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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-20
Investigate Oklahoma oncials.

INDEPENDENCE, Kan, Oct. 1.-THE
United States grand jury will onven
at Perry. o. T., on the first Tuesday in
December and at Enid Oct. 10, for the
purpose of investigating the charges
made against booth officers and land
officers during the opening of the strip.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-20
Indictments Against Koetting.

MILwAUKEE, Oct. l9.-The grand
jury which has been in session a month
past have made a partial report, an
nouncing several indictments against
John b. Koetting for illegal banking.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-20
An OLD Man Suicides.

Chiffon. Wis, Oct. 19.-Clande Gil
rard Of HE town Of Charleston hanged
himself in a barn. He wa nearly 90
years old. The cause for the suicide is
not known.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-20
THE FAIR,
PALMER&CAREY Props.
Notice.

Land Once at Mitchell, 8. D., Oct. f2, 1885,
Notice liz hereby given that the following-named
settler has filed notice OF his intention to make
dnal proof in support OF his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the clerk of the cir.
cult court, in and for Lake county, 8. D.. at
Madison, s. d., on November p, 1898, viz: Will
liam ii. Kennedy, for the northwest quarter,
section Q. township 1GS north, range 81 west, 5th
p. M. (H. e. No. 2s,955) He names the follow
ing witnesses to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation OF, said land. viz: andrew
Ezra Lee, all OF Oldham p. O., s. ID.
r. n. kATZ. Register.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-20

MR.. Ltu.>pts Con>tnng Dead.
UTICA, n. T.. Oh. l9.-Ars. Roscoe
Conkiing died 1t 80 p II. ut her home
in this city.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-20

signors and priests from far beyond
the province of Baltimore, were here to
do honor to the primate of the Catholic
church upon this glorious consumma-
a.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24
TO OR LAWMAKERS.

The law should indeed be a terror
to evil doors. but in it's penalties and
punishments should it not discriminate
between degrees and character of
crime? Should the thoughless boy in
his teens, who has been brought up
under bad influences, and who is caught
in the commission of a comparatively
trivial ofense, be subject to the same
character of punishment and degree of
degration as the old, cunning scoun-
drel whose life has been stepped in
crime9 Does not the spirit and integ-
rity Of our institutions, and the we'll
being Of the State require that such
measures should be enacted and en-
forced as will tend to reform the Grim
inal by encouraging and cultivating
higher moral conception and a higher
appreciation of moral worth and duty?
The b~lackening, degrading stripe of
the zebra suit of the penitentiary
stamps itself indellibly in the charac-
ter Of one who wears it and is rarely,
if ever effaced. It is the ark of
eternal dishonor and infamy. It stiles
all aspirations. It kills all hope. It
destroys all manhood Should not
every consideration of Christian obi
cation, Of self preservation, prompt
the State to establish institutions in
which, while the law shall be vindi.
Gated, the criminal, especially the
young and those Of light degree. may
be rescued from this almost certain
moral death9 These reflections were
forced upon us as we saw eight youths,
seven colored n white, none of them
out of their teens, manacled in irons
and on their way to the penitentiary."
L. L. Polk. in PROGRESSIVE Farmer,
| Sept. 22, 1886.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24
MALICIOUS PROSE CUTION.

Mr.. S. Ohio Wilson was arrested
last Thursday evening and brought to
to Raleigh, the charges against him be-
ing that he belonged to "Gideon's
Band" The bond for his appearance
in Wake Superior Court Friday morn
ing was fixed first at $3.50, then changed
to $500. AS SOON as some Of his friends
heard that he was in custody, several
were on hand ready to fix the bond.
But in the meantime Judge Brown
ordered his release upon his own recog-
nizance. Mr.. Wilson appeared in
court Friday morning, but the Solicitor
put off the case until the March term
of the Superior Court. His bond was
fixed at $500, which was promptly
given.
AS the matter is in court, it is out of
place for a newspaper to discuss the
merits of the case. It is proper to say
that we think the prosecution is purely
malicious. The honest element of the
Democratic party do not approve of
v IL jos AIN VI l1S 4S1uSTS OIL
the party are not to blame. But the
unscrupul0us element that has been
fighting the Alliance, of which Bro.
Wilson is a member, are the prime
movers in the matter. Last summer
Mr.. Wilson. like many other good men,
saw fit to sever his connection with the
Democratic party and go into a new
one, which any free citizen in a Repub-
lie is at liberty to do. He was made
Chairman of the Executive Committee
of the Peoples party and did vigorous
work for 1t. This in itself is a crime in
the eyes of some of the hide bound
partisans of this State. Somebody will
learn before they get through that thew
have an elephant on their hands, we
fully believe. For the present we re-
serve further comment.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24
CONFLICTING STATEMENTS.

The news from the anti option bill is
very conflicting. One day it is re-
ported that it will be voted upon. The
next news is that it has been post
poned. The New York Herald tries to
create the impression that the author
of the bill don't want it passed; that it
would put the Northwestern farmers
at the mercy Of the wheat millers and
the Southern farmers in the hands Of
the cotton warehousemen. Strange the
farmers don't oppose it themselves.
The Herald also doubts the constitu
tionality of the Washburne bill.
There are some strange things in
these roundabout objections. If it is
unconstitutional, change the bill SO it
will be constitutional, If it is a bad
thing for the farmers, why in the
world don't our Congressman and Sen
ators protect the farmers by voting
against the bill? It is strange that the
cotton dealers and wheat miller5 should
be the only ones who can see that it will
ruin the farmers. Looks like some
body ought TO interpose What we
want to see is all this foolishness
stopped and the bill passed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24
FARM STATISTICS.

Some Of the agriculturists in the
Legislature are determined to pass a
law t. compel farmers 70 tell the tax
lister all about their farms, how many
acres they plant in each crop, how
many bushels and pounds raised, etc.
We are for it if it benefits the farm
ers and public generally, but so far we
see nothing that looks like it would be
beneficial. If this law is passed the
anti option bill would be a dead letter
in some respects. We are not sure that
this idea did not originate in some cot
ton or grain exchange. When the
Bureau of Labor Statistics was estab-
lished, a part Of the objects was to get
facts from manufacturers-how much
they manufacture, cost of raw mate
rial, value received for goods manu-
factured-in fact all the inside facts.
The manufacturers refused the infor-
nation on the ground that nobody had
any business interfering in their affairs.
If they were right nobody has any
business knowing what every farmer
is doing. Il farmers are forced to tell,
then manufacturers should take the
same medicine, the doctor should tell
how many patients he attends, what
disease each one has, the lawyer should
tell the number of clients, how much
they pay him and the nature of the
lawsuits; the merchant should tell all
abou5 every cake Of soap he sells,
the profit made; the editor should be
made TO tell how many Subscribers he
has, who paid in wood in dried fruit
and who didn't pay at all. Perhaps
there is q little more reason for want
ing farm statistics, but it seems to us
that if it is q crime for farmers to re
fuse to tell about their affairs, other
people should be brought under the
same laws. That would be more like
"equal rights to all" At present we
are opposed to the passage of that law,
but we are willing to hear the argu-
ments from the advocates of the bill.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24

of Chicago would learn some practical
and useful lessons.
These c~onjecture5 and possibilities
are perfectly reasonable to any man
who has had thirty or forty years of
practical experience in business. A
man learns, if he learns anything by
experience, that panics I Tot acct
dental. The masses of the people are
made poor by panics, while the richest
bankers are made richer. The people
who sign notes and bonds, payable
principal and interest in gold" are the
les who get the experience, while the
bankers who never sign such no es and
bonds, if rich enough not to be COM
PEELED to GO it, are the ones who come
out owners of the gold, or of spoliated
property at half it's value.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24
H cool

It is useless for US to tell the public
that the snow has been the deepest for
y ears and the weather the coolest. But
it may be news to tell that the weather
has been severe all over America and
Europe. There is much absolute suf-
fering in this country, Germany, Rus
STA and elsewhere. Many are dying
from the severity Of the weather. Wild
animals are peEishing in all parts of
Europe. The weather prophets say
that the worst is not over yet; that the
latter part Of the winter is likely to be
worse than the first
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24
Zeke is not Very Cold--Itis Tborn
Mrs Bilkins is a Member Of '
"Gideon's Band

B" Hello! Mr.. Editor"
R.-"Good morning, Major
you havn't frozen yet"
B.-''No danger of that. wir
freeze while things are goiDg oDas f'
are. The Inauguration ball, the S W.!
bank bills and the road CONGRESS S~ ~
enough to keep anybody from gettir =
cold" 0S''4
RIFF those things are not nfao; :.
just get a little breeze from the ,na
cons Band Investigation and Won ~
get warm enough to last all wi0t,'
Are you a member2"
B.-"No, but l believe BETSY :,
saw her lickin' out her tongno al
other morning an wiping her b..i
across her mouth. 1 stopped rigLl
there an wanted to know what /
meant. She said she had eaten b,I
gravy for breakfast, an the weatb.
bein' SO cold, the gravy froze on N
lips. She was tryin' to get the gr,r
off her lips. I told her she wonI8 i
suspicioned of belongin' to 'GIdaon|
Band an get arrested but She O.;
she wasn't afraid Of three hundred !,
the prosecutors Of innocent pponI.
Betsy says some Of the hideb mn
politicians ought to quit sticking tha
tongues out SO much, an that tba
could improve their appearance vI
much by wiping their mouth a ltd
oftener. She says she would like
take her scrub broom an some San
and scour their mouths out clean"
RI rs. Bilkins is pretty rough
her remarks, but [ suppose d9spera
cases require desperate remedies Ho
are your people pleased with the u
posed State bank legisIation2'
B.-"Oh! we don't have any faith
it. 1t is just a scheme to get more d
pie into the banking business, ma
more bonds, more interest, more mol
cages. Betsy says she can get uDb
ter legislation than that herself"
What do you think Of thea
gestion to abolish the Bureau Of Lad
Statistics?"
B.-"We think that should be do
1t was started for a good purpose,
it seems that it is not accomplish
the objects desired. Not beel
capable men are not in charge, b
owing to the fact that the informant
is not furnished upon the most Vi
questions. Good bye"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24

The efforts of some of our newspapers
and nearly all Of the politicians to in
jure the Alliance, are as great as ever.
IN the past they adopted a little bet
ter mode of warfare; but now there is
nothing too 10 " for them to Go. They
still avoid the issues involved and at
tack the leaders, call names, style the
Alliance platform "undemocratic, "
"socialistic," "nihilistic " and "com-
munistic," none of the terms being in
even a remote degree appropriate. But
they think tn 1t style of warfare effec-
tive. Doubtless many good men have
been impressed, but the most of our
people have on their thinking appar-
atus; they are watching and waiting;
they cannot be blinded much longer.
They repeatedly charged last year
that the extreme men in the Order had
drawn the line and that only those who
voted the Peoples party ticket were fit
to remain in the organization. They
were not able to give any authority for
such assertions, but they had the de-
sired effect. Owing to this many Dem
ocrats and Republicans have with
drawn Or become Indifferent and luke
warm. Every dog has his day" The
politicians have had theirs, and now
that there is nc campaign going on,
the Alliance will go on as before.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24
MAY LEARN SOME LESSONS.

Mr.. John D. Rockefeller again gives
to the new University of Chicago 81
600, 600 in bonds, principal and in
terest payable in gold" So says the
letter accompanying the gift. It is not
Mr.. Rockefeller or his business asso-
ciates who are to pay these bonds,
principal and interest in gold"
Other men and companies Of men are
the ones who have issued their prom
ises to do this, says the Western RWrGL,
1t is safe to say that nc banker,
bond dealer, or gold dealer w put his
name to any of these bonds bearing
such a condition. Should the gold be
found to have been sold off to Europe
at a premium when a bond or interest
falls due, or should gamblers and
traitors hide all the gold they may have,
in order to make on il as commodity
a profit of two or three hundred per
cent. instead of meeting their Obliga-
tiong, just as such men gambied in gold
and defaulted at the outbreak Of the
civil war, or should the signers of these
bonds be compelled to default because
of the conditions made on purpose to
compel them to default at the pleasure
of gold dealers, and should salaries for
payment of which income on this last
donation IS to be specifically applied
TAI IN arrears, just because all the
money IN the hands of the people
shoulo De non-legal tender trash, and
ecauS all the gold and the possible
Solu reoemptlon money should be
hoaFoed up in the Golfers of the very
s erS who had planned panic and
'-'ne professors of the University
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24
OUR POSITION ON THE RV1
QUESTION.

1.-THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER OeL :,
that every county seat IN lHo +
should be in communication u ~
nected with some one OF our -
trunk lines of travel or transPOr.s+
by rail. 1t believes that as SOW trnea
lines now in process OF GonS on'o 1
are completed, it should 0ecoD ~ \
fixed noIicv of our authorities 70 7
the preference TO the labor OF C0Da'
to such counties as woula e Ell Pc5pps
constructing such branch or = G baIig
ing roads. Apart from this 5 UIp
that onr conTicts should be hlr.'
county authorities, under ProPbs y J
structions and regulations, ,S y mad
tured by the Legislature, anu Tug d
innToSe our public ROADS. InI 3;
GpFsSTVE Farmer will have more y
On Tbs Important subject at al
day" srom 4
We reproduce the above ron "
PRoeRrssrvE FARMER (Vol. !, -
dated March 3, 1885 to show no" /
paper has stood from the h[ nor /
stands to day, on the question d NV
ing so prominently brou8n' are
But be it understood that We # y
aIterably opposed to the iS'ur o,,rc5
600, 900 of State bonds for the pm I'd
as we see is being suggeSO0u' ronj
less our readers will recall our
on the subject of bonds IN ouI ~
Sherrill's bill two weeks %"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24
N. R.. F. A.
NOTES

~. The Virginia papers speak en-
couragingly Of the outlook for the ALI
ance in that State.
-: The Coucord Standard says Ca
barrus County Alliance adjourned to
meet again OH the 9th of this month
Several other counties did likewise,
owing to the bad weather.
~ The Nashville ToiIer says the Al
lance is growing in Tennessee, both in
number of Sub Alliances and member
ship Several other States seem to be
going the same way. Let the good
work go on.
~ It is stated that the White House
in Washington has already cost g 332,
900 and is now hardly fit for the Presi-
dent to live in. Thousands Of his
"subjects" live in houses that cost a
good deal less.
~ With due respect for the opinions
of those who may think State Banks
beneficial, we again enter our protest
against any such legislation. Take the
tax off if you want to, but establish no
more State banks Of issue
~ Daniel Webster made theremark,
once upon a time, that when all our
paper money in made payable in specie
on demand, it will prove the most GER
tain means that can be used to fertilize
the rich mans field by the sweat of the
poor mans brow"
~ A Georgia negro says the free
negroes of to aybave deprecated in
price as compared with slavery times.
In those days able bodied negroes
brought from 81, 900 to $4,000. In the
recent election they sold themselves
for anything from a drink of whiskey
up to IS.
- A few of our exchanges are say
ing that THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
abused" the legislature last week.
Our fair minded readers know that we
did nothing of the kind. We criticized
some Of the proceedings and joked
them about other matters. Can't you
take a joke9
~ The State Road Congress, with
about three hundred delegates, met in
this city last Thursday. Roads were
discussed, committees appointed, and
other things done. But we fail to see
that any decided action was taken.
We hope, however, that good will
eventually result from the meeting.
The Nicaragua schemers propose
that the government endorse 500, 900,
900 in bonds for them and take no
security for them. Will Congress do
it? 1t has done as bad in the Pacific
railroad swindle. 1t did worse in the
demonstration of silver. 1t did worse
in its contraction and bonding policy.
We shall see.
~ During the Worlds Fair a HUI
name Congress" will be held at Chi
cage. The object is to discuss meas
ures to prevent wars and to protect
dumb animals. That is all right, but
while doing that something should be
done to protect the poor and ignorant
of III land. We are tired hearing
about protecting dumb animals while
human beings are treated worse than
animals.
A well known minister in this
State writes that he is forced to stop
his subscription for the present, which
he regrets very much. He further
says THAI tLe reason is hard times his
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24

west is the cause, many pork packing
establishments having shut down. The
hard winter may kill many pigs again
and the short supply to continue
through another year. The best thing
our Southern farmers can do is, first,
S ave your supply of meat, make it go
as far as possible. Next, turn your
attention to hog raising, look after the
pigs as carefully as you do your cotton
fields. and all will be we'll.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24
IN THE BEST POSITION

We need in North Carolina a. fiji
class agricultural paper. A paper
the right kind, properly conduc1
could be made a great benefit to
farmers of the State. Since giving
politics we think THE PROGRESS
FARMER in a better position to OccQ
the ground than any other paper IN
State, and it would give us much Pa
ure to see it occupy that field OF Z
fulness. -LedkSUjILe Herald.
I'VE haven't "given up polltld
Farmers need political information
education as we'll as other people.
never have run a party paper; q
expect to, but shall continue to EXP
political trickery, as in the p
Farmers must take their proper
ton in politics, no matter what pa
they vote with. -EDIToRJ
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24
SCARCITY OF PORK.

Those of our Southern farmers who
have meat enough to do them and some
to sell are peculiarly fortunate. The
price is high and may go up. Any
who have to buy will find that it takes
a good deal of money to buy a little
meat.
The scarcity of hogs in the North
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24

The first monthly live stock saIes o.
Westerville, Franklin county. Ohio
was held on January 5th. There 10
a very good attendance of farmers anT
stock men, many coming for a distance
of ten miles. Five horses were sold to
shippers, and one mich COW and coIs
Very little stock was on sale, Tbaro
were many anxious sellers who I'D
stock on their farms. One dealer haG
shipped in sixteen mich cows, and had
sold nine previous to day of sale. one
sold on day OF sale. The day was cold
with snow and high wind.n'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24

Renew your subscription at once.
See your neighbors, get a new snb.
scriber or two and send in with vo1Ir
own. You can't do better thing.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24

Do YOU want your communication
published If 80, give us your real
aame and your postofdce-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24

Do you want your paper changed TO
another office State the n at which
YOU have oecN getting It,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24

IN writing 80 Gtsy60dy, always be
sure to give the name of your postcthce
and sign your own name plainly.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-04-17
Old HoOpskirts.

The query lately suggested as TO what
has become of the old and indestructi-
bic hoopskirts that fourished 25 years
ago is partially answered by woman
writing from little Massachusetts, vii
lage Il can vouch for the disposition
of %. she says, (which We're gathered
from about the neighborhood, where
they had lain in unsightly rubbish after
fulfilling their mission as dress distend-
ers, and buried in grave specially dug
for the purpose.
"Old hoopsllirts are worse than stones
on farm. They tangle in the plow and
get caught in the rake Suns do not fade
them, SHOWS do not freeze them. time
does not absorb them, and these % steel
skeletons had at last to be formally tao
kled and specially disposed Of Women
should indeed pause and reflect before
they call up again TO life and being
spirits so difficult to exercise. New
York Times,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-04-17

An old man with thin, bent form and
a few locks of white hair peeping from
beneath rusty old fashioned silk hat
hobbled painfully through Broad street
one afternoon last week and took his
stand near the Mills building. He leaned
wearily on his stout stick and appeared
to be in pain. His manner was abso-
lutely passive. He paid no attention to
surrounding objects and spoke to no per-
son. He simply stood still. Within half
an hour after the close of business In the
exchanges at least half dozen well
known brokers in passing this old gentle
man slyly slipped coin or crumpled
note into his hand "Who is that old
man?" asked the phase writer of gen.
tleman who is regarded as landmark in
Wall street.
II won't mention his name" was the
reply, but he used to be one of the high
rollers down here. He was probably
worth couple of millions once and
was for years one of the best customers
that the stockholders had. Some of those
prosperous men who give him quarter
or a half dollar now and then have in
times past made their thousands out Of
his skill as an operator. New York
Times.