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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-12
TO INTRODUCE THE SUGAR BEET

A German syndicate is largely inter.
ested in the cultivation of the sugar
beet and in the manufacture of sugar
in California, Nebraska, Oregon and
Utah. They think the beets will grow
in North Carolina, and offer to dis.
tribute q ton and a half of seed in var.
GUS parts of the State for experimental
purposes. If satisfactory the cuItiva.
ton Will become general and sugar
mills will be started.
No doubt the beets will grow here
everything else will. If the efforts
prove a success it will add another
very important industry. We under
stand that Congressman Alexandria,
been invited to inspect the sugar works
in the States named, and will soon visit
them.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-12
WHAT PARTY IS RESPONSIBLE

OF course everybody know VS. that the
Republican party is largely responsible
for the bad state of affairs. However,
not entirely. There is hardly a bad law
in force that could have been made had
all the Democrats in Congress voted
against them. But they have often
voted with the Republicans and have
encouraged them by aiding them. The
Democrats have had a decided major
ity in the lower House a number of
voted together the bad bills would have
been killed. The crime Of the age was
committed less than two weeks ago
when a Democratic Congress with 104
majority divided and a little over half
of the members voted with III Repub
Leans for the unconditional repeal of
the Sherman law. During President
Cleveland's first term there was large
Democratic majority in the House. If
that administration had made proper
efforts reform could have been forced
through eight years ago.
The people should know all these
things and we propose to keep them
posted.
The cry Of the party press that the
Republicans alone are responsible is
too thin. But grant that it is true,
then if the Democrats persist in carry
ing out the Republican policy, and
they are doing it, and over half, or any
other number of Democrats continue
to vote with the Republicans, they
continue to be equally responsible and
must be held up to public view. This
is the record SO far and there is no sign
of a change.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-12
TRUTH CRUSHED TO THE
EARTH, ETC.

Web8ter's Weekly is going for some
folks with gloves off. He says that
Mr., r. B. Glenn, Cleveland's elector
at large for this State, made a speech
at Reidsville last fall and read a letter
from Mr.. Cleveland saying he was for
free coinage. That letter and the
Presidents course differ very widely
Col. Webster also declares that Demo
cratic speakers told the people to give
them just one chance and eff we ge'
in and the party does not bring reform
then it should be kicked out, and We
will help kick it out"
We have heard that Mr. Aycock Dc
clared on the stump last year that tnS
Chicago platform meant free c0inagei
and that if the party got in power an"
failed to pass a free coinage bill ~
would leave the party, or words !"
that effect 1t seems that base qT
ception has been practiced. 'Iru'S3
crushed to the earth will rise AGAIN
Truth has been badly crushed, but
change Is now noticeable.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-12
HAS LOST HOPE.

The editor Of the Atlanta Con8titp.
ton, DEM, has spent some time in
Washington City and has sent a letter
to his paper which, when boiled down,
according to the Atlanta Journal,
means:
1. That the Democratic majority in
Congress is without a leader and is fol.
lowing the bosses of the Republican
majority.
2. That the country need not hope
for relief from this Democratic Con.
gress.
That is pretty bad to com6from the
leading old Democratic organ in the
Soutl.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-12

Attention is called to the relief plan
of the State Alliance, which is pub
lished in full in another column, This
relief association has been misunder-
stood by many. When the dues were
made so low it should have been made
for charity only, but many think it is
an insurance feature alone. We hope
the State officers and Executive Com
mittee will be able to get it in better
shape when they meet again.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-12

The American people only have 124
Representatives in the Lower House.
The number is composed of 101 Demo
Gratis, Is Republicans and s Populists.
They voted for free coinage at the ratio
of 16 to 1 the other day. Wall street
and Rothschilds have 227 Representa-
tives in the same body. The number
is composed of 117 Republicans and
10 Democrats. They voted against
free coinage. 1t is time for a change.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-12
THE PROSPERITY Howl -

The Prosperity Howler is oo4..
shaky. Perhaps the Democrat Fv"ps
tive Committee at Bugletown o1obs%
investigate and see where it is at o1 NJ
last number says: 'ue
If it takes ten dimes to make dan
the man who says the silver doIIoIet
only worth So cents is a p~revaricot.N
for the dollar has ten dimes in if VT
are still giving 50 in paper for 81 in w ",
yer anyway.
We can't understand how prosnnrt-
GIN rush over the country as it is l.!
ing before the ShtrmanIaw is rnnooIs,
in both houses. Seems to US that ~
Chicago platform is not what sor.s
folks claim it is.
When our esteemed wife left for h.
visit she forgot to take her gold RIM
along. We are Ggoing to melt it intooo
twenty-five cent piece and be a go5
bug for a short time. With a oo3
basis twenty-five cents apiece is all fs
VA kQp
people will have down this way.
Our esteemed contemporary, tbeOv
ford Ledger, claims that Mr.. Zach
Garrett, a reform speaker, recentr
said in a speech in Granville COUNT
that 1--WE will carry our pint if W.
have to wade in blood" Wen bet tbs
esteemed Ledger had a quart under hi.
shirt when he wrote that.
A number of our much appreciatd
Democratic contemporaries make i,
tired when they praise John Sherman
Cabot Lodge, Senator Ingalls, and other
old, mean Republicans. The Howlerb
a Democrat and will not stoop to such
doings. AS lack Carrot said: Give
us liberty or give us death"
Our esteemed wife has gone on visit
to Greensboro. She is going to lecture
the heather in that community. Az
for ourselves we are going to give abig
barbecue while she is away and have
something stronger, too. There hasn't
been a pound Of meat in our house since
January, and we are going to eat one
good meal.
We regret to learn that Gen. R. B.
Vance, of Buncombe county, has been
forced to make an assignment with
liabilities amounting to $50, 600. When
he was in the legislature last February,
he was SO anxious to save the stock.
holders in the State Alliance Agency
fund that he introduced and rushed
through a bill for the unconditionaIre re.
peal of the Alliance charter. The
Agency fund was all right, but it seems
that Gen. Vance's own affairs needed
looking after, as he will not be able to
pay more than half as much on the
dollar as the Alliance has paid to the
few stockholders who called for their
cash. We hope the old gentleman has
learned a lesson.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-12
N. r. ?. A.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Letter from Vance" published
last week should have been signed by
IN. B. Prince"
We may be mistaken, but it looks
like the present administration had
better stop and ask where are we-at?'
Still they come. French Broad Ali
ance, Buncombe county, has just re
organized and proposes to be in the
fight for all time to come,
Read Vance's speech on 4th and 5th
pages. Do you think now that he is
getting old and doty," as some of the
gold bugs charge? Gould a doty man
make such a magnificent speech?
We regret to learn that Bro. P. H.
Massey, of Durham, is suffering with
diphtheria. Owing to this he has not
been able to fill several appointments
recently made.
The Elizabeth City Economist is
grieving because Col. Harry Skinner
has come out on the side Of right and
the people. Col. Creecy, you are too
old and wise to be acting this way.
The taxable property in the State of
Georgia has decreased about $12, 600, 900
in the past twelve months. The repeal
of the Sherman law will knock off as
much more in the next twelve months.
Chicago empties her sewerage into
Lake Michigan, and gets her drinking
water from the same source This
statement is not intended to increase
your desire to visit the Worlds Fair.
In the Congressional Record we see
Laughter" applause" "great ap-
plause" and other such words. But
outside of Washington, we hear "blast
them, " "~confound 'em" and even worse
things.
The atlanta Journal says: 1.-The
owner of the Rocky Mountain News
has declared his allegiance to the Peo-
ple's party on the ground that the
cause of silver and the relief of the in
dustries' rests with that party"
The Hickory Mercury says it seems
that Congress was called together to
try to find out what the Chicago plat
form means. You are mistaken, Bro.
Click. They knew it didn't mean any
thing before Congress was called.
We try our best to publish Alliance
matter promptly, but it frequently |
comes in so rapidly that we cannot
keep up with it. Friends, once more
we ask you to be patient. Your articles
will appear when their turn" arrives.
Bro. Marion Butler will address the !
people of Columbus county at White
vile on the goth of September. Every
body, and the ladies especially, are in
vited to be on hand. Let everybody
in the county who can turn out and
hear the truth.
The Asheville Citizen says: 1.-THE
gold men must have been shocked if
not startled the other day when Senator
PETER brought out the fact that the
actual intrinsic value of the gold in the
SO gold piece is but So. so. Now if we
must have an honest silver dollar
why not an honest ten dollar gold pieceY
and if the fat Of the government on a
ten dollar legal tender is good for $1.2O
worth Of gold, why not for about forty
in every silver dollari"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-12

The proprietors of the daily papers
in Richmond and the c~ompositors re
Gently agreed to disagree, The com
positors have started a daily evening
paper called the Star on the co-opera-
tive plan. 1t is a good paper and is
already getting a good patronage.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-12

Senator Gordon, of Georgia, says
he doesn't endorse the Alliance "since
it has fallen from grace" Neither
does the Alliance endorse Senator Cor
don since he has fallen from grace.
The Senator will not play football with
the farmers of Georgia after his pres
ent term expires.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-12

The Carthage Blade claims that Mr..
A. J. Lawhon, of Moore county, did
own the largest rooster in that county.
He claims that his rooster crowed all
of the night after the last election in
honor of the Democratic victory. How
ever, when he heard that the free coin
age bill was defeated he lay down and
died.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-12
SENATOR VANCE'S GREAT
SPEECH.

We offer no apology for giving so
much space to the reproduction of Sen
ator Vance's great speech in favor of
free coinage and against the uncondi-
tional repeal of the Sherman law. The
speech was delivered on Friday, Sept.
1st, in the Senate, and created a gen
uine sensation. All our readers, with
out regard to party utilization, will be
entertained and learn much by read
ing it.
Aside from the general tenor Of the
speech there r a number Of crafty
ing features. Senator lance has al
ways voted in favor Of free coinage
and has thrown his influence against
the encroachments of the goldbugs.
But until this speech was made no n
was sure that he would be for the ratio
of 16 to 1. All doubts are now removed,
1t requires both courage and honesty
to take the stand he has made. Presl
dent Cleveland, his Cabinet, a majority
of the Democrats in the House, and
probably in the Senate, are against
Senator Vance. The fear Of losing
favor with the President in the matter
of patronage has not caused the Sen
ator to turn his back upon his constitu
ents nor to relirquish the conviction
Of a lifetime. For this he deserves IN
stinted praise.
If Senator Vance were a younger
man and his term of Office about to ex
pire, his sincerity might be questioned.
But he has a seat in the United States
Senate for several years, and if he
takes the same manly stand in favor
of the other important reforms the
people need, it would be folly to re
move him.
Tt is useless for US to attempt to an
alyze the speech. No Improvement
could be made. Read it over and over
until you thoroughly understand it.
The facts and figures he gives on the
money question are indisputable. He
thoroughly exposes the crimes that
have been committed and the criminal
schemes now on foot. He shows that
the Chicago platform is a fraud as the
President and a majority of Congress
men now cOnstrue it. It was either in
tended to deceive or else many of the
leaders Of the party now in power are
gay deceivers, in that they put an en-
tirely different construction upon the
meaning Of the platform, as evidenced
by their vote in the House on the 26th
uIt. We believe with Senator Vance
that the people Of North Carolina have
been deceived. AS he says, had they
as much as they know now, the
the State would have gone against Mr..
Cleveland and he would hardly have
won a single electoral vote in the South,
or outside of New England.
It cannot be said that Senator Vance
is counting the Alliance for future
favors when he works so heroically for
one of our leading demands. He has
always been that way. Neither can
we be accused Of trying to capture him
by commencing his conduct, for he is
right with US now on this measure, and
long as he votes and talks fright
there is no necessity for making a cap
ture. Vance, Vest, Allen and PETER
have voted the same way in every vote
that has been taken in the Senate. 1t
doesn't matter whether they call them
Democrats or Populists just now.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-12

Now the news comes that at the end
of the present fiscal year the United
States Government will be $50, 600, 600
behind in money matters. If the party
with a chance don't hustle it will go
into the hands Of q receiver or else
make an assignment.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-12

In writing TO anybody, always be
sure to give the name Of your postoffce,
and sign your own name plainly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-12

liam standing noW Just behind the
curtain, and IN full glO1Oo Of the coming
sunset. Behind ne are the ShGdO1Us On
the track, before me lies the dark GALLEY
and the TiUer. When I mingle With its
dark uUuters I Uant to cast one Hnger-
ing look upon q country 1UhOse govern
ment is Of the people, for the people,
and By the people."-L. Z. Polk, july
4th, 1890.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-12

Do you want your paper changed to
another Office State the at which
you have been getting it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-12

R- Our friends IL writing to any Of
our advertisers will favor us by men
tioning the fact that they saw the
advertisement IN THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-12

~ The date III your label tells you
when your time Is cut.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-11-03

Warden Aull has adopted novel
method of keeping track Of such con-
victs as are continually planning to es-
cape. Thursday morning he surprised
three Of the most incorrigible by
dressing them up with flaming red
flannel blouse and cap. Across the
back of the blouse in plain view is a
broad white strip of canvas marked in
large, plain letters. Convict No. ="
The pants are the regulation stripes 1t
was great surprise to the convicts.
As they marched to the canal they
were subjected to great deal of raillery.
The warden says these three have kept
the officers and guards busy for some
time trying to keep run of them. With
these suits on they can be easily watched
from the various posts and their every
movement noted. All who attempt tc
escape hereafter will be treated in like
manner.-Folsom Gal Telegraph.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-11-03

A number Of cattle were landed at
the Weems line wharf yesterday morn
ing. Their driver was James Groucher.
The animals seeming quiet, Groucher
started to drive them without any
ropes. On reaching Conway street a
heifer, which had been moving along
very placidly, became very much ami
mated, and made things very interest
ing for the balance Of the herd The
street being too wide for her she danced
up an alley between l29 and l3l Con-
way street. A gate blocked her way,
but only momentarily. Through it she
went, and then another obstacle pre-
sented itself. Mrs. Emma A. Poole, who
proved to be no more Of stop to the
heifer's onward progress than Fort Car
roll would be to a modern man-of-war.
In moment Mrs. Poole was knocked
to the ground, and in the kitchen it
went. There some destruction Of prop
erty was committed, but not enough to
satisfy the heifer.
The dining room was next entered,
where the well known quadruped-in-a
china-shop scene was re-enacted. The
hallway was then taken in, and lamp
was knocked down. The heifer wanted
to conquer higher worlds, so she went
upward into bedroom. Here, tenn
porarily, repose was sought on the bed,
but it fell under the animals weight,
other damage being done during this
occurrence. From here, the weather
being warm, her heifership went into
the bathroom and hoped into the bath
tub. Mrs. Poole then commenced call
ing for help, and, with the assistance Of
blue coated soldier. drove the animal
out, and she at once sailed up Hanover
street and there entered another house,
but did no damage. The driver finally
caught the animal-Baltinore Ameri-
can.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-11-03

In the Sixteenth century we find the
greatest extravaganza displayed in the
titles of books. These may be taken as ex-
amples; "The Spiritual Snuff Box, to Lead
Devoted Souls to Christ" and "The Spir-
itual Seringa for Souls STEPPED In Devo-
tion." A work on Christian charity pub
lished in 1887 is entitled Buttons and
Button Holes for Believers Breechesn
The editor Of this paper has Father La
Chaucie's work entitled Bread Cooked on
the Ashes; Brought by an Angel to the
Prophet Eligiah Elijah) to Comfort the
Dying" Another was issued with the
curious title Of ''The Lamp Of s. Angus
tine, and the Flies That Fit Around It."
The following very attractive title ap-
peared in book published at Newcastle In
1905: "Some Beautiful Biscuits Cooked In
the Oven Of Charity and Put Aside for the
Fowls Of the Church, the Sparrows Of the
Spirit and the Swallows Of Salvation -
St. Louis Republic.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-11-03

Softly blew the June breeze through the
grand old woods. Feathered songsters few
joyously from branch to branch, the rip
pling brook murmured an accompaniment
to their vocal melody and danced coyly in
and out Of the shadows, while the moss
covered monarchs of the forest themselves
waved their leafy plumes as If in applause,
and the sun beAmed his approval from an
pnclouded sky.
Laura" said George as the two strolled
along over the grassy carpet spread by ma
lures own hand, lin yon deep glen on the
farther side Of this romantic stream, where
messy ferns and-but hark! Are the Others
calling us2 What noise noise is that'"
~ think, George" answered Laura soft
ly, "it is the echo of those trousers Of
yours. Chicago Tribune.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-11-03
Georria,s Profits from Fruits.

The Georgia fruit crop is big thing
this year, and everybody is interested in
knowing what the growers will make
out of it. In the peach and grape crops
alone conservative estimates show that
about 800 carloads Of peaches and 100
carloads of grapes will leave the state
for foreign markets during the present
season. The estimated receipts for the
peach and grape crops combined are
$3.50, 900.
Reports show that the peaches are
well formed, Of good size and perfectly
sound, and this, together with the de-
crease in yield from last year, makes
good prices and ready sales an assured
fact. Other important fruit crops will
largely swell the total sales, and lots Of
summer money will be put in circula
ton where it will do good.-Columbut
ga. Enquirer-Snn.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-11-03

Miss Ethel, daughter of D. W. Pease,
of West Carrollton. is the possessor Of
Maltese cat. Early in the spring the cat
deserted his place in the house and took
up his abode with the chickens, remain
ing day and night in the chicken yard.
He soon formed an attachment for an
old black hen, which was reciprocated,
and the two became inseparable. Thus
matters went on for some time, when
the hen, remembering that the usual
season for multiplying and replenishing
her species had arrived, selected nest
in the poultry house and made known
her intentions in the usual way. She
was at once supplied with the necessary
eggs and commenced business. This, it
was supposed, would end the rather
strange Irritation and Tommy would re-
turn to his mat on the porch, but not so.
Judge Of the surprise of the family on
going to the poultry house the next day
to find that his catship had taken pos
session Of the adjoining nest with the
nest egg and was sitting in the most ap'
proved fashion. Cor. Dayton (O.) Her.
aid,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-11-03

Walking up Main street the other day
good looking. well dressed and intelli-
gent appearing young man was observed
to stoop down and pick up q pin.
What did you do that forS" inquired
an acquaintance, suspecting some miser-
ly trait.
THAT replied the young man, was
done to insure good luck for the rest Of
the day. II you find pin with the head
toward you, be sure and pick it up and
carry it about your clothes, and you will
then be assured of good luck during the
rest OF that day. The day, Of course
ends at midnight. But in order to have
the charm work you must be sure and
wear the pin somewhere about your
clothes Buffalo Express.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-11-03

Even narrowmindedness has its humor.
GUS side. Hes nice enough" " said an old
farmer, a stanch churchman of the Isle
Of Man, speaking Of an acquaintance, but
he's Methodist-not that he's on the
plan at all, but he's next door to it," The
degrees Of comparison suggested here are
delicious The old fellow had no intention
Of being amusing, yet was not by any
means destitute Of humor, as the following
advice, full Of worldly wisdom, which he
gave TO q peddler and local preacher, will
testify. II wass tellin him." said he, with a
twinklein his gray eyes, people would be
thinkin far more Of him and his things If
he Joined the church, and maybe the bishop
himself would buy somethin, "-London
Saturday Review.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-11-03

The turtle and the snail meant domes-
tic inclination. A serpent indicated
wisdom, and with its tail IN its mouth it
symbolized eternity. The owl was re-
Aestion--not wisdom, as is commonly
thought. Bacchus engraved on a gem
was often accompanied by parrot, rep
resenting the loquacious disposition Of
the inebriate. Women commonly wore
stones engraved with scorpions, spiders
or other poisonous things as protec-
ton against like Objectionable creatures.
Jewellers Weekly