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KeEP RIGHT AT IT.

A correspondent in Tyrrell county
writes as follows:
1--WE took your advice last year and
made compost heaps out of the seed OF
our Scent cotton and raised rye, corn,
potatoes and peas, consequently our
farmers have raised and shipped from
this point to the North about 10000
pounds of meat and have some three
or four thousand barrels of corn yet,
and have plenty of bread and meat for
this years support"
We are glad to learn that many
farmers in every section of the State
have not ignored u advice, and that
they are satisfied as to its soundness.
Keep right at the good work. True re
formers first try to overcome their own
mistakes. Now is all the farmers will
do as they have at Gum Neck and vote
for the political reforms necessary be-.
fore life will be worth living, we can
vet make something out of this old
country of Jul
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27
RALEIGH AND

A series of interesting meetings have
been in progress at the Central M. E.
Church in this city, conducted by Rev.
DR.. futile, the pastor.
Mr.. B. R. Lacy, Commissioner of
Labor Statistics, has just issued the
seventh annual report from that office.
It will compare favorably with any
former reports.
The Raleigh Christian Advocate,
organ of the NJ. E. Conference. South,
has been moved to Greensboro and will
appear there as the North Carolina
Christian Advocate.
DIR. R.. II. Whitaker, who for forty
years has been in the newspaper har
ness in this city, has sold his paper,
the Spirit of the Age, and will here
after devote his labors to the ministry
exclusively.
DIR. l. Ct. Broughton, of Roanoke,
Va , a native of this city, has just held
a two weeks meeting at the Baptist
Tabernacle in Raleigh, assisting Rev.
Mr.. Sims, the pastor. Great interest
was manifested.
Mr.. Edward Banks, o. Wake county,
has just graduated at the Baltimore
| University and School of Medicine, and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27
FOR ONLY.

We wish to call the attention of the
newspaper fraternity once more to the
mistake they are making in publish
ing e. o. W. advertisements every 1Ueek.
1t is calculated to break up the adver-
Using business. We notice that some
very prominent papers allow them to
stay in all the time. In one leading
agricultural paper we have found four
cuts of the same advertisement. This
ad. is not e. o. W., but runs four cuts
to be changed each week, and we pre-
sumo that all were left in, on different
pages, to I'LL up" Unless the papers
insert only when paid for, all the ad-
vertising WILSON be on g. o. W. orders.
1t is not business, is ~demoralizing.
Next to sending papers after subscrip
ton expires, this is the greatest folly
IMAGINABLE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27
WHAT IS s~R1GNIoRAGEa

A subscriber requests us to reproduce
the following editorial from issue
of February goth for the benefit of
those who do not understand the seig-
niorage bill:
Since the question of coming the
seigniorage came up in Congress, the
question is what is sei~gniorage9" The
general answer is that all bullion in the
government vaults is called s~eigniorage.
This is a mistake. Another authority
saws seIgniorage is the difference in the
price paid for bullion under the Sher-
man law and the present deprecated
value of the bullion. Another error.
Webster says: 'Seigniorage is some
thing claimed or taken by virtue of
sovereign prerogative; specifically, a
charge or toll deducted from bullion
brought to q mint to be coined"
1t is further explained that when a
government charges toll for coinage,
the difference or toll between the bull
lion value and the face value of the
coin is seigniorage. When our country
had free coinage the silver was carried
to the mint, tested and weighed. The
government deducted ten per cent. for
coinage. When the dollar was coined
ten per cent. of alloy was put in it to
harden the metal. Now that ten per
cent. deducted by the government is
the seigniorage, and is what the row is
about in Congress. The bullion bought
under the Sherman act is not included
and cannot be. If the actual seignior-
age was all coined and put in circula-
tion it would amount to probably IS
cents per capita. If we need $50 per
capita in circulation, and millions of
the most intelligent people claim that
we do need it, IS cents would be but a
drop in the bucket, for the difference
between $24, the amount the Comptrol-
Ter Of the Currency claims is in circu
lation, but which is not correct, many
millions being out of circulation, is 500
If the seigniorage bill should pass it will
add IS cents per capita, lacking $25 Is
of being what we need. Can Congress
fool the people with such a slim, COW,
ar3ly makeshift2
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27
N. r. 2. A.
EDITORIAL NOTES

Good times are coming" so is the
Day of Judgment.
Failures for the week ending last
Saturday pa, against 217 for the same
week last year.
Prof. Woodrow Wilson, professor Of
a lot of things at Princeton College, N.
J., is lecturing in this State on DE
mocracy." His subject should be en-.
titled 1.-THE Lost Cause"
Bro. J. J. Long, of Columbus county,
will be with Brunswick county meet
ing on the 18th of April. Brunswick
will have a large meeting aud all who
attend will hear a good speech.
Some Of our exchanges still insist
that Cleveland killed a bear while in
North Carolina recently. A bear is
mighty small game for a man who has
killed the biggest party in the country
to monkey with.
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER of last
week was in demand among all
classes. Those who got no paper, and
those who will miss it every week here
after, unless they pay up, will miss a
lot of good reading.
Prejudice, that ugly feeling of bitter
ness that has caused so much trouble
among all races of people, is rapidly
disappearing, and our advertising pat
ronage is growing steadily. People
know a good thing when they see it
if prejudice isn't in the way.
Friends, now is the time to put in
extra hard work for the reform papers.
Let each one of our subscribers talk
until they get n or more subscrip.
tions for The PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
Don't be discouraged, but try, try
again. Get the readers and we'll do
the rest.
Our office is surrounded with music.
Two music houses on the north side
and another opposite on the east side
Of Fayetteville street. Well, we don't
object. Those who paw the ivory
know how, and, as Chairman Simmons
once said in a stump speech, music
soothes the savage breast"
The Wilmington Messenger modestly
claims that 1--WE" ought to save North
Carolina-rescue her from the ruins
and debris of the National Democratic
party. How have the mighty fallen.
A year ago the Democratic brethren
were crying because they, apparently,
had no more worlds to conquer. I'VE
told you So"
We would like to ask the Charlotte
Observer if is in good taste for a gentle
man who owns a newspaper to jump
on a gentleman who doesn't own one,
and when the said gentleman comes
back at him, for the editor to insert
the article with nothing but the bust
ness card Of the writer for a heading
We refer to the rucus between tn,
Observer and DR.. J. B. Alexander. O
CHARLOTTE. If that is all right, the,
tina editor of n paper can call anothe
no name in a discussion. 1t is bette
Tn saw ugly things about a respectabl
citizen thar u attempt ridicule.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27

Within the past ten days at least
half a d zen Wall street sheets have
charged The PROGRESSIVE FARMER with
'sunfairness'' and untrue statements. "
Yet their long labored denunciatory
editorials have contained nothing in
the way of refutation. The truth
hurts, and these organs know we are
telling the truth and can give the book,
chapter, page and verse. If you want
the truth spread abroad get your neigh
bors of every faith and order to read
this encyclopedia of truth and valu-
able information.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27

is now a full fedged M. D. Dr.. Banks
is a son of DR.. T. L Banks, of Wake,
and brother of DR.. Br.xton Banks. Of
Garner, and is a middle-of-the road re.
form man
We want it distinctly und 9rstood
that the members of the Raleigh
Chamber of Commerce are neither
communists OF. anarchists, if they do
favor city or public ownership of
street car systems and telephone ex-
changes, but if anybody else favors
such things these gentlemen call them
anarchists, or have done it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27

A friend in Davidson county asks us
to publish the amount of our indebted
ness abroad. This is additional proof
thatsome people don't read our columns
very closely. On March 18th, 1894,
only two weeks ago, we published
this very matter. If our friend will
examine that paper he will find that
our Indebtedness abroad is about 81
324 $40. $40.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27

lam standing mOuU Just behind the
curtain, and in full glO1O Of the coming
sunset. Behind me arr the shadows on
the track, before me lies the dark GALLEY
and the TiUer. When I mingle UCith its
dark oUaters I tU0nt to cast n linger-
inq look upon a country 1Uhose govern
ment IS Of the people, for the people,
and By the people. u. L. Polk, July
Eth. 1890.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27

The Wilmington Messenger hears of
a township that polled 1876 Democratic
votes in 1892, and now only four of the
1876 are Democrats. We know of other
townships in a similar condition. The
only thing for them to do is to follow
in the footsteps of thousands of others
and vote in the only true reform party
in the United States.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27

We are in receipt of a neat pamphlet
from the Glbreath Poultry Farm,
Messrs. Cooper and Johnston, pro-
prietors, Graham, N. @. These gentle
men make a speciality of pure bred
poultry and swine. North Carolina is
coming to the front in the fine poultry
and stock business. We wish the Gal
breath farm all manner of success.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27

~ Our friends in writing to any of
u advertisers will favor US by men
sioning the fact that they saw the
advertisement Il TIE Progressive
FARMER
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27

In writing to anybody, always DC
sure to give the name OF your postothce,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27

An examination of any issue of THE
PROGRESSIVE FARMER ought to con
vince the reader that no other paper
of the kind contains as much editorial,
news, correspondence and other valu-
able matter. From page one to page
eight you will fad reading both enter
tanning and instructive. Can you do
without such a paper9 Remember the
names of those who are not paid up to
date and ahead are coming off every
week. Yours may be the next one.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27

~ The date on your label tells yoJ
when your time is out.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27

Do you want your paper changed to
another Office State the n at which
you have been getting it.
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SOME HARD

A man is judged by the company ne
keeps; a political party by the promises
is keeps.-DaGIg America.
Figures don't lie, but in municipal
finances they sometimes make mis-
takes. Baltimore American.
Most of our political troubles come
of the greedy party habit of trying to
get the advantage Galveston NeWs.
John L. S~uIlivan's wild desire to fight
the Jacksonville winner seems to have
broken it's mainspring.-Chicago DIS
patch.
The Khedive's apology to England
was broad enough to cover a reason
able number of future offences. Chi
cagO Tribune.
To be or not to be, that is the ques
ton; whether it is nobler to be a Jim
Corbett or a Grover Cleveland.-Tam-
mGny Times.
One of our Northern Republican con
t~emporaries calls Boutelle "a fighter. "
He fights with the same Weapon that
Samson did, but not with the same
effect. Wilmington Star.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27

scheme. "Cuss Cleveland and throw
Ransom overheard" is the war cry.
But for the little ray of light shed
abroad by Senator Vance, nearly every
paper and politician belonging to the
machine would have been praising
Cleveland and Ransom, calling black
white, Just as they did all along up to
the adjournment of the extra session
of Congress. There may be sincere
men in the new movement, but it is
merely a sly e~xpedient and will fall
fat. 1t is shire wd but weak, plausible,
but short lived. It only needs to be
exposed and then down comes the man
of straw. The heads Of the monster
double headed p~lutocratic serpent rest
supinely in Washington and New York,
the tail is in North Carolina. A little
whitewash may change the appearance
here, but the whitewash will not stick.
North Carolina has enough of his pc
litical treachery. planned in Wall street
and carried out by a few pie hunters,
while the people in all ~avocations are
reduced to poverty. The ia mers,
business and professional men of this
State and elsewhere, have gotten some
powerful eye openers in the past two
years. Senator Vance and a few other
intelligent and honorable Democrats
might hold many of them in line to be
robbed a little while longer if they
would, but Senator Vance will not do
it, the others will not. Vance admits
that he cannot go before the people of
this State and defend the head of the
serpent. If he and others attempt to
whitewash the tail and force it down
the threats of honest Democrats there
will be a powerful rucus. Vance and
some other influential men are on rec
ord, and if they should attempt to de
ceive their friends, and we don't be-
lieve they will, their influence would
g0like snow beneath summer sunshine.
In the meantime the head Of the ser
pent is adding insult to injury and in
jury on top Of injuries. No, the peO-
pie cannot all be fooled all the time,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27

The Progressive Farmer Is the Official
Organ fthe N. c. Farmers State Alliance
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RALEIGH, N. G., March q. 1894

;FhEs papsr entered as seco41d-cL0ss matter ct the
Post Office S1 RdIetgh, II. {.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27

"Gineral" @. A. Evans and "Oner-
able" w. Y. Atkinson, the two aspir-
ants for the Democratic nomination
for Governor in Georgia, are both on
the warpath. They are riding around
in special trains with a retinue of beer
g~uzzlers and speaking to the folks, and
each has a brass band hired. Both gen
tlemen charge that the Popu'ists are
office seekers. We expect that is cor
rect. and there is an undercurrent of
opinion thatmay cause some indiscreet
person to charge the ''ginerul" and his
opponent with the same offence.
The party with a chance must be
built On the jointed snake plan. When
Cleveland, Sherman C Co., Qimited),
struck the party with the goldbug
yardstick it went into many pieces.
Drs. Kingsbury and Caldwell are ex
perimenting with one of the pieces
North Cnrolina) and trying tomake it
crawl again. Better send to New York
for the newly-invented baby incubator
and try to resuscitate North Carolina.
The doctors may gain some important
medical knowledge, but the Joint
will hardly regain consciousness
The defeat of Stokes and election Of
Izlar, a goldbug Democrat, in the
Charleston, s. c., district, is taken ad-
vantage of by the goldbug papers and
they ar trying to show that free coin
age and Populism is on the wane in the
South. Not by any means, The
Charleston district is composed mainly
of Charleston and consists mainly of
goldbugs and negroes. Anything that
may be done there is not surprising,
and does not in any way reflect the
honest sentiment of the State.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-08-10
Property Sold and Bought,

The following named persons have
had their deeds recorded in compli-
ance with law since those last pub
lished
Geo. l.. McHenry to c. B. McHen-
ry, Benton.
Lucinda May to Wallace F. Peters,
Main.
Alice S. Parke to Emma A. Giber-
erson, Sugarloaf.
John l.. Kline, Treasurer, to T. P.
Swayze, Briarcreek.
Elizabeth Slime to Chas. f. Stine,
Cleveland.
Clark Taylor to Jacob Rhinard,
Greenwood.
L. Mt. c. & l. Co., to M. T. Ryan,
Centralia.
Agnes A. Hughes ct al. Guard, to
May N. Keller, Montana
f. c. Wagner ct al. to Mary N.
Keller, Montana.
w. II. Ziveizig ct al. to May N.
Keller, Montana.
B. l.. Imp. Co., to J. H. Coleman,
Bloom.
Jacob Welliver, Admir-, to d. NJ.
Fritz, Benton.
l.. B. Doty to Israel Doty, Fishing
creek.
Bloom Iron Co, to Laura f. Skeer,
Bloom.
II. r. Armstrong, Adm'x, to II. w.
Vanderslice, Bloom.
Mary A. Knorr, Ex, to Wesley
Knorr, Bloom.
d. M. Ball to Chas. f. Skinner,
Jackson.
c. c. Peacock to VIM, M. Harder,
Bloom.
Daniel Hartman to Mary Drake,
Benton.
NJ Knorr to P. f. Bean ct al, NJ.
midia.
Rosemount C. Co., to Frederick
Schwinn, Bloom.
Jno. Appleman, Admr., to Lewis
Girton, Hemlock
]. S. McMurtrie to Hudson Owen,
Berwick.
Hudson Owen to Sarah f. McMur-
trie, Berwick.
VIM. B. Freas to James f. Smith,
Berwick.
John Bush ct al. to J. H. Vansickle,
Sugarloaf.
VIM. Arter to Tiff Arter, Pine.
M. Barton to M, A, John, Bloom,
Thos. Liddicoat to H. r. Knorr,
Locust.
Harvey G. Ruckle to F. E. Hum
mel, Scott.
]. w. Adams to G. w. Supplee,
Bloom.
C.. w. Ewes to S. Ewes, Greenwood.
!. w. Ewes to S. Ewes, Greenwood.
S. Ewes to Millville Worsted Mill,
Greenwood.
Clara E, Yeager ct al, to G. w.
Bitner ct al, Cleveland
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has never run for Office. and probably
never will until politicians become MS
wise as editors. He Is an Odd Fellow.
and was grand master OF the New
York lodges for 1SSiS5.
Mr. Bunnelrs real mission In Efe IA
TO be a country editor. He has exalt-
ed his profession. He has been one OF
the leading advocates of the principle
Of association among editors for mu-
tual advancement and protection His
services to the press of his native state
have been OF iDestimable value. This
was notably recognized on the twenty
fifth anniversary OF his service In the
New York Editorial Association, when
n sterling silver tea service, costing
$500. was presented to him. He Is
likely to become as popular In the ma
tlon at large as he Is in his native
State before the close of his present
term of office The National Editorial
Association will next year hold its
eleventh annual convention.
The Editorial Association of tho
State of New York is the parent asso-
citation Of the kind in the country.
There were two or three previous at
temptS at association among editors
of other States, but the New York AS
sociation is the oldest that has had a
continued business existence. II was
established In 1853. Forty-one years
Of active existence finds II still vigor-
Gus, and the coming year promises to
be the most prosperous in its history.
This will certainly he the case, If the
newly elected president, Mr.. John a.
Slecher, has his way Mr.. Sleicher
is the well-known editor of the New
York Mail and Express. He is one OF
the most energetic and diplomatic men
In editorial harness. He was born at
Troy, n. Y, Oct 4, 1S4S. He received
an academic education, ana, as q
youth. entered the business office of the
Morning Whig NOV telegram. Try
ing his hand at reporting, within three
months he was made dty editor, the
youngest in the state at time He was
afterward managing editor of the Troy
Press. and In 1872 was city editor Of
the Troy Times. In 1873. Mr.. Sleicher
became manager of the State Associ-
ated Press He afterw8rd purchased
an interest in the Troy Times. and
later became proprietor of the Sche-
nectady Daily Union. In 1893, he took
the editorship Of the Albany Evening
Journal. He afterward held the posi-
tionof editor of Frank Leslie's Week
ly and In 1881 accepted the edltorship
in-chief of the New York Mail and
Express.
Mr.. Sleicher has a very wide &C.
quaintance among public and news
paper men. He Is ambitious to pro-
mote the interests of the newspaper
profession, and will devote q large
amount Of energy to building up the
State Editorial Association. Mr..
Sleicher resides at Albany, n. T. His
wife Is the daughter OF the late Reuben
Peckham. a prominent paper manufac-
turer of Troy, and he has u delightful
family of four children. He is q Re
publican In politics, and holds intimate
relations with the party leaders.
G. II. BENEDICT.
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Sl00 Reward, Sl00.

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that Is Catarrh Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease. requires
q constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system, there.
by destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith in
Its curative powers, that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case
that 1t fails to cure. Send for list of
testimonials. Address
f. ]. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
ass~ Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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Necessary Reforms.

Above and beyond everything else
in the tariff controversy stand Senator
Hills just opinions to the effect that
" United States Senators should here
after be elected by the people of the
respective States, instead of by State
legislatures = and that "the Senate
rules should be amended so as to
facilitate the transaction of public bust
ness" because {" the Senate as now
constituted is too far removed from
the people," and "does not respond
quickly enough to the demands of
public sentiment, and its legislation
fails to meet popular expectation"
These are weaknesses in the United
States Senate which become more
apparent each day. There are many
good reasons why Senators should be
elected by the people and only one
reason against it--that it will neces-
state change in the constitution and
all changes should be avoided if pos
sible. This is not a good excuse for
continuing a system which has been
clearly shown to be inadequate and
to some extent wrongful. The United
States should not continue to plod
along under a fundamental law which
no longer suits the times and the
manners. 1t has become antiquated
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-08-10
EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION.
FRATERNITY AMONG THE KNIGHTS
OF TH5 QUILL.

rhe National Editorial Association - Sue
crsses of Its Latest Meetiug-A Typical
Country Editor New York Editors
Prospects OF Their Association.
However II may be with labor or
gaulzatlOns and trust combinations, it
seems probable that the coming year
VIII witness high water mark In the
growth of editorial associations. At
the recent meeting of the National Ed
itorinl AsSOcia ton, held at Asbury
Park, y. j., there were 373 delegates
present, from sOIuo thirty eight States
and Territories Of the Union, repre-
sent,ng sixty different associations.
The meeting was the most successful
the National Association ever held.
Delegates from the four corners of the
Union Maine, FLORIDA, California and
Wash.ngtou-jostlel thcir brethren
from nearly every Interior and border
state. Pennsylvania had the largest
number of delegates present, repre-
senting the biggest State Association.
The New York editors proved to be
the bcst politicians. The Florida dele
CATION brought Il little section OF their
state along, representing the forests,
flora, fruit plantations, mineral re-
sources. and wine presses of their sub
tropical section, and the exhibit proved
so attractive that the convention voted
unanimously to hold It's next session
In the everGlade State.
The following States and Territories
were represented at the con- eention by