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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-18
HOW TO BEHAVE IN A NEWS
PAPER OFFICE.

In this world there are thousands Of
people who don't know how to behave
in a newspaper Office. North Carolina
is dotted all yer with them. They are
found among farmers, merchants, law
yers, doctors, in fact, all professions.
These men are not ignorant. If they
we're we would not complain. Most of
them are educated, and know some
thing about business and social Ell
quette. They can conduct themselves
well in the finest parlor or business
office in the world; but they don't
know how to behave in a newspaper
office.
Let us give a few hints. If you wish
to enter an editors Office, why just
connect your thinking apparatus and
your power of locomotion and in a
short while you will arrive in the Office.
You are always welcome, provided
you don't ask the news. The real
journalist wants to put the news in the
paper. If you want to have a friendly
talk with the editor say 80, but don't
say, II just came in to kill time" and
then insist that the editor go ahead
with his work, while you pick up a
paper, which you do not read. If you
want to talk say so; if you wish to read
a certain paper or any paper, ask for
it. If you g a paper, book or maya
zine lay ing around, it belongs to the
Office, and you have no more right to
it than you have to pick up an article
and carry it out of your neighbours
store. Slap the editor on his shoulder
and say hello! how r you, old
socks9" if you want to, but don't put
your feet on his desk. If the editor
shoots two handed, pick up one of the
dangerous-looking pistols he uses for
paper weights and shoot at any object
in the Office, but don't take up a sheet
or two of paper containing an editorial
and insist on writing a notice you wish
inserted, on the opposite side. Don't
go into the editors Office and say, Il
have wanted your paper for three
years, but am not able to take it,"
Such talk breaks the editorial heart,
If you are not able to take a paper,
start at nee for the poor house. If a
man can prove that he is unable to
subscribe for a paper, he will be ad-
mitted at once. However, if every
body would read the right kind of
papers and take their advice, all the
poor houses would have to suspend. If
you are a subscriber and can't wait
until the paper goes to you by mail,
subscribe for two copies and then come
and stand around the press and get
the first copy printed. If you enter a
newspaper Office to whip the editor, be
brief ABOUT it. In short, keep off the
grass" keep from behind the counter,
and act sensibly when you go into a
newspaper Office.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-18
INCIDENTS OF THE
FIRES,


Miss Nellie Bly,, of the Nav w..
World staff, visited the burned d,at.ia4
in Minnesota Immediately after tSs
fire and gave some pathetic storioo VIZ
what she saw and heard. We moI
few extracts: 0"
Zone strange thing about tho e.,
which the people have rightly naron5a
cyclone of HE'LL is that people died "a
the actof moving, and in those position
were burned to a crisp.
One man was found STANDING IN
right in a gutter, with his foot lifted Il
the act of stepping out when death
caught him. In the same position he
remained, just like a statue.
Almost everybody, however, was
found shielding their eyes. Bnt
the fire twisted bodies as it twisted
iron, and the corpses were ghastlv
sights to see. Everybody that was not
burned to an absolute crisp was burst
open by the heat.
Mr.. Blanchard, whose wife and three
children were burned, would not be.
lieve the blackened corpses shown him
were his family, despite the ring on
his wife's hand and the trinkets on the
children, and the fact that some friends
saw them when they died.
[ saw the potato patch to-day where
the people Of Mission Creek lay on
their faces and we're saved. Not one
human life in the little colony waslost.
The potato patch saved them all. All
the people lay fat the earth with their
faces buried, except one man.
L tried to look he said. 4 thought
the world vas coming to an end, andI
tried to see it. I saw only night, black.
ness, with frightful balls of fire, andI
looked until I tainted. We had domes-
tic animals in the patch with us. They
were all saved, and while we lay there
deer came out of the woods and bud.
died there with us, as tame as our COWS.
When the fire was over they ran away
Funny things, too, happened there
in the face Of that awful death. One
man told me he was in a pond with a
lot of people. He was pouring water
over the heads of the women to keep
them from burning. He saw one
woman's hair catch fire. Behind her
stood a man up to his shoulders in the
water.
Throw water on that woman, Or
she'll burn to death he cried to the
man, and the man shouted back ez'
citedly:
'WhereIl I get the waterF
Another rushed into Hinckley yes
terday; his name is Swedish, and
have forgotten it. He was dreadtuny
excited, and asked if so and so, men
tioning his own name, was dead Iney
told him no; that so a tney n"u l."
heard so.
some one told me I was dead DO
cried, in great relief, and l knew Z"
was a lieP
The body of a woman was tounG u
Hinckley crouching over her three Gnu,
dren. as a hen would shelter her OrOOu;
They were all burned to a crisp Snu
men wept as they lifted them into rough
boxes. -
A man and a woman were lOuna
burned to a crisp with their Mm
clasped tightly around each o'uG n
They pulled them apart to put tnem
separate boxesTwhen they IounI ..h.
tween them the body of a llTGlo .L,
that they had sought in vain Oy STons
ing arms to shelter from the c5O
0E hall
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-18

Wake county Republican convention
met in Raleigh Saturday. The portion
of their ticket heretofore named was
endorsed, and the Peoples party nomi-
nees put up by the recent county con
vention were also endorsed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-18
A COMMON MISTAKE.

Jenkins-"Another sad death re.
ported in the Muse and Server this
morning"
Bilkins-"Who is dead9"
Jenkins-"The Peoples party"
Bilkins-"You are sadly mistaken.
The Democratic party is dead. The
NuSe and SerUer got the wrong name"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-18

vouch for it, but it was current rumor
at the time that the ''spirits" and cigars
used by the members of the caucus
were paid for out of that famous $500.
Now if the landmark would rather
give the caucus credit for the $500,
all right. AS for ourselves, we still
cling to the theory that most of the
SAB SO went glimmering for the ''inau
gural ball" and Prerequisites" as that
part of the inaugural ceremonies was
all that called for an outlay of cash.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-18

Taking these articles at the valua.
tions in 1884 and 1892, we find the diff
ference as given. 1t shows how gradu
ally at first, but how rapidly at last,
we r going. We must begin reforms.
We must decide to keep some of our
circulating medium at home. We
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-18
GENERAL POLITICAL NEWS.

Congressman M. T. Stevens, of Mas
sachusetts, declines re nomination.
Congressman Breckenridge, of Pol
lard fame, was beaten by Mr. Owens
in his district primaries Saturday.
Cumberland County Democratic
Convention endorsed E. ]. Hale for the
State Senate.
The Peoples party has nominated
Col. Harry Skinner for Congress in the
First district.
Mr.. z. T. Garrett, of Vance, will
speak at Rocky Mount on next Satur-
day, Sept. 22d. ~
The first name of six of the Demo
cratic nominees for county Offices in
Buncombe is John"
s. L. Kilbourne, Democratic nominee
for Congress in the Sixth Michigan dis
trict, declines to run.
Maj. William A. Guthrie is doing
heroic service canvassing for the Peo-
ple's party in this State.
Judge Butcher, of Pennsylvania,
Democratic nominee for Congress for
the State at large, has withdrawn from
the canvass.
V. r. Markham, nominee for Su
preme Court on the Democratic ticket
in Colorado, has refused to accept the
nomination.
The Democrats of Lenoir county
have elected W. D. Pollock Chairman
of the Executive Committee in place of
J. W. Granger, resigned.
Mr.. M. T. Harris, member of the
Georgia State Democratic Executive
Committee, refuses to serve longer on
account of the Committee refusing to
give the Peoples party poll holders.
The Populists of the Eighth Senate
rial district met at Newbern Thursday,
and nominated J. F. Brinson, of Pam
lico, and J. M. Mewboorne, President
of the State Alliance, as their can
d'dates for the State Senate.
The Peoples party convention in the
Third Judicial district, held at Rocky
Mount Friday, nominated Hon. E w,
~Timberlake, of Louisburg, for Judge,
and Hon. @. M. Bernard, Greenville,
for Solicitor. This is a strong team.
The joint canvass between Mr.. John
G. Shaw, Democratic nominee for Con-
gross in the Third district, and DR..
Cyrus Thompson, Peoples party nomi-
nee for same Office, is progressing salts
factorily to the Peoples party. The
doctor simply "gets there"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-18

CT am standing motU Just behind the
curtain, and an full gIO1U Of 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 sUuters I tUdnt to cast m HngeT-
ing look upon o. country WhOse govern
nuent is of the people, for the people,
and By the peopIe."-L. L. Polk, July
1th, 1890.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-18

In writing to anybody, always b
sure to give the name of your postohce
and sign your own name plainly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-18

Saturday, after the Democratic con
vention adjourned, a delegate said:
"With that ticket in the field, we will
have to work like the deUI and count
like hell to elect it." He didn't tell
what his objections were.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-18

~ Our friends in writing to any Of
our advertisers will favor US by men
sioning the fact that Ehey saw the
advertisement in TIE PROGRESSIVE
FARMEB.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-18

Population of U. s, $780,. 62, 622. $50
Output per capita. ........ 3.25B
Population of N. c., 1890. 1,617, 947
Multiply ]. 617, 947 by So 528,
N. C.'s share. ............$ 800, 166
Exports of shoes in $780,. 662,974
Imports were 49,. 80. 7O4. $50
So it appears that this country uses
the total output of all the shoe facto-
ries, to say nothing of those made by
the 30, 1903 boot and shoe makers, not
factories, whose signs car be seen in all
our towns and villages, and whose out
put, making and repairing, amounted
to $34, 531, $40 in 1890.
Now, then, if North Carolina pays
IS, zoo, 166 per year for shoes, at their
factory value, which is but about half
what they cost the actual consumer,
and the factories which furnish them
are located beyond the Potomac, must
not the S., zoo, 166 cross the Potomac to
pay for them9 And when it crosses
that river does it not take it out of Cir
culation among us and add to the cir
culation in the location of the factory
that makes the shoes9 Does it not tend
to make money scarcer and times
harder with usl Certainly you see and
know that it does.
There are, so far as the writer knows,
only two shoe factories in the State and
their output is below the average. Both
together would hardly make an aver
age factory. So far as we can learn
their putput is disposed of in the towns
in which they are located and in the
towns and country adjacent. Then
there is room, ample room, big room,
too, for another factory with a dozen
times the average capacity. We ought
to have it and we must have it. We
will have it.
Why, brother, what is S., 200, 1866 to
North Carolina7 Let us see. We have
a statement of the condition of the 26
national banks in North Carolina on
July-18, 1894. This report is a tabu-
lated statement compiled by the Comp
troller of the Currency at Washington,
andis official. It shows that our banks
had S., 800, 553 70 loaned out on that
day, while the total deposits in hand
amounted to only s., 821, O51 70.
The State Auditors report for 1893
shows the amount of money listed in
1892 at only 81, OO6, O3O. This included
what the people had on hand and in
bank. The same reports showed SOL
vent credits of 500, 30, 853, a falling off
in nine years, since 1884, in amount of
money ST. 1869, $50, and an increase in
solvent credits of 81. SIC. 465. Thus you
are apprised, you have lest one third
of our circulating medium, and at the
same time increased your Indebtedness,
which is considered solvent, more than
Is per cent, while you lost in the same
time on the value of your
HOrses g. S25 S51
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-18

81 The date on your label tells yor
when your time is out.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-18

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, 1894-09-18
THE OUTLOOK IS IMPROVING.

Smith, think the political outlook
is decidedly better"
Jones-"Why9"
Smith, notice that the old party
liars r. telling such whoppers that
there is no longer any excuse for a
man being deceived by them"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-18
Wake county, Democratic Conven

Wake county Democratic Conven4
ton met in this city Saturday. Mr..
E. @. Smith was nominated for the,
Senate, Meesrs. Herbert Norris, Alex.
Stronacb and J..P. Beck, for the Legis!
lature. All of the old county officers
were nominated except Coroner and
Surveyor. Author o. Jones, of Bar
tons Creek township was named for
Coroner Geo. W. Atkinson for Sur
veyor.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-18

The Charlotte Observer quotes from
Senator Ransom and Congressman
Henderson, and, in an adroit way,
tries to pull the wool over the eyes of
its readers as regards pension reform.
The facts Official for the past two
years r as follows: The Republicans
paid out $158, 155 342 81 in 1898. The
Democrats have paid out $166, 541, $50. 90
for 1894. We defy a successful contra
diction Of these facts. Secretary of
the Interior Hoke Smith, can't assert
that they r untrue. Accept no other
statements.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-18
NORTH CAROLINA AND THE SHOE
INDUSTRY.

There were in the United States, in
1890, 2,O82 chloe factories. Their an.
nual output at the factory prices was
reported at . 1920, 649, 1853
Population of U. s $780,. 62, 622, $50
Output per capita. ........ 3.258
Population of N. c., 1890. 1,617, 947
Multiply 1, 617, 947 by So 528,
N. C.{s share. .............$ $500, 1866
Exports of shoes in $780,. 662, 974
Imports were....... 80. 7O4. $50
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1894-10-18

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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1894-10-18

Melvin Clark Of Prospect stone-cutter,
singer, and at one time travelling dramatst,
was in Bangor Thursday, on business. Mr.
Clark is staying at home on the old place for
time, but expects to start out again this
winter, as he has had several tlattering Of
ferS. Bangor Daily News
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1894-10-18

SwANvILLE. Mrs. II. f. NJ Phillips went
to Unity last Saturday with view to teach
ing school twelve weeks in the Plantations
Her little daughter is with her Our
school teacher, Herbert Rand, visited his
parents last Saturday accompanied BY Mr..
and Mrs. g. u Norrell. The Ladies' Aid
Society met with Mrs. Lulu n Patterson
Oct 11th. Quite "a company We're present
and had an enjoyable day. The next meet
| ing will be with Mrs. Mary T. Nicl<erson,
Oct. 2Otb, afternoon ard evening. All are
cordially invited
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1894-10-18
.Snnoked Pearls.'

N BELFAST JEW ELS ON THE MINSTREL STAGE.
n The Amateur Lady Minstr-ls drew large
audience to the Belfast Opera House last
Friday evening and the result was an
4 evening of enjoyment to all present and the
addition Of about 500 to the funds If the
N | niYrrSalist Society, under whose auspices
the entertainment was given. The MINISTRIES
We're ilcoguitp and III burnt cork 50 that
the Yankee faculty ot guessing coull he
lndulged H. Int regard for the truth compels
the admission thAt mMy Of the guesses
were wide M the mark Tits was not to BE
wondered al fur thu disguiSt- Were complete,
ana tn, Introduction Of lend men" of the
\ rl'ler sex added 10 the bewiderment
These positions We're taken BY Messrs. A l..
\ StoncN and Will J. Havenrr, and the latter
proved himself q star Of the first magnitude
His telephone act III the second part could
not he eNcelled by professional Miss
Lizzie Kelly was the interlocutor The
| jokes We're fresh, hut not too "fresh, and
4 the local hits did not miss, but brought down
the house eyerytilne. The performance he
gan With the singing Of Swanee River, by
the company behind the curtain. Then the
curtain WAS raised and the MINISTRIES filed in
and occupied seats extending across the
stage. They Wore hlack skirts, red waists
ailaI sashtS Then entered six dressed in
yellow skirts, blue waists and saSnes, white
stockings and slippers, who danced during
the singing and then took seats at the right
and left Of the stage. The program was then
/ carried out As gwen below. In place If the
IS +.l
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1894-10-18

lpHni Georgia Democrat has shot
and kiitd + ppru~t Elsewhere the
Fvruli~t~ AK killing the Democrats at
the polis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-24
BL1ZING OIL on BOARD 4 SHIP.

FIRE on THE SHIP GLENEssIIN. AT WATSON $
STORES. BROOKLYN
Fire broke out at II o'clock last night on board
the iron ship Genessn. lying at Watson's Stores.
brooklyn, and at early hour this morning
threatened the destruction of the vessel. She was
chartered by Grace Co. OF this city. to carry
case oil 10 Hong Kong. and had loaded about 10000
cases Of 1t at Pratts Astral oil Works at Green
point The water in the creek being too low to
float her she had been towed TO Watson's Stores 20
load the remainder OF her cargo Captain Pritchard
OF the Glenesslin. had gone to Philadelphia on
business. leaving his mate. Bernard Henson. in
charge OF the ship The mate was asleep In the
after-cabin last night when the watchman on deck
awakened him, telling him that he smelled smoke
Henson Immediately started out to find the fire.
and on lifting the after-hach. was met by a rush
OF ilame and smoke Hastily closing the hatch
he climbed down to the pier and sent in an alarm.
and as the engines arrived a second alarm
was sounded
Engines and fireboats were quickly at work. but
owing 10 the inflammable nature OF the cargo there
was little prospect OF doing anything more than
the ship
The Glenesslln was built In 1885 by T. Royden &
Sons. of Liverpool. and is owned by J. r. De Wolf
& Son OF the city. She Is OF LAB tons regis
ter 2G3 feet long. 80 feet beam and "a feet deep
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-24
TELEGRdPHIC NOTES.

Aver. Mass. Sept 23.-The mills of the Columbian
Manufacturing Company at Greenvlle. y. H.. will
start full time Tomorrow. They furnish the
principal industry Of the town. and have been
running only four days week for the last ten
months.
Chicago. Sept. 23-H B: McCurdy travelling
salesman Of Johnstown. Penn. committed suicide
yesterday In his room at the Hotel Grace by send
ing a bullet through his brain. He came here a day
or two ago from Pittsburg where he had aniered
some OF his firms money woman and whlskey
Chicago, Sept. 23--John Farrell. sixty-four years
old shot and instantly killed his only son. James
last night in n quarrel: James. who had been some
what OF tough character. made demand on
his father for money and on being refused a quar-
rel ensued. and .he old man fired the fatal shot.
Providence. n l.. Sept 23-The cornerstone OF
the convention. the Pro-Cathedral plat, at
Broad and Clayerlck SITS. was laid with elaborate
services this afternoon The ceremony was per-
formed by Bishop Har klns In the presence OF a
large concourse OF peop.e The sermon was deliv-
cred by the Rev Francis Ryan. Of Toronto
Boston, Sept. 2l.-Mark ii. Lynch. OF No l5 Ca
bot-st John Muhern. Of No. 257 Cabot-st.; Eugene
a. Dowd. OF No. II Madison Park. and Edward b.
Kicker, Of No; III Cabot-st. were this morning ar
rested charged with violations Of the Election laws
at the caucus held Friday night, --.-.-...-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-24
MINNIE IN EXTREMELY BAD GIRL.
SIZE REGULARLY STOLE FROM PEOPLE WHO GAVE
HER SHELTER.

SIZE REGULARLY STOLE FROM PEOPLE WHO GAVE
HER SHELTER.
\ German named Wettje. living al No 4i2 West
Fortv-nrst-st rot a warrant on Saturday from Po-
lie. Justice Meade In Yorkvlllc Court for the ar
rest OF his daughter Minnie aged seventeen. charg-
ing her with incorrisbllty. Wettje's object was TO
have his daughter committed 10 some reformatory
Institution
The warrant was given to Court Policeman BeIiar
70 execute He found the girl at the house OF Mrs.
Mary Zeitsch No. ~ West Forty y-hrst-st.
Mrs Zetsch told the policeman that the girl came
to her house on Thursday ana said she dared not
80 home and begged FOR shelter. She gave the girl
lodging for the night
on Friday uornlng she hurried away early and
Mrs Zel,sch discovered that she had taken two gold
watches and chains ring belonging to her hus-
hand and three silk muilers all OF the value or
about Sl25 on Friday night. nuch 10 Mrs Lellsch
surprise Minnie came back. She admitted having
taken the property. She said she pawred one or the
three different pawnshops. She used the money for
the purchase OF clothing for herself she SAID she
had destroyed the tickets. Mrs. Ieitsch informed
Minnie's father. Re aad that the girl had been
girl who Is handsome. we.l-formed person, ex-
nl1ncd that she went off on excursion last June.
on her return. she said, young man or her ac-
quaintance told her that her father was very angry
This led her to stay away from home For three
months she subsisted by begging. by appealing to
the soft side OF peoples natures. and then roobng
theu when they took her into their homes She al
mitted having stoieh lroIH Huihpot VI uHieiehe
people.
on hearing this startling statement. Police Justice
Meade Yesterday refused to conmlt the girl ana
continued the case until some Of Minnies victims
entlil