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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
Col. arosvenor Tenders his Resignatiou

WAsHINaroS, juno 2,-Col. Dan A.
Grosvenor. chief of the division of war
rants and records, public lands and ter
ritorial accounts in the Office of the first
controller, the trLsury department.
Thursday, tendered his resignation at
the request OF Secretary Carlisle.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
Tha ChoIara. in Franoa.

PARIS, June AT meeting held
Wednesday Of the consultative commit
tee of public higgienien France it was
reported that during the last fortnight
since September the 18th inst, there
had been forty-seven cases of cholera
in Bretagne, and of these 26 have had o
fatal termination.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
Judge puboss couxiotsd.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, June s.-Ths trial
and conviction of Judge Julius J. Du.
bose, OF the Memphis criminal court,
that has been pending for severa,
weeks before the state senate sitting as
n court OF impeachment has closed, and
the defendant stands convicted. Three
of the charges brought against him
were sustained. by q large majority.
The finding Of the court deposss him
from Office.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
Bank Robbed Of ts 600.

AVA, ILL.,, Ju2e 2.-The National
bank OF Ava was robbed Thursday dur
ing the absence of the bank employees
at dinner. The window was pried up
and $4,000 taken. The cashier was only
sbssnt twsnty-9ve pinutak
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
Not suffering Prom Consumption

AMSTERDAM, June Lit is incorrect
TO say that the young queen of Holland
is seriously i'll and suffering from con.
sumption as has been stated. Her ma
jesty is delicate, but such disease 40
consumption is unknown in her family.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
Extra Session Talk.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-Before leav.
ing on his fishing trip President Cleve-
land made the statement to a senator
that he would not call an extra session
of congress until October l. instead Of
September Is.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
Prince Henry Takes the stumn

KEEL, June 2.-Prince Henry, the
emperor's brother, has now gone on the
stump for the army bill. He has been
talking in the garrison of Schwelwig
and Holstein, and promises to deliver
further addresses in the near future.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
DR.. Kilmer's Parilla Liver Pills
ARE THE BESTl 40 Pills, 25 cents.
August.
Flower"

"For two years I suffered terribly
with stomach trouble, and was for
all that time under treatment by
physician. He finally, after trying
everything, said my stomach was
worn out, and that I would have 10
cease eating solid food. On the rec
ommendation of friend I procured
bottle of August Flower. Itseem.
ed to do me good at once. ] Igained
strength and flesh rapidly. ! feel
new like a new man, and consider
that August Flower has cured me-"
Jas. E. Dederick, Saugerties, N.Y.0
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
Sun spots Nav TO Re seeu.

| SAN FRANCISCO, June &--Prof. Hol-
den, of Lick Observatory, tslee raphs
that large group Of spots Is now
clearly visible on tho sun, which can be
seen with the naked eye by the ,,se OF Q
smoked glass.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10

CHICAGO, June a-The admissions to
the Worlds fair during the month of
May was l,394.427. This is official, bar
ring the opening day, which is authori.
tatively reported as 137,551.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
Hungartan etrikers Uses Dyuamite.

BUpA PEsTH, June 8.-Railway strik-
srs at Aohsos, Hungary, placsd dyna-
mite bomb in . railway car Friday.
The bomb exploAsA. killiag one person
md dangerously in3urtng two othsrA
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
Treasurer Morgsn sworn III.

WAsHING1oN, june I'D. N. Morgan
was sworn In as United States treas
urer Thursday and MIR, William II.
Pugh took the cath Of efsacs - sommis'
sioner Of customA
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10

"Do You believe the rain falls alike on the
Just and the unjusti" "Nixiel The unjuut
swipe the umbrellas. ."-Detroit Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10

Because tho United States Falls of De-
cision-The Injunction Against q Sunday
Fair Undecided.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-19
THE PANIC WILL NOT DOWN.

Our columns this week tell the same
story of destitute people, out of money
and out Of work. The failures continue
at the usual pace. The panic has not
abated. The only difference is. that
larger concerns are going under. Natur-
ally thesmalI, weak and badly managed
concerns fell first. In fact such failures
are common. Our government could
not be conducted so as to prevent mis-
management and unlucky enterprises
being started by individuals. But
since 1873, and especially the last ten
years, these failures have become en-
tirely too common, and the number
was alarming before the present panic
began.
We cannot begin to give all the de-
tails. Banks are topping over. Old,
reliable business firms and factories
are forced to quit business. Lack of
money is the cause. The country is
full of farm products, full of skilled
labor, full of enterprising men to man
age it all. There is no real natural
cause for any trouble in any class of
our people. Factories that closed down
early last fall have started up and been
forced to close again. The suffering
among the unemployed North and
West is heartrending. We of the
South a hardly realize the situation.
Added to the stopping of industries
and failures is the terrible story of sui
cides, ~robberies, riots and every other
crime that idleness and hunger will
breed. Yet Congress does nothing.
The President in his luxurious apart
ments sits with his eyes shut and says,
''starve on, you idle people. I'm living
on the fat of the land, l am"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-19
THE PROSPERITY HowLER.

We select the following from the
editorial columns of the last Property
HOWLer. 1t is quite pathetic:
"Since our last issue, another editor
has been provided for. Jas. P. Griffin
of the Marion Free Lance, has gota
position under Cleveland in Oklohoma'
Yet Mr.. Cleveland does not listen 70
our appeal. We have run our paper
in the ground in his interest, tougn'
the Third party with all our might az
vocated issues and policies that are un'
reasonable, u~npatriotic, un-Amerlcan'
Whole regiments of men who never
did half for the party we have dOn7'
are now in fat positions. Some OF tnem
had left the party, courted favor WlIn
the Third party, and yet they "ela
landed high and dry in the blgg00'
Offices. 1t almost makes US Wa'0i,
strong, honest man that we are, 0''
political traitors rewarded while We
man who never finched, who neVe.
firted with the enemy, are left to nSD'
our own battles.
Last week we sent Mr.. CleVelanu
marked copy of the Prosperity HoU'.,
He read it, we suppose. We tolo nnm
that his gold standard policy W." VIZ
wrecking things, and that we mus.
nrov,da6 for He didn't even writeS
postal card in reply. He knows
are on the county. He knows
neither Simmons nor Elias has sI'Un
us a berth. Other people may Snt
through this slough of depression
we can't. If the President uoo "a
notice this, our last appeal, the 5te -.
up. We will pull down u tarnL rne
form, anti force bill, 5ballot,S'~ors
sign, and follow Mr.. Cleveland "
forever.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-19
T LARGE FAILURE.

Mr.. B. L. Duke, a large stakeholder
in the firm of w. Duke & Sons, at Dur
ham, a part Of the American Tobacco
Company, made an individual assign
ment of all his property last Wednes
day. The liabilities are about $500, 600;
assets probably $500, 900, though it is
feared that nothing like that amount
will be realized at this time.
The creditors are divided into eight
classes, seven preferred. Notes to the
amount of $40 500 are due the Morehead
banking company at Durham. Large
amounts are due other banks there and
elsewhere. Two Raleigh banks have
claims for about IS, 600 each. The bal
ance of the Indebtedness is divided
among many firms, banks and indi-
viduals. On Thursday the Durham
Supply Company made an assign
ment being affected by the assign
ment of Mr.. Duke. 1t is>reported that
Mr.. Duke lost largely in cotton
futures, and the stringency prevented
his realizing from investments in real
estate. etc,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-19
JOURNALISTIC TAR DROPS.

Congress is again in session. Pre-
pare for harder times.-HIckory Mer-
cury.
First it was "want of confidence"
now 1t is getting to be want Of cash"
-ReidsUiIIe ReUieU.
In view of his inclination to drive
things, the President should hereafter
be known as "Drover" Cleveland
Our Home.
Congress is working on a national
bankrupt bill. Very appropriate and
timely. At the present rate, this adj
ministration will soon need it.-HIck.
org Mercury.
A gentleman told us yesterday that
he pulled 156 bushels of corn this fall
off of less than an acre of land. A year
Dr. so ago, this same gentleman had a
rooster to lay a hens egg.-Hickory
Mercury.
In South Africa they draw the line
on the mother. in-law. She is not
allowed to enter her s~on-in-law's house,
and she can't chin him without first
asking and securing permission.-WA-
mingtOn Star.
There is said to be a new fad among
the young ladies-that of kissing great
men. It has evidently not struck Hen
derson yet, al we have not been called
on by any of the fashionable beauties
up to the present writing Henderson
GOLdleaf.
A man from Vermont who came to
Washington and went around intro.
ducing himself as "a second-class
Senator" was arrested as a lunatic.
Served him right. We have too many
second class Senators already.-Wa-
minqtOn Star.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-19
THE VOLUME OF CURRENCY.

The following, clipped from the
FInGncier, New York, seems to favor
the position taken by the Populists:
1t is asserted by persons of intelli
gence and ability who claim to have
studied the suoject carefully, that the
total amount of money in the United
States today is but little more than
one half the amount named in the re-
port of the director of the mint. That
report proceeds upon the basis that
every dollar of coin that went into Cir
culation in the country since June,
1879, aud whose expectation is not reg
istered at the Custom House, is not
only still in circulation, but is in circu-
lation in the United States. No deduc-
ton is made for the money lost and
never found during 20 years, nor for
coin used in the arts, of which no re.
port is ever made, nor what Cinnamon
have sent home during that period,
and lastly, not for the vast amounts
carried to Europe by American travel
ers during the above-named period.
There is no opportunity for calculating
or knowing what amount leaves the
country in the pockets of these travel
ers. The same holds good with refer
ence to paper money, and the Treasury
Department assumes that all the paper
money issued since 1864, less that espe-
cially returned for cancellation, is still
in circulation; no allowance has been
made for loss by destruction, nor for
money that was lost and never found.
1t would be well for the country to
know the whole truth, and not continue
deceiving itself with the idea that it's
circulating medium represents between
$24 and $25 per capita of population,
when it really does not amount TO more
than $14 per capita. There must be
some way Of ascertaining which eide
of the ase is correct, and it is due to
the people that they should know the
truth.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-19
FIFTEEN ORGANIZERS WANTED

The State Alliance Executive Com
mittee met in regular session last week
One wise, and we think, important
step. was to advertise for fifteen active
Alliance organizers to begin a canvass
at once, reorganEe old Alliances and
organize new ones. Brethren in every
section of the State who feel able to
undertake this work and give all their
time to it should correspond, with
President Mewboorne at once, first get
ting letters of recommendation from
the President and Secretary OF your
County Alliance, enclosing same to
President Mewboorne.
These deputy organizers should be
thoroughly posted on Alliance affairs,
including the secret work. They should
be able to make a fairly good speech.
This means work and not play. Vast
good can be done for the cause and the
organizer will be able to make living
wages. Those who can undertake the
work should act promptly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-19

for all kinds Of traffic. Forty-year 4
per cent. first mortgage bonds will also
be issued, to be taken by the several
States and purchased from the school
funds.
The provisional directors appointed
are: Lieut.. Governor z. o. Wallace, of
North Dakota; @. J. Randall, of Ne
braska; f. J. Close, of Kansas 8. J.
Clarke, of Oklohoma; w. s. Kimpton,
of Texas; B. Halverson, of Minnesota
L. P. Featherston, of Arkansas; Gov
ernor Larabee, of Iowa; 81. M. Dake,
of Missouri; e s. stoddard, of Omaha,
director at large and chairman Of the
board.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-19

season expires, say about November
first. We have been struggling with
this season for several weeks. "CoL j.
L. Patterson, Of this town, is no slump
as a hog raiser. He killed four yester-
day, the combined weight OF which
was 2,464 pounds, the largest weighed
$50 pounds" Mr.. P. L. Tinker, OF
Smiths Bridge, is a good farmer, m
proof of which we offer the following:
Saturday he killed ten hogs. The
smallest one, four months old, weighed
800; the largest weighed $50. 1t was
twelve months, three days and twenty
minutes of age"
Thus wags the world along. Read
the county papers in North Carolina
one year and you know all they will
publish for the next ten years. If half
the yarns told about big hogs are true,
North Carolina has killed enough pork
in the past two months to feed the in
habitants Of the earth two years, each
man, woman and child eating meat
three times a day. OF course there are
variations in the seasons. A big fish
catch is made down east now and then,
or MI. Salter, of Mecklenburg county,
finds a ton of gold in four pounds of
ore occasionally. Mr. Pendleton "hap
pens to a severe accident sometimes
just to break the monotony. Truly,
the country ruled over by Simmons
and Elias is q garden Of Eden.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-19
DEATH OF MISS LoNNrE POLK.

Miss Lonnie, daughter Of the late
Col. L. L. and Mrs. Sarah P. Polk,
died of consumption, at the home OF
her mother in this city at s:45 o'clock
on the morning Of the 18th inst. She
had been quite i'll for some time, but
a few days prior to her death, seemed
to show signs OF improvement and
loving friends hoped that the fatal day
might be postponed. But tender nurs-
ing and medical skill combined could
not cope with the Great Destroyer.
Though not quite twenty years old she
had many friends. Up to the time OF
her fatal illness she was always bright
and full of life, but never frivolous.
Her mother and two sisters, one mar
ried, survive her.
Mrs Polk has in the period OF twelve
years, lost, by death, her father and
mother, her only sister, her only son
and four daughters. Not quite eighteen
months ago she lost her husband, Col.
T.. L Polk. Truly her trials have been
great.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-19
CHRISTMAS.

Weekly papers hardly ever issue a
paper Christmas week. Other people
can take a day off when they please,
but the force on a weekly paper must
be at their post all the time or you
miss your paper. For ifty-one weeks
we have been at our post. Hence our
pa:rons will not complain if we follow
the usual custom and suspend for one
week, thereby giving all hands a
breathing spell. We wish one and all,
both friends and opponents, a merry
Christmas and happy New Year. THT
PROGRESSIVE FARMER will again greet
you the first week in January, when
we hope to be refreshed and ready to
wage the great battle for industrial
freedom with renewed vigor.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-19
GOOD QUESTIONS FOR DISCUS
sion.

One of the California Sub-Alliances
discussed the following question at a
recent .meeting: "Is it possible for
farmers to free themselves of debt by
living more economical and working
harder" The discussion was friendly,
interesting and instructive. No one
could listen to debate on such a CUES
ton without being benefited, without
getting new and valuable ideas. We
respectfully suggest that every Alliance
take up this and similar questions at
the first meetings in 1894. There is
nothing partisan in such matters, and
anyone can say something On one side
or the other. If any are too modest to
talk, they can listen with profit. There
is an unlimited work to be done along
this line and the benefits are meal
culable.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-19
READING CLUBS AND socrr7,,.

MR EDTToR:-AdoEen neighbors vb.
should agree to meet at ca h otbo-''
houses once a week and read ont
the selections of newspaper ar, io,aO
they appear from time to time mo,a Is
be better prepared to vote at tho Ua
election than any citizens 7 knoN
Stump speaking is playing out mo".
and more. The man who is infornOaS
nov is a reading man. The man nj.
wishes to have others informed o..'
them to read. '
Reading clubs, meeting together Fl,
the purpose Of reading and considar;na
in an informal way the best articles
which appear, are the real solution ~
our political situation. see no otbo.
way out of it. When the peoplo ~.
in earnest enough to do this, thew will
control their affairs. Until thew nav
this much attention to them. in this =,
some other equivalent way, they do
not deserve to control them.
Gov. Tillman's speech at St, Lm;v
ought to have been read in ten tbou.
sand clubs in North Carolina alone r.
a writer could really feel he was reach.
ing the great mass of the people in his
own State, he would be nerved to do
wonders. Tillman has shown himself
to be the most considerable man in the
South. Years ago he took charge of
the Democratic name in s. G. At that
time the name alone was worth fftv
thousand voters to his cause. Arsto.
cratic and railroad interests are never
democratic, SO the name really belonged
to Tillman's crowd.
The people ought to be associated in
a vast multitude of very small clubs,
80 that they could meet aud consider
any new question or great speech or
wise suggestion. Let the people meet
regularly and often and in small crowds
and they will be ready to grapple any
question that comes up, and they can
not be deceived by the low dema-
goguery of partisan stump speakers.
w. J. PEELH.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-19
ALL1ANcEMRN ARE GENTLEMEN

Landlord Joseph ellis, of the Page
House, Hornellsville, where the New
York Farmers Alliance delegates made
their head quarters during the recent
State Council, made the following re-
marks at the close of the meeting:
II have kept hotel for "a years. I
have had conventions of all kinds, re
ligious and political, but never before
did ever entertain delegates that some
of them did not patronize my bar, be-
smear my carpets and otherwise make
themselves obnoxious to a greater or
less degree. You Alliancemen are gen.
tlemen and no mistake"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-19
GOVERNMENT ExTRAvAGANCE.

1t is estimated that it will take five
cotton crops to pay the actual current
expenses of our national government
this year. Add the State. county and
municipal expenditures, and we would
have a sum so large that you could
hardly estimate it.
We must have government, but such
extravaganza, such lordly ~muni6cence
is wicked and ruinous. No nation can
afford it. It means death to any re-
public or monarchy. The history of
the world tells us that extravaganza
and corruption in governmental affairs
is not new. Ages ago nations were de-
stroyed just the way ours is going. We
have enough sense, enough patriotism
to stop before it is too late if the hon
est, patriotic people can be awakened.
1t must be done at once. Delay means
death.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-19
BUSINESS AFFAIRS.

r. G. Dunn 6 Co., in their CONNER
cial report for the week ending Dec.
18th, say that business shows no i'm
provement. Mills are starting up every
week, but others are closing down.
The army of unemployed is the largest
ever known. Wages have been reduced
everywhere. Business throughout the
country is about 10 per cent. less than
it was at this time last year. Railroad
earnings are over IL per cent. less,
Failures for the week numbered S99
large ones, against 279 small ones for
the same week last year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-19
R HOGS.
estate, ct.

There are six seasons In North Caro-
lima. Winter lasts from January first
to March first. Then we get a glimpse
of spring. Later on the Relic season
opens. Then it is that John Smith, of
Jones township, plows up pot con
tanning money, Indian relics, a whale
skeleton, a mans skeleton or a foreign
coin made in the year 1895. This
a lasts longer than winter or
spring. In August the New Brandy
season, with its powerful aroma, fills
up the allotted time. About this time
Jonas P. Adams and Samuel Johnston,
two prominent and well TODD citizens
of the Rocky Creek community, look
upon the brandy that is white, meet on
the highway, revive an old grudge, and
both get shot before the matter is set
tied. Sometimes one stabs the other
s'unto death" Then we have the cot
ton gin season, which paints the coun-
try red. Then it is that "Mr. J. T.
Palmer, of Buckhorn township, got
his arm ''torn off, or hand ''f~earfullv
l~acerated" in a cotton gin. MI. Palmer
simply thought his horny hands, hands
that never stole a ballot box nor stuffed
in a handful of tickets, were harder
than the gin saws. Result: the coun-
try is flowing with blood. The last
season in the year is the big hog''
season. It begins before the cotton gin