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The record-union., 1893-02-06
Emile Zola,

Emile Zola, the great French novelist,
is short-set, pleasant-looking bourgeois,
of portly build, with tiabby, parchment
complexioned face framed in fringe of
black beard that is streaked with gray.
He wears eyeglasses, and is profoundly
imperious in manner. He is now two
and-fifty, and all his life long has been in
opposition. His career is of his own MAX
ing. observation-disclosures ago he was
clerk in Hachette's bookstore in Paris
passing rich on eighty francs month.
While writing his first romance he was
often reduced to bread and water, and
playfully remarks that he was compelled
ito play Arab as to clothes. To-day he
is nearly if not quite a millionaire He
has amassed fabulous fortune out of his
books. "RAssommoir," which is per-
haps his most popular work, has gone
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Instead there is uncertain footing for a
single person. In many places the
regular pyramidal form is lost. The
once noble rampant is only winrow of
broken stone, across which child could
climb at any point.
Still further west, across the plain of
Northwestern Shansi, the wall is but a
mound of earth, and as it continues
toward the heart of Asia it is never more
than rampant of gravel or beaten earth,
about fifteen feet in hight.
Altogether the wall is more than 1,500
miles in length; that is, it would reach on
our continent from the southern part of
Florida to Hudson Bay, crossing all
mountains on its way and not turning
aside for any obstacle. And whether
built of granite as in its eastern portion,
where, standing on any peak, you can
follow it till hidden in the clouds, or of
common earth, as on the great desert
where it has stood undisturbed in solemn
silence, still it remains the greatest W orlS
of man in all the earth.-Rev. Henry
kingman, in New York Press.
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of the genuine medicines, limitations, and
substitutes
To prevent all this, and to protect the pub
lie from fraud and imposition, the genuine
are now sold only through druggists, regu-
larly authorized as agents, and at the follow
ing long established prices:
Golden Medical Discovery for Liver, Blood
and Lung Diseases, S1.06. Favorite Pre-
scription for woman's weaknesses and all
mentsl, S100. Pleasant Pellets for the liv-
err, % cents. Comp. Ext. Smart-Wee 80
cents. DR.. Sages Catarrh Remedy, so cents
DR.. Pierce's remedies are the cheapest
you can buy, for you pay only for the good
you get. They're guaranteed to give salts
faction, or you have your money back.
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EHdE DAILY
RECORD-UyIOy.
The Leading Paper Of the
Interior of California.

The pioneer journal, which,
rom early years in the history
OF the coast, has maintained
the FRONT RANK OF JOUR-
NALISM, having every news
facility with the San Francisco
leading dailies, and sustaining
the fullest public confidence.
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.-THE--
WEEKLY UNION,

Containing all the news OF the
Record has the largest
circulation of any paper on the
Pacific Slope, its readers beinq
found in every town and ham
.let, with a constantly increasing
list in the Eastern States and
Europe. Special attention paid
to the publication Of truthful
statements Of the resources Of
California and the entire coast,
best methods Of agriculture,
fruit and vine growing.
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~ The only paper on the coast
outside of San Francisco, that receives
the FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS Dis
PATCHES and SPECIALS.
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alorrl,iu ztattppt ans aorrs aa1aeast,se.

Try Beecham's pills.
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Must be dcoid-
ed, or you buy at
your own risk
anything purport-
ing to be Doctor
Pier reefs medi-
cines, sold by un-
authorized deal
ers at less than
the regular prices.
You risk the get
ting of old bottles
,-o2t1zI
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IN ALL RESPECTS THE
Best Advertising Medium
ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
IN ALL RESPECTS THE
ON THE PACIFIC COAST.

Clean in all departments, and there
fore pre-eminently THE FAMILY
JOURNAL The best paper for the
HOmeseeker, for the Merchant, Farmer,
Mechanic ard all who desire the full
news of the day presented in a cleanly
manner.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
SAM JONES ON

Sam Jones writes to the Atlanta
Journal:
see the Senate is still vaporizing,
and delaying. Now the papers talk Of
gold shipments to Europe, and things
do not look as lovely as they did,a week
ago-and the worst may not be over,
read with interest Mr.. Cleveland's
letter to Governor Northern. 1t seems
that he has ceased to argue and has be-
gun to pray. It's time to dissolve par
lament.
see some of the Senators have gone
home, drunk. Some men can serve
their country better dead drunk than
when they are sober.
If I had a pack of hounds that would
run a fox like the United States chases
legislation, 1 would lose interest in the
fox and go dog hunting and go home
dogless.
I'd rather have no dogs than some
kind of dogs.
Why don't they do something's A
A hundred hens cackling in the barn
lot and not an egg laid! I would eat
hens and do without eggs for the bal
ance of the year.
Let that august body do something
or resign, and let us send somebody to
Washington who will act, who will re
peal or confirm.
They can't dicker and piddle and
vaporize much longer without disaster
to the country, and we will make them
smoke for their conduct when they get
home and want Endorsement by re
election.
Is it not about time we had a new
deal, anyway We can't be worsted
much in any sort of a deal.
Shades of Webster, Clay and Cal
houn! Comparisons are odious. But
I suppose the little fellows in the U. S..
Senate to day are doing as much &C
cording to their size as the giants of
old did, Size determines ability.
Wheelbearers can't carry like locomo-
tives and box cars. The space between
a lion and a cur is wide. To whom lit
tie is given, of him little will be ex
Dected.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
To RE A GOOD ALL1ANCEMAN.

Anv nan who is eligible is entitled
IN membership in the Alliance whether
he fully endorses the platform or not.
To a great extent the Alliance is an
educational institution. A man Is sup,
posed to join for the benefit Of himself
and fellow members. There may be
thirty or fifty members of an Alliance.
Five or more may not fully endorse
every plank in the platform. If such
ba the case the five members should
not be considered bad men, or ineligi-
BILE. If they are honestly seeking the
truth. let us deal gently with them,
trusting that in time they may become
full fedged advocates of the measures
we deem essential.
Last wear n of the political parties
adopted our platform word for word.
The men nominated were jealous advo-
Gates of every plank in the platform.
Naturally many Alliancemen voted
with that party. The opponents OF
that party at once declared that II any
man failed to vote with that party he
was q traitor to the Alliance and would
be looked upon as such. Perhaps a few
over Jealous, yet honest members, IN
timated as much, but this was a mas
take. The members who fully believed
in the Alliance demands and went so
far as to begin independent political
action, and later on went over to the
enemy and voted for platforms diamet-
rically opposed to the Alliance de-
mands, acre troitOrs-traitors to their
own hearts, traitors to their fellow
members and their families. But the
members who were not fully satisfied
that the demands we're the best, and
who had never said so, yer not trait
ors and no true Allianceman will con-
slider them traitors.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
Lack OF CONFIDENCE.

Il seems that some OF the leading
Democratic organs are losing conf
dence in their own crowd. The Viii
mingten Messenger of the goth said:
"One of those cotton string Demo
Gratis who fear reform always and are
half in love with an oppressive system
of taxation, has been telling the New
York Tribune, organ Of Monopoly and
Plutocracy, that he must frankly ad-
nit that it would be better for the
country if it were possible for my party
to avoid acting on the tariff question at
all this year" The Messenger prOphe
sled that sort Of rot as coming when
ever the time arrived for the fulflment
of promise and action on behalf of the
people"
The Advocate, Charlestown, w. Va,
said recently:
"a delegation Of West Virginia Dem
ocrats, headed by ex Senator Henry G..
Davis and Governor MacCorkle, ap-
peared before the Ways and Means
Committee to ask for the retention or
increase of the tariff duty on coal.
Mind you, the Democratic Governor of
West Virginia, who howled himself
hoarse in regard to the iniquity of the
robber tariff, appearing as an advocate
of protection. With three representa-
tives in Congress from this State, and
two in the Senate, voting for the degra
datiOn of silver, and the Governor of
the State, elected On a tariff for reve-
nue. platform, asking for the mainten-
ance of the present tariff on anything
whatever, suggests the pertinent ques-
tiOn, Where are we at" ANYHOW?
What becomes of the cry that the tariff
is the foundation of all our evilsY 1t
looks as if the term 'cowardly make
shift will have to become the designat-
ing title to the present Democratic
leadership. 1t looks to us that we are
being lead, with all the facility possi-
BILE, right into the camp of the enemy
the Republican party. We want a
Moses to lead us out of the wilderness.
We told you sol
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
HALIFAX HAS A GOOD MEETING
INKLEYVIL N. @.

BRINKLEYVILLE, N. @.
Mr.. EDITOR:-We met today and the
Alliance was called to order by Presi-
dent W. E. Bowen. Roll called and a
goodIy rumber of Sub Alliances an
swered. The newly elected officers
were installed and other business trans
acted, all in good spirits. Wefeel that
our county will soon redeem her mem
bership as Alliancemen.
The following resolution was passed
Resolved, That we, the Halifax
County Alliance, in session, endorse
the action OF the State Alliance in dis
tricting the State 50 that each county
meeting might have a lecturer in at
tendance, and regret that the lecturer
failed to appear at our meeting.
r. J. HARVEY, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
WHY WE NsED MORE MONEY.

The New York Recorder, in stating
the general proposition that more
money is needed for the business of
the country, expresses itself thus:
"Stati tics show that the population
of the United States is doubling itself
every thirty years, a gain of 81 per
cent. every year. If the volume of
money is not increased as fast as our
population, it must be plain to every
that there must be a steadily in
creasing scarcity of money. And it is
not disputed by any intelligent student
of the currency question that, as money
shrlnks in volume relatively to the
number Of people who use it, the pur-
chasing power of money increases, all
prices tail, including the wages of their
labor, business becomes improbable,
industries are suspended, and all the
evils have to be endured which are
summoned up in these two words,
hard times" :
The general idea here indicated is
that In the constant increase of our
population, and also in the growth of
enterprises, sometimes out of pro
portion to that of people, therei is needed
a larger capital, inrelaCion to numbers.
than is sufficient to supply the need of
smaller and older countries. These
facts ought Of course to have their due
effect In shaping the measures which
government should employ to furnish
a circulating medium in volume sufi-
Gent to meet the requirements of bust
ness.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
THE STATE IN DISTRICTS.

"a per arrangements made at the
last State meeting, Alliance speakers
have been engaged and the State al.
vided into districts so that each speaker
a be at the various county meetings
You will notice that in some instances
two or more county meetings in the
same district will be held on the same same
date. That is all right, as two or more
speakers may be IN one district.
equity maesi6gs must be held at the
time and place indicated in 9aen
county. This is the first effort along
this line. and there may be some con
fusion, but each county must hold the
meetings so as to get the benefit OF the
speaker, and be sure to advertise the
matter thoroughly and get a big croWa
at each meeting. The speaking at each
place will be public. 1t must be under
stood that the county meetings pay
the expenses of the speakers at each
county meeting.
D At. O.,,-4- ~oooRipre nc tn
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
ADOPTED
By the Farmers Alliance and Industrial
Union at Memphis, Tenn Nov. IS.


Finance-We demand a national
currency, safe, sound and flexible,
issued by the government only, a full
legal tender for all debts, public or
private, and that without the use Of
banking corporations; a just, equitable
and efficient means of distributing
direct to the people at a tax not to ex-
coed 2 per cent. as set forth by the
Sub Treasury plan or some better sys
tenn; also, by pay ments IN discharge of
its obligations and for public improve
ments.
O. We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold at the legal
ratio of Is to 1.
b. We demand that the amount of
the circulating medium be il crcased 20
at least $50 per capita exclusive Of legal
reserves.
c. We demand a graduated income
tax.
d. That our national legislation shall
be so framed in the future as not to
build up one industry at the expense of
another.
e. We believe that tho money Of the
country should be kept as much as
possible in the hands Of the people and
hence we demand that all national and
State revenue shall be limited to the
necessary expenses of the government,
economically and honestly admins
tered.
+. We demand that postal savings
banks be established by the govern
men5 for the safe deposit of the earn
ings of the people and to facilitate ex
changes.
Land-The land, including all the
natural resources of wealth, is the
heritage of all the people and should
hot be monopOlized for speculativep ur-
poses and alien ownership of land
should be prohibited. All lands now
held by railroads and other corpora
tions in excess of their actual needs,
and lands now owned by aliens, should
now be reclaimed by the government
and sold for actual settlers only.
be-
ing a means Of exchange and a public
necessity, the government should own
and operate the railroads in the in
terest of the people.
o.. The telegraph and telephone, ike
the postOfice system, being a necessity
for the transmission Of intelligence.
should be owned and operated by the
government in the interest of the PEG
pie,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
BUTLER, JENKINS g. co.

This firm has succeeded the ALI
ance Warehouse Company, of Hender
son, N, G. Their opening sale was made
on Oct. 10th. Those who sold with
them that day went home rejoicing at
the fact that highest market prices ard
lowest charges are the motto of this
house. They cordially invite the
brethren and all others who wish to
save money to sell with them. As
financial reformers" they deserve a
large patronage.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
REDUCED RATES

Cumberland Co. Fair, Fayetteville, n. C.
Far ah0ve occasion, the Richmond
and Danvlllo Railroad will sell tickets
at greatly reduced rates for the round
trip. The following rates for the round
trip will apply from points named:
Raleigh, So 20; Durham, 81 20: Hcn5er.
son, S. O5; Winston Salem, 81 95; Char,
lotte, S. 35.
Rates from intermediate points in
same proportion. Tickets on sale o.
tober Both to November 4th, inclusive.
Good returning until November 6. 1898.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
PUBLIC SPEAKING.

DR.. Cyrus Thompson. the State Lee
turer of North Carolina, and Hon.
Harry Skinner, will address the public
at the court house in Concord on Wed
nesday, November 1st, at 10 a. n. and
2:3O p. m.
Everybody is invited to hear DR..
Thompson discuss the principles of the
Alliance, and the Hon. Harry Skinner
on the issues of the day
Remember the date, November LIST,
and come and bring your neighbor, :
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
OUR CLUB

That we may be more enlightened as
to what is going on in the different
parts of our greal country, we oushtto
diversity I'll reading. More Western
and Northern papers ought to be read
in the South and more Southern papers
should be read in the West and North.
Believing this the best thing to 90 to
everlastingly obIiterate the preju5ices
of the past, we have arranged a list of
papers to offer with THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER. The price in the p~arenthesis
is the regular subscription price Of the
paper and the other figures are what
we charge for the paper with HERO
GREssTvE FARMER for one year. Re,
newals for the other papers cannot be
taken at tie club rates, but all neU
subscribers can. You can renew for
our paper and get the club rates:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
COTTON
le New York EXCHANGES saws:

The New York Exchanges says:
'Messrs. Clapp & Co. say: The
worlds consumption is about 1913, 600
bales (of 500 pounds) per week, and es-
timated to exceed this seasons crop.
and liable to reduce the visible the
coming twelve months one million
bales from the present stock. It seems
natural to expect the foreign demand
for cotton at present prices will be large.
Speculative sentiment is broadening
throughout the South. The cotton
grower appears to be his worst enemy
by being forced to rush his crop to
market ano putting it in sight, which
aids to depress prices. Ten cent Jan
uary cotton is among the possibilities.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
Vance is Coming--Congress Making
Haste Slowly--You Can't Make
Black White.

Black WhlCe.
B.-"HeIlol Mr.. Editor"
R.-"HelIo! Major Bilkins. Any
neWs9"
B.-"WeI, nothin' worth tellin'. I'm
gettin' ready fer the State Fair, an l
wanter know if Vance will be there
Tuesday. Iwant to brush up my churn
hat an wear it if I ride out with him
in a carriage"
RI suppose he will be here be-
yond a doubt, unless sickness pre-
vents"
B.-"I thought may be sum of them
gold bugs would blow him up with
dynamite before that time; they hate
him so much. Say, how is Congress
comm on?"
R.-"Just like the little boy going to
school when there was ice on the
ground. They go forward step
and slip back two. The end of time
will come before the present Congress
will do anything to benefit the people.
A. majority of the members of both
uOUSCS are uOU hU4lU y lily IOA4OCO
work. If you send a man to the peni
Tertiary expecting to make a saint out
him, you are likely to be disappointed.
When you send a dishonest man to
Congress, elected on a dishonest plat
form and put in by dishonest election
laws. you can't expect any good out Of
such a crowd"
B.-'That is what Betsy lowed about
me when I got the eternal revenue
persition. I tole her it would make
the eternal revenue service respectable
ter put respectable men in it, an she
lowed it would smash the whole bust
ness fer me ter git in an she also said
she would smash me if l got the per-
sition. 1 tell you Betsy is a smasher
frum S~masherville. How do you
reckon MI. Cleveland, Mr.. Carlisle,
Mr.. VOORHEES, and the other gold bug
gang feel these days9'
R.-"They feel like other mean PEG
pie who get caught up with before they
get their schemes through. If they
had met with success the goldbugs
would have crowned them with golden
rowns AS it is they will now lose the
friendship of the g~oldbugs, and having
already lost the friendship of the great
common people, their day of retribu
ton is near at hand. Of course they
may get a monetary consideration, but
the American people will never honor
them again. Senator Sherman acted
the traitor, but the people are now too
wide awake to be imposed upon as
they were by Sherman"
B.-"That is so. I'm glad I didn't
get the revenue position. l might have
become a raskal like Sherman, Cleve-
land, Voorhees, & Company. Good
bye."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
CHATS WITH THE BRETHREN.

Extracts from Letters Received from
Club Raisers and Other Friends.
j. G. Brown, Mcdowell county, sends
two subscriptions, Thanks.
j. B. Oliver, Wayne county, has
our thanks for two subscribers.
j. I. B. Hoover has our thanks for
eleven subscriptions sent in during the
week.
DIR, Cyrus Thompson has our
thanks for even subscribers gathered
from the field.
R. J. Walker, Wayne county,
sends two subscriptions We thank
him for kind words expressed.
james White, Robson county, re,
news, and writes that times are hard,
but THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER must
come.
DIR. w. S. Lyon, Carroll county,
Va, renews and is kind enough to say
that he can't do without THE Progress
sIvE FARMER. The reform cause has a
OrlSAG OuCIOOA HI OOu'A"C0V VHSLIAa,
he says.
C. Wilkes, Moore county A. A
Hux, Halifax; Hon. W. T. Crawford,
Washington, D. O.; G. Elmore, Ran
dolph; A. J.. Patterson, Randolph; L.
J. Beaver, Rowan; J. T. Hair, Samp-
son; w. H. Adkins, Forsyth; G. E
KestIer, Cabarrus; T. H. Hart, Rich
mond; E. M. Patterson, Sampson;
David Tucker, Duplin; J. B. WiIker-
son, Pamlico; z P. Davis, Wayne; E.
R. Rouse, Lenoir; w, L. May, Greene
J.. L. Davis, Alexander; F. Fulton,
Forsyth, and J. F. Click, Catawba,
each have our thanks for subscriptions,
kind words and other favors.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
ORANGE COUNTY MEETTc

Orange County Alliance will m.o
HillsboTo on Monday, Oct. 23d at
Sub Secretaries will please SEND IN al
reports at once so that l ma Oct I3sIr
before the county meeting. H., t ,Ii
ance will meet at 10 o'clock in order r4 r.
get through with the business in tino 10
for speaking. Let everybody a ',rle
and give Bro. Shuford a good cro yndS
The speaking will be public. '"o'
j. F. McADANs c
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
MEETING SYNOD OF CATAwRE

Winston-Salem N. c, October 20. $50,
For above occasion the Richmond =
Danville Railroad will sell tickets n
Winston Salem and return at the fol,
lowing rates, Oct. 3Oth to Nov. q. IN.
elusive, limited to Nov. 8Fh: char.
lotte, SIS IS; Durham. 81 O5; Go}d5bcro
$.85; Greensboro, 81. so; Henderson
SIS SIS; Marion, 81 As; Raleigh, S. OK.
Rural Hall, s IS; Selma, Sc Is. Rates
from intermediate points in same bro,
portion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
ANNUAL MEETING

North Carolina Liquor Dealers Associa-
tion, Charlotte, N. c, Nov. 80, 1893.
For above occasion the Richmond &,
DanvIlle Railroad will sell greatly re,
and return. Nov. 9th to 8th, incInsiva
limited to Nov. 18th, 1898. Durham
So so; Greensboro, 81 As; Goldsboro'
SO: Marion, SIS; Raleigh, 81 80; Selma
$500; Winston Salem, $3.50. Rates
from intermediate points in same pro,
portion. O
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17

Frank r Stockton has written the
history of How | Wrote The LADY.
or the Tiger'?' for the next issue of the
Ladies' Home Journal, and tells what
came of the writing of the famous story
and the condition of his own mind, at
the present time, of the correcL soln-
ton of he problem whether the Iadv
or the tiger came out of the opened
door
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17

Thursday at Jackson, Mich, an Ell
gineer lost control of the air breaks and
his train rushed into another passenger
train at the station, causing another
terrible catastrophe. Forty five per
sons were killed and sixty BADLY
wounded. Others will die.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
CONSIDERATION CEREE0. &c

Rev. DR.. ]. B. Chesire, Assistant P;sho,
Diocese of NC Tarboro, Oct. Il, 'o2
For above occasion, the Richmora
and Danville Railroad will sell craoti,t
reduced rate tickets from points IN if5s
lines in North Carolina to SOL @T
Goldsboro and return. Oct. f. Nd
18th, limited to Oct. 18th. "