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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24

WouIQ furnish this much needed local
medlum OF exchange and a safe sup
plen1enG to Il national cur -ency. I
am among those who believe that there
Is wisdom enough in our State to de
wise and organize system OF State
n OF Issue, with some safeguards
that It's bills would be equal in value
to our national bank notes. While l
am as hostile to any system Of wild cat
panKs as any n = be, [ do insist
that II any of our northern States do
not need this relief from a stringency
OF money, that the representatives of
such State shall not undertake to con
stltute themselves our guardians, and
vote against the repeal Of the 10 per
cent. tax for fear that we are not able
to manage own local affairs,
WORLDS FAIR.
The legislature of 1891 appropriated
out OF the direct tax fund the sum of
1926. 600 to aid in a State exhibit at the
Worlds Fair at Chicago. Ny prede
cessOr has ht Id that he could not paw
out this sum because of a possibility of
it's being called for by those to whom
it was payable under the act of Con
gress under which it was turned over
to the State. | have no idea the time
will Gver come when there will be less
than $25, 900 remaining uncalled for
by those entitled, under said act of
Congress, but to guard against such a
bare possibility, l advise that the Gov
ernOr be authorized to draw from the
general fund in the State Treasury a
sufficient sum or sums to meet any I'm
paid demands which would have been
payable out of said $25, 900. The State
should by all means be properly repre-,
sented at this great Worlds Exposition.
By the course | have suggested it seems
10 me we can secure this representa-
ton for the State and at the time keep
perfect good faith with the spirit of
the act of Congress and protect it's con-
templated beneficiaries.
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, permit me to add that,
having never sought office, or before
held office, [ am unac1uainteG with
the routine and detail thereof, and it
is with grave misgivings as to my
ability to handle skiEfully such matters
that [ enter upon the duties Of this
most high and honorable position to
which you have seen fit to call me.
Nor is the knowledge Of the fact that
the administration of my predecessor
is considered one Of the most substan
tial in the history Of the State, calcu-
lated to increase my confidence in my
own abilities, but that il will act az a
stimUlanttO greater effort and diligence
on my part, | cannot doubt, bat let me
assure O that if errors do creep in,
they will be errors Of the head rather
than the heart.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24
GRANVILLE COUNTY MEETING.

STEM, N. @.
Mr.. EDIToR:-I have a few lines that
I desire the publication of. Our
Count, Alliance met On Thursnay, the
18th, and a very fair representation
was present. Many of our enemies
had hoped that the Alliance organiza-.
ton was dead, but they were very
much disappointed on last Thursday.
[ am proud of the unity in our Order
in Granville county. The delegates
shOwedtha they possessed intelligence,
courage, vigOr and a determination to
fight for right and justice with re-
newed courage.
l heard a story told once Of two men
who were going to fight. One took pro
visions with him. and remarked to the
other that when he went to fight that
he went prepared to stay a week, and
if he didn't have any provisions with
him he had better get some.
So we say to our enemies, that we
have come to stay, and if you intend
to battle with us you had better take
provisions Of an unlimited quantity
with you. 1t is true that we havn't as
many members as we have had, but
we must remember that the times are
hard and growing worse. There are a
S1ObU n1duy h4O4 VIII oIS Ill Sy uIpdVby
with US who do not feel that they can
spare the small amount that is reQuired
of a member. There are those who
have Joined the Alliance for personal
benefits, and if there remains any of
that class now, my advice to you is for
you to repent. But if your heart be
too stubborn for repentance, you had
better withdraw and stand with your
brethren (our enemies). l say to Jul
enemies that they had better acquaint
themselves with our captain whose
name is God Almighty for the fame
of our captain is known from the
earliest dawn of existence until the
present time. You had better test
your God (Baalam) to see whether he
will be able to deliver you from Our
God, before whom all men must appear
and give an account of the deeds done
in the body. ask you to call long
and loud to your God, for the time Is
near at hand when you will need a
greater leader than you have ever had
to save you from the death that you
must die.
Brethren, it is night with us just
now, but let your lightshine with radi
ance and the coming dawn of day will
be the brightest that this nation has
ever seen.
~Fraternally,
BENZ. E. FARABOW,
Cor. Sec'y Tally Ho Alliance, No. 487.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24

Alliance on the State bunk side, there
to stay until those institutions become
such an abomination that the makers
and builders OF the State bank project
will be willing to get On the m'in
line and run away from their OWL
handiwOrk. ~Fraternal1y,
w. II. SCHOOLFIELD.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-05-03

The world is full of heroes whose
names will never be known in this
life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-05-03
call in fagman from the
Dickens Trifing Occupation.

When Charles Dickens was in
Washington he met one morning or
the steps of the Capitol young Con
gressman from Tennessee whom the
great novelist had offended by hi
boorishness. That morning Dickens
was in great good humor and full OF
talk.
II have" said he, "found almost al
exact counterpart of Little Nell"
Little Nell who?" queried the
Tennesseean. Dickens looked him
over from head TO foot and from foot
to head before he shouted out:
my Little Nell!'
80" said the Tennesseean, 81
didn't know you had your daughter
with you ?"
II am speaking of the Little Nell OF
my fiction, sir" returned Dickens,
"O," said the impertubable Tennes.
seean, "you write novels, do you
Don't you consider that a rather trif.
ling occupation for grown.up man
Dickens snorted like a quarter-horse
and hurried down the avenue.-Ex-
change.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-05-03

Orange Cake.-Pare an orange very
thin, and soak the peel for an hour
and half in the juice of two oranges;
rub the peel off the second orange
with quarter of a pound of loaf su-
gar, and crush this in marble mortar;
beat quarter of a pound of fresh but
ter to light cream, with a quarter of
a pound of sifted sugar, five fresh eggs,
and beat all together for IA quarter of
an hour. Strain the orange juice
from the peel, and add it to the butter
and eggs, and then mix in three quar-
tiers of q pound of fine flour thorough
ly. At the last, stir in two small tea
spoonfuls of soda into buttered tin
and bake. When done and cooled, ice
it with the following: Steep the thinly
pared rind of one orange in its three
quarters of a pound of icing sugar till
it is all thick and smooth, then spread
it carefully and evenly over the cake,
and put it aside to cool, sheltering it
from the dust with sheet of white
paper.
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IL. e. MILLER,

TEAL ESTATE and INSURANCE AGENT:
n EquiLab BILE Life of New York. Also iull
line of first class Fire and Accident compa.
MES represented. 1t will be 10 your interest,"
to consult me before buying or sell1pg proper
ty. I have now for sale several residences,
residence lots. Decided bargains. Also LOT
sale several desirable farms near town. ~,
Office in j. +. Miller's store. Jan. IL. 'V3
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ReapinS.

Reaper asked, samong the golden sheaves
Toiling at noon amid the falling leaves,
What recompense hast thou for all thy toll,
What tithe Of all thy masters wine and oil:
Or dost thou coin thy brow's hot drops to GOLD.
Or add to house and land, or flock and iold:'
The reape paused from binding close the grain.
And said, while shone his smile through iaoor
stain,
"I do NV masters work as he has taught;
And work of love with gold was never bought.
He knoweth all Of which my life hath need;
His servants reap as they have sown the seed.
With oil my heart bind my master gram,
And love makes sweet my labor ana my PAIN.
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-- call in a fiagman who
may have been sent out to the east or
north; while four long blasts and one
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-05-03

To the Defendant Rowena E. Oldham:
/ OU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND
required to answer the complaint In this &C
tion, which Is filed In the office OF the Clerk o
Common Pleas, for the said County, and To
serve copy of your answer to the said com
plant on the subscribers at their office at Alb
beville Court House, South Carolina, within
twenty days after the service hereof, exclu
sive of the day OF such service; and If you
fail to answer the complaint within the time
Aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will ap.
ply to the Court for the relief demanded In
the complaint.
Dated 2lst day of March. 1893.
PARKER & MCGOWAN,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
To Rowena E. Oldham, absent Defendant.
TAKE NoTIcE-That the summons OF which
above Is copy, with complaint, has this day
been filed in the office Of the Clerk OF Court
of Common Pleas for said State and County,
and that unless you appear and answer or de-
muir to the complaint as required by the sum-
mons, judgment by default will be entered
against you aud application made to the
Court for the relief prayed.
PARKER & MCGOWAN,
March q, 1893. p. Atty.
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what the Locomotives Whistle Says

what the Locomotives Whistle Says
The railroad manager took sheet
of paper and jotted down on it, ir
dashes, the several whistle signals in
common use by all American railroads
accompanying each with a few words
of explanation. Then he read as fol-
lows:
zone long blast (thus-) must be
sounded when approaching stations
functions, or crossings of other rail
roads.
1.-TWO long and two short blast:
Qike this, are sounded
Just before crossing wagon road.
lone short blast (thus, y is the
call for breaks" continued Mr.. Hol
den, "and two long one Qike this
- orders them to be looseneG
or thrown of.
1.-TWO short blasts (thus, ~ is al
answering signal, and means al!
right, I understand while three
short blasts like this, ---), to be
repeated until acknowledged by the
waving of a flag or lantern, means, j
want to back the train rs soon as you
are ready
-Four long blasts $50,
-- call in a fiagman who
may have been sent out to the east OF
north; while four long blasts and one
short one Qike this,
---) call in 1agman from the
west or south.
-Four short blasts (thus, ---)
is the engineman's impatient call to
fiagmen, switch-tenders, or trainmen,
demanding, why don't yon show
the signal for me to 60 ahead"
"When the train is standing, five
short blasts (such as these. ----
y is the order for the breakman to
ruin back along the track and display
a danger signal for the next following
train. ."-St. Nicholas.
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SCHOOL NOTICE.

ALL PERSONS HAVING BUSINESS
"A with the School Commissioner will hnd
him in his office all public days and every
Saturday in each month nearest the mloole
of the mon th. during the present year for the
purpose OF registering claims, &c.
School Commissioner Abbeville County.
Feb Q, 1892.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-05-03

"We have no highway robbers,
now!" True but we have plenty of
fraternal endowment societies."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-05-03
Kind Deeds.

O. how many hearts are breaking,
o. how many hearts are aching
For loving touch and token,
For the word you might have spoken!
Saw not in the time Of sorrow,
II will soothe their grief tomorrow"
Prove your friendship, lest they doubt II
Go at once; be quick about 1t!
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-11-22
WhoOpIDg Cough.

Whooping cough is one Of the dis
eases of childhood dreaded by mothers
on account of it's duration and general
troublesomeness. If the attack is
slight, all are to be congratulated I;
but the mother must not relax her
vigilance, for the slightest cold will
make the cough more severe.
It is best for young children not to
have the whooping cough, if one can
keep them from it. [ have heard
many say "Oh, nursing baby won t
be apt to take it, and if he should, he
won't have it hard" Now, whooping
cough is more apt to be fatal with ba-
bies, as they have not the power to
throw off the phlegm, and are more
apt to choke to death. They should
be watched carefully asleep and awake.
Never put one to rest on his back
but when one begins coughing, raise
him up Immediately, and tip him, so
the phlegm will run out.
Much can he done to alleviate the
severity of the disease. The feet
must be kept warm, and the hands
from padding in cold water. Chill
dren with whooping cough should be
kept from crying and giving away to
fits of anger, as excitement will bring
on paroxysm Of coughing.
As for medicines, it is best to con.
suit physician, but as that is out Of
the question sometimes, home rene
dies may be used. The best medicine
/ could find for my children was made
of beets. They were sliced thin,
sprinkled with sugar, and set in the
oven to draw out the juice. Dose, a
teaspoonful three or four times day.
This loosens the cough, and stops the
spells of suffocation. This medicine
keeps well in all kinds of weather, al
though it has some tendency to go to
sugar. In that case add little warm
water. 1t is pleasant to the taste.
Another excellent medicine but
one which will not keep in hot wealth
er-is made thus: Slice one lemon
into quart of water with half pint
of faxseed and two ounces Of honey
simmer two hours, strain, and if less
than pint of the mixture, add water.
Dose, a tablespoonful four times g
daY.-SeZected.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-11-22

| the North for obedience to law and
order and for every white convict for
felony in Georgia l will show ten in
Massachusetts, and twelve in New
York in an equal number of popula-
ton. Those are the tables from the
last census. We have but two white
female convicts in Georgia. There are
hundreds in New York. And the
State board Of charities of Massachu-
setts in summing up their report uses
this language, "And now we find that
there is hardly country in the civil
lied world where atrocious and fla
grant crime is so common as in Massa-
chusetts.
Now I am not arraigning any North
ern State for its sad condition, but l
am defending the South from SANDER
Gus assertions concerning its morals
not only it's morals, but its good, in
dustrious citizenship. For every
pauper and every tramp that can be
found in Georgia will show you fifty
in New York and nearly as many in
any Northern State. If idleness is
the parent Of vice, as Ben. Franklin
said, then our people are not idle, nor
is cover the hills to the poorhouse"
any song of ours.
No, the red-handed staggering bull
lies are not domiciled among our peo-
pie, but woe be to the negro or the
white man who violates the sanctity
of the household. How low down this
sanctity can fall I know not, but Mr..
Stetson, the statesman Of Massachu-
setts, says in his report, "Within the
last ten years divorces have increased
three times as fast as marriages, not
counting the separations that do not
get into the courts, and now 1t is
stated that not more than eight fami-
lies in ten have preserved the honor
and purity Of the marriage relation. !"
This is enough on the subject Of
that myth called the Southern bully.
AS to the lynchings for outrage and
the murder of a child, DR.. Haygood
tenderly says, cit is an emotional in
sanity, and if it was my child who had
been thus disembered |, too, might
have gone into insanity that would
have never ended"
There it is in nutshell. Does any
one think that father would say,
''No, let us wait; let the law take its
course" Could he say it while look
ing upon the violated and mutilated
corpse of darling child [ confess
that could not and would not. Let
me be classed with the bullies for this,
but this only. In all other things let
the law reign supreme. Outrage and
murder combined removes the brute at
once from the human code and places
him along with wild beasts, with mad
dogs and hyenas. If a burglar enters
my room in the night l may shoot him
before he takes my watch or while he
is taking it, or as he jumps from the
window to make his escape. may
continue to shoot at him and to kill
him if I can, even though l do not
know whether he has my watch or not
What is that but a lynching-lynch-
ing by one-an execution without
trial by jury. But for crime infn-
itely more horrible it is said that we
must await the laws delay, even
though caught in the act. I have no
patience with such theories, nor would
1 trust Mr.. Page nor Judge Bleckley
nor Governor Northern to carry them
out in case that came home to his
house and his heart. BILL ARP.
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Ill Temper.

One fruitful cause Of vast number
Of the miseries Of married life, of
most of the divorce cases, and the ma
iority of murders and suicides, is i'll
temper. And yet our spiritual guides
do not seem to recognize bad temper
as sin, or, if they do, they callitae
''little sin, instead Of which it is q
very big one. Even parents will pro-
fess to admire what they call the
s'family temper" in their children,
and there is not one in a hundred who
ever points out to the boys and girls
the folly and wickedness Of giving
way to it. ''Better is he that ruleth
his spirit than he that taketh city"
is a maxim of which but little heed is
taken; and self-control, which is the
real ruling Of the spirit, is seldom
taught or preached.
A girl condemns herself to life Of
perpetual torture if she marries an i'll
tempered man, man who has no mo-
tion of controlling his tongue or his
temper. It is frequently said that
good words mean much and cost moth
ing. It may be just as well said that
hard words cost nothing and sink
deep. There is nothing that so surely
alienates wife affection as the hard
words and crossness Of a husband. 1t
may be the woman's part to bear, and
hear meekIy. but she has the right to
her own life, and better quiet lite
than one of perpetual irritation and
misapprehension.
A vast number of men marry appa-
rently that they may have some one
on whom to expend their spleen.
Hard words to wife do not count.
She must expect them, and make the
best of them. That is the creed of the
ages that profess to have raised wo-
man s status and position. Agirl has
just as much right to decline the at
tentions of man who shows her that
he has bad temper as she has to de-
cline those of an impecunious or i'm
moral man. She does the latter far too
seldom, and men would lead far whittier
lives if they knew that women would
not condone the shades and blotches
for the sake of home and position.
Not so very many years ago a good
and gifted man lost the chance of
welded happiness through an exhibi-
tion of temper. He saw girl to
whom he was truly attached, in time
of political excitement accept the
loan of newspaper from man who
was comparative stranger, in rail
way car. He Immediately rolled his
own paper into ball, stood up, and
flung it out of the window. The girl
who was not engaged to him (though
she felt intuitively he would ask her
as soon as he was in position to do
SOY, argued, eff this man can behave
in this manner now, what may l ex-
pect if 1 marry him? ?' He lived and
died bachelor for her sake, BUTT was
entirely his own temper that came be-
tween them.- Worthington's Maga-
-tDo
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it in his hands, and have him
view it in the midst of friendly sur
roundings.
For the Mothers.

AS boys grow up make companions
of them; then they will not seek COM
panionship elsewhere.
Let the children make noise some
time: their happiness is as important as
your nerves.
Respect their little secrets. If they
have concealments, worrying them
will never make them tell, and patience
will probably do the work.
Allow them, as they grow old
er, to have opinions of their own I;
make individuals and not mere ech-
oes.
Remember that without physical
health mental attainments are worth
less let them lead free happy
lives, which strengthen both mind and
body.
Bear in mind that you are largelyre-
sponsible for your children s inherited
character, and have patience with
faults and failings.
Talk hopefully to your children of
life and its possibilities (; you have no
rightto depress them because you have
suffered.
Teach boys and girls the actual facts
Of life as soon as they are old enough
to understand them, and give them the
sense of responsibility without sadden-
ing them.
Find out what their special tastes
are, and develop them, instead OF
spending time money and patience in
forcing them into studies which are
repugnant to them.
AS long as it is possible, kiss them
goodnight after they are in bed; they
do like it so, and it keeps them very
close.
If you have lost child, remember
that for the one that is gone there is
nothing more to do ; for those remain
ing, do everything; hideyourgrief fol
their sakes.
Impress upon them from early infan-
cy that actions haveresults, and they
cannot escape consequences even by
being sorry when they have acted
wrongly.
AS your daughters grow up teach
them at least the true merits Of house
keeping and cookery they will thank !
you for it in later life great deal
more than for accomplishments.
Try and sympathize with girlish
fights of fancy, even if they seem abb
surd to you; by so doing you will re-
tain your influence over your daugh-
ters, and not teach them to seek sym
pathy elsewhere.
Remember that although they are all
your children, each one has an individ-
ual character, and tastes and qualities
vary indefinitely.
Cultivate them separately, and not as
if you we're turning them out by ma
chinery.
Encourage them to take good walk:
ing exercise. Young ladies in this
country are rarely walkers. Girls
ought to be able to walk as well as
boys. Half the nervous diseases which
af1ict young ladies would disappear
if the habit of regular exercise were
encouraged.
Keep up the right standard Of prin.
ciples. Your children will be your
keenest judges in the future. Do be
honest in small things as we'll as in
great. If you cannot tell them what
they wish to know do not deceive
them.
Reprove your children for tale
bearing; child taught to carry re,
ports from the kitchen is detestible.
Remember that visitors praise the
children as much to please you as they
deserve it, and their presence is Of
tener an affection than not.