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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04

according to the Law, or ought to be.
There is no way to avoid it. Hence
every citizen should study the law and
see that he is registered as the law re-
quires, and that the law is not vic.
lated. On account of the burning of
the court house in Harnett county
there will be new registration books in
that county. Other counties may order
a new registration. Be on the alert
al d see that the registrars do their
duty. If there is no new registration
in your county, go to the registrar in
good time, with one or more of your
neighbors, and ask the registrar to
show you your names on the book.
See that every word of section 1876 is
complied with, also other sections
Take no mans word for this.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04
MISSION OF THE ALLIANCE.

If the Alliance means anything at
all. it Q a radical renovator of ex-
listing conditions and a preserver of the
renovated state of rural society. 1t is
not only a factor, but a force. Not
simply an instrument to destroy the
pernicious, but a power to institute
the good. It is neither negative nor
passive. It is active. To fulfill its
destiny it must be alive. Every new
member that passes the portals of the
Alliance should first be taught this
lesson. There is a certain novelty
about all secret organizations that
arouses the curiosity of the novitate,
but there will come a time when this
novelty will wear off; then comes the
trial of faith, and the wise leader will
be ready to improve the opportunity.
AIhnature is anembodiment of action.
Not an atom in all the universe but
moves. This law must be recognized
in the live Alliance, says the PennsyI-
UaniG Farmer.
Give every member some work to
do and your Alliance will live and
thrive; only give him a place to occupy
and he will soon weary of the I'M
natural position and drop out. Many
an Alliance has thus died from a sort
of dry rot.
Then there is another thing that
often serves to sap the life of the ALI
ance; that is, we allow our farm work
to absorb our whole time and attention
at certain times. We think this is a
mistake. We can arrange our work
one day in the week to leave it in time
to come into the hall with a rested
body and active mind, without sacri
ficing a single comfort of life. Just a
little more head work will arrange the
hand work. We are in a critical stage
as a nation, agriculturists are in a
critical stage as a class, and society is
seeking new conditions. The farmers
of this country must be alive to their
interests or they will wake up, some
day, to find themselves socially de-
graded and financially ruined. We
must pillow, SOW, cultivate, reap, with
persistent energy; but we must also
care for body, mind, and soul, and the
position we are to occupy in society.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04
GENERAL POLITICAL NEWS.

Capt. S A. Ashe, of Raleigh, an.
nounces, through the press, that he is
a candidate for the q. s. Senate. He
will not antagonize Jarvis or Ransom,
but wants to step into Vance's shoes.
The Peoples party convention of the
Third Congressional district, held at
Jacksonville, last week, nominated DR..
Cyrus Thompson for Congress. DIR.
Thompson is our able and efficient
State Alliance Lecturer.
The Charlotte Observer insists that
the chances for democracy are growing
brighter every day. Reminds us Of the
story of the editor who called to wit
ness the death of a delinquent sub
scriber. Said the delinquent: st see
a bright light in the distance" YES"
said the editor, land you will soon see
a blaze
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04
Hi BICYCLE BOAT.

A Brooklyn, N. Y, man has invented
a bicycle boat. 1t contains a seat and
pedals, just like an ordinary bicycle,
and anybody can manage it. Larger
boats with two or a dozen seats can be
Iun just as easy. The invention has
built one IS feet long to be propelled
by one person-ard another 25 feet long
for two. Passengers or anything can
be carried. For crossing rivers or
small~lakee, or for pleasure purposes,
these boats are a success. They can
be propelled without much exertion
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN
SHINES.

From time to time we have urged our
readers to diversity their crops, quit
raising SO much cotton and tobacco,
raise more grain and meat, cultivate
less land do it more thoroughly. There
is enough cleared land in North Caro-
lima now for twice the number of peo-
pie engaged in farming. We do not
assert that one crop pays better than
another, but we want our farmers to
quit buying corn, -four, meat and hay
from other sections.
In the past few years our farmers
have made rapid strides forward. They
are doing better farming than ever be-
fore, as a whole. But a good many are
in the old ruts yet. The one crop sys-
tenn will not do. The most energetic
man in the State will fail to make both
ends meet nowadays if he persists in
farming that way. LESS corn, -four
and meat has been shipped into the
State this year than was last year, less
last year than for the. year before. We
hope the end to all this is near. Let
our farmers resolve that not one bushel
of corn nor pound of -four, meat or hay
shall come into the Statein 1895. Be-
gin now by saving every blade of fod-
der and pound of hay you possibly can.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04
POOR LoCKHART.

The striking feature, as we hear it,
of the late Democratic Convention in
theshoe string district, was the speeches
nominating. and seconding the can
didates, Each speaker seemed to realize
the Importance of securing the nomi,
nation of a poor man, to catch the
masses. Each endeavored to make it
appear that his candidate would best
meet this emergency. More distress
ing scenes Of poverty have seldom
been portrayed. But the climactorate
of it all was reached by Judge Bennett
when he arose to second the nomina-
ton of Lockhart. In an effort eclips-
ingany other speech Of his life he arose,
and, as the story goes, spoke about as
follows:
my FELLOW CITIZENS :-You have
heard the graphic word paintings Of
these distinguished gentlemen. Your
very souls have been stirred within
you as each has outstripped the other
in d~elineating and blending the colors
in his picture of poverty. Now, my
fellow countrymen, hear, oh, hear me!
A4OD@A AO ~ O4O 606O va IA A4OOg 04A
glorious cause.-The cause we all love
the cause we are all ready, if need be,
to die for. You have all read in the
Good Book, I know you have, of that
poorest of all poor men, Lazarus; how
he lay at the rich mans door, too poor
to pay a physician and the dogs dressed
his wounds. Yes, you have read this
story, I know you have, and your
hearts melted with sympathy for the
poor man as you read it. But now,
my friends and countrymen, l ask you,
I beg you, / beseech you, look upon my
friend and neighbor and fellow citizen,
LOckhart, and let me assure you, /
have known him all his life, l know
what he came from and what he is, and
l beg you to look upon the picture of
Lazarus and then look upon my friend
Lockhart, and let me assure you that
Lazarus was q multi millionaire as com
pared with my friend Lockhart."
That was enough. At this point our
informant's eyes were blinded with
tears and he went. out. When he re-
turned next morning he found that
Bellamy, LIE Grand, Adams and Mcneil
had found an old worn out, cast, off
saddle blanket, ard had carefully laid
Lockhart upon it and were each ready
to take a corner and bear the poor fell
low away and lay him at the door of
Dives -Havemeyer, President of the
great American Sugar Trust.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04
OUR STATE ELECTION LAW.

We publish the North Carolina cleo
ton law, in full, and up t odate, in this
issue. 1t has never been published in
a newspaper before, and as it is not
likely that any other paper will publish
it, every subscriber should file this
copy of The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
away in some safe place. But before
doing so, read the law carefully and
study it frequently during the cam
paign.
AS we say in the heading, the law is
a ''long and innocent. looking one, but
desperately wicked" 1t gives shrewd,
INSCRIPTIONS men a great advantage
over those who are not so shrewd, and
the unsuspecting. True, much of the
law is as it should be, and no doubt
some of the men who voted in the Leg
islature for its adoption thought it all
right, overlooked the hidden meaning
of some sections.
We call special attention to section
2676. If you are going to vote the
Democratic ticket, you need not get
restless; but if you expect to vote any
other ticket, e that your name is on
the registration books in strict accord
ance with every word in that section.
Many hundreds, probably thousands,
of persons were not allowed to vote in
1892 on account Of faulty registration.
Many of them had voted for years the
way they were registered, and did not
feel uneasy. Others were cautious
enough to go in person and have their
names properly entered on the books.
But in many instances the registrars
assured the voters that their names
were registered according to law. They
relied upon this, but when election day
arrived the judges Of election refused
to allow them the right of suffrage. We
frequently hear Democrats, Populists
and Republicans say: '"The election at
my box was honestly conducted"
That Is true. Some registrars are
honest; some judges of election are
honest, but the fact remains that hun
dreds are not, and in nearly every
county dirty work was done in certain
wards and townships. In some coun-
ties one, two, three or more townships
we're thrown out. In nearly every in
stance these townships gave Peoples
party majorities. The vote was SO
close in many counties that it was an
easy matter to turn the tide by throw
ing out even one township, or b. keep
ing a few from casting their ballots.
The Peoples party tickets were all
printed IN the same paper, in the same
Office, but the whole vote of Brunswick
county was thrown away on the ground
that the tickets were printed on paper
having a ~yellowish hue, which, of
course, was false. There was no more
grounds for throwing out the large
Peoples party vote of Brunswick than
there was for throwing out the entire
vote of the State, and the Wall street
democracy should have done this, to be
consistent.
No matter how unjust the election
law, the next election will be conducted
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04

The Peoples party is said to be com
posed of Office seekers. A squad of
Democratic Office seekers, almost as
large as Coxey's Army, kept the Sixth
Congressional Convention busy until
$40 ballots wer taken, a few days ago.
Out in one of the Texas districts the
Congressional Convention was moved
three times and 1 300 ballots taken be
fore a Congressional candidate could
be chosen out of an army of seekers
nearly as large as both Coxey's and
Fry's armies. But there are no Demo
cratic ofice-seekers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04
THE COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT

Some of the proceedings of the Re,
publican State Convention held in this
city last Thursday, appear elsewhere.
The convention endorsed the non parti
san judiciary ticket that was named
by the Peoples party State Conven-
ton on August 1st, and we believe this
action is another long stride toward
reform in State politics.
AS we see it, there is an understand
ing between the Peoples party and
Republican party as to State policies
and measures. There is to be a firm
and united effort on the part of the PEG
pies party and reform Republicans to
defeat the Wall street Democracy in
the State this year. This CO operative
movement has frightened the Wall
street Democracy no little. Already
the organs of that party assert that
there has been a fusion. Webster de-
fines fusion as follows: ''The act or
operation of melting or rendering fluid
by heat; the act of melting together;
as, the fusion of metals. The state of
being melted or dissolved" The two
parties only agree to cooperate. This,
says Webster, means: ITO act or
operate jointly with another or with
others; to concur In action, effort or
effect; concurrent effort or labor opera
ting jointly to the same end" This
makes it plain that there is much diff
ference between the two words
A new party and an old one cannot
effect a fusion, but they can go
operate" Prior to this reform step
taken by the Republicans in this State,
they and the Democrats might have
effected a fusion against the common
enemy, the Peoples partyS But no
new party has ever fused with an old
one and never will. New party move
ments have gone to pieces, have been
successful. The Peoples party has
passed the stage of disintegration and
is growing faster to day than any
party eve grew. So far as we know
every Republican in the State who is
now an active member in good stand
ing in his party will be the same in
1896, But it is probable that many of
them will affiliate with the new party
in the next two years. 1t will be
charged that the leaders of the Peoples
party are heading for the Republican
camp" or that the Republican leaders
are heading for the~ Peoples party
camp" No sensible man will be mis-
lead bylsuch tomfoolery. The party
lines are as distinctly drawn as ever
before. The co operative movement is
for this year only. The object is for
the defeat of what has become the
most INSCRIPTIONS, most tyranical
party that ever existed upon the face
Of the globe-a party that has sold
itself to Wall street and the Sugar
| Trust on this side of the Atlantic and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04
n. r. 2. A.
EDITORIAL MOTIFS.

Now that Chairman Eaves has been
retired it is in order for DR.. J. ]. Mott
to take a hearty laugh.
Scientists claim that they have found
a new variety of Democrat in Indiana
This makes 6 400 kinds so far.
When a train jumps off, or breaks
through a rotten ~trestle, somebody is
always produced to testify that a rail
has been removed.
The Sugar Trust has discharged its
hired men-Congress has adjourned
but the people will continue to pay
their regular salaries during vacation.
Prof. j. A. Bridges, principal of the
Springhope Institute, has started a re-
form paper at that place called the
Nash County San. We wish it much
success.
The tax books in Georgia shows that
property has deprecated in that State
over $25, 900, 900 during the last twelve
months. Yet a few of her citizens still
shout for Grover.
Cheering news comes from a num-
Der of Sub-Alliances this week. We
want a brief note from every Alliance
in the State at least once a month.
Send US the WI
They do say that CO operation" means
confusion" Wall street Democracy
and Wall street Republicanism is pretty
badly confused. We trust that both
will have to take a back seat in North
Carolina hereafter.
In the joint debate between CapS.
w. h. Kitchin and Mr.. @. M. Cook, at
Smithfeld, on August 28th, Capt.
Kitchin was an easy winner. He dis
cussed national issues ably and effec-
lively. Three or four thousand people
were present.
The first bale of new cotton has been
received at Raleigh and Monroe. The
crop is pretty good in most sections of
the State, and the market will soon be
active, and will start a little money
afoat. But gold buggery keeps the
price below cost of production.
People who are willing to steal the
suffrage of their fellow citizens are
looking pretty blue just now. We re
peat that it is wrong to steal your
neighbors vote or his corn or his
money. Honest men in all parties
must see that it is not done anywhere
IN fbiS State o0aip
We are indebted to the Charlotte o.
SerUeT for the information that in one
county in this State 400 more votes
were recorded in the recent Democratic
primaries than were polled in the
county two years ago. This means
that good many gravestones are now
blank in that county.
The Richmond EUening Star has
just celebrated it's first birthday. The
paper was started a year ago by five
Union printers. 1t not only gives the
news, local and general, but the edi,
tors exhibit fine taste in making selec
lions. The Star is independent and
S gives all parties a hearing. It favors
all the leading reforms and is not
afraid to say So We wish every CITY
Pa the land had a paper like it.
d.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04
PENSION REFORM u

Mr.. Josephus Daniels, Chief Clerk II
the Interior Department, (the pension
wing of the government,) writes to his
Raleigh newspaper and replies In an
indirect way to our pension figures last
week. He admits that the amount
paid pensioners this year is 1856, $751;
$50, the very figures we published last
week, In 1893 the Democrats not
fully under way and the amount appro-
priated by the Republican administra
ton, though the House was overwhel-
mingly Democratic, was $I58, 155, 342. 81.
Subtract that sum from the amount
for 1894, and you will find that this
Democratic administration paid exact
ly eight millions, three hundred and
seventy sac thousand, seUen dollars and
forty nine cents more for pensions in
1894 than the Republicans paid in 1893.
But, says the willy Chief Clerk under
Hoke Smith: pension Commissioner
Raum, under Harrison's administra
ton, estimated that the high water
mark of pension expenditure would be
reached July 1st, 1894, and would be
$188, OOO, 600. 1t is probable, therefore,
that had the same management been
continued in the Pension Bureau, not
only would the total appropriations for
pensions have been expended, but that
a deficit of some fifteen millions of dol
lars would have been asked for"
All! now we see. The firm of Smith
& Daniels use the old Dutch rule for
counting pension dollars. They pay
out over eight million dollars more
than their Republican predecessors
and then claim to have saved the
country twenty-five million dollars
simply because a wild-eyed Pension
Commissioner had estimated that the
pensions would probably amount to so
and so this year. With an increase of
nearly eight and a half millions under
the first year Of Democratic rule, the
firm of Smith & Daniels only want a
few more years to require the com
bined resources Of America, England,
France, Germany and Australia to
pay the pensions of the United States.
If this means pension reform then for
gracious sake give us pension cor,
ruptiOn
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04

Henry George, who ran for Mayor of
New York, on the labor ticket, a few
years ago, getting 68, 900 votes, is like
ly to be their candidate again this year.
The Recorder thinks Tammany's Jig
will be up if George runs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04

ct am standing nOtU Just behind the
curtain, and in full glOtCof the coming
sunset. Behind me are the shadows on
the track, before me lies the dark GALLEY
and the riUer. When I mingLe NTH its
dark tCdters I Wd4lt to cast one ItngeT-
ing look upon q country whose govern
ment is Of the people, for the people,
and By the peoples"-L. L. Polk, july
18th, 1890.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04

- Our friends in writing to any of
our advertisers will favor us by men
tioning the fact that they saw the
advertisement IL THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04

Do you want your paper changed to
another office State the one at which
you have been getting it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04

In writing to anybody, always be
sure to give the name of your postof1ce,
and sign your own name plainly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04

81 The date On your label tells you
when your time is out. d.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04

1t is now pretty generally will be
that Judge Nugent, F9 qnxas, BE re-
elected Governor Oh LIo same 01c9
ceived 1O8, 900 votes lor '"'
two years ago.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-08-19
SILVER TO BE THE ISSUE.
COngresSE Bland Advocates
Ihat Voters Make This Para.
mount to erything.

Washington, August IS.-The pol
ICY to be pursued in advancing tn,
principles Of bimetallism was out
lined at to-day's session of the Amer
lean Bimetallic League Speeche.
were made by several Congressman
anG by delegates from various St. ties.
Bland characterized the silver
question as purely practical one and
urged that the political battles for
the future be fought on the PROPOSE
ton that any change of basis may be
put in allegiance until the full restora-
ton of silver is accomplished.
A declaration was adopted re-
counting the repeal of the
silver purchase law establishing a
single gold standard which has been
followed by steadily increasing de-
preston. that gold has steadily in
creased in value. Industries are
everywhere paralyzed, labor is I'M
steady and precarious, business I'M
improved and debtors bankrupt. 1t
Is asserted that there will be no hope
Of relief until the double standard of
10 to l is restored and that the
money question is the supreme issue
before the country. Voters are
Urged to make this issue paramount
% all other considerations on the
lection of State Legislatures, Con-
.ressmen and President.
1t is recommended that a conven-
ion be held at some central point in
9th mining and agricultural States
perfect the work for this end, and c
'at committee of five be appointed
carry out the plan. {
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-08-19
Woman as a Practical Politician.

People who affect to believe tn?
women cannot "do politics" in q
practical and winning way, should
read the actual occurrence ard be
convinced that a she politician can
give her brothers points in the game.
and then win out.
| "A paper published near Formap.
\. D., brings out dramatic incident
In the connection with the nomina-
ton by the Republican State Con-
vention of Miss Emma F, Bates of
Valley City to be State Superinten-
dent of Schools, Miss Bates had
charge of her canvas of the nomina-
ton and found formidable opposition
In John Devine and Professor j. H.
Holland. She was able to sidetrack
the latter by making herself solid
with the Young Mems Republican
League, She then entered into ne
gotiations with Mr.. Devine, first de-
handing unconditional surrender
This he refused. After further ne
gotiatlon it is said he agreed to pull
of the track, provided she was
elected State superintendent she
would make him her deputy and
marry HIM in the bargain. After
some elaboration she agreed to do
this, provided he would stump the
State for her. As he is a powerful
peaker Miss Bates is conceded to !
lave made the shrewdest political
leal yet known.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-08-19
BentOn's Liniment.

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