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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-07


In the forty-seventh annual report of that
greatest of corporations, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. is one sentence in which
the people of Washington are deeply and
properly Interested. After discussing sun
dry financial matters and dealing lightly
with figures representative OF fully one
billion dollars, the board says: The policy
or elevating or depressing the tracks so
as to avoid grade-crossings was further
carried out. resulting in the elimination of
several dangerous street crossings in the
city of Philadelphia, and in considerable
Progress toward the elevation of your tracks
in the city of Elizabeth, N J." Washing
ton is. of course, much gratiied at the off,
cial announcement which admits that grade
crossings, in other cities at least, are dan
gerous. and which announces the elevation
or depression of tracks 20 avoid such cross
ings the policy Of the company. For
several years there has been steady local
agitation. which had, and still has, for its
object, the abolition of grade-crossinss
within the city limits. The company has
been appealed to and Congress frequently
made the recipient of petitions asking for
legislative action OF the compulsory va
riety. but the tracks are still OF the level
Of the streets and the trains rush in and
the company commenced to do business
here. About two years ago the clouds were
pierced by a CLEAN of hope. a feeble raw
that looked as though it might ultimately
develop INFO bow of promise and clear.
brightly-illumined skies. The company
entered into negotiations with Senator Nc
MILAN. then chairman of the Senate COM
nlttee on the District Of Columbia, and
even went so far as to present plans that
showed how easily the reforms long prayed
Tor could be accomplished. But the benef-
cent scheme has. Up TO this time failed TO
naterialiZe; the reason why is hard to find.
Inc company has ample means; thal con-
dillon is made plain By the fact not only
that 1t is amending matters in Philadelphia
and Eliza beth. but by the report Just quoted
FROM and which shows that the Pennsvl-
VanIa system has possession Of $500 miles
OF road subcontrolled by 40 corporations.
with an aggregate share and bond capital
81 SslI.EHtbS. Such an immense concern
Is. of course. prospecting; were It's bonds
Hsor property IL wOu.1 be IoJ much vi !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-07
SHOOTING STARS,

1t Is fortunate statesman who can re-
tire as gracefully as Gladstone did.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-07

THE EVENING STAR has n regular and
permanent circulation nearly double
the combined circulation of the other
Washington dailies. As N News and
Advertising Medium IL has NO COM
petitor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-07

And now let the writer
point to "bargains'' that
you are liable to overlook
i'm some other departments.
First floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-07

The universal custom Is to crowd this depart
MT mt on the first io0r. Ii has been thought sui
eide to locate or the second floor. though superior
quarters and better light be assured. Thus while
IL has been conceded that the Washington Palais
Royals Dress Goods Department is the best ap-
pointed in the United States the query has al
weys followed Can second-foor department he
u success: The questo has been severed in an
emphatic manner. The Palais Royal has some
pride in creating precedent, and thus this digres
sion. Let return to ''moutons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-07

We also dismiss the Cotton Dress Goods
with but few words. Perhaps you will best appre-
ciate the wisdom of telling you that the Swivel
Silks-the Silk and Cotton Mixed GInghams- here
ut 4Ic instead OF Joe yard, Imitation not the
real. We have the real at 59c yard-the present
must be price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-07
S2.75
For a
$3.50 Dress Pattern,

No less than 20 different combinations of Fancy
Check Suitings. 80 styles of Atwood Cbc,iots and
few Fancy Plaids that will suggest Children
Dresses. Some Of these fabrics II inches WIDE
and are certainly good value at soc yard.
1904 Storm Serges.
Full dress length 81 Serge for 81. 10.
Full dress length s9c Serge for $500.
Full dress length Csc Serge for $3.50.
GIThe above will he found on first floor. special
tables, llth street entrance, the other
near
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-07

How we'll the PaIais Royal
can serve you i'm Silks will
be told i'm tOr11orrOW's Star
or proved here more prac=
ticalHy amy time tomorrow
if YOu call.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-07

Special sale or Introduction prices for 1894
Baby Carriages. S69S instead of $50. So. 90
instead Of slO.25 Sill rs instead of sl250.
SIS instead Of SIG. $40 instead of ST..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-07
EOurGh EIOOra

Spring Wraps and Suits, Corsets, Infants and
Chldren's Goods at Introductory prices. For
which window display or inquire of the polite
and ready to answer sales people.
Enannsf IN Ehnnr
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-01
BILLY AND ELIAS WERE NOT
RANK REFORMERS.

There is uueasiness manifested in GER
tain quarters that Governor Carr will
appoint a Populist to succeed the late
Senator Vance. Why should Carr do
such a thing any more than did Gov
ernor Northen in selecting a successor
to Colquitt9 Both men are Democrats.
1t is true they were once ardent Farm
ers' Alliancemen; indeed, there was a
time when Billy Northen was so anti
~plutocratic that he actually snubbed
Jay Gould. But he soon outgrew his
hostility to ''plutes," and with Carr,
having worked thenon partisan scheme
for all it was worth, sunk his individu-
atty in Grover Cleveland Richmond
Star, April 18th.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-01

A recent editorial in the BIBLICAL Re
cOrder said:
Week follows week and month fol-
lows month, and the session of Con
gress is not fruitful. Problems that
confronted it half a year ago r
scarcely as near solution or even dis
posal as they were at the beginning.
It is not to be wondered nor regretted
that the people are exasperated. They
had done their part well; they had
elected representatives, they have been
prodigal of the salaries paid them, and
they have been patient; and they have
realized that prosperity will not return
if it depends on Congress. Recent pc
litical t'landslides' in various States
are natural consequences, and they are
potent warnings from the sovereign
people of the Republic. We have
written of conservatism and delibera-
ton, but malicious and criminal dilly
dallying and negligence can be included
in the category of neither of these. Pa
thence in-the present circumstances is
not a virtue; distrust and desire of
chance are reasonable. Our represen-
tatives seem to think that the popular
will is something to be perverted and
dispised; they have made masters OF
themselves and no longer have a sense
of their servitude nor do they seem to
hear the voice as of many waters that
will condemn them in a hot food of in
dignation as they have condemned
their ''chance" and their duty, SO sure
ly as they confront their constituents.
And if the retirement of these inactive
and obstructive legislators were the
only result, we might well rejoice; but
principles, good and true, r con-
demned ia condemning these men; and
principles unknown, untried and I'm
toward may rise in their stead. The
present attitude of the lawmakers is as
a fever in the vitals of a party that was
reared on and stands yet for principles
as meritorious as they are needful; but
the present lawmakers are either unap.
preciative and unworthy of those prin-
ciples or unworthy of their position for
want of capacity or honesty. The day
of probation has not yet expired, but
it's close is approaching and it is in
evitable.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-01
THE OFFICE SOUGHT THE MAN.

MILLPRoNa, N. c., April %.
Editor Messenger:-''The position SO
recently made vacant by the death of
the lamented Vance comes to me, as
you we'll know, unsought by me-"
This extract from Jarvis letter of &C,
ceptance, reminds me of an anecdote
current at the time af Vance's defeat
for the S~enatorship by Merrimon-
Vance was telling James Madison
Leach that he wouldn't accept the
Senatorship unless it came to him by
the Democratic party. Leach seemed
to doubt the statement, wheI eupon
Vance exclaimed.
"Why, Leach, don't you believe me9'
YES" Leach replied, ''since you say
SO, but, Cove rnor, I'm the only man in
North Carolina who does" GAEL.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-01
R YOUR LAND.

On our first page you will find a well
written, plain, practical plan for inn
proving poor or worn-out land, from
the pen of Mr.. Bryan Tyson, of Moore
county. We are always glad to get
such valuable articles on farm topics.
The method outlined is both cheap and
effective. Many of the best farmers
have tried similar plans with success.
Right now is the time to begin the
work. No farm can be improved all
at once, in a year, but a few acres can
and should be improved every year.
Plough deep, and, if your land is billy,
ditch or terrace. We like terraceing,
because the water does not run off the
field unless the rainfall is very heavy,
and then it goes away g gradually
that no harm is done.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-01
WHAT SOME MINISTER'S ARE
SAYING.

He that taketh away his neighbors
living slayeth him; and he that de
fraudeth, the laborer of his hire is a
blood shedder. Eccl. 1923.
To day capital is forcing thousands
of woman into a life of shame. By
starvation wages it renders virtue i'm
possible Req. Dr.. DeCOStG.
Business to day is war to the knife,
and society is like a large pile of
snakes, all trying to get on top. This
order of things cannot last.-ReU.
Pullman.
Before half a century shall pass our
commercial relations must be altered
fundamentally. We are approaching a
crisis in the history of our race.-ReV.
F. W. Cook.
Rev. Thomas Dixon says: with all
its wild dreams and impossible propo-
s~itions, I say that the new Peoples
party has sounded the battle cry Of the
next generation"
Let us awake to the evils of pover' =.
1t is time to treat it not only as an
effect but as a cause. 1t is a crowded,
brutallzlDg, crushing horror. 1t makes
one wonder if God has forgotten to be
just."-F. M. North.
THE slavery that has shackles has
been killed in this country, but another
bondage is upon us-whjte and black
alike-that has no outward shackles,
but of a subtler kind that takes away
our opportunities Req: Horace ".
TILden, of Des MOines.
The man who gives a loaf of bread
to a destitute family is a better Chris
tian than the man who devotes his
time praying to the Lord to help the
destitute while he will squeeze a dollar
hard enough to make the eagle scream
before he would give it to charity. Go
down in your pockets to help the poor
instead of wearing the knees of your
pants out asking the Lord to do that
which common sense should teach is
YOUR duty. Exchange.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-01
WHAT IS CoxEY AFTER7

, A good many people have either
praised or ecolded Gen. Coxey and his
soldiers, and are asking what he wants.
In order that they may be better posted,
we give the bill in full:
FULL TEXT OF THE BILL BEFORE Con
GREss, BY WHICH TO BUILD GOOD
ROADS BY THE CoxEY PLAN
SEC. L. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives in Con
gress as sembled: That the Secretary
of the Treasury of the United States is
hereby authorized and instructed to
have engraved and printed, Immediate
ly after the passage Of this bill, Five
Hundred Millions of Dollars of Trees
ury Notes, a legal tender for all debts,
public and private, said notes to be in
denominations of one, two, five and
ten dollars, and to be placed in a fund
to be known as the General County
Road Fund System of the United
States" and to be expended solely for
said purpose.
SEC g.. And be it further enacted
That it shall be the duty of the Score
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-01
LITERARY ANARCHIST.

William Dean Howells, Americas
leading author, declares that this
country is 8 ~pIutocracy. 1.-THE tramps, "
he says, with fine sarcasm, walk the
land like the squalid spectres Of the
laborers who once titled it. The miners
have swarmed up out of their pits to
starve in the open air. In paradise
of toll myriads of workmen want work;
the water isshut off in the factory the
fires are cold in the ~fouadTica. The.
public domain, where in solue sort the
poor might have provided themselves,
has been lavished upon corporations,
and it's millions of acres have melted
away as if they had been a like are Of
summer clouds 1t ts true that we
still have tbs trusts, the syndicate, the
combinations of roads, mines and mar
kets, and the whole apparatus. If there
is much cold and hunger the price of
food and fuel is yet SO high as to afford
a margin to the operators in coal and
grain and meat The great fortunes in
almost undiminished splendor remain.
the monuments of a victory that would
otherwise look a good deal like defeat,
and they will be an incentive to the
young in the hour Of our returning
prosperity"
A few years ago every reformer,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-01

tary of War to take charge of the con-
struction of the said General County
Road system In the United States, and
said construction to commence as soon
as the Secretary of the Treasury shall
inform the Secretary of War that the
said fund is available, which shall not
be later than.......... when 1t shall
be the duty of the Secretary of War to
inaugurate the work and expend the
sum of twenty millions of dollars per
month, pro rata with the number of
miles Of roads In each State and Terri
tory In the United States
SEC. g.. Be it further enacted, That
all labor other than that of the Secre-
tary of War, whose compensations
are already fixed by law" shall be paid
by the day, and that the rate be not
less than one dollar and fifty cents per
day for common labor, and three dol
lars and fifty cents per day for team
and labor, and that eight hours per
day shall constitute a days labor
under the provisions of this bill.
By the terms of this measure the Ma
tional Government would issue five
hundred millions of full legal tender
money, the same as it did when gold
stole away in early days of the war.
This money not to be encountered nor
crippled with any form of exception, "
but to be in fact, what the United
States Supreme Court says the govern
ment has the sovereign right to make
it, a full legal tender for all debts, pub
lie and private, of any nature whatso-
ever. It does seem that the North
Carolina Road Congress ought to join
the army.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-01
JOINS H

Judge James K. Hines, of Georgia,
has declared his allegiance to the party
of the peoplea and will march under that
banner in the future. Judge Hines is
a distinguished lawyer and made one
of the best judges that Georgia ever
had upon the bench.
In taking his leave of the Democrats,
he gives the following to the press as
his reason:
"There is much harmony between
my viewsand the views of the Populist.
1 agree with them on the silver ques
ton, on the common school question,
on the railroad question, On the tariff
question, and on many other public
questions.
There is much harmony between
the views of the Populist and the Demo
Gratis. There is divergence only in
practice. The Democrats profess, and
do not perform. The difference be-
tween the parties consists in the differ,
ence between preaching and practice,
The difference is radical.
1.-The Democrats are in full possession
of the government. They have the
opportunity and power to make creed
law.
Yet this party kills the coinage of
silver, refuses to repeal the 10 per cent.
! TAX on State bank issues, and will con
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-01

tinualIy give us such lame and dis
iointed tariff reform that Mckinley viii
be unable to tell whether the product
is the child of his brain or the offspring
of Democratic policy, if it were not dis
robed of the reciprocity feature.
TN this state of affairs what is the
duty of the citizen9 1t is to withdraw
his confidence from that political or
g~anization which processes Democratic
principles in it's platform and tramples
them under foot in its legislation.
$50 l have made up my mind that it
is my duty to act with the Peoples
party if they put forth a safe and con-
sentative platform and respectable
candidates.
81 am politically a J~effersonian
Democrat. I believe the people have
the capacity to govern themselves, and
that the government ought to be ad-
ministered in the interest of the masses.
I believe in the money of the Constitu
ton, gold and silver, in a tariff for
E0N0AO0S dAA GAa0 ~ 40 q 5dO udy 1OI
this country when a President of this
Republic has to confess that the banks
of New York have the government by
the leg.
"While the South is solid, and as
long as it is known at the North and
East that the South's vote a be
counted on in all national elections,
and that the policy of the National De
mocracy can be shaped by the North
ern and Eastern Democracy, there is
no hope for any change in the present
status of affairs. The South is no more
than a witch on a log.
1.-THE remedy is separate political &C
ton"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-01
B. VANCE.
Resolutions Adopted by Western Prong
Farmers Alliance.

Farmers Alliance.
Western Prong Farmers Alliance
met at Clarkton, N. c., April "a, and
adopted the following resolutions:
WHEREAS, In the death of Senator
Zebulon B. Vance, North Carolina has
lost her most illustrious son, the country
a profound thinker and patriotic states
man, and we, a bold and fearless de-
fender of our rights.
RESOLVED, That WE deeply mourn the
death of Senator Zebulon Baird Vance,
realizing that we, the State and the
country, have lost an incorruptible
champion.
2. THAI a copy of these resolutions
be sent to the family of the deceased.
and for publication to the Wilmington
papers, the -Goldsboro Caucasian and
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-01
WEEKLY WEATHER CROP Bull
LETIN
For the Week Ending Monday, April
20, 1894.
CENTRAL OFFICE, Raleigh, N.

CENTRAL OFFICE, Raleigh, N. G.
The reports of correspondents of the
Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin, issued
by the North Carolina State Weather
Service, for the week ending Monday,
April 23d, 1894, Indicate very much
improvement in crops. The weather
was warm with abundant sunshine,
and very beneficial showers after the
18th. The temperature was above nor
NAL until the last few days, which
wer cool, but not enough to injure
crops. Hail was reported on three
days, mostly in the northwestern part
of the central district, without damage
to crops.
Eastern District THE week was
warm and pleasant; very favorable for
farm work and caused considerable
improvement in vegetation and crops.
Light rains occurred on 10Th to 21st,
but rain is badly needed in some
sections. Corn planting generally fin
ished and some up; stand of early corn
reported poor. Cotton planting fully
in progress; some cotton is up. Pea
nuts are being planted and sweet potato
plants being set out. The pea crop is
very poor, nearly failure in some e
tions. Tobacco plants are large enough
to set out in Nash, Pitt and Wilson
counties. Strawberries are said to be
not more than from one half to one
third of a crop. Apples, plums, Craps
and blackberries, and a few peach
trees will bear. Rains reported: Will
mington, O.O6 inch; Southport, trace;
Currituck, b 80; Floral College, 0 SIS;
Gainesville, O12; Spring Hope, 0 40;
Jacksonville, OPS; Mt. Olive, 0 30;
Jacksonville, O.75.
Central District. The weather has
been very favorable, with beneficial
showers after the 18Th, which have
given vegetation a new start. The lat
ter part of the week has been rather
cool. Seven stations report hail, but
with little or no damage. Planting
corn still going on, but now nearly fin
ished excepton bottom lands. A large
crop has been planted and it is coming
up we'll. Some cotton is up, but most
farmers are just beginning to plant.
Tobacco plants have been somewhat
injured by bugs, and it appears that a
comparatively small crop will be
planted. Wheat, oats and rye have
improved considerably, and the pros
poets are better. Rains reported: Big
Lick, 125 inches; Saxon, 9 "a; Cid,
0 80; Rural Hall, O.7O; Hurdle Mills,
1.16; Soapstone Mount, O34; Auburn,
GA; Henderson, 81; Rockingham,
0 So; Osborne, LOS; Raleigh, O. SO.
Western District. The temperature
and sunshine have been almost normal.
with some good local showers, which
have been very beneficial to all crops.
Corn planting about completed in the
southern and eastern part of district.
but in mountainous regions not much
has yet been planted. Tobacco plants
are improving slowly, with but few
complaints of injury by bugs. Early
oat crop is a failure, but wheat improv-
ing now. Gardens doing very we'll /;
some damage by insects. In the north
western part of the district trees are
not yet green. Apples are blooming in
some sections A large crop of melons
will be planted to compensate loss of
fruit. Rains reported: Charlotte, 1 45
inches; China Grove; 0 so, Davidson,
If you feel weak
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-01
rHRLEAzAR SOCIETY

Invitations are out for the second
annual contestant exercises of the Lea
Ear Literary Society. The entertain
ment is to be held in the chapel OF the
A. and M. College on Friday evening,
NAV 4th, at 8 o'clock. The programme
is as follows:
President-B. +. Walton, Garner.
Secretary-C. E Carpenter, Lenolr.
DISCLAIMERS.
Paul Stanley, Goldsboro; Q. A. Scott,
New Berne.
EsSAYIsTS
r G.. Mewborne, Kinston; g.. W. Cor
hett, Point Caswell.
DEBATERs.
Affrmative-W. G. Brogden, Colds
boro: J. A. Bizzell, Fayetteville.
Negative-M B. Hunter, Charlotte;
J. l. Blount, Faison.
Query: ResolUed, That the colleges
of North Carolina should open their
doors to both sexes.
MARsHALS.
J. c. Dey, chief, Currituck. David
Clark, Raleigh; E. A. Westell, Viii
mington; J. 1, McGregor, Wadesboro
James Harper, Lenoir.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-01

every man who had the moral coufsgs
to complain or "kick," was put down
as a crank or anarchist. Now nan!
of the brainiest men in America nav ns5.
caught the contagion from the ilt as
band who have remained true anu W.
very air is filed with reform sentlny ~
Thousands are being converted. ~,
Howells is writing now for le sl.os
magazines, and his articles all gllS''
with the right kind of doctrine
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-01
I7M-PORT-A mt

When farm products are low and monev
scarce, o can't afford to take chances on
Fer ilizerS
Now is the time to get only the best. The
best, in the end, is always cheapest.
The N. @. Alliance Official Fertilizers are the
best.
For four years nothing has equaled them
field results. They are used by more goodfarm
.ers than any fertilizers sold in the State. W
guarantee the standard fully maintained.
We will try to keep them in store at prom.
nent railroad points. If there are none atyou
depot, get your Sub-Agent to order them direct
from the Durham Fertilizer Company, Durham
N. O., or Mr.. w. Fl. Worth, S. B. A. NC.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-01
ADVERTISERS, READ rus
RALEIGH, N. G T,,u,o

RALEIGH, N: G., July Is 1ooo
Mr.. j. W. Denmark, Business ~ IOS2.
Progressive Farmer: ~o0ogr
DEAR SIR:-We recently rim
short time an advertisement i lGE a
PRoGREssIvE FARMER, and we rnn ~ I'D
same time the same advertisorrnnatt3s
four other leading papers in tb thu 6 n
and we write to say that We VIC o:ae
ten replies from the one in vor npCelved
to every one received from ali The paPa
papers combined. oVnef
Yours truly,
EDWARDS & BROrGuror