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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16

dered the State in digesting, side noting
and indexing laws, 1898, $500
paid W. H. Morrison, pHper, en-.
velopes, etc, for Governors n,,nsion,
$23.
Paid w. H. Morrison, stationery
for Governors mansion, $16 IS
Paid Pinkie Robinson, cleaning
done at Governors mansion, IS 25."
Paid Henrietta Brown, washing
curtaiLs for Governors n:ansion,
IS so.
Paid Julia Haywood, one aud one,
half days work at Governors man.
sion, 81"
How elastic this account is appears
from these few items. 1t takes them in
from the largest to the smallest, The
So, 925. O2 paid to the rich attorney goes
in there and the 81 cents paid to the
Governors servant girls goes in there,
and all the various and sundry item s
paid along between these extremes,
amounted to $34, 346 81 in 1898.
We very much regret that every
voter in the State cannot see a copy of
the Auditors report. After it was
adopted as a Peoples party campaign
book the Auditor declined to let the
people have any more. So we will
have to grin and bear it, we suppose.
The Scientific American contains an
an account of the moving of residence
that cost S. 0 100 from Seattle, Wash
ington, to Olympia, a distance of 60
miles. The house was rolled to the
river, loaded upon a scow and taken
down stream. When it arrived at
Olympia it was rolled to his lot, and,
strange to say, was not damaged in
the least. The moving cost much less
than the expense Of building a new
residence.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16
CONTINGENCIES

Our State Auditor has an account he
calls contingencies. It's a daisy. 1t is
the hiding place for irregular, unusual
expenditures; and when we see what a
labor saver it is we are constrained to
remark, "Ohl contingencies, thou art
a jewel" 1t hides a miscellaneous mul-
titude of heterogeneously conglomer-
ated accounts. The Auditors report
for 1898 shows such items as the fol
lowing:
Paid R O. Burton, balance legal
services, rendered the State in case of
State VS.. w. & w. r. R, So, SOP"
Paid R G. Ryan, attorney, balance
in full for legal services rendered the
State in case of State VS.. W. & W. r.
R., s $1,000"
paid G. NJ. Busbee, services rem
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16
A CONSPIRACY.

The New York World calls the Stan.
dard Oil Company a criminal con.
spiracy. It also tells in a few word:
how the Senate of the United State:
proposes to allow that company to con
tinue the business of robbing the PEG
pie. Here it is:
AT the request of that criminal con
spiracy they have resorted to the bill
the reciprocity clause which gives Il
the company so absolute a monopoly
of the American market that it Car
and does sell oil to the people Of thia
country at a price much higher than
that which it charges European con
sumers for the same kind and quality
In other words the Senate has gral
ciously granted the Standard oil peoPII
a continuance of their statutory prlVll
eye of practicing open extortion upo1
every consumer of oil in this country
thus robbing the people Of million
every year. "-EGchange.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16
MOST IMPORTANT MEETING.

You will find in another column
notice of acall meeting of Wake County
Alliance. We wish to emphasize this
notice. At the meeting at Piney Grove
last week the attendance was small.
There was important business claiming
the attention Of the Order, but it's final
disposition was postponed to the meet
ing called in Raleigh, Oct. &c. We
wish we could impress the Importance
of a full attendance, not only of dele
gates, but also of the entire member
ship. Come, all of you. Inform
such brethren as you may meet,
and meet all you can. Talk about
the factory move. If possible get a
meeting of your lodge and discuss it if
you have not done so, before the meet
ing in Raleigh, and then come to this
meeting with all the enthusiasm Won
can gather. The factory is n thing
to be discussed. Fill the court house
and let 1t be a meeting never to be for
gotten. We are sure those at Pinev
Grove last week will long remember
that meeting. They all, to a man. left
with new inspiration and a stronger
determination to go forward. Mnch
depends upon this called meeting
brethren; don't forget it. and let moth.
! ing keep you from it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16
GENERAL POLITICAL NEWS.

Kansas Jerry is stirring up all hands
in his district.
Photographers of Chicago organized a
Populist club with 400 members.
Montana promises grand results in
the election and a Populist Senator.
Mississippi expects to break the
Democratic delegation with Populists.
Idaho is State that will certainly
elect an entire populist ticket this fall.
Twenty-seven new Populist papers
joined the Reform Press Association
last month.
Populists in South Dakota are MAX
a most energetic campaign. They will
sweep the State.
The National Waterman claims that
Illinois will poll the largest Populist
vote of any State.
Detroit has four independent labor
parties in the field-and each talks of
winning a big victory.
Administration Democrats in Ne
braska have bolted the action of the
Democratic convention.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16
SHARP EDITORIAL PENCILS

The latest living picture Is r =, Nv
man Jim" defying the earth -0' D''
Post Dispatch.
Doubt as to Hills runnlng 4
sense. He'll do that or nothing np ga J
can't expect a walk-over'- - "'
phiG Times, ;,ts
egted in observing certain very p
nounced flop symptoms in OSO'
Washington Star. n
ten PopuIistg refusing to help MAKE \ !
quorum necessary to get inc .a reDoI
reported, unless the comml'' Tbsse al
the income tax amendment I've II
facts, and the Democrats nav hst med
cheek to claim the credl' ~
ure. - Culpepper Exponent large.
Democratic majority returned Tpe s ny X
of the Georgia districts: # is 81
is very near to his people, s d lc on Il
b has a most ailuring sound to 'b 4n 1sd
a a1o voter Petersburg IndeT Pr
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENT:

B. W. E. (and others) Please tell
me how much the legislature appro-
PIRATES annually to State educational
institutional
Answer-Last year $50, 900 went to
the University and 81, 1000 additional
for repairs. The A. & M, College gets
so, 900 annually. Last year it got
81, 500 to aid in the erection Of addi-
tional buildings. The State Normal
and Industrial School got tie same
amount. Cullowee Normal School gets
81, 500. All other Normal Schools get
81, 1000 North Carolina Agricultural
and Mechanical College, colored,
Greensboro, $12, 500
R. E. M,-Can you give me the
amounts paid teachers at the Uuni-
versity, A, & NJ. College and State
Normal and Industrial College,
Answer.-The teachers at the Uni
versity get $27, 900; A. & M College
$14, $50; State Normal and Industrial
School, Greensboro, $14, 922 90.
II 4. IT. IOW uluCu OOSS d gen
eraI election cost the State of North
Carclina?"
Answer.-About $40, 900.
Democrat. is it true that the
Peoples party is making remarkable
gains in every section of the United
States9 1 hear many extravagant
claims, some improbable. 1 feel that
I can rely on what The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER says about it.
Answer.-Some people have made
extravaganza claims, but there can be
no doubt as to the wonderful growth
of the Peoples party South, North and
West. The vote as cast is proof enough.
The smallest gain in any State in the
past two years was in Arkansas per
cent. This ranges up to 400 per cent.
gain in Maine. Many of the recruits are
able men-not mere voters, but leaders
-men of character and capacity.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16
MONEY AND COAL.

Did you know that there could be
nothing found in the Auditors report
to show to whom the $26, O34 SO for the
year 1892 and the $28, 9O8 81 for the
year 1898, used in the Agricultural De
partment, was paid to9 Some gentle
men in Raleigh are denying that 1879
tons of coal were purchased for the
Governors Mansion for 1892. Never
was there a better time for the Demo
cratic party to have no auditors re
port to distribute. Here are the items
and Daoes in A17ditOr's renort for 1909.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16
GOVERNOR

The Peoples party in New York has
nominated Hon. @. B. Matthews, of
Buffalo, for Governor. 1t will be q
happy day for that great State when
they can have a Governor like he will
make.
Bro. Matthews is a prominent and
active Allianceman, and is now, we
think, State Lecturer. He was one Of
the delegates from New York to the
National Alliance which met at Mem
phis two years ago.. The writer occu-
pied a seat beside him and thus had an
opportunity to study the man.. Why
did we single him out for scrutiny
you may ask. Because he is the only
man who has had the nerve, the man
hood, the brains to fight the Standard
Oil Trust, that giant which has swept
out of existence every opposing force
except the Buffalo L~ubricating Oil Co
of which Mr.. Matthewsis President. This
oil company was once a target for the
Standard Oil Trust. But they couldn't
buy it nor drive them cut. The Oil
Trust finally res 1rted to law suits to
try the scheme Of breaking up Mr..
Matthews. But he was as shrewd as
his enemies. He outWitted them end
finally won o suit and obtained $50, 600
damages. Later on he discovered a
plot to blow up his Oil works with dyna-
mite. He turned detective and got
enough evidence to convict several
prominent Standard Oil officials as in
stigators of the plot, and they were
heavily fined, While ell this was har-
RAISING in the extreme, and expensive
as we'll, Mr.. Matthews never let up, and
he is to-day doing an independent oil
business despite the trust.
When the Alliance became prominent
and began to fight trusts, it wasnatural
for Mr.. Matthews to be a we'll wisher,
and though he was hardly eligible to
membership, those who knew his char
acter did not hesitate to admit him to
the Order, and he has proven faithful.
He has stumped his State for the Order,
paying his own expenses, and many
dollars have gone out of his pocket to
help sustain the first struggling reform
papers started in the State. He is not
a politician, but his friends knowing
his character and capacity, have asked
him to serve them. He will make a
bold, effective fight, and increase the
already large reform vote in that State.
It is the brainy, patient men like Bro.
Matthews who will push the reform
work until the Alliance platform is en-
acted into law and all trusts made to
do business in a legitimate manner
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16

Some of the old party press are
puzzled because the Peoples party
made the largest gains or was victori-
Gus in the Congressional districts in
Georgia now represented by. free coin
age Democrats. That is easily explained.
The people want free coinage and have
lost confidence in the Democratic party
and its promises. They have decided
to vote with the party that NEAR
what it saws.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.

The government directors Of the
| Union Pacific Railroad have made
their annual report to the Secretary of
the Interior. In this report they sub
nit a plan for reorganization Of the
company and for an adjustment OF the
debt now outstanding. Of course the
plan" is that the government foot the
bills and let somebody profit thereby.
They ask the government to issue
$3.50, 600, 900 in 100 year bonds at 3 per
cent. for the benefit of the private COM
pany now engaged in wrecking the
road.
The government practically owns
every inch of this gigantic railroad sys-
tenn Of 5000 miles of road. Private
v~ultures, assisted by rotten Congress
men, have been ~feasting on this rotten
business for years. Extravaganza and
recklessness has become a notorious
characteristic of the corporation. The
stockholders CT rather those who ere
taking advantage OF their cpportunl
ties, are never uneasy. If they fail to
meet expenses the government pays
the bill.
Last year when Cleveland called to-
gether that aggregation of asses, the
extra session of Congress, the Union
Pacific fell q victim to English and
Wall street greed. It's lines extend
from Chicago throughout the great
West as fur as San Francisco. Silver
was demonetized and that country,
already poverty stricken, made so by
the low price of grain, etc, became
completely paralyzed. Freight and
passenger business grew less and less
until the Union Pacific managers could
no longer stand the strain. The gov
eminent was forced to take it's own
property, it having forced the man
ayers to the wall. For twelve months
the government has operated all the
Union Pacific lines, and one third Of
the other railroads of the country.
Now the only sensible thing for the
government to do is to hold on to the
r~eceivership, refuse to issue bonds, re-
monotize silver and operate the roads.
II viii not do to let those sharks get
charge again. The government should
either continue to operate the Union
Pacific system or sell the roads, and it
would be uuwise to sell.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16
GEORGIA ELECTIONS RETURNS

The latest news from the Georgl
election is that the returns from 81
counties are not yet in, and that %
vote will not be counted till O''oD7
oath. Something rotten IN 6eorgI1
1t is said that a large number OF prom
nent Democrats will be prosecutor Y
vote buying and stealing, The PeoplSI
party has forty-nine members Oh ~
legislature assured and has en'9io
contests in nearly as many counIl'
The Peoples party carries four OF Il
Congressional districts and VIII J
same vote, will elect that numOer
Congressman on the 9th Of next mon,I
The Democrats are completely GenO
allied and are holding BACK 'n0
turns for the purpose of stealing a Ii
jority.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16

New York is beset with candidates.
The Democrats met three weeks ago
and nominated Senator David B. Hill
for Governor. He has accepted. The
Republicans nominated Levi P. Morton
for Governor. A number of dissatis
fed Democrats met last week and
nominated Everett P. Wheeler for
Governor, and also, an entire ticket.
So New York will have two Democratic
parties, On Nance something never
heard of before. Meantime the PEG
ple's party is making hay.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16

Th9 man who can endorse this ad-
mini5tration with all it's low prices,
business failures and broken promises,
would sell his mothers corpse to a
medical college and use the money so
obtained to buy the legislature for Ran
som. Unless you vote against it you
will be forced to endorse it. Think
twice before you vote that way.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16
II. r ?. 4.
EDITORIAL VOTES

Looks like the supply of rotten eggs
gave cut too soon in Georgia.
A party that steals its way into power
will never give you honest government.
The Georgia counting machine is
either impotent or needs a new fly
wheel.
Keep your barn doors locked when
a ballot thief comes around. He will
steal horses as we'll as votes.
The reformer who goes back into the
Democratic party never wasa reformer
to hurt. Probably he thought so, but
he was mistaken.
Five cent cotton, the silent accuser
of political traitors, is still doing bust
ness at the old stand. The defendants
can't face their accuser.
There is an overproduction of pow,
erty, brought about by an o~verproduc
ton of foolish voters, All other over
production theories are mythical.
We are giving Mr.. Wanamaker a
little free advertising in order to show
what liars some Senators are. Read
Wanamaker's letter on first page.
With the Sugar Trust on one side
and the Whiskey Trust on the other,
the Democratic party probably feels
safe. But wait till the people get a
Whack at its royal rottenness!
1t is said that a starving man may
steal food and be guilty of no crime.
The Democrats must prove that they
are starving for food before we will
condone their stealing of State cleo
tions.
The Democratic administration at
Washington bit off too much. 1t ought
to have practiced on the management
of one of the territories a year or two
before it undertook to run a great gov
eminent.
We respectfully suggest that Major
Roberts buy a bow WOW for the Cover
nor's Mansion. If there is anything
else on land or in the sea that has not
DS6u p~uECudS0O lOE G40 Mdu5IOu, we
say buy it at once.
When you get enough of the Demo
cratic misrule say so and vote against
it. That is all you have to do when
youchange your politics. Only political
towards and the ignorant will vote for
more five cent cotton.
The man who will steal your vote,
manipulate the returns, or make a
mistake in signing the returns pur.
posely, is a common thief, and will
steal your pocket book if he gets a
chance. Remember that.
The Charlotte Observer is pretty bad
ly undone. 1t thinks we will have a
terrible state of affairs if CO operation
wins the day. We assure the Observer
that if cooperation puts up a worse job
than we now have we will join the Oh
SerUer and migrate from the State.
The author Of "Home, Sweet Home"
was a homeless Wanderer. The author
Of Little Brown Jug" was a total alb
~stainer, and the man who wrote that
highly seasoned bit of sentiment,
'Sweet MARI" is a married man with
q wife and ten children. The eternal
, fitness of things don't always fit.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16

liam standing nOU Just behind the
curtGjn, and in full glo1Uo of the coming
sunset. Behind me are the shadows on
the track, before me lies the dark vGlley
and the riUer. When I mingle uith ats
dark uUGters I wGnt to cast Hnger-
ing look upon a country 1ChOse goUern-
nent is Of the people, for the people,
and by the people, Il L. Polk, July
18th. 1890.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16

Five cent cotton is the most eloquent
orator in the field to-day. The feeble
mumbling of Democratic orators is like
the almost silent dropping of water
from a melting icicle. Five cent cot
ton speaks in thunderous tones like the
roaring of Niagara.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16

The initiative and referendum is Sc
curing public consideration more and
more each succeeding day. The fact
that party platforms are filled with
pledges never intended to be redeemed,
and that congresses and legislatures
are selected with promises of laws
which are neve fulfilled, aus think
ing voters to seek a remedy for that
which is very serious weakness in the
American system of government
Rocky Mountain Meas.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16

- The ast2 0I yo:E inbei tells you
when your lir1o is out.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16

n wrltin- 81 a~ny50dy, always be
sure to give tha name Of your postoffCe,
and sign your Own paJne plainly
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16

u Oar friends il writing 10 any OF
our advertisers Will favor us by men
Eioning the taot that they saw the
Advertisement If THY PRoGREssIVE
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16

Do you psan1 your paper changed t.
snothes Office State the one at which
You have becu getting 1.
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and pages in AuditOr's J

WdhIuB INJ JUISo
Paid August, 1892, Jones & Powell, 227 tons of
coal for public buildings.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16

The Progressive Farmer is the Official
Organ ofthe n. c. Farmers State Alliance
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16
RALEIGH, n q, Oct. IS. 1894

ThSs ga..sr ssGtefGd az 5ecJnd-oJdg2 ntGttoi a. tie
PG-t Ores ~ FsGls*CB, n. (.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-12-06
POPULISM IS ANARCHY.

In Buffers Caucasian of this
week is a long and wandering ed
itorial on 1896, full of airy plati
tudes, and ''trite truisms jostling
one another" without connection
or significance or application
and all intended for buncombe
and to impress the deluded fol-
lowers Of Popullsm that great
is Butler of the Populists." :" But
the people, even those VINO voted
with the .unholy and unprinci-
pied fusion in this State in large
numbers-are fast realizing that
the rule of Populism means an
archy. The evidence is uniform
and conclusive and uncontro-
vertible on this point.
Wherever Populism has had a
trial of its rule anarchy and
communism have prevailed.
Wherever Populism has had
anything like a formidable fol-
lowing up to the ballot box and
there experienced defeat by the
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-12-06
LIST OF LETTERS.
Remaining in Post Office at-Golds-
boro Wayne county, n. c.,
Dec. 1st 1894.

A-Mrs. Estele Andrews.
B-Mrs. Martha Basin, Mrs. Lea
Bunting.
C-Albert Cotton, Miss Sallie
Cobb, Charley Cobb, Mrs. W
A. Crone, Miss Anna Cullin-
D-Miss Easter DANCE.
F-Mr. Thomas Fossett, Mr.. G..
G. Flowers.
G-Mr. T. @. Grey, Mr.. HUI
gust Grimes, Mr.. Maurice
Griffin.
H-Miss Fannie Herring
L-Miss Mprale Lyon.
M-Mr. G. H. Martin.
N-Rev. Danl Newborn. Hugh
Muse.
P-Mr. G. H. Barker,
T-Calvin Thompson, V. L. Tur
rentine.
P-Annie Poole.
S-Lillie Smith.
W-Bessie G. Waters, JOS. Whit
field.
Persons calling for above letters vii
please say advertised and give date c
same. The regulations require that on
cent she 4 be paid on all advertised lei
ters.
j.. BRYAN, p. NJ.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-12-06

sary application? The topics
set for a school girl especially
are often too formal, or too re-
mote from her every day in ter
ests and sympathies. Why set
her to writing "A Parallel Be.
tween tho Characters of Napo-
leon and Washington" or an es-
say on 1.-The Manners and Gus
toms of the Ancient Egyptians"
we are drawing from real life
when she might far better be
set at framing an invitation to
luncheon or dinner and the an
swer thereto; an application for
a position, or the response to an
employers advertisement for as
sistants; or, for the develop
ment Of descriptive powers and
slight indulgence in sentiment
and fancy, a a'letter to a friend,
describing the most eventful
week in the writer's summer va
cation.
S o much of the character and
breeding Of men and women is so
inevitably revealed in their let
ters, that too great pains cannot
be taken to guard against the re-
velation being discreditable and
damaging.
Most Of the counseIs that ap-
ply to the spoken word Of virtu-
Gus and well-bred peoples, apply
with even greater force to the
written word. For the spoken
word may be half heard, or for
gotten; but the written word re-
mains; and may come back in
the most unexpected time or
manner, either to the praise
or the confusion Of the writer.
Brazil has done we'll in deci-
ding to erect a statue to Presi-
dent James Monroe, the far
seeing American statesman
whose famous ''Doctrine,' pro
mulgated by a comparativel y
weak nation seventy years ago,
has saved Brazil and all South
Americafrom any serious foreign
aggreSSionS ever since. The
foundation for Monroe's statue
was laid at Rio Janeiro on Nov.
Is; and the brief despatch an
nouncing the fact says, naively
enough, None of the foreign
diplomats were present at the
ceremonies" Yet it was their
especial funeral, whether they
were present or not.