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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-13
COL. L. L. PoLK's BIRTHDAY.
The President of the State Alliance and
the Executive Committee call
Upon Every Sub-Alliance
to Observe the Day
RALEIGH. N. c., March 9, 1894.

IN. C.9 mdECA d 4OO9'
To the Sub Alliances of ~ c.:
The State Alliance Of North Carolina
in session at Greensboro in August,
1898, passed the following resolution f:
WHEREAS, The Polk Memorial Asso-
citation has so far fallen short of success
in it's noble purpose; and whereas we
believe that our Alliance brethren are
willing and anxious to aid them IN
their efforts; therefore be it
RESOLVED, By the North Carolina
Farmers State Alliance, that April "a
1894 (t being the birthday of Col. L..
L. Polk be set apart as Polk Memorial
Day, and that each ub-Alliance in the
State be requested to meet on that day
for the purpose raising and collecting
funds for this purpose. Exercises to
be conducted in such a manner as shall
suit the pleasure and convenience OF
each Alliance.
RESOLVED further, That after success
of this object is assured, the Supreme
Council of the National Farmers ALI
ance and Industrial Union, be petit
toned to meet in annual session in the
city of Raleigh and take part either in
laying the corner stone Of said monu-
ment or unwilling the same.
The delegates of the North Carolina
State Alliance at the annual session Of
the Supreme Council at Topeka, Kan,
February, 1894, report that the above
resolution was laid before that body
and by that vote it resolved to hold
the next Supreme Council in the city
of Raleigh, 50 as to be present at the
unwilling of said monument, provided
it could he completed for unwilling at
that time. Therefore, we the under
signed, your State President and Elk
ecutive Committee, call upon every
-Sub-Alliance in the State to hold a
meeting on Col. Folks birthday as re-
quested In above resolution for the
purposes therein set forth.
Every AlIianceman in America
should not only feel it a duty, but
consider it a special privilege and
pleasure to contribute to the building
of this monument, as a tangible evi
dence of our esteem and love for our
late National President, and besides
every Allianceman in North Carolina
should put forth a special effort to
assist in building this monument within
the time stated 10 order that we may
be honored by the meeting of the Su-
preme Council of the Alliance at the
Capitol of our State.
We suggest that after raising al
large a cash contribution as you can
for this purpose at said meeting, that
you call upon each brother present to
state. how much he will pledge to pay
himself or to raise by solicitation by
Nov. 1, 1894
J. NJ. MEWBOORNE, Pres't,
MARION BUTLER,
J. J. LONG,
A. +. HILEMAN.
Executive Committee.
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THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.

A Few Words With Our Friends Who
Send in Subscriptions Weekly.
"A. F. L Dozier, Nash county, sends
two renewals.
j. Odum, Robson county, sends
two renewals.
p. M. Sykes, Orange county, sends
two renewals.
ID. G. Cox, Randolph county, sends
two renewals.
j. R. Jenkins, Pitt county, sends
three renewals.
j. T. BenthaIl, Hartford county,
sends two renewals.
S. G.. S~atterwhite, Vance county,
sends two renewals.
j. M. Roberts, Cleveland county,
sends two renewals.
L. H. Shuford, Catawba county,
sends two renewals. e.
W. N. Lowe, Pasquotank county,
sends two renewals.
"A, J. Smith, Rock ingham county,
sends two renewals.
&C. Overman, Pasquotank county,
sends two renewals.
H Grogan, Rockingham county,
sends two renewals.
j. M. Goode, Cleveland county,
sends five renewals,
E. W. Brown, Randolph county,
sends four renewals.
j. J. Ormand, CASTOR county,
sends three renewals.
d. T. Harris, Mecklenburg county,
sends two new subscribers.
d T. Sawyer, TyrrelI county,
sends five new subscribers.
s. ". Hundley, Rockingham
county, sends five renewals.
Geo. G. Highsmith, Sampson
county, sends two renewals.
j. H. Hauser, Yadkin county,
sends four renewals "for the best pa
per in the State"
j. L. Letter, Alexander county, re
newing, says: 81 hardly ever go to
bed the night your paper comes until
I read it over"
j. R. Bone, Nash county, sends
four renewals and writes that his ALI
ance is taking back old members and
getting new ones.
j. N. Thompson, Alamance county,
sends two new. subscribers and writes
that his Alliance had the best meeting
recently that it has had in twelve
months.
w. z Boyd, Craven county, sends
a new subscriber and his own renewal.
He says he has been taking the paper
four years, can't get along without it
and don't expect to.
"A. T. Hanes, Forsyth county, re-
newing, writes: 81 am not a member
of the Alliance, but endorse it's de-
mands. I don't feel like I could do
without your paper"
d. A. Montgomery, Guilford
county, sends three renewals and
writes that we will only get reform
through the fundamentally of such
papers as The PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
j. H. Mayfeld, Warren county,
renewing, writes: II see in your pa
per that old friends must part unless
they pay up. send money, for I am
For Ma,laria.. Liver Tro,7-
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If you have anything to sell or wish
to buy, try an advertisement in our
paper. Everybody admits that it is
the best advertising medium in the
State. The p]roprietors of the largest
manufacturing establishment in the
world, manufacturing threshing, NOW
ing and other machinery, say that an
advertisement in this paper pays them
better than all the advertising they
ever done in the State papers. They
will be with us again this season.
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s. & D. Berwanger announces that
winter is over and that they are ready to
clothe everybody in the State at reason
able prices. We don't know about their
weather representations, but weather
or no weather, the line of clothing is
complete. Call and see them.
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Wy Onderful PEG.

s3u =1155Sa aRd b tRssS f8ssf b 5et9 this section Of IL.
for seedsmen. Inow have 0een raising fb@eg'
own account; Price, $2,5 Oper bT 4sSaI7 % I'll o. r9
quantity sold, and no dedT cIae NHOsmaj, l.,
99e2d f6r IS None Money to accompany t fSc Argst
dS2D GEO. 3. FiNScGHfda.
knrIA Nll
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zeke and Betsy "Making Garden"'--A
General Disagreement--Zeke and
the Hen Both Create Trouble.
B.-"HelloI Mr.. Editor"
R.-"Hello! Major. Any good news
to-day9"
B.-"Not a bit. I reckon the trusts
an goldbugs have cornered all the
guide news. Ne an Betsy have bin
maxim gardin durin' ov the purity
weather. Betsy says that will beat
goin' ter the legislator all holler. l
plowed the garden fust and then run a
harrow over it a few times. l wanted
ter quit then, but Betsy said ter pillow
it agin an use the harrow sum more,
That made me mad, but 1 had it to do.
Betsy says folks don't pillow an harrow
their gardens an farms half enuf be-
fore plantin' After we got ready l
wanted ter go ter town an buy seeds,
but Betsy brought out a lot of old jars,
pitchers an cups full of seeds ov all
kinds. She lowed she had enuH seeds
ter plant all that porshun ov our coun-
try where they are havin' guide times,
an I expect she has,"
R.-"You evidently have a good
wife. / don't know what would be-
come of some men if their wives were
not good managers and sensible
women"
B.-''Of course she is guide woman.
but we can't agree. I told Betsy that
we orter git a new sort ov onions that
wouldn't make yer breath smell so bad
after eatin' them. She lowed they
weren't no SIGH onions. 1 told her l
knew better, fer the President raises
them in the White House garden. He
IL fond ov onions, but he won't go
Ground totein'a breath that will knock
the United States army all down at
once. Betsy lowed that my ignorance
would knock the British navie into a
cooked hat. Then I tole her that
beans alwas cum up wrong end fore
most. She said it wasn't SO, fer nature
don't make emmy mistakes. Ill prove
it to her when ours come up"
R.-'You should not dispute with
your wife about such small matters"
B.-"I am goin' ter stand up fer my
rites. know az much az she knows
I found an ole hen that wanted to go
to settin' in the barn the other day. l
chased her off the nest erbout a dozen
times. Finally 1 tole Betsy erbout it
an she lowed that the hen wanted to
set an orter set. I tole Betsy that the
hen orter learn to resist temptation an.
behave herself. Betsy lowed that l
orter do the same. She sed a hen wuz
satisfied ter go ter settin' one or twice
a year, but I wanted ter go ter the leg
islater every day in the year, Sundays
included. She lowed mt an the other
offs hunters are Wurse nor emmy old
hen she ever met. This made me
mad. Betsy sed I Wuz as i'll as a
settin' hen an that I put her in mind
ov one. She sed she Wuz goin ter git
Mr.. Haywood ter take my picter an
she would hang it up ter scare the
hawks away. This made me madden
still. 1t haz Gun ter a purity pass
when a Teller can't express a desire ter
serve his country without bein' com
pared ter a hen that is always wantin'
ter go ter settin. Goodbye.
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Land for Sa7oT
EASY TERMS-PRICF co.

Three hundred and seventy. fonr CIV oo,Oo'
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clifton. Excellent water. WitbiSnn GOOD cor.
Method, on y; Q. Railroad. VIII se sTo nj t,5t
NIlol 5N Southwest St R 70 OHHLILS,
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Every person using Railroad Mills
snuff who will cut this out and carry
to J. G.. Ball 6 Co.'S will get a sample
package of their snuff free. 03O0
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THE CORN FOR The SOUTH.
MOsby Prolific

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nomenal yields on rich land ""T T Pae'
two to four ears to the stajk LIoa
twice as thick as ordinary corn, is mo.3
excellent for ensilage, or curing in 1I tSo
shock. Having a small cob. it maE buy
large yields when shelled, is eat pr'A Is
cob and all by horses and even bou up
Makes beautiful meal. Price A. "a nU y.
bushel; 80 cents for ! bu8hel; 50 cent? rfs
per PIX, Shipped promptly on receint
of money, P'
Address
3 IRBT-
RALEIGH, NC.
On sale at L. R. Wyatt's, Raleigh.
n. @. 1907
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If you feel weak
and all worn out take
BROWNS IRON BITTERS
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Indian Games,

Americas great general purpose fowl" I
nave also excellent pens of B. Plymouth Rocks
for SO eggs. Ri
tt0O4 Chapel Hill, n. O..
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j. H. Mayfeld, Warren county.
renewing, writes: II see in your pa
per that old friends must part unless
they pay up. send money, for I am
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-04-26
RANSOM AT NANCE'S BIER

The Washington Pest speaking OF
the address of Senator Ransom
Monday in announcing the death of
his colleague to the Senate, says:
Seldom has duty of this kind been
performed in that place with grander
effect. The words fell from the lips of
the orator, in voice mellowed by
tender pathos. and with sweetness
of utterance that penetrated every
heart. Very few Senators were missing
from their seats. and all listened with
rapt attention to the beautiful tribute
i'll which the speaker pictured the
virtues and lamented the death of his
late associate
The address was exquisite It was a
gem it deserves to become a classic ;
we remember nothing finer and the
Raleigh Nczos truly says it should
have place in future North Carolina
readers. Few men are capable of such
uttcranCes, and one can imagine how
much this superb Grafton gained from
the melOdlous voice, the graceful
oratory, the stately manner of the
speaker. A great North Carolinian
lay dead and Gen. Ransom demon
strated at his bier that a great one
remains. As Vance shed luStre upon
the State by his own illustrious career,
50 Ransom demonstrated before the
Senate and country, in his announce
ment and eulogy, that he was worthy
to have been the dead mans yoke
fellow-Charlotte Obserrcr.
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VANCE AT REST.

To the tolling of bells and amid a
general suspension of business, the re-
mains of /ebulon Baird Vance, the be
loved and loving son Of BunCombc
and greatest of all North Carolnians,
were consigned to their last resting
place to-day. In Riverside cemetery
they lie, borne thIthcr surrounded by
men whom he had led IN war, and
whose dearest friend he was in peace,
and followed by hundreds whose hearts
were saddened by this great calamity
that has betallen the Old North State.
There in the family plat, overlooking
the beautiful French Broad river, the
noble Senator sleeps the sleep OF the
Just, to await the sounding of the
trump and to hear the final Judgment,
" Well done, good and faithful SER
want" Buncombe county and North
Carolina lay their flowers and their
hearts love at his tomb and mourn
the death of man whose place in their
affections none can I'LL.
The immortal part Is enSnrlned IN
IN hearts of the people. Il Will be
guarded and cherished while tie name
OF Vance remains as it is now house
hoI word ana an inspiration for the
present generation at least. History
VIII always record that he did his work
de becomes the true man, from motives
Il honest conviction, out OF pure
heart and through love Of his fellow
man. He was no time sever. Years
hence the student of NanCe's day and
/ time may fail TO conclude that he was
a great man in the sense of being
| among our few constructive statesmen;
but it will forever clearly appear that
he served his State and people with
entire disregard Of self, and that the
more his natural gifts developed, the
more he devoted them to the service
of North Carolina, reserving nothing
to himself. Great emergencies, should
they be presented, may yet result il
bringing a more brilliant intellect to
the service of the State but we can
not realize that they can reveal man
who shall rest SO near to the hearts O
the common people as Vance has done
-Asheville citizen 18th.
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Concord, y. C., April
SENATOR JARVIS WRITES AN OPEN
LETTER.
Observation-Disclosures

MISREPRESENTATION
Capt. S. 4. 4She, Editor:
DEAR SIR Il desire to avail myself
of the courtesy of the press to say a word
to the people of North Carolina.
His EXcellency, the Governor. has
for reasons which seem good TO him,
appointed me to the position in the
United States Senate made vacant by
the death Of our beloved and lamented
Vance. After thoughtful consideration
| have concluded to comply with the
Governors wishes and have accepted
the trust. In the discharge of these
new duties | shall try to justify his
action and to merit the approval of the
people without regard to locality or
county, and in my best endeavors to
serve them the noble example of our
dead Senator shall be an inspiration to
me.
| am not unmindful of the fact that
for many years past there has been Il
custom. amounting to something of an
unwrltten law III our party. that one
Of our Senators shall be taken from
the Eastern and one from the Western
/ ts'i w INV 'ctNl1. W iCtllSI ttIiS IL W ISL
arrangement or not, | do not propose
to be i'll the way of the peoples con-
tinuing it if they shall so desire. |
have accepted this temporary appoint
ment made by the Governor. under
conditions and for reasons which |
| need not discuss, with a distinct pur-
pose that will not be candidate
before the legislatuce,for the two-years'
term. \ large number of worthy
names have been suggested in the
! papers in connection with this place.
and | wish to say to each and to all of
these gentlemen and their friends that
so far as | am concerned the field is
/ open to them. and they Will not have
the disadvantage Of having to antago-
niZe a man who is already in office
and appealing for an endorsement.
Any person who may desire to do so
may in his own way and in his own
good time announce himself candidate
for this position with the positive
assurance that there will be no conflict
between him and me. | am not aud
will not be candidate for the short
term. | am, very truly yours.
THoS. J. JARVIS
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SENATOR .JARi Is.

The appointment Of cH-Go"ernor
Thorn45 jordan Jarvis as successor 70
the greatly lamentcd Senator vance
until the Legislature meets. will give
much satisfaction. We may not douh,,
to a majority Of the Democrats Of the
State. He has perhaps larger follow
ing and greater influence than any
other public man in the State. Il IS
not surprising that this should 5e 50
when il is remembered that he has
been very prominent politician and
political CanvaSser in North Carolina
since 869-twenty- live years. lie
has been twice Governor, and his
personal and party friends regarded
his administration Of affairs as emil
ncntly practical and successful. While
some complained OF some things done,
the great mass Of the Democracy were
in hearty accord and warmly supported
his two terms.
He is one of the most level headed
men in politics to-day. He is a wise,
sound and able leader, and is Demo
Crat Of the genuine klnd-undevIat-
ingly, unfalteringly Democratic and
with the people. His whole political
| life shows this. As a canvasser, a
campaigner, he is excellent-one OF
the best in the State, and in matters
pertaining to home affairs surely
without peer. In the Senate he Will
act on the well defined lines of the
Democracy and will stand upon the
platform of his party. He will be no
shirker or wobbler. The President
will never make a d" cuckoo" of him.
| Mark it.
Whether looking for his future sue
| cess-his reelection as Senator next
winter-it was wise act to accept
the place for eight or nine months, Is
just what people will speculate about
He evidently must think that being IN
Will strengthen his chances or he would
not take the risk he does. But IN &C
cepting he makes it certain that the
fight must be between him and
Ransom, as the East can not have
both Senators by vote of the Leslsla
ture. If he had declined some Western
man would have COVE N now, and
would probably have been elected mex
winter There were some dOzer
Barkises all standing ready and anXIou:
and all are disappointed. 1t may be
that they will prefer Ransom to sue
coed himself, feeling sore under dis
appointment.
But be all this as it may, we believe
that Governor Jarvis is the best mar
for the place under the circumstances
We know of no Western man h:
equal in political wisdom, ability anc
service He carries a very level heac
and is true North Carollnian. Like
the great Senator he succeeds, he L
one OF the people, in full touch anC
sympathy with them, and believes il
the sound doctrine of the sovereignty
Of the people-that this is in fact as il
theory Government OF the people ant
by the people and for the people
Wilmington Messenger.
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NORTH CAROLINA PRESS AS
SOCIATION.
To Meet in Morganton May 23rd
and Oath.

The following circular letter just re-
ceived from Secretary Shcrrell explains
itself:
To tie Members Of he North Caroiina Press
Association:
The Executive Committee has decided
to hold the next annual convention in
MOrgantOn, May 23 and "a. The Nor
canton Chamber of Commerce by q
unanimous vote invited the members of
the Association to hold their convention
in MOrgantOn as guests OF that body at
any time that may suit the convenience
OF the Association.
MOrganton is Il beautiful, furnishing
and wide-awake town, and will extend
the editors a heart. welcome. The men,
bers of the Association may expect one
of the most pleasant and enjoyable
meetings they have ever attended,
Further announcements will be made
later. | wish every member who expects
to attend the convention to write me at
once stating over what routes he wishes
transportation.
If you are not already a member you
ought to become one. Send for blank
application for membership. The ad-
mission fee is So 90, which also pays the
dues for one year.
Fraternally yours,
J. B. SHERRILL,
Sec'y n {. p. \.
Concord, n C., April 14th, 1894
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supreme peril afterward it rang like
trumpet tones through the soul OF those
who heard it, inspiring them TO u higher
courage, a nobler effort, purCr patriotism
aud Il more heroic martyrdom Tor the
cause which they loved SO well. II aught
Of lukewarmness or despondeDcy had
been produced by the Vaccinations OF a
selfish faction at home they vanished as
the morning mist before the rising sun
under the spell OF this good mans match
less eloquence. | heard General Lee
remark that Governor Nance's visit to
the army had been equivalent to its
reinforcement by fifty thousand men:
and it sowed the seed of friendship
between those two true hearted patriots
which fructified even amid the dark DAYS
preceding the surrender, and grew and
strengthened long after the land which
they loved so well had drained the cup OF
sorrow to the drugs.
1t was then that he made classic the
term "tar heel which Others had
hitherto applied in derision to the North
Carolina soldiers, by addressing them
as - fellow tar heels and demonstrating
that the sobriquet was but synonym
of that tenacious courage which made
them stick to their post in the hour OF
danger upon so many hard fought fields
to their own imperishable honor and to
the eternal glory OF the mother State;
and ever afterward, during the war and
up to the present moment, the most
subtle compliment which can be paid to
a North CarOlinian who followed the
banner of the Confederacy in all OF its
vicisstudes of fortune until it was furled
forever at Appomattox, is to call him by
that homely but blood baptized appella
ton of tar heel
DR.. Warren has this year died, and
SO soon followed by the man whom he
loved so we'll and defended in every
conflict. Thus it is, men are passing
away, greatness, honor and renown all
are going to the eternal home, and may
we all feel as we approach the inevlta-
BILE the beautiful sentiment expressed
in the closing verse of the touching
hymn read by the distinguished DR..
Hoge in his remarks at Senator Vance's
funeral in Washington
Then when on earth breathe no more
The prayer oft mixed with tears before,
I'll sing upon happier shore,
"Thy will be done -
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THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1894.
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w. zRlc{SS(:x x};:4 8.

10 COL Julian S. Carr, Of Durham,
belongs the honor of heading the list
for the erection Of handsome monu-
ment to don. H. H. Vance. Just like
the man-hrst and foremost always IN
every good work IS that patriotic and
phlianthropic gentleman. Would that
North Carolina had more Julian s.
Cars within her borders.
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-04-26

THE North Carolina Press Con-
vention meets at Morgan,an this year
on the 25rd and 18th OF next month.
Morganton is a growing, enterprisiug
town, and the editors will have an
opportunity here of going through the
large State Asylum and visiting the
Waldensian colony which is near by
No doubt a trip will also be given the
editors to Round Knob, which is also
in close proximity. - Waynesville
CONriey.