizer
Proctor has organ zed anew Alliance
called Zion in Lincoln county a
Stanley Creek. It starts off with good
material and promises to be a large
n Let them come. We want to
see more new a and old ones reor-
,ganized. -, IG....r H..
We suppose Private Iams, of the
Pennsylvania State Guard, now thinks
revenge has some sweetness. Col.
Streator, who had Iams arrested and
hung up by the thumbs for some in5
fraction OF the military law during the
Homestead Pa, riots last year, was
arrested for stealing silver spoons from
the Hotel Windsor at Wheeling, Wa
ga last week. -',e''h" ''1'i1
-Ea mn g. al
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21
TWO A DEATHS.

Joseph Afford and Johnnie Jones,
two pupils of the R~olesville Academy,
have died recently. } Both were bright
young men and had won the biph
esteem of their tellow-studenta. Who
all speak of them in the highest terms
OF praise. 80 1877 70 ..~-t~f5-Z =
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21

liam standing mo1U Just behind the
curtain, and in full gIOW Of the coming
sunset. Behind me are the shddO1e$ on
the track. before me lies the Gnrk rGLley
and the riUer. When I minQLe U'fth ats
dark acnters I UUaTt to cast one tinger-
ina look apon q country 1chOse goUern-
mse7at is of the people, for the Deopte,
and by the peopIe."-L L. Polk, july
18th. 1890.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21
Do1oU WANr ToBa sHERlFF I


1t is said that hut few county sherifs
in North Carolins ever COME out Of the
Gffce as we'll off as they were when
.-they-Went in. Just why this-is5We
don't know. OF late years the record
has been getting worse. In the past
few weeks two or three sherifs have
assigned or were sued on their bonds
for taxes they had failed to collect. The
ex.sher1f OF Forsyth county is behind
about $40, 500, and he and his bonds
men have been sued for that amount.
No dishonesty is alleged. The sheriff
simply failed to collect that amount of
tax out of the people of the county.
&c says he couldn't get the money
hout selling the property of the tax
payers, and money has been Sd close
that he couldn't get the amount even
if he put the property up for sale.
When people get too poor topay taxes,
and when property will not bring money
at some price, it is a pretty bad state Of
affairs-something that the d mone-
tiz alton of silver and other refOrms(0
won't remedy. More money is what
we need, . 4...
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21
VALUE OF The REFORM PRESS

The politicians at Washington would
find it an easy matter to fool the PEG
pie but for the reform press. Just after
the present administration went in it
was announced that pension reform
had begun and millions would be
saved Every administration paper
published the lie and it would have
went on that way had the reform press
remained silent. More recently reform
financial legislation was announced.
The repeal of the Sherman law without
a substitute is not reform, and it has
only taken the reform press a few
weeks to expose the whole conspiracy
and convince a majority of the people
that they have been duped. Pretty
soon a tariff bill will pass. From pres
ent indications it will be a greater
fraud than any yet attempted. There
will be no reduction at all. The papers
will be loaded to convince the public
that they are getting tariff reform,
but the reform press will compare
figures and expose the fraud. Now
can you afford to do without such
papers9
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21

In writing TO dnAbOdg, always be
u to give the name OF your postothce,
and sign your WI name plainly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21
NOW THAT REPEAL Is ovpp

Air, After the Ball
Now that repeal is over
What will King Grover do
After his object lesson Vs.
Will he give us sometime
Wait till he hears the goDdnnnn 7"t
And Wall street then rpsn"na.
Then will we hear this ordnr, ius,
Carlisle, we must Issue ho,a- -
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21

Do you wan y0ur paper t.
another office State the at which
you have been getting II.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21

We often wonder how it is that the
descendants of such ancestors as most
Of people had will trade in towns
where blackguards are allowed to
throw pepper into their eyes while
holding peaceable meetings. Egg
throwing aud such business should be
met by throwing your trade among
law abiding business men
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21

s- Our friends in writing TO any Of
u advertisers viii favor us by men
sioning the fact thet they saw Lhe
advertisements IL THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21

~ TIE date CD your label tells you
when YOU tine is out.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21

An ex Chairman of the State Demo
cratic Exc :utive Committee was at
tending the sale of blooded stock,
held in Raleigh, recently. He re
marked that the horses we're selling
very low and said he would purchase
some of them if he had any money,
and said, also, that he would borrow
some money and make. an investment
anyhow il he knew The currency ques,
ton would be settled properly. A
Populist heard the remark and said
Then il is the currency question after
all. l thought you always argued that
it was the tariff" The ex-Chairman
wilted.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21

The Progressive Farmer is the Ohcial
C-gsn ofthe N c. Farmers State Alliance
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21

NE ,zty,sr entered az s5a0ggI-ctGss EldtteT o! To
Past O+Fce AZ RGlef0h, N. z.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-01-21
IN DEATtI VALLEY.
The Task of Grading IA Road Over u
stretch of solid Salt.

The Task of Grading "A Road Over u
stretch of solid Salt.
The grading road OF solid salt was
until recently an unexpected task in
engineering, and is thus described by
one of its operators: In what is known
as the Death Valley we found stretch
of solid salt about eight miles across.
In Il sense it was levcl-thcre were no
hills or valleys. In another sense there
was scarce IL level square inch on the
whole beds, for the salt crust had prob
ably. through the influences of heat
from above and ofmoisture from below.
been torn and twisted and thrown up
in the most jagged peaks, pyramids and
cris-crossed ridges imaginable,
They were not high-none more than
four feet-but there was not u level
space even for mans foot between
them. Every step made was on Il ragged
point or edge of some kind. The near
est approach to anything like that |
have ever seen was on the ice on Lake
Erie, where two fields had been jammed
together by the wind and held so by
the frost The ragged ice masses were
somewhat like these salt masses. They
were larger, but they were not SO sharp
or in any way so difficult to cross
Judging that the crust would sustain
the weight of the wagons the worllmen
swung the sledge-hammers day after
day until they had beaten down these
pinnacles into smooth way six feet
wide. 1t was perhaps the most labori-
GUS engineering work ever done in the
country, for the climate and location,
! far from civilized habitations, combined
TO -etard the efforts of the workmen.
The roadway, when completed, led over
what may be properly called Il naturally
formed bridge of salt eight miles long
the only bridge of the kind in the
world.
As one enters the easterly end of this
road, two unmarked graves are seen in
the salt crust near the track. They are
the graves of unknown men who died
there from the heat, and, after the
fashion of the country, We're buried
where they fell. They We're covered
over with pieces Of salt broken from
the pinnacles near by Tho crust was
too hard to warrant digging into it.
One must travel long time to find two
more graves like these, if indeed two
more can be found in the world. Age
of Steel